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Kevin wakes up on his bed to Someone reading something. He looks around, but sees nobody.

The fuck?!

Oh, you're awake! Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you!

Kevin could now tell the voice is coming from his head, which wasn't a good thing.

1: Who Are You?! 2: what the fuck is going on?!

So... last night you and I and another guy, while we were all drunk I think, agreed to Do this magic thing and now we're basically in a mental chatroom server with just the 3 of us.

OH YOU'VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!

Chill, It's fine!

FIX THIS!

It's.... Permanent....

OH MY FUCKING GOD!

CAN YOU TWO SHUT THE FUCK UP?!

Kevin nearly fell out of bed, Radford Actually being loud enough to feel like he's screaming in his ear. It gave him a headache.

A BIT too loud there.... uuuuh...

Radford, That's my name.

Sorry, Forgot! Anyway, just a bit quieter? It felt like you were screaming in our ears, and the other guy wasn't THAT loud.

Just let me sleep, It's 6am and I'm exhausted and HAVE to work in like 3 hours.

I do too, I just can't sleep.

Is there a way you could like.. Mute Yourself?

Sorry, forgot to do it!

Just PLEASE let us sleep... whatever the fuck your name is.

Streber.

Ok. I'm Kevin, just so you know since we're fucking stuck like this.

Alright Alright! Just go to sleep or mute yourself, I can't fucking mute You guys and I'm exhausted!

Alright Radford, Just go to sleep.

Kevin groaned sleepily, Just wanting to sleep but now being too angry to sleep. He gets up and makes breakfast, THANKFULLY he doesn't work until noon so he can PROBABLY get a nap in.

Kevin is behind the counter at work, waiting for anyone to come in, when suddenly people in his new "mental chatroom" start speaking.

Yo, Have Y'all ever played The Video game "Nightmare Hell?"

No???

You wanna hear about it?

I guess, anything to pass the time, we usually don't get many customers right now and I can't go on break yet.

Ok, so, It's a horror game, but with A LOT of lore! The apocalypse has happened but You don't know what's going on, you've just woken up in a ruined city. There's monsters roaming, but they're ALL Corrupted humans, and They have lives you can figure out and-!

PLEASE shut up, I got a fucking headache and You're only making it worse.

I was interested in that, Kevin. Maybe Just take Ibuprofen and calm the hell down?

Yeah, You don't need to interupt us!

Well I'm FORCED to listen to You two talk and I can't focus on shit!

Kevin suddenly notices a customer infront of him, Having been staring at the counter.

"Hello, were you even listening?!" The woman asks.

"Sorry Ma'am, I didn't sleep last night and It's hard to focus..." Kevin says, looking at her with a customer service smile.

"Get me a bag of gumballs!" The woman commands.

"Of course Ma'am!" Kevin says, doing that.

I just got yelled at by a customer because your Dumbases Distracted me! I'll talk later.

Kevin gets her woman's stuff and rings her up, and the woman pays in cash, Kevin having to recount TWICE because Streber kept on rambling about the game.

The woman takes her stuff, then, as she leaves, says "the service is HORRIBLE today!"

Kevin sighs once she leaves, FURIOUS at Radford and Streber.

So yeah, that's all we know so far!

Oh, that's really cool!

Yeah!

I REALLY hope Y'all won't be talking while I try to sleep, I already got woken up by a specific fanfic reader in here, and he KNOWS who he is.

Ugh, shut up! I'm sorry I woke you up Kevin.

Just drop it Kevin, I'm not in the mood to listen to You Guys argue! I got customers coming in right now and I gotta focus.

I'll talk more later, they're probably getting suspicious of me standing in the cart room and staring at my phone for long periods of time.

Alright. Fine.

Kevin knew this was gonna take some getting used to.

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Radford is sweeping the floor of the movie theater, trying to focus. Then, people in his mental group chat start talking.

Yo, I was waiting for these people to move and they had the FUNNIEST conversation!

What was it?

The two were talking about... uuuuh... some adult stuff I don't wanna say the word for because saying it makes me uncomfortable.

You Can say it.

Don't feel comfortable. ANYWAY, so they were talking about doing it with ladies, and they were both guys, and one said something about how the other guy was framing it as if Women didn't wanna do it, and the other said "I've never met a woman who Enjoys it!"

*Laughing* HOLY SHIT!

IMAGINE TELLING ON YOURSELF LIKE THAT!

Radford started laughing at the conversation, but out loud. His coworker and buddy, Rick, stares at him in confusion, Radford laughing pretty hard.

"What's Funny?" Rick asks.

Radford calms his laughter enough to speak, then says "It's hard to explain."

Dangit, I was laughing at work and now I look weird.

Sucks to be you lol.

Don't be like that Streber.

I'm just joking!

It's still rude.

Sorry...

It's fine, just be quiet.

Radford continued to sweep, still laughing a bit. Rick was looking in worry, but didn't say anything more.

Radford DEFINITELY couldn't tell Rick about this.

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Kevin stares at a a wall, his neighbors fighting again, and it's Been an hour. It's 1am, and he can't sleep.

You guys awake?

My stupid fucking neighbors won't stop arguing, So definitely.

My brother is watching a movie downstairs with his friends loudly, and if I wasn't so comfy I'd go tell them to quiet down.

I can hear gunshots outside, so I can't sleep.

Jesus, what fucking neighborhood do you live in?!

Not a very good one.

... I'm sorry if this is a bad question, but what do Y'all identify as? I'm just curious. I'm personally a trans man.

I identify as a demiboy, He/him and they/them pronouns!

... Do you promise to not tell anyone?

Sure?

I think I'm genderfluid... I can't tell anyone else, I guess outside of you two, because I don't think I'll be accepted.

That sucks. The not being accepted part.

I accept you!

Same!

Thanks, Genuinely. That means a lot to me.

You Okay?

I'm trying not to cry, I don't wanna upset my family with this...

I wish you the best, I don't know what else to say.

Thanks...

Do You want me to bring you some food tomorrow to help out?

Sure...

Everything fell silent for all 3, and the three shortly fell asleep.