⦻Ticci Toby⦻

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"....Tobias..."

In my d-defense… you w-walked into that one

"I.. ha..te yu.."

I find th-that hard to b-believe

"I..m le..avin..g"

Awww b-but you j-just got here!

"So?"

Y-you’re just gonna l-leave?!

"Go..na.. ke..ep bring..ng.. up my tr..aum..a?"

Gonna keep b-being mean?

"I'm.. ac..tualy.. gon..a leav.."

W-wait! BEN don’t leave!

"Wh..y?"

B-because we’re f-friends

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"....Tobias..."

In my d-defense… you w-walked into that one

"I.. ha..te yu.."

I find th-that hard to b-believe

"I..m le..avin..g"

Awww b-but you j-just got here!

"So?"

Y-you’re just gonna l-leave?!

"Go..na.. ke..ep bring..ng.. up my tr..aum..a?"

Gonna keep b-being mean?

"I'm.. ac..tualy.. gon..a leav.."

W-wait! BEN don’t leave!

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"....Tobias..."

In my d-defense… you w-walked into that one

"I.. ha..te yu.."

I find th-that hard to b-believe

"I..m le..avin..g"

Awww b-but you j-just got here!

"So?"

Y-you’re just gonna l-leave?!

"Go..na.. ke..ep bring..ng.. up my tr..aum..a?"

Gonna keep b-being mean?

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"....Tobias..."

In my d-defense… you w-walked into that one

"I.. ha..te yu.."

I find th-that hard to b-believe

"I..m le..avin..g"

Awww b-but you j-just got here!

"So?"

Y-you’re just gonna l-leave?!

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"....Tobias..."

In my d-defense… you w-walked into that one

"I.. ha..te yu.."

I find th-that hard to b-believe

"I..m le..avin..g"

Awww b-but you j-just got here!

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"....Tobias..."

In my d-defense… you w-walked into that one

"I.. ha..te yu.."

I find th-that hard to b-believe

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"....Tobias..."

In my d-defense… you w-walked into that one

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"Cry..cry..cry.. cry m..e a.. riv..r"

So you can drown in it?

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"Doubt..ful.."

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"

"S̴̨̧̖̦͍̪̫͉͔̦̦͖͆̉͒̎̂̍̾̈́̂̑̂̆̊͘c̷̡̢̧̨̦̼̤̻͕̘̹̒͂̾͗̾́̏̇̾͝ͅȧ̴̛̖̰̃̐̓̏̈́̉͐̇r̴͇̙̲̓̓̀̔͂̐̒ḯ̵̘̯̮̦̣̫̣̩͖͚̪̖́͂̏͋̚ň̵̡̨̮̜̤̤̗̭̹͍̹͎̍̈́̿̀͊͒̀̒̅̈́̀̚͜g̷̛̬͉̻̭̺͉̾̈̌̿̄́́̆̎͊̀́ ̵̨̝̟̬̥̹̟̠̟͍̱̠̯̣͌̽̚n̸̢̨̨̥̜͚̞̠̼͉̖̹͉̍́ě̵̡̩͉͕͔̞̮͓̬̞͈͙̄͒̉̾̍͊̕͜͠ȓ̵̨̢̡̙̦̟͎̩͓̘͙̼͈̆̆͛̄̑͠ͅͅd̵̨̡̺̮̝͍̗̙̙̩̑̊͊̄͂̒̎͌͘͝͝ͅͅs̶͕͓͓͙̳̥͓̜̗̟͆̔͑͜ ̴̧̠̻̲̯̫͉̯̟̀ͅm̸̫̭͊́̋̃̏͒̂̀͝a̶͖͍͒̂̍͒͑̀͘͘̕͝͠î̷̧͉̬̤̗̓̃̊̓̀͂̇̍̄͂͜ñ̶̛̥̤̝̻̺͈̘̻̝̼̠͙̥́͋̃̔̃͛͗͜͝͝ͅl̷̦̘̱̝̻͇̯̪͖̠͍̈̏͋͌̏͗̏̂̓̅̚y̶̧̛̲̹̪̱͔̝̻̘̗̿͛́̐̓̂̉̇̀̕̚͜͜.̴̢̖̪̼̌̈́̀͋͒̏͑͊̏̓̓ ̸̞̩̻̃̄̈́̅̀̅͠A̵̡͓̮̱̜̤̣̣̪̣̩̳͈̱̽̐̂n̴̲̩̓͛͒̀͛͂͌͋̅͘͝ď̸͕̤̣̬̬̭̹̣̥̰ͅ ̴̟̳̫̖̹͔̭͉̳͈̻̙̹̺͂̏̒Y̴̡̨͖̦͓̠̥̅̿͂̑́͗̓̒̿̍̒̕͘͜o̸̭͙̼̊̾̔́̿͂̌ŭ̵̟̫͎͒̈́?̵̛͈͖̠̺̂̽̾̐͌̿̂͑̾̔̽̚͝͝"

