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[schrodingersghost]

 Hey, this is Danny. Leave a message if you want.

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text: un: trienemybest

[droptheious]

Hey, Danny! I think I've figured out something that'll help you with the whole...visibility while also being intangible problem.

text: un: spacekid

[schrodingersghost]

Seriously? That's awesome!

It doesn't involve throwing anything at me, does it?

[droptheious]

It definitely doesn't involve any throwing! You at home? I can come around and try it out?

[schrodingersghost]

Give me ten minutes? I'm on my way home right now.

UN: Zodiac; 8/14; text

[kaisoumods]

Greetings.

You are being contacted in regards to your involvement with the manmade portal constructed August 2022. Due to the damage done from the portal, in lieu of the ability to bring this matter to the courts, we've decided to assign you 150 hours of community service, to be completed by December 31st.

The nature of your community service work may be to your choosing from the list provided. Report your hours worked through the Libra app. Failure to comply will result in fines and stricter consequences. You may go to the Zodiac Office if you have any questions about your service.

Thank you for using the Libra app.

[Attached to the message is a long list of different volunteer positions offered throughout the city (think the typical types of volunteer work available). You're free to decide what your character will do for volunteer work and can handwave it happening over the next few months or use it as a CR opportunity. Feel free to contact Yuff if you have any questions!]

text: un: trienemybest

[droptheious]

[Varian's been stressing out over this conversation for a while. After all, his experiments have occasionally inadvertently harmed Danny and with the other boy pretty convinced he's a superhero in his other life, learning his friend was once the opposite of that might be...bad.

He doesn't want Danny to hate him- even if he knows that there's a chance he won't. But he knows he can't...not tell him any more, either. Especially after Danny put his neck on the line for him after the portals. He owes his friend this much. ]

Hey. There's something important I need to talk to you about. Are you free?

text: un: spacekid

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny had been distracted recently. Between suddenly gaining the ability to fly (or at least to float with purpose), and the revelations that he had recently found in the library's record room it had been a few days since he'd met up with Varian. But he was always happy to talk to his friend.]

Sure. What's up?

[droptheious]

[Okay, he can do this, he can. He takes a few deep breaths. If he knew, he'd be so much more interested in Danny's findings than what he has to say. That's gotta be better than this. ]

It's definitely an in-person conversation. And it's ...really bad. Just preparing you for that. Can I drop by?

[schrodingersghost]

[And that was enough to get Danny to worry. Because if Varian thought whatever this was was bad...]

Uh, sure? My parents are out today, so you can come over whenever.

Voice message | un; pirateking

[couldntsaveone]

HI
Hi
Hiiii
Helloooo

His usual greeting is as exuberant as usual but still, there's a small feeling that there's something off about it. His usual cheer is cut through with a slight strain to his voice.

Hello friend!
We should hang out!
And spar!
I said I'd help you with training and we should definitely do that soon!

Which definitely isn't an excuse for him to avoid his problems and get his mind off things.

[schrodingersghost]

[...That was certainly a message to wake up too. Danny doesn't catch on to the undercurrent just yet.]

Uh, sure? I've been wanting to get a start on that. Did you have a place in mind?

[This sounded like a great distraction, and with everything that had been going on lately, Danny was on board with that. Even if doing this outside could be a little challenging with the light situation.]

[couldntsaveone]

Do you want to go to the park again?

It's dark, so most people won't be able to see us well or our powers!

But if you have a better place in mind, I can meet you there!

Anything to take his mind off the bad things going on with him. The sooner, the better.

[schrodingersghost]

Uh, Luffy. You do remember I glow in the dark? People are going to spot me from halfway across the park.

Maybe the beach instead? There shouldn't be anyone there this time of year.

UN: Zodiac; 12/1

[kaisoumods]

Happy Holiday from Zodiac!

Congratulations! You've been specially selected to take part in our first annual Secret Santa holiday gift exchange! 🎁

This year, you'll be giving a gift to Ken Amada! Please try to find a nice gift for them by December 25th! And remember, Secret Santa always works best when it's a surprise!

We highly recommend you participate, as no one wants to suffer on the holidays!

Thank you, and enjoy the season! ☃️

[As usual, any replies will receive no response from Zodiac]

Starting April 3

[schrodingersghost]

[If anyone makes an attempt at calling Danny, they will only get static at first. A moment, two, and a voice starts coming in over the static, glitching enough to be almost unrecognizable at first. Finally the static clears enough to be recognizable as Danny's voice. Or at least a Danny's voice, but condescending in a way he had never been.]

Oh, I'm sorry. Were you trying to reach Danny? He can't come to the phone right now.

[ Some smugness comes into his voice. ] After all, he's got far better things to do now than worry about something as useless as friends.

Leave a message if you want. I might consider passing it on. If there's something in it for me, of course.

Then again, maybe I'll just throw it in the trash where it belongs.

video: UN: trienemybest

[droptheious]

[Absolutely fucking not.]

I don't know who you are but I'm getting Danny back. I don't know anything.

Re: Starting April 3

[a_cute_batata]

WHAT.

[Darn it, Luz should have kept more of an eye on things. She'd already heard what happened and was frantic].

Danny cares a LOT about his friends.

And I'm going to make sure you understand why, too.

[playtag]

[Why did she try to call Danny? Was it just to verify the information given was correct?]

[Eve listens to the recording silently. It sounds like Danny... but also not. Which immediately brings to mind memories of another group kidnapping.]

[The demons.]

[There were demons here again in Zodiac, weren't there? Was it just a coincidence? Either way, something was going on. And Eve had no plans of standing by doing nothing while her quest partner was lost in the darkness. Hopefully Danny's doppelganger was less violent than her own.]

A few days after April's Event | In-Person

[kaisoumods]

[Wherever Danny might be staying, he'll get a knock on the door. Outside stands a man in dark clothing and a hat. With him, he's carrying a small suitcase.

He fully intends to stand out there as long as it takes to get someone to answer the door]

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny had spent the last few days doing his very best to avoid everyone. The last thing he wanted was to talk any more about how screwed up he was, thank you very much.

He ignores the knock at first, but eventually the guilt gets to him. He opens the door and stares with more than a little confusion.]

...Can I help you?

[kaisoumods]

[The man, who is quite tall, will look down at Danny with an intense yet unreadable expression. What is he thinking? Is he thinking?]

Are you Danny Fenton?

[schrodingersghost]

[Great. Just what he needed after this past week. Being loomed over by yet another tall person. Danny looks up at him with more than a little skepticism.]

Who wants to know?

[Was this a door to door salesman? Did those still exist? ]

text: un: trienemybest

[droptheious]

Hey, Bud. I've got some bad?? news? I don't know. It's weird. Fern doesn't remember the app anymore. You know how like you guys who live here do? He's still here. But I guess at the same time he's also...not.

Just in case you try to reach out to him, or anything.

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny had lived on this side of the supernatural in Kaisou long enough to instantly understand what that meant. And Fern?]

Oh man. I'm so sorry, Varian. Are you going to be okay?

[Danny was still friends and penpals with Moana, even after she'd forgotten and moved away. But it wasn't the same. It had to be so much worse for Varian, with how close he'd been to Fern.]

[droptheious]

I don't know.

[At least he's being honest about it.]

He's still here I guess? It's just- it's a lot to try and get my head around right now.