Shifts and Changes
Astrid (11:09pm): How is everything is lover’s lane
Caleb (11:09pm): I could ask you the same. But it is going quite well. We have worked out how to address our relationship with the important people who need to know now.
Astrid (11:10):you two are dating not getting into a business partnership
Caleb (11:10pm): it is much the same in some ways, as now much of my business is his and the other way around.
Caleb (11:11pm): And you?
Astrid (11:11pm): where to even start
Astrid (11:13pm): NOT THEM. Though to be honest I wish they’d be more annoying in a less entertaining way. It’s more I guess one of moll’s coworkers “discovered” his “double life” of dting two people and when he brought it up and molly tried to explain no, it;’s coolk we all know and no one is upset or whatever he was told that this was wrong and that he was bein selfish or whatever so now he’s on break on vc with us going over once again everythin possible to make sure we’re all happy and comfortable in this and our concerns are met an
Astrid: (11:14pm): I want to cunt punt whoever said it
Astrid (11:15pm): UGH /rant I swear
Caleb (11:17pm): He is really upset by that idea, isn’t he?
Astrid (11:18pm): oh yeah which I get because he acts pricky and edgy but
Astrid (11:19pm): you know him.
Caleb (11:20pm): I do. Is he still on with you right now?
Astrid (11:20): hes on his 30 right now.
Caleb (11:20): Hm. Okay.
Astrid (11:25pm): He’s laughing?? His ass off??
Astrid (11:26pm): I think he fell off his chair?
Astrid (11:27pm): What did you send him?
Cay <3 (11:20pm): Can you please ask Molly to go with you this weekend? I think it would just be easier.
Fjord (11:21pm): fine but if he makes it weird im throwing him in the harbor
DM: FjordTough and TeaLeaf
FjordTough I know youre at work but I have a question
TeaLeaf oooo
TeaLeaf im on break. Sup
FjordTough so
FjordTough Cay and I were talking and well
TeaLeaf no I wont join you but I will film
FjordTough this is why I said I didn’t want to ask
TeaLeaf okay. Sorry, what’s up for real. No jokes
FjordTough we have gotten physical and well there are some complications at the moment
TeaLeaf couldn’t get up
FjordTough Fuck off, that was not the issue. But we need to prepare? More? And He…
FjordTough Well, my other options for this are… an aro-ace medical student and two lesbians for going to a store for
FjordTough items
FjordTough Molly?
TeaLeaf ARE YOU ASKING ME TO GO TOY SHOPPING
TeaLeaf omg what
FjordTough don’t make this weird! It’s already bad enough I’d have to preface any purchase with you approving of the choice okay
TeaLeaf Wait is it for you
FjordTough no
FjordTough …
FjordTough maybe
TeaLeaf WE ARE GOING MONDAY AFTER LECTURE BEFORE YOU CAN BACK OUT BYE BACK TO WORK
FjordTough DON’T. MAKE. THIS. WEIRD.
DM: TeaLeaf and Widogast
TeaLeaf thanks booboo
Widogast :)
Astrid (11:40pm): as nice as it was to hear him laughing, wtf
Caleb (11:41pm): I bullied Fjord into asking him to go with to the sex store as Fjord, ever the boy scout, feels the need to be prepared and has no clue what that entails.
Astrid (11:41pm): I don’t think they let homosexuals into the boy scouts yet
Caleb (11:42pm): Fair but calling him a sailor is too on the nose. I figured the awkward conversation would at least make him smile a bit. And it is revenge for the ill-timed photo Fjord sent me yesterday.
Astrid (11:43pm): savage. You don’t think it’d be weird for him to know those details of your life?
Caleb (11:44pm): not at all. I have seen him naked already. Congrats by the way on that. And he has seen fjord naked plenty from living with him and before he was with you two, the pair would use each other as lewds screening services, so scrolling was a dangerous endeavor.
Astrid (11:46pm): Sorry trying to get over that you’ve seen him naked more than I have.
Caleb (11:47pm): I think seeing him that way is a rite of passage for his friendship.
Astrid (11:48pm): Fair.
Server: SICK OF THIS SHIT has been deleted
GAME HOES
SleevesRBS CALEB I need to borrow your boyfriend
MrPalomares2 Let me change names again.
SleevesRBS UGH. Fine.
SleevesRBS there
FjordTough thank you darling
MrPalomares2 Of course. Now, why am I lending you him?
SleevesRBS you tricked me
MrPalomares2 Not at all. I never said change my name.
FjordTough we’re all looking to live off campus and Beau’s dad stated he would pay for her end if she moves out with a guy
FjordTough and that would mean we can live in a slightly better location than where we are. A place Yasha and I wont get concussions on every door frame
MrPalomares2 You are going to pose as dating for her benefit.
FjordTough AFTER explaining to my family we’re together and that Beau and I are ruse so I’m not living in a place like I grew up in.
