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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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[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.

Okay! Here we go!

[Carefully, she tilts the bowl of caramel toward the cake pan, the melted candies slowly oozing out.]

[he tightens his grip on the spoon a little, adjusting it for maximum stirring capacity, and when he figures enough has plopped into the pan, he starts stirring, keeping the spoon mostly out of the way of the caramel fall.]

[As he works, Pilouette watches as the caramel mixes with the cake batter. She looks fro the pan to grin at him.]

This is looking pretty good, huh? Heehee, I can't wait until it's all baked and everything...!

[he's not going to go that far, but that's definitely at least the beginnings of a smile she's getting in return.]

Hell yeah. Gonna feel like velvet on the tongue when we're done.

[and my apologies for taking so long! should we wrap this one up soon?]

[She laughs just a little. She's not sure she's ever heard a "hell yeah" in regards to cake before. Even though they've just met, baking with someone, doing something so normal like this makes her feel a little less anxious about being so far away from home.]

I know I already said it, but thanks for this. This has been like, really nice. ...You're like, pretty cool, you know?

((No worries! I think we should; did you want to handwave the rest?))

[clearly she has been hanging out in the wrong circles. He's heard that a lot, enough to be pretty sure it's a cliche, but- well, there does kind of seem to be something to it right now.

He starts a little, turning towards her, wings opening slightly, then settles again, pulling the reaction in with an attempt at a casual shrug.] It's been said, yeah.

[that is definitely the beginning of a soft smile for a moment there, and then he's focused on the mix again.] Okay, so that looks about done. Next step is putting it in, yeah?

[[works for me! cake works out okay, maybe there is some sharing and such?]]

((Sounds good to me!))

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