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After AnimeCon 2: Group Chat
🕑 Added 2024-12-31 20:03:53 +0000 UTCThe atmosphere was subdued for their long trip back to Seneca. Once again in the driver’s seat, Brian had plenty to think about, but found his train of thought was a bit scattered and concentration was elusive right now. Beside him in the passenger’s side, Christine sat with stiff posture staring forward, her hands settled upon her knees as if she was unable to let herself rest back and relax. Kelly’s mood appeared to continue to dive and occasional sips at her coffee didn’t seem to give her any energy. Even the typically talkative Emily lapsed into silence. Both of the girls in the back seat were sullen, staring out their separate windows and watching the scenery roll by.
Guess that’s the one thing about us having a harem, Brian sighed to himself, adjusting this grip on the steering wheel. When we’re together, things are—yeah, downright magical. It’s crazy. But then, you take away one of us, and it’s like each of us now has a big piece missing.
He was new to the whole magic thing, but there had definitely been a specific sensation when they parted ways with Stephanie. It was easy to just chalk it up to a feeling of loss, but it was more than that, it was as if some sixth sense of his was suddenly deadened and numb. Whatever mystical wavelength all of their emotions were tapped into, the absence of their adorable pink-haired angel seemed to immediately dampen the effects. Everyone couldn’t help but feel their spirits sink, and even though Stephanie’s fierce pink flame was just a representation of sorts in the dreamscape, it was hard not to feel like without her light and heat, they were all muddling forward emotionally wrapped up in wet blankets.
“We need to track down all your stuff?” Brian asked, flicking a glance towards Christine.
“Whenever is fine,” Christine bowed her head. “I was with Monique, before… before everything. Some of my stuff is there. Nothing important.”
“Alright,” Brian said.
Quiet and stillness returned to the cabin of the car for several long minutes, with nothing but the hushed background noise of their tires upon the interstate. It wasn’t a serene and peaceful-feeling silence though, it was a disquieting one, Brian found it to be a stifling quiet, as though each of them had things they needed to say but everyone found themselves somewhat cut off from each other and were rendered unable to broach a topic.
“Emmie?” Brian asked.
“Hm?” Emily grunted. “Sup?”
“We’re a ways back into the world by now, I figure,” Brian said. “See if we’re back in range of the towers. Want to try and see if Michael and Tanya are cool with a bonfire, tonight.”
“‘Kay,” Emily replied.
He checked his rear-view mirror and saw her fiddling with her phone for a while tapping at things, but Brian couldn’t tell if she had gotten through or not and she didn’t seem to be in any hurry to report on how it was going.
“I feel like shit,” Brian admitted, stretching his fingers out and then re-gripping the wheel. “Without Stephanie.”
“Yeah,” Kelly groused in agreement.
“Me too,” Emily sighed. “Seriously.”
“It’s cold,” Christine said. “Without her. I don’t know how to describe it, but…”
“Yeah,” Kelly said again, and this time Brian caught a glimpse of her scowl in the rear-view mirror. “We should’ve… well, whatever. You all know what I thought.”
“I know, just…” Brian blew out a long breath. “Think it’s also for the best. Giving her a break from us for a while, until we have a better handle on things. I really don’t like how we uh, how we basically force her through mood swings. That can’t be good for her. That isn’t healthy.”
“Yeah…” Emily winced. “Well. I got signal. Some messages from Steph—”
“Let me see,” Kelly demanded. “Give it.”
“Okay,” Emily seemed to wince at Kelly’s tone and conceded the phone to her without saying anything else.
“She says—hold on, I’m gonna reply,” Kelly reported. “She said she feels terrible. These are, well, I guess she was sending us stuff right away, but it just now started going through.”
“We need to get your phone fixed,” Emily said. “And get Brian a new one. Brian—yeah I guess you weren’t awake back then, Kelly’s phone got bricked by the healer peoples. Guess they’re all cloak and dagger with stuff, and their special spooky secure line thing wound up lobotomizing her phone afterwards. They could’ve at least like, reimbursed her.”
“They did plenty for us,” Kelly grumbled. “We’re not gonna talk about them. Remember?”
“Yeah, yeah,” Emily sighed. “Whatever. New phones aren’t cheap. Just sayin’.”
“I destroyed Brian’s phone,” Christine admitted. “I… smashed it. Against the edge of the sink back at the Sherriott hotel. I was. Furious. Just needed to hurt something.”
