{Proposal: Apply at Daybreak Academy} [open]

[ninehilist]

Who: Nines, anyone who runs into him
What: So thanks mostly to Lia, Nines is now working at the Academy! His luggage is 80% computers by volume and he is a tiny shrimp.
Where: Lumiere Dorms mostly
When: Early August
Warnings: None planned, but 9S does have his own warnings that can come up!

[He still can't really believed he agreed to this, but, well. Lia made several good points and if some of his trackers were right, it's possible YoRHa had managed to track him down so....honestly going to Europe? Not the worst idea he's ever had.

That would belong to "refusing to call ahead and arrange for help getting his luggage up to his assigned dorm because his luggage is mostly computers and he doesn't trust people to carry them". Despite being 5'2". In his boots. And having the physical strength of a particularly weak child. His rideshare at least got them out of the car, but now he's standing in the middle of the academy grounds, staring at the map of the academy on his phone and wondering how the hells he's going to get 100+ pounds of computer up to the fourth floor.]

Comments

[buddinghopes]

Extremely. I'm fine with a certain level of spice when I know to expect it, but...

[Ah, well.

To Becky:]

I mean, it's fine with the labels anyway.

[lifeforced]

What I'm used to and what she can take are uh. Two completely different things.

So basically, you're gonna want to think twice about anything that's got the red stickers. Anything that's got orange on it won't be as bad but still might be kinda up there, and anything with a black one is something I made for myself and you'll probably spontaneously combust or something if you try it.

[ninehilist]

...do we have anything to test Scoville units? In a chemistry lab or something?

[He kinda wants to see how crazy this shit actually is.]

[buddinghopes]

Pretty sure we could get our hands on something, yeah.

[Whoop, hitting the button for the elevator now.]

[lifeforced]

[Spoken while drifting a bit closer to where Lia's standing:] Y'know, I'm surprised we haven't already.

[ninehilist]

[...hm. Someone doesn't like elevators?]

You've never been curious to see just how spicy you make things?

[buddinghopes]

[Lia glances to Becky with a questioning look--is she sure she doesn't want to just meet Lia and Nines upstairs?]

I mean, I've certainly been wondering...

[lifeforced]

[She's still not making a break for the stairs; she had survived bringing the cart down, she can probably handle following it back up. Besides, she's not here alone, and the conversation will help to keep her mind off of it.]

We can look into it after we're done with this stuff, 'kay?

[Lia might have been wondering, but Becky doesn't recall actually being asked about it before now.]

Though if you want a guess based on some of the stuff I use, probably somewhere in the upper 200ks on average, maybe 300? It's pretty hot but not like completely insane, because even I'm not stupid enough to go for ghost peppers or worse.

[ninehilist]

Soooo you're just afraid, is what I'm hearing.

[Nines no.]

Not that I can eat anything near that spicy, but...

[buddinghopes]

Nines.

[pls]

I'd call that being sensible, personally...

[And there's the elevator, so Lia's carefully maneuvering the cart inside.]

[lifeforced]

Just because it literally can't kill me doesn't mean I should go ahead and do it. [Truly-excessive amounts of spiciness are legitimately-harmful to most people, and while her Flame would spare her from that much, she would still have to contend with the unpleasant experience of everything being way more fire than normal. There's a difference between the spicy being part of the taste and the spicy being ALL of the taste.

If Lia's still unsure about Becky actually taking another elevator ride so soon after her last one, those doubts are put to rest when the girl slips in and immediately parks herself right next to the panel with the buttons, hastily pressing the one for the fourth floor after Nines steps aboard for himself.]

Don't even think about daring me to do it, either.

[ninehilist]

I'm just saying, most people who are spice hounds go crazy for the really hot ones.

[buddinghopes]

Which also overpowers everything else, at which point you might as well stop bothering with anything else since it's gonna be lost with the feeling of your mouth being set on fire multiple times over.

[Glancing over at Becky, as if to ask "Right?"]

[lifeforced]

Yeah, if that's literally all you're gonna taste when you eat something, what even is the point in actually using anything else when you're making it?

[Yep.]

[ninehilist]

Boredom?

[Nines.]

[buddinghopes]

[Nines... pls...]

Then I hope none of us ever get that bored.

[lifeforced]

[By now, the elevator has made it up to the fourth floor. Becky is out of there at the first opportunity, stopping at the opposite end of the cart to make sure it goes straight while Lia gives it a push, which might be easier than trying to get it turned around so it can be pulled out instead.]

[ninehilist]

[Yeah, someone clearly does not like elevators. Good to know. Nines stays out of the way while the girls handle the cart, his arms full of monitors.]

What's the wifi here like, anyway?

[buddinghopes]

[Carefully pushing the cart out! And once she's out and has the room, she'll start pulling it towards 402.]

Better than you're probably expecting!

[lifeforced]

Cell reception's good, too; I haven't really had any problems with the network here or my phone, and I've been here since like the end of last September.

[ninehilist]

But how many people use the wifi at any given moment? Is there any lag, do people run stress tests on it?

[Is he gonna need to amp this up?]

[buddinghopes]

... A lot of people at any given time, I'm pretty sure. If I've experienced any lag, it was minor enough to not be memorable.

[...]

You might need to take any specifics up with Jailbreak, though.

[lifeforced]

[Becky goes on ahead to duck into 403, not actually adding anything onto Lia's response this time and instead stating:] Gonna go grab some stuff real quick, be right back.

[ninehilist]

[Nines blinks.]

The teacher who told you to forge driver's licenses?

[buddinghopes]

Only if we didn't want to take the proper tests, but yes. And also set up the obstacle course from hell for the practical part of the lesson.

[And she looks entirely too happy about recalling that.]