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The Selfish Sixteen

Summary:

Henry cannot transcend timelines. He can't be in sixteen different places at once.
His phone, however, can.

(Chatfic where all the timelines' Henrys have a groupchat with themselves.)

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1

Notes:

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Chapter Text

Chat Rules

  • Due to my unique situation, I (R) am the phone's admin.
  • Tack your agreed-upon timeline designation behind every message you post. I will haunt you if you don't.
  • Remain as civil as possible. Take any real fighting to DMs.
  • Do not peek in other timelines' chats or DMs. Yes, we all have the same phone. No, that does not mean privacy no longer matters. I will be enforcing this with ghost powers.
  • Yes, I am a ghost who possesses our shared phone, meaning I see all of your messages. Trust me, I hate it too.

 

Timeline Designation Masterlist (Pinned Message)

In case any of you forget each other's nicknames or life stories here's a quick crash course. DM someone if you need to be reminded of the finer details of their life. (or don't, because that's rude and insensitive)

Toppat Civil Warfare (TCW): betrayed government by siding with Toppats, used Ellie to bust out of Wall, returned to Toppats but Ellie followed and took over. is now leading his rebel cell against Ellie, DM him for an invite to his timeline aftermath GC where he provides periodic updates on how the situation's going

Toppat Recruits (TR): betrayed government by stealing the Toppats' ruby, busted out of Wall with Ellie, went to join up with the Toppats and did so successfully

Pardoned Pals (PP): same as TR, but helped the government take down the Toppats during a government raid when they arrived and got a pardon out of it

Toppat King (TK): betrayed government by siding with Toppats,  busted out of Wall with Ellie, returned to Toppats and made Ellie his Right Hand

Toppat For Life (T4L): betrayed government by siding with Toppats, busted out of Wall alone, returned to Toppats and stopped a government raid in the process

Triple Threat (TT): worked with government to take down airship, busted out of Wall with Ellie, got picked up by the government and helped take out the Toppats

Special BROvert Ops (SBO): worked with government to take down airship, busted out of Wall alone, got picked up by the government and helped take out the Toppats

Valiant Hero (VH): worked with government to take down airship, busted out of Wall alone, got picked up by the government and took out the Toppats but government partner Charles died in the process

Jewel Baron (JB): betrayed government by stealing the Toppats' ruby, used Ellie to bust out of Wall, stole the Toppats' emerald from their space ship and blew it up in the process

Cleaned 'em Out (CeO): worked with government to take down airship, used Ellie to bust out of Wall, stole a bunch of stuff from the Toppats' rocket storage

Little Nest Egg (LNE): worked with government to bring in reginald, busted out of Wall alone, stole and squirreled away the Toppats' money cart

Master Bounty Hunter (MBH): worked with government to bring in reginald, busted out of Wall alone, worked with government to bring down Toppats

Capital Gains (CG): worked with government to bring in reginald, busted out of Wall with Ellie, stole the Toppats' money cart with Ellie

Free Man (FM): worked with government to bring in reginald, used Ellie to bust out of Wall, got captured by the Toppats but escaped and blew up their space ship in the process

Stickmin Space Resort (SSR): betrayed government by stealing the Toppats' ruby, busted out of Wall alone, stole the Toppats' space ship and turned it into a space resort

Revenged (R): sided with toppats, reginald dropped me, dr V revived me with cybernetics and i went after reginald. killed him. got myself killed in the process. am now stuck haunting this goddamn phone. do NOT dm me to ask details im NOT talking about it





One Of Us^tm

Henry Stickmin: heyheyhey whats the worst fail u ever had? -JB

Henry Stickmin: why would you even ask us that -CeO

Henry Stickmin: like, u wanna know the worst way we've ever died? kinda weird -CeO

Henry Stickmin: Fuck you. -R

Henry Stickmin: lmao -JB

Henry Stickmin: but anyway i just wanna know bc i just died and im feeling shitty abt it, need some wallowing in misery together -JB

