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the party
Today 12:07 PM
hotwheels: guys does anyone want snacks
hotwheels: for dnd tonight?
madtothemax: SOUR PATCH KIDS
hotwheels: kk anyything else
madtothemax: ilysm bro
hotwheels: :D
stalker: Coke
hotwheels: lucas were too young for cocaine
stalker: Fuck you
stalker: Coca-Cola
hotwheels: fuck u and ur autocaps
dustbunny: mike can u get me skittles?
dustbunny: 🥺
hotwheels: omg guys im gonna be so broke
hotwheels: 😭
cleric: mike i have money
cleric: joyce gives me an allowance
hotwheels: yea but i dont wanna steal urs!!
cleric: mike its fine
cleric: just come swing by to get me tho bc u know how joyce is
hotwheels: omg tysm will
hotwheels: omw!!
the party
Today 4:47 PM
madtothemax: mike
madtothemax: mike open ur door mf
hotwheels: sry max i was listebing to music i didnt hear the doorbell
hotwheels: wait i thought u guys were coming over at 5:30??
madtothemax: …
hotwheels: max im not letting u in until u tell me
max: fine ill pm u
madtothemax to hotwheels
Today 4:48 PM
madtothemax: my anxiety was just so so bad
madtothemax: and i lowkey just felt super panicky and i didnt wanna have a panic attack so
the party
Today 5:26 PM
eggolover: Mike, Max, what happened?
eggolover: Max, are you okay?
madtothemax: mostly lol
eggolover: Max, you should not joke about that.
madtothemax: it’s okay el
madtothemax: mike was a good bff and helped
hotwheels: :D
hotwheels: ty max!!
madtothemax: dont tell anyone i said that wheeler
eggolover: Oh okay.
eggolover: But you still should not joke about that!
madtothemax: its a good coping mechanism what can i say
dustbunny: does anyone need a ride?
dustbunny: steve is driving me
cleric: i’m good jon can drive me and el
stalker: Me please
dustbunny: okay cool we’re on our way
Today 2:34 AM
hotwheels: anyone awake
madtothemax: me
madtothemax: were in the same room tho??
madtothemax: why r u texting??
hotwheels: bc i didnt wanna wake anyone
madtothemax: wtf mike
madtothemax: go to sleep
hotwheels: like you sleep
madtothemax: …
madtothemax: gn
hotwheels: no wait
madtothemax: ??
hotwheels: i legit cant sleep tho bc of the scaries
madtothemax: yea me neither
hotwheels: clme here
madtothemax: k lemme find my stuffed animals
hotwheels: 👍
Today 9:12 AM
cleric: guys look
dustbunny: ??
cleric: [sleepingzoomer&paladin.jpeg]
dustbunny: oh my god they’re so cute
eggolover: They do look very cute sleeping together!
eggolover: <3
dustbunny: i want to smother them while they sleep
stalker: No please don’t kill our friends
eggolover: Dustin, don’t do that
dustbunny: 😔
stalker: Btw anyone free later? Someone ditched me to sleep over with El…
eggolover: That’s because Max is a good friend and loves to sleep over with me! She is my first best friend!
dustbunny: how the fuck is max free like every night
stalker: Because she literally lives with a bunch of eighteen year olds??
dustbunny: oh fair
stalker: Wait doesn’t she say Mike is her best friend?
eggolover: She says that she can have two best friends!
dustbunny: bro why can’t steve adopt me too
dustbunny: 😭
cleric: bc you have a mother dustin
dustbunny: yeah steve
stalker: Seriously though his mother is just Mama Steve
dustbunny: see will??
eggolover: Yes, but Steve is not your actual mom.
cleric: i’m so done with you guys istg
stalker: Noooo Will!!
dustbunny: will wait ur like the only sane one
dustbunny: we need you
stalker: Hey!!
stalker: I’m sane!
dustbunny: you literally use autocaps lucas
eggolover: I use punctuation and caps lock, and I am completely sane!
dustbunny: yeah but that’s bc you’re trying to stay good at it?
dustbunny: like lucas knows grammar and chooses to use it
cleric: guys I hear noise from upstairs
cleric: let’s go see if mrs wheeler is making food
dustbunny: kk
Today 10:25 AM
hotwheels: WILL
hotwheels: HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME
madtothemax: brooo
madtothemax: youve betrayed us
cleric: you guys looked so cute when u were sleeping tho!
hotwheels: betrayed by my own best friend
madtothemax: HEY
eggolover: You did look very cute while sleeping!
eggolover: ❤️
hotwheels: dw max you’re still my bff
madtothemax: :D
cleric: omg
cleric: come upstairs
cleric: mrs wheeler made pancakes
madtothemax: oooh coming
-like 5 mins later-
cleric: mike where are you??