FjordTough they’ll get it trust me
SleevesRBS there is a dope ass three bed with a gym in the building. Yash and me get the master and the boys get their own rooms. It even has a real kitchen and dining room
SleevesRBS the living room is huge and could totally hold our extra shit so we can stream in the rooms without bulk in the way
SleevesRBS and its not far from Nero
MrPalomares2 Honestly, I had yes typed but you all explaining why was too entertaining to stop you all. Of course.
SleevesRBS YES! Cay you are literally the best
SleevesRBS fjord doesn’t deserve you
FjordTough I’m the one fake-cheating on my boyfriend so your dad can get us an apartment
BigBadWolf I am still not sure why I am here and why you insist that these are normal friends, Caleb
GreenTea Oh, you get used to it.
DM: MissJester and NottListening
NottListening I’ve noticed you’ve been gone for a while is everything okay
MissJester Oh. Well. I guess? I don’t know. Mom left and then I was kind of feeling lonely but like
MissJester The chat is great and wonderful but, like, everyone has each other now and they’re close physically so they are closer emotionally. And then, like, people are now dating or bringing in new friends
MissJester WHICH I TOTALLY LOVE AND WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN!!! I mean. Wulf is kind of weird and I don’t know if I like him. And Essek seems to be really quiet and strange but like, maybe that was why people thought he would be good with CayCay and all. But then like…
MissJester you know I was kind of hoping that maybe some of the people… we were friends with were not going to hook up because maybe I had crushes on them. And I know it’s silly because I develop crushes so easy and fast. Like. It’s stupid and annoying how fast but.
MissJester Sorry. This is all a bunch of ranty dumbness but I look at it and feel like I’m being forgotten because they’re all happy. Together.
NottListening I get that. Not to the extent or the same reason but… it’s hard connecting as a mother and a married person when everyone else is still living their best years
MissJester Yeah
NottListening But not being around isn’t going to help. Has no one else reached out?
MissJester Well. I mean… Molly… and Beau. Astrid, too. And Caleb but….
NottListening But
MissJester I was upset that they’re all dating and jealous so maybe I sort of didn’t respond, exactly
MissJester Or…like at all. And just removed the notification…
NottListening Jes
MissJester I know… but maybe I’m not ready to talk to the people who I like… and the people they are dating… for maybe a little tiny bit? Is that mean?
NottListening not at all. But you need to be honest with people about this. I can let Cad know? Anyone else you’re not mad at?
MissJester I’m not mad at all. Just. Stung? Hurt? I was hopeful? :(
MissJester Uh… Yeah. Cad, I guess. Bryce probably knows because of how things went down when we broke up…
NottListening Okay. How about I make a side chat for you and the two new friends they brought in. Cali and Reani were pretty cool. At least to play Stardew.
MissJester … Yeah. Yeah I can do that.
MissJester I’m sorry
NottListening it’s okay
“What game is this,” Wulf asked as he loaded up the game on his end.
“G-Mod. It’s pretty much another version of the imposter like game but with a bit more chaos,” Beau replied as she checked again that her pre-stream settings were up. Behind her, Yasha moved the screen between their set ups so they had some privacy.
“Uh, huh.”
“It’s not that difficult, dude, promise,” she offered. “I mean the” controls are shit and shooting is not real-world logic but it’s fun.”
“As opposed to Among Us, where we are space beans who can sometimes shoot death spikes from our mouths,” Molly’s voice cackled over the headset.
“Exactly.”
“Who all is streaming,” Astrid asked as her name unmuted itself from the Discord channel.
“Uh, Fjord is,” Molly replied. “I’m not because he is. Internet is still shit.”
“I am,” Caleb replied quietly between shooing his cat off the desktop.
“Both of us are,” Yasha responded before Beau got a chance to. “Do we have a fill so we get two traitors?”
“I think so. Is Jester playing,” Astrid asked.
An awkward silence hung.
“I think she’s still busy. But I think Bryce or Gunther were good to play,” Molly replied tightly. “Also, apparently Darrow is on a cupid mission.”
“Who is on a cupid mission,” Bryce’s voice joined the chat sounding concerned.
“No one.”
“Molly.”
“Bryce, have I ever told you how wonderful your voice is? You should read stories for a living. Just the sexiest thing with the slightest of rasp…”
“Molly.”
“The game,” Wulf reminded with a sigh.
“Right,” Beau commented and then went to explain the game itself.
Simple imposter game, like Werewolf tabletop game where there is are innocent people, a detective who can investigate bodies to see what they were and buy certain items, traitors who are trying to kill everyone and can buy other items that are different than the detective, the killer which was a tougher solo role trying to kill everyone, the vampire who eats people for health and is a traitor, the hypnotist who is also a traitor and can revive one person as a new traitor, the mercenary who can buy one item from any list and is innocent, the phantom who haunts the person who kills them then comes back when that person is killed, the glitch who looks like a traitor but is innocent, the swapper who cannot do damage and if killed becomes the roll of the other person, and the jester who wins if they are killed.
Fjord repeated it a second time, slower and with less filler swears as the game loaded up and they waited for their rolls.
