@Hector

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@ Punisher - "Saw your post.I will drop by, ..."
@ Faunus - "yaoi dungeon. quest thing. you..."
@ Mr_Misteaks - "Mine was Lilith. She would hav..."
@ Anonymous - "Congratulations. You have unlo..."
@ Yael - "Δ Hidden Forbidden Bulwark. Me..."
@ KaraBear - "Hi Hector!I have a question fo..."
@ Mr_Misteaks - "Do you watch much TV?"
@ hana - "(555)123-4567 -Hana"
@ KaraBear - "Hey. Are you around right now?..."
@ zelkova - "Hello, Hector! :-)I'd like you..."
@ Mr_Misteaks - "HectorI fucked upSomeone's rea..."
@ mithrun1 - "How are you feeling?"
@ FlameMane - "hector i need a healer in lumi..."
@ oriade - "how do you feel about zelkova ..."
@ bigkitty - "He's alive."
@ Vogel - "Hi Hector,Do you happen to hav..."
@ Faunus - "Hey, Hector.I was wondering if..."
@ Owen - "i'm sorry.i was just surprised..."

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[secondthoughts]

[ And then he sees the timestamp. Ouch. ]

Oh. Probably a little too late for this, huh.

Is everything okay now?

[gluttoning]

[Not a notif he was expecting to see so late at night, and nearly slaps someone else (Mithrun, it's Mithrun) in the face for how quickly he sits up in bed.]

Hector?? You're okay???

Where have you been?

[secondthoughts]

[ gasp... use protection ]

Yeah, I'm fine. Dunno where I've been, was out cold for - a while, it seems.

More importantly, are YOU okay? Did you get this resolved? Everything and everyone patched up?

[gluttoning]

Out cold? But you were still showing online for all of us. I guess that doesn't matter right now since you're back.

Sort of? It's taken care of. Nanashi has been focusing a lot on leveling up so he came and helped. But...

You might want to go look at the forums, Hector. Right away.

[secondthoughts]

I dunno what else to say, then. I basically watched myself get ... I don't even know how to describe it. But I knew I was being punished for breaking NDA, but not how. I honestly thought I was going to die. But I didn't! It's fine.

[ ANYWAY, ]

I saw.

Is this for real? They fucked up healing?

It's a good thing I'm search and rescue, then. Stuff I know from work and the military will be keeping you guys alive.

Sorry. I didn't know this would happen.

[gluttoning]

Why are you apologizing? None of us knew this was going to happen, not just you.

How did you break NDA? You've been trapped in here with us.

[secondthoughts]

By "this," I mean being taken out of the game. That had nothing to do with you guys and everything with me.

[ He didn't realize how..."valuable" he's ended up being. ]

But it was a scheduled post. Lol. Had it set to post after the Q&A, and obviously I never got around to editing it or deleting it.

[gluttoning]

Why are they punishing you if your body is already in a coma?

That's stupid.

You mean on your social media somewhere?

[secondthoughts]

If I'm going to be honest, Barrett? I thought I was going to die when the suspension came in. Maybe it was just part of their protocol, I don't know. But it was scary.

But yeah, my Instagram. I've got a lot of followers. Remember when I asked to use that picture of you in the hospital?

[gluttoning]

It sounds like it. If we can't access our bodies like this, isn't suspension dangerous?

Yeah, I remember. The one I took with Levi where we flipped off the camera.



Wait, did WE get you in trouble???

[secondthoughts]

Ha! I doubt it. Your faces and medical band were covered, like you asked.

I was pretty open about naming and shaming CC Corp. I wouldn't be surprised if they found it pretty quickly afterwards.

I see it changed nothing, though. Lol. That pisses me off.

[gluttoning]

You really care a lot about the people here, huh?

That could have been really dangerous for you even if we weren't stuck. You know that, right?

[secondthoughts]

Of course I do.

[ That's a nonquestion. Since the "real world" practically does not exist for them anymore, what would he get out of ignoring the thirty-some other people he has to live with now? ]

I know. I knew that when I put the post together.

Well, wasn't exactly expecting to be stuck in the game when I made it. I was FULLY prepared for whatever might have happened in real life. Lol.

It's fine, though. Don't worry about me.

[gluttoning]

Of course I'm gonna worry about you.

I'd rather have you angry with us here than angry and alone in some jail or glitch void or something.

[secondthoughts]

But that's not where I ended up, was it? I'm fine.

[gluttoning]

Doesn't matter. You wouldn't forgive me for thinking something like that if I was in your shoes.

I know it's hard. But let people worry for you.

[secondthoughts]

[ Damn, touché. Barrett grew a pair while he was in jail. Hector can't help but laugh. ]

You're a good kid.

Not like I can pull that again while we're stuck here, anyway. Guess we're playing by the game's rules now, and I don't really like that.

[gluttoning]

If you get stuck, we'll try to find you. Don't worry.

There's a meeting planned at Ganymede's house tomorrow. I think people are wanting to talk about everything that's happening.

Maybe that would help catch you up.

[secondthoughts]

The timing can't be more perfect, huh? I'll be there. Thanks.

[gluttoning]

See you there.

People will be really happy to hear you're okay. So make sure you remember. :-)

[secondthoughts]

Wouldn't miss it for the world :-) See you there, kid.

[ AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT TO SHIT ]