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[thechoiceisyours]

[Part of Chris thinks he should've made this post awhile ago, and part of him still doesn't want to. But it's a compromise to do it now, and it's probably the best time for it anyway; the last event is over, and new people haven't arrived yet. It's the calm before the whatever, storm or otherwise.

But he's going with text because even though it's been a little while, he doesn't want to try to say the first part of this post in anything other than text.]

Hey everyone. So I guess I'll start off with the bad news: anyone who were friends with Ashley or Josh should know they aren't here anymore. Also, I'm going to add that if Josh owed you money or favors or whatever else, you're totally out of luck because I'm not honoring them no matter what he might've told you.

[Jokes make this not heartbreaking, right? Definitely.]

Though I guess this is also a good time to mention that if you're working on anything important or even just keeping general notes or something, you might want to consider sending them to a friend every so often. If whatever it is is just on your phone when you disappear, it's pretty much as gone as you are.

So yeah. Back up your data and all that. Even if you don't want to send an electronic copy to someone, at least keep paper notes or something.

[Semi-relatedly...]

If anyone needs help with how to send files or whatever, just let me know. And I'm finishing a program for something else right now, but then I guess I'm taking requests? If there's something you'd like a program on your phone for, I can see if I can figure out how to do it. It's not like I have a whole lot else better to be doing, so feel free and ask even though I can't totally promise I'll be able to do it.

[But still, please ask. Please give him something to do other than miss his friends.]

And okay, last thing I swear, and it's the good part. For everyone who's new here and doesn't know, we have pretty awesome coffee at the bar thanks to Delight. Usually either Emily or I are there to make it, but if we're not just send one of us a message; it's part of the deal with Delight about the coffee to make it, so you're not bothering us or whatever.

So yeah, you might be stuck in a shitty cave, but at least there's coffee. That's something, right?

Comments

[text]

[tongueamok]

I'd meant to call when I saw that other fellow taking up the project you'd mentioned was Ashley's.

I am truly sorry, Chris.

[text]

[thechoiceisyours]

Thanks, Carlisle. I mean I know it's just a matter of time for all of us, but it still sucks.

[And that's an understatement, of course.]

[text]

[tongueamok]

Yes. That reality doesn't mean the wound isn't there, still bleeding.

How are you, though?

[video]

[infinite1up]

Do you know anything about programming games?

[video]

[thechoiceisyours]

[The subject is harmless enough that he leaves the connection on video when he responds.]

A little bit, yeah, but that's mostly Rhys' thing. Have you downloaded the version of Pong he made yet?

[video]

[infinite1up]

Pong? No, I didn't... I suppose that's a start. If you've got the time, perhaps the two of you could work together to make something a little more complicated.

[Text]

[hearthebell]

If you have some technological expertise, I would be very interested to hear what you've found out about these phones and their function, in as much detail as you're willing to provide.

[Text]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, no problem. I'm not sure exactly how much I can tell you, but they're pretty much modeled after the same kind of phone we have in my world. They have their own coding system though, so the programming that'd work on my phone from home is totally different from what works here. The phones here also don't need to be charged; they just run on Hope's power or something.

[Text]

[hearthebell]

Being relatively new to this place, I assure you that just about anything you could tell me would be an improvement on what I've already surmised for myself.

Have you made any progress on learning or manipulating the new coding system, yourself?

text

[skelebro]

sorry, man.
i met 'em both while they were here. seemed like good eggs.

text

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah. They were my two best friend from home, so it sucks.

Thanks.

audio

[strangelic]

Could you make it in advance--the coffee? Or would that break the rules of your engagement with Delight?

audio

[thechoiceisyours]

We could make some in advance a little bit, yeah, but most coffee drinks uh... They're not really good if they sit for very long. The serving part of the deal's more about making people happy than anything else, so sometimes we'll make something in advance and deliver it and that's fine, but just leaving stuff premade at the cart probably wouldn't be great.

[text]

[mismanagement]

if youd like to coordinate with the guardsmen we could try to make a centralized collection of works

things like that





are you okay?

[text]

[thechoiceisyours]

Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. It'd be an easy way to make sure everything's stored and organized and whatever.

[As for the second part of that, there's a short delay before he replies.]

I've been worse, I guess.

[text]

[glacius]

Gone? What do you mean gone? I thought the gods resurrected those who had... passed on... [And surely she can't have escaped, otherwise he imagines that more people would have heard about it, and that she probably would have taken her friends with her...]

[text]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Aw, Glacius.]

Not gone like that; I asked Hope to be sure. Sometimes people just disappear; we think they go back to wherever they came from before, so Ash and Josh would've gone back to the world we're all from.

text

[unitas]

I think most people will say the alcohol trumps the coffee.

[ she wanted tell him she's sorry about his friends, but it would just be awkward, so the text was hastily deleted and she sent that instead. good job, sharon, a+. ]

text

[thechoiceisyours]

[Hi Sharon.]

I like to think alcohol and coffee occupy two very different but equally important areas as far as making day-to-day life suck less.

| text. definitely still on hiatus. yep.

[dedikated]

The kid who asked about the condoms, right?

( yes, Kate, THAT'S how to remember Josh.

she's considering that second point, though. but most of what she works on will probably be useless if she disappears. no one else, as far as she's noticed, can do what she does. )

text. definitely.

[thechoiceisyours]

[That actually makes Chris laugh, just a little.]

Yeah. That was Josh.

[Honestly, Josh would probably be really amused to be remembered that way so it all works out.]

[video]

[prazerbutterfly]

I didn't know them but that is unfortunate. [Like usual he's barely on screen. The phone was merely propped against something. Someone should really teach him how activate audio only or text. He usually just uses the first thing that pops up when he hits a button.]

I'm told there are a lot of things capable on this thing. I for one could use a lesson.

[video]

[thechoiceisyours]

[Well, if Tyki is actually asking for a lesson, then--]

Yeah, there's a lot they can do that's really useful. Like um, you're using video, but you could also broadcast in text or voice if you want since aiming the camera can be a little uh... Tricky.

[Even when you're used to doing it, which Tyki seems not to be.]

[beanstalk]

A tea selection wouldn't hurt.

[thechoiceisyours]

That'd involve probably making a deal with Delight for it, but she's pretty cool about that so you could always talk to her.