Before either of the girls can answer, things are in motion again, the memory resuming.
"I do!" Xenia exclaims, too loud by several measures. Her voice half-flattens the grubby crowd; they all rear back from her like it's microphone feedback, hands clapped over their ears, yelling.
Then, all at once -- miraculously -- they start to laugh. First one, then another.
"Wow, it actually works," one says.
"Yeah, that's cool."
"Weird."
"Maybe try your inside voice."
And Xenia laughs too, looking at once unsure and relieved and very pleased with herself.
Behind her, as the scene quiets back down, a neat slit appears in the air. A portal back to Peckenpaugh.
[MEMORY COMPLETE! Linchpin acquired, replies met. You can continue to thread here or head back to Peckenpaugh through the portal!]
Claudia yelps in surprise when Xenia's voice bursts forth, knocking straight into Jupiter.
"Oh! Oh! That's what it's supposed to do, right??" she asks, giddily clapping her hands. "We did it! We have to go take pictures with her!" Claudia grabs onto Lionel's shirt as she hops past toward the portal, ready to dive right in, as everyone should do when they see a mysterious portal open up in a liminal space.
"We just gotta pick her up!" Jupiter affirms, rubbing her shoulder with one hand and blinking the blast of sound out of her head as Claudia bullrushes Lionel toward the exit.
Jupiter hangs, lighting her fingers on the frozen pre-teen Xenia's shoulder. "Super cool," she says, agreeing with the gathered children, and then jogs after Claudia and Lionel.
MEMORY: It Works! - COMPLETE!
"I do!" Xenia exclaims, too loud by several measures. Her voice half-flattens the grubby crowd; they all rear back from her like it's microphone feedback, hands clapped over their ears, yelling.
Then, all at once -- miraculously -- they start to laugh. First one, then another.
"Wow, it actually works," one says.
"Yeah, that's cool."
"Weird."
"Maybe try your inside voice."
And Xenia laughs too, looking at once unsure and relieved and very pleased with herself.
Behind her, as the scene quiets back down, a neat slit appears in the air. A portal back to Peckenpaugh.
[MEMORY COMPLETE! Linchpin acquired, replies met. You can continue to thread here or head back to Peckenpaugh through the portal!]
MEMORY: It Works! - COMPLETE!
"Oh! Oh! That's what it's supposed to do, right??" she asks, giddily clapping her hands. "We did it! We have to go take pictures with her!" Claudia grabs onto Lionel's shirt as she hops past toward the portal, ready to dive right in, as everyone should do when they see a mysterious portal open up in a liminal space.
MEMORY: It Works! - COMPLETE!
Jupiter hangs, lighting her fingers on the frozen pre-teen Xenia's shoulder. "Super cool," she says, agreeing with the gathered children, and then jogs after Claudia and Lionel.
MEMORY: It Works! - COMPLETE &TOKENS!
Upon emerging from the memory out into the auditorium, the portal snapped shut behind them.
In the upper boughs of the tree, Xenia de Bourgh was freed!
You can check your token totals in Pouch's shop here, and maybe see if there's anything worth grabbing while you're there!