#im just beating things with a stick here no idea whats going on

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my server died and took the watchdog down with it.....

[amethystarachnid]

So I saw a post on Pinterest and I thought it would be a good idea for a fanfic?im just gonna type it out and explain it after

Peter: im back from my trip i got you another magnet mr.white wolf

Bucky:cool stick it on

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Tony: is that peters shopping list on your arm?

Bucky: yea

Tony: what the

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Tony: Peter you need to stop using buckys arm as a fridge

Peter: Mr. White wolf said it helps him associate the arm with something other than murder

Tony: crying

So basically I was wondering if you could do this well not this interaction but like reader and Bucky are friends and reader is Peter? If that makes any sense?

STICKERS

⤷ JAMES B. “BUCKY” BARNES

ᯓ★ Pairing: James B. “Bucky” Barnes x teen!gn!reader

ᯓ★ Genre: platonic, fluff

ᯓ★ Word count: 2.5k (I'm so sorry if it's too short, hope you like it anyway)

ᯓ★ Summary: Bucky always lets you stick stickers to his vibranium arm but had never told you why...until now.

ᯓ★ I hope I understood the request well, and I tried to make the reader gender neutral since it wasn't specified in the ask, hope you like it <3

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ᯓ★ English isn’t my first language and this isn’t proof read

The hum of the compound is familiar by now. Machines whir softly in the background, the faint scent of coffee lingers in the air, and somewhere in the distance, you can hear Sam and Tony bickering over something that probably doesn’t matter. This is home—at least, as close as it gets. It wasn’t always, but things changed. The world changed, and you had to change with it.

Being here is better than being out there. You know that much. The compound is safer. It’s structured. Sure, it’s a little weird living with a bunch of Avengers, but it beats the alternative. When SHIELD fell apart, a lot of things got messy, including your life. No family, no place to go, just a kid caught in the middle of something bigger than them. Steve found you first, said they’d figure something out, and now, somehow, you’ve ended up here. Officially, you’re under the Avengers’ protection. Unofficially, you’re the compound’s resident stray.

“Alright, what is it this time?”

Bucky’s voice pulls you out of your thoughts, and you glance up from where you’ve been hunched over the kitchen counter, fidgeting with a fresh roll of stickers. He’s standing in the doorway, arms crossed, looking at you with an exasperated sort of fondness.

You grin. “You make it sound like I’ve done something bad.”

He raises an eyebrow. “Haven’t you?”

“Depends on your definition of ‘bad,’” you say, tearing off a small sticker shaped like a cat. Without hesitation, you reach out and press it to the cool vibranium of his forearm. It sticks perfectly, just like you knew it would.

Bucky sighs like a man who has known deep suffering. “Why do you keep doing this?”

“Because you let me,” you answer simply, peeling off another sticker—this one shaped like a tiny watermelon slice—and placing it beside the first.

It’s true. You started doing this months ago, fully expecting him to shut it down after the first few times. He never did. The first time, it had been a dumb impulse, something to break the tension. You’d been talking, and without really thinking about it, you’d stuck a star-shaped sticker onto his arm. He’d given you a long, unreadable look but hadn’t peeled it off. That was all the encouragement you needed.

Now, it’s a habit. Every time you see him, you add a new one. Sometimes, he’ll pretend not to notice. Other times, he’ll act put-upon, like he’s carrying some great burden. You know better, though. If he really hated it, he wouldn’t still be standing here, letting you decorate his arm like it’s an elementary school art project.

“I let you do a lot of things,” he mutters, watching as you place a little frog next to the watermelon.

“And that’s why you’re my favorite,” you say, grinning.

“Steve’s gonna be hurt,” he points out.

“Steve’s got enough fans,” you reply, reaching for another sticker. This one’s a smiley face with sunglasses. You stick it on his wrist.

Bucky glances down at his arm, then back at you. His expression softens—just a little. “Y’know, people used to be scared of me.”

“Yeah, well,” you say, adding a rainbow to his forearm, “they clearly weren’t looking hard enough. You’re a giant teddy bear.”

He scoffs, but there’s no real heat behind it. “A ‘teddy bear’ with a metal arm and a kill count.”

“Even teddy bears have claws,” you say, shrugging. “Besides, you let a teenager put stickers on you. That automatically lowers your intimidation factor.”

Bucky huffs but doesn’t argue. You know he won’t take them off. He never does, at least not right away. Sometimes, hours later, you’ll spot him across the compound, still wearing them.

That’s enough for you.

It doesn’t take long for the others to notice.

The first one to point it out is Sam.

You’re both sitting in the common room, Bucky on the couch, you curled up on the opposite end, sorting through a new pack of stickers you got from a store Tony let you raid on a supply run. They’re good ones, too—holographic, shimmery, some even glow in the dark. You’re in the process of carefully placing a tiny raccoon on Bucky’s wrist when Sam strolls in, eyes scanning the room before landing on the two of you.

His brows pull together. “Uh, what the hell is that?”

Bucky, who has clearly mastered the art of selective ignorance, doesn’t look up from his book. You, however, grin and wave. “What’s what?”

“That,” Sam says, pointing at Bucky’s arm like it personally offended him.

Bucky finally sighs, lowering his book just enough to glare over the top of it. “You’re gonna have to be more specific, man.”

Sam narrows his eyes and gestures again. “That. The stickers. What am I looking at?”

You lean back, admiring your work. By now, Bucky’s metal arm is covered in a vibrant mess of stickers—cartoon animals, little hearts, a glittery UFO, and even a miniature Avengers logo you’d snuck in just for fun.

You beam. “Art.”

Sam blinks. He looks at Bucky, then back at you, then back at Bucky. “And you’re just…letting them do this?”

Bucky shrugs. “Yeah.”

Silence. Sam stares, mouth opening and closing like he wants to say something but can’t find the words. Eventually, he just lets out a short, disbelieving laugh. “Man, you really are getting soft.”

Bucky flips him off without looking up.

You take that as permission to add another sticker—a rainbow-colored star, right on his shoulder.

Sam shakes his head, muttering something under his breath before grabbing his drink from the fridge and heading out, still looking vaguely disturbed by what he just witnessed.

Of course, Sam being Sam, the moment he’s out of the room, you know he’s going to tell the others.

The next one to comment on it is Natasha.

You’re sitting at the kitchen counter, helping yourself to a bowl of cereal, when she walks in. She nods at you in greeting before grabbing a protein bar from the cabinet. It’s a normal morning, nothing out of the ordinary—until she glances at Bucky and does a double-take.

She tilts her head slightly. “Did you get in a fight with a Lisa Frank notebook?”

You nearly choke on your cereal.

Bucky, who is now used to this reaction, doesn’t even blink. “No.”

Natasha takes a bite of her protein bar, studying him. “Then why does your arm look like a kindergarten art project?”

Bucky doesn’t answer, so you take it upon yourself. “Because I put them there.”

Natasha arches an eyebrow. “And he let you?”

“Obviously,” you say, popping another spoonful of cereal into your mouth.

She’s quiet for a moment, her sharp gaze flicking from you to Bucky. You half-expect her to make a snarky comment or tease him, but instead, she just hums and says, “Huh.”

And then she reaches into her pocket, pulls out a tiny cat magnet, and sticks it to his forearm before walking away like nothing happened.

Bucky stares after her, brow furrowed. He lifts his arm slightly, looking at the magnet now clinging to the vibranium.

You snort. “You’re officially a walking fridge.”

He groans.

It only gets worse from there.

A few days later, Steve notices.

You’re in the gym, watching Bucky and Steve spar while pretending to be invested in a book. In reality, you’re mostly waiting for them to finish so you can rope Bucky into watching a movie with you.

Steve circles Bucky, eyes narrowed in concentration. He throws a punch, which Bucky easily dodges. There’s a beat of silence before Steve suddenly drops his stance, frowning.

“…Are those stickers?”

Bucky sighs. “Jesus Christ.”

Steve squints, stepping back to get a better look. “They are.” His frown deepens. “And…are those magnets?”

You bite back a laugh.

Bucky glares at you like this is somehow your fault (which, to be fair, it is).

Steve crosses his arms. “You’ve been walking around like this?”

“Yes.”

“And you just…let them do it?”

“Yes.”

Steve blinks, clearly struggling to process this information. You can practically see the gears turning in his head, trying to reconcile the image of his best friend, ex-Winter Soldier, walking around covered in colorful stickers and fridge magnets.

Eventually, he just sighs. “You’re impossible.”

Bucky smirks. “Took you this long to figure that out?”

Steve shakes his head, clearly exasperated, but doesn’t push the subject further.

You take that as a win.

Tony’s reaction is arguably the best.

You’re in the lab with Bucky, keeping him company while Tony messes around with something that looks vaguely explosive. He’s in the middle of rambling about some new upgrade for Bucky’s arm when he abruptly stops mid-sentence.

His eyes narrow. “Hold on.”

Bucky tenses. “What?”

Tony steps closer, squinting at his arm. He lifts a finger and flicks one of the magnets, watching as it wobbles slightly before settling back into place.

“…Are you kidding me?”

Bucky groans. “Not you too.”

Tony bursts out laughing. “Oh, this is rich. You—you’ve been walking around like this? Just letting them stick things to you?”

“Yes,” Bucky says flatly.

Tony looks at you, still grinning. “You did this?”

You nod proudly. “Yep.”

He lets out an impressed whistle. “Wow. I gotta say, Barnes, I didn’t think you had it in you.”

Bucky rolls his eyes. “Are you done?”

Tony pretends to consider. “Nope.”

Bucky mutters something under his breath and turns to leave, but before he can make his escape, Tony suddenly grabs a Stark Industries magnet from his workbench and slaps it onto Bucky’s bicep with a satisfied smirk.

Bucky glares at him. “I hate you.”

Tony winks. “No, you don’t.”

You snicker as Bucky stomps out of the lab, now sporting a Stark-branded magnet.

Despite the teasing, Bucky never takes them off right away.

Sometimes, you’ll catch him absentmindedly running his fingers over a sticker while he’s reading or training. Other times, you’ll see him glance down at his arm, something soft and unreadable in his expression before he quickly schools his face back into neutrality.

You don’t push. You don’t have to.

He lets you do this because he knows it makes you happy. Because he knows it makes you feel safe.

And, maybe—just maybe—because he doesn’t mind it as much as he pretends to.

The stickers—and now magnets—become a daily ritual.

At this point, everyone in the compound has noticed. Clint, predictably, laughs himself half to death when he first sees Bucky with a sparkly unicorn sticker on his wrist. Thor, on the other hand, is completely unbothered. He takes one look, nods approvingly, and later gifts you a set of Asgardian insignia stickers that you immediately slap onto Bucky’s arm. Even Bruce, who usually keeps to himself, quietly asks if he can contribute and hands you a little atom-shaped magnet one afternoon.

Bucky grumbles about it, of course. He sighs dramatically when you press another sticker onto his arm, acts like it’s the greatest inconvenience in the world, but he never actually stops you. He never pulls away. He never tells you no.

