Library, Wednesday

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The Gem was absolutely in the library today. Absolutely. If you could find her, all the better.

She wasn't in the stacks, no. She wasn't immediately visible at the desk, either.

A bit of looking around or just calling her names would reveal that she'd tucked herself into a corner, where she was alternating between putting the final finishing touches on Summer's phone, and reading the last of those sort-of-romance books about the magical gemstone people, giving both things equal, rapt attention.

Look, she was here, people would just have to settle for that, right?

[OOC: Open library! SP for work.]

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"Little bit of one thing, little bit of the other..." Peridot peered up from where she was sitting, a set of tiny jewelers tools in one hand, an open book in her lap, and Summer's phone in her hand. She gave Summer a grin. "Finished the book and your phone. Give it a try?"

She held it up. It looked more or less the way it had before. Though it did have the added bonus of hovering in place when Peridot tapped a new little button on the side of the device and then let it go.

It was just more convenient when devices could be completely hands-free, okay? Her screen had been. It was so weird that the humans of Earth didn't make everything hover, too.

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"Yay, phone!"

It took a good deal of control for Summer to not just reach out and snatch it and cling it possessively to her chest like it was a stupid goddamn crystal from class, but the hovering helped. It was hovering, wasn't it? Or was that just a trick of her eyes from the delirium of being reunited with her precious, newly enhanced technology?

She let it hover to verify that she wasn't imagining it.

"Is that you?" she asked, pointing to it. "Or did you add that to the phone?"

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"It was a sensible feature to add. So I added it," Peridot replied, shrugging her shoulders. "It makes it far easier to work on when I can access all angles of it at once."

A pause.

"And I assume it's better for what you humans call hands-free calling."

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"Cooooool," was Summer's thorough evaluations, giving it a little nudge with her finger to see how well the hover feature held. "Way better. And perfect for comfy bed movie watching."

Tentatively, she took the phone, turning it over a little to see if she could spot the changes. "So, how does all the sweet new upgrades work?"

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Peridot gave a pleased little wiggle, and then pulled herself to her feet so that she could point at things.

"That button is the hover feature. It's enough to make the phone stay in place wherever you set it, but it can be manipulated by hand... you wouldn't be able to hang from it or anything. You can unlock your phone the same way you always did, and there's a new icon at the bottom, opposite side from the call button, to turn on the holo features."

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And Summer took right to it, and it was like stepping into a perfectly worn pair of shoes or a comfy sweatshirt, it just felt right, it just fit. "And so," she said as her fingers moved in familiar patterns, "if I wanted to, let's say, hologram a picture...of...let's...just...Ooh! Here we go!"

And tap!

"Awww, look! It's those puppies from plants class a few weeks ago! In full holographic glory!"

And she moved the phone around in a few different angles to see how the image stabilized, how it moved, waved a hand through it to see if it was disturbed at all, then pushed the button and moved her hands slowly away to watch it over, and this was totally, totally the best thing EVER.

"Ohmygod."

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Peridot smiled at Summer's reaction, though her voice was a little more tentative when she spoke.

"You... like it?"

The last time someone had reached for something she'd tinkered with, they'd attempted to throw it into the ocean. She was a little antsy about these things, these days.

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Summer took the phone again, somewhat fascinated and distracted, and played around a little more. The picture switched over briefly...very briefly...to a selfie. Another selfie. Selfie. Ooh! One of the radio squirrels wearing a top hat!

"I," Summer declared. "Freaking. Love. It!" She closed out the hologram so she could properly pay homage. "Peridot! This is the best thing ever! Thank you! Oh, man, I owe you one. This is ah-maaaaze-ing!"

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"It is?" ... "It is!"

Okay, see, Peridot felt much better, now. She was grinning and everything.

"If there's anything else you want installed, just let me know. I'll hook you up."

... Where she had picked up winking and finger-guns was anybody's best guess. Probably watching television again.