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Very much did in the sense that I literally do not know where my job is at the moment. But, for the time being I haven't been let go because nobody else including the store owner knows where it is either.

So, I don't wanna risk doxxing myself by posting pictures but goddamn am I tempted because this is not a believable event. This is a cartoon problem. For looneytoons.

But yeah, so, I work(ed?) at a kiosk selling boba tea, right? Freestanding kiosk in the mall with full water and electrical hookups and multiple fridges and sinks and a mini kitchen and the works. Fully functional tea shop. Very important to note that it was there last night, The work chat was discussing another issue last night at closing time. I'll get back to this.

It's been showing signs of being on the way out with how business is being handled lately and I've been considering other options, which is probably why I'm not as torn up about this as I should be, but maybe it just hasn't set in yet, but that's not the point. The point is there's been a lot of shit breaking and not being replaced and nobody mentioning anything about it until I walk into work in the morning and have to figure out why shit like the fucking cash register isn't there today. So I'm kinda used to having to ask questions about big things that nobody bothered to update me on. I was out for two weeks recovering from a surgery, so I came to work this morning assuming there'd be some kind of bullshit, yeah?

So, the question I had to ask the chat this morning was:

Not a text I ever thought I'd have to send in sincerity, but there it is. Because what I found instead was a fenced off patch of discolored tiles and a few holes in the floor where my entire place of employment used to be.

And the answer? Nobody knows! It was there last night when the mall closed, and every single trace of the structure and all its contents including drink making supplies and our safe and cashbox was gone when it opened again. And when I say nobody knows, I mean everyone from last night's closers to the actual (former?) owner of the store jad no fucking clue about this until getting that text from me this morning. For once I am actually the first to know. 🎉.

So. I guess I didn't so much lose my job as had it stolen. Not by AI, but good old fashioned hands-on human beings picking it up and carrying it away somehow. All mall security would tell me was that they were instructed not to tell me anything and have us contact our management. Who also don't know anything. And later on I came across some construction workers around the gravesite of the kiosk discussing filling in the holes, asked them about it, and was told that they "weren't at liberty to say".

So, not only is my job gone in the most literal physical sense of the word, but it was taken in some kind of super secret kiosk extraction in the dead of night without any warning or witnesses and nobody is allowed to speak of it. The store owner said she was gonna figure it out 10 hours ago and still no word back.

My mother in law thinks the FBI took it.

Not any of the other stores around the state. Just the one little kiosk.

Why? Because she loves a conspiracy and is just a little bit extra.

Also because she was around for the massive crackdown on Yakuza-owned businesses in Waikiki (in her homestate) that did actually involve the FBI seizing stores (no confirmation of making kiosks cleanly disappear in the middle of the night though).

Still no word from my job on what's actually going on, but the most likely theory so far is that maybe the kiosk was on lease and got repossessed? The mystery continues

According to the owner, based on what she's been able to find out, the kiosk was not removed legally and they're starting a potentially long process of legal action. I hope she gets to sue the shit out of whoever did it but for now at least I know for sure I'm unemployed.

Really hoping for more details in terms of who/why/how, so I'll keep updating if I learn anything.

For now the summary is: An unnamed entity that is most likely mall management (on account of mall security cooperating with them) stole an entire kiosk and all the contents including money and machinery with barely a trace in the middle of the night grinch-style, with zero warning or explanation, and ensured the silence of both security and the construction crew, in an action that was definitely preplanned and illegal, and as far as I know nobody knows its whereabouts.

Enjoy the unintentionally funniest text I've ever sent in my life

Aaand a close-up:

HEY HI HELLO THIS ONE'S MY FAVORITE

comic © me

N-not that I'm scared or anything. It's exciting, really. Anything could happen.

This is all a very dramatic way of me saying, hi everyone! Everest here (but also, not?), and also, this is my goodbye to you all and this blog. Thank you for everything, and we will hopefully see you in the future <3

...Though, if you *do* want to hear more of why and stuff, it will be under the cut. Fair warning: it's long and also extremely dramatic

Oh man I LOVE talking about Jet. Here’s a lil breakdown of some of my favorite talking points on him.

- I believe it’s heavily insinuated Jet is descended from Babylonian royalty. His father’s legacy, his assumption of leadership despite being considerably younger than Wave and Storm and how they automatically respect and listen to him, his determination to return to Babylon not exclusively for treasure but because it’s “theirs,” all points to hints of a royal heritage to me.

- Jet is Sonic’s purest rival, in the sense that their rivalry is based on an untouchable desire to compete against each other at their best. And regardless if they hate or love each other, that dynamic will never change. They don’t ever stop becoming rivals by becoming friendlier.

- Jet respects Sonic more than the fandom will admit, and Sonic respects him. After the first game concludes, there is no reason to think they dislike one another anymore. When Jet conceded his loss fairly to Sonic in the end and tried to hand over the key to Babylon garden, the ONE THING Jet wanted more than anything, Sonic recognized that he didn’t need or want this treasure, it didn’t belong to him whether he won in fairly in a race or not. So he gave it back, and Jet couldn’t understand why Sonic would do that. Simply put, a relationship of respect had been built between them, cemented in that moment. You especially see how this changed their dynamic in the following game Zero Gravity—their rivalry is still relevant, but is much more based around racing for a common goal rather than trying to tear the other down.

- Once AGAIN when Sonic wins the Arks of the Cosmos, he’s happy to return all of them to Jet. This annoys Jet at first thinking Sonic is running away from their rivalry by giving up his prize, something Sonic once again recognizes that Jet cares much more about than he does, but Sonic simply grins at him and tells him “Who do you think I am? I’ll see you at the Grand Prix.” Once more solidifying that he isn’t in this to take anything away from Jet, but for the love of racing him, and that it won’t stop just because they don’t have a “need” for it anymore. This is why I say they have the purest rivalry in the series, in my opinion.

- There is a funny parallel between Jet and Amy in the games. I don’t know if this was intentional, but it’s definitely there! Jet and Amy are juxtaposed in a few shots where it’s implied Sonic’s attentions are split. Jet also dislikes that Amy in any way distracts Sonic from him, and holds some hostility toward her for it. In zero gravity, the scene where Amy clings onto him and says “I finally found you” the shot is cut to Jet in hiding just overhead, who has also been chasing after Sonic. He and Sonic are looking for the same thing, but Jet also becomes pretty distracted even from his own goals when Sonic is in the picture. I just thought this was funny.

- Jet is canonically superstitious and believes in shooting star wishes. He also has canonically never seen Super Sonic. Pair that with the fact that Super Sonic can be mistaken for a shooting star in the distance (Sonic X), and I think there’s a really delicious opportunity there. Jet wishing on a shooting star to see Babylon again, and his wish inexplicably comes true; not because he wished on a star, but because Sonic is a dream maker. Also, Sonic’s hero story in Zero Gravity is literally called “Shooting Star Mission.” Much to think about.

- Jet abandoned his own dream of returning to Babylon Garden because of Sonic. At the end of Zero Gravity, Babylon is left hanging in orbit around the earth, risen from the depths of the sand. Wave asks Jet if he’s really okay with that, with never going back again after he’d made it his very purpose for years. Jet is okay with this, stating that as much as he’d miss the vastness of space, “this world still had its charm.” When he smiles, the very next scene is cut to Sonic. What did Jet do after saying that? He hopped on his board and went searching for Sonic once again, the new more interesting thing tying him to the earth, his new purpose—pursuing his only fulfilling rivalry that gives him reason to continue what he loves most, which is riding extreme gear. Hunting for treasure is how he survives, but it’s not a reason to push himself to his limits, that’s what Sonic provides.