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Text; un: spectacleofphantasmagoria

Type: Text
Sender ID: spectacleofphantasmagoria (Lyney)
To: Public
Subject: Sisterrrrr
Warnings: Lyney's dramatic ass

[So, what comes up on the network isn't actually any words, but a picture. A big, obnoxious picture, with some text superimposed upon it. The picture is then followed by several others, all depicting a similar theme, and similar motif:]

[Following the pictures is a morose-reading text from a certain magician.]

To think, after two whole years apart, my own sister refuses to acknowledge me! I simply wished to spend time with my dear sister! Oh, the humanity..! My dear sister, if you can see this, please reconsider your cruel and coldhearted decision! Your brother misses you so!

[Sure he may have been a little overbearing with her, checking in on her a bit more than was necessary, but he had missed her! Being blocked on the Shellphones was hardly fair, in Lyney's humble opinion! He clearly didn't do a single thing wrong!]

[...Okay no he may have been quite annoying and irritating to his introverted sister and pushed her to block him because of his overbearing-ness, but like hell is he admitting that.]

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But therein lies the problem!

Every time I try, she refuses to answer! It's like my messages refuse to be sent to her! I've been left at quite a loss, you see!

If you cannot contact her through the shellphone, have you checked to see if she is still in this world?

[Because Jill has been traumatized enough to immediately think that is the case for everything.]

She is. I am looking right at her.

[He figures Jill could. Use that reassurance, even for a stranger.]

[Honestly? It helps. She could also use some therapy.]

Oh, is she? That is good to know.

So it's more like she is ignoring him rather than something being wrong with the devices?

[And honestly, if this guy acts like this with his sister, Jill does not blame her.]

It is exactly that. I wonder if twins are always like this?

I can't say. I have no natural siblings myself and Clive and Joshua aren't twins in the least. Nor am I familiar with any twins at all.

If they are though, perhaps I should be grateful that fate decided I should be born alone.

I'd begged my parents for a sibling, when I was younger. It never really had a chance to happen...I'm not sure if it would have been better if it had.

It's been two years for him, so I understand a little dramatics, but this is just silly.

Perhaps if war has not broken out, my parents would have given me a sibling, but to be perfectly honest with you, I rather enjoyed having all their attention to myself.

[Up until her father just let a neighboring land take her as if she counted as spoils of war, but that's something to be dissected another day.]

But why have they been separated for so long?

Lyney arrived here a couple months before I did. Lynette only arrived this last month.

As you can see, he's coped with the separation quite spectacularly.

Some people drink to cope with loss, others bake.

[Or they do both, like her.]

I guess turning on the melodramatics is his method.

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i am the sister he's talking about. you don't have to worry.

i blocked him because he wouldn't leave me alone.

I won't. However, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, though I wish it was under better circumstances.

All the more reason why I believe his attempt to contact you in this manner would probably antagonize you rather than convince you to rectify whatever is going on between you two.

it’s nice to meet you too

also, my brother is making this to be a much bigger deal than it is. there’s nothing to rectify except for maybe his ego.

i’ll make him buy me cake later to make up for all of this.

My name is Jill, by the way. Jill Warrick.

His ego does seem rather.... larger than life, but Kaveh tells me that is part of his nature as a performer.

On the topic of cake, I know I am a stranger and this is rather random, but would he be terribly opposed to be given a cake rather than buying one?

kaveh is correct. my brother has always been the dramatic type. the stage suits him.

also, i won’t say no to free cake. what’s the catch?

None whatsoever.

Actually, a small one. They aren't very attractive cakes, but I have been told that they are edible.

a cake does not need to be pretty to be delicious. and the more you practice, the better they will look.

[ In the meantime, MORE CAKE FOR HER ]

This is true, yes, but that also means I ended up with far more cakes than one can eat on their own.

Thus, if you take one or two, perhaps three, I would not mind at all.

I know she's here, and I have tried to reach out to her! But she's a clever one; if she doesn't want to be found, she won't be found.

[They're both trained spies, they know how to vanish when need be.]

So you see why I've exhausted all my options until now!

And it never occurred to you to respect her desires?

Granted, I know she is your sister, but I will assume she is also her own woman.

But it's been so long since I've seen her last!

You see, I've been in this world for almost two years now, but Lynette only arrived here within the last two months. I just want to make up for lost time.

That's understandable. Truly, I do get it. I was separated from someone very important to me for a great number of years.

However, there is such a thing as being overbearing. Perhaps she needs a little space to settle in first?

Well, yes, that's true. She is her own woman, and isn't nearly as outgoing as I am.

But I thought I had given her plenty of time to settle! And surely she wouldn't mind being checked in on once in a while, right? Especially with every thing that's been going on!

[Him? Overbearing? Naaaah....]

How often is "once in a while" for you?

[How he answers this question will tell Jill all she's ever needed to know.]

Merely a scant handful of times! It wasn't to an alarming rate!!

And besides, I only started messaging more when she started to stop replying back.