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[recollecters]

Hello, everyone! As you've probably noticed, we've been having a few problems - I mentioned earlier that something got knocked out of balance, and we had to recalibrate, but in a few days we should be able to drop the emergency measures. Please be aware that there is an incoming storm, class four. General orders for that kind of thing are to report to management for any known threats and follow instructions, but so far what's known is "that might be a little annoying" and "hope it isn't". Theoretically it'll probably be related to the holiday, I think, because a large group of souls focused through the needle of a pin on one thing can sort of shape a thing around them. That's sort of a really inaccurate way to put it on the technical side of things, but I think it's the easiest way to understand it! At any rate, we'll know more once we're in the thick of things. Please take care as usual; resources aren't exactly what some of you seem to think they are, and we had to expend rather more than usual in the past month or so to keep things with a few of you steady. Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated Per the mod plotting post, you may use this post to obtain one of this month's freebies! This month's freebie can be earned by turning in a thread on this post that has 5 or more consecutive comments from you with someone new. We define someone new as someone new to the game, or simply someone your character has never tagged before. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently.

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[livingimpaired]

We sell ramen.

[ At the bottom of mapo tofu bowls. ]

[tuffguy]

yes
sold
you have yourself a new customer

[livingimpaired]

[ Oh no. There's those pesky moral obligations. ]

Really?
Thank you.
Though, I feel I should be more clear.
The ramen that we cook is part of the main dish.
Mapo tofu.
Indeed, the shop specializes in it.
There is even a contest if you are feeling particularly brave and enjoy the spicier things in life.

[tuffguy]

oh i love mapo tofu too so no worries there
and how spicy are we talking?
i may not prefer it
but my brother loves it
and i've built up a tolerance thanks to him

[livingimpaired]

There are various levels of spice.
It is enough to bring tear to the eye of those that are not used to it.
But if you have a tolerance, you may actually find it quite enjoyable.
So, I can welcome you as a customer.
And offer apologies for having attempted to trick you before.
It was a moment of childish spite.
I suppose I felt it must be directed at someone and you happened to be the one it chose.
Fairness speaks to me and says for that, I will put a greater discount to your ordered food.

[tuffguy]

dude no worries
and if trying to trick me gets you to lower the price even more?
then feel free to trick me all you want!

and that sounds like a good level of spicy for me.

[livingimpaired]

Don't sell your soul so easily for discounts,
Bolin.

You could even bring your brother, if you so choose.
I shall even extend the discount to him, since he is the one who helped gift you tolerance for spice and grow your love for mapo tofu.

[tuffguy]

i'd sell my soul for a donut
a discount is way better, since that just means i eat more for less

and i'll totally bring him along!
he'd totally love how spicy your food is
i swear he'd eat food that was practically on fire if he could

[livingimpaired]

It also means that you are not just selling yourself for one donut, either. In the end, it is more bang for your soul, as it were.

Should I be worried for my food supply, I wonder?

All the same, he may enjoy the challenge that I have.
It will allow you both to enjoy yourselves even more.
The challenge is to eat the spiciest of mapo tofu I have in my shop under an hour.
If you win, you win five-hundred dollars and allowed on the Hall of Fame.
If you lose, you pay fifty dollars.
Though, please comprehend the level of difference in prize and pay-in to participate.

It may end up with you being unable to taste anything for a few days, and not due to this app.

[tuffguy]

yeah, so like i said: feel free to trick me all you want!

and you might.
though i guess we'll be nice and just become frequent customers instead of eating you out of house and home in one night

i think he might.
i'll definitely egg him on to do so
that sounds right about his preferred level of spice to be honest
and he'll find the lack of taste worth it in the end

[livingimpaired]

I appreciate it, Bolin.

I look forward to his attempt, then.
I hope to make an experience that is enjoyable.
The one that I have come to encounter here is confusing, and for a lot of people... frightening.
As an adult, I am obligated to look after others yet I am only a restaurant shop owner.
I can offer no insight to this world, because I am just entering it.
So all I can give is comfort, and I hope you two find it enough in these turbulent times.