#derelictduchess

Welcome, OVISIA OTIOSE.

For you, we wish for restraint.

-- derelictDuchess [DD] began trolling absentExpert [AE] --

DD: Well hello hello hello to you ver ver ver!

DD: I see that you are not dead yet!

AE: Hi Ovisia!... Not yet.

DD: ThIs Is such an unexpected turn of events!  I really do have hope now!

DD: Do tell me all the detaIls at your leIsure... darlIng!

DD: I trust you dIdn't fInd It TOO dIffIcult!

DD: And passed along the InformatIon LIKE I TOLD YOU!

AE: I gvess I vvovldn't have expected myself to live throvgh that either, bvt here I am!

AE: Vh, vvell...

DD: ....

DD: Don't tell me that you DIDN'T PREPARE mutusa for her fuckIng JOB!

AE: No! No! No no no no!

AE: That's not vvhat I meant!

DD: Then tell me what you DID mean!

AE: Yovr ellipses are scary, Ovisia!

DD: ....

DD: Are you fuckIng shIttIng me!

AE: Yov're doing it again!

DD: Grow a backbone... verdox!

AE: :<

DD: They're just sIgnIfIers that my thoughts are wanderIng... lIke a tramp over a fIeld as she seeks out her next temporary place of resIdence!

DD: It's a thIng of beauty!

DD: And there's NOTHING SCARY ABOUT IT oh my god!

DD: I'm actually QUITE relIeved that you're In!

DD: Not that I was wIshIng that you would dIe... or explIcItly doubted you!

DD: I only MARGINALLY doubted you!

AE: ...I dovbt that yov dovbted me!

DD: There Is a dIfference!

AE: There vve go.

DD: Baaaaa!

AE: :>

DD: Well whatever!

DD: Tell me how your shItty land Is... at any rate!

DD: And If you've been In long!

DD: Oh!  And If you've been harmed by your entry!

DD: I'm puttIng together lIsts and schedules and junk!  ^'u'^

DD: OrganIzatIon Is key for gettIng out of shIt that's LOUSY!  LIke thIs GAME!

AE: Okay, okay. Point taken. Jvst a sec, I need to gather my thovghts a little!

AE: Vm... so, Mvtvsa helped me get in here, obviovsly. I did vvhat yov told me to do vvith the machines and all that stvff... or I gvess I told Mvtvsa to do it.

AE: I tried looking for my lvsvs, bvt that didn't vvork ovt too vvell. Vh, I mean, he vvasn't in one piece.

AE: So, vh, I kind of... vvell, he's fine, I gvess. It's fine.

DD: Well that's to be expected!  You put hIm In the sprIte... I assume!

DD: Does he talk!  Tell me about hIm!  ^'u'^

AE: Yeah, I pvt in vvhat I covld. :<

DD: That's exceptIonately vague!  Tell me the mIx... verdox... the mIx!

DD: Tell me how InterestIng he looks now... bababa!

DD: I mean I put In peg a short whIle ago and baaaaaaaa!

DD: What a baaaaaaaad Idea!

AE: He never talked mvch before, and he doesn't talk mvch novv. I covld only grab his vvings and his head; everything else vvas too soggy or too messed vp to vse. Vhh... and then I kinda... vh.

DD: SpIt It OUT verdox!

AE: I didn't knovv vvhat else to pvt in, so I grabbed part of my story, yov knovv? A page that had a description of a character on it. So... novv he's kinda...

AE: VVeird. Not in a bad vvay.

DD: So... weIrd In an InterestIng way!  That tells me SO MUCH thank you DEARLY for that IncredIbly thoughtful descrIptIon!

DD: I swear... verdox!

DD: Not even tellIng me what the character was lIke or If It changed hIs appearance or ANYTHING!

DD: It's lIke you're suddenly shy to talk to me!

DD: ...

AE: ...

DD: ....

AE: ...

DD: Are you uh... ok....

AE: Are yov?

DD: Well... no... not exactly....

DD: I mean... of course... I knew thIs was comIng....

DD: Baaaa... I'm sorry for beIng so coarse wIth you... thIs must all just be a shock....

DD: But I promIse!  There are some good parts to thIs game!

DD: LIke uh!  Everyone gets to see each other and have adventures!

DD: That sounds lIke sooo much fun!  You agree!

DD: It's not all death and mIsery and fear and loss and whatever else thIs entry threw us Into... baba!

AE: ...I knovv it's not all bad! And I knovv ovt of everyone, yov probably had it the rovghest.

AE: So yov don't really need to say yov're sorry, or anything. I knovv I vvasn't making yovr life any easier, anyhovv. Hahaha... :'V

DD: What... you're talkIng about my entry!

DD: Baaa... well... that COULD have gone better... but I guess I don't hold It agaInst you... verdox!

AE: Really? Yov're not mad?

DD: You trIed... at least!  And we're both In one pIece!  That's... somethIng to say!  ^'u'^

DD: I wIll admIt I was a LITTLE IrrItated as It was happenIng... but... well....

DD: It's water under the brIdge!  You just dIdn't understand the entIre sItuatIon you were In... whIch was my fault!

DD: I... probably should have been more upfront wIth you!

DD: And please!  I don't want to compare bulges wIth anyone here... bababa!  We're ALL goIng to have It rough... probably!

DD: WhIch Is why It's Important to let lIttle shIt go and work together!

DD: (Or... at least... that's what I keep tellIng myself!  Bababa!)

AE: See? This is vvhy I think yov'd make a good leader. :V

AE: Bvt I vvon't pvsh that novv!

DD: Baaaaa!  Yeah... If you could PLEASE not push that shIt NOW!

DD: Of ALL TIMES!

DD: Look... my job Is basIcally fInIshed!

DD: Once you're all In... you'll know just as much as I do!

DD: Hell... once you sleep... you'll go to a moon as well... and see the future or whatever those on the purple place do... and I'll have lIterally NO EDGE!

DD: I'm... not cut out to be the leader!  We could maybe vote on one later... but....

DD: ...Even that's probably a lIttle much!  I mean!  Why do we even NEED a leader... baba!  ^'u'^

AE: I gvess yov're right.

AE: VVell... I hope it doesn't come to that, then!

DD: I only dId all of thIs shIt because I had to... and uh... I'll be mostly spendIng thIs game away from everyone else!

DD: Except for ekraIl!

DD: Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

DD: ^-A-^

AE: Ekrail?

DD: Yes... ekraIl!

DD: You know hIm!  Surely!

DD: He's a green blood too!

AE: I thovght yov didn't like him? VVhy vvovld yov spend time vvith him?

DD: WELL!

DD: APPARENTLY the game dIdn't get THAT memo!

AE: ...Is he vvith yov right novv?

DD: He's my knIght!  I'm the person of space!  He's supposed to lIke breed frogs wIth me or some shIt!

DD: No no no he doesn't come untIl later!

DD: Though I WISH he'd hurry It up!

DD: I can't do SHIT wIthout hIm!

DD: ^-A-^

AE: VVovv, that's kind of cool! I mean, being a knight and all.

DD: Yeah... I guess!

AE: I'm svre yov tvvo vvill be fine, thovgh. Probably.

DD: We all get thIs stupId-ass tItles though!

DD: And yeah... hopefully....

DD: It's goIng to take some restraInt though... I'll tell you that much!

DD: We just fIght! All! The! TIme!

DD: I lIterally cannot have a fuckIng WORD wIth that asshole that doesn't turn Into a PETTY ARGUMENT!

DD: Oh my god It's just too fuckIng rIdIculous!

AE: Bvt he's not a bad gvy. And he's a master adventvrer! Yov covldn't hope for a better partner!

DD: Baaaaaaaa!

DD: Look... even YOU would be a better partner than hIm!

DD: Even terIas!  Oh what I wouldn't gIve to have THAT kId as my knIght!

AE: Hey! VVhat do yov mean >even< me? :V

DD: I could gIve a shIt If he's an "adventurer!"  He's a stubborn pIece of shIt who just EXISTS to GET ON MY NERVES!

AE: Bvt I gvess it vvovld be hard to vvork vvith someone yov don't get along vvith. Look on the bright side, thovgh.

DD: No offense... verdox!  You can just be a bIt much sometImes!  Also I'm not sure how well you'd take to catchIng and checkIng the genetIcs of frogs!

DD: (How fuckIng useless!)

AE: That sovnds fvn! :V

DD: No It does NOT!

AE: Come on, frogs are neat.

DD: Baaaaa!  No they're just gross and slImey and baaaaaaaaa!

DD: Unpleasant creatures!

AE: Amphibians, thovgh! Did yov knovv some frogs can svrvive being frozen in the vvinter?

DD: And you have to CATCH them!

AE: And then they thavv in the spring...

DD: ....

AE: Like nothing even happened!

AE: So cool.

DD: And thIs Is supposed to endear me to them HOW....

DD: They just sound lIke freaky ressurectIon shIt thIngs!

DD: (But no I guess I dIdn't know that!)

DD: (I guess that's what I get for dIsablIng AnImal Planet from beIng In my televIsIon sets!)

AE: Hahaha!

AE: Did yov knovv frogs shed their skin, too?

DD: ....

DD: No... I dId not....

DD: That's pretty fuckIng nasty!

AE: And then, once they get ovt of their old skin, they >eat it<!

DD: Baaaaaa!

AE: :V

DD: I'm not even squeamIsh but what the FUCK!

DD: You have GOT to be SHITTING ME verdox!

DD: Tell me that you're fuckIng around!

AE: Frogs are avvesome!

DD: TELL ME!

DD: NO THEY ARE NOT@

AE: No! It's cool!

DD: No... It's DISGUSTING!

DD: Why the fuck would you EAT YOUR OWN SKIN!

DD: And why would you THINK THAT WAS COOL!

AE: ...VVell, it helps to make vp for the energy they lose vvhile shedding, I gvess.

DD: There Is no energy lost by SHEDDING!  SNAKES don't EAT THEIR FUCKING SKIN!

