Charcherry Weekly - Issue 304
Hello everyone, mage of light nick card here. I may have gotten addicted to gardening.
> The Gardenerrr -P
Now for some news.
New Trio in Town
Last week, three people arrived in Desertia town, with a number of varied responses from locals and distant personalities alike.
> Didn't LR literally post a shitty airhorn remix in response to Robotnik leaving the memo? -P
Despite their chequered pasts, they have decided to turn over a new leaf here. Your dear main newsletter writer managed to interview all three of them tonight.
Nick: "uh, hello there! I'm here with the charcherry weekly. I hear you three are new here. Would you like to have an interview?"
(Mx perks up a little upon being approached.)
(The three of them look over at Nick, before looking back at each other.)
Mx: "...I think it would be fun." (They smile softly at the two gentlemen, before looking back at Nick.) Mx: "Sure."
Nick: "Ah, excellent. For the record, what are each of your public facing names?"
(The three look at each other again. They hadn't really thought about itā¦)
(Robotnik turns back to Nick.) Dr. Robotnik: "...You can just call us by our names. I don't think anyone is really looking for us here, after all." (He adjusts his glasses.) Dr. Robotnik: "Although, I do prefer being referred to as Dr. Robotnik."
Mx: "You can call me Mx. That's M-X."
Stone: "Referring to me as Stone is more than fine."
(Nick pulls out a notepad and writes that down.) Nick: "ah, good to know. So, what bonds you three together?"
Mx: "...Like, how did we... get together?"
Nick: "uh, maybe? more like, what is the nature of your... relationship?"
Mx: "Oh!"Ā Stone: "Ohh."
Mx: "Uhh... well. It's, a little difficult to explain..." (Mx scratches the back of their head.)
Robotnik: "I do consider Mx and Stone to be both my partners." (Robotnik says, before taking a sip of a latte sitting nearby his blueprints.)
Mx: "Yeah, that's easy enough to describe it as. It's... complicated when you look deeper into it though."
Stone: "Not quite platonic, not quite romantic, but a secret third, better thing."
Nick: "ah, I see! I trust you're all pretty tight in that manner."
(The three of them nod.)
Mx: "Yeah. Very much so."
Nick: "nicenice. what has been your impression of desertia town so far?"
(They take a moment to think about their answers.)
Robotnik: "...Hot." He adjusts his jacket. "Very hot."
Mx: "Maybe if you took off your jacket, you'd feel better."
(Mx sighs a little.) Mx:Ā "...It's a much smaller town than I am used to. It's quieter here, but I think I needed that."
Stone: "Indeed."
Nick: "yeah, the weather is pretty hot outside usually. fortunately most buildings here have good air conditioning."
Robotnik: "That is something I do appreciate."
Nick: "hmm... I suppose you've been somewhere a lot more active before this?"
Mx: "Well, we all came from the United States in a previous universe. However, in my case in particular, I actually was in active service on my home planet, before I stumbled upon these two."
Nick: "ah, interesting. What state? I'm from Oregon."
(Mx looks slightly baffled by the question.)
Robotnik: "We came from Montana."
Nick: "ooh neat! Never been there before."
Mx: "I thought it was Seattle. I don't know anything, though."
(Robotnik just pats Mx's head.)
Nick: "so, what do you three do in your free time?"
Robotnik: "Someone else asked me this." (Robotnik notes, as he notices something on his blueprints. He takes the pencil to it to adjust it.)
Robotnik: "Lately we have been watching television. Did you know you have telenovelas in this universe?" (Stone glances at the coffee he was staring at earlier.) Stone: "...Have you guys been drinking the coffee like this, all this time?"
Nick: "I guess so? I don't drink coffee myself, and a couple years ago coffee was actually considered a controlled substance here until the replicator's list of controlled substances got reset to factory settings, so for a while everyone could only get one coffee per day and most got it from elsewhere."
(The three of them stare at Nick for a moment like they were insane.)
Robotnik: "A... controlled substance?!"
Mx: "W-wait, why?"
Nick: "let's just say somebody managed to drink so much coffee that they started quoting a certain coffee drinking prosecutor from a popular courtroom drama video game too often."
(Mx and Robotnik blink a few times, in response.)
Stone: "...I see. Well, if I may..."
(Stone holds up his cup.)
Stone: "This, can be done so much better..."
(Agent Stoneās tone sounds somewhat, sad.)
Robotnik: "My dear, I am making you a machine of your own."
Stone: "Oh, I know!"
(Agent Stone shifts his tone a more chipper one.)
Stone: "I was just... thinking."
(Mx chuckles at them both.)
Nick: "yeah, that's the thing about replicated food. it's decent quality, but it's the same stuff every time you order the same thing."
Stone: "I think, I would prefer cooking myself. That's just me, though. Oh! I've even been collecting recipes! That's what I've been doing with my newfound free time."
Nick: "ah nice. I like to cook stuff pretty often too. Recently made a fish soup that was pretty good."
Stone: "Ah, how lovely. Mx loves seafood, actually."
Mx: "I would eat a live octopus if Dr. would let me."
Robotnik: "The answer is still no."
Nick: "I remember hearing about this one guy that beat up an octopus in the puget sound and then killed and ate it. Apparently that freaked a lot of people out even though it was technically legal since he let the octopus fight on its own turf."
Mx: "...Damn."
Mx: "Oh, right. As for me, I have been uhh..."
(They glance at Robotnik.)
Mx: "...Keeping this guy in line, I guess."
