Chapter 1: what is goin on
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7:45 AM - Tuesday
frosh (derogatory): did anyone have summers last yr
frosh (derogatory): WAU
frosh (derogatory): WHO CHANGD MY NAME???
senile at 16: lol
frosh (derogatory): kys
senile at 16: k
fourth times the charm: i have her this year, do u need notes
frosh (derogatory): YES thank you four
frosh (derogatory): only person here i respect
fourth times the charm: untrue but k
fourth times the charm sent [shittynotes.jpeg]
frosh (derogatory): ..
frosh (derogatory): did u ever get tested for dyslexia as a kid
fourth times the charm: now why would i need to do that.
the chosen: four ur handwritin looks like u write with expo markers on paper wtf is this
fourth times the charm: oh
fourth times the charm: wrong ones sry
fourth times the charm sent [betternotes.jpg]
frosh (derogatory): ..vro
the chosen: why would u take those notes i n the first place if u can write like a computer ??
fourth times the charm: shrug
frosh (derogatory): well ty for the notes ig
fourth times the charm: thumbs up
the chosen: wait u both have summers?? gl LMAO
frosh (derogatory): oh so were cooked wonderful
serving the cuntry: what are you talking about?? summers was literally fine
the chosen: no?? she hated us
serving the cuntry: she hated you because on the third day of school you came into her class 21 minutes late drenched in mud with 3 tadpoles in your hands
the chosen: oh yeah i forgot abt that
the chosen: wait y tf do u have my movements down to the minute
serving the cuntry: i simply retain all memories through my mind palace (journal)
the chosen: nerdddd lmao
team jacob: you're taking four APs this year.
the chosen: and?
frosh (derogatory): wait wtf kinda aps r u taking ur going into bio pre med?? u like don't have any humanities this yr
the chosen: you'll never guess this but,,,,, ap bio,,,,,,, ap physiology,,,,
frosh (derogatory): oh i forgot those existed
frosh (derogatory): my bad brochacho
the chosen: YOU WANNA GO INTO MARINE BIO???
frosh (derogatory): yurp
team jacob: wind…
the chosen: hylia strike this idiot down istg
serving the cuntry: class is starting in like two minutes why are you guys on ur phones?
the chosen: nerddddddd
frosh (derogatory): nerdddd
serving the cuntry: why do i try
team jacob: idk man the rest of us gave up already
12:23 AM - Tuesday
team jacob: wait did wild actually kill himself where did he go ??
senile at 16: alive (for now)
team jacob: unsettling
fourth times the charm: thumbs up
he was a fairy: yall do NOT gt the juice today it tasts like disapointment and tears :(
the chosen: when does it ever taste good its from like costco or sum
he was a fairy: when ms A pours it it tastes like joy and whimst and love . do not direspect her
the chosen: damn my bad
senile at 16: hyrule i brought cookies you can have some
he was a fairy: !! :O ! thank you !!!!!!!1!
lactose tolerance: You should start bringing your own snacks to regulate your blood sugar, Hyrule. If you need help getting stuff you can always call me, I have some supplies in my locker.
senile at 16: oh hey old man
the chosen: he speaks !
he was a fairy: ty but I am okay!! dw I normally bring chocolate :) im just out rn :(
lactose tolerance: okay.
team jacob: oh time, do you still have my calculator?
the chosen: hes gone lmaoo
senile at 16: i have eyes on the target
senile at 16: lol look
senile at 16 sent [timelookingstupid.jpeg]
[A photo of Time at a massive lunch table with Sky. Sky is staring at him, knowingly, while Time stares at the back of a red haired woman passing by.]
senile at 16: lover boys
frosh (derogatory): simppp
the chosen: sky has no excuse to judge
team jacob: okay hypocrite
the chosen: oh screw you
the chosen: im gonna go eat all of wilds cookies so there aren't any left for u
team jacob: you wouldn't
the chosen is offline
team jacob: sighs
team jacob is offline
senile at 16: hate to break this to you guys but hyrule ate them all
frosh (derogatory):
frosh (derogatory): i am going to crash out.
