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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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[cilantro]

Mm, I agree! Shall we find out for ourselves how it tastes? [We've definitely got forks and plates here, we can just take out a knife from the drawer for you to cut a slice of your cake if you'd like. ^^;;]

[acuity]

Absolutely! Let's cut a slice right awa...

--Ah, or should we light candles first? That's customary!

[cilantro]

Oh, we can certainly do that! [Thanks for the reminder, we nearly forgot about doing something like that for your birthday and all.]

Let's see... [He opens some drawers looking for where they might keep some candles in the kitchen before he holds up a couple of them in different colors and such.] Which ones would you like to use?

[acuity]

... These will do.

[ hmm... after a while, she picked out pink, yellow, and blue candles, spread them over the tabletop before starting to stick them in on top of the cake. somehow it feels a little nostalgic, even if she's sure she hasn't done this before. ]

[cilantro]

[Oh cute, even if Cilan doesn't know the significance of those colors yet.]

Excellent choice--those colors go well together and give a vibrant taste... [Now where do we keep a lighter or some matches to light the candles...]

[acuity]

I'm glad you think so. Now to light them...

[ carefully placing last candle in position before glancing around, though really matches and Platina probably shouldn't mix 8|a ]

[cilantro]

[...Yeah, good point, not that we don't have faith in you that you wouldn't burn down our kitchen or something.]

--Ah, here they are! [Found some matches here we could use, so he'll go ahead and light them for her when it looks like she's placed the candles where she wants them to be.] How's this?

[acuity]

This would do perfectly! Or... it has a perfect taste, possibly?

[ okay, trying and failing to get the hang of that. she admires the candles, cups her chin in the palm of one hand. ]

And I should think of a wish...

[cilantro]

[Well that's okay, your attempts at speaking like a Connoisseur are kind of sweet...but at the latter comment, Cilan actually doesn't have an immediate suggestion for that--in all honesty, he's the type of person who tends to think that wishes made on candles or stars or ringing a bell won't just magically happen; you have to put the effort in to make a wish come true yourself. But it's not exactly the sort of thing you say on someone's birthday and besides, it's traditional for people to do that, so Cilan decides to keep this opinion to himself.]

Hm...well, I'm sure whatever wish you decide to make will be a splendid one. [And hopefully made before the candles melt down into your cake. ^^;;]

[acuity]

[ no she totally knows the feeling. the only way to get things done by your own hand is through your own experience!!... that said, wishes were customary, and doing things by the book was nice, too. ]

I appreciate the thought, Mr. Cilan.

[ she takes a deep breath, before concentrating, and then blowing out all the candles. ]