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One Step From Discord

Summary:

A scientific magical girl invites her genius mechanic best friend, a knight, two edgy teens with the power to kill, a musician, an ex-assassin, an ex-cultist, and a mildly bloodthirsty capitalist into a Discord server. This goes about as well as you'd expect.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: Off to a Great Start

Summary:

Saffron sends out the invite, and in a span of a few minutes, shows exactly what kind of idea this was

Chapter Text


# general

ragnarok hehehehehehe

→ Engineer Gaming is here!

Engineer Gaming Saffron what did you do

ragnarok hehehehehehehehehe

A wild Phalanx Soldier appeared.

→ coldsteeel just slid into the server.

→ Tomatotown Exterminator just showed up!

Phalanx Soldier Hello!

coldsteeel sup bitches

Tomatotown Exterminator Hey

Engineer Gaming Oh god

ragnarok Welcome to the Eden Gang Group Chat everybody

Tomatotown Exterminator "Eden gang"

ragnarok it's a work in progress

coldsteeel uuuuuuuugh did you HAVE to invite gunner is it not enough that I have to live with him because we're "minors" and "need a legal guardian"

Tomatotown Exterminator I was gonna say the same thing

ragnarok well I invited everyone so

Phalanx Soldier I'm sorry if I'm a bit slow to type, I've never really used one of these... "Everyone?"

Engineer Gaming Pretty sure she just means everyone in our little group when we got to Eden

ragnarok and shopkeeper

Tomatotown Exterminator You are literally insane

coldsteeel kin mood id have you met shopkeep when she's about to close girl has issues

Good to see you, $|-|0|*|{33|*32!

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Did someone say my name? :3

coldsteeel SHIT FUCK

Phalanx Soldier Language!

ragnarok hey shopkeep glad you could make i . shopkeep

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Yeeeeeeeeeeees?

ragnarok what is your icon answer quickly

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 I have no idea why you'd feel the need to ask! This is a perfectly normal icon :) Or perhaps you want it yourself? :-)

ragnarok Don't dodge the question

coldsteeel normally I'd be all for this but I don't know what the issue with the icon is?? what is it I'm not seeing it

Tomatotown Exterminator ^^^

ragnarok oh you sweet summer child you wouldn't know. you wouldn't know the hell I've seen

Tomatotown Exterminator We're only three years younger than you

ragnarok shut up

Engineer Gaming Saffron it really isn't that bad

ragnarok TRAITOR you know full well what that icon is

Engineer Gaming Yeah and honestly I don't know what you were expecting considering Shopkeep's personality Let's be real it is really fitting

ragnarok I mean. I GUESS

Engineer Gaming Come on, those days are far behind you Saffron. Let it go

ragnarok fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine I suppose I was overreacting a little bit there

Engineer Gaming See? Healing

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Yup, you sure are! Glad we got that sorted out! Besides! Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones~!

ragnarok and just what are you implying there you little gremlin

Engineer Gaming goddammit shopkeep

Everybody welcome 𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜!

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 Is this a bad time

Engineer Gaming Oh thank god someone normal

coldsteeel HEY

Tomatotown Exterminator HEY

Engineer Gaming Oh my bad Someone normal besides Reva

Phalanx Soldier Thank you, Hazel. :)

Engineer Gaming np

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 I see this is already becoming quite eventful

ragnarok oh hey violette do you know what's holding terra and shiso up

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 Well, for starters, Shiso couldn't believe he'd get invited to anything social so he's busy spying on your houses to see if this is real

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Ha, so paranoid! We're all definitely the real deal, right? No one sus here! OwO

Tomatotown Exterminator Never owo in the group chat again. Or say sus for that matter

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 What? Is something wrong? Maybe you're... Feeling a bit

Tomatotown Exterminator Don't you dare finish that sentence

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 sussy Gunner? OwO

Tomatotown Exterminator I'm going to kill you

Phalanx Soldier No, you're not.

Tomatotown Exterminator sorry reva

coldsteeel HA

Phalanx Soldier >:(

coldsteeel sorry reva

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 As I was saying before the Interruption I don't know what's holding Terra up honestly

→ Terracotta Mosaic is here!

ragnarok speak of the devil

Terracotta Mosaic Hmph. Rude It took me a while to set up, alright?

coldsteeel boomer

Tomatotown Exterminator boomer

Phalanx Soldier Children! >:(

ragnarok boomer

Phalanx Soldier SAFFRON!

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Boomer! :-)

Terracotta Mosaic ...You're as old as I am.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 You can't prove that in a court of law~! Mostly because I can bribe the judges. :D

Terracotta Mosaic Do you have any shame?

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 You do realize who you're talking to right

Terracotta Mosaic A fair point...

Phalanx Soldier Excuse me, this is a bit off topic, but how do you tilt the letters like that? I would've asked someone earlier, but there wasn't a good time.

Terracotta Mosaic You put an asterisk on both sides.

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 ^^

Tomatotown Exterminator An asterisk is the star above the eight

Phalanx Soldier Test Ah, thank you!

