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| there's a light tapping at Bownes's bedroom door. it's almost not there with how gentle it was...that's not too good, considering how healthy(?) the other people in this house are! |

"hello? Bownes?"

| wasn't Scare dead or something for a while??? |

— 💥🍄🍁

~ Bownes comes to the door, when he opens it his eyes light up. He embraces Scare, although he seems to be a little disheveled too. Nit unhealthy by any means, thankfully. If anything, it almost looks like he’s been stuck in time for a little bit. ~

Goodmorning my love..!

~ ..It certainly isn’t morning but alright. ~

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| Scare smiles. aw, so happy kitty! though, they do feel a bit more fragile than normal.

they tilt their head slightly to the left, their back ears flopping a bit. |

"hello, love!"

| despite their slightly ill exterior, they seem pretty happy! |

~ He takes Scare’s paw into his hand and plants a gentle kiss on it. His dark circles were always quite prominent, but now more so than they have been in a while. He peers over his shoulder out the window, and realizes it certainly isn’t morning. ~

Hey, is today Wednesday or Thursday? I can’t quite remember.

~ It’s Tuesday soon to be Wednesday but alright dude. ~

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| they purr a little as the top of their paw is kissed. when the day is mentioned, they shrug. |

"i think its Tuesday night. basically Wednesday."

~ He nods, holding their hands as they walk to the kitchen, pulling a chair out for Scare as he opens the fridge. ~

What’re you thinking? To eat, I mean.

| there's a light tapping at Bownes's bedroom door. it's almost not there with how gentle it was...that's not too good, considering how healthy(?) the other people in this house are! |

"hello? Bownes?"

| wasn't Scare dead or something for a while??? |

— 💥🍄🍁

~ Bownes comes to the door, when he opens it his eyes light up. He embraces Scare, although he seems to be a little disheveled too. Nit unhealthy by any means, thankfully. If anything, it almost looks like he’s been stuck in time for a little bit. ~

Goodmorning my love..!

~ ..It certainly isn’t morning but alright. ~

@that-one-anon

that-one-anon

| Scare smiles. aw, so happy kitty! though, they do feel a bit more fragile than normal.

they tilt their head slightly to the left, their back ears flopping a bit. |

"hello, love!"

| despite their slightly ill exterior, they seem pretty happy! |

#🦷🎀 anon #|| no worries!! ||

~ He takes Scare’s paw into his hand and plants a gentle kiss on it. His dark circles were always quite prominent, but now more so than they have been in a while. He peers over his shoulder out the window, and realizes it certainly isn’t morning. ~

Hey, is today Wednesday or Thursday? I can’t quite remember.

~ It’s Tuesday soon to be Wednesday but alright dude. ~

| there's a light tapping at Bownes's bedroom door. it's almost not there with how gentle it was...that's not too good, considering how healthy(?) the other people in this house are! |

"hello? Bownes?"

| wasn't Scare dead or something for a while??? |

— 💥🍄🍁

~ Bownes comes to the door, when he opens it his eyes light up. He embraces Scare, although he seems to be a little disheveled too. Nit unhealthy by any means, thankfully. If anything, it almost looks like he’s been stuck in time for a little bit. ~

Goodmorning my love..!

~ ..It certainly isn’t morning but alright. ~

@that-one-anon

#|| gaaaaahh I’m so sorry!! I didn’t see this I haven’t really been doing much cjrp stuff for a long while fuebfje ||#🦷🎀 anon

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

(‘Away’, huh? It isn’t Whole’s business, so they won’t pry. He nods.)

good to hear! wish I had more time to help out, but I’m glad she has you.

(They keep eating the lemon square.)

man, this lemon square is good…

I’m glad you like it! I can give you the recipe if you’d like? Here, let me-

~ He begins looking through some of the lower cabinets, until he pulls out a binder filled with recipes. He flips through the dessert section, until pulling out the page with the lemon bar recipe. ~

There you go!

oh, uh!

(He’s a little surprised.)

thank you! but you do have spare copies of this recipe, right?

Of course! I have most of my recipes memorized anyways, you don’t gotta worry about that!

