Christmas Cake Quest

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  1. Jiku Neon Kingdom Keeper

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    Roommate is a force of personality. You may be a boring person but you ended up doing a lot of tree climbing, club hopping, night driving, and general stereotypical youthful shenaniganry when the two of you went out. It's kind of a wonder you two got a long at all given how much trouble she caused you. But right now, you're just glad that you do at all. So you follow her just like old times.

    Within a few minutes you're sitting in a well lit dining area waiting for food. It's funny. You never expected your day to end sitting around a bunch of parents with their kids who you'd normally think had no business being out and about at this time of night. But here you are, sitting around a bunch of parents with their kids who you'd normally think had no business being out and about at this time of night. You've been talking about the same old stuff for some time now. Agatha is complaining about work. You're complaining about work. You both work in tech. You both don't want to work in tech. You both come to the same conclusion as the last time you talked. Give up on your dreams and find something to help you ignore the empty unfulfilling nature of your lives.

    Speaking of distractions. The food's here. You don't talk much more while you eat. Despite Roommate being the only one who will hang out with you, despite the fact that you get along, you still have nothing in common and you still can't talk about anything else that you haven't covered time and again. Just as you're musing over a spoonful of rice you hear something kind of disconcerting from across the table. Agatha is looking past you at something and it's clearly upsetting her. She's making a face (a crying one).

    You're not good with this kind of situation...
    [] Look behind you and ask what the problem is.
    [] Move your head in the way of her line of sight and try to be comforting.
    [] Pretend you don't notice it and change the topic.

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  2. burnitup Still the Best 1973

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    [X] Look behind you and ask what the problem is.
     
  3. Ars Nova Just a ghost.

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    ☑ Put your hands on the table and lean in like you're going to kiss her.


    What do you mean that's not an option
     
  4. Heart ❤ Enjoy every moment with all ya got

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    I like this option
     
  5. Jiku Neon Kingdom Keeper

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    You instinctively glance over your shoulder and the question answers itself (in a stupid way). She's afraid of cats (deathly so (yes, cats)). And there's a cavalcade of fucking hipsters being mauled by (presumably) their own cats. You grimace and then compose yourself. You know how to handle this kind of episode (from experience). You stand up (awkwardly) drawing a few stares and you draw a few more once you slam your hands down on the table to grab Roommate's attention. She looks over to you, still a bit teary. You lean in towards her, almost touching her face with yours and shout at her (drawing more stares still). After staring at the center of her face for a few seconds you back off and sigh. She's started to recover a bit. You quickly explain the situation to the staff who come up with questions. They thankfully don't ask you to leave.

    Finally, you turn back to her and she's smiling away the embarrassment (classic). You wish you could do that. You ask her how she can take a situation like this and just... whatever it is she does. She thinks about it, ruminates, ponders, turns it over and finally answers. You can't. You're too self aware to let the little things go. You're good at other things, like taking people to the airport and holding down a job. You frown. She's trying to be nice (probably). You ask again if she has any real advice. She thinks about it, boards the train of thought, enters the memory palace, tosses the bones about and finally answers. She might not be the right one to ask. She looks off to the side. She's been a little less than honest with you in some of your recent conversations.

    You narrow your eyes and eat more food. She frowns and explains. She's still working and all but she's not really doing too well otherwise. Oh? She's kind of homeless. What? Just until she can get moved into the new place tomorrow. Okay. And her mom has cancer. Damn. So she's been avoiding her parents instead of trying to stay with them. Why? It'd cause more trouble. So what's her boyfriend, er... name? been doing? They split a month ago. You wonder how this is supposed to be related to your question but ultimately you don't say anything. You instead ask if that's why she wanted to hang out. It was. She felt like having someone who wouldn't be able to gossip about it would be best to commiserate with.

    After a few more minutes of this kind of heavier talk you feel less worried about your life at least. You part ways with Roommate and try to share something encouraging but you're pretty sure you sound more like you're making a joke. Whatever.

    Now you should head home and...
    [] Sleep.
    [] Browse the web.
    [] Get on Concord chat.

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  6. Ars Nova Just a ghost.

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    ☑ Get on Concord chat.
     
  7. 61 No. B

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    Ge on Concord chat ofc
     
  8. Heart ❤ Enjoy every moment with all ya got

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    Get on Concord chat.
     
  9. Jiku Neon Kingdom Keeper

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    Within the next ten minutes you get home, change into your nightwear, turn off all the lights, boot up your battlestation, and begin to lose control of your life. You decide to log into Concord first. Voice channel with your gaming group and text channel with your online only friends. After a bit of idle chatter and a game of Living Ceiling you bounce out of voice claiming you need some sleep before work. Instead you put on a podcast and focus more on the looney toons in the other chat.