lactose tolerance: He was hungry.
frosh (derogatory): shit nvm
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3:27 PM - Friday
team jacob: do yall wanna do something this long weekend?
team jacob: I was thinking we could go to that new shop that opened?
the chosen: ?
the chosen: wait what
team jacob: i think its a cafe? on 31st str
team jacob: time's place is only a few blocks down so i figure if its awful we can just hang there
downfallinggg
3:28 PM - Friday
rook: leg
rook: legend tell hm the foods bad
vet: ??
rook: trust
vet: k
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3:28 PM - Friday
the chosen: nah i went there a few days ago
the chosen: the food sucks
senile at 16: wait fr
senile at 16: flora and I had a reservation
the chosen: yea sorry :/
the chosen: we can just hit up lon lon like usual
lactose tolerance: :)
the chosen: WHERE DID YOU COME FROM??
lactose tolerance: I just like ice cream.
senile at 16: EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER
downfallinggg
3:28 PM - Friday
vet: what was that about?
rook: the foods bad
vet: im looking them up
vet: ?? dude
vet: why is the first search result "Is the Scarlet Cafe part of a cult?"
rook: ok ay so
rook: remember how im bein huntef down by a cult
rook: for running away
vet: NO???
rook: well now u do !
rook: also i didnt lie
rook: the food is bad
rook: person makin it sucks
vet: well shit
rook: also they put hylian blood in the sause
vet: they fuckin what
rook: no point reporting to osha :(
rook: theyve approved them every time :((
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3:30 PM - Friday
Legend H: Malon
Legend H: wait is this my first time dming you?
Malon L: so it seems!
Malon L: whats up?
Legend H: so your dad has an in with OSHA, right? he and a higher up are old friends or something
Malon L: yeah…?
Malon L: How did you know that?
Legend H: Time
Malon L: oh okay
Legend H: anyway so theres this place thats been reported a few times
Legend H: but nothing was done about them
Legend H: even though i know theyre violating SEVERAL rules
Legend H: like serving hylian blood
Malon L: like what.
Legend H: so i was just wondering if you could convince ur dad
Legend H: please remember all of the times ive let you and time eyefuck each other at group hangouts and not said anything
Malon L: haha you said time twice
Malon L: but yeah I got you
Malon L: i didnt need the blackmail the place is disgusting on its own
Malon L: whats the name?
Legend H: the scarlet cafe
Malon L: oh dear
Malon L: i think my parents had reservations there
Legend H: why would you need to reserve a place at a cafe
Legend H: wild and flora did too
Malon L: oh its one of those fancy places that calls itself a cafe but serves steak and such
Legend H: how tf is a cult affording this
Malon L: another cult??
Legend H: another????????
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8:51 AM - Saturday
team jacob: where are yall
team jacob: did we not agree 8:45 at lon lons
fourth times the charm: sorry i got lost
the chosen: dude youve been here like,,, 20 times
fourth times the charm: hah time
fourth times the charm: yeah actually dont wait for me i dont care enough to watch time and malon stare at each other while everyone orders
frosh (derogatory): how tf did u predict that
frosh (derogatory): they're literally ogling each other rn
fourth times the charm: im all seeing
frosh (derogatory): ur. ur lost rn
fourth times the charm: yeah being all seeing is fucking hard :/
Notes:
gang i wrote this instead of studying im cooked. lemme know if u prefer the sillier stuff or the plot stuff because i do have ideas for both :)
Chapter 3: club fair chaos
Summary:
club fair day!! idk if yalls schools did this but *shrug*
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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11:06 AM - Wednesday
loverbird: happy club fair day everyone !!
senile at 16: sky r u running the orthinology booth this yr
loverbird: you know it!! come stop by we're handing out candy if u can guess a bird
frosh (derogatory): FREE STUFF LETS GO !!!!
