"Come on guys, we should sing a song!"
"Omg Charles you have a great booty."
"Screw you Nevin!"
"Shut up, please!" Marsha groaned. They were walking. Gregory was singing trail songs. Nevin was flirting with Charles, and Charles was rejecting him.
"Hurry up, Charlie!" Mallory snapped. Charles, as the shortest, had less stride length than the others.
"Do you want me to run until my legs fall off?" He rolled his eyes.
"One second. I gotchu, babe." Nevin picked him up.
"Let me run until my legs fall off." He growled.
"Wait!" Nevin dropped Charles. "I see my house." He ran over to the house. It didn't have a tree on the property, the property was the tree. He went inside and reappeared later with a knee knife and clothes. He was wearing a teal cape, a white shirt, loose blue shorts, and a pair of short white boots.
All in all, the coolest looking outfit, if he did say so himself.
"I think there's a shortcut here." Gregory walked into a forest.
"Where are we even going?" Michael asked.
"You'll see." He smiled.
"Am I the only one getting deja-by here?" Charles asked.
"Yes." Mallory pushed branches out of her way.
"Seriously, though! This place feels familiar!" He looked freaked out. "Can we take a break or something?"
"Okay." Gregory sat down. Nevin pulled out his smartphone and turned on his cellular data.
"That stuff is expensive." Marsha reminded him.
"But the pizza guy!" He simply said, opening ShareNet to see the message.
?: Hello Nevin, this is your last day of subscription to Cheese City Pizzeria. Click this link to renew your purchase: https://www.google.ca/save/me?bih=461&biw=320
NEVIN: sweet
NEVIN: wish i could pay for that
?: Would you like a pizza today?
NEVIN: no
NEVIN: but youre the only pizzeria i think of
NEVIN: i would never cheat on you cheese city
NEVIN: i make out with your food
?: I asked you if you wanted pizza, not if you wanted a guy who doesn't get payed enough for this.
NEVIN: wait what
NEVIN: i thought this was automated
?: You thought wrong.
NEVIN: sorry mister..?
?: Charles.
?: Charles Johnson
NEVIN: wait the pizza man lives at the flipside
?: WHAT DOES THIS EVEN MEAN? ARE YOU SCREWING WITH ME FOR FUN? YOU'RE A WEIRDO!
NEVIN: calm the caps lock
NEVIN: you must be a flipside counterpart
?: WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?!?
NEVIN: whats your normal username
?: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!
NEVIN: wow
NEVIN: ok
THE USER DatBoiNinjaNevin HAS REQUESTED TO CHAT WITH THE USER NoneOfYourBusiness! ACCEPT?
Charles groaned, knowing who it must be.
THE USER DatBoiNinjaNevin HAS SHARED THEIR REAL NAME WITH YOU! FROM NOW ON, THEY WILL APPEAR AS NEVIN.
CHARLES: Oh HELL NO
CHARLES: Go away!
NEVIN: noiooo
NEVIN: *nooooo
CHARLES: I'm serious.
NEVIN: but chaaaarleees
NEVIN: charlie
NEVIN: charchar
CHARLES: No.
CHARLES: You aren't even bothering to capitalize my name.
NEVIN: Charles.
CHARLES: Better.
NEVIN: whats everyone elses usernames
CHARLES: sillysurgeon is Michael
CHARLES: Sasha_Weaboo is Sasha
CHARLES: ReaperKiller is Mallory
CHARLES: Aquian!GregoryPlatt is Gregory
NEVIN: thanks boo
NEVIN: ttyl
YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE CHAT Let's Do This Thing. ACCEPT INVITATION?
Nevin clicked yes.
GREG: I see you have decided to make a group chat.
CHARLES: Yeah
GREG: Cool! This is gonna be so much fun!
PEPPER: shut
PEPPER: up
GREG: :(
CHARLES: You're an a-hole.
GEMMA: She really is.
DANTE: You're just jealous.
MALLORY: Jealous? Of her?
SASHA: OHHHHHHHH
MALLORY: I hate to sound like everyone else out there, but... #SquadGoals
MARSHA: #SquadGoals indeed.
CHARLES: Look, this is great and all, but can we move on?
SASHA: Yes
SASHA: That sounds like a fantastic idea
GREG: Yeah! Aren't you all excited?
SASHA: Extremely
NEVIN: well you seem emotionless
SASHA: Basically
SASHA: Followers don't feel love, excitement, pity, or mercy
SASHA: I'm trying
MALLORY: Yeeeeeeees. Totally. We can ALL see it.
SASHA: That's a lot of 'e's o_o
MALLORY: Ever heard of emphasis? Look, I used it just then with the italics.
GEMMA: I didn't know you could use italics here.
GEMMA: But, in case you actually don't know what emphasis is, it's the action of making something stand out. Commonly used sarcastically or to be degrading.
SASHA: I know what emphasis is
CHARLES: I swear, if you don't leave this chat soon, I will smash your electronics.
GREG: But look how much fun everyone is having! Please, Charles!
CHARLES: No.
GREG: O,w,O
NEVIN: nice emoticon
PEPPER: I can't say the same.
DANTE: Who's insulted now?
MALLORY: Nobody.
MALLORY: If anything, that was flattering.
PEPPER: ?
MALLORY: It always does make you feel better about yourself when you know you'd never stoop to the level where your comebacks consist of disagreeing with whatever people say.
CHARLES: Go away.
GREG: CHAAARLEEES!!!
THE USER NoneOfYourBusiness BLOCKED YOU FROM THE CHAT!
Everyone groaned and put away their electronics.
"That's better." Charles smiled.
"Seriously, dude? I was in that chat? What a waste of cellular data! I could have been saving my streaks!" Pepper slapped him across the face.
"Geez, we're trying to save the world, and all you can think about is your social media streaks?" He raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't ask to be a part of this." She growled.
"We didn't, either! By that, I mean us feeling the same way and also not asking you to tag along." Mallory glared daggers at the other girl.
"Hey!" Dante stepped in front of Mallory and Charles, dragging his axe behind him.
"Can you even lift that?" Mallory looked at the weapon skeptically. He sighed, and turned around. But, he quickly turned back, and Charles fell to the ground, spitting froth from his mouth. Dante squinted his eyes shut, as if to concentrate better, and Charles started screaming.
"They're coming!" He screeched with wide eyes.
"Charles?" Gregory looked genuinely worried.
"It's that a-hole using his insanity powers." Sasha explained.
"It's all your fault!" He pointed at Marsha. "You're a murderer!" Marsha simply raised an eyebrow. Then he turned over to look at Gregory, and he started crying. "I'm sorry, I'm so, so, sorry."
"Charles..." Gregory went over to comfort him.
"NO! Don't touch me! MAKE IT STOP!" He pushed his friend away.
"Okay, this is sort of entertaining, but it's getting annoying." Mallory sighed. As soon as she said it, Dante fell over.
"What?" He asked.
"Paralysis powers." She smirked.
"Wha- that's unfair!" He groaned.
"Life isn't fair. Have you seriously never heard the saying?" She raised an eyebrow. In the background, Gregory hoisted a limp Charles up and lay him on a soft patch of moss.
"But hey, you shouldn't have a problem with my powers as long as you keep me on your side." Mallory shot him a threatening grin.
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