Is My Best Friend's Body Really a Must-Have?

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Blurb: (Alternate counterparts, content warnings at the end)

Hi, I'm an amateur cosplayer. I only join in the fun at conventions. This time, I made plans with my friends and set off carrying everyone's props.

I wore a Fool's mask, with Xiao's yaksha mask hanging on one side of my waist and Blade's Shard Sword on the other. I also had the Skyward Harp and a naginata strapped to my back.

I held a Kagura's Verity in my left hand, and a foldable version of Venti's bow in my right. My backpack even held plenty of things I couldn't take out, like a model of Kafka's handgun...

I was supposed to be cosplaying the Hydro Archon, but at that moment I looked more like a walking prop rack.

After walking for ages, I finally spotted the convention. I nearly cried with joy, thinking I could finally lighten my load.

But the moment I entered the convention, the props in my hands suddenly grew much heavier, and my backpack vanished without warning.

Then countless voices burst into my mind as if it had exploded.

I had just transmigrated into a pitch-black Mondstadt, and through Hu Tao's plum-blossom eyes, I could see countless spirits floating in the air.

Zhongli: First, plant the Skyward Harp upright in the ground.

Raiden Ei: Next, plant the naginata upright in the ground.

Xiao: Then plant the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear upright in the ground.

Venti: Secret technique: Four-Sided Formation!

Furina: ?

As my companions babbled nonsense, the voice in my ear shouting, "A customer! A big customer!" grew noisier and noisier against my silence.

Thanks, but if this keeps up, I'm going to become the customer.

Furina: Whatever, let's just take them out one at a time!

Monster: ?????

And on this day, players finally unlocked the game's main quest

"Create a God": The gods of this world have disappeared, but it doesn't matter. They've gone home now.

"Go Home": Friends from another world entered this one through the Simulated Universe. Help them get home.

Complete the main quest, and players will finally escape the countless death loops that block their progress.

(The above is invisible to players.)

Although it still says "Unknown" for now, at least there's finally hope for this hopeless life!

So what if it's an infinite loop?!

Content warnings:

[This story may make readers cringe. Please click away if you can't handle that.]

[The premise will stay the same, but the blurb may change. The story is told in third person.]

[Set in a parallel world, with altered personalities.]

[Everyone thinks they're just cosplaying and won't deliberately act in character, so expect OOC.]

[There are quite a few original characters, but they mainly serve to explain the situation.]

[There are countless great stories out there. If this one isn't for you, just move on~

You really don't need to tell me you're dropping it (sniff).]

Theme: Humans are social animals, and friendship is an indispensable part of life.