DD: Frogs are just nasty as shIt and I want you to ADMIT IT!

AE: VVell, snakes don't eat their shed skin, that's trve.

AE: Bvt most lizards do!

AE: It's natvre!

AE: Come on, if yov vvere a frog, vvovld yov vvant people calling yov gross jvst becavse yov eat yovr ovvn skin? I mean, they can't help it.

DD: ...

DD: If I was a frog I wouldn't be a shItty frog and I'd have fuckIng manners!

DD: And not eat my OWN SKIN!

DD: I'd also probably employ other frogs to hunt for me so I never felt compelled to!

DD: Look... anImals are just nasty as shIt!

DD: Frogs especIally!

AE: :<

DD: But I guess lIzards too!

AE: I'm svre if yov vvere talking abovt mammals yov'd be more generovs!

DD: Some mammals are so nasty too!

DD: LIke... baaaaaaa... drInkIng secretIons from the host's body to grow!

DD: Nasty thIngs!

AE: Like, did yov knovv vvhen sheep breed, it's called "tvbing"?

AE: I'm seriovs.

DD: Rams... goats... and sheep get an excuse!

DD: ...Who the fuck even thought that up....

DD: I don't even want to KNOW WHY actually!

DD: It's probably GROSSER THAN SKIN EATING!

AE: It's >natvre<!

AE: It's interesting!

DD: Why the FUCK DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS SHIT!

DD: Is thIs your KINK!

DD: Baaaaaaaaaaaa!!

AE: VVhat?! No! VVhen did I say that?

AE: I jvst read a lot. :V

DD: And I watch a lot of thIngs and read enough too but that doesn't mean I know shIt about FROGS or know about SHEEP BREEDING!

DD: WhIch you would thInk would be totally my area of expertIse but no!

DD: verdox you have got some ISSUES where the fuck do you even fInd thIs shIt!

AE: VVell, I don't make it a point to read specifically abovt sheep breeding. Sometimes it jvst comes vp!

DD: How the fuck does SHEEP BREEDING just come up!

DD: You have to be readIng somethIng STUPID AS SHIT for that to just COME UP!

AE: VVhat if I'm reading a book abovt livestock animals? VVhat then? Sheep breeding, that's vvhat.

DD: Why the fuck would you be readIng a book about lIvestock anImals In the fIrst place!

DD: You're a fuckIng green blood!

DD: You don't ranch!

DD: You don't shepard!

DD: It makes NO SENSE for you to even fuckIng CARE!

AE: Bvt I vvant to knovv things!

DD: About SHEEP BREEDING!

AE: Come on, some day this vvill come in handy.

DD: ....

AE: VVell. Maybe not the sheep breeding.

DD: You know what... I'm not... even goIng... to ask... how....

AE: VVeren't vve going to talk abovt ovr... "lands"? Hovv did vve even get to talking abovt this?

DD: ....

DD: I don't even remember....

DD: And by that I mean I do but It's totally besIdes the poInt!

DD: (My memory Isn't THAT shoddy!)

DD: But yes... tell me about your land... then!

AE: Oh. Vh, vvell, it's pretty vvet! And by vvet, I mean it's flooding, and I'm kind of vvorried abovt that becavse I can't svvim too vvell.

AE: From vvhat I can tell, this place is some sort of rainforest!

DD: ShIt!  Sounds lIke the dIrect opposIte of my own... then!

AE: VVhat's yovr land like?

DD: But uh... you haven't explored too much... then!

DD: Smoke smoke smoke and more smoke!  I can't even see outsIde clearly!

DD: What a fuckIng paIn!

DD: It smells lIke ash and I can barely breathe!  Bababa!

DD: It's also hot as HELL!

DD: But... that's besIdes the poInt!

DD: PoInt Is that you need hIgh ground!  You're lookIng Into that... I trust!

AE: Yeah, I'm sitting in a tree right novv... bvt I'm going to have to get ovt of here eventvally. Or move fvrther vp!

AE: Bvt vvhat abovt yov? Are yov alright? Yovr land sovnds pretty dangerovs. :<

DD: Yeah... clImbIng up seems lIke a good plan... I mean It's a raInforest!

DD: ...Before you do any quests or anythIng... verdox... I want you to eIther secure your hIve or buIld a new shelter!

DD: I know It sounds dumb but we need you safe!

DD: And I'll be alrIght!  InsIde my hIve It's not TOO bad... It's just leavIng that would cause a problem!

DD: I'll have to make some gas-masks!  What a chore!

DD: Don't you worry about me!  ^'u'^

AE: Okay, I'll give it my best shot... right novv I'm jvst trying to climb vp to the canopy to take a look arovnd, bvt it's a long climb!

AE: As long as yov're safe, that's fine! Jvst take care of yovrself vvhen yov go ovt. :V

DD: I don't doubt It!

DD: And yeah yeah yeah I know!

DD: Don't worry!  I have no Interest In suffocatIng to death oh my god!

DD: What a horrIble way to go!

DD: But uh... do be careful!

DD: Even InsIde your hIve I thInk... thIngs are supposed to spawn!

DD: So just have a weapon wIth you at all tImes!

AE: Oh... okay! VVhat sort of things?

DD: I'm... not quIte sure what to call them!

DD: They're black and creepy though... just be quIck In takIng them out and you'll be fIne!

DD: They seem... mostly harmless... most of them....

DD: You get experIence for kIllIng them though whIch Is good! ^'u'^

DD: You'll need It all!

AE: Experience?

AE: Is this a game thing again?

AE: I feel like it is.

DD: Yes It Is!

DD: Okay so uh... In regular games... or what I know about them....

DD: Not that I play them... they're tIme wasters... I just know some thIngs I guess!

DD: Well... experIence helps you level up!  Or somethIng!

DD: And I thInk that means you get more powers!

DD: ^'u'^

DD: And that certaInly can't hurt!

AE: Povvers? Neat!

AE: VVovv... I can't vvait to see vvhat everyone's titles and stvff are.

AE: Anyvvay, thanks for explaining, Ovisia! I gvess I shovld go try and make a better vveapon or something vvhile I have the chance.

DD: Your strIfespecIbus should have taken care of that... verdox!

DD: I suppose you haven't set It yet!

DD: And yeah... me eIther!  I mean I know parts of some but... not all of them... bababa!

DD: LIke I know my own and I know cIn's and I know rej's and I know ek's... but!

DD: I only get so much... I'm afraId!

AE: Anything abovt me? Probably not, I gvess!

DD: I can say that most of us can get super powerful!  In some ways!  I thInk!

DD: Yours... remaIns elusIve... verdox!

DD: I thInk It's just more toned down than most of ours!

AE: Hvh... vvell, vvith great povver comes great responsibility. Let's all keep ovr heads on straight, even if vve do get to be svper avvesome badasses! ;V

DD: But that doesn't mean It's not Important... of course!

DD: We're ALL Important!

DD: And I thInk as long as we remember that no one Is better than anyone else... then we'll be fIne!

AE: Hahaha! VVell, vvhatever it is, I'm svre it can't be that bad.

DD: It's okay to be super In a group of supers!

AE: Right!

DD: I just fear the power goIng to... some people's... heads....

AE: Oh.

DD: Or worse!  People not knowIng how to handle It!

DD: That'd be pretty bad too... bababa....

AE: Yov mean, like...?

AE: Like Synore? I mean, or something. I don't knovv her vvell, so maybe 

AE: *I can't talk.

AE: Bvt, yov knovv. Seadvvellers.

DD: ....

DD: In syn's case I just... really hope... she talks to me... and rej... and no one else....

DD: As mean as that may sound!

DD: Baaaa... I shudder to thInk as to what she could do!  KInda!

DD: I mean... baaaaa!

DD: I mean!!  I struck an agreement wIth her so everyone wIll be safe!

DD: But she can just be a lIttle unpredIctable sometImes... baba!

AE: VVell... I mean, as long as yov and Arejda are arovnd, it probably vvon't be an issve! Hopefvlly.

DD: Well!

DD: Uh!

DD: ....

AE: ...

DD: Hopefully!  Baba!

AE: ...Okay! That's not totally convincing, bvt okay! :'V

DD: It's not really for anyone to worry about!

DD: It's just... well!

DD: Trouble up In the ranks  blah blah blah!

DD: But....

AE: Highblood problems!

DD: ThIs means more than that... so!

DD: Even If syn's not wIllIng to see It... I'll... sort It out!

DD: No one Is goIng to be In any harm because of my shIt!  Baba!

DD: Or hIghblood shIt In GENERAL!

AE: Avv, I'm svre it vvon't come to anything drastic.

DD: Probably not!

DD: And by that I mean DEFINITELY NOT!

AE: Got it! :V

DD: But that's just bullshIt!  I'm sure syn wIll be fIne!

DD: My MAIN Issue wIth her Is MUCH dIfferent than poIntless drama!

AE: ...?

AE: VVhat is it?

DD: She's our slyph!  Our DESIGNATED HEALER!

AE: ...

AE: Oh.

DD: What are even the CHANCES OF HER HEALING ANYONE!

DD: Baaaaa!

DD: So fuckIng useless!

AE: VVell... maybe she vvon't need to heal anyone? I mean, maybe if vve're really carefvl...

AE: None of vs vvill get hvrt?

DD: ....

DD: Maybe....

AE: :<

DD: I don't know... there's a lot of room for error here....

DD: And I hope that no one gets hurt!

DD: But wIth people lIke heltus runnIng around!

DD: ...OR PEOPLE LIKE YOU FOR THAT MATTER!!

DD: Let's just say I don't fInd It LIKELY!

DD: And I'm sure we'll manage but baaaa!

DD: It's just such a DRAG!

AE: Hovv come she got a role like that, thovgh?

DD: Why couldn't have HELPFUL PEOPLE have gotten HELPFUL TITLES I ask!

DD: Who the fuck knows!

DD: ThIs name shIt system makes NO SENSE!