(Robotnik lightly grumbles for a moment.)
Robotnik: "Yes, yes. Your fulltime job."
Mx: "You joke. However."
(Mx remains silent.)
Robotnik: "Are you going to finish that thought, or did you already get distracted?"
Mx: "I'm going to throttle you. Lovingly."
(Agent stone chuckles)
Nick: "so, I hear that you got a chance to meet charles, the guy that used to cause a lot of stuff to happen before they mellowed out."
Robotnik: "Oh yeah?"
(He pushes up his glasses again.)
Robotnik: "He seemed rather nervous."
(Mx nods in agreement.)
Nick: "yeah, I've got a feeling that's probably part of it. You see, he used to be known as 'the antimatter guy' roughly a decade ago. I'm guessing after a handful of years of working on machines, pouring his heart into pokedexes, and taking care of an entire family of buizel, he started worrying a lot more about the health and safety of others."
(Robotnik pauses for a moment, suddenly thoughtful.)
Mx: "That makes sense."
(Mx nods along, then turns to Robotnik.)Ā
Mx: "Maybe we need to get you something to care for."
Robotnik: "No."
Mx: "Dammit." (Mx crosses their arms.) "I tried."
Nick: "sometimes it be like that."
Mx: "Good to hear he's calmed down, at least... to some degree."
Nick: "yeah, same.
Nick: "so, anything else you'd like to clarify to the general public or just say in general?"
(Mx thinks for a moment.)
Mx: "...I would like to state that, we do come with the intention of seeking peace. We... aren't perfect, and possibly never will be... But I don't think any living being in any universe is completely flawless."
Robotnik: "Except for me."
Mx: "No, especially you." (Mx retorts.)
Mx: "Anyhow. No actual harm is ever our intent at this point... We just want to get better."
Stone: "...Also, you guys need better food and drink."
Nick: "that's good to hear. There's a handful of reformed folks with dark pasts around here so you should be in decent company. As for the quality of food and drink, there is a snack stand down the street and a smoothie stand in the next town over. And of course a lot of folks just replicate a bunch of ingredients to cook with on occasion."
(Stone thinks about this, stroking his chin.)
(Mx smiles a bit on the note of other reformed folks being around. Perhaps they did good, picking this place.)Ā
Mx: "Maybe you could talk to them, Dr." (They suggest to Robotnik.)
Mx: "Maybe start a support group."
(Robotnik grumbles again softly.)
(Mx reaches up to give the giant man a kiss on the cheek.)
Mx: "That all sounds wonderful." (They say to Nick.)
(Nick smiles)
Nick: "I think that's probably about enough for the interview. thank you for your time."
Mx: "Thank you for finding us interesting enough to interview, I suppose!" (They chuckle.)
Overall, it was a pleasant occasion meeting up with them. I hope that they find peace and some better coffee.
> Reportedly DI is considering opening a coffee stand in Desertia -P
Sounds like he and Stone might have some things to talk aboutā¦
Draconic Birthday
Very recently, Aura user Frie celebrated her 18th birthday!
> Coda and I were there, if she wants to comment, she can. -P
*~ hi.~*
So, how was the occasion?Ā
*~ it was alright ~*
> Got better after we managed to help Coda out with something -P
*~ yeah, I accidentally gave them a cold shoulder and they felt down in the dumps about it. ~*
> That's one heck of a pun, Frie. Anyways, We all hugged it out and I made one of my infamous disaster cakes -P
*~ it was pretty good somehow. ~*
> āSomehowā is the name of the game with those thangs -P
Sounds like it was a slightly less disastrous situation than expected?
> Disaster Cakes always turn a disaster around, it even happened in LOSAD if I'm not mistaken⦠I'm being told those were rice cakes -P
*~ rice cakes have good crunch ~*
> Mmmmm cronchy -P
So, how do you feel about being 18 now?
*~ itās⦠something. ~*
> The struggle with becoming an adult is that the elation comes in stages, and is always delayed (Except when I finally got ID) -P
*~ The thing is, being an adult stopped mattering at a certain point, since I was living out in the sticks for a while. I only remembered I was 17 near the end when somebody asked me my age after that sendoff ceremony for Lauren. ~*
> I guess you had that particular realization a little early⦠anyway, Happy Birthday, and here's to a better year, Frie! -P
*~ thanks. Maybe now I can stop having people saying Iām so mature for my age. ~*
> I'm not going to lie, I hate the phrase āYou're so matureā, it comes off condescending and just feels⦠reductive somehow? -P
*~ also the weight of it all. Not getting to be a kid. ~*
> ⦠Yeah. I've had to burn my childhood far too many times⦠perhaps in Unity, we can approximate something like a childhood, mixed with responsibilities -P
*~ maybe so⦠weāll see what happens when we get there. ~*
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DTA train ticket stand
Katieās potion stand
shinyjiggly pokesnacks stand
Cosmic Joys: Magical Toys (night hours, customers celebrating a birthday get 75% off if visiting with a guardian, Free water bottles for stand operators, free hypoallergenic cat to interact with, Properly socialized this time!)
Yuri concept stand (now with pants by popular demand)
Yaoi concept stand (also with pants by popular demand)
Yaouri concept stand (no pants here for some reason)
Magpieās Trading Post (Give shinies, Get Valuables)
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That should do it for this week. Hopefully with the vast majority of my outside work done I can actually get myself to work on gamedev stuff. https://letssosl.boards.net/thread/564/charcherry-weekly-issue-304














