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Coffee was a sweet blessing of whatever god you chose to praise. It gave energy when none was to be had, it made waking up more tolerable. It didn't taste bad either once you had a taste for it.

After the most recent events of strange shadow things Roland was in dire need of a good cup, and whoever was brewing in the lounge was making a rather good cup as it was. Cracking the door open he leaned in looking about before settling on Melvin with his ipad.

"Coffee?"

Melvin looked up at Ro, setting his own mug back down. "Better be or I paid for expensive dirt." He said, checking his own cup. "But I already taste tested. Definitely coffee." And seeing as Melvin was in a good mood, he pointed a thumb over his shoulder where the pot was. "Help yourself. It just finished perking." He turned his chair just a bit so that Ro wasn't directly behind him; something that put Melvin on edge.

He also noticed Jordan show up behind him. "If the Horsemen ever figure out with coffee is and use it to set a trap, I imagine our entire organization would be in leashes in less than a hour." It was a joke, though if you really thought about Deus' coffee addiction, it seemed almost plausible.

"What have you two been up to?" He said, thinking that Ro and Jordan had been hanging out together before showing up and not just drawn to the smell at the same time.

"It's a serious threat to the organization as a whole," Jordan agreed solemnly. He padded in and poured himself a cup of coffee. "Is this your personal stock or the lounge stuff?"

"Pod duty," he said, and took over a spot on one of the couches to the side. "Cleanup after whatever those little ******** were, checking to make sure nothing was offline or badly damaged. Important stuff, but deadly boring." He took a sip of the coffee and sighed contentedly. "Coffee makes everything better."

Roland raised his mug to Jordan in agreement at the topic of threats, "A coffee shortage would lead to riots of the worst kind." He went back to his coffee before frowning a bit, "I spent my money on a few gifts, not even all of it. Heck I couldn't buy anything I wanted. Tech from out there won't work here till its modded and that's usually the cost of the device doubled for the work on it."

He drank from his mug again shivering at the talk of the shadow things, "I locked up in the labs trying to find information on them in the database, big fat nothing. Squished a few that got in but other wise I was with a few other lifes trying to piece it all together when that went down. As for artifacts. No luck, I went with Nevada and Lex to get some from an underwater prison complex. ended up getting blasted by death beams every time we go close and called it quits."

He sighed, "I hear the place has been picked dry too..."

"I was out protecting the towns. Still haven't heard any word of exactly how the attack started or what spurred it on. Just another case of a strange situation able to support massive collections of shadowlings and even very large shadows which becomes concerning when it's this close to the towns and headquarters. I'm just glad there isn't any cleanup and that they didn't destroy the dorms. It was bad enough waking up to one of those." Melvin had cleaned up his room twice over just thinking of some nasty shadow having walking all over his things. It was disgusting to think about.

To Jordan, he shook his head. "I'm researching all artifacts that hunters have collected. I haven't sent the memo out yet, but everyone who has one will be sent to me. We need to collect information their effects and magic. Seeing as they aren't a weapon but a magical item that uses fear, it's essential to document and test their properties and see if they can duplicate them. I'm hoping I can use the research to replicate something that can be used on the field. Hopefully something the moons and lifers can use on the field to help support everyone and create a higher rate of survival, but I honestly don't know what the data will show until I start testing since all previous information has just been theories and mythology. I've only bothered with my own artifact." He admitted.

"I heard the other departments had meetings as well. What did you both get up to?"

"I was helping protect the main building, after we woke up to find a few of those things in the room. I'm just glad they didn't damage anything important. I'm actually surprised that no major damage was done, with as many of them as there seemed to be." Jordan shook his head. "It makes me a little paranoid that nobody knows where they came from or what they are."

He nodded to Ro. "I'll be sure to let you know. I can probably use the help - it seems like these things are pretty well protected. Good to have backup." He looked back to Melvin. "You probably already know, but Harrison and Rep both have artifacts; Harrison has a pair of binoculars that keep him from needing to sleep for a week, and Rep's got an earring that can release a wave of water. Which, might I add, he takes off at home, because hell if we want to clean that up if it gets set off by accident," he noted dryly.

"My personal project involves teaching Sun hunters some degree of tactical thinking," he said. "Allan was a little confused by the need for tactics other than hit it until it stops moving, but that just demonstrates why it's needed, in my opinion. Jerry and I are also working on clearing out the old school in town so the rooms can be used and we can convert something into a lounge for Sun division." He gave Ro a thoughtful look. "Who's starting up a mental health program? Once I've got a space to work from, I'm setting up as an informal counselor. Sometimes people just need someone to talk to. It'd be better if I can coordinate with whoever else has the same idea."

He shot a sly look at Melvin. "I hear Life division has a space program planned."

"Oh trust me I know its miserable work Melvin. Death lasers. In the shoulder, chest, face, they didn't quiet kill you but it was close enough to have to pendant out before your shield stopped tanking it."

He raised his mug to Jordan smiling a bit, "More then happy to help Jordan. Just return the favor or help me out if I go looking for one again myself. I could use you and ferros as like... a wall of smashing defense if things go south." He listened though as Jordan described the artifacts his boyfriends had, Rep's sounded rather interesting. "So that's what that big blue gem is for. It's actually rather good looking on him, didn't know it was also an artifact."

"As for counseling, Candace and a few other girls mentioned it. It might end up being a communal project if you two end up pitching in on it. Also let me know when you start that tactics class, can't hurt to know what the Sun's are doing if it means being able to mesh with it better as a Mist."

He finished his mug and frowned, he wanted more coffee...