Chapter 1
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-Story: Begin-
The brown haired boy sat back in his seat, taking his headphones off of his head as he logged off of his game for the day. He brushed a few strands of his hair aside, blue dye having coloured it months prior. He got up, still being in his sleepwear as he made his way around the room.
His name was Pyry Valkeakoski. As he headed around the room to get his clothes he looked at his walls. Heavy metal and rock band posters from wall to wall. Popular MMORPGs were also depicted in some. He’d always been a rather big fan of hockey too. There was some hockey gear around the room too, although it was undersized. He hadn’t been an active fan since he was thirteen.
Pyry stretched out a bit, throwing on a black t-shirt with a blue lightning bolt on it. He stretched out his legs, they were sore from sitting around for a few hours. He pulled on some blue slacks, being glad to be dressed. He slid his feet into his normal heavy boots and did some stretches. He pulled on his clothes, his buff form fitting comfortably into the clothes. He stroked his short beard and looked himself in the mirror. He pushed his long hair back behind his ears. They were both pierced several times, his lips too. He stroked his arm, hand brushing over his tattoo.
The sixteen years old headed over to the side of his bed, starting to make it. He looked out of the window, living next to a forest. He’d sent his friends a few pictures of it all covered in snow like it was that day. They all wanted to visit him in Finland. To be honest he wouldn’t mind getting out. He looked over to his bass and smiled, going over and picking it up. There were several around the house and this one was his first. He was always happy to hold it especially in the mornings.
Putting it back down he sat down at his desktop, pulling up his messaging client. Pesterchum. It was all the rage these days. 22nd of October, 2016. That’s was the date. Only 28 days from his birthday. But today was the mark of another special occasion, or at the very least the beginning of something new that he and his friends were starting. His friends were the reason he was pulling up Pesterchum now. A certain pink texted friend of his was messaging him.
-Pyry: Answer Opal’s Pestering-
Pyry opens the chat client to see what Opal wants.
[digitalVivace - DV] started pestering [rainfallsMedley - RM]
DV: pyry,, guess who,,,, its me ur pal coming 2 greet u on this fine morning
DV: or u know, not, if ur still playing ur games
DV: you are arent u, god
DV: if u dont hurry up then ur gonna get dunked on my dude
RM: oh no :| not dunked on i’m so scared.
Pyry had grown used to this kind of thing from Opal, she always ended up messaging him four or sometimes seven times if she was being ignored. He didn’t really mind though.
RM: anyway i’m here and yes i did just finish playing one of my games
RM: you aren’t less guilty though you also play ‘my games’ you know.
DV: yee but i’m not A Lamer.png
RM: a lamer.
DV: yea a Lamer
RM: well i’m glad to know you think so highly of me.
DV: shut
DV: u know i love you you egg
RM: i do.
DV: i also know that ur really gay for a certain someone
RM: you do.
RM: and i’m still bitter that you drew that out of me.
DV: you cant hide anything from me u should know this by now,,
DV: also,,, i cant believe u went on in your Lamer Gamers w/o me
DV: i am Offended(TM)
RM: oh such a tragedy. :|||||
DV: u have like,, five mouths there my dude
RM: i know but anyway it was on a separate character i’ve had for years so don’t worry about me leaving you behind.
DV: oh
DV: thanlk 4 being consdierate my dude
RM: no problem.
DV: *bunp*
RM: *bunp*
Pyry smiled. Opal was one of his best friends and he was appreciating the fact that he was friends with this nerd. The two of them had kind of an odd relationship at first. He didn’t always understand her at first, but she persisted in trying to befriend him and he’s glad she did. She dyed her hair blue a few years back. It was a similar colour to his text. It was very flattering and they’ve been blue hair friends ever since. But anyway, there was a more pressing matter.
RM: so on another subject.
RM: are we going to play sburb then.
RM: we were meant to play it with everyone today and i thought that i might as well ask since we’ve been getting people together anyway.
