5.03.2006
Day 4, Afternoon: We Meet Again
Well sure enough, Coffee Chateau is there in the guidebook. Says it's over in Terminal K, that's off of Y... instead of heading up and to the right towards J (the hobbit terminal), you go up and to the left to terminal K. Terminal K apparently in days of yore was supposed to be the Lawful Good terminal, but too many LGers went off to the Seven Heavens when they died, so the place was pretty empty, and spillover from other terminals eventually took over. Coffee Chateau features eight different blends of free-trade bean and one of the only internet connections in all of Hello.
Off you go.
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You follow the walking tour, and really can't miss the place. Terminal K is pretty far out... like an Ohio mall's version of Heaven. Fake angels, a waterfall fresco, inspirational mottos on plaques on the wall, there's a lot of corny stuff here. Oh, there's the 'Successories' store. Coffee Chateau seems to be a major hangout. The place is packed. More than packed, there's a huge mob of people- humans and humanoids, modrons, elementals, a stirge, three wights, a pack of ogrillions, a crypt thing, a rot grub, you get the picture. Everyone in Hello is waiting for coffee, or to use the internet connection.
At first you despair about finding Vrill in this place. You look around the crowd, then decide to hang out outside, maybe he'll show up. Then you hear an unmistakable voice.
"Shit. Well god DAMN it. God, you know... I ordered a caramel-mocha Javalache with HALF soy and HALF nonfat milk. And this... god. This is just ALL SOY. Now I know why you didn't go to heaven when you died. Because you can't MAKE A GODDAMN CUP OF COFFEE. Is it so hard to listen? Is it... oh nevermind. No it's FINE."
"Hey no I'm not done. Didn't you see me? I was the guy just in line ahead of you. 30 minutes pal. Would you... yes, please, thanks, yeah thanks a lot. Yes, that's my 'home page' so to speak. Look, can this wait until I've checked my freaking EMAIL? Thanks."
"Let's see here. Death knight... ha ha, that was a good one. God their DM sure is chatty. Wait a sec... Abby? Oh no... what the? HELLO AIRPORT? When the hell did this... Shi Jukka? Jim the robot? Coffee Chat... oh hell no. HELL NO."
You've been trying to push through the grumbling, impatient, massive crowd. Finally you get up towards the interior of Coffee Chateau, only to see- sure enough- your old pal Gregory Vrill standing up from an old PC terminal, spilling his coffee in haste. He looks right at you with a look of complete shock, flips you off, and casts a spell... disappearing.
The gargoyle next in line is taken aback, but then heads closer to the computer terminal.
Off you go.
...
You follow the walking tour, and really can't miss the place. Terminal K is pretty far out... like an Ohio mall's version of Heaven. Fake angels, a waterfall fresco, inspirational mottos on plaques on the wall, there's a lot of corny stuff here. Oh, there's the 'Successories' store. Coffee Chateau seems to be a major hangout. The place is packed. More than packed, there's a huge mob of people- humans and humanoids, modrons, elementals, a stirge, three wights, a pack of ogrillions, a crypt thing, a rot grub, you get the picture. Everyone in Hello is waiting for coffee, or to use the internet connection.
At first you despair about finding Vrill in this place. You look around the crowd, then decide to hang out outside, maybe he'll show up. Then you hear an unmistakable voice.
"Shit. Well god DAMN it. God, you know... I ordered a caramel-mocha Javalache with HALF soy and HALF nonfat milk. And this... god. This is just ALL SOY. Now I know why you didn't go to heaven when you died. Because you can't MAKE A GODDAMN CUP OF COFFEE. Is it so hard to listen? Is it... oh nevermind. No it's FINE."
"Hey no I'm not done. Didn't you see me? I was the guy just in line ahead of you. 30 minutes pal. Would you... yes, please, thanks, yeah thanks a lot. Yes, that's my 'home page' so to speak. Look, can this wait until I've checked my freaking EMAIL? Thanks."
"Let's see here. Death knight... ha ha, that was a good one. God their DM sure is chatty. Wait a sec... Abby? Oh no... what the? HELLO AIRPORT? When the hell did this... Shi Jukka? Jim the robot? Coffee Chat... oh hell no. HELL NO."
You've been trying to push through the grumbling, impatient, massive crowd. Finally you get up towards the interior of Coffee Chateau, only to see- sure enough- your old pal Gregory Vrill standing up from an old PC terminal, spilling his coffee in haste. He looks right at you with a look of complete shock, flips you off, and casts a spell... disappearing.
The gargoyle next in line is taken aback, but then heads closer to the computer terminal.