~ He slides the paper over the Whole. The paper itself seems to be pink, and the recipe is typed out in a pretty font. How fitting. ~

Would you like me to get you a container to bring some of the stuff home? We have. Way too many desserts stock piled. I get bored and I start baking again when I don’t realize I already have about five other uneaten cakes and- not the point.

huh. good to know!

(He takes the recipe and carefully puts it in his pocket. He'll have to find a binder or folder or...something later to put this in.

Their eyes light up at the mention of more desserts.) yes please!

Wonderful!

~ He gets out a Tupperware container, and cuts a generous chunk out for Whole, scooping it into the container as delicately as possible. He seals it up, and hands it over to Whole. ~

There you go!

~ He pauses, debating whether or not he should say something. ~

Is the sun the same in here as it is outside? In your world, I mean.

thank you!!

(He’s trying to stay polite and collected, but being able to have more delicious desserts is clearly making him happy.

He pauses at the question, before he nods.) yup. same blue sky, same yellow sun and all.

~ He smiles and lets out a sigh of relief. ~

That’s good. I would hope that the real world gets to experience that, it’d be heartbreaking if they didn’t.

~ He turns back to the counter, looking at some of the other desserts for a moment, like he’s considering something. ~

You said you were looking for a bit more socialization, right? Do you happen to know an Altair? Xe helped me out a while ago, and I had baked xem a cake, but I don’t know where to drop it off. Would you do me a favor and bring it to him for me? If it isn’t too much trouble.

(Whole doesn't know what to say in response to that, so for now, he just nods in agreement. Really, it would be worse if headspace didn't get to experience that...

He nods.) oh yeah! i know xem, xe's helped me out a few times! i don't mind dropping a cake off!

Wonderful! Thank you so much, let me box that up for you.

~ He gets out another, much larger container, and delicately places one of the cakes on the counter inside. This one seems to be a cheesecake, with a raspberry swirl. Tasty. Before bringing it to whole, he looks at it and utters to himself. ~

This will be too inconvenient to hold, let me get you a bag!

~ He speed-walks to his room, returning with one of those reusable tote bags you might find at the supermarket. It has a flower design on it, which shockingly, isn’t pink, but rather a collection of blue and purple roses. He places both containers inside the bag, trying as best as possible not to end up messing them up. When he’s done, he hands it over to Whole. ~

Thank you again, I really appreciate it!

(He looks at the cheesecake, but refrains from touching. Dang if it doesn't look good too, though.

Whole carefully takes the bag.) no problem! anything else you need delivered while i'm out?

That’s all! Thank you again for stopping by, I’ll tell Ribs you said hello! Please feel free to come by any time you’d like, the door is always open.

~ For the first time in a while, he is exaggerating. The door is locked now, not just wide open like it used to be. But that’s besides the point. ~

will do! promise i'll return the bag ASAP.

(With that, Whole heads out to deliver the cheesecake!)

Oh, you don’t have to worry about that! Have a good one, safe travels!

~ He waves Whole goodbye, and stays by the porch until Whole enters the forest, before closing the door. ~

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

(‘Away’, huh? It isn’t Whole’s business, so they won’t pry. He nods.)

good to hear! wish I had more time to help out, but I’m glad she has you.

(They keep eating the lemon square.)

man, this lemon square is good…

I’m glad you like it! I can give you the recipe if you’d like? Here, let me-

~ He begins looking through some of the lower cabinets, until he pulls out a binder filled with recipes. He flips through the dessert section, until pulling out the page with the lemon bar recipe. ~

There you go!

oh, uh!

(He’s a little surprised.)

thank you! but you do have spare copies of this recipe, right?

Of course! I have most of my recipes memorized anyways, you don’t gotta worry about that!

~ He slides the paper over the Whole. The paper itself seems to be pink, and the recipe is typed out in a pretty font. How fitting. ~

Would you like me to get you a container to bring some of the stuff home? We have. Way too many desserts stock piled. I get bored and I start baking again when I don’t realize I already have about five other uneaten cakes and- not the point.

huh. good to know!