DV: ye! :0
DV: weve got harper, the lord of the eggs (bantum), rea, caela, adrien and also,,, the two of us 2 play
DV: i didnt ask arend yet b/c i thought that u would want to b/c of wink related reasons
RM: wink related reasons.
DV: yes
DV: Wink Related Reasons
DV: you know im serious abt the wrrs b/c not only does it now have an acronym, but also i actually used capital letters
RM: these wrrs must be very serious.
DV: they are
RM: i’ll ask arend then, i like talking to him anyway.
DV: i know u do ;)c
RM: there it is.
DV: it is here
DV: the winks,,, they are in
RM: they are.
DV: ye
RM: it sounds like fun anyway, you know i’m always a slut for multiplayer games.
DV: u r
DV: because youre a nerd who doesnt get ur pale finnish emo ass out enough 2 make friends
DV: irl i mean ur a cool bean who is my friend
DV: good moose best friend
RM: where did that moose thing even come from?
RM: i mean, i don’t mind it, but why?
RM: is it like… an american thing?
DV: no its a dumb post that turned into an injoke
DV: rememeber,,, a moose genital
RM: oh yeah, i do, but did you just typo remember rememeber on purpose so you could have meme in it? :|
DV: i did
RM: of course you did.
DV: ;)c
RM: i’m so done.
Pyry put his hands to his face and sighed, with a smile he wouldn’t like to admit was there. The memes. The shitposts. They never stopped. Addiction is a powerful thing and one of his best friends was a meme addict. He remembered she once said “yeah my dude, I’m totally pepe’s bitch” and he never could get over that. He swore that frog was going to haunt his nightmares. It almost extended into a borderline obsession with frogs, but he’d stopped her before it got that far thankfully.
RM: anyway, how’s it going with you? i haven’t asked yet and i think it’d be rude not to.
DV: :0 i am fine my dude, how about you?
RM: i’m doing fine as well. i’m glad things are going fine with you.
RM: i think i’m getting messages from adrien too so if i take a while to reply it’s probably since i’m also talking to him.
DV: thats fine my dude hes a cool bean :0
DV: i might be going in a few minutes tho since my moms calling me and i gotta go see what she wants
DV: it might just be that she wants to give me the package,,, for,, the SBURB discs
RM: that would be good but i thought you had them?
DV: i did but i put them down
RM: ah okay.
RM: anyway i’ll just see what adrien wants so sorry if my messages
Adrien had decided to pester him too. He was from France so they weren’t so many time zones away anyway. The two of them, like all of their friends, talked every day. Pyry did wish that he knew Adrien a little better though they didn’t really know each other that well.
-Pyry: Respond to Adrien-
He moved the window he was talking to Opal in and opened one for Adrien too. A pleasant dark green colour is what he typed in. His own text of course was blue, which was not only his eye colour but his favourite colour so he was pretty happy with it. Anyway, he checked in with the green texted boy,
[craftyOrnaments - CO] started pestering [rainfallsMedley - RM]
CO: hello Pyry
CO: how are you doing today?
CO: Im just going to assume youre busy since you normally are when I message you this time of day
CO: I still dont see what you and Opal see in those games to be honest :P
RM: hey adrien
CO: oh you are here
RM: yes. i’m doing fine also thank you for asking.
CO: no prob bob
RM: my name is pyry not bob?
RM: wait wait that’s an expression isn’t it?
RM: opal used it once i think
CO: yeah Opal kept using it a while back so I picked up the habit :0
CO: its cute because it rhymes and stuff
RM: it is quite cute yes expressions just don’t make much sense to me.
RM: harper apparently keeps using the ones from australia wrong but she talks to me so much that i think i have the hang of the slang from there now? not totally sure though.
CO: yeah she uses all of the slang wrong because she thinks its hilarious to confuse people O3O
CO: though its actually kind of annoying if she does it too much :/
RM: well a little but i’m used to it.
