un: fiend; video

[spoileralert]

[ @everyone ]

[ Steph seems terribly excited about something, though she keeps the level of cool she usually does when chatting with people she doesn't know that well. ]

Hey, so, we have at least one chemist here, right? I need a favor.

[ She turns her watch around, with some difficulty and blurry transitions, until it shows a box containing the largest, squarest coffee bag Steph has ever seen. The top is open, of course, so those not familiar with the packaging can see that it's full to bursting of coffee grinds. ]

I need somebody to test this and make sure it's not poisoned without using more than like, a spoonful.

[ There's some grunting and then Steph appears on screen again, evidently sitting next to the box. ]

If it's gonna take more than that this is a bullet I'm happy to take. In fact, I insist. If somebody is risking their life by drinking coffee it's gonna be me.

Comments

[plate_builder]

This is the longest I've been without caffeine since the 90s. Which I understand I should qualify as 20 years.

Forgive me for my excitement, I just have trouble waking without it.

[spoileralert]

Yeah, I haven’t had caffeine or a full night’s sleep. I’m right there with you.

[plate_builder]

Well, if you're busy it's easier to avoid the full night of sleep.

Actually I'm almost sleeping more here than I have in a few years.

[spoileralert]

Yeah I did that for like, a week? But now I’m back to staring at the ceiling at 4am.

[plate_builder]

I've heard that exercise can be good for such issues. I can't speak to it myself, of course. Not the sort of exercise that wears you out.

[spoileralert]

Then clearly your routine needs some work.

[plate_builder]

My routine? I don't have a particular routine. Well, I take the stairs instead of the elevator whenever I can. Well, part of the way, sort of silly to take the stairs up to the 20th floor multiple times a day.

Good thing I designed a more squat building.

[spoileralert]

Well there’s your problem. That’s not a workout, that’s a route.

[plate_builder]

Well yes, my line of work hardly allowed for much of a workout. I was an executive. Very busy. I didn't always get enough sleep. But I did get those stairs. I am a master of stairs.

[spoileralert]

Eh, you can sleep when you're dead. And there's nothing stopping you from working out now.

[plate_builder]

I've heard an argument from a very intense young woman suggesting that perhaps I already am dead and deserve that rest.

I wouldn't know what to do to properly 'work out'.

[spoileralert]

[ She snickers. She was hoping he’d catch that. ]

Aww, you think I’m intense?

The general idea is to exercise most parts of your body.

[plate_builder]

Of course I do. Which is not a bad thing, by any means.

Stair climbing is good for the legs, core, lungs and heart.

[spoileralert]

[ She flaps a hand at the camera. ]

No, stop, you're too kind.

And that's only technically true. Stairs are mostly cardio. You want to gain some leg strength you're gonna have to step it up. [ She grins to indicate that the pun was definitely intended. ]

Cardio is great, but it's not a full workout. You'll be able to walk for days but end up gasping the first time you try to lift a heavy box.

[plate_builder]

Now I never said I intended to gain leg strength. I was too busy to work out, just needed to be healthy enough.

I had employees to lift the heavy things.

[spoileralert]

But you don’t here, that’s the point. You want to start working out, you really need to rethink things.

[plate_builder]

That is not a bad point.

We are running on the assumption that I put in a first thought about physical fitness routines.

[spoileralert]

The thought was definitely there. It’s on record.

[plate_builder]

Hardly. I was just observing past behavior patterns.

[spoileralert]

Exercise was mentioned! As was your lack of it.

[plate_builder]

Yes, those are both true statements. However that does not mean I'm aspiring to changing the routine. Though I suppose there is a lack of stairs...

[spoileralert]

A severe lack, one might say.

[plate_builder]

I could build some stairs for working out if you want them. I mean, they won't be too tall, but I will do it for you.

[spoileralert]

[ She snorts a laugh. ]

You're so very kind. Still, I think I'll stick to cartwheels and handsprings.

[plate_builder]

Oh, those are things that I could not manage myself. I'm far too old to take up that sort of action.