Me: “Look, kids. The hotel lobby has ice water with cucumber in it. See the little green slices.”
Danger Monkey, age 9: “No thanks. I hate cucumbers.”
Me: “Well, I’m only assuming it’s cucumber. It could be slices of dead snakes.”
DM: “That’s completely disgusting.”
(pause)
DM: “I wanna try it.”
DM: (long drink)
DM: “Disgusting.”
DM: “Can I have some more?”
Me: “Hey kids, what has been your favorite part of Gen Con today? Playtesting the games that haven’t been published yet? Staying in the fancy hotel? All the costumes? All our cool crafting projects?”
Little Miss Thing, age 6: “Riding the escalators.”
Danger Monkey, age 9: “Escalators.”
Me: “The… escalators?”
LMT: “Yes.”
DM: “Definitely the escalators.”
Me: “Those are very expensive escalator rides, I guess.”
LMT: “No, they’re free. I can do it all day.”
I don’t always buy drinking horns, but when I do they’re hand carved by actual heathens. #GenCon2016
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