Sorry about no updates for a while, but I finished spell-checking my book, so later updates should be quicker. ^-^copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCOmoVM4G2
We reach the lab, & I unlock the door by press making my hand upon the Indentation Detector. Steam envelopes your hand, read making the indentations on every single different hand. My hand & Peregrine's are the only hands authorised to enter the lab. My sister said she couldn't go in because it would turn her stomach, & Peregrin's parents had no interest in enter making despite their having bought the lab.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOyW1tTgaI
As such, I had pretty much free reign & close to infinite funds to use in the lab, as I received an exceedingly generous cheque for lab-work, a thousand bits a month, which I doubt I could ever fully use despite the high costs of maintain making my oddities & the lab. Whatever I did not use, I always return to Peregrin's parents.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUkaK87C4w
I walk into the Steam Illusion Decomposition System, & wait for Peregrine to turn it on. I have not voice activated it because it has become routine for Peregrine to accompany me into the lab so nothing goes awry. I wait as it peels off the steam blend particle layers that compose the illusion of skin on my left pointer finger, my right SRDs, & part of the right side of my face. My eye itches as the machine tries to analyse whether or not my Condensed Liquiform Analytical Engine Lens is part of the illusion or not. They could be considered part of the illusion, due to the fact that it's coloured to match my left eye, which is dark brown, almost black except when caught in the sunlight, when it shines a beautiful amber brown. Or so I have been told by Peregrine. The system comes to a stop, & I step out. I eye my metal finger & shiver. I wonder what my face must look like with it's metal features to others. I don't keep any reflective surfaces in the lab, everything is matte, & the last time I saw myself without the illusion particles was years ago.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡk299px4bCL
Suddenly, I notice Peregrine wav making his hand in my face & I blink.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡegAMcCg6Sq
He exhales, " For a moment there I thought maybe the machine had decomposed something in your IEMP..."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtl8D5hKHl
" Don't be absurd. Most of my IEMP is completely flesh. The part that is machine doesn't have aught to do with that type of thing... I think."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2opbNXgZA
" Exactly my point."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dQCZ2ef86
" Alright, I had better get in the glitch scanner..."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWA15e7mYP
" Wait."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfR6F3UDkT
" What?" I asked confused.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡem64Z56dlf
" Take out the lens."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1cV3i9aE8
" Why?"copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnnRt3UnHe
" The scan is slower with it in." he paused.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVAnZzt6NO
" Also..." he scratched his head.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8Qy3TRc3w
" You know I like it better when it's out." he said sheepishly.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2TITmMOKu
" I don't see why. It just makes my imperfections glare out at you all the more."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21pDppdSw1
" Just take it out."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTaxsdqjqt
" Fine. I'll do it." I grumble, tak making out the lens & sett making it down in a little box.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLwIup5heQ
He smiled at see making my eye without the lens.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhRbUhA897
" Much better. I bet you are actually feel making better now. I don't know if I could stick one of those things in my eye. It looks uncomfortable. I don't understand why you do it. Your eye is beautiful."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQ0kosxOLY
" If it were up to you I should probably have to prance around in my undergarments, with all my metal parts show making, & my defective eye glow making with it's brightness & blind making every one who saw it."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAJNjddovs
" Frankly, yes, yes I would. The undergarments part is go making too far, because a simple dress does not count as an undergarment, in my opinion."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡegJ6rEn1Nx
" You silly little boy. Undergarments & decency are not defined by silly little boys." I say, shak making my finger at him while grinn making.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Xo9hMBPAn
He immediately puffs up.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSXxGgLUFg
" Now just who do you think you are call making a silly little boy? I'll remind you that I am much taller than you, & years older!"copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTw60YKo0x
I stick my tongue out & chant, " Silly little boy, silly little boyyy!"copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9vkiM7UCI
" Oh yeah, Miss Shorty?"copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqBfYhwJcc
He moves even closer, directly in front of me & puts his hand to his fore-head, mov making the hand upwards & back to his forehead repeatedly.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z5xF6vquv
" See? I am clearly the taller one."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqFtLYfSSS
" You are slant making your hands upwards! Not fair!" I reach for his hand, try making to pull it down & make it go straight.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡBajcqhtW1G
He sees his watch as I pull his hands down, & his eyes widen.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81feyVl4lQ
" Alright, just get in the scanner, it is getting late." he pauses.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjgfM2e2V6
" I'm still taller than you, though."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwheIHvcEw
" Shut your big bazoo, child." as we walk over to the scanner & I step into it, shutt making the door before he can say anything further.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMy8173mbp
I smile as I see him say making something that looks a lot like Miss Shorty through the transparent metal that forms the scanner's body.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMJt2vvgyq
The scanner says " Commenc making Scan..."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡntXEIFmdR0
I see the scanner pass making over & I have a realisation.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJNjSOqWbC
It worked! It's not making all those awful clank making noises anymore. I streamlined the design yesterday, removed quite a few of the gears & polished the ones I absolutely could not removecopyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡlno4RrAnH9
A few seconds later, " Scan completed. Results visible on Analytical Engine's Liquiform Viewer."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4DLJlq5zi
I step out, & Peregrine nods, indicat making that everything is in order.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k2TDUH3QS
" Oh, there is actually one thing..." he says.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbg4g8vQvd
" Yeah? Is my finger joint act making up again? It has been a bit off now that I think about it..." I look at my finger.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jiD51Yv7y
" No, it's not that."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdSP6vKOyA
I look up & see a small smile he's trying to hold back. I narrow my eyes.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeMYj26PTC
" It says you need to clean our your SRDs more often. Also, that I'm definitely taller than you."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TWkx1mvxu
I huff, curl making my hand into a fist, but then relax making it.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lHWbNrVB0
" Don't do that to me, you little kid."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡvifigzlnoe
I flex my finger.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡZr8VLGX8cu
" Guess nothing is wrong with my poor finger after all. I had better put the illusion back on."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgPkc08EWJ
" Please don't... Just this once."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡFs2UKjt5HS
I turn to him.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHjtD59Adl
" Please don't what?"copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QBVaOVisS
" No illusion."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28k524pwa6
" No illusion?"copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡouOHYrM710
" Yeah."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6Q511UXkn
" Why?" confusedly said by me.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmvasxeR4p
" You know I like it better."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtUMaSdX0f
" You have never asked me to keep it like this, though."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtlOznQtla
" You know why Hermes is com making, Ollie."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡQawllZTzQY
" I don't know for sure..."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPrTBBLPzL
He stares at me, half-lidded, sarcastically.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xfqmPNci8
" Alright, fine, just this once I won't, but I'm putting it back on when we return."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9jTvESpeJ
" Sure you are."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡndyO7aqS0Z
I look at him, my brow arched.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4wTvTJi52
" & just what is that supposed to mean?"copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsbLmGqf6F
" Nothing. Nothing at all."copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtTyh0IHTJ
My IEMP growls.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxNdri6aBc
& at the command of it, we walk out of the room to (finally) go on our little picnic.copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3FoP25fib
Out of curiosity, do you guys like the use of '&' instead of 'and'?copyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhEOQVPzCI
P.S. Don't forget to vote if you think people look better without illusions. :Pcopyright protection108ＰＥＮＡＮＡijg6xHoDS0
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