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[mrsnose]

Hello - is everyone doing better today? The curse from yesterday reminded me a little of how dangerous the power of words can be when you've little to no idea that your words have power. Like me, I used to talk to hats.

I mean, I used to work in a hat shop, my family's hat shop, and when I entered as the new apprentice, I'd be left by myself for many nights, so I took to talking to hats. I'd tell a bonnet she'd marry into money, or another hat that she'd be as fresh as a spring rose - compliments like those - and I thought it was just a way of passing time. Until I started to realise that my predictions would come true - as if the hats were listening to my orders. It did grand for the business, but there are consequences to letting your mouth run.

Which is why...yesterday, when I got an inkling of what the curse could be like, I decided to stay quiet. For the best.

But that's all over today, so I get to congratulate Charlie and Merlin - that's a nice name, hmm - on their bravery and love for one another, and the celebration of their wedding. May your happiness last for a very long time.

Is this the first wedding taking place in the City? Or have there been others? [SHE'S JUST CURIOUS, HOWL, NO NEED TO TAKE HINTS OR ANYTHING.]

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[charring]

Thank you, Sophie!

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[mrsnose]

Lucky you, the weather's nice as well. How are you feeling?

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[charring]

Nervous. In a good way.

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[mrsnose]

I think I could understand that - I'm sure it will all go well.

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[charring]

Same. Hey, Sophie? Can you come visit me before the wedding? It'd be nice to have reassuring faces around before the whole thing.

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[universaltranslator]

[Uhura has been trying to lay low since getting herself thrown in jail over the weekend.

But she happens to pass by Sophie as she makes the entry, and can't resist chiming in.]

Hats, huh?

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[mrsnose]

[She turns around at the sound of Uhura's voice.] Hats - and dresses, and flowers, and eventually spells.

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[universaltranslator]

What were the consequences of the things you said to your hats?

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[mrsnose]

A woman caught the eye of a man of higher standing, and somehow there was a duel in the end?

[candothat]

I talk to machines all the time--less, now, but I talked to everything when I was in school. They never responded like that.

Is this still happening to you?

[It's purely coincidental, of course, that Chekov encounters random little things that make him happy when he wears the suit.]

[mrsnose]

[Of course it is. She didn't spell that suit to make him happy, not at all.] It's the power I have, apparently. I think it must be true, because I gave life to a stick once with an order.

And most of the roses in our garden are blue because I told them to be.

[candothat]

...Was the stick sentient?

That's a very useful power, if you are careful. Most people, I think, would do much worse than turn roses blue.

[mrsnose]

For as long as it had to be.

Ah, yes, but see - I need to get the hang of not using it without thinking.

[mortemscintilla]

There's a wedding?

[ ...Ew. ]

[mrsnose]

There is.

[mortemscintilla]

But isn't that [ illogical. irrational. short-sighted. stupid. ] risky?

What with anyone leaving here at anytime?

[mrsnose]

Isn't it risky either way? If they've decided to do this, who are we to criticize?

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[blackshadow]

[ This is actually a pretty nice video... It brings a smile to Tyr's face. ]

It's not the first one, but it's the first one in a long time... The last time I saw one was about two years ago.

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[mrsnose]

[Household specialty: making people smile?]

Two years ago, my. Are they still...here?

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[blackshadow]

[ Smiles and hats? ]

Ah, no... They left together not long after the ceremony. They were the same world, though, so leaving probably wasn't really a concern for them...

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[mrsnose]

[Sure! And flowers and who knows what else. Spells?]

That's fortunate...I wonder if they'd do it again in their world...

[conesoldstober]

Someone's really getting married here? That seems like a waste of time.

[Howl hasn't checked the network in a while. He's busy, okay.]

[mrsnose]

[Busy ignoring the word.] What's wrong with getting married?

[conesoldstober]

Nothing under normal circumstances, but who knows how long we're all actually here for.

[mrsnose]

It's Charlie's day, I'm not going to be criticizing her decision behind her back.