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From:

itsnotaonesie

...Oops?

I-- look, in my defense, I'm not the one who put the expedition together.

From:

unphase

Uh-huh.

I am so jealous. To get out of here for a while would be great. How is it so far?

From:

itsnotaonesie

Cold, the food sucks, bathroom breaks suck even more. Pretty peaceful, though, I feel like I can like actually relax out here.

From:

unphase

I assumed the first two parts. But don't tell me you forgot toilet paper. And you couldn't relax before?

From:

itsnotaonesie

We brought toilet paper. It's just... really cold. Just-- just super cold. ...Okay I'm trying to not be gross but I'm peeing outside and it's freezing.

I don't know if it's just the town itself or the gods or what, I just feel like I'm low-key on edge all the time. Like I have to be ready to jump at a moment's notice, so I'm like, constantly trying to be on guard all the time? I mean, I am out here too, but it feels way different.

From:

unphase

...please tell me you're not trying to write stuff in the snow?

Oh. Oh, wow. That's got to feel awful. When you get back, we need to do something nice and relaxing. I can usually get served at the Speakeasy if I ask the blonde girl there? We could have a drink, go up to the games room, and play something mindless, like that--that Pac-Man game.

From:

itsnotaonesie

Oh God, no, it's just windy!

[He's at least a little classy]

Y'know, I keep telling myself I'm gonna check out the Speakeasy, but I never manage to get around to it. I just don't really leave myself time, I guess.

[turning into a workaholic is a great and healthy way to deal with stress, right????]

From:

unphase

[she takes a moment to imagine what that might be like and regrets that she did]

...ewwwwww.

Well, clearly you need to take the time! If you're feeling that anxious all the time, clearly you need some fun as a distraction. [she nods decisively] It's settled, we'll go when you come back.

[NO IT'S NOT]

From:

itsnotaonesie

I mean, okay, it's less ewwwww and more owwwww but yeah.

And agreed, but like let's wait until after I've had a day to thaw.

From:

unphase

Either way, it sounds awful. And you and Pratt are gone and I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.

[because she misses you two dorks that's why]

All right. A day to thaw and decompress and then we're hitting the Speakeasy. And hoping that blonde girl is working, she'll set us up.

From:

itsnotaonesie

Make more friends, maybe some who are a little less weird than he and I are.

Now, set us up with what? You can just walk in and do whatever there, can't you?

From:

unphase

What do you mean? You're not weird. Neither is Pratt.

[airily] With whatever we please. Personally, I tend to stick to red wines, but I know they have other stuff. And we can as long as the blonde girl is in charge. I should really ask her name, shouldn't I?

From:

itsnotaonesie

Well, I can't speak for him, but I'm totally weird.

Oh, you mean like, alcohol. Gotcha. So like, shocker, I've never had alcohol before? So I have no idea what's like. Good?

From:

unphase

Oh, okay. If you say so.

Yeah? If you haven't had it before, you should probably stick to a sweet white wine. Or what passes for vodka mixed with fruit juice. Not too much, because we don't want to get drunk. We just want to have a little fun.

From:

itsnotaonesie

[This guy is such a goody goody boyscout like even here where there's no drinking laws he's kinda EEHHHHHHHHHH about drinking.]

I guess trying it once couldn't hurt?

From:

unphase

[and she's been a repressed-by-her-mother Rebellious Princess since she was a kid. given the opportunity, she's going to rebel and has been ever since she joined the Legion]

Right, right, just one drink! That's not even enough to get buzzed. Then on to the game room. What kinds of games do you like?

From:

itsnotaonesie

Okay, okay, just the one.

[spoilers he's probably going to need way more than that to get buzzed, thanks spider-metabolism]

I'll play anything, really. I haven't exactly heard any good things about the games here, but screw it, we'll make 'em fun.

From:

unphase

Yay!

[don't ever let her know that. ever. she will take it as a challenge]

Absolutely! It doesn't have to be some state-of-the-art holographic thing. It could be checkers. Who knows?

So what are the people you're travelling with like?

From:

itsnotaonesie

[Tinya no D:]

Checkers is good, I'm down with checkers.

This is a weird group. Like, weird in a cool way? There's three like, elf wizards, two space Marine commando guys, one of them is massive. Everyone else is pretty normal?

From:

unphase

[Tinya yes :D]

Sounds good. I haven't played in years, so you'll probably beat the nass out of me, but the important part is that we have fun!

Three elf wizards? [a pause as she thinks things over] Is one of them named Lup? I don't think I've met any space Marine commando guys yet. Especially not any massive ones. And normal? Boooo.

From:

itsnotaonesie

[D:!!!]

Honestly, I haven't either. We're probably pretty evenly matched.

But yeah, Lup's one! And she's got this twin brother who looks just like her, but whines way more. It's kinda funny. And there's nothing wrong with being normal, come on.

From:

unphase

[:DDD]

Really? So there's an equal chance we'll both be bad at it? I like those odds.

I've met her before, she seems nice. And a twin, huh? Is that the other guy who posted about magic lessons a while back? And no, there's nothing wrong with it but if I was normal, I wouldn't wanna go stomping around in the Nautilus' backyard.

From:

itsnotaonesie

Oh yeah, I think he did do a post like that. I'd have to look back on the network, but I don't know how much longer I'll be able to access it out here.

I kind of admire them for it, y'know? They know all the risks, but they're still willing to take them for the sake of learning.

[NERD ALERT]

From:

unphase

Probably not long. [and she is not pouting. no, she isn't. but with him and Pratt outside the city, there go her two favorite people]

I guess that's pretty brave. It's not like anybody's making people sign up to go do this stuff. Nobody invited me. [which, again, she's. not. pouting]