Wed. 12/6 Dinner in Tokyo (location tbd)

[burnt wyvern]

This will be my last night in Tokyo before I fly home 😭 Come out to dinner with me! Everyone is welcome. Restaurant TBD—want to gauge interest before I start scoping things out. Slap that 🎉 emote if you’re interested!

SLAP THE 🎉 EMOTE ON THIS COMMENT IF YOU WANNA COME PLS

@west aspen thread created! Also cc: @fresh veldt @candid depot @frank gull @lone hemlock @dim forge

I know 😭 same with @half lichen booooo

[fresh veldt]

I will be with you in spirit ❤️ Wed evening is the only day I could book my ultimate tonkotsu tabelog silver ranking supper

[lone hemlock]

I’ll be en route to Kinosaki 🥹

[half lichen]

Aw man

[frank gull]

I'd be down to go. Can't stay out too late tho, gotta get up really early tomorrow 😔

[burnt wyvern]

Oh this is for Wednesday! But also I can’t stay out late that night either bc I fly home the next day

[frank gull]

Oh Wednesday I should be good then

[burnt wyvern]

Sweet!

[frank gull]

Oh yeah I was recommended this place by one of the locals the other day. He said it's one of the best udon places.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/qeWdiEkdVCcH5YZV7

[blissful tangle]

Once again, I will spiritually be there 👻

[burnt wyvern]

Trying to find a place we can get a reservation 👀 will keep y’all posted.

[alpine surge]

I might be able to go. But for those who i met earlier in Golden Gai, thanks a lot. That was fun. Sorry got to head out earlier

[burnt wyvern]

Bad news. I woke up sick—sore throat and sniffly/sneezy. Pretty sure I caught a bug over the weekend. I don’t want to get anyone else sick, so I’m going to have to bow out of my own farewell dinner 😭

If anyone has a recommendation for good cold/cough medicine, pls send it my way. Especially for sore throat because it’s pretty bad right now.

Ahhhh thank you!

This is great

I’m just gonna show it to the pharmacist lol

[blissful tangle]

My buddy got sick at the beginning of the trip and that post was a godsend

It was a bit difficult trying to communicate that he was allergic to codeine but we got there lol

[burnt wyvern]

Yeah this is insanely helpful, especially the pics and the ingredient breakdown

Well. On the bright side. If I’m still sick on Monday, I can call off work 👹

[blissful tangle]

Extra long holiday? 👀👀👀

[west aspen]

Yo, it was nice meeting you. Have fun and safe travels.

[wooden grove]

I just got Covid and sick and recovers too bad I can’t be there 😝

[raven creek]

Hey, just landed last night, staying in Shibuya. 24M from Canada. I would be down to come out if you haven’t made the reservation yet

Oh whoops just read your message about being sick 😞 sorry to hear my friend. If anyone else wants to go out later tonight though let me know.

[burnt wyvern]

If this is COVID, I’m gonna find whoever gave it to me and fuck them up 😤

[wooden grove]

DENNIS

jk

[frank gull]

I'm probably gonna head to the udon place tonight that I linked earlier. Dunno if anyone was interested but I'll be there around 6:30-7.

[burnt wyvern]

lol nah most likely picked it up this past weekend during the festival or something.

[raven creek]

Damn it’s on the Michelin guide, looks pretty good

You have anyone else going with you or it’s just you rn?

[frank gull]

Just me so far

[frank gull]

You're welcome to join!

[raven creek]

Let’s do it 🫡

[wooden grove]

Since @burnt wyvern claw guardian is out of commission, everyone let’s photo bomb all the good food so she feels like she’s with us eating

[dim forge]

karaoke tho

get well soon

[wooden grove]

I had Ukraine food

[west aspen]

R U gonna self-test before you leave?

[burnt wyvern]

I’ve been looking for a self test, but no dice.

Any idea where I can find one?

[west aspen]

Best I could recommend is any pharmacy drugstore. Otherwise 🤷🏻

[wooden grove]

You used to be able to buy em in a drugstore and it costs 2k yen. Most over engineered piece of work ever

Round 2 Peruvian

[west aspen]

I literally KEEP coming across ‘Matsumoto Kiyoshi’s everywhere I go in Japan, so I’d personally try one of those first.

