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Let The Dancing Girls All Dance Till Dawn

Summary:

Summary is a work in progress.

ts!Grian is accidentally added to a gc for St Cassian's chamber choir. Friendship and stuff follows. 100% self indulgent, don't mind me

Title from The Transformation Into Marlene by Vagabond Opera

Notes:

😶‍🌫️

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Intro

Chapter Text

 

Wednesday, 12:23 - Thursday, 02:23

 

7 People

 

Constance: New groupchat! Father Marcus isn't in this one, so we won't be bothering him when we use it :)

 

[Constance changed name of chat to Choir 2]

 

Ocean: Remember, everyone! We have a choir meet today, and a showcase after school on Friday! Be at the choir room by 3:15, or be left behind!!

 

[Constance loved a message]

 

Mischa: id love 2 be left behind

 

Ocean: Hardy-har, Funny Man. Since we have last period together on Friday, I'll be personally making sure you get there on time.

 

Noel: Maybe instead of planning how to get Mischa there

You could

Idk

Practice?

 

Ocean: I am practicing, Noel! >:-(

 

Noel: Surreee

 

Constance: She has been!

We've been practicing at my house every other day since father markus announced the dates, and every day this week :)

 

[Penny disliked a message]

 

Penny: not true >:| i saw her at the mall on tuesday!!

 

Noel: You were at the mall on tuesday?

 

Ocean: I was taking a break. Constance was getting new shoes for the showcase.

 

Penny: is that ehy you went into claire's?

new shoes?

 

Ocean: I don't see how my store choice has anything to do with it! We practiced afterwards.

 

Mischa: i am muting you

 

Penny: rude :((

 

Constance: Yeah, but he's right. We are talking an awful lot!

We shouldn't spend all of lunch on our phones

 

[Penny emphasized a message]

 

[Noel liked a message]

 

Ocean: Yes!! Pay attention to your nutrition, people!!

 

[Noel disliked a message]

 

[Noel removed a dislike from a message]

 

[Mischa disliked a message]

 


Thursday, 5:19 - Thursday, 19:19

Choir 2

 

Unknown: huh???

hello???

 


Thursday, 7:14 - Thursday, 21:14

Choir 2

 

Noel: ?

Who are you?

 

Unknown: who r U

U ALL i shd say ig

 

Noel: You're literally the one in *our* groupchat

How long have you been here??

 

Penny: the # has been here thw whole time

i thougjt it was a new member is it not?

 

Unknown: new membr of WHAT

 

Noel: No

Ocean would have told me if there was someone new

And by that I mean she would have spent hours telling me how amazing she is for getting someone else interested

 

Unknown: that sounds so sus

u understand how sus that sounds rite??

oh god is this another cult

im spojen for u cant have me

 

Noel: ???

 

Unknown: WHO R U

 

Noel: Whore??

 

Unknown: eh

..no??

who a(r)e yo(u)

 

Noel: Oh

 

Unknown: thats not an anser

will u anser if i ac call u a whore??

-

whore tell me who u are

 

Noel: Don't call me a whore wtf

It's just a choir groupchat

Which you shouldn't be in, considering you're not in the choir

 

Unknown: omg it wokred

i cud be in a choir if i wanted

ive been told i habe a good voise

voice?

 

Noel: Oh my God

I'm leaving

 

Unknown: ur js afraid of my massive skills

-

&also my massive dick

 

Penny: i think hes getting ready for school actually

hes busy

 

Unknown: wait school

did i js make a dick joke to a bunch of 14yos

 

Penny: no we're seniors aswell

 

Unknown: thank GORD

wait wdym as well

 

Penny: are you not a senior?

 

Unknown: i mean

i am??

but how did u no??

 

Penny: :)

 

Unknown: if ur stalking me

im also spoken for like that

im loyal to my 1 stalker sorry

even tho hes not loyal 2 me </3

 

Penny: :))

 


Thursday, 12:39 - Friday, 02:39

Constance & Ocean

Ocean!!: Constance, there's a stranger in the new choir text thread. How did that happen? Do you have any idea how unsafe that is??

 

Constance: There is??

Oh no, I know what happened

 

Ocean!!: What?

 

Constance: I put Ricky's number in wrong and I guess I forgot to take the wrong number out of the chat... Sorry!!