And he never takes them off until he’s alone.

You start paying attention, watching him when he thinks no one else is looking. He’ll be in the middle of a conversation, his fingers absentmindedly brushing over the stickers on his forearm, tracing the edges. You notice that he doesn’t cover his arm as much anymore—not as often as he used to. Before, he wore long sleeves even in the middle of summer, like he couldn’t stand the sight of it. Now, he just lets it be.

That realization sits in the back of your mind for a long time.

Then, one day, you ask.

It’s late.

Most of the compound has already turned in for the night. The common room is quiet, dimly lit by the glow of the television, where some old black-and-white movie plays with the volume low. You’re curled up on the couch next to Bucky, a fresh pack of stickers in your lap.

You press a new one onto his arm—a tiny golden retriever wearing sunglasses—before hesitating.

“Hey, Buck?”

He glances down at you. “Yeah?”

You fidget slightly, turning the next sticker over in your hands. “…Why do you let me do this?”

Bucky blinks, like he wasn’t expecting that question. “Huh?”

You gesture vaguely to his arm, now covered in an assortment of colorful stickers and small magnets. “This. Why do you let me put them on you? You could’ve told me to stop. But you didn’t.”

For a moment, he’s quiet. His expression shifts—just a little—but you catch it. A flicker of something uncertain, something careful, like he’s picking his words before speaking.

Then, finally, he exhales.

“…Because it helps.”

You tilt your head. “Helps with what?”

Bucky glances down at his arm, his fingers skimming over the stickers.

“You know what this arm used to be,” he says, his voice quieter than before. “What it used to do.”

You don’t say anything. You don’t need to.

He swallows, his jaw tight. “For a long time, it felt like it didn’t belong to me. Like it was just…a weapon. A part of me that wasn’t really mine.” His fingers brush over the little cartoon raccoon you stuck near his wrist. “But then you started doing this. And…I don’t know. It’s stupid.”

“It’s not,” you say immediately.

He lets out a short, humorless laugh. “Maybe not. But it’s…different, now. When I look at it.” He pauses, then shakes his head. “When I see the stickers, I don’t think about the things I’ve done. I think about you. About Sam rolling his eyes, Nat sneaking magnets onto me, Steve acting like he doesn’t get it even though he does.” His voice softens. “I think about now. Not then.”

You don’t know when your eyes started burning, but suddenly, it’s hard to see. You swallow thickly, trying to blink away the sting.

“Oh,” you say, and it comes out smaller than you meant it to.

Bucky glances at you, eyes sharp. “Hey. Don’t cry on me, kid.”

“I’m not,” you lie, furiously rubbing at your eyes. “It’s just—you just said something really nice, and my dumb emotions weren’t prepared for it.”

Bucky huffs a quiet laugh. “You’re ridiculous.”

“Says the guy covered in stickers,” you sniff, but you’re smiling now, even if your throat is still tight.

Bucky shakes his head, rolling his eyes, but there’s something softer in his expression when he looks at you.

“…Thanks, kid.”

You look up at him. “For what?”

He gestures vaguely at his arm. “This. The stickers. Everything.”

You don’t know what to say to that, so you just grab another sticker and carefully press it onto the back of his hand.

Bucky glances down at it. It’s a tiny heart.

He smiles.

I'm so sorry if this it's too short I didnt know what else to add :(

[dauhtrofsevnthshe]

hiiii !!! so i dont know if it was u who wrote an arthur x reader fic where reader wears their fathers glasses to read? im pretty sure it wasnt, but i thought of it as a good idea. so, what im asking is, would u be comfortable writing something with reader wearing glasses but instead of not seeing things near they don't see things far away. so they're going through life blurry and arthur notices because they keep bumping into things bc they have no sense of depth without their glasses. offers to make them an appointment for eye doctor and helps them choose the glasses and everything ? thought it would be cute (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

“sweetheart, 'm right here— no, 'm here—... y'alrigh'?”

“... i think so.”

that was probably the fourth time u have walked into something? no one else wasn't really sure why, but only because u didn't tell anyone. it was like a secret of urs that u have kept for a long while.

arthur was really the only man who knew u struggled with ur eyesight for as long as u can remember. shooting was a huge problem that u avoid as much as u could despite living in an outlaw gang, arthur would do best his best to help u, but it never went well. u couldn't even hit a bottle!

shooting was definitely not in ur skills. no matter the number of times that arthur willing helps u shoot a gun or help u aim better, nothing worked. u always still managed to shoot a tree or shoot at.. basically nothing, u always missed the three empty bottles he placed for u to gun at.

“mr morgan, i can't— i can't see that bottle, 's too far.”

“want me to bring it closer?”

of course he did. undeniably, he's always had a soft spot for you, but it's not like he'd admit anyone else in camp or you, especially. he treated u like a fragile girl, which u weren't too far from. having bad eyesight did make u feel more vulnerable and fragile, and arthur knew this. makes him just a little protective with you as he's often seen with his fingers intertwined with urs or his arm rests around ur waist. it gave yoy sense of safety and.. comfort.

sometimes the silly man might forget just how blind you really are:( he'd never mean to! he'd just be so so focused on something and he'd bring you with him and it just slips his mind simply!

“arthur, wait—!” you'd say as u try to catch up to his pace, ur hands slightly out just in case u fall. “oh, 'm sorry, sweetheart. 'm right 'ere.”

but now, he decided to help you, proper this time. the two of u are on his horse whike trotting away, your hands around his torso tightly incase you fall or anything like such. you had no idea where he was taking you though, his words being “'s a secret, but nothin' too big, y'know?” nonetheless, you were just glad that he out if camp, noticing how stressed he would be until his blue-green eyes would set on you:(

“... saint denis? what do you have planned, arthur?” you say with a small giggle, looking at him while he's looking straight onto the road in front of him. “jus' a nice day out. you 'n' me.” he replied. huh. a nice day out. just a day out. but days were him were never often that simple, usually ended with someone recognising from blackwater or another robbery, or you talking him out of beating a man for making you uncomfortable. you thanked him regardless, making sure you're safe and well.

then he hitches off his hourse, you follow suit...the doctor's office? what was he doing here? i mean, he's fine, right? you're fine too except your eyesight, of course. wait, was he—

“c'mon, darlin'. yer fine, i promise ya.” he says as he sticks his arm to you, waiting for you to hold his arm before walking into the building. he knew you were slightly anxious about it, but he was willing to help you in any way he could.

a man like him... blood on his hands, lives taken because of him, rough and callous from hard work, a man like him with all bite and bark like a violent dog. that man bring a sweet girl like you to the doctor's office to get you sorted out with a new pair of glasses. ♡

[redr0sewrites]

Can you write Vox x reader where like the reader just says like really unhinged things and just like vile things whenever they rage and stuff like the internet could be slow or smth and the reader is just like “IM GOING TO RIP OFF MY SKIN” idk man I’m kinda just self projecting rn like you can right anything with it tbh idk sorry for rambling anyway you don’t have to do this if you don’t wanna

THIS IS SO MEEEEE I LOVE THIS IDEA SM!!! sorry it took me a hot minute to reply to this i have over 70 hazbin hotel requests in my inbox 😭

🥀Cw: fluff, crack, silly vox

when he first met you, vox was charmed by your seemingly sweet nature- that is, until you were pissed

your unholy screech of how you were going to rip off your skin if he cut the wifi again was both endearing and confusing in his eyes

vox would just short circuit for a second, just blinking at you while he tries to process what you just said

once it clicks, he just starts giggling. vox very rarely genuinely laughs, most of his laughs are professional or part of the persona he adopts as the leader of vox enterprises, but when he's so shocked by what you just said, he can't control the booming laughter thay fills the room

he's wheezing and gasping, each barking laugh only pissing you off more

"what's so funny? if you keep laughing i am going to fucking break ur fingers like carrot sticks!" you snap, and vox only giggles harder

after a few seconds, you can't help but notice how adorable his laughter is, and soon you don't mind it as much

once you two are officially together, you notice how stressed vox often is, yet how he seems to visibly relax around you

the batshit crazy things you say, which normally disgusts other people, only seem to amuse him

its actually a wonderful dynamic because you bring some spontaneity and slight insanity into vox's otherwise irritating and depressing lifestyle, and vox balances out the crazy things you say and calms you down every time

you often find yourself searching for new phrases to baffle him with, and for new ways to make him laugh

after vox has a stressful day, he enjoys just listening to you ramble about the most insane things and adores hearing whatever fucked up saying you've adopted recently

vox notices himself beginning to copy your speech patterns. he only begins to realize when he slips in an exceptionally odd metaphor into a work meeting and everyone stares at him, yet his heart skips a beat at the thought

there's something so charming to him about the fact that he's adopting your mannerisms, and you truly make him laugh when no one else can

whenever another one of the vees pisses him off, he always comes to you for advice on incredibly deranged comebacks, and you never disappoint!

he's won multiple arguments by just repeating one of your fucked up sayings and the other vees being too lowkey shocked to disagree

vox LOVES IT when you diss people he hates, hearing you ramble some fucked up insults about alastor made him fall in love with you all over again

"that worm on a string fucked up karen cut bob looking ass- if i see him around here again im going to eat a fucking brick" *cue vox looking at you with the biggest heart eyes*

overall, you are both menaces, but you're menaces in love ♥️

vox lay with his head in your lap, the blue light of his screen illuminating the dim room as you rambled mindlessly about your day.

"and THEN, this fucking asshole tried to flirt with me! ME!! as if he doesn't know were dating! ugh, it makes me feel like i have an entire beehive living beneath my skin. i swear if he even looks at me again im going to lick wet cement i can NOT deal. how can you even work with him? he's such a fucking CREEP voxy, i'm going to cut off those ugly ass wings and shove them so far down his throat- hey, are you even listening?"

you look down to see vox half asleep, his eyelids drooping as his light dimmed. "keep talking.." he murmurs, looking up at you with a lazy smile on his face. "you're my favorite person t' listen to.."

i love the idea of vox with a partner who challenges his very idea of power. he clearly wraps himself in a sort of persona, surrounding himself with powerful people and acting like he's so serious and important. i love the idea of him falling in love with someone who can break down his walls in seconds, someone who can dismantle his entire bravado act and who allows him to truly be himself. this is such a wonderful prompt and i am eating this up. nonnie ur awesome!!!!

[robinvomit]

https://www.tumblr.com/robinvomit/782457885297967104/damian-would-be-the-first-of-his-brothers-to-start?source=share

Okay soo, i read this thing again

And now i can't stop thinking of single father Jason raising his little girl the best he can.

How do you think it would happen? Does he adopt her? He's the biological father but he had no idea until she was dropped at his door? Did he find her by accident?

And GOD, how would he handle it?

(I just know he would be a cool as dad. And he deserves it?

-Selene 🌚 ('m feeling soft today)

Alright, here we go — gonna give all the options.

