Interacting- Miles, CJ, Ivy, Wes, and Leah

They made their waay over to where they needed to go. Colette pulled out her past as well as CJ. "You guys got your passes yet, if not you will have to be in the front for a while until you can get them" Colette asked as she looked at their online friends.

"Im going to go find Hiji Colette how about you stay with them so that way they don't have to come looking for us again"[color=#FDFFFE][/color]" CJ said. Colette nodded and hugged CJ before the white haired female made her way to the front and into the building. Colette turned to the others with a smile.

"How about we stay out of the way so that way we arent pushed and shoved trying to make our way to the builing" She said with a smile on her lips.


Interacting-CJ

"Hey Hiji" CJ said as she ran up to him. He gave her a hug and a small smile as he put his phone away. "Colette is staying with the others just in case they didn't order their passes online" CJ said as she put the landlard around her neck that had her pass dangling from it.

"Ok. Have you heard from Norma or Morgan, neither of them are on" Hiji asked. It was often they would often private message as well as group chat. CJ looked at her notifications and shook her head.


Interacting-Norma, Hiji and Morgan

"No I haven't I am try and get a hold of them hang on" She said. She opened her conversation with Nora first as she was the last person to message last night before going to bed. She began to type rapidly.

Spiritgirl: Hey haven't heard from you at all. Where are you at?

Once she had sent that and made sure it sent, she flipped it over to Morgan and her's conversation and sent the same message to her as well. She exited out but made sure their notifications were on before going back to Hiji.

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Morgan had a rather rough night and felt terrible as a result. He had a screeching headache, a slight sense of nausea and decided that it would be smart to sleep past his alarm. That was until Dakota began to spam him with calls which eventually led to him accepting his fate and get ready for Comic Con. Oh. And to meet his best friends who happen to be from the internet, but it wasn't like that was important or anything. Actually, it completely was and it was probably Morgan's fear of disappointing them that hindered him from leaving the hotel bed originally.

Now it was close to - if not already - opening time for the convention floor. From what Morgan had gathered, he and Norma were both missing from the scene. He had eventually decided to take the reigns of the day's destiny into his own hands and downed a painkiller before readying himself for the day. He was about to head out the door and grab something to eat on his way when he got a PM from CJ.

Spiritgirl: Hey haven't heard from you at all. Where are you at?
SkyGazer is typing. . .
SkyGazer: Hey CJ. Sorry. I'm on my way now. I'll be there on time for Jordan's panel and I'll stay for Josh's too.
SkyGazer: Wasn't feeling too great after the flight and slept past my alarm. Sorry again.

There was at least a hundred or so missed messages in the group chat. He would filter through those later as walking and daydreaming had already proven to be deadly enough for Morgan, let alone reading as well. For now, he would start heading to the convention and be on time for Jordan's panel as promised. And stay for Josh's panel as promised. It was a shame that he missed an opportunity to have breakfast with CJ, Colette and the others, though.

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The crew wasted little time arriving at the convention hall. As they stood outside and CJ took off to find Hiji, the remaining five decided to hang back. They were all now donning their respective passes: Wes had a navy lanyard, Ivy's was themed after The Nightmare Before Christmas, Miles had the standard red and Leah had picked a floral design for herself. On closer inspection, it wasn't exactly fitting for her. Oh well. At least it was cute in her opinion.

"That is one looooong line," Miles commented as he and Ivy scanned the line that seemingly took forever to reach the doors and disappear inside. Yes, it was a long line and yet Leah was in no particular hurry to head inside. It was true that she was excited to meet the others, but at the current moment in time, she seemed just as content simply being in the same atmosphere as Ivy, Colette and Miles.

"Definitely. . oh my god, is that Dakota?" Ivy said as she stopped inspecting the line briefly before turning back to face the others. She pointed to a black-haired individual who stood in line, oblivious to the world and wearing headphones. One could almost mistake him for Morgan, but this person appeared to be slightly taller than Morgan. "I totally think it is," she turned to Miles for confirmation who simply nodded in response. Leah and Wes seemed to both jolt awake at this revelation: yet another one of their friend was nearby.

