The Park, Monday Mid-day

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Mina had settled on forgetting the distressing nature of yesterday, though she wrote a report to her superiors about the obviously unreliable nature of modern technology.

For today, she settled herself in the park, by all accounts seeming to be there to enjoy a little picnic lunch and a book. In reality, she was observing people as the went by. She had much to discover, still.

[ooc: Very open!]

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Simon had gone for a walk, hoping that would cheer him up. Unfortunately it didn't seem to work, and he found himself stuck in thoughts. He nearly walked past Mina Harker without noticing her, which made him embarrassed and caused him to blush a little.

He stopped, waving. "Good morning," he said, not sure whether she wanted company.

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"Good day, sir," Mina greeted with a pleasant smile. "I hope you are in happy spirits."

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"I have been better," he admitted. "Do you mind if I join you?"

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"Please, sit," Mina said. "Sadly my luncheon was made for one, so there is not much to share. But you are welcome to help yourself to what there is."

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"Oh, I shouldn't eat your food," he said. "Your company is enough."

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"Thank you," Mina said. "It would have been impolite for me not to offer. May I ask what distresses you today?"

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"Oh, nothing really," Simon said, shaking his head. "I got these strange messages yesterday, and then I got reminded of my sister. Nothing to bother you with really."

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"I too was plagued with strange messages," Mina said. "Technology seems to still have its... problems."

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"Especially here," Simon muttered. "I hope you didn't get any upsetting ones."

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"Nothing too upsetting," Mina said. "Obviously none were intended for me."

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He smiled. "So how has your week been?"

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"Productive and pleasant," Mina said. "It is easier to adjust to this time than I thought.'

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"I'm glad to hear it," he said. "Are you doing any other work apart from your clinic shift?"

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"Wheeee!!!" Yeah it was cold, but Robin just hadn't been able to resist the urge to come out and race around on his skateboard a bit.

Ice patch!

"Eep!" The board slid, hit the grass, and Robin flew into a bush.

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Mina stared. Hard.

This was entirely unexpected.

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Robin emerged from the bush, not really any the worse for wear, picking evergreen needles from his parka, and spitting a branch out of his mouth. He saw Mina staring, and innocently misunderstood the reason.

"I'm okay!" he assured her.

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"That is... good to hear," Mina said. This was still odd.

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Robin went to the edge of the grass to retrieve his skateboard. "My name's Robin, I'm a student up at the school."

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"A frog is in need of more knowledge than hopping and fly catching?" Mina said.

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"Well that's an ongoing debate really." Robin said. "Even most Muppet Frogs are content to stay in the swamp and live the simple life. I'm just not one of those."

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"Excuse my ignorance," Mina said. "Muppet?"

She did not introduce herself yet. There was the whole 'frog' thing sending normal propriety out the window.

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"We're a kind of genetic off shoot of pretty much anything." He explained. "A lot of people think that the talking animals in Fairy Tales are really Muppets."

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To be honest, this made Mina want to study a Muppet specimen carefully. Under a microscope. Not Robin, as he seemed alive and sentient, and she did have scruples. But it was very intriguing.

"An interesting hypothesis," she said.

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"Pretty much anything can be a Muppet." Robin said. "Birds, dogs, bears, people, even plants and inanimate objects. And some things we just can't identify."

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"Then how can it be one species?" Mina said.