Dear Diary,

I mentioned the whole “shame I can’t keep my cape” thing to Avi, and he (after a lot of stuttering) asked if I wanted to share a spousal inventory with him. I obviously said yes, so we’re engaged! Woo!

I don’t know if we’ll ever get around to actually having a ceremony and wedding and stuff. I don’t really… feel the need? Maybe eventually I will, but not now. And we did have a mini-party in the diner with everyone here, it's not like we did nothing to celebrate.

The ring’s description is basically “congrats, you’re married to whoever wears the other ring”, so I guess by getting the rings we skipped the engagement part and went straight to married, at least according to the system. Avi said he always just wanted to elope. Being the absolute center of attention is his worst nightmare, after all.

So yeah! That’s why I haven’t written in a couple days, I’ve been too busy just… enjoying life. Sorry, non-sapient notebook.

In other news, I have been banned from cooking after drinking alcohol.

Apparently it scares people or something.

Gin was the only one brave enough to try my espresso mint wasabi energy drink. She didn’t die, which is always good. Her opinion was “that’s… sumpthin’...” which was the same thing she said when Nat and I accidentally made blooming onions in the oil we’d used to make spicy fish sticks. So I’m pretty sure she thought it was horrible.

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She said it woke her up, though, so I’m counting it as a success.

Yesterday, Y very sneakily gave me a piece of paper with a list of chemicals that’s in energy drinks. That’s just the kind of thing he knows. He also helpfully added that the chemicals can be found in cheese, fish oil, and coffee. I think, from the way Kimi reacted to my attempt at a wake-up juice, that he’s already tried to make one and she forbid him from ever trying again.

But she’s not my boss, so I’m gonna try making one! Plus, Y’s always dealt with chemicals, not food. I wouldn’t be surprised if he just tossed fish, cheese and coffee into a blender. Whereas I know how to get oil out of fish, and the proper way to make cheese liquid. And how to reduce espresso. It’s not a whole lot better, but at least it’d end up liquid instead of… sludge-y. I think I’ll add in mint syrup, too, for flavor and hopefully to emulsify the oil a little.

Oh! Mika offered to engrave our rings! She said she can do simple patterns and letters, and if we give her time she’d be able to do something more complicated. Avi asked about a lotus design, and they’re currently drawing out different patterns. They’re all super pretty, I can’t wait to see what they end up with.

I was very slightly surprised he didn’t ask for a dinosaur footprint or something, but that’s not fair to him.

I haven’t asked yet, but I’m pretty sure lotus flowers symbolize something. I never really cared about the “meaning” of rocks or flowers, I just like things for being pretty. But Avi kinda knows what things mean. Not in a seriously-believes way, more like in a learned-as-a-kid way.

Whatever lotus flowers mean, I’ll just be happy to have a design Avi helped make.

Goodnight, Dungeon!

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