[ oh! he hurries back out of the kitchen when he hears her, and... immediately flushes a little when he gets hit by that emotion despite knowing it's nothing personal. pushes that aside, it's fine. ]
Yep, sure am.
[ he waves her in and steps out of the way so she can get a good look around. it's both bigger and a lot cosier than it was when it was just the bar, it smells delicious all the time, and it's got its little stage and instrument setup off toward the back. ]
[ he looks back at it himself and smiles, his emotions fond and proud. ]
...And yeah, it's been real nice seein' people take to it as well as they have. Never expected we'd end up with Thursday night groups as big as we did. Bunch of us took turns singin' up there on the stage one week. Had a proper good time in spite of what we knew was coming.
[ the last time was not that nice because 80% of the people there were bleeding cyoa returns, but. ]
Thanks. [ that's pretty much what they'd wanted. "every night, just us and our best mates livin' it up." ] We'd talked about openin' up a place like that back in our world, too. Just never got the chance before.
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week 7, tuesday
Del, are you here?
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Yep, sure am.
[ he waves her in and steps out of the way so she can get a good look around. it's both bigger and a lot cosier than it was when it was just the bar, it smells delicious all the time, and it's got its little stage and instrument setup off toward the back. ]
Pretty nice, right?
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[ she means it sincerely, as she glances at all the new additions. she comes back to him once she's done looking. ]
You and Basilio have made it so welcoming. It's no wonder people gather so easily here.
[ all those big tavern curfews... ]
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[ he looks back at it himself and smiles, his emotions fond and proud. ]
...And yeah, it's been real nice seein' people take to it as well as they have. Never expected we'd end up with Thursday night groups as big as we did. Bunch of us took turns singin' up there on the stage one week. Had a proper good time in spite of what we knew was coming.
[ the last time was not that nice because 80% of the people there were bleeding cyoa returns, but. ]
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That sounds like it was so much fun. There's no lack of community here. You and your brother fostered something unique and lovely here.
You are right to be proud of it.
[ it's not their fault there were so many cyoas..... ]
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