"One." - Main OC Storyline // (ORIGINS)

1: "Glitch."

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*[sk8terboii08]: yo, i gtg now, cya tmmrw!1!1!1!*

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*[gliitchbug_]: oh alr, cya!!!*

I stood alone in the corridor, replaying my avatar's victory emote. It was only 3 AM, yet the server was already more dead than the newly departed innocents in mm2. Ugh...so boring.

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*NOTIFICATION: [???] has joined the server!!!*

Huh, well that was fast.. I leaned forward in my chair and shifted my hands to my keyboard. Weird user.

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*[gliitchbug_]: hey lol*

I watched the entity on my screen rest in its idle, unchanging. Seconds passed turned into minutes. I let out a yawn. It had been half an hour since the player came online, but despite their lack of movement, their tag still noted them as active. Odd..

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*[???] is typing . . .*

Ha, finally! That's more like it.

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*[???]: greetings.*

Seriously??? That's all they had to say?!

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*[gliitchbug_]: why so long afk lmao??*
I typed, letting another half-yawn escape my breath.

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*[???] is typing . . .*

"Ji-yeon Han! You better be asleep in five minutes, or so help me-"

"I'm studying mother!" I lied.

"..Oh. Well then, keep at it, just try to go to bed at a decent hour I guess..no all-nighters, alright..?"

"Yes mother."

I waited until I could hear footsteps slowly fade into oblivion to turn up the volume of my headsets.

I gazed back at the screen. Still typing...

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*[???]: ji-yeon...?? that's a pretty name :]*

What the hell?

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*[gliitchbug_]: WTF*

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*[???]: haha, just messing with u...i saw ur twitch streams last year, just thought i'd bring it up*

Oh. Right. I'd completely forgotten about those. I let my breath slow as I started to type out a reply. It was just a strange coincidence, haha...

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*[gliitchbug_]: oh, lol, right*
I chuckled to myself...pfft, as if I'd ever be dumb enough to unwillingly dox myself.

Ping!

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*[???]: why haven't u streamed recently anyways??*

Ah. Right. It had been months since I stopped uploading, since I disappeared. I guess I did owe my audience an explanation...

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*[gliitchbug_]: oh..well...it's kinda personal...i'd really rather not talk abt it...*

No way in hell was I about to spill my entire life story to some internet rando. Could be a scammer...or worse. I shuddered at the thought of some creepy little dude in his mid-30s sitting on his basement floor trying to get all buddy-buddy with me. Hard pass.

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*[???] is typing . . .*

Huh..again???

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*[???]: have you ever wanted to change the world?? ^_^*

What?

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*[gliitchbug_]: wdym??*

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*[???] is typing . . .*