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Nightwatch: You can't look away
November 16, 2023 at 12:10 AM PST
Posted by Soraya

We really learned a lot about each other tonight. Maybe too much about Andrew specifically?

Andrew and Jordan sit at the news desk, holding back grins. Andrew starts giggling first, then Jordan falls forward laughing. The camera switches to the stage where the rest of the crew is clapping and laughing.

A touching moment: Ben opened up about his struggles in Engineering, especially the problem of getting literally anyone to speak directly into the mic. Maybe he's just Ben, but he is also... Benough.

Ben stands in the center of the stage, clad in a Hawaiian shirt and a headband. As the lights flash around him and the other cast members wave their phone-flashlights like cigarette lighters, Ben sings soulfully into the microphone.

It's a good thing our Engineering department is so stable and supportive of each other, you know? Otherwise, you could imagine how easy it would be for one of them to snap and do horrible things to punish the entertainers.

Totally unrelated: the mysterious Jigpaw reappeared tonight! Whoever's behind that mask is incredibly cruel. Cruel enough to force people to eat delicious sushi in a gripping game of Wasabi Roulette! Which sushi has been "fatally" overloaded with wasabi? Only one way to find out...

Graham salutes with sushi held in his chopsticks, then takes a bite. After a moment, he flinches and melts back into his chair, his face contorted in a rictus of pain.

Another knight was inducted into the service of driving the bus, as Garrett not only drove for the first time but also scored a point.

Ian, dressed in a kingly crown and red robe, taps both of Garret's shoulders with his scepter.

One of the under-rated wonders of the Desert Bus is that over the course of this long and challenging week, you watch people change and grow. Like Jordan, who started the night as a little baby and ended as an increasingly aggravated parent.

Andrew and Jordan sit side by side at the deks. Andrew is holding it together as Jordan steeples his pointer fingers together and makes a baby face at the camera.

All right, that's enough from us. Zeta, take it away! Seriously: take it away before we hurt ourselves (⚠️ LOUD).

Graham dramatically falls to his knees, pressing his hands to the side of his face in squinting agony.

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