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an irc story about four troubled young adults, taking place entirely inside an irc channel. i hope you enjoy! ill try to update at least twice a week 

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neru has joined the channel

[gardenia] oh, hey neru!

[q] hi neru

[neru] hey guys. kaguya isn't on?

[gardenia] no, she said she was going to bed early.

[neru] that's weird. she usually stays up until at least 2 in the morning.

[q] she seemed bothered by something

[neru] yeah? like what?

[gardenia] well... you know that one time, where someone impersonated her in various channels?

[neru] yeah...

[neru] oh no, did it happen again?

[q] something like that 

[q] except they've gotten a bit more hostile this time

[neru] how?

[q] she didnt talk much about it

[q] but she seemed really disgusted and didnt want to talk

[q] so i didnt pry

[neru] i see...

[neru] well, thats too bad...

[gardenia] i wonder if there's a way to find out who's doing this?

[q] we could ask the server hosts in the other channels what the ip address is

[q] maybe catch em under a different name
[q] or...
[q] go a little deeper than that >
[neru] q lets not resort to doxxing, now.
[q] lol sorry
[gardenia] well... we'll figure it out somehow, for kaguya's sake
[neru] you're right. 
/msg kaguya (hey kaguya. i know youre offline, but when you get this just now that we'll protect you, okay?

kaguya has joined the channel
/msg [neru] (hey neru...)
[neru]: (kaguya! hey! i was waiting for you to log on.
/msg [neru] (sorry to worry you...)
[neru]: (i heard what happened... im sorry.)
/msg [neru] (yeah... well, not much i can do about it. i try to ignore them but theyre always shuffling ip addresses...)
[neru]: (yeah, its really horrible.)
[kaguya]: hey guys.
[gardenia]: hey kaguya!!
[q]: hey kags
[kaguya]: how is everyone?
[q] im good kinda tired
[gardenia]: i got home from work a bit ago, now im playing games.
[kaguya]: still playing moemon?
[gardenia]: yup, lol
[q]: you sure are obsessed with that game lately
kaguya1 has entered the channel
[q]: uhh
[gardenia]: ????
[neru]: who are you?
/msg [neru] oh god
/msg [neru] its them
/msg [neru] help
/msg [neru] im so scared
[neru]: (kaguya, calm down. it's going to be okay)
[neru]: seriously, who are you?
kaguya1: it's me, kaguya
[gardenia]: you seriously need to stop harassing kaguya. she's getting really upset.
[kaguya1]: kaguya stole my irc name. i hate her
[kaguya1]: and you guys believe her over me
[neru]: what are you talking about?
[neru]: why should we believe a creep who has made dozens of fake ips to harass someone?
[kaguya1]: you'll see soon enough
[kaguya1]: ill expose kaguya for the fraud that she is
kaguya has left the channel
[q]: uh oh
[neru]: no............
[gardenia]: she could just be hiding
[gardenia]: neru, please message her
[gardenia]: she needs to be brave this time

/msg [kaguya] kaguya
/msg [kaguya] are you hiding offline?
/msg [kaguya] kaguya please
/msg [kaguya] they're just a troublemaker. you dont have to be scared of anything
[kaguya]: (no, neru, you dont understand)
[kaguya]: (ugh... okay i'll tell you this)
[kaguya]: (i know the person doing this from awhile back)
/msg [kaguya]: what, really? you know them?
[kaguya]: (yes)
[kaguya]: (we used to be friends actually)
[kaguya]: (in an old irc channel called #whitetea)
/msg [kaguya] i see... and... something happened between you too?
[kaguya]: (yes.... i did something horrible to them)
[kaguya]: (i dont really want to talk about it but)
[kaguya]: (i deeply hurt them, and they couldnt forgive me)
[kaguya]: (i dont know how they found me on irc again... i changed my handle and everything)
/msg [kaguya]: that's... really upsetting... i hope they stop soon.
/msg [kaguya]: kaguya, i tabbed back, the harasser is gone for now.
[kaguya]; okay, thanks... still, i think it's best that i hide offline for a bit.
/msg [kaguya]: kaguya...