Henry Stickmin: Deserved - T4L

Henry Stickmin: You’re a shitty person - T4L

Henry Stickmin: heyhey i know i killed everyone aboard your spaceship but chill man, it wasnt even technically yours -JB

Henry Stickmin: and you're one to talk, Toppat -JB

Henry Stickmin: we're all terrible ppl -JB

Henry Stickmin: Preach -FM

Henry Stickmin: And anyway, to actually ANSWER THE QUESTION, probably that one back at the Wall, though idk if you died that way -FM

Henry Stickmin: That one where my spine snapped from that stupid not-bungee rope -FM

Henry Stickmin: omg that one was actually terrible ur right -JB

Henry Stickmin: Everything with a broken spine was frankly terrible -SSR

Henry Stickmin: yeah, thanks for that bit of chronic pain R -CeO

Henry Stickmin: Suffer it with me. -R




Henry Stickmin: who tf died -MBH

Henry Stickmin: Backread. -R

Henry Stickmin: ur kidding me -MBH

Henry Stickmin: its jb's fault my head feels like its splittng open? -MBH

Henry Stickmin: jb stop fking aggravating the goverment -MBH

Henry Stickmin: make me! -JB

Henry Stickmin: r can i bribe u to kill him again -MBH

Henry Stickmin: that would just give you more death pain would it not -JB

Henry Stickmin: fuck you and you flawless logic -MBH

Henry Stickmin: stop fking dying gddmnit r's pains are bad enough -MBH

Henry Stickmin: hey, i didn't WANNA fucking die -JB

Henry Stickmin: heists are dangerous ok? -JB

Henry Stickmin: you alr heve the fkin gems -MBH

Henry Stickmin: tf more do you want? -MBH

Henry Stickmin: okay fuck you -JB

Henry Stickmin: like YOU haven't gotten yourself murdered a hundred goddamn times w ur stupid bounty hunting -JB

Henry Stickmin: we all fucking die! it happens!! -JB

Henry Stickmin: sorry im you and you have to fucking deal with it! -JB

Henry Stickmin: Take your shit to DMs. Stop fighting in main chat. -R

Henry Stickmin: what the fuck ever -MBH

Henry Stickmin: Thin fucking ice. -R




Henry Stickmin: TR, I can fucking feel you typing. Spit it out before I lose my patience. -R

Henry Stickmin: Okay okay! -TR

Henry Stickmin: Jeez, was just trying to figure out how to word this -TR

Henry Stickmin: have any of u ever figured out how to shut up the narrator? -TR

Henry Stickmin: Narrator? -TK

Henry Stickmin: And who is that exactly -TK

Henry Stickmin: Idk what yall call it -TR

Henry Stickmin: But like, the voice who makes fun of us when we die -TR

Henry Stickmin: Jerk move honestly -TR

Henry Stickmin: Oh, Reference? -R

Henry Stickmin: ?!?? -TK

Henry Stickmin: holy shit WHAT -PP

Henry Stickmin: wait -TT

Henry Stickmin: wait that's REF? -TT

Henry Stickmin: was i supposed to just know that or find that out from a gc w 15 alt versions of myself?? o.O -TT

Henry Stickmin: I did NOT know about this what?? -TK

Henry Stickmin: Maybe you all would know it was him if you actually used him as a stand. -R

Henry Stickmin: He's surprisingly cooperative in fights. -R

Henry Stickmin: ur perma-dead what do you know -PP

Henry Stickmin: Tried him out when I was fighting RHM during my second life -R

Henry Stickmin: He fought semi-seriously up until a point he thought it would be funny for me to fail -R

Henry Stickmin: Sounds like him. jerk -TR

Henry Stickmin: 2nd life? -TT

Henry Stickmin: wait OH -TT

Henry Stickmin: Anyway. Tr, what were you originally asking? -R

Henry Stickmin: waiwaiwait HOL up here, since when were we able to use Ref as a stand??? -TT

Henry Stickmin: Just if you'd ever discovered a way for him to shut up for a while -TR