“We know already,” Emily said. “Found it afterwards. Megan pulled the SIM card and the battery, the rest was busted all to hell. We can put his card in a new phone.”
“That’s good, at least,” Brian remarked.
“I’m still sorry,” Christine said again. “It’s… everything I did back then is inexcusable.”
“That wasn’t you, so don’t worry about it,” Brian shrugged. “Phone was old as hell anyways.”
“Steph misses us, she wants to say how much she misses us,” Kelly reported. “She’s on now. Told her we feel terrible, like magically terrible, she said she does, too. Can—can I just put a call through? So we can all hear her voice, at least? Please?”
“Yeah, go for it,” Brian said.
“Stephanie?” Kelly spoke up. “I’ve got you on speaker.”
The subdued rustle of the smartphone trying to amplify the sound of something moving on the other end of the line filled the interior of the car for a moment, and they all heard a deep, wet sniffle as though Stephanie was trying to recompose herself to speak.
“Hi you guys…”
“You sound like I feel,” Brian tried to joke, but his heart wasn’t really in it. In fact, hearing how broken up about all of this she still was gnawed at his gut in a pretty terrible way.
“Hah, sorry…”
“We all feel like shit,” Kelly said. “Magically on top of everything otherwise. This just—this fucking sucks. I hate it.”
“Yeah, it feels cold without you,” Emily chimed in. “Like metaphysical… magic psychic cold, like our souls started going cooling down the minute we went different ways. Worse than last time—way worse than last time.”
“I know. I’m sorry…” Stephanie’s distant voice was low and despondent. “It’s bad. I feel—on top of, of just MISSING YOU SO MUCH I COULD DIE, it’s. It feels… weak. My um, my flame, the pink. Like it’s been starved out of oxygen, like… like instead of my magic burning like it’s supposed to, instead everything feels so smothered.”
“Can we—can we switch to video call?” Kelly pleaded.
“No! No, I um—I’m really a big mess right now,” Stephanie refused. “Don’t. I, I don’t want you to see me like this.”
“Steph, you’re fine!” Rebecca’s voice could faintly be heard. “Here, more tissues.”
“Oh… thank you…”
“It’s good just to hear your voice,” Brian spoke up. “I love you.”
“I love you!!” Stephanie was quick to say it back. “I’m sorry that… that things are like this.”
“I love you, Stephanie,” Kelly held Emily’s phone up to her face. “So much. I think—I don’t know. You, you could have come with us, or, fuck it, I could have gone with you and just like… bummed around your campus for a while or something. This fucking sucks. This sucks and I hate it.”
“It hurts,” Emily admitted. “But… it just feels super raw and the worst right now. It’ll get better? It didn’t stay this bad for all that long last time we separated.”
“I don’t want it to get better, I want to be with Stephanie,” Kelly scoffed, and when Brian glanced in the mirror again he saw her squeezing her eyes tightly closed and taking a deep breath. “No, no… I’m sorry. I’m being a big baby about all of this. I. I don’t mean to whine. Stephanie’s not whining.”
“I miss you too, Kelly…” Stephanie sounded a little choked up. “It, it does help to hear you, but I really wish I could still feel you guys. Even if it’s just a little.”
“We’ll have to figure that out!” Rebecca’s voice was full of optimism. “Listen, back when I was uh, still ‘patched in’ to you guys, like on the same charm thing? I could still connect to everyone even though I was all the way out in Tionetta and you guys were in Seneca. I don’t think physical distance actually means anything, not in the dreamscape at least.”
“Oh, nice,” Emily snapped her fingers. “So, like—yeah maybe we just need more practice, or something? More time. To focus on into that, and go deeper into the dreamscape or whatever.”
“Or, maybe only Rebecca can do that,” Kelly growled. “Her thing was already like that, when ours weren’t. She could dreamwalk like, immediately. Which is super unfair. I think the rest of us could only barely even tap in when we’re either making out or like, actually already having sex.”
“Brian could answer me back, when we were in there!” Rebecca pointed out. “So. I dunno! Lot of maybes.”
“Stephanie and I connected the first time from a few feet away,” Christine recalled. “Back, um. Standing in the hallway outside that room at the Sherriott. She just held up her hands towards me and… did something. I don’t know what she did.”
