The World Assembly Strangers' Bar

[Thermodolia]

Kasam settles down into a seat without even removing her carrying frame.

"This place is so strange."

"You will get used to it soon enough," the hivemind remarked through the speaker plant. "That, or go insane. Those seem to be the two most common options for organic single-thinkers, and I suppose both work equally well."

"Are you calling my cat insane?!!!" Jon shrieked, "Mr Fluffy doesn't like to be insulted. Isn't that right Mr. Fluffy"

[Covenstone]

Kasam stares first at the talking plant, then at the green woman. She then, very gently, leans forward and thunks her head against the counter. She wasn't used to seeing nonhumans or non baseline humans outside of the Markets, and these two were clearly not Market beings as they weren't trying to sell her anything.

"It's nice to meet the both of you, too," she says, voice slightly muffled by the counter. She sits back up. "I am Kasam the Merchant-Ambassador. I'm here to make trade and diplomacy on the behalf of Khu Cua."

"I see that you've met the resident pot plant", comments Matthew

"Now", Matthew mused, "how to solve a problem like Keshiland" (OOC: to be sung to the Sound of Music song of equivalent name)

Albertine stares at Matthew, a look of utter horror dawning on her face.

"The Sound of Music now has Keshiland in it?" She asks, terror filling her voice, "and I though the Nazis were the worst part of the film!"

[The Puddle Jumping Wads of Wrapper]

Meanwhile, the box the corner made it's usual noise, vanishing, but reappearing almost instantly.

(The door of the time traveling contraption opens, and Wad Ari and Wad Ahume, ten weeks after they first entered the box, emerge.)

AHUME: But Rupert's instruc--

ARI: Oh, blast those indecipherable hieroglyphs, I got us back here, didn't I?

AHUME: (reading from his tablet) Uhh.

ARI: And I must say, that was the best practice we've ever had.

AHUME: (swiping furiously between dispays) Uhh.

ARI: Why, our voices are so finely tuned, our selection is perfect, now all we need are our costumes, and we're all set! It would be near impossible for us to lose!

AHUME: Uhh... we... already did. (He points to his tablet's screen.)

ARI: Ahh, I feel like a million bubble gums, rested and refreshed and-- (Ahume tugs on his arm.) Oh do stop that Ahume, that's terribly annoy... erm....

(Ari reads the headline.)

IKL FINALE: FURLINGS, KELOWNANS IN DEAD HEAT AS NO-SHOW WADS FORFEIT

ARI: What? But... I don't understand.

AHUME: We traveled back through space, but only space, not space and time. The ten weeks we spent practicing? Actually took ten weeks of time, not an hour or two.

(Ari covers his face with his hand and shakes his head.)

AHUME: But... perhaps there's a way we can go back, and--

ARI: (face reddened, bellowing) PIIIIINK!!!!!

[Thyerata]

"I see that you've met the resident pot plant", comments Matthew

"Now", Matthew mused, "how to solve a problem like Keshiland" (OOC: to be sung to the Sound of Music song of equivalent name)

Albertine stares at Matthew, a look of utter horror dawning on her face.

"The Sound of Music now has Keshiland in it?" She asks, terror filling her voice, "and I though the Nazis were the worst part of the film!"

OOC: that did make me laugh

[Ransium]

Next round is on the Ransiumian delegation everyone!

[Potted Plants United]

Deandra, wandering over from the corner of the bar where she had been. "I myself was of questionable sanity before I came here, and the traveling I've done in my long life. And nice to meet both of you," she added to both Kasam and the hivemind.

"I am pleased to meet you, miss...?" the plant said, sticking a couple of thinner vines out from between the fronds covering most of the plant as though for a handshake. "Also, are you by any chance photosynthetic, or is the green skin pigment only?"

"It's nice to meet the both of you, too," she says, voice slightly muffled by the counter. She sits back up. "I am Kasam the Merchant-Ambassador. I'm here to make trade and diplomacy on the behalf of Khu Cua."