loser to public enemy#1
Today 10:31 AM
hotwheels: MAX
hotwheels: MAX HEL CLALED ME CUTE
hotwheels: OH MYV GOD
public enemy#1: oh my god chill
public enemy#1: come upstairs dude
the party
Today 12:27 PM
hotwheels: guys that was fun
dustbunny: yeah 100%
stalker: Yeah that was baller!
madtothemax: lol
hotwheels: ??
madtothemax: lucas is the only person who unironically says baller
stalker: Dude you say it!!
madtothemax: key word there is unironically
cleric: yeah it was fun
cleric: wait what
cleric: oh i agree with max tbh
stalker: Rude
eggolover: That was really fun! Thank you Mike!
hotwheels: :D
eggolover: But Max and Mike, you guys should talk to someone if you are having nightmares.
madtothemax: …
eggolover: It is important that you sleep!
hotwheels: i do talk to someone
eggolover: Max does not count.
madtothemax: hey!
eggolover: When I have a nightmare, I talk to Will and he helps me!
eggolover: And then I tell Joyce in the morning!
eggolover: I get nightmares a lot because of the lab, but I do not get them as much now! It really helps!
madtothemax: thats seriously great ellie
madtothemax: im really happy u dont get them anymore
madtothemax: but like i dont really have anyone to talk to anyway so
hotwheels: yeah its not like my parents will help
dustbunny: what’s this about nightmares?
eggolover: Scroll up.
dustbunny: oh
dustbunny: aw i’m sorry u guys 😔
dustbunny: does this happen a lot?
madtothemax: no
hotwheels: no
dustbunny: …
dustbunny: i get nightmares too sometimes
dustbunny: i actually got pretty lucky tbh i don’t get bad stuff most of the time!
dustbunny: but like still sometimes
eggolover: Max, Mike, even if it doesn’t happen very often (which I don’t really believe because you guys text in here really late, I have everyone’s sleep schedules in a google doc and yours are the worst) you should still get help!
eggolover: I go to therapy remember?
eggolover: Maybe it will help you guys!
cleric: why are we discussing therapy??
eggolover: Scroll up.
dustbunny: read back
cleric: ohhhh
cleric: @madtothemax @hotwheels
cleric: guys i get nightmares too
eggolover: This is true. That’s why Will also goes to therapy!
eggolover: And I try to help him after nightmares like he helps me!
cleric: yeah, remember how bad they used to get mike?
cleric: but like now they’re way less bad!
cleric: and max, you were literally alone in his head for like six months and technically died and then had to fight your way out of his mind m
cleric: that would be traumatizing as fuck
cleric: i mean, i was only in the upside down for a week and that was so so scary
dustbunny: guys you should listen to will
dustbunny: he’s a smort porson
cleric: and mike you got kidnapped by a demo, put in an illusion, and also had to fight your way out of his mind so
eggolover: Guys, please listen to me and Will!
cleric: i know u guys hate talking to people but think about it!
dustbunny has created a chat.
dustbunny has added cleric, eggolover, and stalker
dustbunny has renamed the chat operation mental help
stalker: What is this
dustbunny: read back through our party gc
stalker: Oh shit
stalker: Why didn’t she tell me about this??
stalker: I’m literally her boyfriend why wouldn’t she tell me???
eggolover: Lucas, it is not your fault!
eggolover: Max and Mike do not like talking about things.
eggolover: I have been friends with you all for as long as I have been in the real world!
eggolover: So I have noticed a lot about you guys!
stalker: Oh thanks El
dustbunny: i’m kinda worried tho??
stalker: yea same
eggolover: I am also worried…
dustbunny: but like
dustbunny: i feel like they’re the hardest to help?
stalker: Wdym
dustbunny: well el and will both have a lot of trauma but they have parents who know about it and got them help
dustbunny: and our parents don’t know about the stuff, but they do know that we have some degree of trauma plus they’re willing to get us mental health help
stalker: Yeah my mom had me go to therapy for a while after the rifts it actually helped!
dustbunny: exactly!
dustbunny: but mikes parents are assholes and maxs are gone
stalker: Ohhhh I see what you mean now
cleric: you do make a good point
dustbunny: obvi nance robie and steve are amazing
dustbunny: but they’re not that much older than us so like
eggolover: But why did you make this chat?
dustbunny: well i was thinking of trying to help them?
dustbunny: tbf however, they might actually be telling the truth
dustbunny: it might not be that much of an issue
eggolover: Let’s keep an eye on them! If we think it’s getting bad we’ll do something.
eggolover: Deal?
stalker: Deal
dustbunny: deal
cleric: deal!