 

Ocean!!: How did you not notice that? I don't mean to be rude but it's pretty important. What if he finds me from what I said earlier? I'm too important to get kidnapped!

 

Constance: I know, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention

He?

 

Ocean!!: He made a "joke" about how big his penis is.

 

Constance: Um, I don't mean to be rude, Ocean, but lots of people make jokes like that. It doesn't mean they actually, like, have one

 

Ocean!!: ...You people are disgusting.

 

[Constance laughed at a message]

 


 

Thursday, 12:40 - Friday, 02:40

Constance & Noel

Noel: Don't kick the rando

 

Constance: ??

Why not? It isn't safe to have a stranger in our groupchat...

 

Noel: This town is so fucking boring

This is my entertainment now

And Penny said they're our age

 

Constance: And you trust Penny because...

 

Noel: She's creepy

Creepy people are trustworthy Constance, get with it

 

[Constance laughed at a message]

 

Constance: Idk though, Ocean seems really worried about it

 

Noel: Then kick her

Say you deleted the gc to make a new one

No one would fight you I promise

 

Constance: Noel! Just because you don't feel bad about lying doesn't mean no one does :(

And she'd find out, anyway. she isn't as bad with tech as you think

 

Noel: Ugh

Fine, I'll talk to her

 


Thursday, 12:42 - Friday, 02:42

Noel & Penny

 

Noel: Hey do you have dirt on Ocean?

 

Penny: why ?

 

Noel: I want the stranger to stay in the gc

I'm bored

And Constance is going to kick them unless Ocean says they can stay and Ocean isn't going to say that unless she has to

 

Penny: hm...

 

Noel: I'll share my lunch with you tomorrow

 

Penny: deal

bring fried rice

 

[Noel liked a message]

 

Noel: Pleasure doing business

 


Thursday, 12:43 - Friday, 02:43

Noel & Ocean

 

Noel: Tell Constance to let the stranger stay in the gc or I'll tell Dr Walters you cheated in his last test

 

Ocean: !? How do you know about that!!

 

Noel: Accept or I tell

 

Ocean: No! It isn't safe! You only want him to stay because of his hypothetically large genetalia!

 

Noel: Ew, what?

 

Ocean: Well, I have news for you! HE MIGHT BE LYING

 

Noel: Was that a microaggression?? That felt like a microaggression

This isn't about their dick though

This is about a new and interesting person

Penny vouched

 

Ocean: Why would Penny make me more comfortable with them?

 

Noel: Common sense????

 

Ocean: How is that common sense?

 

Noel: Okay

You know what

Nevermind

Just tell Constance they can stay

 

Ocean: I don't want to! They're VULGAR and also a STRANGER WHO COULD BE TRYING TO KIDNAP US!!!

 

Noel: Okay, but think of poor Dr Walters... finding out his favorite student cheated on one of his tests... He would be so disappointed...

"Ocean, what happened? I know you could have done this on your own, you didn't need to cheat... Do you think my class isn't worth studying for...?"

 

Ocean: Okay, okay. You win! I'll tell her he can stay!

 

Noel: Thank you

 


Thursday, 12:45 - Friday, 02:45

Constance & Ocean

 

 

Ocean!!: He can stay.

 

Constance: ???

 


Thursday, 12:46 - Friday, 02:46

Constance & Noel

Constance: What did you say to her??

 

Noel: Wdym?

I asked her really nicely and she agreed

It was pretty easy, you prob misread how upset she was

Chapter 2: taurtis??? more likely than you think

Summary:

More chatting. Wowie zowie they love to talk

Notes:

If you ever can't decipher something a character is saying, leave a comment about it and I'll translate. There's intentional misspellings and acronyms and shortenings and grammar problems all over this story, don't worry about not getting it. Doesn't matter if it's 5 hours of 5 years from this getting posted

if youre familiar w one media and not the other (or js wanna know more abt my interpretation) just ask and I'll do my best to explain! This goes for every chapter, no matter how long it's been. i get that there's probably not a lot of overlap in fandoms, so dw!

Warnings:
mention of drug use

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Thursday, 16:06 - Friday, 07:06

Choir 2

Ricky: Woah

New kid? :0

 

Ocean: No. He's an intruder.

