Tattlecast looked back at Katie and her friends for a few seconds before turning her head again.
"Hey, I wanna talk to you." Asserted Katie.
"Tell tell." Tattlecast replied.
"Uh, Whisper?"
"Whis~? Oh, right! She doesn't seem to want to us talk right now." Whisper translated. "We did ruin her career after all."
Katie put her hands on her hips, looking at the tiny long-armed crone with anger. "Well now you should know how the Sun Pavilion chef and every other person whose careers you've destroyed in the past feel! But what I wanna know is, why did you go around making people reveal their secrets like that in public in the first place. Don't you know how awful that is?"
Tattlecast didn't respond.
"Well, do you?"
Tattlecast still didn't respond.
Katie shook her head. "Let's go guys. If she doesn't want to own up to her mistakes like an adult, then that's on her."
As Katie and her friends began to walk away, they heard a "tell tell" come from behind them.
"Hmm? What was that?" Katie asked as she turned around.
"I believe she said "technology." Is that true, Tattlecast?" asked Whisper.
"Tell tell. (Yeah.)" She replied. "Tell tell. (No one knows this, but when I was alive I used to have technophobia.)"
"Oooh, I feel ya sister, I feel ya." Draaagin chimed in.
"Technology can be frightening for the elderly and untrained." Sailornyan commented, regaining the ability to speak properly again after finishing her milk.
"Tell tell. (When I became a Yo-kai I thought things would be different, but I was wrong.) Tell tell! (Cars, computers, mobile phones, the Yo-kai Watches, it's like technology dominates the Yo-kai World as much as it does this one!)"
"I have said that Yo-kai are no different than humans on more than one occasion." Katie nervously grinned.
"Tell tell? (I had no choice to but to adapt to this technologically driven society, but how?) Tell tell. (The only electronic device I owned and wasn't afraid to use in my lifetime was a radio so maybe I could've done a radio talk show, but with the rise of devices with Bluetooth capabilities that allowed users to connect their phones and tablets to play media off of them at any time, it was clear those were becoming a thing of the past.) Tell tell. (If I was going to be a spirit for the rest of eternity then living in the past was not an option, so I taught myself everything I needed to know about modern technology.)
Tell tell. (I learned about computers, certain file types, audio devices, pretty much whatever was dominating the market at the time, I educated myself about it.) Tell tell. (I had to find something to do that was still relevant and not dying out, then one day while reading about mobile applications, I discovered something that was like a radio talk show, but you could play it on any device that supported it wherever you wanted, whenever you wanted.)
Tell Tell. (It was amazing). Tell tell. (It should be obvious what that thing was, and I thought to myself, "I can do that.") Tell tell? (But how?) Tell tell? (What could I talk about that isn't already being talked about?) Tell tell. (Then I remembered how my friends and I used to gossip a lot when we were younger, so I decided on a gossip podcast since there weren't many of those floating around.)
Tell tell. (That day I went out and bought everything I needed to get started, even got two free loudspeakers for spending so much money at the electronics store.) Tell tell… Tell tell. (I was so excited about getting this dream of mine off the ground, then I realized… I had no material)."
"Oof. A rookie mistake at its finest." Commented Katie.
"Tell tell? (How and where would I get some?) Tell tell. (I felt like I wouldn't be too popular with the other Yo-kai if I went after their secrets, so I chose humans instead. It's only natural for Yo-kai to meddle with humans, right?)"
"Aaamen." Draaagin agreed.
"Tell tell. (So the next day I ventured into the human world, taking my speakers with me for protection, to find some likely candidates.) Tell tell. (Unfortunately, I soon found out that humans have become incredibly pretentious with one another nowadays.) Tell tell. (It's like no one is honest anymore and pretends to be someone they're not, especially those who work in business.) Tell tell. (One salaryman I stuck around to see if he would let something slip out annoyed me so much with how much of a phony he was, that I took the jack to one of my speakers and jabbed him in the back of his neck out of frustration while he was trying to strike a contract with another company.)
Tell tell. (That's when it happened, he started blurting out not only secrets that his company kept from the other one, but secrets from home as well.) Tell tell. (I was so amazed that I almost forgot to record it all for the podcast.)"
"THAT's why we could only hear half of it!" Sailornyan pointed out.
"Tell tell. (And when I got home that day, The Tattlecast was born.) Tell tell. (Because of it, I was no longer some old bag who was out of touch with technology.) Tell tell. (I had truly found my place in the technological society.) Tell, tell. (Now, it looks like it's back to the old rocking chair for me.)"
After he finished translating, Whisper began to cry. "I shouldn't feel this bad, but I do! Poor Tattlecast!"
"So, it wasn't out of malice after all." Deducted Katie. "You were only doing this to keep up with the information age in a way that didn't make you feel overwhelmed. But you know, you can still do so without ruining other people's lives and careers. I listened to the latest episode of your podcast last week and I enjoyed the first part of the show where you talked about rumors in the Yo-kai World. Those were all in good fun and weren't harmful to anyone. Still, sometimes rumors can get out of hand but I'm mainly talking about stories like Sergeant Burly searching for Yo-kai to build his team and Bruff opening up a dojo.