CO: it is well CO: its something that makes her her I guess though at first it made it a bit hard to talk to her even though shes actually pretty sweet
CO: most of you all are pretty sweet to be honest I was mostly just talking to Opal for a while until she introduced me
RM: yeah it was pretty cool to meet you.
RM: you were talking to caela and opal before you were talking to the rest of us but you are very cool i think.
CO: thank you for saying so OuO
Harper messaged Pyry about as frequently as Opal. He worries a lot about the two of them, he makes up like most of their combined impulse control at this point. Adrien was one of the calmer people in the group, but he was shy at first. Pyry wasn’t sure what to make of him because he was very blunt, but he was also rather sweet most of the time. He cares about him a lot.
DV: so hey,, im,,, going to go to eat and also talk to my mom/see if she does actually have my discs and stuff
DV: so yee i will, see u then my dude
RM: okay that’s fine.
RM: i hope that you have a nice meal.
RM: and that she has your packages also.
RM: i’m going to be busy for a while too so i’ll message you when i get back.
DV: yeye
DV: see you when I get back
DV: *friendship smooch to the cheek*
RM: *small gasp*
DV: :3c!! DV: see you soon you egg RM: talk to you soon.
RM: i’m going to be outside so i may be a while.
RM: so i’ll message you when i get back to my computer.
[rainfallsMedley - RM] ceased pestering [digitalVivace - DV]
He decided to inform Adrien of what was happening too, picking his phone up. He decided to use mobile pesterchum since he was already going to be going out.
RM: so hey i’m going to go out for a bit so i’ll be talking to you on my phone for a while.
RM: i’m going to be putting my phone away in a while though.
CO: thats fine
CO: what are you going to be doing anyway?
RM: i’m just going to be chopping some wood.
RM: i do it pretty much every day or every second day.
RM: it’s how i maintain my shape even though i didn’t even intend to get in this shape anyway.
CO: oh yeah youre pretty buff arent you? RM: yeah i am. according to a bunch of people.
RM: i’m also pretty tall like 6’6” plus i’m not done growing.
RM: so you could say i’m pretty big.
CO: a moose genital
RM: god dammit again?
CO: yep hahaha
RM: ahaha well i’m glad that i’m well liked enough to have in jokes about.
CO: you are
CO: youre very cool so its honestly not that hard to like you
RM: thanks it means a lot.
Pyry managed to get out of his seat, finding the conversation enticing enough to keep it going. He started to slowly make his way out of the room. He shed his vest and took something more substantial from his closet. A nice thick coat would do. He tucks it into his sylladex for later.
RM: so hey i’m going to put this away for now.
RM: i’ll message you in a minute though.
RM: there’s just some stuff i have to do so i’m going to put my phone in my sylladex soon.
CO: oh well
CO: thats okay I hope that you have fun
CO: wait youre chopping wood Im not sure if that can be fun
RM: it’s not un-fun i think it’s just pretty repetitive and a bit time consuming though it is exercise
RM: i don’t mind it
CO: well I hope that its enjoyable this time
CO; see you later Pyry :)
RM: see you adrien
[craftyOrnaments - CO] ceased pestering [rainfallsMedley - RM]
Pyry puts his phone into his Sylladex for later. He wasn’t going to be using it for a while anyway and he was just going to be out for a while anyway. He had some more stuff to do around the house though so he knew he could actually be a while. He’d keep an eye out for more messages anyway.
-Pyry: Get to Doing What You Were Doing-
He gets out of his chair and stretches again, beginning to pick things up off of the floor. It was laundry day. Boring. Well there wasn’t much he could do about it. He went around the room and threw everything into the basket near his door. He picked it up and headed out of his room. His house wasn’t very big, two floors but they barely used the second one. It was basically just a bunch of utility rooms and some game rooms up there.