Option One: Bio Daughter.

most likely pre redemption, still all crime-y and whatnot. didn't know she existed, most likely mom decided he either wouldn't stick around or she didn't want her daughter around those things.

jason's timeline is left pretty ambiguous and it wouldn't be so crazy - the man has to get laid at some point. ( actually, he doesn't considering im pretty sure that was his last concern. )

so, years later, due to whatever reason you wanna use, he ends up with this child and absolutely no fucking clue what he's supposed to do and depending on age and timeline, a pretty heavy lack of support and a heavily dangerous lifestyle.

he'd handle it like shit for a while. would probably be having very reluctant help from goons because we all know some of them were fathers and it all comes with a warning of you say one word and istg— he'd slowly get the hang of it.

Option Two: Found.

i am positive that everyone who knows his character is aware of his deep rooted hatred for child trafficking and pretty much anything that involves kids(and women). it's been made clear he doesn't trust foster or care systems. and, yaknow, has a pretty distrust towards the law and organizations, in general.

his canon has shown, more than once, his willingness to keep and protect children during/after missions. so, this would most likely be a situation of finding her — no information, no next of kin, a complete blank slate and deciding he's not about to just drop her in the arms of the state.

she would be pretty similar given the situation; fearful, distrusting, etc. which would only make him that much more fond of her. it's kind of like.. seeing the world gave up on her, so now it's his job to prove the whole world isn't like that.

he would handle this pretty kindly. he'd probably slow down a bit, figure out what he really needed to do to get her life going in a better path. probably a lot of illegal documents involved but what's new.

Option Three: Accidental.

jason empathizes heavily with street kids, not a big surprise, but it's also not like he has the ability to take care of the whole city. ( idk why he didnt beat Bruce's ass for making that part better. )

this one would be most likely a built over time situation. that one kid that kinda lingers when he comes around — the one usually to the back, making sure anyone else was good first. he would find it too familiar and considering he couldn't save his childhood self — he can at least try to save someone else.

he doesn't adopt her, not officially. but that doesn't stop her from calling him dad at some point and hanging off of his arm.

he'd handle this one the best. because it's slower, a little easier — probably in a time he's better equipped to actually give her the time and attention needed.

[rocksibblingsau]

ok so the villain hog au was rattling in my brain a lil bit so im just gonna suggest my own ideas and see what sticks.

branch after being in so many loops things the strings are to blame and tries to destroy them, hence destroying the loops. only for plot twist! he gets split up into 6 grey versions of himself.

i think having relives so many loops so many times he knows exactly where the strings are due to being shown their locations. i think it'd hurt him to steal from people he'd once considered family (and in a way still does) but he can't keep living in an endless cycle of love and loss.

my question is how would you pick the story from after the 6 branches are separated. like do they have memories of only their time in that genre or do they remember their pasts lives aswell as they did during that time (the last genre remembers the lives of all the others while the first remembers none). and for pop branch which pop branch would it be? cannon like in movie branch of the villain branch or that's the generic pop troll?

Okay so I'm thinking of this AU an here's the sequence of events.

Branch lived his 5 lifetimes with Techno, Classical, Country, Funk and Rock, resetting each time the day of the Rockpocalypse arrived.

His Pop life went a bit like canon except before the Rockpocalypse could happen, Branch got the idea that it must have something to do with the strings. Branch believed that if he could take the strings before Barb showed up, maybe he could fix time.

The first string he obtained was Techno, as he wanted to go in order as closely as he could, thinking that might have some affect. He wasn't sure if he should start with Rock or end with it, but decided to end with it because Barb would be a pain to run from.

Going back to Techno Reef after so long hurt, and it hurt for Trollex to look at him like a stranger. He faltered, which led to Trollex managing to corner him. Not wanting to get caught and for the plan to fail, he snatched Beat Drop out of the air and threatened him if Trollex didn't let him go. He was 100% bluffing and on the verge of tears, but it worked.

It goes like the every time, ending with Branch coming back and searching for the Pop String. He finds it with a bit of help from Peppy (not that Peppy meant to help him) and he goes back to his bunker. He doesn't know what to do with the strings, or if they're even the answer. He spirals and is shouting with the strings in his hand. He slams his fist down and the strings flash and then he's split into six.

At the same time, the leaders arrive in Pop Village and they meet with Poppy and realize this isn't a Pop plot, that Branch has gone rogue. Peppy is forced to take them to the Pop String and when it's missing that's when the leaders realize Branch has unknown plans.

They go to the bunker and find it open. They all go down only to find six Branches arguing with each other.

Each Branch has knowledge of the recent events, but other than that they mostly have their own memories. So Funk can't really remember his time in Techno but he does know he spent a lifetime in Techno.

The arguing goes something like.

Techno: it was your idea to threaten Beat Drop! How could you hurt our buddy like that! Pop: Me? You're the one who supplied the knowledge that Trollex would react that way! You must have been on board with the plan! Classical: I have to agree with my fellow lyricless compatriot here, your handling of father was most heartless. Pop: Why am I the one getting blamed for all this? None of you did anything to stop me! Funk: We tried, baby, you just didn't listen to us.

The leaders are all very confused by the fighting, so Poppy steps in to try to get them to stop. The Branches start to explain the issue but Delta Dawn is like "Save it. We're just here for our strings."

Pop Branch is like "Hang on, I had them... here somewhere..." And looks around. The other Branches look around and can't find them anywhere, which kicks off another fight.

Rock: Oh great going, Branch. Now all our music is gone! Country: Oh kinda like when someone's sister came and took our strings you mean? Rock: You got something to say about Barb, cowboy pants? Country: As a matter o' fact, I do! Techno: I wasn't gonna say anything but uh... she does suck. Rock: Okay you know what-

Trollex and Delta Dawn pull Rock and Country off each other and Delta says "Does anybody here wanna explain what in Sam Hell is going on here?"

Pop explains he was trying to fix the resets by getting the strings. Quincy asks what resets and Funk explains that they've experienced five resets that have led to them leading six different lives, which is where the Branches reveal that they were raised by the others. Pop Branch is very quiet during this bit, since he's been alone.

Quincy and Essence mention that they remember being told about an anomaly 20 years ago, which must have been the point where things reset to, and they'll look into it. They ask if there's a specific day things reset and everyone goes "The Rockpocalypse" and explains what Barb did. Barb is being stared at Hard and she goes "Hey don't look at me like that, I'm not the one who stole all the strings... this time."

Pop Branch explains that he thought the strings might be the cause of it all, so he decided to gather them and try to figure things out, but it led to a mess. Essence asks why he didn't just come ask them for help and Pop Branch has a little breakdown where it becomes clear that all his issues weren't resolved in this timeline. Essentially he thinks his family wouldn't want him this time around and that they'd be disgusted by him and so he would rather have just taken the strings and been hated for that.

The Funk Trolls look into the timeline issue and everyone is kinda just left stuck with the Branches, where they find out a bit about them and learn more about Pop Branches issues. Pop Branch tends to get blamed for everything that went wrong and he serves as the example of what the Branches used to be like.

[sturn5iolo]

𝟏 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍

folklore m.list

⤷ find next part here!

IN WHICH : chris cheats on his girlfriend during the summer with a girl named augustine..

⟡ ݁₊ . BETTYS POV ⟡ ݁₊ .

present time

i’ve always felt lonely, yeah i had friends but did they think of me like that? not really. except for chris. he is was the only one who made me feel seen, showed me off to everyone around him and made it seem like i was the most valuable thing in the world. he made sure that i knew i was important, until last summer.

flashback one

betty and chris lay on his bed, betty’s head is on his chest listening to his heart beat and slow breathing. his hold hands snaked on her back, as he ran his hand up and down showing a slightness of affection. her vanilla shampoo and conditioner filled his nostrils, and made him feel warm or safe like. “chris im so happy i have you.” she blurted out randomly, catching him off guard.

he chuckled out of her randomness, “im glad i have you baby.” he said squeezing her side very lightly making her smile. “no like, you make me feel something ive never had before,” she pauses and looks up at him through her mascara eyelashes, “my entire life i’ve been second best. but now i’ve met you, i finally feel important.” finishing while looking back down away from him scared for how he’s going to react to her honesty.

“you’re always going to be number one to me, nothing will ever change that.” he said so softly.

flashback two

chris and betty sat together on her front porch, the moonlight shining down on the two lovers. his arm was around her shoulder as her head nuzzled in his neck. betty let out a deep sigh, “what’s wrong b?” chris asked her while rubbing her shoulder as a way to comfort the girl.

she bit the inside of her cheeks before speaking, “im just upset you won’t be here all summer and you come back during september… that’s too long.” she whispered the last part. chris took a deep breath realizing that she was right. he leaves tomorrow morning and won’t get to see betty for 3 months. “i know… it really is long. but i’ll call you everyday and buy you lots of gifts to make up for it.”

betty giggled knowing that nothing can really go bad, can it? the ‘what if’s’ circled in her head, “you promise not to grow distant from me?” betty questions while holding out her pinky. chris sarcastically rolled his eyes at her while taking his free finger and connecting it with hers, “id never.” while going in to kiss her forehead.

flashback three

it’s been about a month and a half since chris left. for the first weeks of him being away he did stick to his promise, he called her after every long day and texted her while he was out sending her pictures of where he was and what he was doing. but then as of lately he hasn’t been doing it.

yes he would text betty but the calls completely stopped. betty didn’t want to overthink it because she trusted chris, she knew he wouldn’t do anything to hurt her…

but as weeks went by and it hit the 2 month mark of chris being away, the texts were delayed or even dead silent. nothing. betty tried leaving him messages to see how he was doing but all that shined on her phone reflecting back to her was “READ”

betty didn’t have anybody to talk to this with? she didn’t have any best friends, she didn’t have siblings and most of all she wasn’t close with her parents. now with chris ghosting her, betty was completely alone. all she had was her mind and hurtful thoughts. she would think to herself, “chris would never”, “he promised not to do anything to hurt me?” and so on. her thoughts of chris engraved inside of her, the ideas of him randomly ghosting her made her feel physical pain to her chest, but she was unsure on what that feeling was.

while betty was laying on her bed, the soft comforter wrapped around her body acting as if someone were to hold her so tightly. she feels the vibration of her phone buzz, her heart jumped. “is it chris?” she would think to herself, rushing to grab her phone and check the notification. she was wrong.. it was inez, a girl in her school she’s somewhat friends with.

betty’s pounding heart stopped. she felt as if her heart fell down to the bottom of the earth. she stared at the photo that illuminated her dark room, pressing on the image and making it full screen. looking at the picture felt like an eternity, the picture blurred out in her vision due to tears building in her brown eyes. her tears fall down onto the screen, her shoulders shake up and down, and her breathing is unsteady. the bright phone light turned off and left her in the dark once again, she slammed her head back into the pillow as she shoved her face in her hands.

flashback four

“i didn’t mean to!” chris defended himself to the crying girl. chris had came back from his trip and visited betty, but betty did not want to see him. “what do you mean ‘didn’t mean to’ chris!” she raised her shaky voice at him feeling the anger boil up. “you definitely did mean to do that.” she said with warm tears spilling down.

chris felt his heart break as he watched betty break right in front of him. “baby you know i only want you!” chris practically pleaded out, feeling that he couldn’t physically lose his girlfriend. “don’t call me that, i stopped being your baby when you decided to go sleep with that girl. im done chris, never speak to me again.” she said pivoting around into her house and slamming the front door right in his face.

he stood there unable to move. he knew what he did wrong, he knew the pain he’s causing. while standing on his now ex girlfriend’s porch his phone started buzzing. augustine was calling, he swiped to accept the call.

minutes later, chris ended up in the back seat of her car, making out with his summer fling right infront of betty’s home.

mellys note! sorry if this was super rushed 🥲 i hope u guys loveee and be so prepared for august cuz i have been COOKING

@meerkatzthings @sturns-mermaid

[froznwater]

im so sorry this is incredibly random but if i dont write alenoah i WILL die but i cant think of anything to write. do u have any simple ideas. ignore if not

HI!!! tysm for your ask <3 i hope you can find something to write amongst all the ideas. These are a bunch of ideas have written down in my notes/google drive/tumblr posts and have not got gotten around to. I still might at some point in time but feel free to use them. I will still do my own take if I get the time/motivation. There's simply so many, why not share and inspire some fics :)

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General ideas:

Noah knows/learns spanish. Bonus points if Alejandro isn't aware until the perfect moment.