Doing a podcast where you talk about those kinds of stories that can really benefit your listeners. Heck, you can even talk about the latest advances in technology since you're knowledgable in that area. You don't have to give up podcasting, just talk about something that isn't harmful to others."
"Tell tell." Tattlecast replied.
"Whisper could you please stop crying so you can translate for me?"
"But it's so sad!" Whisper blubbered.
"Oy vey." Sailornyan facepalmed. "She said if she does that then she'd lose years of supporters for doing something new. When you have a working formula, people expect you to stick with it. Detracting from that formula would mean alienating her fans. Besides, it's been a long time since she started podcasting so there's bound to be at least a hundred podcasts like that now. She'd be jumping on a bandwagon if anything."
"But you just said you were doing this for you!" Katie brought up. "Look, finding popularity with something you love doing is nice and all but once you start chasing after it, you begin to lose sight of why you started doing that thing in the first place. Eventually it gets to the point where what you loved has now become a source of stress and that's a terrible feeling."
Tattlecast sighed. If her career getting destroyed wasn't bad enough, now she was getting lectured by someone many years younger than her. The worst part was, everything she was saying was the truth.
"So you've hit a bump in the road, that's okay. Everyone does. How are you going to press on is the question? Are you going to do the same thing over again and expect different results, or are you going learn from this experience and try something new? You have a ton of wit and charisma, Tattlecast. Don't let that go to waste by giving up entirely."
Tattlecast finally turned around. "Tell tell? (Do you really think that, Katie Forester?) Tell tell? (Is there really a chance that I can try something new without losing too many fans and getting accused of jumping on a bandwagon?)"
Katie smiled. "It's worth a shot! Losing a few fans by doing something new is better than losing all of them by doing nothing at all, right? Besides, you have three longtime fans here who will stick with you no matter what you try, long as it isn't malicious."
"Nya-huh!" nodded Sailornyan. "I've been a fan of yours ever since discovering the podcast and I've stuck with you through the good times and bad. This is no different!"
Whisper ceased his blubbering. "You definitely won't lose me, whis~!"
"I will continue to zzztand by you and I'm certain zzzo will everyone in my community." Moskevil confirmed over the walkie-talkie.
"Aaand provided I decide it's time to purchase an electronic device, I'll start supporting ya too, sister." Draaagin chimed in.
No one could see because of her face veil, but Tattlecast smiled after hearing all the encouraging words. "Tell tell. (Thank you everyone.) Tell tell. (I promise I'll do better and won't let any of you down.) Tell tell. (Especially you, Katie Forester.) Tell tell. (Thanks for helping me remember why I even started doing this in the first place.)"
Tattlecast began to glow and her Yo-kai Medal appeared from her hair bun and flew into Katie's hands. The medal depicted her holding both of her speakers (when they were still intact) as they blasted sound at max volume.
"Awesome! Another medal!" exclaimed Katie.
"That's not just "another medal", Katie!" angrily corrected Whisper while getting in Katie's face, making her uncomfortable. "That's Tattlecast's medal! You're friends with a celebrity now! Take it more seriously!"
Katie covered her nose. "Eugh, could you not float so close to me? You may look like a toasted marshmallow, but you don't smell like one! Besides, in case you forgot I'm already friends with Hanako-san who's also a celebrity last I checked, first of all. Two, just because she and Tattlecast are celebrities doesn't mean I have to put them on a higher pedestal than my other friends."
"Tell tell. (I don't expect you to either.)" She replied. "Tell tell. (You're the first human I met who's not a pretentious windbag, Katie Forester.) Tell tell. (Just don't be afraid to speak your mind from now on.)"
"Will do, Tattlecast! By the way, now that we're friends, just call me Katie. Okay?"
"Tell tell! (Sure thing, Katie!) Tell tell. (Well I should get going.) Tell tell. (I've gotta break the news to everyone that big changes are coming to The Tattlecast sooner or later.) Tell tell! (Goodbye friends!)"
"Bye-bye!" Katie and the others shouted as Tattlecast hopped away.
"Sooo, now that that's all out of the way, I assume Everything Ramen is next on our list?" asked Draaagin.
Sweat drops appeared on the left corner of Katie's forehead. "Actually Draaagin, I just realized it's almost dark and I kinda don't wanna be out during Oni Time so… Can we go tomorrow after NyaKB's handshaking event?" she asked while smiling nervously.
Draaagin put his finger on his chin. "Hmm, now that I think about it, maaaybe now's not such a good time after all. Especially since the yakisoba's nooot getting along with my tummy." -he dry heaved- "'Scuse me!"
Draaagin ran towards the nearest waste bin while the others looked at him disgust.
"Well, there'zzz cazzzualty number four. Thizzz hazzz been Bloodzzzucker, over and out."
"So, who's ready to go home?" asked Katie.
Both Whisper and Sailornyan nodded in agreement.
"Whis~."
"Nya~."