Kanaya: Reply to memo.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FUTURE carcinoGeneticist [FCG] 599 HOURS FROM NOW opened memo on board TEAM ADORABLOODTHIRSTY. FINE THEN. SINCE PAST ME JUST BANNED CURRENT ME FROM THE PRECEDING MEMO AND DOESN'T APPEAR TO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MY FUTURE WISDOM, AS USUAL LOOKS LIKE I'LL JUST HAVE TO START ANOTHER MEMO FROM SCRATCH. HEY PAST ME, GO HAVE A BLAST KILLING THE KING, I'M SURE IT WILL BE AWESOME. IN FACT, IT WAS AWESOME. BANG UP JOB WITH THAT, DUDE! TOO BAD IT WAS ALL A HUGE WASTE OF TIME. OH, WHAT'S THAT, PASTHOLE? YOU DIDN'T READ THIS AND FIGURE THAT OUT AHEAD OF TIME? OR MAYBE YOU JUST SKIMMED THIS AND IT DIDN'T GET THROUGH YOUR THICK BULGE??? WHAT A SHOCK! MEMO-WITHIN-MEMO TO PRESENT SELF: PUT FORTH A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT TO IMPRESS UPON EVERYONE IN THE PAST, MYSELF INCLUDED, WHAT A BUNCH OF FUCKING IDIOTS THEY ALL ARE. I AM LEARNING A VALUABLE LESSON TODAY! IT TURNS OUT YOU CAN'T ALTER THE OUTCOME OF DECISIONS MADE BY MORONS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU YELL AT THEM. ALL YOU CAN REALLY DO IS GIVE THEM A HARD TIME AND TRY TO MAKE THEIR LIVES JUST A LITTLE MORE MISERABLE. WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A MORE NOBLE PURSUIT THAN CHANGING DESTINY FOR THE BETTER ANYWAY, FRANKLY. LOSERS SHOULD BE FORCED TO FACE THE MUSIC, EVEN FOR THE MISTAKES THEY HAVEN'T MADE YET. THEIR PUNISHMENT IS BEING ALLOWED TO MAKE THE MISTAKE IN THE FIRST PLACE. TALK ABOUT POETIC JUSTICE! AND THEN GETTING SOUNDLY BERATED BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE MISTAKES ARE BEING MADE IS JUST THE MUCUS ON THE GRUBLOAF. THE SWEET, TANGY MUCUS. THIS IS DUMB. WHY DID I EVER THINK THESE MEMOS WERE GOING TO BE A GOOD IDEA. NOBODY CARES I MEAN NOBODY'S EVEN TROLLING ME ANYMORE. AND I'M LEAVING MYSELF WIDE OPEN TOO, SAYING SOME PRETTY DUMB THINGS HERE. I GUESS MAYBE I WROTE TOO MANY. AND FILLED TOO MANY OF THEM WITH LONG ARGUMENTS WITH MYSELF. NO ONE'S GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL THIS, ALL THE VALUABLE INFORMATION IS JUST GETTING LOST IN THE YELLING. YOU STUPID STUPID IDIOT. OH FUCK YOU, WHY'D YOU EVEN START ANOTHER MEMO THEN?? I GUESS THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO GET OFF MY CHEST, OK? OH GOD, NOW I'M ARGUING WITH CURRENT ME. I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE I WAS DOING IT, THIS IS REALLY FUCKED UP. I'VE GOT TO PULL IT TOGETHER. THINK BACK TO WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE DONE WRONG. BUT THE THING IS AS MUCH AS OUR PAST SELVES ARE A BUNCH OF STUBBORN UNLISTENING ASSHOLES I CAN'T EVEN REALLY IDENTIFY ANY MISTAKES WE MADE. IT WAS ALL PRETTY MUCH LIKE CLOCKWORK. A 600 HOUR CAMPAIGN TO COMPLETE A GAME LIKE THIS IS PRETTY GOOD IF YOU ASK ME. AND I HAVE ASKED ME. IT TURNS OUT ME AGREES. I CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING SOMEONE ELSE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN OUR SESSION. SOLLUX HAS THE SAME INTUITION ABOUT IT AS ME, HE THINKS THERE'S SOMETHING FII2HY ABOUT IT. IT'S REALLY INSUFFERABLE THE WAY HER FISH PUNS HAVE RUBBED OFF ON HIM, IT KIND OF MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT. ANYWAY HE SAYS HE'S WORKING ON TRACING THE ORIGIN OF THIS DISASTER. IF I FIND OUT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE I WILL I DON'T EVEN WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT NOW. WASTE OF GOOD FRESH RAGE. I'M A LITTLE TIRED OF ALL THE OLD THINGS I'VE BEEN ANGRY ABOUT. IT'S GOTTEN SO STALE. IN A WEIRD WAY I'M SORT OF LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SOMETHING NEW TO BE PISSED OFF ABOUT. IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE TO LIVE FOR NOW ANYWAY. SO I'M KEEPING MY PRONGS CROSSED. IT WILL BE LIKE FUCKING 12TH PERIGEE'S EVE UP IN HERE. LAST SWEEP'S EVE WAS PROBABLY THE LAST HAPPY MEMORY I HAVE IN FACT. WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO FOR THE LAST HOLIDAY? ANYONE? I REMEMBER MY LUSUS HAD BEEN GONE FOR DAYS AND I WAS STARTING TO GET WORRIED. BUT THEN HE FINALLY RETURNED, TRIUMPHANT. HE BROUGHT THE FRESH BEHEMOTH LEAVING INTO OUR HIVE, AND TOGETHER WE DECORATED IT. AND I DUNNO THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY, I'M GETTING A LUMP IN MY SQUAWK BLISTER. I GUESS I'M DONE. I'M GOING TO LIE DOWN NOW ON THE STEEL FLOOR OF THIS FRIGID METEOR DRIFTING THROUGH THE BLACK UNCARING VOID OF OUR NULL SESSION. NULL, KIND OF LIKE THIS MEMO I GUESS. LATER. CURRENT grimAuxiliatrix [CGA] RIGHT NOW responded to memo. I Dont Think We Did Anything Special WHOA, HEY WHAT? Last 12th We Stayed In And I Read Stories To Her It Was Nice OH THAT'S COOL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE RESPONDED TO A MEMO THAT I CAN RECALL. YOU TOOK IT RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO CLOSE THIS THING. Yeah I Know I Wasnt Sure If I Was Going To But Then I Noticed A Conversation In Which I Was A Participant Which As It Turns Out Is The Conversation Taking Place Now I Scanned It Briefly And Then Perused Other Memos For My Presence I Found None And Returned To This One But My Part Of The Conversation Was Gone I Regarded This As A Prompt To Begin Typing And Record My Contributions Live That Is How This Works Isnt It PRETTY MUCH. FOR A WHILE IT WAS FRUSTRATING. WHEN I DISCOVERED THE FEATURE I KIND OF BREEZED THROUGH ALL MY FUTURE MEMOS, NOT REALLY READING ALL OF THEM CAREFULLY OR THOROUGHLY. THEN I LOOKED AT IT AGAIN, AND THE WHOLE BOARD WAS GONE. BE…
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