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Fri Sept 2, 7:43 am

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Diarmuid: Scaaaaaaaa Larceeeiiiiiiii
Diarmuid: We're in the same class :)))))

Scáthach: Woooooooooo

Larcei: HEY
Larcei: WE SAID WED WAIT UNTIL EVERYONES HERE

Lana: Sorry we couldn't wait :')
Lana: Seliph Iucharba we're all together :)

Iucharba: Oh neat

Seliph: Yay!

Lester: What abt me and Julia?

Iuchar: And don't forget me!

Lester: I didnt
Lester: Ignoring you was a deliberate choice

Seliph: Only took 3min for the Iuchar bullying to start

Scáthach: Must be a new record

Lana: Lester and Iuchar are together
Lana: Julia's not with any of us :((((( they dared leave my cute little gf alone

Seliph: Noooooooo my poor little cousin :(((((

Julia: Dont worry I'll have Sara and Leif ^^

Larcei: Still a crime ur seperated from us

Scáthach: Agreed :(

Lester: WAIT IM STUCK W IUCHAR?????
Lester: WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS

Iucharba: Yeah that's rough

Larcei: Good luck friend

Diarmuid: You ll need it

Iuchar: It is so nice to feel appreciated and loved you know

Scáthach: Anytime bro

Seliph: Lana whos our homeroom teacher

Lana: Mr Forseti
Lana: And Fee in our class so its gonna be fun

Iucharba: Is this even legal?

Diarmuid: Who cares its fun to watch them fight during class
Diarmuid: We have Mr Balmung btw

Scáthach : WHAT NO
Scáthach : WHY
Scáthach : WHY MY COUSIN OF ALL THE TEACHERS IN THIS DAMN SCHOOL

Larcei: OMG THIS IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE
Larcei: HES GONNA BE SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS

Lester: Who do we have?

Diarmuid: Mrs Yewfelle
Diarmuid: Ur aunt
Diarmuid: Not ur mom

Iucharba: Why do yall have family members as teachers

Seliph: Because life hates us

Julia: Seliph what are you talking about your uncle always favored you last year

Seliph: Exactly
Seliph: I was trying my best to be an average unnoticable student and Oifey just went and ruined it

Lester: Hey at least he was nice
Lester: Brigid's probably gonna bully me
Lester: I hope I've at least got one of my cousins to suffer w me

Lana: You have Mareeta

Lester: Oh nice Ill have someone else than Iuchar

Iuchar: Can I get out of this group?

Larcei: If any of us could Id have left years ago
Larcei: What do u think the chat desc is for

Iuchar: Damn it

7:46 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Arthur: AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Patty: Omg what

Fee: I HATE MY LIFE
Fee: ILL FUCKIN JUMP FROM THE WINDOW RN

Coipre: Fee we're on the 1st floor

Fee: I DONT CARE

Karin: Why is she acting like that?

Fee: BC LIFE HATES ME THATS WHY

Fergus: Can someone pls explain

Arthur: BLOJIIRLEHRU
Arthur: I CANT
Arthur: SO FUFNEIJOIVKA

Coirpre: Fee has to deal with her dad as homeroom teacher

Patty: OMG FR?????

Karin: Damn poor Fee

Fergus: U mean poor us
Fergus: Shes gonna complain every hour

Karin: Thats called friend support Fergy
Karin: We suffer w her

Fergus: True true
Fergus: Sorry Fee, complain all u want we're here to listen
Fergus: We re kinda used to it anyway

Patty: Wheres Ced btw
Patty: Hes gonna be so happy its not on him this year

Coipre: No idea, he wasnt with Fee when he arrived

Karin: Lmao probably still sleeping
Karin: Aside from that whos with who

Coirpre: Karin you're with Fergus
Coirpre: You have Mrs Yewfelle

Fergus: Which one

Coirpre: Patty's aunt

Fergus: Oh thank god its not her mom
Fergus: Shes scary

Patty: U know I could try to argue
Patty: But I fully agree

Coirpre: Patty we have Mr Kapathogia

Patty: WHAAAAAT NO WAAAAAYYYY
Patty: I WANTED MR BALMUUUUUNG

Fergus: Cmon Mr Kapathogias so nice
Fergus: Hes always talking abt his adopted kids its adorable

Arthur: I have Mr Balmung, cry abt it Patty

Patty: WHAT
Patty: OMG I HATE U SO MUCH

Karin: What abt Ced?

Fee: He's got Mr Tyrfing bc life doesnt hate him
Fee: Hes even w Altena

Fergus: Oh he'll definitely be happy abt that
Fergus: If he ever wakes up that is

Arthur: Lmao true
Arthur: Careful Cedsy, youll miss your chance to sit next to your future gf

7:47

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Leif: CRYIN SOBBIN

Asbel: ME TOOOOOO ;-;

Altena: What the fuck

Nanna: They're in different classes

Asbel: THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

Leif: IM NEVER COMING TO CLASS

Sara: No
Sara: Im stuck with you so ill drag you by force if i have to

Nanna: Yeah Leif at least you have Sara
Nanna: Me Asbel and Tine arent with any of you
Nanna: Well at least Ive got my half bro

Arion: Diarmuid? He's a year above how can you two be in the same class

Nanna: Nah Fergus
Nanna: Hes Diam's half bro so hes kind of my half bro too

Altena: Makes sense ig
Altena: Who am I with btw

Arion: We're together
Arion: And with Ced too

Altena: Omg fr

Arion: Don't worry I won't mind if you sit next to him sometimes

Altena: Ur the best brother anyone could ask for

Leif: '-'

Altena: And u too Leif ofc

Leif: <3

Asbel: Welp
Asbel: I guess Tine and I are just gonna cry in our loneliness

Tine: It's okay Asbel we'll still see each other on breaks <3

Asbel: Can we go on dates where we just cry together

Tine: I'll bring the ice cream

Asbel: Omg love u so much <333

Sara: Cringe

Nanna: Cmon Sara let them be sad together

Sara: Ofc u defend them, u and Leif arent any better

Leif: Hey not true

Altena: Yeah agreed
Altena: Theyre 1% less cringe

Nanna: Sure sure
Nanna: We'll have this convo again when u and Ced get together

Arion: It's on times like these that I'm happy to be single

Sara: Thats bc no one likes u

Altena: Wrong
Altena: Thats bc hes too perfect for this world

Leif: No one will ever deserve him

Arion: That's very nice of you two but you could've just said I'm aro

Altena: Still, no one deserves you

Arion: I
Arion: Thank you?

Leif: :)

7:54

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Mareeta: WHY AM I IN MY MOMS CLASS???

Febail: Haha cry abt it sis
Febail: I'm with aunt Edain

Mareeta: Im gonna murder u
Mareeta: Just wait until we get back home

Julius: Im with Julia -_-
Julius: I already gotta cope w my brother in my friend group, now I have to stand my sis in class

Saias: Be nice to her Julius.

Julius: Yeah yeah shut up

Lene: Bestiiiiiie we're togetheeeeer

Febail: Lene pls
Febail: Thats way too much joy for this grpchat

Lene: Idc lemme be happy
Lene: Areeees where are uuuu

Ares: Omw
Ares: Im buying crisps

Lene: Omg ur the best
Lene: We'll eat them while judging everyone else in our class

Ares: Sounds like a plan

Mareeta: Shut up lovebirds some ppl are trying to be upset

Lene: Ur just jealous u dont have a friendship like ours

Febail: Whod want a friendship like yours
Febail: Your just making everyone sick

Julius: ^

Saias: The fact that you're not even happy to be with me is a bit offending Mareeta.

Mareeta: Im very happy to be w u babe
Mareeta: But rn im busy planning the murder of whoever put me in my moms class
Mareeta: And Febails

Febail: Try me
Febail: You'll just get mom to bully u even more

Mareeta: Damn ur right
Mareeta: Alright baby bro u get to live
Mareeta: For now.

Saias: I can already tell this will be an exhausting year.

Julius: When are u not exhausted

Saias: Never since I have to put up with you daily.

Julius: Fuck u
Julius: Just leave me alone
Julius: I never asked u to babysit me or some shit

Lene: Tbf if we left u alone youd just get in trouble on first occasion

Febail: And the reason would most likely be murder

Lene: No thats Ares
Lene: Julius wouldnt have the courage

Julius: FUCK U ALL

Ares: .

Lene: Bestie u know its true
Lene: And luv u too Julius <33

Saias: Why does every of our conversations end up revolving around murder?

Ares: Bc violence is the only answer

Mareeta: ^

Saias: Sigh
Saias: I guess it was pointless to ask.

8:02

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Lewyn: The coffee machine is broken

Shannan: Already????
Shannan: Class starts in 20min how am I supposed to survive without my caffeine dose

Brigid: You shut up and suffer in silence

Edain: I've brought my flask of coffee
Edain: I can give you some

Shannan: My lord and savior
Shannan: Can I marry you

Oifey: …

Shannan: Kidding kidding
Shannan: But seriously thanks Edain

Finn: If it's not too much trouble I wouldn't mind a bit of coffee either.

Edain: Not at all!
Edain: I've brought plenty since our coffee machine never works

Hannibal: Are you feeling alright Finn? You don't usually drink coffee

Finn: My wife spent almost the whole night on the phone arguing with her ex-husband.

Oifey: Oh Gods
Oifey: I hope you'll be okay

Finn: Yes I'm used to it at this point.

Brigid: What are they even arguing about
Brigid: If you don't mind me asking

Finn: Their son's shared custody mostly.

Lewyn: Isn't it supposed to be every other week or something?

Finn: On paper yes, but Diarmuid's father isn't always home because of his work.
Finn: So he tries to see his son whenever he can but most times Lachesis doesn't agree.
Finn: They can't keep track of who Diarmuid has seen the most recently so generally they assume it's their turn.

Shannan: Wow that sounds complicated as hell
Shannan: Hope it gets better soon

Finn: Thank you.
Finn: If anything I feel bad for Diarmuid, he's been looking so tired those last weeks.

Edain: Poor dear, it must be hard to never know when he'll have to move

Shannan: If I remember correctly he's in my class this year
Shannan: I'll make sure to be more lenient towards him

Hannibal: We all will, that boy deserves some rest

Finn: Thank you, that's very kind of you.
Finn: And sorry for ruining the mood on the first day.

Hannibal: Don't worry about it! We're happy to lend you an ear

Edain: I second that, always feel free to talk to us Finn

Finn: Thank you all, truly.

Shannan: Man having kids sounds exhausting

Oifey: Does that mean you don't want us to adopt children?

Shannan: Oifey.
Shannan: Dear.
Shannan: Sweetheart.
Shannan: Love of my life.
Shannan: I would raise an entire orphenage with you if you asked me.

Oifey: That's so sweet of you Sha...

Brigid: Aw
Brigid: Like Febail would say
Brigid: Cringe

Edain: Brigid!

Brigid: Sorry sorry
Brigid: Anyway it's almost time
Brigid: Gotta go bother my daughter and nephew

Edain: Brigid...

Brigid: Bother them NICELY

Edain: I guess that will have to do
Edain: See you later everyone

Finn: Thank you again for the coffee Edain.

Edain: Don't mention it!

8:11

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Ced: SHIT SHIT SHIT
Ced: MY ALARM WASNT ON

Patty: U have 10min Cedsy
Patty: U better run fast

Ced: UIENHFUIBVPNV

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Fri Sept 2, 10:10 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Mareeta: Im gonna die
Mareeta: Its been two hours and my life is already a nightmare

Saias: It's not that bad.

Mareeta: YES IT IS

Febail: Omg what i wouldnt give to see this
Febail: How many times yet

Mareeta: Ten.
Mareeta: Ten fuckin times.

Febail: Omg this is so funny
Febail: Saias pls record it

Saias: No.

Febail: Aw ur no fun man

Lene: What does she do exactly Mari?

Mareeta: Tell the whole class abt my private life
Mareeta: Constantly refer to her DARLING LITTLE DAUGHTER

Fabail: Awwww how cute mom loves u

Saias: I didn't know you had kissed your dog once.

Mareeta: IXBIUCPEZRNHVIUBV
Mareeta: SHDUT UP I WAS NINE

Saias: I never said it was a bad thing.
Saias: It's a bit cute actually.

Mareeta: Omg
Mareeta: And here i thought i couldnt love u more

Julius: U guys make me sick

Febail: For once i agree w Julius

Mareeta: Shut up haters
Mareeta: Ur just jealous bc no one loves u

Lene: Why be jealous when u can be happy and single?

Ares: ^

Lene: Who needs a bf/gf/nbf when u have a friendship like me and Ares

Julius: Stfu u two are worse

Mareeta: Jeaslousyyyyyyyy

Febail: Lene and Ares aromantic moment?

Lene: Nah im bi
Lene: Just saying im not looking for anyone rn
Lene: U guys are enough to make me happy <3

Ares: <3

Febail: Wow rare footage of emotion from Ares
Febail: Everyone take a screenshot

Lene: Oh and btw i can confirm Ares isnt aro either

Ares: LENE

Mareeta: Omg Lene knows smth????

Julius: If anyone talks abt love one more time im leaving

Febail: Bold of u to assume anyone wants u here

Saias: Mareeta, I think Mrs Yewfelle saw you on your phone.

Mareeta: Gods pls save me...

11:21 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Altena: GUYYYYYYS
Altena: GUESS WHOS NEXT TO MEEEE

Asbel: NO WAY

Leif: Already? Wow congrats sis

Altena: Okay so.
Altena: Lemme explain.

Nanna: We re listening.

Altena: The gods made it so we re in a classroom with tables of three
Altena: Arion went next to the window, and i in the middle
Altena: And the place next to me remained empty bc no one likes us

Tine: Not true! We like you :)

Altena: Tine thats so sweet of u but pls lemme finish

Tine: Sorry sorry! Go ahead

Altena: So there was an empty seat next to me when class started
Altena: BUT THEN
Altena: Ced arrived ten minutes late and he seemed abt to throw up

Arion: And he immediately went next to Altena without an instant of hesitation

Altena: HEY I WAS TELLING THE STORY
Altena: But yeah basically thats how it went

Leif: Did u two talk or smth?

Altena: Yeah quite a bunch
Altena: So happy rn :DDD

Nanna: Aww thats adorable

Asbel: Meanwhile Fee and Mr Forseti have been arguing for 15 minutes so im just getting to know my neighbor

Altena: LMAO

Tine: Asbel I thought we would cry together in our loneliness :((

Asbel: OMG IM SORRY SWEETIE
Asbel: DO U WANT ME TO STOP

Tine: No of course not, I was just kidding!
Tine: Besides I've been talking to my neighbor as well :)
Tine: Arion I think you know her, her name is Linoan

Arion: I do! We were friends when we were children
Arion: Though it's been a while since we've last talked

Leif: Omg, potential future members of this grpchat?

Nanna: That'd be fun

Sara: That'd be annoying

Leif: Aww Sara pls :(

Sara: Alright
Sara: Anyone who wants to bring new ppl here have to buy me food

Altena: I
Altena: Idk if thats evil or genius

Arion: Evil genius

Altena: Yeah ur right

Leif: Well its probably too soon to invite anyone anyway

Asbel: Yeah calm down guys we've only been talking for like an hour
Asbel: We haven't reached that stage yet

Nanna: Unlike Altena who's already ready to marry Ced

Altena: BLBLBLBLLBL
Altena: STILL CANT BELIEVE ITS HAPPENNIIIIING

Asbel: How are u doing Arion?

Arion: Im alright
Arion: Its fun to watch honestly

12:30 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Lewyn: Alright who put me in charge of my daughter's class
Lewyn: I want to have a word with them

Hannibal: That would be the headmaster

Lewyn: Well I don't know what Mr Valflame was thinking but clearly he was not thinking STRAIGHT

Edain: Lewyn were those screams I heard from your classroom?

Oifey: Gods Lewyn what happened

Lewyn: I.
Lewyn: May or may have not.
Lewyn: Spent most of the morning arguing with Fee.

Hannibal: …
Hannibal: You are aware you will have to spend the whole year teaching her class?

Brigid: He's the music teacher I don't think it matters that much

Edain: YES IT DOES
Edain: Lewyn. My daughter is in your class. I swear if she has trouble studying because of you...

Oifey: Same goes for my nephew.

Shannan: Oh gods Lewyn you've awakened their parental instinct

Lewyn: ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I GET IT
Lewyn: I'll make some efforts I promise

Edain: You better.
Edain: Anyway, how did it go for everyone else?

Finn: Pretty well. I think the coffee really helped me stay focused, thank you again Edain.

Shannan: Yeah thanks Edain, I don't know what I woud've done without it
Shannan: Who thought it was a good idea to put both my cousins in the same class
Shannan: They're insuffurable together

Brigid: Oh stop complaining
Brigid: What's so bad about teaching your own family members?

Edain: Speaking of which...
Edain: Brigid, I hope you weren't bothering Lester and Mareeta too much.

Brigid: Of course not
Brigid: Come on sister, you know I'd never do such a thing

12:40 am

Groupchat: Yewfelle and Yewfelle
Description: Guns lame, embrace the path of the bow
Members: 10
Brigid
Dew
Mareeta
Febail
Patty
Edain
Midayle
Jamke
Lester
Lana

Edain: Lester Mareeta how was it?

Brigid: Edain are you serious???

Mareeta: A NIGHTMARE

Lester: MOM PLS GET US OUTTA HERE

Dew: Awwww sweetie please don't be mean to the kids

Brigid: Oh come on it was just teasing, stop dramatizing

Lester: No u clearly intended to make us die of shame :(

Midayle: What???
Midayle: Brigid you dared make my baby boy feel sad????

Brigid: WILL YOU ALL STOP IT

Lester: Yes I'm very sad mama :(((

Midayle: Don't worry dear I'll bake you some cookies when I get home

Lester: Yayyyyy

Lana: Wasn't sad for very long

Midayle: Don't worry darling you'll have some too

Lana: Thaaaanks love you mama <3

Mareeta: Aunt Midayle can I have cookies too

Midayle: Of course you can

Mareeta: Alright from now on I'm a Yewfelle

Patty: Ur already a Yewfelle sis

Mareeta: U know what I mean

Jamke: Alright so I open up this groupchat and I learn I have a new daughter.

Mareeta: Exactly, hi dad
Mareeta: Febail Patty u wanna join

Febail: U know I want cookies too but I'm scared of mom so no

Patty: Nah I'd feel bad for dad he did nothing wrong

Mareeta: Yes he did
Mareeta: He married mom

Dew: I- oh gods my daughter doesn't like me anymore
Dew: Brigid look at what you've done

Brigid: I hate this family.

12:46 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Ced: Omg I just scrolled back
Ced: Fee how are you doing

Fee: Great.
Fee: I love my life so much rn.

Arthur: Omg cant wait for lunch break
Arthur: This is gonna be so funny

Coipre: Ced did you manage to arrive in time?

Ced: Nah I was a little bit late
Ced: Just a few minutes
Ced: Mr Tyrfing still seemed kinda upset

Fergus: Yeah hes pretty strict abt behavior

Karin: Oh he sure is
Karin: He was constantly telling me and Fee to shut up last year
Karin: Couldnt even chat with my bestie :(
Karin: I think the only one he was nice to was Seliph

Arthur: I mean isnt Seliph his nephew?

Karin: I know, still unfair tho

Arthur: Yeah agreed
Arthur: At least Mr Balmung told his cousins to shut up
Arthur: Not that it stopped them from talking, but there was an attempt ig

Patty: Arthur I swear if u remind me one more time ur in Mr Balmungs class Ill start planning ur murder

Arthur: IM IN MR BALMUNGS CLASS CRY ABT IT

Coirpre: Why do you want to be in his class so much anyway?

Patty: Bc hes so cool??

Karin: Patty hes married
Karin: Not to mention a teacher

Patty: EIJOFUNV
Patty: IDC ABT THAT
Patty: I DONT WANNA DATE HIM OR SMTH THATS GROSS
Patty: I JUST THINK HES VERY COOL AND FUN AND SHIT

Fergus: Yeah sure thing
Fergus: Anyway lunch break abt to start, lets meet up at the usual spot

Fee: Omw, my father couldnt stand me anymore so he just let us go early

Arthur: You better tell us every detail of how it went

Fee: Yeah yeah ik

Ced: I might be a bit late
Ced: Im gonna ask Altena for her number :)

Fergus: OMG FR

Karin: WOOOOO GOOD LUCK CEDSY

Arthur: WAIT WHAT???
Arthur: CEDSY COME BACK HERE
Arthur: WE NEED MORE DETAILS

02:35 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Larcei: Im already bored
Larcei: When are our next holidays

Julia: December

Larcei: Thats way too far

Iucharba: What do u have rn?

Larcei: Math
Larcei: No offense Seliph but ur uncle is boring af

Seliph: I think you just hate math

Diarmuid: Agreed
Diarmuid: Its not that bad if you try to understand

Larcei: Sure thing nerds
Larcei: I wanna go hoooome

Scáthach: U sure sis?
Scáthach: We have family dinner with uncle Dannan tonight

Larcei: OMG I FORGOT ABT THAT
Larcei: NVM I LOVE MATH I WANT THIS CLASS TO NEVER END

Lana: Love how you say that when his two sons are right here

Iucharba: Oh no shes right lmao
Iucharba: if i could id skip a family dinner with my father any day

Iuchar: Agreed... He's not exactly pleasant during family meetings

Iucharba: Aka hes an ass
Iucharba: Constantly judging others' lives while bragging abt his own
Iucharba: When all he does is ordering ppl around while doing nothing

Scáthach: Diam can I come to ur place
Scáthach: I dont wanna see my uncle :((

Larcei: TRAITOR

Seliph: Don't worry Larcei you can come to my home
Seliph: Mom and Dad love you they won't mind

Larcei: OMG FR????
Larcei: Thank u thank u thank uuuuuuu love uuuuuuuu <3333

Diarmuid: Sorry Scá I dont think its a good idea
Diarmuid: I dont even know if Im supposed to go to my mom or my dad's place

Lester: Oh shit, they're still arguing abt that?

Diarmuid: Yeah :( Its getting really annoying
Diarmuid: Im really sorry Scá

Scáthach: Nah dont worry its fine

Seliph: Then why don't you come over as well Scá?

Scáthach: Seliph.
Scáthach: Have i ever told u how much I love u.

Iuchar: You're abandoning us? That's not very nice :(

Iucharba: Yeah im hurt :(

Seliph: You could come over as well you know

Iuchar: Seliph that's very sweet of you but our father would kill us if we did that

Larcei: Tbh he might even kill us
Larcei: But idc cant be worse than spending the evening w him

Julia: Can I come over as well? I've seen way enough of my brother for an entire lifetime

Lester: Julia being mad at someone??? Thats a new one

Lana: Yeah, what happened to my sweet little girlfriend :(((

Julia: Don't worry Lana I'm fine <3
Julia: Julius can just be exhausting at times

Seliph: Julia you don't even need to ask
Seliph: Mom loves you so much she'd wake up at 3 am just to open the door for you

Lester: Wow you guys are just planning a sleepover without us
Lester: Not that I care, mama's making cookies for when we get home

Scáthach: So ud rather have cookies than spending time with us

Lester: Got a problem with that?

Scáthach: No, tbf id be the same
Scáthach: But having a sleepover is nice too ig

Larcei: Man now i cant wait to be tonight
Larcei: Math sucks

03:01 pm

Private conversation: Altena/Ced

Ced: Hey its Ced :)
Ced: Sorry I didnt text you right away, Mr Leonster was looking at me everytime I tried to take my phone out

Altena: Haha its fine dont worry abt it
Altena: Btw if u ever wanna hang out with me or Arion dont hesitate :)

Ced: Thanks! Ill make sure to remember it :)

03:03 pm

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Altena: BLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBL

Chapter Text

Sat Sept 3, 10:02 am

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Scáthach: So how was family dinner last night?

Iucharba: It sucked but hey whats new
Iucharba: Our father kept complaing abt u two not being here
Iucharba: Also tried to shame ur parents for letting u skip family dinner

Larcei: Lmao pretty sure they didnt give a shit

Iuchar: I think your mother was trying very hard to not strangle him

Scáthach: Yeah sounds like mom alright

Diarmuid: What abt you guys? How was the sleepover?

Julia: Fun! We played Mario Kart together

Seliph: Scá won every game
Seliph: Which made Larcei pretty mad

Larcei: WE SHARE THE SAME DNI
Larcei: WHY IS HE BETTER AT THIS GAME THAN ME

Scáthach: Haha loser

Julia: At some point Seliph and I just let them play together

Seliph: Oh right! Julia painted my nails, you guys want to see?

Lana: Ooooh yes! Julia is so good at nail polishing <3

Seliph: [prettynails.png]

Lana: Omggggg so prettyyyyyy
Lana: My gf is so talenteeeeed <3333

Julia: Hehe thanks Lana ^~^

Diarmuid: Yeah, it looks so good! Purple rlly suits you Seliph

Iucharba: Thats thanks to their nb vibe

Lester: So true
Lester: Seliph is our token nb icon

Lana: I mean
Lana: Blue hair and pronouns
Lana: They were just meant to be

Iuchar: All hail Seliph, the nb monarch!

Scáthach: Guys
Scáthach: Seliphs crying

Lester: OH NO
Lester: WHAT HAVE WE DONE

Lana: GIVE THEM A HUG QUICK

Scáthach: Larcei is already doing that

Iuchar: Our poor monarch's heart is fragile, we must be more careful :(

Mon Sept 5, 11:11 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Altena: Guys Im scared
Altena: Im terrified

Leif: Whats happening

Altena: We're doing orienteering in PE
Altena: ORIENTEERING

Tine: Oh gods
Tine: This is not gonna end well

Nanna: LMAO

Sara: Why yall panicking

Asbel: Or right u werent around yet
Asbel: Lemme explain
Asbel: So basically both Altena and Arion got a terrible sense of direction

Leif: But like
Leif: Not just terrible
Leif: Absolutely atrocious

Arion: Two years ago we did orienreering and we were supposed to go by pair
Arion: Me and Altena had the brilliant idea of going together

Altena: When Mrs Yewfelle found us we were one mile away from the area

Sara: Lol
Sara: Wouldve loved to see this

Altena: Anyway
Altena: No offense brother but im not going with u this time

Arion: Fair
Arion: Actually you should go with Ced

Nanna: GENIUS

Altena: I
Altena: U know what i will
Altena: Ill ask him at least

Asbel: Poor Ced
Absel: He wont know whats waiting for him

Nanna: But thats the thing
Nanna: Altena cant find her way for shit so Ced will have to guide her

Asbel: Oooooh smart

Sara: U guys have weird ideas

Leif: Its called being romantic

Sara: Its called being sappy

Nanna: Aww look Leif our kid is flustered <3

Sara: Fuck off.

Altena: Do u have any idea of who u could go with Arion?

Arion: I'm not sure yet
Arion: I'll probably ask Dean

Leif: Whos Dean?

Arion: My neighbor when Altena is flirting with Ced
Arion: He and his sister moved in Belhalla this summer
Arion: They're also from Thracia

Nanna: Wow so many Thracians
Nanna: U guys are everywhere

Sara: Why do yall have new friends
Sara: I dont want new ppl to hang out with us

Tine: Well speaking of which
Tine: I think Linoan is starting to question my sanity
Tine: We don't have class this hour so we're just chilling outside
Tine: And she's been looking at my phone weirdly at every notification
Tine: Which is pretty much one per second

Asbel: I mean this is our group therapy so shes kinda right to question ur sanity

Altena: Invite her here

Leif: Does she need therapy?

Tine: No???
Tine: I mean I have no idea
Tine: I can't just ask that out of the blue

Altena: If she doesnt need therapy she cant come :(

Arion: Werent you saying the contrary last time?

Asbel: Arion depressed ppl cant make up their mind how could u forget
Asbel: Maybe u dont need therapy either
Asbel: Maybe we should kick u out

Arion: You would? :(

Asbel: Naaah kidding

Sara: I would.

Leif: Sara be nice to your uncle

Sara: Shut up and help me with our science exercices.

Leif: Your the one helping me '-'
Leif: But fine

01:54 pm

Private conversation – Ares/Lene

Lene: Ares are u mad at me :(

Ares: No?

Lene: U sure?
Lene: Ur more distant than usual w me

Ares: Im not mad

Lene: ...buuut?

Ares: Sigh fine
Ares: Its just that I wouldve prefered you didnt mention my feelings the other day
Ares: Mareeta and Febail have been asking me about “my crush”

Lene: They did? Omg im sorry
Lene: I didnt want that to happen

Ares: Its alright
Ares: I know you didnt mean it badly
Ares: But please ask me next time

Lene: Ur right ill do that
Lene: But u know Ares u cant just keep doing like ur feelings dont exist

Ares: I know
Ares: Its just... difficult
Ares: We havent talked for years... I wouldnt even know what to tell them

Lene: Yeah i get it
Lene: But if u dont do anything its just gonna eat u up
Lene: At least try to think abt it, alright?

Ares: Alright I will

Lene: Good!
Lene: And remember if u need help or just wanna talk abt it
Lene: Im here :)

Ares: Thank you Lene

Lene: No problem <3

02:01 pm

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Saias: Has anyone seen Julius?
Saias: When he didn't come eating with us I thought he just wanted some time alone, but I just asked Julia and she hasn't seen him today.

Ares: Idk

Febail: Hes probably just skipping class

Lene: Damn already? He didnt lose any time this year

Saias: But then why did he pretend to come with me this morning? When he skips class he doesn't try to hide it.

Mareeta: Oh
Mareeta: Yeah ur right he doesnt

Lene: @Julius where are u
Lene: Ur big bro is worried

Julius: Fuck off Saias

Febail: Well
Febail: At least hes alive

Saias: Julius where are you.

Julius: None of ur business

Lene: Omg Saias's been writing for 3min
Lene: Im scared
Lene: And im not even involved

Mareeta: Saias u okay?

Saias: Julius tell me where you are right now. If you don't I will tell mom and dad about all the times you skipped school while others covered you for it. You know how they are, if they learn about it they will bring you to school themselves to make sure you're going, and then ask me every hour to check if you're still there. I've been lenient on you so far, but if you don't tell me where you are right now I'll make sure you never get to skip school ever again.

Febail: …
Febail: Oh gods
Febail: Saias ur terrifying

Ares: I
Ares: If I were you Julius Id comply

Lene: When even Ares is scared u know its serious

Julius: I went to Friege to see uncle Azelle
Julius: Ask him if u want
Julius: Happy now?

Saias: I guess it will do for now.
Saias: But please don't disappear like that again.

Julius: Bye

Saias: Sigh
Saias: This child is going to drive me crazy one day.

Mareeta: Do u want a hug honey? :(

Saias: We're in class Mareeta.

Mareeta: Like i give a shit
Mareeta: Its Mr Kapathogia anyway, he wont ask any question if he sees somethings wrong

Saias: Alright then.

02:15 pm

Private conversation: Azelle/Saias

Saias: Uncle Azelle?

Azelle: Oh hello Saias
Azelle: I guess you want to ask me about Julius?

Saias: I don't think I have ever seen him act like this...
Saias: I mean, he's always been distant, but at least he would tell me where he went when he decided to skip class.

Azelle: I understand your concern. Don't worry, he's playing cards with Tailtiu right now, that should cheer him up a bit

Saias: Do you know why he decided to come to your house all of a sudden?

Azelle: Actually, I'm the one who suggested it to him since both me and Tailtiu had a day off today. I didn't warn anyone since I thought he would do it himself, I'm sorry
Azelle: As for the why, I'm sorry but I don't think it's my place to say

Saias: Alright, thank you anyway. Whatever it is, please make sure he gets better.

Azelle: Don't worry, I will
Azelle: Have a nice day Saias

Saias: Thank you, you as well uncle.

5:54 pm

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Arthur: I think life hates me

Fee: Abt time u realized it

Arthur: Shut up

Patty: Omg tell us what happened

Arthur: Well
Arthur: After school me and Tine took the bus to go back home
Arthur: U know, like any average kid does

Karin: Boriiiiiiing

Arthur: LEMME EXPLAIN
Arthur: Anyway
Arthur: So we got in the bus and stayed in front since there were too many ppl in the back
Arthur: But then i noticed the driver kept giving me VERY weird looks

Fergus: Oh shit what kind of weird looks

Arthur: Like disapproving looks

Ced: What the hell

Arthur: And then when we finally arrived the guy stopped me before i could get out

Patty: WTF
Patty: CREEPY

Arthur: NO BUT WAIT UNTIL U HEAR THE NEXT PART
Arthur: So he stopped me and started talking abt how school was important and how he wished he had taken it more seriously, shit like that
Arthur: And i was like 'okay sure but i go to school everyday so why are u telling me this'

Fee: Going to school dosent mean ur studying seriously
Fee: Maybe he just sensed u were the kind of guy who falls asleep during the first class

Arthur: U know what id have prefered that
Arthur: Bc turns out that
Arthur: He litteraly mistook me
Arthur: W my fucking cousin.

Patty: Julius????

