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	Miracle Worker "Fyora’s smile is hopeful, brimming with forced positivity and a tinge of desperation..." by melina322
	Smiles for All "Pandora was ready for the new month! Although she was sad the Wheel of Celebration was over, she had..." by ningkov1
	Magic-o-Matic "A Speckled Chomby sat at a long table sipping on a large mug of coffee..." by black_skull725
	Astaweave The Little Jubjub "There once was a small, innocent JubJub with no parents, family or even a name; just a lot of hope and an instinct for survival..." by bentoaus
	Grey and Gold "Baelia woke to the sound of quiet sobbing..." by cookybananas324

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"Magic-o-Matic" by black_skull725
A Speckled Chomby sat at a long table sipping on a large mug of coffee. “Ah, that hits the spot. But where is everyone?” he wondered. He pulled out a laptop which featured a prominent Virtupets, Inc logo and stared at the screen. It displayed a calendar for the day. “Well, nobody is out today…” A couple of seconds later, the door to the room swung open and a Yellow Grundo and an Eventide Aisha strolled into the room, each carrying a laptop and a mug of coffee. “Joey, Zerp, good morning!” the Chomby greeted. “Hi Barry,” Zerp replied. The Eventide Aisha set their coffee and laptop down on the table and sat down on a rolling chair. “Good morning,” responded Joey. The Grundo followed suit. Soon the rest of the team arrived, Taren the Red Kacheek, Dana the Green Shoyru, Whitney the Blue Xweetok, and Zartrex the Purple Grarrl. All of them sat down around the table with their laptops, sipping coffee or tea. Barry then clicked a few times, and the laptop screen flashed up on a large screen in front of them. “Alright, let’s get started. This is the end of sprint 1023, we are going to begin sprint 1024. However, as usual, we will begin with demos. I’d like to invite our Bython developers, Joey, Taren, and Zartrex to start us off.” “Sure, Barry, just let me get situated here and share my screeeen,” Taren...

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