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[good morning, Paradisa. when everyone's journals jumped into their hands, this particular Ghostbuster was asleep ... so he woke up with a journal tucked under his arm instead of his stuffed Mr. Stay Puft. now that he's over the initial confusion, he's perusing the new transcriptions in the library, with a big mug of cocoa]

I know a lotta people are talking about this, so I'm sorry if this is beating a dead horse - no offense, Equestrians, oops - but the PKE reading on my journal is just the same as it was yesterday, and the baseline castle energy levels are the same. From a strictly statistical point of view, it doesn't look like we're in any trouble. It's just that we've lost old data... but knowing Paradisa, that'll turn up eventually, anyway. I'm in the library right now, if anyone wants to come and help me look....

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yes I did, and I regret nothing

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Ohhhh, Twilight, I'm SO sorry! I didn't think before I said it - it's a figure of speech where I'm from ... it -- well --

Horses back home aren't anything like you and your friends, and I --

Ugh. [he sighs, utterly mortified]

It's supposed to mean "doing something useless that doesn't do any good". But it's .... it really is kind of an ugly expression. I guess humans have been using it for so long that we don't really think about how awful it is anymore. I'll be more careful ... I really am sorry.

horrible!

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W-Well.... I suppose can see why beating a dead anything would be useless, but... [ Still, why? /sob ]

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I know, it's -- I really really didn't even realize what I was saying. I'm so sorry, Twilight, I really am...

Can I make it up to you?

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No... No, it's all right. You didn't mean anything by it, and you apologized.

Just please watch your... choice in phrases from now on... please.

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I will, I promise. [HE IS SO SERIOUS I don't even]

How's everything going with Spike? Any luck getting everything returned?

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Oh! Spike just woke up not too long ago, actually.

We'll be returning everything I wasn't able to. We... actually have quite a bit left of his hoard, but I can't tell what belongs to somepony, and what was wished up from the castle. He amassed quite a bit that way.

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Maybe you could write up like, an inventory? I could help you. And we could put it in the lobby so that everyone could look at it. I mean - not everyone would notice right away that they had stuff missing, depending on what it was.

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That's a great idea! I love making lists!

[ It's sad how excited she sounds by that. Because she does. WHAT A NERD OMG... ]

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Yeah? That'll be the perfect project for you, then. [he sounds almost as enthusiastic, really]

D'you want help?

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Oh, yes, I could use the help. I would need to catalog all of the books, after all, and I'd rather not bother Spike right after he woke up. [ And her loss would keep her from reading the titles... /sob ]

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Books? Yeah, that's perfect, I can help with books. I used to run a bookstore. It was actually my job in Paris, too - were you here for Paris?

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No, I arrived right after it. [ Literally the second they got back from Paris, actually. ]

I ran the Books and Branches Library back home, though. It sounds like we have a little in common.

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Yeah, I guess we do! Tell you what, once I'm done up here, I'll come by Spike's room and we can start the inventory. [he thinks a second about this. something is missing from this plan -- OH RIGHT]

I'll bring the snacks!

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Yes! This will be so much fun!

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[a little while later he shows up with a backpack slung over his shoulder. all the essentials: a couple boxes of different flavors of Cheezits, a six-pack of root beer, some notebooks, and a few different sizes of plastic bags and various other archival materials]

Hey, Twilight! ... D'you mind wishing up some bowls? They wouldn't fit in my bag...

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[ And Twilight is like "Yay!" In expression. She doesn't actually say it. This time. ]

Oh, of course!

Castle, some bowls, if you would be so kind.

[ And it is! And there were bowls. ]

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[yay! he pours the snacks into one, and some of the soda into the other. he's not sure if ponies can drink out of cans, so. this is him being thoughtful]

I brought archival materials for some of the more fragile stuff, in case it needs to be protected until people come to pick it up...

[HELLO BUBBLE WRAP]

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[ Twilight's going to use her magic to lift a few of the snacks and try them out. Human snacks, man! They could be weird.

...Naw, they were pretty tasty. ]

Hm? [ Oh, bubble wrap! ] Oh, that's a good idea!

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[Cheezits are the best things ever. well, and Twinkies, too. there are also some of those]

Thanks! ... Where do you want me to start? D'you have a system?