 

Constance: They're more of a stowaway

 

Ricky: He? They?

o_0

 

Constance: They haven't mentioned their gender :)

 

Ocean: He mentioned something else though.

 

Ricky: ???

 


Thursday, 16:07 - Friday, 07:07

Constance & Ricky

 

Constance: They made a dick joke lol

 

Ricky: Ohh

Why r they still here then?

sounds like they're weird idk

What if theyre like 40 o_o;;

 

Constance: Penny thinks they're our age 

 

Ricky: Penny met them?

Why didn't u lead with that 

If Pennys chill with them Im chill with them

 

Constance: You know, Noel said the same thing

 

Ricky: Great minds think alike X3

 

[Constance emphasized a message]

 

 


Thursday, 16:07 - Friday, 07:07

Choir 2

Mischa: yru all always talking

i am trying to talk to talia and i have so many missed messages

ping ping ping choir 2 is talking

 

Ocean: Rude! For your information, we were discussing the person Constance "accidentally" left in the thread on Wednesday.

 

Mischa: how do you acciednentally leave someone in a chat?

 

Ocean: I have similar questions.

 

Constance: Oh, hi Mischa!

The x is really small :(

 

Mischa: wtv u say blackwood

 

Ricky: Haii mischa!!

She's right tbh its so small for no reason

 

Mischa: sure..

and we are leaving him in?

 

Constance: I guess so!

 

Ricky: Penny doesnt mind them so \_^-^_/

 

Mischa: y does that matter

 

Noel: None of you understand anything

Also hi Mischa :)

 

Mischa: Hello

 

Penny: someone said m1 name?

 

Ricky: Thoughts on the new guy? :0

 

Penny: theyre fun :D

 

Ricky: See?

New bsf ^w^

 

Mischa: u r crazy

u r all crazy

i am going to talk to talia now

 

Ocean: No more talking, people!! Do your homework! Shoo!!

 

[Constance liked a message]

 

Ricky: Ur no fun ]-]

 

Penny: im already done :p

 


Thursday, 20:34 - Friday, 11:34

Choir 2

 

Unknown: wait thats y im here?

i tht u were trying 2 kidnap me

it ws an axident??

thts so lame

 

Noel: Sorry

We'll be sure to kidnap you next time

 

Unknown: id let u kidnap me

maybe not ms homework tho

mr??

 

Noel: Good

I wouldn't let her kidnap me either

That would be so embarrassing, could you imagine?

 

Ricky: On the topic of Ocean's pronouns!!

What are yourz, stranger? :3

 

Unknown: dude i dont give a shit

 

Ricky: So you use any?

 

Unknown: dude

who cares

 

Ricky: i do D:

 

Noel: I think we can say that's a yes, Ricky

A rude yes

 

Unknown: whore gets me

 

Noel: You're still doing that

 

Unknown: ill stop valling u whore whn u stop responding 2 it

 

Noel: Whatever you say, John

 

Unknown: eh

???

 

Noel: John?

Like

A John

A guy who hires prostitutes?

 

John: OHHH lmao

id hire u any day bbg

 

Ricky: Get a room

 

John: y gt a room whn u cd js join us?

 

Noel: What? Are you cheating on me? I never agreed to a third

I thought we had something, John...

 

John: sorry yariman

i ws using u for ur body

like for sex

also for ur freind rin

hes hot

 

Noel: Yariman?

 

John: roll w it

gord ur bad at improv

 

Ricky: How am I supposed to trust you to be loyal to *me* after you say that?

 

John: im super hot&sexy

i cd nvr betray u

 

Ricky: You make a good argument... *looks away and blushes cutely*

 

Noel: Hey! That's MY husband you're talking about!

 

Mischa: what the fuck

 

Ricky: Hi mischa!!

 

Noel: Uh. Bad time

 

Mischa: dont do this in main chat

i am busy

i do not need to see this

 

Noel: Sorry, Mischa

 

John: ive nvr had a 4some b4. wanna join?

 

Mischa: no.

i am engaged.

 

John: type shit

is ur fiance cool?

