[He lets the sobbing go for a bit, leaning away from the headset when it gets particularly loud but otherwise trying to let Levi catch his breath. He was hard enough to understand at a baseline, so he's working on a handicap here...
When Barrett finally speaks up, it's the same usual deep monotone, clipped just enough to show his attention's not wandering.]
What happened? Were you out on a dungeon or something?
[At some point Levi's sobbing gets a bit muffled as he backs away from the microphone to blow his nose. He's a mess over there.
But eventually he's calm enough to speak somewhat coherently.]
Y-Yeah. I ran a dungeon with some others to test out keywords. When we got to the end of it, the treasure chests that usually give loot were empty. Instead of getting loot, our...armor exploded. Literally exploded. It's all gone.
[He sniffles.]
Even swapping to one of my other classes didn't fix things 'cause all that armor exploded too.
You just can't do anything with the dungeons right now, right? Maybe there's other things we could walk through.
[He feels like he is forgetting something crucial here... oh well.]
I can talk to some others about getting your equipment back. Maybe if we can get you more copies and just keep them in your inventory, that will keep it safe.
[He lets out a choked noise at the thought of walking anywhere in-game, but he lets Barrett finish since he knows he's trying to be helpful.]
That's a good idea and all, and I appreciate you wanting to go out of your way to help me re-gear myself, but there's a problem.
Even if I'm not running dungeons, my avatar is still naked! I can't go anywhere in public! Not like that! And I don't want you to see me like that either!!!
[Should it be a big deal when they're brothers? Probably not. But it is a big deal to Levi anyway.]
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He scrambles to put his game on pause as he rips the headset off and goes to look for his phone.]
Levi, my headset's off. Are you okay?
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I LOST MY ARMOR
ALL OF IT
[help]
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How? Weren't you wearing all of it?
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IT'S GONE AND MY AVATAR IS NAKED
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Are you okay?
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[Finally, the all-caps disappears.]
of course I'm not okay!! T____T
Can I call?
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How am I gonna play like this?! I can't get any new gear until next week, and even then I'd be running with nothing!
I don't know what to doooooooo......
[He falls away to sobs after that. Bless Barrett for putting up with this meltdown.]
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When Barrett finally speaks up, it's the same usual deep monotone, clipped just enough to show his attention's not wandering.]
What happened? Were you out on a dungeon or something?
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But eventually he's calm enough to speak somewhat coherently.]
Y-Yeah. I ran a dungeon with some others to test out keywords. When we got to the end of it, the treasure chests that usually give loot were empty. Instead of getting loot, our...armor exploded. Literally exploded. It's all gone.
[He sniffles.]
Even swapping to one of my other classes didn't fix things 'cause all that armor exploded too.
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[That's all he says for a second, because he's trying to figure out how that would even look. Hm. Hmmmm.....
...
Oh right, he should say something else.]
You can't really play dungeons without armor. Do you think it's a bug?
Maybe contacting that head admin would be a good idea.
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I sure as hell hope it's a bug. Me and the others who ran the dungeon are going to report it.
[Spoilers: It will not go well.
He heaves a dramatic sigh.]
I'm just at a loss as to what to do until we hear back... I wanna keep playing, but I can't and it's ruining my whole night!
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[He feels like he is forgetting something crucial here... oh well.]
I can talk to some others about getting your equipment back. Maybe if we can get you more copies and just keep them in your inventory, that will keep it safe.
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That's a good idea and all, and I appreciate you wanting to go out of your way to help me re-gear myself, but there's a problem.
Even if I'm not running dungeons, my avatar is still naked! I can't go anywhere in public! Not like that! And I don't want you to see me like that either!!!
[Should it be a big deal when they're brothers? Probably not. But it is a big deal to Levi anyway.]