Alejandro thinks he can get away with flirting with Noah in spanish. Noah starts shit talking in spanish. Noah learns so he can hear all the little comments Alejandro keeps making under his breath. etc. so many possibilities.

Now that the show is over and Noah's off to college, he realizes he’s missing something in his life. Maybe it’s his friends, maybe it’s a lack of ever-looming danger, OR maybe it’s Alejandro. Who fucking knows. He’s too busy trying not to be in love with Alejandro to figure it out. 

Their group project is failing, horribly. There’s one thing Noah knows for certain: Alejandro's to blame. At what point does slippery eel turn into a term of endearment?

They have never ever fallen asleep next to each other. Let alone in each other's arms. Never.

Time loop where Alejandro is stuck on the episode where Noah gets voted out and sticks himself to falling in love because he can’t let go of his pride long enough to simply let Noah stay in the game and move on.

Noah loses his contacts and starts wearing his glasses more often. Alejandro notices. Everyone notices Alejandro notices.

Alejandro and Noah team up to get their friends together (insert whatever ship you like) and end up together in the process/the other two were trying to do the same thing for them.

A commentary timeline on how Alejandro's charisma turn into exploitation, how Noah's patience turned into indifference, and how they parallel each other. (I've written a few hundred words for this one lol.)

Each thinks the other doesn't like them. Cut to third party POV that watches and witnesses them completely a mess for each other.

Noah, once voted out in I See London, learns about Alejandro's family. Who have been very vocal since the show started airing.

Exploration of how Alejandro tries really really hard. Yes, He's at the top of the class, but so is Noah. Noah who sleeps through classes and doesn't turn in homework and shows up late or simply not at all and is still right up there with him.

“I would kill to be like you. To just absorb all the information fed to me. If I were you I might actually- “(beat my brother) “Might actually what?” “I told you. I don’t want to talk about it, Noah.” - "Do you know how long I studied for that test? Hours. And you- You got a 96 with no effort at all." It was a 98. But this seems like a bad time to correct him.

Dialogue one-liners prompts i've written down:

"If we make it out of this alive, I'm going to kiss you."

“Why do I feel like I cant say no to you?”

"I know you don't actually care about me, but thank you for trying to pretend that you do." (Said by Noah is joking. Said by Alejandro is bitter.)

"You can't win against someone who has nothing to lose."(Alejandro OR Noah angst.)

Soulmate aus:

My big two: Telepathy/Mentally linked.(imagine this one as a wt rewrite omg) And Whatever you draw on yourself shows up on your soulmate. Matching tattoos.

First words on each other. (I've done this one already here. but feel free to do it as well!!)

Communicating through dreams. (If you know cardcaptor sakura; like that.)

General AUs:

Until dawn AU.

Gakuen Alice AU.

My Babysitters A Vampire AU. Zombie Apoc AU.

Harry Potter AU. Reality Dating Show AU.

Infinity Train AU!!!!!!

Veronica Mars AU!!!! (i wanna do this one ALOT noah is sooo veronica LMAO) OBLIGATORY IDEAS:

seven minutes in heaven.

wrong number.

trapped in a closet.

movie night. noah is sitting under alejandro and lol they are physically, platonically touching for awhile. (leads to finally getting together).

one gets injured, the other fixes them up in the nurses office :P.

short "prompt-ishs" i've started writing:

“What the hell is your problem, Alejandro?” And this time, the tone was so disgusted, so bitter, that something snapped, deep in Alejandro’s chest.

Fuck it.

“What’s my problem?” He asked, incredulous. “What’s my problem? You’ve got to be kidding me, Courtney. I almost died. I almost died, paralyzed and alone, and the only friend I thought I had didn’t give a single shit! The only person who cared was Noah, of all people. I quite literally come back to life and the only thing you can do is whine about your girlfriend problems.”

Courtney takes a step back.

“I was stuck in a robot for months, my legs barely work, my family moved on- actually, I don’t know if they ever actually even noticed,” He laughs, broken, “- and you have the audacity to ask me what my problem is?!”

Alejandro is over playing nice. He’s had enough.

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this one is a rivals team up to get out courtney blurb

little idea about Alejandro getting into zodiacs.

moments where alejandro questions why Noah is so attractive

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SEND MORE ASKS IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE IDEAS!!! / IF THEY HAVE ANY IDEAS OR CONCEPTS TO ADD OR EXPAND ON :)))

[thewebcomicsreview]

Hamsteak? Again? God, everything happens so much, but at least we're done with Vriska. And I can copy and paste text again. Wowsers. Anyway we're out of hell and now we're with The Moms, in a suspiciously green-and-orange environment.

ROSE: This is an impressive shield. ROSE: I don't think I've ever seen you make one this size before. JADE: ive been practicing! JADE: if i stay focused i should be able to keep it up for quite a while.

Oh hey, starting us right off with Deepest Lore, as Jade can apparently make shields. We've never really seen her "natural" Witch of Space powers in the original comic, since she was using First Guardian powers the whole time (or no powers and just gadgets like the soothspecs, back before everyone became X-Men). I've been wondering what she could do au natural, and...apparently it's shields? Would not have called that, but sure.

JADE: between yiffys capture and rescue and finding dave... JADE: like that... JADE: i just feel like my life flashed before my eyes and it made me a little crazy! JADE: after being unconscious for a bit things feel way clearer now

It's still weird to me that Dave's "death" was so recent to the characters. That was in the epilogues! We made a sequel series since then! It got cancelled! Then it got revived! It was a long time!

JADE: after being unconscious for a bit things feel way clearer now ROSE: Nothing beats a rump to the skull for mental clarity. JADE: the mistakes we made are so obvious to me now JADE: embarrassingly obvious!

Being unconscious is Jade's natural state, so naturally it heals her. Also I detect a justification for a small change in Candy Jade's characterization here, like she'll be acting differently that she has been and this is the excuse. Lets stick a pin in that thought, though.

JADE: this whole situation is my fault and even though it just keeps getting more frustrating and shitty im going to do right by you JADE: were going to figure this out ROSE: Are you sure it's prudent to keep this amateur marriage counselor performance up? JADE: rose... JADE: youre taking this seriously JADE: right? ROSE: I don't know what you mean by that.

I really do like this characterization of Candy Rose, though (which is apparently also a slight retcon from the original plans, according to the writer commentaries). None of this is real, so she doesn't give a shit about any of it. Her mid-life crisis is worse than John's.

JADE: though playing stupid and cajoling her into slapping me around for catharsis wont work anymore JADE: well have to think of something else... ROSE: Jade, I've been compliant with these clumsy machinations partially because they weren't all that consequential at the time, but you need to cut your losses.

Oh we are hard retconning Candy Jade's personality here. She's not an emotional wreck at all, at least part of it is her clumsy attempt at being Machiavellian. Are they building up to changing Yiffy's backstory, far and away the least popular idea in HS2?

JADE: "ohhhh bluh bluh blah i can see the fruitlessness of all our clumsy insignificant thrashing in fates cosmic current" JADE: dont forget im more than a little versed in future sight myself ok JADE: i dont care how credible it seems, you cant depend on that information!

Opens Homestuck_2_Speculation.rtf.doc.xpf.bro

What information is this, Jade? Is it related to the visions Calliope had that let her build the machine? The only future sight Jade's ever had is the clouds of Skaia

JADE: "abloo hoo hoo, my life is a monkey paw, everything i want hurts me in the end" ROSE: It was a little pathetic. JADE: I KNOW!

Oh man, that's going back deep.

This aspect of Jade, that deep down she's a bit of a wreck but she toughs it out because she hates her own weakness, hasn't really been focused on since Act 4 of the original comic when it got personified in Jadesprite. It's nice to see that aspect referenced again here. I liked Jade's speech justifying Yiffy's existence, it did a lot to make that plot point go down smoother, but I totally buy that Jade herself hated it. Kind of funny that we had six updates of Vriscourse and now I have way more to say about this one expository speech out of Best Girl, but Jade's actually a pretty complex character and her issues are so often glossed over as "Wow she had to live in isolation for three years after her brother and boyfriend randomly exploded and that's kind of sad I guess", so it's nice to spend some time inside her head like this.

JADE: the truth is whatever people WANT to believe JADE: you can either try forcing them to understand your side JADE: leave it completely in their hands and take no responsibility JADE: or you work with their wants and perspectives JADE: and make some informed compromises ROSE: Over the state of reality? JADE: rose i am begging you can you please cut it out with all the cryptic cosmic crap and come back down to earth???

One of my pet peeves of the epilogues is that Dave Strider turns into a Bernie Sanders supporter and keeps talking about "neoliberalism" despite living in a wacky future utopia planet and having never lived through the 2016 Democratic Primary that all his talking points were cribbed from, but we have an explanation for that now. It's his wife. Jade was the neoliberal all along.

JADE: thats whats scaring me! JADE: youre not prepared for how bad it can get JADE: you have no idea at all!!!!!!!!!!! ROSE: If you say so.

That was a joke but this is sounding a little suspiciously like voting discourse, but that might just be me being election-brained. God I'm so stressed, please vote for Harris if for no other reason to make Trump-analogue Jane Crocker feel dated and weird.

Jade has no idea what she’s talking about. There’s not a thing to worry about here. You came out the womb playing defense

You didn't come out of a womb at all. You've never even been in one. Also holy shit this page is called Rose: Ramble and it's early-HS2 levels of Wall of Text, though I think you're actually intended to glaze over it a little.