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Heh. Boomer~!

coldsteeel bitch I'll freeze your entire stock

Tomatotown Exterminator I'll get it to her

Phalanx Soldier I appreciate the sentiment, but mind your language next time.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Boooooooooooo! You're no fun. >:(

coldsteeel reva has "boomer" immunity privileges on account of being the mom friend

Phalanx Soldier Thank you...?

Engineer Gaming That's a compliment don't worry

Phalanx Soldier Ah! Thank you both then. :)

coldsteeel yw

Engineer Gaming yw

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 You're welcome! :)

Phalanx Soldier I wasn't talking to you.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 why did you teach her how to use italics she's terrifying now

Welcome AnonymousTip. Say hi!

Terracotta Mosaic And so, the last of our motley crew arrives.

AnonymousTip Terra. I see you're as dramatic as usual

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 And the same can be said of you haha

ragnarok so that makes everyone! nice!

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 It is always splendid to see a full concert

coldsteeel hey shiso why do you have the most boring profile pic known to man

Engineer Gaming I wouldn't phrase it like that but I'm curious too

AnonymousTip This used to be my business account. I did my best to keep a low profile to avoid getting traced

Engineer Gaming Oh

ragnarok oh

Phalanx Soldier Ah.

Terracotta Mosaic Of course it is.

Tomatotown Exterminator Soooooooo did you not have a personal account to use or did you just forget

AnonymousTip ... I don't have to disclose that information.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 LMAO he literally had to spy on us to make sure this was real, do you think this twink had a social life?

AnonymousTip Shut up

coldsteeel HA loser eat shit old man

AnonymousTip I'm 26

coldsteeel did I stutter

Phalanx Soldier Language!

coldsteeel sorry reva

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 I'm starting to see why this app is called Discord

ragnarok hehehehehehehehehehehehehwhehehehe

Terracotta Mosaic "hehwhehe"?

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Hehehwhehe! :3

Tomatotown Exterminator

Engineer Gaming sigh Horrible job everyone

Chapter 2: Hip With the Kids - Pt. 1

Summary:

Seeing that certain members of the group chat need a bit of a brush up on their tech literacy, the rest try to help out...to, uh. Varying results

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text


# general

ragnarok okay, so! While you guys had a little break after uh

coldsteeel the hellpit that was the first twenty minutes of this chat existing sorry reva

Phalanx Soldier :)

ragnarok right anyway I made a few changes! like, most obviously, roles! so you have colors now! let me know if you want them changed or anything

coldsteeel nah I'm good

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 I quite like this look

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Can I be pink, actually? ◉◡◉

ragnarok you shush moving on I also made Hazel a mod I'd do more but the only people I'd trust with this power aren't quite up to snuff with tech things and the only other option is Shopkeeper

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Awww, why can't I be a mod! I can totally be responsible with power! I'll give you a discount if you let me mod~! (◠‿◠)

ragnarok you are literally demonstrating the exact reason I won't let you mod rn

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 shit

Engineer Gaming I should be fine since it's only nine people But you might want to take notes if we ever expand this gc further

ragnarok ha ha yeah

Phalanx Soldier ...So...what are we to discuss now?

Tomatotown Exterminator I'd say we should help you figure out Discord some more

coldsteeel AND terra and violette too

Terracotta Mosaic Why am I being included in this!? I've clearly shown that I know how to use this application.

coldsteeel yes we know you know how to use italics you are very sexy and cool /s

Terracotta Mosaic ...what is the purpose of the "/s"? Is it, perhaps, a mere typo? Or are you mocking me by making up symbols?

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 It means /sarcasm LMAO Really proving her point, boomer!

Terracotta Mosaic YOU ARE THE SAME AGE AS ME!

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Maaaaaybe, but I make it look cool as hell tho (っ◣◡◢)っ

coldsteeel that doesn't really have to do with discord but yeah we might want to brush up on your internet culture too you guys are pretty behind with the whole you know

Phalanx Soldier The apocalypse and ensuing changes?

coldsteeel yeah that

Tomatotown Exterminator Me and hedgeheg over there are pretty adaptable

coldsteeel HEY

Tomatotown Exterminator But you guys are probably going to need a bit more thorough catch-up

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Ha! Amateurs.

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 You know, I have been wondering... Shopkeeper, how is it that you're as knowledgeable on online matters as it is? Reva admitted this is new to her, while I - and I presume Terra - had a bit of experience before this, but you seem as well-versed as the children

Tomatotown Exterminator HEY

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 I was referring to Saffron and Hazel as well

ragnarok HEY

Engineer Gaming Well I guess you are the oldest but I'm not THAT young

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 Anyway - how is that?

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Okay, this may come as a surprise to you But running a store, sitting still for hours on end waiting for a stray adventurer to come by Is really boring It felt like I was going crazy, so eventually I just raided some parts to put together a wifi router So yeah! Basically the internet is my lifeblood

Terracotta Mosaic Sounds more like you couldn't get a hobby to me.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Gasp! Rude! >:O In all seriousness though, it's not that big a deal. I just spend a lot of time on the internet not much else to it And hey! Did any of you ever see me on my phone while I was manning the station? That's what I thought ;)

AnonymousTip I did, actually.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Ha ha what

AnonymousTip It's a force of habit for me to approach my intended location quietly, so sometimes you'd still be on your phone. I'd wait for a lull in activity, then make a small noise so you'd notice. I didn't want to interrupt anything.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Okay, I know you're some super assassin or whatever, but you are NOT that good!