“I remember…” Stephanie said. “I think I was… no, I don’t really know what I was trying to do. I-it seemed like I was just fumbling through things trying to follow some… instinct? If that makes any sense…”
“It does,” Kelly assured her. “It does. Just… fuck, I’m absolutely shit at all the introspection stuff or meditation or whatever that gets me into the dreamscape.”
“Yeah, me too,” Emily let out a bitter laugh. “I dunno if our uh, our stuff aligns well to doing that? Stephanie’s for sure does, and it seems like Rebecca’s did, but in some weird different way? Her dreamwalk. The shoelaces.”
“Shoelaces?” Brian echoed.
“There was like this magic… presence?” Emily tried to explain. “When she was tapped into the magic for a bit. Felt like tight shoelaces, like she was hugging us from afar. It was super nice. What we should have fucking done is made sure Rebecca was kissed the whole way into the harem. Before we tried splitting up the party, again. You never split up the party!”
“Maybe she could have… helped us connect?” Stephanie sniffled again. “Sorry, I just. I really, REALLY miss you guys. This… this sucks. I miss you guys so much.”
“Say you need us,” Kelly suggested. “Just, say the word and I’ll make Brian turn around right fucking now. There’s no real reason for us to be apart when we don’t even have to be. Your school stuff, your degree—we can figure something out. Transfer you to the college closer to Seneca, I don’t know. Even if it means you miss some classes for a while, who cares? If—”
“No,” Stephanie said. “No. I—I hate it, I really do hate it being apart from you all again, but. I’ll get over it. I—”
“You shouldn’t have to get over it,” Kelly insisted. “Steph, we—”
“Kelly,” Stephanie interrupted. “I love you. I love you all SO MUCH. And, and—we’re going to be fine. We’ll be okay. We’ll get through this. If, if Christine can get her mirror thing back, or if we can figure all of that out… then it’ll be okay for me to be back with you guys for good. I’ll have a space I can be in for when or if I need a break from feeling… EVERYTHING. But… it isn’t fair to just um, to just force Christine through the charm magic progression because her powers are CONVENIENT. She, she deserves to have the chance to go through things and connect with everyone at her own pace. To take time if she needs to take time, and to let everyone… adjust. Because, I know it’s been difficult for all of you, having her go from being Chloe. Okay?”
Another glance in the mirror showed Brian that Kelly was grimacing at the phone in her hand but not responding.
“Okay?” Stephanie pressed. “Kelly… tell me that you’re going to be okay. I need to know that, that we can all do this. Please. That will… that will help. All of this, it’s hard on all of us, and, and it doesn’t need to be any more difficult than it already is. Okay?”
“Okay,” Kelly answered through gritted teeth. “Fine. But—we have to call, every day.”
“We already were!” Stephanie let out a small giggle of relief. “We already were talking every day, and we’re going to keep doing that. Everything is going to be okay! Because—because I love you. A-all of you need to promise that you’re going to be okay and that you’ll give each other lots of kisses and, and extra attention and extra affection for me. Please. Can you do that?”
“We will,” Brian promised.
“We will,” Kelly grumbled. “And… yeah, I’m sorry. I’m not… I’m not normally this needy, I swear. I just. I caught feelings, when I’m not supposed to be the kind of person to catch feelings, and… yeah. I love Brian and Emily, I do, but with you—Steph, you, and your feelings helped fucking enable that in the first place, your… your everything about you is what made it even possible for me to love anyone. To let people really love me. I’m… I’m real fucking messed up and not okay being apart from you. I wasn’t before, and us separating again, it just really fucking rips my heart out.”
“I know,” Stephanie said. “I love you. It’s… it’s going to be hard! But, it’s not forever, and we’ll see each other again, soon, and, and we’ll talk all the time. It won’t be so bad. I-I’m going to go, I have to go. You all got me crying again! I just. I do feel better just hearing all of your voices. I love you! I LOVE YOU! Bye, you guys…”
A chorus of goodbyes echoed back, and then the line went dead. Their brief conversation with Stephanie hadn’t given him the relief Brian expected—sure, hearing from her was good, but also things remained muted because that additional layer of magic connection between them wasn’t active. Kelly passed the phone back to Emily with muttered thanks and then hid her crumpled expression in her hands, while Christine shifted uneasily in her seat. Emily exchanged a worried look with Brian through the rear-view mirror and seemed at a loss as what to do about Kelly.
