[Event Post]

[magmaheart]

Probably before demons started invading Domino (or during, Geo's open through 'natural disasters' and 'monster attacks.') you can find him sitting near the back of the bar, looking... quite distressed. He punches numbers into a calculator over and over, then letting out just... the worst noises.

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[loggedinlauren]

Sober? Rest in peace, that dude.

...Trena got all this?

[magmaheart]

"Ya, uh. Have to.. meet my pops. It's hard to explain Kaz ta someone who ain't ever met him before.

... Yeah. An increase of 16.7% in food sales! WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN."

Deep breath.

"My... business runs on the whims of my insane family, is what's horrible about all of this."

[loggedinlauren]

Does she eat all of it here? Sylvia might be responsible for some of that.

[magmaheart]

"Mm. True.

Your sister eats like a normal person, I'm pretty sure. Trena eats like she's four normal people swallowed by a ravenous dragon."

[loggedinlauren]

...Do you sell strawberry candy here? Or strawberry anything?

[magmaheart]

"...Nah, nothing that she can have legally's got strawberry. I guess I could start making SOMETHING with that, if she'd like it. I've been gettin' alot of teens in here lately too..."

[loggedinlauren]

Sylv's probably not messing with it too much then. Does she come here a lot?

[magmaheart]

He shrugs.

"Not a whole lot? Seems to be mostly LDS kids, which kinda makes sense. They're in town after all, don't have to take the tram from the island and back."

He gestures vaguely.

"But I give the kids discounts where I can, I remember being in Red and the stuff they called... food. I ate it because I was an idiot, but man, not surprised if that's given me super powers or something."

He laughs.

"Besides, ya were saying something about hiding from your sisters? As a fellow eldest sibling, I can sympathize about hiding from sisters for... a little while."

[loggedinlauren]

*She stares off into space and thinks for a bit*

...I guess I am the eldest sibling now, huh. That's weird. My big sister came back from the dead, is now my little sister and also a shitty roommate. That's... huh.

Do you have advice for when throwing Sylvia at her to sneak out stops working?

[magmaheart]

"Welcome to Domino, Lauren. I'd give ya a shirt, but my wife's moth ate them all. They were real clever. 'Weird shit happened to me and all my bartender gave me was this awful shirt.'

... Wait, she's trying to sneak out? ... why?"

[loggedinlauren]

*She chuckles a bit, this is probably the first time you've seen her show any emotion other than indifference*

No, I'm the one sneaking out. They're a lot to handle, but they kinda mellow each other out. It's weird.

[magmaheart]

"Ah! The classic, 'sic sisters on each other and pray they don't notice me' gambit. I've... become familiar."

He stares off for... a little while.

"I, uh. Just tell them the truth. Ya need a little space. They're family. They're gonna need to respect that. Alone time to hang out somewhere quiet is important, I'm guessing. Even if they can't comprehend it, they've gotta respect it."

[loggedinlauren]

...I guess so. I feel weird talking to them about stuff. I basically have to babysit Kelly and Sylvia's just... Sylvia. Like... someone's gotta be normal, you know?

[magmaheart]

"Spoilers. No one's completely normal, Lauren. I mean, I understand the being the responsible one completely. I've got this place, a wife and a..."

Waves a hand.

"Anyway. I feel like... Kelly's gonna get better as this whole situation kinda resolves, yeah? And Sylvia's just a kid. Of course there's some stuff ya can't talk to them about."

[loggedinlauren]

Kelly does seem better since we got back from the states. Sylvia does too. She's still her, but like... they are both going through stuff. I'm just trying to keep them fed.

*She sighs*

Thanks for talking to me about this stuff. I usually only have Mako for this kinda thing.

Do you like... mind if I drag my sisters here sometime? After you get some strawberry junk, of course.

[magmaheart]

"Yeah. I getcha, sometimes they gotta struggle through stuff and learn lessons themselves. ... For Sylvia. Kelly's seems way different.

...Mako? And, uh... Yeah. They're definitely welcome. I'll figure out some drinks or something for 'em..."

[loggedinlauren]

They'll be fine. They've both survived worse, you know?

Oh, uh, Mako's a coworker. I hang out with her when I need to borrow her apartment for summoning demons and stuff.

[magmaheart]

"... Yeah, I guess.

... Oh, alright."

[loggedinlauren]

...I'm kidding. Mostly.

[magmaheart]

"... That's, uh. Pretty common place. I hear if you chant Cosmo backwards and offer red wine or cheesecake, you can make a faustian pact with a devil."

[loggedinlauren]

Mmm, I'll pass. I'm kinda done with that now. I got involved enough in super natural stuff to do one thing that I basically kicked it's ass so hard I brought someone back from the dead, so...

Quitting while I'm ahead, you know?

[magmaheart]

"Yeah, well...

It's one of those... When ya stick your foot into it, it's on ya forever things, y'know? The weirdness, I mean."

[loggedinlauren]

We were kinda born with weirdness, I like to think of this as... shaking it off.

Plus, Sylvia just kinda... started talking to the person that was in charge of that thing and she didn't really seem to give a shit that we killed him, so.

*She holds up her hand and crosses her fingers*

Hoping we're in the clear.

[magmaheart]

"...I hope that's true. I thought I was out and then Trendafilka brought in... A mess of other stuff, that's not just her. Think I'm being sucked back in, slowly and surely.

...Really? Man. I hope so too. That means... Huh. That's hopefully not ominous."

[loggedinlauren]

It was really really weird.

*She sighs*

Like, the demon girl made some post somewhere going like 'who killed my evil demon butler' and Sylvia just went 'I did it, me me me!' because Sylvia is kind of an idiot sometimes. But it's probably resolved.