Stealth Killer (Jordan)

          "...So, is Brittany entering any competitions?"
          "No, but she's performing at the showcase."
          "I saw what she's performing to. Her dance teacher picked the worst choreography. Elizabeth would have been a better fit for her routine." Pretending not to hear, I diverted my attention to the list of diamond engraving tools. I needed a new laser to make diamond swords since mine either won't turn on or keeps adjusting itself to random power settings.

The two dance moms kept yapping on about how their daughters were superior to the others while I bought my laser with Bitcoin. Speaking of Bitcoin, Alex made enough money to buy a T shirt. She also made headway on her academic work and is already up to doing pre-algebra. I use a program that treats learning math like a game and, with that game, Alex learns more math than she ever can in a classroom. Not only that, she can be trusted to straighten out her own sword, something not many of her peers can do.

Speaking of her peers, Alex made some new friends from her pre-pointe class: Daria Sadovskaya, Cadence Laskas, and Hanako Kuranaga. Daria was pulled out of Mindcrack because of the recent suicide crisis while Hanako was forced to remain in the school despite her wishes to not attend. Cadence attends Snapcraft Middle School. The four of them like exchanging tips and talking about their experiences in dance and life in general.

I saw another Desert Tribune report on how MNN (Minecraft News Network) threatened to dox a Mindcrack student for talking about the Mindcrack suicide crisis on her YouTube and Twitter. The Tweets she was doxxed over were the following:

Let's remember that the #MindcrackClassOfNever included kids who didn't live to blow out their 13th birthday candles.

The #MindcrackClassofNever should not be forgotten. Suicide is a common problem and the fact that no one seems to care is very disturbing. 

MNN publicly released information about her home address, class schedule, and cell phone number after she refused to apologize for her Tweets. She claimed that "everyone wants [her] to do the right thing, so that's what [she] did."

So there you have it. MNN doxxed this teen for talking about her school's problems, not because she said anything disrespectful, but because she happened to say something on the wrong day: March 20th. She was accused of hijacking a day dedicated to remembering the victims of the Havencraft High School massacre. After some criticism, she responded with this:

I said nothing about Havencraft nor did I imply that it was less tragic of an event than the Mindcrack suicide crisis. 

Get your heads out of the ground. Societal pressure is a stealth killer and we all know it. 

Just as I finished reading the report and the bulk of the pre-pointe class came walking through the door, I heard some moms make catty comments about Alex. While I understand that girls her age can be cruel, they can't possibly be any worse than dance moms.
          "You know that girl with red hair? She really needs to lose weight."
          "Alex?"
          "If this were my ballet studio, that beached whale would be out in a heartbeat."
          "Well, I know how to help her shed a few pounds" That's it. Make all the digs you want at me. Call me odd. Call me antisocial. Go so far as to call me a misanthropist, but my daughter is off limits.
          "I'm not having my daughter develop an eating disorder just so she can please some lowlife like you." I pretended to turn my phone off to activate a recording feature. She's given me a lot of flack Alex, mostly about things she cannot control. From calling her natural red hair 'unprofessional' to suggesting that she get plastic surgery, she obviously has some kind of beef with herself and feels the need to take it out on a young girl.
          "It's not an 'eating disorder'. It's called maintaining the figure expected of a ballerina. No company is going to want some blubber mass on their stage." How do you know that Alex's ultimate goal as a dancer is to dance in a company? She could very well be a singer, instrumentalist, teacher, or even caregiver if she so desires. I took another glance at her shirt, which had #AvengeHavencraft written across her rather wide chest. She questioned me about why I was studying her shirt, but she said that "any decent person would avenge the 91 students that died that day" and stalked off with Elizabeth at her side.

If she is so interested in avenging the 91 students who died in an anomaly event, then why is she so intent on sending a stealth killer after my daughter?