The apes finally thought enough was enough. Forums was a riot. The same thread was posted at least 10 times a day. The veterans that screamed "No support" have mostly emo quit due to the huge backlash that even mods couldn't silence since there were little to no proof. It's been going on for 5 months now. ATA and the rest of the community were forcefully
convinced to accept. But one of them was shocked at the announcement. Baffled, really. Refused to accept. "What? Are you guys serious? No!"
"Majority voted yes, Marcy."
Marceline just sat there confused. Everything felt like a dream. Everyone else was preparing for the big announcement.
The big update.
The next week, they announced and updated PIMD. It was a riot. Active Posts were full of gratitude threads and bumps of the OG petition threads. Veterans and people who knew better that shut out their voices for the last 5 months finally spoke, against the absurd idea of course. People quit left and right. "This was not the game it used to be", they say. There were more help tickets sent that day. It was a busy day.
Meanwhile, Marcy is sitting on her sofa drinking her last bottle of wine. "Stupid apes. Stupid decisions. Stupid petitions." She said to no one. "Why don't we just delete the app then? It's already ruined for eternity."
And it hit her like a ton of bricks. It felt like the devil had whispered in her ear.
Delete the app.
Delete. So she worked. She couldn't just simply delete the app. The small company's employees had lives and their life depended on this one app.
Marcy planned the next 3 months in secret. She couldn't trust anyone. She didn't know who voted against and for the update. So she did it by herself. It was no easy job. And it obviously took a while. But the next 3 months passed by like a blur and she was ready to go. At this point, the apes should've redone the update, but no. Why? Because it was raking in more money than they've seen in past 8 years! What a milestone. People were still quitting, veterans have come to visit and simply left in dissapointment. Marcy was ready.
Deleting the app was the easy part. A few sneaky deaky into some offices and boom,
goodbye Party In My Dorm. Sneaking out was also easy, it was her job afterall. Who'd suspect Marcy? She quickly slipped in her resignation letter on her desk and left the building. Now was the time to send everyone her big announcement, via email of course.
She prepared for this too, and a simple press on "Send" sent a message to everyone in the PIMD community and the Apes. The wonders of modern technology. Marcy was prepared for all. The lawsuits. The backlash. The "I used $$$ on this game!" complaints.
"To the PIMD Community,
I'll keep this short. I deleted the app. It was simply not what I thought my life's work would've been. I refused to accept and thought this was for the best. I'm also announcing the launch of my new game and company, which will be accessible to both android and ios users in a few weeks. TAT and
Party In My Dungeon. All my colleagues who are interested are and will also be welcomed. We are looking for people that could test the beta and as a heads up we'll also be introducing the new ToU and ToS.
Sincerely,
TAT"
The world was silent for a whole 5 seconds. Then, the screams of frustration. Crying. Phone calls. Lawyers. But above all that, a handful of people read the new ToU and ToS. And they noticed the same thing. And they knew what this was all about. And they thought, "Yeah, it's for the best."
Right at the bottom, printed in bold text said: "
We will not implement avatar trading whatsoever, so for your sake do not suggest it.
End.
I do not know what goes into ATA, this was fiction. I flatout thought of this as I wrote so I know there will be plot holes but I don't think anyone would care so if you do, don't. Thnx.
PS. Happy Birthday!