#byte babbles

[byte-your-tongue]

10 FOLLOWERS ALREADY? I THINK ITS BEEN LESS THAN A WEEK?

chat why is this one of my fastest growing blogs iver ever had lol this was so fast?????????

[heyimbug]

I’ve been making little custom clay frogs and giving them out to friends. They’re so cute and I adore making them. Several people have told me I should sell them but idk. I think it just wouldn’t be as much fun then.

[a-sentient-horax]

G/T Headcannons Pt. 2

More science/academia g/t headcannons I've been rotisserating in my noggin.

One student sneaks into the lab to sabotage their academic rival's experiment, but they end up shrinking themself by mistake. When their rival finds them, they present no empathy, only a malicious grin. They begin laughing and teasing their new tiny about their deserved fate. Ideally comes with any sort of fearplay or yandere behavior. "I think I had better keep you all to myself. Now that you're byte-sized I can make sure you don't interfere with any more of my work."

Two personality opposites are paired up for a group project. One is a sizeshifter, who is struggling with random bursts of size change, and keeps dodging their group partner's texts and meet-up requests. Finally, the two agree to a late-night study session in a library study room. Just when they really start getting work done, the sizeshifter feels a growth spurt coming on quickly. As they try to leave, their group partner blocks the door and demands that they stay and finish the project ("No way. You're not gonna make me do this all by myself"). The sizeshifter can't hold back any longer, and suddenly they shoot up toward the ceiling, their limbs expanding all around the room. Their head bumps into the plaster ceiling as they beg their group partner to keep the door locked and not scream.

Bonus if it is actually a group of four people, and now these two have to keep the secret from the other two for the rest of the semester.

Bonus bonus, all three of the other group members are struggling with random size changes. The one human in the group gets fed up while they are all at their full size. The human points an accusing finger up at all three of their giant peers. "I don't care what the fuck you people are. I am not doing this project all by myself goddammit!"

A human shows up to a club meeting on campus. After a few minutes, their mouth drops open in awe as they watch the people around them grow and shrink seemingly at will. “Aren’t you a sizeshifter? This is the sizeshifter club…” The human blushes crimson red. “I…didn’t know what club this was I just heard there was free food.”

Instead of the “I used myself as a test subject for my theory,” what about “I used myself as a test subject for my crush's theory?” Out of a research team, the most junior member’s suggestions always get passed over, until a more senior researcher takes a hard look at their work. They realize that the newbie might be on to something, and set up an experiment on their own. Later that night, the newbie hears a knock at their dorm door. When they open up, a now ginormous research assistant squeezes inside, excitedly babbling on about how the newbie was right and their work was exactly what they needed. Meanwhile, the newbie is doubled over having a panic attack because now they have to hide a giant bag of weed AND a giant from their RA.

"Can't you just...shrink down and take my exam for me?" "No, that's cheating." "It's also...being a marvelous friend." "Quit asking and start studying."

A sizeshifter and a human pair up for a hackathon. Whenever one is tired, the other drops them into their pocket for a quick nap.

[kit-williams]

Started Period last night decided to have fun before I answer some asks

How do the boys (Astartes) react when their darling has their Period?

tw: blood, red wings, yandere behavior, Slanneshi behavior, TULIO behavior: stalking, masterbation; Dubcon?

Roland: Disappointed he was certain that this time would be the time that he would have given his Bäckerin a child. However, while pain is part of the human experience he knows that he doesn't like seeing his Bäckerin in pain... she'll be in more pain when giving birth. Roland did his best to be a good husband. He still felt himself preen at the thought of that. His hand cupped her groin as his thumb moved over her abdomen as she was half asleep against him just in a painless blissed out state.

Zul: He has to actively find his Spaseniye during her period. Aboard the blood clad ship she has to hide from cultists who wish to have her blood. She's already pale and anemic as he fishes her out of whatever corner she wedged herself into like a dying cat. He brings her back to his roost or room whatever works for him but he can tell she tries to not wince and whine in pain but lets her move his hand over her bloated belly. Watching her practically fold herself over his hand. He figures he should try to help his Spaseniye given how he can think. He just plays with her hair as she moans softly in pain.

Sirus: This man is between his Moonlight's legs. Lapping up the blood and playing with the clots against his tongue and teeth. His poor darling is an overstimulated mess as she begs for him to stop but he just has to keep her clean. And whenever he enters his room he can smell her blood. Yes he got her a cup.

