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thanks clarke ([personal profile] strove) wrote in [community profile] meadowlark2019-04-16 11:12 am

@clarke.griffin

Thank you to Yalena for getting us sorted. [Sort of sorted. Sort of.] Now that we've arrived in New Tokyo and we're stuck inside for a little while, I think we should talk about some new changes that we're facing. I can't be the only one.

But first: a good number of us are here unwillingly, but we have to wait until we're fully prepped before we can go anywhere. Heading outside in these temperatures while unprepared could cost you your life. We all hate being trapped somewhere. I think that's pretty well-established. We also hate having to do anything or be anywhere when we didn't ask for that to happen. At least it doesn't seem like we were drugged, though it wouldn't hurt for Katelin and I to take some blood samples to confirm that. We'll have to store them until we get back.

As for the changes in your lives: have you noticed any? For instance, apparently I'm a lab tech at Giles Bell. I tried to set myself up for a new internship there that I could get easily, but I got ... elevated. Or hired beyond that? I'm not sure what the right terminology is here. Has anyone else noticed this? Or had it happen to them? I got permissions to take leaves from both of my jobs. And no, I'm really not prepared to work as a lab tech. I don't even know the first thing about setting up gels.

As a bit of a personal request ... does anyone think we can make pancakes in the small kitchen here? I have a craving for them. I've not really had cakes of the "pancake" variety before, but I want them now. And if you think we can, can you make them?


[This last bit is Loki's fault.]
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[personal profile] apathet 2019-04-16 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Does this mean I've missed out on that drink?
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[personal profile] daemonized 2019-04-16 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I’d think not. In fact, I’ll buy you the most glamorously overpriced bottle of what-have-you to celebrate.

[This is just. It’s something. It’s too funny.]
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[personal profile] apathet 2019-04-16 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Bartender to big spender. I like it.
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[personal profile] daemonized 2019-04-16 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Just because I’m moving up in the world doesn’t mean I should forestall any of my original generosity.
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[personal profile] apathet 2019-04-16 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I wholeheartedly agree.
Save it for when we get back? I'm not sure a relief effort to the NT tundra is the right background for a celebration.
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[personal profile] daemonized 2019-04-16 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Everything is a means and a place for a celebration if you work hard enough for it.

But as you say. You realize there’s a bar here, though, don’t you?
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[personal profile] apathet 2019-04-16 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, it's your party. If you wanna play here, I'm not busy.

So I've heard. I've yet to go looking, but I would love to be far from sober on the house's cheapest vodka so any pointers in the right direction are much appreciated.
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[personal profile] daemonized 2019-04-16 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Try your hand in car 3. The bar is hard to miss. My person? Even more difficult to ignore. A tall man with red hair is your shining beacon in a fog of sobriety.