[open] a book club 📚

[phoenixdominant]

Type: Text
Sender ID: Phoenixdominant (Joshua Rosfield)
To: Public
Subject: An ordinary book club.
Warnings: tba.

[Due to the Garuda Incident, this post is coming from a very bedridden Joshua who is recovering from some bad injuries. So, he’s bored and desperately running out of books to read.]

Good afternoon,

It seems I've found myself with a surplus of free time this month, and with that realization comes the stark truth—I've exhausted my reading list.

So, I had an idea. Why not extend an invitation to others who might be interested in joining the book club that Tifa and I have been enjoying? Every few weeks, we gather to exchange ideas and thoughts on the current book we're reading, and it's led to some wonderful discussions.

While our tastes have leaned toward adventure and romance novels thus far, I'm open to exploring books from other genres to diversify our collection. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Here are a few of the books we've read so far:

"The Swashbuckling Misadventures of Captain Bumblebeard"
"Enchanted Hearts and Dragon Flames"
"Spells and Sword Swells"
"Quest for the Heartstone: A Tale of Love and Sorcery"
"Siren's Song: A Pirate's Passionate Plunder"
"That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf"

Although, I’m still not entirely certain what “yeeted” means. I only assume it means, “to throw”?

If you might be interested in joining in on our next reading, please do. As well as I’m taking suggestions for more books that the group might enjoy.

Sincerely,
Joshua.

Comments

text->voice

[empyrean_mirror]

......It doesn't sound like you read nonfiction much, though he just rattled off about a dozen titles.

Really? Actually, let me try something then--

[There's a click.]

Here, he should be able to hear you now...

voice

[indispensable]

[Hello Joshua, have a grunt from a deeply disgruntled man.]

The title of the last book in your list is grammatically wrong. The proper past tense conjugation for yeet is 'yote'.

[Look he is lying down and can't read the other replies in Joshua's post. Sorry Stelle.]

text, un: galacticbaseballer

[misstellaron]

Good job. You get it. Yote is superior. We must spread the yote. Yote is the only option!!!

[empyrean_mirror]

[guess who forgot his mic is live?]

From user... Galactic Baseballer..."Good job. You get it. Yote is superior. We must spread the yote. Yote is the only option."

...the more they say it the more this sounds like a cult or some kind of substance you'd find in the Amurta dorms at finals week.

[indispensable]

[Alhaitham, who has no idea about the state Kaveh has left his phone in:]

I'm pretty sure that Tighnari would have mentioned it to you if he did.

[A pause, and then:]

What's a baseballer?

[misstellaron]

You don't need to know about baseball, you just need to believe in the Galactic Baseballer. The saviour of all across the cosmos. The great hero of the Nameless. The Galactic Baseballer will never give you up or let you down in a crisis.

1/2

[empyrean_mirror]

Alhaitham, if you don't know what a baseballer is, how would I--

[A notification ping!]

Huh? Why is it--

[And then Kaveh yelps because he realizes the mic is live. There's a bit of a scramble.]

2/2

[empyrean_mirror]

[Okay but a few seconds later--]

What is that picture of? I don't know how to describe that accurately.

[indispensable]

[Alhaitham would love to answer that question, but before that—]

Turn off the voice function before you blurt out something you'll regret.

[empyrean_mirror]

I'm asking them a question, it's fine!

[HE'S JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU GEEZ.]

[indispensable]

[There's no verbal reply from Alhaitham here, but Kaveh will see the pointed, unimpressed look that is being given to him right now.

You already forgot it earlier, Kaveh, so you better not forget it again.]

[misstellaron]

It's Pom-pom! The Astral Express's mascot!

Don't tell them I said that

[empyrean_mirror]

He's very cute but...what is he? A cat? A bear? Some kind of Aranara?

[Like. What is he looking at here, Stelle.]

[misstellaron]

Pom-pom is Pom-pom. That's all you need to know.

[empyrean_mirror]

...Alright, we'll note that one for Amurta. Genus Pom, species Pom.

He looks a little bit like a rabbit.

action-ish

[indispensable]

[Alhaitham, who has bullied gotten Kaveh to show him whatever has his attention here, says:]

The hat looks like its from Fontaine.

[misstellaron]

Pom-pom will get mad if they hear you call them a rabbit.

What's a fontaine? Is it like those cheese fountains you can dip food in

I've always wanted to try that. Actually I heard one of the dreamscapes in Penacony had a huge cheese fountain but nooo I had to pick the one with the SoulGlad fountains

[phoenixdominant]

I stand gracefully corrected. Thank you, both of you.

It seems we have a very strongly worded letter to send to this author.