Sor Delyn, Kazi Delax, & Moremo Klaek: They flit and flutter around their Dove. Kazi is eager to help ease her pain as he heard sex was good way to do so. Moremo and Sor have to keep the eager young Sargent off of their Dove. Dove just asks for chocolates and pain meds... she is so just tired and out of it she normally is confined to the nest all day not because the boys keep her there but because she can't bother to leave it. And the boys are happy to bring their darling whatever she desires.

Arkyn: Is another in the "I heard sex helps" club. His darling tries her best to wander away from the den. He would quickly herd her back to his den specifically his bed. He keeps her nice and safe and warm eventually she'll stop cussing at him and fighting him and be a good little mate and give him some pups.

Palion: His Muse was in pain! As much as Palion enjoyed the experience himself... he hated to see his Muse in agony. He kept her confined to her nest upon his bed. Oh his precious Muse was trying to tell him that she was fine. No no... he would be his GODDESSES thrall. To hear her timid requests... to feed her the indulgent food... of course he will get her what she wants but he will also get her a far more extravagant version... an elevated item as well. If she were a cat she would be purring as she is curled around a heating pad and just cutely looks up at Palion... he tries his best to not fuck her in her nest. But Palion is a weak man lucky his Goddess of Muse will certainly forgive him later.

Ghosk: He learns his Rabbit has short and intense periods given how in shape she is. She is practically sobbing under the bed trying to keep away from him as she is crippled. Ghosk rolls his eyes at the feeble attempts to keep herself safe. Wouldn't work against another night lord. He hums as he injects her with some pain meds... he barely gives her anything of the Astartes medicine. She should be fine... his rabbit stops crying at least. He grins at the high rabbit as she grabs his face, her eyes blown wide and practically black as she babbles.

Vauth: He cocks his head when his Byte starts her feminine discharge cycle. She has built in pain inhibitors and self medicating features. He simply notes how he will have to clean up after her as she bleeds upon his bed.

Solos: He plays up being Daddy when his Lovie is unwell. Praying to Grandfather won't do her any good when she's on her period. A cycle of death and rebirth... blah blah blah. He was another who found heaven between his darlings thighs. She was helpless normally but on her period? Oh Lovie needed her Daddy. He trills down at his bloated cutie. What if he feeds off of her a bit just to keep her a little bit more helpless and whiney for Daddy Sol.

Tulio: He shouldn't be so close to his Psychi during her period. Of course, he doesn't believe in the superstitions. He holds his breath even though he is quite far... as he watches her bathe in the river. She certainly looks quite clean to him. Would she flee like a nymph if he got too close? He could see her perky nipples from the chilly water. Oh how he wanted to help his Psychoula bathe and reach all those places on her back she couldn't. He pulled out one of her dresses that he had... found. It would have to do for now... he would buy her softer dresses as he inhaled her scent and pleased himself with his hand.

Jihias: He could smell the blood from his Lamb. How sacrificial it all was... a little lamb bleeding... and he couldn't help but stalk after her like the bleeding wounded creature she was. The way her eyes widen as she finds herself cornered and he just grins at her widening eyes.

Harram: Will have Endion watch over Ferum when Ori's period starts. He is another that will treat his Darling with tender loving care. Of course he does it efficiently. He quickly learned when her cycle was and prepares everything in his little "home" for her period. Of course being able to smell the iron odor in her discharge and clinging to her helps him be able to prepare if it's early. But the terminator enjoys to cuddle up with Ori and read over battle plans as she watches some mundane mortal show... about cooking... perhaps he enjoys to watch those baking competitions building things out of cake. Oh... no it's falling over... he winces watching the sugar work shatter.

Azazel: Another man who enjoys helping his Pet by bullying his cock into her sex. He's a simple man (I really need to redo Azazel)

I'll do the other boys when I get to them

[lebuc]

fear strikes out

* fear strikes out only to find no echo from the hollow void;

only sounds of a constant drone, babbling, generated  in artificial clusters, bits & bytes, simulated vocalizations...

doubt,   skittishly residing in a flesh & blood body uneasily rests alongside spirit & soul as well

infused to incline, motivate & be a counterpoint to the folly into which it can lead.

faith lays out a lighted path into... should you wonder where found or who, it's inside - supplied by you

& not some oracle from above, in its inclining toward the love you feel if you haven't been taught that it isn't real.

strip all religiosity - no man, no woman, organization, congregation or governing body of elders, founders, seers, kings or conquerors  may endow it...

just know  you didn't & they can not make a tree, a raindrop, a bee, a grain of sand, a truffle, giraffe or a galaxy ...any of 'em.

