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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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Could work. Get a club together, maybe even work up to getting a fair set up at some point.

Sure.

[aaaaaas the sifter gives him grief and some of the flour falls out the wrong way]

Whoops.

W-Well, I dunno about a fair, but a club might be nice. [Who would go to a cake fair...well, besides her?] We could all even share recipes or something...

[She turns around at that "whoops" and sees that spilled flour.]

Oh...ah, d-don't worry too much about that. Stuff like that is bound to happen and it's like, not like it's a whole lot anyway.

Make something new every week, or something like that.

Yeah? So it's not gonna throw off how much it rises or anything. Cool. [and he's pretty much done anyway, so once the flour's all through he brings it over.] What now?

Yeah...Maybe every once in a while everyone could make their own thing and we could have a party and taste what everyone made! It's kind of exciting just to think about it...[Especially for a sweetsmaniac like Pilouette.]

Since only a little bit got spilled it should be fine. [She just finishes stirring in a bit of vanilla when he brings the flour over.] Just slowly add the flour to this stuff while I stir. It keeps the batter from getting lumpy.

Sounds like a good time. Should probably get the club set up first before we think about events. Or events might be what draws people in, so maybe it is something to consider.

Sure. No weird lumps while I'm on duty. [control is something he can definitely do. He tips the bowl over a little, pulling back when it looks like a decent amount's gone in.]

O-Oh, yeah...Here I am getting all excited before we've even ironed out any details. Maybe we can ask over the network sometime and see if anyone is interested. We might even get some suggestions! ...Maybe we can do themes or something, too...

[Meanwhile she's slowly stirring the flour into the creamed mixture until it looks like a good consistency.]

Okay, now just keep slowly adding the rest while I stir. This is going pretty well, huh...?

Good place to start. Holding the fort up with just the two of us could be tricky, though we'd make it work. Yeah, that'd work. Get people's creativity pipes pumping.

What, should it not be? [He tips up the bowl again and- okay no that's too much too soon but at least it's not all of the bowl.] Shit. Is that fixable?

Of course we'd make it work! ["We" being the keyword. She's sure if she were on her own, it would crash and burn.] Plus, with all the people who have been brought here, we can't be the only ones who like cake and stuff...

No, no, I was just saying that it's- Oh! [She stares just for a second at all the flour that just made it's way into the mix.] Uh...I...I think so...! I mean, most of it is on top so I can still mix it in gradually if I do it just the right way...I-It'll be fine! I'm sure!

[She kind of awkwardly tilts the bowl and tries to move some of the flour to one side while she mixes.]

[oh man. well, in for a penny…] Exactly. Just a matter of finding them all.

The right way? I'm cheering for you.

[He's… going to set this done while he tries to watch she she's doing without getting in the way, wondering exactly how that'll work.]

[Cheering, huh? She frowns a little, probably concentrating more than is necessary for stirring cake batter, and starts trying to shift the flour around just so while stirring slowly. After a few moments, she stops to take a look at it.]

I...I think it's okay! See?

[She shows him the bowl, revealing a somewhat thick, slightly dry-looking batter.]

It looks a bit dry. Maybe we should add some water or something.

[he doesn't know but that doesn't look as though it'll end up appetising]

[She takes another look at it, frowning. He makes a good point...]

Yeah, that's a good idea...Maybe not water, though...

[She grabs a jug of milk from the fridge and ever so carefully, adds just a little bit then mixes it in. After a moment, she shows it to him again.]

Maybe...that might be a little better. What do you think?

[He peers into the bowl and nods after a moment or two's consideration.]

Looks good enough to me. Ready to start on the path to afternoon enlightenment.

Alright! Um...Since there's only a little flour left, can you keep stirring this while I get ready to melt the caramels? I'm still not exactly sure how well mixing them in is going to work, but...maybe we'll end up with something really great!

Sure. Only got the one way to find if this is the path to true deliciousness.

[he's a little unsure about actually doing it, but he holds his hands out to take the mixing bowl, figuring he can figure it out as he goes. It looked straightforward enough.]

Great! [She hands him the bowl before making her way to the stove, setting a metal bowl over a pot of water and turning the temperature up. She starts to unwrap a nearby bag of caramels, plunking them into the bowl one by one.]

I wonder if we should just use all of these...I mean, it can't hurt, right?

Worst that happens is it tastes almost entirely of caramel. [he thinks, anyway. He comes over to take a look, ducking his head down to keep an eye on the mix in the bowl as he keeps working on it.]

Yeah...and since we're making a caramel cake anyway, I guess that would be okay anyway, huh?

[She continues unwrapping and plopping the caramels into the bowl, but stops after unwrapping one and stares at it for a second before popping it into her mouth. She holds another one out toward Davesprite.]

Want one?

Pretty much the point, yeah.

Sure.

[he leaves the beater in the bowl and tucks the bowl under one arm, holding his hand out.]

[She plops the caramel she's holding into his hand and goes back to unwrapping the remaining caramels and putting them into the bowl on the stove.]

So...Is caramel like, a favorite of yours? Since you suggested it, I was just wondering...

Wouldn't really say that. Thought it sounded like a good cake for the day. That's pretty much all.

Well, that's as good a reason as any.

[She turns on the stove to start the water under the bowl of caramels boiling, before moving to peek at the contents of the bowl under his arm.]

Hey, that looks pretty smooth. [She grabs a nearby cake pan and a spatula.] Alright! If you can start pouring the batter in, I'll make sure we get all of it.

Can do. Get this speed all under control, make sure it doesn't overwhelm the caramels before they're ready for a handling.

[he comes over, mindful of where he limbs are, and tips the bowl towards the pan.]

[As he tips the bowl, Pilouette uses the spatula to carefully scrape the edges of the bowl until she's gotten out as much batter as she can. She stands up straight and looks at the cake pan with a smile.]

There we go!

[She turns to the stove and, finding the caramels sufficiently melted, carefully picks up the bowl with a dishtowel.] Okay! So, all we need to do is swirl the caramel in to the batter I guess... [She holds a small spoon towards him.] Wanna give it a try? I can pour it and you can mix it around.

Sure. Get it winding its way through to bunch up in places for bonus pockets of taste.

[he puts the mixing bowl away to the side first, and then takes the spoon.]

Ready when you are.

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