Chapter 159 - I'm In Trouble

“Hehehe!” I giggled maniacally as I watched the chaos ensue.

I went from one stream to another, watching as each person tested the potion on a bouncy ball in their room.

“…” Luna stared at me from the side, “This is gonna come back to bite you, you know?” She said.

“No way!” I shook my head, “I even put ‘I’m not responsible for any mishaps’ in the description!”

“…That’s about the flimsiest defense I’ve ever heard.”

“Ehehe, but it’s funny, right?”

Luna didn’t reply for a moment. Her eyes glanced at the screen that was showing some streamer’s room being bombarded by twelve different bouncy balls at once. It was literally bouncy ball armageddon in there. The corners of her lips slightly curled as she spoke,

“…It’s a little funny.”

“See! That makes it all worth it~” I said cheekily.

“What if you get sued though?”

“Sued for what? All I did was make the potion, it’s up to them to decide on how they use it. And, I have a little dynokali potion for anyone who thinks otherwise~”

“Bin…You can’t just blow up your problems.”

“If I use enough explosives I can.”

Luna rolled her eyes.

Just then, my phone was spammed with text messages.

[Colby: Well played.]

[Colby: But, you know what’s going to happen next time we meet up, right?]

[Cassian: Hey, Stella, got you letter. I’ll hand deliver my return letter to you tomorrow.]

[Bryson: YOU SACK OF SHIT]

[Bryson: YOU’RE DEAD TO ME.]

[Bryson: WHEN I SEE YOU, IT’S ON SIGHT]

“PFFT!” I burst out into laughter, “Hahaha!”

“What?” Luna asked.

I showed her my phone and she let out a puff of laughter.

“I’m guessing that they all tested the bouncy ball?” She said.

“Oh, for sure.” I nodded, “They were pretty curious about it.”

Just as I said that, several photos were sent in the group chat. It started with Bryson sending photos of the aftermath. The other two must’ve seen that as they also sent photos of the aftermath.

Colby’s room was a mess, Cassian’s room was a mess, and Bryson’s living room was a mess. It was all just a mess that’d take around a hour to clean up.

“Bahahaha!” I burst out into another fit of laughter.

Revenge is best served hot! That’s what they get for bullying me! But, don’t get it wrong! This isn’t even the true revenge! I still have plenty of other methods I want to do…hehe.

“Wow…Looks like a deer ran wild in there.” Luna commented, looking at the photos.

“Yeah! It’s great, isn’t it?”

“I think they’re all threatening you.”

“Pfft, that’s a problem for later me~” I said cheekily, “Plus, you’ll protect me, right?” I bumped my head against her shoulder.

“Hm…I think you deserve it this time, though.”

“WHAT!?” I stared at her with a dropped jaw, “Y-You’re b-betraying me!?”

“Not a betrayal,” She corrected, “I just think it would be funny.”

…I hate when she uses my own arguments against me! If something’s funny, you always do it first and think of the consequences later!

“Tsk,” I clicked my tongue, “Fine then, I’ll remember this.”

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“That’s a problem for later me.” She smiled.

“Bleh!” I stuck out my tongue and continued watching people ‘enjoy’ the bouncy ball.

After some time, I checked the forums and…

[WARNING: DO NOT USE THE POTION ON A BOUNCY BALL]

Author: xx

TLDR; DO NOT, IN ANY CASE, EVER USE THE BOUNCY POTION ON A BOUNCY BALL IN YOUR HOME. EVERYTHING WILL BE DESTROYED.

I was one of the lucky people to successfully get my hands on one of the bouncy potions. (photo of bouncy potion)

I thought, “fuck yeah, I’ll finally see what happens to the bouncy ball and get some cloud”. Little did I know, it was a trap.

I poured every bit of the potion onto a bouncy ball and started recording on my phone.

This is the aftermath: (photo)

This is the video: (video)

Thankfully, nothing’s physically broken, however, this is going to be a bitch to clean up.

As a wise man once said: Damn you Raccoon.

→ [HOLY SHIT LMAO]

→ [BROTHER, DID A TORNADO RUN THROUGH YOUR HOUSE?]

