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"...well, I suppose it's about time I make one of these things...

Hello, you have reached the voicemail of Lord Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi. I am unable to answer at this time due to some other business I have to attend to, but state your purpose and I'll get back to you whenever I find the time."

[I'm cool with any sort of one-on-one stuff going on here so long as it starts with a voicemail! Obviously we'll need to plan if our characters are in the same area or not if we want to switch to action, but you know!]

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[...if she actually tries to get him to play a guessing game-]

What is it?

i got promoted at work sort of
to the top
also i picked my halloween costume!!
are you dressing up for halloween

[ Again: she's texting Kayneth. OF COURSE HE'S NOT. ]

What do you mean? Did you get that job at the museum, or is this something else?

And no, I don't intend to. It's not something I'm terribly interested in.

i now run the breeding centre

but you could be a snivy!
you said you admire those

Ah, really...? Did the previous head leave, then?

[...who even was the head of that, come to think of it...]

Well, yes, but that doesn't mean I feel like making a Snivy costume and wearing it in public.

apparently so
i mean we were sort of on hiatus b/c she was taking a trip of some sort
but now shes just gone apparently

does that mean you would wear it when you were alone or among friends??

[...wait a tic]

Who was in charge of the Breeding Center, again? I prefer to work on this sort of thing on my own, so I admittedly haven't been keeping up with it as well as I could.

No, of course not. Wearing it while I was alone would simply be bizarre, and as for the latter... I have something of an image to maintain.

saber :o

[ ...SHE. NEVER FIGURED OUT KAYNETH WAS FROM SABER'S WORLD SOMEHOW. ]

i dont think my image of you would be that ruined if you had a costume
i think it would be fun

Saber...? That's... well, unexpected. I always presumed her to be the sort who would stay far longer than most. How unfortunate.

[...yeah. he feels legit bummed...]

And I can say I don't, for numerous reasons.

oh were you two familiar with one another? :o

party pooper

Yes, we were. She's someone from my world... well, she was one of the few left, honestly.

I have never been one for parties.

oh no :(
im sorry i didnt mean to break it that way
i didnt realize

i never would have guessed

[ All the spaces to make it clear the last part was about the parties.

Sass. ]

It's fine. If I'm returned to my world and I encounter her, we'll certainly be enemies, so I didn't get terribly attached.

[...and yet he still feels bummed.]

Well, I'm sure it was extremely difficult to figure out.

still
if you ever want to talk about it im around

yes
all signs clearly pointed to you liking parties
so i am shocked

I appreciate the offer, at least.

It was just a cunning ruse, actually. I certainly had you fooled, didn't I?

you really did
and here i was thinking youd enjoy an invite to a christmas party or something similar

Well, I could potentially handle a sedate affair, I suppose, provided it didn't involve too much travel and I wasn't expected to wear any sort of ridiculous outfit.

okay i have to admit i cant really promise anything involving my friends would be sedate
weve already made a pretty ridiculous gingerbread village
and the decorations are pretty intense

A gingerbread village? Well, I'll admit I'm a bit curious about that, particularly in terms of how you actually plan to eat all of that. Perhaps just... take a few pictures so I can satisfy my curiosity, I suppose.

oh sure
hang on

[ There is indeed a huge gingerbread village spanning the entire length and width of John and Rose's kitchen table. This thing has had an incredible amount of work gone into it, clearly.

...There also appears to be some sort of gingerbread godzilla, and several decimated houses and a few gingerbread people missing limbs. There is decorative red frosting as blood for their wounds.

...

The Homestucks are questionable people, as a group. ]

[....................]

That certainly is a gingerbread village.

[ Is this one of those moments when you question your friendship with Aradia, Kayneth. ]

yep!
its a work in progress 0u0

[...it sure is...]

My word. Well, good luck with that.

[ You're so lucky. ]

thanks!
its too bad you wont get to see it in person but maybe next year

Perhaps you'll have to go with a different theme next year, then, just to keep things fresh.

[...something not horribly bizarre, for one.]

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