Speech Only

No narration. Just speech.

Unfriended

"I don't think we can be friends any more."

"What? Why?"

"I can't tell you."

"What do you mean you can't tell me?"

"I mean I can't tell you."

"But if you don't tell me why we can't be friends, how am I supposed to learn from my mistakes and grow as a person?"

"That's not my problem."

"What do you mean it's not your problem? It's a problem with both of us."

"Frankly, you're lucky I even told you we're not friends any more. I could have just gone on without telling you."

"But that would make you a dick."

"Apparently I should have gone on without telling you. Look at the treatment I'm getting for trying to be nice."

"What treatment? I just want to know why you don't want to be friends any more."

"And I'm not going to tell you."

"You're not going to tell me?"

"I'm not going to tell you."

"So you could tell me, but you're choosing not to."

"Correct."

"Earlier you said that you couldn't tell me. What changed?"

"Can't, won't, it's the same thing. I'm not telling you."

"I think you should."

"I don't think that's a good idea."

"It's the only idea. Better to go with a bad idea than with no idea."

"That's a fallacy and you know it."

"Maybe. But I also know where you live and where you work, so it's not like you can actually avoid me. If you don't want to be my friend, then I can make things very uncomfortable for you just by showing up where you are and interacting with you. And you'll have to make a point of telling those around us that we're not friends, and then they'll ask why, and you'll have to explain it to them or be seen as a massive bag of dicks. And then I'll find out anyway, because I'll be there when you tell them. Over and over again."

"Fine, I'll tell you."

"Good."

"You know your Overwatch channel on YouTube?"

"Yeah."

"You put up a Minecraft video the other day."

"...And?"

"And I don't like that."

"So you're not going to be my friend any more because I put up a video in a game you weren't expecting?"

"That's right."

"I don't think we can be friends any more."

"That's what I'm saying."

"No, I mean I don't want to be your friend any more. You're petty and asinine. Fuck off."

Story Index

2020-06-22 · Boss Music Intensifies
2020-06-15 · Accept the Unexpected
2020-06-08 · Failing The Test
2020-06-01 · Best Laid Plans
2020-05-25 · The End?
2020-05-18 · The Only Explanation
2020-05-11 · Personal Victory
2020-05-04 · Six Questions
2020-04-27 · It's A Team Effort
2020-04-20 · The More Things Change
2020-04-13 · It's All About Perspective
2020-04-06 · Fake It 'Til You Make It
2020-03-30 · Keeping It Clean
2020-03-23 · How To Save The World
2020-03-16 · Time For A Change
2020-03-09 · Music To My Ears
2020-03-02 · Unfamiliar Territory
2020-02-24 · Something From Nothing
2020-02-17 · The Times Are Changing
2020-02-10 · The Missing Piece
2020-02-03 · Wrong Place, Wrong Time
2020-01-27 · Overexposure
2020-01-20 · As Seen On TV
2020-01-13 · Written By A.I.
2020-01-06 · Promises Kept
2019-12-30 · Ringing It In
2019-12-23 · Happy Unspecified Seasonal Holiday!
2019-12-16 · The Lair
2019-12-09 · Time To Get Cracking
2019-12-02 · Not A Suicide
2019-11-25 · The One That Knows What Number It Is
2019-11-18 · Venting Frustrations
2019-11-11 · The Test Takers
2019-11-04 · Make Your Play
2019-10-28 · Horror With Smart People
2019-10-21 · The Interview
2019-10-14 · It Must Have Happened At Some Point
2019-10-07 · Work The Problem
2019-09-30 · Cogs in the Machine
2019-09-23 · First of One
2019-09-16 · Curse Your Inevitable Betrayal!
2019-09-09 · Be Brief
2019-09-02 · Changing Channels
2019-08-26 · It's A Process
2019-08-19 · Armed And Dangerous
2019-08-12 · Good Intentions
2019-08-05 · A Simple Procedure
2019-07-29 · Finale Feelings
2019-07-22 · Fun And Profit
2019-07-15 · It Builds Character
2019-07-08 · Aviator Safety
2019-06-24 · Something's Been Bugging Me
2019-06-17 · It's All About You
2019-05-27 · Rough Encounters
2019-05-20 · Wishes Three
2019-05-13 · A Gentle Nudge
2019-05-06 · A Simple Misunderstanding?
2019-04-29 · Don't Spoil It
2019-04-22 · Under Scrutiny
2019-04-15 · Prepare To Resist
2019-04-08 · Making Small Talk
2019-04-01 · The Crisis
2019-03-25 · Just Kidding
2019-03-18 · How About That Local Sports Team?
2019-03-11 · Public Engagement
2019-03-04 · The Hero We Need
2019-02-25 · The Negotiation
2019-02-18 · Executive Orders
2019-02-11 · The Talk
2019-02-04 · The Big Game
2019-01-28 · If It's A Girl...
2019-01-21 · The Nature Of Picasso
2019-01-14 · I'm Sorry, Ms. Jackson
2019-01-07 · Never Saw It Coming
2018-12-31 · Duelling ...Holidays?
2018-12-24 · Too Much Cheer
2018-12-17 · Taking Out The Trash
2018-12-10 · Let's Go To The Movies
2018-12-03 · Not For Donuts
2018-11-26 · Horizons Made Broad
2018-11-19 · It's The Journey That Matters
2018-11-12 · Anthing You Can Do...
2018-11-05 · Let's Call It "Laundry"
 2018-10-29 · Unfriended
2018-10-22 · A Conversation About "Tacos"
2018-10-15 · Changes
2018-10-08 · An Adult-Sized Secret
2018-10-01 · Street War
2018-09-24 · Whither Whether Why
2018-09-17 · The Pitch
2018-09-10 · The One That's Meta
2018-09-03 · A Night At The Movies
2018-08-27 · We're Vampires
2018-08-20 · The Final Showdown
2018-08-13 · The End Of The World
2018-08-06 · A More Rational Kind Of Love
2018-07-30 · Death Troubles
2018-07-23 · True Love
2018-07-18 · At Least It's Not Des Moines