The Watcher Watches

328 The Watcher Watches: Rainflower's House ~~ Romantic Interest Achieved ~~



Rainflower's second attempt to go get something to eat was successful. Sometimes, being absent minded, he forgets what he was going to do, but not too often. He seems to be only slightly absent minded.
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"What's this? Oh Pancakes! Yes, that's right, I Do love Pancakes! They taste just like Love!" he mumbles to himself.
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Klaatu walks by him, and thinks "Increased Garbage Commencing."
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Klaatu looks over and sees Mara and Peanut.
"Romance Achieved for Mara and Peanut." Klaatu thinks, as she watches them kiss and flirt.
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Rainflower finishes his messy breakfast, and interrupts his son to come partake in one of his many obligatory Training Sessions.
This one is Rainflower's required JOY Training, to Feel the Joy. Joy=LOVE.
Well, I suppose instead of listening to another lecture, this is much more fun!
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Annalove is enjoying the lovely garden that Vance and Klaatu have planted.
It fills her with LOVE and Inspiration.
She decides to express her inspiration of Nature, Garden, Love & Happiness in her ART. First she must sell her previous 'masterpiece', as Rainflower calls all of her art!
The new masterpiece turns out to her liking! ?
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Peanut finally gets away from Rainflower, and brings Mara to show her the philosophers stone.
"Mara, this is the special stone we can place items on, to try to turn them into Gold!"
"It's lovely looking! Golly, Jin was kind to let you use it. What kind of things should we try?" Mara asks.
Peanut glances out the window, lost in thought, thinking what might be the ideal item to use. Then says "I don't really know, possibly anything might do, the book didn't go into the details, only that it was possible. I have some fruit from the garden to try, and my old toys, and a gnome.'' he says.
Mara is excited to get started.
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As Peanut attempts to transmute a life fruit to gold, Mara has a bit of a fit, thinking about how much she would rather be having good clean fun, with her cute Peanut, instead of watching a transmutation into gold! LOL I've never seen this before! She must love him more than gold, or her LTW!
Her action does not dissuay Peanut from his serious task! He starts the incantation as Mara finally calms down!
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*POOF!* A gold bar is created!
"Hmm I guess that is good." says Mara.
I think she may have been expecting something grander than an increase of 67 Simoleans. hahaha
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Peanut tries again, "This time I will put a gnome worth 1000 Simoleans on the stone!"
Mara is excited!
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*POOF!* A gold bar appears where once a silly gnome lay. It's worth is 167 Simoleans. :dizzy:
"Peanut, this gold bar is actually worth less than what the gnome was worth!
But you have proved your love for me! Lets go makeout!" she says.
Well if this keeps happening, neither one will ever get their LTW granted! :D
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"Let me just try one more item, Mara. I'm sorry but Watcher is making me try to find out which items will yield a gold bar worth more than the item itself!" says Peanut.
"Welll ok, but Watcher or no, just one more, and then we take a kissing break." says Mara. She just loooooves to kiss him, and who am I to say no.
Peanut puts his old childhood toy worth 2 Simoleans on the stone.
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*POOF!* the toy car disappears into Nothing! Aww too bad!
Peanut can't figure it out what went wrong!
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Fortunately, Mara happily takes over to make everything better!
Peanut hopes his thoughts don't get him arrested.
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"What are thinking about, Peanut?" asks Mara. She is always very direct.
"Oh ... you know, Mara, ... You!" says Peanut. He is a bit shy and reserved in the words he says. (but isn't bashful at all in his actions.)
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Klaatu has been analyzing her enhanced emotions and what she has observed between the couples here in the house.
Klaatu has a cause and effect idea in the making.
"Vance. I Analyzed my Enhanced Emotion Fondness from the Test Chamber. Unknown if it is prerequisite to Romantic Interest. I would like to experience 'Enhanced Kiss' again."

"Oh! Ok!" says Vance. And very happily lets Klaatu kiss him.
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"So what do you think, Klaatu?" asks Vance.
"Negative Romantic Interest. Vance." says Klaatu.
"Hm.'' Vance is taken aback. ''Maybe let me try to perform the kiss?" he asks.
"Affirmative Vance."
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Vance gives her a kiss.
"How was that?" asks Vance.
"Enhanced Emotion Greater Fondness. Increased Fondness. Greater Fondness for Vance than fondness for Branch." says Klaatu, not having a specialized word to describe this particular emotion.
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Encouraged, Vance says "Oh that sounds like improvement! Let me try again, I know I can do better!"
"Affirmative Vance." agrees Klaatu, to allowing Vance to try again.
This time he tries a dip kiss.
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"That was Enhanced Kiss. Vance. Almost similar to the test chamber kiss." says Klaatu.
Vance thinks " Almost??!" It didn't seem 'almost' to him at all!
"Hm, quite. Allow me." Vance says as he tries again, this time giving his all to the machine he's grown so attached to.

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During the kiss something goes *Pop!* and *whirr!* and *!!!* for Klaatu.
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"Vance. Romantic Interest Achieved." says Klaatu.
"Whew!" thinks Vance, super happy, and near swooning.
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