heaven / laurence

[midway]

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[outdistanced]

Huh? [ someone was here?? ] Oh. Sorry, Mr. Riegan. I didn't mean you.

[ gestures at a bin of keychains. there is something sticking out of it. ]

She won't get out.

[midway]

[ ??? ]

She?

[ Looks closer at the bins. ]

[outdistanced]

Penny.

[ right on cue, an arm pops out of the bin, several keychains dangling from its fingers like little medals. ]

Oh, come on, what do you need those for? You don't even have keys.

[midway]

...

[ O_O ]

What am I looking at.

[outdistanced]

Robot arm. Her name's Penny.

[ she waves at claude, keychains jingling. ]

[midway]

W... [ WHAT ] Why is she just an arm?

[outdistanced]

Heck if I know. I didn't make her. Maybe she wasn't finished.

[ to penny: ] You are not taking all those back to my room.

[midway]

Who made her? She... Is she like a pet?

[outdistanced]

A guy I know back home. And yeah, I think so? I guess that loser was so lonely he had to make his own friend.

[ yelps as he's hit in the face with a keychain?! ]

Hey!

[midway]

[ He laughs. This bullying... Laurence, you are so funny. ]

Unlike yourself? You're quite popular then, I assume?

[outdistanced]

I guess...? I actually have a bunch of friends. Definitely never had to fake it.

And I tried to get her to stay in the room, but she won't.

[midway]

That's kind of boring for her, isn't it?

[ Smiling at the arm. ]

She seems like she needs more stimulation than that.

[outdistanced]

She's a hand. How can she get bored?

[midway]

Why don't you ask her? Does she communicate with you?

[outdistanced]

Do charades count?