frosh (derogatory): four my fellow frosh with zero club commitment
frosh (derogatory): do u wanna go together ???? (PELASE SAY YES)
fourth times the charm: I hate to break this to you
fourth times the charm: but I am not a frosh with zero club commitment
frosh (derogatory): you what.
he was a fairy: isnt he a robotics officer?
fourth times the charm: :thumbsup:
frosh (derogatory): HOW ???? ALREADY ????
fourth times the charm: im better idk
frosh (derogatory): wait did everyone know but me how did rulie knpw
he was a fairy: i pay attention during school meeting
he was a fairy: where he has gotten up in front of the school multiple times
he was a fairy: to yk. talk about robotics
frosh (derogatory): oh
frosh (derogatory): my fault
fourth times the charm: its fine im only here cus i get paid
the chosen: you what.
frosh (derogatory): you what.
he was a fairy: you eait when did legs get here
the chosen: im always here
he was a fairy: ominous !
frosh (derogatory): sorry four gets payed ???? by the school????? to do robotics???????
fourth times the charm: sorta
fourth times the charm: they let me use as many materials as i want
fourth times the charm: so a massive part of the schools budget probably goes to my sword addiction
frosh (derogatory): how tf r u making swords in a robotics lab
fourth times the charm: pure talent
the chosen: is wild not in robotics too? i feel like he would probably have way more random mechanical bullshit if that was true
fourth times the charm: 1, i get to do it because I have 3+ yrs of exp, 2, wild got banned after he admitted he was trying to make a gun
the chosen: oh
the chosen: did it work?
frosh (derogatory): did it work?
frosh (derogatory): JINX
fourth times the charm: he wishes
he was a fairy: speaking of wild
he was a fairy: has anyone seen where the cooking club is :>
he was a fairy: i see ppl w conchas and i want one BAD
frosh (derogatory): cooking club booth is in the sci building
frosh (derogatory): and can confirm theyre so good
he was a fairy: I SEE IT
the chosen: btw four where r u
fourth times the charm: why
the chosen: i wanna be annoying
fourth times the charm: no
frosh (derogatory): hes outside mr aonuma's room
fourth times the charm: ?? unprovoked
the chosen: k thx
frosh (derogatory): i had a free before this that i spent memorizing an optimal route to every single club that promised free shit
frosh (derogatory): look
frosh (derogatory) sent [wieufhajioqhewufan.jpg]
[An image of Wind's hand, clearly taken from his perspective. His fingers have formed an ungodly shape in order to hold the fifteen or so items that he's carrying, which includes candy, some trinkets, and a shirt.]
team jacob: dear hylia
team jacob: at least use both of your hands ????
frosh (derogatory): I AM!!! its so hard o type rn
the chosen: LOOK WHO I FOUND
the chosen sent [tinyidiot.jpg]
[A 0.5 of Four where you can clearly see the robotics table underneath him. His eyes are unusually blue.]
frosh (derogatory): whys he got that blue eyed stare
team jacob sent [blueyedstare.jpg]
[Its a picture of Warriors staring straight into the camera, eyes wide. The contrast is way up, and his eyes are shining a very bright blue. He looks like an indie horror game creature.]
team jacob: twins
frosh (derogatory): HAHGJAJAAHDNWLW
3:04 AM - Wednesday
serving the cuntry: what the hell
Notes:
sorry for the short chapter !! ive been wondering if I wanted this to be a flat modern au, but I really like the colors as part of four's character, and I dont feel comfortable writing him as having DID, so I think its gonna be a modern w magic au. that will probably be a bit more relevant next chapter lol. tysm for reading!!!
