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12:59 PM
ACE: I’m okay.
ACE: Jesus, I needed that nap.
ACE: Kind of wish I hadn’t agreed to this, now that I think about it. I’m so embarrassed.
ACE: Ah well. Too late to turn back now.
Caterwolour: that is true
Flash1010: Just wait until the heroes get out of school.
Flash1010: You think this is bad? bto says you ain’t seen nothing yet.
ACE: ...Fuck. You’re right.
HomeRunBat: back
HomeRunBat: and hahahaha does that not dissapoint
HomeRunBat: ty 4 gracing us with that, TT
ACE: No problem.
3:21 PM
PointMe@TheSky: HOLY SHIT this is HILARIOUs
PointMe@TheSky: Is this for real
PointMe@TheSky: XD
PointMe@TheSky: @FryingPan You have to see this.
PointMe@TheSky: Damn, now I almost feel bad for not playing
PointMe@TheSky: I mean, Amy’s right. Probably shouldn’t be playing games with villains.
PointMe@TheSky: still, though
Kiddo_Win: huh
Kiddo_Win: karmas a bitch
Kiddo_Win: though, no nickname change?
Shoot_The_Cat: what
TheBusinessman: Not referring to you.
Shoot_The_Cat: okay
TheBusinessman: Also, in ACE’s defense, that photo she just posted is worse than any embarrassing nickname could be.
Kiddo_Win: true
FryingPan: What is it?
Flash1010: Check at 11:29 AM today.
Kiddo_Win: scroll up
interminablePrankster: oh thanks; was wondering but didn’t want to ask
ZimbuTheMonkey: we’ve all been there.
FryingPan: Okay, thanks Kid; that made my day.
interminablePrankster: you guys obviously can’t see ift, but MC is giggling so hard rn
MC: Am not!
ZimbuTheMonkey: sorry Mc, but can confirm
MC: 
ZimbuTheMonkey: ‘sides it’s okay to laugh at something funny
ZimbuTheMonkey: particularly if it’s Tattletale
interminablePrankster: ah, fuck; just realized we forgot hunter
interminablePrankster: they’re not on much, so they probably haven’t heard about the game and they haven’t seen the photo
interminablePrankster: @hunter: you online?
MC: Whoops. you’re right; we should’ve told them.
Kiddo_Win: might have to do it in person
MC: Yeah, probably.
PointMe@TheSky: You want me to do that?
Kiddo_Win: nah its ok
Kiddo_Win: ill be seeing her soon
MC: Also, just checking: for the guessing game, Spitfire already know who the Wards are, right?
ZimbuTheMonkey: she suspects that you and Prank are Wards, and knows Kid and Gallant
ZimbuTheMonkey: tho, tbh, it won’t be hard to figure out the rest by reading this chat
MC: Damn, that’s true.
ZimbuTheMonkey: good luck.
MC: Thank you.
MC: I’m going to have to change my username, aren’t I?
interminablePrankster: Ace is probably going to insist on that, yes.
MC: Drat. I like my username.
TheBusinessman: On an unrelated note, Prankster, don’t feel obligated to answer this question, particularly if you feel it will reveal your identity to Spitfire
TheBusinessman: But I am curious: where does your username come from?
interminablePrankster: nah, no problem
interminablePrankster: it’s a username format from this webcomic, Homestuck, which I found pretty neat
interminablePrankster: I just put my own words in there
ZimbuTheMonkey: oh, so that’s why it sounded familar!
ZimuTheMonkey: your nickname, that is
ZimbuTheMonkey: started reading HS awhile ago, never finished bc it got too weird for me
ZimbuTheMonkey: I prefer more old fashioned comics, as you can tell
MC: Zimbu still buys and reads newspapers.
MC: I bet he still uses a phonograph and is scandalized by short skirts
MC: He’s like, some freaky grandparent in a freaky teenager’s body.
ZimbuTheMonkey: I resent that statement.
interminablePrankster: I don’t think you can deny it, though
ZimbuTheMonkey: ...I resent that statement.
PointMe@TheSky: Heh. Sorry Zimbu.
ZimbuTheMonkey: it’s okay. this is fine. 100% fine.
ZimbuTheMonkey: also, gtg.
MC: Same.
interminablePrankster: see you guys later.
PointMe@TheSky: Bye!
6:00 PM
Spitfire: I am beat
Spitfire: absolutely exhausted
Spitfire: I am never standing up again
Spitfire: I will simply sink into these cushions forever and ever
Spitfire: they’re so soft
Spitfire: feels good
Escapee: sorry
Spitfire: it’s okay; I’m going to go read through the logs
Neuter: faultline made her go through endurance training
Gnatz: Tough luck.
Gnatz: I doubt that what that priss had you go through was even a tenth of what I had to do.
MC: Screw off, Gnatz.
Caterwolour: and this is y no1 likes u
Gnatz: Fuck both of you.
Pinker: Why r u still here?
Pinker: just make like a tree and leave already
Gnatz: No.