"Shall we?" Miles asked, looking back at the small crowd. "Or should we wait until we're inside and surprise him?"

Interacting-Hiji and Morgan

CJ looked when she saw their online friend, Morgan finally show up online and she frowned and began to message Morgan back. She didn't know if she had her pass or not or if someone would have to wait for her so she could get hers.

Spritgirl:Hey, take your time. The lines are huge right now. Do you have your pass or do you have to have someone wait out here for you so you can get it?

Hiji looked over her shoulders and nodded his head when he saw Moran was indeed online. "I think im going to catch up with my family and see to it they aren't causing trouble to Josh's panel" Hiji said. CJ nodded her head and watched the red haired male leave before leaning on the spot that Hiji was and looked down at her phone waiting for the reply.


Interacting- Miles,Ivy, Wes, and Leah

Colette grinned when she did see Dakota in the long line. She put her things down except her phone. She opened her PM with Dakota and started to type a message to him. "Im letting him know that we can see him in the line."

luverofsweets:Hey Dakota if you turn 130 degrees to the left, you will see me, Miles,Ivy, Wes, and Leah stabding here watching you line lol.

She sent the message and watched him waiting for him to receive her message.

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Music blared through Dakota's headphones, but he was at a distance with reality and therefore had no idea what the title of the song was or who it was sung by. Oddly enough, he recognized the lyrics which he imagined was a subconscious response and the minor anchor that was grounding him to the fact that it was time to meet the online friends he had for known many years. It was also his first time in any major city let alone the Big Apple, so there was that too.

Dakota was definitely lost in his thoughts, so to speak, but if you asked him what he was thinking about, he wouldn't be able to answer. This was mostly because his thoughts consisted of hypothetical scenarios of how the day would play out and some were anxious thoughts in regards to the idea of the day going sour. That wouldn't happen, would it?

He knew it wouldn't, it was simply the impatience of waiting that held its grasp on him.

His phone vibrated in his hoodie pocket which caused him to change his course of thoughts and re-focus his attention. Speak of the devil. Erm, devils, in this case. Opening up the application that he and his online friends used for chatting purposes, he was blasted by a light blue color that surrounded the client. He opened up the group chat, expecting a message, but there was nothing. It was from his PMs then. And it definitely was - and it was from Colette.

luverofsweets: Hey Dakota if you turn 130 degrees to the left, you will see me, Miles,Ivy, Wes, and Leah stabding here watching you line lol.

This nearly caused the teen to drop his phone and he instead turned around frantically trying to catch a glimpse of his friends. It didn't take him long, however, as he could recognize Ivy's giant spider tattoo from anywhere and he had seen Wes, Miles, Leah, and Colette on video call before. Leah was waving to him while Miles seemed to be grinning widely. Dakota removed his headphones and waved them over.

It was time.

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Morgan was sitting in the lobby of the hotel where free breakfast was apparently offered. The food consisted of cheaply made waffles, fruit of questionable quality, and orange juice that seemed a little on the sour side. The bagels were fine, however, and he found that ironic considering that he was currently in New York City. Of course the New Yorkers would prepare their bagels to not taste like crap, right?

The coffee was awful though.

Finishing up his food, he flipped open his phone to see that he had a missed message from CJ. There were no other messages from the group and there was still no sign of Norma which caused him to open a PM with her first and quickly write a message to her asking if she was actually here and where she was. He then turned to his attention to CJ's PM and then typed her a hurried response.

SkyGazer: I have my pass. I'll be there in time for Jordan's panel (and Josh's too!). I'm heading out now. See you when I get there!

Shoving his phone into his pocket and tossing the awful coffee into the trashcan, Morgan threw his backpack over his back and headed for the front doors.

Interacting- Miles,Ivy, Wes, Dakota, and Leah

Colette giggled as she watched Dakota turn around towards them and look at them. She waved her hands wildly at him and began to go through the crowd to get to him. When she reached him, she immediately glomped him into a hug with an excited squeal.

