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@weaverville

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hey, is this the number for applebee's carside to go?

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Sorry, this is Bill's Mortuary Service for Assassins.

You stab 'em, we slab 'em.

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Do you have any buy 1 get 1 half off specials? I got a corpse that's just from the waist down.

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Well, it IS Torso-less Tuesday.

I could bump off 45%.

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This probably seems like a weird leap, but that makes me miss tacos so fucking bad

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I’m sorry, man. I could go for carne asada right about now too.

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It could be worse
It's not off-brand fruit loops and Ron's milk
What are the odds we can figure out alien sushi without accidentally eating a puffer fish?

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You know, I kind of wonder if they’ve got a list of things that adventurous people have tried and written down the effects of? Or whether they died or it was fine? Someone on this ship of thousands had to have tasted the local glowing mushrooms at some point

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they've got to be storing it in a database somewhere
I wonder if I can get to it through the linked communications device, or at least sweet talk somebody into letting me use their computer for a minute

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Aww, I have faith in you. You could sweet talk anyone into anything

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hey
on the off chance I can't
have you sworn off a life of crime yet

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Ian

You want me to STEAL from someone???

@weaverville

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hey man
wanna help me build a secret underground apartment

( Such casual. So casual. Extremely casual. Which is why he's doing it through text.

Because of how casual it is. )

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[ With zero context or frame of reference Nate has absolutely no suspicions about anything whatsoever. ]

You mean to live in? Sort of like the Vardzia dwellings?

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( Thank you Lance. )

Probably just a touch less impressive, but yeah, essentially.

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Dude, why are you even asking me? That's a great idea, of course I'm in

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Cool

I was starting to work on floor plans already and a couple people in the engineering corps spotted them. There was a really pointed conversation about prioritizing us over the emergency bunker they're trying to build, so I can't actually start on the physical part until that's done. Probably about eight weeks? But concept planning is good whenever you feel like it.

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Good thing you've got a lot of bunker experience, huh?

I don't really know what I can contribute, I'm more of a "break things" person than a "build things" one, but we can do some brainstorming. We're not hurting for time. How big are you thinking?

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No kidding. I've been training for this moment.

That's actually kind of where I wanted your input. Honestly, kitchen and bathroom aren't in my phase 1. I think we're all ready to get some privacy as soon as possible, so living and sleeping spaces are top priority. We can work on the rest after that.

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Ok, but 'we' is kind of vague. Who's we?

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you, me, and Lance. I figured it was kind of a safe bet that he'd stick with us.

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aww a frat house for nerds :)

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Exactly.

Or a retreat for introverts who need some goddamn solitude to function efficiently.

1/3

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All right, good point. So were you thinking a dorm room kind of situation with a communal living space, or what? I guess we could make a communal sleeping area too

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