ǣfenglōm (main comm)

Name: Ozymandias
Date: 8/1
Format: Video

[Ozymandias not exactly serious with this message to the network, but compared to his usual energy, he seems almost distracted despite seemingly giving the whole of his attention. He is, after all, intentional in moving the camera from himself to the soon-to-be mentioned machine in the Purramid Cafe.]

If anyone has any experience with espresso machines, I am not sure if Giorno ever completed calibrating his machine and I would appreciate someone taking a look at it. [The challenge of asking someone as particular about his coffee and espresso as Giorno to do something like that when they are also a near-hopeless perfectionist. But Ozymandias himself is not as fickle or well-versed in the specifics of the machine himself to really make a sound judgment, so he is willing to defer to someone with a little more expertise.] I am not as well-versed myself and have other matters to attend to in any case.

[The camera moves back to himself.]

You may work on it here at the cafe, or if you find that environment distracting, I shall allow you to take it elsewhere provided that you return it before the cafe closes. [Purramid Cafe keeps some late business hours to cater to more nocturnal members of society though, so it'd be a bit of a challenge to miss closing.] Either way, I shall compensate you for your time once you've completed the task to my satisfaction.

Name: Marie Antoinette
Date: 8/1
Format: text

Greetings, citizens of Aefenglom! It has been too long!

If you could bring one person from home to keep you company here on the condition that you have to Bond with them upon arrival, who would you choose and why?

[She has no real reason besides curiosity to ask this. She just wants to talk about Bonds, as she always does]

Name: Louis
Date: Late 8/1, Early 8/2.
Format: video.

[ Hello there, network! It's a face that many of you haven't seen for awhile, he thinks. This time, there's no chaos attached to this post. ]

Hard to believe it's been a year here. Is this the sort of anniversary someone celebrates? It's my 'Abducted to a strange planet' anniversary. Maybe I'll get someone [ ahem ] to make a cake or something. Castella is my favorite, by the way.

[ He's not going to push his luck. ]

So those who have been here for awhile, what have you learned since arriving? If you're ... newer, what do you hope to learn?

Personally, I learned that despite monsters being a big thing: deer with fingers are still a novelty. Oh, and pet ownership is still weird to me. I don't think it'll ever not be weird.

[ There's a small quirk of the corner of his mouth, and the slightest, small smile when he makes the offer. It's reminiscent of what he posted almost a year ago. Just way more -- polite. ]

That being said - I am going to give the same opportunity that I gave when I first arrived:

I am not a Monster. I am a deer who happens to be a witch. I never saw a human before getting here. And I have ten fingers and five toes.

And, if you have any questions, it's okay to ask, I promise. I don't bite. No question is too weird at this point, I think.