001 | ( VIDEO. ) | JULY 30th

[pubertytwice]

_{[ The feed clicks on and shows a kid appearing no older than 13 seated back in a chair, curled knuckles against his face. His eyes look tired and expression rather thin. He's wearing a uniform of some sort, though pieces of it look tattered or stained. One of his legs bounces in his seat (aren't his shorts cute?) but after a moment of mulling over what to say, he leans forward, hands folding together neatly. ]}

I already lack faith in gathering information from anyone here, and yet, here I am with inquiries. Serious responses only.

_{[ What could this boy possibly be asking for?? Where is the best place to get ice cream? Hardly so. ]}

Has anyone has ever even attempted hacking into any confidential files that could be in the government's system that operates here? Alternatively, if anyone has ever attempted to assassinate the Queen?

_{[ Oh.. what.. ]}

If not, is there any place on this goddamn planet that serves coffee? Decent coffee. Every place here is a shit hole.

_{[ That's it. No thanks for your time or anything. ]}

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[properprincess]

Then you are foolish for not valuing your own life.

[Says the woman who helped her own world's apocalypse...]

There is nothing wrong with being prudent and everything wrong with what you are doing if you hope to live very long.

[pubertytwice]

Let me rephrase.
I'm not afraid of what anyone could do to me because nobody can do anything to me.

_{[ His tone is rather harsh, but lightens considerably during his next sentence. ]}

And, well, if somehow they do, I've lived a long good life.

[properprincess]

Then allow me to expand my previous comment.

[She is definitely drawing upon her "Princess in Command" voice. She can't help it because she can see exactly where this situation could lead and she'd rather not watch history repeat itself.]

Just because you feel that you cannot be harmed yourself does not make you immune to being damaged. I can only assume that you do not live in a bubble where you interact with no other souls at all. And as you and I are doubtless the only people who are here on this world and its moons, it's silly of you to make comments about the sitting monarch and her life so openly.

Someone once showed me that the greatest damage you can do to another person is to take those close to them and the things they love away. Completely.

[pubertytwice]

<sub>[ Woah. The dam just broke there, didn't it? Five can't help but stare in a bit of loss, eyebrows lifting. He tries to pinpoint exactly what could have caused this girl to talk like this, so it gives him a minute.

That last part gets to him, but still: ]</sub>

I'll be fine, but thanks for your concern.

_{[ He's a little cocky if you haven't noticed. ]}

[properprincess]

[Well, this conversation hits her two ways and she's very not happy about either emotion being wrung out of her so soon after her arrival. However, she is normally polite and charismatic. Just not when she sees someone behaving so....

Stupidly.]

My concern is for those around you.

[She's dealt with worse attitudes.]

My suggestion is that if you really are interested in the topics that you brought up, then perhaps you might exercise a bit of caution. I have no idea what the Queen of this country is like, but no monarch likes to have their life so callously being threatened. They tend to act swiftly on those remarks.

[pubertytwice]

You think so?

_{[ He still doesn't seem intimidated. ]}

Consider it a shortcut to get closer to the source of the issue.

_{[ Yeah, he's not worried about being a criminal here. In his mind, this is a temporary place, so it shouldn't matter.
But also, he's a hard person to capture and keep captured. ]}

[properprincess]

Arrogance leads to a tumble down the hill and a cracked head.

[She sighs and shakes her head in disgust.]

I understand that you think you won't be taken. If that were completely true, you would not be here, yes? However, I realize that nothing I say will convince you to act in any sort of self-interest.

Good luck in your endeavors.