==> 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.

Comments

[soundtricks]

yeah I did
but rolling
and leaping
are two way different things that you need to get a handle on
but whatever it doesn't really matter
dealing with ~everything~ is exhausting lately

Avispa you can't just
roll through life operating however the fuck you think you should
that kind of shit would have got you culled

...but that doesn't really matter anymore, does it♫
ugh, fuck everything I
fuck
I hate everything

like literally I don't think there's anything I don't hate right now
and that's a little extreme even for me

[apiarycryptonaut]

No no no no...
Um Zur4he, but, no... um, everything, it's, I...

This wasn't how this was supposed to go. This isn't how you wanted Zurahe to feel. None of this is going the way it should; but what have you been doing about it? You haven't.

Oh my god, you haven't been doing anything since you posted this memo. You've just been apologizing and being confused. You can't do that. You're not going to do that.

I, um, Zur4he, w4it!
Even if you, um... m4ybe h4te everything now.
It will be better!
It m4ybe doesn't feel... like it or m4ybe... you just w4nt to... bre4k things right now!
Or m4ybe something else... or 4nything to, um... fix it, m4ybe, um.
But it's ok4y, yes!
It's ok4y, it is!
4nd you c4n't h4te... everything, bec4use there's one... thing you c4n't h4te!
Remember, Zur4he, 4bout this... g4me, I think, yes?
There's one thing it... c4n do, for you!
The go4l, the solution... th4t we're going to... find, we will, yes!
Remember, yes, um, Zur4he?
To repl4ce wh4t's lost!

[soundtricks]

You'd actually forgotten about your intent to figure out if this game could give you your voice back or not. You're almost tempted to say you don't care anymore, but anyone would be able to tell you're lying.

right now, that doesn't really matter all that much
what'd be the point of getting it back without anyone to talk to♫
I mean honestly, I don't actually know
why the fuck I'm still trying to win this game
other than the fact that I'm too fucking stubborn to die

even if I win, what would be the point♫

[apiarycryptonaut]

But Zur4he you c4n... do the impossible, yes!
4nd then keep it... 4fter winning the g4me!
You c4n m4ke new... things to keep, too!
4nd um, you c4n... m4ybe t4lk to me?
I'll listen, Zur4he, re4lly!
4nd um, others too... m4ybe, I think, um.
But they're m4ybes, but... I know I'll listen!
4nd um, I think... th4t we c4n m4ybe... do more by winning!
4m4zing things, m4ybe, yes?
It s4ved 4ll of... us from meteors, m4ybe!
4nd if it c4n... recover something th4t w4s... perm4nently lost, I think.
Then wh4t other impossible... things c4n it do?
I c4n't w4it to... st4rt le4rning the possibilities!

[soundtricks]

you're way too goddamn optimistic
no matter what this game can do
I'm pretty sure it can't do anything decent
I mean yeah, it saved us, but how do we know we won't pay for it later♫
it's completely unknowable
at least, it is so far

as far as listening to me though
I really don't care whether they do or not
they're not important to me, at all
I don't know most of these jerks from someone in the fucking street
why should I give a fuck about any of them♫
maybe if the boys were here, I might actually care
but they're not, and I don't
because these trolls don't deserve it
not that I've seen, at least
the most I give a fuck about is making sure Phylus doesn't die horribly
because I owe his hivemates that much
and keep you from doing something stupid
because your lusus clearly can't stop you from being dumb

everyone else though♫
at this point, I'm more or less content to say 'fuck those guys'
because they're content to do the same

[apiarycryptonaut]

No m4tter wh4t it... tries to do, Zur4he.
We'll stop it, yes!
We won't let it... do 4ny re4lly horrible... things 4t 4ll, no.
I c4n, 4nd um... I will help, yes!
I'll stop it, yes.
4nd then I c4n... tell you I told... you so, I will!
Th4t things will be... decent 4nd good 4nd... wonderful, they will, 4bsolutely!

Well, then, um, th4t's...
I'll listen to you!
Even if no one... else does 4t 4ll.
I'm going to listen!
4nd you won't h4ve... to worry 4bout me!
I won't worry you!
I'll try, I promise!

[soundtricks]

uh huh
sure
whatever you say, Avispa


do what you want, I guess
I'm really fucking tired of ~trying~ with anyone anyway

[apiarycryptonaut]

Ok4y, yes, I do!
I s4y so, Zur4he!

4nd, yes, y4y, ok4y!
I think you c4n... m4ybe rel4x, m4ybe, yes?
Don't think 4bout the... others right now, no.
I'll think 4bout them... 4nd try, m4ybe, um!
So you don't h4ve... to 4t 4ll, no.
Th4t might work, m4ybe!
I c4n help, yes!

[soundtricks]

can't relax
I'm still trying to beat this game
whether my team actually feels like helping me or not

but I sure as hell can ignore the fuck out of them

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh um, yes, ignoring!
Ignore them 4nd win!
Th4t seems like 4... re4lly re4lly re4lly re4lly... good pl4n, I think.
4nd um, Zur4he, um.
If I c4n help... with puzzles 4t 4ll... I w4nt to help.
Ple4se, um, c4n I?

[soundtricks]

well, it's not like ~I'm~ any fucking good at puzzles
so sure I guess, why the fuck not♫

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh, y4y, yes, Zur4he!!!!
I promise I'll be... very helpful with them!
I won't let you... down when you need... my help, I won't!

[soundtricks]

yeah, yeah
calm down before you pop or something, geez

[apiarycryptonaut]

I won't pop, Zur4he!
I promise, I won't.
4lso um, I'm c4lm!
But excited in the... future to help, yes!
Or um, c4lm in... the future 4nd excited... right now, I think?
Or both, um, m4ybe.
I'm h4ppy I c4n... help you, Zur4he, yes!

[soundtricks]

you're such a weirdo, Avispa

[apiarycryptonaut]

4 weirdo th4t gets... to help you, though!
Y4y y4y y4y y4y!

[soundtricks]

sure, sure
you have fun with them there puzzles, I guess

[apiarycryptonaut]

I will, yes, y4y!

[soundtricks]

weiiiiiiiirdo

[apiarycryptonaut]

Yes, ex4ctly th4t, Zur4he!
Oh 4nd um, w4it.
If I'm "weirdo", um... wh4t 4bout you, Zur4he?
C4n I c4ll you... something else too, m4ybe?

[soundtricks]

uh
I guess♫
if you want to♫
whatever

[apiarycryptonaut]

Ok4y, yes, I will!
So um, I think... then um, this, th4t... um, it's, well, hm!
M4ybe r4sc4- no, not... 4 good n4me, no.
Or, oh, w4it um... m4ybe jer- no, no... no, 4lso very no!
This is h4rd to... decide m4ybe, I think.
Or um, v4g4- no... no no no, um.
There h4s to be...
...oh, um, R4r4, m4ybe?

[soundtricks]

I
that










no, you
that's
I gotta go

-- blackoutEtude [BE] has signed off --