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[tot]

WHO: uta and whoever
WHAT: bingo effects & catch-all for dec
WHEN: 12/10 - 12/12 (for catte), 12/13 - 12/16 for the rest
WHERE: wherever most (in)convenient
WARNINGS: there shouldn't be any??


ᴍᴇᴏᴡᴍɪx ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀʟ sᴏɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴇɴsɪғɪᴇs.

[ where are you right now? are you simply wandering around the island in no particular place? well, for those near the beach you can find a small calico cat who seems rather skittish and may be running away from a dog. fortunately, the dog doesn't seem to be chasing after the cat with any bloodlust but more like following her around? what is happening here?

or maybe you are having a meal when this small calico walks up to you and meows exactly once before sitting politely at your feet. or maybe you're just somewhere on the island in general when you stumble upon her. ]

ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʜᴀɴɢs ᴏɴ ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ ʜᴀɴᴅs.

[ because i refuse to believe that there is not a single bench on this entire island, uta will be outside sitting on one of them while flipping through a book with a title that seems... questionable or exciting depending on your taste in reading material. for uta, however, she'll questioning the novel she received with the proud title of My Boyfriend Is The One Except He’s A Lizard And Father Doesn’t Approve on its cover and spine. can't forget what you're reading, after all.

why is she reading this book outside where god and everyone can see her questionable taste? simple. if she must suffer, she will not go down alone—would be the answer if she was petty. the truth is that she's hoping to pawn it off to someone (anyone) else who finds the faintest interest in it. ]

ɪ'ᴠᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ.

[ since it has been a bit since they've all arrived, uta will be checking out the boutique's offerings to see if she can't find something to change up her wardrobe. farmcore has never been her thing, but wearing an all-white dress with a short skirt is definitely not practical. that said, she will be posing in front of a mirror in some new clothes which still aren't great for farming before going to change into something else that is a lot more reasonable.

perhaps it's interesting that regardless whatever she is trying on, she'll have a particular straw hat on her head in exchange for the headphones. ]

ʙ-ɪ-ɴ-ɢ-ᴏ!

[ if you'd like pick a square from her card here and we can go. ]

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[ THERE IS AN EXTINCT VOLCANO AND IT IS THE MOUNTAIN.... and traces of the volcanic deposits in the ground. so i guess have your dirt lore. ]

Is that how it works? If the volcano has been gone for that long wouldn't the dirt eventually lose its...niceness? I remember reading something like that in a book.

[ 98& of the things that uta knows, she knows because of books because sometimes it just be like that. she'll rub her arms a bit for some quick warmth. ]

A little, but I'll be fine.

[lapidation]

[ then you can grow some things... can't believe our dirt lore. ]

There's always a chance that volcanic activity may abruptly begin again, but perhaps not in your lifetime. [ And a nod. ] Unfortunately, with it being dormant means less deposits.

[ unfertile... unbreedable dirt. Zhongli shimmies out of his coat and offers it to her. ]

[tot]

[ i asked for this. here i had the thought it would come back to you but no. i punked myself as i have to read how the dirt is unfertile and unbreedable again. nevertheless, uta will look at the coat then back to zhongli then back to the coat and takes it from him and slowly slips it on. ]

Oh...thank you.

[ she's in a bit of awe half because of what he says about the volcano so easily and the other half about how he goes about talking about it. it's...very particular. uta is also much shorter than him so she'll take a moment to see how much longer the sleeves are on her and make sure none of it will drag on the ground. ]

I'm sure there is enough deposits that will last us the year. [ ... ] Is knowledge of this common from where you're from? Or, maybe, you have experience in this kind of thing already?

[lapidation]

[ Uta really is here being like how could you say not in my lifetime you weirdo. Even if the coat is on the brink of grazing the ground, it doesn't seem like he minds.

Reaching to one of the higher spots in the mountain, they may feel... Warmth? Not enough where the coat isn't needed, but it isn't as chilly. ]

I did have a hand in agriculture for my colony. That was in the early days.

[ old... man... talk. ]

[tot]

[ it's more like the way he says things. like just now. there's a disconnect from his words and how he looks. she just doesn't know if it's because it's a different world thing or a zhongli thing. ]

...your colony? [ uta will give him another look as she keeps the coat from dragging; zhongli might not care but uta does. it's a good habit to treat your clothes in this way. ] Is it no longer your colony now?

[ because that is clearly the most important question to ask here. ]

[lapidation]

[ Hmm.. ]

I'm still of a part of it, but it has grown since then.

[ you do not need to tag me back i know this is OLD but i wanted to give an answer ]