so the power that 'bees' resides in that which created these, above. ( call it what you will )

however, what we can create & reveal is anything derived from such,

as we make it & make do for real, for the best, not from fear but out of love;

& that - i believe, is our bequest from above. * 7/23 - lebuc - fear strikes out

[its-a-pain-having-a-name]

We had a daydream about someone on the verge of like forcefully becoming an avatar of the eye a bit like Michael did but different and We thought why they wouldn’t want it. (Ok we did just kind of get into a flow writing this apologies if the structures bad and the writing inconsistent we were going to make it vague but then yeahhhh)

Wouldn’t want to give in to those insistent voices telling them everything about everyone in a way it seems objective and correct. Of how it felt like memories in the back of your mind but they weren’t yours they never were. It’s not right, as it says it is. You don’t want to know it, it’s not yours to know. These isn’t your knowledge. Not your memories you don’t know anything you don’t want to know. This is flawed, this isn’t your to know, it isn’t this voyeuristic thing’s to know. You don’t want to lend you eyes you don’t want to know.

All the while they hear memories and queries in their thoughts. Question and answer, give in to the overwhelm, let it in. Lend your eyes. Come, come know it all. They walked and they knew where they were the babbling noise to a crescendo, they fell to their knees at the gates, further in stood the alter. Its crushing paranoid. You don’t want to be the observer. You don’t want to be the observer, and the subject. You don’t want this forced imperial perception, reality. It’s fascist command of conformity to “truth”. You stand again it’s gibbering static too intense. Eyes swell inside your throat, up to the guard’s tower, up to the watchers palace, it wants you to take its thrown to strike terror in the long gone inmates. It wants you to be its camera, just come take this gift. You’re above them all, you know all. But no! Smash the old guards eye, bash them on its alter. Fleeing into the night ignoring every byte of knowledge, they aren’t ours they aren’t ours, we know nothing. Struggling for breathe you wretch up a few eyeballs.

You stamp them out with boots, the putrid eyes of the old watcher dripping from your fist still. The darkness envelopes you so you stare to the full moon, gleefully grin growing on your face, the idea of mania and madness which you love my bring you an alternative to the knowing. It was not your knowledge, you don’t know anything, all beings believe things differently and in that it’s their own blissfully deluded reality. you don’t know a thing.

[ineffable-masquerade]

Bio, da loooong way

in case u dont get the joke in the title, click here.

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What this post is about

My little description post for stuff about me that goes more in depth about what I like and a little about my personality. Keep in mind I am in the baby stages of my tumblr blog development since I'm still a kid, so my blog is prone to rapidly change. I mainly reblog stuff, but it's still a cool blog so if you want funny stuff, cool art, and the occasional miscellaneous tumblr post.

Anyways here's a little description about me:

A tiny little goofball, I am. A smart one I'd say. A genius, even. I am transfem and bisexual. Please for the love of god do not look at my likes or who I am following💀

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Games/communities/shows(will be added soon) I enjoy

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Communities I am "in" (I don't directly participate in any community stuff for anything yet) besides when I went to a pride parade once):

Guilty Gear Strive community, Omega Strikers community, LGBTQ+ community (i feel like that was a given), Super Smash Brothers series community.

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Games I play:

Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, Roblox (only the good ones on there, ask me for the specific ones I like if you want. If someone asks, I will include them here later.), Slay the Spire, Peglin, Omega Strikers, Bloons TD6, and Hades. I also like FNaF World, it's just a pleasant game.

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Games I spectate (not play, but watch):

Super Smash brothers Melee (and a little of the others here in there, like Smash bros 64 combo tournaments), Guilty Gear Strive, and a little bit of SF6 here and there.

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List of blorbos:

ALL OF THE BYTE BREAKERS (from omega strikers)

All 3 of the Byte Breakers happen to be my 3 favorite characters in Omega Strikers. I love the entire cast of Omega strikers, but these 3 not only are on the same team but are also just the three parts of my personality and I LOVE IT. Anyways, If you wanna see who they are, here are some VERY short descriptions/my thoughts on them:

Finii

she's my spirit animal

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Zentaro

He's cool. He just runs around my mind slicing random objects and it makes me happy.

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Ai.Mi

She's a sassy, heterochromatic, cute catgirl with amazing design and an awesome personality.

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Edit: finally expanding this list cuz I actually have watched some stuff now, starting off with:

Gojo Satoru from Jujitsu Kaisen

He's just... so funny. And cool. And hot.

