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I tuck my shirt into my high waisted jeans and then look at myself in the mirror. I am shocked to see how elegant a simple shirt and jeans combo can make you look.

Ariadne bursts into my room, without knocking of course, "You done yet? Everyone is waiting for you and Pandora."

I sigh, "I am sleep deprived as all hell, give me some space."

She rolls her eyes, "And is it my fault that you are sleep deprived? Quit whining and come downstairs, fast."

I apply light makeup, and put on a pair of small gold earrings and my trusty watch, before grabbing my wallet and heading downstairs.

Everybody is scattered around the living room as usual, Blaise is in her usual hoodie, hacking children's accounts again (she is seriously creepy sometimes)

Elara is painting another Creepypasta character, wearing an apron over her brunch attire (she is starting to concern me, just as much as Blaise), Alby is...staring at her reflection in a spoon, Cassandra is chastising Alby for staring into a spoon.

Rey is drinking a cup of coffee (seriously when is she not drinking a cup of coffee?) Dharuna is watching a documentary on Chinese war gorillas, which is in Chinese, which is a language she doesn't even know... Kai is peeking at the war gorilla documentary with interest because Chinese is a language that Kai does know.

Minji is reading a catalog of bird cages, which we stole from the landlady's mailbox. In that mail we also found a pamphlet for the 2019 vacuum cleaner convention, and Minji has already that cover to cover. She's weird that way.

Ariadne is embroidering a picture of an onion on my white converse....Wait what?!

I snatch my shoe away from her and then look at the purple onion smiling at me on top of my converse. It looks kinda cute.

I let her resume her work.

Monique is wearing her weird clockmaker kind of glasses and is working while slouching over a tiny metal box in front of me, jabbing her teeny tiny screws in it and twisting them around.

Oh and Yuri is playing with a lighter and can of deodorant. And oh she just singed her arm hair off.

Well kids, that's what you get for playing with fire.

At least she didn't ruin her clothes.

Finally Pandora ascends from her room upstairs wearing a chic sweater and skirt combo, with her makeup spotless as usual. She seriously looks like the kind of friend who cancels on you every time, but when she does come, she makes the experience worth remembering.

Suddenly the microwave stops buzzing and Monique walks over to it, then beckons me to join her.

"I'm making some tea, would mind slicing up a lemon for me?"

I nod and pick up a knife and a lemon.

And then Yuri runs over to me, "There she is! Taking yet another innocent life! First the mango, and now the lemon!"

Elara places her hand on her forehead again, "Oh the tyranny!"

Dharuna speaks up, "I don't know what is happening, but I support it."

"Why would you do this? You are heartless!" Cassandra cries out.

Monique looks like someone tried to explain the concept of Tiktok to her again, "Uh, she is a tyrant for chopping a lemon...?"

Elara gasps and turns to Monique with wide eyes "Do you support the tyranny?!"

Yuri proceeds to feign distress, "Leave the lemon! Take me instead!" She opens her arms out to me.

I smile and hold the knife up, "Gladly."

Yuri looks at me with a dumbfounded expression, "What....Alicia...."

Looks like I am about to have the last laugh, I think as I slowly advance towards her with the knife out.

"Yuri-flavoured tea does sound delightful," Monique joins in. Rey bursts out laughing.

"I'm always down to watch some live homicide," Pandora decides to add.

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I stare at Rey's plate. Or rather plates. My girl's making her money's worth at brunch, with the amount of food she's shovelling down her throat and I'm am living for it. Same goes for Yuri. Yuri has been feasting on the pancakes like she is on a time limit of fifteen seconds per pancake.

On the other hand, I stare at Kai's plate. Or half a plate. And then ask Yuri to go and fill it up for her and I personally threaten to force her jaws open and spoon feed the life out of her. She begrudgingly fills up her plate with more food.

Pandora downs her glass of margarita, then takes mine. And I don't even object because she still terrifies the life out of me. I need to do something about this.

Elara sits herself down next to me while tying her hair back to protect them from all the food she is going to devour, "When am I getting my hands on the-" she stops and looks around, "The...brownie?"

I nod at her, "Rey, Yuri and I are heading to Marina tomorrow, to get the...brownie for you. You think you'll...take it to a good bakery?"

She smiles, "Don't you worry about that, I have already made Dharuna and Allie promise me they will accompany me. I'll be fine."

I can't help but smile along, "Perfect. You sure you don't want me or Minji around? Or maybe Rey for extra protection?"

"Dharuna is more than adequate. Rey can be a little...intimidating at times, and it is not good for...brownie deals at times," Elara gulps and looks at Rey who is paying no attention to us as she drowns her plate of waffles in syrup, all the while chewing down on the fried chicken she had just shoved into her mouth in one go.

I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to face Blaise on my left. She is holding her phone and is typing fast on it, "Okay, so my friend got scammed online, this asshole took around eight thousand dollars from her. How many...cookies should I take from his oven?"

Yuri claps her hands, "All of it!" 

There is syrup all over her face and the two long strands in the front of her face have stuck to her mouth but she doesn't seem to care. Remind me to click a picture.

Blaise shakes her head, and pulls the hood of her sweatshirt over her head "No can do. I need to leave some behind."

Kai wipes some syrup off her lips and points her fork at Blaise, "Take everything but two hundred cookies if you don't wanna trip the oven alarm immediately."

"Even if they do trace me, they will end up in-"

"Northern Wyoming!" Rey, Pandora, Yuri and Elara say together.

"What's your obsession with Wyoming anyway?" I ask, while cutting the chicken and waffles on my plate.

Blaise sets her phone down and starts to fidget with the salt shaker, "I don't know, it has a nice countryside..."

Rey suddenly groans, "I've exceeded my margarita limit!"

Alby wipes her mouth with a tissue and stands up, "Give me a few minutes."

And true to her word, a few minutes later, a server walks up with a tray full of margaritas and places one in front of everyone one of us.

A chef from the kitchen walks up to us, "It is an honor to have you folks here. Please, enjoy our spread, and let me know if you need anything else."

Minji immediately turns to Alby, "What did you do?"

She shrugs, "I just told him we were producers of a new cooking show scouting out restaurants to feature in our show, but the margaritas here just didn't hit the spot."

Rey takes her own glass as well as Kai's who didn't want any alcohol, "Refined margaritas? Hell yeah!"

Alby nods, "They are bringing the macarons as well after we are done with the course."

Yuri groans, "But I wanted to take you to Suzy's bakery for that!"

Elara places a hand on Yuri's shoulder, "Don't worry, we'll go there as well. The more macarons the better."

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Hello hello! Here's the next update after over a month (Sorry about that) and I regret to inform y'all that the updates are gonna be very unpredictable in pace (sorry about that as well)

But I hope you guys enjoyed this chill update with the gang being their weird selves.