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I don't know if anyone else saw one, but there are flyers around the city for Burger Week coming up in April, and I can't wait to see what monstrous creations are put forward for it. A list of the restaurants participating and the burgers they plan to promote is being released tomorrow. Strategizing for the best plan of attack begins as soon as I get my hands on a copy.

FILTERED TO PERSEPHONE & HAZEL

If that incident with helping out at the farm showed me anything, it's that I need to expand my wardrobe beyond suits and running pants.

But shopping my oneself is hardly entertaining, so I'd like to ask the both of you to come with me.

FILTERED TO ZAGREUS

I know we haven't spoken much since your arrival. I take the blame for that. I'm hardly social even at the best of times. I just don't want you to interpret my social ineptitude for any sort of desire to avoid you.

What I mean to say is should you ever want to talk or get to know one another better, my door is always open to you.

This is - I don't understand social media

I do not know what to really post here besides hello, my name is Wanda, I'm new. I hear I am to find familiar faces on this?

Hello, Network of Vallo at whole! I had an inquiry and I suppose a request to make.

You see, this world of yours is very flammable. That was never entirely a problem in the Underworld as most things were made of stone or simply unaffected by me, but I happen to have a pair of feet that are a little on fire as a general rule of things. The overworld is much more cold than I expected in many ways and I would like to be able to sleep in a bed without burning it or leaving marks.

If anybody has any suggestions or help they can offer, I would be very grateful!

[Persephone and Hades]
This may be strange or perhaps too forward, but would you... like to go for dinner, some day? I would suggest a picnic, but it's still rather too cold for that. I know you are not my mother, but...?

Basically Terrible!Vallo was terrible and I think we're all kind of still reeling from that so. I'm not like, super magic despite my uncanny ability to beat anyone at pool and run in heels, a trick a learned after my twenty-first birthday when I was escaping the Yaguza. But even so, I'm here to help.

Rose Apothecary has "Take a F*cking Day Off' baskets available for the loved one in your life who was maybe sick or injured during that hot mess but also won't take a f*cking day off. Not like we don't know it says fucking, but the star just looks nice. Anyway - in that basket you'll find soothing herbal tea, a coloring book and pencils, a restorative milk bath made of jojoba, argan, some mint and blood orange, and then a beautiful scented candle (handmade). Come pick one up today!

Also, if anyone's wondering, I hired some locals to work at the store after Vallo poofed like 98% of the staff, including my brother. So helping out is just side money for me. Better than when I was paid to talk up Heart Blaster energy drink at a Third Eye Blind concert, but I still prefer what my degree's actually in. Still, if any Outlander person is looking to work at Rose Apothecary, we can make that happen.

I will be honest in saying that when I imagined creatures such as bugs or saw similar things while traversing Elysium, I was not aware that they were so large.

And aggressive.

There is a very large thing with many legs and pinchers that has quite the unpleasant bite.

Quick question: what am I supposed to do once they stop selling me peppermint mochas? Is there another seasonal beverage any of you would recommend? Anything that will also taste like happiness in a cup?

HADES & ARTEMIS, separately

Don't be mad, but I kind of know something that I haven't told you, mostly because I wasn't sure how to tell you even though it's not really a thing in our world, even though it's a thing in another world.

ZAGREUS

Hello! How are you? How are you settling in? Do you have enough food? Clothes? Warm blankets? Do you need some nice potted plants for decoration? Do you like plants? Everything going okay?

Apologies for the delay in saying 'Hello', here! It took me a little while to get used to typing on here but I do believe I finally have the hang of it and the hang of being on the surface, judging by the sun and the cold. My name is Zagreus, son of Hades and Persephone and I arrived here... not too long ago, I suppose? It's very difficult to tell whether it's day or night in the Underworld.

Frankly, I'm not really sure what anything here is and I've only ever seen a small amount of the surface before, but, happy to be here!

tw: discussion of pregnancy in comments

Things I didn't miss:

Nearly burning down the house trying to make a Thanksgiving dinner.

Things I am missing:

Black Friday. I need new boots and do not want to pay full retail thank you very much.

((pls to ignore the tag dump on this))