Ask

A question: the head tips to one side, the shoulders lift a little, and one hand comes up and turns palm up at the end of the line, held, waiting for the answer.

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What it is for

Ask goes under a question: "Where were you?", "What do we do now?", "Are you coming?". Its last pose holds, so the other character's answer can come while it waits.

The principle it shows: a pose that waits

Everything arrives at once at the end of the line and then holds still: the tipped head, the raised shoulders, the open palm. A held pose tells the audience it is someone else's turn to speak.

The program, line by line

when it starts
  show the front view
  at the same time:
    — 1:
      glide head 0, part:head~twist 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0 s
      glide head -3, part:head~twist 6, part:head~tilt 14 over 0.45 s (out)
      glide head -3, part:head~twist 6, part:head~tilt 14 over 1.15 s
      glide head 0, part:head~twist 0, part:head~tilt 0 over 0.4 s (inout)
    — 2:
      glide part:shoulder:-1 0, part:shoulder:-1~out 90, part:shoulder:1 0, part:shoulder:1~out 90 over 0 s
      glide part:shoulder:-1 8, part:shoulder:-1~out 90, part:shoulder:1 8, part:shoulder:1~out 90 over 0.45 s (out)
      glide part:shoulder:-1 8, part:shoulder:-1~out 90, part:shoulder:1 8, part:shoulder:1~out 90 over 1.15 s
      glide part:shoulder:-1 0, part:shoulder:-1~out 90, part:shoulder:1 0, part:shoulder:1~out 90 over 0.4 s (inout)
    — 3:
      glide right arm 0, part:arm:1~out 0, part:arm:1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide right arm 28, part:arm:1~out 35, part:arm:1~twist 0 over 0.75 s (out)
      glide right arm 28, part:arm:1~out 35, part:arm:1~twist 0 over 0.85 s
      glide right arm 0, part:arm:1~out 0, part:arm:1~twist 0 over 0.4 s (inout)
    — 4:
      glide right forearm 8, part:forearm:1~twist 0 over 0 s
      glide right forearm 80, part:forearm:1~twist 90 over 0.75 s (out)
      glide right forearm 80, part:forearm:1~twist 90 over 0.85 s
      glide right forearm 8, part:forearm:1~twist 0 over 0.4 s (inout)
    — 5:
      glide part:hand:1~fist 0, part:hand:1~wrap 0, part:hand:1~point 0, part:hand:1~thumb 0 over 0 s
      glide part:hand:1~fist 0, part:hand:1~wrap 0, part:hand:1~point 0, part:hand:1~thumb 0 over 1.6 s
  wait 0.2 s

0 s — head 0 twist 0 tilt 0, shoulders 0 out 90, right arm 0 out 0 twist 0, right forearm 8 twist 0, right hand open.
0.45 s — head -3 twist 6 tilt 14, shoulders 8 out 90.
0.75 s — right arm 28 out 35 twist 0, right forearm 80 twist 90.
1.6 s — head -3 twist 6 tilt 14, shoulders 8 out 90, right arm 28 out 35 twist 0, right forearm 80 twist 90, right hand open.
2 s — head 0 twist 0 tilt 0, shoulders 0 out 90, right arm 0 out 0 twist 0, right forearm 8 twist 0.

Try this

Tip the head 26 degrees instead of 14. A puzzled, almost comic question.
In the program: ramp · to.part:head~tilt 14 → 26
Bring the hand up in 0.4 seconds instead of 0.75. An impatient "well?"
In the program: ramp · over 0.75 → 0.4

How it differs from Shrug

Shrug says "I don't know" and lets go. Ask turns one palm up and waits for an answer from someone else.

Works on

The two in the film above, and what the move turns on each: worked out by the build, which plays the move on each body and checks what moves. Nobody types this table.
Who	Moves?	What moves
Sunny (one of the six people)	yes	head, arms
Grump (an animal on four legs)	yes	turns, head, front legs, ears

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