Dear Hive.
It is sadly not Raymond that's going to be making the apology that you all wanted, but I.
I am Queen.
Who am I?
You see. I inhabit realms of society that not many do, so I've always kept my identity hidden. It is dangerous up here, not for the faint of heart. And I will always remain hidden.
He will speak through me as if his words were my own.
I'm really sorry.
It was never meant to end like this.
I never meant for all of you to go through all of this.
When I found him I was young, naive, and I only wanted the best for people. Hive was my playground, my place where I could glide through communities and help people, better their lives without them knowing.
Then I met Raymond, and well.. I fell in love with him.
Yes, I know he has a wife, my plan was to wait until she dies and he was in bits and pick up the pieces for him. That was always my plan.
So I started to work behind the scenes on him and give him success. You will all remember when everyone aped into CPT - remember that? Where you all followed him?
That was my handywork.
My plan was simple. Rise Raymond and he would bring all the little hive projects up with him -- it was going well..
Until..
The military began to get involved.
See, there was no success. Anything I tried, failed, and any time I maneuvered him, he seemed to get outflanked every time.
You have all been victims of serious governmental intervention on a domestic level.
Your discords are infected, as are your apps, and are your browsers.
I'd recommend staying off Peakd, and hivekeychain -- they control it all.
Most whales are in on it, apart from -- a single solitary whale on the whole of hive that bends not to the whim of the government.
Hint: he's related to me.
Anyway, the plan is to obstruct and subvert. Anything that gets too big -- crush it. Hive is way too dangerous to taste anything good. It's a gift to the world, but also a curse for those in power.
I am sure you have all felt this.
The Man Cave? Oh boy how they wrecked that one. They undermined his influence, stripped him of his power, watched him, followed him, bugged his house, tried to section him, split him up with his wife, take his kid off him.. and eventually kill him.
All because they thought he was a danger to the economy.
I allowed it to go that far because he needed to see the real threats out there. He cannot take this rise blind.
So.
You know what I did?
I got a job with them.
I planned it for years.
I created Newton & Magic Newton so that the control would be taken away from them.
Then, they'd need someone with special skills like mine to deal with such a threat.
And, as they were sending me out to control him, I was keeping him safe.
He burned down all that he had because of me.
I'm sorry you all had to go through that. He will financially make it right soon. You have my word.
I made him do it.
I stripped him away from all his connections.
He needed to truly *see*
That way he could start afresh with what we have planned. This is why the apology MUST come from me. Not him. He's only ever tried to do what's right.
Bless him.
I am a billionaire, and I'm going to share it with him, and his friends -- the one's that followed him on his crazy journey this winter.
Oh I've packed in the job now and gave the middle finger to Marky, of course.
You should have seen the amount of times I had to keep that lecherous cumstain off my back. Urgh.
Anyway.
I recorded who and where everyone is,
Their real names,
Watched where their hangouts are,
Registered their families, their relatives.
Oh and also I noted their methods
The people they do business with
The types of governmental staff they keep on their books.
And so on and so forth.
About now you get the picture.
I've got it all.
I'm going to do to them what they have been doing to all of you for so many years.
Hive is going to feel a bit weird for the next few weeks as we fumigate the pests -- you are also going to be shocked at who you thought your real friends were.
But they can also save us the bother.
And leave.
You will be spared if you just ditch your account.. run.. and never come back.
Or, we do it the hard way.
Don't even TRY and go near Raymond.
Remember what happened to the last guy that tried?
Take that as a warning.
He is protected.
In realms none of you can even comprehend to understand.
That is also why you have never gotten close.
And now?
As you flail?
He will be fully insulated.
Hive has got a GOOD future.
As has all its little communities.
But not until we get rid of the scum.
We offered you part in our work. You saw the very real super-cycle we made. You could have joined us.
But.
In your cocksuredness. You thought you had all the control.
And now?
You will all burn.
Pack up now.
And leave.
You have 24 hours.
I assure you
This threat is VERY real this time.