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[priforprince]

ALL OF YOU, STOP BROADCASTING!!!!!!

[ The screen is filled with. A face. And just a face. But it is an extremely important face, as it belongs to Shikyoin Hibiki. Those who do not understand the importance of this fact....should. And shall, soon.

Hibiki draws back from the screen to continue her fit of pique. In her usual environment she'd just tell the room of people she keeps on hire in her house to call complaint hotlines to do something about this, but deprived of that resource, she'll just. Vent. ]

This is a public venue! Whatever it is you haven't received a respite from, spew your frustration in private where it doesn't clutter up other people's lives!!

[ She heaves a stoic and long-suffering sigh. ] To have attracted such a discordant medley of visitors.....this puniverse is even more inscrutable than I'd thought.

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[corundrum]

Comprehending something that doesn't exist is a little difficult, huh?

[You are not winning the sass war against a 3700 year old, Hibiki.]

It's a quick way to distribute information. And it's been doing that job very well, from what little I've seen of it so far.

[priforprince]

A text-based PPS would be less intrusive.

[ SOCIAL MEDIA OPINIONS ]

This puniverse has a distressingly uneven technological level...

[corundrum]

Ah, well, this certainly seems to have text options. But since it's so early in this tale, I think many of us want to hear and see assurances of not being alone.

[It's one of those things Padparadscha can't imagine any species going without the urge for. Even Lunarians come in clusters, never alone.]

Are you really going to begrudge them that, little one?

[priforprince]

[ "Not being alone".

Hibiki stews in this phrase - and in the succession of belittling terminology with which she's just been referred. Then she sighs. ]

I'm more particular about the company I keep.

[corundrum]

Then that's something to reconcile yourself instead of trying to force so many others to see things your way.

[Then again, they imagine someone wouldn't have done something like this in the first place if they weren't the kind of person to force their opinion on others, but they can at least say they tried.]

[priforprince]

Quiet is all I'm asking for.

[ Why does Hibiki get the feeling of being worn down? Almost as if she's a ship tossed against an implacable, steady, unyielding rock.... ]

[corundrum]

Well, you could always switch off the device. Or not choose to watch the messages.

[At least, they didn't run automatically on Padparadscha's yimo, as far as they remember. Maybe some settings got changed.]

[priforprince]

Knowing everything that's happening everywhere is my style.

[ But everything that's happening everywhere is

is

is loud and stupid.

How dare. ]

[corundrum]

Well, that's impossible anyway, but telling people not to talk about things is no way to learn as much as you can about what's going on.

[Padparadscha's just going to point out that particular conflict, regardless of how much Hibiki wants to acknowledge it.]

[priforprince]

Hrngh.

[ She's getting that

running into a rock feeling again. ]

[corundrum]

I'll leave you to think on it, huh? [With one last amused smile and a wave of the hand, Padparadscha signs off.]

[priforprince]

Rr--

[ That's that, hm? Well, they listened to Hibiki and left at the end.

Hibiki is left feeling rather disgruntled, all the same. ]