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[wolfishflame]

[After getting the lowdown from a rather nice lady, a very annoyed-looking young woman is staring balefully at the camera.]

Are you serious.

Are you serious.

Because people keep explaining this Life-Death-Dreaming thing to me and it sounds like bullshit. There are two planes I can be on and I’m apparently not on either of them and that is so much bullshit I have apparently been dropped into the former pasture of a hekatomb of oxen because what the hell.

Look. Look at this. [She holds up her journal with a helpful diagram of a stick figure, a vertical line, and another stick figure, and a double-sided arrow.] My soul can be Waking, or it can be Otherside, or it can occasionally be both at the same time because my life is a dumpster fire. Not this, okay? [She puts the journal down, raises her hand, and taps the labradorite ring she’s wearing.] My soul is not in a rock. Even if it’s a really pretty rock, and I know from pretty rocks.

[Frustratedly:] Like, oh my gods. Every single god I have ever met. All of them. Up to and including Inari-Ōkami. For the love of baby Jesus in his mangery crib. Put me back. I want to speak to the manager. Yeah. The spell manager.

Fix this, Obama.

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[wolfishflame]

[...well, guess what trash just started playing in her head? She tries to ignore it.]

Horrible. Disgusting. I don't want it. Check please.

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[celticromanstone]

At least most of the locals aren't trying to kill us. Now, darling. Have you been given a tour? All that fun stuff?

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[wolfishflame]

Got a basic one, but I'm mostly trying to fill in the blank spaces on my map. Everything here kinda stays where it is, right? No moving around?

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[celticromanstone]

No, no moving around that I've seen. Is that a concern back home?

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[wolfishflame]

Mneeeh. Unfortunately. Sometimes. Really can mess with your sense of direction.

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[celticromanstone]

Well, except for the lack of coffee, the fire fountains and this place's ability to mess with our heads occasionally, it's not so bad.

[ She sighs. ]

But I do miss coffee.

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[wolfishflame]

No Starbucks?

No? Starbucks?

[She sounds disbelieving.]

What kind of hell realm is this?! Even cities on the Otherside have Starbucks franchises! Starbucks is a universal constant! Which is really weird, I know, but there you go!

Who decided this?!

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[celticromanstone]

No idea, darling. Besides, Starbucks isn't that grand a place. Give me my Parisienne Cafe any day of the week.

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[wolfishflame]

[She scowls. How dare! How dare you impugn the honor!]

So what do you do for caffeine around here?

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[celticromanstone]

Tea.

[ Coming from the British sounding Immortal. ]

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[wolfishflame]

...I don't know what I expected.

I mean, I like tea. What kind of tea? And is there sugar to put in it? Do not play me. If there isn't any sugar I'll lose my mind.

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[celticromanstone]

Sugar is an abomination in tea. There should never be sugar in tea. Maybe a bit of lemon, but even that is pushing it.

There are many types of tea. It depends on what you're looking for.

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[wolfishflame]

I see why the Australians broke away from you. You Brits don't like change.

We talking Earl Grey or what?

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[celticromanstone]

We Brits deal with change with a stiff upper lip and all that rot.

[ Did her accent get thicker? Probably. ]

But, darling, there's so many types of tea here... I really love a certain golden colored tea.

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[wolfishflame]

Change is painful. If it's not painful, you're not doing it right.

[An important lesson from a wise guy. Or just a wiseguy.]

I'll try all the teas and find the most caffeinated one. Then I'll Frankenstein up a Frappuccino.

Other important question: chocolate? Yes? No?

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[celticromanstone]

[ Heather snorts. Change isn't painful for her. She doesn't have to worry about it. ]

I can direct you to the proper tea shop for that. As for chocolate: No Idea. I don't like it.

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[wolfishflame]

[Aly gives a start. HOW IS THIS PERSON REAL?!?!]

How do you not like chocolate? Wait. I know a guy who can't have any, but that's because he's, uh, canine. Is that why?

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[celticromanstone]

I've never liked chocolate. American chocolate is too sweet, European chocolate too bitter.

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[wolfishflame]

...how are you real?

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[celticromanstone]

[ Blink. ]

I'm sorry?

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[wolfishflame]

You don't like Starbucks or chocolate. [She squints.] Are you okay? Do you need help?

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[celticromanstone]

I'm also not American? I'm British. And have spent the last few years in Paris.

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[wolfishflame]

Look, my dad's British, and even he likes those things. No excuses.

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[celticromanstone]

Well, he's become Americanized. I've become more French than British.

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[wolfishflame]

[Grump. You take that back! Her dad's just not a stuffy Brit. He even lives in London!]

Okay, but what about French toast?