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[leadinglady]

Do alarms like that normally happen here? It was quite a wake-up call! I'm glad I wasn't drafted, but...

[ she's pretty concerned about people who are. Platina glances worriedly off to the side, then turns back to the feed. ]

I hope they'll be all right. In the meantime... does anyone know how to make a cake?

[ pointing the camera at her disastrous-looking attempt. yyyyes, wrong canon, but the girl is not a cook! it's her birthday and she wants cake damnit o9" also action is cool for anyone living in pokehouse too. ]

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[mischiefbreeder]

Uhh... [Well it sure looks it...

...

Gold pulls out his cuestick and gives the cake a poke with it.]

[leadinglady]

[ it gives a squishing noise and wobbles a little. Platina flinches and kinda just scoooots across to the other side of the kitchen. MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT. ]

[mischiefbreeder]

...Okay, we've gotta dispose of this thing, ASAP. Why were you even tryin' to make a cake for?

[leadinglady]

I suppose we should. And... it's my birthday, and I thought making my own would be an interesting experience, so...

[mischiefbreeder]

[Birthday... Well, that sure hits home for Gold. No one should have to miss out on their birthday, and no birthday should go without cake.]

Alright, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna get rid of this monstrosity, and then we're gonna go to the bakery and get you a real cake.

[leadinglady]

This is a real cake! It just... might be slightly less of one...

[ can't help but get a little offended, she put blood sweat and tears into that thing!! HOPEFULLY NOT LITERALLY but. ]

[mischiefbreeder]

Listen up; if you eat that cake, this is gonna be your last birthday.

[leadinglady]

That's an exaggeration. It can't be as bad as that, I hope!

[mischiefbreeder]

[He holds out a fork to her.]

Then eat it. We can't just leave it here, at any rate. [Please don't.]

[leadinglady]

[ DAMNIT GOLD she's already doing this with Blue why you gotta be like this. but she takes the fork and just stares at it critically, reaching for the plate. LADIES DON'T BLUFF. ]

[mischiefbreeder]

[I bet if you poke the fork into it, it'll eat the fork.]

[leadinglady]

[ she pokes the fork at it AND IT TOTALLY DOES NOT SO THERE.

okay now, mustering the guts to go through with this. she picks up a forkful, wincing. HERE GOES... ]

[mischiefbreeder]

[...sigh. He can't watch this. He intercepts her, grabbing her wrist before she manages to bring the fork to her mouth.]

Stop. Seriously.

[leadinglady]

Wh... you told me to do it!

[ ssssecretly relieved. but that is a secret! ]

[mischiefbreeder]

If I told you to go skydiving off a Fearow into the Western Tohjo Ocean, would you do that too?

[...Gold himself might do it.]

[leadinglady]

Of course n...

... Well, skydiving does sound like it would be an interesting experience...

1/2

[mischiefbreeder]

...I guess it does, hu--

[mischiefbreeder]

Not the point!

[leadinglady]

It isn't?

[mischiefbreeder]

You're not supposed to do something just because someone told you to.

[leadinglady]

Obviously not. But I made this, after all, so I know what went into it!

[ also her pride is on the line. ]

[mischiefbreeder]

Then what went into it?

[leadinglady]

... I can't remember all the ingredients off the top of my head, obviously. But it's in the cookbook, I could show you!

[mischiefbreeder]

Then do it. [Seriously just let him take you to the bakery to get a real cake--]

[leadinglady]

[ she's about to reach for the cookbook, but just. heaves a sigh. well, who was she kidding. ]

Well... I suppose you're right. That's beside the point.