    Nothing super important going down. It makes sense, you're probably one of the least responsible people there (heh). You frown. The activity that is there is a little... well, it's fine. You ignore it and try to change the subject. You start talking about crepes. How can they be so flat but also so fluffy? It's some kind of marvel of confectionary technology. And so tasty, too. Okay, they're talking about pastries and breads now.

    Sweet Headgear Man has entered the chat.

    Things are about to get started, it seems. SHM is probably your favorite member of this group. You know basically nothing about him other than that he's an animator and he's always got something funny to say or post. Right now he's raging about something silly like how fat bread and butter make you. It goes on a bit, you're feeling a little better about... everything. The chat has degenerated into posting jizoogle pages. You look down at your clock. It's 4AM. You have lost control of your life.

    You should...
    [] Go to sleep and go to work tomorrow.
    [] Power through and feign illness tomorrow.

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  10. Ars Nova Just a ghost.

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    ☑ Go to sleep and feign illness tomorrow so you can sleep more. Sleep is important. Pls sleep.
     
  11. burnitup Still the Best 1973

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    [X] Power through and feign illness tomorrow.
     
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    [x] Go to sleep and go to work tomorrow.
     
  13. Jiku Neon Kingdom Keeper

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    When you wake up it's 10AM about 5 hours later than you usually get up. You don't freak out though. You log into your work e-mail and ask Anton what happened at work today. So you don't have friends at work. You have coworkers. But there is one coworker who has had your back. Anton. He's from Plains, Georgia but his father is from Tbilisi, Georgia. You met him on your first day and he had a strange sense of humor from the get go. The first thing he said, "Wow, they really are trying to pretty up the office, Riker." He had to explain the joke later, but it was meant as a compliment (probably). But when you say he has your back. He has your back all the way. You even have each other's work e-mail log ins so you can cover for each other when you want to skip work but don't want to get up. Basically what is happening at this very moment but intentional.

    You send him an IM asking how he handled it. He sent the standard sorry I'm sick spiel. Good. It's not crunch time or anything so you can get away with a sick day here and there now. You also ask him how he's doing in general. He makes some reference you don't understand. You tell him to never change and say you're probably going to spend the rest of your day finding something to do. He makes a slovenly salute (~_~7) and tells you to please change a lot and he's probably going to spend the rest of his day finding a way to do all your work. Too bad you are coworkers. He'd be a good friend otherwise.

    You watch an episode of Butler Dragon and then head over to...
    [] Game Center, play a few games and relive your misspent youth.
    [] Mall, buy some nicer clothes.
    [] See who's free for lunch.

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  14. Lauriam I hope I didn't keep you waiting...

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  16. Yozora Archer

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    Mall, buy some nicer clothes.

    A sailor outfit would be good. Like sailor moon.
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    Mall, buy some nicer clothes.

    A sailor outfit would be good. Like sailor moon.
     
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  18. Jiku Neon Kingdom Keeper

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    The only game center in your town is a ways away. You furrow your brow in thought. Getting there and back would... yeah, you'd just end up doing the same thing you did last night, just in public. Okay, next choice. No next choice. You don't do anything, that's why you don't take days off. You look wistfully back at your battlestation. No, it's not good to spend all your time indoors no matter how perfect it is here, no matter how... Okay you're going out. You put on some clothes and head out the door as fast as possible. Once outside you take the first bus you see and ride until you hit the mall stop. First you look at the game store. Closed. Then you look at the book store. Closed. Then you realize why you never come to the mall. There's nothing to buy.

    As you're sitting (alone) on a bench musing about how to spend the rest of your day a few people pass by. They make some comments about you. They're more rude for mentioning you within earshot than anything else but to hear people presumably younger than you commenting on your appearance with slang you don't know is more than a little irritating. But if nothing else it reminded you of how lacking your closet is in content. Next stop. Clothing retailers.

    After about 20 minutes in a Duke & Cobbler you feel strangely exhausted. You haven't been walking much and you haven't been thinking much, but damn if you don't feel like you've been doing differential equations in the back of a jazzercise class. You have managed to put together one outfit. It's very you (you think). You almost want to just put it all back and leave.

    Just as you are weighing the benefits of just leaving it all in a pile somewhere you're approached by a sales associate who asks you if you need any help.

    You...
    [] Ask for help.
    [] Say it's nothing.

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    ☑ Ask for help.