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[tylorific]

Tylor here, if we haven't met yet!

With all this noob talk, I just wanted to remind everyone that we're all new to this game. And that's amazing when you think about it! We're so lucky to be the ones here to experience it all. The important thing isn't who the best is, it's about how much fun we can have. That's the point of games, right?

So, let's all try to have fun together while we're here! Remember to eat and drink in real life too, everyone!

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I'm actually kinda worried about some of you guys. Stress and taking things too seriously really isn't good for your health. You might get wrinkles in real life, no matter how gorgeous your avatar is.

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[tinged]

Gani-kun is very resourceful.

[ though his backstory hasn't been unlocked yet, even for hani. ]

The fact that we finished our first run quite successfully is proof of that. I'm so proud of him. And us wwww

Next time I'll dress as something else. But don't you think we should do a run in matching outfits?

Let's dress in matching styles and ride!

[tylorific]

Our first run was so much fun! The ups, the downs, the ethics of killing poor monsters. I can't wait to do more of them.

Oh! But that's a great idea! I only have a pirate skin so far. I'm sure we'll find more though. And you'll look beautiful in anything, so it's a win win for the world.

Let's start a collection ~☆

[tinged]

We'll make a list! I think I saw someone with a maid outfit, or something similar to that. Let's try for that? You'd look great and we'll both be beautiful.

May I see the pirate skin on you?

[tylorific]

A maid outfit, huh? I've heard about those!
How short is the skirt? It must be pretty darn cute if you thought of it first. Though I doubt I'll look half as pretty as you in it. (✩ ์ ᴗ ์✩)

Oh, sure! It's way better looking than that ugly starting armor, but I've gotten bored of it.

[ uhh pretend that's a link to an avatar selfie, or he can see it the next time they see one another in game ?? Tylor is online way too much. The perks of unemployment! ]

[tinged]

Oh, the length matters? I would guess around mid-thigh.

[ perhaps shorter, if this game is rated T for teens. and shorter even, if rated M for milky.

anyway they send a couple of ♡s and Ws and save the image. ]

Leader-kun, Tylor-kun, do all your compliments come from the heart?

[tylorific]

Well, I don't know how I'd look in a really short skirt. Besides, tight clothes are no fun. Then again, shorter looks so enchanting on pretty people. Mid-thigh sounds perfect.

[ But right after hani's last message comes Tylor's response in another comment-- typed with impressive speed compared to his usual inconsistency-- ]

Why, of course they come from the heart! I mean every word right from the bottom of it, liquefied hydrogen pumped from my very soul! Love really starts to ache if you don't share it occasionally.

And I could never lie to someone beautiful!

[tinged]

Well, there is something nice and breezy about loose clothing and napping. But you would look great in anything.

[ intention is always harder to read in text, but hani seems as laid-back and sincere as always. they will be very disappointed if they don't see maid justy. ]

I see. So you overflow like a fountain of love! Or maybe something stronger? A river of love that leads to a waterfall. If the path to the waterfall is blocked, then you would flood. I understand now.

I thought were you were sincere before, but it is a fact that we were a particularly beautiful team. [ it's not ego! just a factual observation. ] But if these compliments are coming straight from your heart, then I should take care to store them somewhere equally important.

[tylorific]

You really think so? Then I'll be happy to wear it with pride with my ordinary looks. It's worth it to see you in such a pretty outfit.

That's exactly it! My love is a waterfall that is too strong for any mere dam. I don't even want to think about what it'd be like to build one.

But I just knew you'd understand if I laid my heart out to you. You've got a talent for this kind of thing too, you know.

[tinged]

A talent for understanding your heart or storing compliments? www

[tylorific]

both ! ☆*ヾ(-∀・*)*+☆

[tinged]

[ they’ll just store this with the other compliments. well, when they figure out where… do heartfelt compliments go to the heart, or the brain, or the stomach? some of them were sweet enough for that last one.

none of this gets reflected in their next few messages, but they’re giving it some serious thought. ]

I am not sure I understand your heart actually. But I do want to accept all of you as you are. And I think I am learning you, which is nice.

Did you know you have lovely, warm eyes, Tylor-kun? Your looks aren’t ordinary at all.

[tylorific]

Well, I already accept you as you are so take your time! I'm not going anywhere until my luck runs out. It would be really nice to learn you too though.

Oh man, you're going to make me blush saying all those nice things about me. I might think I'm pretty average, but I'll store your compliments to me safely in my heart anyway.

