AUDIENCE 🚀 CHARLES

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W1 WEDNESDAY

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Hey, Charles.

[ they are here are the bar(les) just arranging some bottles on a shelf. they are magnetizing to the bottom. preventative measures for anymore turbulence, thought they are moving a little slowly today. ]

What's up...?

[riverbeans]

Hey. Uh, fair warning—can I show you something that might be unpleasant?

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[ thebe tilts their head a little bit, but leans against the bar somewhat. ]

Yeah, sure. I mean... that's kinda ominous. But sure, I trust you.

[riverbeans]

Thanks.

[... shows them the journal]

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[ jan's my favorite bc she links things (no, but i appreciate the link bc i have 9000 tabs).

thebe just looks at the journal and it takes them a moment. their "ears" twitch back and forth a little, and their visor "colors" out, blipping with a sharp flash of pink. there's a small "gghk" sound that the autotune doesn't quite understand how to process. so instead, it just amplifies it a bit. ]

I... this... that's the bar. I'm there... Europa's name too...?

[ distant, confused? their shoulders are almost painfully drawing upwards. ]

[riverbeans]

[i gotchu...

charles watches, not surprised at this reaction by now. sorry, thebe...]

... All right, so I take it you don't remember anything mentioned in there. [a beat] Need to sit down?

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Mmm...hmm.

[ they do not move from the stiff position, their back rigid. ]

... Just. A stool. I'm sorry, I don't know what this is... I mean, the bar's not free. It's just for the Eudora Crew.

[ but they are shaking their head no. ] No idea...

[riverbeans]

[can he get a stool and move it to thebe? he will try.]

Ship's not exactly public property, I get it. ... A mystery to unpack later, then.