Liquid Friend

The subject of this page has been Preserved.
They may have participated in the ILB Semi-Centennial. No other information is available after their entry into the Vault. Tour the collection here.
In case of incomplete records, post on the Talk page.

Liquid Friend
Art by @validtine, card by AlexKitfox
Basic Information
Position	Lineup Player
Team	Vault Legends
Former Team(s)	BC Noir, San Francisco Lovers, Breckenridge Jazz Hands
Status	legendary
Batting	(6.8)
Pitching	(4.2)
Defense	(5.3)
Running	(5.2)
Modifications	Hard BoiledThis Player was boiled a little bit before hatching. See also: Glossary  HomebodyThis player will Overperform when playing in their home Ballpark and Underperform otherwise.  LegendaryThis Player is Legendary.  OverperformingThis Team or Player will play 20% better than usual.  YolkedThis Player is Yolked!
Items	Plant-Based Ring of Dexterity ●●●
Dates Active	Nov 17, 2020; Mar 7–Apr 6, 2021; Apr 14–Jun 20, 2021
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Evolution	Base
Peanut Allergy	Not Allergic
Pregame Ritual	Spitting
Coffee Style	Black
Blood Type	A
Fate	2
Other Background Information
Instrument	Alto Saxophone, Clarinet

Liquid Friend is a lineup player for the Vault Legends, and has been with the team since the ILB Semi-Centennial. Friend has played for BC Noir, the San Francisco Lovers, and the Breckenridge Jazz Hands.

Official League Records

Friend joined the ILB as a lineup player for BC Noir during the inaugural Coffee Cup.

Friend was traded to the San Francisco Lovers during the Season β12 elections via The Big Sip blessing.

On Season β13, Gods' Day, Friend and Uncle Plasma were hired by The Commissioner to take part in the Investigation into the disappearances of Tad Seeth and Brisket Friendo.

On Season β14, Day 99, Friend was named an MVP and gained the Ego+ modification.

On Season β15, Day 19, York Silk of the Baltimore Crabs hit a flyout to Liquid Friend, causing Friend to gain the Observed modification. On Day 21, Friend disappeared from the Lovers' lineup and their Observed modification was replaced by the Redacted modification.

On Season β16, Day 48, Friend exited the Secret Base at the Bubble, losing Redacted and gaining the Attractor modification. Upon being batted in by Tamara Crankit, Friend joined the Breckenridge Jazz Hands' bench. Friend's Hard Boiled modification also became Scrambled at some point during this time.

During the Season β17 elections, Friend joined the Jazz Hands' active roster in exchange for Elijah Valenzuela via the Jazz Hands' Foreshadow will.

During the Season β20 elections, Friend's Attractor modification was rerolled into the Homebody modification via the Jazz Hands' Reform will. The Boss then announced that Friend and Uncle Plasma's Investigation was completed; Friend gained the Legendary modification, was sent to the Vault, and gained the Yolked modification when they reunited with Plasma.

During the ILB Semi-Centennial, Friend played for the Vault Legends as a lineup player.

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

Box of Liquid Friend Files

Dust billows as the file box lands on the table. While many archives in the Interdimensional Rumor Mill are unified in some way, this... definitely isn’t one of them. The accompanying Rumor Registry explains all of the contents... wherever it is... but for now you grab the folder labelled IF-80.975 and start reading...

History

Liquid Friend is a genderfluid, sentient, humanoid mass of liquid. Originally composed of sea water from the San Francisco Bay, they are capable of adapting their composition into any type of liquid, their favorites being freshwater and coffee.

Friend was originally a spirit of the Bay conjured by Karla, The Lady of the Bay, to ensure that items of great importance lost in the Bay found their way back to their rightful owners. These once lost objects would appear near the original owners in puddles, glasses of water, coffee pots, etc. all throughout San Francisco. It was this penchant for retrieving lost objects for people in the most mysterious of ways that caught the attention of hard-boiled gumshoe and paranormal investigator, Uncle Plasma.

Lost and Found

Plasma spent many days interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and finding clues that would all eventually lead them back to Friend. Friend followed Plasma around the city via its various puddles and pipes, their curiosity piqued by what this mysterious sleuth was doing. It seemed like Plasma was quite good at tracking down things, maybe better than Friend themselves, it was with this common bond that Friend thought that perhaps they could be friends. Friend soon after revealed their presence to Plasma, insisting that they could be of aid despite profuse protests from Plasma and a declaration that the sleuth was a “lone wolf” and “didn’t have time to babysit.” Friend, still too innocent and naive to understand what half of those words meant, continued to follow Plasma around on their cases.

Over time Friend split themselves from the Bay waters into a form more suited to aid their reluctant mentor, taking on the guise of a character they saw on the cover of a young detective mystery novel entitled, “The Secret of the Old Clock.” Plasma eventually came around on the idea of having a partner and protege after Friend proved their talent for tracking down leads time after time. The two complimented each other’s talents well and soon made quite a name for themselves, becoming the most sought after investigation outfit in the country.