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Wow, you actually read all that. Thanks I guess. All my original posts are tagged as "#Masquerade's babbling", any art I reblog is tagged as "#art", any memes I make or reblog are tagged as "#meme", there's also some "#hornyposting" but I try to keep it at a minimum since I am a minor (I'm not very good at doing that so bear with me), and if you just wanna see my handpicked soup of content that is my blog, just go in raw. If there's anything I forget to tag, tell me so I can make my trash can look more polished.

[onelittlemac]

Journal Entry #45: Exposure Therapy

[🔮Occult Legacy Challenge - Generation 1 Diaries🔮]

Meeting Pol. Tech 9 and Jenny's children at the BBQ has given me a new perspective on raising an alien child. Keeping Neb in the bunker was best for his sensitive trait; however, I worried about how much he was missing out on. Sure, he was ahead of most infants when it came to his movement skill, but I wanted him to be a part of the world too. Like Johnny and Jill were.

I started venturing outside with Nebulon in a carrier, that way I could keep him from getting into anything too dangerous. Neb seems to really enjoy it, I could hear him babbling and giggling as we walked around Strangerville.

Sharing the natural wonders of this planet with Neb was something that was really precious to me. Seeing him engage with the environment was magical. The summers in Strangerville are incredibly hot, but Neb loved the warmth of the sunlight on his blue skin.

Despite my paranoia, Neb and I were not the strangest thing walking around the streets of Strangerville. We came across a robot who introduced themselves as Giga Byte.

To be continued...

[healeroflightanddark]

Reality Bytes, Chapter 4: Zarc's First Day

Yuri was very excited now that the boys were about to actually play the game instead of just making their Zarc-Folk and building his house. Now it was time for some actual gameplay.

“Let’s see if Zarc likes his new house!” he said, hitting the play button. Zarc stood in the street for a moment, before turning and walking into the house. The boys immediately leaned in towards the computer screen, making sounds of anticipation. Then, the little Folk sighed and babbled as a happy moodlet buff appeared in the Active Folk corner.

“He likes the house!” Yugo cheered. Yuto beamed in delight, “I feel so proud!” Zarc babbled again as he looked around.

“Did you know that the Reality Bytes team actually made a proper language for the Folks?” Yuya said. His counterparts all looked at him in surprise, and Yuri asked, “What, that’s not English?”

“Nope!” Yuya replied. “It’s a completely made up language, called Folksy. They even published a little dictionary so players could look up what their Folks were saying.”

“No way,” Yuto replied. “Yuya, you’re totally trolling!”

“Nope! I even have it! It’s only accurate for Reality Bytes VII and later, since VII was when they started refining the language and using specific words and phrases for specific scenarios, but yeah, the stuff that the Folk say actually means things!” Yuya said.

“You actually have a dictionary to translate what Zarc says?” Yuri asked, raising an eyebrow. To which Yuya responded by opening a drawer, pulling out a book, and showing it off to his counterparts and the camera.

“Oh my god, you actually have one!” Yugo exclaimed. “Quick, what did Zarc say?!”

“He said ‘This looks nice!’” Yuya replied, not even bothering to consult the book. Yuto blinked. “You didn’t even check.” To which Yuya blushed brightly and looked a little embarrassed as he responded. “I… may have been a bit of an obsessive nerd when I first got my Folksy Dictionary, and read it so much that I kinda memorized everything in it…”

Yuri grinned, “Good to know we have our own personal translator for what Zarc says!”

Zarc said something else, and Yuya’s counterparts looked at Yuya expectantly. The tomato said, “He said he’s happy.”

“Good, cuz we worked hard on that house!” Yugo said, nodding sagely. Yuto chuckled. “Well, why don’t we get him a job so he can earn some money. We only have 6 ByteCoin right now. What kind of job can he have?”

“We need to make him an actor,” Yuri replied. “That’s what he wants, right? To be an A-List Actor?”

“Yeah, but I think Acting is more something he has to be scouted for before he can make it big,” Yuya said. “In the previous games it’s more of a side hustle rather than a proper career that Folks can work full-time, at least until they actually land enough decent roles. You have to audition for roles in things, and unless you have a really high acting skill level, you’re gonna be rejected for most of the good roles until you improve your skill. Once you improve your skill and start landing roles more consistently, a scouting agent may notice you and then you have a chance at making it big. But until you do, it’s best to have a day job or some other career that schedules you consistently and gives you a regular paycheck.”

“Ah,” Yuri nodded. “Makes sense. So how do we get Zarc a job?”

“I think we can find jobs on the phone,” Yuya said. “One of the things that’s new in this game is job openings and interviews and having to actually apply to jobs. In all of the previous games, all of the jobs were available at all times and you would get the job guaranteed without having to apply or do an interview. I think the developers of XII said it’s actually possible to not get a job in the game if you don’t have the qualifications when you do the interview.”