AE: ...

DD: LIke I'm a Rogue of Space!

DD: But come on!  How USELESS!

AE: Oh, that sovnds cool!

DD: What the fuck does that even MEAN!

DD: I can't really do ANYTHING!  I can just do rogue thIngs!  Whatever that Is!

AE: VVell, rogves are kind of like brigands... brigands are cool!

DD: And then you have arejda beIng a muse!

DD: A muse!

DD: THAT GIRL!

DD: A MUSE!

AE: Hahaha!

DD: WIth THAT POETRY!

AE: That's perfect for her!

AE: She's a good poet.

DD: ....

DD: RIght... I almost forgot who I was talkIng to....

AE: VVhat?

DD: Of course... you wouldn't see... the Irony....

AE: Yov don't like her poetry? :<

DD: verdox... arejda ellfen Is probably the worst poet who was ever hatched....

AE: Hovv can yov say that? That's not trve! :<<

DD: I can say that because I know these thIngs and It IS true!

DD: She Is sImply HORRIBLE!

DD: It's all doom and gloom bullshIt wIth HORRIBLE METAPHORS!

AE: :<<<<<

DD: How she Is supposed to INSPIRE PEOPLE beyond anythIng but a rolled eye Is BEYOND ME!

AE: VVell, I'm inspired by it! So that's at least >one< person! >:V

DD: Baaaaa!

DD: Okay....

DD: Maybe for the group I'm In... she was a fIttIng choIce!

DD: Goddamn all you people!

DD: You're all so uncultured!  ^-A-^

AE: :<

DD: FIrst not understandIng my naked statues... and now thIs!

AE: Hovv are those even remotely similar?

AE: And... I mean, yov're entitled to yovr opinion!

DD: It just proves your lack of culture and understandIng of fIne art!

DD: Naked statues are lIke really hIgh up there In thIngs that are consIdered fashIonable!  EspecIally of lIke horse people!

DD: (Er!)

DD: I'm just sayIng I should have expected thIs!

DD: ^-A-^

AE: Every road leads back to the naked statves!

AE: There's no escaping them!

AE: I mean, I gvess I don't vnderstand everything abovt blveblood stvff. And 'cvltvre', and vvhatnot... bvt it's fvn to slam vvith Arejda, and I think she's really good. :>

DD: The road Is blocked by the fInest of art!

AE: Maybe yov shovld try it sometime?

DD: I wIll not!

AE: Come on.

AE: I'm svre she'd say yes.

DD: She Is horrIble and just because she's horrIble doesn't mean I'm any better!

DD: I don't care If she'd say yes!

AE: :'<

DD: It'd just baaaa It'd make thIngs baaaa between us at ANY rate!

AE: I thovght yov and Arejda vvere, yov knovv!

AE: VVhy are yov not getting along?

DD: Oh... It's not that!

DD: It's just... hIghblood shIt!

DD: I don't want to bog you down wIth the detaIls... verdox!  Mostly because you're a frIend and I care about that!  Baba!

DD: I just baaaaa I'd rather not!  Bababa!

AE: Baaaa to yov too! That's fine. I don't really need to knovv. :V

AE: Highbloods...

DD: Yeah!  HIghbloods... bababa...

DD: It's a better gIg than all of you but sooo sooo sooo stressful!

AE: Svre seems like it!

AE: VVell, the stressfvl part, anyvvay.

AE: I don't knovv if the "highbloods have more fvn" saying is actvally trve anymore.

DD: Well!  Maybe not In the game!

DD: But certaInly back In AlternIa!

DD: I mean... we had everythIng!

DD: It was pretty awesome... bababa!

AE: VVell... everything except central heating! Hahaha!

DD: Shhh shhh shhh!!

DD: I had FIREPLACES my hIve just sucked!

DD: I wasn't a very good archItect....

DD: You know... when I was one!

DD: ^-A-^

AE: Hahaha! It's fine! I liked yovr hive. I mean, maybe not the statves, bvt the rest of it looked like something from a history book.

AE: It vvas pretty cool!

DD: That was the IntentIon!

DD: I've always been bIg on hIstory... or I was... but then I kInda got dIstracted by that... I guess!

DD: From that even!

DD: But uh... I don't know... I guess I always thought I'd have tIme to get back Into It!

AE: :<

DD: Back when I was around four I used to pay these huge expedItIons to go out and fInd artIfacts for me!

DD: I'd fInd out so much!

DD: It was... really cool... bababa!

DD: But... I don't know... It's hard when you're four and your moIraIl sucks and then wIth everythIng that happened after that and baaaaaaaaaa!

DD: I just haven't had the tIme!  Bababa!

AE: VVell... as long as vve're alive, there's still time!

AE: In the fvtvre, I mean.

DD: But my hIve was totally modeled to suIt some ancIent tIme perIod!  I mean... that could be why It sucked... BUT!

DD: Yeah... I guess!

DD: I can't do anythIng now... though!  WorryIng about the past at a tIme lIke THIS!

DD: How useless!

AE: :<

AE: I'm sorry, Ovisia.

DD: There's nothIng for you to be sorry about... verdox!

DD: For once... you dIdn't do anythIng wrong!  Bababa!  ^'u'^

DD: It's just my personal shIt and I'm not even sure why I'm even ventIng to you about that!

DD: I'm... sorry myself!  Bababa....

AE: Hahaha! I'll shovv yov! I'll be the most competent, least-likely-to-screvv-vp player the vvorld has ever seen! :V

AE: And it's no big deal... I don't mind listening. :>

DD: You BETTER MAKE GOOD ON THAT PROMISE... verdox!

DD: Bababa!

DD: (I'm kIddIng... really!  Just... do your best!)

AE: I may not be a dvchess, bvt I still keep my promises! :V

AE: I vvill, don't vvorry.

DD: (You're a really nIce guy... I really doubt you'll cause any Issue!)

DD: But... thank you... really!

AE: Hahaha! VVell, as long as I don't tovch any more compvter programs.

DD: RIght though... I meant to ask you thIs before... or at least get thIs answered... you're not harmed... I assume!

DD: I really doubt we'll get Into the medIum wIth everyone unharmed... to be honest!

DD: Just tryIng to... keep account of our InjurIes!

DD: AND YEAH oh god!

DD: HOPEFULLY that's all you needed to do on the computer or I swear we're In It DEEP!

AE: Vh, not really! I cvt myself a little bit on some glass, bvt that's abovt it. One of my display cases broke. :<

AE: Bvt that's all!

AE: VVell... so far, no one vvas really hvrt, right? I'd imagine Synore vvas fine, and yov vvere alright last time I savv yov.

DD: Baaa!  I'm sorry to hear that!  That sounds margInally paInful!

DD: But It could be worse... I suppose!  Just be careful around the area!

DD: But yeah... as far as I'm aware... no one's been maImed or anythIng... bababa!

DD: Let's just hope It stays that way!

DD: I'll be checkIng In wIth everyone once they come on....

DD: I mean mostly for my own selfIsh reasons but baaa!  One last effort to make sure we're all ready for thIs!

DD: ...Whatever "thIs" Is!

DD: Bababa!

AE: Yvp, it hvrt a little bit! Bvt it's nothing seriovs. :V

AE: Glad to hear everyone else is okay, thovgh!

AE: And I hope they can all make it in vvithovt issves... bvt if I can do it, they can too, right? Haha!

AE: Anyvvay, thanks for checking in vvith me. I vvas vvondering vvhat to do, bvt I feel better abovt things novv. :V

DD: That's what I'm hopIng!  If you can... well!

DD: There's hope for us all!

DD: (Even heltus!  Bababa!)

DD: (He's a sweetIe... but....)

DD: But of course!

DD: I'll... uh....

DD: Probably be doIng thIs often!

DD: Mostly because there's nothIng else for me TO do... you understand!

DD: Not because I'm a LEADER!

AE: ...Right.

AE: Anyvvay... everything's A-OK here, if yov vvant to go make some gas masks or talk to someone else or something!

AE: I knovv yov're bvsy not being a leader. ;V

DD: Oh... alrIght!

DD: Yeah I guess I should actually get around to checkIng thIngs out at least!

DD: Maybe kIll a thIng or two to beat the stress off... bababa!

DD: But... uh!

 DD: It's good to know that you're alrIght... verdox!

DD: Be careful... and get to hIgh ground soon!

AE: I'm glad that yov're okay too! Let's keep it that vvay!

AE: And don't vvorry... I'm a master climber. No vvater's gonna get me! :V

AE: Good lvck ovt there, Ovisia.

AE: Talk to yov later! :>

[05:34] -- absentExpert [AE] began trolling derelictDuchess [DD] at 17:34 --

[05:35] AE: Hey Ovisia! VVhat's vp?

[05:35] DD: Hey hey hey verdox verdox verdox!

[05:35] AE: Have things been going vvell lately vvith yov knovv vvho? >vvink vvink!< ;>

[05:36] DD: Oh uh!

[05:36] DD: Bababa!  I'm not QUITE sure who you're talkIng about... darlIng!

[05:36] AE: ...

[05:36] DD: I can hardly keep on top of you all... you understand!

[05:36] DD: There are so many people that I could or could not be "goIng well wIth!"

[05:36] DD: Let's be honest!

[05:36] AE: Hmmhmm.

[05:37] AE: Bvt, isn't there someone

[05:37] AE: vvho yov're, yov knovv?

[05:37] AE: Come on, I knovv yov knovv!

[05:38] DD: ...I'm really afraId that I don't!

[05:38] DD: verdox please!  I lead a very stressful lIfe and I despIse guessIng games!

[05:38] AE: Fine, yov're going to make me come ovt and say it, aren't yov?

[05:39] DD: Uh yes!

[05:39] AE: Arejda!

[05:39] DD: Because I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE....

[05:39] DD: Oh uh!

[05:39] DD: Uhhh that's goIng fIne I guess!