(He takes the recipe and carefully puts it in his pocket. He'll have to find a binder or folder or...something later to put this in.

Their eyes light up at the mention of more desserts.) yes please!

Wonderful!

~ He gets out a Tupperware container, and cuts a generous chunk out for Whole, scooping it into the container as delicately as possible. He seals it up, and hands it over to Whole. ~

There you go!

~ He pauses, debating whether or not he should say something. ~

Is the sun the same in here as it is outside? In your world, I mean.

thank you!!

(He’s trying to stay polite and collected, but being able to have more delicious desserts is clearly making him happy.

He pauses at the question, before he nods.) yup. same blue sky, same yellow sun and all.

~ He smiles and lets out a sigh of relief. ~

That’s good. I would hope that the real world gets to experience that, it’d be heartbreaking if they didn’t.

~ He turns back to the counter, looking at some of the other desserts for a moment, like he’s considering something. ~

You said you were looking for a bit more socialization, right? Do you happen to know an Altair? Xe helped me out a while ago, and I had baked xem a cake, but I don’t know where to drop it off. Would you do me a favor and bring it to him for me? If it isn’t too much trouble.

(Whole doesn't know what to say in response to that, so for now, he just nods in agreement. Really, it would be worse if headspace didn't get to experience that...

He nods.) oh yeah! i know xem, xe's helped me out a few times! i don't mind dropping a cake off!

Wonderful! Thank you so much, let me box that up for you.

~ He gets out another, much larger container, and delicately places one of the cakes on the counter inside. This one seems to be a cheesecake, with a raspberry swirl. Tasty. Before bringing it to whole, he looks at it and utters to himself. ~

This will be too inconvenient to hold, let me get you a bag!

~ He speed-walks to his room, returning with one of those reusable tote bags you might find at the supermarket. It has a flower design on it, which shockingly, isn’t pink, but rather a collection of blue and purple roses. He places both containers inside the bag, trying as best as possible not to end up messing them up. When he’s done, he hands it over to Whole. ~

Thank you again, I really appreciate it!

(He looks at the cheesecake, but refrains from touching. Dang if it doesn't look good too, though.

Whole carefully takes the bag.) no problem! anything else you need delivered while i'm out?

That’s all! Thank you again for stopping by, I’ll tell Ribs you said hello! Please feel free to come by any time you’d like, the door is always open.

~ For the first time in a while, he is exaggerating. The door is locked now, not just wide open like it used to be. But that’s besides the point. ~

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

(‘Away’, huh? It isn’t Whole’s business, so they won’t pry. He nods.)

good to hear! wish I had more time to help out, but I’m glad she has you.

(They keep eating the lemon square.)

man, this lemon square is good…

I’m glad you like it! I can give you the recipe if you’d like? Here, let me-

~ He begins looking through some of the lower cabinets, until he pulls out a binder filled with recipes. He flips through the dessert section, until pulling out the page with the lemon bar recipe. ~

There you go!

oh, uh!

(He’s a little surprised.)

thank you! but you do have spare copies of this recipe, right?

Of course! I have most of my recipes memorized anyways, you don’t gotta worry about that!

~ He slides the paper over the Whole. The paper itself seems to be pink, and the recipe is typed out in a pretty font. How fitting. ~

Would you like me to get you a container to bring some of the stuff home? We have. Way too many desserts stock piled. I get bored and I start baking again when I don’t realize I already have about five other uneaten cakes and- not the point.

huh. good to know!

(He takes the recipe and carefully puts it in his pocket. He'll have to find a binder or folder or...something later to put this in.

Their eyes light up at the mention of more desserts.) yes please!

Wonderful!

~ He gets out a Tupperware container, and cuts a generous chunk out for Whole, scooping it into the container as delicately as possible. He seals it up, and hands it over to Whole. ~

There you go!

~ He pauses, debating whether or not he should say something. ~

Is the sun the same in here as it is outside? In your world, I mean.

thank you!!

(He’s trying to stay polite and collected, but being able to have more delicious desserts is clearly making him happy.

He pauses at the question, before he nods.) yup. same blue sky, same yellow sun and all.

