==> Avispa: Clear up misinformation.

[apiarycryptonaut]

You resume being AVISPA KUSBIR and you are on a mission.

No distractions this time, no nothing. You've realized that there is a significant lack of information that may be in need of fixing, and after that? You're determined to solve this puzzle once and for all. You'd realized only after TRYING TO EXPLAIN QUADRANTS earlier, and you're wasting no time getting to the bottom of this.

For the first time without hesitation, you message the meanie.

--apiaryCryptonaut [AC] has started pestering ataraxicArcher [AA]--

AC: I don't know wh4t... your n4me is, no.
AC: 4nd I'm not going... to c4ll you 4... me4nie this time, no.
AC: But 4nswer my question.
AC: Wh4t do you know... 4bout "qu4dr4nts", it's import4nt.
AC: Bec4use you're hum4n, yes.
AC: 4nd you're not 4... troll like I 4m.


Then, as you sit, content with your message, you decide to open another pester...

--apiaryCryptonaut [AC] began pestering blackoutEtude [BE]--

...and you are completely unable to think of anything to message her with. You want to, but you don't want to make things worse.

--apiaryCryptonaut [AC] ceased pestering blackoutEtude [BE]--

[ooc: Avispa is otherwise online and open to pestering!]

Comments

[ataraxicarcher]

You know what? For a crazy alien girl who has all but flat out said she doesn't like you, she sure is persistent in messaging.

quadrants? what? like math class?

Trolls are so weird.

[apiarycryptonaut]

She doesn't know. She legitimately doesn't know. That changes a lot. Everything you thought you were learning and figuring out is... pretty much going down in flames. But, then, what was with her behavior?

... ... ... ...
You 4ctu4lly don't know.
I need you to... re4d something, I think.

You decide to send the meanie a nudge towards an explanation of quadrants in another memo that spurred this on.

[ataraxicarcher]

You pause for a while. You read it.

What the fuck is this shit?

You answer the only way you know how.

tl;dr /toomuchleet

just type it out in plain English god

[apiarycryptonaut]

You stare, confused, at the response. Why... you're trying to help! What's wrong with her...?! You decide to try one last time to get her to read it. She knows you're a troll, and you know she's a human, why is this so hard?!

I, but, th4t's, it's...
Ple4se re4d it, ple4se.
It's very 4bsolutely import4nt.

[ataraxicarcher]

You proceed to roll your eyes and try to decipher the jumble of letters and numbers. You succeed somewhat.

ok...and? wtf does this have to do with the game at large? /ifitwasaquizshowgamemaybe

[apiarycryptonaut]

It's import4nt bec4use th4t's... p4rt of us trolls.
We're different, from you.
4nd th4t will help... you underst4nd, I think.
Th4t's why it's import4nt.
Bec4use we're 4ll pl4ying.

[ataraxicarcher]

understand what exactly? i mean ok you've got like really confusing love lives but like we can worry bout that shit and have a grand fucking cultural exchange after we figure all this crazy game shit out /prioritiesmaybe

[apiarycryptonaut]

You pause, hesitantly, before you actually decide she understands.

I think I c4n... 4gree with th4t, m4ybe.
The g4me comes first.
Inform4tion is import4nt, 4bsolutely.
But now you know.
So we c4n pl4y... 4nd win the g4me.

You pause, realizing you only know AA as "meanie"...

... ... ... ...
Wh4t's your n4me, me4nie.

[ataraxicarcher]

uh sure whatever you say /likeseriouslyitsliketwodifferentsessions guess you can have lucid moments

like hell im gonna tell someone who keeps on calling me meanie like some sort of obnoxious playground brat, Avespa

[apiarycryptonaut]

You accidentally break the puzzle you're holding. You shouldn't have thought she could change. With a big frown on your face, you rapidly type a reply.

No no no no!
I knew I shouldn't... h4ve thought you could... be nice 4t 4ll!
I w4s wrong, no!
Bec4use you're 4bsolutely me4n!
The biggest me4nie, yes!
4nd my n4me, no!
My n4me is 4visp4!!!!
There is no "e"!!!!
It's 4visp4, it is!
You did th4t on... purpose, I know it!
You 4bsolutely h4d to!
Bec4use you're 4 me4nie!
Why why why why!!!!

Why, why does she... Rrgh. You're so... something! You're having such a hard time focusing on reconstructing the puzzle in your hands. Why, why why... why ♠?!

===> Shea: Make the situation worse

[ataraxicarcher]

woah so i miss one letter or whatever by accident

overreaction much? /thisisatantrumforyoutube

[apiarycryptonaut]

It's not just th4t!
It's everything 4bout you!
4bsolutely everything 4bout you!
You're doing 4ll of... it on purpose, stop!
You're the only one... th4t's this me4n, yes!
Just you, only you!
You're the only me4nie!!!!

[ataraxicarcher]

hold the fuck up. i am doing jackshit on purpose

if you don't like me then you can just

and i know this is revolutionary bear with me

not message me /shockingrevelationiknow

[apiarycryptonaut]

No, I c4n't, 4bsolutely... not, no, you me4nie.
I know you're doing... 4ll of it, yes.
4bsolutely 4ll on purpose.
4nd

You stop, staring at your screen. You just solved the puzzle. Not only that, you understand exactly what you have to do. You understand kismessitude all of a sudden.

...I h4ve one... l4st thing to s4y.
Specific4lly to you, me4nie.

♠

[ataraxicarcher]

You stare at this equally shocking revelation.

Just kidding. While you might be more inclined to get it if you were a troll, you are not.

So instead you're just going to chalk it up to this troll chick being weird as fuck.

that supposed to mean something? or did you mean something else like ✘ or ☛ /whatever

[apiarycryptonaut]

No no no no!
I me4n ♠, ♠!!!!

♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ !
♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ !!
♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ !!!
♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ !!!!

[ataraxicarcher]

you just vomited more spades than a blackjack table

is this some sort of weird troll insult? /okay

this what you want from me or something? ok whatevs

♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦♣♥♦

how about them apples

[apiarycryptonaut]

You're taken off guard for a moment before you rapidly type back.

No no no no!
They're not 4pples, no!
They're qu4dr4nts, you me4nie!
I just expl4ined this!!!!
You s4id you understood!!!!

[ataraxicarcher]

yeah? i skimmed it, so? that tells me nothing as to why you're flinging card suits at me /likeiamnotmissCleo

[apiarycryptonaut]

You snap.

Q U 4 D R 4 N T S, YOU BIG ME4NIE!!!!
♠ is 4 qu4dr4nt!
This is ex4ctly why!
Ex4ctly how you're being... 4 me4nie right now!
Why is someone like... you in the g4me????
You're the worst me4nie!!!!

[ataraxicarcher]

Welp.

how the fuck am i supposed to know your card suit romance shit? doesnt make me mean for not knowing what the fuck you're talking about

thats like telling me that Florence + The Machine is a band but not telling me what kind of band /indierockwordup

[apiarycryptonaut]

You do now, me4nie!
♥ is for m4tespritship!
♦ is for moir4illegi4nce!
♠ is for kismessitude!
4nd ♣ for 4uspisticism!

[ataraxicarcher]

all Greek to me, Avista

[apiarycryptonaut]

4visp4, it's 4visp4, me4nie!
Get my n4me right!!!!
I expl4ined it 4ll... to you, I did!
You c4n't not underst4nd!!!!
4nd it isn't wh4tever... greek is 4t 4ll!
It's qu4dr4nts, rel4tionships, me4nie!!!!
I'm going to hurt... you before you hurt... 4nyone else, you me4nie!