shawarma time

[finalmix]

[ some time after Atem's palace when everyone has had the time to get back from braphine's temple, and more importantly get that sand out of your everything (and enjoy NOT 40 degree Celsius weather)

everyone who was in Atem's palace will find themselves suddenly added to a group chat by joshua and he just sends a singular address

it's the address to a shawarma place that somehow magically has a big enough table to fit 14 people. amazing. we love fluid locations like this.

post palace dinner, y'all know the drill ]

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[metagame]

As if you're one to talk.

[that's so many french fries, Joshua. Atem can't eat all of that. he pushes them around his plate.]

And how are you in such a good mood?

[read: what's with the fake cheerfulness, Joshua? or at least Atem thinks he might be faking it. no way Joshua means it after what happened in the palace. but he was the one who invited everyone here...

why can't he ever get a bead on this guy? ugh.]

[finalmix]

[ yeah he may have ordered way too much and therefore is pawning them off to random people now it's Fine ]

Trying to keep the energy up.

[ don't be a downer, atem. but also: ] You're paying for this meal, why wouldn't I be happy with free food?

[ ok maybe that is a white lie but atem doesn't need to know that yet ssshhhhhhh ]

No one died, that's good enough cause for celebration.

[metagame]

[He's paying for this meal? He doesn't have that kind of money, Joshua!!

Do you think this man works?

Occasionally he'll run errands for some elderly person or do the Link Up equivalent of DoorDash, but he prefers to remain indoors and play card games all day!

The only other times he goes out is when he needs to buy new makeup and hair product! Do you know how difficult it is to take care of his hair?? He has tried ten different types of co-wash and not a single one so far---

interrupting this weird mash up of inner monologue and me as the player taking the piss out of Atem:]

You almost did.

[yeah he saw that Joshua]

[finalmix]

[ one day atem should go on a tirade about his hair and then joshua will offer to drag him to a salon for it ]

Eh. It's not the first time someone's come close to killing me.

[ he is so blasé about it. why is he like this. ]

If you actually did kill me though, you would have been in charge of Shibuya's Underground.

[ narrowly missed taking on a new job... ]

[metagame]

No thanks.

[Didn't even have to think about it.]

[finalmix]

[ that makes him actually laugh ]

You're the first person who doesn't want my job, actually.

[metagame]

What? Judging whether someone lives or dies through elaborate games? Maintaining order?

Been there. Done that.

I'm happily retired.