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[ Silver Wolf created a group chat]
[ Silver Wolf added 12 people]
Silver Wolf : I’m about to pull what one might call
Silver Wolf : an epic gamer move
[ Silver Wolf locked the group chat]
[ Silver Wolf has left the group chat]
Pela : ????
Luka : Huh? What’s this??
Luka : I only have like,,, two of Ya’ll in my phone
Gepard: How did you get my number?
Gepard : Pela, I see you’re in here
Gepard : Has there been a security breach in the silvermane guards information network??
Pela : Not that I know of, but I’m checking now.
Gepard : Yes please do
Gepard : I will alert the supreme gaurdian of such matters promptly
Pela : Understood.
Gepard : To the citizens of Belebog that have been added to this group:
Gepard : Apologies for any inconvenience we shall deal with the matter shortly. Please stay calm and bring your phones to the Neverwinter workshop in the administration district for assessment and assistance.
Asta : My how very efficient!
Asta : Quick question though:
Asta : Where is ‘Belebog’??
Yukong : I also cannot say I’m familiar with such a place
Yukong : Is it on the Xianzhou?
Natasha : Xianzhou?
Yukong : Yes?
Yukong : From what I can tell, myself, the General and Tingyun’s old number have been added to the chat
Yukong : All of us are from the Luofu
Luka : Wait wait wait
Luka : I’m confused!
Luka : Is the Lufou a place in the overworld or smth?? Cuz I’ve never heard of it
Natasha : Neither have I
Pela : It’s not a place on the overworld….
Asta : Then I’m assuming you all aren’t on Herta’s space station either
Yukong : Herta’s space station? I can’t say I’m familiar.
Luka : What is going on???
Trailblazer : Hey, just got out of a fight
Trailblazer : What’s this???
Gepard : Stelle? Is that you?
Trailblazer : Ye
Gepard : Then do you know what’s going on?
Trailblazer : I never know what’s going on
Gepard :
Trailblazer : ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dan Heng : I believe I may have insight into the current situation
Natasha : Dan Heng?
Dan Heng : Yes
Dan Heng : Stelle, what were you doing specifically before whatever fight you were in
Trailblazer : Dailies
Asta : What are Daillies??
Trailblazer : Things I do daily :3
Dan Heng : Focus
Dan Heng : What “dailies” were you doing specifically?
Trailblazer : Uhhh
Trailblazer : text back whoever texted me
Trailblazer : fuck around in the simulated universe
Trailblazer : play my videogames
Trailblazer : beat some guys up and steal their stuff
Dan Heng : Did anything specific happen within your game?
Trailblazer : Uhhh? Not really?
Trailblazer : I just played in Co-op and did a boss rush
Trailblazer : I got to flex my Wriosthley against someone’s Ayaka tho :3
Dan Heng : I have no idea what that means
Dan Heng : But what was the name of the user you ‘flexed’ on?
Trailblazer : Wolf Silver
Dan Heng :
Asta :
Trailblazer :
Trailblazer : oh my god
Asta : Ok well I think we figured out what happened
Trailblazer : Yeaaaaaaaa
Trailblazer : Sorry ya’ll you guys were just the last 12 people in my contact list apparently
Jing Yuan : Hahaha
Jing Yuan : Fair enough
Yukong : General??? You’re online??
Jing Yuan : Greetings Madam Yukong
Jing Yuan : Lovely weather we’re having
Blade : It isn’t.
Jing Yuan : Pardon?
Blade : The weather sucks
Jing Yuan :
Jing Yuan: Okay
Trailblazer : lmao
Dan Heng : BLADE?
Asta : Blade?????
Asta : Like the Stellaron Hunter????
Blade : Yes.
Dan Heng
: Stelle why are you even in contact with Blade?! Why do you two even have each others numbers???!
Blade : Kafka
Trailblazer : Kafka
Jing Yuan : is that Stellaron Hunter that was flirting with you when we were at the seat of divine foresight?
Trailblazer : Yeah
Trailblazer : I’m in love with her I think?
Trailblazer : to be fair she could also be my mom idk
Gepard : Wha
Trailblazer : ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Blade : She is.
Jing Yuan : ?
Trailbazer : huh?
Blade : She is your mom
Luka : AYO??
Trailblazer : Then why has she been flirting with me???
Blade: Because you’re not related.
Trailblazer : ????!????
Luka : Anyone else sooo confused rn??
Pela : ✋
Asta :✋
Trailblazer :✋
Tingyun : ✋
Natasha : I’m more concerned then anything else
Blade : Fools
Blade : You couldn’t hope to understand.