[burnt wyvern]

From what I’ve read, I think it has to be a pharmacy with a pharmacist, not a drugstore. Drugstores apparently can’t sell the tests anymore? Not sure how accurate that is, but that’s what people are saying in various Reddit threads with similar questions

[wooden grove]

Just get masked up and try

But get bron

[burnt wyvern]

Bron is for strong coughs, though, and phlegm. I don’t have that, I have a super sore throat 😦 and the sniffles

I’m gonna try Lulu attack

And try to get my hands on some Vicks medicated lozenges for the pain

Because this is fucking miserable and if I have to fly in this much pain 😬 idk

[wooden grove]

Also gargle your throat. And keep yourself hydrated get well soon

[burnt wyvern]

Gonna grab some Pocari when I head out to the pharmacy

[frank gull]

Do they have tests at the airport at all?

[burnt wyvern]

Not sure, but if they do, and I test positive, I’m fucked. I can’t extend my stay.

I’m just gonna stay masked and medicated

And sanitize my hands every 30 min lol.

[burnt wyvern]

“Dinner” 🥲

I just wanna eat a big pizza and cry 😭 this sucks

[blissful tangle]

Awwwwww 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

I really hope you feel better immediately

[burnt wyvern]

Thx friend 🤧❤️ me too. At the very least I hope when I wake up tomorrow I’ll be at least a little better.

[blissful tangle]

Having dinner with my family atm, pls appreciate this sign at the dessert bar

[blissful tangle]

Yeah get lots of rest, stay hydrated, and hopefully youre much much better tomorrow!

[burnt wyvern]

Omg. Did I make that sign???

[blissful tangle]

This is the only logical explanation

[candid depot]

Do iiittt!! It’s your last night, treat yoself. Get that pizza, cry your heart out, and take the medicine!!! But for real, get well soon!!

[burnt wyvern]

Ah balls, I forgot to buy Pocari at 7-11

[burnt wyvern]

You know what? I think I will 😤 I’m looking into Uber Eats, but if not, there’s a place around the corner that’s supposedly good. And they have carry-out so I can take my sick ass back to the Airbnb and leave the healthy ppl alone.

[blissful tangle]

Enjoy a nice traditional japanese meal of pizza and pocari sweat

According to anime, pizza hut is amazing?

[burnt wyvern]

lol I was thinking about it! I mean I love it back home. That sweaty crust 👀

[blissful tangle]

I ordered a greasy pizza hut the second i hot home ahaha

[burnt wyvern]

I might ask Stephen to greet me at the arrivals gate with a big pizza in hand 🍕

[blissful tangle]

Not a bad idea

[lone hemlock]

I will never feel shame for loving the godly grease of the hut. Lmao

[burnt wyvern]

It’s so good. It tastes like childhood junk food “treat” days haha

[lone hemlock]

Remember the PH Book It! Club?

[burnt wyvern]

I wound up ordering from a well-rated place on Uber Eats that does Neapolitan style pizza

[blissful tangle]

They used to be $3 on a wednesday and my mum would buy me a box after school 🍕

[blissful tangle]

How classy

[burnt wyvern]

And cheap lol

[burnt wyvern]

Vaguely, but my husband talks about how he read so much as a kid, Pizza Hut stopped giving him free ones hahaha

[burnt wyvern]

GOT MY PIZZA 😤🍕

[blissful tangle]

Pics pls

[burnt wyvern]

Oh oops I inhaled it lol

It was teeny tiny

Two baby slices left haha

It’s just meh. I liked the one from Johnathan’s better lol

[blissful tangle]

I understand completely. I hope the pizza heals you spiritually

[burnt wyvern]

But it’s at least ok! And food in my belly so I can take my meds. Plus I got a flan (pudding) from 7-11 earlier so I can have that for dessert 👀

[blissful tangle]

Have you had the cake from the ginza place yet?

[burnt wyvern]

I did! I smashed both of them as soon as I got back from Chichibu on Sunday night lol. They were SO good 🍰

[blissful tangle]

YASSS

[burnt wyvern]

I also finished the cookies 😎 those walnut cookies were insanely delicious

Did you eat yours yet??

[blissful tangle]

BROO THOSE WALNUT COOKIES WERE HEAPS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED

[burnt wyvern]

Right??? Seriously I wish I’d bought a giant box so I could share some with my fam. My mom in particular would love those

[blissful tangle]

Didnt have them on the plane but was snacking on them at home and omg i have to come back for them

[burnt wyvern]

Next time! We’ll go back!!

[blissful tangle]

I think my family would love them too. I purposefully hid it from them tho when i realised how good they were 😏

[blissful tangle]

ABSOLUTELY

[burnt wyvern]

Aw man I just realized that pretty soon there’ll be a giant time difference that’ll make it really hard for us to have these pastry convos in real time 😭

16 hours, I think??

[blissful tangle]

Haha I look forward to waking up in the morning to pictures of desserts

[burnt wyvern]

SAME.

