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[balls_on_fire]

[okay, sealfolk.

this scene? this is a cabin's interior. at the dinner table. what's for dinner/lunch/fooding?

spaghetti.

half a plate of it.

just. half. half a literal plate, noodles and meatballs chopped in half where that plate ends. the business end of a fork is stuck on the top, but the handle is gone by the approximate half. useless

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[talkstoacat]

I don't know what's going on, but... when I wished for a book today, I got only half of it, too.

[balls_on_fire]

[poking the half-fork; is it even worth trying to shovel half a plate of spaghetti down...?

...well. that's a half she wouldn't have otherwise...

SIGH.]

Honestly, now. What's next? Backwards wishes? This is getting out of hand.

[talkstoacat]

Backwards...? I hope not. [Because that would be... even weirder than what's going on now.]

Um, I've heard that earlier wishes didn't work because of the eclipse... But now it doesn't seem like anything else beside them not working properly is going on... right?

[unless, of course, Vayne didn't notice something else happened.

And that's possible.]

[balls_on_fire]

Right, right, [waving that off.] when the moon was weird. My magic was still intact, but wishing was a whole load of nothing. [tsk.] Dammit, how rude is this? If this place is so bent on being wish-happy, then it better keep up! [poking at the half-fork.] There's no way I can be satisfied with something like this...

[talkstoacat]

Your magic...? [wow, there's sure a lot of magic users here.]

...Maybe really something happened, but we just don't know about it?

[There's not a lot times Vayne wished for something, simply because he doesn't need much anyway, but still... having only half of the wish granted...

He looks at the half-fork.] ...I wonder what would happened if you wished for two...

[balls_on_fire]

[she huffs, cheeks puffed a moment, and makes a sound in regard to the suggestion, a bit reluctant.] Enh...Well...

[she holds out a hand in a beckoning fashion.] Okay, wishes. You heard 'im. Gimme two of those forks, pronto! I wish for it.

[so then there's two. one is a half cut across its width, the other by length. they clatter gracelessly to the table.]

...Wonderful.

[talkstoacat]

...W-well, it was worth a try... I guess.

[then he thought of something else.]

Can't you... use an already existing fork?

[she had to have some in her kitchen, right?...]

[balls_on_fire]

[she squints at him.] That's not the point here, kid! Don't you see someone's jerking us around? Mocking me. ME. It's unacceptable!

[talkstoacat]

[...

Why do you call him a kid, you're probably the same age as him.

But that's not the point.]

I... don't think anyone's trying to mock anyone.

[but on the other hand he doesn't have any idea what's going on, um...]

[balls_on_fire]

[because Lina Inverse looks down on everyone.]

No? You don't think so? [snort. HMPH.] So, what? You think this is some lazy magic schmuck not doing his job good and proper? Leaky magic pipes? If you got theories, spit 'em out!

[talkstoacat]

I, um... don't have any.

[and because he thinks he has to say that:]

Sorry.

[balls_on_fire]

[practically mowing over his sorry:] Well, I do. This place is getting too damn crowded. Too many people are clogging up the place with their stupid wishes, so important things like mine wind up faulty! Everyone else needs to stop being so damn needy and let the system smooth out! [everyone excluding herself, naturally. she plucks half-a-meatball and pops it into her mouth.]

[talkstoacat]

[that's... an interesting theory]

And that plate of spaghetti was really that important...?

[balls_on_fire]

It'th the princhiple, dammid! [she pounds her fist on the table to assert that. then she swallows her food.] Sure, one plate is nothing, but give this place an inch, and soon we'll have half a house, or worse! And besides, a girl like me needs to eat properly to stay healthy and in top form!

[talkstoacat]

I-if you say so...

[does he look convinced? no? Well, he isn't. But he's not going to argue with anyone.]

[balls_on_fire]

[folding her arms, nodding her head. uh-huh, uh-huh.]

This place goofs around enough. I nearly starved when the wishes broke the last time! What kind of atmosphere is that to subject to people, huh?