0. Are you free at the moment, Annette? I was [cdb]wondering if you might help me with something.
1. I sure am! What's up?
2. Well, I wish to conduct an experiment outside today, [cdb]though naturally I'm a touch hesitant about it.
3. Because your mood changes outside, right?
4. Exactly. And though I'm deeply reluctant to [cdb]experience that, one cannot make an omelet without [cdb]throwing a few eggs against the wall.
5. Well, I think you're a genius regardless, so I'm happy [cdb]to help!
6. No time like the present, right? Let's do this!
7. Please stop pulling me along! I haven't even told you [cdb]what the experiment is yet!
8. Oh dear, oh dear... Are you certain you want to do [cdb]this, Annette?
9. I sincerely doubt any magic built upon my crude [cdb]ideas could ever work.
10. Aw, it'll be fine! Let's get started.
11. Well, if you insist, I suppose we must begin this [cdb]foolish experiment.
12. Hey, I forgot to ask: What is the experiment, [cdb]anyway?
13. Oh, just a completely useless spell meant to gather [cdb]cats from the surrounding area.
14. Oh gosh, cute! What are you waiting for?! Let's get started!
15. Hmmm. The spell seemed to go off all right, [cdb]but nothing happened.
16. I knew it. I'm an utter failure. My research papers [cdb]should be gathered up and used to wipe mud from [cdb]the hooves of swine.
17. Perhaps this is fate's way of telling me magic is beyond [cdb]my comprehension and I was a fool to ever try.
18. Look, moping about it won't help anything, so let's [cdb]both take a deep breath and figure out what went [cdb]wrong.
19. OK, I've got an idea. If we take the flower catalyst [cdb]and use wind magic to spread the fragrance...
20. Oh look. It attracts insects. Quick, grab that [cdb]cockroach before it scurries away. It's clearly a finer [cdb]sorceress than I.
21. Ew, gross! But yeah, that didn't work at all. Hm... Maybe if we use this mineral instead?
22. Goodness. The reflective light has attracted the [cdb]attention of birds.
23. And they're really mad for some reason! Run, Constance! Ruuun!
24. Whew! I had intended that to be a brief exercise, [cdb]but it proved to be quite the ordeal.
25. Sorry that all my tinkering just made things worse. But hey, I did notice one thing!
26. When those insects and birds showed up, there sure [cdb]were a lot of them.
27. True, each attempt did seem to attract a single type [cdb]of creature in unnaturally vast numbers.
28. Does that indicate that the spell can indeed [cdb]effectively summon a swarm of one specific species?
29. It would certainly explain why the flower attracted [cdb]so many bugs... Blech.
30. And why the light of the mineral called down such a [cdb]huge flock of birds.
31. Why, this is a magnificent discovery! I feel we're on [cdb]the cusp of breaking new ground!
32. Maybe it didn't go as planned, but I guess this turned [cdb]out to be a pretty big success, huh?
33. There's no time to waste, Annette! We must [cdb]investigate the cause of this phenomenon at once!
34. Yeah! I bet you'll create something revolutionary!