Chapter 143 - Exposed?

[Watch Rumi’s Stream! Bin is back!]

Author: Bully Rumi

Rumi’s been playing solo ranked for like 3 hours now, but, she suddenly stopped queuing. Turns out, Bin messaged her! Now, they’re playing together! I love the vibe the two of them have together!

→ [So this is the troll who ruined the game a few months ago! /p]

→ [Creator of the Little Bomber meta herself!]

→ [Dude, I need to see Rumi, Mouse, and Bin together again.]

→ [Wait, does anyone else see the similarities though? Bin is super sus.]

↳ [? Explain]

↳ [Bin = Alchemist. Raccoon = Alchemist. Bin = Loves explosions. Raccoon = Loves explosions. Bin = Dating Mouse. Raccoon just posted a picture on her Tawer of her and someone holding hands, their nails were painted to show a mouse and a raccoon. And BinLover can also refer to a raccoon, because of their love for trash. Does anyone see this? Could Bin = Raccoon?]

↳ [??? When put like this, it does make sense.]

↳ [Hold up, no fucking way, the Little Bomber actually made the Little Bomber meta herself? And besides that, you’re telling me, RUMI out of all people, was one the first people to stream with Raccoon?]

↳ [Interesting theory, but how do you explain Bin being a B rank/mid-tier alchemist months ago?]

↳ [I clipped it and she only said that the highest grade potion she can make is B grade. Not that she is a mid-tier alchemist. (BinBgrade.mp4)

↳ [No way, I don’t believe it. This HAS to be a coincidence.]

…

‘You Died!’

That message appeared on the screen and the call fell eerily silent.

I was getting used to this ever-so-familiar death screen. This is about the…fiftieth time it’s happened?

I glanced at the chat and…Well, it was as expected.

- SO BAD

- LOLOL

- Welcome home!

- Rumi sucks, Bin on top!

- Rumi weighing the team down fr.

[HEY! Why does she get a pass! She died before me!] Rumi shouted.

“I can’t carry you any more than I already am, Rumi!” I said.

[WHAT!?]

“PFFT, hehe!” I giggled, unable to maintain the bit.

[You can’t even say that with a straight face!]

“Bahahaha!”

- LOLOLOL

- XDXDXD

Yeah, to be honest, I was completely selling these games. Every match, I was dead within five minutes. But! Who can blame me!? Every time I step into the forest to gather materials, I get ambushed from who knows where!?

God! I hate this darned new meta! It’s so bad!

I need to theory-craft…Hehe…I’ll ruin—ahem, I’ll fix this meta right up.

[Haah…] Rumi yawned, [Bin, I think I might be done for the day.]

Unfortunately breaking the meta would have to wait. Rumi and I had been playing for close to six hours at this point. Plus, she was on for some amount of hours before that, so, it wasn’t unexpected that she’d call it here.

“Fair, fair,” I said, “We’ve been playing for quite a while.”

[Yeah, I’d love to play again soon though! I had a blast! I’m sure chat did too, right?]

- Yes!

- It was fun!

- Love you, Rumi! Bin!

- Favorite stream in a while!

“Hehe,” I giggled, “I had a ton of fun too! Thanks for playing with me today!”

[No! Thank YOU for playing with me! We really have to play together more!]

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“For sure! After new years, Mouse and I will have more free time. So, we’ll be able to play a lot more!”

[Alright, well, I’m just gonna say a few things to chat before I end stream. Any final words you’d like to say?] Rumi asked.

“W-What!? F-Final words!?” I repeated, “You’re gonna kill me!?”

[WHAT!?]

- Gasp!

- NO! Don’t kill her, Rumi!

- Bin, run! I’ll hold her off!

- Kill me instead!!

[T-That’s not what I mean! You know that!]

“Pfft, hahaha!” I laughed, “Right, right. Anyways, bye, chat! Bye, Rumi!”

[Bye! I’ll message you later!]

- Bye Bin!

- Come back soon, Bin!

- Bye!!!

I left the call and leaned back in my chair and stretched.

That was fun. I want to spend more time with Rumi, she’s always fun to play with.