→ [OP’s room looks like the aftermath of an earthquake.

→ [Oh my god, I was pissed because I didn’t buy a potion in time, but now, I’m grateful that I’m not one of these million posts LMAO. It’s absolutely hilarious seeing this happen as a bystander]

[DAMN YOU RACCOON]

Author: xx

I JUST DESTROYED MY LIVING ROOM AND MY PARENTS ARE PISSED.

THANKS, RACCOON.

→ [LMAOOO, HOLY SHIT, THE FLOOD OF POSTS RIGHT NOW ARE INSANE. RACCOON, POSSIBLY THE GREATEST TROLL IN HISTORY]

→ [This is fucking hilarious. Seeing people panic as the ball starts to become hectic is killing me]

[PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, GIVE ME A COMPILATION]

Author: xx

PLEASE!!!! I need someone to compile all of these posts and streams of people testing the bouncy ball and upload them in a six hour long video!

→ [YES!! I NEED THIS]

→ [SOMEONE PLEASE]

→ [Video editor here, already compiling the clips.]

↳ [You’re my god.]

↳ [YES! THANK YOU!]

↳ [Subbing as soon as it’s posted]

[Have any rankers been affected?]

Author: xx

Was watching Glomp’s stream and I know that he’s a fairly standard low mid-tier awakener and thought it was interested how he couldn’t stop the bouncy ball.

So, I’m curious if any higher level awakeners were caught off guard by it and able to stop it?

→ [Aliend, a high-tier awakener, was streaming when he tested it. After the bouncy ball started bouncing, he laughed a bit before flicking it with a bit of mana and then catching it.]

↳ [I love how his first instinct was to laugh. He probably knew exactly what was happening to everyone else in that split second.]s

↳ [Oh, for sure, after that, he started pulling up other people’s streams and laughing hard.]

→ [I used the potion next to my guild leader and she just sliced it in two after letting it bounce a bit. Then, she said this could be good reaction training for mid-tier awakeners.]

↳ [Oh my goodness, imagine being in a super serious training session and the trainer just pulls out a bouncy ball.]

[Everyone’s ignoring the new bottles!]

Author: xx

Looking past the discourse behind the bouncy ball armageddon, we really need to look at these new bottles! And yes! I said bottles plural!

(photo of bottle 1)

(photo of bottle 2)

(photo of bottle 3)

So far I’ve seen three of them, with the R&M (raccoon and mouse) one seeming to be the rarest! They look so cute! I really wonder who’s the glass maker, cause, Raccoon definitely chose well!

→ [Agreed! I’m one of the people who didn’t IMMEDIATELY use the bouncy potion and just admired it for a bit. When I went to post about it, I saw the discourse and chaos happening and calmly patted myself on the back.]

→ [Omg, there’s three variants!? Raccoon really went all out!]

→ [They’re all super cute!!]

→ [Does anyone have the R&M bottle? Looking to buy or trade!!]

[I DRANK SOME]

Author: Addicted To Sweet Potions

THEY WERE REALLY GOOD, TASTED SIMILAR TO HER OTHER POTIONS, JUST A LITTLE MORE ADDICTIVE BUT LESS FLAVORFUL.

→ [Did you become a bouncy man?]

↳ [Addicted To Sweet Potions: No.]

→ [LMAO Respect to this man. While everyone was curious about the bouncy ball, this guy alone was curious about the taste.]

→ [What bottle did you get?]

↳ [Addicted To Sweet Potions: R&M]

↳ [YO I’LL TRADE YOU TWO FULL BOTTLES FOR IT]

↳ [I’ll buy it directly!]

↳ [Addicted To Sweet Potions: Not selling, not trading]

↳ [??? So that’s your bottom line!?]

I read through post after post with a smile on my face. I’m glad to see that everyone is having a blast!

It looks like the initial impressions are mostly positive! There’s a few complaints, but that’s to be expected!

I heard the sound of a photo being taken and glanced up to see Luna holding her phone,

“You look happy.” She said with a smile, “Reviews good or the chaos?”