“Oh, so it’s realistic then?” Yuri asked. “Very interesting! Is there a way to earn money if Zarc doesn’t get a job quickly?”

“Oh, yeah, there’s Odd Jobs, which are one-time tasks that pay a small amount of money, and he can also collect or make things and sell them online or in a yard sale or a shop,” Yuya reassured him. “But they don’t always pay as much as a job.”

“Well, let’s see if we can find Zarc a job first, and if that doesn’t work we can try the odd jobs or selling stuff,” Yuto suggested.

The boys had their Zarc-Folk open the jobs board app on his phone, and started looking through the available jobs. “Let’s see, there’s an opening for a dishwasher at a fast food place, a cashier in a retail shop, a barista at a cafe, a babysitter, a lawn maintenance worker…” Yuto read. “Hmm, nothing really sounds very Zarc.”

“Yeah, these jobs all sound awful,” Yugo agreed. Yuri nodded. “Yeah, maybe we should just look for a sugar daddy?”

A sound resembling a goose being strangled startled the boys, and they turned to see Yusho standing in the open doorway staring at them with wide, horrified eyes. “You boys are NOT doing that! You’re much too young!”

Yuri started cracking up, and Yuya quickly started reassuring his father. “No, don’t worry, Dad! We’re talking about our Folk in Reality Bytes XII! There’s not many good jobs available for him to work, so Yuri’s suggesting he gets a sugar parent so he can focus on his acting dreams!”

“Oh, thank god,” Yusho let out a sigh of relief. “That was not on my list of things I wanted to hear my sons say.”

“We made Zarc!” Yugo said proudly. Yusho walked into the room, looking at the computer screen in interest. “I see you built your own house,” he said. “It looks nice!”

“Thanks!” Yuya said. “We used pre-made rooms, and made a little gothic castle for Yuto!”

“I can see that,” Yusho said, smiling. “Well, enjoy your game time.” He left the room and closed the door, something his wife had neglected to do.

The boys turned their attention back to their current dilemma. “So, should we try to get Zarc a job now, or wait for something better to come along?” Yuto asked. Yuya tilted his head and said, “Well, there’s also the option to try college. In the previous games you had to buy an entire expansion pack to go to college, but in XII it comes with the base game! And there’s a couple of different colleges we can apply to, as well as lots of degrees that would help Zarc get a better job later.”

“Does college cost money?” Yuri asked. Yuya nodded, “Yeah, but you can take out a student loan and pay it back over time once you graduate.”

“Sounds good, but we should definitely at least try to get Zarc a job first,” Yugo suggested. “At least then he can afford to eat.”

“Okay, so which one?” Yuto asked. “None of them sound very good to me. Except maybe the barista. Would he get free coffee from working there?”

“No, I don’t think so, but it pays the best per week,” Yuya said, scrolling through the available jobs. “Dishwasher pays 144 ByteCoin for a 12 hour week, cashier pays 196 ByteCoin for a 14 hour week, barista pays 360 for a 20 hour week, babysitter pays 240 for a 15 hour week, and lawn maintenance pays 288 for a 16 hour week.”

“Sounds like all the jobs available are part-time,” Yuri pointed out. “That would mean we’d have some time on our hands to socialize and get better skills and go to college.”

“True,” Yuto agreed. Yuya nodded and said, “I think we should apply to all the available jobs. If we don’t get one, there’s a chance we might get another.”

“Yeah, let’s apply to all the jobs,” Yugo agreed. “We really need the money.”

Yuya selected each job on the job list, and Zarc tapped on his phone for a bit before a popup appeared, informing the boys that their little Folk had applied for the jobs. Then Yuya began zooming the camera out and looking around the neighborhood. Yuri raised an eyebrow. “What are you doing?”

“Looking for people to be Zarc’s friend,” Yuya said, moving the camera about. “He’s gotta have friends, right?”

“Fair enough,” Yuri conceded. “Oh, hey, there’s someone now!” He pointed at a Folk walking down the sidewalk near the house.

“Oh, yeah!” Yuya lit up, clicking on the Folk. “Zarc, come make friends!” He focused the camera back on Zarc and blinked. Zarc was sitting on one of the sofas reading a book with a squid on the cover. “Zarc, quit reading about squids and go make friends!”

