<strong>Candy LeBon In the Commons, chatting to Hector, then moving to the Playground</strong><br/><br/>Candy sighed softly at Hector's repeated vain attempts to get her to pose.<strong>"Actually, I'm afraid I don't know anyone who would pose for you that you haven't already painted. Perhaps you should try asking amongst the guests?"</strong>She finished her second cup and the pastry and rose to leave. "Tell you what, Hector, I'll make you a deal. If you can find some wonderful young lady to pose with me, and give me a written promise that you will not lay a finger on me or her, I will consider it. Not promising, mind, but I will consider it!"<br/><br/>With that she winked at him and swept back to her room, where she spent a few moments cleaning her teeth and attached the clever little device that Lee Chang had given her to her left wrist. She tested it, typing out the words "testing, one two three".<br/><br/>The box spoke, in a flat mechanical voice,<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">"Testing, one two three".</span><br/><br/>With a smile she headed for the Playground (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=89494.msg3979824#msg3979824).