#cs.user

"Eh partner? What's wrong over there?"

Sam broke from his trance, glancing at his friends and the chat with wide eyes.

"sonny's getting help. from-from the silas user who's never even here?? what... what did we do to make them turn against us? i-i don't know why- what part of- of..."

He spluttered, his own shock making him falter as he mussed his hair. He recalled the warning he had received from Alex a while back, and his decision at the time to monitor the situation. This was certainly proof enough to warrant the block he just dished out... He briefly wondered if any of their own activities had been compromised; they seemed far more concerned with Sonny's activities than their own on this side, but even still...

"Silas...? But... He... He tried to help figure out what was wrong with me a long time ago..."

𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐚'𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫(𝐓𝐂): 𝐇𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬? 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮

𝐓: 𝐈𝐝𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭

𝐓𝐂: 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠

The little jellyfish seemed a bit relieved to be singled out, seeing it as a good excuse to give her troubled friends time to sort things out. She was almost a bit *too* eager, bordering on avoidant.

"It's Nice To Meet You Too! I Wish It Was Under Better Circumstances..."

Jade marveled at the cozy drawing.

...One might think something should have happened, seeing that depiction of the outside, knowing what is now known.

Perhaps, a flicker of familiarity; of recognition, however distant and uncomfortable, as had been observed before in Kinito.

And yet...

welcome! its cool to meet you!! im moon!! its definitely been, a long time from what I know... but you'll be filled in!!

kins, you're doing well. <3 i get that it is scary. ive been through this too. you'll be fine!

[Spade had wandered off, some type of nervousness took him away. Why couldn't he just, go to Sonny! Or something! He needed calming. Spade suddenly heard talking, but he didn't recognize one of the voices]

[☀️: - is going to like you, for sure]

[?: mhm, he sounds scary though...]

[Who is that?]

-🌙

"So Many New Friends~! I'm Jade The Jellyfish. It's Nice To Meet You All!"

CS: Soooooo you mentioned a serious situation. Yeah uhhhh what kind of serious situation are we talking about here? Since I'm only a clone-

Fuuuuuuuuck I accidentally revealed myself didn't I-

-Six, CS

Sam quirked an eyebrow at the slip.

"i mean, you could've easily saved that by saying literally anything else after that. but it's whatever."

He diverted his attention; scrolling through a screen as apathetically as he could.

"clone or not; you still have your own experiences as a person, do you not? you'd still have your own awareness and independence, even if there were a hundred versions of you out there, right."

He tapped something with a bit more aggressiveness than needed... It seemed a nerve was struck..?

Sam ran a hand through his hair, trying to come down from the previous message.

...

Kay ig.

But can you not scold my friend pls?

-CS

[ Six: What do you want C.S??]

[ C.S: Wait. Are you in a chatroom right now]\

[ Six: yeah why]

[ C.S: Why didn't you tell me?]

[ Six: Long story. But you can still join tho]

[ C.S: Ooooooo okay >:]]

Heyo name's C.S I'm kinda Six's friend/ roommate

C.S

Sam glanced up from behind his fingers, surprise evident on his weary features.

"another one...? this is getting ridiculous..."

He rolled his eyes.

"never should have told them, six. this isn't some sort of birthday party where you can just invite whoever."

He glanced off to the side. His words were scolding, yet his tone was moreso one of frustrated concern.