He walked down the hallway, turning at the corner and heading up the stairs. He put the first basket down and heads down stairs. His brother wasn’t home plus was just generally bad at taking care of himself so he had to sort out his laundry too. He headed into his brothers room and of course he had left Bring Me To Life blaring at full volume. Wake me up is right. From the state of this room because it was a nightmare.
Going around the room Pyry began picking everything up. Honestly he cared a lot about his brother but this was ridiculous and so was his taste in music. He promptly turned the music off. It always got to him and he didn’t want to take part in it. His brother’s strange fixations with darker things had rubbed off on him to some degree. Kalevi had also taught him how to play the bass which he appreciated greatly.
After making a sweep of the room and cleaning it up for the most part he headed out again. Going upstairs he went to the laundry room and sorted the clothes. He threw the first basket into the washing machine and went through the motions. He noticed that there was an honestly unsurprising lack of anything white again in either of their clothing piles. Well, that’s fine anyway. Looking outside he noticed it was snowing. Not that he minded. He enjoyed any kind of weather, especially rain and snow. Thunderstorms also made him quite happy. He liked to think it was the sound of the clouds having a concert. At least, he did when he was younger.
Pyry looked out the window, putting his arms on the sill and gazed out at the bright white landscape. He looked down at the driveway, seeing a black car pulling up and into the garage. Kalevi was home. He sighed. There was going to be an encounter and he knew it. Best get ready to Strife.
He heard vibrating sounds from his Sylladex. Someone was messaging him, he had some time to kill anyway so he might as well indulge them for a couple of minutes.
The Tune Modus wasn’t all too tricky to use, he just needed an instrument.
Axekind, his Strife Specibus of choice ironically contained no real axes at the minute. It was just a play on words so that he could store his guitars or “axes” in it. Pulling out a bass, one of several they had around the house, he began to play.
The way the Tune Modus worked was simple. Play a song, get the item. Of course since his phone was considered a bit more valuable than his other items the song had to be a bit more complex, but it was small so it wasn’t going to be that long. Plus he’s good at playing bass. A couple of moments of playing and viola, his phone. Time to see who’s messaging.
-Pyry: Check Who’s Pestering You-
Opening Pesterchum mobile, he flicked over to the chum with the most - and only - unanswer messages. It seems that Rea was wondering what he wanted so he checked it out.
[hiddenCountenance - HC] started pestering [rainfallsMedley - RM]
HC: Hello there Pyry, are you there?
HC: I was just wondering how you were doing.
HC: I never messaged you yesterday, I was a bit busy, but I thought I would drop in and say hello.
RM: hey rea
RM: i’m fine just a little bit busy how are you?
HC: Well, I’m okay, but if you’re too busy right now I can always just message you later? We’re all going to play that game today anyway and I might as well. What was it called again?
RM: sburb
HC: Oh yes, SBURB.
RM: anyway i’m not to busy now i have time what’s up? RM: don’t really talk to you enough i think so i thought i might as well ask.
HC: Oh! Well um, I’ve just been painting and writing as usual. Not too much to do really.
HC: I was playing with my dog earlier, I have to take her for walks a lot so it was fun. Being outside is good for you after all and when I walk her alone it’s nice because my dad’s normally always chatting to me when I’m around him.
HC: He’s very nice to me, but I honestly prefer doing things on my own. I like being independant and self sufficient, which to be fair he has helped me with.
HC: Though it is a bit suffocating when I’m around him all the time. I’m still not used to that after all this time.
RM: oh yeah you’re adopted aren’t you?
RM: must’ve been tough not to have any parents or anything.
RM: was it a lot different before you met your dad i know that you weren’t really used to being around people?
RM: were you in an orphanage or was it something else i don’t really know that much about america really.
HC: Hahahaha well, it’s not all that interesting. I was in an orphanage for a while and then he adopted me.
HC: Someone else adopted me before him, but I was sent back though not for any special reason or anything if you were wondering they just… Decided they weren’t ready for kids, sure, that’s the reason probably I think.
