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[bossyboiler]

Who: Kate Cordello
Username: cupkate
Warnings:N/A

Anyone else think it's a bad idea to eat bread that's been baked on a gravestone? I don't care if it's a tradition or not. It's creepy.

I haven't been able to to investigate it properly, however. The line for Better Loaf Than Never is RIDICULES! It wraps around the building every time that I've been by. Which begs the question, should it be investigated? What do we know?

They're selling baked sourdough bread that they are claiming is baked on a gravestone. It's in the spirit of Halloween. It's probably just a decoration. But haven't we seen enough businesses that sell creepy things, claim it's all in harmless fun, and then turn around to be so not legit?

You're right. We should investigate the bakery. Who wants to come with me?

I'm still not going to eat the bread though.

Comments

[bossyboiler]

[ Why are you feeding rats, Cortana? That's how you get diseases! ]

They just keeled over and died immediately? Were they pets?

[failedpromise]

Lab rats supplied by ADI. I'm not killing anyone's pets.

It took several days, but they were under observation and hadn't shown signs of any issues previously. Plus, given the condition of the third rat, I doubt it was anything natural. Evidence points to them having died of fear.

[bossyboiler]

I was worried that you were feeding street rats.

How many days? How does a rat die of fear? Can rats have a heart attack?

[failedpromise]

(She rolls her eyes.)

How would I keep track of street rats for observation?

They can. In fact, that's exactly what happened.

[bossyboiler]

I don't know but that's where my mind went to first, like they keeled over immediately after eating the bread.

If it can give a rat a heart attack there's no telling what it would do to a human.

[failedpromise]

People probably wouldn't still be eating the bread if they were falling dead immediately after trying it.

(That might actually make things easier for them.)

And given the amount that people are consuming ...we're definitely going to find out.

[bossyboiler]

Fair point!

Still a fair point but much more terrifying.

[failedpromise]

Is this place ever not terrifying?

[bossyboiler]

Once and a while, it is.

[ Like her favorite coffee place in town. Kate doesn't know what she'd do if it became corrupted. ]

[failedpromise]

So basically no, except maybe every now and then the terror lets up just enough that you can enjoy something for once.

(She doesn't hate this place as much as she makes it sound.

...But everything about this is terrible.)

[bossyboiler]

Basically.

Well. If this bread will kill rats it's safe to say the bread is not fit for human consumption.

[failedpromise]

Hopefully no one at ADI has been dumb enough to try it.

[bossyboiler]

Hopefully. We should put up warnings.

[failedpromise]

You'd think we wouldn't have to by now... but no, it's a good idea.

Guess someone should talk to a higher up about putting out a notice.

[bossyboiler]

You'd think but better safe than sorry.

Well. You are the one with the science to back up the claim that the bread is dangerous.

[failedpromise]

I suppose you've got me there.

(Somewhere, she's sighing, but also smiling just a little.)

[bossyboiler]

I suppose that I do.

[failedpromise]

I'll see what I can do.

[bossyboiler]

Thank you.