Carry on

[songless_psiren]

Goodness, it's almost May already. I should start putting in the garden for this year. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to plant?

Mal, I've collected some of my favorite recipes, I'd like to send them to Claire. Do you have her address? Or should I send them care of Rachel?

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[friendofpaper]

*has installed a door chain for at least some security against homunculi and the like. opens the door cautiously, sees Clara and almost unlocks the door chain before realizing it could be Envy again. thinks of some clever trap to figure out which one it is* Ah, hello. Sorry but Envy is trying to kill me so I have a security question. Umm, *ponder ponder* what was the first book I borrowed from you? No, I have a better one: what do you find most relaxing?

[songless_psiren]

...Ah. Yes of course, don't be sorry. *muses briefly on the eerie familiarness of the situation* Um, heh, tea!

((...Because a door chain would stop a homunculus. ^_^;;))

[friendofpaper]

*blink blink, not what she was expecting* Uh, well that makes sense- but that wasn't what I was thinking! *really hoping this isn't Envy* There was a hobby you say I should try, I was thinking you'd say that. *drum roll* Name that hobby or you are Envy!

((she's a dumb genius, if you couldn't tell. I also felt weird looking up if they had invented door chains yet, and apparently they did around 1840))

[songless_psiren]

*internal flail, tries to remember* Um, baking? ...I have a lot of hobbies I find relaxing!

((Heh, I do that all the time. I just looked up pressure cookers tonight.))

[ishbalriffs]

I don't know her address. Sorry. I was- *clears his throat, with a false casual tone* I was um- just about to send off a letter to Rachel, actually. If you want I can slip them in there with a note to pass them on to Claire?

[songless_psiren]

Ah. ...Yes, thank you. Here. *hands over a small bundle of little pieces of paper with recipes written on them* And tell Rachel she's of course also welcome to use the recipes herself.

[ishbalriffs]

*takes the recipes carefully, smoothing them out in his hands and nodding* Yeah, I'll do that. *pauses, not sure if he should go on, then adds very quickly* I'm- the letter's about what you said she said to you, I mean, about her thinking I hate her. I'm trying to set it straight. But- without making a complete fool out of myself.

[songless_psiren]

*nods slowly* ...What does it say? ...Or, I mean, you don't have to tell me. *feels weird about asking, but he did just sort of volunteer the information*