RM: well i’m sorry that happened although i’m glad that your dad has you now.
HC: Don’t be sorry. I’m happier here.
RM: oh uh okay sorry.
RM: i mean um not sorry? o-o
HC: It’s fine, sorry, that was rude of me. Anyway, how’s your relationship with your brother? Are you two close?
Pyry raised an eyebrow at this, mostly out of concern. Not the question about his brother but something that happened again. She said something about the time before she was adopted, started acting a little bit strange and then she changed the subject. He was probably just not close enough to her yet, or whatever, so he put it out of his mind he was probably just misunderstanding things like usual.
RM: well my brother and i are close i suppose though he does kind of get on my nerves.
RM: he’s very loud and mopey and always sulking around but i do care about him and worry about him quite a bit.
RM: though if i never heard a song by evanescence again then i can die happy.
HC: He does sound like a handful. I haven’t ever had a younger sibling so it must be interesting.
RM: he’s six years older than me.
HC: Oh. Wow, okay I was way off.
RM: yeah but it’s fine i guess.
HC: No but really I’m sorry that was dumb of me.
RM: it’s honestly okay rea. :|
HC: It really isn’t uh, I think I’m going to go for now before I embarrass myself more. I’ll talk to you later today, sorry again and thank you for the talk.
RM: it’s no problem i’ll talk to you later today.
RM: see you.
HC: Byebye for now.
[hiddenCountenance - HC] ceased pestering [rainfallsMedley - RM]
Pyry frowned. This is not what he wanted. He knows that it’s probably embarrassing but it was honestly fine and he really didn’t understand why she’d want to leave. He guessed that signalled that he should go get the axe from his garage.
-Pyry: Go Do That-
He heads downstairs, making sure that his brother wasn’t out there first of all. He wanted to avoid the confrontation if at all possible. He headed out, the garage was just beyond Kalevi’s room. He looked around for a little bit, noticing that the music had started again. He quickly hurried past the room while he had the chance. He tried not to make noise. That guy had very good hearing, surprisingly.
Slipping into the garage, Pyry began to look around at everything. Everything in here was surprisingly organized. Kalevi took good care of his car, he cared about it a lot. It was sleek and black, like many other things he owned. He looked around at the tool kits and the graffiti on the garage door.
He headed to the back, checking around to find his axe. Eventually he found it. Usually it was just by his door, but while Kalevi was cleaning he put it back in its case. Pyry took it out of the case and as he was lazy, simply put it in his axekind modus. Normally he would carry it but for some reason he was inclined to put it in there. It probably didn’t mean anything though.
Going out of the garage, he cringed. His brother was playing his bass which could only mean one thing. I guess it was time for the confrontation. He stepped past the corner and there his brother was singing at the top of his lungs. They both liked this band and they locked eyes, the usual. It looked like it was time for… STRIFE!
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-AUTHOR’S NOTE-
So this is chapter one! For those of you reading this on FF.net or on Ao3. There is a blog for it!! It’s roomrestricted(dot)tumblr(dot)com and I do recommend that you check it out, there are character profiles as well as all sorts of things like aesthetics and you can send in asks if you have any questions. There’s also a sprite of each of the characters and all sorts of extra stuff that you can see. If not!! I’m posting this on the blog!! It is here!!
The characters in this chapter so far don’t belong to me they do however belong to some other people who I’ll give credit to right now. They belong to:
Pyry (Blue Text) - @inka-chan
Opal (Pink Text) - @the-wolf-among-you
Adrien (Dark Green Text) - @panromantic-pyrope
Rea (Cyan Text) - SweetSerenade5281 on Fanfiction.net
Anyway, I’m splitting this chapter in half, and maybe future introductory chapters since they’re really long. I hope that you all enjoy this thought!! Any feedback would be appreciated though I do know my writing style is probably kind of messy in parts I’m hoping to have it become better through writing. I hope you enjoy it!