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[razethebar]

WHAT in person or whatever
WHERE outside LuXe or wherever
WHEN Day 2??

[ Just outside LuXe, Handsome Jack is observing a hapless NPC erect a cardboard standee that looks like Jack, holding a cup of coffee, only at like 150% scale. ]

Yeah, that looks great, I don't know why you're looking so skeptical, Jimmy. People are gonna see that and be like, wow, that definitely looks like a guy I want to sleep with slash be, but if the closest I can get is buying coffee here, I am definitely going to do that right now. Trust me.

[ Or maybe you're elsewhere, I'm not the boss of you. Unless I am. ]

Comments

[keijournal]

[Wanders out of the shop to look at how the set up is going.]

Oh, it's... bigger, than I thought it would be.

[razethebar]

I hear that one a lot. If you know what I mean.

[ he chuckles to himself. hilarious. ]

It's actually a little smaller than I'd usually go for? But I didn't want it to be too overwhelming.

[twicebonded]

It's very . . . eye-catching.

[mindinthegittern]

It certainly makes an impression.

[eforeveryone]

[holy shit. Staring. Also clearly wearing The Opponent's apron.]

[razethebar]

[he notices him after a moment]

What, what is this, corporate espionage? If you're gonna steal my ideas, you should really be doing it a little more covertly than that, kid. Maybe change out of your work getup at least.

[twicebonded]

[this guy is slowing down, pausing to just . . . stare for a moment. that's . . . not something you see every day]

[razethebar]

Nice. It's already dazzling the passers-by. I know it's hard to believe, but you too can drink the same coffee Handsome Jack does, just inside here.

[abardacttofollow]

[gestures from nearby COME THIS WAY, GET AWAY FROM IT]

[mindinthegittern]

It's still here. Where are the vandals when you need them?

[later]

[twicebonded]

[a little while later, Vanyel and Stef are going to make their way to Heavenly Grounds instead, sorry LuXe]

[mindinthegittern]

...larger than life, literally.

[i came here on purpose but hmm]

[razethebar]

Yeah, I think it really captures what it feels like to be in my presence.

[abardacttofollow]

Medren.

[appliedscience]

[ walking up to the store and watching this happen]

What, didn't want to spring for the granite?

[razethebar]

I am a fan of statues, but I'll save that when we can upgrade to a place with a real plaza or something to put it in. Wouldn't want to make things too cramped.

[cannonbeauty]

How does drinking coffee equate to either of the things that were previously mentioned?

[ Maybe if she tilts her head a little at the cardboard cutout, things will make more sense.

. . .

hmmhmm. ]

[razethebar]

[he just looks at her for a moment, and then points at the coffee cup in the standee's hand]

See. I'm drinking coffee here, do you see? So, if you buy a coffee, it's like touching a thing that I touched. Try to keep up, it's not that hard.

[splashofbourbon]

[McCree has been wandering around town, checking out places that are hiring. He takes one look at that display and just sort of. pauses. considers.]

You know, think I'll try my luck elsewhere.

[mindinthegittern]

I'm considering following Vanyel's lead and signing on as a farmhand at this point.

[razethebar]

Not up to the challenge, huh? That's alright, not everyone is.

[abardacttofollow]

[Stef is sitting on a street corner—not near LuXe, not after seeing that—and playing Johnny Cash's I Walk The Line ... on a mideval gittern, tapping along where the drum line goes, singing along]

[He's got a beautiful voice, like, chillingly. You can really hear a sense of ache and devotion, enough to feel it yourself. This might relate to the little cardboard sign he has set up on his open gittern case: Warning: Musical content will really make you feel things! I'm turning it down, but please keep the experience in mind!

Give him some coinage?]

[splashofbourbon]

[McCree is totally ready to give you money Stef, but you're going to have to excuse him for a moment because he's completely caught up in the emotion of the performance, watching with a sort of silent awe until he finishes.]

[foretasted]

[why does this child have a fucking gittern

is what this guy seems to be focusing on, anyway— Stef's instrument, that is. he seems almost entirely unaffected by more forcefully emotive part of music anyway, which might be kind of weird. he's polite enough to wait until Stef's finished before speaking anyway.]

That's an interesting instrument you have.

[chasethedragon]

[ if he feels anything from it, he doesn't show it on his face.

but he does wait until he's done playing to speak. ]

You're quite the musician.