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[skeletonkeay]

INBOX OF GERARD KEAY

Point of contact for Pumpkin Hollow. Gerry can be reached by phone, mail, or a visit to his shop during business hours. Pinhole Printing and Binding is open from 11am to 6pm every day except Tuesday, because fuck Tuesday, or unless Gerry deigns otherwise.

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[tisnotthehouse]

"'Seal it?'" Tarantulas can't keep the confused look off his face. He hadn't intended to betray the depths of his ignorance when he entered the shop, but...then again, he hadn't realize just how far down that ignorance extended. He sighs and says, "Pretend for a moment I come from an entirely digital culture, and then explain what you mean by that. Please."

[skeletonkeay]

Oh, there's no pretending involved. Gerry doesn't need true sight gifted by the Ceaseless Watcher to pick up on context clues.

"As in with a coat of something protective. Like, uh---" Fuck. This guy won't know what Mod Podge is. Poor, deprived sod. Hair spray? Hard maybe. Paint??? "Like a clear varnish."

[tisnotthehouse]

"Ah!" The connection to varnish works -- Tarantulas is still a Cybertronian at spark, after all, and paint and varnish are an important part of the culture. "So the 'varnish' locks the pencil markings into place and stops them from smearing?" He frowns again at the paper. "Won't the varnish eventually cause the organic compounds making up the paper to deteriorate, though? What's the average lifespan for this medium?"

[skeletonkeay]

"There's varnishes specifically for paper, and I honestly am not sure about an average lifespan. It can be destroyed in literally two seconds from tearing or flame, or it can last for centuries if stored safely. So your guess is as good as mine."

[tisnotthehouse]

"Hm." A little disappointing, but it's fine. "I'll have to remember to look into that, if I end up staying in this world that long," he says casually -- because he most likely will be. It takes time to invent devices that can pierce the boundaries between parallel universes, all right?

"I'll take both, then. And do you have any of that paper varnish?"