//------------------------------// // Sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends (Panic!) // Story: Cara's Collection of Curious Curios // by Esalen //------------------------------// “Fucking ads,” Luna grumbled. “Hmm?” Celestia looked up from her book. “What?” “I mean, look at this!” Luna shoved her phone into Celestia’s face. The principal took her sister’s phone and held it out so that she could actually see it.  “What am I looking at?” Celestia tilted the phone back towards Luna. “Lemme turn up the brightness,” Luna took it, tapped the screen a couple of times and handed it back.  Characters stood facing each other, little red bars above their heads and firing arrows. “I don’t get it. Is this one of those me-mes you talk to the kids about?” Celestia glanced up at her sister. Luna sighed, pulling the earbud out of her ear and forcefully inserting it into Celestia’s. “-SHADOW LEGENDS IS AN IMMERSIVE ONLINE EXPERIENCE WITH EVERYTHING YOU’D EXPECT FROM A BRAND NEW RPG TITLE! IT’S GOT AN AMAZING STORYLINE, AWESOME 3D GRAPHICS, GIANT BOSS FIGHTS, PVP BATTLES, AND-”  Celestia yanked the earbud out and rubbed her ear. “Why is it so damned loud?” “Fuck if I know!” Luna took back her earbud. “Look at the length of the fucking thing!” “Wait this,” Celestia waved the phone. “Goes on for another minute?!” “Yeah.” Luna sighed. “There’s another ad after it, too.” “Can’t you just skip them?” Luna gave an empty laugh. “I wish. EweTube is actually a cesspool. Two ads every minute or two, and because they’re in the middle of the video I can’t close the video and reopen it. Whoever came up with that deserves to be fired.” “Using the special code, you can get 50,000 Silver immediately, and a FREE Epic Level Champion as part of the new players program, courtesy of course of the RAID: Shadow Legends™ devs!” The ad blared from the earbud. Luna took the phone back and sighed.  “Can’t you get rid of the ads?” Celestia glanced back at her book. “But that requires money,” Luna whined.  “You’re an adult, you can pay for that.” “Tia. We’re teachers. We don’t get paid enough.” Luna deadpanned. Celestia waved a hand. “I don’t know! Go outside or something!” Luna grumbled. “You’re just like Mother. This is why the kids like me more.”