“Hit up Michael and Tanya,” Brian suggested to Emily. “About a get-together.”
“I’m… not real in the mood for anything,” Kelly sulked. “Can’t I just be fucking angry and alone and pissed off about everything for a while?”
“Nope,” Emily denied her. “‘Cause, Steph doesn’t want that for you. Honestly? Neither do we. We all feel like shit, but we can maybe do something about it tonight.”
“While Steph does what?” Kelly let out a bitter laugh. “Steph’s gonna be all by herself.”
“No, because she has Megan,” Emily reminded her. “How ‘bout this? I’ll message Megan, too. Ask her to keep an eye on Steph, tonight. They can hang out and watch movies, or something. Anime marathon. Something.”
“Do you have Megan on your phone?” Kelly asked.
“Maybe? If not, I mean we have each other’s socials,” Emily shrugged. “Gimme a sec, I’m texting Tanya.”
“Michael always answers faster,” Brian said.
“Yeah, but it’s Tanya that’s gonna decide if we’re partying tonight, not Michael,” Emily chuckled. “We tryin’ to have a big thing? Will, Mark? Becky Becca?”
“Rebecca should be there,” Kelly said. “If she can kiss in and connect us all better to the dreamscape with her thing—”
“Well, yeah,” Emily shrugged. “She’s gettin’ invited too, but I actually meant other Becca. There’s Becky Becca, Becca Becca, and Rebecca Becca, in our friend group. You haven’t met Becky or Becca, yet. They’re uh, they’re more in with the group than Rebecca was. I actually think Rebecca’s been over to meet Michael and Tanya like, once or twice, maybe?”
“Mm, Rebecca to all of us was more like just Emily’s friend who was there sometimes,” Brian nodded. “Becca I don’t think hangs with everyone much anymore, not since she and whats-his-name started dating. Becky’s always down, though.”
“Becky’s a sloot,” Emily said. “I mean I say that in a loving way, ‘cause she’s our friend and all. But, yeah she’s always down with every guy she meets. She’ll probably be all over Brian, if we’re not careful.”
“She’s always been… friendly,” Brian tried to think of a way to phrase his words with diplomacy. “But, yeah. She’s uh, she’s hinted.”
“I… probably shouldn’t go, tonight,” Christine admitted. “I don’t know how I can face anyone, right now. And, it would be strange, wouldn’t it? If both of us were back and socializing again, at the same time.”
“Nah,” Emily snorted. “If Brian was gone from the group and then word went around that he was back? Chloe woulda made sure she was there. Everyone’d expect it.”
“Okay,” Christine was forced to concede that. “That… is true, but. My, well, my ‘friendships’ with everyone… aren’t like yours are with them. I wasn’t on good terms with Becky, because I tore her a new asshole for ‘disrespecting me’ by seeming like she was flirting with Brian. Will and I are okay, and I get along okay with Tanya, but Michael I think actually hates me. He hates me like you hated me, Emily.”
“You’re not Chloe anymore,” Emily shrugged.
“I am to all of them,” Christine sighed. “Your guys’ friends—you and Brian’s friends, when I was Chloe they were just tools to manipulate Brian. To make him feel isolated, or pressured. So, my relationship with all of them… isn’t very natural. It’s forced. It might have been even worse with Chloe’s different ‘friend’ circle. Tom and Monique, all of them.”
“I say, if you’re with us now, then I want you to go with us,” Brian said. “We have a lot of stuff to figure out, but I don’t think we should try to pretend like you’re still Chloe or try to keep up that kind of appearance with everyone. Think we need to push past all of that, and work on how things’ll be moving forward with everyone. Most of our friend group is pretty cool, I think they’ll be willing to give the new you a chance.”
“If you think I should be there, then I’ll go,” Christine said. “I… really don’t know what I’ll say to anyone, though.”
“Eyyy—Tanya replied,” Emily announced. “We’re good to go? I’ll put it out there in chat.”
* * *
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: GUISE
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: GUYSE
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: GUESSSO THE WHAT???
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: PARTY 2NITE
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: BONFIRE @ AUNT MADDY’S
coffee-vein: emily? jesus were have you been
coffee-vein: **where
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: BONFIRE @ aUNT MATTIES, B THERE
Mick95: fr?
coffee-vein: emily jesus where have you been
coffee-vein: you havent answered texts from anyone in a while
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: She’s been busy!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: She’s been too busy for us, ever since…
coffee-vein: becky dont start
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: EVER SINCE SHE GOT A GIRLFRIEND!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: DO WE GET TO MEET HER TONIGHT??
