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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. ]

Comments

[winebar]

W-

[The first part of her comment would be easy to handle, some tropical islands only have warm weather after all. But then she says the rest.]

Winter islands...
[No, but polar regions would be like that, right? No... Surely there could still be Normal Islands as well.]

England is fairly mild in all its seasons, so I do wonder if the weather will be harsher here.

[tot]

[ rip zieks. ]

Yes, winter islands! I suppose you aren't familiar with that sort of thing, but then again, I'm not too familiar with the idea of changing seasons.

[ like as a concept she understands it but at the same time she has never lived in a place where this is something that happens. we get spring or summer for any extended period of time. ]

What does it mean to be "mild" in terms of seasons, exactly?

[winebar]

[NO... HIS PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY.... He closes his eyes to process this and repress it. Don't think about it, Barok. It doesn't matter.]

Mm, well we have winter, spring, summer, and autumn, but especially for how far north we are, the summers aren't as warm and our winters aren't as cold as they are in other places.

[tot]

[ i'd ask why is he like this except i know why he is this way. how long will he be like this. where is ziek's tl so i can tag it... ]

"How far north"... [ she repeats back slowly. ] So where you're positioned in your world affects the temperature and your seasons.

[ this sounds like a novel concept to her and it's in part because it is. maybe if she hadn't grown up in the new world things might have been a little bit different but alas. ]

[winebar]

[I'M WORKING ON IT]

I-Yes? Because-
[He opens his mouth to start explaining about the Earth's tilt but then decides he can't risk Uta replying with another wild fact about her weird world.]

In any case, since you were kind enough to listen to my troubles, would you like me to find some books you might enjoy at the library?

[tot]

[ yeah, and now it's me who needs to rise up from the depths of my grave to tag it.

and uta will look at van zieks expectantly as he starts to respond but then cuts himself off. she has no idea why he would that and the fact that he doesn't elaborate and changes the topic instead is... well, she can bug him about it another time.

for now? ]

Yes! I'd love to read whatever books that you'd bring me. I'm curious to see what you're interested in!

[winebar]

[PLEASE. Anyway he offers a curt bow.]

I'll do my best to provide a good selection. But for now, please do excuse me.