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[reno4prez]

[The video feed opens on a close-up shot of a grin, zooming out a few seconds later to give a full view of Reno's face. Once the camera has been adjusted, Reno sits back, resting his arms casually behind his head and aiming what he considers to be a winning smile at his audience.]

All right. So like, we're stuck here. And there's a lot of folks out there who seem pretty pissed about that -- I get it. But see, I'm the kinda guy who likes to think positive. [He cocks his head, enunciating each syllable with precision.] Let's just say that I'm choosin' not to complain about a little bit of surprise vacation time. So, what I'm thinkin' is that we got plenty of people out there already doin' the recon task, tryin' to figure out why we're here and how the hell we're eventually gonna get home.

But I got a different mission -- a very important and serious mission -- for those of you who choose to accept it.

[Here, he lets the chair fall back onto all four feet for dramatic effect, leaning in towards the camera conspiratorially.]

Now, this ain't no easy task, believe you me. What I need is a dedicated team of individuals who are gonna give their all to this mission -- which I can tell you is a very delicate matter that's gotta be approached with the utmost care and shit. We gotta do our research, yo. And we gotta compile all our findings to figure out how to proceed...

...to figure out which bar is the best place to go for a god damn drink.

[He sits back again, still grinning like a cat.]

So, who wants to go bar hopping?

Comments

[Video]

[garwin]

Count me in.

[This is the guy who's already thrown a party since arriving here, of course he's interested in something like this.]

[reno4prez]

Eeeeexcellent. You can be my second in command, since you're the first to volunteer. Congrats.

You scouted any of the local places yet?

[garwin]

Sounds good. [Well, at least he gets to be second in command of something for a change.]

I've been to a few places in Orlea. [When he was looking for a new place to hang out and play pool with the boys.] They were alright.

[video]

[still_at_twenty]

[holds up a hand] Ooh! Me! Me! Pick me.

[reno4prez]

[He laughs.] All right, babe, you're in. I like your enthusiasm. What's your name?

[still_at_twenty]

I just like the way you think. Ally Darling. Nice to meet you.

[video]

[puppetcrumpet]

Bar hopping, huh? I can already tell you the bars in pillow land are shit.

[reno4prez]

Sounds like a good destination for the end of the night.

[He could mean because an area made of pillows is great for when you're falling down drunk... then again, he could mean something else entirely. Wonk.]

[puppetcrumpet]

The bars are horrible, but you got it right about the destination. [he winks]

[Video]

[promotedpawn]

[He's still laughing when he turns his own device on to reply to the message.]

I can tell you right away that the bars in Whitewood are the most interesting ones. And probably the best ones to start in the night since you're going to need your reflexes and such to evade the human hating faeries.

When do we start, chief?

[reno4prez]

Right, so we'll hit up Whitewood to kick things off, since we gotta be at least a little sober there. Maybe then we can head through Highcrest -- the knights' outfits are fuckin' hilarious when you've got a few drinks in you, but we still gotta be able to run away fast enough or we're gonna get skewered.

I'd say this operation should take immediate fuckin' priority. [Drinking is serious business, yo.] What's the best bar you've found in Whitewood?

[poromtedpawn]

That would be "Thyme Waterdrops", the fairies that gather have been so far only passive-aggressive and prefer to watch us kill our livers and thus end having a painful death rather than hurt us themselves. So basically, it's the bar where you will never get denied a drink, even if you tell them to mix every alcoholic drink they have, they will just let you take it.

[A pause.]

I advice against asking what some of their special drinks have though, not that it should matter so long as you can get drunk.

[singsingbluesilver]

Bar..? Does it rhyme with jar? How about tar? Is tar safe to drink>? Can bunnies drink tar?

OH! I know about bars! I wanna come with! [ yes he looks about maybe eighteen here and there's a pink rabbit sitting on top of his head. ]

[reno4prez]

[Reno just... stares at the kid (and rabbit??? srsly wtf) on his screen for a second. And then he stares some more.] Uhhh...

You ever even had a drink before, kid?

[singsingbluesilver]

Yup! In the pre-parties and the post-parties and the post-POST-parties though K says I shouldn't be staying out that late and getting woozy cuz then I'm too woozy for the chair and everything.

[ blink blink beaming smile and a honest-to-heaven giggle ]

Are those tattoos?

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[anelegantmyth]

I want in on this, where are you?

[reno4prez]

highcrest, stayin above the tavern with the coat of arms on the sign

[Belatedly, Reno realizes that pretty much every shop in the district has a freaking coat of arms on its sign, and another text comes through.]

three swords pointing skyward

[anelegantmyth]

Aww dang, I'm in Crystalden right now.

[Video]

[doctor_insano]

That's the spirit!

Let's do some research!

[Yeah, that's the last part he heard.]

[reno4prez]

Spirits are the game, Doc. [He doesn't have any idea if the guy on his screen is actually a doctor or not, but he's going to hazard a wild guess.] And we're gonna research the shit outta every single one of 'em. Hell, I bet they got spirits here I never even heard of!

[doctor_insano]

So you're some kind of ghost-hunter, is that it?

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[yuukaihan]

[Kurama's kind of a fan of Reno by this point.]

Count me in.

What's wrong with our bars?

[reno4prez]

last time i went out here some knight nearly ran me thru for askin if his giant codpiece was compensating for somethin. knights got no sense of humor!!

[video]

[failures]

[Wow, Larry likes this guy already.]

Now we're talkin'! [He laughs.] I'll take you up on that one!

We should check out Astralfield for sure. I bet their bars are insane.

[reno4prez]

Yeah, man, Astralfield and Whitewood bars sound like they're gonna be a trip and a half. Glad to have you aboard!