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"Jbdivinus," says Devilcarrier, bringing a double handful of mugs of CPF Lager to the table by his favourite chair. "Truly a man of magic. I was hanging out in the ecan IRC and he said he would be me for a while. Suddenly, I was looking at my doppleganger."

Addy Lawrence looks up with interest, and Aeriala laughs out loud. Lise Stubbings looked into Devilcarrier's eyes and said," were you alright with that?"

"It unnerved me."

"I've been hearing Jbdivinus isn't all that special," Captain Kushskins says, hoisting one of the golden mugs and glancing at Aeriala.

"I don't think I used to scare easily," Devilcarrier says, "but strange and terrible things are far too frequent in the eworld now." He glances at James McNamara, the cartoonist, who has artists' pencils in his shirt pocket.

"I guess the Administrators are trying to combat hacking by blocking all the pictures in articles," James says. "It's sure shut down my Penguin cartooning."

"That totally sucks," Lise says, looking at James with sympathy. I wonder if we are seeing the beginning of the end of the eworld? Instead of just quitting, it seems that people are determined to destroy eRepublic."

"Yet we endure," Addy says quietly. "We endure and we build again. This place is an example of that. I'm not very good at getting the special effects the way I'd like them though. Do you think we should start a better forum elsewhere?"

Jbdivinus stops beside them. "We should move", he says. "I can build a far better forum for us. You know you hate that red framing here."

Kushkins frowns at him and holds his tongue.

"Maybe I'm getting a bunker mentality," says Devilcarrier, "but I feel safe here. I'd rather stay where I feel safe."

"I was talking to Damienwolf and Auk Rest earlier," Addy says. "They want to move. So do Homeless Joe and Funky_Hum24n."

Devilcarrier sighs. He looks around the lounge lovingly.