~ He smiles and lets out a sigh of relief. ~

That’s good. I would hope that the real world gets to experience that, it’d be heartbreaking if they didn’t.

~ He turns back to the counter, looking at some of the other desserts for a moment, like he’s considering something. ~

You said you were looking for a bit more socialization, right? Do you happen to know an Altair? Xe helped me out a while ago, and I had baked xem a cake, but I don’t know where to drop it off. Would you do me a favor and bring it to him for me? If it isn’t too much trouble.

(Whole doesn't know what to say in response to that, so for now, he just nods in agreement. Really, it would be worse if headspace didn't get to experience that...

He nods.) oh yeah! i know xem, xe's helped me out a few times! i don't mind dropping a cake off!

Wonderful! Thank you so much, let me box that up for you.

~ He gets out another, much larger container, and delicately places one of the cakes on the counter inside. This one seems to be a cheesecake, with a raspberry swirl. Tasty. Before bringing it to whole, he looks at it and utters to himself. ~

This will be too inconvenient to hold, let me get you a bag!

~ He speed-walks to his room, returning with one of those reusable tote bags you might find at the supermarket. It has a flower design on it, which shockingly, isn’t pink, but rather a collection of blue and purple roses. He places both containers inside the bag, trying as best as possible not to end up messing them up. When he’s done, he hands it over to Whole. ~

Thank you again, I really appreciate it!

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

(‘Away’, huh? It isn’t Whole’s business, so they won’t pry. He nods.)

good to hear! wish I had more time to help out, but I’m glad she has you.

(They keep eating the lemon square.)

man, this lemon square is good…

I’m glad you like it! I can give you the recipe if you’d like? Here, let me-

~ He begins looking through some of the lower cabinets, until he pulls out a binder filled with recipes. He flips through the dessert section, until pulling out the page with the lemon bar recipe. ~

There you go!

oh, uh!

(He’s a little surprised.)

thank you! but you do have spare copies of this recipe, right?

Of course! I have most of my recipes memorized anyways, you don’t gotta worry about that!

~ He slides the paper over the Whole. The paper itself seems to be pink, and the recipe is typed out in a pretty font. How fitting. ~

Would you like me to get you a container to bring some of the stuff home? We have. Way too many desserts stock piled. I get bored and I start baking again when I don’t realize I already have about five other uneaten cakes and- not the point.

huh. good to know!

(He takes the recipe and carefully puts it in his pocket. He'll have to find a binder or folder or...something later to put this in.

Their eyes light up at the mention of more desserts.) yes please!

Wonderful!

~ He gets out a Tupperware container, and cuts a generous chunk out for Whole, scooping it into the container as delicately as possible. He seals it up, and hands it over to Whole. ~

There you go!

~ He pauses, debating whether or not he should say something. ~

Is the sun the same in here as it is outside? In your world, I mean.

thank you!!

(He’s trying to stay polite and collected, but being able to have more delicious desserts is clearly making him happy.

He pauses at the question, before he nods.) yup. same blue sky, same yellow sun and all.

~ He smiles and lets out a sigh of relief. ~

That’s good. I would hope that the real world gets to experience that, it’d be heartbreaking if they didn’t.

~ He turns back to the counter, looking at some of the other desserts for a moment, like he’s considering something. ~

You said you were looking for a bit more socialization, right? Do you happen to know an Altair? Xe helped me out a while ago, and I had baked xem a cake, but I don’t know where to drop it off. Would you do me a favor and bring it to him for me? If it isn’t too much trouble.

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

(‘Away’, huh? It isn’t Whole’s business, so they won’t pry. He nods.)

good to hear! wish I had more time to help out, but I’m glad she has you.

(They keep eating the lemon square.)

man, this lemon square is good…

I’m glad you like it! I can give you the recipe if you’d like? Here, let me-

~ He begins looking through some of the lower cabinets, until he pulls out a binder filled with recipes. He flips through the dessert section, until pulling out the page with the lemon bar recipe. ~

There you go!

oh, uh!

(He’s a little surprised.)

thank you! but you do have spare copies of this recipe, right?