The first two games were getting Wulf and Astrid used to the game type. It was after a short bathroom break that the game play started to find a flow. And when Molly and Astrid decided that chaos needed to reign in a new game, as well. It was in the middle of a Jester round when Caleb caught Fjord’s attention. They were in a room together, Fjord as detective and Caleb claiming to be innocent with the golden desert eagle, which was a one-shot weapon for bad guys, Fjord had given him. Molly was running around a taser somewhere below.
“Ah, Fjord. Essek says check your chat,” Caleb offered awkwardly.
“He’s in your chat,” Astrid asked brightly. “He said he wasn’t going to watch, that jerk.”
“He also tends to do something as he says he refuses to do it,” Wulf pointed out. “Molly, stop tasing me!”
Fjord was not replying because he had looked at his chat and was stunned.
“Cowboy, what’s up,” Beau asked.
“I uh. Fuck. Thanks everyone who is joining? I. Hold on let me mute myself…” Fjord fumbled as he began to read off as many of the new subscriptions and follows as he could.
Over one thousand people watching. And he had no idea why. Jester was not raiding him. No one had hosted him. Almost 200% more than he was used to seeing at his max numbers were now watching him play Trouble in Terrorist Town with friends. He scanned the messages with the bits and comments to see why. And it all seemed to be the same. Some other, larger streamers had shared his clip or reacted to his coming out publicly and he was gaining traction. His old viewers were freaking out at the new people to talk to and one. MonsterTruck was slowly trying to act as a temporary moderator for the questions he couldn’t get to. He’d have to reach out to the person later.
“Fjord,” Caleb’s soft voice brought him back.
“Yeah, sorry,” he replied when he was unmuted. “Just uh. Slammed with a bunch of new follows from the video a few weeks ago. Trying to catch up with thanks and stuff.”
“Oh, does that mean daddy’s paying for froyo tomorrow after class?”
The chat went mental.
“Please don’t call me daddy on stream,” he sighed. “And I always pay for froyo because you’re a spoiled best friend.”
His old followers immediately shot down the questions of them being together, which made him smirk.
DM: FjordTough and Widogast
FjordTough should we?
Widogast If you’re ready.
Fjord took a deep breath and put his phone down.
“Darling, please tell me you have not been doing the long game this whole session,” Fjord commented with his stomach in a fit of butterflies and knots.
“I think we have played long enough for you to know I would have offed you by now,” Caleb replied easily.
The chat exploded again. Darling.DarlingFjord, did you slip? it was scrolling almost faster than he could read, yet the world was continuing behind him. And they all seemed to pick up what he was aiming for. But what shocked him was who was the first to reply.
“You are the one who decided to date a known psycho,” Wulf stated in the same stilted voice he always used.
“Yeah,” Fjord replied. “Wait. Why is no one else talking?”
“Wulf,” Caleb asked carefully.
Then two shots rang out and the “Killer Wins” screen popped up.
“FJORD!”
“A warning!”
“Fucking ass took advantage of that and boomeranged us.”
Wulf was laughing in the background hard enough that he had to mute himself. Fjord eyed the chat carefully and felt a small smile.
JukeBoxHero: WAAAAIT ISNT CALEB THE CUTE REDHEAD
“Yeah, that’s him,” Fjord replied before muting himself. “Some of you may know him from Jessy’s story before Christmas and the stream I hosted recently.”
DatPeachDough: id be sad not molls but fair
Ursamaj: please tell me you warned him an army may head over
Dynamis: He’s warned
FireFliez87: omgomgomgomgomgomg
He reached over 1,000 subs that day thanks to gifted subs and new followers. As they signed off two hours later, Astrid offered to design some nicer things for the stream like she had for Caleb. When he offered to pay her, he put his phone down out of embarrassment.
DM: FjordTough and SassyWitch
FjordTough I promise it won’t kill me to pay you
SassyWitch he’s never been this healthy since ive known him please
SassyWitch i tried to be a good partner to him but something was always off about it. Theres none of that with you two. You’ve made my best friend happy. He eats. He sleeps. He hasn’t missed a therapy session since that time you drove up.
SassyWitch and you introduced me to molly. Please, let me just do this?
FjordTough hey boo, it’s Molls. Fjord is off recovering in the corner but said he gives in.
FjordTough also you’re a sap <3
GAME HOES
MissJester Still gone for a bit, but I wanted to say congrats on you and Cay announcing everything
MrPalomares2 Thank-you, Jester. Take care of yourself.
FjordTough yeah come back when you’re ready
MissJester <3
Fjord (9:42pm): I feel guilty that I got to push away people who were being too invasive with you on stream
Cay <3 (9:44pm): I think I already stated multiple times that I like when you get a bit possessive.
Fjord (9:45pm): is that so
Cay <3 (9:46pm): Hm. I guess you will find out how much at the game this weekend.
Fjord (9:47pm): not before?
Cay <3 (9:48pm): Be patient ;)
Fjord (9:51pm): tease
Cay <3 (9:58pm): [Video Sent]
Fjord (10:09pm): you didn’t even let me see anything :(
Cay <3 (10:09pm): Still worked, did it not?
Fjord (10:10pm): evil