 

Mischa: talia is not just cool. she is beautiful, like god's gift to earth. she is amazing and kind and funny and better than you

 

John: yh they tend to be

congrats bro

gl

 

Mischa: thank you. i am going back to her now

 

John: sure

get ur girl

 


Thursday, 20:41 - Friday, 11:41

John & Noel

Noel: She isn't real

Btw

 

John: ?? who

 

Noel: Mischa's "fiancee"

They met online

 

John: so

 

Noel: SO

So she might be a catfish

It isn't like an in-person thing, they've never met irl

 

John: oh huh

does he think shes real?

 

Noel: 100%

 

John: hm

she might not be

a catfish i mean

theres a guy at my school who ws edating

evry1 tht it ws a catfish bt then they met up in town

i mean neither of them were good looking bt they looked happy so ig it works

 

Noel: Do you think she's real?

 

John: i think he thnks shes real

thats all it takes smtimes

lk even if she isnt he still felt that stronglt abt her

evn if its an old man he still ws in love w her idea 

hes feeling sm love rn nd thats real even if she isnt, yk?

theres no medisin fr lovesikness or wtv

sorry im rlly high rn

 

Noel: Oh

 

Grian: oh wt?

nvm gtg

 

Noel: ?

 


Thursday, 20:43 - Friday, 11:43

Grian & Taurtis

Taurtis: grian!!!

Grian: taurtis!!!

whn r u back in townnnnn?

dom is 5 secs frm biting my head off

 

Taurtis: duje

its a single night

youll live

 

Grian: u thnk im kidding

i saw him sizing me up while we wer eating breakfast

 

Taurtis: see! your eating brekfest together

best fries already :3

 

Grian: thats my EX

i h8 u

get back here i miss u

 

Taurtis: aww ik

ill be sure to come back soon for my #1 fan

 

Grian: ill make a poster fr the train station

dont test me

itll have ur name all in pink glitter and ill write it in english 2 so i cn put love hearts on the i

ittle say "my wittle pookie wookie bear taurtis"

 

Taurtis: no bored for sam?

 

Grian: sam cn make his own board idc

or invader can make 1

 

has sam been ok?

 

Taurtis: yeah actually!

hes only threatened to stab one person!

 

Grian: other thn u?

 

Taurtis: he hasnt even done that very much

i think the new places are to exiting for him

 

Grian: good

if he kills u b4 i see u again ill bring u bakc&make u apologixe

 

Taurtis: too u?

 

Grian: who else

 

Taurtis: idk. prof geode might be upset...

 

Grian: oh dont REMIND me abt him

im so mad he lives by us it's creepy

 

Taurtis: yeh...

dont let him kill u before i get back or ill make him teach me how 2 clone u

69 grians running around...

just the right amount ;)

 

Grian: ew no

if there were 69 mes theyd js burn shit down

theyd destroy ur fav tv :/

 

Taurtis: pepe's spare?

all the way back in yurihama?

 

Grian: dont underestimate the power of more thn 1 grian

3hrs isnt tht lng nyway

we'll mob the line

 

Taurtis: ok pal wtvr u say...

don't let geode kill u and we wont have 2 find out

 

[Grian loved a message]

 


Thursday, 20:47 - Friday, 11:47

Grian & Noel

 

Noel: ?

Delivered 20:43

 

Grian: texting a frnd

had 2 make sure he ws still alive yk

 

Noel: Can't talk, showering

 

Grian: whore

 

[Noel disliked a message]

Notes:

A few things!!

Pronouns-wise, everyone in the choir is cis (I might do something with Ricky at some point but idk). Grian uses any pronouns but less in a "anything is welcome!" way and more in a "there are more important things going on" way. Mischa uses he/him early bc in Ukranian (as far as I'm aware) male is the "default" gender, so you would call someone "he" if you didn't know their gender. Ocean does it because she staunchly believes he's a guy.
Location-wise, yhs and ts are pretty vague, so I looked at some stuff and then picked locations based on vibes for them bc I would feel weird making up fake place-names in Japan... So if I mention a place and it sounds like a Japanese name, it's prooobably real. with some creative liberties taken
Language-wise, in this au, Grian moved to Japan when he was around 7 and stayed. He mainly grew up speaking, reading, and writing Japanese, so he KNOWS English but not more of the nuanced spelling shit. So he simplifies words a lot. He usually KNOWS that's not how they're spelled, but he doesn't care that much. He has better spelling in Japanese, but that doesn't mean he cares a lot more. He speaks English with the choir, and Japanese with his friends

