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second gear ; voice + action

[Hello, Luceti! Have another accidental recording over the journal network. This time, you'll hear is two similarly shrill voices arguing over each other. A peek at the camera reveals something leafy and green...]

Somethin' wrong with your ears, buddy? I already said I'd rather race off a cliff before I'd eat one of those!!

But don't you want to be big and strong like your friend, little girl?

Uh, no? AI's don't grow up to be anything, genius. [DRAMATIC EYEROLL] Also, I don't care what you say, that stuff's nasty.

But it's good for you!

Gross is what it is! Leave me alone!!

[The camera then shifts around, only to show a flurry of pixels flickering in place! When that clears, the setting is clearly different (outdoors this time!) and a nine year old's face is peering into the journal.]

So some kid with a stupid name keeps tryin' to poison me, guys. What do I do?

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It's better than nothing, that's for sure--come to think of it I guess I should probably find something heavy to put on top of the lid of that trash can, maybe... [crow no that's terrible...]

[Utterly serious-] Yeah, you should. Wouldn't want it getting out and tryin' to bother you again, right?

What was it trying to make you do, anyway?

Something about "caroling" or whatever. [Singing...? Yeah, no thanks.]

So what was that green stuff it was trying to make you eat?

Spinach, or something. I dunno. Something healthy. [Shudders.]

And that stuff is supposed to be considered poisonous? [At least that's what it sounded like you were saying before...we are suddenly very glad we don't have to eat either. 8|]

Totally poisonous. Or it should be, anyway. It's nasty, okay! You'd know what I'm talkin' about if your elf tried to make you eat it, too.

Huh...well, guess I should be glad that the one I was stuck with didn't try something stupid like that yet.

Yeah, yeah. Lucky you. All you gotta do is sing!

Sing? [...Oh, that's what caroling means. Our bad. Not that it would have stopped him from putting that poor elf into the trash.]

Right, as if I'd want to waste time doing that...

Bet your elf-buddy'll leave you alone if you do it! And c'mon, singing's easy!

...Singing's not my thing.

[Actually it's because he doesn't know how or what to sing anyway.]

O-kayyy... That's lame, though, since you got off easy. Ooh, maybe we could swap elves! I don't care about singing, anyway.

It can't be that easy to just swap 'em...and I don't wanna shove something poisonous in my mouth anyway.

Right, right... So we dump mine in the river or somethin', then I can sing for yours! Maybe he'll give us a prize! I'll totally share it with you. [Maybe. Probably not.]

[~~Not if Crow steals it first.~~ He actually seems to consider this option a little.] Hrm...that might not be a bad idea--for all I know maybe it really doesn't care about who does the singin' or whatever for it.

[And surely the elves can swim, so it probably wouldn't hurt them if they actually did have to resort to tossing them into the river right...]

You should find out. [Vanellope nods sagely. Seriously, best idea she's had all day.]

Well fine, I will. I just have'ta go back to the trash can I stashed my elf in first.

[If it's even still in there. Poor elf.]

[Heh heh. He threw his elf away.]

Hurry back!

- Ooh, or maybe I can come find ya, 'case you need help!

Who said I needed--[Oh right, duh, he just agreed to letting her "help" out, try to keep up Crow.] Fine, you can if you want--it'd save me the trouble of havin' to track you down after I find this elf anyway.

Awesome! [He can't see her, but she's doing a jumpy, skippy thing of excitement!]

So, where you at?

[Uh...] The roof of some house by the river...well, for now, anyway.

[He'll be hopping down from this roof here in a minute to go back to the trash can where he left the elf at. Also he sucks at giving good directions.]

Yeah, because that's helpful. [She rolls her eyes, not that he can see!] C'mon, how'm I supposed to find ya?

But surely you're smart enough to figure it out on your own, aren't ya? [But fine, okay, he'll try to be a little less vague. There's a whoosh sound in the background as he jumps across to the roof of another nearby building, still holding the journal open to talk.] We're somewhere over by where those stores and stuff is now.

[Our house is nearly right behind one of the shops here in the plaza, so it doesn't take very long for us to get to this part of the area.]

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