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: Do we finally get to meet this mysterious gal who stole away Emily’s ♥??
coffee-vein: becky dont start
Mick95: emly if were gonna have a bonfire
Mick95: u could at least ask me 1st
Mick95: since it’s my place lol
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: i did ask
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: i asked tanya lmaoo
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: y would I ask u??
Mick95: cuz its my place
Mick95: it belongs to me
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: and tanya owns u, SOOOO
coffee-vein: lol
coffee-vein: i mean…
Mick95: fuck
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: Tanya said it’s cool?
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: I’m free tonight!!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: I’ll be there!!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: I can’t wait!!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: EMILY ARE YOU INTRODUCING US TO YOUR BEAU, YOUR SECRET NEW GF, THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE??
coffee-vein: Emily doesnt have a secret gf
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: Oh contraire!!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: That’s not what I heard…
Mick95: she does
Mick95: ive met her
coffee-vein: bullshit
Tanya_Mykha: @everyone bonfire tonight, aunt Matties place.
Tanya_Mykha: @everyone bonfire tonight, aunt Matties place.
Mick95: tanya saw her 2
coffee-vein: bullshit
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: EMILY ARE WE FINALLY MEETING YOUR MYSTERIOUS HIDDEN LOVER??
coffee-vein: fuck off, becky
Zero-the-Hero: cant make it tonight sorry
Mick95: and emilys gf? shes a total babe
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: Oh a total babe, is she?? Now we HAVE to meet her, we MUST!!
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: she will b there mebbe
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: annnd
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: geuss what
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: NAH WAI!!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: NAH WAI!!
coffee-vein: fuck off, becky
Mick95: fuck off becky
Shift_Alt_Ctrl: fuck off becky
Mick95: scotty u in?
Mick95: for tonite
Shift_Alt_Ctrl: cant man
Shift_Alt_Ctrl: work
Mick95: lame
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: Brian will b there
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: hes up n on his feet again
Mick95: oh shit really
coffee-vein: brian’s back? motherfucker
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: OMG
Mick95: whole gang back together tonite??
Mick95: hell yea
Zero-the-Hero: …
Zero-the-Hero: alright in that case
Zero-the-Hero: fuck it
Zero-the-Hero: count me in
coffee-vein: so whats even the deal
coffee-vein: no wait
coffee-vein: lemme guess
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: I’m getting ready right now!!
coffee-vein: its gonna turn out that brian was emily’s gf all along right
Mick95: nope
Mick95: ive met her
Mick95: tanya saw her 2
coffee-vein: @Tanya_Mykha is this true??
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: youll meet her tonite
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: and every1 be nice 2 her
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: lik super fukkin nice
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: or ill fuckgni kill u
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: I’ll be SOOPER DOOPER nice!!!
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: I’m so excited to meet finally meet her!!!
coffee-vein: fuck off, Becky
Mick95: if everyones comin tonite
Mick95: then
Mick95: ppl bring food
Mick95: were already set on booze
Becca-chan｡(ꈍᴗꈍ)｡: Pizza?? Delicious magnificent pizza??
Mick95: but idk if aunt matties up for cooking big rn
Mick95: so bring food
Mick95: or chip in for pizza
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: hotdogs over bonfire
Zero-the-Hero: pizza sounds preem
coffee-vein: wtf
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: Brial will bring
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: ***BRIAN
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: bringin hotdogs 2 cook
coffee-vein: @Oberon brian you coming tonight?
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: hell be there
coffee-vein: has anyone even seen brian in forever
coffee-vein: i havent heard from him
coffee-vein: not in like months
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: hell be there
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: fucker
Chloe-Ravioli: I’ll be there if everyone’s ok with that. I can bring whatever is needed.
coffee-vein: o shit the chloster too??
coffee-vein: lmaooo fr
coffee-vein: both chloe and brian?
Mick95: …
Chloe-Ravioli: Only if everyone is ok with that.
coffee-vein: looks like everyone is back all if the sudden??
coffee-vein: gang we are so back
Tanya_Mykha: @coffee-vein yes ive met her
Tanya_Mykha: be nice
coffee-vein: im super nice
coffee-vein: im the nicest guy in here
Mick95: lmao
Mick95: dont creep on emilys girl
Mick95: is what she saying
Mick95: playa
coffee-vein: im not a creep
Zero-the-Hero: Wat
Zero-the-Hero: Emilys gay??