 

They'll get grian's name SOON i swear. for now he is John

Grian x Dom isn't a big deal, Grian is just a loser who is pretending it mattered a huge amount bc he's a LOSER

thank u for attending my yap-fest

Chapter 3

Summary:

yap yap yap?? rare talia appearance

Noel: oh my god something happened is he ok
Grian, at a party:
Noel: he's literally dead what am i gonna tell his family
Grian, probably passed out in his living room:
Noel: he's such an asshole why isn't he responding
Grian, still passed out:

Notes:

a timely follow-up to the last two chapters

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Friday, 5:39 - Friday, 20:39

 

Choir 2

 

Mischa: king of game out npw on the youtybes

 

Grian: u make musci

?

 

Mischa: yes

badegg

youtube

 

Grian: ill hve 2 check u out smtime

 

Mischa: great idea

check me out now

 

Grian: wow

i cant afford 2 take u out 2 dinner rn dude

bt i cant listen 2 jack rn

if i put a headphone in my frdn might fr kill me

aux demon :/

 

Mischa: what

 

Grian: nbd

wt kind of music?

 

Mischa: rap

the best kind

 

Grian: cool

my ex used 2 rap

he wastn v good @ it tho

 

Mischa: do not worry

they say i am the best rapper in all northeastern saskatchewan 

 

Grian: in fucking wht

saskatchewan??

ur shitting me

 

Mischa: what

no

in canada?

u do not live here?

 

Grian: hell no

i lide on th eother side of the wrold aparently

 

Mischa: interesting

i am from the other side of the world too

ukraine

 

Grian: ukraine as in ukraine

nt lk ukraine, idaho or smth

 

Mischa: the real ukraine

 

Grian: thars sick dudw

 

Mischa: thank you.

now listen to my song

 

Grian: id love 2 bt my freind

hes not even platin good music

oll be like but on smt better dude and hes like fhut ip grian u dk shit

i used m 1 attempt erlier wen he troed 2 pkay fucking aled bemkamin

i thw yaer of our loed wtvr year it is

wr live in JAOAN idk y he prerends 2 like thm

 

Mischa: idk who aled bemkamin is but that giuy sounds like a doushe

 

Grian: idfk man

igtg dp stjff

rwminf me ant ur sonf tmr

 

Mischa: bitch

 

Friday, 5:46 - Friday, 20:46 - Friday, 13:46

 

Mischa & Talia

Mischa: im back

did you listen to the song?

 

Talia: I did! It was pretty good

I liked the part about me :-)

 

Mischa: how could i make a song about me being the best at everything without mentioning you?

you are my biggest flex

 

Talia: Lmao

I love you

How was promo with your choir?

 

Mischa: i love you too

it was mixed results

only the fake guy stowaway i told you about was awake and he said he couldnt listen to it then because his friend was playing the music

but he said to remind him tomorrow

 

Talia: That's good!

That's more interest than you usually get

 

Mischa: piss off

they all love my music except stupid the stupid carrot girl

i'm glattered she doesn't love my music

-

Talia?

 

Talia: Sorry lol my cat wanted attention

I'm sorry to have insulted your amazing music my lord (of the game)

 

Mischa: thats what i like to hear

how is the mousey?

 

Talia: If by mousey you mean my cat, he's fine

He just decided my face needed to be dusted

Look

[Talia sent an image]

 

Friday, 6:29 - Friday, 21:46

 

Grian & Noel

Noel: Are you okay?

You were typing kinda weird in chat

 

Noel: Hello?

Grian?

 

 

Friday, 12:17 - Saturday, 3:17

 

Choir 2

 

Ocean: Mischa, keep your promotion out of the choir thread! That is very unprofessional!!

 

Noel: Like he cares

 

Ocean: I don't care if he cares! This thread is for PROFFESIONAL discussion and reminders! It is not a bulletin board, and it especially isn't a bulletin board to be as VULGAR as he was.

 

Ricky: Im pretty sure ure the only 1 who uses the chat like that -w-

 

[Ocean disliked a message]

 

Ricky: You can't run from us, Ocean >:3

 

Ocean: Everyone shut your traps! Remember, we have a competition after school today, so everyone needs to be in the bus BEFORE it leaves. I expect you to be on your best behaviors!

