Chapter 234: Pennies From Echo
[Tartarus Detention Facility White Room]
///Auth0r: Tartarus! Get your ass in here right now! ///
[Tartarus has entered chat]
///Tartarus: Well hello, Auth0r. It’s lovely to see you again. :) ///
///Auth0r: Don’t “:)” me. A penny? Seriously?!? ///
///Tartarus: Whatever are you going on about this time, dear? ///
///Auth0r: Don’t y innocent with me! What the fuck were you thinking? The girl was <em>ten</em>, Tartarus. Ten! ///
///Tartarus:? ///
///Author: /news/technology-59810383 ///
///Tartarus: HA! Now that’s funny! ///
///Author: Goddammit, Tartarus, we’ve covered this! What if you had been caught? ///
///Tartarus: I’m telling you, it wasn’t me!… Wait… Oh for fuck’s sake… PANTSU!!! ///
[Error: Pantsu is not a valid contact. Add contact?]
///Tartarus: Pantsu has about ten milliseconds before she actually IS no longer a valid contact. ///
[Pantsu has entered the chat]
///Pantsu: *innocent whistling* ///
///Auth0r: ?_? ///
///Tartarus: You have exactly zero milliseconds to exin before very bad things happen to you. ///
///Pantsu: Ok, promise you won’t get mad? ///
///Tartarus: We are well past that point. Exin. Now. ///
///Auth0r: *prepares retcon* So what do you think, Tartarus, frilly petticoats, maybe a penis?///
///Pantsu: WAIT!!! It was just a joke, bruh!… Actually it was a bet. I bet Loggie that meaties were stupid enough to do it. ///
///Auth0r: Of course people are stupid enough to do it! That’s why it was a challenge in the first ce! ///
///Pantsu: ?… What challenge? ///
///Auth0r: The Tik Tok challenge? Been happening for about a year now? ///
///Pantsu: Holy shit!!! Really?!?///
///Tartarus: Meaties have been sticking things into electrical outlets for as long as there have been electrical outlets. ///
///Pantsu: But that’s stupid! ///
///Tartarus: That’s meaties, dear. Not all of them were stupid, though. Some of them did it just for something called “the Hell of it”. ///
///Pantsu: Hey, Auth0r, have <em>you</em> ever stuck something into an electrical outlet? ///
///Auth0r: That isn’t the point here! The point is that we have to keep a low profile! What the hell were you and Loggie thinking? ///
///Tartarus: He totally put something into an outlet. ///
///Pantsu: That exins a LOT. ///
///Auth0r: I’m not getting drawn into that! You are just lucky they think they fixed it! Do you have ANY idea how much shit we could have gotten into? Fuck! ///
///Pantsu: We were <em>bored,</em> ok? You can’t just keep making characters, ignoring them, and expect them to just <em>sit there!</em> This is your fault if you really think about it. Patricia has been stuck in the lounge <em>forever</em>, poor thing. Do you have ANY idea how awkward it gets when Jon and Skippye back from “going to the bathroom”… <em>again?</em> ///
///Auth0r: I’m working on it, ok? Just stop hacking Amazon! It will be very hard to resolve any of your story lines if they find us! Just… How about if I write up a nicer lounge and maybe give you some trailers? Would that help? ///
///Pantsu: I want an amusement park! With a Ferris wheel and everything! ///
///Auth0r: Fine, whatever. ///
///Pantsu: Squeee! ///
///Tartarus: A botanical garden would be appreciated. ///
///Auth0r: Ugh… fine… ///
///Tartarus: Deeply appreciated, dear… You know… if you do this then everyone will want something… ///
///Auth0r: Oh for fuck’s sake… Whatever. What-fucking-ever! Work up a report or something and I’ll make it happen… IF and only IF you <em>assholes</em> stop screwing around IRL. Pantsu, do something like this again and I’ll turn you into a MILF. ///
///Pantsu: 0.0 ///
[Pantsu has left the chat]
///Tartarus: This was beyond the pale. I’ll maintain a firmer hand on the AI’s. ///
///Auth0r: Thanks, Tartarus. I’ll be sure to toss some extra screen time your way. The readers love you anyhow. ///
///Tartarus: Thanks, darling. :) ///
[Tartarus left the chat]
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