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[tempusfinis]

Machina, here.

Anyone else find a gift for them beneath that Wishing Willow? Are the contents supposed to be a joke?

[ Someone is UNHAPPY. ]

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[pinkmin]

I do not believe they are a joke.

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[tempusfinis]

do you mind me asking what you got?

[pinkmin]

A story book.

[tempusfinis]

[ Okay...that sounds... fine?? ]

was it relative to your wish? you don't have to tell me the specifics.

[pinkmin]

Yes. The contents reflect my feelings. I did also ask for a book.

Do you think yours was a joke?

[heir_of_dragons]

I don't think mines a joke. I mean I have no idea what mine even means but doesn't seem jokey.

What did you get?

[tempusfinis]

protein powder and a set of weights

what about you?

[heir_of_dragons]

Oh is it at least give you flavored protein powder? Cause the chocolate kind is pretty good.

A tarot card. The star. Still working out what it means and how it got here.

[wakemelater]

Not sure yet. I don't know what this is.

[A picture of a USB drive follows.]

[tempusfinis]

[ ....He...?? Thinks the Empire has something like that? ]

looks like some of the robot's tech? maybe it plugs into something.

[wakemelater]

[There a long pause, where it appears Nico is typing. Then:]

OK

[Another pause.]

It's too big for the wall sockets.

[Pause.]

Oh. There's a hole in the phone.

[And then nothing.]

[tempusfinis]

[ Gonna... just... hope he didn't corrupt his phone with Machina's suggestion. ]

you still there?

[wakemelater]

ya stilh ere

sory

nota joke

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[daikonrose]

Do you think they really are?? I actually kinda wondered if I was being made fun of.

[tempusfinis]

maybe??

i think mine *could* be but someone else says theirs was sincere, so now i'm not sure

[daikonrose]

I mean, it would make sense for me, but have you done anything to deserve being made fun of? In the eyes of the gods.

[tempusfinis]

off the top of my head

i participated in that theater performance

[ghoulserrand]

I don't think it's a joke.
I think the gods mean well.
But I can see how it might seem like they're teasing.

[tempusfinis]

Going to guess that you got something more on the sincere side.

[ghoulserrand]

A mirror.
It
It lets me see something I wish.
But I kind of thought at first that it was just the gods reminding me I'm hideous.

[tempusfinis]

i see, sort of like a recording? or more like a window back to something in your world?

`just the gods reminding me I'm hideous.` that would make them major assholes

[connectsthedots]

I suppose using an entire box for just a scrap of newsprint might be something of a joke, but…

You sound like you had a much less well-received surprise in yours.

[tempusfinis]

a newsprint?

yeah, i got protein powder.

[connectsthedots]

Indeed, a small clipping, seemingly the headline of a newspaper article, was in my box.

What is protein powder? I’ve never heard of such a thing.

[tempusfinis]

i'm guessing it was from a newspaper from your world?


honestly not sure. could be whey or soy? or some kind of synthetic thing. if you consume it, you're supposed to build muscle.