 

Noel: Ughhhhh

 

Friday, 15:30 - Saturday, 6:30

 

Grian & Noel

 

Noel: Hello?

We're about to get on the bus

I probably won't have service until we get there

And then I'll have to put my phone on silent

So let me know if you're alive at some point

 

Friday, 16:19 - Saturday, 7:19

 

Grian & Noel

 

 

Noel: Stay dead

Wait I forgot you can't delete messages

Ignore that

I'm sorry

 

Friday, 18:46 - Saturday, 9:46

 

Grian & Noel

 

 

Grian: woah

???

how wierd ws i typing

i was pregaming

who tol u my name??

and how was the comp ig

 

Noel: You were pregaming?

At six in the morning?

 

Grian: no

@ 8 in the nite

canadians smh

 

Noel: Wait what

What time is it for you??

 

Grian: 9

9:46

oh well 48 now ig fuck

im gonna be late for work

i hate opening

 

Noel: Dude

Do you actually live in Japan?

Or are you just really into anime or smth

 

Grian: u no a lot more abt me than u uzed 2

 

Noel: Apparently you're a chatty drunk

 

Grian: well thats a new 1

i dont think any1s ever called me tht

usually ppl say im recjless

 

Noel: Reckless?

Why?

 

Grian: arent we all

isnt that the point of drinking

 

Noel: ...No?

 

Grian: well maybe not 2 u

maybe ur js boring

 

Noel: I'm not boring

 

Grian: thats wt u all say

 

[Noel disliked a message]

 

Grian: i acc have 2 go open though i need this job

 

Noel: Okay

Is your name actually Grian though?

Like, typo-free?

 

Grian: ys

my name is grian

ik how 2 rite my name suprise

i live in the real japan for real

 

Noel: That's so cool

 

Grian: not really

i fucking h8 it here

gtg

 

Friday, 19:26 - Saturday, 10:26

 

Choir 2

 

Constance: Good work at the competition, everyone! Sorry I couldn't host an after-party today, but my parents are offering (free) brunch tomorrow if anyone's interested!!

 

Mischa: at ur cafe yes

 

Constance: Yes!

 

Ricky: I couldnt be more interested

 

Noel: When?

I'm busy after two

 

Constance: It depends on when everyone's available!

It would probably be closer to eleven though

 

Grian: can i com

 

Constance: Um, I'm not sure that's a great idea...

 

Grian: :/

can u snd me some

 

Noel: Aren't you at work right now?

 

Grian: i am

no one's here

and im hungry

 

Mischa: hello stowaway,listen to my song

king of game badegg on youtube

 

Noel: Oh my god

 

Grian: o sht ueah

i 100 forgot abt tht

 

Mischa: less talking, more listening

 

Grian: yep omw

since sum1 wont bring me food

i hve nthing bettr 2 do

 

[Noel disliked a message]

 

Noel: Nothing?

Not even your job?

 

Grian: some thngs r mroe important

 

Noel: Like MISCHA's music?

Are you sure

 

Grian: lik literaly anythng else

again no1's here

i cld burn it down rn

 

Constance: Don't do that!

We can't send you food, but I can send you pictures?

 

Grian: aww

no i ws kidding bt ur sweet

in a only a little annoying way

 

Constance: Oh, okay

Thank you?

 

Mischa: review

 

Grian: 7/10

i couldnt inderstant 1word bt it wasnt the wrst thng ive herd

 

Mischa: damn right it was not the worst

bc it was the best

 

[Noel disliked a message]

Notes:

i am a talia believer. she's real to me and im in charge so she's real ok shut up

don't mind me, completely bastardizing the characters in my own self-interest.... next chap should be faster bc i accidentally wrote like half of it when i was trying to finish this one

Chapter 4: sam??? more likely than you think

Summary:

Ppl keep texting Grian at work and Sam does a couple goofs and gafs! ft them both hating Jason and Grian not knowing how to spell croissant

Notes:

this chap is verrry ts focused, sorry. originally it had more rtc but then I realized I had royally screwed up the time difference and I didn't feel like completely rewriting the segments, so I scrapped a couple and moved/cut up others. Why did I not just ignore the time difference like everyone else in this genre? why did I make this so hard for no reason? the world may never know

the 75% gc is 75% of the rentPAYERS. aka the household minus Sam. aka Dom, Grian, and Taurtis. I tried to make it obvious but you never know what you actually get across

Sam is a chronic swipe-typer, so he kind of feels like texting a robot sometimes. it was intentional

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Friday, 20:39 - Saturday, 10:39

 

Grian & Sam

 

 

 

Sam: Where are you?

