==> Avispa: Make an announcement

[apiarycryptonaut]

--apiaryCryptonaut [AC] started memo stop it stop it stop it stop it--

You open the memo with determination. There are a lot of things wrong and you have a few you want to address. It has to be you.

Um, everyone, your 4ttention!
Ple4se, I think, yes?
Just um, re4d this!
You need to re4d... this, it's import4nt, yes!

Um so, Zur4he, yes!
You 4ll need to... know something, you do!
Remember um, qu4dr4nts, yes?
They're very very very... very import4nt to h4ve!
4nd you don't w4nt... to lose them, no.

Zur4he lost her qu4dr4nts.
More th4n one, too.

Think 4bout how she... feels bec4use of th4t!
She doesn't need to... be more 4lone, no!
Th4t's not how we... win this g4me, no!
4ll of you, stop!

You pause, staring at the memo before you send it. That's what you wanted to say! A certain other memo with talk of losing a quadrant had made you aware of just how important this was. And now everyone would know.

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[bizango]

You stare at this memo for quite awhile before it occurs to you that maybe you should say something. You see your name turn up at least once, but a lot of it is a blur... You keep coming back to the original message and feeling your nutrition sack twist... so even if maybe some of these others have already said, you feel like you need to reiterate.

ac~
this was nOt a gOOd thing~
fOr yOu tO maybe dO~
at all~

[apiarycryptonaut]

But, w4it um, it's... I w4nt to help!
4nd um, K4lfour, I... um, I re4d it.
Th4t other memo, yes.
With, w4it um, I... won't t4lk 4bout it!
I won't I won't... I won't I won't!
Um, K4lfour, I'm sorry!
4bout um, this 4nd... 4bout um, the, I...
It's, this, um, sorry!
I, this, I, um!

[bizango]

Oh~
ah~
sOrry then~
fOr that~
thank yOu fOr maybe nOt~
talking abOut it~
ahaha~
i think it's niCe~
that yOu maybe want tO help~
but it wOuld prObably be better~
if yOu didn't talk abOut Other peOples'~
lives and~
quadrants~
if they dOn't want yOu tO~

[apiarycryptonaut]

I, but, um, K4lfour?
Why 4re you 4pologizing?
4nd um, it's, too... I just w4nt to... help somehow, I think!
4lso um, since we're... friends I promise I... won't do th4t, no!
If you don't w4nt... me to, um, ok4y?
I promise, yes, K4lfour!
4bout you, 4bsolutely, I... won't s4y 4 word!
4nd um, I, this... I tried, yes, um!
Th4t's 4ll, I did!

[bizango]

You ponder answering why you might apologizing... but it's too complicated and you'd rather forget about the whole situation anyway so you brush right on past it. The other stuff is more important anyway.

thank yOu~
and i'm glad yOu maybe tried~but~
yOu shOuld try tO nOt dO this tO~
anyOne~
ahaha~
nOt just me~

[apiarycryptonaut]

You stare for several moments, wondering, trying to figure out where you went wrong. You still haven't been able to figure that out. This... is puzzling in a very bad way.

I, um, then, this...
... ... ... ...
I'll try not to.
I don't underst4nd, but.
I c4n try to... not do th4t, um.
... ... ... ....

[bizango]

...you get the feeling this isn't going over very well. But she agreed so...? For a moment, you're tempted to end this here... Thinking about dead moirails is agitating enough really... but... she has been so kind to you so far...

are yOu Okay~ac~

[apiarycryptonaut]

You stare for a few moments at the question. You're... not okay. But you're aware that this is a memo, and even if you said secrets are bad, you're very, very very very slowly figuring out where you've made your mistakes and you're not about to make another mistake by not answering truthfully. You decide to pester Kalfour to answer the question; you trust him.

-- apiaryCryptonaut [AC] began pestering restlessMedium [RM] --

I'm, not ok4y, no...
I re4lly thought this... w4s the solution, yes...
But I w4s very... very very very wrong...
4nd it's not the... only mist4ke, it isn't...
But I don't w4nt... to m4ke mist4kes fixing... my mist4kes, I don't...

You pause for a few moments, hesitantly considering saying more, but you can't bring yourself to. You're a mess when you get things wrong, aren't you?

[bizango]

ah~it's Okay~
ahaha~
i mean~maybe this is nOt Okay but~
making mistakes is Okay~
alsO~nOt wanting peOple tO fight~
i maybe understand~

You read what she said again, anxiously trying to take it all in... trying to ignore the pale vibes you're getting from all this comforting. She's only your friend... Even more so then usual, you do not have even the slightest of pale intentions for her... So you continue after a short breath to calm yourself.

what Other mistakes~
were there~
if yOu maybe want tO say them~
tO me~

[apiarycryptonaut]

You pause for a few moments longer, hesitating before you just kind of... let it out. You don't really know how this is supposed to work, but Kalfour offered... ...!

I don't like to... make big mist4kes, no.
4nd with Zur4he I... keep m4king big mist4kes.
I think I messed... up especi4lly b4dly, m4ybe.
I 4ssumed something, m4ybe... 4nd then 4g4in, but.
She h4sn't t4lked to... me 4g4in since, no.
4nd now with everyone.
4nd Lyn s4id no... one would trust or... t4lk to me ever.
I don't underst4nd, no.
Then, now, this, here.
You too, K4lfour, I... messed up too, 4g4in.
I don't think I... underst4nd how not to.

I'm supposed to be... solving things 4nd helping... everyone not die, yes.
In the victory squ4dron... too, especi4lly, 4bsolutely, yes.
4nd I don't know... which w4y to solve... this, or with who.
I don't underst4nd this... puzzle 4t 4ll, no.

You stop again, pulling away from your keyboard and more or less curling into a ball. Why isn't this easy for you to figure out like your other puzzles are? You're not even sure you know what this puzzle is and how, exactly, so many other players seem to know it.

[bizango]

...oh. God dammit. You damn near choke on your pity, turning away from your screen and frowning deeply... at yourself mostly. But a little at her. At this situation. Things seem to have gotten terribly out of hand...

i think maybe~
yOu have tO be mOre Careful~
but peOple wOn't stOp talking tO yOu~
maybe~
at is~
ahaha~
nOt impOrtant~
have yOu tried talking tO be~
maybe she is waiting~
fOr yOu tO apOlOgize~~

[apiarycryptonaut]

You stare again for a few moments before blinking. That's... could that be a solution?

I see, um, c4reful... I c4n do th4t!
I'll try to remember!
4nd um, then, th4t's...
I, but, th4t's, 4pologize?
I could, um, m4ybe... but, how, yes, um?
I don't know wh4t... to s4y 4t 4ll.
But I w4nt to... fix this, I do!

[bizango]

ah~yes i knOw~
i guess maybe~
did she talk tO yOu~
abOut this Or~
maybe anything else that made her mad~~
that wOuld be a gOOd plaCe tO start~
if she tOld yOu~
what she was mad abOut~

[apiarycryptonaut]

I, m4ybe, for this...
It might be m4ybe... ok4y if I 4pologize.
4g4in, th4t is, m4ybe.
4nd um, for m4ybe... surprising her, I think.
M4ybe th4t would work!
I think, m4ybe, yes!
I c4n try th4t!
Th4nk you, K4lfour, yes!
Th4nk you th4nk you... th4nk you th4nk you!!!!

[bizango]

...oh Avispa.

wait ac~
ahaha~
yOu said again~~
have yOu maybe~
already tried tO apOlOgize~

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh um, yes, I... did try, before, yes.
But then I think... I messed up 4g4in.
So I h4ve to... 4pologize 4g4in, I think.