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[It has taken Maria Thorpe a little over a month to work out how to broadcast from her bracelet. It has been an interesting and eventful month to say the least, and while she is by no means accustomed to this strange 'modern' lifestyle, she is at least attempting to adapt.

There are a few stumbling blocks, but with some ingenuity on her part she feels she is well on her way to overcoming them.

Take today for example; she is garbed in modern attire and is sitting in a modestly furnished kitchen by the looks of things, and she opens her mouth to speak.]

Good day to you all. I have been wondering for a while now what I should say on-

[Whatever it is she might have to say is immediately interrupted by a sudden and unmistakable:

BOOM

Something that looks like the charred remains of a kettle goes flying through the air as black smoke belches from the sorry form of the microwave. There's a crash as it hits the wall. Maria has dived beneath the table and blinks in disbelief at the mayhem all around her before she reacts in anger.]

A pox on this god damned blasted hellish-trickery, why must it take so much effort to boil a kettle?!

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Ah.

Somewhere in the ceiling is where you can usually find it.

[She squints through the smoke at the ceiling.]

...I do not see anything up there that looks like an alarm.

What do you see?

[She gives a wry chuckle.]

Besides the smoke you mean? A disc of some sort, it is hard to make out.

I do believe that could be it. There should be a button on it to turn it off.

[She's busily flapping her arms to try and disperse some of the smoke.]

I should get a stool of some sort to be able to reach it... I think I can see- would it be red?

It could be, yes. Try it.

[Up she goes and.... blessed blessed silence.]

You have saved my ears, sir. Thank you.

[ Thank goodness. ]

You are very welcome.

Now, explain to me exactly what you did with the kettle.

[And now comes the shame.]

The blasted thing would not boil so I put it in heating box.

[She casts a look at the still smoking remains of the microwave, that every now and then emit a forlorn spark.]

I am told that is what should be used to heat things quickly and efficiently. I suspect that I was being played for a fool, it does not seem efficient to me at all.

How long did you put it there?

I had only just put it in there before I began to speak to the bracelet, no longer than a minute at most.

Perhaps the kettle really is not meant to be put in there. Cups work fine.

I am inclined to think that now. In any case, I doubt either the box or the kettle will be much good for anything after this.

No, probably not.

What did you do before you tried the... box?

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