video ♔ from polteageist - i mean, apollo

[priforprince]

From: Apollo
Date: December 24

[ This video is shot at a weird angle, looking up at the people on the camera from ground level. It's also happening in media res, no introduction, no explanation.

But what's happening is fairly obvious.

It's a guitar battle. Hibiki on acoustic guitar, her opponent on electric bass. They are managing to make it work.

But both of them are incredibly in the moment, here. If you want to get their attention, you might have to yell. ]

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text ♔ from apollo ♔ who is stubborn

[priforprince]

[ This plan immediately backfires on the "person" who'd turned on the feed, as Hibiki notices this response just as she's about to recover her strength after her bout with a refreshing cup of tea.

Now that won't be happening. ]

You spend too much time on the PPS.

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[smilingbullet]

[ She ought to have known that this would happen. D2 always ruins teatime. Chuckling as he does it. ]

And you don't spend too much time on the BBS? I'm sure you're way more active than I am.

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[priforprince]

Reconnaissance and rabble-rousing are as different as a hedgehog and a measuring tape wrapped around a pincushion.

[ She doesn't know what it means either so don't bother asking. ]

[smilingbullet]

That is the most hilarious analogy- metaphor? that I've ever heard. One can do two things at once.

[priforprince]

I was contrasting your style with mine.

[ She doesn't rouse the rabble. That would involve associating with it. ]

[smilingbullet]

Oh! I didn't know you had a discernible style!

[ She has the most discernible style and he knows it well. ]

[priforprince]

Yours is unattractive.

[ Wait, why is that message sending with a picture, was there a picture -

teacup ghost

when did you turn the flash off on the camera ]

[smilingbullet]

[ Masterfully done, teacup ghost ]

Ouch! I'm so hurt, I think my heart might break!

[ See him dramatically clutch his heart. He's clearly in pure agony. ]

[priforprince]

[ D2 is one of teacup ghost's favorite people. It throws him a bone when it can.

Hibiki is in a different sort of agony, over here. ]

See to that elsewhere, then.

Disconnect this call.

[smilingbullet]

[ Aww, teacup ghost is the sweetest. ]

Eh-? But that's no fun at all?

[priforprince]

Why must I concern myself with your enjoyment?

[smilingbullet]

Well, I thought you were supposed to be an entertainer.

[priforprince]

Rewatch my PPS broadcasts if your longing for me overwhelms.

[ You could even watch the one that just finished. If you really wanted to. It's not her finest work, but only because it's candid. Had she known they'd be filmed, it would have been even grander! ]

[smilingbullet]

But then I'd have to start up new conversations! Considering all the posts you have made, those conversations will be all over the place.

[priforprince]

[ He wants to talk to her more?! Just because he enjoys irritating her?

Or--

Oh. That is a horrifying thought Hibiki has just thought. But it is so understandable a reaction to beholding her that she needs to make sure. ]

You aren't the sort of character who expresses their ardor by tormenting the one they love, are you?

[smilingbullet]

[ He gives her a most unimpressed look. ]

Yeah right. I might be that type, but you're basically a child. Plus, I've no interest in you that way either way, even if you weren't.

[priforprince]

DON'T CALL HIGH SCHOOLERS CHILDREN TO THEIR FACES!

[ High school is a PERFECTLY RESPECTABLE AGE at which one can become a COOL OLDER MENTOR FIGURE full of CRYPTIC DEEP WISDOM

it's DECIDEDLY NOT CHILDHOOD

childhood ends when you're, like, twelve ]

[smilingbullet]

As long as you're not of legal age, you are a child. Also, I'm thirtyfour, so that makes you even more a child to me.

[ Plus? She doesn't act like an adult. Unlike, say, Wendy, whom he actually does believe to be an adult. ]

[priforprince]

[ Yeah, about that. ]

Discussion of ages is forbidden!

[ She doesn't realize she's just quoted an older "friend" of hers, whom she despises. She would be aghast, and probably blame D2, if she knew. ]

In any case, set a better example if you wish to lord your years.

[smilingbullet]

Are you saying that because you don't want to admit that I'm right? I wasn't lording it, I was pointing out the truth.

[priforprince]

SILENCE!

[ She is definitely saying that because she doesn't want to admit he's right. ]

[smilingbullet]

Shouting's not gonna convince anyone that you're right.

[priforprince]

Even for a genius, shouting via text is impossible.

My use of capitalization was for emphasis!

[ She'll return to the point in a moment. But this is Very Important. He was Wrong On The Internet. ]

[smilingbullet]

Somehow I get the feeling that that isn't entirely accurate.

[priforprince]

Stop typing!

[ You have this irritating knack for engaging with her on the network, where she can't point at you and order you expelled from her sight.

DO YOU DO THAT ON PURPOSE?! ]