Eh n-not much. Got b-back from a mission just a-a little while ago

"Ḳ̵̨̛̩͙̦̻̝̫͆̑̓̅̏̎̾͒͌͊͒̒̑̚ỉ̸͕͇͇̹̲͎̱̤̮̒͑́̎l̵̨̤̱̲̮̠̖̝͕̯̘̯̄l̴̫̃̉͛̆͝͝ ̷̢̡͚̥̤͖̘̬̪͙͑̿̈́́̈́͐ȧ̴̱͎̭̙̯̼̊̇͛͑͂̒̉n̶̜̬̦̟͕̘̤̬̼̮̳̰͛̉̾͜y̷̗̘̺͖̲̍̓̀̌͝ő̵̧̧̮͍͈̹̣̯͒̀̋͂̓̽̎̅̐̾͛͝͠n̷̢̛̫̤̼̭̹̳̝͙̬͈͇͋͌͂͊̃̿̈͐̓̉̌͘͝͠ȇ̴̡̦̹̦̮́͐̽̉?̷̛̞̠̼̭̍̀̉̉́̇͗̀̍͋̓͘̚"

J-just some estranged hikers. It was mainly j-just putting up pages

"B̴̧̡͙͎̲̿ö̴̬̦̖̘́̀͊́̈́̈̍̌̽͋̀̀͒r̶̨͓̫͚̤͓͔̜͕̯̈́͆͒͌̅̈́̀i̴̙͓͈͕̙͍͕̥͖̱͕̾̐̔͆͌̑n̸̡͈̲̦͔̻͕̭̳̘͍̳̅g̶̺̜̞͇͆͒̀̔͊̋̚͠"

I know. S-Slender never gives m-me any of the better missions and Masky and Hoodie n-never let me j-join them

"T̷̝̞͒̅̐̎̅̎h̴̨̡͇̣̘̲̥̞̞̲́͌͒͛̓̔̌̆̓͋͛̃̓̕ͅa̸̠͉͓̟̣͑͋̑̉͛t̵̜̩̤͉͙̙̥̝̂̃̽̓͗͝s̴̢͚̻̞͈̮̗͚͐́͑̀̈̆̽͑́̆̅̍̈̕ ̵͙̆̓͐̀͑͝t̴̡̘̖̞̲̠͖͉̥̳̜͙͛̋̋̏̒͒̌́̓̂͘ö̴͚̖́̑̉̽̆̍̌̀̃̽ǫ̴̼̖̖͚͕̙̖̲̱̯̩͛ͅ ̸̧̨͕̳̤̫͚̮͒͋̇͋̚͜b̷̢̧̢͓͕͈̟̭͕̬̺̗͍̱̯̄̿̓̉͐̎͐̍̿̋͘͝ą̷̠́͂̇͐̄̈́̂͑̈́̕d̷̡̺͕͔̻̝͉̪͛ͅ.̵̲̥̭̞̥̏́̽́ͅ"

Y-yeah. And yet I’m one of the t-top proxies. Maybe they’re j-just saving my skills for when there’s a s-super important mission!

