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[crumbs_and_yums]

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Ok, I think that one came out fine, finally...let's see, what do I press to save it? Oh, I think it's tha--

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2/18, around lunchtime

[vrdantwind]

I wanted to let you know that Sylvain seems to be going through something we experienced with someone else here once already. He's not waking up. Someone we know said people tend to be out for about a week when this happens, and when they wake up they remember going home and more time having progressed for them there. So that's likely what's happening.

Felix is with him right now. I'm not sure he wants any company, but it's important you guys know what's going on.

SOMETIME AFTER EVERYONE RECONVENES, DATE TBD

[vrdantwind]

Hey, Annette, do you have some time to chat? In person, I mean. There are some things I should probably tell you.

backdated to Annette's birthday, when i swear to god I meant to do this

[nastyboy]

[Sometimes, it's hard to remember dates when everything just Happens All The Time. This is especially true in an entirely different world, Dimitri has found, where their use of the calendar is completely different. It's not only in the differences of when they start and end a year, but also completely different names.]

[Fortunately, even when Dimitri is overwhelmed, his Pokemon seem to help keep track of things... and so Annette can thank Silkie later when Dimitri comes to find her.]

Annette! I wanted to wish you a happy birthday.

[He already has some gifts in hand - one a box of local sweets that were recommended to him, and the other a pair of plush Jigglypuff slippers.]

[bestswordmaster]

It's in the early evening on the day after the auction and beach party that Felix finds Annette at the house in Olivine, not meeting her eye. Which is nothing particularly strange for Felix.

"Hi. Are you busy?"

pre-Dittopocalypse

[donoteattheweeds]

Someone is in the kitchen. This is not an unusual thing, of course; it isn't as though Dedue and Ashe have a monopoly on cooking. Claude occasionally experiments with his curries; Dimitri... well, His Highness should only cook if he has a recipe to follow religiously. Not that his skills in the kitchen are bad, exactly-- he is a precise and meticulous cook-- but his idea of what flavors work together and in what magnitudes is... unreliable.

So when Dedue walks past the kitchen and sees Annette inside, it's not a strange thing. What is, however, a little alarming is the amount of red powder that she dumps into the pan that she's cooking in. He can tell by the color and shape of the bottle that it's chili powder, and the amount that she adds is ambitious. To say nothing of the fresh chilis that she then also adds in, and also in quite a significant amount.

Something is happening here. Dedue's not entirely sure what, but he feels that it's only right if he intervenes now.

"Hello, Annette," he says, announcing himself before he enters. He's found that, despite his size, he is quiet enough that he sometimes startles people, and he wouldn't want to startle her while she's working with something hot. "What are you making?"