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[oldcountryuncle]

The most recent disturbing event to haunt the Bar has managed to spook even the normally unflappable Borgel. Which is why he seems especially taken aback when a napkin appears on the now semi-transparent bar

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[a1enzo]

Enzo is in no mood to be funny, and isn't sure what Everclear is, anyway.

"Cocoa. Digital. Extra-hot. Digital ingredients are down there. And fire away."

Distract him from the situation at hand, please.

[oldcountryuncle]

Borgel reaches down for the ingredients as he begins to tell his story

[a1enzo]

Blink. Blink.

Distraction achieved. Also, confusion.

[oldcountryuncle]

"Do you like it? It was one of my favorite stories growing up in the Old Country."

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

This... this is new. Not unfamiliar, but new. They don't make Stealth Boys anywhere near this powerful...

"Excuse me," says the now-translucent Korean-looking girl in the.... translucent jumpsuit, we guess. "Could I get some whiskey or something? You can tell me any story you want, and I"ll listen."

"Whurf."

"Oh, and a bowl of water for my dog, please?"

[oldcountryuncle]

"Absolutely, m'dear," Borgel says.

He begins his story as he slides the bowl and glass forward.

"This is the tory of the Mole Who Thought He Was a Fox," Borgel announces.

"There was a mole that was unusually large and beautiful -- for a mole. It was stronger and faster than all the other moles. It decided that it must not be a mole at all.

'A terrible mistake has been made,' said the mole. 'I have been raised as a mole, when all the time I have been a fox.'" (He says the Mole's line in a highly nasal, mole-ish manner).

"The mole told all the other moles, and all the other animals, that it was really a fox.

"'Is that a fact?' said all the other animals, none of which had ever seen a fox.

"One day, a real fox passed through the part of the forest where the mole that thought it was a fox lived.

"'I am a fox,' said the mole to the fox.

"'Well, you sure are an ugly one,' said the fox, and continued on his way."

Borgel pauses for a few seconds to let the story sink in. "MORAL: Who cares?"

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

Ellen puts the bowl of water on the floor and then straightens back up. After a while, she blinks twice. "I see," she says. "Or- well, no, really I don't, but... where exactly is the old country, if the stories are like this?"

[oldcountryuncle]

"Very far away," Borgel says unhelpfully. "You know those countries with rich, proud histories of doing useful and memorable things? It's not one of those ones."