Early Blaseball Career

The Lady of the Bay has a long history with the royalty of San Francisco, and, by extension, the San Francisco Lovers Blaseball team. Friend spent much of their early life watching the Lovers' Blaseball games, and became enamored with both the splort and the people who play it.

When the Coffee Cup came along, Friend took their chance. They joined the BC Noir team alongside fellow newcomer to the league, and reluctant partner/mentor, Uncle Plasma. After the Coffee Cup, shortly after receiving a phone call, Plasma departed for New York City on important business.

Having gotten a taste in the Coffee Cup, Friend didn't want to give up the splort, but eventually returned to their duties. Their first job, per Karla’s request, was to meet with the San Francisco Lovers to ensure that Excalibat was pulled from its stone by the prophesied hero. However, upon arrival at the PolyHedron, Friend was informed by Knight Triumphant that NaN had already left on their journey with the legendary relic. Their mission fulfilled, with the Lady of the Bay's blessing, they signed on to play full time with the San Francisco Lovers.

Liquid Friend and the Case of the Missing Players

On Season β13 Friend received a message from Uncle Plasma, still in NYC, that the two were hired by someone “high up the chain” in the ILB to take part in an Investigation. The duo were tasked with discovering the whereabouts of two missing players, Tad Seeth and Brisket Friendo. This was by far one of their highest profile cases, witnesses and eavesdroppers report that Friend was quite excited by this news while Plasma was noticeably less enthused by the prospect.

The two spent much of Season β14, gathering intel while playing Blaseball and working through their various theories and hunches. Plasma had a more “by the book” style to their investigative method while Friend focused on acquainting themselves with the players throughout the league hoping for a clue to shake loose. Unable to find any leads, the two decided to return to the scene of the crime, The Choux and The Meadow.

Meanwhile, the rate of missing players continued to increase throughout Season β15. The race for the truth was on. Where were all these players disappearing to? Who was taking them? Plasma felt that they were getting close to something, they could feel it speaking to them in the stars. However, Friend felt uneasy, as if someone was watching them from afar. Unfortunately, Friend’s suspicions were confirmed in the worst way possible with their sudden and abrupt disappearance on their way back to the Lovers’ Away Game Caravan after a game in Baltimore.

Redaction

After being observed by York Silk on Sβ15 D19 Friend seemed nervous, they could be heard telling teammates “I don’t know exactly what this means, but it feels bad, really bad” they were then redacted on S15 D21. When asked about their time redacted, Friend replied “[REDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTED] Dark [REDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTED] Bad feeling [REDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTED] the woods had turned against me [REDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTEDREDACTED] Miami [REDACTEDREDACTED]” then at this point Liquid trailed off into deep thought.

Return from Redaction

On Sβ16 Day 48 when Lowe Forbes returned from elsewhere in a spray of immateria, Friend was also dumped onto second base and batted in. Friend then entered the shadows where they spent 2 seasons.

Time in the Shadows

Friends' time in the shadows was spent getting their affairs in order, doing things like calling old teammates and friends letting them know that Friend was in Breckenridge, though they could not call Uncle Plasma, any phone Friend dialed Plasma’s number into would recognize it as invalid, though other teammates have dialed the same number and spoken to Plasma, when someone else dials the number and hands the line to Friend the call is automatically disconnected seemingly without either person doing anything. During this time in the shadows they also set up a coffee shop/PI’s office called The Drip. People frequently come and ask for an investigations, as well as getting some coffee or advice, teammates like Steph Weeks, Walton Sports, and Kathy Mathews are commonly seen at this coffee shop.

Relationships

During their time in the shadows Friend made a few friendships, notably becoming good friends with Wyatt Pothos and Kathy Mathews. There have also been rumors of the beginnings of a relationship with Gerldine Frost and Riley Firewall, with one popular ship name being Thermodynamic Equilovebrium.

On the Jazz Hands active roster

During their time in active play they brought a lot of life to the Hands roster, partying multiple times and proving their skill with their bat. They also asked the team to come up with a solution to worry of freezing durning Breckenridge's colder winters, the team came up with the solution to internally heat them, and built Friend a heating coil made out of an old Kettle.

Trivia

• Friend’s liquid appearance has been known to shift during different weather patterns. Teammates have gone on record saying that their appearance during Blooddrain weather has been known to cause quite a fright.
• Friend, since their debut in the Coffee Cup, has been referred to by many fans as the “Bae of the Bay”
• Even with the heating coil Friend still bundles up with lots of winter clothes
• Friend’s tempurature changes with their mood, they will boil when angry, bubble when excited, and almost freeze when disappointed
• No one (including Liquid themself it seems) is sure of the extent of their shape shifting abilities, though the most common theory is that they can become anything vaguely humanoid

Fan Works

Music

Liquid Friend is the focus of the following song:

• liquid friend by apha lex

• 

  A Tlopps card of Liquid Friend of IF-80.975, by @VoxiSour, with border by Rocketknife

• 

  A Tlopps card of Liquid Friend of IF-82.748, by @VoxiSour, with border by Rocketknife

---