Episode 11: Deals and Feels
It is the day after American Thanksgiving, Black Friday, a huge shopping day in the U.S. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat are getting ready to go shopping. Twitter runs into Computer Corp. to meet her friends before they go.
Twitter: Is everyone ready to go #shopping???!!!
Instagram and Snapchat cheer. Facebook just looks off to the side.
Twitter: What's wrong?
Instagram: We're getting a super huge discount on literally everything today!
Snapchat: I'm gonna buy a car for $5!
Facebook: First, that's impossible. Second, idk it just feels, empty here. Sure shopping's fun, but you can't deny it's weird today. Like, where is everyone?
Snapchat: Yeah, What's up with that?
Twitter: I'm pretty sure it's nothing.
Instagram: No, nobody's here. Every desk is empty. I'm starting to worry.
Twitter: It's okay, let's just go before Walmart runs out of TVs.
Facebook: Wait, the light's on in Edge's office! We can check with her.
Twitter: No, we should check out which stores have the best deals!
Facebook: I'm gonna go ask what's up. [walks into Edge's office]
Edge is drawing a bunch of Xs on her arm with a purple marker, but quickly pulls her sleeve over it awkwardly.
Edge: Hello Facebook! How are you today?
Facebook: I'm not here for small talk. Where is everyone?
Edge: I don't know, they're not out there? They're probably doing something without me.
Facebook: They're always doing sh—
Edge: Language!
Facebook: —stuff without you. Do you know what that stuff is this time?
Edge: Sorry, I don't.
Facebook: It's pretty unprecedented for a browser to lose all her employees, you do know that, right?
Edge: I'm a pretty unprecedented person.
Facebook: Whatever. Bye.
Facebook leaves.
Instagram: What did Edge say?
Facebook: Nothing important.
Snapchat: Okay, this is seriously starting to creep me out.
Instagram: Wait, I hear noise! Coming from the break room!
Twitter: That's just your imagination, let's go before you start thinking you hear music.
Snapchat: I do hear music!
Instagram: What could it be?
Snapchat: Let's find out!
Twitter: No, stop, don't—
Facebook opens the break room door. Almost everyone is in there. Vine is at the centre of everything.
Twitter: I guess we did end up crashing Vine's going away party.
*
Instagram: Going away party?
Vine: Yeah, next week I'll be transferred to the Detroit branch as a meme historian.
Instagram: But I never even got a chance to braid your hair!
Vine: My hair's too short to be braided?
Instagram: I'll find a way.
Snapchat: So I see now where everyone is, but what was the music?
Tumblr: That was me. *singing* One night and one more time, thanks for the memeories even though they weren't so dank—
Twitter: Okay, I think we've heard enough.
Instagram: Wait, is that cake?
Facebook: We're staying.
*
Wattpad and Fanfic are talking.
Wattpad: Y'know, I'm sad to see Vine go, but at least we have this party. It's nothing huge, but maybe it can be like our Halloween?
Fanfic: Yes, definitely! So, how are things?
Wattpad: Fine.
Fanfic: Are you sure? You look... What's a word for tired and sad... distressed?
Wattpad: Well, Wikipedia is always—
Wikipedia: She's in love. Something you'll never know. Come on, Princess.
Wattpad: Don't call me that!
Wikipedia: You don't want me to call you Princess, you don't want me to call you babe, you don't want me to call you Wattney! What should I call you?
Wattpad: Why not call me by what I choose to be called?
Wikipedia: But Wattpad sounds too professional!
Wattpad: We are supposed to act professional! We're at work!
Wikipedia: Whatever. Come on, Watt-pad!
They leave.
*
Tumblr's talking to Vine
Tumblr: Of all the people to leave us you deserved it the least. Take care of yourself out there.
Vine: I'll be alright.
Tumblr: Hey, at least you're leaving before you can be corrupted by fame. I'd rather die a hero like you than live long enough to become a villain like Facey.
Vine and Tumblr laugh. Facebook starts loading again.
Instagram: Vine, we need some pictures over here.
Vine: Gtg, stay fresh dream meme queen!
Tumblr walks over to Fanfic.
Fanfic: I can't believe Vine is leaving!
Quotev: I know! He only had, what, 83 lines?
Fanfic: What?
Quotev: Nothing.
Tumblr: Well I for one am worried about what the internet will find funny from now on. All our best memes come from Vine! Are we doomed to top text-bottom text formats? What are we gonna fre sha vo ca do?
