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[anothershirtruined]

 [The video opens on a small dark-haired woman in 1890 style clothing sitting in a chair by a window and reading.  It takes her a few moments and several pages before she notices the appearance of a new book on the table.  Setting her other book aside, she frowns severely as she picks up the open book.]

I had been quite certain I knew the appearance of every book in this household.  Even with how many father has collected over the years.  But this I do not recognize.  How ever could it have gotten here?

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[crackpotcrocker]

Maybe it just magically appeared!

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[anothershirtruined]

[Amelia would later refuse to admit that she let out a small shriek as she dropped the book to the floor.]

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[crackpotcrocker]

... Let guess you dropped the book? My apologies. Didn't mean to startle you.

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[carriesparasol]

That is a question many of us would enjoy the answer to, I assure you.

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[anothershirtruined]

Good heavens! What is this book?

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[anothershirtruined]

[She gingerly picks the book back up and looks into it.]

Good gad, sir! What is this book? It is as if a play had been placed into its pages.

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[crackpotcrocker]

I told you! It's a magical book connecting you thought the muliverse..

... Oh, that. That's something called video.

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[cravats]

The community has its ways and means, alas.

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[anothershirtruined]

Your words make little sense, sir.

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[anothershirtruined]

The community?

And how is it possible for you to appear in this way?

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[cravats]

A wide-reaching network that allows us to speak to each other through highly unconventional means. I'm afraid that my capacity to describe it more accurately than that is limited- it doesn't seem to function according to any scientific rules I've ever encountered, which is very inconvenient.

I am Professor Randolph Lyall, by the by. It's a pleasure to meet you.

[antibadstuff]

Personally, I'm going with magic. First time I got here I was trying to read something and it just took over. You can probably figure out how to move it if it's a book you need, but if it's not I'd stick with it.

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[carriesparasol]

An anomaly would be an accurate term for it.

Odd and impossible as it may sound, your book has been connected to an invisible network of people.

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[anothershirtruined]

Odd and impossible are excellent words for it. All the same, I cannot deny the evidence of my eyes and ears.

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[anothershirtruined]

Likewise a pleasure, Professor. My name is Amelia Peabody.

It all seems very strange to my ears. But I have never been in the habit of denying what is evident to my eyes.

[anothershirtruined]

Good heavens. I am half convinced that this must be some sort of absurd dream. But I have never been given to that sort of fancy.

[antibadstuff]

Not a dream. Probably not the weirdest thing you'll ever see now that you've got access either.

Hi I'm Buffy.

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[cravats]

An excellent habit not to be in, I must say. But I do agree that it sounds very strange- and now that you've accessed it, things are likely to get much stranger.

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[carriesparasol]

Then you are taking the news much better and more sensibly than many others.

[makewayforroze]

The community is able to make it appear. The same happened for me. It's strange, isn't it?

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[chapter_behind]

[James may not look quite as respectable as he once did, but he's still clean and well-put together, even if he has been working on the Dutchman all day.]

It appears you've already had the usual welcome to the community, madam. Has anyone explained viruses to you?

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[anothershirtruined]

They have not, sir.

[anothershirtruined]

Strange would be an accurate observation. I would have thought such things as moving images within a book could not be anything but the product of dreams and whimsy. But I have never been given to such flights of fancy.

[anothershirtruined]

Full name please, dear. It is rather improper to introduce oneself by only the first name.

My name is Amelia Peabody.

[Such an odd name for a young lady. And what on earth was she wearing?]

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[anothershirtruined]

I generally find that very few people are as sensible as I am.