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[[ I'm only steady on my knees but one day I'll stand on my own two feet ]]

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@fae_falcon It might not even take that long. [grin] And this is the fun part anyways. You gotta appreciate the science stage, man.

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@fae_falcon [gestures to you and back at him] I mean, I'M bait sized, but you know Dick would kill us both if we served ourselves up on silver platters.

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@fae_falcon [carefully takes, angling the facets in the light. it's lovely] Guess there's one way to find out. ...Well, no, there's several, and probably safer ones than just hanging out in Gotham being bait. I can run some tests, I think.

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@fae_falcon [leans forward, examining] Looks like the kind of thing Mabel finds in antique stores. [shrugs a little] It'll give the media something to get excited about for a while anyway. It's not like museum heists happen often in real life.

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@fae_falcon Oh, yeah, sure, but definitely him. [looks you up and down a lil] All good then? Let's see it. [scoots in on his chair a bit closer]

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@fae_falcon [that office img set where angela just Appears. he jolts and looks over his shoulder] --Crap, don't do that again. But, yeah, I wouldn't have put it past him. Crime's kind of his thing.

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@fae_falcon [the atmosphere, tense and frozen, hangs a bit. he's like. oh my god. I'm an accomplice. I'm gonna go back to county jail but charged as an adult this time. stan will be so proud. ...which eases the vibes a bit] ...Remind me to introduce you to my great uncle.

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@fae_falcon [the guy shouts, "Ma'am! Hey!" but he rolls a 3 and gets waylaid by slow tourists. oh no :( I suddenly developed pathos for this guy. he won't lose his job. it's ok.]

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@fae_falcon [dude rolls a 4. he buys it immediately and off he goes. there's a second guy who has heard the alarm and sees you running and thinks...where the hell you goin that quickly... with the 19 he rolled. he looks around like is anyone else gonna follow this kid. and he follows u]

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@fae_falcon [dipper just. puts his face in his hands and plays witness like an anxious ghost. sometimes you gotta let shit happen, my boy.]

[there is the necklace! so shiny. please give me a new home, kestrel, it seems to say, like a puppy in a commercial]

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@fae_falcon [so does he, along with abject anxiety] ...I guess... [sigh] I mean, I can't stop you, and I'll still-- Uh, also don't let them get your comms. That's...really important.

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@fae_falcon [looks at his security plans. looks into the middle distance.] ...You're gonna cause a whole thing in the news, probably, so I guess... What if you get grabbed, are you good for that?

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@fae_falcon [a heavy pause. wary,] ...Kes,

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@fae_falcon [listen nobody is relaxed with crickets or worms being thrown at you, was his point. he sounds vaguely suspicious when you ask him like he can sort of sense a trap] Yyyyes.

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@fae_falcon [a pause. a thought] You should take a couple boxes or whatever, just in case. If you need to distract someone you have no idea how useful a box of crickets or mealworms are.

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@fae_falcon Pretty solid cover in the exhibits, but there's some blind spots in some corners by the stairwell in the Garden Lounge. There's also one directly under a camera in the Butterfly Pavilion if you want one by the, uh, bug closet.

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@fae_falcon Uhh [pause] there's a restroom, there's the staff-only research on the other side of the floor... Oh, wait, just inside the live insect zoo. ...It may have bugs and bug supplies in there.

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@fae_falcon [clicking around his blueprints] There's some supply closets that don't get a ton of traffic. And after hours there's cleaning and then security staff. ...Can you do that thing where you cut through glass in a circle?

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@fae_falcon [perked up] You found it? Where you at? [a pause] Is it more underwhelming in person?