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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

[failedpromise]

Already beat you to it. I guess great minds really do think alike.

(Because they're both clearly brilliant.)

Definitely don't eat the bread though-two of the rats I fed it to died.

[easilyamused]

People would occasionally build with them, too. Waste not, want not.

If you want company while you wait in line, I'm game.

[bossyboiler]

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

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

[bossyboiler]

That would have to be one spooky looking house.

Please. There are only so many things I can do on my phone. Maybe if we go when they first open, the line won't be so bad?

[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?

[easilyamused]

Less than you might think. The origin of the stones aren't always obvious at a glance. Of course, anywhere around here, the inevitable horde of murderous ghosts would make up the ambiance on their own.

7am opening?

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[whisperedone]

That doesn't sound so unreasonable- it's a sturdy stone and it gains heat as surely as any other. So long as there isn't dirt on it, that doesn't sound so bad.

I'd try it.
The bread

[abrightboy]

If you're going to go poke around there, don't go alone. You're taking Winter or someone, right?

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[haircaring]

It's gotta be a fake publicity thing. But I'm not touching the stuff. Respect for the dead or whatever.

Besides, how do you even bake on a gravestone? Aren't they all, like... kinda vertical?

[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. ]

[bossyboiler]

Hey. It's Gloucester. Let's not text hordes of murderous ghosts into existence.

That works for me. I'm up early anyway. Tomorrow?

[bossyboiler]

It's Gloucester though. There has to be more to it than that.

Cortana has just told me that the she fed the bread to rats and they later died. Do you still want to eat it? I wouldn't.

[ She's still going to investigate the loaf and the bakery though. ]

[bossyboiler]

I'm not going alone. I'm taking Adam.

[abrightboy]

Who’s Adam?

[bossyboiler]

Tall? History buff? He arrived a few of months ago. He was at the beach picnic.

[bossyboiler]

Maybe. I mean sure, it could just be a trick to drum up more business. But it also might not be. I've been told that the bread is responsible for killing some lab rats.

I suppose they turn them horizontal.

[easilyamused]

You have a point. If any eldritch terrors are listening, I retract my statement.

Tomorrow. Meet you at the residence gates?

[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.