"Ẅ̶͍̬́̀̐h̷̨̹̠̘̼̖̱̦̖̲̘̖͓͐͊̍̿̈́a̴̛͇͇̞̘̭̣͙͂̇̇̂̿͌̈́͌̂̅́̕̚t̸̛̠̱̦̽́͛̂͊̿̑̄̓̎̄͘̕ẹ̴̗̺͙͌̓v̷̡̱̘͔̺͖̼̤͚̭̠̲̮̫̇̒̍͒̾͂̌̈́̓̆̋̃̆̕͜͝è̴̢̟͕̜̟̝̤̣̖̯̯̥̊́̀͑͆̾̏̐͠ͅṟ̶͇͈̝̈́̌̃͊͑͗̋̽̕̚͜ ̵̨̬̭̭̱̰̟̥̮̬̪̏̎̆h̵̲̺̿̀̍͒̿̐̏̋̽̽̽͠ȩ̷͈͚̦̰̺̩̪͍̞̟́̇̉̂̆̾͒͒͂͝l̶̤̼͎̜̦̫̩̤̑̔̉͐̑ṗ̶̫̖͎͍̞͚̞̼̱̝̬̬̳̱̊̇̈̀͐̈́͝š̸̟̻̫̖̹̆̇̄̄̕͜ ̸̛̝̗͈͓̈́̄y̶̧̡̢̧̙̹͇̭͖̞͙̩̤̒͆͑͂̋̉͌̍̐̈ą̸̧̨̙̼̺͍̲̭̦̦̜̍́̒͑̎̔̒͑̔͆͜͝ ̸̳͔̺̜̣͔̈́̇̊̂͌̏̐͑͝l̶͓̳̘̻̱̘̊͒̀̈͋̍̐͘ͅí̵̖̮̜̤̠̜̝͋̐͊̆̎͜͜v̴̻̱̰̬͕̪͇̤̻̺̤̩̰̮̔͂̈́̓́̃̋̍̃̆̚͝è̷̼̜͓̮̳̱̦͍͚͕̣̜͇̟͊͋́ ̴̢̰̖̰̹͎̺͔̥̘̫̿̇͜w̶̨̨̜̠̫͉̩̺̩̘̭͋ͅí̶̧̪̳̫̱̰͕̗͇͉̪͍̌̅̾̽͆̋́̉̇͜ͅͅţ̷̨͔̬̤͎̳̼̩͕̲́̈́͂̉̏͘͝h̵̼͍̹̀͊͋̔͌̀̓͂̌̕ ̸̧̢̡̛̛̩̲̦̱̰͇̫͖͔̓̂͋̔̽̾ͅy̸̘̙̪̳͒̿͐̋͌̿͌̒͋̃́̈́͛̓̚ơ̸̛̙̺͓̙͖̥̇̉͆̆͂͑͜u̸̺̝̯͊̌̏͝ȑ̴͕̟͇̘̳̩̉̿̓͋͜s̷̡̘̞͚͕̳̠͉̘̯̎̓̔͋͑͊̃̂́̈́͘̕͘͜͠ẻ̴̙͔̳̙͛̎̌͒̑̃̈̐͛͘̚͘͝͠l̷̡̰͈̯͎͛́̃̐͊͒̍͐͘͘͘͘̚͠f̷̱͖͎̤̓̈̿̏̌̋͌͂̃̓͌͠"

Huh? W-what does that m-mean?

He simply shook his head.

"S...ure.."

He chuckled "lo..ve you..r conf..ide..nce."

"No..t a ne..rd!" He swatted at Toby's hand.

D-Definitely a n-nerd. You’ve lectured all of us about the e-entire Legend of Zelda lore. I th-think that counts as being a n-nerd

"I'm so..rry I g..ot st..tuck in tha..t game a..nd hate w..ehn people f..uk.. up the lor..e"

"If I was..n't de...d I woal...d stran..gle.. you.."

Aww c-c’mon, BEN, we’re best buds! Y-you wouldn’t hurt m-me!

"I.. woal..d"

Nahh y-you’re just saying that cuz you’re t-trying to be mean

"I am.. no..t."

You d-definitely are

"No."

Yes.

"Id..iot.."

Maybe. O-or maybe I’m actually a g-genius!