Natasha : Then could you explain it?
Blade :
Blade : No.
Asta : :/
Dan Heng : Ignore him
Dan Heng : Stelle, why is March not in this chat?
Trailblazer : Why would I text March???
Dan Heng : To let her know what you’re doing
Trailblazer : I sleep on her floor if I needed to tell her something I’d just kick her
Dan Heng : You’re still there?? Why haven’t you moved to a new room yet??
Trailblazer : Idk ask PomPom
Trailblazer : They’re the one who said I gotta wait until my room is ready!
Trailblazers : Besides, March’s floor is comfy, she’s got a carpet.
Dan Heng : You need to sleep in a proper bed Stelle
Trailblazer : I don’t wanna hear that from mister ‘I don’t deserve a bed frame’
Dan Heng : That’s not it
Trailblazer : Oh really? Then why don’t you have a bed frame??
Dan Heng :
Dan Heng: Lets get back to the matter at hand
Luka : Oof
Trailblazer : Lmao knew it ✋
Pela: (And I thought Gepard had self esteem issues..)
Gepard: Hey!
Natasha : My levels of concern are increasing
Yukong : Actually
Yukong : I just noticed Tingyun’s phone responded previously
Yukong : I know we never recovered her body but do we know where her phone is?
Jing Yuan : I’m unsure
Jing Yuan : I will inquire to the master diviner
Pela : Body?????
Yukong : Sadly, Tingyun passed away in a recent Stellaron related crisis on the Loufu
Trailblazer : Yeahhhhh
Trailblazer : Her neck snapped in front of like,,, half the express
Trailblazer : Then her body dissolved into dust
Trailblazer : It was hella traumatic
Gepard : Aeons above…
Asta : That’s terrifying!
Natasha : My condolences that sounds horrific
Trailblazer : It wasn’t great
Jing Yuan : Fu Xuan is apparently also unsure
Jing Yuan : She should have had her phone on her at the time of her death, so I was under the assumption it dissolved with her body and clothing
Jing Yuan : Apparently that’s not the case…
Luka : Wait… if this Tingyun person is supposed to be dead,,,, and no one can find her phone does that mean-
Dan Heng : -Someone likely stole it yes.
Luka : SHE’S A GHOST??!!
Dan Heng :
Pela : Lol
Natasha : …May I make a suggestion?
Yukong : Of course.
Natasha : Why don’t you just @ her and ask?
Yukong : Ah
Yukong : Right.
Yukong : @Tingyun Who is in possession of the phone you are using?
[ TingYun is typing]
[ Tingyun is typing]
[ Tingyun is typing]
Asta : Wow must be a long message
[ Tingyun is typing]
Pela : Makes sense considering they’ve gotta justify having a dead person’s phone
Luka : True
[ Tingyun sent a photo!]
Caption : a selfie of Tingyun holding up a peace sign
Tingyun : I lived bitch ✌️
Trailblazer : HELLO????
Yukong : HOW???!
TingYun : Blonde man with a coffin
Dan Heng : Luocha?
TingYun : Idk
TingYun : I just woke up in a hotel room with him and a killer headache like,,, 3 days ago?
Luka: ???!?! Wtf?!??!
TingYun : I kinda just thought I was sick or drugged or smth
Yukong : …You’ve been dead for 2 months
TingYun : Huh…
TingYun : Well that is not ideal
Gepard : If you woke up three days ago and had your phone this whole time why did you not call for help???
TingYun : Idk man
TingYun : I’ve been tasting colours and being punched in the head by light for the last 72 hours, I’m not exactly in peak condition
Jing Yuan : Do you need me to send cloud knights to your location?
Tingyun : I mean? Maybe??
TingYun : Just so I can get home but I don’t think you need to arrest coffin guy
TingYun : he hasn’t really done anything after all…
Yukong : Still this ‘Luocha’ figure is very suspicious..
Dan Heng : Wait a moment, Luocha’s in this chat.
Dan Heng : @Luocha
Luocha : Oh? Dan Heng?
Luocha : Why am I in a group chat? Who are all these people?
Trailblazer : Phone got hacked because I was too good at 🅱️ideo games
Trailblazer : If you want the full context tho read back
Luocha : Ah alright?
Jing Yuan : @Luocha Have you been caring for TingYun?
Luocha : Is that the name of the young Foxian maiden I picked up?
TingYun : Yeah
Luocha : Then yes.
Gepard : You’ve been staying together for several days now and you didn’t know each others names??
TingYun : To be fair I woke up in a bedroom with some guy I’ve never met half delirious out of my mind
TingYun : I kinda just thought he’d kidnapped me so I wasn’t exactly keen to ask him about his day
TingYun : No offence
Luocha : None taken.
