Beep Beep we're going to Sparby's

[airlockedmods]

Once everyone's in the dick limo and they've watched the Fantasy Sweet burn down behind them (dodging the flaming debris once the pressure builds up enough inside to make the whole thing go nuclear), it's off to the nearest fast food planet.

Which...is about five lightdays away.

Luckily for you, you have your very own Personal Artistic License to keep you entertained. So PAL bounces around the back of the limo, sitting in every lap that will have him, as he tells the story of Kip from the day he hatched as a tiny, impressionable smeet to present.

Sparing absolutely no detail.

Especially about the part where Kip failed his navigator's exam because he stopped at Then-Foodcourtia and crashed the ship into one of the greasy pustules that had sprouted on the planet's surface, destroying the aircraft and boiling his instructor alive in the fiery grease of hell.

So now there's a dick limo parked in the Sparby's parking lot. For anyone who had Arby's or Arby's-adjacent restaurants on their home planet... The menu's not much different. Everything meat-based is 100% beef, the milkshakes look delicious, and of course there are turnovers (apple, cherry, and chocolate).

Which... well, catch Kip and PAL in the corner shoving milkshakes and turnovers in their faces tbh.]

Welcome to Sparby's, Survivors.
You earned it.

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Re: And now, without further ado...

[ratherdoweddings]

[And here's someone covering her face with a hat and sunglasses, but happily chatting away with the group she came in with.]

--they have a deal on, sliders for two credits, and you'll love the orange shake they have on for this... Season? It works differently in space, obviously!

[That's when she happens to look over at the survivors from the Fantasy Sweet and stops cold.]

...Don't panic, but look. Now.

[She lowers her sunglasses. Her face exposed and combined with that voice, some of you may recognize one of the strangers who found Kurumi's body.]

[cyan_maid]

[One of them, a short teenage girl, lifts up her glasses to rub at her reddish eyes, runs a hand through her short black curls. It's been a draining two months and the eerily PIP-shaped lump hidden by one of the sleeves of her cardigan is...kind of noticeable.]

I don't know if I can drink anything orange without-

[And then Yurika says something that makes her stop. She looks. And stares.]

...No. That's...that's got to be...hardlights...

[kingshaming]

Orange shake? That may actually be...

[The very large man in a maroon hoodie freezes]

... please, gods tell me those are cosplayers.

[everylittlesecret]

[Have an annoyed redhead looking your way.]

Do I look like a cosplayer, fratboy?

[Sorry. You're in a hoodie, muscular, and kind of look like people she went to school with.]

[curdle]

What dost--

[ Hahahahaha nothing to see here, just a teenager with a blonde ponytail and a homespun dress looking forward to drinking a strawberry milkshake with some pals!

She covers her mouth, not to hide that she's definitely the girl who was first to find Kurumi, but because she can't trust herself not to say something if she doesn't. Her eyes are saucer-wide as she mouths a silent "no" into her hand. ]

[serrata]

[ Yuuri freezes in her seat. That's-- well it can't be, can it? The sheer coincidence of it all is just a total farce. But what the hell has her life been these past few weeks if not a total farce? ]

It's-- it's you!

[stitch_in_time]

Y'might be surprised, people tend to cling to things like seasons, even when it doesn't make a lick of sense, locally. Sometimes the farther out you get, the more-

[The Doctor has, again, in deference to their need to stay incognito... changed absolutely nothing about his outfit besides adding a pair of glasses.]

[He pauses as Yurika does, looking in the direction indicated- and his face gets very stiffly casual.]

...Ah.

[ratherdoweddings]

I'm really not sure what to think here.

[unhappylittletrees]

I think I'm gonna pass on the orange shake. All I want is a bucket of curly fries and the biggest beef sandwich they have.

[The dark-haired man in the faded denim jacket, oversized sunglasses and "I'm here, I'm queer, I have anxiety" shirt looks both more or less put together in the fluorescent lights of the Sparbys but depending on how much of last season's episode and 5 minutes of the finale the new survivors have seen (or if they paid attention to the opening credits) they might recognize him as one of the last season's Overseers.]

[everylittlesecret]

[She wasn't there for the viewing party, but hey! Something about him does catch her attention.]

Dude! Lovin' the shirt! Where'd you get it?

[cyan_maid]

[Definitely watching out for this grown man out of the corner of her eye because if the green bug man latches on to him oh she is going to fuck shit UP]

[daughterofthemark]

[Now that they're all talking, Arianna wants to meet everyone! And she was there for the viewing party, having seen the end of the last episode, the episode thumbnails, and the opening credits, so she recognizes Jamie immediately.]

Hello!

[scourgingstars]

[look everything happens while i'm asleep so let's just say he was checking on the trunk pigeons or something]

...What did I miss this time.

[ratherdoweddings]

Hello! You're the one with all the memes!

[kingshaming]

Ah, just who I was hoping to see. Lord Izu- erm, Tenmyouji... may we sit and talk? I feel we have a lot to compare.

[He adjusts his sleeve just enough to flash his PIP]

[cyan_maid]

[G A S P there he is, Arbys Lucifer Skylight himself

Don't mind the small teenage girl from Xander's side just staring quietly.]

[desperateprayer]

[ Clarith is not sure how to take all of this. But she does recognize some of them. At least she's not in her nun outfit right now? ]

Um... That's... Th-That's them...

[shikosuki]

[ You know all he did was go to the washroom for a while, he wasn't expecting all this when he comes back out. ]

..................................Uh.

[ Just. Stares.

Then turns around to head back to the washroom if no one stops him first. ]

[ratherdoweddings]

Hey, wait! [She flags him down and runs over.] Matsuno-san, right? I'm sorry, we're a little bit rowdy sometimes, you know?

[unhappylittletrees]

[Oooohhh no you don't.]

Hold on! [Why is this strange denim man trying to get your attention, Choro?]

[imnotfat]

[Togami is once again going without glasses, because that's the extent of the disguise he's willing to have]

So these are the survivors of the recent game...

[Hello everybody, Mr. Congeniality is here. Togami looks at each person, assessing his impressions on them. It's different to see them in person than through a screen, that's for sure]

...they look like a competent group, for the most part. Just what one'd expect of survivors. Their help will be valuable.

[Congrats, everyone, you have Togami's...approval. Yay?]

[ratherdoweddings]

Do you always have to be like this, Togami-san?

[cyan_maid]

Oh, boy. What an honor.

[Rolling her eyes over here, where the hell are the jamocha shakes.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Nice to meet you, too, Sunshine.

[stitch_in_time]

Your input's as invaluable as always, Togami.