Music cost me dearly
Yatzil was relaxing on her sofa, reading a book when her cell phone chimed. She picked up her phone and saw a notice from her credit card company, warning her of fraudulent purchases. She quickly opened the email, and saw that a purchase of over a thousand dollars worth of music from iTunes. She checked her Apple account, and, yes, someone had purchased 872 songs totaling 1278 dollars. Everything from country, to Bach, pop, rock, even “the wheels on the bus”.
Thankfully, her credit card company had placed a freeze on her account, so no further purchases could be made, however she was still going to have to try and get the other songs reimbursed, make sure her other accounts were safe, and report the theft. Her credit would have to be frozen, she would have to make a police report, and have new cards issued. This would take weeks, if not months to resolve. That didn’t even get into the feeling of violation that she felt. Someone had stolen her identity to commit fraud. It made her feel so violated, so defiled.
Yatzil was silently panicking, trying to determine what to do first, when a tall woman with cow horns walked into her living room. It was Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of love, beauty, music, and dance. Yatzil was her avatar, her bridge to the mortal realm, so it was not unusual for her to see the goddess.
“Now’s not a good time Hathor” Yatzil was googling for resources. Should she change her passwords? Even her twitter password?
“Oh, I will be quite quick! I was just wondering if you knew why I can't get any more of this wondrous music?” The goddess asked, holding up an old iPhone.
“Music, what? What are you talking about, let me see that” She grabbed the cell from the goddess and turned it on. The phone did not have much on it, but it did have itunes on it. Opening the app, she saw that it was her account, which was linked to her credit card.
“Hathor, did you download all of these songs?”, she asked, voice thin.
“Why, yes! Isn’t it amazing? All this music, free for all to enjoy!” Hathor was practically singing with excitement.
“Hathor, this music isn’t free. You have to pay for it. With money!” Yatzil screamed.
“What, but music should be free for all to enjoy!”
“Well, it’s not. Hathor, that was my money! You spent over a thousand dollars!” Well she was relieved that she had not had her identity stolen, this was in ways worse. How do you make an ancient deity understand things like royalties and copyrights?
“Oh, um. Is that Osiris I hear calling? Yes, I hear Osiris calling. Bye!” The goddess vanished, making a quick exit.
“Dammit Hathor.” She mumbled as she picked up her phone, and opened the Avatar group text.
AVATAR GROUP CHAT
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Yatzil:whoever taught Hathor about Itunes, im gonna kill you
Yatzil:she spent over a thousand dollars
Yatzil: my credit card is frozen
Yatzil: i now own a copy of “the wheels on the bus go round and round”
Selim:I have nothing to say about that. Remove your credit card so that it can not happen again and change your password.
Finnigan:How about a pint next time we meet up? Other than that, don’t know what to say.
Layla: At least she isn’t baby crazy. It’s always baby this, and baby that, and Layla, you and your boys would make lovely parents. You should have babies, they would be so cute!
Aya: i know! Isis has been the same way, and i’m like, girl, i don’t even like men that way!
Layla: Whatever you do, do not under any circumstances let Isis learn about mommy chat boards. Wish I had never introduced Tawret to them.
Bethany: At least you never came home to it raining in your house. Not due to broken pipes, no, just a goddess who thought that a little rain would spruce the place up a bit. I lost my safety deposit and had to come up with a lame excuse about an over flowed tub.
Yatzil: i forgot she did that.
Yatzil: still want to know who i need to punish
Jake: no hablo inglés
Yatzil: yes you do, asshole
Jake: woof
Steven: Wait, so she purchased music from itunes? What kind of music, oh this is fascinating! The musical interests of the goddess of music, oh do tell.
Yatzil: Steven there was no interest
Yatzil:she bought everything she could til my card was frozen!
Marc: I don’t even have itunes
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Yatzil closed her phone with a huff. So no one was fessing up. She’d figure out who the culprit was, and she would get back at them. She was pretty sure that she could convince Hathor to help her “prank” them too.