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[teamwark]

[There is a large hole burned in the middle of the page.

Text appears beneath it after a few minutes.]

Could have sworn that was a pencil. Guess I'm pretty out of it today.

[Lix has found himself in possession of the least helpful thing. It appeared as a pencil and decided to turn into a lit match while he was trying to use it to write. It'll be

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[feathered_earth]

You mixed up a pencil and... a match?

[teamwark]

No clue how I managed to confuse them. Or why I had a lit match around in the first place. I certainly didn't strike it.

Guess I should pay more attention.

[feathered_earth]

That's really weird... I'm not sure why that would happen either. Be more careful, okay?

[teamwark]

Yeah, I'll make sure to b

[Then there's a few drops of blood. Sorry to alarm you, Princess Kweh.]

[feathered_earth]

Lix! Are you okay??

[teamwark]

[The reply comes about a minute later. Lix has carefully double and triple-checked that he is, in fact, holding a pencil.]

Fine. Sorry, false alarm.

[feathered_earth]

Goodness. What was it this time?

[teamwark]

My pencil kinda grew a blade.

[feathered_earth]

It did what?

You need a new pencil.

[teamwark]

...you're probably right. It's going to get pretty inconvenient if it keeps doing that.

[feathered_earth]

It's dangerous, not inconvenient. Do you want me to bring you a new one?

[teamwark]

It'd probably help. I thought I had another spare lying around but every time I try to find it it keeps turning out to be something else.

[feathered_earth]

Okay. I'll be there as soon as I take care of a problem at work. [that being her co-worker's complete inability to use common sense re: high fever, nausea, and not working.]

[teamwark]

Don't worry about it too much, it's not that big a deal.

Everything okay over there?

[feathered_earth]

Yeah, it'll be fine. I'm just dealing with someone difficult.

[teamwark]

Let me know if you need any help, okay?