“You’re interfering with his free will!” Yugo protested as Zarc closed the book and left his house to go meet the person. Yuya waved his hand dismissively. “It’s fine, he can read about squids later. He needs to make some friends so we can throw a party. Who knows, maybe he’ll meet someone with connections in a good career, or a good college, or he might even meet a sugar parent!”

Zarc approached the person and waved to them, babbling in Folksy. Yuya immediately translated. “He said ‘Hi, nice to meet you!’”

“What’s our new friend’s name?” Yugo asked. Yuya hovered the mouse over the person. “Suki Mayo. That’s the name of an NPC in the old medieval settlement in Historical. She was a Minstrel in the tavern.”

He clicked on Suki again, and an interaction menu popped up. The first option caught all of their eyes. “Tell Joke About Squid,” Yuto read out loud. “What is it with the squid?”

“It's been a recurring theme in Reality Bytes, ever since III,” Yuya said. “It was the national fish back then, and it’s made an appearance in all the games ever since. Squids, dragons, and falcons are the three symbols of the nation so there’s a lot of them in all the games.

“Ok, tell the joke,” Yuri said. “I wanna hear it!” Yuya selected the option, and Zarc began babbling to his new friend. Suki laughed, and Yuya stared in disbelief. “Lazy writing!”

“What? What was the joke?” Yuto asked. Yuya scowled and replied, “He just said ‘This is a joke! It’s very funny! You can laugh now!’ and then she laughed!”

“What?” Yuri pouted furiously. “That’s not funny at all! How disappointing!”

Another Folk walked by and the boys gasped. “Collect the friend! Hurry! Collect the friend!” Yugo yelped. Yuya quickly clicked on the new Folk and Zarc greeted him. “His name is Joe Mahmaw. Oh, he’s old.” Joe was definitely an elderly Folk, and Yuri grinned. “How much money does he have?”

“I dunno,” Yuya said. “Why?”

“Well, he’s old,” Yuri pointed out. “If Zarc befriends him, maybe he can get into his will!”

“Yuri!” Yuya gasped, scandalized. “Well, I mean, maybe? But still!”

“Another friend!” Yugo gasped, pointing at a new Folk walking by. Yuya immediately clicked her, then gasped. “That’s Princess Avamarie! She’s the most famous royal Folk in the series! She’s never made an actual appearance apart from in artwork or statues, but according to the lore from II onward she’s the heir to the throne and is famous for her love of common men and her many, many boyfriends throughout her lifetime. She’s said to have had at least twenty boyfriends over the course of five years.”

“Dang! That’s a lot!” Yugo said, eyes wide. Yuya nodded. “Yep, she breaks up with them for legitimate reasons too. One of them had poor hygiene, one was super vain, one was caught stealing spoons from the palace, one cheated with the duchess. Princess Avamarie actually has a massive hatred for the duchess for that very reason.”

“So is she seeing anyone right now?” Yuri asked, watching Zarc chitchat with the princess. Yuya shrugged. “I don’t actually know. I didn’t even know she was in this game. The lore of the games made it seem like Princess Avamarie existed in the distant past. I didn’t realize she was a modern princess!”

“So… any chance we might be able to date her at some point?” Yuto asked. Yuya giggled. “You guys really like the idea of Zarc having a rich partner, don’t you?”

“Yeah, I mean why not?” Yugo said. “If we can bag a rich guy or girl, he won’t need a job while he pursues his acting career!”

“I suppose we could try flirting with her,” Yuya conceded. He was just about to click the princess again when suddenly all the Folks that Zarc had been talking to left. “Wait! No! Noo! Come back! Ah, that sucks. Maybe next time.”

“Oh hey look!” Yuri pointed at another Folk on their phone nearby. “It’s the Professor!” His counterparts immediately took a closer look. Yuto nodded slowly. “It does look like him…”

Yuya was silent for a moment, then suddenly clicked on the Folk. “RUDE INTRODUCTION!” he exclaimed. Yuri giggled as Zarc ran to the Folk. From his body language he appeared to mock the Folk, and Yuya translated. “‘Hey look everyone! It’s a shaved monkey!’”

It was definitely clear that the rude introduction had upset the other Folk, as the two of them began autonomously exchanging obvious insults. Yugo giggled. “We don’t even need to do anything to make them enemies!”

Yuto glanced at Yuri, noting the amusement on his face. “I’m surprised you’re not getting mad that Zarc is disrespecting the Professor,” he said. Yuri shrugged. “Zarc never liked the Professor anyway, so it’s fine.”

“His name is Rhett,” Yuya said, checking the bald Folk’s nametag. “Rhett Khan.”