"G̶̡̢̭̠̜͎̩̬͓̮̺͈̦͈̈́͛̀̂͠ř̷̢̬̲̳͓̥̱̩́̎̋̏́̆̋̇̈́̅̾ȩ̶̨̨̳͎͖̗̦̼̯͇͇̲͌͗͜á̸̰̤͎͚̮̙͛́ţ̵̡̣̺͕̥̦̫̞̜͊̿͑̀̂́͝,̸̮̦̰̹̝̅͆̾̈́͂̎̓͘̕͜ ̷̨̝̹̰͈͈̺́͒̾̋͗̿̈́͂̄̿̑̀̃̀̕į̵͇̟̗̰̫̃͊̀̒̋̌͆͐̇̐͋́f̴̢̧͈͈̘̉̈̄͛͂͋ ̷̦̮̖̥̱̣̫́͐̆̀̀͜ȳ̶̼̯͙̭͔̲͕͂̓͠o̶̞̝̙̽̉̂̉́ù̴̧̫̦̺̝̻͚̯̠͈̹̬͙̦͈́̊ ̴̡̛͖͇̻͉͊̌̒̍̀̏̔c̴̜͓͔̪̟͌̿̾͛͛͜͠ô̸̗̘̺̭̩͎͖̰̫͈u̷̡͕̻͎͉͂̒n̶̡̯̯͙̘̱̤̼̓̈́̒̉͗̍̅́͆̈̉͘̚̕ͅt̵̙̹͖̟̰̳̹̪̩̒ ̴͈̹͛̇͒́̅̉b̸̡̟̳͓̖̬̰̭̣̻͚̜̪͉̑̒̾̄̅̓̍̐̕͜͝e̴̢̛͉̞̤͇ĭ̸̦̺̱̘̫̖͙̺̯̂̐̂̂̀̑͌͘͝ǹ̸̛͇͙̤̥̘̻̍͝ͅg̸͕̪͈̈́́̑̍͜ ̴̨̙̦̰̲̗̮̠̲̯̘̬̄̀̏̌͆͌̀̋̅̓͝͝d̶̦̺̥̭̾̽̑͒̍̈́͆͒̄́͝ȩ̴̧̺͖̻̹̌̍̀̓͒̀͘̕̕͘͜ă̴͔̓̈̄̀͗̈͒̍̑̑̚̕ḑ̸̢̜̬̞̥̟̦̝̼̲͎̦̆̚ ̵̢̧̨͈͖̘́͗̓͋̋̿͜͝ǧ̵̩̰͚͖͚͕͔̼̯͜ŗ̸̘̝͍̝̠̖̭̜͚̫̉̄̽e̴̛̱͓͙̫͕͉̺̰̘̜͐̐̾̽͑̾̎a̵̢̬̟̝̠͙̣̥̭̐́́̓͗̌̏͂͒͋ẗ̷͙̭̈͠.̷̢̢̯̲̖̩̭̣̬͈̮̫̳͉̀̈̓̐̉͝͠" he laughed " N̶̠̼̼̹̖̉̀̒̌̏̍ã̵̧̡̖̯̻̜̥͇̳̦̲̙̞̈́͑̑̾̽̂̄̚͘͜͠h̷̬̯̝͖̠̑͋̽͌͘̚͠,̵̧͖̼̠͙͙̮̮̩͔̘̩̰͈̀̈̅͗ ̵̡̤͈̦͌̂͆̋j̸̧̮̯͇̘̟̦͐́͑̀̂͛̿̈́͐͘̕͜͝ͅǘ̸̧̙͇̬̤̻̩̟̫̰̬̦s̷̡̢̨̭͉̰͚͈͚̣͇̲̝̔̄̀̽̓͛̆̎̈́̉̕͝͝͝ͅt̴̢͙͔̺̼̦̥͓̣̣̫̼̲̟͔̆̇ ̶̧̛̯̫͆̏͒͐͋́̉̉̌̂͘͝k̴̝͈̻̫̝͚̗̹̹̦͈̟̾̅̌͋i̶̡̧͎͎͎͕͍̼̤̱̯̠̩̻̔̈́͗̈͛̾͑̈́̽̉ͅd̵̛͍͆̉̋̽͐̇͌͛͆͝d̷̯̋̊͌̾͆̎͊̋̉̉͆͒̌͆͝i̴̡̛̘̾̐̈̅̎̓͌̊̿͝ṋ̶̱͇͍̟̲̀̌͑g̶̪̱̃.̴̨̡̳͎̣̺͈͉͎͍͕̱͖͆̆̈͋̓̅̋͘͠ ̸̝̭̞̠͇̜͖͈̮̳̘̳̈́͋̅̂̍́̒̈̂̍͌̚I̴̡̡̹̜̹͇͈̮̦̰͈͚̥̲̭̾̀̐̊̀͑̿̌̾͊͝'̶͍̰͖̟̩̪͈̗̰̽̇͌͜͝ͅv̴̢̨̗̞̫̰̣͉̫̔̆͑̽́̽̐ͅͅe̵̢̝͍̘̤͈͕̠̿͜͜ ̴̢̞͙͇̰̥̞͕͈̫̭̹͙̟̜̃̈̈́̐̍͗̒̋͝b̷̙͍͇͓̩̝̲̟͙͉̱̤͊̓e̷̡̨̦̳̥͈̪͙̅͐̄̏e̵̢̺͉̰͚̳͈͎͍͌̀̀̿͝ͅn̶̨̛͕̞͇͔̻̫͔̯͈̳̟̥̳̽͗͋̿͆̉̇͐̓̅̕ ̸̡͎͚̺͕̠͔̞͎̈́͂̓̑̄̏͑͊̈́͋̈́͘f̶̡̨̥͉͚̰͕̥̭͝i̸͎̺̬̣̩̫͉̭̐͜n̸̫͙̔̓̈́͊̔̉̉̂̅́͘͠͠ē̵̡̨͍̻̗̩̻̥͜.̷̳͈͚̙͈̟͕̼̦͍̓͆̽"