Arthur: YES

Fergus: WTF
Fergus: U GUYS LOOK NOTHING ALIKE

Arthur: EXACTLY
Arthur: HOW COULD HE CONFUSE ME WITH THIS BRAT

Fee: AHAHAHAHAHAHA
Fee: THIS IS SO FUNNY
Fee: ARTHUR BEING TOLD HE LOOKS LIKE HIS GROUCHY COUSIN

Coirpre: Wow
Coirpre: This driver needs glasses
Coirpre: Its kinda concerning actually if he drives ppl around everyday

Arthur: Oh im never getting on that bus ever again
Arthur: Ill beg my mom to drive me to school idc if i gotta arrive at 6 am for that

Fee: At least it will give u an excuse to sleep in class

Arthur: Genius
Arthur: Bye everyone i gotta prepare my speech to convince mom

Fergus: Good luck man

6:15 pm

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Finn: @Edain I just printed the posters, should we put them up on the walls tomorrow?

Edain: Yes, thank you Finn! Can you leave them in my locker? I will probably arrive early tomorrow so I will have time to do it

Shannan: Wait what posters?

Oifey: The club posters, the registrations start next week
Oifey: Sha you've been in charge of the fencing club for years how could you forget

Shannan: Ooooooh right right
Shannan: Well to be fair it's not like I ever get new members
Shannan: For some reason Brigid's archery club is much more popular among newcomers

Brigid: Except they all leave after one or two months
Brigid: You may never get new members but at least they all stay

Shannan: True I guess

Lewyn: I'd also kind of forgotten about clubs
Lewyn: Are there any new ones this year?

Hannibal: There are. Since we have a lot of students coming from Thracia, I've decided to open a club for those who wish to learn its language and culture

Shannan: Oh, that's a good idea
Shannan: Especially since Isaachian is the only compulsory language here

Finn: Indeed.
Finn: Also Nanna volunteered to manage the art club since the substitute teacher didn't want to.

Brigid: Surprisingly
Brigid: Man I hope we get a new art teacher soon, this guy creeps me out
Brigid: I don't like how he looks at some female students

Oifey: I agree, it's really concerning
Oifey: Fortunately he should leave by november
Oifey: Anyway, maybe we should leave this conversation for tomorrow

Edain: Agreed
Edain: Have a nice evening everyone

Finn: Thank you, you as well.

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Fri Sept 9, 10:49 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Fee: I think Im gonna take a DNI test
Fee: Gotta check if im really this mans daughter

Fergus: Oh shit here we go again

Karin: Fee u ve been saying that for years and still havent done it

Fee: Ugh
Fee: Hes always making remarks when i dont work enough
Fee: 'Fee stop slacking off' 'Fee ur in class'
Fee: How can he say that WHEN HE DOESNT DO SHIT AT HOME

Ced: Because you think you do shit at home???
Ced: Me and Mom've always been the ones doing all the chores

Patty: Oh damn Ced calling his sis out

Fergus: A chip off the old block

Fee: IM NOT LIKE HIM

Karin: First stage of grief: denial

Fee: BJIOERZVNIPUIZPECN

Patty: Oops we broke her

Coirpre: Hey guys, have you decided yet which club you'll join this year?

Ced: Wow great timing Coirpre

Coirpre: Oh sorry I didnt read the notifications! Did I interrupt something?

Fergus: Nah dont worry
Fergus: Nothing important
Fergus: And to answer ur question me and Karin will stay in the art club

Patty: Huh why
Patty: Why would u willingly spend more time w Mr Freak

Karin: Oh no hes not in charge of the club, Nanna is

Patty: Oh phew, scared me for a sec
Patty: As for me im def joining the cooking club

Arthur: Honnestly surprised ur not choosing fencing club just to be w Mr Balmung

Patty: Lmao no
Patty: I wouldnt even be able to lift the sword

Fergus: Will u give us some of the food u will make?

Patty: No
Patty: Cook it urself lazybones

Coirpre: Not even to me? :(

Patty: Of course that doesnt apply to u
Patty: Ill give u anything u want :)

Coirpre: Yayyyy thanks!

Fargus: FAVORITISM????

Patty: Cry abt it
Patty: Btw Coirpre which club did u choose?

Coirpre: Probably literature, Ced told me a bit about it and it sounds nice

Arthur: Oh so Coirpre is joining the bookworm club
Arthur: Somehow im not surprised

Ced: Man all we do is sit in a classroom and read and drink tea with Mrs Yewfelle
Ced: Its the best place to chill and relax, no one ever bothers us

Arthur: Whatever u say nerd

Karin: Arthur u also like books why are u bitching abt literature club

Arthur: Bc reading alone in my bed while eating sweets is 100x better
Arthur: And somehow im the only one who sees it

Fergus: Is this why u never joined any club?

Arthur: Yes
Arthur: Why stay longer in a place i dont like when i can go home
Arthur: Im just smarter than yall

Fee: Im staying in athletism club

Patty: Oh she came back to life

Karin: Fifth stage of grief: acceptance

Fee: SHUT THE FUCEZOÄNICPUIEAVBNAZE

Patty: Aaaaaand she died again

11:37 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Lene: Clubs everyone!!!!!
Lene: Which club are yall joining?

Mareeta: Still fencing

Saias: Still litterature.

Febail: Wow sometimes i wonder how u two ended up together
Febail: Still archery btw

Julius: Clubs are for nerds

Ares: What about you Lene?

Lene: I'm staying in music club!

Mareeta: Wow no one could be bothered to be original

Lene: Ares u havent told us

Ares: Not sure yet

Mareeta: Oh nvm, will Ares finally stop being anti-social and join a club?

11:40 am

Private conversation: Lene/Ares

Ares: I'm considering joining the fencing club
Ares: They joined it last year

Lene: Oooooh right!
Lene: Well I say go for it
Lene: It would be the perfect occasion for u two to talk again :)

Ares: I know
Ares: Alright, here goes

11:42

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Ares: I think I'll join the fencing club

Mareeta: What no
Mareeta: I dont want u there

Lene: Mari >:(

Mareeta: Kiddin kiddin
Mareeta: Go for it Ares, im sure u will love it

Febail: Ares is joining a club
Febail: This is so moving
Febail: I think im gonna cry

Ares: Keep your tears for when Julius will join one

Julius: Shut up

Mareeta: Well doesnt look like its happening soon

Saias: Why don't you at least try the art club? You like painting, you would probably like it.

Julius: I dont wanna be surrounded by idiots who watch everything i do

Saias: They would only watch to admire you work.

Julius: Idc, i hate when ppl cant mind their own business

Febail: Oh well
Febail: Guess u tried Saias

Saias: I guess I did.

02:03 pm

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Leif: Guyyyyyyys
Leif: Please join Thracia club with me :(((

Nanna: Sorry Leif, I'm in charge of the art club :(

Altena: Leif why would u join a club that teaches Thracian language and history
Altena: U already know everything abt it

Leif: Sis I doubt what dad told us accounts for everything

Altena: Aight fair
Altena: Still stayin in athletism club tho
Altena: Sorry not sorry

Asbel: Same, im already fluent in Thracian id rather stay in literature club

Sara: Same

Leif: But :(((((((

Tine: I'll join it!
Tine: I'm curious about learning more about Thracia since most of you are from there ^^

Leif: I
Leif: Tine thats way too sweet

Asbel: Yeah agreed
Asbel: Cryin sobbin rn ;-;

Arion: I'll come too
Arion: Mostly for the history part since I'm already fluent
Arion: And also because I think a Thracian club was a great idea

Leif: Omggggg
Leif: Thanks so much you twooooo

Nanna: Wow if Tine learns Thracian Ill really become the only one who doesnt speak it

Leif: I already told you I could teach you a bit

Nanna: Leif.
Nanna: You guys have three different verbs for “be”
Nanna: My love for you is not enough to make me go through this.

Leif: ITS NOT THAT COMPLICATED

Altena: Uhm
Altena: I still havent got the difference
Altena: I just pick one randomly and hope its the right one

Tine: I feel like I'm going to regret this...

Leif: NO YOU WONT
Leif: I PROMISE YOU WONT

Sara: She probably will
Sara: Tbh if it wasnt my native language id rather die than have to learn it

Leif: Sara please dont scare her ;-;

Tine: Asbel why didn't you tell me about this...
Tine: I'm scared ;-;

Asbel: It's alright sweetie
Asbel: You still havent heard abt the four possible genders for nouns

Tine: Excuse me WHAT

Asbel: Ooops nvm forget i said anything

Leif: TwT

Sat Sept 10, 05:35 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Lester: Man I love having poly parents

Diarmuid: OH what happened
Diarmuid: Everytime you say that something funny happened

Lester: So we were taking a walk in a park
Lester: You know, spending quality time together as a family

Lana: And there was this little girl playing with a ball

Lester: Oh so we're both telling the story? Aight neat
Lester: The girl threw the ball a bit too far away and Dad caught it while it was still in the air

Lana: The girl ran to us to get it back and thanked Dad, like any average educated girl

Scáthach: Tbf most kids this day arent this polite

Larcei: TRUE
Larcei: One day I dropped my bus card on the ground, a kid took it and threw it even farther away
Larcei: Seliph had to prevent me from strangling him

Seliph: Oh yes I remember that
Seliph: It was kinda funny honestly

Iucharba: LMAO
Iucharba: Wouldve loved to see that

Lester: Yes yes very funny, can we continue?

Scáthach: Sorry sorry, go ahead

Lester: Thx
Lester: But after apologizing the girl looked at us and started starring back and forth at Mom and Mama

Lana: Then her parents arrived and told her to stop bothering us

Lester: And the kid whispered as little quiet as possible “Mom, Dad, I think they're in the middle of a contest to know which of the pretty women will be their mom”

Larcei: NO WAY

Lana: And her parents just laughed awkwardly and got away as quickly as they could

Lester: The end

Diarmuid: Omg... This is so funny I cant-

Iucharba: Wow, kids this day rly are smth else

Julia: I think this might be the best one you've ever got so far
Julia: And yet it was hard to beat “Which one is the Mom and which one is the big sister?”

Scáthach: Wait fr???

Lana: Oh it was definitely real
Lana: Yet another kid trying to understand why this family has three adults

Seliph: And none of them ever thinks one of them could be the aunt or something?

Lester: Thats the most common one, the boring one
Lester: But sometimes we get those kind of gems
Lester: And this is why I love this family

Seliph: Understandably so
Seliph: I think Oifey once told me that one time someone mistook him and Shannan for brothers
Seliph: They were holding hands and were already married so had the same ring on their fingers

Lana: The world truly wasn't ready for the amount of queerness we all brought in it

Scáthach: How can u ever mistake those two as smth other than lovers???

Iucharba: Lmao imagine if there was actually someone in this school who didnt know they're married

Diarmuid: Oh that'd be hilarious

Iuchar: It would indeed be very funny

Julia: Oh hi Iuchar
Julia: We haven't seen you online today

Scáthach: Julia stop hes gonna think we missed him

Iuchar: Sorry, I was too busy writing!
Iuchar: Knowing the music club opens in two days has given me a lot of inspiration for new songs!

Lana: Ooooh can't wait to hear Lene and Laylea sing them!
Lana: It's been so long since we've played togetheeeeer

Diarmuid: Or right we havent even talked about who'd join which club

Lester: I mean do you really expect any changes?
Lester: I'll join archery, Lana and Iuchar music, you, Seliph, Larcei and Scá fencing, Julia literature and Iucharba none bc he can't be bothered

Iucharba: Actually my gf is dragging me into athletism this year

Scáthach: Oh thats cool
Scáthach: Wait
Scáthach: Wait wait wait
Scáthach: U HAVE A GF??????

Iucharba: YES?????

Larcei: WHY DIDNT U TELL US?????

Iucharba: I THOUGHT U KNEW?????

Lana: NO WE DIDNT??????

Iucharba: Oh
Iucharba: Well sorry guys
Iucharba: Idk why I assumed u knew

Julia: It's okay, if anything we're happy for you!
Julia: What's her name? Do we know her?

Iucharba: I think most of u do? He name's Creidne

Larcei: OH THE GIRL FROM LAST YEAR
Larcei: I KNEW THERE WAS SMTH BTWE U TWO
Larcei: CONGRATS MAN

Seliph: Iuchar did you know?

Iuchar: I did since she's often at our house
Iuchar: Sorry for not saying anything, I also assumed you knew

Diarmuid: Nah its fine, it wasnt your job to tell us anyway

Lana: True
Lana: As an apology Iucharba you should invite her to eat with us sometime!

Iucharba: Oh sure i can do that
Iucharba: We could even do that monday if its okay for yall

Scáthach: Absolutely
Scáthach: Cant wait to make u regret not telling us sooner

Iucharba: Oops
Iucharba: Maybe I shouldnt have said anything

Iuchar: Indeed, maybe you shouldn't have

Sun Sept 11, 09:56 pm

Groupchat: I believe I can fly
Description: Local dumbass discovers after insulting someone that some Grannvalians actually speak Thracian
Members: 3
Dean
Eda
Linoan

Linoan: Thracia club tomorrow :)))))

Eda: We know Lin we know

Linoan: I can't waaaiiiiit
Linoan: Plus Tine told me shed join!

Eda: Lin pls calm down
Eda: We both know ur a mess when u dont get enough sleep

Linoan: Sorryyyyy

Dean: Cant wait to see how all the non-Thracian will do with the language part

Eda: Tbf we probably wont go into that on the first days
Eda: Cant scare too much ppl off at once :)

Dean: True true
Dean: Anyway good night you two, especially you Lin try to get some sleep or you'll regret it

Linoan: I will I will
Linoan: Good night!

11:59 am

Linoan: Thracia cluuuuuub

Dean: LINOAN SLEEP

Chapter Text

Mon Sept 12, 05:28 pm

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Nanna: So Tine, how was your first lesson in Thracian?

Tine: Fine! Honestly I don't know what you were talking about, it doesn't seem that complicated

Sara: Thats probably bc Mr Kapathogia only taught u some basic words

Altena: Yeah lmao, didnt wanna scare u already

Leif: Hey stop it :(
Leif: You guys are so mean :(

Arion: I mean they're not wrong
Arion: We only saw how to say hello and give our names

Leif: That doesnt mean the rest has to be more difficult

Sara: Sure, whatever helps u sleep at night

Tine: Also we learned that Linoan and Dean actually know each other!
Tine: So all this time me and Arion were actually hanging out with people who knew each other

Arion: Yep, the coincidence is pretty funny

Nanna: Oh so they're both in the Thracia club?
Nanna: Well ig it makes sense since they're Thracian
Nanna: Tho if there was an Agustrian club I don't think I'd join it

Leif: And there's also Dean's sister, Eda
Leif: I gotta say they're all really nice
Leif: We should def invite them to hang out with us sometime

Tine: Oh that would be so nice!

Asbel: Wait
Asbel: Did you say Eda?

Leif: Yes?

Asbel: Thats
Asbel: Shes the one ive talked abt
Asbel: My class neighbor

Altena: I
Altena: You gotta be kidding

Asbel: No im not!

Nanna: Wow
Nanna: What were the odds lmao

Leif: Probably not very high
Leif: Which makes it 10x funnier

Sara: Gentle reminder that if u invite them here u gotta pay me w food first

Arion: I had actually forgot about that

Asbel: Is that okay if we invite them to eat with us and buy your food?

Sara: Depends on what u buy

Asbel: Damn u drive a hard bargain

Sara: I know :)

Altena: Oh btw speaking abt Dean
Altena: Are u two going together for orienteering Arion?

Arion: Yes, we agreed on that this morning

Nanna: Oh right, you've got your first PE class tomorrow
Nanna: Well more like first PE class that isnt listening to Mrs Yewfelle telling this year's program for an hour

Altena: Yep
Altena: Which is fine
Altena: Im not stressed at all
Altena: Haha

Tine: Don't worry Altena, I'm sure it will go well!

Asbel: Besides you ll have Ced with u ;)

Altena: Thats the only fact keeping me from skipping this class

Leif: You know Mom would never let you skip PE
Leif: She's always talking about how sport is important for our physical health and all

Altena: Ik, sad times
Altena: But ig we ll see how it goes tomorrow

Arion: Indeed, we won't know until then

05:43 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Iucharba: U guys are the worst.

Scáthach: Remind me who never told us he had a gf?

Iucharba: YEAH IK
Iucharba: BUT STILL

Larcei: Oh plz, we couldve done wayyyyy worse

Julia: Actually I agree with Iucharba, maybe we went a bit overboard

Lester: Naaah
Lester: If she truly loves him why would she be bothered to hear abt his previous pathetic attempts at flirting

Iucharba: Wait are u telling me u were actually testing her

Diarmuid: No
Diarmuid: Just sayin that if she holds that against you then it's on her

Seliph: Sounds like you're just looking for an excuse because deep down you know you went a bit too far

Scáthach: Oh cmon not u too Seliph
Scáthach: We werent THAT bad, right?

Lana: Welllllll...

Iuchar: As much as I like to tease my little brother, even I must admit that I found it a bit too much...

Iucharba: SEE???

Larcei: UGH ALRIGHT
Larcei: Sorry Iucharba, it wasnt very nice of us

Lester: Yeah... Sorry man

Iucharba: Its fine
Iucharba: She actually had a good time w u
Iucharba: So ig u werent so bad

Scáthach: Hehe :)

Diarmuid: Oh btw Seliph I had a question

Seliph: Yes?

Diarmuid: Were you talking with Ares earlier? I think I saw you two sparring together at some point but Scá wouldnt let me look away

Seliph: It was him yes
Seliph: I was a bit surprised, it's been so long since we've talked
Seliph: But it was definitely nice to get in touch again

Lester: Oh right, I tend to forget you two used to be friends at some point
Lester: What happened anyway?

Seliph: Nothing actually
Seliph: We just had our own lives to care about and started drifting apart until we didn't spend time together anymore

Lana: Aw I see what you mean, it's always kinda sad when it happens because you wish you could talk to each other but at the same time it would feel awkward

Seliph: Agreed
Seliph: But since he's staying in the fencing club we should get more time to catch up so it's alright now

05:55 pm

Private conversation: Seliph/Larcei

Larcei: Seliph u okay?

Seliph: Yes, why do you ask?

Larcei: Idk, i had a feeling
Larcei: U seemed a bit down in the grpchat

Seliph: Well I admit I'm not in the best mood
Seliph: But don't worry, there's no particular reason
Seliph: It's just one of those times

Larcei: Yeah, i see what u mean
Larcei: Do u want me to come over?

Seliph: It wouldn't bother you?

Larcei: Ofc not
Larcei: I was out to buy some stuff anyway
Larcei: Ive got chocolate :)

Seliph: What kind?

Larcei: Are u srly asking?
Larcei: Dark ofc

Seliph: :)

Larcei: Omw :)

Seliph: Oh and
Seliph: I know I don't say it often but
Seliph: I love you

Larcei: Hey dont worry its fine
Larcei: Not every couple has to be like Lana n Julia
Larcei: Luv u too <3

Seliph: <3

06:03 pm

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Finn: So, how was the first day for the Thracian club?

Hannibal: Lovely! As expected a lot of our Thracian students came, but there were also some foreigners interested in learning more about it

Oifey: How nice! It must feel good to see so many students eager to learn about your own culture Hannibal

Hannibal: Oh it very much is
Hannibal: But enough about me, how did it go for the rest of you?

Lewyn: Only one new member for the music club, but most of those who were here last year came back so it was pretty nice
Lewyn: One of them wrote a lot of songs during summer, it's always nice to see them try to find a melody who'd fit it

Hannibal: Ah yes, Laylea is very fond of your club
Hannibal: She is always wearing a smile on her face when she talks about it

Brigid: As usual, a bunch of students came to try archery, then realized it wasn't that easy to shoot an arrow straight and then left

Shannan: Pretty much the same thing happened for me, except one of them actually stayed

Edain: I had three new members! It's always a pleasure to see new faces interested in literature

Brigid: Wow, literature club had more success than archery or fencing
Brigid: In what kind of school are we working in

Lewyn: I'd say that generally clubs managed by students are more successful
Lewyn: Edain and Hannibal are more of an exception

Oifey: Probably because every student loves them

Hannibal: Come now, it's not a competition
Hannibal: Every club is as legitimate as the others

Lewyn: Hannibal, we really don't deserve you

Edain: What about Nanna, do you know how it went for her Finn?
Edain: It's the first time she had to manage her own club after all

Finn: It seems it went pretty well
Finn: She was tired when I drove her home so we didn't talk much, but she still looked happy about her day

Oifey: That's not very surprising, the art club has always been very popular among the students so she must have had quite a good amount of students wanting to join

Brigid: Guess we're in a school full of artigezrpokvbpem

Shannan: Uh Brigid?
Shannan: Are you okay?

Brigid: Yes sorry
Brigid: Tripped on a root

Edain: I'm scared to ask but how did you trip on a root? Where are you exactly?

Brigid: Just the forest near the school
Brigid: I have an orienteering class tomorrow, I was just checking if the markers were still there

Lewyn: Why would they not be there anymore?

Brigid: I don't know
Brigid: Marker thief?

Shannan: I
Shannan: Worst thing is it could actually happen
Shannan: I'm sure there are some people out there who would steal orienteering markers

Edain: I have a feeling Patty would

Brigid: She would absolutely.
Brigid: Which is why I'm checking.

Finn: Dear Gods
Finn: In what kind of world are we living in

Lewyn: I ask myself the same question everyday

06:10 pm

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Mareeta: ARES
Mareeta: EXPLAINATIONS
Mareeta: NOW

Febail: Oh
Febail: I sense that something happened at fencing club

Ares: What?

Mareeta: OH CMON
Mareeta: DONT 'WHAT' ME
Mareeta: U KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IM TALKING ABT

Ares: Im not?

Saias: This conversation feels very one-sided.

Lene: Mari are u imagining things?

Mareeta: NO IM NOT
Mareeta: ARES
Mareeta: WHO WAS THAT BOY

Ares: You mean Seliph?

Mareeta: YEAH HIM

Saias: Them.
Saias: They're non-binary.

Mareeta: Oh
Mareeta: Sorry my bad
Mareeta: WAIT U KNOW THEM TOO

Saias: They're my cousin.

Mareeta: Oh that explains it
Mareeta: BUT ANYWAY
Mareeta: ARES I SWEAR U WERE FLIRTING W THEM

Febail: Wait WHAT
Febail: So THEYRE Ares' crush! We finally found them!

Ares: I wasnt? Your just making this up

Mareeta: Oh no im not
Mareeta: Ive never seen u smiling so much at someone
Mareeta: Well except maybe Lene

Lene: Aw
Lene: Now im flattered

Febail: Lene stop playing dumb
Febail: We know u know smth

Lene: Bro u rly think im gonna betray my bestie like that

Ares: There's nothing to betray me for, because there's nothing to hide.

Mareeta: How convincing

Saias: Ares, please just admit it.
Saias: Those two are going to be insufferable as long as you don't.

Mareeta: HEY
Mareeta: THATS NOT NICE HONEY
Mareeta: Ur right tho

Ares: I won't admit something thats not true

Mareeta: Aight
Mareeta: U wanna play it like that?
Mareeta: Sure

Lene: Oh shit
Lene: Im scared
Lene: Ares im scared for u

Mareeta: We'll see if u keep saying that tomorrow

Ares: You think I'll be scared of you?

Saias: Don't underestimate her Ares.
Saias: She won't let it go until she gets the information she wants.

Ares: Well she can try if she wants

Mareeta: OKAY UR ON

Lene: Why does this feel like WW3 just started

Febail: Bc thats exactly what it is

Julius: How stupid can this grp get
Julius: Ur all beyond help

Febail: Aw sorry Julius
Febail: Just bc we were focused on ur tsundere fellow doesnt mean we forgot abt u

Julius: Whats wrong with all of u
Julius: Im outta here

07:01 pm

Groupchat: I believe I can fly
Description: Local dumbass discovers after insulting someone that some Grannvalians actually speak Thracian
Members: 3
Dean
Eda
Linoan

Linoan: :))))))))))

Eda: Lin i have a feeling u enjoyed Thracian club
Eda: Not sure but
Eda: Think u did

Linoan: It was no nice to see so many people interested in our culture!
Linoan: Tine said it made her even more eager to learn :)

Dean: For now lmao

Linoan: Ssshhhhh
Linoan: Let me enjoy this while it lasts

Eda: Gotta say it was nice meeting ur new friends
Eda: Too bad Asbel didnt come

Dean: Also its funny that they actually all hang out together

Eda: TRUE
Eda: U think they'll let us tag along at some point?
Eda: Cause they all seem very neat

Linoan: I hope so!
Linoan: It was so nice talking to Arion again, we hadn't seen each other for so long

Dean: Well speaking of Arion
Dean: We're doing orienteering in PE tomorrow
Dean: And im going with him bc apparently both he and Altena cant find their way for shit
Dean: So this is gonna be fun

Eda: Try not to get urself lost as well

Dean: Don't worry, wont happen
Dean: I wont let him lay a finger on the map

Linoan: You'll tell us how it went tomorrow right?

Dean: Ofc i will

Eda: Nice
Eda: Cant wait to hear abt how many times theyll get lost

Dean: Sis cant you have a little bit of faith in me?

Eda: Nope

Dean: Aw :(

Tue Sept 13, 08:45 am

Private conversation: Lene/Ares

Lene: Im sorry Ares :(

Ares: Abt what?

Lene: Mareeta
Lene: If it wasnt for me talking she wouldnt bother u like that

Ares: Its fine
Ares: I dont blame you

Lene: Do u plan on telling the grp at some point?
Lene: Cause Saias is right, she wont stop until she knows

Ares: I'll probably have to
Ares: But im not sure if im ready yet

Lene: Yeah take ur time
Lene: U already took a big step yesterday
Lene: Proud of u btw :)

Ares: Thx
Ares: You're helping a lot

Lene: Hehe no problem, thats what besties are for <3

01:57 pm

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Ced: Aight here we go
Ced: Orienteering

Fee: Dont get lost bro

Arthur: Stay alive

Ced: I'll try

Coirpre: Is his sense of direction that bad?

Patty: Oh Coirpre
Patty: U have no idea

Fergus: Yep, this is gonna be smth for sure...

Karin: Message us when ur done so we know ur still alive

Ced: I will
Ced: Aight time to go, no phones allowed

Arthur: Good luck soldier

04:15 pm

Fergus: So? How did it go?

04:24 pm

Karin: Ced?

04:38 pm

Fee: Cedsy u okay?

Coirpre: I'm actually getting worried there

Patty: Same
Patty: Cedsy come back
Patty: How can we live without u :(

05:15 pm

Ced: OMG GUYS

Arthur: HES ALIVE
Arthur: HE SURVIVED

Karin: Where were u????

Ced: YOURE NEVER GONNA BELIEVE THIS

Chapter Text

It's time.

Altena and Arion arrive at the meeting place, a small clearing at the edge of the forest. They left their phones in the changing room, knowing Mrs Yewfelle would confiscate them anyway. Not that it would help them much in case they get lost anyway, the network being terrible in this area in particular. Dean spots them almost immediately, and walks to them with a grin on his face.

“Hey, looks like my partner is here! Ready for this?”

“Sure, as long as you're the one holding the map!” Arion replies half jokingly.

“Oh, come on, this place doesn't look that big! I'm sure even you two couldn't get lost in here.”

Altena and Arion exchange a knowing look. They could absolutely get lost in here. Though, for the time being, they prefer not to think too much about it. The conversation drifts on another subject, and soon Altena isn't listenning to it anymore, her mind wandering towards old memories instead. But she quickly chases them away. She can't allow herself to get pessimistic when the class hasn't even started.

Breathe in, breathe out.

A hand lightly taps her on her left shoulder. She turns around, and finds Ced right behind her. He waves his hand to say hello. “Hey, ready for this?”

For some reason, he seems a bit nervous as well, maybe even more than Altena. And, weirdly enough, just knowing she's not the only one stressing out about orienteering helps her nerves calm down a bit. Maybe she can do this after all. She certainly hopes so.

“Ready as can be,” she ends up replying. It's not really a lie, as she doubts she could get any less nervous than that.

Mrs Yewfelle begins calling the roll, which means class is starting. After that, she hands out a map to each pair and gives a few instructions. “Alright, you have one hour to find all the markers indicated on your map. When you find one, don't forget to write down its number so I can check whether you got the right one. I want everyone back here once the time is up. And, most importantly, don't step oustide the demarcated area!”

Her gaze lingers on Altena and Arion as she says the last sentence. She clearly hasn't forgotten what happened two years ago. Altena doesn't blame her. After all, she hasn't either. Ugh, damn this all. Here she goes again, reminiscing about the past instead of focusing on the present. What happened then doesn't matter, shouldn't matter. Besides, she has Ced by her side today. She dreamed of a scenario where they get to be alone like this so many times, this has to be a sign everything will be fine.

Breathe in, breathe out.

The timer starts, and as soon as it does, the whole class scatters in all directions. Ced and Altena agree to go north first, where the furthest markers are. They may as well get rid of the harder ones first, so when the time is almost up they will already be close to the starting point. That's how they see it anyway. They run for about three minutes non-stop and without communicating much before Ced starts to slow down, soon followed by his partner.

“I think there's one over there,” he manages to say as he struggles to catch his breath, pointing towards a big and slightly bent tree.

Altena gets closer, avoiding a few branches trying to block her way. And, indeed, she finds the woodstick hammered on the ground right next to one of the tree's roots. She gives its code to Ced who writes it down, and off they go again towards the next one. It goes so fast it almost seems unreal, like something is bound to go south at some point. And yet, paradoxically, Altena feels more at ease with each minute passing. This doesn't seem as hard as she remembers it to be, which is probably because Ced is the one leading the way and not her this time. Alright, just a little longer, and the class will be over.

Breathe in, breathe out.

They're progressing at a pretty good pace, until Ced suddenly stops in his track, looking around seemingly confused. Taken by surprise, Altena barely manages to catch her balance and prevent herself from falling. “What's going on?” she asks while leaning a bit on the closest tree, taking advantage of this improvised break to recover some of her strength.

“Uh, I think we went a bit too far... It's supposed to be right next to the river, see?” While he speaks, he shows Altena the spot in question. She herself can't tell whether they went too far or not, so she decides to trust Ced's judgement. After all, so far he seems to know what he's doing. Well, maybe except for right now, but at least he quiclky realized his mistake.

“Maybe we should just walk along the river so we don't miss it,” she suggests, and they both agree on it. The river isn't very large, so much that they could easily jump over it if needed. However, its edge is full of brambles and branches, which slow their progression and make it more tedious as well. Altena grumbles as her hair gets caught several times, despite her having tied it in a ponytail beforehand just to avoid that.

“Ah, I see it!” Ced finally exclaims after some time, to Altena's relief. Now they just have to note the marker's code and get out of here as soon as possible. But as he tries to get closer, his feet gets caught in a treeroot hidden beneath a pack of fallen leaves, and, without anything to hold on to, Ced screams as he falls abruptly on the ground. The map also escapes from his hand and disappears in the water, but that's the least of Altena's concerns for now.

“Ced! Are you alright?” She rushes to his side, careful not to fall herself.

“Damn, it stings!” It's surprising to hear Ced curse so frankly, but, given the situation, no one could blame him for it. His arms are full of scratches because of the brambles, though other than that, he seems alright. That is, until Altena helps him get back up, only for his to immediately lose his balance again, another scream of pain escaping his lips. Fortunately, this time, Altena is able to catch him and prevent the fall.

“What's the matter?” she asks, trying to hide the nervousness in her voice, though she doesn't do a very good job at it.

“It's my left ankle, I can't stand on it... Ugh Gods, please tell me it's not broken...” he tries to get back on his feet a second time and fails again.

“Then don't try to stand, you'll only make it worse,” Altena advices him. “Let's get back to the starting point, Mrs Yewfelle will call the nurse.”

“And how do we get back? I can't walk, not to mention we're pretty far from the place. Why did we have to go for the furthest markers...”

A light blush appears on Altena's face. She has one solution in mind, but doesn't know how Ced will react to it... Still, they can't exactly stay here forever. If Ced's ankle is really broken, then he needs to see a doctor, and quick. Altena's breath feels heavier with each second passing. No, she doesn't have time to panic. She must put those feelings aside, and act.

Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out.

“I'll carry you on my back. It's the easiest way.” she says eventually.

Ced also blushes at the offer, but surprisngly doesn't try to argue. Altena is right, and he must know it. She turns around to let him climb. He does so pretty awkwardly, not helped by the fact that he can't put any pressure on his left feet. But Altena helps him, and soon they're on the way back. A heavy silence falls between them, and the only sounds they can hear are those of branches cracking under Altena's feet.

Strangely enough, they don't come across or even hear the voices of any of their classmates. This only serves to make them both even more anxious. Were there really no other groups who had to search for markers around here? It's pretty unlikely, considering the area the teacher set isn't that big – well, it's already big enough for Altena, but she knows she's not the most unbiased judge about this. But maybe every group simply decided to come around here last. Yes, that has to be it. They're just unlucky. Altena doesn't want to think about the other possibility just yet.

Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out.

“Altena, are you okay?” Ced suddenly asks, breaking the silence between them.

“Yeah, don't worry. I used to carry Leif around all the time when we were kids, I'm used to it,” she answers even while knowing that isn't what he meant. The further they get, the more her steps are slower and more hesitant. She's constantly looking around, searching for clues that could indicate the way to go. Of course, she finds none, or at least none that rings a bell to her. She tries to remember the path they took to come, but every tree, every bush looks the exact same to her.

Ced doesn't say anything. But that must mean they're on the right track, isn't it? Or else he would've told her. He has guided them so well earlier... When they had the map. But now? They don't have it anymore. It's probably still drifting away somewhere on the river, or it got stuck on a rock or a branch.