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5:30 PM - Friday
serving the cuntry: hey are we doing a snack locker this year
frosh (derogatory): the what
he was a fairy: oh we should !!
fourth times the charm: wind its where we designate a locker to hold snacks, everyone contributes
frosh (derogatory): we're the same yr y do yk this ????
fourth times the charm: shrug
senile at 16: we can use mine this yr? I barely use it anyway
fourth times the charm: the sophmore lockers are the most inconvenient ones though
loverbird: mines fine! juniors get the english lockers :)
loverbird: besides most of my classes use the same books :p
serving the cuntry: okay, I'll bring snacks on monday
loverbird: locker number is 211, passcode is 7-16-21
senile at 16: do we wanna go shopping tgtr this sat??
senile at 16: so we can stock up
fourth times the charm: sry i gotta lock in :/
frosh (derogatory): booooo
frosh (derogatory): anyway wild ill go w u !!
core four
5:32 PM - Friday
vio(lence): Are we alright with not going this weekend?
red delicious apples: ofc!!!! vio its date night, have fun w shadow !!!!!! <3
vio(lence): Its technically date day but I appreciate it nonetheless.
bloo berry: just dont do anything stupid
bloo berry: we dont need to be blackmailing more ppl into keeping us secret
green bean: you guys ever think about how weird link looks when were texting unsplit
green bean: just switching between accs and texting himself
bloo berry: hey wait why does vio get violence ???? and we're all fruit >:/
red delicious apples: do you not like the fruit :,(
bloo berry: mb i love it
green bean: aww
bloo berry: shut up green ur no ones favorite
green bean: D:
together 5ever
5:33 PM - Friday
licorice: festival tmrw :D
violet: I'm so excited. <3
licorice: i love u <333333
violet: I love you too, shade
Group message created with Will F, Wind O, Warren C, and Hyrule K
5:33 PM - Friday
Will F: Ugh i forgot the names dont transfer
Will F nicknamed themself wild
wild: ill come up with something funnier later
Warren C nicknamed themself wars
wars: there has to be some way to make this the default
wild: shurg
wild: i barely understand how any tech works
wars: youre part of robotics???
Wind O nicknamed themself wind
Wind O nicknamed Hyrule K rulie
wind: im sorry
wind: ur real names,,, r fucking warren adn will ??????
wars: language
wild: did u genuinely think our parents named us wild and warriors?? lmao
rulie: aw im not part of the four letter name starting with w gang
wind: i gotcha
Wind O nicknamed rulie wuli
wuli: nvm this is awful
wuli nicknamed themself rulie
wild: wait wind
wild: is ur name genuinely wind. like legally
wind:
wind:… yeah
wild: oh
wild: tbh i thought it was a nickname as well
wind: for what ????? wind is a normal ppl name
wild: shrug
wars: getting back on track-
wars: because tmrw is also the festival, I figured we can snack shop there?
rulie: oh sure!!!
wind: what festival?
wars: theres typically one per season here, for selling off the rest of the in-season fruit and the like
wars: its evolved into having street food, trinkets, and premade snacks, though, so
rulie: ik allllll the best spots !!!
wild: its actually genuinely scary
wild: istg he spawns ppl in ive never seen b4
rulie: ive got connections.
wind: oh!
rulie: can someone drive me pls :p
wild: thumb up
rulie: yayyy
wars: isnt it thumbs up
wind: do NOT get him started oml
wild: Okay so in the english language-
In retrospect, they probably should have come up with a place to meet before hand. Wind had spent the last ten minutes wandering around crowds aimlessly attempting to decipher any of Hyrule's instructions. It was honestly a talent how simultaneously bad and good he was at navigation.
Wind's phone pinged, another message to their tiny group chat. Hyrule had written, "just take the sidestreet next to the big watermelon sign!"
Wind looked around and spotted two watermelon signs, and 8 side streets between them. He sighed, and began manuevering his way through the crowd.
The place was incredibly crowded, and smelled heavenly. It was a stark contrast to the Outset festivals, but he didn't mind. The stalls were all full of people haggling loudly, and as he managed to duck under a particularly tall guy, his eye spotted someone familiar.
There was… Four? No, but he shared such a stark resemblance it was almost uncanny. But this guy's hair was a much dirtier blonde, and his eyes were a stark violet instead of the usual… wait, what color are Four's eyes?
