that's me, not them. today, gabriel is behind the counter of the bar and seems to be stacking several shot glasses into a pyramid display, a glass of rum and coke next to them and working with steady hands. there's also low music somewhere. ]
No kidding. [ they pause though and there's a little sigh. ] I'm making myself look busy because if I'm not doing anything, I'm probably just gonna keep thinking about everything up to this point. That feels less helpful right now.
... give it a few days. Pretty sure there's something coming that might help, if I've heard right. Not that it changes it's taken this long but what's the saying? Better late than never? At least we know the lost souls will come back soon and then we can put this thing to rest.
Give it a few days. [ this is a sign they're pretty lost in their own thoughts because they're repeating that without really absorbing things. ] I know this whole thing sucks a lot. And has for, like, weeks. But with the deadline coming up it'll have to be all hands on deck sooner than later.
Yes. [ they do seem sure of that much. ] From what I can tell the healing souls are almost ready to move back to us. It means at least being able to bring everybody all to one place. And God's apparently been boxing this thing in. It's going to run out of places to hide, and it'll have to stop in its tracks.
I have a few guesses myself, but it doesn't make sense. So I'm waiting to hear what the others might find. All I know is that it's something that wants to screw up this project entirely. That's the only goal.
It sounded from all those messages we got that it was treating this whole thing like a game. You think it actually has some reason for wanting to screw up the project, or it just decided for fun to make this its goal?
I've been reading your Chipper discussions about all of this, and to me it really does sound like somebody just screwing around just because they can. Why, I don't know, but it doesn't feel like it's out of revenge or anything. Not with what that last recording was about how winning or losing doesn't make a difference or whatever.
Incredibly. Like if you've got an agenda just to screw around, congratulations. Can't you do it another way instead of messing with people's lives? [ they sound fairly angry about this actually. ]
We're getting them all back. Doesn't change they had to die in the first place, or the fact everyone left has had to deal with the aftermath for weeks.
That's pretty much my feelings too. Even if it gets fixed at the end, everyone still went through all this shite for no bloody reason, including a bunch of kids.
[ like, maybe he deserves purgatory himself, but what the fuck did laurence do to deserve the time he's had here? ]
Your god feel the same way? Heard they got all passive aggressive and petty when someone expressed their displeasure with the situation to 'em.
[ he gets that tensions are high but come the fuck on man ]
Really? Everybody I've talked to has said they seem weirdly reasonable which, like, I have my own issues and I can admit that, but passive aggressive doesn't sound right. What actually happened? [ but also. ] Obviously they're not happy this is happening and acknowledge this doesn't change anything. All of us do.
That's what Jiaoqiu told me yesterday, anyway. Said he was tryin' to ask God what we could do to help and was told to just wait and let them handle it, and when he pointed out that their handling of it hadn't actually been going so great, they just told him to go tell everyone they're a terrible god if that was how he felt about it, and stopped engaging.
Ah, I see. [ no real follow up? they aren't entirely sure what to say, actually. ] Sounds a little like a miscommunication to me but that doesn't make anybody's feelings on this less valid.
[ also sort of like an exaggeration? none of that actually sounds right. what the fuck is going on there. ]
I mean, they also didn't answer Anders's messages for weeks, and when they finally did, they gave him some line about their phone not bein' charged. Doesn't really seem out of line with that to me.
I mean it doesn't sound right. They're factual, passive aggressive isn't their style. [ which is what is confusing. ] God didn't answer texts from the girls either for weeks because they didn't have a working phone. Met with them in person, but for a while that was the only way.
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that's me, not them. today, gabriel is behind the counter of the bar and seems to be stacking several shot glasses into a pyramid display, a glass of rum and coke next to them and working with steady hands. there's also low music somewhere. ]
... so. How are things?
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I think it'd be great if we could pretend this weekend never happened, but I think it'd also be an insult to everyone involved.
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What about you? You look... [ bored. ] ...busy.
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[ leans against the counter. ]
We're gettin' close to what should be the end of this thing, but I don't feel like we have any idea what we should be doing to get ready for it.
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[ not having any control over a situation. ]
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You sort of seem more worried about it now than you did before.
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[ why can't I stop this... ]
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[ frowns more at that thought... ]
But I mean— you're still confident we're on track to get this all worked out like we've been told?
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Still no leads on what this thing is, though?
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I've been reading your Chipper discussions about all of this, and to me it really does sound like somebody just screwing around just because they can. Why, I don't know, but it doesn't feel like it's out of revenge or anything. Not with what that last recording was about how winning or losing doesn't make a difference or whatever.
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We're getting them all back. Doesn't change they had to die in the first place, or the fact everyone left has had to deal with the aftermath for weeks.
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[ like, maybe he deserves purgatory himself, but what the fuck did laurence do to deserve the time he's had here? ]
Your god feel the same way? Heard they got all passive aggressive and petty when someone expressed their displeasure with the situation to 'em.
[ he gets that tensions are high but come the fuck on man ]
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Really? Everybody I've talked to has said they seem weirdly reasonable which, like, I have my own issues and I can admit that, but passive aggressive doesn't sound right. What actually happened? [ but also. ] Obviously they're not happy this is happening and acknowledge this doesn't change anything. All of us do.
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[ i've been telling everyone that for weeks. ]
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[ also sort of like an exaggeration? none of that actually sounds right. what the fuck is going on there. ]
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What about it doesn't sound right?
I mean, they also didn't answer Anders's messages for weeks, and when they finally did, they gave him some line about their phone not bein' charged. Doesn't really seem out of line with that to me.
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