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

It's been a lot longer than that.

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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.]

[Oh yeah, Nick remembers Jo.]

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

[Hi, newbie.]

That used to be a bar?

[Guess who's super new.]

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.

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?

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?

[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.

Nick. [She points to herself by way of re-introduction, frowning at Jo's answer.] Six months - that's how long I was back where I'm from, but I thought time happened differently here. Last time I was back for six months but only like a week had gone by here. Damn.

Lady, trust me, they ain't all myths.

[Ask Chris about his very special wendigo adventure, before they came to Hadriel. But as for the bar - Nick stares out at the ruins again, maybe looking something like heartbroken over its demise.]

Yeah ... it really was something. Just bein' there made you feel better, y'know? It - it was kinda like bein' home.

Yes, I am quite aware now that there is in fact a multiverse, and that what constitutes a myth in my world is reality elsewhere.

[She doesn't seem offended at all, offering Nick a mostly neutral and hopefully friendly smile.]

You mean... it felt comfortable and familiar?

[Brennan... really hopes you do not mean you lived in a bar before. Or that you were an alcoholic.]

Maybe it's not consistent. [That would be weird, but somehow Jo feels like it makes sense.

Of course there wouldn't be a logic to it.]

There's a new one.

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

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

You were here before?

[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.

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.]

Who fuckin' knows, man. [She sighs loudly, irritated.] I always kinda had a feeling I'd end up here again.

Kinda? I mean, I've been a bartender for years, so behind the bar's practically where I live, y'know? But there was something else, too - sorta the same feeling you get when you step inside one of the temples, I just figured it was Delight doin' her Delight thing.

[Look she's totally not an alcoholic, she can quit whenever she wants!!]

[Oh hey. Sorta recognition here.]

So what the fuck happened here?

[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.

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?

[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.

Tranquility's team went all out and set up a space where people could listen to music, meditate, get massages, and rest in couch forts. With all of the other chaos going on, many people were happy to retreat there to get away from it all.

[She takes a moment to think back to just how far back that was. It was months ago, but it feels much longer.]

Mello's guide has been updated. You may want to read the new information in it. Oh, and Love is here now. She is...energetic and writes entirely in capital letters.

[ 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. ]

Hey, I'm still on the no-drinking bandwagon, so not everyone, but uh... Yeah, probably most people's, to be fair.

[He laughs too, really pleased to see her again.]

Yeah, you too. How are things? I mean, I know you just got back, but does Canada still suck?

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