It doesn’t really matter, in the long run. Important or not, Vriska’s going to fail. Jane’s going to fail, too; really, just about everyone is going to fail to do something that really matters. In an unsuccessful effort to stave off that failure, and perhaps to atone for it on some level, Calliope will sacrifice herself, fruitlessly. You’re not exempt from the firing squad, either. In the imminent battle, you are going to be shot in the head, the bullet burying deep into your moral grey matter and jamming up the works of your conditional immortality, leaving you confined to a hospital bed. You had to pull all kinds of ridiculous, eyebrow-raising Chaos Theory shit to figure that one out. The rat-tail was worth it, your daughter’s anguish aside.

It's generally considered bad writing to have a prophecy not come true, but I think this is bullshit and Rose's Seer of Light powers don't work in a land of pure void.

KANAYA: Those Two Will Not Be Joining Us On The Battlefield Either KARKAT: OH? KANAYA: I Know Such Decisions Are Well Above My Pay Grade And That The Critical Need To Win This Battle Far Outweighs My Marital Discomfort KANAYA: And Being Down Two Gods Isnt Exactly Ideal KANAYA: But... KANAYA: I Cant KANAYA: Sorry KARKAT: DON'T BE.

KARKAT: FUCK ‘EM.

Man, Punished Karkat is cool.

Man, I love how stupid Jane's death ray looks. It's a cake!

Your father never did voice any kind of opinion on your parenting style. In hindsight, he was probably avoiding the subject altogether.

It's hard to talk with your dad when he's not allowed to have any dialogue due to stylistic convention. I have that issue with my uncle.

JAKE: Oh. JANE: chhhhhhhhlmm nnnn. JAKE: OH CRIPES! JAKE: I'M SORRY JANEY!!! JANE: kkkkkkkkaaaaaa?? JAKE: JUST- S-STAY STILL OK?

lmao. This is the absolutely best way this assassination attempt could've gone.

This art is excellent.

Man, this was a great update, Jesus. So much shit is going on, and while HS2 and HS:BC have had good moments this is the first time in a long while I've really had that classic Homestuck feeling that made me fall in love with the comic in the first place.

[thecedarchronicle]

not to be posting again about the story quest but im posting about it again

i think (besides the abrupt ending, which didn't really faze me. if there's anything that HASN'T changed about star stable it's the story quests ending abruptly. it's only missing brutus' little pop up that goes "the story will be continued" or whatever it said exactly) the main thing that irks me about this is like

what is Anyone doing?

like yeah, it's an issue with most of the story right now because the writers seemingly have no idea what most of their characters want. but and even on a small scale? action to action, story beat by story beat?

like, if you stop and put it together, here's what happened:

the soul riders destroy the oil rig, and the dark riders summon erissa

erissa immediately runs off after being freed and insulted (presumably): understandable. it seems her whole thing is chaos and impulsivity, so that's completely believable. and that's where the believability like. comes to a screeching halt

katja's comment about it being "five minutes" seems to imply today's quest takes place directly after the last one. this doesn't make any sense at all since alex mentions at the start the other three soul riders are off doing "real life stuff". so did we all look out over the ocean as friends and then the other three immediately dip? or is katja exaggerating? has erissa been causing random issues for much longer? (random side quests or even secret quests over the last few months where we have to deal with erissa's chaos without our character knowing it's the fourth rider in-universe would have been an awesome way to hype up her debut, btw, but i digress) the issue here is that we as players have no idea where this takes place on the timeline. for us it's been months, for any players going through the story after this it's been minutes. and the game itself doesn't know which version is correct.

the keepers of aideen and fripp both agree it's important to dip IMMEDIATELY, without even holding a meeting, without leaving any way for the soul riders to contact them? sure, you want to capitalize on the oil rig going down, but you didn't have even a second to check in? according to alex, the soul riders didn't even know the keepers of aideen were aware that the rig had gone down. listen, i was actually really on board for this part. taking away the "safety net" of the keepers is a great idea to raise the stakes, and narratively to open up the story for the soul riders without the influence of the keepers. but you're telling me they've just decided to dip on a whim? the story has spent it's entire run beating into the player how cautious the keepers are. at every turn they try to hold the player back for plot convenience out of the fear that the player isn't "ready". this is so wildly out of character for them to throw the soul riders on their own with nothing but a "good luck" and "stick together and believe in yourself!" that for the first half of the story I assumed it was some kind of trick. I love this, I love taking away the heroes' safety net right when things get really bad. but this felt kind of like a last minute decision. as most things do in the story right now (because i would bet they are)

like are you really telling me Avalon is going to up and leave Valedale/central (southern?) Jorvik on a whim without leaving behind a ten page list of things for the soul riders to look out for?? a seven hour briefing? Avalon is like a mom leaving her 12 year old at the house by themselves for a night for the first time

then: WHY oh WHY did Erissa think to target Maya

Again, i love it (as long as we aren't burying our gays okay star stable im watching your ass) I love putting real consequences into these encounters.

Does she know about Maya and Alex? How did she just somehow know that Maya knew Alex and MC?? Supposedly she's been freed for all of five minutes; or has she been watching the group this whole time? again, the game itself doesn't even know.

and most of all

WHY WOULD MC GO THROUGH THAT PORTAL ??

there was NO GOOD REASON.

you're telling me that any good-aligned MC would go through the portal that almost certainly contains the other dark riders, outnumbering them, and literally who knows what or where on the other side

instead of trekking their ass back to Alex and Maya and using their star circle abilities to at least TRY and save Maya?

Hello?

Where are we, SSE

What is going on

and lastly, the second MC saw Sands and literally all four dark riders there was no reason for them to trot up to the circle like this is a show and tell session

genuinely, i did love this story quest, it ticked my brain in a way the others haven't in a while. but like. sometimes playing these quests really does feel like when I was 12 and learning how to write and i would just come up with whatever i could think of for the next scene because i had no idea what an outline was. the jorvik story bible is a wattpad story and they just keep hitting "new part" and seeing what comes out before they have to go to soccer practice

[eyesundernightfall]

some TPOT 17 thoughts hehe

!(MASSIVE SPOILERS OFC)!

okay ngl this ep was like rlly good??? In terms of recent eps I’d rank it between episode 16 and 15 (bc 16 was decent n 15 was peak I do not take criticism/j)

the opening was neat, any eliminated contestant content is greatly appreciated (also SAW MY BELOVED-)

Skipping over a bit, the challenge was rlly goofy (I’d expect nothing less from bottle lmao) although I have a slight fear that bottle will go power hungry or smth and kinda become the new pillow, in terms of her goofiness/spontaneous nature and stuff but she seemed fine this ep, and showed genuine concern for her team being ufe, so I think we’re good fn

also WE GOT PILLOW N YF OUT LESGOOO

I honestly didn’t rlly like either of them by the end. I could see the appeal in others liking them ig but pillow just felt counterproductive on purpose for her “research” and YF was just kinda there. He had a cool partnership w/ PT ig???? But that felt like it was 3/4 off camera w/ not much to it so I wasn’t particularly sad to see either of them leave

I liked the idea of splitting the teams up into representative groupings, and also can’t wait for the merge where we could get more interactions like the ones we got this episode

Also poor tv man the guy had such a valid crash out like honestly-

he got ditched and then got a spider mech suit thing like hell yea u tell them (i still rlly like both grassy n tree but TV was still so justified imo)

btw POOR TWO

THEYRE SO WORRIED ABT GATY WHO I ALSO WANT TO SEE BTW WHERE SHE ATTTTT

My best guess is either Gaty’s locked in some special area for one to maybe use as a bargaining chip in case of emergency or perhaps she’s just lost in the flower field. who knows

now for the 3 main things/scenes I wanted to talk about

1- BOOK WAS ICE COLD AND I AM HERE FOR IT

ok it was more like a lil pissed off and very exasperated BUT STILL IM GLAD SHE GOT THAT BOUNDARY SET YOU GO GIRL

On the other hand tho I do feel kind of bad for pencil, especially since I do kind of relate to her in terms of missing ppl or memories that have moved on (??) ig?? More on that later

I definitely don’t want either of them to go anytime soon and hopefully make it to the merge, but I think there’s a solid chance book might get out next ep ToT (VOTE BOOK BTW WE CAN SAVE HER PLEASE I AM STARVEDDD FOR BOOK CONTENT AND SHE MUGHT GET OUT SOON IN BFDIA TOO NUUUUUU)

Anyway, now that she’s been rejected by her last old ally in the game I think I want to see pencil either get fully ruthless n cutthroat with no room for ANYONE (and do this even more then before) or maybe finally open up to new allies? Idk I just want her and book to stay and see what goes down

2- ONE GOT HER SHIT ROCKED???? BY DONUT OF ALL PPL?????? LETS FUCKING GO??????? To b clear one is easily one of if not my fav algebralien but I rlly wanna c her get her ass beat that was awesome. She’s genuinely a great villain and her borderline psychotic episode w/ Donut showing how desperate she is for these deals was incredible to watch MAJOR props to sonderingemily (I believe that’s how u spell it pls forgive) for the voice acting that was so cool

this also solidifies her status as a villain even further, like it was kinda already pretty obvious, but now we see the lengths she will go to for her plan it is greatttt

I also love donut like 10x more now I already thought he was a great character but this just made him better like wow (plus he’ll hopefully stick around for longer bc of this in the event CY is ufe anytime soon yippe)

lastly, I wanna talk about the pen & pencil scene cuz that shit hit DEEP

I’m not gonna lie, pen’s words n whole situation hit hard for me personally especially when irl I’ve been dealing with some messy social stuff, working through things and emotionally processing some past events as well. I’m wishing for older times, definitely romanticizing them quite a bit but those times were still better than this. now I’m asking myself who I want to spend my time around as I grapple w/ the fact that the people I do still hang around from before have changed, some seemingly for the worse, but at the same time, they’re links to parts of my past I wish I still had, so what do I do with that? The experience of not being able to quite move on from a memory or piece of the past while others have, especially when they were closely tied to those memories before, is a very real and isolating experience that the jnj team honestly captured wonderfully in this scene, and I actually listened to just the audio after I’d finished the episode just to reflect on pen’s words in my own life. I get this is still technically ‘baby object kids show’ but honestly this episode actually felt deeper/more mature in many aspects, and this scene really tied it together for me in a very personal way that I was genuinely not expecting when I put the video on, and I think that’s good. It still had some really well done humour, but it hit home in a very piercing way for me today. I like the contrast of pencil’s near total shut out of the world while pen is @ least trying to be near others more, although you can still see him reminiscing about before, which is also smth I completely understand the duality of

also even though BAGGED is ufe I don’t have much worry of pen getting out (which I rlly don’t want him to) since he’s clearly got a pretty huge arc going atm and I want to see it keep going

closing thoughts on the ep, I liked the challenge, but the characters rlly brought it home today. The challenge brought a nice way of splitting the teams up to basically get a whole ep of cross team interactions to continue arcs that have been taking a while up until now which was rlly nice

I can’t wait to see what one will b up to as she clearly sinks into desperation w/ her deals, and now donut’s a loose canon, likely being able to spread info abt her freely

there was even more buildup to other events that will hopefully get payoffs soon, and I can’t wait for that, but that’s all from me :))

[vivicas-dollhouse]

Drive

A Brim (brian thomas x tim wright) fluff fic

Desc: camping is the ideal way to spend a first night together, and isnt it lovely to be with someone you love on this perfect of a night?

