Writing this chapter for a reason.
Why? That shall be revealed soon
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CANON INFO!
Names of said friends (confirmed by safire, as i asked her):

Eric (as we already know lol):

Reed:

London:

And, Ash (obviously lmao):

Ok, onto noncanon stuff (some might be canon)

Ages:

All 19

Oldest to youngest:

Reed by more than five months, Eric by three months, Ash nearly three months, then London right behind Ash.

Preferred weapons:

Ash: Battle axe (WAS CHANGED! I DID ASK AND SHE CONFIRMED THE CHANGE!)

Eric: spear (main weapon)
When in need for something fast, he uses kunis (a type of blade) or shurikens (ninja stars in case you're unaware)

Reed: Kusarigama
Aka this:

London: a whip, that with a push of a button can turn into a flexible blade or (in better words) a whip sword.

They all have daggers that Reed custom made, with the blade and handle custom designed to reflect their personality.

Eric's dagger: he's the clever one. His handle is of a fox, and the blade is swirled like a foxes tale to show the unpredictable side of himself.

London's dagger: she's more or less the idiotic yet chaotic one, but is a quick thinker in difficult situations. Her handle is normal but has a circle with arrows pointing in all directions on one side and a complicated puzzle on the other. Her blade is a thin, yet strong blade to allow it to fly in the air fast.

Reed's dagger: the smart one of the group. His handle has books on it. While the blade is normal, but has complicated problems on it.

Ash's dagger: he's the outgoing and nature lover. His handle is nature themed. The blade is a pretty long and thick blade, one side as a normal knife blade while the other is rigid, ment to cut some thick branches (but not to thick).

Sexualities:

Ash: gay (obvi- lmao)

Reed: queer

London: bisexual

Eric: demisexual

They have nicknames for each other

Ash: nature lover or tree hugger
Eric: speedy boy
Reed: ninja or Mr. Goodie Two-Shoes
London: little sister or trouble maker

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Reed likes to customize weapons on the side as like a side job

The four are complete crackheads when they hang out with each other
Though, Reed often babysits the other three and bail them out of trouble

When Brook was brought along, Reed gave him a custom dagger as well (the handle was of ocean waves and the blade is extremely sharp like a sharks teeth, carved with difficult word problems)

London and Ash are partners in crime and often prank others (including Reed and Eric)

The four are insane with online multi-player games. Brook joined once, his response? "It was like world war V was happening"

Irl games are just as insane, like uno or twister. Brook often wonders if the four share a brain cell that they fight over in gaming with each other.

Reed, Eric, and London aren't aware of Ash's deceased parents, but they have a feeling that he's grieving over someone.

The four have opened minds with each other. They could say the most insulting thing to the other and just laugh it off.

(When coming out to each other)
Eric and Reed tend to talk about girls around London and Ash sometimes (though, they try not to when Ash is around). One of two things will happen, one: London will join in on the conversation as Ash listens to the three (even if he is gay he will listen in to see if he can set up one of his friends with someone he knows or is frendly with)
Or two: London and Ash begin talking about boys, which, half of the time Reed and Eric will join in on the conversation.

Ash has expressed his dislike/hatred towards Phoenix and her gang
Reed is aware that he was made fun of by them an keeps him away from them
Eric isn't fully aware, but knows he's had bad history with them
London doesn't know why he hates them but respects him enough to not bring up topics or talk about them

They often sleepover at Ash's place, to which Ash enjoys the company as it does get quite lonely at home.

The three know Ash can't cook for shit and offer to cook him something so that he can eat something different for a change (though Ash always declines they cook him something anyways).

Reed, Eric, And London can cook, but they ain't like master chef's or anything so they do mess up every now and them.

Ash meet Eric first in their first basketball practice/meet up.
Eric and him quickly became friends and soon Eric introduced Ash to Reed and London and a friendship blossomed from there

When Ash came out, it was quite clear who he was crushing on.
Now, the three often tease Ash about his crush on Brook and often purposely leave them to hang out with each other.

London is the kind of friend who would shove you to your crush or your crush to you, yell "get some!" And run off
She did this once with Brook and Ash amd it caused her to be hunted down the rest of the day, it was like an intense game of hide and seek.

Eric at times can talk really fast. Like, really fast. He'll get lost in conversation and speak fast and not realize it.

Reed is often a Goodie Two-Shoes in the school and doesn't care bout that.

(After the dark force events and when secrets are out aka who the real element holders are)
The three would be pretty shocked by Ash being the earth element. They'd be pretty pissed that Spiral, Oscar, and Jack faked it.
They would immediately ask him everything about his adventure and what is like being the earth element.

They all treat and love each other like family

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Stats:

Physical strength
They're all pretty equal in it.
But a full on battle, either Reed or Ash would probably win (I'm not sure yet, probably Ash as he most likely has more physical strength over Reed)

Magical strength
Before the dark force events
Reed and Eric
London and Ash
After the dark force events
Ash
Eric and Reed
London

Battle strategy and smarts from smartest to least smartest
Reed
London
Eric
Ash (he has some battle strategy but not the best)

Physical speed
Ash and Eric
Reed
London

Endurance
Ash
Reed
Eric
London

Flexibility
London
Ash
Eric
Reed

Durability
Ash
Eric
Reed and London

That's gonna do it for now. I'll update this if I come up with more
Other than that

Cat~con out