Of course! I have most of my recipes memorized anyways, you don’t gotta worry about that!

~ He slides the paper over the Whole. The paper itself seems to be pink, and the recipe is typed out in a pretty font. How fitting. ~

Would you like me to get you a container to bring some of the stuff home? We have. Way too many desserts stock piled. I get bored and I start baking again when I don’t realize I already have about five other uneaten cakes and- not the point.

huh. good to know!

(He takes the recipe and carefully puts it in his pocket. He'll have to find a binder or folder or...something later to put this in.

Their eyes light up at the mention of more desserts.) yes please!

Wonderful!

~ He gets out a Tupperware container, and cuts a generous chunk out for Whole, scooping it into the container as delicately as possible. He seals it up, and hands it over to Whole. ~

There you go!

~ He pauses, debating whether or not he should say something. ~

Is the sun the same in here as it is outside? In your world, I mean.

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

(‘Away’, huh? It isn’t Whole’s business, so they won’t pry. He nods.)

good to hear! wish I had more time to help out, but I’m glad she has you.

(They keep eating the lemon square.)

man, this lemon square is good…

I’m glad you like it! I can give you the recipe if you’d like? Here, let me-

~ He begins looking through some of the lower cabinets, until he pulls out a binder filled with recipes. He flips through the dessert section, until pulling out the page with the lemon bar recipe. ~

There you go!

oh, uh!

(He’s a little surprised.)

thank you! but you do have spare copies of this recipe, right?

Of course! I have most of my recipes memorized anyways, you don’t gotta worry about that!

~ He slides the paper over the Whole. The paper itself seems to be pink, and the recipe is typed out in a pretty font. How fitting. ~

Would you like me to get you a container to bring some of the stuff home? We have. Way too many desserts stock piled. I get bored and I start baking again when I don’t realize I already have about five other uneaten cakes and- not the point.

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

(‘Away’, huh? It isn’t Whole’s business, so they won’t pry. He nods.)

good to hear! wish I had more time to help out, but I’m glad she has you.

(They keep eating the lemon square.)

man, this lemon square is good…

I’m glad you like it! I can give you the recipe if you’d like? Here, let me-

~ He begins looking through some of the lower cabinets, until he pulls out a binder filled with recipes. He flips through the dessert section, until pulling out the page with the lemon bar recipe. ~

There you go!

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

oh, uh! hi! I thought this was, uh, Ribbons’ house…?

(They’re very confused now.)

Oh! He does live here, if you were looking for him I could go get him! Why don’t you come inside?

~ He gestures for Whole to come in, walking forward into the kitchen and pulling out a chair at the table for them to sit at. Both the exterior and interior of the house is pink, with the occasional pop of white lace trim, or green from the many plants scattered about. He checks the oven, before closing it once more. ~

The lemon bars I’m baking are gonna need a few more minutes, can I get you anything? It’s quite a long walk from here to the village.

alright!

(Whole walked inside, looking around. It was…pretty homey, he couldn’t lie.)

oh, no, it’s alright. uh, I’m Whole by the way, should’ve introduced myself earlier…

~ Before Whole can respond, he’s already pouring a glass of water for them. ~

Whole, it’s nice to meet you! You’re the guys that uh, runs this place? Well, anyways, my name is Bownes, it’s very nice to meet you!

~ He slides the water over to them. ~

nice to meet you too! and uh...I guess?

(Whole shrugged with a wince.) i don't think i really run this place more than it runs me sometimes. it feels weird whenever people recognize me as the guy who runs headspace.

Ohh, I see I see. Sorry about that, in that case.

~ As he talks, he finally pulls the lemon bars out of the oven, and places them on the counter, where there seems to be an unhinged amount of other baked goods cooling off on the counter. He takes a cake cutter and starts sectioning off the dessert into pieces. ~

Would you prefer an end piece, a corner piece, or a middle piece?

nah, it's alright. can't blame people for thinking i'm in charge. just seems weird when it just...popped into being.

(Oh, the baked goods smell good. He's trying not to drool at the scent.)

end piece is alright, please!

