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[purrtagonist]

Soooo how's everyone feeling?

[THIS MESSAGE HAS A PURPOSE HE SWEARS]

Serious question, by the way. I talked to Astoria as soon as we got back, and she was pretty worried about the way I. . . felt to her?

[GOD PUTTING IT THAT WAY SOUND WEIRD]

She said that I brought something back with me from Struxta. Something dark, evil, heavy. . . wrong? I don't know about you guys but absolutely none of that is confidence inspiring. Wonder why.

[AHA]

She also told me that the wilting plants around the temple aren't normal. "Everything here seems to be just here. Present, alive, blooming," is what she said, word for word. She's never seen anything here die before.

[. . .]

I don't really know what she's talking about, especially because I feel just fine. I don't think she does yet either, though I imagine she's going to investigate. Just be careful, all right? And if you notice anything off about yourself, let me or someone else know.






Because if we all came back possessed by space demons or infected by robot tuberculosis I'm gonna be pretty pissed.

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[oculusriffs]

[they're gonna build a really kickin' rad fort out of dead laptop batteries at this rate. Dave keeps forgetting the weird ghost people will handle requests if you're specific enough about them.]

Hey.

[here you go, bro. bowl o'ingredients.]

[purrtagonist]

[bow o'ingredients! Akira takes it gratefully, though he does tilt his head and peer at Dave curiously]

You managed the entire list on one rhyme?

[judging by the fact that he still has his voice]

[oculusriffs]

You have to make it more about the container than anything. Shit that's inside it is incidental.

Made a first aid kit in El Minha the same way.

[it is, indeed a fine bowl. ceramic. the nice kind that could hold its heat for a while.]

[and what good pottery doesn't have decorations on it? there's ... some sort of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff comic depicted on the sides of the bowl. apparently they're at a concert, and at least one fat asshole is all the hell about crowdsurfing. there's even a sentence on there, too.]

[are you ready to NOSH]

[Akira should ask Dave how much he hates himself. it's a lot.]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . . . . . . why would Dave EVER hate himself for this]

[because Akira is reading that sentence, and then looking up to meet Dave's gaze firmly, expression blank]

Absolutely, I am.

[oculusriffs]

[he's basically a punning pottery barn at this point!]

[but honestly, Dave kind of is, too? or at least, he's curious to see if the incidental ingredients he just pulled from the ether will actually make a decent soup.]

Awesome. You cooking now, or later?

[purrtagonist]

Might as well try it now. I've never made this before, so I have no idea how good it'll be.

[oculusriffs]

Got a hard time thinkin' it'd be harder to make than curry.

[purrtagonist]

You say that, but without the Internet I can't look up a recipe, sooooo.

[making miso without a recipe. . . when he's never made miso before]

[ADVENTURE TIME]

[oculusriffs]

[does that make Akira Finn and Dave Jake.]

Well, I've got basically fuck-all to do for now. How hard could it be to build the Internet from a bunch of rhymes?

[the internet is made of tubes, right. he'll just put tubes everywhere.]

[purrtagonist]

[DUDE]

Dave. . .

If you could rhyme up the entire Internet, I'd give you a homemade Nobel Peace Prize.

[oculusriffs]

I'll have to rap up a mantel so I have somewhere to put it, then.

[but now Akira's got him seriously considering how one would go about using rhymes to create one (1) internet. this isn't even taking into consideration that they have no plugs.]

Now that I'm thinking about it, though, I doubt I'm gonna be able to just import my best blogs from wherever they fuck they are now.

[which means .... they'd have to build up Acatanet's meme repository from scratch.]

[purrtagonist]

[Akira isn't technologically savvy enough to even really understand how the Internet works beyond it being a bastion of memes and shady websites, so. . . he's. going to be useless, there]

Nope. But that doesn't mean it won't be a little thrilling to start from scratch.

[oculusriffs]

[in all fairness, it's partially the memes Dave's after.]

Yeah, well, as much as I've got an endless well of hilarious content to enrapture people with, I can't be the only one contributing to this thing.

I'll need your best material on my desk by the time whatever's going on right now is over.

[purrtagonist]

[fingerguns]

You got it, boss. But I'm expecting a raise for this work.

[oculusriffs]

Might be willin' to negotiate. What are you thinking?

[purrtagonist]

Five high fives per hour.

[why does he like high fives so much]

[oculusriffs]

All right, deal. I'll even throw in a fist bump for good measure.

[purrtagonist]

[THUMBS UP]

You sure know how to treat your employees well.