[network] @duster, audio; day 350

[bywolves]

[ There's a soft voice that comes on the network during the evening, after lockdown - it's mild, but there's an undertone in that calm that's almost unsettling. ]

Well. This place is awful, not that I need to tell any of you that. [ A beat. ] And because most of you don't bother to have private conversations, it's easy to see that there are a couple of people who seem rel-bent on making things just a little more awful.

If you've a person in mind and something worth my time to trade, I can fix any sort of issue you might have. I'm not picky, and I'm very good at problem-solving. I imagine you all can figure out how to contact me if you'd like to discuss solutions further.

[ And the feed ends. ]

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[fifty]

C'mon, you've been here long enough to know it totally won't.

[bywolves]

[ A pause. ]

And just how long do you think I've been here?

[fifty]

Oh, is this part of your-- [Death price. Still annoying, but hey.] Let's see, you showed up on like day 114, and it's day 350 now.

[bywolves]

[ Wow, that's sketchy. ]

You know the exact day the person pretending to be me showed up on. [ He sounds way less amused. ]

[fifty]

I know when you, or the person pretending to be you, whatever, first posted on the network. It's not like I've got cameras.

[bywolves]

Right. I definitely believe a complete stranger like you is telling me the truth.

[fifty]

Look yourself, dude.

[He switches to text.] See?

[bywolves]

[ THAT'S a thing that Royce does not like, for a lot of reasons. ]

Stop that. [ His voice is sharp. ]

[fifty]

Stop what?

[bywolves]

Keeping track of messages under this name.

[ Stubbornly insisting it isn't him that posted that, just because he doesn't want to think he's missing memories. He also doesn't want to think about how someone can just pull up this sort of thing, innocent or not. ]

[fifty]

Anything anyone says on here is something someone else's looked at. [He totally keeps track of everyone like this, sorry not sorry.]

[bywolves]

Keeping tabs on people who don't want to be stalked is fine, but my services are not.

Good to know.

[fifty]

You know people can just go back through old posts here whenever they want, right? Actually, you might not, so yeah, that's a thing.

[bywolves]

You know there is a difference between looking back idly, and knowing exactly when someone spoke up for the first time off the top of your head, right?

[fifty]

It wasn't off the top of my head, I had to look.

[bywolves]

[ A pause. ]

Do not do that again. Keep your nose out of my business.

[fifty]

'Kay. [Nah.]

[bywolves]

[ Annnnd Royce shuts off his feed. ]