Group Communication

[unrepentantAuthor]

[Brisket > S0urdough]: bahamut i have never had a girlfriend in my life and believe me ive tried

 

[Ambyssin]

[S0urdough > Brisket]: ... you ought to be more confident in yourself.

[S0urdough > Brisket]: The way you interact with Astrid and Starr. That looks like love to me.

[S0urdough > Brisket]: If you haven't made anything official then you'd best speak up before it becomes too late.

 

[unrepentantAuthor]

Brisa stared at her badge, as if reading the messages again would make it easier to reply.

Was it even worth explaining to this guy that she hadn't heard from Astrid in a month? That she'd already called out her feelings just as she'd died, and if Astrid didn't want to respond to that, she wasn't gonna force herself on the poor gal? She didn't even know what to think about the Starr thing. She felt something, sure, but she knew what a crush felt like, and she knew Starr didn't have one on her.

She didn't know what to type. But she didn't want to leave the bastard hanging, even if he was an ageless moron.

[Brisket > S0urdough]: youre missing some context

[Brisket > S0urdough]: anyway good talk

 

[Namohysip]

[Maple > S0urdough]: Your Ultra Shade is preaching about Eternatus like a Born Again Arcean, you know. He put a signpost on my back.

Attached: a blurry image of the signpost with Maple's massive paw just in-frame.

 

[Ambyssin]

[S0urdough > Maple]: He manifested as a cultist who lures people to their deaths within Eternatus’ distortion. But as a shade he’s harmless. Just ignore him.

 

[Namohysip]

[Maple > S0urdough]: Isn't he supposed to help you? What if he actually conjures a way to kill people with

Maple stopped typing. She seems to be thinking.

[Maple > S0urdough]: attaching a knife to his chest and running really fast?

 

[Ambyssin]

[S0urdough > Maple]: He won’t. Because his eternatus isn’t here.

[S0urdough > Maple]: He’s less dangerous than I am in my real body. Clearly he’s latched onto that persona because he was overwhelmed by my bloody history.

 

[Namohysip]

[Maple > S0urdough]: I really hope it's just a phase.

[Joule > S0urdough]: Do you suppose your new friend has a name? Maple's taken to calling him Null for now.

 

[Ambyssin]

[S0urdough reacted with a 🤷‍♂️]

 

[Dragonfree]

Attached: an image of Maple in her unleashed form.

[Calorie -> Team Spectrum]: So apparently Joule thinks Maple looks cute like this.

[Scotch -> Team Spectrum]: what the ever-loving fuck. That's not a Pokémon. You're telling me literally everyone else is a Pokémon from my world in some form or another, even if they're mythological bullshit or even fucking conspiracies or cartoon characters, and then Maple's the one person who isn't?

 

[Ambyssin]

[S0urdough > Scotch]: I can small the salt all the way from the Tree of Life. 😂

 

[Namohysip]

[Tamato > Team Spectrum]: Do you think if we threw a Poke Ball at her it would work? Maybe she still counts as a Pokemon since she's a Voice of Life and all that.

 

[Disco]

[Mushroom > Team Spectrum] Poké bowl...? Why would you throw food at her?

 

[Fusion]

[Vix's brain wave thingies > Team Spectrum]: Hey so... S'more kinda already knew we were spying on him, haha... Currently trying not to get ghost punched to death while also trying to convince him to let us look into his brain. If I'm not back in the voidlands in an hour, you'll know it worked.

 

[Namohysip]

...What.

You're talking to him ALONE? Owen shouted back. Where are you right now? What if he attacks or something?!

 

[Fusion]

H-Hey! Don't shout, I'm trying to focus! I figured one of us talking to him would be easier than all of us! And besides, I'm hardly even a solid! It'd be like punching jello or something.

Also... he kinda... alright something happened, back in a sec...

 

[Namohysip]

It's a miracle you survived for this long.

I'm on my way just in case. Where are you?

 

[Fusion]

...This might sound like a stretch, especially coming from me, but I have a handle on it. He isn't aggressive, at all. In fact, he thinks he might be the spy as well.

And he's really calm about it. Kinda sad, too...

 

[Namohysip]

I beg your pardon.

Wait, he's--he actually thinks he's the spy? Himself?

Evidence points to him so much that even he can't deny it. Still. That sounds like he would be the unwitting one. Hrrgh... we have no solid proof otherwise, though. We can only... weakly consider him one of the spies until he behaves oddly.

 

[Fusion]

Yeah, I said had this in the bag! I'll be keeping a closer eye on him on my own, all he asks is that we don't tell Pop about him possibly being a spy until after we fix him. If anything's wrong in the first place.

I'll keep you guys up to date with him, if anything happens, I'll tell all of us the second it happens.