World’s LEAST NORMAL Guy

Grace decided to have a type of field day with his students and explains the two games to them. They tell him they already know how to play, since they have basically the same games on Erid. They choose to play tag first per flip of coin. Grace is “it”, and the pebbles immediately start going in all different directions. They are fast in the beginning, but it doesn’t take long for them to lose stamina and slow down. Grace easily catches up to the slow students and chase after them until they practically collapse. They are a bit terrified by his stamina. The pebbles who are it, however, find it almost impossible to get Grace. How is he able to be so fast for so long? They give up on him after a while and go after the other Eridians instead. Grace notices that the pebbles play tag a lot slower than children on Earth do in order to keep their energy. How intriguing!

Next is hide-n-seek. Grace is “it” again, per the pebbles’ request. They are playing in a very rocky area in the biodome. He counts to 20 and opens his eyes. Grace looks around and sees about three students immediately, but only because they are wearing the clear xenonite suits. They are perched up against the rock formations, almost perfectly laying themselves over them in a way that they become part of the rocks. If they didn’t have the suits on, Grace doubts he could’ve found them as easily. It was a bit scary how well they blend in. Later on in the game, he finds all the pebbles, but not without extreme struggle. God, they are pros at hiding effortlessly! Grace now gets to hide, and he is found immediately. He guessed as much, but it was as fun to try.

Grace goes home after their field day and yaps to Rocky about all his observations on the persistence hunter humans and ambush predator Eridians. Rocky tells him that as Eridians get older and larger, they can barely play tag anymore. Also, it is so hard to find pebbles during hide-n-seek that there have been occasionally been children who just get forgotten. Eridian echolocation(?) doesn’t pick the hiders up, and instead “sees” them as part of the rocks. Their hard carapace blocks any sound of their insides.

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

One of the only asexual activists is Yasmin Benoit, a Black woman. She has raised so much awareness for the community. She was the first asexual person to lead Pride in London, she started the #thisiswhatasexuallookslike movement and is THE leading voice for the community.

And you all will celebrate international asexuality day on April 6th but we wouldn't even have that if she hadn't cofounded it.

like it’s clear he’s been trying to take Susie and Kris’s advice to heart but we are not spared the uncomfortable consequences of him being imperfect at what to say and when. It’s clearest with Orange by far, as he is decently patronizing a lot of the time and sometimes outright cruel when his attempts at kindness are received poorly.

like fr tho go back and check his dialouge. he is tired of takin shit especially from flowery and co. In reference to Orange saying they’re gonna “tell big sis” Ralsei responds with “What’s her name, Marigold the Giant Rat?” Which is by far the MEANEST thing he has said the entire game

He’s not cruel or mean or even a bad person, he’s just struggling with the line between self-isolation and lacking in conversational filter. I think that’s a really smart writing choice. Gives him a lot more depth

spoilers kinda ig

these two make me sick just look at them.yellowblues are so cute and sweet and ughrhrhhrhhghf

-yes

-just ok with it

-no

-no (specifically for gender reasons)

This literally happens in game