... ?

--G.
"I'm not following you, Jonesy."
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I think Verbena is conflating the bottle show/episode trope with the 'dump a bunch of strangers into a relatively small space, stir occasionally for drama' genre of pseudo-reality shows, like the one actually called Big Brother.

	-={(Astynax)}=- "This Space For Rent."

Oh.

No no, plague lockdown, not fake-gameshow lockdown.

--G.
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Ah. Well, Astynax was exactly correct, but the truth is I don't watch any of those shows. I admit, some conflation may have been happening. =)

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To be fair, they're not having a frantic world-forgetting bacchanalium at Scarlet Devil Mansion. At least not until Gryph and Meiling finally get the dang bath working.

--G.
honestly, they're really having to earn that scene in this series
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"Aye aye, cap'n!"

*creeeeeak*

"All gauges reporting nominal, captain!"

*clonk clonk clongclongclongclongclong*

"Excellent! Full steam ahead, if you would!"

*clonkclonkclonkclonkclonkclonk hssssss*

Gryphon smiled, broad as morning. "Now then, gentlewomen of the household, if you would be so kind as to get ready, the Fusonese bath will await-"

*clonkclonkgroOoOoAaAaAanwhuddawhuddawhuddawhuddaclankptangvssst*

Gryphon's smile suddenly became more fixed. "Er, Meiling, is everything okay?"

"Oh yeah, 's'all good!"

*gronkagronkacreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeak*

"Belay that belay that BELAY THAT-"

*spadonkbamPTOIOIOIOIOIOING*

Remilia, Flandre, and Sakuya smiled at Gryphon, and at the gently-described arc of Meiling as she was propelled backwards through the air behind him, smashing through an elderly door and disappearing from view.

"Ah," said Gryphon.

Flandre tapped her cheek. "Wasn't that the door to the garderobe?"

"Oh," said Gryphon.

"Are we therefore to assume that tonight's Fusonese bath will be postponed?"

"Er... yes," said Gryphon, somewhat sheepishly.

And then, sounding like a kitten if it was in a tin bath at the bottom of a well, Meiling's plaintive voice echoed up and said "Gryphon? I don't wanna be chief bathing engineer no more."

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"She's old, she's lame, she's barren too, // "She's not worth feed or hay, // "But I'll give her this," - he blew smoke at me - // "She was something in her day." -- Garnet Rogers, Small Victory

FiMFiction.net: we might accept blatant porn involving the cast of My Little Pony but as God is my witness we have standards.

The last one was really sad so I thought I'd try and make yall laugh instead. =]

Poor Meiling.

>"Oh," said Gryphon.
>
>"Are we therefore to assume that tonight's Fusonese bath will be
>postponed?"
>
>"Er... yes," said Gryphon, somewhat sheepishly.
>

It hasn't yet crossed the threshold, but the bath situation has the makings of a running joke. I expect it will get settled before that point, but it might get really close first.

	-={(Astynax)}=- "What are the odds on there being a disgruntled fire elemental that needs to be appeased to get the thing working again?"

Ha, I hadn't thought of that. There's precedent in the house, too, what with how the organ works. :)

--G.
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To be fair, it is in hopes of avoiding just such a scenario that they're tearing the whole thing out and building a better one. :)

--G.
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