"Yay we are finally meeting Dakota!" Colette with a smile on her lips as she pulled back from the hug. Since she was so light, she barely budged him in her hug. "I am so happy" Colette said. She looked back and waved towards the others to come join them in the crowd as she bounced up and down.

"I hope you like New York. Me and CJ lived here for a couple years now, so we are used to crowds like this" Colette said to Dakota.

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Dakota hadn't expected the "surprise hug" from Colette and as a result, his face immediately turned red. He knew this because he could feel the heat rising to his face and had noticed the amused look on Miles's face as the blond drew near with an entourage including Ivy, Leah, and Wes. Still slightly shocked by the hug, Dakota did his best to return it, but it was more of an awkward "half-hug" than anything else.

"Yeah! I'm so glad that we're finally meeting as well!" Often times he had late night conversations with others in the group regarding what it would be like to meet them and what they would do, but he never dreamed that it would happen so early in his life. He expected it to happen long after college, not this soon. As he said this, he noticed that Miles, Ivy, Leah, and Wes had caught up to Colette as well.

"Aww, we don't get the same special treatment as Colette?" A slight teasing remark from Miles.

"No, you all just hadn't made your way over to me just yet. It's nice to finally meet you all as well."

"Fair point. And same to you."

Miles, Ivy, and Wes all introduced themselves properly in person, but Leah only waved and quietly said, "Hello". She was always a little on the shy side and Dakota knew this, so he didn't push her to say more. Before long, the crew had joined Dakota in line and they were nearing the doors to the convention hall. Inside, they would be able to see Josh's and Jordan's panel while meeting the remainder of their online friends.

While waiting, Dakota turned to Colette in order to respond to her comment from earlier, "New York's not bad, but a little to hectic for me. Being from Vermont, I've never seen this many people outside of Burlington or the few college tours that I went on. It's also a little too loud for my liking, but at least it has you and the others in it, right?"

Interacting- Miles,Ivy, Wes, Dakota, and Leah

Colette giggled and nodded. "I live here so I have to get used to it"Colette looked around and perked up when she saw Josh's panel not far.Josh was of course getting pictures with some of his fans as Slash held his vlogging camera and some fans getting shoutouts for their stuff.

"I think I see Josh and Slash over there" She said.


Interacting with-Luna, Kokoro, and Slash

Josh smirked as he started up his camera. "As you can see, the convention has indeed begun and people are slowly making their way into the building. I had received word that my panel was already going to need extra chairs because so many people have tickets to my panel. I currently got my backstage passes for my friends and family. I hope to see some of my online friends. I am stoked to meet them." Josh pointed the camera outwards towards the crowds of people.

"EEEY" several people shouted before making their way to Josh asking for autographs and pictures as well as Shadow. Luna chuckled and shook her head sitting in one of the chairs wondering when they were going to show up, her backstage pass dangling from her neck as well as her convention pass.

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Leah immediately turned to see Josh and lifted up her pink kiddie camera to snap a picture. It was a little childish, but it felt fitting. It matched the mood of the convention and the fact that she was about to meet all of her online friends at once. Besides, other people were taking pictures of Josh, so why couldn't she?

"Oh! Should we go see him or should we wait for his panel? We could always invite him to Jordan's panel with us and then go to his after!" She was pretty sure that was the plan, but she wasn't a hundred percent. Either way, she refused to leave the convention floor without meeting ALL of her online friends including Josh. This statement would remain true regardless of her anxiety as well.

It was probably because of her starstruck nature towards Josh that she didn't even notice Morgan enter the convention floor a few feet away.

Interacting with- Colette, Ivy, Miles, Dakota, Wes, Morgan Luna, Kokoro, Hiji, CJ, and Slash

Once Josh had gotten a little breather, he began to look around and when he spotted Colette standing around with a bunch of people, he knew exactly who they were. He flipped his camera on and rushed over.

