Experiment Six

[intomyownhands]

[Filtered to be unreadable to all female students]

I...

I...

I asked her to the dance...

I asked her to the dance! And she said yes! I can't believe it! She actually said yes! She's going to the dance! With me!

O-oh. Oh no.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DANCE!

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So I'm really excited right now.

Comments

[magical_stutter]

cONGRATS, yOU'RE GOING,
tO, i BET YOU'RE, gOING TO HAVE, a LOT OF, fUN,
uH, aND I CAN'T, dANCE, eITHER,
sO I KNOW, hOW YOU, fEEL, mAYBE,,,
iT'S, uH, pROBABLY NOT THAT, fUN,
aNYWAY, rIGHT,

[intomyownhands]

[Tavros, this is the way to find your tiny little 'Puff cuteness unofficially adopted by Big Brother Billy.]

Oh, you're, uh... Tavros, right?
Yeah, it's, uh. I don't understand what the big deal about dancing is.

Do you know what your costume is going to be?

[magical_stutter]

uH, yEAH, i'm TAVROS,
yEAH IT DOESN'T, lOOK FUN, aT ALL,,,

nO, uH, i HAVEN'T THOUGHT, aBOUT, iT,
i MIGHT NOT, gO ANYWAY,

[intomyownhands]

Really.

[There are some thoughtful inkblots, like he was tapping the quill against the page.]

If you wanted to go, I could help you come up with a costume. I'm no hack at playing around with building things.

[magical_stutter]

uH, nO YOU, dON'T HAVE TO,
dO THAT, i MEAN, uH,
tHAT'S A LOT, oF, tROUBLE TO GO,
tHROUGH FOR, mE,
iT'S NOT, a BIG, dEAL,

[intomyownhands]

It's no trouble, really. It might be fun, right? I'd be happy to help you out.

I mean.

If you're interested.

[magical_stutter]

uH, nO,
i MEAN, yES,
nO THAT YES, i AM, uH,
iNTERESTED, yES,
bUT ONLY IF, yOU, wANT TO,
i MEAN, iF IT BECOMES,
tOO MUCH, tROUBLE, tHEN IT'S OKAY,
iF, yOU DON'T,
bUT, uH, i WOULD,
lIKE THAT, yES,

[intomyownhands]

Then...What do you want to be? I mean, did you have any ideas? Cute? Scary? Awesome?

The sky's the limit, Tavros.

[magical_stutter]

uHHH, i DON'T, kNOW,
mAYBE CUTE,,,
wAIT NO, pEOPLE MIGHT LAUGH, AT THAT, mAYBE,
i GUESS, sCARY,,,

[intomyownhands]

Uh, okay. What kind of scary? Pirate? Ninja? Zombie? Supervillain? Or maybe something like a dragon, or a...something else?

I can sketch some things up for you to look at.

[magical_stutter]

wHAT ABOUT, sOMETHING,
wITH, bULLS MAYBE,
uHH, iF THAT'S EVEN, pOSSIBLE,

sKETCHES WOUlD, bE, cOOL,,,
bUT THAT'S, uH, a LOT OF, wORK,

[intomyownhands]

You like bulls? Okay, I'll see what I can do.

Sketches are just sketches. I'll even draw them here in the journals, if you'd prefer.

[Billy's been bored since he had to give up his electricity project. :I ]