[ The message comes through loud and clear. Not that the concept of 'someone else's property' has ever done much (or anything) to dissuade Parker. But she doesn't want Callisto to hand over the reel so much as she wants her to just not ruin the film, so when she stops playing with it, she decides to count that as a win. For now, at least.
Instead, she gives Callisto one last I'm watching you look and makes sure to beat her back to the projector, elbowing her aside in order to get back into position. It's not too hard to (gently) pull the film from the reel and start to feed it through the machine; it's a little trickier to get it all exactly where it needs to go, but eventually she thinks she gets it all set up the way it should be. ]
Okay. Now, we just...
[ She glances around, locates a switch with a little satisfied "aha!" and reaches over to flip it. There's a moment of silence, and then there's not, as the projector starts up with an overwhelmingly loud whir in the small space and, down below, the screen blazes to life. Parker cries out in triumph over the sound of the projector, looking eagerly down at the screen. ]
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Instead, she gives Callisto one last I'm watching you look and makes sure to beat her back to the projector, elbowing her aside in order to get back into position. It's not too hard to (gently) pull the film from the reel and start to feed it through the machine; it's a little trickier to get it all exactly where it needs to go, but eventually she thinks she gets it all set up the way it should be. ]
Okay. Now, we just...
[ She glances around, locates a switch with a little satisfied "aha!" and reaches over to flip it. There's a moment of silence, and then there's not, as the projector starts up with an overwhelmingly loud whir in the small space and, down below, the screen blazes to life. Parker cries out in triumph over the sound of the projector, looking eagerly down at the screen. ]
It's working!