And once Altena realizes that, she can't deny it any longer. They're lost. They're freaking lost. They're lost, and they have no mean to find their way back. It's happening again. And this time it's even worse, because she's with Ced and he's hurt and they have to get back and find the teacher and call a doctor and

Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breathe...

She can't breathe in. Damn it she can't, there's no more air, it's happening again, Gods it's happening again and once again it's all her fault, it's always her fault, just because she can never find her way back now they're lost and cold and alone and scared and

Altena doesn't know when or how she fell onto the ground. Her hands grasp on some fallen leaves on the ground, desperately looking for something to hold onto. But even those shatter into small pieces, leaving her with nothing but void. She barely hears the sound of her heavy and panting breath. Even the sight of her hands and the cracked leaves surrounding them is starting to become blurry. Focus Altena, focus. But she can't focus anymore, and she can't help but feel her conciousness slowly escaping her.

Suddenly, she hears something. A melody, soothing like the wind, somehow reaches her ears. She has no idea where it comes from, and, to be frank, she doesn't care. Right now, it's the only thing keeping her hanging on to reality. She does her best to focus on the melody, she clings to it as if it was the anchor keeping her alive. And, in a way it is, as her emotions feel so crushing she's under the impression they could kill her at any moment.

And it works. Slowly but surely, Altena feels more and more aware of her surroundings, her emotions don't hurt as much, and her counsciousness doesn't feel so foggy anymore. She opens her eyes – if they were ever closed – and looks around her while her breath is steadying. She finds Ced right in front of her, looking at her with a relieved but still worried gaze. He is somewhat seated on the ground, his left knee awkwardly positioned so his foot stays out of harm's way.

“Feeling better?” he simply asks, and it looks like he already understands the situation she was in mere seconds ago. Good, at least that will spare her the explaining part.

Altena nods as a response, and then answers in a small voice “Thanks... For the song. It helped.”

That makes Ced smile a little. “A friend of mine used to sing it for me too. I'm glad it helped you as well.”

Altena gives him a surprised look. She really wants to ask what he meant by that, why he has ever needed someone to sing for him. But she doesn't dare, because she feels it would be inappropriate to question him on his personnal life, especially when she's the one who's just made a mess.

Yet he seems to read her exact thoughts as he adds a few seconds later, “My parents used to argue with each other all the time, so much my sister and I were sure they were gonna divorce. Somehow, they never did. It's been a while now, so it doesn't bother me as much. I just get anxious sometimes when I hear people argue too loud.”

Ced seems so understanding, Altena hardly knows how to respond before such genuine kindness. She already had feelings for him before, but what she felt before pales compared to what she's experiencing at the moment. Ced trusts her enough to tell her about his insecurities, and there is nothing in the world that could be more precious than that in her eyes.

In the end, she decides she at least owes him her own story after what she put him through. “Two years ago, Arion and I got lost during orienteering. We wandered about for around two hours before someone found us. When we tell this story to others, we act like it wasn't really anything big, but... I think those two hours were the most terrifying thing that ever happened to us.”

A moment of silence follows her confession, and for an instant she fears she's said something she shouldn't have. However, Ced's answer is once again what surprises her the most. “Then I think I owe you an apology...” he scratches his neck nervously.

“What? Why? On the contrary, you've helped me with my anxiety! I should be the one to apologize for what I've put you through!”

“No, I wasn't talking about that,” he clarifies. “A few days ago, you asked me if we could team up for this class because if you went with your brother, you'd just get lost. The thing is... I'm no better. I get lost all the time too. I said yes because... well... I guess I just wanted to spend some time with you. We've known each other since last year, but I feel like it's the first time we've ever got to spend some time together.”

Altena understands what Ced is talking about. Even if they were in the same class last year, they both had their own friends to hang out with, and only spoke on some occasions when they had groupwork to do. They've known each other for a while, and yet it feels as if they've only just met. Maybe it could've happened before if one of them had the courage to make the first move earlier. Does it matter though? After all, they're together right now, closer than they ever dreamt to be. They don't need to care about what they could've done before, as long as they can do it right now.

“Don't worry about that. Honestly, even if you'd told me, I don't think I would've cared. I just... Also wanted to spend more time with you.” Altena feels her cheeks turn red, but she does nothing to hide it. She doesn't need to, when they both silently agreed to be so open, and when it's so obvious where this conversation is going.

Her answers makes Ced chuckle. “Really? Wow, one of us really should've asked sooner, huh?”

“Yeah, probably,” Altena agrees.

Another moment of silence passes, but this one feels more comfortable than the others. Still, there is one thing left to say, one question left to ask. They both know it, and wonder who will be bold enough to spit it out. Once again, it doesn't matter who makes the first move. The answer to it is written directly on their face, asking is only a formality at this point.

“Do you want to go out with me?”

They look at each other, startled. Then, it only takes a few seconds for them to burst out laughting. None of them even bother to answer the question. It would be pointless anyway, considering they both asked at the same time. Besides, laughting is a good way for them to let out all the pressure and nervousness they've piled up since the lesson began.

It takes them a few minutes to calm down, and once they do, Altena is the first one to speak again, “Well, I guess all that's left is to make it official.” And, to that, Ced can only agree.

Their first kiss is very messy and awkward. Ced has to do his best to lean forward while keeping his balance, and it only takes a few seconds until he falls forward, right into Altena's arms, which only increases their laughter.

“Alright, maybe we should wait until you can stand on both of your feet,” Altena states, still chuckling a bit.

“Probably, yeah,” Ced agrees just as amused by the situation. However, he soon regains a bit of seriousness before saying, “Speaking of which, maybe we should try to get back once more... We haven't walked for that long, so we can't have gone too far away... I think.”

He doesn't seem so sure of himself, and, to be fair, Altena isn't either. Still, it's not like staying put in the middle of nowhere will accomplish anything, and so they agree to start moving again, Ced being carried once more. This time they feel more at ease with the situation, and even find it in themselves to chitchat a little.

In the end, it turns out that Ced was right, and they hadn't gone so far after all. A few minutes later, they hear some voices coming from ahead of them. At first, Lene and Ares give them a weird look, and Altena can't blame them for it as she would probably react the same upon seeing a classmate carrying another. But once they brief them on the situation – though omitting the fact that they thought they were lost and also just confessed their feelings to each other, as their classmates don't need to know that – Ares runs back to get the teacher.

“Altena, why do you always get into trouble during orieneering classes?” is the first thing Mrs Yewfelle says when she arrives and sees Altena standing next to Lene while Ced is sitting against a large old tree.

“That's what I'd like to know...” Altena whispers back with a sigh. She swears it's the last time she ever sets foot in this forsaken forest, or in any orienteering class in general, and no amount of pressure from her mother will be able to change her mind. Yet when her eyes meet Ced's, they can't help but smile at each other.

And that alone makes it all worth it.

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Tue Sept 13, 05:27 pm

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Ced: ...And thats basically how it went

Arthur: LMAO
Arthur: “BASICALLY”
Arthur: SURE THAT WAS A VERY BASIC MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE

Ced: Oh shut up you know what I mean

Patty: But wait
Patty: So u guys werent rly lost after all
Patty: Or like not for very long
Patty: So why did it take so long for u to answer?

Karin: True actually
Karin: U didnt have to torture us like that

Coirpre: We were worried :(

Ced: Thats because I only just got my phone back
Ced: I had to go see a doctor immediately

Fergus: And? How did it go?

Ced: Left ankle broken, gotta use crutches for at least four weeks :')

Arthur: Oh that actually sucks
Arthur: But hey at least now u have a gf who can carry u

Ced: I
Ced: I can't even say you're wrong
Ced: It DOES make it worth it

Fee: Wait shit
Fee: Does that mean i ll have to help u get downstairs every morning?

Ced: I guess so
Ced: Mom and Dad leave home too early for that

Fee: Omg such a pain
Fee: Im gonna be late every day bc of u

Ced: You're the one who arrives at school way too early

Patty: Cedsy u arrived late on the first day

Fergus: And ur running pretty much every morning to get there in time
Fergus: Oh wait
Fergus: U cant do that anymore

Ced: Oh
Ced: OH
Ced: OMG ILL HAVE TO WAKE UP EARLIER
Ced: NVM THIS IS A DISASTER

Fee: UR DATING ALTENA STOP COMPLAINING

Ced: ILL COMPLAIN AS MUCH AS I WANT

Karin: And just like that things have gone back to normal

Fergus: I mean what did u expect
Fergus: Not even one of us finding love can change our way of interacting

Arthur: Thats just how we express our love for everyone here

Fee: Bold of u to assume someone actually loves u here

Arthur: HEY

Karin: Fee do u realize u just proved his point

Fee: What point
Fee: Hes just pretending hes smart like usual
Fee: But what he says doesnt mean shit

Arthur: And here i was trying to be nice for once

Coirpre: This conversation was supposed to be about Ced and his new girlfriend
Coirpre: How did it get there

Patty: Why are u still asking
Patty: U should know we cant stay on the same subject for more than three minutes without insulting each other

Ced: Im more tired now that I was when I was lost in a forest
Ced: You all scare me sometimes

Arthur: Always a pleasure Cedsy <3

05:40 pm

Private conversation: Altena/Ced

Altena: Hey, so how did the doctor visit go?

Ced: Broken, four weeks of crutches
Ced: Yay :')

Altena: Aw damn :(

Ced: It's fine, could've been worse
Ced: Plus, you know...
Ced: Considering what happened, the pain is worth it <3

Altena: Hehe ur right <3
Altena: Btw do u wanna have lunch with me tomorrow?

Ced: Of course I want to
Ced: So uh
Ced: Is this a date?

Altena: I
Altena: Think so?
Altena: But like nothing serious ofc

Ced: Right right
Ced: Sorry I'm just
Ced: Not used to this

Altena: Nah its fine we just need some time to adapt
Altena: See u tomorrow then?

Ced: Yep
Ced: Ugh cant believe I'll have to wake up earlier

Altena: Oh right ur gonna need more time to get to school

Ced: Yes, absolutely tragic
Ced: How will I manage if I have to wake up before 8am

Altena: Wait
Altena: 8am
Altena: U wake up at 8am

Ced: Yes

Altena: We start at 8:20

Ced: Yes

Altena: How tf do u manage to get there in time

Ced: With a lot of talent at running very fast

Altena: Thats
Altena: Thats actually so impressive
Altena: But also kinda concerning
Altena: U barely have time to eat breakfast

Ced: Uh
Ced: I mean yeah of course, gotta eat breakfast so fast haha

Altena: Ced... U eat breakfast right?

Ced: …
Ced: Oh whoops my mom needs help, bye bye see you tomorrow

Altena: CED
Altena: CED COME BACK HERE

06:14 pm

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Lewyn: Brigid.
Lewyn: Brigid come here immediately.

Edain: Oh dear
Edain: Sister what have you done this time

Brigid: Oh Lewyn please
Brigid: You're not going to say I'm responsible for this, are you?

Lewyn: It happened during your class
Lewyn: So yes, you ARE responsible

Oifey: I'm afraid to ask, but what happened?

Brigid: His son broke his ankle during orienteering
Brigid: Because he tripped on a branch or something
Brigid: It's not like I asked him to fall on purpose

Lewyn: You told us you tripped yourself yesterday
Lewyn: You knew it could happen

Brigid: Oh please, what I got was barely a scratch
Brigid: Besides, it's a sport class
Brigid: There's always risks for injuries, no matter how many precautions you take

Shannan: I agree on that one
Shannan: That's just how sports work Lewyn

Oifey: Is Ced alright at least?

Lewyn: Oh he definitely is, since he has enough spirit left in him to complain about having to get up earlier

Brigid: So why are you mad at me???

Lewyn: Because now I have to deal with his bad temper
Lewyn: And it's exhausting

Edain: …For once I feel sorry for you Brigid

Hannibal: Well, the most important thing is that your son is doing well

Finn: Pardon me to interrupt.

Shannan: Finn? Are you okay?

Finn: This is his wife.

Edain: Oh, is there anything we can help you with Mrs Mystletainn?

Finn: Does any of you know where Finn is? He and my son have not returned home yet.
Finn: And they are not answering to any of my messages.

Oifey: That's certainly strange
Oifey: Finn left at the same time as usual

Shannan: And Diarmuid was here for fencing club

Lewyn: Wait, how are you able to contact us? Did he leave his phone at home?

Finn: No. His passwords are all written down, so I was able to log in with his account.

Brigid: Oh
Brigid: Well let's forget how insecure that is for one second
Brigid: I don't think there was anything unusual about him either

Hannibal: I'm sorry, we can't help you Mrs Mystletainn

Finn: It is alright, thank you anyway.
Finn: Good evening to everyone here.

Oifey: Good evening, and good luck in finding them

06:34 pm

Private conversation: Finn/Nanna

Nanna: Dad
Nanna: I know you can read my messages
Nanna: Please answer
Nanna: Just lemme know you and Diam are okay

Finn: We're fine.
Finn: We just went to pay a visit to Quan and Ethlyn.
Finn: Don't worry about it.

Nanna: Why didn't you tell me or Mom then???

Finn: My phone is out of battery.

Nanna: You're messaging me right now

Finn: I logged in on Quan's phone.

Nanna: Dad you've never remembered a single password in your entire life
Nanna: And your password sheet is here
Nanna: I promise I won't tell Mom if thats the problem

Finn: Alright, you win.
Finn: Diarmuid started crying when we got into the car.

Nanna: Omg is he okay??? What happened????

Finn: It's because of your mother and Beowolf's call yesterday.

Nanna: Oh, yeah it did sound worse than usual

Finn: It was.
Finn: And they haven't even found an agreement yet, so it's likely to start again tonight.

Nanna: Oh poor Diam...
Nanna: Don't worry I'll find an excuse for Mom

Finn: No it's alright, I'll be back soon.
Finn: Diarmuid is staying at Quan's place though.

Nanna: Yeah thats for the better
Nanna: I just hope Mom and Beowolf realize what they're doing to him soon :(

Finn: I'll try to talk to your mother.
Finn: See you later Nanna.

Nanna: See you Dad, don't come back too late

06:40 pm

Private conversation: Leif/Nanna

Nanna: Leif? Can we talk for a second?

Leif: Of course, what is it? Is everything okay?

Nanna: Yeah I'm fine don't worry
Nanna: But Dad told me Diam is at your place?

Leif: Oh yes, he's playing uno with us
Leif: Well, we're taking a break rn
Leif: He seemed pretty down when he arrived tho
Leif: He looks a bit better now

Nanna: Yeah, my mom and his dad keep arguing about his custody

Leif: Oh gods, they're still not done with that?

Nanna: Oh they're not, it's actually getting worse
Nanna: Just
Nanna: Please take care of him while he's with you
Nanna: He may not show it but he needs it

Leif: Of course, we'll make sure he's having a good time while he's here

Nanna: Thanks Leif, you're the best <3 love you

Leif: Love you too <3
Leif: Oh and Nanna?

Nanna: Yes?

Leif: Take care of yourself as well
Leif: This is affecting you too, isn't it?

Nanna: I guess it does
Nanna: I'm just tired of hearing mom screaming at the phone almost every evening

Leif: Well, if you ever need to get away from all this you're always free to come by

Nanna: Thanks, I'll need this at some point
Nanna: Good night Leif, see you tomorrow <3

Leif: Good night <3

07:08 pm

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Lene: Very important question guys
Lene: Do u think its possible to get lost in the forest near the school

Febail: Tf??? No???
Febail: Its like so small

Lene: Well u guessed wrong

Ares: Turns out its possible when your name is either Altena or Ced

Mareeta: Bro fr???

Lene: We found them when they were looking for the starting point
Lene: And Altena was carrying Ced bc he broke his ankle or smth
Lene: It was very hard not to laugh

Ares: Why do you think i chose to go get the teacher

Lene: OMG U TRAITOR
Lene: U ACTUALLY ABANDONNED ME
Lene: I thought we were besties :'(

Ares: Sorry
Ares: Not sorry

Lene: Hey
Lene: Remember ive infos
Lene: Would be a shame if i accidentally told Mari or Febail :)

Ares: YOU WOULDNT DARE

Lene: TRY ME BITCH

Mareeta: Lene i love u ur my fave person ever
Mareeta: Pls tell me the infos

Saias: I feel kind of offended.

Mareeta: Honey im sorry but i gotta do business rn
Mareeta: You ll be my fave person again once im done

Saias: Fair enough.

Mareeta: Lene?

Ares: Lene...

Lene: Mmmmhhh
Lene: I gotta think

Julius: This is so stupid
Julius: The only secret shes got is that Ares has a dumb crush on Seliph and thats not a secret

Febail: I
Febail: Julius whats happening to u
Febail: Are u okay

Julius: Im just done w yall being so stupid for smth so obvious and talking abt it all the time

Saias: It's true that you haven't talked about much else recently.
Saias: It's getting a bit old.
Saias: Just let Ares manage his own love affairs.

Mareeta: I
Mareeta: Uh
Mareeta: Shit ig ur right
Mareeta: Sorry Julius, sorry honey

Ares: What about me???

Mareeta: Nah u deserved it for trying to hide smth from me
Mareeta: And dont think im done with u, i just wont talk abt it here anymore

Lene: Mari u know this thing called privacy

Mareeta: Nope
Mareeta: Never heard of it

Febail: I feel like Ares still gonna have a tough time during fencing club

Ares: Sigh
Ares: I shouldve known better than to expect anything else

Julius: As long as u stop rambling abt it in this grpchat

Febail: Why do u care anyway
Febail: Not like u ever talk, no matter the subject

Julius: Doesnt mean im not listenning
Julius: Just that 95% of time ur all saying dumb shit

Ares: The real question is what isnt dumb shit according to you

Julius: Anything not related to ur stupid love stories

Lene: Aw
Lene: Dont worry Julius u will find someone someday
Lene: No need to be stressed out abt it

Julius: Stfu.

Ares: Doesnt look like its happening soon

Mareeta: Look whos talking

Ares: I hate you.

Mareeta: <3

09:01 pm

Groupchat: I believe I can fly
Description: Local dumbass discovers after insulting someone that some Grannvalians actually speak Thracian
Members: 3
Dean
Eda
Linoan

Eda: Hey Dean u havent told us how PE went

Dean: Oh right i forgot
Dean: Well basically Altena and Ced got lost
Dean: Ced broke his ankle
Dean: And i had to hold Arion's hand so he didnt get lost
Dean: Yeah thats it

Eda: What
Eda: The fuck is wrong with this place

Dean: No idea but i love it

Linoan: This is the best school ever!!!

Eda: I wanna go home

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Tue Sept 20, 07:35 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Seliph: Oh no
Seliph: Julia I have terrible news

Julia: Oh no
Julia: Please tell me it's not what I'm thinking

Seliph: I'm afraid it is

Scáthach: Tf are u on abt

Seliph: It's been decided

Julia: When?

Seliph: October 15

Scáthach: Sure ignore me thats fine

Julia: Thats way sooner than I'm ready for

Seliph: Me too

Lana: Whats going on Julia :(

Julia: Family gathering :(

Scáthach: I feel offended :(

Iucharba: And no one gives a shit

Larcei: ^

Iuchar: Is it such a bad thing?

Julia: It shouldn't be, our family is really nice
Julia: Except for one person

Lester: Lemme guess, an uncle/aunt in particular?

Julia: Not exactly
Julia: Seliph can you explain?

Seliph: Of course
Seliph: So you see my parents are the one who organize it
Seliph: So they invite my grandparents, my uncles and aunts and their families

Iucharba: Makes sense so far

Larcei: Dont interrupt them

Iucharba: Sorry sorry

Seliph: And among my uncles is Azelle, who is married to Tailtiu
Seliph: And Tailtiu has a brother, Blume
Seliph: And Blume is married to Hilda
Seliph: And because of that she thinks she's welcome at the gathering

Julia: And, really, she's not
Julia: She's horrible

Lester: What kind of horrible?

Julia: She acts like Oifey and Shannan don't exist

Lana: Oh THAT kind of horrible

Larcei: How is she still alive
Larcei: Like how did no one murder her yet

Julia: And I'm just getting started :(
Julia: She heard I was going out with Lana and is trying to convince me it's a phase
Julia: And she keeps misgendering Seliph

Lana: OMG BITCH
Lana: IM GONNA MAKE SURE SHE NEVER SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN

Larcei: ILL BEAT HER ASS SO MUCH SHES GONNA WISH SHE WAS NEVER BORN

Scáthach: Wow ive never seen Lana get this angry before

Iuchar: She can certainly be scary if she tries

Iucharba: Anything else before we start planning a murder?

Seliph: Sadly there's much more than that
Seliph: She's often implying that Arion shouldn't be there because he's adopted

Lester: WHAT THE

Seliph: I think we'll stop here
Seliph: The full list would take days of typing

Iuchar: My goodness, good luck to both of you

Lana: Yeah, don't let her ruin your family reunion :(

Larcei: And if u cant take it anymore call me so i can beat the shit outta her

Iucharba: Count me in as well

Scáthach: Same

Seliph: That's very nice of you all, thank you
Seliph: I'm not a big fan of violence, but in this case I have to admit it's very tempting

Iucharba: Violence is not an option
Iucharba: It's a solution
Iucharba: And it's always the right one

Larcei: ^

07:51 pm

Private conversation: Diarmuid/Lester

Lester: Hey man, you okay?

Diarmuid: Uh
Diarmuid: Yes?
Diarmuid: Why are you asking?

Lester: Well its just
Lester: We havent seen you talk much on the group lately
Lester: And even at school tbh
Lester: So i was wondering

Diarmuid: Oh really?
Diarmuid: I actually hadnt even noticed I wasnt talking as much as usual
Diarmuid: Guess ive been focused on other things haha

Lester: Oh is that so
Lester: Well glad to know your fine

Diarmuid: Sorry for worrying you tho :(

Lester: Nah its okay
Lester: Just uh
Lester: Diam?

Diarmuid: Yes?

Lester: If you need to talk
Lester: You know
Lester: About serious stuff
Lester: Im here

Diarmuid: Oh
Diarmuid: Thank you
Diarmuid: I appreciate it

Lester: Dont mention it
Lester: Good night Diam

Diarmuid: Good night Lester ^^

09:03 pm

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Altena: Guys i need ur help on smth

Nanna: Oh dear
Nanna: One week of dating and she already needs advice

Tine: We'll help in any way I can!

Altena: So ive learned smth terrible

Asbel: Omg
Asbel: Im scared

Altena: U see
Altena: Ced doesnt eat breakfast on morning

Nanna: Uh
Nanna: So what?

Leif: What do you mean so what????

Nanna: I dont either

Leif: EXCUSE ME??????

Sara: Why do u make such a big deal over it

Altena: BECAUSE EATING BREAKFAST IS IMPORTANT
Altena: IM SO CONCERNED FOR YALL NOW

Asbel: If it can make u feel better i do eat breakfast

Tine: Me too! I never skip it

Altena: Thx u two

Leif: Nanna >:(

Nanna: Oh cmon dont be like that
Nanna: Im not hungry on morning, I cant help it

Leif: BUT

Nanna: Why do you care so much anyway?

Arion: To be fair our mom is a doctor
Arion: Shes always been very careful to teach us the right eating habits
Arion: I also get very concerned when others don't have healthy habits

Sara: Thats kinda sweet of u
Sara: But mostly annoying af

Asbel: Wait
Asbel: Sara

Sara: Yes

Asbel: Ur always bothering us bc u want food
Asbel: Ur constantly eating
Asbel: And ur telling us u dont eat on morning?

Sara: Skipping breakfast gives me more time to sleep
Sara: And i can always eat later

Leif: Aka during class
Leif: And all you eat is chocolate bars

Sara: Got a problem with that?

Leif: I
Leif: Don't even have the words

Altena: Sara dont ever come to our house
Altena: Mom would harass u if she knew abt it

Sara: Wasnt planning to anyway

Leif: Aw, you dont wanna have a sleepover with your besties?

Sara: Depends on what kind of food u have

Arion: No sweets allowed after dinner

Sara: Ur house sounds like hell itself
Sara: How do u survive

Altena: Hey at least we have good habits

Leif: Sara as my cute little daughter I cant let you go on like this

Sara: Lmao try me bitch

Leif: Nanna help me

Nanna: If I do does that mean I have to eat breakfast

Leif: What kind of question is that
Leif: We both gotta set a good example for our daughter

Nanna: Then you're on your own

Leif: :(

Altena: That doesnt help me figure out how to convince Ced to eat on morning

Asbel: Feed him by force

Altena: Very insightful Asbel thx

Wed Sept 21, 08:31 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Julius: Saias...

Saias: Yes, I know.
Saias: Julia told me.

Mareeta: Whats the matter

Julius: Family reunion soon

Febail: Oh shit
Febail: That mean ur gonna have to see that bitch again?

Saias: Yes.

Julius: Even mom doesnt wanna go

Saias: But dad will never allow anyone to skip it.

Lene: Arg that suuuucks
Lene: So sad for u guys :(

Saias: I wish at least Julia was allowed to stay home.
Saias: Hilda is always making homophobic jokes around her on purpose.

Ares: Please invite me so I can give her a piece of my mind.

Febail: Lmao
Febail: Ares says gay rights

Mareeta: Of course he does
Mareeta: Hes gay for Seliph

Ares: CAN I EVER GET A BREAK

Mareeta: NEVER

Lene: Hey wait a minute
Lene: Is it really gay since Seliph is nb

Febail: I
Febail: Uh
Febail: Good question actually
Febail: Kinda?

Mareeta: Half-gay?

Ares: I think thats for me to decide?
Ares: And I decide to not decide

Febail: Wtf dude

Saias: He's saying he's unlabelled.

Febail: Oh
Febail: Ig its one way to solve the problem

Ares: There wasnt even a problem to begin with
Ares: Youre just a bunch of idiots

Lene: Hey!

Ares: Except you Lene
Ares: And Saias
Ares: And Julius

Julius: Dont make me part of ur stupid debate

Ares: Nvm

09:45 am

Groupchat: I believe I can fly
Description: Local dumbass discovers after insulting someone that some Grannvalians actually speak Thracian
Members: 3
Dean
Eda
Linoan

Linoan: Guuyyyyys we're eating with the gang for lunchtime
Linoan: I asked Tine and she agreed

Eda: Lin we ve been eating with them pretty much everyday

Dean: True i think they just expect us to join them now

Linoan: Yeah ig so
Linoan: Im just happy we made friends

Dean: No joke
Dean: We hadnt noticed

Linoan: Hey you're one to talk

Eda: Yeah lmao shes right

Dean: ?
Dean: Wdym

Eda: U think we havent noticed?
Eda: U ve been spending most of ur time talking to Arion
Eda: Either irl or texting

Dean: I
Dean: Guess so

Linoan: Your holding hand session during orienteering must've made you two closer :)

Dean: Lin im not sure i like what your implying

Linoan: But I'm not implying anything
Linoan: Just saying :)

Dean: Sure sure
Dean: I dont doubt it

Eda: Look bro we re just happy ur getting closer to someone other than us

Dean: Are you saying you dont want me around anymore
Dean: Alright
Dean: Fine
Dean: I'll just
Dean: Leave

Linoan: Noooo Dean come back I'm sorry :(

Eda: Good riddance

Linoan: Eda!

Eda: Sorry
Eda: Not sorry

Dean: :(

03:07 pm

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Fergus: Guys i need ur help
Fergus: One of u lemme come over to ur house
Fergus: Idc who i just need to not be home

Karin: Sure come over

Fergus: Karin have i ever told u how much i love u

Coirpre: What's the matter Fergus?

Fergus: Ugh
Fergus: Not sure u wanna hear abt this mess

Patty: Nah ur fine go ahead
Patty: We're already listenning to Fee complaying all the time anyway

Fee: Shut up

Patty: Am i wrong tho?

Fee: No
Fee: But shut up

Fergus: Aight well
Fergus: One of my dad is constantly arguing w his ex over the phone
Fergus: Shared custody issues
Fergus: They've always disagreed abt it but lately its been worse
Fergus: And even my other dad told me i should take a few days away from home

Karin: Oh wow that sure sucks

Arthur: Can't they just find an agreement and be done with it?

Fergus: Not that simple
Fergus: Dad is often away for work and his schedule is very irregular

Ced: Oh
Ced: Yeah that makes things more difficult for sure
Ced: But still, thats not very nice for you or for your other dad

Fee: Not to mention ur half-brother

Coirpre: His name is Diarmuid right?

Fergus: Yep
Fergus: And ur right hes definitely the one who had it worse
Fergus: I wish i could do more to help him :(

Coirpre: Hey it's not your fault!
Coirpre: You're here for him, that's already a lot

Fergus: Ig ur right
Fergus: Hey wait a minute
Fergus: Coirpre ur a genius

Coirpre: I am?

Arthur: Apparently

Patty: Of course he is >:(

Karin: The only question is why
Karin: And it doesnt look like we re getting the answer
Karin: Oh well
Karin: Ill just ask him when we get home

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Wed Sept 21, 05:28 pm

Groupchat: My brother's sister is my sister
Description: Surprise family hug
Members: 5
Fergus
Nanna
Diarmuid
Chulainn
Finn

Fergus created a groupchat
Fergus added 5 members

Fergus: Hi :D

Chulainn: You know I feel like someone should've done this a while ago
Chulainn: Thanks Fergy

Fergus: No problem dad

Nanna: Oooooh hello there

Finn: Hello everyone.
Finn: I suppose this is about Lachesis and Beowolf?

Fergus: Yup
Fergus: Btw wheres Diam?

Diarmuid: Here

Fergus: Hi big bro

Nanna: How are you feeling?
Nanna: No lying allowed

Diarmuid: Honestly?
Diarmuid: Like shit
Diarmuid: Probably been weeks since ive slept properly

Finn: You don't seem to eat much either.

Diarmuid: Ig you're right
Diarmuid: Im never hungry

Nanna: I cant believe im about to agree with Leif on this but
Nanna: You gotta eat at least a bit Diam :(

Diarmuid: Sigh i know

Chulainn: Hey hey don't put too much pressure on him
Chulainn: Just take care of yourself at your own pace
Chulainn: And go to a friend's as much as possible

Finn: And Chulainn and I will do whatever we can to fix this.

Chulainn: Even though it hasn't done much for now
Chulainn: But we'll keep trying

Nanna: And we can help! Right Fergy?

Fergus: Yep
Fergus: Just leave it to us Diam
Fergus all u need to do is take a step back and let us handle it

Diarmuid: I...
Diarmuid: Thanks
Diarmuid: Really, thanks
Diarmuid: But i dont think thats fair tho
Diarmuid: Im the first concerned, i should try to do smth as well

Finn: You don't have to if it's too hard.

Chulainn: But if you do want to try then we'll help you

Diarmuid: I don't deserve yall

Nanna: Of course you do
Nanna: You're my favorite brother :)

Diarmuid: Im the only one you have?

Nanna: Not true
Nanna: I also have Fergy
Nanna: My brother's brother is my brother

Fergus: Awww thanks Nanna
Fergus: I mean big sis

Nanna: Hehe

05:41 pm

Private conversation: Fergus/Nanna

Nanna: Psssst Fergy

Fergus: Yes?

Nanna: The grpchat gave me an idea
Nanna: Theres someone else we should involve in the Diam therapy

Fergus: Who
Fergus: Oh wait ik
Fergus: And ur so right

Nanna: Ill go speak to him
Nanna: Brb

05:46 pm

Private conversation: Lester/Nanna

Nanna: Hiiii

Lester: Oh hi Nanna
Lester: Do you need smth?

Nanna: In a way yes
Nanna: But before that I have a question
Nanna: Did you notice anything unusual abt Diam lately?

Lester: You can say that twice
Lester: He doesnt talk much, and hes been looking tired af
Lester: Ive tried to ask him abt it but he wouldnt say anything

Nanna: Yeah, typical Diam
Nanna: He doesnt want to bother others with his own problems

Lester: So whats the matter?

Nanna: Has he ever told you abt his parents?

Lester: Yeah he told us they fight a lot abt his custody

Nanna: Well just imagine that it's probably way worse than what he told you

Lester: Oh damn
Lester: Is there anything i can do to help?

Nanna: Just be there for him
Nanna: Show him that you care
Nanna: Also invite him to come over
Nanna: Just so he can get away from all this from time to time

Lester: Alright gotcha
Lester: Thanks for telling me Nanna
Lester: Tho can i ask why you chose to tell me in particular?
Lester: Unless you plan to tell the others as well

Nanna: Nope, you're the only one who knows
Nanna: And I think you already know why ;)

Lester: …
Lester: Is it really that obvious

Nanna: ...Yes

Lester: Damnit

06:12 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Scáthach: Guys do u wanna play among us w me

Larcei: Bro u serious
Larcei: U still play among us

Scáthach: Yes im serious
Scáthach: Got a problem w that?

Larcei: Yes
Larcei: Im judging u

Lana: I wanna play!

Iucharba: Im in

Iuchar: Count me in too

Lester: Sure why not

Scáthach: Still judging me sis?

Larcei: Ugh
Larcei: Fine i ll play just to wreck ur ass

Scáthach: Try me
Scáthach: Seliph Julia Diam u in?

Seliph: I've never played but alright

Larcei: Don't worry it's not very hard

Julia: Sorry I can't I'm helping my mom preparing dinner

Lana: Aw :(
Lana: It's okay you'll join us another day

Julia: Have fun everyone!

Lester: Diam?

Iucharba: Guess hes busy
Iucharba: Lets start, maybe he ll join later

Lester: No thats not fair :(
Lester: Diam come here pls
Lester: @Diarmuid @Diarmuid @Diarmuid

Diarmuid: Yes?

