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Vyvyan is in one corner of the bar, blowing up a whole heap of helium balloons, in various novelty shapes.

Well, the first few explode, and he stops after the fourth one to make his voice squeaky, but after that it's down to Serious Business.

A few of the balloons have escaped and are now bobbing around the room.

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One of the vaguely bird shaped balloons pops, followed by a short yelp.

Another pop happens, with a frustrated growl. "Why are you floating?" she demands before she brings down another balloon.

How is she going to figure out what is inside without it exploding out like it tends to do? It is colorless and doesn't smell that odd. It's not heated air either. Hmm.

"OI!"

Vyvyan stands up and glares at her.

"That's ten quid you owe me."

Oh no.

It's the snot-beast. Why.

"Ten squid?" she asks, indignant. "There was not any squid in those, and I know what squid smells like."

Uh... The translation magic is being silly.

"Ted pounds." Vyvyan says. "Or dollars." he adds, since he still hasn't worked out the exchange rate.

He actually looks a lot cleaner than last time she saw him.

"Money? So there are no floating squid involved." Well, unless there is a squid shaped balloon.

She walks up to Bar and asks, "What is ten quid worth?" She gives a confused look to the answer napkin. "Ten pounds?" Same look. "Ten dollars?" Even more confusion results.

"Maybe you'd like to put it on my tab, rather than nick off someone trying to earn a living." Vyvyan suggests.

That confuses her even more. Then she chuckles, fishes a coin out of a pocket in her dress, and gives it a slow toss in his direction.

"I owe you for sneezing on my bones as well, I suppose."

The coin weighs a little less than a British pound coin, but still, it's 9 grams of gold.

"What are those balloons made of? What sort of air is in them?"

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Vyvyan pockets the coin, not realising he just got a really good deal.

"Nah, the sneeze is free. And they're made of..." he fishes out the packet. "N...y...l...o... nillon and plastic and metal. And full of helium."

She picks up one of the half-deflated balloons to examine it again. "Of course it's metal, it's shiny but it must be so thin."

She rubs the material between her fingers. It's not as thin or delicate as gold or silver leaf. Maybe the nylon and plastic makes up most of it? Maybe it is layered sort of thing?

"What is helium?" she asks.

"It's a gas that makes things float." Vyvyan says.

"I did try and use farts, but I would have needed a bigger balloon."

Mun apologises for the delay, caused by looking this up.

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