Btw I wound up not having to buy another suitcase… yet. I’ve pack pretty much everything in the two I brought and checked to make sure Bond and Chimera would fit

I think it’ll be ok! The big one might be overweight though lol which is fine. I’ll just pay the fee.

[blissful tangle]

Haha thats convenient

[burnt wyvern]

Yeah, I wound up buying less than I thought I would. If not for being sick today, it might be a different story lol. I’d planned to do one more shopping trip.

[blissful tangle]

So wont be shamelessly carrying bond and chimera with you on the plane?

[blissful tangle]

Hopefully you wake up with the energy for it tomorrow!

[burnt wyvern]

Nope! lol although I wish I could take Bond on board for comfort 🥲 but I already have a carry-on and personal item. Plus I don’t want him to get dirty.

[blissful tangle]

Fair enough

[fresh veldt]

Hope you feel better soon!!! ): Pizza is a great idea for a night in

[burnt wyvern]

Those airport bathroom floors 🤢

[fresh veldt]

And so nice you don't need an extra suitcase

[burnt wyvern]

Thank you!!! And YES such a relief. I wasn’t sure how I was going to maneuver three roller suitcases by myself haha

[fresh veldt]

3 would be worth the treasures but still a pain in the bum

[burnt wyvern]

I had to take a few things out of their boxes to make it work, but it’s ok.

[blissful tangle]

Very random aside, but is your dp madame foster?

[burnt wyvern]

I don’t need more empty boxes in my apartment lol. Even though one of them was for a collectible.

[fresh veldt]

....yes. in the first DND game I played via discord I played an old granny who came out of retirement to go on an adventure. She used to be an assassin

[blissful tangle]

HAHAHA nice. Sorry i just noticed 🤣🤣🤣 what a throwback

[blissful tangle]

I bought a bunch of gunpla for friends as presents and the boxes were definitely difficult to manoeuvre into my suitcases

[burnt wyvern]

Yeah, the one that the Anya figure came in was pretty unwieldy. Doesn’t help that it has 3 interchangeable heads lol. Now they’re all in a Ziploc bag in my carryon lmao

[blissful tangle]

A ziploc bag filled with disembodied anya heads 🤣

[burnt wyvern]

I’m bummed bc the box is cute but oh well

[blissful tangle]

I was gonna say thats such a cute box 🥺

[burnt wyvern]

It’s already in the bin. I’m sad. But it’s what’s inside that counts 🥹

[blissful tangle]

This is just good life advice in general

[burnt wyvern]

Which includes normal face, waku waku face, and…… HEH face

𓁹‿𓁹

https://tenor.com/view/anya-forger-gif-14135670661561260102

[burnt wyvern]

OH I FORGOT TO POST THIS

Blacked out my home address, but this is what Uber eats said when I loaded it up to order pizza 🤡

Like… no shit lmao

[fresh veldt]

Just a chotto far

[burnt wyvern]

Ooooo that looks amazing! How is it??

[frank gull]

It was great! Best udon for sure

[burnt wyvern]

I’ll have to go next time I’m back

[wooden grove]

It’s an East Asian thing but okayu or rice porridge does wonders when you are sick. It’s basically mushy rice and very light, makes it easy to eat

[burnt wyvern]

@wooden grove is that it up there? Purple circle

[wooden grove]

Yeah that’s right

Nice and light. Avoid fattier stuff and just let your stomach rest. Some people hate it but, I can kind of dig it

I think I’m gonna get sick soon enough, I could finally fall asleep from 11 to 5am but now I need to go back to Asia

And get another round of jet lag

[burnt wyvern]

It’s pretty bland, but not awful. I was just gonna have plain rice in the morning depending on how I feel. Whatever this is just keeps getting worse, it’s actually mind blowing how fast it went from mild throat pain to full-blown throat pain, stuffy/runny nose, sneezing

[wooden grove]

I ate so much fried stuff here my throat feels exhausted.

Last 20 meals is mostly meat, brown sauce, starch. Not much veg

[wooden grove]

Do you have new cute hand towels to wipe yourself up

[burnt wyvern]

Just the crappy Airbnb ones lol

[wooden grove]

Oh and get a hot water bath

If you can and just soak and steam your airways

[burnt wyvern]

Def in the plans for tomorrow morning first thing

Gonna steam the shit out of myself

Grab some Pocari since I felt too crap to go back out and get some tonight

Been gargling warm salt water and drinking lots of plain water

Plus took my meds after dinner. They at least seem to be helping the pain a bit

Gonna sleep now. Thx for the advice uncle

[wooden grove]

Everyone will pray for your speed recovery 🫡

[dusky parcel]

If you’re congested i recommend going to donki and looking for one of those nose menthol sticks from Thailand. Those things are wonderful.

