video; @crowley

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

This isn't London either.

[That much, it would seem, is completely obvious... but the young man on the screen isn't addressing his audience when he says it. He looks like he's just stepped out of the decontamination area after retrieving his belongings and more or less booking it away, and he doesn't look like he's impressed with any of this despite the dark sunglasses concealing his eyes.]

Look, this is getting ridiculous-- and don't tell me, people here haven't figured out a way to get the-- Somewhere back home either?

[He pulls in a breath, sharply and through his teeth, and grimaces.]

At least tell me there's a decent bar.

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text; @GothyGlam2003

[livingdeadgirl]

boy we are just swimming in new people lately arent we
hello and welcome to anchor!
unfortunately no we have not figured out a way back
as to the quality of the bar
i cannot say for sure
since i dont drink
however i suspect it will depend heavily on how you feel about tequila sunrises

@KaballsDeep | Audio

[kaballin]

The bar fucking sucks. The bartender only knows how to make tequila sunrises and gets pissed when you go behind the bar to pour your own shit.

Shitty service. Crappy labels. Everything bad.

So you know, welcome to Anchor or whatever.

video @Yamamoto

[tsuyoi_ame]

Yo! I don't know about a bar, I can ask Genji for you. There's way to get home but people are working on it I'm sure. For now, welcome to Anchor, it's a pretty cool place.

[He doesn't mind it here and seems relatively happy as he smiles at the video.]

[Video, @Aziraphale]

[uptogood]

[ Look at him, figuring out the fancy tech so quickly. Crowley should be proud. ]

Crowley! Thank goodness you're here too. Where are you?

[ He won't be too far, because he's only just got here. Doesn't mean he can tell one of these streets from the other and tell Crowley's just gotten out of the decontamination area. ]

@Smoking.Bomb: Audio

[bakudan_bambino]

Unless you can open up a portal back to wherever you came from, you're probably stuck here like the rest of us.

There's a bar.

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

Why tequila sunrises, specifically...

[Curious minds need to know.]

[livingdeadgirl]

its the only thing the bartender robot will make
no one knows why
is it a simple malfunction?
revenge for some long forgotten slight?
or does he resent his customers for their ability to take time off and get plastered
when he himself can do neither?
it is a mystery for the ages

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

Cheers, I think.

[He doesn't sound entirely sure that he ought to be thanking anyone just yet.]

I'm used to being self-sufficient.

[kaballin]

Then maybe it'll remind you of home or someshit. If home is a badly decorated sci-fi prop anyway.

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

Yeah, that'd be really handy.

[But hey, good news.]

Any decent wine?

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

[He's super proud. Wow. So proud.]

Er.

[Crowley looks behind him. Just where is he, anyway?]

Just got here. Their introduction session could use some work.

[bakudan_bambino]

It would. I can think of a bunch of people I'd push through that portal.

Mn, I haven't actually been there yet. I'd be willing to go and distract the robot bartender so you can grab something, though. [He's been getting bored, ok?]

[uptogood]

It's still an improvement from the City, I'd say. Let me see if I remember where that is.

[ It should just be back the way he came, but he wouldn't be surprised if he managed to get lost anyway. ]

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

Thanks. Can think of about a hundred places I'd rather be.

[Even fifteenth century Spain would be fine. He'd take the shock of seeing what humans were managing to do to each other all over again if it meant he could stop universe-hopping.]

Don't suppose you've seen someone 'round here calling himself Aziraphale? Looks around forty, blue eyes, blond?

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

I'm going with revenge.
Adds some flavour to the story.

[livingdeadgirl]

now if only it added some flavor to the drinks
im ami by the way whats your name

[tsuyoi_ame]

It's not so bad here, I've seen worse!

[It's true, crazy as it sounds life on Anchor is mundane compared to what he is used to.]

Nope, never seen the guy. Genji said it depends on what you like to drink on the bar.

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

Not the last time I checked. This place feels better than the last one I was in, anyway.

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

This robot bartender protective of the stock?

[He could probably come up with a distraction on his own, but...]

Eh, why not. I'm game if you are.

[bakudan_bambino]

Maybe? It's either that, or it's just not working properly. I'd think most bartenders wouldn't be happy with a patron getting behind the bar uninvited, though.

[Gokudera would love to see that, but he's great at getting into trouble.]

Sure. Might grab a drink as well. [He's hoping there is sake or soju. It'd be fun to get the baseball idiot drunk. It'd be even more fun to get drunk with him.]

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

[Crowley makes a disgruntled sound - one that he doesn't quite mean to let out but escapes anyway - and plants his back firmly against the nearest wall.]

Have you been here for weeks without me again?

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

Crowley.

[Like the UN. He's doesn't have the time to be creative with that.]

Anthony J Crowley. I'd say it's a pleasure but I haven't decided how badly I don't want to be here yet.

[kaballin]

How bad was it? Cuz someone told me they came from a place that ran on hugs - which I think might be the worst thing I've ever heard.

[uptogood]

Oh, no! I only just arrived too. I'm still on the same floor, I think.

[saunteredvaguelydownwards]

[Crowley has felt worse. The place he came from had a certain something about it that he'd never been able to put his finger on completely, but he'd almost grown used to it and he can feel the absence of it now.

Like the loss of something strange and oppressive in the air.]

Red wine, but I'm picky. [He likes the fine things.] Or whiskey. Less picky about whiskey.