004 ✒ voice

[kindhearted]

Er...hello, Luceti. This is Roji. It's been a weird week... I gotta say it's weirdest way I've spent my birthday in a long time. [Stop stalling, Roji.] But the main reason I'm making this post is because I have a question...

[There's a slight, reluctant pause. He feels so bad about this, pfft.]

Is anyone out there missing their tea set?

Because I have a mountain of them here at home. I can't remember where I took them all from while I was pretending to have a giant tea party during the week... Oh, this is so embarrassing. If you're missing one, just let me know and I can bring it over to you. I've washed them all too, and I don't think any are broken.

I'm so sorry about this.

[And with that, he ends the post, only to grimace the literal mountain of tea sets engulfing his apartment.

What a week indeed.]

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[shadedsunlight]

Your birthday was last week? I didn't know that. Happy belated birthday, I'll have to bake you something.

[shadedsunlight]

[.....Dear god, those are a lot of tea sets.]

[shadedsunlight]

Oh! The white tea pot! [There's like a hundred white tea pots, Ginia] The one with gold trim around the edge. That one is mine.

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It was on the 29th. But...for some reason I was convinced it was my unbirthday.

Oh, I see it! It'll take a couple minutes to pull out, but...

[shadedsunlight]

Was it a very merry unbirthday?

Take your time. There were also some cups that matched it, do you see them around?

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

Is it possible to overdose on tea? Because I think I might almost have that day.

Don't worry, I sorted them all when I washed them. Yours are just piled under some other sets. I'll get them right now.

[Voice]

[consultmybooks]

...is that where my favorite mug went?

[Voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

... What does it look like? [It is so very possible.]

Re: [Voice]

[consultmybooks]

Brown. Bit of a, um, yellow glaze. Green edging.

See it anywhere?

[Voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause and the sound of teacups and the like being shuffled.]

Found it!

[voice]

[squaring.livejournal.com]

[Huh... Well, if something went missing, Gold can ask for it.]

Yeah, that has to be a really awkward time to have a birthday... How many sets did you end up with?

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

Um. I actually didn't keep count.

[So he'll just aim his journal at the mountain and use that for the icon in this comment.]

[voice]

[squaring.livejournal.com]

... You managed to take all of those?

[Not sure if he should sound impressed here.]

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

So it was you?

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

Y-Yes. I'm sorry, I have no idea what came over me!

But I can get yours right to you if you tell me what it looks like.

[minimonsterdad.livejournal.com]

Understand that I had to drink tea out of a bowl. A bowl!

My favorite cup has a crescent moon painted on it. The rest are somewhat nondescript, so I'll probably need to head over there myself to see.

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

You emptied my entire shop!

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

W-What?! How did I even manage that?

[He's almost as impressed as he is horrified.]

[voice]

[corrinesbell]

I dunno but you better start figuring it out. And bring back all my tea stuff!

[voice]

[thatmadbastard]

[Guy has been listening to and reading everything he can, and this particular post grabs his attention. Not because he had a tea set thieved from his belongings, but because he doesn't have one at all.]

Bit maddening, this last experiment.

[He is familiar with the fairytale, and chuckles the wolf he was at his own poor joke.]

While I may not be the rightful owner of one of the varying sets you thought to take, should any one of them go unclaimed, I'd be happy to take one off your hands.

[His own abode shared with Kim and Anthony may have coffee and mugs and other such things, but the one English thing it seems to be missing is the one thing this person has an excess of.]

I don't believe we've met, frankly. Though I'm happy to introduce myself.

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

[Roji only laughs sheepishly at that joke.] That's a good word to describe it.

[His tone picks up at the offer though.] Actually, I'd like that a lot. I have a feeling I'll end up with some leftovers...

Ah, you're right. I'm Roji.

[voice] sorry for the delay, RL kicked me around. ;;

[thatmadbastard]

Guy Burgess. A pleasure, Mister Roji.

A tea set is one of those proper things I haven't yet been able to acquire, a quintessential part of a household, I believe. Or any place you decide to live. You just can't have tea without a pot specifically for it. The only people who make tea and don't give a damn what it's made in are the Americans.

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

Happy Birthday, eh.

Do you have any sets with blue feathers painted on them?

[voice]

[magicwarding.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I... [the "I" is drawn out as he looks at the mountain.] do! They're yours, I'm guessing?

[voice]

[fierybluebird]

You're welcome.

Yes. If it's not too much trouble, I'll come get them. They're a bit unique, eh?