"Ì̸̫̠͙͙̻͎̝̬̞͙̺̹̮̻͕̅͊̃͌́̈'̴̧̛̯̩̬͔̭̺̜̜̯̾̊̉̔̀͗́́̚̕͠ṿ̷̡̦̦̗̳̤̯̼̣̻̝̪̀̅̓̑̽̾̏̊̃̿̏̍̚͜͝͝e̸̛͖̱͙̰̳͂̀̉̏̏̌̑̒̿̀̿́͛̚ ̴̧̢̛̛̺̹̟̖̠͓̣̦̦̫̫̜̽̆̆̓͒̉b̵̨̤͕̈́̋̐͠e̸̳̯̰͙̤̙̰̹͈͐͆̀̆̀̾e̸̢̻̟̥̟̫̪̒͛͌̂̄̏̄̄̕n̷̦̊̽̋͛̋̀̄͒̋͆̊̑́͝ ̸̨̢̠̘̣͔̟͕͎̼̎͗ͅd̴̟̦̼͇͓͙̯̘̤̞͚̲͎̦̓̈́ę̸̫̫͔͉̊͌̎͑̓̈́͆͜͝͠͝ḁ̸̧̢̡̺̱͍͚̞̖̲̍̂̍̾̿̈̊̄̓̔͐̆̕͝ḑ̵̤͍̘̬͓͚̖̗̲̼̖͐̓ ̸̨͓̦͇̩̻̙͖̘̱̲̭̩̉̇͝ã̵͍͙͌̿̾̊s̵̝̩̙̺̩͖̠̓̈́͋̓̆̉̂̆̔́̓͋̚̕ ̴̯̻̦̫͈̞͇̝̍͋̋͋̈̈́̽̚ĺ̸͈̟̘͓͓̾̊̅͑͝ǫ̵̨͕̖̦̲͉̮̤̝̣̩̙͙͋̓̊̈́̑͗̅̊̃͗̀́͘̕͝n̷̺̘̼̙̗̺̼͍͚̬̦̉g̸̡̢̡̹̗͕̱͉̜̥͎͈̤͕͆̌̓̂̈́ͅ ̸͓̺̳̔̍̓͗͑͆̿͑́̃͆a̶̲͔̖̲̟̫͆̃̿͜͝͝s̶̻̩̮̝̞͎̖̾̃́͝ ̶̨̱̟̙̼̟̟̱͆̈́͆͌̿̄̐̒́̉̚a̴̭͖͎̰͉͙̝̺͓̠͉̱̹̞̐̎̓̉̕n̴̡̤̼̱͈̰̲̝̜̳̘̬̜͎̖̆̈̈́͐̍̋́͒͋͑̚ÿ̸̺̘́̔͋̋̅̐̑͝b̴̨̥͔̝͎͔̟̱͍̗̬͔̠̃̿̾͒̐̉́̀̌̄̀͋͋͘͘ͅo̸̳̬͕͔̹̱̣̯̩͔͌̿d̶̛̗̤̭͔͚̫̭̼͇̫̙̰̗̣͓̓͊͋͒̍̐̓i̸̡̬̖͔̖͓̜̗̝̤̪͖͐̐̀̒̀̐̂͆̚͘͠͝e̸͓̘̮̱͎̜̗͔̜͐͗̍̉͝s̸̙̳̭̳͊̊̀̓̾̃̀̚ ̴̣̞͂̋̏̈̅̈́͐͌͒͘̕͝͠k̵̡̡̲̞͇̻̥͓̺̼̘̊̀͋͑͋̉̂̋̇̽̓͗͠n̴̛̞̠͙̈́̇̀͐̈́̓̋̾͋̚̕͘͝o̴̳͔̰͕͈͎͔̲̅̉̀͗́̅̊̈́̏̈́̎͑͘̚͘ẅ̶̛͉̤̻͉͋̋̈̏̄͒̀̚͝n̸̡͍̯̳̬̩͈̜̪̳͒̅̄͐͜͜ͅ ̶̼̂̊̽̍͆̌̽̽̿͆m̷̳̩̜̘͙͙̽́́͑́̀̑͜ę̷͙̹͕͈̯̭͈̘̯̝̹̣̦̥͗͑̎̿͌̾́͌͐͑.̵̪̩͉̞̳͓͍̹͈̦̙̤̙̠̮͛́̐̀̓͐̎͛̐̌͛͠"