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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

[reno4prez]

Gotcha. It's all dives in Highcrest, so far as I can tell. Old-timey taverns and shit like that. There's one fancy-lookin' place, but it's specially reserved for the Knights of the Round Circle Jerk -- [He makes a face, showing just what he thinks of the Highcrest knights so far.] -- so that ain't even worth bothering.

Oh, and I'm Reno, by the way.

[garwin]

Sounds shitty. [He doesn't even know what kind of place Highcrest is. Or...any of the other districts really. He has yet to venture outside of Orlea.] Are there really knights in this place?

I'm Reid.

[reno4prez]

There really are. [He sounds less than enthused.] The whole place is like a god damn theme park, lame costumes and all. What's Orlea like?

[garwin]

[So Highcrest has knights...and taverns...who knows what other ways they're old fashioned. Maybe he'll avoid dropping by there; who knows what they think of warlocks.]

Well there aren't any knights here, for one. It's a city, pretty nice I guess. A little boring, though.

[reno4prez]

Sounds better than this dump. Only good thing about the crazies around here is their comedic value, and laughing's like to get you run through with a sword pretty damn fast.

[garwin]

Not the kind of risk I like take for some amusement. [A fist to the face or something similar? Sure. A sword? No thank you.]

Bet you couldn't even throw a decent party in that place. Somebody'd probably get their panties in a bunch.