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“Pebbles, this is an intervention, we have to talk about your water usage.” Moon said gently yet instructively. She was standing just in front of the open door frame to Pebbles’ room, the handle still resting in her palm.
Pebbles didn’t even bother to look up from his computer. “I’m sure you are aware that I procure my best ideas in the shower, sis. Furthermore, I am working on my thesis, so it would be rather preferable if you were to close the door and cease disrupting me.”
“This is serious Pebbles!” She exclaimed, exasperated at his dismissal. “You’ve been in the shower for over twenty hours this week! That’s nearly six thousand litres of water, you know that right? I can never get hot water when I shower because you’ve used it all!”
He gave a half-hearted shrug, continuing to type away at his keyboard. “Do not place all the fault on me, your weird cat loves water too. Does it not frequently take baths? Can’t you concede that some of the responsibility lies with it?”
Moon shook her head. “I let Ruffles take a bath every week, and even then I only fill the bathtub up halfway. You use almost fifty times as much water as them. Even if you reduce your water consumption by a mere fifth, Ruffles could take a bath every day, and we’d still be using less water.”
Pebbles gazed at his monitor.
SRS: [photo attached]
SRS: Cats don’t have opposable thumbs
SRS: I’m not sure how Spears is doing this
SRS: I suppose it makes for a rather cool party trick
SRS: But it is rather a hassle having to pull toothpicks out of my furniture constantly
SRS: Pebbles?
SRS: You are still present?
FP: Affirmative
FP: Big sis was lecturing me about the water again
SRS: You should listen to her
SRS: You do use a rather absurd amount
SRS: You’re lucky Moon has put up with it as long as she has
SRS: I know I wouldn’t
FP: I’m astounded and wounded that you would choose to side against me in this manner and matter
From just behind him, Moon stifled a laugh. “'Thesis' he says! You’re messaging Suns on Discord!” She said with clear glee. “And oh, it looks like Spears is at it again. How adorable!”
Pebbles bristled. “I do not remember giving you access permissions to my personal space. Or to invade my privacy.” He was clearly inviting Moon to leave.
Moon did not comply. Instead saying, “Wait, scroll up. I want to see more pictures of Spears.”
Pebbles reluctantly scrolled.
“Awwwwwwww, so cute!” She fawned. “Can you ask him to send me those?”
“Can you not simply look at Riv if you so desire?” He muttered. “I don’t understand the fuss over these animals, they are unintelligent and ignorant. Yet both you and Suns seem to have developed quite a partialness.”
“Alright, alright Pebbles, I’ll stop distracting you from your ‘thesis’ now.” She said, making quotation marks with her hands. “But I will also be limiting you to ten hours of shower time per week. I will simply shut off the water if you attempt to go over it.”
“Godammit.” Pebbles mumbled as she closed the door on her way out.
FP: Sis wants photos of Spears
SRS: Affirmative, currently sending