Henry Stickmin: He's been really annoying lately in social situations -TR

Henry Stickmin: Could you elaborate further -R

Henry Stickmin: I didn't even know Ref had a physical body?!? -TT

Henry Stickmin: I'm trying to have a serious convo w reg and then he whispers 'penis' into the back of my mind -TR

Henry Stickmin: Oh my god :cry-laughing: -TT

Henry Stickmin: Its not funny! For some reason he counts it as a fail when I splutter over my words and I have to keep resetting the conversation! Im not even dying its just stupid social faux pases that are his fault anyway and its rlly getting annoying -TR

Henry Stickmin: Well if it's fucking Reginald I can't help. Have fun dealing with him. Kill him for me if possible. -R

Henry Stickmin: Ok i KNOW u have ur grudge w him but please I just want to get thru ONE fucking conversation without resorting to the other option plEASe -TR

Henry Stickmin: And what exactly is the other option? -TK

Henry Stickmin: Not having the conversation -TR

Henry Stickmin: And why is this conversation so important? -TK

Henry Stickmin: ... -TR

Henry Stickmin: Ill DM u -TR




Private Messages: Henry Stickmin to Henry Stickmin

Henry Stickmin: Ellie -TR

Henry Stickmin: Oh i see -TK

Henry Stickmin: Did that really require dms? -TK

Henry Stickmin: Sorry i just didn't want to start up ppl arguing in main gc over ellie again -TR

Henry Stickmin: Oh thats fair -TK

Henry Stickmin: gc gets so bullshittedly heated over her -TR

Henry Stickmin: Its fine, im on ur side -TK

Henry Stickmin: I helped her too remember? -TK

Henry Stickmin: yeah -TR

Henry Stickmin: it's just such a repetitive and pointless argument -TR

Henry Stickmin: Who the fuck cares if she betrayed tcw if he fucking deserved it -TR

Henry Stickmin: why tf did ppl even leave her behind? i'll just never understand -TR

Henry Stickmin: TCW has his reasons -TK

Henry Stickmin: Hes stuck in a bad timeline and blames her for it -TK

Henry Stickmin: And it probably stings how quickly his toppats turned on him -TK

Henry Stickmin: I know -TR

Henry Stickmin: but it's his fault -TR

Henry Stickmin: I just don’t understand -TR

Henry Stickmin: Why tf would I leave her? -TR

Henry Stickmin: You didn't -TK

Henry Stickmin: You're not him -TK

Henry Stickmin: I mean, you are -TK

Henry Stickmin: But you're not -TK

Henry Stickmin: We've all made diff choices -TK

Henry Stickmin: And you made the right one -TK

Henry Stickmin: Thanks, i guess -TR

Henry Stickmin: ugh but this still doesn't help me with reginald -TR

Henry Stickmin: Tell me about it -TK

Henry Stickmin: I may have proved myself as leader but hes still salty af -TK

Henry Stickmin: but for shutting up Reference ig you can get him obsessed with a new meme? he goes quiet for a while after you expose him to a new fandom. be warned tho that after he resurfaces he'll be absolutely crazy making references to that fandom for a while. itll be annoying as shit for a lil bit but u can deal with it -TK

Henry Stickmin: ill try that ig -TR

Henry Stickmin: will let u know if it works -TR




Private Messages: Henry Stickmin to Henry Stickmin

Henry Stickmin: holy shit I cashed in on the communal Toppat Netflix account and it fucking WORKED -TR

Henry Stickmin: ...Theres a communal netflix account? -TK

Henry Stickmin: WHY DID REGINALD NOT TELL ME ABOUT THIS?? -TK

 

 

 

Notes:

Disclaimer that none of the character's opinions are my own! TR hates TCW because of their unique circumstances, not because I hate TCW!henry.

AU-specific notes:
- As you probably noticed, i HCed for this fic that the fail text is said by Reference. this isn't too strict or canon-supported or anything, it's just for fun :)
- Henrys share temporary phantom pain from deaths, with the exception of R!henry, who is perma-dead and so gives everyone permanent chronic pain for his cybernetics