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[Not much preamble to the video.]

Happy New Year.

I got a piece of paper I need studied - I wanna know where it came from, who's touched it and pretty much anything else about it that might be unusual including whether it's been handled by a ghost or some other undead type person. Handwriting expert could be useful too because I wanna see if it matches the writing of someone who was on campus. Methods scientific or occult or a little column A and a little column B - Don't care. Just need results. I'm willing to pay.

ACTION! Choose your own adventure.

Scenario A: Knuckles is in the Gym in the afternoons beating the snot out of the training bag, or in the weight room, lifting the custom weights Max made for him in ridiculously high volume. He's less his normal cheerful self and it's pretty clear he's working through some frustrations but don't let that stop you saying Hi! He's more than happy of the company, honest! And if you're up for a spar, he would be more than happy to oblige you there, too.

Scenario B: Inbetween or after classes, you can find him in the halls or finishing up whatever work he didn't get done during whichever class you happen to share with him. He may also be walking inbetween buildings or across the quad or to the gym or anywhere else you may have reason to run into him.

Scenario C: In the city, at night. You're less than likely to spot him unless you're on the rooftops of FDC or doing something you shouldn't be doing and he happens to find you. He's been patrolling late evening through to very early morning, especially in the area near where they found Charlise's body, and wherever else recent violence has been reported on the six oclock news. Feel free to either be also inspecting and looking for clues, Oh Fellow Warriors of Justice. Or just be someone who happens to cross his path.

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Tuckered out? Me? Not a chance - I can go all day without a break. I got stamina to spare. C'mon, let's find you some pretty doo-dads for your new toy.

[He started walking toward the racks where the charms were hung. There were a great number of different things, from little animals to geometric shapes, to popular cartoon characters and political figures, pokemon, and yes even flowers.]

[She followed him and when she found the section of it, she spent a good deal of time simply staring. There was too much, if such a thing was even possible. Could there be too much of something? Yes. Of course there could have been. As much as some people thought otherwise, Voile had a fondness for moderation and for not crossing the unseen line.

So for many moments, she said nothing, simply turned her head from one way to another and back again, simply skimming the wall. She was in no grant haste, no desire to rush through this, that, or the other thing. And considering she might have looked a little amusing, she reckoned that Knuckles wasn't going to particularly dislike watching her. Provided that he was.]

Wow. [Finally, some words. Well. A word.] Now I'm not sure what to get. Too many options...

Well, you did mention flowers, and there's some different ones here. Some with glitter and some that are more plain. Roses and daisies and poppies - Lots of flowers.

[He pointed to each as he made mention of it.]

Do you see anything for lilies?

[She thought about skimming the others, but instead, she decided to take a closer look at what he'd offered. The roses were nice. Voile liked roses. Not as much as lilies, but they were definitely a higher ranking flower in her opinion.]

Probably not. Most people aren't into lilies, I don't think.

Hmmm... Li9llies...

[He scanned the collection, doing his best to spot any.]

The closest thing I see are those. They look sort of like Lotus flowers?

Lotus flowers.

[Voile had to stop and think about the possibility for a moment. Lotus flowers were incredibly delicate and required special care to survive. Well, many of them did. She imagined some breeds weren't quite as sensitive. She wondered if Knuckles knew that, or if he put two and two together.

She certainly was a fragile creature on her own.]

These are pretty. I think these will do just fine. They suit me, too.

[He reached over to the little hook holding them and took a few off, examining them shrewdly to see which had the best paint job and no scratches. His brow creased and he squinted at them a bit.]

....I think this one is the best one.

[He offered it to her.]

[She took it and for a moment, thought about scrutinising it. But then she decided that if she trusted him so explicitly, then she had no reason to double check anything he'd already looked over. And to be fair, she did trust him that closely.]

Perfect. Thank you for picking it out for me. Admittedly I don't know a lot about orchids, so perhaps with these I can learn how to be more like one.

Lotus are orchids? Huh.... I never knew. I figured because they grew on the water they were probably lillies.

[He loved nature, but he was no botanist.]

And you're welcome for the pick - but I won't be offended or nothin' if you wanna get your own instead. You should look a little more just in case something else catches your eye.

[She suddenly paused and handed back the charms over to him.] Hold this for a moment. Now that you've mentioned that, I need to double check. I thought lotuses were related to orchids in some way, but I could be wrong. I'm not the end all for flowers, I just really like them.

[Voile laughed and she reached for a rather small book with print that was probably way too tiny to read. Evidently she'd had it solely for the pictures. After a moment of squinting, she halted and skimmed a few pages.]

Well, it's not a water lily, though that's a common misconception I guess. And it's definitely not like an orchid. We are both wrong.

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