 

Grian: work

 

Sam: You don't start work for another hour

 

Grian: im opwening 2day

i told u

 

Sam: Why?? I just got back I wanna hang out with my best bud Grian

 

Grian: well idk

maybe if sum1 else cld hold a job

or if sumother person didnt keep bying stuff we dont need

i wldnt need 2 work sm

 

Sam: You agreed with me about Jason he wasn't my fault

 

Grian: boo hoo

widdle sammy poo only knows abt 2 jobs

jason and the fucking mob

 

Sam: Don't fucking baby talk me Grian I'm not a baby

 

Grian: sorry

it's slpw asf

 

Sam: Then leave and come hang with me and Taurtis dumbass

 

Grian: im lit getting paid 2 sit here on my phone

no

 

Sam: Are you avoiding me?? Why do you hate me Grian I thought we were best friends

 

Grian: im not

im just trying to bring in some money

so we dont have 2 keep stealing tofu&moyashi

im not getting chased by police over 40yen tofu again sam

40 YEN.

 

Sam: Maybe if you stopped spending all your money on whiskey and drugs you could afford real food

 

Grian: my money my priorities

 

Sam: I mean not really though

 

Grian: what

 

Sam: Like it's not really your money if you really think about it

 

Grian: hwo

i work

i get paid

i pay

it's in my namy

 

Sam: Yeah but like come on Grian THINK about it

You're like basically mine so it's actually my money

 

Grian: how on earth have u managed 2 figure tht

 

Sam: And as the owner of MY money and also YOU I say we have enough and you need to come home now

 

Grian: that is not how that works

 

Sam: Yes it is though think about it

If you're not back home in the next ten minutes I won't let you back in until school starts Grian don't test me

 

Grian: what

what the fuck

sam i cant leave in the middle of my shift

dyk how much work ive missed fr u??

theyd fire me sam

&even if i did it's a 20min walk 2 the house

 

Sam: Then run

 

Grian: ure not serious

i have a key

 

Sam: Not to every lock Grian 

I miss you 

I miss my friend come home let's hang out or else you hate me

 

Grian: jesus christ

 

Friday, 20:53 - Saturday, 10:53

 

Grian & Taurtis

 

 

Grian: dude help

talk some sense into him

 

Taurtis: wat

 

Grian: sams trying to lock me out 2nite if i dont get there in 10 minutes

he wants me to leave work in the middle of a shift &RUN back

 

Taurtis: is that wt hes giggling about?

we're literally not even back yet we stopped for lunch

i'll talk to him

 

Grian: oh my gord

i hate him so much

 

Taurtis: nahh

you love him

 

Grian: i so honestly do not

it's insane how much i dont

 

Taurtis: screenshotted for next time you like him again

 

[Grian disliked a message]

 

Friday, 20:59 - Saturday, 10:59

 

Grian & Sam

 

 

Sam: Dude why'd you tell Taurtis on me :(( I was just goofing and gaffing why are you such a Debby downer I was kidding around GRIAN

 

Grian: that wasnt funny

 

Sam: Yes it was you just don't understand comedy I thought it was hilarious

When will you actually be home

 

Grian: strate home like 530

bt i ws planning 2 make a stop @ the gas station

&by @ i mean bhind

&by make a stop i mean meet w sum1

 

Sam: I get it Grian you can stop

 

Grian: &by meet w sum1 i mean exchange goods w sum1

oh ok

i wont if youre mad tho

 

Sam: Aww look at Brian getting sober just so you could see your old pal Sam sooner <333

 

Grian: ha

hahahahaha

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

hell no

im dipping into my emegency stash

 

Sam: You know what Giran

Sometimes I worry about you

 

Grian: too damn late

cn i make my detor aftr wrk or nt

 

Sam: Not if it gets you home any later than 5

 

[Grian disliked a message]

 

Sam: Haha! You're so funny lol

Please get home sooner anyway I miss you

 

[Grian loved a message]

 

Saturday, 21:47 - Friday, 11:47

 

Grian & Tsuzumi

 

 

[Tsuzumi sent 10 images]

 

[Tsuzumi sent 2 images, 1 video]

 

[Grian loved 2 messages]

 

Tsuzumi: sorry that took so long, i couldn't find the port thing

 

Grian: no worries. ty

u coming 2 round 2?