AnonymousTip Your most listened to band on Spotify was...ah, yes. The Tramp Stamps, I believe.

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 .

AnonymousTip Your most listened to song on Spotify was Ah, I sent that early. Let me edit that

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 hahahaha no need we get it you're super cool and stealthy stop putting me on blast

ragnarok what were we even talking about to get here

coldsteeel internet literacy lessons?

Phalanx Soldier Yes, that would be accurate. If it's not too much trouble...I'd be willing to participate in such a thing. It'd be nice to know enough to keep up with the conversation :)

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 While I do have some previous experience with this service, a little more knowledge never hurt anyone

Tomatotown Exterminator Well that's Reva and Violette in Terra?

Terracotta Mosaic Why do you immediately assume I want to be part of this!? I'm fine as is!

Tomatotown Exterminator .

coldsteeel .

ragnarok .

Terracotta Mosaic ...though I suppose a little brush on modern lingo wouldn't hurt. Let me be hip with the kids and all that.

coldsteeel and discord too don't forget

ragnarok sounds like a plan! I'll get a new channel going brb


# internet school

ragnarok trumpet noises welcome to internet school my eager pupils

Terracotta Mosaic Never call me that again.

coldsteeel and for the love of god drop the internet school thing this is looking way cringier than it was in my head

Phalanx Soldier Why can't I see some of the others when I look in this channel?

ragnarok oh I only gave access to this channel to the people who were interested and the "teachers"

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 Which doesn't include Shopkeeper, evidently

ragnarok the day I let shopkeep teach anything is the day eden collapses

Tomatotown Exterminator And she does need to recover from getting put on blast there LMAO

coldsteeel tramp stamps isn't the worst band in the world gunner

Tomatotown Exterminator Really now Is there something you'd like to share with the class selicy

coldsteeel yeah you ain't one to talk mr. just wiped out tomatotown

Tomatotown Exterminator Okay first of all HOW DARE YOU COMPARE THAT TO TRAMP STAMPS Secondly

Phalanx Soldier Ahem. >:(

coldsteeel sorry reva

Tomatotown Exterminator sorry reva

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 So, if we can shift our attention to the responsible young adult in the room...?

ragnarok okay now it sounds like you're trying too hard

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 Well it's better than not trying at all isn't it

ragnarok anyway! as you can probably gather, your teachers are selicy, gunner, aaaaaaaand me! because I'm here too so uh any questions about discord or culture you want answered or

Terracotta Mosaic Teach me all the "/" symbols, scientist. I refuse to be mocked publicly again.

ragnarok well firstly they're called tone indicators secondly the other ones are /j (joking) and /srs (serious)

coldsteeel /j /hj /srs there you go same hat saffron

Terracotta Mosaic "/hj"?

ragnarok it means half joking less common than the two I listed there are others but those three and /s are the most common you don't really need to know anything else

Terracotta Mosaic ...Saffron. Do you take me as a woman who does anything in half-measures?

ragnarok uh

Terracotta Mosaic When I said "all of them," I meant all of them. Teach me the ways of the tone indicators. /srs

ragnarok .

Tomatotown Exterminator .

coldsteeel i'm dying squirtle


# general

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Sooooooo...how's the lesson going, teach? :o)

Tomatotown Exterminator

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Oh my god You have to let me in!

Terracotta Mosaic NO! I suffer enough mockery from you already!

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 And whatever argument you'd goad Terra into would inevitably derail any attempts at education and render the effort fruitless

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaaasssseeeee? You don't know that I'm going to do that! <:)

Tomatotown Exterminator .

coldsteeel .

ragnarok .

Phalanx Soldier .

𝒞𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜 .

Terracotta Mosaic .

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Wow. Really feeling the love here. Come on, you guys know me by now, right? Would I lie to you? <3

Engineer Gaming Yes

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Fair enough

Terracotta Mosaic Ahem. If we could continue to discuss more important matters? AWAY from certain unwanted company?

ragnarok yeah shopkeep is really disruptive so back to class everybody!

Tomatotown Exterminator I'm starting to see where Selicy was coming from now...

Engineer Gaming ... ... Yeah it's been a few minutes I think we're back to radio silence

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Well, damn. We gonna take a break too then? -_-

AnonymousTip I have a conversation topic

Engineer Gaming Go ahead Shiso

AnonymousTip Who exactly are the Tramp Stamps?

Engineer Gaming Son of a bitch

$|-|0|*|{33|*32 Hehehwhehe...>:3

Notes:

yeah sorry for taking so long; this chapter has been in my drafts for a while so I have no excuse

I realized this is actually a good stopping point so I have split this chapter in half so you guys actually get another chapter! Now to work on the second half

Notes:

Discord workskin can be found here: https://archiveofourown.info/works/12142470