[VIDEO] Business minded

[50millions1pint]

So, I was thinking...

[Jake swallows a mouthful of apple, then does a gesture to his head that's like "Oh, I almost forgot".]

Jake, by the way. I was in the Wilderlands for a solid three minutes, I am sure we've been missing each other a lot. I was also about to punch the Jersey Devil in the jaw, but then some girl did...Ah, forget it, let's get back on topic.

I was thinking: since this place is very high stakes and we gotta defend it otherwise our own worlds are going to explode or something, if it's got this much power then maybe we can create a whole new world? Fetch some of our loved ones if we need to, [he's thinking about Sherry but he won't say it, of course.] take them there, then nuke the shit out of whatever we came from and make some fat stacks with our tragic backstory. It's fiction, after all.

Any fellow business minded genius wanna join in? 'Cause that's what I'm gonna do.

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[credit_not_blame]

[Really?]

You know, they say that making assumptions makes an ass out of 'u' and 'me', but I think in this case it's really just you.

[Locked]

[bestbrotherever]

It might not be just him. This might become a good way to find out if anyone else is... less than committed to saving their home.

[Locked 4 eva]

[credit_not_blame]

Not untrue! Someone not-me should keep an eye on him to see if anyone approaches him one-on-one, because I feel like I'm not going to be the only one to react like that in a public forum, and people don't usually jump on an opportunity to be made fun of by a teenage girl.

[She heaves a sigh.]

I thought about asking questions to see what the hell he thinks he's talking about, but the... [She makes a circular gesture with her hand.] Everything triggered my instinct to mock.

[bestbrotherever]

I may be able to spy on him with magic. Or perhaps a certain spider hero would be open to collaborate to keep him under surveillance.

[He echoes her sigh] I had my own remarks, but they involve things I would rather someone like him not question me on.

[credit_not_blame]

I'd suggest we ask Branch, but I'm concerned this jerk might try to stomp on him if he got caught. But electronic listening devices are probably an option here.

[She flashes Loki a grin.]

I mean, I'm pretty sure no one would question you if you refused to answer any of his questions about your opinions. But if you're inclined to play it more reasonable, I'm willing to be loud and incredulous on my own.

[bestbrotherever]

You could still ask Branch and warn him of the possibility. He may be willing to help if he has preparations for being stomped on. He may also welcome an excuse to retaliate. [It's amusing, imagining this arrogant mortal getting thrashed by the tiny colorful troll.]

I would hardly be the reasonable one, pointing out the flaws with his plan from practical experience.

[50millions1pint]

Oh, hey, I remember you.

[Turns out she didn't have an Emotional Support Poodle after all. Girly's got more guts than he gave her credit for.]

How'd that fight go? I just kinda...Warped back out for a while.

[Jake is impressed, kind of enticed by her.]

Did you actually land a hit or did you throw a rock at a swarm again?

[He's not exactly a ladies' man, though.]

[credit_not_blame]

[Stacia shakes her finger at him through the screen.]

No-no-no-no-no. You're not changing the topic as if you kicked off this conversation with a reasonable sort of question.

What. The fuck.

[She's been avoiding dropping f-bombs, because they're at the North Pole and getting your cuss on at the North Pole seems like a Naughty List activity. It seems perfectly reasonable in this instance, though!]

[50millions1pint]

Well, from where I'm from when you want to continue a topic you actually respond with something related. You weren't exactly open for a conversation there, figured I might make it more civilized.

[How kind of him.]

[credit_not_blame]

Oh, I'm plenty interested in having a conversation about why it's a bad idea to nuke my home.

But also, more importantly, your logic is incomprehensible. Where did you get the idea that we might be able to create a new world? Who the hell is going to give us money for our tragic backstories -- which, for the record, it's not a tragic backstory if you do it to yourself. The kid who murders his parents and then asks the judge to show leniency because he's an orphan is a joke, not a how-to.

[50millions1pint]

I don't know, there's a room for nuance there. Also hey, I'm not saying I'm going to nuke your home without asking or without you being cool with it.

[Did he just say something remotely kind?]

It would be too much work for no reason. And I don't know, if this place doesn't have the power to create new worlds why is it tethered to everything? Why should our existence depend on fucking Santa out there? Now THAT is incomprehensible.

[ferengineer]

I know business-minded geniuses. You're not one.

[50millions1pint]

No idea is perfect, Elephant Man. That was more of a blueprint to improve on. You in?

[The chances of it might have decreased after he called him Elephant Man.]

[ferengineer]

Not really. Aside from the fact that there's no actual way for me to help you create an entire world without breaking the Prime Directive? It'd be easier to just fix the one you already have.

[50millions1pint]

You got a Prime Directive about creating a new world?

[Jake laughs in delight.]

I need to hear this!

[kemonookami]

Hah! I should have known.

[Garurumon's opinion of the people in general he had been forced to join had been a tad on the uprise thanks to the few he had talked, and then Jake turned on the comm and spouted this all. There it is, the kind of person Garurumon was sure he'd encounter here yet kind of gotten his hopes up he wouldn't]

Sure, run that brilliant plan of yours by the moon and that Jack Frost guy. I'm sure they're gonna love what you got to bring to the table.

[More like Garurumon hopes they'll knock this Jake guy out cold]

[50millions1pint]

Hey, if they had a problem with me they wouldn't pick me for this weird quest of yours. By the way, I still expect payment.

[kemonookami]

Who knows what they're even thinking about who they bring.

[Because Garurumon can't even fathom to guess why he himself was brought here. He's anything but a fierce protector of children, that particular mantle was left behind long ago, and not because he wanted to]

Wouldn't all money you get be good only for this world?

[Who knows, maybe Jake will strike it rich, but if that's only good for this world, and this one only, then what use is it]

[50millions1pint]

Well, I mean, if there's no money then there has to be an alternative currency of some kind, and I'll take that.

[Jake has been a mercenary since he was a child, he can't exactly fathom a world where money isn't needed.]

[kemonookami]

[Garurumon inwardly considers if perhaps this particular guy should be kept in the dark about the existence of El Dorado. It's not like Garurumon has gone there, but from what little he knows he can imagine Jake trying to take pieces of gold from it]

Focus on the whole world saving thing first. You don't get paid if everyone is too dead to give you anything.

[mostdangerousbird]

Creating a new world is likely not to turn out the way you think it will.

[50millions1pint]

I don't really have solid expectations. I'm more of a "surprise me" type of guy. I always find my way around the bullshit life throws at me.

[The fact that right before falling in and out of alternate universes and dimension Jake was in the middle of being kidnapped is proof against but also in favour of what he just said.]

[mostdangerousbird]

[ Tim is asking because he's curious, but has no intent of helping. He's already filed this plan under H for hare-brained.

(No offense to Bunny.) ]

What about those of us who don't prefer chaos and flinging ourselves into the unknown?

[50millions1pint]

They get to offer moral support and spread the word. The legend, even.

Not that that would be your case, aren't you supposed to be a superhero or something?

[mostdangerousbird]

Or something. It depends on who you're asking.

[ Vigilante gets thrown around a lot in Gotham. ]

And I don't like chaos. What's the "this place" that you're talking about drawing the energy from?