Larcei: Lmao cant believed that worked

Lester: Play among us with us?

Diarmuid: Uh sorry I'm kinda busy rn ^^”

Iucharba: Told ya

Lester: But :(
Lester: Is it urgent? Can't it wait?

Diarmuid: Not that much ig

Lester: Pleeaaaase pls pls pls pls

Diarmuid: Fine fine
Diarmuid: Im in

Lester: Yaaaayyyy

Scáthach: Lester u know thats kinda bullying

Lester: Shut up and start the game

07:08 pm

Larcei: I hate u
Larcei: I hate u bro
Larcei: Im leaving the house rn
Larcei: Ur no longer my twin

Scáthach: Haha loser
Scáthach: Cry abt it

Lana: How in the world did that happen

Diarmuid: Iucharba and Larcei were so focused on accusing each other you all forgot about us :)

Iuchar: It was exasperating to watch

Iucharba: Shut up bro u died almost immediately

Seliph: I died first, and I agree it was very frustrating
Seliph: Lana Scá killed Lester practically in front of you

Lana: No shit????

Lester: HOW THE HELL DID YOU MISS THAT

Lana: ...the lights were out?

Lester: NO THEY WERENT
Lester: Im disappointed sis :(

Lana: Nooooooo I'm sorry big brother ;-;

Lester: Its okay I forgive you
Lester: It was still a very fun game overall

Iucharba: Yep
Iucharba: We should do that more often

Lana: And with Julia

Scáthach: Ofc
Scáthach: Still think my idea sucked sis?

Larcei: Shut upppp

Scáthach: :)

Fri Sept 23, 11:59 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Ced: Guys help me
Ced: I need to hide

Arthur: Tf
Arthur: I thought u were supposed to eat w Altena

Ced: Thats the thing
Ced: I need to hide from her

Patty: Aw dont be like that u ve only been together for like three weeks

Karin: Whats the problem anyway

Ced: Shes trying to convince me to eat breakfast during morning :'(

Coirpre: Cedsy you don't eat breakfast???

Ced: No
Ced: Sleeping is better
Ced: I already have to wake up earlier
Ced: My sleep schedule is a shambles

Fee: Oh pls u wake up like 20 min earlier than usual

Ced: Yes and it's a disaster
Ced: I'm tired Fee

Coirpre: If you ate breakfast you'd have more energy for the day

Ced: Coirpre please not you too

Fergus: I agree w him
Fergus: Ced u should eat

Karin: Fee force him to eat

Fee: No
Fee: Not my problem

Arthur: Fee u wanna see ur brother die of hunger
Arthur: What if he collapses during class
Arthur: Then ur gonna feel bad bc u couldve prevented it

Fee: Oh pls he survived until now

Arthur: But hes hurt
Arthur: He needs food to heal

Ced: I don't think it's gonna make a difference

Arthur: And what if it does
Arthur: Are u a doctor? How can u know?

Patty: Ur not a doctor either

Arthur: Details Patty details

Ced: Omg she offered me a deal
Ced: I
Ced: Oh shit how can I refuse that

Karin: What did she offer

Fergus: Cmon Cedsy dont keep us waiting

Ced: She said that if I ate breakfast she'd drive me to school and back home every day

Fee: Drive? How?

Ced: Scooter
Ced: She's got a driving licence

Karin: Omg
Karin: The cool girl driving w her bf behind
Karin: Thats like so cliché but how can u say no

Ced: Right???
Ced: I can't believe she succeeded

Patty: Women are just too convincing

Ced: Sigh
Ced: They are

04:56 pm

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 7
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine

Asbel added 3 members

Asbel: Cant believe no one done it yet

Linoan: Hiiiii

Tine: Omg Linoaaan hiiiii

Eda: Hi we re invading ur private space hope u dont mind

Sara: I mind

Eda: Oops
Eda: Idc

Sara: Asbel hope ur ready to pay the price

Asbel: Yeah yeah i know

Sara: Arion Tine u too

Arion: Sara you're a walking stomach
Arion: But yes I will

Dean: What the hell

Arion: Don't worry about that

Dean: Sure if you say so

Nanna: Ooooh hi guys
Nanna: About time you showed up here

Leif: But wait
Leif: Now that you're here there's a very important question we need to ask you

Altena: Uh
Altena: Oh
Altena: OH RIGHT
Altena: Careful, this will determine whether ur allowed to stay or not

Eda: Wtf

Dean: Whaaat
Dean: Arion you didnt tell me thered be a test

Arion: Sorry but I couldnt
Arion: The rules are the rules

Linoan: So what's the question?

Asbel: LEMME ASK LEMME ASK

Nanna: Sure suit yourself

Asbel: Aight here goes
Asbel: Do u guys
Asbel: Need therapy?

Eda: Excuse me what

Altena: This is serious business
Altena: Pls answer

Linoan: Yes I do
Linoan: My overflowing joyfulness is there to better hide my anxiety

Eda: LIN????

Tine: Congrats Lin, you pass!

Linoan: Yay!

Dean: I never sleep for more than four hours at night bc im too busy overthinking my actions

Eda: BRO?????

Arion: Pass
Arion: Congrats friend

Dean: Neat

Altena: Eda?

Eda: U know i could just make smth up?

Leif: No you cant
Leif: Wed know it
Leif: Wed sense it

Eda: I
Eda: Wow
Eda: Im so concerned for u guys rn

Asbel: Overflowing concern for ppl u still barely know
Asbel: U pass Eda

Eda: ...Seriously?
Eda: Thanks ig?

Linoan: Yay we all passed!

Sara: Damnit

Asbel: Stop complaining its more food for u

Sara: Oh ur right
Sara: Nice

Chapter Text

Wed Sept 28, 09:01 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Lene: So hungryyyy :(((

Febail: Lene class started 40 min ago
Febail: How are u already hungry
Febail: Did u skip breakfast or smth

Lene: No
Lene: Of course not
Lene: But im starving :(
Lene: Ares do u have food?

Ares: I have a few sweets left

Lene: Omg
Lene: Ares have i ever told u how much i love u
Lene: Ur my fave person ever
Lene: Pls marry me

Ares: You're on the opposite side of the room
Ares: Also no

Lene: Aw :(
Lene: Throw them when the teacher isnt looking

Febail: Wait dont u have class with Mr Balmung

Lene: Yes so
Lene: We aint scared of him

Febail: You should be???

Ares: Which flavor do you want

Lene: U have lemon?

Ares: Yes

Lene: Gimme
Lene: Pls

Febail: Guys????

Mareeta: Let them
Mareeta: Theyll get caught and then we ll make fun of them

Febail: Sis ur evil

Mareeta: Wrong
Mareeta: Im the genius of evil
Mareeta: Bow down to me

Febail: I thought it was Julius

Mareeta: Oh right
Mareeta: I'm his second then

Lene: Got my sweets
Lene: Mr Balmung didnt notice shit
Lene: Yum yum
Lene: This isnt as good as real lemon tho

Febail: Huh
Febail: What do u mean by that
Febail: Do u eat real lemons?
Febail: Like real lemons with peel and pulp and juice?

Lene: Yes?
Lene: What kind of question is that?

Febail: How

Lene: I
Lene: Bite into the pulp
Lene: Whats wrong with that

Febail: Are u even human
Febail: How do u bite into smth so sour

Mareeta: Stop being dramatic
Mareeta: Its not gonna kill u or anything

Lene: Febail ur just weird

Febail: U too????
Febail: I
Febail: I need to check smth
Febail: Brb

Julius: Mareeta fuck off i dont want u as my second

Mareeta: MEANIE
Mareeta: Idc i ll start my own evil business

09:19 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Karin: Patty why did ur brother ask me if i eat lemon pulp

Fergus: Huh
Fergus: What the actual fuck

Patty: Ignore him
Patty: Hes weird
Patty: And dumb

Arthur: Must run in the family

Patty: HEY

Arthur: :)

Ced: Speaking of eating

Fee: This is a historical day guys

Patty: Omg
Patty: Did Ced finally eat breakfast????

Ced: Sigh
Ced: Yes

Fee: Oh stop complaining
Fee: U even got more sleep since Altena is driving u to school

Ced: I know but
Ced: My habits Fee
Ced: My habits got disturbed
Ced: My internal schedule is in shambles

Coirpre: And that's for the better

Arthur: Women power struck yet again

Fee: We re too powerful

Karin: Soon we ll conquer this world

Patty: And no one will be able to stop us

Arthur: Okay from now on im a woman

Fergus: Wow Arthur coming out????
Fergus: He was a she all along???

Ced: Isn't he already genderqueer tho

Fergus: He is????

Arthur: Oh guess ive only told Cedsy
Arthur: My bad

Patty: How could you tell him and not us :(

Karin: So what are ur pronouns??? Should we call u by a different name??

Arthur: Oh no
Arthur: Im good with my name, and idc abt what pronouns you call me
Arthur: I just
Arthur: Dont really vibe with gender as a concept

Fee: Fair
Fee: Happy for u my friend

Arthur: Wow
Arthur: Did u just
Arthur: Say smth nice to me

Coirpre: Fee are you feeling alright

Karin: Should we call a doctor

Fee: Oh fuck off, i can never say shit

Arthur: No u cant :)))))

06:29 pm

Groupchat: My brother's sister is my sister
Description: Surprise family hug
Members: 5
Fergus
Nanna
Diarmuid
Chulainn
Finn

Nanna: Hello fellow family members
Nanna: I come with good news

Fergus: Oh???

Nanna: I convinced mom to go out on a mom-daughter weekend with me
Nanna: Ill try to talk to her abt Diam and Beowolf there
Nanna: But at least it should give us all a break

Chulainn: You're a genius kid
Chulainn: Beowolf should be here this weekend, so I'll try to talk to him as well

Fergus: Ill support u dad!

Diarmuid: I hope theyll listen then
Diarmuid: Where am I staying this weekend tho?

Finn: You can stay with me.
Finn: It is probably best for you to stay away from your parents while everyone talks to them.

Diarmuid: Yeah youre right
Diarmuid: Thanks Finn

Finn: Of course.
Finn: You can even invite a few friends over if you want.

Diarmuid: Ill think about it :)

Nanna: HE SMILED
Nanna: WE WON EVERYONE
Nanna: Well not yet but STILL

Diarmuid: :))))))

Fergus: :)))))))

Nanna: :))))))

Chulainn: :))))))

Finn: :))))))

Thu Sept 29, 07:01 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Edain: Good news everyone!
Edain: The new art teacher will arrive at the beginning of november

Brigid: Oh thank Gods we only have to put up with the creep for another month

Lewyn: Then he’ll be gone forever
Lewyn: Good riddance

Hannibal: I don't like talking behind someone's back but... I have to agree

Shannan: Don't worry Hannibal no one will judge you on that one

Oifey: So do you have any information on the new teacher Edain?

Edain: Not really, only that she is from Thracia
Edain: Also a few students will be transferred here at the same time

Shannan: Even more Thracians then?

Finn: Is there a problem Shannan?

Shannan: No?

Brigid: Finn what’s going on
Brigid: That sounded so MENACING
Brigid: I thought I was the scary one here

Finn: What are you talking about?
Finn: I only asked Shannan what he meant.

Shannan: I didn’t mean anything
Shannan: I was only about to say that Hannibal will probably have more members for his club

Finn: Right, sorry.
Finn: Maybe I am worked up.

Edain: Family issues?

Finn: ...Yes.

Hannibal: Come up to room 308
Hannibal: I have some coffee to share

Shannan: Did someone say coffee???

Oifey: Shannan!

Shannan: Sorry
Shannan: Couldn't help it

Hannibal: You can come over as well Shannan!
Hannibal: In fact you are all welcome

Lewyn: I feel like we don't say this nearly enough but
Lewyn: You are an angel Hannibal

Brigid: Nothing better than a good coffee to start a day of tormenting kids

Edain: Brigid...

Brigid: Kidding kidding
Brigid: But I did say I was the scary one

09:38 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Altena: Leif u in room 201 right

Leif: Yeah?

Altena: We re right above
Altena: Turn on ur DS
Altena: Mario kart
Altena: Sara u too

Leif: Gotcha
Leif: Ive joined the game

Sara: ^

Altena: Great

Linoan: Uh guys????
Linoan: Aren't you in class????

Arion: Don't worry they do it all the time

Dean: And they never got caught????

Tine: Somehow no

Sara: We re too smart for that

Eda: Mario kart???
Eda: I wanna join

Asbel: Eda our rooms too far away
Asbel: Believe me I tried to join

Eda: Oh right shit

Leif: Don't worry you'll play with us during lunch break

Eda: Lets go

Asbel: :)

Linoan: Am I the only one wondering what you're all doing with your DS at school?

Arion: Don't worry you'll get used to it

Nanna: This isnt just a therapy group, its also a gamer group

Dean: I
Dean: See
Dean: Good for y'all ig

Asbel: Arion keep us updated on how the game's going

Arion: Leif's winning

Nanna: As always
Nanna: I swear he was born with a DS in hand

Eda: Well just he waits
Eda: Ill be the one to defeat him

Asbel: Yeah im not sure abt that
Absel: We all tried and failed

Tine: True! Even Sara couldn't do it

Sara: Saw that

Nanna: Sorry my sweet little daughter but thats just the truth
Nanna: Your dad is too strong for you

Eda: Idc im gonna beat him

Asbel: Whatever helps you sleep at night

Linoan: Hey Eda is very good at Mario kart!
Linoan: Don't underestimate her

Dean: I agree, shes got some skills

Arion: Well I guess we'll see how it goes

12:43 am

Eda: HOW

Asbel: We told you

Eda: LEIF I NEED EXPLAINATIONS RN
Eda: HOW ARE U SO FAST

Leif: Idk
Leif: I just
Leif: Played this game way too much

Altena: Thats an understatement

Arion: I don't think there's been a day where you didn't play ever since you started

Leif: Hey everyone's allowed to have their hobbies

Eda: Leif
Eda: Can I call you master
Eda: Can you teach me your art

Leif: Uh
Leif: Sure?

Eda: YES
Eda: THANK YOU MASTER LEIF
Eda: I WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU

Dean: This is getting weird

Nanna: When has this groupchat not been weird

07:09 pm

Private conversation: Chulainn/Finn

Finn: Hello Chulainn. Sorry to bother you, do you have a moment?

Chulainn: Is something wrong?

Finn: I'm afraid we have a problem yes.
Finn: Are you alone right now? It will be easier to explain through a call.

Chulainn: Yes, Beowolf isn't here

Finn started a call

Chapter Text

Fri Sept 30, 09:12 am

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Larcei: Guys is murder legal

Iucharba: Depends

Scáthach: If its self-defense yes

Lester: If they consent to it yes

Seliph: No?????
Seliph: Larcei what are you planning????

Larcei: Stabbing the creep with my scissors

Lana: I don't think that's sharp enough to stab someone

Iucharba: Oh im sure it is if you put enough strength

Scáthach: Larcei pls do it
Scáthach: Get us rid of him

Julia: I second that

Seliph: Even you Julia?????

Julia: I'm sorry Seliph but he deserves it

Iuchar: I agree
Iuchar: This depraved man spends more time checking female students out than teaching

Lana: Not to mention his classes are terrible
Lana: He keeps judging our drawings when he can't even draw himself

Lester: Thank Gods he's leaving in one month

Scáthach: He is?????

Lana: Yeah, Mom told us they found a new art teacher
Lana: A real one, not this fraud of a substitute

Iucharba: Abt time

Seliph: Then there's no need to kill him if he's leaving soon

Larcei: Seliph i love u but ur too nice for ur own good

Iuchar: Larcei
Iuchar: My beloved childhood friend
Iuchar: Stab this man

Larcei: On it
Larcei: Bro help me
Larcei: Keep him still

Scáthach: U got it sis

Lester: Get him!!!!!!!

Seliph: GUYS PLEASE
Seliph: I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO TO JAIL

Larcei: Im sorry Seliph
Larcei: But u shouldve known this would happen eventually
Larcei: Farewell
Larcei: I love u

Scáthach: Goodbye everyone
Scáthach: It was nice knowing yall

Lana: Ill miss u :(

Julia: Me too :(

Seliph: @Diarmuid YOU'RE IN THEIR CLASS STOP THEM

Iucharba: Hes offline

Seliph: SHIT

09:20 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Arthur: I think im abt to witness a murder
Arthur: Should i help or prevent it

Patty: Depends
Patty: Whos killing who

Arthur: The Helswath twins want to kill the art teach

Fee: HELP THEM
Fee: GET US RID OF HIM

Coirpre: I'm usually against violence
Coirpre: But for once I agree
Coirpre: His loss will be a good thing for humanity

Fergus: What are the twins doing exactly

Arthur: Larceis holding her scissors like a weapon
Arthur: And Scá keeps watch over the teach

Karin: Wait
Karin: Theyre planning a murder with scissors
Karin: Thats a terrible idea

Arthur: Ikr
Arthur: Thats why im considering helping them

Ced: And how would you do that

Arthur: I have a box cutter in my bag

Coirpre: Why
Coirpre: Just
Coirpre: Why

Arthur: Just in case
Arthur: Never know when you can get attacked in the streets

Fee: LMAO paranoid

Arthur: No, cautious

Fee: Yeah sure thing nerd

Arthur: Anyway
Arthur: Should i give it to the twins

Karin: Pls do
Karin: The world will forever be grateful

Ced: But wait
Ced: If you help them you'll be considered an accomplice

Fergus: But the creep will be dead
Fergus: Isnt that worth it

Arthur: Mmmmhhhh

Ced: Wait im gonna ask for advice

09:25 am

Private conversation: Altena/Ced

Ced: Altena is it worth it to go to jail if it's to get rid of the art teacher

Altena: Wait kind of question is that
Altena: Ofc it is

Ced: Thanks that's all I needed to know <3

Altena: Anytime <3

09:27

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Ced: Do it.

Arthur: Too late
Arthur: But it doesnt matter

Fee: WHAT
Fee: NO
Fee: WHAT HAPPENED

Arthur: The creep got too close to Larcei
Arthur: Instead of stabbing him she punched him in the face
Arthur: Hes at the infirmary

Patty: What abt Larcei

Arthur: In Mr Valflames office

Karin: Damnit
Karin: We got so close

Fergus: At least ur class ended early
Fergus: And ours will probably get cancelled

Coirpre: True

Ced: Sigh
Ced: We'll take it I guess

10:09

Groupchat: Swordies (+dad)
Description: We re a menace to society and u cant stop us
Members: 4
Lex
Ayra
Larcei
Scáthach

Ayra: Larcei.
Ayra: Why did we just receive a call from Mr Valflame saying you punched a teacher.

Larcei: In my defense he deserved it

Lex: What did he do

Scáthach: Its the art creep we told u abt

Lex: Oh
Lex: Yeah he deserved it

Ayra: Alright that changes everything
Ayra: I'm proud of you Larcei

Larcei: Thanks mom thanks dad

Scáthach: Did u get expelled?

Larcei: Nah just some detention and an apology letter to write
Larcei: I think thats bc the headmaster also hates the creep

Lex: Good
Lex: But please don't do it again, you won't get so lucky next time

Ayra: Don't ruin your education because of this man

Larcei: Aight got it
Larcei: U know any other parents wouldve gotten mad at me for doing that

Lex: But we're not any parents

Larcei: Ikr
Larcei: Have i ever told u how much i love u

Scáthach: Same
Scáthach: Love u mom and dad

Lex: Aw thanks kids

Ayra We love you too

11:25 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Mareeta: Ares what is going ON with Mr Leonster

Ares: ???
Ares: Why ask me

Mareeta: Isnt he ur uncle

Ares: By alliance yes
Ares: But doesnt mean i know everything abt his life

Mareeta: Fair ig

Febail: Whats happening exactly?

Saias: He is acting very strange.
Saias: He keeps repeating the same sentences over and over.

Mareeta: Its like his mind is somewhere else
Mareeta: Also he keeps checking his phone

Lene: Man btwe him and the art creep this day sure is weird

Febail: Wait what happened to the art creep?

Lene: U havent heard?
Lene: Larcei punched him earlier

Julius: I hope he never recovers

Mareeta: We all do

Febail: I barely know Larcei but she just earned my eternal respect

Lene: Queen did what no one else dared to do

Saias: But she will probably get expelled for it.

Ares: Worth it

Julius: Not sure
Julius: Even dad hates the creep
Julius: She might get out with only detention

Saias: You're right, it could happen.

Lene: Lets hope ur dad will be merciful
Lene: She did the gods job today

Mareeta: Ill go congratulate her

Febail: When
Febail: She probably wont be allowed to go out during break

Mareeta: No i meant now
Mareeta: Mr Leonsters so out of it he probably wont notice

Saias: Please don't.
Saias: You'll also get in trouble.

Mareeta: Saias dear the hero needs to be praised for her work
Mareeta: Also maybe i ll stop by the infirmary to spit on the creep

Julius: Wait for me

Febail: Dont u have class too?

Julius: No
Julius: I was supposed to have art class rn

Mareeta: Aight i got out
Mareeta: Julius meet me on the first floor

Julius: Omw

Ares: Did Mr Leonster notice her leaving?

Saias: I hate to say it but no.
Saias: Mareeta was right.

Mareeta: Hehe
Mareeta: Bye everyone gonna commit crime

Lene: Good luck!!!!

06:28 pm

Private conversation: Lachesis/Beowolf

Lachesis: Where is my son.

Beowolf: What the fuck are you talking about

Lachesis: Don't play dumb.
Lachesis: You think yourself smart by picking him up after school before he can get home?

Beowolf: What
Beowolf: I'm not even here
Beowolf: Ask Chulainn if you don't believe me, I'm away for work again

Lachesis: Then where is Diarmuid?

Beowolf: I don't fucking know
Beowolf: I thought you were capable of taking care of him yourself?

Lachesis: I am.
Lachesis: If anything it's probably because of your bad influence that he went somewhere without telling me.

Beowolf: Excuse me????
Beowolf: You're trying to control his life like he's still 5
Beowolf: He's a teen Lach, let him live

Lachesis: Once I find him I'll make sure he never sees you again.

Beowolf: And how are you planning to do that?
Beowolf: I'm his father. I have as much rights over him as you do

Lachesis: Not for long.
Lachesis: Goodbye.

Beowolf: What's that supposed to mean?
Beowolf: Answer me
Beowolf: Lach Diam is also my son, I'm worried
Beowolf: Did he really disappear

Lachesis: I tried to call him but he doesn't answer.
Lachesis: And his phone is ringing so he must be ignoring my calls on purpose.

Beowolf: Did you try calling his friends' parents?

Lachesis: I was about to.

Beowolf: I'll help you
Beowolf: And don't bother complaining, I'll do it anyway

Lachesis: I'm calling Mr Yewfelle and Mr Helswath.
Lachesis: Call Mr Tyrfing and Mrs Valflame.

Beowolf: You mean Sigurd and Aida?

Lachesis: Yes.

Beowolf: Alright I'm on it

06:38 pm

Groupchat: My brother's sister is my sister
Description: Surprise family hug
Members: 5
Fergus
Nanna
Diarmuid
Chulainn
Finn

Fergus: Guys anyone knows where Diam is?????
Fergus: Just got a message from papa, hes disappeared!!!

Finn: We tried to reach out to his friends' families but no one has seen him since he left school.

Nanna: Diam pls answer
Nanna: I know you can read our messages and we re worried sick
Nanna: Mom and Beowolf even teamed up to find you

Chulainn: Beowolfs on his way back, he left work just to look for him
Chulainn: Diam please I know your situation is rough but disappearing won't solve anything

Fergus: Big bro at least let us know if ur alright
Fergus: Pls...

Chulainn: Wait
Chulainn: Finn
Chulainn: Was he home when you called me yesterday

Finn: Yes.
Finn: Oh Gods.
Finn: You think he could have overheard me?

Fergus: What are you talking about?

Finn: Are you with your father?

Chulainn: Yes he's with me
Chulainn: I'll tell him, tell Nanna

06:45 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Scáthach: @Diarmuid WHERE ARE U

Iuchar: I don't think he will answer us, considering he is ignoring his family :(

Scáthach: IDC AS LONG AS HES READING
Scáthach: WTF ARE U THINKING

Seliph: Please don't scream at him, it could make it worse
Seliph: But Scá is right, please let us know if you're fine

Lana: I can't believe this is happening...
Lana: He walked with me and Julia until we got to her house
Lana: If we'd known we'd have told him to stay as well :(

Larcei: But u couldn't have known Lana

Julia: He did act as usual

Iucharba: Except hes been pretty out of it lately
Iucharba: Maybe we couldve seen this coming

Julia: Oh dear...
Julia: Diam please be okay...

Chapter Text

Lester has never liked being alone.

When you live with three parents and a little sister, noise is bound to be part of your daily life, whether it's the sound of banter, TV or laughter. Some could find it tiresome, but Lester got so used to it he gets nervous whenever silence fills the air for too long.

Which is exactly the case when he gets home. Lana is at Julia's place, Edain is still at school and Jamke and Midayle went out for grocery. The latters should be back in thirty minutes at most, so Lester knows it won't last for long. Still, he heads directly for his bedroom, puts his headphones on and, after putting some music on, starts working on his homework. The sound is a bit too loud for his ears' liking, but he doesn't care, as long as it chases the silence away.

And that it does, so much that he doesn't hear the knocks on the door at first. It's only during the few seconds of break between two songs that he notices it. Puzzled, he puts his headphones down and heads for the door. His parents would have warned him if they were expecting someone.

Did Mom forget her keys? Lester thinks. But it's a bit early for her to be back... And Mama and Dad locked the door behind them when they left, so it can't be them either. Weird...

The person behind the door continues to knock, obviously not ready to give up. Lester sighs, and unlocks it to open to whoever is bothering him. It's probably some annoying guy who came to promote a faster internet connexion or something like that. Lester gets ready to chase them away before they can start talking, eager to finish his homework before his parents come back so he can spend some time with them.

And yet, he becomes completely speecheless once the door is fully opened. Before him stands Diarmuid, still carrying his school bag that, now that he pays attention to it, seems to be bursting at the seems. His friend gives him a weak smile, but Lester can sense something's off.

“Are your parents here?” Diarmuid asks, peeking behind his friend's shoulder.

Still taken aback, Lester takes a few seconds before answering, “No, I'm alone.”

“Can we go to your room?”

Lester is about to ask a few questions about the how and the why, but then he notices Diarmuid's almost pleading look, and decides against it. Whatever it is, it can wait until they're inside. Lester steps away to allow his friend to enter, and, after locking the front door again, they go up to his room.

As soon as he's inside, Diarmuid drops his bag next to Lester's desk and goes to sit on the bed, bringing his knees close to his chest. His fake smile has faded, revealing the true suffering he's experiencing. Lester settles next to him and puts a hand on his friend's shoulder.

“What's going on Diam?” he asks, concerned.

Diarmuid takes a few seconds to answer in a whisper, “I don't want to go back.”

“What do you mean?”

This time, Diarmuid sits up straight and almost screams, “I don't wanna go back home! I'm tired of being treated like some object they fight over because they're too fucking stubborn to talk it out like adults! Why do I never have a say in this freaking mess? Why don't they ever ask me where I want to stay for the week? This whole shit is about me but it's like I don't exist in the first place!”

Tears start rolling down Diarmuid's cheeks. He's been keeping those emotions inside for so long, Lester wonders how he even managed to not lose it sooner. “It's not getting better, is it?” He feels dumb for asking, but he can't really think of anything else to say at the moment.

Diarmuid takes a breath before answering, “I overheard Finn calling Chulainn last night. Mom's planning to take away my custody from Dad.”

Lester looks at him with wide eyes and exclaims, “Huh?! She can't do that! Your dad's never been abusive or anything with you, the judge will never accept that!”

“You're forgetting that Dad's got an irregular schedule and is often away from home, not to mention Mom's way richer and knows a lot about the law. She'll know exactly how to convince the judge.”

“But...” Lester is so stunned he can barely make out a full sentence. “She can't do that! He's your dad, you're allowed to see him!”

“Didn't I tell you? I never had a say in this.”

Diarmuid's sad smile comes back for a second, until he no longer has enough will to fake it. Instead, his sobs become louder and louder, making his whole body shake out of frustration and sorrow. Lester knows no word could ever make things better, so instead, he takes Diarmuid in his arms and hugs him as tightly as he can, as if it could take some of his pain away. Of course, it doesn't, and Diarmuid's tears don't stop for a good five minutes.

“I'm sorry for bothering you with this,” he mutters once his tears have dried out.

“Don't say that. I'll always be here for you,” Lester immediately reassures him.

They stay in each other's arms for another few minutes, none wanting to let go of the other. Lester feels his heartbeat racing in his chest, which causes him to blame himself mentally as he tries to put his feelings aside for now. What Diarmuid needs now is a friend he can rely on, not someone about to make his life even more complicated with untold feelings he's had for years. Diarmuid may be his crush, but, right now, he is above all his childhood best friend in need of comfort.

Suddenly, Lester gets an idea. He knows exactly what could help get Diarmuid's mind off of this mess.

“Hey Diam, do you wanna watch the Realm Travelers?”

Diarmuid blinks a few time, wondering why Lester is asking him to watch their favorite show from when they were kids out of nowhere. Yet he still nods and lets go of his friend so Lester can go grab his laptop. They settle more comfortably on the bed, back leaning against the wall and Diarmuid's head resting on Lester's shoulder.

The episode starts, and they soon start focusing on it. The show is about three teenagers traveling across different worlds and solving all kind of problems in all of them. The story was never meant to be taken seriously, which is exactly what they both need right now.

For a moment it feels the same as when they were children, going at each other's place after school and watching tv together while eating snacks. Lester can't help but miss those times when everything was much simpler and easier. Diarmuid's parents were already seperated but barely argued, so he always knew where to go home. Lester's feelings for Diarmuid were platonic and nothing more, and he never questioned that they'd be best friends forever. Lester wonders why growing up always has to come with its share of doubts and problems of all sorts, when they were perfectly innocent and happy kids before.

“Lester?” Diarmuid asks after some time.

“What is it?”

“Do you think I'll ever know when to go home again?” As he says that, the three protagonists on the screen talk about the world they come from, and how they can't wait to get back to it once their current adventure is over.

Lester reaches for his friend's hand and answers, “Don't you already do? You came here because you knew I'd be here for you, right?”

Diarmuid smiles, and, although it is a weak one, Lester likes it much more than the forced one of earlier. “You're right. Thank you Lester.” And, just like that, they resume watching the show, as there is nothing to be added.

That is, until the door suddenly opens without anyone knocking first, and Lester realizes he forgot to lock it. Midayle stands at the entrance, arms crossed. Knowing she is usually very nice and lenient, Lester knows he's in trouble when he sees her crossed expression.

“I knew I heard voices coming from your room. Care to explain, Lester?”

Lester bites his lower lip, wondering how the hell he can convince his mother to not tell Diarmuid's parents of his presence here.

However, before he can even open his mouth, Diarmuid starts explaining, “Don't blame him Midayle. It's my fault. I'm the one who came here and asked him to not warn anyone. I'm sorry.”

Midayle sighs in response, and closes the door before getting closer to the two boys. She sits on the edge of the bed, and says, “Your mother called us earlier. She's very worried Diarmuid. And if she doesn't find you soon, she'll probably call the police – actually, she might have done it already. I can't keep your presence here a secret. You understand, right?”

Diarmuid lowers his head and mutters, “I know... Sorry.”

But then, Midayle's expression changes for a brighter one. “But that doesn't mean you have to go back tonight. I'll call your mom and try to convince her to let you stay here for the night. Is that alright with you?”

Diarmuid's eyes widen, and, at first, he can't figure out any answer, as if he didn't believe what he'd just heard. After a few seconds though, he nods, and adds, “Thank you Midayle. Thank you so much...”

Midayle only gives him a warm smile in return, and leaves the room to go call Lachesis. During that time, Lester checks his phone and finds dozens of messages from their friends, all worried about Diarmuid. He quickly types a message saying Diarmuid's okay and that he'll explain everything tomorrow. He knows his friends are going to be mad at him for making them wait like this, but he doesn't exactly have time to write a whole explaination right now.

His mother comes back a few minutes later, and, surprisingly, Lachesis allowed her son to stay for the night. Lester suspects Nanna or Finn to be the reason for it, and that reassures him. He's glad that Diarmuid still has some family members he can rely on in this whole mess.

They spend the whole evening watching the Realm Travelers and talking about random stuff, and end up going to bed very late. They silently agree to sleep together, and Lester feels bad for wondering if this means anything. After all, there's nothing weird in cuddling with a friend who's feeling down, right? He has already done it in the past. Once. With Scáthach. After they'd watched a terrifying horror movie in middle school. But, in a way, Diarmuid's current life is far worse than a horror movie, so it's pretty much the same. Except he doesn't have a crush on Scáthach.

Lester feels dizzy after overthinking everything so much. Once again, he wishes he could go back to past, simpler days, just so his head wouldn't hurt so much. Sadly, no one has invented a time travel machine yet, so he ends up waiting a few hours before his brain finally allows him to fall asleep.

Despite staying up late, they both wake up very early, before even Edain, the early bird of the family. Tiredness is so obvious on their face they can't help but laugh at each other when they swithc the light on – which earns them a loud complain from the parents' room. They stay in bed for a good hour or two, watching random videos on Lester's phone, until Edain calls them for breakfast. Once they get to the kitchen, Edain informs them that Lachesis will arrive in one hour to pick Diarmuid up. Nervousness can be read on the latter's face, and Lester starts worrying about how it will go as well.

