"So what did you do?" the girl asked impatiently.

"I, just, sort of reached out, to the major perpetrators" Calci tried to explain "you know, flattery here, Intel there, once they're convinced that they're in control of our exchanges, I get to meet my new friends in person" Calci mocked.

"So you're reaching out to people on Your face?" the girl enquired.

"Oh no, I still exchange lovely hand written letters" Calci answered "my feedback box is in the same place it always was".

" I was gonna say, I couldn't see you cheapening yourself " the girl claimed somewhat sadly.

"Who where these people?" the girl questioned.

"Some excitable couple into 'dark arts'. Part of your little fan club, 'Sunshine Sofia', which I told you to shut down" Calci said.

"And I told you, it's fan run" the girl defended as Calci held out her finger to signify 'wait', she reached into the top of her dress & removed a scrap of paper from her clearly stuffed brazier
"I shut it and someone took over the rights" the girl continued.

"Right, yeah, on 'Sunshine Sofia', they posted your birth name, most recent registered surname, date of birth, Nia's photograph, my current name, my workplace..."

"And you're a business owner, people have a right to know who you are, Nia's long gone and I'm fine" the girl interrupted almost frantically.

Calci was about to speak again, however the girl got in there before her again...
"You know what, you need to get with it and stop panicking over what you n't understand"

"To answer your first question" Calci took a look at the paper "'GreenWarrior99's' torrent of posts to your group were taken seriously by plenty, only few appeared to see humour and spam reports were only on identical posts" Calci claimed with a confusion brow before continuing "until his partner 'Bohobaby' came to his defence. She added an external link to a declassified university study into our subspecies, your admin then removed the chat logs, however 'Bohobaby' had copied over the discussion to an open page named 'local legends', where you're image is regularly featured, as well as another group named 'nightclub legends' - both of which still feature the posts, for now" Calci sighed as she got to the end, as if accomplishing a giant feat.

The girl appeared to let the information sink in.
Some time passed by.

"Channel write that for you?" she eventually asked.

Linking arms, the two moved towards the black clad entourage.

"Sofia better hold up your end deal" Calci uttered in a serious tone whilst wearing a smile, which she directed at the hydras before she waved at them.

"I'll try" Sofia quietly responded.

"Don't try, do" Calci sneakily uttered under her breath as they approached the group.

She then addressed them..
"I'll get straight to the point" Calci informed the group, who's full attention she had "I'm sure many of you are aware, Sofia, and myself, suffer with a rare pigmentation condition..."

"And your beautiful!" a female in the group shouted.

"Well thank you" Calci replied "However, some cruel individuals seem to think the opposite, recently comparing Sofia, our sister Nia and myself, to monsters".

"And I appreciate you guys defending me, you know.." Sofia quickly added "You lot are like the family I always wanted" she said as she slyly glanced up at Calci.

Calci returned a sweet look and spoke again...
"Sofia will soon make a harassment report to the police as this is a hate crime, I hope you will all support her, and be a little more mindful of who's welcome on the fan page".
Her words were met with a series of agreements.

Chatter went on for some time as Sofia, her followers and Calci sat on the sand.

Sofia looked on uneasy as Calci conversed with her following.

The sky had grown dark.
The beach significantly less crowded than previously.

Calci stood over the hydras
"So, before I go, I'd like to suggest that you all connect with myself, so that in the future, if ever such slander arises again, you can contact me immediately, I'll deal with it before my little Sofia even knows any better" Calci smiled widely with a closed mouth "you know how sensitive she is"

Sofia averted her gaze as the crowd reacted to Calci's words.

As Calci walked away, Sofia loudly shouted from behind her...
"Ignore her hydra's, she just wants new customers"