"Well met, Kasam. Though this may not be the best place to be a merchant. Most ambassadors come here to relax, and have been known to defenestrate people they find annoying. In my experience most people find salespersons annoying. What is Khu Cua, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Are you calling my cat insane?!!!" Jon shrieked, "Mr Fluffy doesn't like to be insulted. Isn't that right Mr. Fluffy"

In the hivemind's experience, cats - the four-legged organic variety anyway - were perhaps amongst the most sane creatures around the place, but it decided to not answer the mentally unhinged diplomat. Nobody that was shrieking so much (OOC: using more than one exclamation mark), could be entirely sane.

Next round is on the Ransiumian delegation everyone!

"A fertilizer shot mixed in a half a litre of water, thank you." When the "drink" arrived in jug, a couple of the thinner vines lifted it off the bar counter and withdrew it beneath the speaker plant's fronds.

[Willania Imperium]

Next round is on the Ransiumian delegation everyone!

Hooray! declares the Emperor as he holds up a glass of champagne! For your successful resolution! And the death of horrible ones!

[Giant Bats]

AHUME: We traveled back through space, but only space, not space and time. The ten weeks we spent practicing? Actually took ten weeks of time, not an hour or two.

(Ari covers his face with his hand and shakes his head.)

AHUME: But... perhaps there's a way we can go back, and--

ARI: (face reddened, bellowing) PIIIIINK!!!!!

Being noisy always attracted attention. Especially Tikrr attention. The giant bat-shaped carnivores had evolved to be curious and investigate loud noises, as they often meant food. And despite their size, they could move surprisingly soundlessly, especially after they had realized that there were places in the ceiling of the Strangers' Bar, where there were support beams that they could hang onto with their claws, and from where to quietly drop down from, without needing to open their wings very far.

Ikiti dropped down on the floor behind the one that was called Ahume. She had heard of these creatures before, despite not meeting them herself.

"Is the other one always so noisy?" she asked, or her translator device asked, while she scanned the male creature with her natural sonar.

[Lord Dominator]

Kasam stares first at the talking plant, then at the green woman. She then, very gently, leans forward and thunks her head against the counter. She wasn't used to seeing nonhumans or non baseline humans outside of the Markets, and these two were clearly not Market beings as they weren't trying to sell her anything.

"It's nice to meet the both of you, too," she says, voice slightly muffled by the counter. She sits back up. "I am Kasam the Merchant-Ambassador. I'm here to make trade and diplomacy on the behalf of Khu Cua."

"And nice to meet you. My name is Deandra. I can offer you no such oppurtunities in trade and diplomacy, as the country I represent has a few," Deandra pauses for a moment, "problems, but I'm sure other ambassadors may be aware of some opportunities with their countries."

"Are you calling my cat insane?!!!" Jon shrieked, "Mr Fluffy doesn't like to be insulted. Isn't that right Mr. Fluffy"

"Might I inquire as to the sapience of Mr. Fluffy? I've met talking cats here, and I feel it would be best to determine the status of Mr. Fluffy before dismissing your claims."

Next round is on the Ransiumian delegation everyone!

"Glad to hear it, and glad to hear of your resolutions passage ambassador."

Turning slightly, Deandra directed a request at the bar "Bartender something expensive with a nice strong bite if you please. Not literally of course."

Deandra, wandering over from the corner of the bar where she had been. "I myself was of questionable sanity before I came here, and the traveling I've done in my long life. And nice to meet both of you," she added to both Kasam and the hivemind.

"I am pleased to meet you, miss...?" the plant said, sticking a couple of thinner vines out from between the fronds covering most of the plant as though for a handshake. "Also, are you by any chance photosynthetic, or is the green skin pigment only?"

"Currently no, my skin is not photosynthetic," Deandra replied, "my name would be Deandra, and might I inquire if you possess a name?" She finished, taking the extended fronds in what she assumed was meant to be a handshake.

