AUDIENCE 🚀 BRADLEY

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W0 MONDAY

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[ re: Word has it that you're the one to talk to about mixed drinks. ]

THEBE

That would be me! What can I do for you, Bradley?

[perfectpower]

Adnopotensum

Are you the one making the drinks in the bar right now?

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THEBE

No, that's the bar itself. It's programmed to work on its own.
But I make some of the best custom drinks around, so.
If you want something good, I can always serve you.

[perfectpower]

Adnopotensum

Yeah, I'd like that.
Adnopotensum

The bar is nice but it lacks that touch that a person gives to it.

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THEBE

Unfortunately I can't be there all the time.
So the auto bartender makes sure people are seen to since I've got other work
But I'm free now, so meet me there?

[perfectpower]

Adnopotensum

I'll be there.

[True to his word, he will indeed show up at the bar before too long.]

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[ thebe will arrive shortly thereafter, hopping out of what looks like a circular black void. it shuts quickly behind them, depositing them right behind the bar. ]

Hi there, Mr. Bain.

Welcome to Titan's Call. What can I get for you?

W1 TUESDAY

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Adnopotensum

Hey! Come play poker with me! Rec room!

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Unfortunately, I do not know the rules of the game.

[perfectpower]

Adnopotensum

I can teach you how to play.

W1 TUESDAY

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[ io is just showing up in the rec room, the uneven gait giving them away, but just sits down in a comfy chair and opens up a book to read. they're not here to poker but they will at least keep the guy company a bit. ]

Get any bites from the others?

[perfectpower]

[Waves to them.]

Space Grandpa said they don't know how to play, but I'm trying to get them to come anyway.

[dropoffs]

If it isn't an inconvenience, then I will accept.

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[ awkwardly... waves back... but then they kind of. chuckle awkwardly. ]

Space Grandpa? Who's that...?

[perfectpower]

Amalthea.

[His nicknames for people...]

Know how to play?

[dropoffs]

I see.

[ no inflection, they will just turn page. ]

I know how to play... yes. But Adra might be a better person to try your luck with.

W1 TUESDAY

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[ as if io mentioning them in your thread with them summons them, adrastea appears in a ripple of dark matter and black hole cosmic warp, stepping through it into the rec room and looking at him with a sort of keen interest. ]

Think you have what it takes?

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[ i'm not part of this thread but io chuckles when adrastea shows up. like a real belly-deep hehehe. anyways. proceed. they're ignoring you now. ]

[perfectpower]

[Looks over at Io.

Looks back to Andrastea.]

How do you even do that?

[It's kind of cool and he wants to do it too once he gets his magic back.]

[perfectpower]

Adnopotensum

See you soon then.

[While he waits, he'll set up the table with just one color of chips, so he can teach Amalthea how to play.]

[perfectpower]

[Io what's wrong with his nicknames!]

I sent a message to all of you, so maybe they'll be along soon.

[He will go ahead and deal out 5 cards to each of them. Io gets a 2 of diamonds, king of spades, 8 of clubs, jack of diamonds, and jack of spades. Oh look, a pair already!]

[dropoffs]

[ they said nothing about your nicknames. ]

Hey now, I have my own business to conduct here, I'm just... observing.

[ also i am sorry, but they don't want to play poker bradley DDD: ]

Save your hands for someone who's going to play. I'm here to observe.

[dropoffs]

[ he can teach them how to play and i won't make you write everything about it. they will just learn somehow. ]

Fond of card games, Mister Bain?

[dropoffs]

Officer privileges.

[ they come over to where he's set up, the black void closing as they do. ]

[perfectpower]

Can you teach me how when I can use my magic again?

[perfectpower]

[Magical learning time go!]

Yeah, it's what me 'n the team would do in the evening after work. Poker, blackjack, things like that. We didn't always have money to bet with, but on those nights we would use stones instead.