Next to him was a guy around their age, who sat in a wheelchair with spider web designs on the wheels. He wore all goth attire, and Wind couldn't help but wonder how he hadn't sweat off all of his makeup in this heat. Actually, now that he noticed it, Not-Four also was dressed way darker than regular Four, except for all of the purple.
He watched in shock as Not-Four's stony expression was broken up by a smile, before he leaned down to the goth guy and kissed him. Holy shit. Four was keeping a cool brother and his cool boyfriend away from them!
He whipped out his phone, and shot a text to Four. He looked up to double check, but as soon as he did he made eye contact with Not-Four. His previous lax expression became instantly tense. Shit.
"Wind!" shouted a familiar voice, "There you are!" Wind turned around to see Wild, panting from sprinting. "Why'd you stop responding to texts?"
"I-" Wind whipped around to see the boyfriends gone, lost in the crowd. "Uh, sorry, got distracted." He shrugged.
Wild snorted. "And I thought Rulie and I were the poor navigation duo. Guess we have to make it a trio then, huh?" He teased, elbowing him.
"Hey, your shit directions are why I got lost in the first place!"
"Believe what you wanna."
Wind rolled his eyes. He whipped out his phone to text Four. There was no way in hell he wasn't getting an explanation.
core four
11:46 AM - Saturday
vio(lence): I fear we may be fucked.
bloo berry: aw shit
vio(lence): The snack run they're doing today is AT the festival. Wind saw me and we only have a few moments before the rest do too
green bean: if he confronts us, how do we want to play this?
red delicious apples: we trust wind, dont we?
vio(lence): GUYS CHECK FOUR'S TEXTS
green bean: ??
short kings
11:47 AM - Saturday
wind: four
wind: four why didnt u tell me u had a twin
core four
11:47 AM - Saturday
green bean: oh thank hylia
red delicious apples: are we just gonna let him believe it?
bloo berry: we could lie and say we're quadruplets
vio(lence): None of us look like just four, though, so we couldn't assign someone to be a fake four nor could we all be in a room together
red delicious apples: i feel bad lying
red delicious apples: lets leave it alone for now. vio should get back to his date !!
green bean: youre right. have fun vio!
vio(lence): Of course.
bloo berry: bring us stuff when ur done
Vio smiled at his phone at Blue's request. His hands were already full of bags with stuff to bring them, obviously.
"Vi!" Shadow called, "Look! I got little matching necklaces!" He pulled two out of his pockets, one with a amethyst and the other a black garnet.
Vio smiled and took his, planting a little kiss on his cheek. "Thanks, shade."
Shadow flushed red, somehow visible under his makeup. "Everything with your brothers okay?"
"It will be." He grinned. "C'mon, I think there's a metallurgy stall."
Notes:
hope you guys enjoyed!! next chapter will be sillier i promise. also the colors here are more visually distinct because i think its fun :D! and you KNOW i had to make shadow some kind of alternative thats my guy !!
Chapter 6: timey wimey
Notes:
got into a writing slump for a month. blacked out. woke up with this on my computer. shurg
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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7:45 AM - Tuesday
serving the cuntry: hey guys
serving the cuntry: skys haunted
loverbird: ….no?
serving the cuntry sent skyshaunted.jpg
[and image of their school, covered in so much fog that you can barely see any of it.]
serving the cuntry: skys haunted
loverbird: oh
senile at 16: huh i forgot about the curse
team jacob: im sorry?
senile at 16: its ok twi, never blame urself for things that aren't ur fault <3333
team jacob: absolutely not what I meant
senile at 16: anyway who wants to use the fog to sneak out and skip
serving the cuntry: wild.
senile at 16: because i certainly dont. lol
frosh (derogatory): hylia it is freezing
loverbird: I brought blankets dw <3
frosh (derogatory): thank you sky love u sky <3333
loverbird: np ! meet me in history
team jacob: how did you know the weather was gonna be this bad? fog didn't start till like right now
loverbird: oh i just always have blankets on me
"Sky!!" shouted a familiar voice. Sky whipped his head around, turning to greet the frosh before pausing at his clothes.
