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Today marks the day that one week has passed. Everyone has been waiting for their favorite content creator to come back online, they made the news because of the records being broken from so many popular people going offline for such a long time. Niki booted up her computer and sighed sadly before glancing at Alex who was sitting right next to her. He grabbed her hand and squeezed it, 

"I'll be right here for you, Niki," 

Niki smiled sadly at him, 

"I'm streaming without my face cam." 

Alex nodded, 

"Do you want me to be quiet?" 

Niki shrugged, 

"Your choice," 

Alex nodded. Niki started her stream and watched as many people immediately started coming in. Niki texter her mods to tell them to keep anything about Avon out of her stream to which they responded positively and told her good luck. Niki went live and smiled softly, 

"Hello everyone!" 

Ｎｉｋｉｓｉｍｐ
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 <𝟯

Niki giggled, 

"Yeah, I'm back! I don't think I will be streaming as often as I did before, but I'll see if I can weekly or maybe every few days," 

Ｂａｎｄｅｒ
𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱

Niki glanced at Alex and he smiled softly at her and she gladly returned the smile. She turned to her stream, 

"So how has everyone been?" 

Ｓａｎｃｈｅｘｄｗ
𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲❗ 𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗜❜𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱

Ｃａｎｄｅｒ４ｅ
𝗜❜𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸

ＳＭＰ＿ＳＩＭＰ
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴❓

Niki smiled sadly, 

"Yeah, we all needed the break okay? I'm not sorry that everyone took a break at the same time, it was in protest to everything that happened. As to when everyone will be streaming...I think Dream is going to stream after me-" 

Ｄｒｅａｍｗａｓｔａｋｅｎ
𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁

Niki smiled as chat started spamming dream was in the stream. Niki smiled, 

"Chat, I think everyone is watching the stream don't just spam names please. So, I think Karl will take a bit of a longer break since he has way more things to do because Mr. Beast also obviously took the break as well. I think Wilbur is streaming tomorrow, Sapnap and George will be streaming with Dream. The three children will pop up in Wilbur's stream, they don't feel like streaming just yet. Quackity won't stream for a day or two-" 

Alex pouted, 

"Ouch," 

Chat started spamming again and Alex laughed, 

"Hello, Niki's chat! You will never know if I'm actually with Niki or if she is just calling me right now," 

Ｓａｐｎａｐ
𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗧𝗬❗ 𝗪𝗧𝗙

ＷｉｌｂｕｒＳｏｏｔ
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲...

Niki and Alex burst into laughter. Niki smiled, 

"Okay, I'm going to turn on the donations now," 

Ｇｅｏｒｇｅｎｏｔｆｏｕｎｄ ｄｏｎａｔｅｄ ＄５
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 :(

Niki and Alex chuckled and Alex smirked, 

"She's just better than you guys," 

Niki smiled softly as the chat spammed Quachu and Alex immediately squeezed her hand as they thought of Avon saying that when the three were together after she got out of the hospital. Niki sighed, 

"I swear, if Quachu gets trending," 

Alex smirked, 

"Guys, you heard the human, get Quachu trending!" 

Niki shrieked and shoved Alex to the ground and he yelled out, 

"OUCH!" 

Niki giggled as he pouted up at her and crossed his arms, 

"Chat, Niki pushed me!" 

Niki rolled her eyes, 

"You can't prove anything," 

Alex sighed dramatically, 

"That's cuz you don't have your cam on," 

Alex and Niki immediately frowned when chat spammed to turn it on. Niki glanced at Alex and he mouthed a sorry to her and Niki smiled softly at him and nodded, 

"Uh, so I can't turn on my camera guys, just respect that decision please," 

ＡｃｅＦａｎｄｏｍ Ｄｏｎａｔｅｄ ＄２０
𝗜❜𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗶𝗳 𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄❓

Niki glanced at the name and felt a pain go through her but she smiled slightly and sighed, 

"Uh...thank you for the twenty dollars...I...It's your decision honestly...I'm sorry if I hesitate with saying your name." 

