video; backdated to during the yard sard

[craftlife]

[Deon looks characteristically excited...but even more so than usual. And he's talking...a little faster...than usual.]

Okay, so I know about the jar of endless coffee beans in the Hotel, right? That thing is a godsend, it really is, but it's just not enough, you know? Well, I found something, during the yard sale, and I'd really really appreciate it if someone could help me set up something similar. It can be done, right? Course it can, there's an endless jar of coffee beans, this is a lot easier, or should be anyway.

[He holds an open can of Red Bull up to the camera. And the way he's holding it? It looks empty.

Take someone away from their fix for a couple months, and give it back, and don't be surprised when the reaction is a little stronger than usual.]

I found a whole case of Red Bull, and I'd like to know if anyone can make it so that it doesn't run out. Violates every law of physics I know, but the coffee jar proves it can be done, and I know there's people who can do all sorts of magic here, so how about it?

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[irishthor]

Deon...

[Concerned Templar is concerned.]

Are... Are you okay?

[craftlife]

Fine! I'm fine, I'm fine! Never better!

[Just a little fucked up on concentrated caffeine and taurine.]

[irishthor]

Alright.

[So, he's fine.]

It's just you seem a bit... not.

[18th Century Man hasn't seen extreme caffination before.]

[craftlife]

[18th Century Man needs to hie himself to an 18th Century Starbucks, yo.]

I haven't had any of these since I've been in Keeliai, so maybe I'm a little jittery. It'll pass, I promise.

[bigdamnhiro]

Uh, yeah. Pretty sure we determined the coffee was a complete accident.

Trust me. I tried to replicate the results. No beans.

[Said with a mournful look that speaks of just how much he sympathizes.]

[craftlife]

Well, there's got to be a way around it, right? Can't just be a fluke. No, we just must not have found the way to do it right yet. Got to be repeatable, somehow.

[He looks pensive for a moment, and then brightens.]

I also found something else at the yard sale! A model of one of my Scouts. Want to see?

[bigdamnhiro]

When you discover infinite Red Bull, please tell me you're gonna share.

[Dude, you are so wired right now, and he is 100% okay with that. He has visited that state of consciousness himself one too many times in his young life.]

You mean the dystopian police robots? Yeah, sure, shoot.

[craftlife]

It would be a crime not to!

[It's like a weird transcendent haze of on. One might even say he is...De-on shut up I'm hilarious.

He turns aside and picks something up out of his bag. It's about a foot-high model of this, riot shield not included.]

It's not actually a robot like Megabot...more like an action figure, really.

[Combining Megabot's abilities and the Scouts, though? Aw yis. Please, nobody let these two collaborate.]

oh no

[pushtheboundaries]

...I wouldn't advise this.

oh YES

[craftlife]

What? Why not?

/nonononocat

[pushtheboundaries]

I'm pretty sure that will have horrific side effects if you down it constantly.

[craftlife]

Nah, did it all through uni, never had any problems.

[You were also living on pot noodle, Deon, that doesn't mean it's healthy.]

[edgeoftheknife]

What, do people actually drink that stuff? What's wrong with good old coffee? Or, I don't know, tea?

[Erskine your Irish is showing]

[craftlife]

Not strong enough! Don't get me wrong, I like coffee and tea, but they're not enough for a three-night programming session.

[edgeoftheknife]

Programming... as in computer programming, I take it?

[craftlife]

Yes, that's right! I've been going a little mad without anything to code for here.

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[valevectorian]

The coffee beans was a complete fucking accident and no one knows how or why. Good luck on getting what you're looking for; you're gonna need it.

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[craftlife]

Doesn't mean we can't replicate it. It happened once, I'm sure we could do it again.

[valevectorian]

You don't know a thing about magic, do you?

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[wintershepherd]

You know it won't actually give you wings, right?

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[craftlife]

It gets close enough! I've missed it.

[And he's missed his minifridge full of the stuff.]

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[wintershepherd]

You drank it a lot? I tried one once, couldn't get past the taste. Then again, it's not like it would have any effect on me... with the not needing to sleep and all.

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[backwordscompatible]

[Did somebody call for irresponsible magic?]

Good thing the Laws of Physics around here are more like Guidelines sometimes, huh?

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[craftlife]

[Well, Deon's got irresponsible science covered, so irresponsible magic would be a welcome counterpart.]

See, I knew somebody would be able to back me up on this!

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[backwordscompatible]

I never said that.

[Yet.]

[Point of Order.]

What's so special about the Red Bull, in particular? I mean, we already have more coffee and tea in this city than I know I could ever drink in a single lifetime.