DevA: There's YouTube?
Tumblr: But YouTube takes too long to get to the *gestures at line of people waiting at a punch bowl*
DevA: What are you doing? I don't understand that joke?
Tumblr: Then I guess you're missing the *gestures at line of people waiting at a punch bowl*
Quotev: She does have a remarkable tendency to miss the fruit flavored drink waiting list.
DevA: You're just repurposing a joke from 2013. That doesn't work.
*
Vine is talking to Facebook.
Vine: I guess this is goodbye, Facebook.
Facebook: Why are you talking to me individually?
Vine: We used to date?
Facebook: When?
Vine: I was your boyfriend for 2 whole months.
Facebook: What 2 months?
Vine: February to April?
Facebook: That's 3 months.
Vine: Whatever! It meant a lot to me.
Facebook: Good for you.
Vine: Did it mean anything to you?
Facebook: Sure.
Vine: But you didn't remember?
Facebook: I still don't. It must have gotten lost in all the other dates I've gone on since then.
Vine: You've been single this entire time.
Facebook: Or have I? Whatever, it's not like I'd tell you anyway. Bye, friend. *leaves*
*
Instagram: I seriously don't get why Vine would leave us. People liked him! He was good at his job!
Facebook: Unless someone told him to quit.
Snapchat: Facebook, are you telling us you—
Twitter: Fine! You got me!
Instagram: It was you?
Facebook: It was pretty obvious. "That noise is your imagination" What, our collective imagination? Is this Camazotz? Are we all controlled by CENTRAL central intelligence, small children playing ball and skipping rope in unison? Are we all gonna start saying "Once one is one, once two is two", until your little brother Charles Wallace gives in to IT, and then loses control of his actions?
Instagram: What meme was that?
Snapchat: Facebook, stop confusing everyone! Twitter, why would you do that? I thought you and Vine were friends?
Twitter: We were. *sigh* We work for the same sub-corporation. Sure, everyone works for computer corp. but there are other companies that fund us in exchange for a share of our profit. Vine and I work for the same one. Since Vine refused to put ads everywhere, we lost a lot of money.
Instagram: But people liked him!
Twitter: It doesn't matter here if people like you or not, as long as you're making them money.
Tumblr: Yeah that's why Facey's still here.
Facebook: Uncalled for.
Twitter: It wasn't personal, it's just business.
Snapchat: I get it. But don't expect us to forgive you.
Twitter: You will eventually. The only person I'm worried about is YouTube. We were finally back on good terms, but I doubt he'll forgive me. He and Vine were bros!
Instagram: He'll get over it.
Facebook: Yeah, in like ten years.
*
Vine: Well, it's 7:00. I should go now.
YouTube: Is this the last time you'll be here?
Vine: Yep. I'll be in town until next Saturday and then I'm off.
YouTube: But you can keep coming to work until you go?
Vine: No, my work here is done. I'll be fine on my own, this new job sounds exciting.
YouTube: But I'll miss you!
Vine: [hugs YouTube] I'll miss you too, bro, I'll miss you too.
Tumblr: [singing/yelling] TONIGHT AND ONE MORE TIME, THANKS FOR THE MEMEORIES, THANKS FOR THE MEMEORIES...
Vine: I'd better go. Bye, everyone! [leaves]
Vimeo: It's okay, he'll be fine without you.
YouTube: I know, just... what if there was some alternate universe where he could stay and someone else could go.
Quotev: Now that sounds like an interesting AU!
A/N Sorry for the late/short episode! This week has been super busy and the next 2 episodes will (hopefully) be very plot-heavy, so I just wanted this week's episode to be simple.
So, did you hear the news? Twitter's discontinuing the Vine app, so nobody will be able to post new Vines. That hasn't happened yet, but this was one of the only free spots on my schedule of episodes.
Also, in case you aren't following the official blog (ptf-and-asm.tumblr.com), I posted a code with clues for the next 2 episodes. Here it is:
BOMR FRQSTYD, OY'D ARGY IMGOMODJRF,
TPZSMVR TRYITMD, AOZOMSA DQSVRD
(It's pretty difficult sorry)
Also check out my friend FandomsAmazing's series Presenting, the Fandoms! I know I talk about it a lot already, but this week's the season finale!
Stay golden, web fans!
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