Day 7
Lovelace checked herself in on the Hall of Inventors spreadsheet, and assigned herself one of the free tables. Once she got there, she wasted no time putting together her invention:
A) a miniature replica of the Stormcatcher's likeness, complete with lightning wings and a little voice that yelled "GET BACK TO WORK!"
She sat proudly by her invention as sightseers started to wander through the hall. Then she saw Enigma fluttering above the crowd. He had brought muscovite to see her work.
"Oh, wow, it looks just like Him," muscovite said, bending over to examine the miniature wooden rendering of His Many-Footedness. "But I feel more like that poor lemming right now." She indicated the Static-Charged Lemming running in its wheel, which was clearly visible in the base of the device.
"It's a metaphor," Lovelace told her, trying to contain her glee. "See what happens if you bop Him on the nose."
muscovite glanced around to see if anyone was looking, and then smacked the replica lightly on the head, mid-yell. "
GET BACK TO--HEY, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD. TAKE FIVE," it said, collapsing down to a seated position. A slat opened in the side of the side of the lemming's Faraday cage, dispensing pet food into a bowl. The lemming happily leapt off the wheel and started stuffing its tiny adorable face.
"Wait for it," Lovelace winked, sliding a mug up next to the side of the device.
And then coffee, pure glorious coffee, poured out of a nozzle at the Stormcatcher's feet.
Five minutes later, the tiny wooden icon of Stormcatcher sprang up again like a
push puppet, completely unharmed. "FEELING BETTER? THEN
GET BACK TO WORK!"
"It's beautiful," muscovite told her. "I love it. Oh, thank you so much!"
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