“See, it’s not even the real Professor!” Yuri said. “Oh, hey! Look at that guy!” He grabbed the mouse and zoomed in on a Folk that was doing jumping jacks in the street. “That guy’s clearly up to no good! Just look at those eyebrows! You can always tell when a guy is trouble from his eyebrows!”

Yuto, Yugo, and Yuya were all quiet for a moment. Then, they all looked pointedly at Yuri’s eyebrows. Yugo raised one of his own as he asked, “So is that why you’re trouble then?”

“Yep!” Yuri said, clicking on the Folk with the weird eyebrows. “We gotta be mean to him!”

“No, don’t be mean to him!” Yuya protested as Zarc ditched Rhett and ran to Eyebrows McGee. Yuri just grinned. “Too late!”

“So it seems Zarc’s making friends and enemies,” Yuto mused as Zarc and Eyebrows McGee began arguing. Yuya pouted. “I only wanted him to hate the Professor…”

“Pretty unrealistic hopes, seeing as it’s Zarc,” Yuri pointed out. Yuya sighed and said, “I suppose you’re right. I just hope we don’t end up making an enemy out of the princess…”

“Aha! So you want Zarc to date her too!” Yugo crowed. Yuya blushed and tried to explain, “W-well, having her for a sugar parent could be useful! And who knows, maybe they might even get married! Anyways, it’s four in the evening, Zarc’s been making friends and enemies all day, let’s get him home and have him have some dinner.”

“How is it already so late?” Yuto asked, surprised. Yuya grinned and said, “One minute in Reality Bytes only takes a second and a half in real life. So the eight hours in-game have passed in twelve minutes of us playing.”

“Oh,” Yuto nodded in understanding. “That explains it. Well, why don’t we make Zarc some food, and then maybe see if we can go somewhere in the city with one of our new friends.”

“Yeah, let’s see what we can afford,” Yuya said, returning the camera to the house and clicking on the fridge. “Okay, we can afford a salad or a bowl of mac n’ cheese. Let’s go with the salad. Less likely to burn the house down.”

“I would be very impressed if he managed to burn the house down making a salad,” Yuri said, sounding unamused. Yuya grinned, “Oh, yeah, a few games back, in VIII, there was a bug that made it so there was a 50% chance of starting a fire while making a salad! My Folks got very well acquainted with the fire extinguisher!”

Yuri stared at him for a moment, then started cackling. “Well, let’s hope Zarc doesn’t start a fire then!”

The four boys watched Zarc very closely, making sounds of anticipation. None of them wanted to lose their precious little Folk in a salad fire. As Zarc was chopping the lettuce, Yuya said, “If we lose our one Folk, we cannot be trusted with virtual life.”

“Agreed,” Yuto said. The boys all let out a collective sigh of relief as Zarc finished his salad and began munching. “What a relief.”

“Yep, and now we only have 3 ByteCoin left,” Yuya said. “So I’m thinking we go to the park, maybe bring along Joe, and see if maybe we can work on getting in his good books and get him to loan us some money. And if he says no, maybe we just see if we can get some collectable resources from the park.”

“Why not invite the princess?” Yuri pouted. Yuya looked at him in disbelief. “It’s getting dark. Do you really think a princess will trust someone she just met today enough to meet up with them at the park in the dark? That’s a good way to get kidnapped and held for a royal ransom!”

“You raise a fair point,” Yuri conceded.

As soon as Zarc finished his salad, Yuya opened the map and sent Zarc to the park in Starlight City. He invited Joe along, and the elderly man arrived in the park with Zarc. But as soon as the game unpaused, a pop-up appeared and Joe began walking away.

“‘Thanks for hanging out with me, but I gotta go. See you later!’” Yuto read. “What the hell, Joe? We just got here!”

“Maybe mooching off of Joe isn’t going to work,” Yugo said. “Seems like he knows we’re just after his money.”

“I like how we all just collectively decided that Joe has money just because he’s old,” Yuya giggled. “For all we know, he might be homeless and broke!”

“Yeah,” Yuri said with a grin. “Anyways, show us how to get rich from the park, Yuya!”

Yuya began searching the park, then grinned when he found what he was looking for. “See this rock pit? That’s a quarry! You can mine in them to collect things like metals, gems, fossils, stones, clay, minerals, even certain elements! You can sell the stuff you collect online by posting ads on the phone, or you could sell them in a yard sale, or even go into a specialty store and sell them there. You have to have a decent Collecting skill to mine most rocks in a quarry, but you can always collect clay, gravel, sand, and limestone, and those can be sold very easily to the hardware store.”

