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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[whydoyoushine]

Well, I'm not the one going around setting people on fire!

And I could! But I know better!

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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.]

[awitchdidit]

As do I, really. I certainly understand. Glittering gold has always been my calling card, and someone's dungeon called me the "Witch of Light" once and I've been inordinately fond of manipulating brightness and sight ever since.

The fact of the matter is, though, if you continually antagonize a powerful person, they're going to retaliate. And when you play "the bad guy", you're liable to be outnumbered by his powerful friends if you try to escalate.

[haveabiscuit]

Other people passing through the area are less fond of getting infected with it.

[vrepit_no]

I was kind of getting that idea, yeah. It's hard to separate rumor from truth about you. If you want to set the record straight, I'm listening.

[whydoyoushine]

Man, I'm retired from the evil overlord thing, I keep telling people!

Can't a guy just go do his own thing with glitter in peace?

[whydoyoushine]

There's plenty of area to go around, I'm just saying.

[whydoyoushine]

So I tried to cover Earth in darkness once, long story, I didn't actually want to, but then the ToQGers stopped me, and I died, and I got better, and I'm kind of retired from that whole being evil thing, you know?

[He's strictly freelance now.]

And on other Jaunts I may have destabilized an economy (well, my infiltration did) or upturned an entire religion, but in my defense, the religion was just generating darkness and making people miserable anyway.

[At least he's honest?]

[awitchdidit]

I'm pretty sure doing anything with glitter makes you an evil overlord to the people who have to clean it up. No matter how justified I make my murders now, I'm still no hero to the people who have to mop up the floor afterward.

[whydoyoushine]

Blood's at least a little easier to hose away, I'm just saying.

[haveabiscuit]

And somehow glitter infests all of it.

[awitchdidit]

I know that, but try explaining that to a cleaning staff. There's a reason my archnemesis outside of Battler and that one detective was a fancy janitor.

[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.

[whydoyoushine]

What, a little bleach, a little hydrogen peroxide, it's all good.

[whydoyoushine]

It's really hard to snuff out some lights.

[whydoyoushine]

I have no idea where the hell I am or if there's a door you could get to, to be honest. If I knew, I'd let you know.

[photonicfighter]

Has he actually set anyone on fire? [A pause.] Recently? [Perhaps an important clarification.]

[whydoyoushine]

Not recently, but from what I've heard, it's happened before.

Infiltrations may or may not have been involved.

[rustyhonesty]

That sounds absolutely idiotic.

[whydoyoushine]

That's the point. It's not dangerous enough to justify him continuing to do this, but it's irritating enough to at least annoy him.

[rustyhonesty]

Annoyed at me, more than likely.

[whydoyoushine]

Annoyed for justice.

[rustyhonesty]

I think I'll pass this time.

[whydoyoushine]

Party pooper.