Don’t make us send the gnarly weapons!

Where are they gathering?

I would check Waffle House.

Furiously parses every word of your sentence, with a special minute examination of the emoji

It’s not wasted, it’s practice!

Don’t let that part of your brain that wants to inhibit you win on this one. You tried, but the dude wasn’t available, so it doesn’t even count! Now you get to try again!