One end piece coming up!

~ He slides one onto a plate, but before putting it down in front of Whole, he hesitates. ~

You don’t have any allergies, do you?

nope. None that I know of, at least.

(He wanted to crack a joke about his only allergy being death, or being allergic to any of the various ways he’s died so far, but for obvious reasons, that isn’t appropriate to joke about around someone you just met. So he’ll leave it at that.)

Alrighty!

~ He places the plate down in front of Whole, then a fork down next to it. ~

Let me know how it is! It’s the first time I’ve made this recipe in a long long while. Oh, and it might be a little hot, so be careful!

~ He takes off his oven mitts, and takes a sip of his own water. He does bear quite the similarity to Ribs, in both his appearance and the way he dresses. ~

Is there a reason you came all the way over here? It’s quite the hike!

will do!

(Interesting. Siblings, perhaps? Whole blows on his lemon square piece to cool it down.)

mostly to see how ribs was doing, partly because I need to start being a social human being again.

(He sighs.) I’ve only been at work or at home lately. I need to at least pretend to be a person sometimes.

Ah, I see. Socializing is good! But if you force it too much, you’ll just exhaust yourself. But, that isn’t some revelation or anything. Everything in moderation, right?

~ He seems to be placing a few more pieces onto separate plates, probably to distribute around to the other guests of the house. ~

Ribs has been good! She’s been helping me out around the house, which I really appreciate.

yup. promise I’m taking it easy.

(He takes a bite of the lemon square…his eyes light up! This is delicious!

…he’s restraining himself from attempting to devour it all in one go.)

good to hear! Is Ribs settling in okay, then?

Yeah! She has been, she helped hold the fort down while I was, uh- away, and she’s a great host!

~ He says “away” like a question. Obviously he can’t just say he died for a while. ~

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

oh, uh! hi! I thought this was, uh, Ribbons’ house…?

(They’re very confused now.)

Oh! He does live here, if you were looking for him I could go get him! Why don’t you come inside?

~ He gestures for Whole to come in, walking forward into the kitchen and pulling out a chair at the table for them to sit at. Both the exterior and interior of the house is pink, with the occasional pop of white lace trim, or green from the many plants scattered about. He checks the oven, before closing it once more. ~

The lemon bars I’m baking are gonna need a few more minutes, can I get you anything? It’s quite a long walk from here to the village.

alright!

(Whole walked inside, looking around. It was…pretty homey, he couldn’t lie.)

oh, no, it’s alright. uh, I’m Whole by the way, should’ve introduced myself earlier…

~ Before Whole can respond, he’s already pouring a glass of water for them. ~

Whole, it’s nice to meet you! You’re the guys that uh, runs this place? Well, anyways, my name is Bownes, it’s very nice to meet you!

~ He slides the water over to them. ~

nice to meet you too! and uh...I guess?

(Whole shrugged with a wince.) i don't think i really run this place more than it runs me sometimes. it feels weird whenever people recognize me as the guy who runs headspace.

Ohh, I see I see. Sorry about that, in that case.

~ As he talks, he finally pulls the lemon bars out of the oven, and places them on the counter, where there seems to be an unhinged amount of other baked goods cooling off on the counter. He takes a cake cutter and starts sectioning off the dessert into pieces. ~

Would you prefer an end piece, a corner piece, or a middle piece?

nah, it's alright. can't blame people for thinking i'm in charge. just seems weird when it just...popped into being.

(Oh, the baked goods smell good. He's trying not to drool at the scent.)

end piece is alright, please!

One end piece coming up!

~ He slides one onto a plate, but before putting it down in front of Whole, he hesitates. ~

You don’t have any allergies, do you?

nope. None that I know of, at least.

(He wanted to crack a joke about his only allergy being death, or being allergic to any of the various ways he’s died so far, but for obvious reasons, that isn’t appropriate to joke about around someone you just met. So he’ll leave it at that.)

Alrighty!

~ He places the plate down in front of Whole, then a fork down next to it. ~

Let me know how it is! It’s the first time I’ve made this recipe in a long long while. Oh, and it might be a little hot, so be careful!