[05:40] DD: FIne beIng a very relatIve term used In comparIson wIth everythIng ELSE goIng on In my lIfe!

[05:40] DD: WhIch Is to say... as well as can be expected!

[05:40] DD: WhIch Is to say... really shIttIly convoluted and not worth talkIng about!!

[05:41] AE: Hahaha!

[05:42] AE: Arejda said it vvas complicated too.

[05:43] AE: Bvt I'm svre yov'll vvork it ovt!

[05:43] DD: I'm sure we wIll as well!

[05:43] DD: Or If we don't... It won't end TOO messIly!

[05:44] DD: (WhIch Is In truth what I'm preparIng for the most!)

[05:44] DD: But enough of my shItty romantIc woes that are entIrely borIng and wIthout merIt!!

[05:44] DD: I'm sure you've been doIng somethIng stupId as shIt wIth your fInal moments on AlternIa!

[05:44] DD: I'm DYING to hear about It!

[05:46] AE: Vgh, there yov go again. Making it sovnd as thovgh playing this game is going to kill vs or something!

[05:46] DD: Oh uh It totally WON'T It's just you know we'll be off AlternIa for a lIttle whIle!

[05:46] DD: It's a weIrd kInd of game!

[05:47] DD: And I just want to know what you've been wastIng your tIme wIth!!

[05:48] AE: Vhhh... vvell, I haven't been doing things that are too ovt of the ordinary, I gvess. VVriting some stories and stvff.

[05:48] AE: Oh, bvt gvess vvhat?

[05:48] AE: My zipline is almost done!

[05:48] AE: Oops, I mean, my >drvm roll< ZIPLINE!

[05:49] DD: Oh my GOD not THIS agaIn!!

[05:49] DD: Baaaaa!!

[05:49] DD: verdox you are SO IMPOSSIBLE!!

[05:49] AE: Hahahaha! Come on, yov said yov'd try it ovt!

[05:50] AE: Do dvchesses back ovt on their promises?

[05:50] DD: I hope you fInIsh It wIthIn the next two weeks because If not It's gonna be TOO LATE!

[05:50] DD: And I should say not!

[05:50] DD: We duchesses are completely refIned and always stIck to our word!

[05:50] DD: (When It benefIts us... of course!)

[05:51] AE: Hahaha! Even if I don't finish it before vve leave Alternia or vvhatever...

[05:51] AE: I can do it vvhen vve come back!

[05:51] AE: Can't I?

[05:52] AE: ...VVe >are< coming back, right? :<

[05:52] DD: ....

[05:53] DD: Uh yeah of COURSE we're comIng back!!

[05:53] DD: I thInk!

[05:53] DD: Probably lIke there Is a good chance that we are goIng to come back and nothIng bad wIll have happened!!

[05:54] AE: Okay then! VVell, I'll still try and finish it before then.

[05:55] AE: And vvhen I do, I'll have to rovnd everyone vp to have a go on it! >:>

[05:56] AE: Or, yov knovv. At least vvhoever >vvants< to have a go. I don't vvant anyone pvking in the lake, after all.

[05:56] DD: That would be PRETTY gross!

[05:56] DD: But yeah I'll... be sure to be there as well!

[05:57] DD: And I promIse not to vomIt!  Erugh... what a horrIble thought!

[05:57] AE: Hahahaha! Please do!

[05:57] AE: Or don't?

[05:58] AE: Anyvvay...

[05:58] AE: VVhat have yov been doing vvith yovr "final moments"?

[05:59] AE: VVatching marathons of Indigo Shore?

[06:00] DD: Uh not exactly!

[06:00] DD: Though sometImes... when I fInd the tIme... of course!

[06:00] DD: (I only WISH that that's what I was doIng rIght now!)

[06:00] DD: Just... tryIng to keep on top of everyone... you know!

[06:00] DD: Make sure we're all on board!

[06:00] DD: It's harder than you mIght thInk!

[06:01] DD: MIIIght have gone through a few extra packs of cIgarettes... though!

[06:01] DD: Babababa!!

[06:02] AE: Hahaha! Being the leader mvst be tovgh.

[06:03] AE: I mean, vve're all so different in so many vvays.

[06:03] DD: Bababababa oh my gosh verdox don't say that kInd of shIt!

[06:03] DD: GoIng to gIve me a heart attack over here!

[06:03] AE: VVhat, vvhy?!

[06:04] AE: Are yov svre it's not jvst the cigarettes catching vp vvith yov?

[06:04] DD: I'm not the leader of ANYONE!  I'm just the one who knows about the game... so I'm GUIDING you guys to the startIng lIne!

[06:04] DD: Baaaaa!!  CIgarettes hurt your LUNGS not your HEART oh my gosh you are SO STUPID!!

[06:04] DD: That saId... I'm no leader... so please please PLEASE don't call me that!!

[06:05] AE: Avv, bvt I think yov make a good leader. :<

[06:05] AE: For vvhat it's vvorth, coming from me and all. Hahaha!

[06:05] AE: Bvt if yov don't vvant me to call yov that, then I gvess I vvon't.

[06:05] AE: (At least not vvhere yov can hear me! Hahaha!)

[06:06] DD: verdox I swear to god If I hear that you're spreadIng that shIt I wIll PERSONALLY beat you down and you won't be laughIng then!!!

[06:07] DD: I don't want people to get the wrong Idea I have NO INTEREST In beIng the leader In thIs thIng oh my god!!

[06:07] AE: Hahaha! Then I'll come back as a ghost and havnt yov...

[06:07] AE: "Leeaaadeeerrr! Hovv covld yov doooo svch a thiiiing?"

[06:07] AE: "VVooooo~!"

[06:08] DD: verdox NO STOP!!!

[06:09] AE: "VVOOOO, LEADEEERRR! I TRVSTED YOOOVVVV!"

[06:09] AE: Hahahahaha!

[06:09] DD: Baaaaaaaaaaa!!!

[06:10] AE: Okay, no, bvt seriovsly.

[06:10] DD: I'm just sayIng that I'm not your leader and hopefully someone else wIll step up once we're InsIde the game!

[06:10] AE: Okay, okay! Yov're not the leader if yov don't vvant to be.

[06:10] DD: Because I have no Interest In presIdIng over you guys and dIctatIng your actIons okay that sounds lIke SUCH A DRAG!!

[06:10] DD: (And not the good kInd... eIther!!)

[06:10] AE: Message received! Point gotten!

[06:11] AE: Bvt if yov ever change yovr mind, yov have my vote.

[06:12] AE: Becavse I don't knovv vvho else covld have even organized all of this. Definitely not me. Nope. VVovldn't have happened.

[06:13] DD: Trust me... verdox... I only do what I do because of necessIty....

[06:13] DD: There Is nothIng brave or competent about It!

[06:13] DD: If you were In my posItIon... If ANYONE was In my posItIon... they would do the same....

[06:13] DD: I just happen to know these thIngs and the rest of you don't!  SImple as that!

[06:14] AE: That's not even close to being trve! There isn't one iota of trvth in vvhat yov jvst said. There are no trvth molecvles in that petri dish of a statement.

[06:15] AE: I mean, jvst becavse yov knovv some things that vve don't, it doesn't mean that yov aren't competent or brave or anything.

[06:15] AE: It jvst means that yov have some extra info to help yov ovt!

[06:16] DD: Well YES but I'm just sayIng that It's around the same level of bravery or competence that anyone else would dIsplay!

[06:16] DD: Trust me... If you had the knowledge I have... you'd be doIng the same thIng!

[06:17] DD: And that's the truth!

[06:17] DD: ^'u'^

[06:18] DD: I'm not exemplary for the sImple fact that I do these thIngs!  Anyone else would do the same!  It's just that I have the POWER to do them... so people perceIve It as beIng much more rIghteous than It really Is!

[06:19] AE: That covld be trve, bvt it still doesn't change the fact that the things yov do are great! I mean, not that I'm entirely svre vvhat yov're talking abovt all the time...

[06:20] AE: Bvt vvhatever it is, it sovnds like it's important!

[06:21] AE: And anyvvay, hovv do yov knovv if anyone else covld do the same stvff yov do, even if they >vvanted< to? :V

[06:22] DD: I don't know!  I just don't thInk I should be LAUDED for the fact that I'm doIng thIngs anyone else could!

[06:22] DD: It's so frustratIng!

[06:22] DD: And because It's EASY... duh!

[06:22] DD: I wouldn't be sayIng thIs If I wasn't sure!  ANYONE could do thIs... except for maybe syn!

[06:22] DD: (Ok... defInItely not syn!)

[06:23] DD: All It takes Is talkIng to people and that Is IT there Is no trIck to It!  SerIously a fuckIng three sweep old could pull thIs shIt off!

[06:23] DD: And I'm sIck of hearIng people tell me that I'm doIng some "great good thIng" because I just HAPPEN to have the knowledge needed to put It Into actIon!

[06:24] AE: Sorry, then. I didn't mean to vpset yov.

[06:24] AE: I jvst don't think yov shovld be so qvick to vvrite yovrself off.

[06:26] DD: But I'm NOT!  You know be better than that... verdox!

[06:26] DD: It's just an easy thIng and baaaa!!

[06:26] AE: Yov are!

[06:27] AE: So vvhat if it's an easy thing? If only yov can do it, then vvhat does it matter hovv easy it is?

[06:28] DD: Because I'm gettIng pat on the ass for shIt that anyone could do If they were In my shoes!

[06:28] DD: Baaa!

[06:28] DD: I just don't know how to explaIn It... I guess!

[06:29] DD: Just... It's... troublesome... because I haven't actually done anythIng... deservIng of praIse....

[06:31] AE: I don't think that's trve, bvt I'm not svre my opinion is really very meaningfvl at this point. I have no idea vvhat's even going on vvith this game.

[06:31] AE: And it svcks not knovving things.

[06:32] AE: ...Covld yov tell me a little bit more abovt it? Anything at all?

[06:33] DD: Well... sInce you asked!

