=> Midnight Pub

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=> ~wolfinthewoods

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The building has three enterances, each with a black iron gate, and a different sign that says:

Do You: Save yourself?

Do You: Save the World?

Do You: Save the UNIVERSE?

...choose one...

gemini://wolfinthewoods.pollux.casa/

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Replies

=> ~detritus wrote (thread):

I turn my back on all that saving, let it all be doomed.

=> ~inquiry wrote (thread):

> ...choose one...

The best choice is always not to choose.

(yes..... I know.....)