“Well, let’s see if we can get some mining done, then!” Yuri said eagerly. Yuya directed Zarc to the quarry, and the four boys watched as Zarc pulled out a chisel and a hammer and began chiseling away at the rocks. “Uhm… not gonna lie, I was expecting a pickaxe or something.”

“He doesn’t have high enough Collecting to use a pickaxe,” Yuya explained. “And he’d need to either buy or make one even if he did have high enough skill.”

“Wait, you can make a pickaxe in this game?” Yugo gasped. Yuya smiled and nodded. “Yep! You can actually make almost everything in the game with enough skill, materials, and effort. It’s possible to go completely off the grid and never buy a thing apart from a plot of land to start on. Literally the only other thing you would need to pay for is property taxes, and you wouldn’t even need a job to pay for those if you make enough money from selling things you collect or make.”

“That would be so cool if Zarc could sell enough stuff to pay the bills without a job,” Yugo said. Yuto nodded in agreement, “Yeah, but it would still be nice to have a rich partner who could pay the bills while Zarc pursued his passions.”

“Hey, who’s that?” Yuri asked suddenly, pointing at a Folk laying on the ground near the quarry. “Looks like they’re passed out!”

Just then, the Folk got up off the ground and shook their head as if trying to stay awake. Yuri grinned. “Passing out in the park, huh? Let’s talk to her!”

Yuya clicked the new Folk, and Zarc stopped collecting stone in the quarry and ran over to talk to her. The tomato-head blinked when he saw the mood she was in. “Hey, she’s feeling flirty!”

“Really?” that caught all of his counterparts’ attention. Yuto raised an eyebrow. “Maybe we don’t need Joe or the princess. Maybe this new Folk could be the one for Zarc.”

“I mean, if XII is anything like the others, if she moves in she’ll bring money with her,” Yuya said. “So that is an option.”

“Flirt with her!” Yugo said eagerly. Yuya was about to comply, but then paused. “Ah, she’s not flirty anymore. Now she’s tired.”

“Flirt with her anyway!” Yuri demanded. “We can’t miss our chance!”

Yuya complied, selecting a flirty interaction. Zarc and the new Folk were having a nice chat, but the flirt seemed to come too late. The new Folk immediately and clearly rejected the flirt, and Zarc was obviously embarrassed. “Oh no! How rude!” Yuya exclaimed. “You could’ve just said no!”

“She didn’t just say no?” Yugo asked, worried. Yuya shook his head. “You don’t want to know what she said. Listen, if anyone ever tells you that the worst thing a girl can say is no, they’re wrong! Dead wrong!”

“Oh, poor Zarc!” Yuri said, genuinely pitying the asparagus-haired Folk. “Girls can be really harsh when they reject you…”

Another popup appeared, and it said the exact same thing as the previous goodbye popup from Joe. Only this time, it was from the girl that had just rejected Zarc. Yuya sighed in disappointment as the Folk left. “Well, we did find her passed out on the ground. Maybe she’s just too tired and cranky. Maybe let her go home and sleep, and maybe try again tomorrow when she’s well-rested. Zarc’s getting pretty tired too, it’s already after midnight. We should get him to bed and end his first day here.”

Everyone else hummed in agreement, and the boys sent Zarc back home. He waddled into his house and Yuri grinned. “He needs to use the toilet before bed. Don’t want the Sink Incident to occur in-game!

“Yeah,” Yuya said, shaking his head as he sent Zarc to the bathroom. “I still can’t believe that actually happened in Academia. And with the Obelisk Force? I thought they were above such acts!”

“Eh, apparently not,” Yuri said. “I don’t know who exactly it was, just that it happened in the bathrooms assigned to them. Happened in the middle of the night too.”

“And with that, Zarc is asleep,” Yuya said as Zarc climbed into bed and went to sleep. “I think that’s a good place to stop for the day. I have to get ready for my skating date with Shingo and Reiji, anyway.”

“Yeah, and we need to work on editing the videos so that we can post them,” Yuto said. Yugo nodded in agreement. “This was a lot of fun! Wouldn’t you agree, Yuri?”

Yuri looked away, “Yeah, I guess so.”

“Don’t pretend you didn’t enjoy it, Yuri!” Yuya said with a grin. “It was obvious that you were the one most excited about playing!”

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Battle But not really .  more like scarecrow vs snowman but they never fight all byte FROST or drift off into another babble battle, EXPOSED   FROSTY   got FROSTY ‘ER’  and he had frosty lips, put FROSTY TO FIRE..  melted.  gone   who would have not thought that snowmen are cool.  duh

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