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[Text; un: hotaru; a little after the gem workshops start popping up]

[gentleglow]

stelle
i have a quick question
and i hope it's not too personal

[starwill]

What is it?

[4/26; Action]

[gentleglow]

[At some point in the morning, there's knock on Stelle's front door - it's a deliveryman with a neatly wrapped box! It's clearly a present of some kind, and there's even a note attached to the front, addressed to Stelle in Firefly's neat handwriting.]

"Happy birthday, Stelle! I didn't know if you had plans with your other friends, so in case I don't see you today, I had this delivered.

I know things have been complicated between us, but I want to say I truly cherish you and your friendship. You're one of the bravest, kindest people I've ever known, and your ability to keep your head held high in the face of everything the galaxy is throwing at you is truly admirable. You're... an amazing person, Stelle, and I'll forever be thankful for having had the chance to get to know you.

⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ Enjoy your day! I hope it's a good one!

- Firefly

P.S.: The bangle has a magical effect!"


[Inside the box is a stuffed animal - a raccoon, to be exact. Its fur is a close match to the color of Stelle's hair, and the gold of its plastic eyes look remarkably similar to Stelle's as well. The mouth is sewn into a little ^, giving the animal an adorable pleading look, like it's begging to be hugged. Around one arm is a simple yet beautifully polished band of gold, with a diamond set into the center. It's easy enough to slide it on or off, but when worn, it's snug enough that it won't slide around on Stelle's wrist or arm, meaning it won't get in the way during a fight.

When Stelle puts the band on, she'll feel... something. It's not the surge of power that came with her shifting Paths, or the thrum of elemental energy as she fought with fire, or even her newfound wind abilities. It's... a bit more subtle, like a gentle warmth inside of her. Calming, but sturdy.

The easiest way to describe it is that Stelle feels much more safe whenever she wears it.]

[starwill]

[ At some point when she's had it open, she sends a text message to Firefly. ]

Thanks for the presents, by the way. I'm going to take good care of this little one. Bubbles seems to like it, too.

[ And attached is a selfie with herself and the little trotter trying to play with the raccoon plushie. ]

text; un: abcdefgg

[reflectory]

[ Joy's recently discovered that she can message literally ANYONE in this world, and she's beyond delighted by the discovery. She wants to talk to everyone! She wants to make them happy! This can only go well.

Earlier, Joy managed to give what she's sure was an amazing sales pitch, and so she wants to use what she learned and try again. Stelle gets chosen for weird advertising 2: electric boogaloo. ]

YOU, my favorite customer person or human, have been chosen for the deal opportunity of a lifetime! No coins or human money required!!! 🌊💦🫧!!!!!

For low price of 3 pretty shells, a medium-sized rock, or fancy fish food, I will use amazing and joyous illusions to brighten your day! It will bring you a million happiness, guaranteed!! 🌊🌊🏊‍♀️🌊🌊

Do not miss out on this very fun experience. I would very much like for it to be yours 🫧!!!!

[ Another flawless ad. Joy's pretty sure she's the greatest salesperson of all time. ]

[starwill]

[ ... ]

Where's the unsubscribe button?

[Action; some time after the canon updates (also possible nsfw warning???)]

[gentleglow]

[Another weight off her shoulders. For the first time in a while, Firefly feels like she can breathe properly; previously, their last memories of home had been... tense, to say the least. Not just because they had been so fresh off of Firefly opening up to Stelle about her true identity, but so much about the future and safety of Penacony was still up in the air. But now... now, she wasn't worried. There was still the script, still the looming departure of herself and the Express crew without knowledge of when they'd next meet...

But Penacony was okay now, and she had some wonderful, unforgettable memories to go along with the end of that journey. And now, back in Ellipsa... she could continue making those precious memories.

So, when she saw the announcement of a new gacha restaurant, she'd been... a little concerned over what they were advertising. But she knew this was right up Stelle's alley, so once the initial rush of the grand opening ebbed, she offered to take her dear friend out for the night.]

So... how's your luck feeling tonight? Do you think we'll get something good?

[starwill]

I actually got some pretty good stuff recently, so my luck is definitely on the up.

[ For the time being. ]

gift

[roundandaround]

[Rinku sends a seashell and... a waffle iron in the shape of Mayor Michael's face. Well, it does have meme energy.]

Holiday Present Delivery

[dornen]

[Stelle will receive five different looking Nyanperona tote bags with a note of "For carrying your treasure!"]

[starwill]

[ At some point, she will be shooting a text message back: ]

Thanks for the tote bags! I'll make sure to use them when I'm out treasure hunting!!

[Text; un: hotaru][post-3.0 Canon Update so SPOILERS]

[gentleglow]

[Firefly has absolutely no idea what she's about to get herself into. Whoops.]

So I think I realized something.
There's been a bit of a pattern in the length of time between your new memories of home?
It seems to be generally the same amount of weeks between each time, and if that's right, then you might be experiencing that again.

Are you okay?
Has something strange happened again?

[starwill]

[It takes Stelle a while to respond.

She can still feel the memories lurk deep inside of her and the conflicting thoughts that battle in her soul. It's not something that she can just... talk about. Sure, she's told people before that she has amnesia, that there are things that she doesn't remember; there's also that single bit that Kafka gave, a singular truth amongst lies.

For the longest time, back in their universe and in Ellipsa, she'd simply play it off. It wasn't that those lost memories weren't important, she just had to move on from them.