CW: none, just some nice fluffy brim :3

773 words, enjoy~

Driving down the winding dirt road was always calming to tim. The quiet chirping of crickets put his mind at ease, and the seemingly endless emptiness of the countryside was comforting in a way. The fact that if you disappeared and you had been alone, no one would be able to find you without some damn good looking. Thats why he always brought brian.

Tim brought the truck to a halt, the old brakes making the terrible noise it always did. Brian winced, the sound grating in his ears.

“Well, we are here!” Tim cheerfully chirped, taking the key from the ignition. “Looks like its a clear night. You wanna get the fire going and ill set up camp?”

“Cant we just rest first? Im exausted, ive been up since 3am.” Brian groaned, leaning back and rubbing his eyes. His expression lightened as he remembered the joy that had kept him awake, their first night together as an official couple. Tims warm smile was what he got to wake up to, and the idea had become all brian could think about.

“You can rest love, ill get camp ready. Ill set up the sleeping bags in the truck bed and you can lay down ok?” Tim said, cupping brians face in his hand. Brian smiled, and tim went in and kissed his lips. They stayed like that for a moment, leaning over the car console not quite making out, but not one kiss. It didnt have to have a label, they were both blissfully soaking up the moment where the moon was the only light they saw.

Tim pulled away first, a dopey smile on his face. They gazed softly at each other, brians nose crinkling as he stared.

“What are you looking at loverboy?” Brian teased, ruffling tims hair.

“Nuthin, lets get you situated,” he whispered, climbing out the car into the tall grass. Brian followed, slamming the red beat up trucks door closed. Tim unhooked the tarp over the truck bed and began unloading the camping supplies, emptying it while brian began gathering dry sticks.

“Babe, you can lay now,” tim called out, the sound echoing slightly through the air. Brian had walked a fair bit away, so he jogged back with his arms full of sticks. The warm feeling of being called ‘babe’ kept him warm enough, but he knew they needed a fire to cook, so he passed the wood to tim.

“Thanks love,” he smiled, hopping into the truck bed.

“Of course, let me know if you need more pillows. The lanterns in the corner.” Tim said, reaching for his hatchet to clear the grass. Brian laid back on the mountain of pillows that he had made tim bring, making a content sigh. He gazed up at the stars, the quiet air filled with the sweet music of crickets slowly lulling him into a light slumber.

“Psst,”

Brian jumped, quickly calming as he saw it was just tim crawling into the truck bed with him.

“Jesus tim you scared me,” brian teasingly scolded, rolling onto his side to face tim. Tim stayed quiet, brushing a stray hair out of his face. “Whats up?”

Tim laughed nervously, sighing. “The matches got wet,” he sheepishly grinned, rubbing his neck.

“Tim…” brian sighed, pinching his noses bridge. “What are we gonna eat?”

“Well, we can either go into town and get something or we can eat this entire box of granola bars at once,” tim playfully smiled, trying desperately to make light of the situation.

Brian sighed, a smile creeping to his lips. “Lets just eat the granola bars, towns a hour and a half away.”

They sat up, tim grabbing the granola bras from the food chest at the end of the truck bed.

“Of course they are peanut butter,” brian rolled his eyes, flopping back down to the makeshift bed.

Tim unwrapped one, taking a bite. “Whats wrong with peanut butter?”

“Just dont like it is all, its just a personal thing,” brian mumbled, watching tim eat.

“Well,” tim laid back, looking over at brian, “ill get you an extra big breakfast ok?”

Brian smiled, planting a kiss onto tims cheek. “Deal,”

They laid there a moment, absorbing the cool night's atmosphere. The quiet hum of insects filled the air, a gentle reminder life was indeed around despite their distance from civilization. A gentle breeze rolled by, and brian found himself grasping tims hand. He wasn't quite sure when it had happened, but as he dozed off, he muttered the words “i love you,” before being wrapped up in tims arms and falling asleep.

“I love you too bri,”

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Song behind the title: drive by incubus

[tiiiiiired]

hello! i saw you on the viktor community & i had some questions of my own! ive been considering writing a fic about him exploring his general feelings (i want to explore writing about that--rough idea but whatever), mostly bc the way he described himself feeling & looking was how i used to feel... but i am also able-bodied--& thusly i have a few quick questions! ok, so first of all; do you reckon he would experience joint pain in his knee/ankle/hip--& if so what type? i have some bc of low muscle mass, but i also know that the pain from an ankle injury is wayyy different (personal experience)... but what viktor has hits me differently. would the pain jsut be from the brace? would it be from the brace holding his leg in position? would the leg's joints hurt regardless? & on a similar note--what do you reckon is the reason for his back brace? i did notice some bolts(?) in his spine, so i assume it to be alignment-related... but do you reckon it could also help with pain? (im a big fan of compression stuff, so thats the best i can think of it as an analogy to)....... also same beat of pain/etc

ok & this is WAYYY more general, but are there any other super major things to consider? mostly just about how he'd go about his life & such! tysm! its super awesome to be able to hear about other's people experiences <3

Regarding pain, this is going to be dependent on the source of his low muscle tone, but there are a few sources of pain that are relatively universal among us low muscle tone folks. I'd actually recommend sticking to those universal experiences over trying to pinpoint his exact condition as Arcane doesn't specify, there's a bunch of genetic and environmental factors for disabilities like this, and these disabilities are all REALLY complex.

I chatted a bit about brace and leg position pain in my previous ask here, so I'll skip that topic for this ask. But a source of pain I didn't mention in the previous post is the general pain and exhaustion of the condition itself, regardless of bracing. When you don't have a lot of muscle tone, there's not a lot holding your joints steady. This results in you overcompensating with the muscles you do have. For example, if you have a really unstable leg, you'll put more pressure on the less unstable leg and often push your bad leg forward using your hips, glutes, and lower back which puts a lot of strain on them. The result is that you can get further complications in these parts of the body, including chronic pain. I was born with a dropped foot (aka I dragged my foot along the ground similarly to how Viktor does in the flashback to his childhood) so to get my foot up and off the ground I had to put a lot of weight on my good leg and kind of use my hip and low back to swing my leg forward in a sort of half-circle motion (the animators did a good job approximating this in a few scenes, iirc, but I should rewatch to confirm). This is pretty bad for your body as bodies evolved in this kind of "tall line" shape so your weight is distributed evenly to your heels when you stand and is evenly moved around when you walk. Many folks with uneven walking postures end up with pain in the lower back, hips, glutes (and, where relevant, the "good" leg) as a result.

The affected joints will also hurt regardless. I actually got diagnosed primarily because I had some pretty wicked knee pain at an age where Pretty Wicked Knee Pain is abnormal. When you lack muscle tone in these regions the affected joints lose stability and you get lateral movement of the joints of the leg (so rather than the join just hinging at the knee or twisting as per usual, there's a tiny bit of sideways movement at the knee joint. This is hard to explain verbally so if I find a good diagram I'll come back and add it here). You also get something called patellar maltracking, where the kneecap moves in directions it isn't supposed to. This wears down the cartilage that lubricates the bones and eventually results in some pretty wild pain when moving the knee or weightbearing through the knee. Similar shit happens in the ankle and in a bunch of other joints. When this wears down, it makes the affected joint stiffen with cold (yes, fanfic writers who included this, I did notice and I hope you know I love all of you). This can also happen to folks who just don't have a lot of muscle for non-disability reasons, which is why some non disabled folks seem to get injured a lot.

As for the back brace, this (mostly) exits personal experience territory and enters workplace experience territory for me. I noticed the bolts too, so I think we're both onto something there. It seems like a steampunk inspired version of an external fixator (here's the wikipedia article for it, but tw for medical imaging and healed injuries) or what the skin would look like after healing around the bolts for external fixators (once the big cage part is taken off). These are usually used to hold joints in place or to slowly expand them. When I worked in hospitals I'd see these in patients with severe scoliosis who underwent more invasive forms of spinal fusion. This fits Viktor pretty well. When you have a disability that affects your muscle tone, it'll affect the muscle tone over your whole body (thus his smaller frame, gaunt facial features, and kind of "floppy" movements in some scenes), with high movement and high impact areas degenerating faster (like your back and legs). When the muscles in your back start to go, your spine loses stability and can curve, with the curve worsening over time. For most of us, physical therapy and bracing is enough, but if the curve gets too bad or is causing serious pressure on the discs, a surgery like spinal fusion is your only option to keep your back straight and keep you from getting neurological damage as a result of the spine pressure. While I've got a degree in neuroscience and do have back complications due to low muscle tone, I'm not a doctor so I can't say for sure that's what's going on here. But that's my educated guess. In terms of pain, it's a trade off. External fixation and spinal fusion are both deeply painful because they drill into bone. However, if your spine was damaged badly enough to qualify for a surgery like that, it's probably less painful to get the surgery than to not get it, and it reduces your risk of further neurological damage like paralysis.

In terms of other things to consider, oh man that's a tough one bc it's a pretty general question. Low muscle tone affects a lot of what I do, from the way I walk to how I cook to what clothes I wear. My biggest recommendation is to be mindful of two things: his disability will affect everything he does, but he was also a very independent person (when ofc not dying) in the show. So strike a balance between these things. Like I cook for myself, but I can cook for myself because I figured out solutions like buying shorter walled pots and pans, sitting while I cook, and dragging pots of water along my counter instead of carrying them to the stove. When writing disabled characters you don't need to describe every minor accommodation they make for themselves because the character themself might not even fully notice those accommodations (I didn't notice the heavy pot dragging thing until a friend commented on it). Instead, just drop in something every once in a while to show that they noticed. We tend to notice more when something is a big burden or when something disrupts our usual methods of doing things. Those might be good moments to bring attention to the ways Viktor has to do things differently. If any specific things come to mind as you create, feel free to reach out and I'm happy to chat about how I do them!

Sorry this is another wildly long post but I hope this helps! Feel free to reach out for any clarifications!

[roseworth]

8 9 10... if u dare

asks

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

my hot take is that everyone's opinion on bruce as a parent is wrong. people fight about whether bruce is a good dad or if hes abusive and personally i believe there is nuance.. i dont think that any watsonian interpretations of bruce as a father are worth talking about. bc yes he is abusive because he does hit his kids often HOWEVER its always like. making a point within the story. to say "bruce is a terrible father because he slit jason's neck to stop him from killing joker" is true but most of what that scene was doing was making a point about the downfalls of bruce's moral code but also how bruce sticks to it. it feels kinda ridiculous to me to talk about any scene where bruce is hurting his kids without talking about what the writer was trying to do and what purpose it was playing in the story. especially because pretty much every scene where he beats his kids is being used to show that bruce has gone off the deep end. thats not to say hes secretly a good father or that him beating his kids is fine actually, but im just saying that it feels wrong to point to a scene where bruce is hurting his kid and say "look! its proof that hes abusive!" without also acknowledging the doylist analysis of the scene. BUT on the other hand i think a watsonian analysis is fine when youre talking about being emotionally abusive, because he is very clearly manipulating and/or neglecting his kids and its usually the author's intention to show exactly that

^ i hope that all makes sense i have no idea. i have thoughts in my brain and its hard to make them words

9. worst part of canon

answered here but i'll go again! its the fact that batman is showing up Everywhere. there are multiple batman books happening at any given time and batman is popping up in other people's books and when he's not there he'll always be mentioned. im tired of him. get him out. ill be reading a green lantern book then hal says "i wonder what batman would think about this 😵‍💫" i dont know!!! i dont care!!!!!!!! can we stop mentioning him every five seconds! ! ! it pissed me off so bad in winick's green arrow when batman was popping up in every other arc like leave me alone!! please!!!!! get out!!!!!!

