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[thechoiceisyours]

So uh... Hey everyone. Again.

[He could probably get a better opening line, but whatever. Moving on.]

I know like, a bunch of people just arrived so... Welcome, I guess. We're still working on the newbie's guide to waking up in a cave-city run by gods, but until then like, if you have any questions I can try and help? Also uh, it's probably safe at this point and we're just being paranoid, but you may want to avoid eating any meat products you find here. For reasons.

[MOVING ON.]

Also uh, sort of related, but I was thinking that maybe before next month we should really... Plan some way to help out? I mean, people just sort of show up and half the time there's monsters too, and... Maybe some sort of organized thing for helping the new people not get like, eaten or whatever would be a good idea.

[This is not exactly his area of expertise, so if other people want to take charge on this he's more than happy to let them, but otherwise he'll try and figure something out. It really seems like something important to get established.]

In uh, a rare moment of good news though, the whole coffee thing worked out. So if you want coffee there's some at Delight's bar now, though you'll have to like... Be kind of patient with me and the others being possibly terrible baristas. Still kind of getting the hang of the whole thing.

[But surely coffee itself is well worth any less-than-practiced customer service; they're at least pretty good at making coffee, including somewhat elaborate drinks, and as far as Chris is aware they're all trying. That's what counts, right?

Right?]

I think that's about it, except for that like... If anyone's curious, the handheld games from the arena this month are just normal games. I thought maybe they'd be some sort of weird alien-versions of them, but I guess not; I took one apart and it was all the expected stuff inside it.

That said I'm totally betting I can beat anyone's high scores.

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[liquid_serpent]

A useful idea. Perhaps, at this new coffee bar we can also serve tea for the newcomers, if they do not wish to drink coffee? [Since Liquid was British and was practically brought up on the stuff.]

I'm no tea server but I do agree on choice for everyone here, since the gods don't really give us much in the way of choice. [Such as being attacked by monsters and burning flies.]

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Ew, tea. Okay, Chris really doesn't have much of an aversion to the stuff anymore since for awhile it was all they could find here and some caffeine is better than no caffeine, but otherwise it really isn't something that crosses his mind much.]

Delight takes requests, so you can always ask her, but you'll probably have to trade her something for it.

[In other words, not a bad idea but one that's probably up to Liquid to handle.]

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[decryptify]

[ So he's not the only one who immediately took to grabbing one of those cheap plastic things and taking it apart to see what's fucked up about 'em. Interesting. There wasn't anything messed up about them, of course, except for the fact that they look like they were made centuries ago, and they probably were.

This guy's maybe caught his attention, just a little, but. Most importantly. ]

Anyone's high score?

Wouldn't be so quick to throw that out there, buddy. Not when you don't know who you could be dealin' with.

[ York was totally the champion of random old arcade games on the Mother of Invention. Possibly because it was a military ship and absolutely no one wanted to dick around with stupid old video games except for York, but whatever. Still totally champion. ]

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Hm, someone whose voice he doesn't recognize, so probably a newcomer. One who clearly has the best priorities; Chris approves.]

Hey, the worst that could happen is I'm wrong, and every once and awhile that happens.

[Chris is not actually that practiced with the handhold games, but it's not like they're super complicated so he's catching on fast. And he's rather challenge someone and lose than do nothing but wait for the next awful thing to happen here, so overconfident declarations on the network it is.]

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[strangelic]

[ He's sitting alone, in the quiet, in the dark, and fiddling with the device is enough to catch his interest, especially when another face appears.

He murmurs, softly, puzzled: ]

Why would you want to beat anyone's high scores?

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[thechoiceisyours]

[He's getting pretty used to people who don't understand videogames--or other things, for whatever reasons--so he takes a moment to consider how to explain.]

It's just kind of a fun competition, especially when it's usually either awful or boring around here.

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[prazerbutterfly]

[He's not one to help complete strangers unless he either felt like it on a whim or found something in them useful for either entertainment or satisfaction of something he needed at the moment so he'll ignore that bit.]

Is it decent coffee? I only ask because I am use to decent coffee. [And he has high standards while playing a noble.]

I never had much time for games. Having it not on a board is rather new to me as well.