If she thought too hard about it, she knew that her head would pound; a scream to not remember echoing in the recesses of her mind.

She doesn't answer any of the questions posed to her. Instead,]

Where are you? Can I see you?

text; un: engines

[sharkened]

Hey!
I heard from someone you have some creature called a 'Tuskpir' that can eat nightmares. How much would it be to rent one for a night?

[starwill]

I do, but who'd you hear it from...?

[She's mildly curious.]

I'd probably say about 200 a night?

bunnyninja

[roundandaround]

[One minute, Another Star's Trash is having a perfectly normal day.

The next, Rinku pops in, wearing hay-covered leggings and a sweatshirt that says "weird sisters build character." She blinks and looks around.]

At least I know where I am this time...

[starwill]

That's a neat trick.

[If Stelle is surprised, she sure isn't showing it on her face as she's practicing her bartending skills by mixing up a few drinks.]

Text; un: ushiromiya_eva

[onesurvived]

So I've got to ask, how have you found opening and running a business here? You haven't had any obnoxious guys giving you a hard time, right?

[You don't just drop questions randomly into an acquaintance's inbox like this, Eva! But in truth, she was curious... how had everyone responded to a young woman opening up a business in this world?]

[starwill]

Not really?

It's been pretty smooth sailing for the most part.

[Good news: Stelle is already used to random people texting her that this is like...normal.]

text / un: gambler - late on the 27th

[dregs]

{ after multiple attempts of going into the hell portal with varying levels of success, he'd finally given up and headed back to hole himself up in his apartment after the whole ordeal. by this point he's probably had five or six showers and baths. the first to try and cleanse himself, after that it was varying levels of success with bath scents to try and shake off the awful stench that's stuck with him since being eaten.

honestly he can't tell if he's just imagining things at this point, and there's hardly many people here he can trust this information with.

so.

here we are. }

Friend, I need to cash in a favour. This may be a weird question to ask, but how's your sense of smell? No need to ask any questions about why and it shouldn't take much of your time. Just drop by apartment ###, smell me, then you're more than welcome to leave.

{ she's probably going to ask questions anyway because wtf is this phrasing... don't tell people to smell you???? but he isn't leaving his apartment until he confirms it's fine okay.

but oh. huh... weird. it didn't go through? so he tries again. then again. is there no signal in hell??? }

[starwill]

? ? ?

[1/3] nsfw text / un: gambler -after stelle disappears for canon update. i'm sorry blame plurk

[dregs]

{ it's probably a blessing stelle doesn't get this until she returns, because it's sent at stupid o'clock in the morning when he's not able to sleep, has had a few drinks to try and knock himself out. and apparently is not keeping his thoughts to himself. unfortunately some of these thoughts have been living rent free in his head for weeks.

does it help this wasn't intended for stelle? probably not. will he have regrets in the morning? definitely. }

Phainon, I have two questions.
If, a good friend of yours who has no intention of getting between what weird thing you two have going on unless invited, wanted to get Mydei into bed with them what would you suggest they do? I'm assuming I wouldn't be able to do the same trick I used on you at least.

Also, did you actually both go at it for 10 days straight?

{ this is the filth she comes back to ig
was he really going to send this to phainon? apparently 😔 }

[2/3]

[dregs]

{ it's when his alarm goes off around 8am in the morning and he's checking his messages he sees what he sent. probably the last of some other texts to other people.

at least this time the messages are meant for her. }

...I'd had a few drinks, for what it's worth.
You can ignore that.

text | un: gambler | Post The Liar's Mansion Incident

[dregs]

{ on some level, the message to stelle is the hardest to write. now that he understands why she'd been so sure of her mysterious friend's abilities, he also just feels worse for it. the reality is that he barely knows firefly, hasn't had much of a chance to until now, and it's like he's betrayed both their trust with what happened in that lab.

firefly, at least, had seen the decline in his mental state during the time but he doesn't know how much she would have told the other.

he has no intention to keep it secret, at least. }

Stelle,

I can understand why you weren't honest about your mysterious friend before we set off now. All I can do is promise her secret is safe with me, and apologise for unintentionally causing others to find out the truth as well.

But I think there's a more important apology I owe you.

I'm not sure how much Firefly told you about what transpired, but there's no denying I put her life at risk. I put all your lives at risk. All I can offer is an apology, and try to make up for it in the aftermath. If there's anything you want to get off your chest, I'll graciously accept it.

[starwill]

I can't say that it's fine, but that isn't for me to decide.

[ At the end of the day, everything regarding Firefly's identity as SAM - as a Stellaron Hunter is for her to deal with and handle.

Nevertheless, ]

I think we all went in knowing that there would be potential dangers in that mansion. We knew the risk, and yet... I'm more angry that I couldn't prevent losses there. What good am I as a Spring power holder if I can't even do that?

[ It's brutally honest, more honest than she'd be towards a lot of people. She probably wouldn't even tell Firefly this, in most cases. ]

text | un: Castorice (while she's gone on The Big Penacony Canon Update(tm))

[chrysolis]

Miss Stelle? I hope you don't mind me asking... but would you be willing to review my fanfiction?

[ Attached is a 37k word fanfiction featuring two guys in a stupidly long and drawn out slow burn romance. Definitely the kind of shit where you want to tear your hair out and yell "JUST CONFESS ALREADY" at the screen. Any character resemblance to Mydei and Phainon is completely coincidental (/lying). ]

[starwill]

[ She doesn't see this message until a few days later... ]

Do you still need that review? I was gone for a bit.