stick around and see how it ends [ OPEN MINGLE ]

[postictal]

Who: Anyone!
What: Catch-all Denny mingle for the month of July
When: Throughout all of July, generally
Where: Denny
Warnings: Label your stuff if it comes up but otherwise nothing comes to mind



[Feel free to use this as a catch-all for whatever your character might conceivably be doing here. Are they loitering outside? Delivering supplies/food, or looking to share information about the city under the water? Helping improve the place because god knows it certainly needs it? Cooking? Socializing? Eating? Just wanting to booze it up? I've heard chatter of live music, so whatever you wanna do here, go for it! There are also some newer additions of rudimentary game boards and decks of cards to pass the time.]

[There are nominal rules but if you don't get caught you don't have to deal with them, so you do you.]

Comments

[smithsonians]

Divine red tape and bureaucracy. Of course.

[ Steve almost isn't surprised, and a part of him feels bad about it. Like he should doubt what the guy says but some of that feels just about right, in his experience. But then he's always believed more in what Jesus said than the priests. ]

Which side are you from?

[eudaimonikos]

Hell, originally, but I'm just on Team Earth now. Really hasn't gotten me in good with anyone back home, lemme tell you.

[But that's fine; it's mutual.]

[smithsonians]

So, you're a -- demon.

[ He knows a few things about heaven and hell - or at least what he was taught in church. And it's not a slur, or a slight, he's genuinely curious. ]

Humanity grow on you or something?

[eudaimonikos]

Yeah, you guys do that. It's like you're a superbacteria colony.

[thanks???]

[smithsonians]

Superbacteria? Really? Wow, pal. I figured we'd at least rate as really cute ants.

[ That's Nicky Fury's fault. Michael can go blame him for the idea. ]

[eudaimonikos]

Those don't grow exponentially!

[He was trying to make some kind of point about how they've grown on him, but now it feels sort of lost.]

Cockroaches, is what I would've said before. And did say. Many times.

[smithsonians]

They do when subjected to secret government tests!

[ At least in the movies. ]

Sounds like you loathe us. What changed?

[ Steve isn't judging, or trying not to. He's still legitimately trying to figure out Michael's angle. And opinions. ]

[eudaimonikos]

I don't loathe you!

[Sure, he just compared you to cockroaches, but]

[smithsonians]

[ Steve holds up his hands in the universal sign for 'mostly harmless'. ]

Okay. What are humans to you, then?

[eudaimonikos]

They're - most of my friends are humans. I'm Team Cockroach now.

[He says it like that's a Thing]

[smithsonians]

Okay, okay. So Team Earth and Team Cockroach are the same. I'm assuming.

[ He offers his first real smile of the conversation. ]

I'm always glad to run across someone that doesn't want to wipe us out.

[eudaimonikos]

Is that really so uncommon?

[smithsonians]

It feels that way lately.

[eudaimonikos]

Hm. Everyone I deal with is just really invested in making your afterlives miserable. But I'm working on that.

[He's got more time, now, being stuck here like this.]

[smithsonians]

More miserable or less?

[ he thinks less, but it's good to check sometimes. ]

[eudaimonikos]

Less. Obviously.

[why would he be here if it were more?

...well, not here on the islands. actually he guesses steve has no way of knowing the entire situation.]

[smithsonians]

[ sadly, he doesn't. not unless michael gets really chatty about his home dimension. ]

It's not obvious to everyone. But that's a good thing, I think.