Wind was wearing shorts and a T shirt. In November. He sighed. Hylia, these children.
"Hey, Sky," he grinned, teeth chattering. "Lovely weather we're having, huh?" He had his hands shoved in his pockets, and was shaking all over.
Sky tutted and wrapped his blanket around Wind's shoulders. "Don't even try it. I can't believe you wore shorts in this weather." He watched as wind's body got swamped by the massive blanket and tried not to laugh.
Wind looked down at the blanket in surprise. "How the hell do you carry this in your backpack? Its massive!"
The older boy quirked an eyebrow. "I use my locker, like a normal person. Besides, I think you might just be tiny," He teased, scruffling his hair. Wind squawked, before pausing and furrowing his brow.
"Hey, have you seen grandpa lately?" He said, scrunching his nose in thought like a cat smelling something gross. It took everthing in Sky not to coo.
"You mean Time? Not today. I have a class with him this afternoon." He said, bending down to zip up the now much lighter backpack. "Why?"
Wind fowned slightly. "Nothing. Just worried for his joints."
Sky elbowed him lightly, "C'mon, don't tease grandpa when he isn't here," he said, pulling his backpack onto his shoulders. "I gotta head to choir. See ya!" He took off, whipping his phone out of the side pocket on his backpack. The choir room was all the way on the other end of campus, so he had a moment to shoot Time a quick text.
bedtime
10:21 AM
cockatoo: hey time, you doing okay? I know the cold/rain can make your joints hurt
owl: Im alright. Im not that old, sky, jeez.
cockatoo: hey they call it chronic pain for a reason
cockatoo: get it
cockatoo: chronic
cockatoo: ur names time
owl: You're worse than me. How come I'm group dad when you make jokes like that?
cockatoo: its cus ur old <3. just tell me if stuff hurts ok?
owl: I'm not legs.
cockatoo: LMAOOO
Minecraft Bedwars
2:16 PM
wars: sky
wars: sky
wars: sky
bed: wowww wars
bed: cant believe u of all ppl are texting in class
wars: yeah yeah im worried abt the old guy
wars: yk where he is?
bed: should be the nurse's? his joints probably hurt
wars: yeah but the teacher marked him absent, which means the nurse didnt call in
bed: huh. didnt notice that
wars: yeah i literally just realized
bed: hm
bed: …. you want me to fake a narcoleptic episode and ask for you specifically to acompany me to the nurse?
wars: .
wars: lwk yeah
bed: on it.
As soon as they left the classroom, Sky stood up from being slouched against Wars' shoulder. "That worked surprisingly well!" the brunette grinned, stretching out the arm he had dramatically slouched on moments before.
Wars turned to him, still shellshocked. "I can't believe you're that good of an actor. That's terrifying. How many times have you done that?" Shaking his head in disbelief, he pulled out his phone as Sky shrugged himself off him.
Sky tutted fake-condescendingly. "I'll have you know I only use my powers for good." He quirked an eyebrow. "Whatcha looking at?"
Turning his phone to show Sky a small map with a little ping on it, Wars grinned. "Four hacked our phones a while ago to grab everyone's location. Just texted him for Time's."
Sky gaped, zooming in on Time's pinging dot. "Hylia, and you call me terrifying? Why would he even need that?"
Wars shrugged. "I've learned not to question Four at this point. Looks like he's… outside of the nurse's office?" He turned to Sky, confused. "Why go all the way over there only to not get a slip?"
"I don't know, but-" Sky started, only to be cut off by the ding of his phone. He whipped it out to see a new message from the man in question. "Speak of Demise, I guess."
bedtime
2:19 PM
owl: I can sense your worry from across campus
owl: I'm fine, just left the nurses. She's about to call in.
cockatoo: oh
cockatoo: everything allright?
owl: Yeah, but I'm excused from the rest of class.
cockatoo: That's fine! when are you leaving? If you want I can come over right now and help load your backpack into your car?
owl: I'm leaving at 5, like normal.
cockatoo: ??
cockatoo: but your joints hurt
cockatoo: enough that you go to the nurse, which like, never happens.
cockatoo: do you not wanna leave like. now?
owl: I don't have my car, and my parents can't get me till five, so.
cockatoo: oh dw then im off for the rest of the day <333 lyft sky is otw!!
owl: You really don't have to.
cockatoo: shush. im coming
owl: ok. im outside the nurse's office
cockatoo: we know
owl: ???