Checking the time, there were still a few hours until Luna finished her gate. So, I was left with a load of free time.

Staring at the ceiling, I sat in thought for a few moments.

Hm…Should I get that done with? I pondered.

Probably…

“Haah…” I sighed.

Screw it, I’ll just bite the bullet and do it.

I opened my messages app.

…

[Are BinLover and Raccoon the same person?]

Author: xx

I came across a thread that listed way too many similarities between the two to be considered a coincidence. I’ll copy what I read.

* Bin = Alchemist. Raccoon = Alchemist.

* Bin = Loves explosions. Raccoon = Loves explosions.

* Bin = Dating Mouse. Raccoon = Mouse + Raccoon nail paint.

* BinLover = Reference to a Raccoon

That’s the gist of what I read, but I did a bit more research and found some more interesting things.

A while ago, BinLover was in another situation where she was possibly thought to be Raccoon based on the fact she was one of the first people to ask for [Opara Grass]. This was debunked by a journalist named Superian in this article here: (link)

The claim was it was just a coincidence and that BinLover was a gardener or similar class related to botany. They even showed a picture of Bin’s garden (photo).

But, this was debunked when Bin first appeared on Rumi’s stream, Bin herself directly stated that she’s an alchemist. It’s just that no one mentioned it because it was basically forgotten.

Now, I think it would be unfair to mention the counterpoint. From the start, Bin has claimed that she can create B grade potions. Honestly, unless she’s straight up lying, this is the biggest point that debunks the Bin = Raccoon theory.

At the time, Raccoon couldn’t have been awakened for more than three months. If somehow, Raccoon could create a high mid-tier potion that early, that indicates that she either had known the recipe beforehand or she’s a truly genius alchemist.

There’s also this direct quote when someone asked Bin’s thoughts on Raccoon: “Heh, I’d like to meet the Little Bomber one day and drag her to a room! There, I’d confront her about her name! Why would she choose Raccoon!? I picked my name ‘BinLover’ first!! She’s stealing my flow!”

If we look into other information, the person Bin is (presumed)dating: Mouse, otherwise known as ElectricTypeMouse online. If you’re an awakener, you can search up the alias via the system and we find a match.

Alias - ElectricTypeMouse

Title - Bringer of Thunder

Followers - 104

Then, if we bring that to the awakeners database through the association, we can find more details. She’s hidden her name, but, we can see that based on her past gate clears, she lives in Florida. Coincidentally, this is where the Little Bomber lives as well.

I think if I looked a bit more into Mouse, I’d be able to find more ‘coincidences’, but, from all this info alone, I think that BinLover = Raccoon. Thoughts?

→ [First, before anything else, I’d like to say: You’re extremely weird. Stop stalking innocent people based on theories. Second, even if this is true and accurate, I, for one, have no intention of looking deeper into this information.

Let’s say that Bin truly is Raccoon, what’re you going to do? ‘Expose’ her and bug her about it, potentially making it so Bin never streams with Rumi again? What’s even your end goal here?

Then, let’s say that you’re completely wrong. Bin and Raccoon have nothing to do with each other. All you’ve done is attract weirdos similar to yourself who’ll look into both BinLover and ElectricTypeMouse and harass or bother them, thinking that they’re the Little Bomber. Also potentially making it so they never stream with Rumi again.

Literally a lose-lose.]

↳ [I completely agree. Whether or not Bin and Raccoon are the same person doesn’t matter. I love Bin, I love Raccoon. I just want her to keep appearing on stream, it’s always fun seeing her and Rumi banter.]

↳ [+1]

↳ [(Author): I didn’t mean it like that. I just noticed an incongruity and wanted to see if anyone else thought the same.]

↳ [Absolute bullshit. You wrote this post like it was some sort of scientific essay. And you went out of your way to look into Mouse’s and Bin’s personal details. What you’re looking for is recognition for ‘exposing’ the Little Bomber.]

→ [Actually, when it’s all put together like this, it does add up. Could Bin and Raccoon actually be the same person?]

→ [Hold on…Why is this legit?]

→ [Wait a minute, this genuinely might be true?]

