The Girl Who Wants Not One Thing

"Wish there was something we could do." 
They sigh. 
["Invest in brain health?" offers Nate. "Physiotherapy research?" 
They consider.
"I wish we could give her /something."]
"Tried that," says Nate. "Worked as well as one would expect."
"Not at all?" asks Juliet. 
"Exactly."
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"What about a colouring book?"
"Good for mental health, holding the pencils'd help with fine motor control ...."
"She's probably got loads of them." 
"What if we get her a personal one?" suggests Andrea. 
"What d'you mean?" 
"Well, we all--a lot of us like Sunshiney Rainbow Friends, ay? Why not we get her an autographed one? And some really thick pencils you can hold easily?"
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To contactus@SUNSHINEYRAINBOWFRIENDS.tv
From Andrea
Subject Purchase & Autograph Inquiry
To whom it may concern, 
A peer of mine is feeling rather under the weather, so a couple coworkers and I were wondering if we could buy an autographed level three colouring book. 
Thank you for your time, 
Andrea Hill, Ranger (Vulcan Specter)
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To Andrea
From SRF
Subject Re: Purchase & Autograph Inquiry
Ranger--
Absolutely you can get a copy autographed! Didn't realize we had such a following in the PPDC! What's your friend's name? 
Have a fantastic day, 
--[person]
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To contactus@SUNSHINEYRAINBOWFRIENDS.tv
From Andrea
Subject Re: Purchase & Autograph Inquiry
Her name is Chuck Darling. 
There're quite a few of us! We meet for bi-weekly screenings every five episodes. It's pretty awesome. 
Andrea Hill, Ranger (Vulcan Specter)
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To Andrea
From SRF
Subject Re: Purchase & Autograph Inquiry
Hi, Ranger Hill, 
I'm the assistant director of SRF, [person II]. [Person I] has had to take a moment to compose themselves--quite literally, they've turn into sparkles and will recreate themselves. Eventually. Probably.
In the meantime, could we publish an episode about your quest? 
Thanks, 
[person II]
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To contactus@SUNSHINEYRAINBOWFRIENDS.tv
From Andrea
Subject Re: Purchase & Autograph Inquiry
That would be so incredibly awesome and I've sent you pictures of everyone who's agreed (including my copilots who I haven't asked yet but will be more than happy to help if I have to Drift with them to go along with this) as well as the Team Vulcan Specter PR person who I`ve forwarded this email. 
Good luck on the recreating! 
Andrea Hill, Ranger (Vulcan Specter)
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[Caitlin asks, "If I told Chuck a popular cartoon wanted to use her voice--" 
Sergio's spoon stops halfway to his mouth. 
"--how would she react?"]
"This is a joke, haha, fat chance." 
"So /that's why I've been thinking in portals." 
"Could be the AI running our place of residence." 
"Good point. Thanks, copilot."
Sergio's phone beeps. 
AGNIS: oh yes, blame the AI.
Sergio puts his phone on the table with a pat.
Caitlin kisses Sergio's cheek. "I love you." 
"I know." 
She grins, skips off. 
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"Morning, Chuck!" greets Caitlin. "I want to get a recording of your vowels today but not just the 'My Fair Lady' stuff, like, actual sentences, so we're going down to the CDL and having you read to them. Two birds with one stone, written language processing, too!" 
Chuck heaves a sigh. 
"C'mon, it'll be great."
"They're kids."
"They're cute!"
They're disgusting." 
Caitlin conceeds--"But they're so cute!" 
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Logan glowers into the dregs of his [porridge]. "This is fucking stupid."
Jackson grunts.
"Up'n at 'em, Rangers!" cheers Jamie. 
"You're fucking joking, ay?" scowls Logan. 
"Not in the least!" 
"I'm not fucking acting for a stupid kids' show." 
"Think of the children, Logan! They'll /love it." 
Logan groans loudly, drags himself out of his seat. 
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"This show in Hong Kong?" asks Logan. 
"Yup!" says the director. 
"It's why [two characters] are canonically in a relationship but we can't actually show it." 
Logan nods. 
A vocal coach tidies paper. 
"Could I do the dubbing for the Chinese version?" 
"If we could afford a language--"
/I speak Cantonese already./
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