Guess I should shit out a post or something, try to get this flowing again. I like the characters in here. If it completely falls apart, maybe someone else could remake it ;)
Aye, meatspace is terrifying when you're first getting used to it. Can't say I've been backstabbed in person any more than I have been online, though. If anything, online tends to be worse about that sort of thing, because people have a layer of anonymity and can more easily ghost you if shit goes down.
Then you're hanging around the wrong crowds. Most people aren't like that after they've encountered the real world. I take it you're in (or have recently graduated from) your local equivalent of high school or something, judging by how you describe people.
I always have guitar picks lying around. It's a side effect of having bought something like 200 of them several years ago.