Luocha : I understand it must have been scary for a young lady such as yourself to wake up alone with no one but a stranger around
Luocha : So I didn’t want to push and figured I’d just answer her whenever she asked
TingYun : …I never really asked
Luocha : She just didn’t ask.
Yukong : Still, how did you even find her?
Yukong : There was quite a large search by the cloud knights for her body
Luocha : Truthfully?
Luocha : Sheer coincidence.
Luocha : I had gotten lost on my way back to my hotel again in the midst of the ambrosial arbor mess and happened across a bunch of marastruck beasts circling round a body
Luocha : I thought it may have been a fallen soldier so I drove them off, and as you can guess, it was actually miss TingYun here.
Yukong : Her neck was still snapped..
Luocha :
Luocha : I’m a really good healer
Trailblazer : He’s a really good healer
Luocha : Thank you Caelus
Trailblazer : 👍
Yukong : Well
Yukong : Either way I’m glad that you’re alright TingYun
TingYun : Thank you madam Yukong! I’m glad that you’re alright too!
TingYun : Though you’re gonna have to explain the neck snapping and the ambrosial arbor thing to me, because the last thing I remember is returning to the Loufu 3 months ago (apparently)
Yukong : I can do that
JingYuan : Perhaps that is a conversation better left not over text?
Yukong : Indeed.
Jing Yuan : @Luocha please message me your hotel and room number, and if you are amenable to having miss TingYun picked up
Jing Yuan : if your story checks out I have no qualms about rewarding you
Luocha : I can do that
Luocha : Thank you general
Jing Yuan : Excellent
Jing Yuan : Also
Jing Yuan : Good to have you back nevertheless Miss TingYun
TingYun : Of course~! Thank you general!
TingYun : Madam Yukong I’ll dm you too!
Yukong : Understood
Pela: Well that was a wild ride..
Luka : You can say that again!
Natasha: Well I’m glad to hear that this TingYun person is alive at least
Asta: Same
Blade: Too much spam
Dan Heng : Then leave.
Blade : can’t
Blade : There is no leave option
Dan Heng : Then suffer in silence
Blade : I’ll kill you
Dan Heng : You may try
Luka : Yikes
Trailblazer : Oooooo! The girls are fightingggg~
Jing Yuan : Dan Heng, Blade, Enough.
Jing Yuan : This is not the company for such matters.
Dan Heng : Understood general
Blade :
Pela : ….I don’t know this Blade person super well but I feel like he just scoffed through the screen
Asta : Same lol
Trailblazer : It’s probably accurate tbh
Gepard : Actually, trailblazer I have a question.
Trailblazer : Shoot
Gepard : Is your name Caelus?
Trailblazer : yeah?
Gepard : I thought it was Stelle?
Luka : Me too??
Natasha : I’ve only known you as Stelle, did your name change when you went to the Luofu?
Trailblazer : No??
Jing Yuan : I’ve only known them as Caelus personally
Tingyun : Same (at least from reading over my texts)
Luocha : I as well
Trailblazer : They’re just both my names?
Trailblazer : I switch them when it’s appropriate is all
Pela : Appropriate?
Asta : Oh! This one I can actually clarify!
Asta : If you’re okay with me doing so @Trailblazer that is~
Trailblazer : Lol go for it
Asta : I’m assuming you guys haven’t been around our dear trailblazer continuously for a while so!
Asta : They actually have quite a unique physiology in that they fluctuate between male and female forms
Trailblazer : I’m built for the bisexuals baby ;)
Asta : They use Caelus in their male form and Stelle in their female form
Trailblazer : Yeah it’s more fun that way~! (And less confusing for strangers)
Luocha : Fascinating
Natasha : Incredible! I have so many questions!
Asta: Isn’t it???
Asta : If I were more specialised in biology I’d love to study them <3
Asta : *Sigh* Sadly I’m more focused on astronomy, so I’ll have to leave my intrest at reading Ruan Mei’s notes
Natasha : If you are willing I’d love to read any notes this Ruan Mei person may make!
Natasha : I’m a doctor by profession so any unique biological experience is always good to learn about
Luocha : I’d also love to read such notes!
Luocha : Usually larger creatures are unable to adapt their morphology in such a drastic way so this is a brilliant case study
Asta : Of course!
Asta : I’ll ask Ruan Mei the next time we speak! Caelus truly is a fascinating person!
Trailblazer : Thanks? I think???
Trailblazer : (what is it with people and wanting to study me??)
Dan Heng : What that I know Stelle…