Shortly after Guybrush...

[misery_hates_company]

[VIDEO]

...Blithering idiots aside, this plan they've sent us is ridiculous. Honestly, are we solving our problems by wishing on fairy stories now? Next thing we know we're going to try to spread a rumor that bending over three times and clucking like a chicken will restore the world back to its original state.

Preposterous. I thought maybe the leadership of this city would be brighter than the Anoli. I suppose that was optimistic.

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[otakuro]

Then I challenge you to a d-d-duel!

...Whoa, sorry, jogged the screen there for a second. But if you're going to enter, maybe we'll face each other sometime.

[misery_hates_company]

Perhaps we will! I don't intend to lose, however. Just a warning.

[otakuro]

Right back atcha. I'd tell you to look up the strongest demon lords of my world for reference, but they're kinda all dead.

...

Shouldn't we be more worried about the Anoli, though?

[misery_hates_company]

Yes, yes, but we might as well have some fun before the inevitable disaster, yes?

[otakuro]

Who knows? Maybe we'll even get through the whole tournament and they'll attack at the awards ceremony. Kidnap the guys who win trophies and force them to work for 'em.

[misery_hates_company]

That would be a rather inane plan. Which is why I wouldn't put it past them.

[otakuro]

Hey, they're low on members, right? You'd think they'd have tried to recruit us before this...

[misery_hates_company]

Perhaps they already have, and we just don't know it because we're not the ones approached! I certainly HOPE they have better sense than to approach ME with that sort of nonsense, at least.

[otakuro]

I guess that's fair, but, I mean, I'd clearly be the first choice for a recruitment scheme. Who else has as much experience playing video games as I do?

[misery_hates_company]

On the other hand, surely someone who plays as much as you do, assuming such things DO have any reflection on reality, would be the one most suited towards sounding the alarm with an understanding of the potential consequences, yes?

[otakuro]

That's genre savviness for you.

There was a guy around when we first arrived who wanted to know how to join up. You think he ever got an answer?

[misery_hates_company]

Who can say? Perhaps that's why we haven't heard from him. He didn't make the cut, or something. Ho ho.

[otakuro]

That's pretty harsh. Let's hope it's just that he never found the right people....

I was almost ticked off enough to trace him through the network, but I never got around to it in the end.