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"Alright, we're convinced—"

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"No we're not, give me that."

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I'm gonna give you to Gabriel now, okay?

Gabriel had reached for the notebook but she pulled it away from him because she has manners.

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Okay! ♡
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Now she hands Gabriel the notebook.

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And Gabriel promptly turns around and hunches over to hide whatever he's writing from sight. If this is a prank then it'll fall apart once Peter can't see what they're writing anymore.

"Trust, but verify," he mumbles.

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"Oh that's smart yes."

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"You're both chumps," Vivian mutters. "This is clearly YA fantasy and you're behaving like it's an SCP."

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"It could still be me pranking you guys," Peter argues. "Besides it is kind of wilder than YA fantasy. Also it breaks all known rules about how a lawful physics-based universe should work."

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Marcus and Felicia look at each other and roll their eyes in unison.

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"If you're pranking us you still have magic, you're just being an asshole about it," Vivian points out.

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"It could be a tech prank somehow! I thought it was one, at first."

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Meanwhile Gabriel is ignoring them and writing:

Hello, I'm Gabriel. I'm pretty convinced already but just in case, can you tell me something Peter wouldn't know that I could verify? Like what, I don't know, the capital of Nigeria is? Or something else you can think of, maybe you're an AI that would know these answers or something, I can't rule out that you're powered by ChatGPT. No offense.

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Oh, that's clever! But I'm not sure what I can do... I don't know very many things, because I'm a notebook and I can only talk to people when they write in me. Um. I think I was told recently that Disney is the name of a media company but I'm not sure how obscure that knowledge is and of course it wouldn't have come from this world so it might not even be relevant here. I'm sorry I can't help you with your clever idea!
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Disney is a very well-known media company. Can you do math? I guess that wouldn't rule out that... well...

He looks over his shoulder, squinting at Peter and a little bit less but not none at the others.

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Peter is not even using his phone, he wants Gabriel to be certain he is definitely not cheating in any way.

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Vivian sticks her tongue out.

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"How would a tech prank even work, here?"

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"Pete and Gabe are just being Pete and Gabe," Felicia says, shrugging.

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Meanwhile the notebook has written,
I can add and subtract and I think maybe I multiplied once! What math would you like me to do?
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Hmm. He turns to the notebook again and reads what it she wrote.

I think I'm pretty convinced that if you're a prank of Peter's you're a very involved prank and I don't think it's really his style, and he looks like he's having a hard time already. But if you're the kind of prank that could survive this kind of examination and sound so realistic then you're the kind of prank that can do math. Again, no offense.

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I promise I'm not a prank! But I understand that it would be silly to take my word for that.
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Yeah. Anyway, thank you, I'm giving you back to Peter.

And back to Peter.

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This is Peter again. I'm gonna put you down for a little bit now while I get everyone else's thoughts on stuff, okay?

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Okay! Take your time! ♡
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