Day 2, continued

[kentucky_mcgiygas]

[ Around lunchtime, the tablets and screens located all around the studio turn on, in the way that they always do when the mascots have something to announce. Unusually, however, there is no music, no fanfare; the camera is out of focus, and Ronald doesn’t even seem to be looking at it. Instead, he's turned to King, ]

—supposed to be 40! What the McFuck are you doing? Can you even count?

[ The King stares. ]

You gave out 41! The Colonel would never screw up like that!

[ The King stares. ]

And what's this, "Quarter Pounder or Whopper" garbage? Those aren't equivalent burgers, you fake-grill-line-adding piece of shit! I'd better not see this referencing this in your next ad campaign!

[ The King offers a Whopper. Ronald McDonald smacks it out of his hand. He starts to yell again, but cuts himself off, turning his head toward the camera. ]

—Are we rolling!? Grimace, kill the feed!

[ The screens switch off. ]

((lol I goofed, there are actually 41 votes to go around.

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[keybroad]

Maybe there's a beach at the hotel?

[The atmosphere already feels pretty relaxed.]

[manuscripture]

It's from a movie...

[keybroad]

Ah, sorry, guess I haven't seen it.

[manuscripture]

I've come to find that not everyone even comes from the same universe. It might not even exist where you are from.

I was just picking a phrase that was better than JUST good luck.

[keybroad]

[snaps her fingers, trying to remember something] I read this in a book a while ago...

[Her English pronunciation is much worse than usual; she's deducing the pronunciation of each word from first principles instead of repeating something that she heard naturally spoken] So long and thanks for all the fish. That would be for later, though.

[manuscripture]

There are two sources I presently know of for that phrase. Both are good.

I'm not going to act like there is too much danger right now though. It's difficult to gauge how it will end today but we can only try being optimistic, yes? Even if we aren't feeling that way.

[keybroad]

I guess I can say I do feel optimistic about the people I'm voting for, or the people I talked with directly about it. So if I survive... I'll worry about what's happening to everyone else at sunrise.