THE JARS THAT BLEED BEFORE THEY BREAK.

[glassjar]

Congrats! You've somehow stumbled upon the pocket dimension where five people with questionable morals (some more questionable than others) live and operate. Are you here on business? Do you have an appointment? Or are you here to see a friend? (Come on, don't make us laugh.)

Maybe you're here on accident due to some multiversal, magical, or otherwise supernatural nonsense? It's happened before, it was bound to happen again.

You can wander towards the house, see if anyone's home. Or you can explore the lush grounds, and maybe run across the wolfman groundskeeper who might try to usher you out towards the nearest portal, anyway. The world is your oyster, just try to be a good guest.

Comments

[ghostpranks]

[Jake thinks that making a golem and making ceramics aren't even on the same level. Or the same universe. There's definitely a gap of information missing here.

Similar to Iona doesn't help much, either, because he doesn't really know Iona. Other than the fact that she's got a hell of a strong, gemstone arm.]

Meet her? Maybe. Oren popped in without warning, why not two uninvited people?

[don't look at that thread with thomas, jake]

[nerine]

[Monts laughs when she imagines Oren just standing there uninvited, wherever Jacob and the rest of the group hideout. He would do that wouldn't he?]

He's very stubborn, isn't he? Hope he didn't try to clean up your place.

[ghostpranks]

[It's basically what he did. Or so he was told by his brother.]

From what I heard, he was in a hurry to leave.

[nerine]

Oren? In a hurry? Perish the thought.

[It is weird how Oren had found them and hadn't told Iona anything. In a way, it didn't seem like him but Monts has worked it out that he's probably doing it for Iona's sake; a sort of "ends justify the means" sort of thing.]

I think it's just that he had a set schedule in his mind to get through when he visited you and he stuck to that. He's not one to waste his punches, if that makes any sense.

[ghostpranks]

So we were just a pit stop in the middle of his busy day.

[Figures.]

...Probably for the best.

[nerine]

What? Did you want him to invade your home with a mop and cleaner sprays, lecturing you on how terrible the upkeep has been?

[ghostpranks]

[Rude???]

Hell no. Terrible upkeep? I keep a clean house, thank you very much.

[nerine]

Oh, are you a stress cleaner too? See you have something in common!

[Monts is a playful teaser, no one is safe.]

Anyway, if you have a door to this cafe you'll have another place to destress. Just don't be mean, 'kay?

[ghostpranks]

[She teases… but he is.]

Very funny.

Yeah, yeah. So does the door just appear whenever I want it to, or is it random…?

[nerine]

[oren should have gifted him the mr. clean magic erasers...

Monts shakes her head.]

You can't will the door into existence. It already exists everywhere and anytime. So basically, yeah, it's random. Maybe it does appear more often to people who seek it out but it just kind of is there on its own time.

[ghostpranks]

Sounds like a pain in the ass for the employees. You must have some weird hours if anyone from any universe can drop by at random.

Do you think the door will appear again to any of the others…? Back where I’m from.

[nerine]

Not that there are many employees. It's Oren, Iona, me, and one other guy!

[Sorry Michael...]

We try to be open consistently on weekends but the hours are definitely all over the place. I mean, I'm running everything here by myself right now. Oren's finishing up some errands, and Iona has some finals to finish up...

I'm their first actual employee so they're okay with me being alone in the Grind.

[ghostpranks]

[rip michael at least call him the boyfriend instead of the "other guy"....]

At least you seem comfortable enough being by yourself. And to be honest? I like it when it's kinda dead in here.

[He enjoys the quiet. Works for him.]

[nerine]

Yeah, the quiet and dead moments are kind of nice.

But then there are the fun weekends where we get bears!

[yes]

You should totally stick around one day to see them.

[ghostpranks]

[um.]

…bears?

[nerine]

Bears!

I know you can barely believe it right?

[this is the only bear pun i promise]

They're quite an interesting group. They don't come by that often but when they do, it's always fun.

[ghostpranks]

[He makes a face at the pun. THIS TELLS HIM NOTHING.]

A group of bears. Do they... talk?

[nerine]

They do! But for the rest of the really cool details, you'll just have to come back some other night.

[not so subtle way to get a repeat customer, might as well enjoy it while it lasts!!]

[ghostpranks]

Uh-huh.

It sounds like you're just trying to get more money out of me.

[But he is curious now.]