→ [Let’s just ask Rumi and Bin lol, simple. If Bin truly is Raccoon, wouldn’t she make another joke about it like she did when her relationship got exposed.]

…

[Me: yo, anyone see that new ALG teaser? Looks hype af.]

[Bryson: ???]

[Cassian: ???]

[Colby: ???]

[Bryson: Who tf is this random in our group chat?]

[Cassian: The hell? How did someone get in this private chat?]

[Colby: Hacker? Let’s just block this guy and create a new one.]

“Haah…” I sighed with a smile on my face.

Well, I should’ve expected this.

[Me: ?]

[Bryson: Who tf are you to be question marking???]

[Me: What? You’ve got to be crazy or something.]

[Cassian: Nah, you can’t just slip your ass back in here like nothing happened.]

[Me: ? Who the heck are you talking to?]

[Colby: Thought you were in France or something.]

[Me: I lied.]

[Bryson: Fucking bastard, I knew it!]

[Cassian: You sack of trash!]

[Colby: ??? Why the hell lie about moving to France?]

[Me: mb.]

[Bryson: Oh, you good.]

[Cassian: Ah, no worries then.]

[Colby: Right, whatever. Anyways, yeah, I’m excited for the new season. Anything to get rid of this dog shit ambushing meta.]

[Bryson: Trueee]

[Cassian: I’m excited for the production update. Finally, my leather worker build will be viable.]

[Bryson: That build is dead, just give up. No amount of changes can fix that.]

[Colby: Is it even confirmed that there’s a production class update? Any official notices?]

[Cassian: If there isn’t, I’m uninstalling. Absolutely no way they added that much new stuff to the trailer and won’t even update the type.]

[Me: What’s your leather worker build?]

[Cassian: [Quicken], [Cut Costs], [Knives Up], [Reinforce], [Mend].]

[Me: …What kind of doodoo build is that?]

[Bryson: SEE! Even the person who doesn’t play FPS games can see that it’s ass!]

[Bryson: Wait, speaking of, when the hell did you get into FPS games? I thought you only played simulation games or that one old MMORPG.]

[Me: Started playing recently. Really, it’s only ALG Royale so far. But, it’s been fun.]

[Cassian: Shitttt, tryna play ranked? Let’s go 4-man. I’ll carry.]

[Bryson: Carry? My ass. You’re gonna be spectating 95% of the match.]

[Cassian: Nah! Trust!]

[Me: Not high enough level. Still need to grind some games.]

[Cassian: I get home at 10, let’s play.]

[Bryson: I’m down.]

[Colby: Same.]

[Me: I’m busy tho.]

[Bryson: Oh! Go fuck yourself!]

[Cassian: Really mf? Actually go die @Miles.]

[Colby: That’s actually crazy. He comes back and doesn’t even find time to play together. He actually just hates us.]

[Me: LMAO (laughing raccoon icon)]

[Me: No, genuinely, I’m actually busy tho.]

[Bryson: Sure, sure, whatever you say.]

[Cassian: Same person who said that they’re moving to France btw.]

[Colby: Btw, let’s not skip past that. Why did you lie and say that you were moving to France and cut contact? Genuinely, I want to know. We’re all family here.]

I stared at that last message, biting my lip as I tapped my finger against my phone case. After a moment, I replied.

[Me: Can we all meet and talk tomorrow?]

[Bryson: What?]

[Cassian: ??? Why’re you acting like this?]

[Colby: Everything good, dude? Need anything?]

I smiled and let out a short breath.

[Me: Dinner on me. Xx steakhouse, 18:00.]

[Bryson: Shittt, that’s all you had to say, I’m down.]

[Cassian: I’ll be there.]

[Colby: I’m gonna bankrupt your ass.]

[Me: Spare me!! (raccoon pleading icon)]

[Me: Anyways, gtg, talk to you all later.]

With that, I turned off my phone and looked at the ceiling.

Mm…That went well, I suppose.

It felt like an invisible weight had started to lift from my heart. Tomorrow, if the meeting goes well, I reckon I’ll feel even better. For now though…I guess I’ll relax until Luna gets home.