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[Ash Vargold]

"What do you mean, that blog?" Aisling stared, looking confused. She didn't have any trackers on her blog to find out how many people were visiting - it was dangerous for her and them. So other than having been found because of it, and the number of people fighting in the comments, she had no real idea how much attention she was getting. "...wait, if you've been reading it, how would you not know it was me? My username is Vargold."

Still, hearing that it was having an effect at all... well, Ash would have been wagging his tail. Aisling, thankfully, didn't have one of those. "I mean, maybe I'm lucky? I'm just worried I'm going too deep. That mess at Camp Hope was the longest I'd been in, and that wiped me out for a day or two."

She rested her chin on one hand with a sign, looking down at her half-eaten plate. "...but at the same time, if it means I can find some answers... maybe it's worth the risk. At least I'm not going it alone in game."

@Hanno Futaba

 

[Hanno Futaba]

"I've never really read it, I just hear from it all the time in game." Brian chuckled with a shrug. "'I am doing that because I've read in a blog' is a very reccuurring thing between the newbies I rescue or scout to Honeyhome. Or in Raids when people plan things out." He crossed his arms, tilting his head.

"You are never alone, buddy. I saw you had plenty of friends with you when you called me. And well, you know you always have my shield." Brian smirked, slipping his hand into his pocket and pulling out his phone before opening it and sliding it near Aisling.

"And if you want, I wouldn't mind being in touch out here too. You never know when it is needed." Brian said, reminding himself of when he, Raid and Brad had to come for Sean.

Of course that was a different occasion, but still...

@Ash Vargold

 

[Ash Vargold]

"Huh." That was a pleasant surprise, in a way. Ash hadn't been in the Brisshal area recently, not with everything happening in Astorea lately. "...good to know it's doing something. Feels like shouting into the void, sometimes."

Aisling nodded slightly. She could guess what Brian was implying with the phone and the comment. He'd been one of the first people to find out about what happened to someone who got UI-locked, after all. She picked up the phone, contemplated it for a moment, and then punched in her phone number.

Notably, the call went directly to voicemail, and the phone sitting next to her mostly finished plate of pasta didn't make a sound.

"There we go. Hopefully it never gets used for an emergency." She pushed Brian's phone back towards him, then pulled out her wallet. "Think I could get the bill? And you better take this whole tip, or Ash and Hanno will have to have a talk later."

Worded like a threat, but accompanied by a smile.

Maybe letting some friendships cross the line didn't have to be a bad thing...

@Hanno Futaba