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11 Jun, 8 tweets, 5 min read
1. PR folks: Hey, can we send you a @mythic_quest swag box, which you will then talk about on your socials?

Me: I HAVE STANDARDS

PR: It comes with a T-shirt.

ME: THAT IS MY STANDARD SEND THIS SWAG BOX

The Mythic Quest Swag Box is here. Embark on this journey with me. The Mythic Quest swag box which is lovely muted shade of tea
2. (For those of you who do not know, @mythic_quest is an @AppleTV workplace comedy series about life at a video game development company, which started its second season last month. Here is the trailer for Season Two.)

3. ANYWAY BACK TO THE SWAG BOX. First up: An Apple TV 4k streaming box, as @AppleTV+ is a streaming service; they want to make sure I can access the #MythicQuest series (as it happens I already have an Apple TV+ subscription, which I got to watch Greyhound. But it's still nice!). The Apple TV 4k streaming device. With remote!
4. Underneath the streaming device: A journal, a pen and the promised #MythicQuest t-shirt! Let's examine each more closely, shall we? Also, a nice note from the Apple TV+ people thanking me for
5. The @mythic_quest journal has deckled paper hand-stitched into a supple leather cover, and smells exactly like your favorite ren faire shop that *doesn't* sell a turkey leg the size of Dwayne Johnson's bicep. "Dear diary: This swag smells like a saddle. I like it.
6. The #mythicquest pen has a matte black surface that is silky to the touch, a futuristic clicky mechanism, and looks like it could probably write in zero gravity, although the swag box does not include a trip to space in it, so that's just speculation. The pen itself does look a smidge like a spaceship. It might
7. And finally the @mythic_quest T-shirt, fashionably "pre-distressed" -- neck and arms are frayed and the silk screening cracked like it's been your favorite t-shirt forever and you'll keep wearing it no matter how often your partner tries to sneak it into the trash. HOW DARE. "Mythic Quest? Yeah, I saw them open for DragonForce in
8. THUS ENDS OUR @mythic_quest SWAG BOX JOURNEY. I hope it was everything you hoped it would be. Also, #MythicQuest actually is pretty damn funny, maybe check it out (Also, I thought that before I got the fashionably distressed t-shirt WHICH I AM NOW WEARING, I swear).

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