Yes, I know petroleum is wildly expensive. I still can’t produce it. It’s a man made product.

Always be polite to the divine, but don’t let them think they’re better than you. Really, it’s advice that is strangely applicable in far more walks of life than it was initially given to address.

//Someone slow the earths rotation for me, I need a couple more hours in my day.

Hmm… this is probably my fault. But also it’s not like I’m going to take responsibility for it.

//Is Rory just passively making Lottie’s life better? Or worse? We may never know.

SANTOOOOOS. HOW BIG YOUR SHOES?

Oh, no. My big slut burger days are long over. Thank you.

I actually don't hate England. I lived there for years.

HR is going to have a long day.

Good plan. We’ll have a beer later and act like we have no idea what got into everyone today.

Actually you’ll find that I’m just some guy.

The only spirits I’m interested in come out of a glass bottle.

Aha! Good luck Santos, spirits hate being milked.

Dibs not having to milk the spirits.

[cough] Yep… but taking you at your word. I guess spiritually milk is acceptable.

|| young rory was a menace

N-Nope. I would have no idea... [He knows.]

I wouldn't say I was ever in drag. That would imply I bother to categorize clothing by gender.

//Rory: It should only take a few months to become fluent. No. That's just you. People don't work that way you bastard!

Unfortunately I'm only fluent in 5 languages. I've been a bit lax with it, my apologies if I can't converse in your preferred tongue.

//Took a swing at making Rory in the Code Vein 2 character creator. I think he looks alright but I'm not as happy with this one as I was with Rory in the first game.

They really don't. Those are milk in name only.

Yeah... But also, like... why milk a succubus of all things!?

You know what? I don’t think I want to ask.

What?

//Resisting playing Code Vein 2 just so I can do a Code Rory sequel. The later it gets, the more it seems like a good idea.

Eh? Politics? No thanks, I was always told to say no to that kind of thing involving our kind.

I'm not senile! I'm just legally obligated to agree with you that there was no event and nothing happened.

Can confirm, Santos doesn't dress up. We couldn't even get him into costume for... a thing I'm legally not allowed to talk about anymore.

Fuck I'm... fifty.... uhh... old. I'm getting old.

//I was struck with a little bit of the desire to write something at 2am last night. So I ended up writing something based on a conversation @corvidsheir.bsky.social and I talked about ages ago now. It might be a little incoherent given when it was written. I titled it, The cat and the crow.

Of course, I don’t mind a little bit of physical labour. Just make sure you enjoy yourself.

Who’s that smug twat? Mageberry? What a dumb fucking name.

[Nodding] I’ll pull the sleigh.

//Yes hello, meet my most recent brainworm

Hmm...

For me, every day is Rory day.

I look away for a few hours and Canary has annexed a whole week?

This might be heretical to say around this facility, but I mainly just drink coffee because it's there. I'm really more of a tea guy.

I do love me some natural wonders.

Speaking of which I do still have hazelnuts if anyone wants some, whether as snacks or for divination purposes.

Wow, man I can’t believe you guys missed my costume. That was crazy and will doubtless never be repeated or spoken of ever again.

I can’t believe Santos has rabies. [Has no idea what’s going on.]

Seraphine used to say that money is simply a catalyst in the wider reaction called society, it’s simply a means not an end… Kara would look rather appalled by the idea when she heard it and would try to explain the idea of having money in reserve to fall back on. I had never seen money before.

//Rory’s relationship with money is strange. He’s solidly middle class, but considers it to be a rather ascetic lifestyle… mostly compared to before where he earned a lot of money but also burned through it at an exorbitant rate. It’s just two sides of not caring for money.

Somehow I am so far removed from being a main character that they made me an NPC in some horse racing game.

Why is there so much screaming?

I don’t really smoke much anymore, so it’s only a half breakfast I guess.

Breakfast. [It's black coffee. That's it.]

Ahh, space vampire. How nouveau.