[burnt wyvern]

What do they look like and where in Donki would I find them?

Not sure if I’m up to going out to get them 😷 I feel worse this morning than I did last night. Everything hurts. And somehow I have to fly today 😵‍💫

[wooden grove]

Not donki but other drug stores

Look for this character

藥

[burnt wyvern]

But what do those congestion sticks look like? I’ve never heard of em

At least Regular Show is in English on Cartoon Network rn 🥲 guess they never bothered to dub it, only subs.

[burnt wyvern]

Also debating bringing Bond in my lap instead of my suitcase so I can have comfort snuggle buddy 😭

[wooden grove]

Do it

Oh and buy a pack of hydrating face masks

Slap it on your face as you try to get some rest on the plane

[blissful tangle]

Oh no that sucks heaps 😦

[blissful tangle]

I support this

[burnt wyvern]

Do you mean like sheet masks? The wet ones?

Or something else? Those get pretty messy lol and it might give away that I’m sick

I’m taking a few hot soaks between now and when I have to head to the airport, seems to be helping

And on the bright side, my throat doesn’t hurt as much today. Just a little scratchy and stings a tiny bit when I swallow, but nothing like yesterday

Not me crying at the quotes on these bath salts 😭 I’m delirious

[blissful tangle]

That part being better is always a good thing. Hopefully you feel a bit better as the day goes and youre not too too crook for your flight

[burnt wyvern]

Ty friend. I hope so too. I just wanna be home.

[blissful tangle]

Final stretch! Im really sorry your last few moments ended up like this 😦

[wooden grove]

The moisturizing sheet masks

And I’m still wearing a face mask in busier or enclosed areas

[burnt wyvern]

Oh yeah I’ll be wearing a face mask everywhere. Luckily there’s like no one in my section of the plane, although the part I’m in doesn’t have arm rests that move, so I won’t be able to lie down 🥲 but I can recline and use the little foot rest

[fresh veldt]

That's good!! You'll be able to just veg out and rest peacefully

[burnt wyvern]

Ahhh by this time tomorrow, I should be home. Barring any delays or issues. I can’t wait to sleep in my own bed 😭 and take cough/cold syrup that works

And wash my hair with my shampoo. Japanese shampoos are aggressive af

[burnt wyvern]

Made it to the airport gate safe and sound. But wow I feel like hot garbage. I’m definitely going to pop a sleeping pill and just pass out for as long as I can. I don’t care if it fucks with my sleep tonight. I can’t be awake for this shit 😭

[lone hemlock]

I hope you feel better fast Woomy! Get back and in your bed

[burnt wyvern]

Thank you!!! I’m not even gonna bother unpacking when I get home, I’m just going to take cough/cold medicine and pass tf out

I just need this to be overrrrrrrrr

[wooden grove]

secret omiyage: get covid or die trying

@wooden grove - Covid, first time congrats 🎉
@burnt wyvern - sore throat
@half lichen - sore throat
@rugged pasture - had sinus but recovered 🙇🏻
@art - got a bad bad spider bite

Who else got sick or is getting sick? Supporting the Japanese economy so hard we are even exploring their health care and OTC meds.

Next time we will be slamming bron

[lone hemlock]

Not sick yet and I hung out with both ax and Woomy 🤷🏼‍♂️

[burnt wyvern]

Sore throat and a full-fledged cold at this point. I have a Covid self-test at home I’m going to take before I go to bed. Really hope it’s not that bc I’ve had it before and it sucked ass.

Hope my ear drums don’t pop 🤡

[wooden grove]

We can be Japanese Covid saints

[half lichen]

don't forget poor Art

or are we just talking about upper resperatory shit?

[wooden grove]

Yes but art is very very honorable mention

Did she get both

[blissful tangle]

Safe travels friend 🫡

[dusky parcel]

I would if you have the chance

They look like this

They are in various colors not only blue and white. I have black and green one from donki

[burnt wyvern]

Ah too late. I’ve just boarded the plane lol.

Thanks friend! Fingers crossed I can sleep through most of it. It’s 11.5 hours 🤧

[rugged pasture]

It was a cold or flu, or maybe secret covid 😷 but boy I heard a lot of coughing around Japan this fall, more than in previous years

[burnt wyvern]

I’m homeeeeeeee finallyyyyyyyyyyyy

Miss you guys already 😭

[lone hemlock]

Get in bed and rest woomy! 🫡 feel better, glad you’re home safe!

[rugged pasture]

Rest up and think back about each day you spent over in Japan! Good memories!

See you next year!

[wooden grove]

I gotta go to China for work welp