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[beforehistime]

[Accidental Video]

[At first there's nothing to see but a patch of sunlit room partially blocked by a blue sleeve. Then the device is placed down on a flat surface and there is Chang Ang, seemingly engrossed in figuring out something that looks suspiciously alike a toy's remote control.]

These technological trinkets, by my beard...

[There's a

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[eagleofautozam]

Are you having trouble with your… [Not quite sure what that is himself… ]
Remote-controlled toy…?

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[For a moment all that's gonna greet Eagle's eyes is the sight of an embarrassed Fahren dignitary trying to pick up the vase's broken pieces to the best of his ability.]

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[And then... dear god, removes earphones. The device bleeps!]

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What in the name of--? Commander??

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[laughswithfan]

[Hears the crash… ]

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[Twitches… ]

[laughswithfan]

ELDER!
You should go OUTSIDE to play with your toys!

[Yes, totally pulling an ‘Elder-ism’ on Elder. ]

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It is dreadfully cold outside, Lady Aska...

[But in here he needs to deal with the fact he just set the worst example for his charge. EVER.]

[antipillar]

[No response here. He has nothing to say. He's too busy just...staring.]

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[As long as he just stares in silence someone over here will be truly grateful.]

[antipillar]

[Silence. He is good at this. Yep.]

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[conductyourself]

[ Have a Guru facepalming at you, Elder. But he might be amused. ]

It's true what they say, that we become more like children as we age.

[ Says the man who's even older than you are and looks about 10. SEE? IT'S TRUUUUUE. ]

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Master Clef. I'm honestly speechless. Apologies for this hardly seem enough...

[Apparently age makes sure we geezers not just become kids but also drama queens.]

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[conductyourself]

Apologies? For, what, the vase?

[ Clef thinks you're just embarrassed at being caught. ]

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[beforehistime]

[Well, there's also that. But...]

An unfortunate mishap. I should have been more careful when trying to discern this trinket's mechanisms...

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[o_tea_p]

Are you all right?

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[beforehistime]

Oh, goodness. The embarrassment...

Perfectly fine, perfectly fine. My gratefulness for your concern. A pity that the same cannot be said about that poor vase...

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[o_tea_p]

I'm glad to hear that. I hope that it was not a particularly valuable piece.

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[beforehistime]

It was the act of carelessness that hurts the most, I assure you. Though I certainly plan to replace that.