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Somewhere in Wilde there is a flower shop. Every day at noon an Extra man enters this shop, picks up a bouquet of red roses and has the following conversation with the Extra clerk:

“I would like to buy these roses.”

“Are they for your girlfriend?”

“Yes, I hope she’ll like them.”

The transaction takes place, and the Extras go about their programmed business. On this particular day, however, there is a difference in the discussion as new programming is implemented:

“I would like to buy these krzfup.”

“Prl fkjn segknm gogfaf?”

“Aekmn goksn sdokng.”

This happens now throughout the city, language degenerating into nonsense babble even as Extras continue on as if they don’t even notice it. After five minutes of incomprehensibility it’s abruptly cut off and the city is consumed by silence. Not a word or a whisper or a peep is to be heard.

As if on cue, the tablets now only support text transmissions, with any attempts at visual, voice, or holo leading right back to the little tablet typing screen with cursor blinking in anticipation.

Enjoy the silence, Taxon. You’ll have a lot of it to go around.

[ ooc: And so begins the language glitch! Remember, five minutes of gibberish followed by everyone being completely unable to speak. We'll be making another post when the next part of the glitch begins, and if you have and questions or concerns don't hesitate to let us know! ]

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( translation | i told max that-- i told max i lived in sofia with my "father" for a while and had to learn the language. i'm curious that she knows bulgarian. )

[ stefan should perhaps worry about the fact that he's showing more concern for katherine than elena in this instance, but thus far, he's seemingly unaware of that which even elena seemed to subtly pick up on. ]

( translation | okay. good. i was asking elena to help you cover that, but she was rather... reluctant to offer any suggestions. i'll tell her incase anyone asks her about why her sister's fluent in bulgarian and she is not. )

( translation | alright. well, i'm hardly surprised to hear that. did you really expect her to? )

[ ...whoa there, stefan. ]

( translation | the cover staying in place pertains to her, too. you two decided on the twin story, both of you need to keep it up. she needs to learn to play along. )

[ okay. that was... unexpected, which is why katherine takes a few minutes to reply. she's very aware of the strange role-reversal that's taking place, here. ]

( translation | and i'm not disagreeing with you, stefan, but it might be best not to start a fight over it now. just... let it go for the time being, please? )

[ stefan is stunned by his own words, reading back over them. it forces him to swallow a knot of doubt in the back of his throat before he's able to force his fingers to type again. ]

( translation | okay. are you alright? )

( translation | i'm fine, love. annoyed, but fine. don't worry, i'll take care of myself. are you alright? )

[ he never uses his french fluency with anyone other than damon and to pass a high school class here and there. ]

( translation | i don't like having to use french, but i'm fine. )

[ katherine doesn't like using bulgarian unless she absolutely has to. the few instances with stefan where some of it had slipped from her had been accidents, and she'd kept it up with max to press for more information out of the other woman. french is requiring a bit more effort, but right now she's determined not to switch back into her native language. ]

( translation | i know the feeling. god, i really hope this goes away soon. )

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( translation | me, too. )

( translation | so... will you come over to my place later? )

( translation | don't i usually? i have to check on a friend first. )

( translation | yes, but you know what they say about assuming. apparently it's a bad thing. )

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