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[decideformyself]

[ Eventually Philip will change his answering machine message. But until then, enjoy this default greeting. ]

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[whiteas]

[ Weiss is going to be leaving to go fetch some towels now, feel free to continue the thread without her for a bit and I'll just tag back in when she returns! ]

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[decideformyself]

[ His eyes light up. He's just going to put this on a shelf in his room :D It'll be great. ]

What a curious chemical reaction, John Smith. I'll need to observe more.

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[starcharted]

[ Seeing that look on Philip's face made everything worth it. ]

Well, of course. I've already figured that. I've been thinking that we should make a time to meet every so often to do more experiments. What do you say?

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[decideformyself]

I completely agree! Although to placate Weiss Schnee [ He rolls his eyes ] perhaps we should do so outdoors.

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[starcharted]

Weiss is rather spirited, isn't she? [ He laughed at Philip's eye rolling. He really did hope they got on to be good friends eventually. ]

You're not wrong. Seems like she's got enough to deal with without us making explosions and whatnot.

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[decideformyself]

[ He's fine with her, usually, but she just dumped acid on someone yesterday. Philip's still freaked out about that. ]

Yes, exactly.

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[starcharted]

[ It wasn't that he wasn't bothered by that too, but... well, it had made him wonder how far he would have gone himself if it was in the name of protecting someone important. ]

I think she's probably a good person though. A little... icy, but good in the end.

Anyway, we shouldn't talk about her when she could come back and hear us. What shall we do next time, do you think? Something less messy?

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[decideformyself]

Yes, perhaps. The materials for a large-scale demonstration of the Leidenfrost effect are unavailable, so I'll need to look up other potential projects.

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[starcharted]

Have you heard of the tornado in a bottle experiment? Simple but fun. There's another bottle experiment with eggs that's quite interesting as well.

EGGS

[decideformyself]

I haven't heard of either of those! They sound fascinating.

"tornado"

[starcharted]

Then it's settled! That's what we'll do next time.

[ Pause. ]

... do you think Weiss forgot about us?

egg tornado

[decideformyself]

Ah. [ He glances around. ] Perhaps?

why are we spinning shotaro

[whiteas]

I didn't!

[ Weiss comes in with an armful of towels, having whispered loudly to get her point across. ]

It isn't exactly easy to steal a bunch of towels without letting everyone know that a couple of dunces decided to use the library for a volcano demonstration, you know.

why not

[starcharted]

[ John turned toward her voice, grinning. ]

I think what you meant to say is two absolute geniuses, but I'll let it slide this time.

[ He took several of the towels from her, but lowered his voice to speak again before going back to cleaning with Philip. ]

Thank you for your patience, Weiss. You've been brilliant. Philip really needed some fun today.

[decideformyself]

[ Philip gives John a quizzical look at that whispering, but focuses on cleaning up. Since Weiss is making such a big deal about it, he might as well. ]

[whiteas]

You don't have to whisper back at me, I was only being quiet because I was saying something incriminating about you two dunces.

[ Yeah, she's sticking with that. At least she's helping them clean up. Weiss gets up on a table to get across the mess to start cleaning up from the other side of it. She really has no problem with climbing up on tables so long as no one's going to bust her for it. ]

Did you two at least learn something from this?

[starcharted]

And I was whispering because I was saying something incrimination about you being nice.

[ He smiled, obviously teasing. ]

I learned not to do experiments in the library. Also that volcanoes are cool.

[decideformyself]

I learned how to make a volcano.

[whiteas]

Hey, I can be nice.

[ Just not usually at the same time as she's being crabby. Still Weiss is going to roll her eyes at them both being like lol volcano instead of learning. She'll just be here cleaning up. ]

Well, at least you got the no-library part.

[starcharted]

[ He only smiled wider at her retaliation. ]

Well I got it, I don't know if this one did.

[ He bent over to wipe a spot on the floor while pointing to Philip. ]

[decideformyself]

Yes, yes, I understand. [ He waves dismissively and keeps mopping up volcano gunk. ]

[whiteas]

What gave you two the idea to build a model volcano in here anyway?

[starcharted]

I thought it would be a good time and he suggested we do it here, so...

I really didn't think it would blow up like that.

[decideformyself]

It was the first location that came to mind. [ He also didn't know it would be this messy. Learning experiences! ]

[whiteas]

If you promise to do it outside, I'll suggest getting some mentos, tape, and a two liter bottle of diet soda. Put two mentos on the tape, then tape it to the edge of the soda bottle and screw the cap closed. Shake it up, then toss it up into the air over some cement. I'm not doing it with you, but I think you might want to try that. Don't do it inside though or you'll honestly regret it.

[ From Weiss's list of things she's wanted to try but grew up with too strict of a family to ever actually make a huge, unprofessional mess unbefitting an heiress. ]