[Malayan Singapura]

Next round is on the Ransiumian delegation everyone!

ok ! i will take one. i will take a 96% ABV Wodka from Poland and some advice. How does this proposal process work and what is done as GA or SC Secretariat ? Been here for 2 months and i still do not get it

[Thermodolia]

"Are you calling my cat insane?!!!" Jon shrieked, "Mr Fluffy doesn't like to be insulted. Isn't that right Mr. Fluffy"

"Might I inquire as to the sapience of Mr. Fluffy? I've met talking cats here, and I feel it would be best to determine the status of Mr. Fluffy before dismissing your claims."

"Mr. Fluffy is a big white Persian cat, he doesn't like to be insulted."

OCC: Mr. Fluffy is just a regular cat he can't actually talk but Jon is insane and thinks he can.

[Malayan Singapura]

also, just how much storage is needed to keep this huge game runninhg with nonstop global forum and rmb messages ?

[Frisbeeteria]

also, just how much storage is needed to keep this huge game runninhg with nonstop global forum and rmb messages ?

I told you privately to stop posting random irrelevant stuff in random threads. Since you can't seem to grasp that, I'll make it public and give you a

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~ Frisbeeteria, Senior Game Moderator

[Malayan Singapura]

also, just how much storage is needed to keep this huge game runninhg with nonstop global forum and rmb messages ?

I told you privately to stop posting random irrelevant stuff in random threads. Since you can't seem to grasp that, I'll make it public and give you a

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~ Frisbeeteria, Senior Game Moderator

is this better then ?
~ Bartender, can you gimme some gin and tonic with lemon juice
~not much <glug> i think i can go for a few more glasses. Bartender !
~<glug times 5>
~well i should get going home

[Thyerata]

also, just how much storage is needed to keep this huge game runninhg with nonstop global forum and rmb messages ?

I told you privately to stop posting random irrelevant stuff in random threads. Since you can't seem to grasp that, I'll make it public and give you a

*** Warning for spamming ***

~ Frisbeeteria, Senior Game Moderator

*ahem*

Fris, his first post (asking about how GenSec works) was relevant to the wa...

[Willania Imperium]

I told you privately to stop posting random irrelevant stuff in random threads. Since you can't seem to grasp that, I'll make it public and give you a

*** Warning for spamming ***

~ Frisbeeteria, Senior Game Moderator

*ahem*

Fris, his first post (asking about how GenSec works) was relevant to the wa...

Although one was relevant, Mr Merriweather, the others were not. One was inquiring over some technical details, and the other was asking for advice for some "regional" events. The Emperor takes a sip from his champagne. The majority of his posts here was not relevant to this bar,
and so he got his just desserts.

[Thyerata]

*ahem*

Fris, his first post (asking about how GenSec works) was relevant to the wa...

Although one was relevant, Mr Merriweather, the others were not. One was inquiring over some technical details, and the other was asking for advice for some "regional" events. The Emperor takes a sip from his champagne. The majority of his posts here was not relevant to this bar,
and so he got his just desserts.

Point taken

Matthew returns to his never-ending supply of Thytian Earl Grey tea

[Potted Plants United]

"Currently no, my skin is not photosynthetic," Deandra replied, "my name would be Deandra, and might I inquire if you possess a name?" She finished, taking the extended fronds in what she assumed was meant to be a handshake.

"Neither I, the entity you are speaking with, nor the plant I am speaking through, have names the way single-thinkers name themselves. This plant is one of the second generation speaker plants, just like the leafsnake you may have seen previously was a second generation creeper vine. Those are more species or shape definitions than names," the plantmind explained. "On the other hand, I, the entity whose bodies these plants are, do not have a name because I do not need one. Even the nation name is only necessary for the sake of filling forms. As a result of the single-thinkers' obsession with names, I have a lot of nicknames, and don't mind being referred to by one of them."

[Skylus]

OOC- Would the TARDIS be unlocked?

[This City of Ours]

Next round is on the Ransiumian delegation everyone!

"I'll take a cup of whatever rotgut is fermenting in the back," Kasam says immediately. Never turn down a free drink!