[06:33] DD: You should... ask me what you want to know....

[06:33] DD: If I started at the top I wouldn't fInIsh so... It's best just to answer on a by-questIon basIs!

[06:33] AE: VVell... vvhat's actvally going to happen vvhen vve play it?

[06:34] AE: Maybe this is a dvmb qvestion, bvt are vve going to, yov knovv...?

[06:34] AE: Die? I knovv that sovnds morbid and everyone has been denying it, bvt that's the vvay it sovnds!

[06:35] DD: ....

[06:35] DD: Honestly verdox... I... don't know....

[06:35] DD: But that's what I'm here for!!  TryIng to make sure that no one gets hurt!

[06:36] DD: So no!!  No one If goIng to dIe and that's that!

[06:36] DD: And It varIes as far as content goes!  We'll be In there for a whIle... from what I can tell!

[06:36] AE: VVhere is "there"?

[06:37] DD: We'll all be on a quest of some kInd!  And usually thIs quest Is part of a chaIn of quests that just goes on to fulfIll a bIg objectIve!

[06:37] DD: (As far as I can tell!  I get only glImpses!)

[06:37] DD: And there Is the medIum!  We'll be "enterIng" In about two weeks!  I'll... uh... guIde us through It... If necessary!

[06:37] DD: If I can!

[06:37] DD: I don't have... a lot of... knowledge about It....

[06:38] DD: But I'm sure It'll come together!

[06:38] AE: See? Novv if that doesn't sovnd like a hard job, I'm not svre vvhat does!

[06:39] AE: I mean, I'm svre yov can do it!

[06:39] AE: Bvt I'm jvst saying... that it doesn't sovnd as easy as yov made it ovt to be, I gvess. 

[06:41] DD: Bababa!  Don't be stupId!  It's easy enough!

[06:41] DD: LIke I saId... anyone In my posItIon could do It....

[06:41] DD: And that's just the facts!

[06:41] DD: TRUST me on that one!

[06:42] AE: >raises eyebrovvs qvestioningly<

[06:42] DD: I thInk thIs game Is actually capable of beIng fun... for all my doom and gloom about It!

[06:42] DD: So don't worry!

[06:42] AE: Hahaha! Me, vvorry? VVho do yov think yov're talking to?

[06:43] AE: Actvally, novv that I kind of knovv vvhat's going on, I feel a lot better.

[06:43] AE: "Kind of" being the operative vvords there.

[06:44] AE: Bvt, as long as I'm asking qvestions...

[06:45] AE: Yov knovv hovv yov mentioned seeing "glimpses" of things? VVas that in yovr dreams?

[06:45] DD: Oh duh!  Sorry... left that out... I guess!

[06:46] DD: But yes It was In my dreams... I get vIsIons... or have I told you... I wonder!

[06:46] AE: Haha, it's okay! I only ask 'cavse Cintil said something like that a vvhile ago.

[06:46] AE: Abovt yov, I mean.

[06:47] DD: Oh dId he!  That lIttle blabbermouth!

[06:47] AE: Oops!

[06:47] DD: I'll have to talk to hIm about that... bababa!

[06:47] DD: (KIddIng!)

[06:47] AE: Ack, sorry, Cintil...

[06:47] AE: (Phevv!)

[06:47] DD: (I don't mInd If anyone knows... really!)

[06:48] AE: So is that vvhy yov knovv so mvch abovt the game?

[06:48] DD: Yes!

[06:48] DD: I've been havIng these dreams for a whIle now... and they show me... possIble realItIes!

[06:49] DD: Outcomes... obstacles... who you all are!

[06:49] DD: It's all very InformatIve!  But also rather droll!

[06:49] DD: Bababa!

[06:50] AE: Hahaha! Sovnds like it'd make a good plot for a story!

[06:51] DD: Bababa!  I guess!

[06:51] DD: Maybe!

[06:52] DD: I've never been very Interested In premonItIons... so maybe not a story I would read!

[06:52] AE: "The Tale of the Visionary vvho Covld See Alternate Realities in Her Dreams and Vse Them to Inform Her Cohorts of the Appropriate Covrse of Action to Take in Any Given Sitvation". 

[06:52] AE: Hahahaha!

[06:52] AE: It's kind of fvnny that yov're the one getting all the visions, then!

[06:53] DD: Oh It's my aspect!

[06:53] DD: You know... what I rule over!

[06:53] DD: Oh rIght... you don't know!

[06:53] DD: Sorry sorry sorry!

[06:53] DD: Okay so In the game you're goIng to be be gIven some type of tItle!

[06:54] DD: (And no!!  I don't know yours!!)

[06:54] AE: Darn!

[06:54] DD: And It'll descrIbe your role In the game!

[06:54] DD: I'm not even sure about mIne... myself... just that It's the reason why I can do what I do!

[06:54] DD: The only one I know for SURE Is cIn's... and I have InklIngs of others... based on theIr Importance to the games and tImelInes!

[06:55] AE: Hahaha, Cintil beat yov to the pvnch a little bit. He told me that vve all get to have classes.

[06:55] DD: But because I can only see how sItuatIons play out... It's hard to tell any real jursIdIctIon!

[06:55] DD: And darn!  I've got to put a muzzle on hIm or SOMETHING!

[06:55] DD: Bababa!

[06:55] DD: Duchesses don't lIke theIr thunder stolen!

[06:56] AE: Hahaha! Rvn for the hills, Cintil!

[06:56] AE: So a class is like...

[06:56] AE: VVhat yovr job is, and an aspect is vvhat vve rvle over?

[06:56] AE: Sovnds cool.

[06:59] DD: BasIcally!

[06:59] DD: Or rather... exactly!  As far as I can tell!

[07:00] AE: So vvhat's yovr title?~ ;>

[07:00] AE: (That vvas my Cintil impression.)

[07:01] DD: Bababa!  And not a very GOOD one!

[07:01] DD: If you were cIn you'd be WAAAY more dodgy!

[07:01] AE: VVhat's yov title, babe?~ ;>

[07:01] DD: Bababa!  A LITTLE more lIke It!

[07:01] AE: I'll shovv yov my title if yov shovv me yovrs.~ ;>

[07:02] DD: Only he doesn't talk to ME lIke that!

[07:02] DD: So maybe not!

[07:02] DD: I meant more lIke dodgIng the questIon!

[07:02] AE: Hahaha, really? Didn't he try ovt one of his goofy pickvp lines on yov before?

[07:03] DD: Maybe as a joke once or twIce!  But we don't tend to treat each other lIke that!

[07:04] AE: So, vvhat do yov think of these title things?~ Yov vvovldn't happen to knovv anything abovt them yet, vvovld yov?~

[07:04] DD: Our relatIonshIp Is a bIt of an oddIty as far as cIn goes!

[07:04] AE: Hmmm... I

[07:04] AE: *I'm not good at being dodgy.

[07:04] DD: Babababa!  I can tell!

[07:04] AE: :<

[07:04] DD: Leave It to the MASTER of these thIngs... darlIng!

[07:05] AE: The master of dodginess?

[07:05] DD: You stIck to beIng blunt and acceptIng and curIous and whatever else!

[07:06] AE: Can do, ma'am.

[07:06] AE: Bvt honestly, vvhat's yovr title? Are yov allovved to tell me? :V

[07:08] DD: Oh I'd be allowed to tell you!  I'm just not too too sure!

[07:09] DD: I know It has somethIng to do wIth space and maybe the class Involves takIng thIngs!  But uh... not for myself....

[07:09] DD: It's weIrd!

[07:09] AE: Vh... hvh.

[07:10] AE: VVell, vvhatever it is, it sovnds neat. Maybe yov get to drive a spaceship? Hahaha!

[07:10] AE: So vvhat's Cintil's, then? Didn't yov say yov vvere svre abovt his?

[07:11] DD: Okay by sure I meant on hIs aspect!

[07:11] DD: HIs... class Is confusIng....

[07:11] DD: But he Is DEFINTELY the somethIng of tIme!

[07:11] DD: He's... really Important....

[07:12] AE: VVovv, really? I hope he's okay vvith that!

[07:12] AE: I mean, he seemed kind of relvctant.

[07:13] AE: Abovt playing, and everything.

[07:13] AE: Or maybe "vvorried" vvovld be a better vvord?

[07:13] DD: I... don't blame hIm!

[07:13] DD: I would be too If I had so much to do!

[07:14] DD: I... have been very open wIth hIm... about thIs....

[07:14] AE: Oh. :<

[07:14] DD: And well... you know....

[07:14] AE: ?

[07:14] DD: Though uh... he's not so bad as to thInk that he's goIng to get out of thIs....

[07:14] DD: RIght.....

[07:15] AE: VVell, I don't think he'd rvn avvay, or anything, if that's vvhat yov mean. He seems like the type of gvy vvho'll do vvhat he has to do vvhen the time comes!

[07:15] AE: Bvt yov've knovvn him longer than I have!

[07:17] DD: Yeah... I don't thInk so eIther....

[07:17] DD: It's just I worry!  I don't know....

[07:17] DD: I don't mean to gIve hIm stress lIke thIs....

[07:18] AE: It'll be okay, Ovisia! The rest of vs vvill be arovnd to help him! And yov too, for that matter.

[07:18] AE: I mean, there are fovrteen of vs, after all.

[07:18] AE: Fovrteen heads are better than one!

[07:19] AE: Actvally, a fovrteen headed troll sovnds really scary, bvt yov get the pictvre. :V

[07:19] DD: Bababa!  I'll say!  ^-A-^

[07:20] DD: But... yeah... I guess...!

[07:21] DD: I've been... talkIng to a lot of us about everythIng already... so I guess I can agree wIth that fIrst-hand!

[07:22] DD: You guys are all a very... helpful bunch!

[07:22] DD: So maybe I SHOULDN'T worry so much!

[07:22] AE: Hahaha! That's the spirit! :>

[07:24] AE: Jvst don't forget to take things easy sometimes, yov knovv?

