tenth; video (you can check out any time you like but you can never leave)

[bekommen]

[Hey, Hadriel. Guess who's back. Guess who's got the camera turned on her deeply scowling face.]

What the fuck did you assholes do to Delight's bar?! Seriously, I leave this shithole for like, a week, and y'all wreck the one good thing we had here?

[Nick is disappoint, son. The video ends with her shaking her head, staring out at the ruins of what used to be her second home in Hadriel.]

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[knifecollecting]

[Jo recognizes this "new" face. She takes a moment to wave.]

It's been a lot longer than that.

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[bekommen]

[Oh yeah, Nick remembers Jo.]

It's Jo, right? How much longer are we talkin' about?

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[knifecollecting]

You got it. [Jo waves again, like that's gonna help.]

Uh, I don't know exactly how long you've been gone but the bar got blown up about six months ago.

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[claritatis]

I believe that you have been absent for longer than you think. The bar has been in its current state for several months.

[He may regret initiating this interaction, but.. time would tell.]

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[bekommen]

Months? Shit ...

[It sort of makes sense; last time she was returned to her own world, she'd been absent for seven years, while only spending a year in Hadriel. But when she returned to Hadriel again, after six months away, only about a week had elapsed. She rubs at her temple.]

I just got here and I'm gettin' a headache already. What all did I miss?

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[claritatis]

[He smiles briefly.]

I am afraid I only arrived here a couple of months ago, myself, but in that time there has been some activity from something called 'the Null'.

[Perhaps she knows of it? It seems to have been present here for longer than he has.]

And... two of our 'hosts' have been gone for some months, if I have judged it correctly.

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[notimpervious]

[Hi, newbie.]

That used to be a bar?

[Guess who's super new.]

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[bekommen]

Yeah, Delight ran the place and I used to work here, I - shit, man, not even the zombies took it down.

[Nick rubs a hand over her mouth.]

What happened?

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[notimpervious]

[What.]

Zombies? Oh-- yes, I read about them in the guide. [She shakes her head, mostly to herself.] So strange that all these mythological beings become real here.

[But as for Nick's question--]

I do not know. I have only been here for two months. It was in its current state when I arrived.

[She adds thoughtfully,] It must have been quite pleasing to the eye.

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[dedikated]

There's a new one.

( Hey, guess who's hair is a lot paler than before and really needs a touch up right now. )

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[bekommen]

[Oh hey. Sorta recognition here.]

So what the fuck happened here?

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[imhisaunt]

[Well, Delmar certainly thinks that kind of language is unnecessary, but still he has a question]

You were here before?

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[bekommen]

[Sorry, Delmar, this is how Nick rolls.]

Yeah, I've been here twice before, actually. Got sent home for a few months in between, now I'm back again, apparently.

[She makes a lackluster "ta-da" gesture with her hands.]

Looks like these assholes are all still on their bullshit, huh.

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[elegant_and_proud]

[She vaguely remembers seeing this woman around months ago. Only vaguely, though.]

The gods put people on teams, and each team had to try to inspire that god's emotion in others. Certain members of Rage's team blew up the bar to anger everyone else here. It succeeded, but ultimately it was Tranquility's team that won the contest.

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[bekommen]

Well, that fucking figures.

[Leave it to these idiots to do something exactly this stupid.]

How the hell did the other team end up winning after that?

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[thechoiceisyours]

You know, I could make some comment here on your priorities, but I'm really not that surprised.

[Also hi, Nick; Chris is totally grinning when he makes the stupid comment.]

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[bekommen]

[Well, Nick is gonna grin right back at him, so!!]

What, isn't a good stiff drink everyone's priority when they end up back here? [She laughs.] Shit, man, I missed you.

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[doctoral_bird]

[ Malkus cleared his throat, trying to bring his voice up from wherever it was hiding within him to answer. He didn't respond very easily to intimidating presences. ]

If it is any consolation, I hear tell of plans to build it up into a... into a kaff.

[ He wasn't a particularly cultured man, outside of his plagued city. He didn't know what a "Cafe" was. ]

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[bekommen]

[Nick's face scrunches up in confusion.]

... What the fuck's a "kaff"?

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[mismanagement]

[Well. This is certainly unexpected.]

Hello, Nick. I wasn't expecting to see you again.

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[bekommen]

Oh - hey, Maketh. [She nods.] Yeah, wish I could say I wasn't expecting to be here again, but ... [she shrugs.] Hadriel hat trick, I guess. Did I miss anything else besides the bar gettin' blown up?

[toiletseat_girl]

I didn't do it. It was like that when I got here.

[bekommen]

OK, well, one down, a hundred more to go, I guess.

[Eliminating suspects, of course.]

What the fuck am I supposed to do now?

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[9_s]

Did someone redecorate?

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[bekommen]

sure i guess if u wanted a disastr movie look u cld say that