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[lyingheart]

Free meat pies. Very large. Not poisoned. No weird meat.

Contact me if you want one.

Signed,
Annie

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[lyingheart]

They showed up in that apartment I was assigned to. Were waiting for me when I came in.

I did eat one, and I'm fine, so it's probably fine.

[roundandaround]

Huh, that's weird. Maybe they started giving housewarming gifts? I don't remember getting any. Just a roommate. I wonder if they're still giving people random roommates in the starter apartments?

[lyingheart]

No roommate. Nothing else, for that matter. Just six pies.

[roundandaround]

Maybe the last person who lived there just left their food in the fridge. Come to think of it, did I ever forget anything in an old apartment? I know I had to replace the curtains in my first starter apartment after I set them on fire...

[lyingheart]

Not unless they also baked them the same day.

... Set on fire using your powers, or some other way?

[roundandaround]

I was really new to season powers... I kinda got lectured for it. And then Red Son-san yelled at me? But I think he just does that.

[lyingheart]

Some people do yell when they care, but it doesn't make it less annoying. Or whatever you felt.

[roundandaround]

More just kinda embarrassed that I sucked so bad. But I eventually got better?

[lyingheart]

The curtains must have thanked you.

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It's kinda hard when you're new to magic existing.

[lyingheart]

I won't say otherwise. It took me a minute to realise the fire wasn't licking my palm when I first tried yesterday.

( This may have more to do with her pain tolerance being high, so she as expecting she'd be able to handle the heat... and then the flames turned not just yellow-orange-red, but golden.

It was kind of pretty. )

[roundandaround]

Do you have people training you? That makes it way... wait, I can't really say "easier." Better to learn?

[lyingheart]

Not directly at the moment. I did stop by to check out the Summer-sturdy training setup the other day.

[roundandaround]

Like with the dummies you can't burn down? Those are useful!

[lyingheart]

Yes. And the training dummies for non-fire related practise.

[roundandaround]

That's great! I bet you'll get the hang of it for sure. Where do you usually train? When I'm training with Neechan it's usually in the Summer Guild building, but sometimes I go to other places if someone else wants to.

[lyingheart]

Your confidence is kinder than it has any reason to be.

Summer Guild, but since for now I'm not generating fire, anywhere seems fine. Unless I have a need to get dramatic.

Are they burning bonfires in any of the beaches in the summer area?

[roundandaround]

You mean Solarpeak? Yeah! The parties are still going on, and we're having bonfires every night! With snacks!

[lyingheart]

Yes, Solarprak. That's one way to work on fire handling skills.

Is there one you'll be at tonight?

[roundandaround]

I dunno! It depends what the rest of the house wants to do. Did you wanna meet up and eat stuff and practise?

[lyingheart]

If you or any of the others aren't busier doing more interesting things. It's not pressing.

Neither is my ability to spell.

[roundandaround]

Oh, that's okay! Lots of people make typos. Or can't spell. Mecchan is still learning to read, and he spells stuff wrong all the time.

1/2

[lyingheart]

It's the weird way you type on this screen. How do you keep your fingers from hitting the wrong ketters sometimes?

2/2

[lyingheart]

Letters.

See?

[roundandaround]

I guess you're supposed to read stuff over before you send it, but I keep forgetting to do that too. Maybe if you fold it out into laptop mode so there's keys, it'll be easier?

[lyingheart]

It can fold out?

[roundandaround]

Yeah! Ellipsan tech has that kinda thing, it's really cool ♪ The phones we get all have different modes.

[lyingheart]

Huh.

Will you show me whenever we meet up?

[roundandaround]

Yeah, of course! I bet you'll get the hang of it in no time!

[lyingheart]

Your confidence in me is again much greater than it has any right to be.

[roundandaround]

Why do you say that? You're Reiner-san's friend, right? And he's really strong and works hard.

[lyingheart]

( Eh )

Neither of which necessarily mean much when new technologies are first introduced, but yes, he is both those things. It doesn't really mean that I must be too.

( She is, but her bigger struggle is the overload, not the individual pieces. )

[roundandaround]

Huh... I still think it's important to try and think you can do it. You never know what'll happen, right?

[lyingheart]

I have confidence I'll manage. That's about the most I can pretend to at the moment.

[roundandaround]

How about this? I'll be confident in you even if you're not!

[lyingheart]

( It's not something she thinks is necessary by any stretch of the imagination, but it's also harmless, so... )

Sure. I won't stop you from doing that.

( Annie being fairly certain you can't really stop anyone's beliefs, big or small, anyway. And in its own way... it's a little sweet? )