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[esoteric_rose]

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[prejudical]

Really, now. Isn't this a bit childish?

[esoteric_rose]

Only the reactions are childish.

[prejudical]

Perhaps because the source itself stems from gossip.

[esoteric_rose]

Gossip, yes, but it is their choice to read it.

[prejudical]

It is your choice to post it. In that respect, that means that you are no less childish than they are. Hiding under an anonymous guise does not make it any less immature.

[esoteric_rose]

Let me ask you a frank question. Have you ever participated in something like this before?

[prejudical]

If you mean posting gossip about others behind an anonymous mask, then no. I have not.

[esoteric_rose]

No, I mean participating in something that could be construed as gossip.

[prejudical]

Offhandedly, yes. I was not participating in the gossip itself, but rather trying to find the source and stop it.

As for sitting around and gossiping of others behind their backs? No, I have a reputation to uphold and I am not going to ruin by spreading rumors about others. Whatever I need to say, I will say it to whom it needs to be said to.

[esoteric_rose]

Wonderful. We did need a few more paragons of virtue and morality. here. Helps balance out the "scoundrels" like me.

[prejudical]

Do not mistake me for someone who is a goody two-shoes, I just do not see the appeal of second-hand talk about others when, most of the time, they would never dare speak it to their faces.

Cowards, rather than "scoundrels," would be a more correct term.

[esoteric_rose]

One day, dear, you will meet me face to face. Then we shall see who the coward is.

[prejudical]

Threatening me anonymously? That is certainly a good way to prove your maturity.

[esoteric_rose]

Wanting to meet you face to face is now a threat? Oh goodness, I didn't know.

And I'm not so anonymous-I'd freely give my name, though no one ever asks.

[prejudical]

Trying to prove that you are not a coward while hidden behind anonymity, as well as saying that we will see who the coward is once we do meet, does not exactly come off as a friendly invitation.

People are afraid to face the truth, I suppose. Wouldn't it be devastating to find out someone near and dear to you were the ones who are spreading rumors about you?

[esoteric_rose]

Pity, you seem like such an interesting sort.

Wouldn't it. I've seen enough people driven to ruin over pithy words they place too much stake in.