[07:24] AE: Especially novv, if vve don't have mvch time left before this big thing starts.

[07:26] DD: Oh well!  Maybe....

[07:26] DD: Or maybe not!  We'll see!

[07:26] DD: It all depends If OTHERS gIve me a break!

[07:26] DD: And honestly... they won't!

[07:26] DD: Bababa!

[07:27] AE: Hahaha! Trve!

[07:29] AE: Sorry Ovisia, yov're too popvlar for yovr ovvn good.

[07:29] AE: There are no svch things as breaks for the insanely popvlar.

[07:30] DD: The real struggle of the one percent!

[07:30] DD: We're just TOO hIgh In demand!

[07:30] DD: Such a chore!  But I am here for my publIc!  Bababa!

[07:31] AE: Svch crvel torment! The adoring masses are smothering yov vvith their admiration!

[07:31] AE: Hahaha... bvt, anyvvay. Thanks for telling me all this stvff, Ovisia.

[07:32] AE: I vvas beginning to think that I vvas going to have to go in blind. I mean, not that that vvovld be totally ovt of character for me to jvst stvmble into things backvvards...

[07:32] AE: Bvt it's nice to have some info!

[07:33] DD: Don't mentIon It!

[07:34] DD: I was plannIng on gIvIng everyone InformatIon soon anyway!

[07:34] DD: So It was only fIttIng!

[07:34] DD: BesIdes!  Some people already know stuff... so It's not faIr for you to not know anythIng!

[07:37] AE: So I gvess the only thing left to do novv is vvait.

[07:39] DD: Well!  That's for you!  Me I have... other thIngs to take care of!

[07:40] DD: But yes!  Please just... enjoy your last few weeks here... verdox!

[07:40] DD: I'm sure you're the type to have fun In the game... so I wouldn't worry too much... but stIll!

[07:40] DD: I'd get the most out of It whIle I stIll could!

[07:42] AE: I'll try! It sovnds kind of sad vvhen yov pvt it that vvay... bvt if I jvst keep telling myself that vve'll all be back soon, I'm svre it'll be fine.

[07:43] DD: I lIke the way you thInk... verdox!

[07:43] AE: Thinking positive is half the battle, right? Hahaha!

[07:43] DD: Well... not really... but It suIts you!

[07:43] DD: Bababa!  I just hope that you're rIght!

[07:44] DD: And If you're not... well... I hope the end Is somethIng more fantastIc than even I could ever dream!

[07:46] AE: Trvst me, it'll be fine! Stories abovt adventvres like this vsvally end vvell. :V

[07:46] AE: Althovgh, things might be a little different once the dvst has settled, bvt that's a given

[07:47] DD: Hmm... I'm not quIte sure If I'd call thIs any kInd of story... but I'll keep It In mInd....

[07:47] DD: Maybe It'll help keep my chIn up!  Bababa!

[07:47] DD: (Not lIkely!)

[07:47] DD: And well!  I don't expect everythIng to be the same as usual!  I mean... who knows!

[07:47] DD: I guess we'll just have to gIve It our best shot and... see where It goes!

[07:48] DD: All we can do Is... try... really!

[07:48] AE: Hey, that's a good enovgh plan for me. :V

[07:49] AE: Take care, then, Ovisia! And don't smoke too many cigarettes! Hahaha!

[07:50] DD: Bababa!  I'll smoke all I want!

[07:50] AE: It's bad for yovr health, yov knovv!

[07:50] DD: But I'll gIve you the same deal I cIn... at the end of thIs... WHEN we wIn!

[07:50] DD: I'll go cold-turkey and that'll be It!

[07:50] DD: I promIse!

[07:51] AE: It's a deal, then! No backsies! :V

[07:51] DD: I wouldn't DREAM of It!

[07:51] DD: I'll talk to you later then... verdox!

[07:52] AE: Later!

[07:52] AE: :>

[07:52] DD: Bababa... bye bye bye dox dox dox!

CPP: <<< it hasss come to my attention that one of you isss on my planet... >>>

CPP: <<< pleassse explain... >>>

CAA: [hello.]=[i'm not on your planet.]

CTP: Well, the õnly õne wĩthĩn ten mĩles õf me ĩs.... mõre me.~

CTP: Cãn yõũ pleãse descrĩbe the nãtũre õf yõũr hõme ĩnvãder?~

CPP: <<< oh goodnessssss... >>>

PAST anarchicCavalier [PAC] 6:12 HOURS AGO responded to memo.

PAC: hello; right now you havent entered the game;;;

CPP: <<< they are pretty nessstled into the brusssh... >>>

PAC: and i am still on my planet; i dont think its me;;;

CPP: <<< let me sssee... >>>

CPP: <<< do any of you wear a tie... >>>

CTP: I dõ. Bũt ãs explãĩned, ĩt cõũld nõt be me.~

PAC: cintil does;;; and so do i

CTP: And Terĩãs, I thõũght yõũ sãĩd yõũ hãted yõũr plãnet.~

CPP: <<< teriasss... >>>

CTP: ... wãĩt ã mõment.~

CTP: Whãt tĩme ĩs ĩt where yõũ ãre?~

PAC: ;;; when did i say i did

CTP: Jũst ãnswer the qũestĩõn.~

PAC: um i am currently unaware of what time it is here

PAC: but i entered;;; a while ago;

CTP: .... Well, ĩt's gõõd tõ see yõũ're stĩll nõt helpfũl ĩn the leãst.~ Thãt's ã relĩef, ĩndeed.~

CPP: <<< thisss isss very bothersssome... >>>

CTP: Try kĩckĩng hĩm.~

CPP: <<< pleassse... i will be more tactful... >>>

CPP: <<< er... >>>

PAC: ;;; uh, ok, so it might be me;;; or cintil; so theres kind of a 5050 there;;; i think;

CTP: There's nõt very mãny tãctfũl wãys tõ ãwãken sõmeõne, I'm ãfrãĩd.~

CAA: [sure there are.]=[i do it all the time.]

PAC: um;;; theres a way to wake me up but i dont think you would want to do it;;;

CPP: <<< ...explain... >>>

PAC: ;;; well

PAC: my lusus was somewhat birdlike so;;;

PAC: youll have to make a similar noise like her; i mean him;

PAC: but uh yeah i dont think you would want to do that;;;

CPP: <<< ... >>>

CTP: ...~

CPP: <<< well... >>>

CPP: <<< i have to do sssomething... >>>

CAA: [...]=[...should i be in this memo?]

CPP: <<< thisss isss freaking me out... >>>

CTP: My prevĩõũs sũggestĩõn stĩll stãnds.~

CTP: And õf cõũrse, Anã.~

CPP: <<< ananta, I alwaysss welcome your assssssissstance... >>>

CTP: Whãt wõũld yõũ dõ ĩf yõũ fõũnd sõme dõũche ãsleep õn yõũr plãnet?~

PAC: maybe before you wanna do that you might want to;;; ask cintil how to wake him up first;

PAC: as in if that ;douche; sleeping on your planet is actually cintil suchor

CTP: Ah, trũe, I dõ seem tõ hãve clõned myself... Bũt ĩf ĩt were me, I wõũld hãve wõken ũp jũst by hãvĩng sõmeõne neãrby.~

CTP: I'm nõt ã heãvy sleeper.~

CTP: Sõ I'm cõnfĩdent the ~dõũche~ ĩs nõt me.~

PAC: oh if its not you then it probably isnt a douche then; ;)

CTP: Nõ, I jũst thĩnk thãt heĩghtens the chãnces õf ĩt beĩng ã dõũche tenfõld.~

CAA: [well, i'm not entirely sure i can give any g∞d assistance.]=[except for suggesting that those two stop throwing derogatory names at each other.]

PAC: ;;;

CTP: ....~

CTP: There wãs nõ nãme thrõwĩng here.~

PAC: we are not throwing derogatory names at each other, ananta; ;) we are just exchanging factual things;

CTP: Precĩsely!~

PAC: ;;;

PAC: anyway

CPP: <<< in an cassse i mussst wake... teriasss... up ssso that he may... um... return to work... >>>

CAA: [l∞k, i don't know what's going on between you...]=[but i'm sure ketsal doesn't quite appreciate it, either.]

PAC: oh okay then ketsal um;;; ill be waiting;

CTP: Gõõd lũck.~

CPP: <<< ... are you sssure thisss isss the only way... >>>

CTP: Well, yõũ dĩdn't fĩnd my sũggestĩõn tãctfũl enõũgh.~

PAC: uh yeah im a pretty heavy sleeper;;;

CTP: Sõ I wõũld ãssũme sõ.~ Unless Anãntã, dõ yõũ hãve ãnythĩng?~

CAA: [what do you mean by that?]=[have any suggestions?

CTP: As ĩn, hõw tõ wãke the strãnger ĩn Ketsãl's lãnd ũp.~

CTP: Whãt wõũld yõũ dõ?~

CAA: [i guess it all depends on the situation.]=[i'd probably kick him.]

CTP: See?~~

CTP: ~~SEE?~~~

CTP: Perfectly tãctfũl sũggestĩõn, rĩght there.~

CPP: <<< ... well... okay >>>

PAC: well i dunno i dont think i would because i would know that;;; thats a teammate sleeping right there;;;

CAA: [... no, don't take that into account.]=[i apologize, that isn't exactly tactful.]

PAC: and its not really nice to kick your teammate;

CTP: It mĩght nõt be nĩce, bũt ĩt wõũld be effectĩve?~

PAC: yes but i would still try to refrain from doing it

CTP: I dõũbt we hãve tĩme tõ wãste ãskĩng ĩf Ket shõũld gõ bũck bũck lĩke ã clũckbeãst õr nõt.~

CPP: <<< i need you out of here, you're wasssting your own time... >>>

CAA: [there are other ways that could be effective as well.]=[like loud noises, or something.]