10. worst part of fanon

well building off that answer ^ its the same thing! there are bats everywhere!!! you go into any character tag and its always people talking about their relationship to a bat. if you scroll for more than 10 seconds in a non-bat character's tag you'll always find some kind of batfam incorrect quote blog who either tagged a post without them in it or put them in for a 1 sentence that manages to be heinously out of character. im so tired of seeing jason in the tags of characters who have never even met jason. fanon and canon are basically feeding off each other to center the bats in everything so that no other characters get any attention

[eryingsfate]

Ichiby H-e-double-hockey sticks

Now that i have been informed of this ship and read a whole ao3 fic (LITERALLY THE ONLY ONE) on it, i have become obsessed and hyper fixated... SO heres a prompt/story idea for any writers out there! (pls write ichiby content im literally dying)

amnesia au!

Sometime after the battle with Big Mom, or even later in the series, a mission involving Ichiji goes wrong and he ends up knocked out and is left drifting on the sea. He washes up on the shore of a small island and the only thing he remembers is his first name. He's sitting on the beach in a daze when Koby finds him.

Koby was stationed on a small, warm island that has been a victim of numerous pirate attacks. He had a small squadron with him in case the pirates were to come back. (Really it was a forced vacation because he's supposed to be stuck there for a month.) He was walking along the beach when he saw Ichiji, instantly recognizing the curled eyebrows, striking red hair, and germa attire. Koby instantly went on guard as he approached Ichiji and after a small interaction it became very clear that Ichiji had no idea where, or even WHO, he was. Koby decided to take advantage of this and see if he can find out anything about the germa modifications. As time goes on it becomes clear that something about Ichiji was different. Koby heard the stories of the infamous Germa prince, about how he was emotionless and held no sympathy whatsoever. How he was modified to be the perfect soldier, but Ichiji seemed to show any emotion like it was the first time he'd ever even felt. Koby began theorizing on what happened and came to the conclusion that whatever happened before he found Ichiji had messed with his modifications and given him his emotions back. Koby then realized he could try and help Ichiji and maybe even redeem him.

Meanwhile everything felt so foreign to Ichiji, everything he saw came with a feeling and it was driving him mad because a part of him was screaming that it was wrong. When Ichiji looked at the ocean, he felt his mind calm and blue hair appeared in his mind. When he looked at the green leaves of the trees he felt protective as green hair flashed in head. He looked at the pink flowers and felt a deep respect. He saw the sun and felt his heart twist. Ichiji didn't understand it at all.

Koby decides to start his idea with taking Ichiji to see the townspeople, since he doesn't remember anything he shouldn't try anything against them. The marine believed the best way to start helping Ichiji understand emotions was to let him see how other people interacted. It was all going well until one of Koby's men came up to him and reported that a little girl had gone missing. An island-wide search began.

As Ichiji follows Koby around the island, looking for a little girl named 'Miriam,' he feels concern run deep into his bones, it makes him want to run and scream the girl's name but he refrains from doing so. Ichiji sees a flash of yellow run behind a tall tree, and he stops Koby and shushes the pink haired man. Ichiji carefully steps around the tree and sees a little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes looking at him. She's obviously scared. Ichiji just crouches down and looks at her, he doesn't know why he does it, he just does. Koby watches on, ready to intervene at any moment. The little girl goes running into Ichiji's arms and she hugs him. Ichiji freezes and doesn't know how to respond, so he looks at Koby, who has a soft smile on his face, and it's a look that warms the red haired man's heart. It's revealed that Miriam's father had been upset with Miriam's poor performance in school and he had hit her. All he can think of is how disgusting the man was for punishing a child for something almost completely out of their control. As Ichiji hears this he sees a scene passing through his mind, of a blonde boy who looks similar to him begging for his father to help him as he's beat into the ground. As the memory(?) fades, Ichiji feels that gut wrenching guilt come back and it's even worse this time.

Miriam ends up having to go home with Koby and Ichiji as an emergency placement while Koby's men and some older townspeople contact her mother. It wasn't ideal, but Miriam didn't want to be away from the men who saved her. Once Miriam is safely tucked into one of the guest beds, Ichiji and Koby sit and talk about the days events and Ichiji reluctantly opens up about the things he felt and saw throughout the day.

Koby is shocked that his theory was right and that there was a chance to possibly help Ichiji. With his mind made up, Koby decides that before he leaves this island, he's going to help Ichiji Vinsmoke become a better person and help him see the error in his ways.

Throughout the story we see Koby teach Ichiji about different emotions and ways to deal with them. Ichiji ends up growing close with Miriam, whose smile reminds him of a woman he once saw. One day, Ichiji is sitting on the couch of the house reading a book when his head begins pounding and floods of memories come rushing back, each accompanied by strong emotions. He feels himself flooded with guilt over the blood he's spilled and the abuse he forced on his brother. Once Ichiji comes back to, he sees Koby fretting over him. He doesn't fully register that he's awake until Koby brushes his hand over Ichiji's forehead, which causes the man's stomach to erupt into butterflies.

Koby and Miriam heard a yell and ran into the living room to see Ichiji passed out on the couch with a pained expression stuck on his face. Once Ichiji wakes up about thirty minutes later, Koby can tell something changed by the haunted look in Ichiji's eyes. Nonetheless he takes care of Ichiji throughout the rest of the day until Miriam is tucked into bed, which is when Koby confronts him.

Ichiji had spent most the day agonizing over his past actions and wondering how the hell he was going to go home like this.

"You remember."

"I do."

Koby sits there and waits for Ichiji to do something. Ichiji on the other hand is questioning if he even wants to go back to Germa. For the past 2 weeks, his home had become the pink haired marine and the blonde little girl, how could he leave when looking at Koby brought him so much peace and taking care of Miriam made him feel like he had a real purpose? Ichiji Vinsmoke was a prince, a warrior, a killer, and a true monster. But Ichiji? The man who lived with Koby and Miriam, who was known to be helpful to the townspeople? He was a friend, a father figure, a lover, a person with emotions. He couldn't just leave Miriam and Koby, they had shown him how to love and to what it was like to be loved. He didn't even realize till this point, the defining moment, that he had fallen in love with man who decided he deserved a chance to be someone else, rather then throwing Ichiji into a cell for the rest of his life. Yet at the same time, Ichiji was also a brother and the heir to a kingdom. He had responsibilities and people to take care of. In that moment, Ichiji knew he had to make a decision. He could go back to being being a prince who killed without ever showing mercy, or he could stay and build a true family. Once he really thought about it, Ichiji knew what he wanted. He wanted a home, where could be Ichiji. Not Prince Ichiji Vinsmoke, not an assassin, but just Ichiji.

"Well? What are you going to do, Vinsmoke?"

Koby was on edge, now that everything was out and Ichiji has his memories back, he could easily turn on the entire town. Koby had tried to help Ichiji without his consent and who knows how the red haired man would react? Koby had spent all this time forgetting who this man truly was. Koby had ended up forgetting that Ichiji was a prince of Germa and instead found someone he was falling in love with. How stupid could he be?! Ichiji Vinsmoke was a dangerous assassin who could easily defeat and entire army by himself, and if Koby wasn't careful, he would take Miriam's life alongside his own. Koby had seem Ichiji go from someone dangerous, to someone who needed help, then to someone who he loved. And in this moment, Koby's own fate rested on Ichiji's decision.

"Don't look at me like that Ko"

Don't call me that, Please don't break my heart

"What game are you playing Vinsmoke?"

Please, I haven't changed

"And please don't call me that either, that's not my name."

"...What?"

The world seemed to come to a halt. Something had hardened in Ichiji's eyes, as if he made a decision.

"I am not a Vinsmoke, not anymore. You're the one who decided and taught me that."

Thank you

"I didn't decide nor did I teach you that. I saw someone who was forced into a horrible lifestyle and saw a chance to help, so I did, because that is what i do. You didn't have a choice. I heard the story after Whole Cake Island and when everything came out. Your 'father' decided your life was worth less and turned you into a lab rat, and you never got a chance to decide how you felt about it because you were only a child and that man stole your humanity in the form of your emotions. You only did what you were taught because no one ever thought to teach you better. You thought yourself higher than everyone else because that is what you were taught and told to believe. No one in this world is born truly evil, many turn to the wrong side because no one helped them and it was a means to an end, or perhaps they lost their way because no one was there to help them. When i saw you that day I saw someone who was given a second chance by the world, and I chose to help you because I wanted to. Now you will decide what to do with that chance, Ichiji."

Everything was silent as Koby awaited Ichiji's answer.

"Thank you. I choose to stay here with you and Miriam."

Koby's eyes widened for a fraction of a second before he smiled. He felt his heart beat faster at the smile he received in return. Koby felt his heart stop as Ichiji pulled him closer and rested his forehead against Koby's.

"Please, I want to become a good older brother and i want to apologize to Sanji and be able to help fix the others. I don't want to go back to being father's puppet."

"I'll help you every step of the way."

For a moment, the two just stayed in that position salty tears dripping onto the couch, and their breath mingling. The two came closer until a creak was heard in the hallway. The two looked at eachother with the silent agreement to talk about that later, but first, they had to tend to Miriam.

Thats all folks! If anyone wants me to ill write more of this au later! Now i didn't even know this ship was a thing till two days ago (You two know who you are) and i found it thru someone i follow! I hope ya'll enjoyed my silly lil story!

[cryptidofthekeys]

Ruin!Eclipse x Tiny!Reader

It was only a matter of time before I wrote for the true and canon Eclipse hahaha, lmao he’s not evil- bitch y’all thought- y’all really thought he’d be evil …to be fair so did I

Anyways- yeah here y'all go- this story is finally finished, next up the jekyll and hyders can rejoice bc im finally making the second and final chapter to that story- i've let guilt plague me for too long with it and im done- im writing it so i can be free

You were standing there, in what remains of The Mega Pizzaplex, you stood, looking at all the rubble and decay, the place… Was in ruins, the place had been a complete wreck, and well you had been here for it unfortunately, you had seen it all go down in flames and honestly given your tiny stature you had no idea how you even survived it, but somehow you did, and yet so many things were ruined.