ＡｃｅＦａｎｄｏｍ Ｄｏｎａｔｅｄ ＄２０
𝗗𝗼𝗻❜𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗶, 𝗜❜𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺❗

Niki smiled tearfully, 

"Th-thank you," 

Alex wrapped an arm around her shoulder and squeezed it. Then a notification from discord popped up and it was one of her mods saying that her wifi crashed momentarily. Niki and Alex shared a concerned look but then a donation came through. 

Ｎａｃｅ Ｄｏｎａｔｅｄ ＄３０
𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿/𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗲❜𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲❓

Niki frowned, 

"Uh...I-I don't know who did it. Maybe it was a bluff. Ace only told people she really trusted her real name, not to say she didn't trust a lot of people...but her name has a lot of special meaning to her and she hated the idea of it getting out there...that's the entire reason she didn't want my help growing as a content creator, she was afraid if she had a ton of fans that her name would somehow be found," 

ＵｓｅｒＰｌａｙｅｒ
𝗹𝗼𝗹, 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘁

Niki stared at that comment in pure shock and Alex immediately grabbed her hand and turned her face to him. He hugged her tightly as she let tears fall. Alex patted her head and glared at the stream in anger, 

"Listen here you piece of shit, I don't care if I'm cursing right now and Niki usually does have a very pg stream. But if you think you can call Ace a fucking clout chaser, ESPECIALLY to her best friend, you got another thing coming. All of us in the SMP, and a shit ton of other creators know Ace and how she is off-stream, and she is the exact fucking same as she is on stream as off-stream. She's a ray of fucking sunshine and always trying to help others. I don't know how many times we have to tell you that. Ace was one of the first ones to try to bring so much awareness to mental health, she barely ever kept any of her own money, she always donated it to help others. Whatever money she got from working with Mr. Beast, was donated away or to the Mr. Beast Food Pantry. I don't want to hear any of this from anyone okay?! I don't know if I'm supposed to say this, but I will. None of us have really been in touch with Ace since that tweet went out a week ago, we don't know when she will be back or if she will come back to streaming or making content because of some dipshit who thought it was fun to ruin someone's life! You guys have no idea how hard it is to make content and be faceless or nameless, the constant fear or anxiety of being found out, but Ace pushed through and still tried her best. She was finally coming out of her shell that she had been in before she met Tommy and Tubbo. I may not fully understand what she is going through, because my name is out there, but it pains me to know that she is hurt, I remember her calling me because she thought someone knew her real name out on the streets and she was afraid. Ace is only 22, she does not deserve this bullshit, and how fucking dare you remind Niki that her best friend is in pain, how fucking dare you just think, oh yeah! We should be mean to Ace on someone's stream and call her a fucking clout chaser even if we know how hard it's been for them because of all of this. We lost a friend, I lost my sister, Niki lost her best friend and ride or die, Tommy, Tubbo, and Ranboo can't talk to their internet mom, no one can fucking talk to her because she doesn't want us to worry her. She needs a fucking break from everything and you better fucking respect that." 

The chat was quiet as Niki looked up at the stream again. 

Ｔｏｍｍｙｉｎｎｉｔ
𝗣𝗢𝗚𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗠

Niki and Alex laughed as they saw a steady stream of Pogchamps for Avon. Niki smiled, 

"Thank you, Tommy, and Quackity...and everyone...I'm going to end my stream right now, Dream are you starting?" 

Ｄｒｅａｍｗａｓｔａｋｅｎ
𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵

Niki nodded and she found Clay's stream, 

"Okay, everyone, go raid Dream! Remember to eat, drink water, and get some sleep...also, I know Ace is not here for a while, but I know she will say to remember to take care of yourselves...bye!" 

Niki quickly ended her stream and Alex smiled at her, 

"I'm proud of you," 

Niki smiled sadly at him, 

"Thanks...it's just not the same though," 

Alex sighed sadly, 

"I know...but she will come back, might take a solid sec...but don't worry Niki," 

Niki sighed, 

"It's hard not to," 

Alex smiled softly at her, 

"She always comes back,"