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[thechoiceisyours]

[No problem Tyki the coffee is totally the most important part of this entire post anyway.]

Yeah; Em made pretty sure of it being really good coffee.

[And Chris had been totally happy to go along with that. Bad coffee is better than no coffee, but good coffee is way better than both.]

Unfortunately there's like, kind of a lot of time here to fill, in between whatever terrible shit is going down.

[And the occasional nice shit, like the fireflies. That had been a pretty great event.]

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[unfollowing]

it's great coffee, what the hell do you take me for, some dunkin doughnuts girl? please

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[bekommen]

You do remember there's a veteran barista in your midst, right?

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Hey Nick.]

So does that mean I can ask you pointers on how to make a whatever fancy fake-italian name drink someone might want?

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[torrefied]

[These people. Prattling on about coffee and video games when there's something much more important to ask about.]

What reasons?

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[thechoiceisyours]

[Geez Mello way to focus in on the worst part of the post.]

Uh, the gods sort of... Put human meat in our food supply a few months ago. Just so happened monster spirits that possess people who engage in cannibalism showed up at the same time, so it was a whole... Thing.

[And that's a really, really casual way to put it, but thankfully he's had to explain this a lot by now and so he can do it without thinking too much about it.]

[wormintheglass]

Coffee! You lovely boy, how good of you to think of it!

I always go and meet the new inhabitants at the colosseum. Don't most of us?


[Bianca does it for entertainment more than to be helpful, but she sees no reason to admit this in public.]

[thechoiceisyours]

It was mostly Emily's idea, to be fair.

[Actually he really can't remember if it was his or Emily's idea, but the final thing had been a joint project so she deserves credit here also.

And that next comment gives him pause a moment.]

Um... I don't think so. I think a lot of people are worried about getting eaten.

[And until recently the chronic injury to his leg made that even more of a risk for him to willingly go near monsters considering he probably couldn't run away if necessary.]

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[unfollowing]

there are too many of those dumb games in the house, keep them out of the way

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[thechoiceisyours]

What is this 'too many games' you speak of?

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[kickingand]

More people should learn to take it black.

[ Helpful opinions with Dean Winchester. He'll get to the rest of this.... momentarily. ]

[thechoiceisyours]

Well, if there's like, no other choice, sure.

[He's not a huge fan of black coffee unless otherwise necessary and may or may not be that guy who orders ridiculous sugar drinks that cost like seven dollars at Starbucks.]

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[cowardley]

We need to get that guide up. I think it'd save everyone a lot of trouble.

[ maybe that should be her next goal: write out a proper guide and FAQ about cave city. ]

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[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, definitely. We've got like a month now so there's time.

[Ashley would be a lot better than he is at writing it; he's very sure.]

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[dedikated]

What can I give you for a standing order of coffees in the morning? [ or, as anyone else would say: thank you. ]

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[thechoiceisyours]

That depends how early you consider morning to be.

[He's--mostly--teasing.]

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[pighead]

idea

we should get some sexy outfits and be one of those bikini barista stands

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[thechoiceisyours]

Josh we're working for Delight, not Fear.

[morphinum]

i want some coffee on my desk asap boy scout

[thechoiceisyours]

There's like a $2.95 delivery fee.

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[thechoiceisyours]

[...Huh. If Chris hadn't been here for about six months now and met some people that look... Unusual... Then he would be a lot more shocked at seeing Shadow. But as it is he just takes a moment to make sure he isn't hallucinating or asleep or something, before just deciding to go with it.]

Uh... My name's Chris. And I guess that depends on like, what you already know? I've been here for awhile so uh... Has anyone told you the basics of what's going on here?

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[watashinonamaewa]

[ Well. She doesn't really know what coffee is. And her high score is pretty good for her standards, ok. But more importantly: ]

Has anyone come up with any ideas on that new arrival situation? I might have a few.

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[thechoiceisyours]

Not really; if you've got ideas, that's awesome.

[Because this really is the most important part of the whole post, all things considered.]

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[smited]

You have coffee? How strong is it?

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[thechoiceisyours]

Depends how strong you want it, but yeah. It can be really strong.