video, backdated to March 5

[telewarped]

Hey, losers. This has definitely been one of the months I've had so far, but now I'm officially bored to death.

[There is a general air of malaise permeating this message, even if the voice of the Pokémon sending it—a gray-toned Mimikyu, currently stationed in what appears to be one of the Oran guild's dens—sounds casual and calm enough.]

At least one of you has to have a decent rec for how to kill time around here you can give me... Or just tag yourself. Whatever.

[At the words tag yourself, an image takes shape in your mind. It's astonishingly clear and will remain present in your head until your connection to this particular Grumpearl is broken.]

Later.

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[quirkynote]

[Oh, I'm sure that's something she can absolutely do haha just kidding]

I'LL KILL YOU!!!

[truthdecided]

Yet again, unnecessary hostility.

If you believe yourself a bird, I'm willing to listen. Without threats of violence.

[quirkynote]

[A.B.A responds with incoherent screaming.]

[truthdecided]

[Um.

Well. This is certainly an extreme reaction.]

Is being a bird truly that important to you?

[quirkynote]

Yes.

[And it's just so strange that people want to take that from her!]

A symbol of freedom almost as magnificent as the key. My wings may not be visible to the eye, but they are proudly displayed in my heart.

[truthdecided]

[Okay. So, clearly he miscalculated.]

In my defense, I wasn't aware that this held such personal meaning to you.

[...]

That being said, I do understand the appeal from a symbolic perspective.

[On the other hand...]

But what do keys have to do with any of this?

[quirkynote]

[Well, as long as he took it back. Maybe she'll reconsider eating him now...]

The key has everything to do with everything. Like a bird, it symbolizes freedom, although from a different perspective. A bird spreads its wings to fly, the key unlocks the doors to expand one's world.

Together, the key unlocks the cage that allows the bird to soar. It's beautiful... One day I hope to be reunited with my key. My Paracelsus.

[truthdecided]

[Hmm... That's surprisingly poetic, coming from A.B.A. Perhaps he underestimated her...

But hm. That's an interesting nugget of information.]

This Paracelsus must carry great importance to you, then.

[Who or whatever it is.]

[quirkynote]

Of course he does. He's my husband, after all. The key that'll unlock the gates to my future...

[truthdecided]

Ah. So you're married.

[Well, that's an interesting new nugget of information.]

[quirkynote]

Are you surprised...? Even a homunculus deserves to be loved... I may be artificial, but my feelings are very real.

[truthdecided]

That was never in dispute.

[Akechi may be jaded, but he's hardly in a position to declare who's unworthy of love.

Except people like Shido, of course, but that's a different story.]

It simply took me by surprise, I suppose. Then again, it's not as though I've pried into the love lives of anyone here.

[quirkynote]

I know, you're still figuring out your own.

[truthdecided]

Bold of you to assume I have a love life.

[Really, what's she going on about this time?]