PAC: thats simply a method that definitely works, cintil; it would probably waste less time; other methods might not work but the one i mentioned definitely will;

CPP: <<< teriasss, ssshould i trussst you not to... attack me upon waking up... >>>

CTP: Thãt's pecũlĩãr.~~

CAA: [it is an...]=[unusual method that you'd suggested.]

PAC: so ketsal dont worry about it ill just wake up and thats all there will be to it ;)

CTP: Dĩd yõũr lũsũs ãlwãys hãve thĩs effect õn yõũ?~

CPP: <<< ... >>>

CTP: ....~

CTP: Get the bãt, Ketsãl.]~

CTP: Get the bãt.~

CPP: <<< ...er... >>>

PAC: well to put it simply i always had to attend to my lusus; and she;;; i mean he;;; threw a lot of ;tantrums;; so i would instantly wake up to attend to;;; him;

PAC: please thats just a quirk i wasnt implying anything ;(

CTP: Oõh.~ Thãt's ũnderstãndãble then.~

CPP: <<< okay......... i have ssstalled long enough... here i go... >>>

CAC: ;;; oh;

CTP: Gõõd mõrnĩng mõõnshĩne!~ Alternĩã sãys hellõ.~

CAC: sorry uh; ket; that ;mom; thing wasnt to you

CPP: <<< ... >>>

CAC: its just an;;; automated response kind of

CAA: [...]=[...ah]

CAC: oh lord was it one of those times

CTP: ....pfffffãhãhãhãhã~

CPP: <<< jussst......... pleassst explain what brought you here... >>>

PAC: ;;; did you actually say that

CAC: im sorry

PAC: ;;; sigh;;; sorry ket;

CPP: <<< teriasss... >>>

CTP: Sõ whãt exãctly hãppened ĩn thĩs 'mõm' ĩncĩdent?~

CAC: no i should be the one saying sorry

CTP: Sõme õf ũs ãre dyĩng tõ knõw.~

CAA: [i'm not sure...]=[how much of this i should be seeing.]

PAC: technically were the same person

CTP: Especĩãlly ĩf ĩt cãũsed sũch õffense.~

CAC: right

PAC: but youre right you should do the apologising so i should take my leave now

PAC: maybe pop around a few planets im struggling on my quest

CAC: right ok bye

CTP: Spõĩlers: Yõũr qũest ĩs eãsy, dõn't sweãt ĩt.~

CPP: <<< pleassse tell me he realisssesss he'sss going to do thisss again in a few hoursss... >>>

CTP: Mõst lĩkely nõt, ĩf whãt I've been seeĩng õf the tĩmelĩnes ĩs trũe.~

CAC: ;;; i do apologise, i didnt know your planet had such;;; properties;

CAC: um anyway about the mom thing i dont think ketsal would like others to hear as well so;

CAC: i shall keep that confidential;;;

CTP: I wõũld.~~~~~

CPP: <<< no... >>>

CPP: <<< if you tell anyone... >>>

CPP: <<< ... >>>

CAC: ;;; its fine i wont; ;)

CPP: <<< i am sssorry, i am being irrational... >>>

CPP: <<< i am out of sssortsss... >>>

CTP: ...Sõ, whãt, dĩd yõũ gũys dõ the deed õr sõmethĩng.~

CAC: its fine thank you for waking me up; i think i have wasted too much time here haha

CAC: cintil suchor i know you have your fantasies but no

CAA: [it doesn't seem that anyone is being rational today.]=[then again, many of us are not usually rational at all.]

CPP: <<< don't you have sssomething better to be doing cintil... >>>

CTP: Dõn't flãtter yõũrself.~

CTP: If I hãd sũch fãntãsĩes, yõũ certãĩnly wõũldn't be ĩn them.~

CTP: And I wõũld, ĩf I hãdn't ãlreãdy delĩgãted myself tõ sũch.~

CAC: i dont know you kind of seem to be the type to gush over romance; ;)

CAC: even those weird ones which dont really make sense

CTP: Oh, ye õf lĩttle fãĩth.~

CTP: Nõt tõ wõrry, I hãve nõ ĩnvested ĩnterest ĩn yõũr lõve lĩfe.~

CAC: neither am i interested in yours; that is if you have one; ;)

CTP: I'm merely cũrĩõũs ãs tõ why yõũ twõ ãre prãncĩng ãrõũnd eãch õther lĩke nervõũs wrĩgglers.~

CAC: it was just one little thing that we dont wish to speak about cintil

CPP: <<< okay that'sss enough... >>>

CTP: If yõũ ãren't ĩnterested, why dĩd yõũ ũse ĩt tõ cõũnter my cõmmentãry, hm?~

CTP: Bũt very well, keep yõũr secrets then.~

CAC: ;;; anyway; i shall listen to ketsal; i do apologise for cintil and i;s rather longwinded conversation

CTP: Excũse yõũ.~

CTP: Yõũ're the õne typĩng nõvels fõr sĩngle põsts.~

CPP: <<< if you two would like to wrap thisss up elsssewhere... er... thank you for helping me with thisss connundrum... >>>

CTP: Oõõh. Sõrry, Ketsãl.~ It wãsn't the ĩntent tõ mãke yõũ ũncõmfõrtãble.~

CAA: [cintil, i haven't seen you act like this before.]=[but however you feel towards terias doesn't matter, it's making us uncomfortable.]

CTP: Whãt dõ yõũ meãn?~

CAC: ;;;

CAA: [well, i guess i can only speak for myself.]=[regardless.]

CPP: <<< ...okay... um... >>>

CPP: <<< if we could all get back on track with our dutiesss... >>>

CTP: ..... Am I ãctĩng dĩfferently?~ I hãdn't nõtĩced.~

CTP: ....~

CAA: [are you alright, ketsal?]=[whatever happened, i'm sure it was terias's fault.]

CAC: ;;; well i suppose it was; ;)

CTP: Mõre thãn lĩkely, ĩf he wãs referrĩng tõ yõũ ãs 'Mõther'.~

CPP: <<< ananta... can we... talk about thisss a little later... >>>

CAC: as i have said many times earlier, i do apologise; ;)

CAA: [of course.]=[i wouldn't want to talk in front of these two, either.]

CTP: Hey!~

CPP: <<< yesss... pleassse... >>>

CTP: Yõũ cõũld ãt leãst be ã bĩt mõre sũbtle ãbõũt ĩt.~

CAC: oh its that way

CAC: then i also apologise for intefering

CTP: I tõõ.~

CTP: Yõũ kĩds hãve fũn.~~~ ;)~

CAC: i will take my leave and let you guys do;;; uh;;; whatever you want to do; ;)

CAA: [g∞d]=[you owe that apology.]

CAA: [wait, i didn't mean to drive you from the memo.]=[this doesn't even concern me.]

CTP: I dõn't knõw, thãt dões rãther seem tõ be whãt yõũ're bõth dõĩng.~

CTP: If yõũ wĩsh tõ speãk prĩvãtely, why nõt õpen ãnõther wĩndõw?~

CTP: Nõt hãrd.~

CAA: [oh, no, that wasn't what i was getting at.]=[i apologize.]

CAC: ;;; soo;;; i;ll go off now;

CPP: <<< ...the initial issssssue hasss been sssolved... everyone out... >>>

CAC: good luck with whatever you guys want to do; ;)

CTP: Oh, nõ, nõ, I'm sõrry.~

CAC: bye;

CTP: All rĩght, bye.~

CAA: [um...?]=[g∞dbye]

CTP ceased responding to memo.

CPP: <<< ... ananta, are you ssstill there... >>>

CAA: [yes, i am.]=[are you alright?]

CPP: <<< i am... ssstressssssed... >>>

CPP: <<< and a lot of other thingsss i'm not sssure i wisssh to talk about... >>>

CPP: <<< but i am very concerned with how easssily the othersss... disssrupt me... >>>

CAA: [well, talk about whatever you like.]=[i'd like to make you feel better, if it's possible.]

CAA: [how others disrupt you?]=[you mean like terias did?]

CPP: <<< er... yesss... >>>

CAA: [what concerns you about it?]=[has it happened before?]

CPP: <<< i'm not usssed to their wily tendenciesss... >>>

CPP: <<< finissshing thisss game asss efficiently asss possssssible isss my goal... but... thisss isss not the firssst time i've been frazzled ssso to ssspeak >>>

CAA: [yes, many of our co-players are quite...]=[wily.]=[i'd say that more often than not you can find someone of our race who is more wily than leve-headed.]

CPP: <<< true... >>>

CAA: [and the game still confuses me, honestly.]=[all we can do is hope to finish the game efficiently.]=[try not to be discouraged, it's hard for all of us.]

PAC2, PAC1, CAC ceased responding to memo.

CPP: <<< it'sss hard not to be dissscouraged when you know your teammatesss ssstart petty grudgesss with each other at the drop of a hat... >>>

CPP: <<< i wonder if it would be bessst if i ssstopped trying to talk with anyone for a while... >>>

CAA: [true, it is hard.]=[but, there aren't many choices we have in this situation except to rely on them, and trust they'll be able to straighten out when they need to.]=[this game can't be won alone.]

CPP: <<< i guessssss... >>>

CAA: [maybe paying less mind to the ones who make you feel discouraged would help, for a while.]=[not talking to anyone would be difficult, i think.]=[that's just me, though.]

CPP: <<< sssorry, I really am being no better than anyone elssse trying to fight with each other and work alone when I think that... >>>

CAA: [you don't have to apologize.]=[it's easy to feel that way, i understand.]=[it's a scary situation we're in, especially when it seems like our lives can only be saved by less-than-trustworthy teammates.]=[but all we can do is trust them, even if it'd normally be a bad idea.]

CPP: <<< incidentsss like... uh... you know... render my trussst rather mixed, mussst sssay... >>>

CPP: <<< nothing isss in black and white to my chagrin... >>>

CDS ceased responding to memo.

CAA: [yes, and again that's understandable.]=[i'm sorry that you are so stressed, though.]=[if it helps, i have been doing my best for you.]=[for everyone, i mean.]