They don't talk much as Diarmuid gets ready to leave. Lester feels bad for not finding the right words to comfort him, even though he knows none would really change anything. He just wishes he could do more, if only a little, to cheer the one he secretly loves up at least a bit. But life is not as perfect as in the shows they were watching as kids, and when they hear someone ring at the front door, Lester can only hug Diarmuid one last time before he has to leave and go back to his mother, the one who plans to seperate him from his father.

And yet, for some reason, Diarmuid no longer appears to be nervous. On the contrary, he looks calm, confident even. He gives Lester a smile, that radiant and charming smile that's been missing for so long. “Thanks for everything,” he says, and Lester swears he's falling in love all over again. “I know she'll get mad at me, but this time, I won't stay quiet. It's time she realizes what she's doing. What THEY'RE doing,” he adds, obviously talking about his father.

And then, Diarmuid kisses him. Lester freezes, his mind in complete panic and chaos as it's trying to figure out whether this was real or just some hallucination from his lack of sleep. Before he can figure it out though, Diarmuid gives him a “See you on monday!” before leaving the room. After a moment, Lester finally snaps out of it, and instinctively touches his lips with his fingers. They're still warm. So it was real after all... Lester can feel the headache coming before he even starts overthinking it all.

But, hey, maybe growing up isn't all that bad after all.

Chapter Text

Sat Oct 1, 10:20 am

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Lester: And yeah I think I told you everything
Lester: Again sorry for making you waiting

Seliph: No it's okay, given the situation that's perfectly understandable

Lana: Yeah :( I just hope things get better for Diam

Larcei: Yeah me too
Larcei: Damn i wish wed paid attention more

Julia: I feel the same, but there's no point in dwelling on that

Scáthach: Julias right, now we just need to be there for him!

Iuchar: Exactly! Worry not Diarmuid, your friends are here to support you!

Lester: Thanks for understanding guys

Iucharba: Hey dont mention it, thats the least we can do

Scáthach: So if i got what u said right hes with his family now right?

Lester: Yeah
Lester: Theyll probably be talking for a while so dont expect him to answer too soon

Seliph: Yes, and he probably needs some space anyway
Seliph: If you read us Diam, take all the time you need

Lana: Yeah! Take care of yourself :)

Larcei: And if anyones bothering u too much i can help w that

Iuchar: Larcei violence is not an option in this situation

Julia: Please don't hurt his family Larcei

Larcei: Aight aight kidding
Larcei: But really buddy, if u need anything just name it and u ll have an army of eight at ur service

Lester: Thats certainly a way to put it

Iucharba: Is she wrong tho?

Scáthach: Def not

04:09 pm

Groupchat: My brother's sister is my sister
Description: Surprise family hug
Members: 5
Fergus
Nanna
Diarmuid
Chulainn
Finn

Fergus: Diam i hope u got the message
Fergus: NEVER DO THAT AGAIN

Chulainn: Hey now Fergy don't blame him for what happened

Nanna: Yeah, besides... I know I probably shouldn't say that but without him running away mom and Beowolf wouldve never took the time to finally talk everything out

Finn: Not to mention Lachesis finally gave up on her plan to remove Diarmuid's custody from Beowolf.

Fergus: Ugghh i still cant believe she was abt to do that
Fergus: Thats so cruel, poor Diam
Fergus: I actually get why he ran away

Nanna: Yeah :(
Nanna: But now they both promised theyd make some efforts

Finn: At least they should ask him about his opinion before deciding something now.

Chulainn: That's already a big step
Chulainn: And now we shouldn't have to hear them argue over the phone every night anymore

Fergus: THANK GODS
Fergus: Ill finally get some fuckin sleep

Nanna: Yeah I missed that

Diarmuid added two members to the groupchat

Fergus: Huh????

Lachesis: What is this?

Beowolf: Uh hello?

Diarmuid: Now you'll have another way to handle things rather than screaming at each other

Nanna: Diam you're sure this is a good idea?

Chulainn: Yeah not sure we should leave them in the same room, even if we're here to supervise

Lachesis: Please, we're adults. We're capable of behaving.

Beowolf: Yeah, have a bit of faith in us

Nanna: …

Fergus: …

Chulainn: …

Finn: Do not pretend our doubts are unfounded.

Beowolf: Alright alright I get it
Beowolf: I promise I'll behave

Finn: Lachesis?

Lachesis: I promise as well.

Chulainn: Great! Now this is truly the family groupchat

Fergus: Talk abt a weird family

Nanna: But that's why we love it right?

Fergus: Hehe u got it sis

Lachesis: Sis?

Finn: You will get used to it.

08:22 pm

Private conversation: Diarmuid/Lester

Lester: Hey Diam, can we talk for a sec?
Lester: Reply whenever you want, there's no rush

Diarmuid: It's okay, I'm listenning

Lester: Okay great
Lester: Well uh,,,,
Lester: About what happened this morning
Lester: You know, when you left
Lester: That. Meant something, right?

Diarmuid: I wouldn't have done it if it didn't

Lester: Oh
Lester: Then does that mean we're
Lester: You know
Lester: A thing?

Diarmuid: Oh dear, I thought you'd never ask

Lester: What is that supposed to mean???

Diarmuid: Nothing :)
Diarmuid: Do you want to come over tomorrow? I'm at my dad's place

Lester: Oh sure
Lester: It's a date then?

Diarmuid: It is :)
Diarmuid: Oh and, do you want to tell the others?

Lester: Let's wait until monday maybe?
Lester: There's no rush right?

Diarmuid: Yeah you're right
Diarmuid: See you tomorrow!

Lester: See you!

Mon Oct 3, 08:29 am

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Scáthach: Lester Diam i still dont forgive u.

Lester: OH COME ON
Lester: WEVE ONLY WAITED TWO DAYS

Scáthach: THATS TOO MUCH

Iucharba: Cant u just be happy for them

Larcei: Ofc ud say that, u ve waited months to tell us u had a gf

Iuchar: You earned that one brother

Lana: He has a point though
Lana: I'm happy for you two!!!!

Diarmuid: Thanks Lana!

Seliph: Took you long enough, but it finally happened! Congrats!

Lester: WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING THAT

Iucharba: …

Julia: …

Scáthach: …

Diarmuid: …

Lester: DIAM YOU TOO????

Iuchar: Ah, so clueless... That's our Lester

Lester: Shut up or I'll hit you with my pencilcase

Iuchar: Dear Lester, I am on the other side of the room

Lester: Uuuuggghhhh

12:02 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Edain: You seem in a good mood Finn today!

Hannibal: Indeed, it had been a while since we'd seen you smile so much, it's a pleasure!

Finn: Thank you two.
Finn: Our family issues are starting to get better.

Shannan: Wow that's great!!

Oifey: We're happy for you Finn!

Brigid: Looks like our good old Finn is back

Lewyn: How about we celebrate this a little?
Lewyn: Let's meet up in room 211

Edain: Oh good idea! I find we don't eat together enough

Shannan: That's because we often have work to do during breaks

Oifey: Speaking of which, I'm afraid I can't join
Oifey: I need to finish marking some papers

Brigid: Oh come on, I'm sure it can wait

Oifey: I told my class I'd give it back to them today, they'll be mad if I don't

Lewyn: Oh I'm sure they'll get over it

Shannan: Oifey? Please?

Oifey: Shannan.
Oifey: Don't start.

Shannan: Oifey please... It will be sad without you...

Oifey: …
Oifey: Fine.

Hannibal: Shannan your power of persuasion is tremendous

Brigid: I think that's called love Hannibal

Lewyn: Well, I'm waiting!

Finn: I'm on my way.

Edain: Me too!

Oifey: Sigh
Oifey: My class won't be happy about this

02:57 pm

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Altena: Guys anyone wanna commit crime w me

Sara: Yes

Eda: Sure

Dean: Im in

Leif: Altena what

Altena: Oifey was supposed to give us back our math papers today
Altena: He didnt

Asbel: So u wanna kill him for math papers?

Arion: Altena do I really need to remind you he's our uncle?

Tine: Plus he's nice!!!!
Tine: Strict, but nice!!!
Tine: Don't hurt him please :(

Altena: Wtf
Altena: I dont wanna hurt him
Altena: I wanna steal the papers

Nanna: Why?
Nanna: If he hasn't given them back it means some of them aren't marked yet

Altena: Oh idc abt that
Altena: I dont need to get my grade to know i failed

Linoan: So... you want to change your grade?

Altena: Basically

Leif: ...That's a terrible idea
Leif: It's Oifey, there's no way he won't notice
Leif: He knows you're bad at math

Altena: I knoooww
Altena: But this is our first grade of the year
Altena: Mom and dad are gonna be so disappointed if i bring a bad one back
Altena: I promised id make efforts for my last year

Arion: I think they'll be even more disappointed if Oifey tells them you cheated

Tine: It's okay Altena, you'll do better next time!
Tine: Just try to understand your mistakes so you can improve!

Asbel: Tine honey have u ever seen Altena work

Linoan: Well it's never too late to start!

Tine: Exactly!!!

Leif: You could always ask someone for advice
Leif: For example Sara's always helping me with science

Sara: Ur getting better
Sara: Ur welcome

Nanna: Omg Leif our daughter just gave you a compliment
Nanna: I think im about to cry

Leif: Im already crying :')

Altena: Mmmmh
Altena: I might have a solution

Eda: Does that mean no crime?

Dean: Yup

Eda: Damnit

03:10 pm

Private conversation: Altena/Ares

Altena: Hello nerd

Ares: What do you want

Altena: Help me with math

Ares: Why?

Altena: Ur good at it right?

Ares: So?
Ares: Doesn't mean i have to help you

Altena: Aw cmon
Altena: In memory of our past friendship

Ares: What past friendship?

Altena: U don't remember?
Altena: Im hurt rn
Altena: We used to hang out together in middle school
Altena: U know, u, me, Seliph and Leif

Ares: You were there like two times

Altena: Oh pls it was more than that

Ares: Okay fine
Ares: Meet me at the library tomorrow before class

Altena: Thanks nerd
Altena: U can even bring ur gf if u want

Ares: Who?
Ares: If you mean Lene shes my best friend

Altena: Oh right
Altena: Forgot u had a crush on my cousin

Ares: I changed my mind, fuck off

Altena: Nooooo
Altena: Im sorry Ares i wont do it again

Ares: Why did you even ask me
Ares: Your bf isnt bad at math
Ares: Your brother too

Altena: Yeah but i already see them a lot
Altena: Meanwhile we dont talk anymore
Altena: So idk, i felt like reaching out

Ares: I guess you're right
Ares: Okay, see you tomorrow

Altena: Thx!
Altena: See ya

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Tue Oct 4, 11:12 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 6
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail

Mareeta added one member to the groupchat

Ishtar: Hello everyone!

Lene: OMG
Lene: OMG OMG OMG
Lene: UR BACK

Mareeta: EVERYONE SAY HELLO TO THE BESTIE

Saias: How are you doing Ishtar?

Ishtar: Good thank you!

Febail: ISHTAAAAAAAAR
Febail: I missed uuuuuuu

Ishtar: Febail! I missed you too

Ares: Hey Ishtar, good to have you back

Ishtar: Thank you Ares!

Lene: Hows ur new school?

Ishtar: It's fine
Ishtar: Not as good as Belhalla Academy of course, but I've met some nice people there
Ishtar: I'm sure you'd love them

Lene: Whaaaat u ve replaced us already :(((

Ishtar: Of course not!
Ishtar: You know you'll always be my best friends!

Lene: I know, just kidding!
Lene: On the contrary, its good to know ur not alone

Febail: Yeah, esp after u had to leave so suddenly :(
Febail: I can't believe ur mother just forced u to go to another school

Ares: How are things with your family btw?

Ishtar: I'd lie if I said it was good, but it's been getting better
Ishtar: We don't talk much honestly
Ishtar: I'm just worried about the upcoming family gathering

Saias: Indeed, I think everyone is.

Ishtar: I do want to see everyone, but if it meant my mother wouldn't come bothering you, I'd rather not be there

Julius: Fuck that bitch
Julius: Just bc shes gonna get kicked out one day doesnt mean ur not welcome anymore
Julius: Ur part of the family, shes not

Ishtar: That's very nice of you Julius, but you know I'm only related to aunt Tailtiu
Ishtar: We're not related, I'm not supposed to be part of the family gathering

Julius: Who gives a shit
Julius: Everyone likes you

Febail: Julius wtf
Febail: Whats happening to u
Febail: How are u so nice all of a sudden

Saias: He's right.
Saias: Ishtar, even if you're not related to the Tyrfing-Naga family, you will always be welcome.

Ares: And if someone says otherwise, just call us so they change their mind

Mareeta: Hell yeah

Lene: Violence!

Ishtar: When it comes to my mother, it's probably the only solution...

11:30 am

Private conversation: Ishtar/Mareeta

Mareeta: Hey Ishtar, u okay?

Ishtar: I am, don't worry
Ishtar: If anything, I'm glad no one seemed to be mad even though I've left the group for months
Ishtar: It's reassuring to know they don't hold it against me

Mareeta: Ishtar, bestie, thats great but u know thats not what i was talking abt
Mareeta: Are u rly comfortable talking w Julius again?

Ishtar: Yes, it's fine
Ishtar: I already told you, I never blamed him for what happened back then

Mareeta: Ishtar, he rejected ur feelings
Mareeta: Ofc it affected u, ur allowed to admit it

Ishtar: Well, it certainly didn't help
Ishtar: But I'd have left anyway at some point
Ishtar: Maybe it'd have happened later, but that's all

Mareeta: Alright, i believe u
Mareeta: But u know u ll always have ur place among us right?

Ishtar: I know
Ishtar: And I can't thank you enough for that

Mareeta: Dont mention it
Mareeta: Also ive been meaning to ask
Mareeta: Do u still love Julius?

Ishtar: No, not that way anymore
Ishtar: Of course I still care about him a lot, but now it's only as a friend

Mareeta: Aight got it
Mareeta: Take care of urself bestie <3

Ishtar: You as well Mari <3

01:06 pm

Private conversation: Seliph/Shannan

Shannan: Hey kiddo, you're staying at our place tonight

Seliph: Oh, alright?
Seliph: But why so suddenly? Did something happen?

Shannan: …
Shannan: Ask your father

Seliph: ???

01:24 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Seliph: JULIA
Seliph: JULIA WHERE ARE YOU
Seliph: EMERGENCY

Julia: Oh gods what happened?

Seliph: Remember two years ago when I stayed at your place a few weeks?

Julia: Yes?
Julia: Oh.
Julia: Oh no.
Julia: He did not.

Seliph: He did.

Scáthach: Why am i terrified to ask whats going on

Lana: Wait I think I remember too
Lana: OH
Lana: HOLY SHIT IT HAPPENED AGAIN?????

Iucharba: What the fuck are yall talking abt

Iuchar: Oh no, this is a tragedy...

Diarmuid: But also hilarious tbh jcniovnac

Lester: Can someone pls enlighten us

Seliph: Sorry sorry I'll explain
Seliph: So two years ago I had to stay at Julia's place for a few weeks because our house's plumbing were messed up and flooded everything

Larcei: OH I REMEMBER NOW
Larcei: But wait
Larcei: WAIT
Larcei: It was ur fathers fault right?

Seliph: Yes
Seliph: One of the pipe was leaking, so my dad tried to repair it and somehow broke everything

Scáthach: Omg
Scáthach: Ur not telling us he did it again????

Seliph: I don't understand why he keeps trying to repair things when he's so bad at it
Seliph: But anyway now we have to stay at Oifey and Shannan's place this time

Lana: UCINPZAUBEZVRN HAHAHAHAHA
Lana: Your dad sure is something Seliph

Julia: But wait, what does it mean for the family gathering?
Julia: If the damage is as bad at last time your family won't be able to host it

Seliph: Oh you're right
Seliph: I guess mom and dad will ask someone else to host it

Julia: Yeah, sadly it's unlikely they'll cancel it

Diarmuid: Even a house destroyed can't allow you to escape your family

Lester: Tragic

Larcei: But maybe u could not tell Hilda that the gathering's place is changing
Larcei: That way u wont have to stand her

Julia: Yes but that'd be mean for Ishtar and Ishtore
Julia: They're both very nice :(

Iuchar: True! I was in Ishtar's class last year, she is a very nice person!

Scáthach: Why arent they around anymore btw? Did they change school?

Seliph: Yes
Seliph: I don't know much, but from what I've gathered it's because of their mother (for a change)
Seliph: Something about a school in Friege being more fitting for her children

Diarmuid: Uh the only school I know about in Friege is some sort of super strict boarding school
Diarmuid: Sounds like a nightmare

Lester: Ugh the more I learn abt Hilda the more im thinking like Larcei

Larcei: Whats that supposed to mean?

Scáthach: Hes talking abt ur tendency to solve everything w violence sis

Larcei: Oh
Larcei: Well welcome to the violence club friend
Larcei: Wanna go to Friege and beat up some egocentric bitch

Lester: Count me in

Iucharba: Im in too

Lana: Meanwhile Seliph's house is still in shambles after their dad ruined it for the second time

Seliph: Sigh
Seliph: Tell me about it

Wed Oct 5, 03:10 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Patty: Hey anyone knows abt photosythesis

Arthur: Patty wtf its 3am

Karin: U say that but ur awake too

Arthur: Yeah but i dont do my homework at 3am
Arthur: Im not mad

Patty: Sure whatever helps u sleep at night
Patty: Oh wait ur not sleeping

Fee: LMAO

Fergus: Whats going on here
Fergus: Some ppl are trying to get some rest

Karin: Bro just turn off notifs during night

Fergus: Nah i dont wanna miss the fun

Arthur: What fun
Arthur: Patty just needs help w homework

Patty: Yeah and no ones replied yet btw

Fee: Patty its 3am u rly think any of us can remember abt our science classes

Patty: Ugh
Patty: Where are Coirpre and Ced

Fergus: Coirpre prob turned his phone off like the responsible kid none of us are

Fee: And u rly think my bro will be awake at 3am
Fee: He already needs a shit ton of alarms to wake up before 8am

Karin: Sent u smth in private Patty
Karin: Not sure its gonna help tho

Arthur: Wtf
Arthur: Karin since when are u a smart kid

Karin: Hey shut up im not as smart as Ced but i still manage well enough

Fergus: True she always does her work
Fergus: Contrary to a certain someone

Arthur: Look ive got better things to do

Fee: Like what?

Arthur: Idk, enjoy life or smth

Karin: U wont enjoy it so much when u fail ur exams

Arthur: Bold of u to assume i give a shit
Arthur: Ive accepted my fate as an outcast, i refuse to follow society's rules

Patty: So whats ur plan once u fail school

Arthur: Uh
Arthur: Wait im supposed to plan ahead????

Fergus: I think u need some sleep Arthur

Arthur: Mmmh
Arthur: Ur right
Arthur: Maybe i ll see my future in my dream

Fee: Sure u will

Patty: I finished my homework btw
Patty: If anyone cares

Karin: Ur welcome

07:54 am

Coirpre: Huh
Coirpre: What were you all doing awake at 3am

Patty: Dw Coirpre we re fine

Karin: Fergy nearly got hit by a car bc he forgot to check before crossing the road

Coirpre: I

Fee: Arthur did u get some insight on ur future

Arthur: As a matter of fact, yes
Arthur: I ll write a best-seller and live as a worldwide recognized author
Arthur: See, i dont need school

Fee: No what u need is sleep

Arthur: Laugh at me all u want
Arthur: U ll see what happens in a few years

Ced: Why are yall talking so much
Ced: It's morning calm down

Karin: Oh here comes the sleeping beauty
Karin: Did u get ur 10 hours of sleep

Ced: Yes, and I feel like some of you needed it as well

Fergus: No idea what ur talking abt

Karin: FERGY THE ROAD

Fergus: Ooops

Coirpre: I'm terrified
Coirpre: What is lack of sleep doing to all of you

Patty: As i said, dw we re fine

08:10 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 7
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn

Edain added one member to the groupchat

Arvis: Hello everyone.

Oifey: Oh headmaster!
Oifey: Welcome in the groupchat

Arvis: Please, call me Arvis.
Arvis: There is no need for formalitites in here.
Arvis: Edain just told me about this groupchat, it got me interested.

Lewyn: Yeah, sorry we didn't invite you sooner
Lewyn: You're not a big fan of technology so we didn't think you'd want to join

Arvis: It's no trouble.
Arvis: In fact, I doubt I will talk often.

Hannibal: That's alright, you don't have to!

Shannan: Oh hello Arvis

Arvis: Ah, Shannan.
Arvis: My sister told me about the situation for the family gathering yesterday.

Shannan: Right, Sigurd destroyed everything again

Oifey: And here I thought my brother had finally learned his lesson...

Arvis: Well, in any case, I talked with Aida about it. We should be able to host the gathering in their stead.

Shannan: Oh, well that's one problem solved
Shannan: Although maybe this group is not the best place to talk about that

Arvis: Mh, you are right. Sorry about that.

Finn: Don't worry. We all talk about our personnal life from time to time.

Lewyn: Yeah, this group isn't just about work

Arvis: I see. Well, it was nice to have a conversation with all of you.

Shannan: Not all of us actually
Shannan: Where's Brigid?

Hannibal: Oh, she's probably busy preparing her next class

Edain: My sister doing work? Impossible

Finn: In any case, it's almost time, so we should all head for our first class.

08:19 am

Private conversation: Brigid/Edain

Brigid: WHY DID YOU INVITE HIM

Edain: Oh, come on Brigid
Edain: As I said Mr Valflame was just curious about the group
Edain: He won't keep a close watch on us or anything

Brigid: Still
Brigid: How can the groupchat feel safe anymore with the headmaster in it

Edain: Well maybe now you'll stop threatening people

Brigid: I see, so this was your plan all along
Brigid: I will never forgive you sister

Edain: Class is starting

Brigid: Running away I see
Brigid: You'll pay for this one day
Brigid: I swear you will

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Sat Oct 8, 11:45 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Leif: Guys this is getting scary

Arion: Agreed

Tine: Oh no what's happening?

Leif: So we all agree it's saturday

Sara: No shit

Leif: But when I woke up
Leif: I found Altena WORKING
Leif: Like
Leif: STUDYING
Leif: FOR SCHOOL

Eda: Lmaooooo

Nanna: Leif are you sure you're not mistaken
Nanna: Maybe she's just reading?

Arion: I can confirm he's not

Asbel: And have u ever seen Altena read anyway?

Nanna: Okay fair
Nanna: Then I think the world is abt to end

Linoan: Nooooo but we've only been with you guys for a month :(

Arion: I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do

Dean: Arion pls dont say that im gonna cry

Altena: What the fuck
Altena: Im allowed to do my homework

Asbel: U never do????
Asbel: Like whats going on are u sick are u gonna die soon

Altena: Tf no
Altena: Im just trying to improve my grade bc i dont wanna fail my exams
Altena: Also i asked Ares for help so the least i can do is make it worth it

Nanna: Oh so that's why you two were often at the library these days

Altena: What do u think we were doing???

Nanna: Idk, planning a crime?

Asbel: Thats also what i thought

Sara: And u didnt even invite me
Sara: Im offended

Eda: Yeah same

Leif: Why did you ask Ares anyway?

Arion: You could've asked me you know
Arion: Or Ced for that matter

Altena: Yeah but its been a while since ive hung out w Ares

Leif: Oh true, we used to spend a lot of time with him in middle school
Leif: And with Seliph actually

Altena: Yeah right?
Altena: Its nice to get in touch again

Eda: So ur not planning a crime?
Eda: Sad

Leif: I wouldn't be so sure
Leif: They were a terrifying duo back then

Nanna: Yeah, I didn't hang out with them but I remember seeing things

Dean: Uh like what

Nanna: I think one time they sneaked out of class just to have a fight outside

Altena: OH YEAH RIGHT
Altena: Dont even remember why lmao
Altena: We were probably arguing abt smth

Linoan: Okay maybe we shouldn't let them hang out together

Tine: I agree! This is getting scary

Asbel: If they ever team up for smth theyll be unstoppable

Eda: And chaos will take over the world
Eda: Keep going Altena

Arion: You say that but she's still working on her math exercizes

Nanna: Oh right forgot abt that
Nanna: Well guess chaos won't spread anytime soon

02:03 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Scáthach: Guys among us

Larcei: Fuck not again

Iucharba: Yes again

Seliph: I'm in!

Lana: Me too!
Lana: And this time Julia you better join us!

Julia: I will!

Diarmuid: Count me in

Lester: ^

Iuchar: I will play!

Scáthach: Aight we got everyone
Scáthach: Lets get started

02:16 pm

Iucharba: HOLY SHIT WHO LET THE GFS TEAM UP

Iuchar: We were all destroyed by the power of lesbianism

Lana: :)

Julia: :)

Lester: Problem is they're both too cute to be suspected

Diarmuid: Meanwhile Scá and Larcei are too busy accusing each other

Seliph: And once again I died first
Seliph: I'm starting to take this personally

Lana: Sorry it was too good of an opportunity <3

Larcei: SCA WHY DIDNT U REPORT MY BODY

Scáthach: BC ANYONE WHOD KILL U CANT BE AN IMPOSTER THEYRE A SERVANT OF JUSTICE

Julia: <3

Larcei: Omg ur gonna pay for this
Larcei: Start the next game

Scáthach: We ll see abt that sis

02:31 pm

Seliph: Is there a secret enbyphobia in here I wasn't aware of?

Iucharba: U were in my way
Iucharba: Sorry
Iucharba: Not sorry

Lana: Poor Seliph, they just wanna be a nice crewmate doing their task and we keep murdering them

Lester: Also Iucharba why didnt you kill Lana when we were with her and Scá
Lester: We couldve double kill

Iucharba: Nah thatd have been too obvious

Diarmuid: You say that as if you two didn't lose the game
Diarmuid: Thanks Iuchar btw

Iuchar: My brother cannot lie to me

Scáthach: Yeah for once u were useful
Scáthach: Unlike Larcei

Larcei: I swear once im impostor i ll murder u

02:43 pm

Larcei: U ABSOLUTE PIECE OF SHIT

Scáthach: Luv u too sis <3

Iucharba: How did no one suspect Seliph

Seliph: What do you mean?
Seliph: I wasn't that obvious, was I?

Iucharba: No but u didnt die first
Iucharba: That alone was proof enough

Lana: Actually I thought about it
Lana: But then I told myself the impostors probably just decided to be nice to Seliph for once

Seliph: I...

Iuchar: And then they killed me in cold blood
Iuchar: Our innocent enby icon became a murderer

Lester: Killing you isnt violence its justice

Diarmuid: They killed me too

Lester: Nvm Seliph is a criminal

Scáthach: And a good one at that, they carried our team

Seliph: Hey you did a good job Scá!
Seliph: Even if you got found out early you helped me a lot with sabotages

Iucharba: And ofc the only person he killed was Larcei

Larcei: Start another game.
Larcei: Im gonna get his ass.

Julia: Sorry but I have to go, my mom is calling me :(

Lana: It's okay Julia, we had fun together <3
Lana: And actually we gotta go too, we're going shopping with our parents

Lester: Yup, bye everyone

Iucharba: Gtg too, my brothers being a jerk again

Scáthach: Iuchar what

Iuchar: Hey!

Iucharba: No not him
Iucharba: For once
Iucharba: Brian

Iuchar: Oh right, I had my headphones on but now I hear the screaming
Iuchar: We have to go everyone

Seliph: Well, I guess we don't have enough people for among us anymore

Diarmuid: Yup, thats the end of it for today

Scáthach: Too bad sis, u wont kill me today <3

Larcei: AAAAAAAAH FUCK UUUUUUUU

Mon Oct 10, 06:10 pm

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 7
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail
Ishtar

Ares: Mareeta i hate you.

Mareeta: I TOLD U U WOULDNT GET AWAY THAT EASY

Lene: Omg what did she do

Febail: She pushed Ares on Seliph during fencing club
Febail: They fell together on the ground
Febail: It was very romantic

Saias: How do you know that?

Febail: I skipped archery club
Febail: When she told me abt her plan i knew i couldnt miss it

Ishtar: What is the matter between Seliph and Ares exactly?

Mareeta: Ares has a crush on them and he doesnt wanna admit it

Ares: Bc its none of your fucking business???

Mareeta: Sure whatever
Mareeta: Doesnt change the fact that ur face was beet red and u apologized a thousand times

Saias: Ares apologizing? Now that's unheard of.

Lene: Yeah true tbh

Ares: Lene not you too.

Lene: SORRY BESTIE

Mareeta: Lene dont apologize to him cowards dont need it

Ishtar: How is Ares a coward?

Febail: Bc he hasnt asked Seliph out obviously
Febail: Like what are u waiting for man

Ares: Again, none of your business

Mareeta: We re just tryin to help u man

Ares: By pushing me on someone else????

Mareeta: Yeah bc without me ud never initiate anything
Mareeta: Again, coward

Lene: I think when he makes his move is for him to decide Mari >:(

Febail: Which means hes gonna stay in the friendzone forever

Lene: ...okay good point

Saias: I don't agree with Mareeta's methods, but she is right on that point Ares.
Saias: You should try to ask them out.

Julius: Or dont so we dont have to hear abt ur stupid attempts anymore

Ishtar: Julius!

Ares: I dont need your help
Ares: Youre just gonna make things worse

Febail: Yeah tbh i wouldnt trust Mari on helping me w romance

Lene: Me neither

Mareeta: Hello???
Mareeta: Im like the only person in a relationship in this grp
Mareeta: Well me and Saias

Febail: Yeah and how u two ended up together is still a mystery unsolved

Saias: We love each other. That's all there is to it.

Mareeta: Aw luv u too Saias <3
Mareeta: Anyway Ares ASK THEM OUT

Ares: ITS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS

Ishtar: Wow what has this groupchat become during my absence

Julius: Nonesense

06:34 pm

Private conversation: Ares/Seliph

Ares: Hey, sorry again for what happened earlier

Seliph: Don't mention it! I told you it's fine
Seliph: Friends can be like that sometimes, it's no big deal really

Ares: I promise Ill make sure Mareeta doesnt do that ever again

Seliph: Ares it's FINE
Seliph: I won't stop hanging out with you just because of a joke one of your friends made
Seliph: So please, don't feel bad about it!

Ares: Alright
Ares: Thanks for understanding

Seliph: No problem!
Seliph: Besides I like spending some time with you, it's just like back then in middle school you know

Ares: Yeah, I see what you mean

Seliph: Well, see you tomorrow then!

Ares: See you there

08:23 pm

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Arthur: Any volunteer to put me up at their place saturday

Fee: No

Ced: Oh right, family gathering with your annoying af aunt right?

Arthur: I love how just bc of her no one wants to come
Arthur: Like fr shes the only reason those gatherings are a pain, otherwise itd be fun
Arthur: Well maybe except Julius, hed be annoying anyway

Karin: Why do u keep inviting her then? Shes not even supposed to be part of it

Arthur: We DONT invite her
Arthur: Idk how she does it but somehow she always knows when and where the gathering takes place
Arthur: Even tho the place changes every year BC of her

Patty: Wow is she a spy or smth

Fergus: Just kick her out then

Arthur: We TRIED
Arthur: But she always thinks its some sort of joke
Arthur: She thinks shes so high and mighty and the world revolves around her

Coirpre: Those people are the worst :(
Coirpre: Now I'm glad I don't have any aunts and uncles

Arthur: Well the other ones are very nice, esp aunt Deirdre
Arthur: But yeah shes a racist homophobic transphobic and all the kinds of ist and phobic bitch

Fee: Does that mean shes a misogynist?

Arthur: As a matter of fact, yes
Arthur: She thinks women should stay at home to take care of kids
Arthur: Which is very funny when you know she neglects her own

Fergus: Omg how can someone like her even exist

Patty: Hey ive got an idea
Patty: Ur family is full of queer ppl right?
Patty: Like Seliph, Julia, Mr Balmung and Mr Tyrfing
Patty: U too actually

Arthur: Yeah?

Patty: Then team up and do ur best to piss her off
Patty: Talk abt gay stuff
Patty: Make a coming out (real or not, doesnt matter)

Arthur: Oh gods
Arthur: Patty
Arthur: U absolute GENIUS
Arthur: How did we not think abt this before

Patty: Hehe i know

Karin: Holy shit thats such a good idea
Karin: Make her homophobic ass die of cringe
Karin: Make her regret she ever came here

Fergus: Make her regret she ever came to life

Coirpre: Isn't that going a bit far?

Ced: For someone like her? Absolutely not

Coirpre: Alright fair

Arthur: Im gonna become this bitchs worst nightmare

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Mon Oct 10, 09:01 pm

Groupchat: A btich's worst nightmare
Description: Objective: Make a homophobic throw up rainbows
Members: 9
Arthur
Tine
Saias
Julia
Julius
Seliph
Arion
Altena
Leif

Arthur created a groupchat
Arthur added 8 members to the groupchat

Arthur: Hello fellow cousins

Altena: Im not ur cousin

Arthur: Shut up
Arthur: Ive gathered u here for a very important reason
Arthur: Make Hildas life a nightmare on saturday

Altena: Nvm ur my fave cousin ever

Seliph: :(

Leif: Dont worry Seliph youre still my favorite!