“Both! Hehe!” I giggled, “Hold on, I need to send some of these to drug mister. They’re all praising his bottles.”

I copied a few links and took a few screenshots, sending them all to Adam.

The indicator changed from ‘sent’ to ‘read’ almost instantly. A few moments later, the three dots that indicated he was typing appeared on screen.

And they stayed on screen.

“He’s sending a long message.” I said before glancing at the TV. Some guy was using the bouncy potion on the floor and trying to ricochet a knife into a target.

“Probably has a lot to say.” Luna said, “I like Adam, he’s quite the honest person and I can’t wait for him to be in the guild.”

“Hehe, me too. Super glad I found him.” I nodded.

Finally, after several minutes of the three dots being on screen, Adam had replied.

[Drug Mister: Thank you so much.]

And that was it. There wasn’t an essay of gratitude or anything like that. Just those four words.

And that was all I needed. From that alone, I could see his sincerity and emotions.

I smiled.

“What’d he say?” Luna asked, looking over.

In response, I just showed her the phone.

Luna smiled,

“Do you remember when he said he’s moving to Florida?” She asked.

“Should be soon?” I said uncertainly, “I’d imagine shortly after or before new year.”

“Mm,” She nodded, “He’s coming to the housewarming, right?”

“Of course.” I nodded, “It’s a shame panda gramps isn’t coming too though. But, he did send an update today, told me he’s about three quarters of the way finished.”

“Oh! That’s good.” Luna said, “Can’t wait to finally have the blanket back.”

“Me too.”

And just a moment after I said that, I paused. I looked at my Tawer messages with confusion.

“What is it?” Luna asked, noticing my expression.

“Someone sent me a message.” I said.

Now, that alone isn’t surprising at all, I get hundreds of messages per day. But, there’s a little notification setting I have active. I specifically get notified when a person with a significant number of followers messages me.

Of course, there’s still plenty of people with a lot of clout that message me. But, I usually don’t know who they are. However, the person that messaged me this time, I knew quite well…

[Emperor Dragon Queen: YOU!!!!]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: MY ROOM IS DESTROYED]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: COMPENSATE ME]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: (picture of messy room)]

“Bahahaha!” I burst out laughing. Even dragon girl got trolled!

“Let me see.” Luna said.

I showed her the messages and then she also started to laugh.

“Hahaha!” She sniffed, “Her first impression is very different than I expected. She’s always serious-looking and arrogant on screen.”

“Right?” I wiped my eyes.

[Raccoon: Oh! Your room looks cute! Well, it would without the mess.]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: …AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?]

[Raccoon: Yours! (laughing raccoon icon)

[Emperor Dragon Queen: EXCUSE ME!?]

[Raccoon: I mean, didn’t you read the description? I’m not responsible for any mishaps!]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: THIS IS STILL YOUR FAULT]

[Raccoon: Hm…I don’t think so! But, okay, fine, how should I compensate you?]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: Send me 10 potions and we’re even!]

[Raccoon: Send you 10 potions? But aren’t you saying that it’s my potions that caused the mess in the first place?]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: The potions didn’t do it, it was you!]

[Raccoon: ? I don’t recall ever going to your room and using a potion. So, how did I do it?]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: You know what I mean!!!]

[Raccoon: Fine, fine, you know what? I’ll even give you 100 potions~]

[Emperor Dragon Queen: Hmph! At least it sounds like you know what’s good for you.]

[Raccoon: But, you’ll have to come get them yourself~ (ROFL raccoon icon)

“Ahaha!” I laughed.

“Is that okay?” Luna asked, “What if she actually comes?”

“There’s no way she can. The government or someone is going to stop her, she has to train and clear floors~” I said cheekily, “She’s way too busy to come here in person.”

[Emperor Dragon Queen: Fine! I’ll come to Florida after New Year! You better prepare those potions!]

I froze and stared at the screen.

“…”

“Looks like it wasn’t okay.” Luna commented, trying to hide her laugh.

“…Mouse,” I said.”

“Yes?”

“I think I’m in trouble.”