CPP: <<< i appreciate that, I really do... >>>

CPP: <<< sssometimesss im sssurprisssed by how sssupportive you are... >>>

CAA: [i do my best.]=[pathetic as it may sound, i haven't ever been aquainted with so many people before.]=[i am trying to become closer to you.]=[most of you, i mean.]=[so i guess my purposes become more selfish than altruistic...]=[but i am doing my best.]

CPP: <<< interesssting... good for you, ananta... >>>

CPP: <<< it sssoundsss to me like you have particularly good motivesss... compared with everyone elssse... >>>

CPP: <<< im glad to have sssomeone like you to talk to... >>>

CPP: <<< ah... ive sssaid that before though, haven't i... >>>

CAA: [thank you.]=[i am glad to hear that.]=[it's not very ethical to have any kind of bad motives.]

CAA: [it is very nice to hear.]=[say it all you like.]=[i like to hear that i'm not entirely useless.]

CPP: <<< asss i have been reminded over and over sssince ssstarting the game, a lot of trollsss do, though >>>

CPP: <<< haha... very well then... >>>

CAA: [maybe they don't in the longrun.]=[maybe they can change.]=[or maybe, you just need to remember that not all of them do.]

CAA: ["haha"]=[you seem more at ease than before.]

CPP: <<< that'sss a lot to think about... >>>

CPP: <<< you think???... er... I guessssss ssso, consssidering... >>>

CAA: [ah, i guess it is.]=[but if that's considered, it may be easier to think optimistically.]=[i don't know!]

CAA: [i do!]=[considering...?]

CPP: <<< consssidering how the romantic implicationsss and nonsssenssse of thossse two rile me up... >>>

CAA: [romantic...]=[...implications.]

CAA: [i didn't really realize...]=[... ah, i see it now, though.]=[vaguely.]

CPP: <<< sssee what???... >>>

CAA: [the implications...]=[but, ah, that is off topic.]=[they're gone now.]

CPP: <<< ... >>>

CPP: <<< oh... right... yesss... >>>

CAA: [i didn't mean to make us both uncomfortable.]=[but i think i did.]

CAA: [erm, at any rate...]=[we have hardly spoken of anything except the game for a long time, it seems.]=[i mean, any of us.]

CPP: <<< ...it isss our main concern right now >>>

CPP: <<< i only jussst arrived in the medium myssself not too long ago... >>>

CPP: <<< it ssseemsss mossst of you have had time to make a good amount of... progressssss, though... >>>

CPP: <<< isss there sssomething you wanted to talk about???... >>>

CAA: [well, of course it is.]=[i guess it's just a bit stressful, having it constantly on my mind.]=[even when i have a second to relax and breathe, i just end up thinking about what to do next, and...]=[it's not very important, nevermind.]

CAA: [oh, i forget that you haven't been in as long as some of us.]=[no, i would hate to stress you out more than necessary.]

CPP: <<< you are the leassst of my worriesss, trussst me >>>

CPP: <<< it would be bad if your being ssstressssssed out impeded your progressssss... you give me a lot of help, anyway, i feel almossst guilty not doing anything to return the favor >>>

CAA: [i am nothing to be worried about.]=[that is a very nice sentiment, but you do not owe me anything!]=[i won't let anything like a bit of stress get to me.]

CPP: <<< if you insssissst... >>>

CAA: [there is no g∞d reason i should complain.]=[i am alright.]

CAA: [i guess it was just a huge change at once.]=[i'm sure we all feel that way.]

CPP: <<< it sssounded like you were ssstressssssed over game ssstuff... >>>

CAA: [well, i'm a bit frustrated...]=[but again, i'm sure it isn't just me.]

CPP: <<< of courssse not... you sssee how i alwaysss am... running over to you for help and ssstuff... >>>

CAA: [you've only done it a few times.]=[but you are always welcome to, i should say.]=[anyways, i guess it isn't abnormal to be like this.]=[it just makes me feel weak.]

CPP: <<< weak???... >>>

CAA: [yes.]=[getting frustrated, i mean.]=[it's childish.]

CPP: <<< whether it isss or not you can't help it... >>>

CAA: [that is true.]=[but just the fact that i'm frustrated makes me more frustrated, and argh!]=[it's like a vicious cycle.]

CPP: <<< well... what would make you lessssss frussstrated???... >>>

CPP: <<< sssorry... im not good at thisss... >>>

CAA: [talking with you has helped a great deal, truthfully.]=[thank you very much, ketsal!]

CAA: [oh, no.]=[you are fine.]=[it's very kind of you to show concern.]=[i doubt anyone else would even try!]

CURRENT derelictDuchess [CDD] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.

CDD: Okay fIrst of all hello!

CPP: <<< ovisssia... >>>

CDD: Second of all... tell me what's goIng on In here and why I wasn't InvIted!

CDD: I need to be In all these shItty memos how many tImes have I mentIoned my need to moderate thIs shIt@

CDD: ^-A-^

CDD: I swear to god If anyone has made any death threats In thIs one I'm goIng to just scream!

CURRENT tenaciousPsychologist [CTP] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.

CTP: Gũys ĩ'm ãbõũt tõ jũmp õff ã very lãrge hõũrglãss, hõw dõ I tãlk myself dõwn?~

CTP: I'm beĩng ĩrrãtĩõnãl.~

CTP: ...Er, fũtũre me, I meãn.~

CPP: <<< ... >>>

CPP: <<< i ssshould have closssed thisss memo... >>>

CAA: [...]=[...]

CDD: And what Is that supposed to mean!

CTP: Oh õõps, sõrry.~

CTP: I thĩnk they wãnted sõme... ~~ãlõne tĩme~~.~

CDD: ...Oh uh!

CDD: Wow guys!

CTP: Jũst ĩgnõre ũs!~

CDD: Wow wow wow okay!

CDD: Sorry sorry sorry!

CTP: Okãy, I hãve tõ tãlk myself dõwn.~ I'm õũt.~

CAA: [no!]=[no, that isn't what...]

CPP: <<< ... >>>

CURRENT surrogateQuadruped [CSQ] RIGHT NOW responded to memo.

CSQ: i 4m unsure how i found my w4y into this memo

CAA: [i'd forgotten that this was a memo.]=[it was my fault.]

CSQ: but hello reg4rdless

CPP: <<< ...ah... >>>

CAA: [dorado?]=[what are you doing here?]=[why are you in this memo?]

CSQ: i just s4id i 4m completely unsure

CDD: Uh you left It open!

CSQ: were you not re4ding

CSQ: bec4use i typed it right there

CSQ: scroll up slightly

CSQ: it is not f4r up

CAD ceased responding to memo.

CPP: <<< well pleassse make your way out... >>>

CSQ: well if im not 4llowed in

CSQ: then i suppose i will do so

CSQ: good bye

CAA: [you have better things to do, don't you?]=[go.]

CSQ ceased responding to memo.

CTP ceased responding to memo.

CPP: <<< lovely... >>>

CDD: Oh... sorry guys I'll leave too have fun!!!

CDD ceased responding to memo.

CPP: <<< ...okay... i think thisss hasss been enough for now... >>>

CAA: [...yes.]=[i... i should be going.]

CPP: <<< ...goodbye, then... >>>

Tarani's lusus had never been fond of cooperating with her.

"Just... stay there!"  She says, throwing her weight against Deermom's body.  She had already locked her front door, bolted her windows, and turned off all of her lights in the vain hope of blocking a rather determined highblood from seeing her.  Sandwiching her lusus against the door as a blockade was only the icing on the proverbial safety cake.

Or some equally unfitting comparison.  Under normal circumstances, she may have declared it to be the "grubsauce on the grubloaf" (though she never was fond of that phrase) or the "cream in the coffee" (which was considerably better, but not necessarily universal). In any case, she's much too preoccupied to be worrying about precision of language. She has bigger fish to fry.

Her hive smells like a chaotic insult to her olfactory sensors -- different dishes from different tastes with different spices with different cook times and different styles were being simmered in her kitchen at the moment, and she can only imagine how Ovisia's order would add to the mess.  She walks over to her kitchen after giving an "I'm watching you" look to her lusus in a way she felt was intimidating.  She can practically see the grin on Deermom's face. "Youse better can it," she says in warning, and gives her a glare.  Her mom gives a noncommittal blink, and Tarani interprets it as begrudging acceptance.  With a huff, she turns to nurse a few dishes, taking a few off of her stove and onto nutrition plateaus with overly fancy designs on them.  Impressing customers was a must.

She sterilizes her fingers (because some highbloods are downright convinced that lower bloods carry diseases) and garnishes one dish with bleatbeast blood, and another with pepper.  She brings a pinch of the latter dish to her mouth and tastes it, is satisfied that it's worth paying for, and takes it to her food-transportation machine.  She makes a point not to taste the former dish. Tarani punches in a few coordinates with her knuckle and sends the dishes away, where they will no doubt be devoured in seconds by particularly homicidal highbloods.

Not unlike the one that was probably going to be knocking on her door soon.  She groans and finds her way onto her shabby couch, balding with use.  Picking at a few stray fibers, Tarani glances up to her door, checking to make sure everything is secure.

Her lusus is gone, and has probably left her post to lounge about in her room.  Tarani groans again and rubs her eyes with the heels of her palms. "Ma!"  She yells, and after a minute she can hear the clopping of her lusus' hooves.  Deermom nuzzles into her face obnoxiously, and Tarani pushes at her muzzle.  "Stop it!  I don't wanna cuddle," and saying so only makes her lusus start to nibble at one of her pigtails.  Tarani groans again.  "Can't you do anything I tell you to do?  Anything?"  Tarani says, and pushes at her.  "Block the door.  Now!  I don't have time for this today," and she burrows her face into a flat pillow in frustration. Surprisingly, Deermom plops herself in front of the door and stays there, resting her head on one of Tarani's best rugs.