Sky turned to Wars, who had been looking over his shoulder incredibly unsubtly. Shoving his keys into the other's hand and pocketing his phone, Sky cracked his newly free knuckles. "Alrighty, I'm on shuttle duty. Will you pretty please pull my car around to the back parking lot?"
Wars nodded, a little embarrased. Sky took off in the direction of the nurse's office. Time and him had been friends for a while now, especially with their grades touching. He remembered when he returned from summer with a scar over his eye, creaking joints, and eyebags that rivaled Leg's, somehow.
He never asked. None of the other juniors did, except for maybe Wars, with how close the two are. Sky knew that Malon had to know something, though, with their constant shared glances and quick texts. The others teased him for being clingy to his girlfriend, but he knew in-love clingy versus trauma bonded clingy. After all, Sun and him teetered on that very same line.
Unwillingly, he thought of middle school boarding school, him and Sun, running away into the nearby forest, except Sun was gone, taken, and it was just him, him and that man who-
He snapped himself out of it as he rounded to corner, spotting Time's hulking form. He was sitting atop an empty lunch table in the courtyard, with his feet on the actual bench part. One hand covered his working eye, while the other massaged at his temples.
"Hey," Sky spoke, softly. The senior whipped his head up, only now noticing how close the other had gotten.
"I'm fine," Time huffed, eyes crinkling into a squint under the sunlight. "It's just a migraine. Get them all the time." He snorted at the word. "Ha, time."
Rolling his eyes, Sky moved to sit next to him, eyeing him up and down. "How's walking feel?" He asked, instead of the typical Can you walk? because Time was an incredibly stubborn patient.
In place of an answer, Time hopped down, albeit a little shakily, and stood up. "See?" He asked, exasperated, "I'm fine. It's just the migraine." He winced. "And my knees, a little."
Sky glowered.
"Okay, and my back. Its really fine-" He started again, only to be cut of by a sudden shout from across the courtyard.
"Guys!" Wars shouted, turning around momentarily to double check the car's lock before coming back to face the two. "I've got the car, its like a two minute walk," he said, turning his hand back and forth to make an approximate gesture.
He turned to time, who was standing up still, but clearly leaning on the bench at this point, and winced in sympathy. "Can you make that?"
Time sighed. "Seriously boys, I'm not made of glass." He shoved himself up from his position on the bench, and began to walk slowly. The other two accompanied him, Sky going on about ornothology the who way over.
As he sunk into the seat of the car, Time pulled out his phone. "Hey!" Sky shouted from the passenger seat."You'll only make your headache worse."
"Alright," the senior conceded, before making a face Wars had only seen on a boy lost a long time ago. "But then you have to listen to me call Malon, and I'm not sure you-"
"Okay, sorry, jeez." Sky conceded. "Text your wife."
Time snorted at the nickname, whipping out his phone and wincing at the bright light. As he opened his messages, he scrolled past his girlfriend and selected a certain frosh.
four score and seven yrs ago
2:29 PM
years ago: If you want our locations, you just have to ask. And if you were just testing if you could, hack Wars' parents phones. They suck.
score: huh.
score: yeah, alr
Notes:
can you tell ive basically never written before? four's blacksmithing translates into this world as mechanical stuff, and wild's slate translates more as programming. but, i thought he would be curious enough to know some basic stuff, while wild's welding is an abomination to mankind lol
also backstory crumbs!! the adventures still sorta exist here, including warriors. which was definitely interesting to figure out time-line wise, and will probably come up again later (idk. i dont plan ts.)
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