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'Mmh... what?'
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'Oh... f'ksake...'
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..tirr-*click* 'Hello?'
'...Shae?'
'Whooizzit?'
'Shae, why isn't there visual? It's Aevylen.'
'...Mom..? It's the middle of the bloody night, here.'
'Well, how should I know that? I just had...'
'Mom...'
'...a fantastic lunch with the director of-'
'MOM... what do you want?'
'I'm not allowed to call my own daughter?'
'After sixteen years and not bothering to check receiver time, you need a damn good reason, or I'm closing comms and going back to bed.'
'Well, I was out having lunch with the director of finance from AuralImage Ltd... you know, Egonics' audio-production company? We went to this great little place down the Crystal Boulevard, it's at the top of the deRohe tower, and the view from there is absolutely fantastic by the way, you'd love it...'
'*sigh*'
'...And I was on my way back to the office and I was checking out the latest Sunrise Daily on my new optical implant -- they're all the rage down here, by the way, if you pay for the upper-end ones they overlay on your irises, too, to create colour effects -- and there was a picture of you on the third page! So I thought it would be great to catch up with you, and maybe-'
'Waitwaitwait... what?! What was the article about?'
'Oh it was some minor politician they spotted at an orgy in a pirates' den a couple weeks ago. The picture was of him with his "mysterious mistress" *giggle*'
'Hahahaha mistress. In his sordid dreams. I love that spin, "orgy". Hahaha fucking genius.'
'Watch your language, dear-!'
'Fucking make me, Aevylen. It was a party. I bet you've seen wilder ones with your friends from whatever fad company it is you work for now. At least we didn't need to pay people to take their clothes off.'
'They said two men were-'
'They'll say anything to get people to pay for subscriptions. That shit's not worth the code it's embedded in, honestly.'
'It's important information for anyone who cares about the political climate in the Federation, Shae-'
'You're disgusting. You leave Dad because you can't deal with his political career, and you still have the nerve to say that? You only called me because this gives you something to brag about with your little friends. Do you know what impression your precious editorials give about the Federation?'
'Shae-'
'Lazy. Decadent.'
'Shae-'
'Self-absorbed, uncaring about anything more than where the next nightclub hotspot is and who's supplying the newest legal narcotics.'
'Shae-'
'If that's the way things are in the Federation, it's not surprising the Caldari were able to roll right over all those systems in lowsec and auction people's lives off to the highest bidder!'
'Young lady!'
'Oh screw you, you woke me up in the middle of the night because of some overblown gossip. Yes, I was there. No, I wasn't there with Inhonores. He's bottom-feeding scum and was trying to leech on me the entire night. Other than that, it was a fun party, any orgies occurred afterwards and in private, and no I didn't go to them, I spent the night with my boyfriend. And no, I'm not telling you who he is because you forfeited your right to mother me when you left us to follow your precious career categorising fashion trends. Is it fulfilling? Do you feel good knowing you've improved some faceless woman's social life?'
'You're one to talk! I'm improving people's standard of living, and you're out destroying their livelihoods. Don't you feel proud, killing some child's parents for a little ISK! Inhonores is trying to atone for his past, at least. You could at least give a shit about the shame you've heaped upon us!'
'Oh, pardon me for destroying your social cred. I didn't realise you would know what a broken family feels like. You think I don't know what I do? Fuck off, Aevylen, don't come back until you can tell one evil from another.'
'Don't you dare-*click*
'*sigh* Bitch...'
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'System, block all calls from last ident and any that are associated with it.'
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'*sigh* ...I need a drink.'