~ He takes off his oven mitts, and takes a sip of his own water. He does bear quite the similarity to Ribs, in both his appearance and the way he dresses. ~

Is there a reason you came all the way over here? It’s quite the hike!

will do!

(Interesting. Siblings, perhaps? Whole blows on his lemon square piece to cool it down.)

mostly to see how ribs was doing, partly because I need to start being a social human being again.

(He sighs.) I’ve only been at work or at home lately. I need to at least pretend to be a person sometimes.

Ah, I see. Socializing is good! But if you force it too much, you’ll just exhaust yourself. But, that isn’t some revelation or anything. Everything in moderation, right?

~ He seems to be placing a few more pieces onto separate plates, probably to distribute around to the other guests of the house. ~

Ribs has been good! She’s been helping me out around the house, which I really appreciate.

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

oh, uh! hi! I thought this was, uh, Ribbons’ house…?

(They’re very confused now.)

Oh! He does live here, if you were looking for him I could go get him! Why don’t you come inside?

~ He gestures for Whole to come in, walking forward into the kitchen and pulling out a chair at the table for them to sit at. Both the exterior and interior of the house is pink, with the occasional pop of white lace trim, or green from the many plants scattered about. He checks the oven, before closing it once more. ~

The lemon bars I’m baking are gonna need a few more minutes, can I get you anything? It’s quite a long walk from here to the village.

alright!

(Whole walked inside, looking around. It was…pretty homey, he couldn’t lie.)

oh, no, it’s alright. uh, I’m Whole by the way, should’ve introduced myself earlier…

~ Before Whole can respond, he’s already pouring a glass of water for them. ~

Whole, it’s nice to meet you! You’re the guys that uh, runs this place? Well, anyways, my name is Bownes, it’s very nice to meet you!

~ He slides the water over to them. ~

nice to meet you too! and uh...I guess?

(Whole shrugged with a wince.) i don't think i really run this place more than it runs me sometimes. it feels weird whenever people recognize me as the guy who runs headspace.

Ohh, I see I see. Sorry about that, in that case.

~ As he talks, he finally pulls the lemon bars out of the oven, and places them on the counter, where there seems to be an unhinged amount of other baked goods cooling off on the counter. He takes a cake cutter and starts sectioning off the dessert into pieces. ~

Would you prefer an end piece, a corner piece, or a middle piece?

nah, it's alright. can't blame people for thinking i'm in charge. just seems weird when it just...popped into being.

(Oh, the baked goods smell good. He's trying not to drool at the scent.)

end piece is alright, please!

One end piece coming up!

~ He slides one onto a plate, but before putting it down in front of Whole, he hesitates. ~

You don’t have any allergies, do you?

nope. None that I know of, at least.

(He wanted to crack a joke about his only allergy being death, or being allergic to any of the various ways he’s died so far, but for obvious reasons, that isn’t appropriate to joke about around someone you just met. So he’ll leave it at that.)

#🦷🎀 anon #|| when I keep forgetting to put his text as the proper size 💔 LMFAO ||

Alrighty!

~ He places the plate down in front of Whole, then a fork down next to it. ~

Let me know how it is! It’s the first time I’ve made this recipe in a long long while. Oh, and it might be a little hot, so be careful!

~ He takes off his oven mitts, and takes a sip of his own water. He does bear quite the similarity to Ribs, in both his appearance and the way he dresses. ~

Is there a reason you came all the way over here? It’s quite the hike!

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

oh, uh! hi! I thought this was, uh, Ribbons’ house…?

(They’re very confused now.)

Oh! He does live here, if you were looking for him I could go get him! Why don’t you come inside?

~ He gestures for Whole to come in, walking forward into the kitchen and pulling out a chair at the table for them to sit at. Both the exterior and interior of the house is pink, with the occasional pop of white lace trim, or green from the many plants scattered about. He checks the oven, before closing it once more. ~

The lemon bars I’m baking are gonna need a few more minutes, can I get you anything? It’s quite a long walk from here to the village.

alright!

