{LOCKED FROM RUFUS}

[bentflame]

... Well. That canon unveiling was certainly interesting. I have some doubts about the idea of such a device's effectivity as a weapon, but on the whole, it is at least considerable.
Other than that... hm. I allowed a near-stranger to buy me ice cream as I pretended to be... enchanted by him, but it was all for a higher purpose- one that didn't end up working out, but that's another story for another time.

In unrelated news, someone has brought to my attention the existence of yet another information storehouse- this one apparently reserved for fictional writings about people from my world. The authors appear to write under pseudonyms- probably because they realize that, considering the nature of most of these works, they will be severely punished when caught.

All I'm going to say on the matter is that some people have very bizarre ideas of what I do with my free time.

Comments

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't come to yours and clutter it up with side conversations (and silly personal questions, I might add), do I?

[pandorabox]

You haven't yet. This could be a preemptive strike.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

No. Unlike you, I actually have a life outside of irritating those around me.

[pandorabox]

Ah, but irritating those around me is fun!

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I rest my case.

Have you ever considered doing something constructive with your time?

[pandorabox]

Such as...?

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I can think of any number of things that would be a better use of your time.

And no, I'm not going to list them all.

[pandorabox]

Okay, just list a few then. I'm awfully curious about what you think I should be spending my time doing.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Anything but annoying me.

You have friends, don't you? A girlfriend, even? Go bother them.

[pandorabox]

I do bother them. A lot more than I bother you, actually! If I bother my girlfriend too much though, she might start ignoring me.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Well, that at least might be entertaining for me.

[pandorabox]

... I don't like it when she ignores me. I see you are a practitioner of "schadenfreude" Obaa-san. This doesn't surprise me.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I figured as much- but really, I'd say you deserve it.

"Schadenfreude"? I'm not familiar with the term.

[pandorabox]

That's cold.

I didn't think you would be.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

But true.

Care to explain?

[pandorabox]

Schadenfreude. German for happiness at the misfortune of others.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

"German"?

Hard as it may be for you to believe, I'm not a sadist.

[pandorabox]

Germany. A country in Europe.

Keep telling yourself that.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of it.

I take joy in my own pleasure. If that happens to come at another person's expense, then... well. But I tend not to go out of my way to cause others pain without personal gain- that would be just as pointless as giving others happiness with no personal gain.

[pandorabox]

'Course not.

That's the principle of schadenfreude right there.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

But sadism indicates that one goes out of their way to cause pain- that they simply enjoy seeing someone hurting, regardless of what they themselves get out of it.

[pandorabox]

Schadenfreude isn't necessarily sadism, you know.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

Based on what you said originally, I had assumed it was. Because I don't know the term, I can't make the judgement myself, you know.

[pandorabox]

You can take pleasure in someone else's pain without being the direct cause of said pain.

[peoplesprincess.livejournal.com]

No, no, you're missing the point.