JADE: i'm just joshing you!!! jeez, ever heard of jokes? XP
CALLIOPE: joshing?
JADE: goofing! jokes! humor!!!
CALLIOPE: i knew of the definition in this context.
CALLIOPE: it is merely an interesting turn of phrase, given the circumstances.
CALLIOPE: one commonly repeated etymology is that this is the name of the human josh tatum.
CALLIOPE: a story told oft enough to become fact, josh tatum would allegedly gild nickels so that they resembled 5 dollar coins.
CALLIOPE: he would purchase things that merely cost a nickel with these gold-plated nickels, but the cashier in question would return change as if it were not a nickel.
CALLIOPE: he was caught, eventually, but not before he had made almost $15,000.
CALLIOPE: the truth of this story is suspect, but it comes to mind, perhaps for obvious reasons.
CALLIOPE: a piece disguised as one more valuable than it was in actuality.
CALLIOPE: but that piece was played for its truthful value, meaning that josh himself was playing by the rules, exploiting other's naivete to get ahead.
CALLIOPE: it is a simple trick, one i am very familiar with.
CALLIOPE: ... this is not me starting as i mean to go on.
CALLIOPE: i will not be speaking in anecdotes and exposition this whole time.
JADE: it's fine, if im coming back soon. :P
JADE: actually, thats too mean... i wanted to see you again anyway!
CALLIOPE: you did?
JADE: yes!!! you gave me that whole spiel about having fun.
JADE: and it was really ominous and kind of grimly ironic because then you just disappeared!
JADE: and.... i guess this black hole was your work.
CALLIOPE: it is tiring to maintain. yet critical.
JADE: hehehe i can relate to that, sister
JADE: oh shit am i still doing all the stuff i need to be doing while dead???
CALLIOPE: i cannot see outside of the tangled space.
CALLIOPE: i assume not.
JADE: shit, shit, shit shit shit
JADE: okay well one of those things was SPINNING THE EARTH!!! >:X
JADE: so theres a good chance that everybody is suffering down there!
CALLIOPE: there is a very competent breath player on your planet.
JADE: hehehe only one?
CALLIOPE: ah, specificity fails me
CALLIOPE: i do not find being cruel to the weak funny.
JADE: well i guess thats fair XP
