w0 curfew (the other half of the game is in the sim room)

[messy]

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[inequals]

[ No. Someone has to be chill. It's up to them. ]

It's already calmer than when it's on the bus. A third of us would already be yelling by now.

[ Heath, Ishmael, Ryoshu, and Don Quixote specifically. Sure, Harley and Sora are making their displeasure clear, but it's very calm, relatively speaking. ]

[tombtaker]

[ are you sure about that because lucien looks about 5 seconds from like he needs to go scream in the toilet again. ]

[verminous]

...you need a drink, pal?

[tombtaker]

Getting drunk in a small, locked room has ended well for you before?

[verminous]

Can't say it has, but I can't say just one ever did much for me either.

[he says all this, sure, but he's been hanging out here and not drinking.]

[inequals]

Aw, Lucy.

[ Is the bar working............. ]

[tombtaker]

[ im scared to find out. ]

What?

[inequals]

[ Well. Apparently Gojou is our bartender tonight so... possibly order drinks at your own risk...? ]

You hanging in there alright? Maybe you should take a nap. You can have my jacket as a blanket.

[messy]

[would he like to scream into an empty cocktail onion jar instead... like...]

[tombtaker]

[ well. actually? ]

[messy]

[help.

he may have... the jar...]

[frotag]

[ a stray thought:

"Aw man how rad would it be to have a Donki somewhere on the ship." ]

[inequals]

You want a donkey...?

[frotag]

Oh, nah, Don Quixote is the name of a chain store where I'm from. Donki for short.

[inequals]

Oh! That's the name of one of my coworkers, that's so funny.

[ Now she's imagining a short blond woman who carries with her the constant energy of 200 Red Bulls ransacking a toystore. ]

What do they sell there?

[verminous]

[now he's thinking about a short blond woman with a bigass lance wearing a donkey costume...]

[frotag]

...did I bring up some bad memories or something?

[verminous]

Ah- no, just sounded like someone we know.

[donqui...]

[verminous]

...yeah, none of us are tryin' to beat the door down with a bat, so I'd call that pretty calm.

[on the other hand, the others aren't here for backup. there's a little thread of unease surfacing from the calm at that reminder.]

[barriermaddened]

That might simply be because there's no bat at hand.

[Not that Sora would be the one beating the door down with it, but hey, she won't assume everyone else would be chill too]

[verminous]

-y'know, fair point.

[smash cut to nodd offering to hit the door]

[messy]

She's right.

[frotag]

Makes me kinda wish I had mine...

[inequals]

[ Well she just holds up her axe in her hand like.

Well! We've got this at least! And Gregor's got his arm. ]

Hey~ hey, nothing we can't handle. Plus, there's so many people here.

[ And not everyone gives off civilian energy, surely they can outpower any weird All-Around Helpers that wanna bust in. ]

[verminous]

We already dealt with living mold and rampaging appliances, what can't we take.

[YESTERDAY WAS A LOT.

this helps, though there's still a slight undercurrent of wariness. he can be both chill about this And ready just in case.]