(Whole walked inside, looking around. It was…pretty homey, he couldn’t lie.)

oh, no, it’s alright. uh, I’m Whole by the way, should’ve introduced myself earlier…

~ Before Whole can respond, he’s already pouring a glass of water for them. ~

Whole, it’s nice to meet you! You’re the guys that uh, runs this place? Well, anyways, my name is Bownes, it’s very nice to meet you!

~ He slides the water over to them. ~

nice to meet you too! and uh...I guess?

(Whole shrugged with a wince.) i don't think i really run this place more than it runs me sometimes. it feels weird whenever people recognize me as the guy who runs headspace.

Ohh, I see I see. Sorry about that, in that case.

~ As he talks, he finally pulls the lemon bars out of the oven, and places them on the counter, where there seems to be an unhinged amount of other baked goods cooling off on the counter. He takes a cake cutter and starts sectioning off the dessert into pieces. ~

Would you prefer an end piece, a corner piece, or a middle piece?

nah, it's alright. can't blame people for thinking i'm in charge. just seems weird when it just...popped into being.

(Oh, the baked goods smell good. He's trying not to drool at the scent.)

end piece is alright, please!

One end piece coming up!

~ He slides one onto a plate, but before putting it down in front of Whole, he hesitates. ~

You don’t have any allergies, do you?

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

oh, uh! hi! I thought this was, uh, Ribbons’ house…?

(They’re very confused now.)

Oh! He does live here, if you were looking for him I could go get him! Why don’t you come inside?

~ He gestures for Whole to come in, walking forward into the kitchen and pulling out a chair at the table for them to sit at. Both the exterior and interior of the house is pink, with the occasional pop of white lace trim, or green from the many plants scattered about. He checks the oven, before closing it once more. ~

The lemon bars I’m baking are gonna need a few more minutes, can I get you anything? It’s quite a long walk from here to the village.

alright!

(Whole walked inside, looking around. It was…pretty homey, he couldn’t lie.)

oh, no, it’s alright. uh, I’m Whole by the way, should’ve introduced myself earlier…

~ Before Whole can respond, he’s already pouring a glass of water for them. ~

Whole, it’s nice to meet you! You’re the guys that uh, runs this place? Well, anyways, my name is Bownes, it’s very nice to meet you!

~ He slides the water over to them. ~

nice to meet you too! and uh...I guess?

(Whole shrugged with a wince.) i don't think i really run this place more than it runs me sometimes. it feels weird whenever people recognize me as the guy who runs headspace.

Ohh, I see I see. Sorry about that, in that case.

~ As he talks, he finally pulls the lemon bars out of the oven, and places them on the counter, where there seems to be an unhinged amount of other baked goods cooling off on the counter. He takes a cake cutter and starts sectioning off the dessert into pieces. ~

Would you prefer an end piece, a corner piece, or a middle piece?

( @nothings-wholey knocks on the door!)

hello?

~ It takes a moment, but eventually Bownes opens the door, opening the door with a towel around his hands to prevent batter from getting everywhere. The house smells like lemon and vanilla. Of course it does who’s even surprised. ~

Hey there! How can I help you?

oh, uh! hi! I thought this was, uh, Ribbons’ house…?

(They’re very confused now.)

Oh! He does live here, if you were looking for him I could go get him! Why don’t you come inside?

~ He gestures for Whole to come in, walking forward into the kitchen and pulling out a chair at the table for them to sit at. Both the exterior and interior of the house is pink, with the occasional pop of white lace trim, or green from the many plants scattered about. He checks the oven, before closing it once more. ~

The lemon bars I’m baking are gonna need a few more minutes, can I get you anything? It’s quite a long walk from here to the village.

alright!

(Whole walked inside, looking around. It was…pretty homey, he couldn’t lie.)

oh, no, it’s alright. uh, I’m Whole by the way, should’ve introduced myself earlier…

~ Before Whole can respond, he’s already pouring a glass of water for them. ~

Whole, it’s nice to meet you! You’re the guys that uh, runs this place? Well, anyways, my name is Bownes, it’s very nice to meet you!

~ He slides the water over to them. ~