joyful's diary

New Faces

The specter has given the survivors and killers a new member lately: one more toy that they could watch for their own twisted entertainment. His name, if 7n7 remembers, is Joyful, a new survivalist. He was an elf-like Robloxian with a love for parties.

The retired hacker was glad that there was another survivalist besides himself, Noob and veeronica, after all they didn't talk much to each other. When Joyful first entered the main cabin, confused about where he was, Elliot was the first to recognize him.

Apparently, both Elliot and the new guy have known each other before this whole mess, even working alongside him in the pizza place but disappeared soon after, but the thing is the Burnett-haired man has never seen this guy before during his non-blacklisted days.

7n7 couldn't tell if it was due to the specters removing key memories of the survivors' past, or if he couldn't remember either way. The pizza delivery man or even someone else must have already told the newcomers about him and his past sins, making him stay clear around him, 007n7 kept his distance as always. Great.

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The newcomers' first round was successful, to say the least. Joyful died early in the round at the hands of slasher. He tried to help out with his clones, but slasher wouldn't fall for it. At least he learned slasher's abilities along with tips and tricks from Builderman.

It's not until the end that everyone teleports back to the wooden cabin when the Burnett-haired man hears someone approach him before he is able to rush into his room.

"007n7, there you are!" A rather cheerful voice called.

The older man looks over and sees Joyful with a positive smile. 7n7 doesn't know how to respond to the sudden positive interaction with him, who's friends with the person who “hated” so this conversation is very foreign for him.

"I would like to thank you for saving me with your clones," the elf survivor thanked.

"Oh? Um, you're welcome?" 7n7 replied, unsure if he's pulling his leg or not. Since no one besides maybe guests, chance, and even sometimes shedletsky have interacted with him outside of rounds.

But the elf survivor's sudden mood changed to a concerned one afterwards, looking around to see if any other survivors were near them. Most of them had either wandered off on their own or were too busy to care.

When he noticed the cost was clear, he spoke once more quietly then his rather loud self, "Though I have to ask you something," Joyful mumbled.

“Oh..? What is it?”

“I have noticed your interactions with Eliot”

7n7 was taken aback. Has he already suspended his background after one round? Well, Joyful didnt meet coolkid to give him such ideas yet but He guesses there's no escape from his sins in this forsaken world.

"Well…it's understandable since I messed things up when I was younger…" the older man mumbled unsure. 7n7 has agreed that his teen years were messed up, stupid even but the fact that coolkid has access to his GUI and caused the same thing even If he has the chance to correct him, which he often ignored, it makes him feel like a failure as a father, too.

He cant do anything right to please everyone.

Joyful nodded with nothing but concern in his face, "That's what I heard from him," he responded. "I mean, he was upset with me when I accidentally caused a fire hazard, but I never saw Elliot like this.”

Hearing the last sentence makes 7n7 want to just run away for the things he did that the elf survivors weren't around for. He has tried to make it up to Elliot by paying for the repairs that Coolkid caused, but now the guilt is already insufferable enough being with Elliot and C00lkidd!

Joyful noticed the ex-hacker staring at him. "Well um..I don't know what happened prior to you and Elliot, but I should trust you to survive" he said comfortingly. “And I hope you and Eliot talk things out…hopefully”.

007n7 stared back at him dumbfounded after hearing that hes not mad behide his friend's back, but the elf survivor just patted his shoulder, "Besides, I'm not one who holds grudges in a place like this!" He laughs.

“Anyways, could you teach more about that?” Joyful pointed at his arm, which holds his c00lgui in a tiny, watch-like state.

“My…c00lgui?” 7n7 replied, stare over at his arm, confused about how interesting his little gadget is. Joyful just nodded, “Yeah, it's not common to run into someone who uses that.”