approximately three minutes after the alarms start going off

[thesettingsun]

SOME OF US DON'T HAVE POWERS THIS BINGO IS RIGGED

[Glad we got the complaining out of the way.]

Comments

[thesettingsun]

Using special talents has been suggested, and I think that's more likely to actually work than the power of friendship, which was also suggested.

[viktorymaker]

Wow, using the power of friendship would be worth a shot if I thought Jim had a sense of humor

Are you trying for a blackout bingo, stranger?

[thesettingsun]

I don't know if it's possible to get a complete blackout. Besides this, I have to build a sandcastle taller than myself, and I'm not that short.

But otherwise, I'm going to kick this bingo's ass.

[viktorymaker]

Haha, you have that one too? I'm also tall enough for this to be a problem. Looks like we both got the short end of the stick

Paradoxically

[thesettingsun]

Filling out that square is going to be a tall order.

[viktorymaker]

[ He laughs softly when he reads this. Considering the situation, terrible puns are better than no humor at all. ]

Yeah. 1,80cm tall in my case!

At least it doesn't specify that we have to do it on our own. Or that it has to be one sandcastle per person

[thesettingsun]

I think you're expected to do most of these with other people. Good old-fashioned bonding over how dumb Retrospec is.

[viktorymaker]

Yeah. But having your work halved doesn't sound so bad, does it? Even though there's no real reason we should be doing this in the first place

[thesettingsun]

For people who like talking to strangers, maybe.

My real reason is that I hate living in ignorance and if playing bingo will help us figure stuff out, then I will play bingo.

[viktorymaker]

Do you not like talking to strangers?

[thesettingsun]

Social anxiety, bane of my existence.

[viktorymaker]

Oh


Well, my name is Viktor

[ Because that's how you stop being a stranger, right? Hello, this is a person who has no idea how to deal with that. But he's trying, in... his own way... ]

[thesettingsun]

[Bless you, Viktor, you're doing your best.]

It's not as bad over the internet.

I'm Shuji, nice to meet you.

[viktorymaker]

[ An attempt was made, which is better than no attempt at all... right?? ]

Nice to meet you too. And good luck with your bingo!

[thesettingsun]

[Probably!]

Same to you.