Seliph: :)
Seliph: Also Arthur can you elaborate?

Arthur: Simple
Arthur: We say gay and trans stuff until she cant take it anymore

Julia: So for example I should talk about Lana?

Arthur: Yeah

Seliph: I can talk about enby stuff

Arion: And me about aroace

Saias: Same here about being asexual.
Saias: And the rest of you can help us by asking questions and supporting us.

Arthur: Sure, but also it doesnt have to be true
Arthur: Like u can make a fake coming out or smth

Tine: Ooooh I'll be transmasc for a day!!!!

Altena: Oops Ced just made her coming out as transfem im lesbian now

Leif: I just got a new boyfriend, I'm in a poly relationship with him and Nanna

Arthur: Whos the guy?

Leif: Who cares?

Julia: We need details Leif!! To make it as plausible as possible!!!

Leif: Oh okay uh
Leif: Ares' single right

Saias: Yes.

Leif: Okay hes my temporary boyfriend

Tine: Julius theres only you left!!! What flavor of queer will you be for a day?

Altena: U forgot Arthur too

Tine: No I didn't, he's genderqueer!

Seliph: Wait for a day or for real?

Arthur: For real
Arthur: But its no big deal, I dont care abt pronouns or anything

Arion: So if you don't care we can use she/they to piss off Hilda?

Arthur: Hell yeah

Leif: Perfect >:)

Julius added two members to the groupchat

Ishtar: Oh?

Ishtore: What's this?

Julius: U forgot them

Arthur: Oh hi fellow cousins
Arthur: We re planning to piss off ur mom
Arthur: Read previous messages for more details

Ishtore: Arthur you're a genius

Arthur: Thanks i try
Arthur: Sorry for not inviting u earlier btw, wasnt sure how ud react since we re talking abt ur mom

Ishtore: Oh don't worry we hate her as much as you do, maybe even more
Ishtore: You know what
Ishtore: I'm staying at my girlfriend's place before the gathering, so I'll come on my own
Ishtore: I'll borrow a dress from her

Tine: Oooooh great!! I'll be transmasc and you transfem perfect!!!!

Ishtore: Call me Iris for a day

Tine: Oh right I need a boy name too

Julia: How about Theo?
Julia: It's short so easy to remember

Tine: Yes!!! Thanks Julia

Leif: Julius Ishtar theres only you two left

Ishtar: Can I simply be a supportive ally? I'm not too comfortable playing a role

Julius: Dont wanna pretend either

Altena: Ur no fun

Seliph: No it's fine, I think we already have more than enough queerness to give Hilda a heart attack

Arion: Agreed, if after that she still wants to come to the gatherings then locking her up for the day will be our only solution left

Leif: It's okay, we'll succeed >:)

Saias: Do we warn the adults about the plan?

Arthur: No
Arthur: Wont be as funny otherwise

Tine: They'll be so confused about suddenly having a trans or gay or poly kid

Leif: Surprise rainbow

Tue Oct 11, 08:24 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Leif: Btw Nanna do you mind if I go out with your cousin for a day

Nanna: I
Nanna: Leif are are you on

Tine: Oh and please call me Theo (he/him) on saturday :)

Asbel: Sweetie ur trans???

Altena: My bf will be a gf for a day
Altena: Just havent told him yet

Eda: Wow u guys sure are smth

Arion: We're planning to drive Hilda crazy by being as queer as possible

Sara: Thats fucking genius

Dean: Hell yeah!

Linoan: Wait I have an idea then

Leif: Oh??
Leif: We're all ears

Linoan: Eda would you mind pretending to be my gf for a day

Eda: Sure

Linoan: Perfect
Linoan: So I'm gonna break up with Eda

Asbel: LMAO shortest relationship ever

Linoan: NO BUT WAIT
Linoan: Then Dean is gonna call one of you in panic saying that Eda's a mess

Altena: OH PLEASE CALL ME
Altena: ILL PRETEND TO CLICK ON SPEAKERPHONE BY MISTAKE SO EVERYONE HEARS IT

Eda: AND THEN DEAN HANDS ME THE PHONE AND I START SCREAMING ABT HOW I CANT LiVE WITHOUT MY GF BC WOMEN ARE AWESOME

Leif: OH OH
Leif: AND THEN SAY HOW MUCH ALTENA UNDERSTANDS YOU AND ASK HER OUT

Altena: FUCK YEAH
Altena: AND ILL SAY YES AND PRETEND THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE BC I HAVE TWO GFS

Nanna: Wait two

Arion: She'll pretend Ced is a girl

Sara: Nanna follow the conv

Nanna: Im trying
Nanna: Your imagination is just
Nanna: Something alright

Linoan: Oh no Nanna homophobic arc????

Nanna: WHAT NO
Nanna: Im just saying you're taking this way too seriously when having two boys kissing in the same room as her would probably be enough

Altena: Nanna this is a family gathering

Nanna: Not all of you are related
Nanna: You and Tine for example

Tine: No offense Altena but it would still feel weird
Tine: Besides, what we're planning is way more fun!

Altena: No i agree

Linoan: Sorry Nanna but my idea is just brilliant

Sara: Agreed

Asbel: Wow can we take a moment to consider how Sara hasnt said anything mean since this convo began

Sara: Tf
Sara: Why would i

Asbel: Idk ur always so menacing

Dean: Yeah youre a scary kid

Eda: Wrong shes a short queen

Sara: A short queen who supports homophobic slander
Sara: Get her ass everyone

Leif: Thats our daughter!!!

Nanna: Shes growing up so fast...

08:34 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Arthur: Hey Cedsy u dont mind being a girl for a day right

Fee: Excuse me what

Patty: Oh no hes fallen into the dark side of queerness
Patty: Hes forcing others to be trans

Coirpre: Is that even a thing?

Fergus: Apparently yes

Ced: I don't, why do you ask?

Patty: CEDSY NO
Patty: DONT ENCOURAGE HIM OR WE LL BE NEXT

Arthur: So remember our talk yesterday abt Hilda

Karin: How could we forget such genius

Patty: Ur welcome btw

Arthur: Yeah yeah thx
Arthur: Anyway
Arthur: I talked abt it with my cousins and we're all gonna act as queer as shit
Arthur: So Altena decided shed pretend to have a gf instead of a bf

Ced: Wow
Ced: Im proud of her
Ced: Sure I'll be her girlfriend for a day
Ced: Or for everyday if she wants me to

Fee: LMAO calm down Cedsy

Fergus: Wow i already knew women's power was terrifying but this is another level
Fergus: Ur still allowed to be urself Cedsy

Ced: I know I know, just kidding
Ced: Unless

Patty: Okay maybe this was a bad idea after all

Arthur: What are u talking abt
Arthur: For once u were a genius dont put that into question

Patty: WHAT DO U MEAN FOR ONCE

Coirpre: Patty pls listen to the class Mr Tyrfing already caught u daydreaming yesterday

Patty: THIS BITCH WONT LET ME

Arthur: Listen to the responsible kid Patty, listen to class :)

Patty: IVUNONUERNPIV

Fee: Did u break her

Coirpre: No Mr Tyrfing took her phone

Karin: LMAOOOOOO

Fergus: TRAGIC

Fee: Arthur shes gonna murder u during break

Arthur: Shes 1.50m tall u think im scared of her

Coirpre: You should be

Arthur: Hey kid put ur phone away before Mr Tyrfing takes it too

12:35 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 8
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn
Arvis

Oifey: What is up with the students today
Oifey: I confiscated three phones this morning

Finn: I seized one as well.

Lewyn: Students using their phone during class, nothing new here

Edain: You know that and you don't do anything about it?

Lewyn: Honestly? I gave up
Lewyn: If they get bad grades because they're not listening it's not really my problem

Hannibal: I disagree! It's our duty to help them progress in every subject
Hannibal: And that includes making sure they don't use their phones during class

Brigid: You all say that but I'm pretty sure the kids always use their phone during class
Brigid: The ones you manage to catch are at least 1/10 of the whole deal

Edain: Brigid you're not one to talk

Brigid: Excuse me? No one ever uses their phone in my class
Brigid: With their sport outfit I'd see it immediately if they tried to hide it so they all gave up a long time ago

Oifey: I guess you're right, it's easier for you to prevent it

Arvis: Then how do you know so many students use their phone during class Brigid?

Brigid: Easy
Brigid: I have kids

Arvis: So do I.

Hannibal: Most of us do Brigid

Brigid: Yes but mine are
Brigid: How to put this nicely
Brigid: Not the most obedient one
Brigid: And just listening to them talk about their friends is enough to guess they all chat during class

Edain: Oh, I guess you're right
Edain: Lester and Lana do seem to talk to their friends more than they should have time to

Brigid: See??

Finn: I suppose we do lack some vigilence about the whole matter.

Arvis: Then maybe we should try to fix that.

Lewyn: Uh oh
Lewyn: We're sorry Arvis, we'll be more careful from now on

Oifey: Yes, we'll put more efforts into making sure no phones are out during class

Arvis: Oh, I was not blaming any of you.
Arvis: The students are just very good at hiding their phones so you don't notice they're using it.

Edain: Then what do you think we can do?

Arvis: Mh. I do have an idea, but I will have to check whether it is feasable before.

Hannibal: Very well, keep us updated then

Arvis: I will.

Shannan: Mmmmmh

Lewyn: Oh hello Shannan, we haven't seen you around today

Shannan: I have a feeling

Finn: What do you mean?

Oifey: Oh Gods, yet another hunch of his
Oifey: Don't pay attention to him

Shannan: I FEEL it Oifey
Shannan: Something is preparing behind our back
Shannan: Something BIG

Oifey: Please go back to work

05:54 pm

Private conversation: Arthur/Ced

Ced: ARTHUR
Ced: ARTHUR PLS
Ced: EMERGENCY

Arthur: WHAT WHAT WHAT

Ced: IM HAVING AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS
Ced: CAN YOU COME OVER HERE

Arthur: HUH
Arthur: WAIT WAIT
Arthur: DONT TELL ME ITS ABT THE WHOLE U BEING A GIRL THING

Ced: YES IT IS
Ced: PLS COME
Ced: YOUR THE ONLY ONE I CAN TALK TO ABT THIS

Arthur: COMING RUNNING BRO
Arthur: OR SIS?

Ced: IDK JUST GET UR ASS HERE QUICK

Arthur: OKAY OKAY

06:05 pm

Private conversation: Arthur/Fee

Fee: What the fuck are u doing here
Fee: Why are u knocking on the door like a madman
Fee: Ur scaring mom

Arthur: IDC LEMME IN
Arthur: THIS IS SERIOUS
Arthur: CEDSY NEEDS ME
Arthur: ALSO IM NOT A MADMAN IM A MAD PERSON

Fee: Okay lmao
Fee: U better tell me whats going on tho

Arthur: Ask Cedsy not me
Arthur: This is abt him
Arthur: Or her

Fee: Excuse me what

Arthur: JUST FUCKING LET ME IN

Chapter Text

Wed 12 Oct, 07:25 am

Private conversation: Altena/Ced

Ced: Hey, could you come pick me up a bit earlier?

Altena: CEDSY???
Altena: UR AWAKE???
Altena: WHATS WRONG?????

Ced: Id like to talk to you about something
Ced: It's nothing troublesome dont worry
Ced: But it's important

Altena: Is it good if I'm here in 10min?

Ced: Yeah Ill be ready

Altena: Aight omw

08:14 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolcedsy
Description: If we had a penny each time Ced and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Ced
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Ced changed their username to Sety

Karin: Hello????

Arthur: LETS GO
Arthur: PROUD OF U GIRL

Fergus: GIRL???

Patty: HOLY SHIT TRANS CEDSY IS REAL???

Fee: Yeah so yesterday Arthur came knocking at the door like a creep
Fee: And then he and Cedsy talked
Fee: And then my brother became my sister

Coirpre: Ooooh congrats on your coming out Cedsy!
Coirpre: Oh sorry, it's Sety now right?

Sety: Yes
Sety: My mom once told me they were planning to call me that if I was born a girl

Karin: Do ur parents know?

Sety: They do, and they were fully supportive dw!

Arthur: Yeah we kinda owed them an explaination after i barged in without warning

Patty: Soooo
Patty: If u dont mind me asking how did u realize u were trans

Sety: Well I already had some doubts for a while
Sety: But when Arthur told me Altena would pretend I was a girl for saturday it kinda clicked

Arthur: She was such a mess when i came in
Arthur: Also the 'for a while' is actually 3 whole years

Fergus: WOW FR
Fergus: How come u never talked abt it with anyone?

Sety: Idk, it's not easy
Sety: Also I tried to convince myself I was imagining things
Sety: Accepting the fact that you'll have to tell your friends and family, deal with people misgendering you all the time...
Sety: I denied it so I wouldn't have to deal with it

Patty: Dw, we'll make sure anyone misgendering u regrets it >:)

Karin: Also are u out to anyone else aside from us and ur parents?
Karin: Just so we dont say anhything dumb

Sety: There's also Altena
Sety: Dw I don't plan on trying to hide it anymore
Sety: My dad said he'd talk to Mr Valflame to change my name in the lists

Fee: For once hes being useful

Arthur: Oh cmon Fee u gotta admit ur dad isnt that bad
Arthur: He took the news very well, didnt try to convince Sety it was a phase shed get over soon or anything like that

Sety: Yeah dad is always supportive when it comes to queer people
Sety: I was more scared of mom's reaction, because she doesn't know a lot about LGBT I thought she wouldn't understand
Sety: But in the end she just asked a few questions and then accepted it

Fergus: Great parenting there
Fergus: What abt Altena?

Sety: Oh she took it very well, she told me she'd been suspecting it and that was why she decided the whole gf pretending thing to begin with

Patty: Wow when ur gf figures u out before u do

Sety: In any case, thank you guys for being supportive
Sety: It means a lot <3

Coirpre: Of course! That's what friends are for Sety <3

Karin: Hell yeaaaah <333
Karin: Oh btw

Karin changed the groupchat's name to The legend of Lolsety
Karin changed the groupchat's description

Karin: There, all better

Sety: <3

08:22 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Altena: Guys ur never gonna believe this

Linoan: Ooooh what happened?

Arion: You left in quite a hurry this morning, is everything alright?

Altena: Yeah dw
Altena: So u know how i said id pretend Ced is my gf saturday
Altena: Well from now on call her Sety

Leif: NO WAY

Nanna: WOW REALLY???

Altena: Yup
Altena: She talked to me before class, shed had some doubts for some time and me pretending shes my gf is kinda what helped her accept herself
Altena: That and talking to her best friend

Tine: Oh so that's why Arthur left the house in a hurry yesterday!

Dean: Running to Setys house to help her figure out her gender
Dean: Truly the bestie of all time

Asbel: In any case, im proud of her!
Asbel: Ill congratulate her during lit club

Sara: Yeah me too

Eda: So Altena does that mean ur bi now?

Altena: Ig so?
Altena: Ive never rly considered myself het anyway
Altena: I just dont really care

Nanna: Youre so right
Nanna: Why care about labels, they're just words
Nanna: You love who you love, thats all

Leif: Weren't you sure you were a lesbian before we starting going out?

Nanna: Yeah
Nanna: And that's why I don't trust labels
Nanna: Bc you never know what you'll figure out about yourself in the future

Asbel: Makes sense ig
Asbel: Its just conforting for most ppl to put words to what they are

Linoan: Yeah!!! I was constantly freaking out before figuring out I'm ace
Linoan: Because I was sure something was wrong with me

Sara: ^
Sara: When everyone talks abt how great love is u keep wondering what the fuck is wrong with u bc u dont feel it
Sara: Until u realize ur aro

Leif: Ive never seen you freak out about it tho

Sara: Bc i figured it out before meeting u guys
Sara: Before that id get angry any time someone so much as mentionned love
Sara: Id be like “why tf does everything revolve around this weird thing everyone feels except me”

Arion: Also some people keep telling you you just haven't met the right person yet

Sara: YEAH
Sara: Fuck u i know what i feel and dont feel

Dean: So tu sum up labels help some people but not all

Eda: Yeah
Eda: In any case, guess u wont have to pretend u have a gf Altena
Eda: Since thats LITERALY the case now

Altena: Yup
Altena: Cant wait to see everyones face when i tell them
Altena: Im not gonna tell mom and dad for a better effect

Leif: LMAO
Leif: Tbh im pretty sure mom would 100% support our plan about Hilda

Arion: True, but we said we wouldn't tell any adults

Tine: Yeah!!! That'll make things even more chaotic
Tine: And Hilda hates chaos

Asbel: Well too bad for her, bc the new generation is pure chaos

Eda: Aka us
Eda: We re chaos
Eda: She better accept it or hide away before our chaotic energy spreads to the whole world

Fri Oct 14, 09:34 am

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Julia: Only one day left ;-;

Seliph: Please dont remind me

Iucharba: At least u ve got a plan to piss her off

Larcei: True
Larcei: Should be fun for once

Seliph: Yeah I know but
Seliph: Just the idea of seeing her face is
Seliph: Ugh

Scáthach: Speaking of an ugly face
Scáthach: We have art class rn

Diarmuid: The creep is scared of Larcei its hilarious

Lester: I mean he should be

Iuchar: He still bears a mark from the punch right?

Larcei: Yup
Larcei: So proud of myself for this one
Larcei: I hope he keeps it for the rest of his life

Lana: I dont think a punch does enough damage for that sadly

Scáthach: U never know
Scáthach: She hit him very hard

Julia: At least now he'll leave you alone for the last weeks he's staying

Diarmuid: Yeah he's never getting near our table
Diarmuid: Arthur's staying with us just for that

Scáthach: Tbh hes always been seating w us during art
Scáthach: Actually i suspect he was planning to help us for the teachs murder

Seliph: Why do you think that?

Scáthach: Idk, just a hunch

Larcei: Bro stop ur acting like Shannan

Lester: How is that a bad thing? I'd say Mr Balmung is a good role model

Seliph: Agreed, except everytime he has a hunch it doesn't mean anything
Seliph: And yet he keeps saying them like he's 100% sure to be right

Iuchar: Well, you never know
Iuchar: Maybe his intuition will be right someday
Iuchar: Or maybe Scáthach's is better than his

Scáthach: Wow thanks man

Lester: You know there's an easy way to check that
Lester: Just ask Arthur

Lana: Wow you're so smart brother
Lana: Diam?

Diarmuid: Got it
Diarmuid: Wow Scá was right

Scáthach: HA
Scáthach: TOLD U

Larcei: Uuuugh
Larcei: It was just a one-time thing, dont let it get to ur head

Scáthach: Sure sure

Julia: If he was really planning to help you commit murder does that mean we could possibly convince him to help us murder Hilda?

Seliph: JULIA????

Scáthach: Asking him wait

Lana: Wow Julia you're getting more and more into violence
Lana: Can't say I don't love it <3

Scáthach: He said hes okay with it if ur current strat doesnt work

Julia: Nice
Julia: I'm sure Julius and Altena will help us too

Seliph: CAN WE PLEASE GET AT LEAST ONE WEEK WHERE NO ONE PLANS ANY MURDER

Iucharba: Dont think thats gonna happen anytime soon
Iucharba: Sorry
Iucharba: Not sorry

Seliph: Sigh

02:54 pm

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 7
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail
Ishtar

Mareeta: Hey wheres Julius btw

Febail: Ur seriously only asking now

Mareeta: Look he never talks how am i supposed to notice hes not here

Lene: Thats mean >:(

Ares: Hes probably skipping class again

Ishtar: I see he hasn't changed in that regard...

Saias: He did not.
Saias: He is currently in Friege actually.

Febail: Huh
Febail: Why

Julius: None of ur fuckin business

Mareeta: Oh hi tsundere #2

Julius: Fuck u

Saias: He's just at our uncle's place.

Julius: Dont fuckin start scolding me this time i told u where i am

Saias: I wasn't about to.
Saias: No need to get mad.

Lene: Wow Julius u okay
Lene: Ur so angry
Lene: I mean way more than usual

Febail: I guess having to see ur evil bitch of an aunt tomorrow does that to a mf
Febail: No offense Ishtar

Ishtar: Don't worry I hate her as much as anyone
Ishtar: But yes the gathering does tend to make all of us nervous

Saias: Don't worry Ishtar, this time we have a plan.

Ishtar: Yes, but still
Ishtar: I'm a bit scared of how she will react once we get home

Saias: Oh you're right, we hadn't thought about that.

Ishtar: It's fine, she always gets mad for everything anyway
Ishtar: But it doesn't mean I look forward to it
Ishar: Still, I'll support you all the way through!

Mareeta: Uh excuse me i think we all miss context here
Mareeta: Care to enlighten us

Saias: Oh right, we forgot to tell you.
Saias: Ares you will become Leif's temporary boyfriend tomorrow.

Ares: ...Excuse me.

Febail: Uh wrong cousin Saias

Ishtar: What he means is we planned to be as queer as possible to disgust my mother as much as possible so she never comes to any gathering again

Lene: GENIUS

Ares: What the fuck does that have to do with me and Leif

Saias: He is going to pretend to be in a poly relationship with you and Nanna.

Ares: Oh
Ares: Okay

Mareeta: Lmao he doesnt even care

Ares: If its to piss off the bitch then sure he can pretend whatever he wants

Lene: What other funny thing did u plan???

Ishtar: Mh let me think
Ishtar: My brother is going to pretend he is a trans girl
Ishtar: And Tine a trans boy

Mareeta: icnivejiocjkeirnc
Mareeta: Trans cousins i love it

Ishtar: Altena will say Ced is her girlfriend

Saias: Actually that one just became true.

Ishtar: What? What do you mean?

Lene: Ced is now Sety!!!!
Lene: She came out two days ago i think
Lene: Or yesterday i dont remember

Ishtar: Oh that's great! I'm so proud of her!

Febail: What abt the others? Any other pretends?

Saias: No that's all.
Saias: Most of us are already queer so there's no need to lie.

Mareeta: What abt Julius and Ishtar?

Ishtar: We're not very comfortable with lying so we'll just support them ^^”

Lene: Fair enough!!
Lene: I think Hildas already gonna have a heart attack with what u planned

Julius: She better

03:12 pm

Private conversation: Julius/Ishtar

Ishtar: Hey Julius!
Ishtar: You're at uncle Azelle's place right?

Julius: Yes

Ishtar: My classes finish in one hour, can I come over to see you then?

Julius: Why
Julius: Ur already seeing me tomorrow

Ishtar: I know but tomorrow is probably going to be pretty messy
Ishtar: Although if you don't want to that's fine

Julius: No u can come
Julius: Just dont expect me to talk much

Ishtar: Alright! See you then
Ishtar: Oh and Julius?

Julius: What

Ishtar: I'm not mad at you for what happened back there
Ishtar: I never was actually
Ishtar: So please, just treat me like you always did
Ishtar: We're still friends after all, right?

Julius: Okay
Julius: ...thx
Julius: See u

Chapter Text

Well, this is certainly going to be something.

This is the first thought that crosses Saias's mind when Ishtore arrives at his house, as promised, in a light red dress borrowed from his girlfriend, as well as high-heel shoes and a bit of lipstick. He walks in with confidence, as if he's done this all his life. He is the first guest to get here, and Arvis and Aida are already at a loss of words while Julia barely manages to contain her laughter. Only Julius doesn't react, too busy playing on his phone.

Julius's been acting strange lately. Of course, he's always been distant and rude on the edges, but Saias knows, or rather feels something's changed. He just doesn't know what exactly, and, to be honest, it scares him a bit to see his little brother drift more and more away from him.

Although, now is probably not the time to think about it. After Ishtore, Altena's family shows up, soon followed by Seliph's. The teenagers all exchange knowing looks, ready to put their plan into motion. The rest of the guest – except Hilda, who always shows up last – all arrive soon after, and while the adults start discussing politics, work and other boring stuff, the teens spread out into their usual groups. Altena, Arion, Leif and Tine start playing some game on their phone together, Ishtore and Arthur talk about random subjects, Julius sits on the edge of a table with his earphones on, and Seliph, Julia and Saias sit together. The atmosphere is usually more tense, but instead, everyone is relaxed and even exited for some of them. And Saias would lie if he said he isn't as well.

“Did you see Dad's face when he saw Ishtore arrive?” Julia whispers at some point in their conversation.

“To be fair, Ishtore really gave his all for his outfit,” Saias replied, “just like Tine.”

The three of them turn around to look at the girl in question once more. Instead of tying her hair into her usual pigtails, she used her red ribbon to tie it up so it'd appear much shorter than it is, her hair tips stopping at her neck instead. She also borrowed some clothes from another guy – probably Asbel, since Arthur is known for avoiding gendered clothes like plague, and is much taller than her anyway.

“You mean Iris and Theo!” Seliph corrects him with a smile. “But you're right, they really nailed it. I can't wait to see Hilda's reaction to her new daughter and nephew...”

And, as if summoned by their words, Hilda, Blume and Ishtar show up right at this moment, as always uninvited but somehow aware that the gathering would take place here and now. Ishtar looks a bit nervous and immediately goes to sit next to Saias, while her mother wears her usual self-satisfied expression. Arvis goes to greet her, and while he forces himself to smile, it's obvious he's trying his best not to kick her out.

Then, Hilda's gaze drops on her son – or rather daughter – and her expression drastically changes in a second. “Ishtore!” she screams, startling almost every adult, while the teens were expecting it. “What is the meaning of this? What in the Gods' name are you doing in that get-up?” Then, she sees Tine, and her face gets even redder, “You too Tine?? What had gotten into you two? Have you no shame?”

Ishtore, not in the least scared by his mother's reaction, replies in a very calm and composed tone, “Oh, hey mom. You see, I was curious to try out one of Liza's dresses, and guess I liked it too much to take it off. Guess it's because I've been feeling more and more like a girl lately...”

“And me like a boy,” Tine continues. “You know Aunt Hilda, sometimes people are just not born in the right body. But that doesn't mean we can't be who we truly are! Call me Theo, by the way”

“That's my brother!” Arthur approves, patting Tine on the head.

“Hey Iris,” Altena intervenes, “I should introduce you to my girlfriend. She's trans too, maybe you two could exchange on some advice or something.”

“Hey, I'd love that! Why don't you give me her number?” Ishtore agrees.

It's only been five minutes, and Hilda already needs to sit down to prevent herself from collapsing out of shock. To be fair, even the other adults are quite appalled by the conversation they just witnessed, especially Tine's parents. Only Shannan wears a crooked smile, as if guessing what the kids are up to. It's true that their show seems a bit too exagerated to be true, which is mainly why they decided telling the adults is not necessary. They'll probably figure out the true nature of it at some point. And if they don't, well... At least their reaction will make sure to provide some entertainment.

After a long and awkward silence, the meal finally starts, and so does war. As planned, the teens start talking about their love life – or the absence of one – and gender identities, all making sure they speak loud enough for everyone to hear. However, Hilda does not wait to strike back, and decides that if she can't reason with those undisciplined kids, she'll at least silence them. So, to counter back their chatting, she starts speaking even louder, almost screaming. Most of the other adults don't say anything, as they hardly even manage to keep up with any of the conversations. Shannan is still amused by the situation, now also joined by Ethlyn who seems to have caught up on her kids' schemes as well.

Julius also stays silent, which doesn't surprise anyone but still worries Saias a bit. Of course, his little brother has never been one to talk during family gathering, but considering how much he hates Hilda, Saias can't help but wonder why Julius isn't doing anything to piss her off. Even Ishtar is making an effort to participate, when she knows her mother will make her regret it later.

But Saias doesn't have time to think about it more, as suddenly, a loud ringtone cuts off everyone talking. Altena gives the fakest apology ever and gets up to take the call in a corner of the room. However, she activates the speakerphone – probably intentionally – and everyone can hear Dean's panicked voice as he screams:

“Altena, I need your help!!!!”

“What?! What's going on?!” Altena replies in a similar tone. They're both very good at acting, Saias will give them that.

“I-it's Linoan!! She- oh Gods, she broke up with Eda!”

“Linoan did WHAT???”

“You heard me! My sis is a complete mess, I tried to talk to her but she doesn't listen! Please help me, I dunno what to do!!”

“Because you think she'll listen to me more? Dean, I'm at my family gathering, I can't do this right now!” She obviously only says this to make the whole deal even more convincing, but she certainly makes a great job at it.

“Please Altena! You're her closest friend, if anyone can comfort her it's you!”

Altena waits a few seconds to appear hesitating, and then replies, “Alright, hand the phone over to her then. If I call her myself she won't reply.”

Another few seconds pass, and then an overly sad and wimpy voice says, “A-Altena?”

“Eda! Dean told me what happened, I'm so sorry!”

“Altena, I don't know what to do! Linoan was everything to me, how can I live without her?! I thought she was the woman of my life! Why did she decide to break up? I don't understand!!!” her words are followed by loud and honestly pretty exagerated sobs. Eda is a bit less of an actor than Altena and Dean, but at least one can't deny she's putting a lot of efforts into it.

“I know Eda... Listen, it's gonna be fine, okay? I can't right now, but I'll come over as soon as possible. We'll go through this together, so don't worry, alright? You're not alone in this, I'm here for you.”

“Oh Altena, thank you... You're the only one who ever understands me... What would I do without you?”

“That's what friends are for Eda,” Altena replies, and this sentence for once feels genuine.

“Friends, huh? You're more than that to me Altena...” Saias immediately gets where this is going, and he has to bite his lower lip to prevent himself from laughing. He's clearly underestimated Altena and her friends in this. One side glance is enough to confirm that Hilda is already boiling out of rage, and this is only going to get worse. Their plan is working.

“What do you mean Eda?”

“Altena I... I think I love you...” Saias vaguely hears someone snorting in the background. Probably Dean, he guesses. “I'm not just saying that because I just broke up with Lin and feel lonely! I just... You've always been so special to me... I know you're already with Sety, and... Oh, sorry, this was a stupid thing to say, forget it...”

“Eda, wait! I feel the same! I never told you anything since you were already with Lin but... I love you just as much as I love Sety... I actually talked to this about her, and she said she didn't mind if I was to date another girl besides her... So, you know, maybe we could give it a try?”

“R-really? You're not saying that to make me feel better, are you?”

“No I'm not! Although, now's probably not the best time to talk about this... I'll come over later today, alright?”

“Alright... Thanks Altena, see you.”

“See you Eda. Take care.”

And with that, she hangs up and returns to her sit as if what just happened was perfectly normal, even though almost everyone is looking at her with wide eyes. Only Leif, Arion and Tine are smiling, probably because they already knew about the fake confession call.

Then, after a big awkward silence, Altena exclaims excitedly, “I'm gonna get a new girlfriend!!!”

“Yeah, congrats Altena! That's amazing!” Tine congratulates her, and all the other teenagers soon do as well.

Saias looks at the adults again, and this time it seems both Tailtiu and Azelle have finally caught up with their little schemes. The others still have no idea what's going on, and are probably wondering whether their children have been abducted and replaced by fake ones.

And, of course, there's Hilda. She angrily gets up, almost knocking her chair over in the process. Her face is so red from rage it looks like it could burst at any second. And it does, figuratively speaking.

“What is wrong with you all??? How dare you say all this degenerate nonsense?! You are all sinners spitting on the names of the Gods and all they created! How are you even able to live with youselves?? Actually, you must be quite proud of yourelsves for having corrupted my son! I will not let your poisonous tongues do the same with my daughter!” She turns towards Ishtar as she says that. “After all, she is still the only sane child among all of you depraved kids, right? Her and her sweet Julius! You still love him, right sweetie? Of course, you two are the perfect match! Julius doesn't realize it because he's had such poor relations, that's all!”

That's the final straw. While Arion has to prevent Altena from beating up Hilda, everyone, teenagers and adults alike, start screaming at the latter with just as much anger. While her criticisms are usually hidden behind a honey-like voice and fake advice, this time, she's openly insulted their family, and that's something none of them can forgive. As the room gets more and more filled with screams of arguing, Saias notices Julius leaving the room in a hurry. Azelle notices it too, and slightly moves his eyes to tell Saias to follow him. And that he does, leaving the chaos they just created behind.

It doesn't take long for Saias to find his little brother. He found shelter in his room, sitting on his bed and hiding his face in his knees. Even though the door was left open, Saias still knocks before entering. Julius barely moves his head and then mutters, “Go away.”

Saias doesn't. Instead, he takes a sit right next to Julius, and start rubbing circles on his back. He used to do that a lot when they were children. Julius used to be very sentitive and cried a lot, and Saias would always be there to comfort him. He suspects his little brother never got rid of his sensitiveness, only he replaced his tears with anger and harsh words.

They remain like this for a while, and Julius doesn't bother to tell his brother to go away again. Instead, he mutters, “Why don't I love Ishtar?”

Saias is taken aback by the question. He already knows something's been wrong with Julius for a while, but that is certainly the last thing he was expecting. “What do you mean?”

“She likes me, we're close, and we basically have everything to be the perfect couple... So why don't I love her? Why don't I feel the same?!” His voice starts to get louder and louder. “Everyone keeps talking about how love is great, and once you find it your life is finally complete or some shit like that. Why can't I be the same?! What's fucking wrong with me Saias???”

Saias feels his heart shattering to pieces as tears start falling down Julius's cheeks. It's been so long since he's seen his little brother cry. He takes him in his arms, and continues rubbing his back while saying, “Julius, there's nothing wrong with you... Not everyone falls in love, that's okay...”

“Then it means I'll just finish my life alone? Sad while everyone's getting married and founds a family?”