Zero-the-Hero: Wtf since when??
coffee-vein: ikr
Tanya_Mykha: be nice shithead
Tanya_Mykha: @coffee-vein @Zero-the-Hero be nice shithead
coffee-vein: ok ok chill
coffee-vein: im nice
Mick95: emily r we adding ur girl to chat
Zero-the-Hero: Wtf I was just asking
Zero-the-Hero: Calm down
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: not rn no
coffee-vein: ??
coffee-vein: lol ok
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: but actully
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: can w add other rebecca 2 chat
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: shes coming 2nite 2
Mick95: kk
Mick95: becca rebecca or rennfare rebecca
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: rennfare rebecca
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: plz
Stephanie_Brandt: Rebecca says she might be there late. I’m with her right now but she’s driving right now and so she can’t text and drive.
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: HOLY SHTt
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: forgt we had u addin in already
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: HI AGAIN STEFFF
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: LUV U
Stephanie_Brandt: Hi again! I miss you! Wish I could be there!
coffee-vein: who dis?
Mick95 has added Mara_Thorferra to chat
Mick95: thas her right
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: ya ya
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: thx g
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: kewl if she coms, rihgt??
Zero-the-Hero: Emily i swear youre dyslexic
Zero-the-Hero: Trying to read is giving me an aneurism
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: good bleed thn
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: BLEEED
coffee-vein: mara?
Mick95: rennfare rebecca
Mick95: remember
Mick95: emilys friend
Mick95: sword chick
Mick95: tall
Mick95: polite
Mick95: mayb a muscle mommy??
Mick95: sword chick
Mick95: i kno u remember hr
coffee-vein: ohhhhh
coffee-vein: sword chick
coffee-vein: nice
Zero-the-Hero: ???
Mick95: mark u wouldnt of met her
Mick95: shes irl
Mick95: ur not
Zero-the-Hero: fuck off
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: LMAO
Zero-the-Hero: Emily why are you gay
Zero-the-Hero has posted image Why_Are_You_Gay.gif
coffee-vein: lmao
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: mark show up 2nite and see
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: u will undrestand rite away…
coffee-vein: lmaooo
Mick95: fuck she aint kidding
coffee-vein: fr?
Zero-the-Hero: Yeah i’ll be there
Zero-the-Hero: Pintsize
Zero-the-Hero: This i HAVE to see
Stephanie_Brandt: Rebecca asked me, to tell you guys on her behalf that. She has half a case of strawberry pedialite she can bring! She says it’s like a sports drink. Sort of a hydration formula thing.
Mick95: strawb pedialite?
Mick95: kewl
Mick95: could do mixers yea
Chloe-Ravioli: …
♥ iXi Cerulean iXi ♥: LMAO
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Comments
McGddson
I adore this chat!!!
Marcus Cassin
The group chat makes me feel old, and I imagine will be ROUGH on audiobook users.... But it was also hilarious, and "Chloe's" reaction to the Pedialyte was amazing. Top notch subtle humor.
merple
Fuckin loved the chat sequence, and busted out laughing at the why_are_you_gay.gif 😂😂 10/10 TFTC!
Dastauf
Great way to advance the story! I look forward to seeing how you make sense of all the New relationships. And be gentle with Christine. She's fragile but needs a positive fresh start.. a new improved personality.
Zhilbar
Delicious delicious brainrot
Jason Wilcox
The bonfire scene with Brian’s friends is something I’ve wanted since book 3.
Jeanie6754
Thanks Boss! Group chat is GOLD 😅🥰. Have a great New Year's 🎉.
Khuri
That group chat is PURE GOLD!
Jeremy
Bro did you steal my discord chat? This is exactly how it goes.
Cliff
It's so close, I didn't even realize. 🤣
FortySixtyFour
Christine's stomach twists into pretzels at the mere thought of it
FortySixtyFour
The real one is Pedialyte! Haha
Cliff
That chat is the realest thing you've ever written. 😂 Also, I thought you usually avoid brand names from our universe? But you used "Pedialite"?
Mocherthrath
TFTC strawberry pedialite, gross. LOL 😆
Zaralith
I could hear the GIF
Peter Henrichsen
This group chat is fire haha