[tinged]

[ if justy is storing the compliments in his heart, it would only be fair for hani to do the same. they place a hand over their heart for a moment, contemplating. there's probably a lot of space there. hani knows they love people, but that's coming from their rational mind rather than their emotional heart.

emotions are... hard.

they might have to ask kara or ganymede for advice. ]

I would ask if you'd help me should I ever struggle, but I know you will. So thank you for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

But please don't go anywhere too far even if your luck runs out.

[tylorific]

Why, of course I would. That's what friends are for, right? And I even paid my phone bill this month so you can call me even if I'm offline.

[ Not that he's offline very often since the game started. But if hani didn't have his number before, they have it now in a message!

Paying the bill might be part of the lower recent social media activity, but it certainly isn't all of it. ]

And don't worry. We can't control fate, but it did give us the chance to meet again. How lucky is that? We should really make the most of our time together!

So, do you want to go for maid drinks after our run?

[tinged]

[ hani inputs the number into their phone and find it unchanged from all those years ago. they also find an unsent text.

How was your vacation? 楽しかったかい?

something complicated wells up in them, a new unnamed emotion. they had wanted to know about his vacation - he'd been so excited and their conversation that day had been so lovely and bright. but one day, the replies stopped coming.

where did he go, hani wonders, fiddling with their phone in both hands. was it luck that brought him back? fate, like he said?

and if he should disappear again, how would they feel? it's a lot, even for them, to process, so they gently, patiently save this mystery for another time. and the text - that's for another day. ]

I do. [ and more emphatically because that complicated feeling is still there moving their fingers. ] I want to do all of it with you.

[tylorific]

[ Tylor is clueless to the trip that hani takes on the other end of their forum posts.

His number may be the same, but the phone he has in his hand isn't the same one he'd had back then. He doesn't have a physical reminder of those memories. And even if he did, only the bright and lovely ones stick around to brighten the halls of years past. ]

Then it's a good thing there's nothing stopping us, right? We can do anything we want.

[tinged]

Anything at all?

[tylorific]

Of course! What else do you want to do?

[tinged]

[ WELL if he's offering... The messages come one by one in quick succession, as Hani types and send as the thoughts pop up. ]

I want us to make a playlist together.

And run dungeons with it as our background music.

I still want to ride grunties.

I want to eat together!

I want to go to a convenience store together.

I want to have another conversation in person.

[ why did they send the most important request last? that's out of order, but - ]

[tylorific]

[ He waits a few seconds after the last one. Hani can't see it but it's not hard to imagine him smiling at some of these. ]

Okay, which one's first?

[tinged]

[ and hani gets a choice? hrmm. they hold the phone up to their face, worrying their lips between their teeth. a rare self-soothing gesture.

First, I want to see you, but only if I can ask you how your vacation went - they tap the backspace button until everything but the first two words are gone. this bit of tact - or nerves - is also new to them. it was so easy to send the list before, why is it so hard to send this one sentence? not yet, they think. decisively. they nod to themselves. ]

I want to make the playlist because that will shape the rest of our adventures.

[tylorific]

Alright! Do you like ヒトミ and Beyoncé? Oh, what about Britney Spears?

[ AKA the last songs he listened too. Hani is getting texted those linked songs too. Sorry he's so basic.

Along with the songs: We can dance for the monsters ♪♪(o*゜∇゜)o～♪♪ www ]

[tinged]

[ hani has listened to a little bit of everything, often picking up songs through airport cafes and taxi radios. it’s harder to search up lyrics for the songs they don’t understand, but they’ve manage somehow or other. ]

I do know some. I don’t always understand the sentiments behind the songs, but I like them. These are a good start.

[ this… this feels better than before. this is familiar, how hani usually is. with a little smile, they start adding each song to a playlist. ]

ヒトミ is new though.

[ and after listening: ]

I like the last two lines best.

[tylorific]

I think what's important is how the songs make you feel! But if you need any translations I can do my best. But I'm glad you like them. We're going to have the coolest playlist.

[ He's just assuming Hani knows what he speaks. His social media and speaking together face to face probably was evidence enough. ]

Why's that?

[tinged]

Are you volunteering to be my love translator, Tylor-kun?

Well, alright. I do need one! [ honestly who better than justy. ] Beyoncé talks about being crazy in love, but what exactly does that mean? How is that different from your river of love, if there is any difference?

I like that with or without dreams, we are all capable of living. And that in the end, everyone has the potential to dream. Something like that? ww