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[whipcracks]

[ a young woman's voice comes on the Vine. she does not sound pleased. in fact, 'furious' might be a more appropriate way to describe it. ]

What is the meaning of this?! I demand an explanation! Right now! [ there is a loud, sharp CRACK!, the sound of leather hitting hard against the ground.Any foolish answers will be met with a whipping! I don't

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[gravityfists]

[ have a rather exhausted sounding young woman's voice in reply ]

Ma'am, I'm sure everyone here would be a billion times more willing to help out if you didn't start off with threats. All misdirected anger can and will be rerouted to Her Royal Looniness.

[whipcracks]

If by "Her Royal Looniness" you're referring to that Queen of Hearts woman, then I assure you that the moment we meet, she will have judgment rained upon her person in the form of my whip.

[gravityfists]

You'll have to get in line. And possibly pull one of those tickets off the reel that tells you when your turn's coming up. Y'know, [ throatclear] Now serving: number sixty-seven. Number sixty-seven, please report to the killing floor.

Er-but as for meaning, you've pretty much been kidnapped. To an alternate universe. Full of women.

[whipcracks]

[ CRACK! ] What did I just say about not wanting to hear nonsense explanations?!

[thewisechoice]

Too bad...

[ this voice is pretty nonchalant ]

There only are nonsense explanations.

[whipcracks]

Spare me the foolish words of an ignorant fool who is too much of a foolish fool to correct their own foolish ignorance! There is a logical explanation to everything! The fact you're not aware of it doesn't make it nonexistent!

[thewisechoice]

Oh, I suppose we're all fools here. But...I've learned there are worse things to be.

[whipcracks]

You might think that now, but foolishness is a punishable crime! If you've yet to realize that, I will personally make sure that you will!

[thetrueblow]

You can't whip people through the vine.

[whipcracks]

Of course, I'm no fool. I didn't expect to be able to, as convenient as it may be. It's simply my way of giving people warning, while keeping count for when I meet them face to face.

[thetrueblow]

[Noi pauses, then thinks.]

Well, if you've been using that whip for a few years, you probably have good wrist control and decent arm strength...

But I bet if I took it away, I could beat you up pretty easily.

[Another pause, then she continues.]

Anyway, you've already heard the explanations. They're true, even if you don't want to believe them.

[whipcracks]

[ that is probably true! not that Franziska's going to admit that, of course, but she still gets pretty riled up in response, twisting her whip between her hands as she tightly holds onto it ] If you even consider touch my whip, you'll be in for more pain than you ever thought imaginable! And unless you can provide me with indisputable evidence -- which I doubt -- I've got no reason whatsoever to believe that's the truth!

[burns_things]

Oh, I think I like you.

[whipcracks]

While I am quite likable, I have no need for compliments right now. I don't suppose you have a more rational explanation to give me than the fools preceding you?

[burns_things]

As much as I'd oh, so love to have a reasonable explanation for the both of us, no.

she is going to be regretting this so hard in the future...

[whipcracks]

Hmph! Useless! [ CRACK! ]

[contemptuous]

[There's just...an amused laugh.]

There are no explanations that would appease you.

[whipcracks]

I've already been told that by several other foolish fools, and hearing it the first time was more than enough. I don't require further unnecessary repetition! [ CRACK! ]

[contemptuous]

Quite obviously you do, as you don't appear to have basic comprehension. We are trapped, at the behest of an insane Queen, for some vague and poorly defined purpose. Feel free to believe it is foolishness, but it will do you little good to demand answers when you are unwilling to accept them.

[whipcracks]

You! You dare speak down to me?! That sort of behavior is not to be tolerated! [ CRACK! ] I am Franziska von Karma, the prosecutorial prodigy, and I only accept theories cemented by proof and logic! What reason, then, do I have to believe in this foolish piece of foolishness you foolishly deem as an explanation?!