ZimbuTheMonkey: well, I, at least, sympathize with you, Spitfire
ZimbuTheMonkey: I am mentally exhausted from all this paperwork
ZimbuTheMonkey: so much of it
ZimbuTheMonkey: I could drown in it, it’s so much
MC: I doubt that.
Spitfire: so, uh, nobody really likes Gnatz here (and for good reason I think), right
Spitfire: why hasn’t anyone banned them yet
Spitfire: or something; I haven’t really hung out in a lot of online chatrooms
MC: I mean, we would. if we put it to a vote, pretty sure we’d unanimously vote them out, except for maybe Gallant… but we can’t.
MC: We’re piggybacking off a tinker-maintained system whose tinker died years ago.
MC: We can’t designate mods. if someone’s a jackass, we can’t get rid of them.
MC: The closest thing we have to admins are ACE and Kid, and that’s only because they discovered the thing and also are pretty good at keeping the peace.
Caterwolour: ^ and thats why we have 2 tolerate Gnatz
MC: Actually, come to think of it, Kid might be able to rig something up to help with that.
MC: Tinkers do tend to be bullshit.
Spitfire: okay. thx for the explanation
MC: No problem. also that reminds me: hunter will be playing the guessing game, they just haven’t said anything yet.
Spitfire: that’s great
hunter: Let me fix that real quick. Hello Spitfire.
Spitfire: hi
hunter: Before I say much else, I have a question.
hunter: Is there a penalty for you guessing wrong?
hunter: Because right now, this doesn’t quite seem fair.
hunter: Maybe you should have to do something embarrassing when you screw up too.
Spitfire: what do you mean, this doesn’t seem fair.
Spitfire: I have to deal with not knowing who I’m talking to and having to guess, do research, figure out who’s who, etcetera when you could easily have just told me who you were
Spitfire: I’m only playing for a joke. I’m not going to let you make me the butt of it.
hunter: …
Spitfire: sorry, too much?
MC: Spitfire, if you want us to stop, we’ll stop.
MC: Or at least I will; dunno about everyone else.
ZimbuTheMonkey: I would as well.
ACE: Same here. I came up with this game for fun. If you don’t want to play, I’m fine with calling it off.
Bluer: I’d also be fine with ending the game here.
Pinker: Me too.
Spitfire: no, its fine
Spitfire: just a little annoyed
Spitfire: this detective work really is kind of fun
hunter: Sorry, I did not mean to hit a sore spot.
Spitfire: its okay
Spitfire: though, speaking of detective work...
ACE: Oh boy. Here we go.
Caterwolour: wonder whos next on the chopping block
Spitfire: I was looking at the current Wards roster again as well as the chatlogs
Spitfire: and I noticed a couple of weird things
Spitfire: first off, I’ll admit that MC had me confused a little bit
Spitfire: but then I realized…
Spitfire: @ZimbuTheMonkey is Aegis.
ZimbuTheMonkey: Bravo. Got it in one.
ZimbuTheMonkey: Care to explain?
Spitfire: you mentioned being able to see MC, a Ward, personally, so you’re probably also a Ward
Spitfire: MC mentioned that you had a ‘freaky teenage body’, which is a good fit for Aegis’s powerset
Spitfire: and you mentioned doing lots of paperwork, which I’d expect the Wards leader to have to do
MC: ...Not going to lie, I didn’t expect you to notice that.
ZimbuTheMonkey: ah well. guess that means I get a funny nickname, then
ZimbuTheMonkey: any ideas?
hunter: Meatshield.
Caterwolour: eh not that funny. 2/10 at most
ZimbuTheMonkey: funny story: that was one of my original ideas for my cape name
ZimbuTheMonkey: along with Cockroach, Adaptation, and Up Again
ZimbuTheMonkey: unsurprisingly, all of them got shot down by the lady from Image, and that’s how I ended up with Aegis
ACE: Definitely not Meatshield, then.
Pinker: Why up again? Just curious.
Caterwolour: u know the song? I get knocked down, but I get up again
Pinker: No, doens’t ring a bell
ZimbuTheMonkey: song’s called ‘Tubthumper’. released 2001 by Kill The UK and yeah, it has that lyric
ZimbuTheMonkey: I though it was symbolic or some shit
Pinker: Kill the uk?
ZimbuTheMonkey: the band’s name, and also their professed mission, yes
ZimbuTheMonkey: never did it, obviously - got slaughtered by the Blasphemies about a year back
Bluer: RIP.
hunter: Damn, really? I liked their shit.
ACE: I think I’ve got a good nickname.
ACE: Try ‘WorldsBestPunchingBag’
ZimbuTheMonkey: sure
ZimbuTheMonkey has changed their name to WorldsBestPunchingBag
WorldsBestPunchingBag: running close to the char limit there, but it’ll do
Spitfire: cool
Spitfire: pretty sure I know a couple more identities, by the way, but I think I’ll wait until later
Spitfire: also I need to get some sleep
Neuter: at 6? Rly?
Spitfire: yes.
WorldsBestPunchingBag: night, then. Good luck.
Spitfire: thanks
Escapee: good luck spitfire