“Of course not. You don't need a romantic partner to be happy. You'll always have your friends, and your family around. And maybe, someday, you'll find someone-”

“I just told you I don't fall in love,” Julius cuts him off.

“I'm not talking about romance,” Saias corrects him. “Just... A friend. A friend very special to you, that you'll trust enough to spend your life with. But even if you don't, that's alright. Not everyone needs that one person they'd give up their life for. You're fine just the way you are Julius.”

Julius leans on Saias's shoulder a bit more. How long has it been since he's trusted in his big brother enough to do that? Saias is glad they're finally getting close again. “Saias...” Julius whispers after some time. “I think I'm aromantic. I'm sorry for being a jerk these past few weeks. I just couldn't stand hearing all of you talk so much about your love lives.”

“It's alright Julius,” Saias assures him. 'Thank you for telling me. I promise we won't talk about it as often from now on.”

“It's fine. Now that I've finally accepted I'm aro, I think it won't bother me as much. But... Thanks for caring.”

“I'm your big brother Julius. I'll always care about you.”

They stay like that for a big longer, until Julius says they should get back. The noise from the living room has lowered a bit, although it hasn't stopped completely yet. No one really pays attention when they enter, except Azelle who smiles at them. Julius smiles back, and then, out of the blue, call out to Ishtar. Feeling this is about to be an important discussion, Saias takes an empty glass and loudly crashes it on the ground to have everyone else shut up. He'll apologize to his parents later.

Julius silently thanks him, and then turns back to Ishtar, “I need to tell you something.”

“What is it Julius?” she replies, intrigued.

“I... I'm sorry. When you confessed to me back then, I didn't give you a proper answer. So, I know it's a bit late, but I wanna correct that.” He takes a big breath to give himself some courage, and then continues, “I care about you a lot Ishtar, but... not in the same way as you. I'm sorry, I can't go out with you. I only see you as a friend, and always will, because... I'm aromantic.”

A heavy silence fills the air. Even Hilda is so shocked by the news she doesn't say anything this time. As for Ishtar, although stunned at first, she eventually smiles and replies, “Oh, Julius... Thank you for telling me. Don't worry, I don't have feelings for you anymore. Still, I really appreciate it. We'll always be friends, right?”

“Yeah, of course,” Julius confirms, and the two hug for a few seconds.

Saias thinks this would be the end of the story. However, Ishtar then goes to face her mother, and declares, “I'm not going back to your horrible boarding school.”

Hilda is so shocked she can barely muster a response. “Wh-what? Excuse me?”

“You heard me. I'm going back to Belhalla Academy. Next week.”

Hilda nervously laughs, “Y-you little ungrateful... You think you have a choice in this? That the headmaster will accept-”

“As a matter of fact, he will,” Arvis cuts her off as he smiles to Ishtar. “We'll be happy to have you back Ishtar.”

“You... You...” Rage once again twists Hilda's face. “Never set foot in my house again! You're no longer my daughter!”

“Good, because I never wanted to be,” Ishtar replies dryly.

“And neither did I,” Ishtore adds.

“Arthur, Tine, I hope you don't mind if we make some space for your cousins at home?” Tailtiu asks, as Azelle nods in agreement.

“Of course not! I'll be fun to have them around!” Tine answers happily, and Arthur agrees as well.

Hilda is so enraged she can't even reply back anymore. In the end, she grabs her bag, and calls out her husband, “Blume, we're leaving! I'm never setting foot in this degenerate house again!”

They both head for the front door, and, as they leave, Sigurd reminds them, “You were never invited to begin with!” and with that, the unwelcome couple storms out.

It takes a while for everyone to fully grasp what just happened. Saias, remembering his broken glass is still laying on the floor, goes to grab the whisk broom and starts collecting the small shards. Then, once she's collected herself, Aida asks, “Well, is someone hungry?”

And with that, everyone starts happily chatting again, as if nothing ever happened. Well, almost nothing. Oifey turns towards the teenagers and asks, “So, we do agree that all of you were just playing pretend to chase Hilda away, right?”

Ishtore contemplates his painted nails, and, with the most stereotypical effeminate voice ever, replies, “Maybe, maybe not... Who knows?”

The whole family bursts into laughter, even Julius who's had such a hard time smiling lately. Saias can't help but look at him fondly, and when Julius notices it, he smiles back at him. Meanwhile, Altena asks Ishtore if he still wants Sety's number, and Arthur makes the most random coming out ever.

“Oh, by the way everyone, I'm genderqueer.”

Their family is truly as queer as can be, and neither Saias nor Julius would have it any other way.

Chapter Text

Mon Oct 17, 08:34 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 7
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail
Ishtar

Mareeta: AAAAAH IM SO HAPPYYYYYYY

Ishtar: Hehe, thanks Mareeta ^^

Febail: Yeaaah, its so good to have u back!!!
Febail: And u even got to be in Mareeta and Saias's class!!!

Ares: Pretty sure Mr Valflame did it on purpose

Julius: He absolutely did
Julius: How are things w Azelle and Tailtiu btw?

Ishtar: Oh great! They've been adorable with me and my brother
Ishtar: Arthur and Tine too!
Ishtar: It really doesn't feel like we're intruding

Lene: WOOOOO
Lene: U no longer have to put up with the bitch!!!

Saias: And neither do we.
Saias: Considering how it went on saturday, I doubt we'll see her at any future gathering.

Mareeta: EVERYONES WINNING
Mareeta: ITS TIME TO CELEBRATE BABEEEEE

Lene: Oooooh we could organize smth for sure!!!

Julius: How abt that new pizza restaurant we ve seen a few days ago?

Febail: Yooooo Julius willingly inviting us somewhere???
Febail: We truly winning!!!!!

Julius: Okay ur not invited

Febail: Whaaaaat :(((

Julius: Kidding
Julius: Btw i ll have smth to tell yall there

Saias: Oh?
Saias: Is it what I think it is?

Julius: Ye

Ishtar: Oh you're teeling them then? Great!
Ishtar: I'm with you Julius!

Julius: Thx

Mareeta: What are yall on abt

Saias: You'll see.

Lene: Cmoooooon dont keep us waitiiiiing

Ares: Guess we dont have a choice

Julius: No u dont

09:04 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolsety
Description: If we had a penny each time Sety and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Sety
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Patty: Arthur u still owe me one

Arthur: Huh????

Patty: I gave u the idea for the gathering
Patty: And now thx to me shes gone forever

Karin: Shes right Arthur
Karin: She deserves a reward for her genius plan

Fee: Yeah queen once again saved the day

Coirpre: What would we do without you Patty!

Patty: Aw stop it guys im blushing
Patty: Arthur im waiting

Arthur: Aight aight
Arthur: How abt food?

Patty: Arthur im a cook i can do it myself but better

Fergus: Yeah cmon Arthur she deserves better than that

Arthur: Uuuugh
Arthur: Idk
Arthur: A book? A video game?

Patty: Im not a nerd like u

Arthur: Oh cmon u play Roblox all the time

Patty: Yeah bc its free
Patty: And its the only game i ever play

Arthur: Then how abt Robux?

Patty: No

Arthur: Okay im done just tell me what u want

Fee: Loser

Sety: I'm disappointed Arthur
Sety: I thought you knew better than that

Arthur: Pls i helped my family getting rid of an international bitch gimme some rest

Patty: Never
Patty: Buy me a hat
Patty: I've seen one that looked cool last time i went to the city center

Arthur: Oh sure
Arthur: Actually we can do a whole shopping session if u want

Patty: Yeah!!!!

Karin: OMGG CAN I COME PLS PLS PLSSSSSSS

Arthur: U wont get anything from me, i dont owe u shit

Patty: Yeah sure anyone can come

Fee: When do u wanna go?

Patty: Idk, next saturday?

Sety: Actually we dont have class on wednesday afternoon

Fergus: REALLY????

Karin: Fergy Mr Balmung talked abt it 10min ago
Karin: They need the buildings to be empty for renovation or some shit

Coirpre: Am I the only one to find it weird?
Coirpre: Not only is it pretty sudden, but they could've just waited until the weekend

Fee: Who cares, gives us a break
Fee: So everyone set for wednesday afternoon?

Patty: Sure!!!!

Karin: YEAAAAAAH

Sety: Count me in!

Arthur: I dont have a choice anyway

Fergus: Ill sit this one out, shopping isnt really my thing

Coirpre: Yeah me neither

Karin: Whaaaat cmooon
Karin: We re not just gonna do clothes stores!!!!
Karin: We can also stop by the bookstore :)

Coirpre: Okay I'm in!!!!

Sety: and the art and video games ones

Fergus: Okay got it im coming too

Patty: Woooooooo

10:32 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Eda: Guys is it weird if my call with Altena made me feel things abt women

Linoan: Eda you're lesbian what are you talking about

Eda: Yeah but
Eda: I was a happy single lesbian
Eda: Now i want a gf

Altena: I wont go out with u

Eda: Aw :(
Eda: Lin?

Linoan: Sorry, me neither!
Linoan: I only see you as a friend ^^”

Dean: Plus pretty sure she already likes someone else

Asbel: Oh????
Asbel: Tell us more

Linoan: Dean!

Dean: Sorry sorry
Dean: I wont say anything else

Linoan: No it's fine it's not really a secret anyway
Linoan: I'd just rather talk about it myself

Leif: Fair enough
Leif: Soooo
Leif: Are you gonna tell us anything?

Linoan: Yeah sure
Linoan: But not now
Linoan: Mr Tyrfing keeps looking at me, I'll put my phone away for now
Linoan: See you!

Nanna: Is it me or has he become even more vigilant abt phones lately?

Arion: Not just him, all the teachers seem to keep watch more than before

Asbel: Maybe they all realized we re always messaging during class

Sara: I think theyve known it for a long time
Sara: But if they had to keep watching over us all the time they couldnt focus on class

Leif: Yeah youre right
Leif: Guess we ll have to be more careful

Nanna: Maybe we could just focus on class for a change

Dean: Focus on what

Arion: Dean careful Mr Leonster is getting closer to you
Arion: Even Altena is working

Asbel: Omg what happened to our girl
Asbel: Shes becoming a model student

Nanna: Wouldnt go that far
Nanna: But hey maybe you should all follow her example for a change

Sara: And what abt u smartass

Nanna: Hey im very studious

Leif: Didnt you arrive late to class this morning?

Nanna: In my defense I had to tidy the art classroom

Asbel: Isnt that the teachs job

Leif: You think the creep is gonna do shit?

Nanna: Yeah not happening

Eda: Sorry to interrupt but im still thristy over girls

Nanna: No

Sara: Fuck off

Eda: I didnt even ask u anything????

Leif: Download a dating app

Eda: No

Leif: Then good luck

01:56 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Scáthach: Mmmmmh

Iucharba: What

Scáthach: I have a feeling somthings gonna happen soon

Larcei: Omg not again
Larcei: Scá stop it ur not Shannan

Seliph: No but he's right
Seliph: Something feels off

Iuchar: What do you mean?

Seliph: Well, don't you think it's weird we suddenly get an afternoon off?

Diarmuid: Well it happened before

Julia: Yes but usually the teachers tell us at least one week beforehand

Lana: Mmmh you're right
Lana: Mom didn't even tell us

Lester: Yeah thats def weird

Scáthach: See????

Larcei: Right right
Larcei: Or maybe Mr Valflame is tired af after the gathering and he wants some rest

Julia: Larcei my dad would drag himself to school even if the world was ending and he had lost an arm

Seliph: Agreed, he would never do that

Iucharba: Then whats the deal
Iucharba: Why are they chucking us out of school

Scáthach: Idk
Scáthach: But i know we re not gonna like it

Iuchar: It seems a great tragedy is about to play in our beloved school

Larcei: Or yall are just paranoid

Diarmuid: ...Yeah for once I agree with Larcei
Diarmuid: Why don't we just enjoy the break and do something fun

Lester: Diam i love you but we gotta investigate
Lester: Lana help me we gotta question mom

Lana: You mean question or QUESTION

Lester: QUESTION

Lana: Okay got it
Lana: I'll ask dad for help tonight

Lester: And I'll talk to mama

Julia: What are you planning for your mom excactly..?
Julia: On second thought, I don't want to know

Iucharba: Keep us updated

Lester: You got it

Larcei: U know we could just wait until thursday

Scáthach: No
Scáthach: We gotta figure out the truth NOW

05:01 pm

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 8
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn
Arvis

Edain: So Arvis, are you going to tell us why you suddenly decided to cancel wednesday afternoon's classes?

Arvis: Ah, yes, of course.
Arvis: You see, I have thought about the phone problem we're currently facing.

Shannan: Phone problem?

Oifey: He means the student being on their phone during class

Shannan: Oh
Shannan: Go ahead Arvis, we're all ears

Arvis: Well, I checked our budget and searched for the best offer, and found a solution last friday.
Arvis: Since the situation is most urgent, I decided it would be best to act as soon as possible.
Arvis: Thus my decision to cancel some classes in order to fix the problem.

Lewyn: And can you tell us about that solution?

Arvis: I believe it would be best explained face to face.
Arvis: Can you please all meet me in my office after the club activities end?

Hannibal: Certainly!

Finn: Do we warn the art teacher as well?

Brigid: No

Edain: Brigid that's not for you to choose
Edain: Although I agree that I would rather not see his face if it's not necessary

Arvis: No need to warn him.
Arvis: I believe he already left anyway.

Lewyn: Right, Nanna's taking care of the art club instead of him
Lewyn: I seriously can't stand him anymore

Hannibal: Fortunately our new art teacher is coming soon, right?

Arvis: Indeed.
Arvis: She is arriving on november 7 to be precise.
Arvis: And a few Thracian students will be transferred here at the same time.

Finn: Do you know how many?

Arvis: Three.

Oifey: Well, I'm eager to meet them!

Shannan: Agreed, and same for our new teacher
Shannan: Actually, do you have her number?
Shannan: Maybe we could add her to the group

Edain: Oh good idea!
Edain: We could get to know her better, and she would feel more comfortable when she arrives since she'd already know us

Arvis: I agree, sadly I do not have her number yet.
Arvis: But I will add her as soon as I get it.

Lewyn: Great, thank you Arvis

08:34 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Lester: GUYS THIS IS A DISASTER

Larcei: Huh

Lana: EMERGENCY EMERGENCY
Lana: OUR LIVES ARE THREATENED

Diarmuid: What's going on????

Lester: EMERGENCY CALL
Lester: EVERYONE COME IN

Scáthach: I knew it...

Chapter Text

Wed Oct 19, 03:01 pm

Groupchat: The legend of Lolsety
Description: If we had a penny each time Sety and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Sety
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Sety: Guys where are you

Arthur: Omg who left Setsy alone

Karin: What the
Karin: She was with me 2min ago
Karin: How did that happen

Patty: Karin u know Setsy can get lost in 2secs if we dont watch over her

Fergus: Sety where are u

Sety: I dont know
Sety: Its just random street after random street
Sety: Only old houses in there

Fee: How far did u go in 2mins????

Sety: I just told you I DONT KNOW

Coirpre: Sety don't panic

Sety: Too late

Coirpre: Well at least stop moving
Coirpre: Send me your location, I'll come and get you

Karin: U want someone to come w u?

Coirpre: No don't worry
Coirpre: I know the district she's in, I used to live there
Coirpre: Still impressive she got that far in so little time

Patty: I'm coming with u!
Patty: Ur not allowed to say no

Arthur: Wait what abt ur hat

Patty: Just pick one while im gone

Arthur: Which one????

Patty: Idk, u choose

Arthur: Omg ur the worst

03:22 pm

Coirpre: We found Sety!

Fergus: Okay from now on never take ur eyes off of her
Fergus: Right Karin?

Karin: Yeah yeah ik
Karin: Sorry Setsy

Sety: Dont worry, it's kind of my fault
Sety: I shouldn't have wandered off on my own

Fee: Where were u going anyway?

Sety: I was trying to find you
Sety: I found earrings that I thought you'd like

Fee: AAWWW thx sis
Fee: But next time pls message me and i ll come to u directly

Sety: Alright, noted

Patty: Arthur did u pick my hat?

Arthur: Yes Patty, i bought ur hat

Patty: Okay im coming

Fergus: Careful Arthur, she better not be disappointed or she ll make u regret it

Arthur: How dare u
Arthur: My fashion sense is flawless

Fee: Its hard to admit but i agree
Fee: Theyve got a style like no one else and its def good

Arthur: Aw thx Fee
Arthur: I like ur style too

Karin: Omg guys its happening
Karin: Theyre complimenting each other
Karin: Theyre making peace at last

Coirpre: I wouldn't go that far
Coirpre: But it's a start

Patty: [mewithcoolhat.jpg]
Patty: What do u guys think

Karin: Ooooh love it!!!!

Sety: Yeah, it really suits you!!

Patty: Thx thx
Patty: It wasnt my favorite, but its still a good choice
Patty: U did alright ig Arthur

Arthur: OMG U LITTLE

Thu Oct 20, 09:34 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 8
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn
Arvis

Finn: It looks like the scramblers are working.

Oifey: Indeed, once they all realized they no longer had any network connection inside the school buildings they stopped using their phones

Lewyn: I've checked and my kids haven't been online for the last two hours, it's working

Arvis: That is good to hear.

Edain: The phone jammers were a great idea Arvis! Now everyone is finally focusing on class with no external distraction

Shannan: Well, some of them are still trying to chat but that's something we can easily fix

Hannibal: They all seem pretty mad about the matter though
Hannibal: I had class with my children earlier, they both tried to convince me we had to remove the scramblers

Lewyn: Yes same thing with Fee

Oifey: They will get used to it eventually

Arvis: Exactly. Phones are forbidden during classes for a reason. It only distracts them from working.

Edain: Some of them tried to argue that they need it for research sometimes
Edain: But since most of the rooms are equiped with computers, the argument doesn't hold any water

Brigid: You mean those old machines we've had for ten years? Pretty sure half of them can't even be turned on

Arvis: Really? Are they that outdated?

Brigid: Yes they are
Brigid: I had to use one to send an email one day, I had to try out ten computers before finding one that actually worked

Hannibal: It is true that I never ask the students to use them during my classes for that reason

Arvis: Mh. I was not aware of that.
Arvis: Maybe we should invest in new technological equipment.
Arvis: Although the phone jammers already costed us quite the amount.

Oifey: Well, I don't think there's any rush
Oifey: We can simply keep most of the research work for homework

Edain: Or use the school's library

Shannan: Pretty sure some of those kids haven't opened a book for five years

Hannibal: What are you talking about? They have plenty of books to read for my classes

Shannan: ...Oh, Hannibal, honey
Shannan: You truly have no clue, do you?

Hannibal: I don't understand

Brigid: He's saying a bunch of students don't read school books
Brigid: Pretty sure my kids don't

Hannibal: Oh, is that so? That is such a shame
Hannibal: There is so much to be learned from literature...

Oifey: I'm sorry Hannibal, that's just how things are sadly

Hannibal: How tragic...

12:26 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Asbel: I CANT BELIEVE THIS
Asbel: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING

Eda: IM GONNA MURDER THEM

Tine: I'm afraid we can't really do much :(

Dean: Yeah... Thats just how things are gonna be now

Eda: Lin Dean we re going back to Thracia
Eda: I aint staying here

Dean: Mom and dad will never agree

Eda: AAAAAAAAAAH

Nanna: Holy shit calm down
Nanna: Is it really that much of a deal?
Nanna: I mean sure classes are gonna get more boring but you know
Nanna: Yall could just focus on it for a change

Leif: Nanna I'm breaking up with you.

Nanna: LEIF??????

Leif: YOU DONT REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT INTERNET IS
Leif: IM GONNA DIE IF I CANT GET MY DAILY GACHA REWARDS AT 9AM

Arion: Honestly I'm pretty surprised they went that far just to prevent us from using our phones during class

Tine: To be fair we kind of earned it :(

Sara: So what
Sara: If we decide to be on our phones instead of listening thats our problem not theirs
Sara: Theyll still get paid why tf do they care

Nanna: Because they want us to succeed???

Altena: How can we succeed if we cant use the internet to make research anymore

Linoan: We never need to do it in class, they keep research work as homework for a reason

Altena: True ig
Altena: Tbh i dont really care, ive got my bro and my gf in my class i dont need my phone

Asbel: What abt us????

Altena: I already see enough of u during recess

Dean: Rude

Eda: Im planning a revolution
Eda: Whos in

Sara: Me

Dean: Hell yeah

Asbel: THEYLL REGRET THIS

Leif: Omg
Leif: Guys wait
Leif: I know how to solve this

Absel: FR?????

Leif: Gtg

Nanna: I'm kinda concerned...

Arion: Me too

12:45 am

Private conversation: Julius/Leif

Leif: I need your help

Julius: For what

Leif: Distract your dad so I can get into his office

Julius: Why

Leif: Im gonna get the wifi password

Julius: Only if u send it to me after

Leif: Deal

Julius: How much time do u need

Leif: At least 10min

Julius: I can manage 15

Leif: Perfect

12:49 am

Private conversation: Julia/Julius

Julius: Help me get dad out of his office

Julia: Why???

Julius: Wifi password

Julia: What's the plan?

Julius: Remember december of last year

Julia: GENIUS

01:01 pm

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Seliph: Julia what are you doing?????

Julia: Don't bother me pls

Lester: Whats going on???

Scáthach: We just saw Julia and her twin drag their dad to the cafeteria
Scáthach: They both seemed panicked as hell

Lana: OMG JULIA ARE YOU OKAY

Julia: YES
Julia: PLS THIS IS IMPORTANT DONT BOTHER ME

Diarmuid: I
Diarmuid: I dont get it

Iucharba: None of us do

Iuchar: I was at the cafeteria and for some reason Mr Valflame suddenly ordered everyone to leave??
Iuchar: What is going on???

Larcei: Yeah this is weird
Larcei: He seems so concerned too

Seliph: I'm getting more and more concerned

Lester: You can say that twice

01:14 pm

Private conversation: Julius/Leif

Leif: Done

Julius: Okay
Julius: Hand the password over

Leif: Saiasjuliajulius

Julius: .
Julius: Actually im not surprised
Julius: Can i send it to my friends

Leif: Sure send it to anyone you want
Leif: Once they realize we got the wifi password they're gonna change it anyway so give it while you can

Julius: Okay thx

Leif: Nah thank YOU for distracting your dad

Julius: Dw it was easy

01:19 pm

Groupchat: Idk no time
Description: Emergency i said
Members: 4
Altena
Ares
Leif
Seliph

Leif created a groupchat
Leif added 3 members to the groupchat

Leif: Saiasjuliajulius
Leif: Wifi password, give it to your friends before recess end quick
Leif: Altena send it to Sety

Ares: Did you really create a groupchat just for that

Leif: It's easier than sending it individually
Leif: Also it's in memory of the past, you know

Ares: Fair

Altena: Sent it to everybody

Seliph: Same
Seliph: But Leif
Seliph: How did you get that

Leif: :)

Altena: Hes an IT genius, im not surprised

Seliph: I
Seliph: You know what I don't want to know

Ares: Thx Leif
Ares: You're a lifesaver

Leif: Anything for you

01:32 pm

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 7
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail
Ishtar

Julius: Test test
Julius: Okay its working

Febail: Aight can u tell us how u did that now

Julius: I didnt get the password, Leif did

Mareeta: U know we aint talking abt that
Mareeta: Why did u drag ur dad to the cafeteria

Julius: Oh right
Julius: Told him there was a snake there

Lene: Huh?????

Ishtar: Oh, didn't that happen for real last year?

Saias: Yes, I remember too.
Saias: Julia got really scared, and dad tried his best to find it and kill it but he was terrified as well.

Julius: Yeah
Julius: I asked Julia to help me and we got him to search the entire place
Julius: Then once Leif was done i told him itd probably left by now

Lene: Thats kinda evil tbh

Mareeta: Who cares
Mareeta: Taking internet away from us is evil and that didnt stop him

Ares: ^

Febail: Yeah still cant believe they went that far

Ishtar: I mean, phones are forbidden during class so is it so surprising?

Lene: Its not surprising but its unfair
Lene: We re not disturbing anyone while chatting on our phones, it doesnt make noise

Ares: Yeah if we dont listen thats our problem

Saias: Still, it's the teachers' duty to enforce school rules, no matter how.

Febail: Yeah okay nerd
Febail: Not that we care now, we have their wifi
Febail: And they cant take that away from us bc then they also wouldnt have it anymore

Mareeta: We winning fr

Lene: I wanna kiss Leif rn

Ares: Hes taken

Lene: Oh right
Lene: Well i ll just hug him then

Chapter Text

Fri Oct 21, 07:23 am

Groupchat: Since our parents were besties so are we
Description: In memory of the past (Ares Altena pls dont destroy everything this time)
Members: 4
Ares
Altena
Leif
Seliph

Leif changed the groupchat's name and description

Leif: There, all better!

Ares: We're not besties

Leif: Aw cmon Ares, dont be like that :(

Seliph: We don't have to be besties, but we're still friends!

Altena: But if its the “like parents like kids thing” shouldnt Arion be there too

Seliph: True!
Seliph: I know he wasn't with us back in middle school but if this is the groupchat's theme he should be in

Leif: Oh youre right

Ares added one member to the groupchat

Arion: Oh hello

Seliph: Welcome Arion!!!

Arion: I'm glad you thought of inviting me here even though I was in Thracia when you hung out together

Ares: No problem

Leif: OH OH
Leif: WE SHOULD ORGANIZE SOMETHING TOGETHER

Altena: Oh good idea
Altena: Are u thinking abt smth in particular

Leif: Well Halloween is coming up soon
Leif: And our parents are spending the evening with friends
Leif: So.....

Seliph: I don't have anything planned for Halloween so I'm in!

Ares: Same
Ares: Do we have to dress up tho?

Altena: Nah
Altena: Cant be bothered to do it either

Leif: Whaaaat
Leif: But its part of the fun :(((

Arion: No one is preventing you from doing it Leif

Leif: But if I'm the only one it's boriiiing

Seliph: I don't really have any disguise so I don't think I'll do it either, sorry

Leif: Aw :(

Altena: Is it okay if Sety comes? We were supposed to spend the evening together

Leif: Oh sure! He can come
Leif: SHE
Leif: OMG SORRY

Altena: Dw, u corrected urself immediately im not mad
Altena: Just pay attention next time

Ares: She only just came out, its to be expected you mess up at first
Ares: Dont beat yourself over it

Seliph: You're refering to when your mother came out, aren't you?

Leif: Oh right, Heazul is trans!!
Leif: Btw I've always been wondering, how does it feel to have your dad become your mom?

Ares: Well, i was 8 at the time so i dont remember all that much
Ares: Just that one day she came back home in a dress, and when i asked why she was dressed as a girl my other mom took the time to explain that, in short, my dad was now my mom
Ares: Ofc since i was a kid i didnt get all of it, and at first it felt like my dad had been replaced by someone else
Ares: I think at some point i believed someone had used some kind of magic on her
Ares: But after some time i realized she was still the same person, just maybe more confident

Arion: That's quite the story
Arion: I can easily imagine how weird it feels for a child at first, especially if it's the first time you hear about trans identities

Ares: It was the first time
Ares: My grandparents are very religious and think queer ppl are an affront to the Gods or some shit
Ares: At first my mom was scared of them, but eventually she said screw it and cut ties with them

Seliph: And she was right to do so!
Seliph: Honestly I don't understand why so many people are convinced religion and queerness are two opposite things

Altena: Esp when the descendants of the crusaders are the most queer ppl ever
Altena: Just look at us

Leif: REAL
Leif: But then again some of those guys believe our world is doomed ever since the holy weapons were destroyed soooooo

Arion: It's been 500 years and we're still waiting for the end of the world

Seliph: Oh dear, I sure wonder when that'll happen

08:54 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 8
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn
Arvis

Shannan: Is it me or are students using their phone again?

Edain: It's not you!!! I thought I was the only one

Lewyn: Maybe they're just playing some offline games?

Oifey: I don't think so, there wouldn't be so many of them if that was the case

Finn: Then what is happening? Are the scramblers not working anymore?

Hannibal: They are, I tried using my own network and it still doesn't work

Arvis: There is an unusually high amount of connections on the school's wifi.
Arvis: I think they managed to get the password.

Brigid: Wow they really went that far
Brigid: Change the password then

Arvis: I've done it already.
Arvis: But I'm afraid I don't know what to do about those already connected to it.

Oifey: I think I can help with that
Oifey: Can I come to your office during lunch break?

Arvis: Of course.
Arvis: In the meantime, I think I know where to look for the one who got the password.

Edain: Oh, you've guessed the culprit already?

Arvis: No, not yet.
Arvis: But I know who helped them.

Shannan: Oh dear, I think some students are in trouble

Lewyn: To be fair, they asked for it

09:02 am

Private conversation: Arvis/Julius

Arvis: Julius.
Arvis: I can see you online, don't pretend you can't see my messages.

Julius: What

Arvis: There was no snake yesterday, was there?
Arvis: You only wanted me out of my office.

Julius: Yeah yeah i know i ll get punished
Julius: Idc id rather have connection

Arvis: Who entered my office?

Julius: Oh no
Julius: Im not snitching on anyone
Julius: U figure that out urself

Arvis: If you don't tell me you'll be grounded for much longer than you could be.

Julius: So
Julius: Forget it, im not telling u

Arvis: Then you leave me no choice.
Arvis: I will have to take your phone, if it is so important to you.

Julius: ...u wouldnt

Arvis: It only depends on you Julius.

Julius: …
Julius: Yeah no im not giving in
Julius: Sure take my phone

Arvis: Alright then.

09:15 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 7
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail
Ishtar

Julius: Hey guys this is farewell

Lene: Huh?????

Ishtar: What are you talking about Julius??

Julius: Dad figured out we got the wifi code and that i helped by distracting him
Julius: So he wants me to tell him who got into his office
Julius: And hes taking my phone if i dont
Julius: Im not a snitch so bye im out of the group

Saias: Knowing dad you will probably not have your phone for at least a month.

Julius: I know
Julius: It sucks but if i give in Leifs gonna be in more trouble than that

Mareeta: How nice of u to cover him up

Ares: Tbf we all owe him a lot for the password

Febail: Yeah true
Febail: The teachers are probably gonna ask us next
Febail: Everyone protect our lord and savior

Ishtar: Of course! We won't let Leif get caught

Saias: Especially since dad will probably expel him temporarily if he finds out.

Lene: Yeah, can't let that happen :((((

Mareeta: Thanks for ur bravery Julius, dw we ll lend u our phones from time to time

Julius: Thx but no thx
Julius: Im only using it to chat anyway
Julius: Ill just bring my sketchbook instead

Febail: Wow Julius artist arc begins

Saias: He's always been one.
Saias: He just only draws at home.

Ishtar: Why don't you join the art club then Julius?

Lene: We already asked him, but hes too much of an asocial

Julius: Well
Julius: Since i ll have more time why not
Julius: Ill think abt it

Lene: Omg????

Ares: Im sure Nanna would love to have you there

Febail: Btw what abt u Ishtar? Do u plan on joining a club?

Ishtar: Mmh, I'm not sure yet
Ishtar: I used to be part of the literature club but I'd like to try something new
Ishtar: I just don't know what yet

Lene: Why not music?
Lene: U have a very pretty voice!!!

Ishtar: Oh, yes I could give it a try

Lene: YES
Lene: Dw everyones lovely, ur gonna love it!!!!

Julius: Aight if Ishtars trying it out i will too

Saias: Good choice.

Mareeta: Wow
Mareeta: What not having a phone does to a mf

Febail: Smth good apparently

09:54 am

Private conversation: Brigid/Patty

Brigid: Hello my sweet little daughter

Patty: No i wont tell u who got us the password

Brigid: Fuck

10:11 am

Private conversation: Larcei/Shannan

Shannan: Hey kid

Larcei: Hi

Shannan: So you have connection I see

Larcei: Bye

Shannan: Cmon I'm sure we can come to an agreement
Shannan: Hey kid come back
Shannan: Larcei?
Shannan: Damnit

10:22 am

Private conversation: Finn/Nanna

Finn: Hello Nanna.

Nanna: Dad I know what you're gonna say and the answer is no

Finn: I guess that was to be expected.

10:33 am

Private conversation: Fee/Lewyn

Lewyn: Fee

Fee: Fuck off

Lewyn: I haven't even said anything????
Lewyn: Ugh I should've asked Sety

10:44 am

Private conversation: Edain/Lester

Edain: Lester

Lester: Yes mom?

Edain: I think you have something to tell me

Lester: Yes, I know...
Lester: I should've told you sooner, I'm sorry

Edain: Good to see you're reasonable
Edain: Let's hear it

Lester: I'm the one who ate the last strawberry yogurt yesterday, not mama

Edain: Dear that's not what I was talking about
Edain: Wait you did WHAT

10:55 am

Private conversation: Oifey/Seliph

Oifey: Hello Seliph

Seliph: Hello Oifey

Oifey: You are a responsible and reasonable person, right?
Oifey: So surely you will tell me who gave everyone the wifi password

Seliph: Sorry Oifey but I'm not telling on a friend

Oifey: So it's one of your friends

Seliph: …
Seliph: Crap

11:00 am

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 8
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn
Arvis

Oifey: It's one of Seliph's friends

Shannan: Wow congrats you actually got something
Shannan: Although that doesn't help much, Seliph is friends with pretty much everyone

Arvis: I wouldn't go that far, but it's true they're quite popular.

