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[With the recent temperature fiasco, Pilouette hadn't been paying attention and September kind of snuck up on her. Now with a particular day coming up, she's found that she's ended up with a somewhat...odd problem. Having found herself unable to figure out an answer on her own, she decides to turn to the network. ]

You all know how people can come here from different worlds and different times and stuff, right? Well, um...hypothetically. Say someone just had their birthday. Like, maybe a month before coming here. But only a few months after getting here, it's already their birthday again!

Do I...uh, they just keep being the same age and wait a whole year or should they say they're older now? Oh! But the year is different, too, isn't it? I wonder if that matters...I've been thinking about it all day, but it just seems like, so totally complicated...!

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Yeah, some birthdays are kind of important I guess, but most of them aren't. There are probably a ton of people with the same birthday, you know?

[Besides, she's a totally mature almost-adult. Cool almost-adults don't get excited for birthdays, right?]

Yeah. I think I will make a cake. Not like I don't already bake all the time or anything but still.

[There's a short pause before she adds:] And I'm not going to eat the whole thing myself or anything. ~~[Not that she won't try, but no one needs to know that.]~~

considering how big the world is
and when you factor in how many there seem to be
though youd think theyd have their own years and shit but you gotta measure it somehow

[course not. … well, maybe it's a little bit cool. But nothing over the top.]

you bake?

need a helping hand when youre done then

[She hadn't really thought much about that. She's so used to her own world's way of measuring time that the idea of another world measuring it different, while not implausible, is a little mindboggling.]

But if someone else's world has different years and months or whatever, it must be weird for them to be here and suddenly have whole new ways of tracking that stuff.

Yeah, I bake. It's kind my favorite thing to do. And I guess I could use some help with that cake. You interested?

probably yeah
but theres calendars and clocks and digital watches
and alarm clocks if all else fails
so youd think theyd adjust soon enough

nice
sure
just dont expect me to provide the eggs

I guess you're right. I mean, I guess there are calenders and stuff everywhere. Still, I'm glad at least the time is the same as it was back home...

Don't worry, I'll have all the stuff. A good cook always has what she needs on hand. ...Or plans stuff out ahead. Something like that.

[Even if she's more of an average cook, but still. Gotta keep up a little confidence!]

pretty handy, yeah.

sounds about right.
ok, cool.
so where should i be swinging by?

I'm in apartment 3-03 in Building 2. Anytime you'd like to come by is okay, too!

...Oh! I guess I should like, introduce myself if I'm going be like, inviting you over or whatever. Um, my name is Pilouette.

oh so not too far
couldve seen each other in the hall or something by now
but yeah
nice to meet you pilouette
im davesprite
so we doing this now or

Wait, so, we live in the same building or something? Small world, I guess.

[Now that he mentions it, it's not like she's doing anything. Even if it's not her birthday quite yet...it might be fun.]

Sure, if you want! I can even start getting all the ingredients ready. What kind of cake do you like?

yeah looks like
same floor even

me?

[oh man. Good question. He can't… really say he's had that many, besides Nannasprite's mostly sprite-power produced cakes, which tended to taste of static, so…]

uh
caramel? is that a cake we can do

Caramel? Uh, maybe...I think I have some on hand.

[Strictly for baking, of course. It's not like she hangs out in her apartment eating candy all day. ...Not all day.]

Maybe we can melt it and mix it into the batter or something...

sounds good
you probably have a better idea of what to do with it than me anyway so
lead the way to caramelly goodness

I've never made a caramel cake before, but I'm sure it'll turn out okay. I'll get stuff ready. You don't have to rush over or anything, okay?

just have to see how it all turns out
ok cool
ill just
come over in ten or something then

[unless she has any objections to that, he'll be knocking on her door in about eleven minutes.]

Edited (I can code I swear) 2013-09-29 12:22 (UTC)

[Pilouette is just donning her apron, having set all the ingredients out on her kitchen counter, when she hears a knock at the door. She scuttles over and opens it.]

Hi, you...uh, you must be Davesprite!

[He's a lot more...orange than she imagined. No, no, this is pretty normal considering, right? Yeah. Yes, of course. She offers her hand for a handshake.]

That's me, yeah. In the flesh and all.

[He reaches out to shake her hand, holding on for a couple of moments before he drops it, wings shifting a little.]

Okay, so… there anything you need me to do right now?

Well, come on in.

[She had measured out everything before hand and takes a second to think as she begins to head to the kitchen.]

Maybe you can sift the flour and stuff together...Have you done it before?

Can't be that hard, right?

[read: no. But he can try!]

Yeah! It's like, totally not hard at all.

[Once they're in the kitchen, she gestures to a few small bowls of dry ingredients next to a sifter that's been set inside of a mixing bowl.]

It's just like, mixing stuff and getting all the lumps out and junk. Just pour all that stuff into the sifter and kinda like, move it from side to side really gently. [She can't help but grin just a little.] It's like, been a while since I've been able to cook with another person...!

Okay. Sounds simple enough.

[he tucks his wings back against himself again, just to be sure that they're as out of the way as he can manage before moving over to investigate the sifter. He glances at her, head tilted a little.]

You used to cook with someone else back home? Family, or…?

Friends. Well...not always. Sometimes if my friends weren't busy, they would come over and we would make cookies or brownies or whatever.

It was a lot of fun. I was actually really starting to miss it. [Which is part of why she was so eager to take Davesprite on his offer of help with her cake baking.]

Pretty good way to spend some time together. And then you get to eat the results afterwards. [he's trying not to sound wistful, but- a little might creep through anyway. It's not like he and Bro ever really cooked, though, and Jade doesn't and John's not really into making baked treats, so it's kind of… a thing he's only really heard about.]

Yeah? Glad I could help out, then.

[he'll just busy himself with working the sifter now.]

Yeah...the eating was the best part, I think. ...I never really thought about it before now, but I feel like it always tasted better when we made it together.

[Pilouette begins creaming the butter and sugar together and nods.]

Thanks for that, by the way. Like, I'm not sure most people would have offered to help a stranger bake a cake, you know?

Weird how that happens.

[he shrugs, wings shuffling a bit.]

I dunno, I think getting a slice or two afterwards would probably motivate most people. But hey, no big deal. Make a friend, spend some time making a thing. It's all good.

That's a good point...I guess people do tend to like getting free food. ...I wonder if it counts as free if they're helping making it, though. Maybe baking like this more often would help me meet more people or something...

[She cracks an egg into her bowl and starts beating the mix together.]

When you're done with that, bring it over here, okay?

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