Sorry about no updates for a while, but I finished spell-checking my book, so later updates should be quicker. ^-^8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvgKFpcBgp 維尼
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.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIOgeMGSg2 維尼
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.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg6TWMpx0Q 維尼
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.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡH16lDGZqzg 維尼
Suddenly, I notice Peregrine wav making his hand in my face & I blink.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsyuhrIV3G 維尼
He exhales, " For a moment there I thought maybe the machine had decomposed something in your IEMP..."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEBvyoriBj 維尼
" 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."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrnOmC2mqN 維尼
" Exactly my point."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7y2tRniNL2 維尼
" Alright, I had better get in the glitch scanner..."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlGYk7boAC 維尼
" Wait."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrEf2R6XGY 維尼
" What?" I asked confused.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡcG9WcHxz9s 維尼
" Take out the lens."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡY455qTXU4r 維尼
" Why?"8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2dFsJFNb6 維尼
" The scan is slower with it in." he paused.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtEiVZClZj 維尼
" Also..." he scratched his head.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjnlMd6sON 維尼
" You know I like it better when it's out." he said sheepishly.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZjcozMxbN 維尼
" I don't see why. It just makes my imperfections glare out at you all the more."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ6CijVhFo 維尼
" Just take it out."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nP2zPcPpP 維尼
" Fine. I'll do it." I grumble, tak making out the lens & sett making it down in a little box.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡOo6k27lEfk 維尼
He smiled at see making my eye without the lens.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡChqXs2YTHx 維尼
" 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."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcfbXmyUNd 維尼
" 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."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkgZNXsTf6 維尼
" 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."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFSE20w7pB 維尼
" You silly little boy. Undergarments & decency are not defined by silly little boys." I say, shak making my finger at him while grinn making.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOUMwoXquH 維尼
He immediately puffs up.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMkeowgakB 維尼
" 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!"8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PBdTe6J9W 維尼
I stick my tongue out & chant, " Silly little boy, silly little boyyy!"8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡppZWdLy5ci 維尼
" Oh yeah, Miss Shorty?"8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWnnvKGBoX 維尼
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.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8IhoPauO6 維尼
" See? I am clearly the taller one."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qkrUTpCyo 維尼
" You are slant making your hands upwards! Not fair!" I reach for his hand, try making to pull it down & make it go straight.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡb449rp7Ikg 維尼
He sees his watch as I pull his hands down, & his eyes widen.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBoJIneMSX 維尼
" Alright, just get in the scanner, it is getting late." he pauses.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjjMtlDEGu 維尼
" I'm still taller than you, though."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡC42CQyMdgy 維尼
" 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.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTRdxzU92V 維尼
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.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHFQ0IoCPv 維尼
The scanner says " Commenc making Scan..."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡchjGOew0t7 維尼
I see the scanner pass making over & I have a realisation.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4B9mMsEh8 維尼
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 remove8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVyIQ8x0Lb 維尼
A few seconds later, " Scan completed. Results visible on Analytical Engine's Liquiform Viewer."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVtmsoSJuv 維尼
I step out, & Peregrine nods, indicat making that everything is in order.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Q2Sqhkh1t 維尼
" Oh, there is actually one thing..." he says.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9B4hG94H7t 維尼
" 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.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkUBaTcAez 維尼
" No, it's not that."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDyadGpKUF 維尼
I look up & see a small smile he's trying to hold back. I narrow my eyes.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRGOxOnMC0 維尼
" It says you need to clean our your SRDs more often. Also, that I'm definitely taller than you."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPfyxRYRQu 維尼
I huff, curl making my hand into a fist, but then relax making it.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDv1FPfoaj 維尼
" Don't do that to me, you little kid."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMMpKVu7D3 維尼
I flex my finger.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnRAQKICi3 維尼
" Guess nothing is wrong with my poor finger after all. I had better put the illusion back on."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHzOKo9DCe 維尼
" Please don't... Just this once."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CbiiJO15D 維尼
I turn to him.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9LsG2cxV4 維尼
" Please don't what?"8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOWEMCm3iT 維尼
" No illusion."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfjUPyFiHg 維尼
" No illusion?"8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1L3INlLsQ 維尼
" Yeah."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PLuCtKNSY 維尼
" Why?" confusedly said by me.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYcQC6DIsr 維尼
" You know I like it better."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfSqjkxiAn 維尼
" You have never asked me to keep it like this, though."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSBuPMaUf2 維尼
" You know why Hermes is com making, Ollie."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjtBuINHIg 維尼
" I don't know for sure..."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOZ4bK6L6i 維尼
He stares at me, half-lidded, sarcastically.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlm7IcsVeX 維尼
" Alright, fine, just this once I won't, but I'm putting it back on when we return."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlvLcPeHXF 維尼
" Sure you are."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpXs1rUwA1 維尼
I look at him, my brow arched.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9t7CvHqtb 維尼
" & just what is that supposed to mean?"8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEcuBiVk55 維尼
" Nothing. Nothing at all."8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAXvCYUR6U 維尼
My IEMP growls.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWKHwQTUIs 維尼
& at the command of it, we walk out of the room to (finally) go on our little picnic.8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcqdxXizpk 維尼
Out of curiosity, do you guys like the use of '&' instead of 'and'?8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr0atOdXrX 維尼
P.S. Don't forget to vote if you think people look better without illusions. :P8964 copyright protection406ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6ZLxaSi4i 維尼
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