Bartending live

[noteablekiller]

Who: You
Where: The lobby
When: Day 87

[Codex is on camera, speaking to everyone from the lobby, it's obvious he's arranged chairs and set out glasses to facilitate some bar tending]

Did anyone receive fanmail they'd like to respond to? If so, come down to the lobby and use BARiTONES live, we'll be providing free drinks for anyone responding publicly to their mail.

Think of this as a way to encourage the sort of audience engagement you're interested in. I realize fanmail is often... invasive, but I'm sure most of you have fans you wouldn't mind hearing from again.


[You are free to assume you already got a drink from Codex and are sitting down to address mail, or to top level a comment to Codex and he'll respond!]

Comments

[theyregooddogs]

The alpaca was cute.

[and side glancing at Codex, i did the thing]

[noteablekiller]

You got an alpaca...?

[getting a glass out]

What will you have?

[theyregooddogs]

Bourbon. And the whole team got them. Stuffed ones.

[noteablekiller]

[pouring him a glass]

Lilis has a mascot animal now?

[theyregooddogs]

If they want it . . .

[noteablekiller]

Did the others like them?

[hands slides him the glass]

[theyregooddogs]

[taking, small sip]

Yeah, they were taken with them.

[noteablekiller]

Then you might have a mascot.

I'm glad they got something nice.

[theyregooddogs]

Well, I didn't check their letters. So, who knows what the audience is saying. But they've got that much, at least.

[tradesecret]

[ even if she might not look old enough to drink, don't worry, her profile says she's legal (whatever that means) ]

Oh, I'm a little jealous. Not that our fanmail is all that bad.

[theyregooddogs]

You're new. Give them time. If you want toys, try being cuter?

[tradesecret]

Spoken like a veteran of many a fanmail haul.

[theyregooddogs]

Not that many, exactly. Just — A few.

[tradesecret]

[ oh. Huh. ]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[theyregooddogs]

[glancing up, blinking as he thinks]

Good. The more information, the easier it is to establish a pattern.

[tradesecret]

You mean like understanding what our fan base is like and what kind of content they're looking for?

[theyregooddogs]

Not that narrow . . . Haven't seen anything that points to fans having any sort of control over us.

[purrrnicious]

[Hmhmhm, someone from Lilis. . .]

Oh? You got presents? How much sucking up do you gotta do for that?

[theyregooddogs]

None. I generally don't have much to say or do with the audience.

[purrrnicious]

Something for nothing, then. Sounds like a winning strategy.

[theyregooddogs]

Gets me alpacas and severed legs.

[purrrnicious]

What? Why do people keep talking to me about severed limbs today? What's wrong with all of you?

[theyregooddogs]

Because roughly ten of us ended up with human parts in our fan mail one time. It stays with you.

[purrrnicious]

[UM. GROSS.]

Seriously? Wow, okay, so why do we accept mail from the "audience" again? Joker's bonfire idea kind of seems like it should be our go-to.

[theyregooddogs]

Have to pick it up to throw it in. Also, comes whether we do anything or not, so it's not really an option.