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CallyO_TallyHo: Come on, let’s come up with something better.\n\nMy eyes widened when I read the message, and I ran a hand through my hair. \n\nLingoRingo: I wasn’t going to enter the contest, tbh.\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: Srsly, Lingo? Might as well. I could picture Cally rolling her eyes at me through the screen. Spare change never hurt anyone.\n\nLingoRingo: Idk. Kinda seems too much of a social thing. So many hashtags. XD\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: If you don’t like social stuff, shouldn’t have come to WhisB. Sure we’re small, but we’re social, you know.\n\nOuch.\n\nI leaned back, wringing my hands for a moment. [[If there’s anyone who knows how to be brutally honest, it’s Cally.|___]]\n

LingoRingo: Alright, let’s do this. But you’re in charge of PR.\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: Oh really? You paying me, Lingo?\n\nI laugh out loud, covering my mouth with one hand, and typing with the other: \n\nLingoRingo: What, 1000 possible dollars not enough for you? Lol.\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: Touché. \n\n[[Let’s brainstorm.|fin]]\n

LingoRingo: I think I’ll pass. You can bounce ideas off me, if you want.\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: You sure, Lingo? We’ll split the prize, 500 each.\n\nLingoRingo: You don’t even know if you’ll win! Lol.\n\nI smile, typing my next words:\n\nLingoRingo: And you’ll have to work pretty hard to beat burgers and fries, Cal.\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: [[Ugh, don’t remind me! X)|fin]]\n

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Cally’s being so bitter today.\n\nHow is that even the top contest entry?! I mean, burger and fries?! That’s totally not WhisB!! >< \n\nI can tell by her repeated use of Interrobangs (?!) that she’s super ticked. I can’t help but smile, though.\n\nLingo? Hello???\n\nI hesitated, my hands hovering over my keyboard. One second later, I’ve got no notification that “CallyO_TallyHo” is typing, so she definitely wants my response. [[So I give it to her, swallowing before sending it out.|_]]\n

by Norbez (@NaomiNorbez)

For a second, I look over my white interface. Cally has the black one, as she told me when we first met. (Always the first question between WhisB users.) Sure, it hasn’t affected anything but the aesthetic, but it’s stands as a difference between us, a tiny contrast that neither of us can experience for ourselves.\n\nWhat is WhisB to you? #WhatIsWhisB\n\n[[Maybe I should enter the contest.|(___]] Spare change couldn’t hurt, like she said. Especially if you’re low on rent.\n\nThen again, all that social stuff is a bit much for me. Hashtags are enough, but the community voting? I’ll be a nervous wreck until this is all over. [[Better not to.|___)]]\n

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LingoRingo: Hey, people are being pretty creative with the contrasts. And I like burgers & fries, lol. :)\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: So what? Is that what WhisB is?? And besides, fries are seen as a side to a burger, not a meal in itself. Since the black interface & white interface do the same thing for each user, people might cry foul.\n\nLingoRingo: People like you?\n\nCallyO_TallyHo: Lol, no. X) I’m just assessing the situation. And I don’t like the image of WhisB being all about greasy food. It’s monochrome minimalism, not a restaurant.\n\nI chuckle.\n\nLingoRingo: [[Point taken.|__]]\n