Rude, Matthew

[whydoyoushine]

Oi, I need someone to get me out of a room. I didn't do anything this time, and here you go, locking me up for absolutely no reason. This is a violation of my civil rights.

[Zed is referring to the end results of a certain throw down with Matthew, which did not go the way he'd anticipated. But hey, at least he's proven he's learned something from Traveling, like the phrase "civil rights."]

You really want to fight over this, Matthew? Just get it all out there?

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[comebewe]

[Matthew knew this would be coming. And he would be lying, really, if he didn’t admit that he was enjoying this]

See, there’s this little thing called consequences...

You had this coming.

[whydoyoushine]

You people need to make up your mind--you get pissy if I don't do what my overlay would do, and you get pissy when I do exactly what the overlay would do.

[comebewe]

Or, we get pissy when some idiot decides that conjuring glitter is a good idea!

Do you know how many hours Matty had to spend each week cleaning up your shit? Do you?

[awitchdidit]

Ahahahaha, they're learning!

[whydoyoushine]

They're learning they're making a powerful enemy, that's what they're learning.

[awitchdidit]

Well, I put the Angels in the same sort of timeout once. They haven't burnt me to death in revenge yet so perhaps it's best to leave this as the maximum level of escalation for now...

[comebewe]

[They see this response. And he’s just...quietly going to not respond at all...]

[awitchdidit]

[photonicfighter]

Umm.

[You are probably being locked in a room for a perfectly good reason, Zed. Still, she feels she should contribute something...]

What did you 'didn't do', Zed?

[whydoyoushine]

All that overlay wanted to do was just spread glitter around, so I just spread glitter around!

And if I hadn't done what the overlay would have done anyway, then everyone would have gotten mad at me like that whole thing with the island and not pulling off that Most Humble Holiness act.

[photonicfighter]

Zed. You do realize that not everyone likes glitter as much as you do?

[She pauses briefly for a 'yes' or 'no' or at least a flippant comment.]

Even if it was what your overlay was going to do anyway, if it was a bad thing that bothers people, when you're done? You should apologize.

[runs]

My overlay will probably stop yours pretty soon.

[She sounds amused by that and not at all involved - really, it's their overlays' issue, not theirs.]

One way or the other.

[haveabiscuit]

What exactly were you not doing?

[The children are fighting]

[whydoyoushine]

My overlay not covering everything in glitter would have been suspicious, so I just kept doing that during the Jaunt.

Then I get back here and I'm still messing with the glitter, minding my own business, and then this asshole comes along and sets it on fire and knocks me out and locks me in a room with no exits that just erases all the glitter.

And yet I'm the bad guy here, apparently.

[haveabiscuit]

You kept the glitter going even when the Jaunt ended?

[Look she spent a lot of time dealing with that glitter]

[rustyhonesty]

I think I like you better like this. Maybe I should askfor tips on how to lock someone in a room...

[whydoyoushine]

Has anyone ever told you you're no fun at all? I'd like to see how you liked being locked in a room.

[rustyhonesty]

I'd calm down pretty quickly if I deserved it.

[These days. When he was younger he likely wouldn't have.]

[tookashirototheknee]

Wait just a minute. Are you really saying that you were imprisoned in a room with no door or windows for just playing with glitter?

For fuck's sake, I've met actual evil overlords with better reasons than that. What the actual fuck.

[whydoyoushine]

I am a retired evil overlord. There are so many worse things I could be doing with my time.

And it's the glitter that leads to the imprisonment.

[tookashirototheknee]

I'm just stunned. That is needlessly cruel over something so damn benign.

Like, I don't care what's happened before. No one deserves that at all, let alone for something as stupidly inane as glitter.

... did you glitter him or something?

[runs]

Did you try to recreate your glitter minions?

[She'd have an Opinion on the imprisonment if it was her, Gil or Jules. As it is just Zed (and Zed would probably consider the vast majority of punishments that don't correspond with boredom funny) she doesn't have a particular opinion on it.]

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[bite_the_hand]

[The only warning before Eren starts yelling is an angry growl. Not just a psychic one, either - he's actually livestreaming his voice. It's a thing he does when something gets him really worked up.]

Dammit! I can't just listen to this! Zed you're an annoying pain in the ass that deserves to get punched, but some stupid glitter isn't nearly bad enough for this! The only way anyone would deserve to be imprisoned like this is if they were trying to put somebody in the Floor!

Hey, Mathew! If you're still listening, how about a deal? You come let him out, and I'll punch his face in for you. Then the punishment fits the crime, and you can save your created space for something better instead of wasting it on Zed!

[whydoyoushine]

Hell, I'd be down for that.

[Get him out of here, please. And it's not like this would be the first time he'd been punched.]

[bite_the_hand]

[Eren's quiet for a long moment before he finally responds, and when he finally does he sounds incredibly frustrated.]

Shit, I don't think Mathew's listening. I'm guessing he wasn't stupid enough to leave a door I could break down? If he was, I'll come get you out myself.