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self_composedWisconsin fast plants (so called because they are from Wisconsin, fast-growing, and plants) are the subject of Bella and Bridget's chosen bio experiment. It involves taking at least some measurements after sunset - Bella managed to find an exact specific experiment design that hasn't been done before, when she heard they were allowed to choose their own, and even though all it will determine is whether indoor plants without windows can "tell if it's night" even if you leave the light on all the time, she is slightly excited about this.
She meets Bridget there. They measure their plants in the lit room and the dark room, take pictures, and write down subjective evaluations of leaf droopiness. They leave.
They're about a third of the way to Bella's building when a man's voice behind them says, "Hello, girls."
She meets Bridget there. They measure their plants in the lit room and the dark room, take pictures, and write down subjective evaluations of leaf droopiness. They leave.
They're about a third of the way to Bella's building when a man's voice behind them says, "Hello, girls."
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Date: 2012-10-25 05:53 pm (UTC)Bella chews on her lip as she ascends the stairs to her room. She waves to Janine, if she's awake, and starts changing for bed; it's late.
[I suppose I'm not immune to non-mental spying. One moment while I design something to fix that.]
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Date: 2012-10-25 06:10 pm (UTC)Alice ponders, too.
It occurs to him that anyone who doesn't know magic exists will find it incredibly suspicious that this one person just happens to be completely unrecordable. But maybe Bella doesn't care about that.
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Date: 2012-10-25 06:29 pm (UTC)It's a gentle, unobtrusive feeling of that way that way, along with a rough sense of distance.
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Date: 2012-10-25 06:46 pm (UTC)Bella does not want magic (except Alice's) to be able to tell where she is, or anything about her characteristics; she wants it to fail subtly when it can, fail unsubtly when it can't, and - well. Someone might already be magically spying on her. Maybe she can come up with a way to unobtrusively fade out...? Not likely. Not if they're paying attention.
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Date: 2012-10-25 06:54 pm (UTC)There doesn't seem to be a plausible way to fade inconspicuously from well-attended magic spying without mental tampering that might not even work. But perhaps Bella can make it register the way it would if she died, or lost the characteristics on which she's being monitored, instead of as though she jammed the detector. If the hypothetical stalker comes and checks on her in person she will have a chance to identify them: they will be looking at her. Hard.
A hex goes.
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Date: 2012-10-25 07:02 pm (UTC)Alice likes it when Bella likes things!
[How's the spy thing going?]
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