"Ooooh my god look who just showed up. Hey Colette" Colette waved with a bright smile and he turned his attenton to the other people. "It so so nice to finally meet you in the flesh you guys" he looked around and waved at Morgan.

"Hey Morgan over here!" He called out ot eh female as Hiji and CJ came in with a smile. Luna, Slash and Kokoro finally joined them and gave the each hugs, well except Luna who wasnt a hug time of person.

"Guys this is Ivy,Leah, Miles, Dakota, Wes and Morgan. Say hi to the vlog for the first time" He said excitedingly.

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There was something slightly intimidating about the packed streets of New York City, but Morgan was able to find his way to the convention hall rather quickly. His progress to reach his online friends was suddenly hindered by the insanely long line, but it seemed to move at a decent pace and before long, he was inside and being greeted by. . Josh?!

Josh Taki was the other major internet sensation that was in their friend group aside from Jordan Welsh. There was also the upcoming stardom attributed to Leah White and Norma Johnson, but the two had some ways to go before reaching the levels of fame held by the other two. Although it was Josh that had waved him over, Morgan was greeted by a crowd of others - Ivy, Miles, Dakota, Wes, Luna, Kokoro, Hiji, CJ, Leah, and Slash.

That was quite the crowd. . .

Morgan let out a yawn as he waved to the camera. "Hey there, internet. I'm Morgan Tucker."

His comment was followed by a flood of the others who were introducing themselves to Josh's vlog as well.

"Hey there! I'm the upcoming urban explorer, Leah White. Nice to meet you all!"
"I'm Ivy Brooks and I'm obsessed with crime and spiders. Hey there!"
"Name's Weston Young, but y'all can refer to me as 'Wes'."
"Miles Sterling reporting for his guest appearance!"
"Dakota Wilds is here and ready to entertain!"

How bizarre it was that this was finally happening. . .

Interacting with: Josh, Ivy, Miles, Dakota, Leah, Wes, Luna, Hiji, CJ, Slash and Morgan

Kokoro decided to finally be braver and walked over after the camera looked perfect enough for the panel. "H hey guys, it's so nice to meet you. I am Kokoro so no one gets me confused with my twin sister here" Kokoro said. She was just as shy and adorable, maybe even more so in person as she was in the video calls they had before this moment.

Luna chuckled and wrapped her arms around her older twin as Slash chuckle. "Oh Kokoro, I do love it when you get brave" Luna commented making Kokoro blush a lot.

"Now that everyone is here" Hiji commented. "Let's enjoy this. I have made reservations at the nearest Olive Garden. They will have a private section blocked off for our group." Hiji said, his hand brushing his bright red hair.

"This is so cool" Josh shouted with excitement. To his family, he never stopped talking about this day since they learned that they were going to hthe same comic con.

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"Sounds great!" The prospect of spending the day together and then eating with one another at Olive Garden sounded more than just great in Ivy's mind, but the spider-obsessed girl had no other way in words to express how fantastic the day was going to be. "But first, we should be enjoying the convention and then we'll be discussing dinner."

While it was true that the group had, for the most part, finally met up, they were still three people short: Jordan, Phoenix, and the Australian enigma that nobody had confirmation on whether or not she was attending, Norma. With that in mind, it was Leah who suggested what the united group of online friends should do next:

"Oh yeah! It's almost time for the MysticDirector panel! We should go see it and then catch up with Jordan and Phoenix!"

Interacting with-Luna, Morgan, Miles, Dakota, Leah, Wes, Hiji, Ivy, Kokoro, CJ and Slash

"Well what the hell are we waiting for?! Lets get going the panel" Luna said with a smile. Kokoro nodded and smiled. She was the most quietest of them all, but she showed her excitement in her eyes. They slowly made their way to the panel. The panel of course was full of people who were fans of MysticDirector. Josh pulled out his G7X camera and began to record.

"Well we just made our way to panel and man is it popping with fans who just love him. I am proud to call him a friend and I am happy to finally met him in person" he grinned over at Jordan and turned the camera on him.

"Hey what do you think of the people who just love you!"