 

Tsuzumi: idk, i only went to that one because damakun's sister is friends with jamberite

i only really go to my friends' parties

 

Grian: fair

i ws lucky 2 catch u then

 

Tsuzumi: yeah lol

see you around

 

[Grian liked a message]

 

Friday, 21:49 - Saturday, 11:49

 

DomRao & Grian

 

 

[Grian sent 6 images, 1 video]

 

Grian: tsuzumi package arrived

 

Dom: LIT!!

 

 

 

Friday, 23:39 - Saturday, 13:39

 

Better 75% of Rent

 

 

Grian: guess who js pulle dup 2 work

 

Taurtis: grian

your opps w haff the city

 

Grian: DR NURSE.

wt no im not

 

Taurtis: OMG HAHA

 

Grian: y is he here

istg he's js hre 2 taunt me

 

Dom: he might be there bc u work at a convenient place

a convenient place that sells things

some might call it a convenient store

 

Grian: i h8 u w all my soul

this is MY conbini he's NEVER here

 

Taurtis: u sjould kik him out

he has no power over u here!!

 

Grian: im not allowed 2 kick people out nymore "unless they pull a gun or smth"

since jason tried to buy MY favorite crisps as if they were JIS favorite

 

Taurtis: oh my gord not jason again

 

Dom: who is that????

 

Grian: the WORST man on the PLANET dom

 

Taurtis: are other ppl not allowed 2 like ur favorite chips?

 

Grian: no

FIRST of all bc hes JASON

2nd bc if more ppl buy then theyre gonna raise the price

 

Dom: sucks to suck?

 

Grian: he's coming up to me ew ew ew ew

 

Taurtis: how will u recovr

 

Saturday, 11:12 - Sunday, 01:12

 

Grian & Noel

 

 

[Noel sent 2 images]

 

Noel: As promised, your vicarious free food from Constance's café

 

Saturday, 19:48 - Sunday, 9:48

 

Grian & Noel

 

 

Grian: wtf foes that mean

dont show me food i hvnt eaten since work

 

Noel: How long ago was that?

 

Grian: time isnt fr yk

th soonr u lern that th bttr

pls tell me that crwasont tastes worse thn it looks

 

Noel: The... croissant?

 

Grian: idk maybe

dues that sount lk crwasont

sumbass speliing

 

Noel: It's not dumb, it's French

 

Grian: o ofc my mistake

 

Noel: And it tasted even better than it looks, sorry

 

Grian: ughhhh

u shuoudve sent me sum whore

 

Noel: You live in JAPAN

Do you know how long it takes to fly to Japan?

 

Grian: y the hell wld i no

im alrdy here

 

Noel: Like, 20 hours

 

Grian: y do u no

 

Noel: Probably more if you're not a person

It would be gross by then

 

Grian: omg whore were u tryina meet me

dont do that shit if u come here ull never leave

but thats nice ov u

 

Noel: I was not

I pulled a number off the top of my head.

 

Grian: sure

ofc

 

 

Saturday, 23:14 - Sunday, 13:14

 

Grian & Noel

 

 

Grian: hv u puked frm food poisoning yt

 

Noel: No??

 

Grian: qhore

 

Noel: ???

Notes:

i hear your questions. "why are they so weird and mischaracterized?" "why doesn't grian type consistently?" "why is the plot so rambling? is there even a plot?" "why are some characters so boring and empty?" "where are jane and ricky?" etc etc etc... unfortunately there's this weird bug w my account where anytime someone comments them, my account will reply with a bunch of angry emojis... weird.

Notes:

so, like. by the way. if this ever actually happens 2 u, don't do what they're doing. ocean is right. it's dangerous and if someone already knows your name (which he does btw bc they all said their names in the first segment) you should DEF try and stay away from them. for plot reasons, this works. do not try at home.