Hannibal: Well, it also has to be someone good with technology
Hannibal: Do you know of any students particularily good at it?

Lewyn: Sety isn't bad, but I doubt she could've done it

Finn: Leif is very good with it.

Edain: I think Lester's got some skills as well

Brigid: Patty once mentionned one of her friends is very good at it, but I can't remember who

Lewyn: Isn't it Fergus?

Brigid: Oh yeah it's him

Hannibal: Dean once helped me with the computer during Thracia club, he seemed to know a lot

Shannan: Scáthach's pretty good too

Arvis: Alright then. And among them, who is friends with Seliph?

Oifey: Lester and Scáthach for sure
Oifey: Leif is their cousin but they could be called friends as well
Oifey: I don't remember them being particularily close to the others

Arvis: So we have three main suspects.
Arvis: I think we need to try and talk to them at some point.

Finn: I can talk to Leif.

Shannan: And me to Scá

Edain: I already tried talking to Lester, he didn't say anything

Brigid: Let me handle it

Edain: Somehow I doubt this is a good idea
Edain: But you know what I'll go along with it

Arvis: Very well.
Arvis: In the meantime, Oifey will help me figure out a way to disconnect the students from the wifi.

11:32 am

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Leif: Guys Finn wants to talk to me after class
Leif: Should I be scared

Altena: Yeah probably

Tine: Omg you think he figured it out????

Arion: Don't panic or he'll be even more suspicious

Leif: I'm trying but AAAAAAAH

Eda: Maybe they're just gonna talk to all the students good with IT

Linoan: How would they know who's good with it tho?

Nanna: Lin dear almost everyone has family among the teachers
Nanna: My dad and Leif's are good friends, I'm not surprised he knows about Leif's skills in IT

Dean: Yeah youre right
Dean: Lets hope he wont figure Leif out then
Dean: Not sure what he's gonna get for what he did but we probably dont want to find out

Asbel: Dont say that hes gonna freak out even more

Leif: UIUERNVINVZPVJINI4

Sara: Hey Leif

Leif: YEAH?

Sara: U know what
Sara: Doesnt matter if u get caught
Sara: Bc what u did was the Gods' job
Sara: So no ones gonna let the teachs ground u

Tine: Hey technically we're all guilty since we're all using the wifi
Tine: So even if Leif is the one who gave it to us we should all get the same punishment as him

Altena: REAL
Altena: Dw bro ur not alone in this

Leif: Omg thanks

Eda: This is starting to look like a revolution
Eda: And u know what
Eda: Lets fucking go

Asbel: They asked for it
Asbel: This is our answer to the fuckin phone jammers

Chapter Text

Mon Oct 24, 12:34 am

Groupchat: Since our parents were besties so are we
Description: In memory of the past (Ares Altena pls dont destroy everything this time)
Members: 5
Ares
Altena
Leif
Seliph
Arion

Seliph: I just saw Mr Leonster leading Leif to Mr Valflame's office, did he get caught????

Altena: I think Finn figured him out yeah

Arion: Oh dear that's bad
Arion: We have to do something

Seliph: And what can we do exactly??

Altena: Arion remember what we talked abt on friday

Arion: Yes
Arion: That's probably our only option

Ares: What are you on abt

Altena: We re gonna start a revolution

Seliph: I
Seliph: How

Altena: I think ive got an idea

12:39 am

Private conversation: Altena/Nanna

Altena: Hey ur bfs been found out

Nanna: SHIT

Altena: Do u have some empty buckets in art class

Nanna: Uh
Nanna: Dont think so
Nanna: We have buckets but theyre filled with paint

Altena: Actually thats even better
Altena: U mind lending them to the revolution

Nanna: You bet I am
Nanna: Whats the plan exactly

Altena: Meet me in art room, Ill explain then
Altena: Bring some troops with u

Nanna: You got it

12:59 am

Groupchat: Revolution
Description: Save the savior
Members: 8
Altena
Nanna
Mareeta
Eda
Asbel
Patty
Larcei
Iucharba

Altena created a groupchat
Altena added 7 members to the groupchat

Altena: Aight folks everyone in position?

Eda: Sir yes sir

Asbel: Ready!

Iucharba: All good

Larcei: Just got there

Patty added one member on the groupchat

Febail: Hey

Patty: Recruited him on the way

Mareeta: Great the whole familys here
Mareeta: Ready btw

Altena: Perfect
Altena: Nanna how are things on ur side

Nanna: I gathered everyone in front of the building

Altena: Alright
Altena: Lets start then

01:05 pm

Private conversation: Altena/Arvis

Altena: Hello headmaster

Arvis: Altena?
Arvis: What is the matter? I'm quite busy at the moment.

Altena: Busy accusing my brother of crime?

Arvis: Finn and I are only asking him some questions.
Arvis: Lester and Scáthach are here as well.

01:07 pm

Groupchat: Revolution
Description: Save the savior
Members: 9
Altena
Nanna
Mareeta
Eda
Asbel
Patty
Larcei
Iucharba
Febail

Altena: Wait guys they actually still dont know who did it
Altena: Lester and Sca are also in the office

Larcei: Oh thats why we couldnt find them

Mareeta: What do we do then?

Eda: I say we go on
Eda: Only a matter of time before one of them gets punished anyway

Altena: Agreed
Altena: Brb

01:10 pm

Private conversation: Altena/Arvis

Altena: Well in any case, if I were you I wouldn't try to ground any of them

Arvis: And why, pray tell, do you think you have any rights to tell me what to do?
Arvis: Maybe you want to get their punishment instead?

Altena: Bc if you dont want your precious scramblers to be ruined by paint you better listen to me

Arvis: Excuse me.

Altena: Take a look outside
Altena: We're all ready to protect our savior
Altena: And we've got someone next to each scramblers armed with a paint bucket

Arvis: …
Arvis: You do realize what you're risking by doing that?

Altena: Can you really afford to lose those after spending the school's money on them? I've looked on the internet, they're pretty expensive
Altena: Plus you really think you can ground half of the school?

Arvis: Alright, let's say I'm playing along. What do you want?

Altena: Let the three students in your office go. Even if one of them got us the password, we all used it so we're as guilty as that person

Arvis: Infiltrating my personal computer is something I cannot overlook. Especially considering they also entered some code to prevent us from removing the students wifi access.

Altena: Okay I actually didnt know about that
Altena: But you shouldve known we were ready for anything just to get internet back

Arvis: You don't need it during class.

Altena: Okay first wrong, sometimes we do need them for research bc your computers dont work for shit
Altena: Second even if we dont, you gotta admit chatting on our phones doesnt bother anyone. Whereas if we talk to our neighbor it makes noise so it's disturbing the class

Arvis: How about you listen to your class instead?

Altena: Oh headmaster, you really think kids are able to stay focused for six hours a day?
Altena: I'll say it again: don't ground anyone or ground everyone
Altena: If you refuse, you can say goodbye to your precious scramblers

10:21 pm

Groupchat: Teacher's room (or parents I dont remember tbh)
Description: Coffee is the only thing keeping us alive
Members: 8
Oifey
Shannan
Edain
Finn
Hannibal
Brigid
Lewyn
Arvis

Lewyn: What the hell is going on? Why is everyone in front of the main building?

Arvis: They're having some sort of protest.
Arvis: One student is blackmailing me.

Edain: Excuse me??????

Arvis: They want either no one or everyone grounded and not just the one who infiltrated my office.

Shannan: And what exactly are they gonna do if you refuse

Oifey: Which you should

Arvis: They're going to ruin the scramblers by covering them in paint.

Brigid: Okay those kids are genius

Edain: BRIGID

Brigid: I'm not saying I agree with them
Brigid: But you gotta admit they're pretty smart to have planned something like that

Hannibal: So what are you going to do Arvis?

Arvis: Well, I can't exactly let them destroy the scramblers. They were expansive enough.

Lewyn: But we can't let the kids have it their way!!!

Finn: How about we find the students with the paint and stop them?

Brigid: Bad idea, they're gonna throw the buckets as soon as they see a teacher come near

Finn: Oh, good point.

Shannan: Well if we're going to accept at the very least choose to ground everyone

Edain: In Verdane students are asked to clean up the school after class, we could have them do that as well

Hannibal: I don't think that would work, some already help with cleaning so it wouldn't change much for them

Oifey: Then maybe give them an assignment?
Oifey: Something all grades can do

Lewyn: I think you're all forgetting something
Lewyn: They're STUDENTS and we're TEACHERS
Lewyn: We can't let them have it their way!!!

Arvis: Mh.
Arvis: I think I know what to do.

01:35 pm

Private conversation: Altena/Arvis

Arvis: I can accept your terms if you accept mines as well.

Altena: And what are those?

Arvis: I will ground everyone, not just the culprit.
Arvis: But in exchange, they will have to change the code they entered on my computer.

Altena: Change? Do do what exactly?

Arvis: Put a time limit in your wifi usage. That way you can still use it for research, but you can't spend the entirety on the class chatting or playing.

Altena: How much time

Arvis: 30 minutes is more than enough.

Atlena: Are you kidding me? We need at least one hour

Arvis: 45 minutes. I will not go above that.

Altena: …
Altena: Alright fair

Arvis: So, we have an agreement?

Altena: Yeah
Altena: Dw we'll leave your precious scramblers in one piece
Altena: Unless if I learn later that you decided to give extra punishment to Leif

Arvis: So it was Leif.
Arvis: Do not worry, he will get the same treatment as everyone else.

Altena: Alright fine by me

Arvis: Now please go to your classes, you're already late.

Altena: Let go of Leif and the others

Arvis: Leif needs to change the code, he will go back to his class after that.

Altena: Alright
Altena: I'll check if that's all there is to it later

Arvis: I can assure you it is.

04:30 pm

Groupchat: Oops, I missed my heal
Description: We all need therapy
Members: 10
Leif
Nanna
Altena
Asbel
Sara
Arion
Tine
Eda
Linoan
Dean

Altena: LEIF

Leif: Yeah dw he didn't tell me anything
Leif: I just added the time limit

Altena: How much?

Leif: 45 minutes

Altena: Okay good thats what wed agreed

Leif: Okay but more importantly
Leif: HOW THE FUCK DID YOU MANAGE THAT

Eda: We told u we were ready to throw a revolution if necessary

Nanna: Yeah wed do anything for you

Leif: Aw <3

Arion: I'm surprised it actually worked out

Tine: Yeah me too!!! I was expecting them to at least resist a bit more

Dean: Tbf we had the best threat ever
Dean: We checked with Altena, those jammers are expansive af

Sara: Isnt this a rich ppl school

Asbel: Doesnt mean they can throw money away apparently

Linoan: Well at least that's what made our threat work!

Leif: You guys are insane
Leif: I love you

Tine: We love you too Leif!!!!

Nanna: Yeah ofc we do <333

Eda: All hail our lord and savior!!!

Dean: You know we should organize something to celebrate our victory

Asbel: Oooh how abt we meet up for Halloween next week?

Altena: Sorry but me and my bros are taken

Nanna: You betrayed us????

Altena: Sorry
Altena: Not sorry

Linoan: Who are you going out with?

Arion: Ares, Seliph and Sety
Arion: And we'll stay in our house since our parents are going out

Tine: Oh have fun then!!!

Leif: Altena pls dont forget us just bc your gf is there

Altena: Aw dw wont happen
Altena: Id feel bad for leaving u and Arion thirdwheeling with us or Ares and Seliph

Asbel: Wait Ares and Seliph are a thing?

Leif: Not yet
Leif: But its pretty obvious somethings going on between them

Dean: You know what you should try getting them together

Altena: U know what thats a great idea

Arion: But not too much, it won't be fun otherwise

Leif: Yeah dw bro we'll just talk to them a bit at some point
Leif: Wouldnt want anyone to feel uncomfortable

Tine: Aw that's sweet of you

Nanna: Ofc Leif is always thinking abt others <3

Leif: <3

Thu Oct 27, 09:45 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolsety
Description: If we had a penny each time Sety and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Sety
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Sety: Guys

Fee: Sety we have a time limit we re supposed to chat only in case of emergency

Sety: It IS an emergency

Fee: Oh okay sorry
Fee: What is it

Sety: The art teach is misgendering me :(
Sety: Should I tell Altena to kill him or punch him on the cheek

Arthur: Omg kill him

Patty: Nah punch him on the other cheek that way he'll have a mark on each

Karin: The marks arent gonna stay tho

Fergus: Punch him, he ll suffer physically and mentally bc he has to bear the mark of shame
Fergus: If u kill him he ll suffer physically and then itll be over

Fee: Unless the gods decide to punish him

Fergus: Yeah but we cant be sure he ll receive divine punishment

Fee: Okay true
Fee: Punch his ugly face

Sety: Alright

09:54 am

Private conversation: Altena/Larcei

Altena: Hey

Larcei: U better have a good reason to text me

Altena: The art teach got two punch marks now
Altena: One on each cheek
Altena: Ur welcome btw

Larcei: Nice
Larcei: Good work fella

Altena: U got it

Chapter Text

Fri Oct 28, 02:54 am

Groupchat: The legend of Lolsety
Description: If we had a penny each time Sety and Fee complained abt their dad wed be rich
Members: 7
Sety
Arthur
Fee
Coirpre
Patty
Karin
Fergus

Patty: Guys

Fergus: Oh pls not again
Fergus: Go to sleep Patty

Patty: Hey this is our only chance to speak now since we cant talk during class

Karin: Uh we can still talk during recess u know
Karin: And after school
Karin: And before
Karin: And during weekends

Patty: Thats not enough
Patty: I miss u guys

Arthur: Aw thats sweet

Patty: Except u
Patty: I dont miss u

Arthur: EXCUSE ME????

Fee: Who could ever miss u

Arthur: Uh Sety and Coirpre
Arthur: Bc theyre the only nice ppl here
Arthur: Also my sis and my parents
Arthur: Scáthach

Karin: Wait Scáthach

Arthur: We re in the same class remember
Arthur: Hes pretty cool i like him

Patty: Wow who knew Arthur could make friends

Arthur: Uh excuse u ofc i can
Arthur: Plus we already knew each other since our dads are besties

Karin: Oh so its one of those cases where kids are friends bc their parents are
Karin: Kinda cute actually

Arthur: Yeah we gotta carry on that legacy
Arthur: Even tho we re not besties bc no one can replace Sety

Sety: Aw thanks Arthur <3
Sety: Love you too

Arthur: U got it bestie <3
Arthur: Wait
Arthur: Wait a fuckin second

Fee: SETY WHAT ARE U DOING AWAKE AT THIS HOUR

Sety: I had to chase down a mosquito

Fee: Oh thats why i heard loud noises coming from ur room

Karin: What did u think it was???

Fee: Idk, the cat probably

Fergus: Uh can we talk abt the fact that theres still mosquitos in late october

Patty: Those things are immortal
Patty: Theyd probably survive a nuclear explosion

Sety: Yeah took me forever to kill it :(

Arthur: But u did manage to kill it
Arthur: So for the love of the gods pls go to sleep

Sety: I cant
Sety: The cat heard the noise and now he wants to be petted
Sety: I can't refuse him that

Arthur: Yes u can bc its FUCKIN 3AM

Fee: While i do think she should sleep i have to agree w Sety there, if u refuse him anything Forsesty will just get mad and be annoying until u give him what he wants

Patty: Wait u actually renamed him Forsetsy

Fee: Ofc
Fee: We cant keep calling him Forcesdy since it came from Ced and now shes Sety

Fergus: Yeah makes sense
Fergus: Shouldnt u call him her then

Karin: Fergy thats going too far i think

Arthur: Cats dont have gender anyway

Patty: And how would u know that?

Arthur: Bc thats a (dumb) human construct

Patty: Well maybe cats have their own gender construct
Patty: Are u a cat expert? Can u say for sure they dont?

Arthur: I
Arthur: U know what it's too late for me to argue w u
Arthur: Ill just go to sleep like everyone here should

Sety: I want to but Forsetsy wont leave me alone :(

Fee: Just bring him to me i cant sleep anyway

Sety: Aw thanks sis

Fee: I just dont want to deal with u when u lack sleep

07:54 am

Coirpre: What
Coirpre: Sety not you too please
Coirpre: Can anyone here just sleep at night like any responsible person

Patty: U really think any of us here is responsible

Coirpre: Okay fair point

Sat Oct 29, 10:11 am

Groupchat: Murder is okay, your feelings matter
Description: This chat is 90% tsundere vibes and they all come from Ares and Julius
Members: 7
Lene
Ares
Julius
Mareeta
Saias
Febail
Ishtar

Lene: Guys am i the only one scared of what we re gonna get for throwing a revolution at school

Mareeta: Yes
Mareeta: Idc it was worth it

Ishtar: It's true that the teachers haven't said a word about it yet though

Febail: Maybe theyre taking their time to cook smth scary

Lene: Aaaaaah dont say that!!!!

Ares: I think they just dont have any idea

Mareeta: Yeah most likely
Mareeta: Saias Julius did ur dad tell u anything?

Saias: No, not a word.
Saias: I'm not surprised though, I don't expect him to tell us anything beforehand.

Febail: Guess we ll have to wait then

Lene: Noooo i wanna know this is killing me ;-;

Ares: Lene relax theyll probably just give us more work or smth

Mareeta: Yeah true dont expect anything too creative

Febail: Sis
Febail: Mom is a teacher

Mareeta: No shit
Mareeta: Oh wait i see what u mean
Mareeta: Nvm this is probably gonna be smth evil

Lene: AAAAAAAAAH

Ishtar: Please stop! You're scaring Lene even more :(

Febail: Sorry sorry

Ares: Wheres Julius btw
Ares: He hasnt said anything

Saias: He doesn't have his phone anymore.

Ares: Oh right forgot abt that

Lene: I miss him :(

Mareeta: Yeah me too tbh
Mareeta: Hes been nicer ever since u pissed off the bitch queen

Febail: True
Febail: We hardly recognize him

Ishtar: He's become more confident ever since he's accepted that he's aromantic
Ishtar: We should be proud of him!

Lene: Hes grown up so fast :')

Saias: I can call him here if you want.

Febail: Yeah pls do

Lene: YES

Saias: What do u want

Lene: JULIUS
Lene: WE MISS U

Ishtar: Hello Julius! How are you doing?

Saias: Fuck off

Febail: Uuuuuuh

Saias: He just left.

Ares: I thought hed become nicer

Mareeta: Did smth happen
Mareeta: He seemed normal yesterday

Saias: Mh, I wonder.
Saias: I'll go ask Julia, maybe she knows something.

Lene: Pls bring our cute litle Julius back :(

Saias: I'll do my best.

10:30 am

Private conversation: Julia/Saias

Julia: Oh and tell him that next time he wanna borrow one of my books he can go buy it himself

Saias: Tell him yourself.

Julia: I can't he doesn't have his phone

Saias: Julia, please. You're more mature than that.
Saias: Go to his room and talk it out.

Julia: So he can tell me my favorite book's cover is ugly and is better off with paint on it again?

Saias: It was an accident.

Julia: Sure it was! He absolutely did it on purpose!
Julia: I can't take his grumpy ass anymore!

Saias: You know he's been much nicer lately.
Saias: You're right that he shouldn't have made such a poor excuse, but that doesn't mean he ruined your favorite book on purpose.
Saias: Come on, you know him. He'd never try to upset you like that on purpose.

Julia: Alright maybe
Julia: Still, he should at least repay it to me
Julia: And apologize for telling me the cover is ugly

Saias: I'm not the one you should tell that.

Julia: Fine
Julia: I'll go talk to him

Saias: Thank you Julia.

11:04 am

Groupchat: The Tirnanog kiddos
Description: We're all stuck with each other since kindergarten and it SUCKS
Members: 9
Seliph
Larcei
Scáthach
Lana
Julia
Lester
Diarmuid
Iuchar
Iucharba

Julia: Is anyone free this afternoon?

Iucharba: For what?

Julia: I have to drag my brother to the bookstore because he ruined one of mines
Julia: And I don't want to be alone with him
Julia: He's bringing Ares

Seliph: Oh I can come if you want!

Larcei: Omg Julia you sound so mad

Lana: Her gremlin of a brother just does that to her
Lana: I would've come but I can't sorry :(

Julia: Don't worry! Thank you Seliph

Scáthach: Seliph arent u already spending Halloween w Ares

Seliph: Uh yes?

Scáthach: Are u replacing us or smth :(

Seliph: What no!
Seliph: How could I ever do that???
Seliph: Just because I'm spending more time with him doesn't mean I'll leave you guys behind!
Seliph: Do I really give off that impression?

Larcei: …
Larcei: Seliph pretty sure it was a joke

Seliph: ...oh

Iuchar: Please put tone markers next time! I also thought it was genuine

Scáthach: Oh cmon u really think id blame Seliph for having other friends than us

Lester: Scá pls think about autistic people

Scáthach: Seliph is autistic? Since when?

Diarmuid: Well actually theyre not they just dont understand sarcasm
Diarmuid: But Iuchar is

Scáthach: Oh then no need for it who cares abt Iuchar

Lana: Scá!!!!!!!

Scáthach: Alright alright
Scáthach: Oh then no need for it who cares abt Iuchar /j
Scáthach: Happy?

Iuchar: Thank you!
Iuchar: Although this time I knew you did not mean it

Larcei: Oh so he does get sarcasm

Lester: No I think hes just used to us bullying him

Diarmuid: Wow Lester didnt know you hated autistic ppl so much /j

Lester: I
Lester: Okay I kinda deserve that one
Lester: Dw Iuchar I actually like you

Iuchar: ...Is that sarcasm?

Iucharba: Yes

Lester: No its not!!!!!
Lester: Wait
Lester: Dw Iuchar I actually like you /s

Iuchar: Thank you! You are very dear to me as well /s

Julia: Aw so much positivity in the chat
Julia: Thanks guys I'm less angry now /s

Lana: Always here for you Julia /s

Mon Oct 31, 05:45 pm

Groupchat: Since our parents were besties so are we
Description: In memory of the past (Ares Altena pls dont destroy everything this time)
Members: 5
Ares
Altena
Leif
Seliph
Arion

Leif: AAAAAH GUYS HURRY UUUUP

Altena: Omg calm down we re coming
Altena: Setys helping Mrs Yewfelle tidying up their club room

Arion: How nice of her
Arion: I'm trying to calm Leif down
Arion: I can assure you it's no easy task

Seliph: I'll be here soon to help you out!

Arion: Thank you Seliph
Arion: I don't know how much longer I can stand him

Altena: Excited Leif sure is smth alright
Altena; Tho i get him
Altena: Its been a while since we ve hung out together like that

Seliph: Yeah!

Arion: Well technically me and Sety are new here

Seliph: Doesn't matter! We're happy to have you as well

Leif: It's like old times but better
Leif: Which is why you need to HURRY UP

Altena: CALM THE FUCK DOWN WE RE COMING
Altena: Wheres Ares btw

Ares: Here
Ares: Walking a friend home and i ll be there

Seliph: See Leif? No need to freak out!

Arion: Sorry to break it to you but he's no longer listening

Seliph: Oh :(

Altena: Dw Seliph my bros just dumb sometimes

Arion: He's not dumb, just... passionate
Arion: Maybe a bit too much at times

Leif: HURRY UUUUUUUP

Altena: Omg why did we start a revolution to save his ass again

Arion: Somehow I can't remember

Leif: :(

05:54 pm

Private conversation: Ares/Lene

Ares: Lene

Lene: Yeah? Whats the matter bestie?

Ares: Thanks for hearing me out

Lene: Dont mention it
Lene: Have fun!!!!
Lene: Dw im sure its gonna go well

Ares: Yeah, ig youre right

Lene: Ofc im right
Lene: And dont forget what we talked about!!!

Ares: I wont
Ares: I promise i ll try

Lene: Hehe, thats my bestie
Lene: Go get ur enby!!!

Ares: Lene please...

Lene: Kidding kidding
Lene: But seriously, TRY

Ares: I know
Ares: See you tomorrow

Lene: See u!

Chapter Text

Seliph's been at Leif's place countless times by now. Whether it was when his parents invited Seliph's, or when one of the Gae Bolg siblings wanted to spend time with Seliph themself, they've come so many times they know the place almost as much as their own.

Yet something feels different today. Maybe it's because it's the first time Seliph spends Halloween with their cousins. Maybe it's because Ares and Sety are here. Or maybe it's simply because it's been a while since they've spent some time together like this. In any case, Seliph finds themself overtaken by a strange sense of nostalgia, one that makes them wish this evening would never end.

An overexcited Leif immediately comes to greet them as they arrive. Arion soon follows, and he seems relieved that someone else is finally here to help him contain his brother's overflowing joy. Seliph can't blame Leif though. After all, they would be lying if they said they hadn't been waiting for this day all week. They willingly dance with their youngest cousin on some spooky music he's put on for the occasion, twirling around and laughing as if suddenly they were both middle schoolers again.

Eventually, the doorbell puts an end to their little dance. Altena – who had forgotten her keys – and Sety enter, making Ares the only one still missing. The two girlfriends have brought some snacks with them, and Seliph wonders how they will ever manage to eat all of that in one night. They're also glad their aunt is absent from the house, because Ethlyn would've had a heart attack if she'd seen the amount of sugar currently sitting in her living room.

“Has any of you guys seen Ares?” Leif asks once the girls are settled on the couch with Arion.

“Didn't he say he'd walk a friend home?” Altena replies.

“I think I saw him leave with Lene after fencing club,” Seliph confirms.

Leif grumbles, obviously all too eager to start their little movie night. “Well, guess I'll just heat the oven and put the pizza inside.”

“A pizza?” Sety asks, surprised. “I think we have enough sweets to be full for a week.”

“Sety, dear, there's never enough food for a movie night,” Leif simply replies before heading for the kitchen.

“Ah, wait, I'll go with you!” Seliph quickly gets up and follows him. Leif probably won't need any help, but they want to keep him compagny nonetheless.

At first they stay mostly silent while Leif roams around the kitchen to turn on the oven and take the pizza out of the freezer. Meanwhile, Seliph takes out some bowls they'll fill with some of the snacks everyone has brought.

Then, out of the blue, Leif says, “Hey Seliph, can I ask you something?”

“Uhm, sure?” Seliph replies, unsure of what to expect.

“Do you have a thing for Ares?”

Seliph blinks once. Twice. Several more times. Yet even after that, Leif is still looking at them, waiting for an answer. So they didn't imagine that after all, huh.

“Wh-wha- where did that come from?” they stutter, still startled by the unexpected question.

“Well, you've been spending a lot of time with him lately, and... I don't know, I just had a hunch. Actually, it's not just me. Altena and Arion agree with me.”

“Wait, the three of you think me and Ares are a thing!?” The more this conversation goes on, the more Seliph feels unsure about their feelings. “But, no, you're wrong. I mean, we're friends, but we could never be more than that...”

“Huh? Why couldn't you?” Leif asks, surprised.

“Because I'm with Larcei.”

This time, it's Leif's turn to blink repeatedly before screaming, “Wait, what???”

Seliph gestures him to lower his voice as they hear Altena call out to them from the living room, “Everything alright?”

“Yeah, just dropped something! Don't worry!” Leif lies, and then focuses on Seliph again, “You're with- but- you never told me! How long have you two been together?”

“Well, I think it's been three years now,” Seliph replies, and quickly cuts off Leif before he has time to scream again, “We just prefer keeping it for ourselves, because... Well, you know how rumors can be at school sometimes. We don't like PDA much, and we both agreed that it wasn't others' business anyway. But, I guess I could've at least told you... Sorry about that.”

“No, I understand! Although I guess I would've liked to know... But hey, I'm happy for you two! And, sorry for asking about Ares.”

“Don't worry, it's nothing.”

And the conversation stops there, unlike Seliph's thoughts on the matter. Because, as much as they hate to think about it, Leif's question has brought back a fair share of doubts they wish they could silence for good. After all, they're happy with Larcei. They have no doubt about the fact that they love her, unconditionally. Then why does the thought of Ares brings the same kind of feelings they hold for their girlfriend?

If anything, Seliph feels guilty. Their relationship with Larcei is doing perfectly fine, so there is no reason for them to hold feelings for another person. No, they cannot allow themself to think of Ares that way. Even if it hurts, losing Larcei would be far more painful.

Speaking of the devil, Ares finally arrives as Leif and Seliph walk back to the living room. Of course, Leif gets slightly angry at him for arriving late, but Altena comes to the rescue of her classmate and drags him away from her little brother. Ares looks pretty confused about what's happening, but doesn't ask any question. His and Seliph's gazes meet for an instant, and it seems his expression softens a bit. Or at least, Seliph hopes it does. They scold themself mentally as soon as the thought crosses their mind.

Once he's done scolding Ares, Leif heads for the TV and immediately puts on the first horror movie on the list he's prepared for the night. While everyone else settles down on the couch, he turns off the lights and closes the shutters. Satisfied, he then joins the others, comfortably leaning on Arion. Now the horror night can finally begin.

Seliph has never been too fond of horror movies. Some might call them a coward in that regard, and they would not try to argue. Sitting between Ares and Arion, they grab the latter's arm at the slightest fearsome image.

At least they're not the only one who's startled every five seconds. They can feel Arion flinch when they grab his arm, and Sety doesn't try to hide that she's as scared as them, maybe even more. However, having seen the movie at least a few times by now, it gets Altena and Leif laughing more than anything. As for Ares, he simply doesn't react to anything, so much that one could believe he's not even paying attention to it.

At some point, a ringtone disturbs the perfect setting Leif has set up. Ares apologizes for the inconvenience, and then leaves the room to take the call. No one really pays attention to him, save for Seliph who can't help but notice Ares looked distraught as he left. After a good ten minutes, they almost prepare to get up and go check on him, until Altena beats them to it, leaving Sety alone with her fear. Fortunately for her, Leif is nice enough to go next to her so she still has someone she can hide behind.

Altena finds Ares upstairs, in the bathroom. He's not calling anyone, only sitting on the edge of the bathtub. She moves closer, and, since he doesn't try pushing her away, eventually settles down next to him.

“You okay?” she simply asks, concerned.

“Yeah, just... Needed a break. Don't worry, I'll be back soon.”

“It's fine, just come back when you feel like it,” Altena reassures him. “I'll leave you be, see ya Blondie boy.”

Ares raises an eyebrow at the nickname, but doesn't say anything about it. However, he does confess something that makes Altena stops in her tracks.

“I wanted to talk to Seliph tonight. To... to ask them out.”

Altena immediately turns around, and Ares avoids her eyes, too embarassed to face her gaze. Yet she doesn't make fun of him like he expected her to, and only says, “You should. But, only if you're ready. Don't beat yourself over it, 'kay? Just take your time.”

Ares smiles, “Thanks. My friends keep telling me I need to ask them out as soon as possible. I think I needed to hear that.”

“Anytime Blondie boy.” She says before turning around. She only stops again to add, “Oh and, I'm sure it's gonna go well.”

That last sentence confuses Ares, but Altena is gone before he can ask her to clarify. Well, he should probably try to figure out things on his own for now.

Their movie night lasts so long Arion and Altena fall asleep before the last one even starts. Leif seems upset at first, but by the end even him struggles to stay awake. By some miracle – that is probably called fear – Sety is still fully awake, as are Seliph and Ares. Even when they go upstairs to lay down on their respective mattresses in Leif's room, all the questions and doubts they've piled up those last hours prevents them from finding any rest.

Eventually, Ares gets tired of staying still and decides to go outside for a bit in the Gae Bolg's small garden. Unsurprisingly, he can hear some faint laughter here and there, showing that for some, the Halloween party in not finished yet. Ares is kind of envious of those people who always manage to have fun no matter what, and who aren't afraid of showing it openly. He doesn't remember when or why he started hiding himself behind a mask of detachment, and he doesn't know how to remove it now that he's been wearing it for so long.

After a while, he hears the door open behind him. He doesn't need to look to know who it is. There was only one person who could've still been awake when he left, since Sety was already peacefully snoring.

“Are you alright?” he is asked for the second time tonight, as Seliph joins him on his little walk around the garden.

“Not really,” Ares answers, not finding it in himself to lie anymore. “I just... have a lot on my mind.”

“That makes two of us,” Seliph quietly laughs.

This is is the perfect opportunity Ares has been waiting for. He's alone with the person he's in love with, and if he confessed now, only the stars would be there to witness it. But something inside stops him, tells him this isn't the right time. Is it because Seliph seems as disturbed as he does? Or simply because he's a coward when it comes to feelings and always will be?

“Ares, can I tell you something?” Seliph then suddenly says, cutting off Ares's train of thoughts.

“Yes?”

“I'm glad we're spending time together. I've missed this... Being your friend, I mean,” they avert their gaze, embarrassed.

Friends, of course. Ares should've known better than to hope for more. Maybe this is what's stopping him. As much as keeping his feelings inside hurt, he'd probably suffer even more if he were to lose his friendship with Seliph, now that they're finally spending time together again.

So, even if it hurts, the best solution is probably to silence his feelings for good. Lene will certainly be mad at him for it, but he's done constantly doubting whether he should risk losing one of the most meaningful relationship of his life because of a potentially – obviously – urequited love. No, he won't hesitate anymore. If Seliph wants them to stay friends, then friends they will be, and nothing more.

“Yeah, me too,” he eventually answers. “I'm glad we're friends again.”

Seliph smiles at him, and Ares does his best to reciprocate. Deep down, it hurts. But maybe it's for the better.