"Well met, Kasam. Though this may not be the best place to be a merchant. Most ambassadors come here to relax, and have been known to defenestrate people they find annoying. In my experience most people find salespersons annoying. What is Khu Cua, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Well, I'm not exactly going to be marching up to random people asking if they want to see my wonders, though I did bring a few trinkets just in case. Part of being a good merchant is knowing when to buy, when to sell, and when to keep your mouth shut and move on. Khu Cua is the leader-by-inheritence of Laiispot, and the third of the name." She pauses for a moment to consider how much detail to go into. "Laiispot being a neighborhood in the Old District cluster, in the City. Decent place, slight organized crime problem we've been trying to curb, but hardly any petty gangs anymore. Khu Cua smashed them a few breaths back."

"And nice to meet you. My name is Deandra. I can offer you no such oppurtunities in trade and diplomacy, as the country I represent has a few," Deandra pauses for a moment, "problems, but I'm sure other ambassadors may be aware of some opportunities with their countries."

"I'll keep that in mind, Deandra," Kasam says politely. "I hope your problems come to be solved soon."

[The Puddle Jumping Wads of Wrapper]

Ikiti dropped down on the floor behind the one that was called Ahume. She had heard of these creatures before, despite not meeting them herself.

"Is the other one always so noisy?" she asked, or her translator device asked, while she scanned the male creature with her natural sonar.

(Ahume's eyes open wide for a just a moment. He shakes his head, until Ari lets loose another "PIIIIIINK!" Ahume then nods. Trying to divert his eyes from the giant bat, he scans the bar and notices Helen.)

AHUME: Wait, Ari, look, there's Helen, see?

ARI: SO?

AHUME: Well, if Helen's still here then maybe we're in the wrong timeline.

ARI: The wrong time...

AHUME: Yes, so, maybe we can go back to the past, and then once we're there we can move forward to now. But a different now. One where we've already performed in the finals. I think. Maybe.

ARI: PIIIIINK!!!!!!

[Wallenburg]

ARI: (face reddened, bellowing) PIIIIINK!!!!!

Trevanyika, who has spent a good while sharing drinks with Kelvin, turns her head. She recognizes the strained voice of Wad Ari shouting at the bar.

AHUME: Wait, Ari, look, there's Helen, see?

ARI: SO?

AHUME: Well, if Helen's still here then maybe we're in the wrong timeline.

ARI: The wrong time...

AHUME: Yes, so, maybe we can go back to the past, and then once we're there we can move forward to now. But a different now. One where we've already performed in the finals. I think. Maybe.

Ahume notices Trevanyika, and Trevanyika notices him noticing her. "Excuse me, dear, I'll be right back." She leaves Kelvin with the drinks and approaches the Wads.

ARI: PIIIIINK!!!!!!

Helen laughs a bit, smiling at Ari's antics. "It's good to see you two again. What are you looking for Ambassador Pink for? I don't think he does karaoke."

[Malayan Singapura]

i need some shots of strong stuff. one of my best friends is not going to be active for a few moths.
fill er up bartender
anyone can tell me what i can discuss here thats ok?

[Malayan Singapura]

this is about a man who had a lot of friends. but thanks to one huge mistake, Justin Wong became a washed up man desperate for strong drinks.he went to the bar drinking himself silly to alieve some pains. though improving, in some aspects it became worse. he saw a car with happy go lucky friends go by. 'sigh. i really need to get out more"' hey bartender, i would like a cocktail with all acohol you can possibpy add. here, a 1000 dollar bill.

[Wallenburg]

i need some shots of strong stuff. one of my best friends is not going to be active for a few moths.
fill er up bartender
anyone can tell me what i can discuss here thats ok?

"Well I'm no regular to this place, but I would say that anything related to General Assembly affairs or the lives of the people working here are up for discussion, depending on how talkative ambassadors are." Kelvin notices the tired, defeated expression on the stranger's face. "Say, who are you? An ambassador? Visitor? You have anything you'd like to talk about?"