Far-Wend (pred): Security Chief Side-Ambush Beachcomb. Side-Ambush: Handmaiden Far-Wend Beachcomb Her Living Blade Eternal The Forever Claw All-Kill. Far-Wend (pred): i'm arbitrarily mandating new conduct codes for basically no reason at all Side-Ambush: This is the sort of bold leadership that we can count on you for, Wendy. Far-Wend (pred): yeah Far-Wend (pred): mostly i'm tired of seeing way dumber executives make the news for being clawfumbled smallhunt falsecall hillsingers Far-Wend (pred): so i'm doing something that those in the business call "satire" and those in the business might also call "a terrible business idea far-wend what are you doing" Side-Ambush: What is your this is a terrible business idea, Far-Wend, what are you doing? Far-Wend (pred): Well as you can see I'm mandating predpreynouns. Side-Ambush: Isn't that something specific to our language alone? Far-Wend (pred): yes see there are layers to the satire here Side-Ambush: I'm not sure I understand it… Far-Wend (pred): Look Breaky's been in the news five times in the past two years for dumb stuff she's done. It's my turn. I've been too well BEHAVED, Sides, I'm losing my TOUCH. Side-Ambush: Oh, it's like that… your redrival. Far-Wend (pred): YES. She's been in the news for dumb stuff and it's MY TURN. Side-Ambush: A lowly beachcomb like myself could never understand the complex machinations of the handmaidens. Side-Ambush (pred): It is to us to simply stand back, and watch, and say, "What's wrong with them?" Far-Wend (pred): EXACTLY Far-Wend (pred): part of being culturally sensitive is accepting that as a species the eternal queen bug space bugs are obliged to do dumb stuff in rivalry with one another for no reason whatsoever Side-Ambush (pred): So… are we making fun of diversity now? Or of the idea of gender roles being imposed on creatures without them? Or are we making fun of people who are moving away from the space-compromise of maximum-context-communication? What is this even for or against? Do you just want to know who is opting-in to your bullying them? Far-Wend (pred): Sides my dear sister that is putting far more thought into this than I have. Far-Wend (pred): Mostly I thought it would be funny but also annoying which are the two main reasons to do anything in this world. Side-Ambush (pred): Your professionalism is an example to us all, handmaiden. Far-Wend (pred): look if i didn't tumble tail over ass down a hill chasing easy prey sometimes, there's a risk people in this organization might start respecting me Far-Wend (pred): and i cannot have that Far-Wend (pred): it is vital to my schemes i never be mythologized and everyone understand i am a 90 million year old beach tribal who was dragged into space by a bunch of idiots who weren't as smart as they thought they were and who got her position entirely because the scheming immortal bug she met one day thought her honking was cute Far-Wend (pred): i think if i have any real goal it's that Side-Ambush (pred): If you want to do this seriously, Wendy, you should have a monthly rotation of exogenders. This month it's beachcomb pred/prey declensions. Next month, maybe, starlight walkers' temporal gender cases? Far-Wend (pred): OH YEAH that's way smarter Far-Wend (pred): then you really gotta sit down and think about other cultures and how your identity would work inside them Far-Wend (pred): I COULD RUN SO MANY SEMINARS ON THIS HUNTHIGH Far-Wend (pred): You're the best, Sides. Side-Ambush (pred): I've been attending your seminars, Wendy, I like to think I've learned a thing or two about the compromise of space. Far-Wend (pred): Haha yeah I BET YOU HAVE. Far-Wend (pred): SAY HI TO DR. FORESTDANGER FOR ME BUTTERCUP Side-Ambush (pred): Do I even have the right to call myself pred after what she's taught me about myself? Side-Ambush (pred): I might have to reconsider my self-assignment… Side-Ambush (scav): Better. Far-Wend (pred): WOW