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So many animatronics were damaged or torn apart or even forced to shut down because of the overwhelming heat, everything was a disaster and even thinking about it now brought tears to your eyes, especially when your mind drifted off to the two jesters in particular, Sun and Moon… You felt your heart nearly break upon thinking of those two.

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Sun and Moon both, you had grown so fond of, you had been with them for as long as you can remember, it started on that one fateful night when you had suddenly woken up shrank down, trying to find shelter from the rain that was pouring down, threatening to drown you, and that’s when you found The Mega Pizzaplex itself, more so, when you found the Superstar Daycare and them.

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You had first met Sun, after having tried to navigate out of the Daycare, you had saw a strange giant shadow looming over you, the rays from Sun’s faceplate sticking out and giving you an indicator, and at first you had been absolutely terrified of the animatronic but then he had proven himself to be not an enemy but an actual friend, he took care of you, made sure you stayed out of sight of the other animatronics, Vanessa, and the children.

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…And then… You met Moon, now at first you might’ve thought that Sun was terrifying to meet but oh, he didn’t hold a candle to Moon, that was one of the most terrifying experiences of your tiny life, Moon had practically toyed with you, treated you like prey, he feigned playing hide n seek knowing where you were the whole time via his sensors.

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And then when Moondrop had got you, he threatened to break your bones, drop you, tear you apart, etc… He had even injured you a slight bit with a claw that poked into your chin, and well if it hadn’t been for you having a full blown panic attack, he probably would’ve, after you had that panic attack it seemed to snap him out of whatever was controlling him which you knew what it was now…

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…You shuddered, not wanting to think about h e r, about t h e m… Either way, after Moon had snapped out of it, he had tried to calm you down but you had just been too terrified, and then the lights came back on, and then out came Sundrop once more and he had managed to calm you down from there, he had also been communicating with Moon again more properly, the REAL Moon, not that virus-riddled one.

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And after a bit of calming down, despite there still being some tension between well… Sun and Moon themselves and even you, you had wanted Moon to come back out so you could get to know him, and well he hesitantly agreed but he had stayed close to the lightswitch just in case something might go wrong… Moon had apologized and he seemed to beat himself up immensely for what had happened, but either way the two of you had patched things up in the long run.

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In fact, you, Sun, and Moon, all of you had… Really grown close, Sun and Moon grew close to each other again and they also grew close and attached to you as well, all went well even despite them not ever being able to help you find anything out about how you suddenly shrank down, they were never able to help with that but at the same time you didn’t mind it all that much after a while, sure you did miss some things you used to be able to do but it wasn’t all THAT bad.

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After all, at the very least, Sun and Moon made it more bearable, you had grown very attached to the animatronics and they did to you as well, so they made being this small so much more bearable than what it would’ve been had you still been all by your lonesome… As you had walked around, just looking at the remains of the Superstar Daycare, as of right now, Sun wanted you to stay away from them.

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The reason? Because of how damaged they had gotten, and well, even with no virus within Moon as of right now, apparently all that damage, pain, and stress they were under had been causing Moon and even Sun himself to glitch, you remembered Sun’s words very clearly, the way he sounded like he was in agony and distressed “N-No no no NO! It-It’s not safe yet, don’t… Come near us, (Y/N)!”

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Sun had kept repeating over and over about the generators being on and then it’d be safe and fine as he stumbled around the remains of the Daycare, stumbling over rubble and into things, and then of course Moon would also speak sometimes, talking about how he wanted there to be no more Sun, no more light and he was acting completely feral right now, his eye was back to its red color like the first time you had met him except it glowed and dimmed, in and out.

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Moon would topple some stuff here and there, he had almost caused rubble to topple over on top of them in his rampaging, it pained you, it hurt to see your boys like this, in such a state of hysteria and pain… You wished you could do something, you WANTED to do something to help them but coming near them just seemed to cause that much more distress and so you had decided to stay out of their way that was until now…

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You weren’t just standing there on the ground or in any random place, no, a little girl had came into the Daycare just now, a VERY unsafe place for a kid like her but she had found you, albeit by accident and well you and her had talked when she promised not to hurt you, she wanted to question why you were tiny but you had told her there was no time for that now, you begged her to help Sun and Moon, you explained the situation to her and the kid seemed very sympathetic, she had agreed immediately to help you all out.

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“I’m very grateful you’ve decided to help, Cassie… I just want Sunny and Moonie back to normal” That was the kid’s name, she was a nice girl, polite as could be, you stood there on her shoulder as she carefully navigated through the ruined Daycare, Cassie then spoke up “You seem… Very attached to them, I get it though, my favorite animatronic is Roxy, I wouldn’t want to see her… Like that…” You nodded at her words.

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And then you both yelped when suddenly, as Cassie was going through the play structures, Moon had suddenly appeared and grabbed Cassie’s arm through the bars, Moon’s voice was raspy, scratchy, he had mentioned about the kid being naughty and that it was time for her nap, you were about to get thrown off her shoulder before Cassie’s flashlight suddenly hit Moon directly in the face, there was a mixture of a scream between Moon and Sun in that moment, a hiss from Moon as he screeched “No light! No light!”

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Both yours and Cassie’s heart was pounding after that, Cassie had looked back to you “(Y/N)? A-Are you… Okay?” You nodded your head, your breathing a little shaky along with your body “I-I’m fine …L-Let’s… Keep going…” Cassie nodded her head and then began to make her way further through the play structures, or well what remained of them anyways, you had apologized to her for Moon doing such a thing, explaining to Cassie that the Moon you knew wouldn’t do that.

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Cassie then spoke up “I-I understand, (Y/N)... It’s not your fault, nor Sun’s, nor even Moon’s… From what you told me it sounds like they’re both genuinely in a lot of pain, I… I’m not sure how, but I’ll try to help you all out as best I can” You smiled at the kid, and thanked her for that and then you saw her pull out a mask and your eyes widened when you saw what that mask was, an all too familiar sight and memory coming back to haunt you almost “...I-I… C-Cassie… Where… Did you get that…?!”

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Cassie looked confused “I just… Found it, this mask has been helping me navigate through the pizzaplex, it's… Hard to explain how it works” and then Cassie noticed the nervous, almost scared look on your face and she blinked “...(Y/N)? Is… Is there something wrong? You look… Really scared all of a sudden” And then you shook your head “N-No, no… It’s… It’s fine, let’s just… Keep going…”

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You didn’t want to think about t h e m… You didn’t want to think about Vanny nor even William, not right now, you wanted to save Sun and Moon, that was your main goal right now and so Cassie just shrugged but nodded at that, she put the mask on and even though you couldn’t see what she sees, Cassie then looked over at her shoulder to see if you were still there with the mask on but you weren’t on her shoulder anymore…

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In fact, you were a regular sized person in the AR World, you were standing beside Cassie and you had looked at her confused by her sudden shock “...What’s up, Cassie?” The little girl then spoke up “...You… You’re not… Tiny in the AR World… When I have the mask on your… Normal sized…” She admitted, and well you didn’t want to question things right now, so you just nodded at that “...Well, uh, I… I used to be regular sized, believe it or not…”

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You then sighed a bit sadly “...I never figured it out, Sunny and Moony weren’t able to figure it out either, but eventually… I grew to accept it, because with Sun and Moon around, they made being this small not as bad” Cassie seemed to nod her head at that “...I see… I’m sorry you never figured out what happened …But, at least you got someone like Sun and Moon…” You smiled and thanked her for that and then finally, Cassie stepped through the objects blocking her path.

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And then suddenly, Sun jumped down in front of her “N-New friend? N-New friend! I-I-I am trapped in a nap!” Sun’s voice was frantic, panicked even but even then, he still ever so gently took a hold of Cassie’s hand and brought it up to gesture toward the faz-wrench “Reboot! Reboot! We NEED to be whole…!” Cassie then looked at her faz-wrench “You want me to reboot you? With this…?” And then the sounds of clicking as Sun’s head turned caught Cassie’s attention.

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And now it was Moon speaking, getting dangerously close to her face “Naughty! Naughty!” His voice was raspy, ear grating, and then Sun had forced himself back in control and stumbled back from Cassie, he was grabbing at his face while making some sounds that made it sound like he was in a struggle which he probably was, his voice was frantic as he spoke “Lights on! Lights on! Turn generators on…!” And then suddenly, he, well it looked like the Daycare Attendant had just up and flown away but surely it was just some kind of wire.

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Cassie had taken off the mask after that, just to… Ensure that weird rabbit thing wouldn’t come after her so soon, and then she looked back to you who was now sitting on her shoulder again and of course tiny once more, Cassie told you what she had planned to do in full detail and you nodded at her, and then of course, the two of you set off, finally… Sun and Moon would hopefully be fixed and you could be reunited with the two.

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. . . It took… A LOT of trial and error, and you meant a LOT of it. During all this, hearing Sun and Moon struggle against one another like that broke your heart, it reminded you of old times… Before Moon had gotten saved from that virus, it’s like the two were just tormenting one another now, but either way eventually Cassie got the second generator on and Moon was now paralyzed in place which you hated to see but it was for his own good now.

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Cassie then quickly made her way over, as she walked, she glanced over to you “Alright (Y/N), this is it …I hope for your and their sake, this works…” You nodded at the girl’s words “...I hope so too, Cassie, I really do…” Well there was only one way to find out, apparently Sun seemed to think it would help, and so Cassie climbed up to where the ruined Daycare Attendant stood, frozen, paralyzed in place by the light now shining down on top of him.

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You watched on as Cassie approached closer, and then looked down at her faz-wrench, she then went around to the back of Sun’s head, being extra careful of the wires on the back and then she placed the wrench into the two little holes on the back, twisting it once, and that seemed to reboot them as Sun said it would, they made some sounds, twitching a little before just slumping down a bit.

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…For a moment, you and Cassie were worried it didn’t work, but then suddenly… Sun’s head shot up, or well you had thought it was Sun, the rays had come back out and well he looked so much more lively, but the voice was… Different… “Happy Birthday!” The voice spoke, sure, it still looked like Sun and well Moon, but the voice, the mannerisms, it was all different… And then Cassie had gently scooped you into her hands when the animatronic had gently grabbed her “Warning! Warning! Child in Danger! Safety Mode Active…!”

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And then the animatronic floated through the air, well, again, presumably the wire that went onto the back of Sun and Moon’s body “Little girl… You can’t be in here, it's dangerous…! I need to clean up before we can open in the morning, oh, this place will be flooded with kids…” And finally, the animatronic had landed onto the ground, carrying Cassie to the exit and gently placing her outside “Come back soon and have a faz-errific day!” And as the animatronic was about to close the doors, Cassie quickly called out “W-Wait!”

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The animatronic paused immediately before tilting their head, it still had Moon’s cap on, the rays were sorta bobbing in and out, the red and yellow eyes staring at Cassie “Yes little one, what is it?” Cassie then held you up for the animatronic to see, it looked confused for a moment before they seemed to smile even bigger, which was now visibly thanks to the moving teeth underneath “Ah, yes, how silly of me…!” The animatronic gently took hold of you with one hand, they were extremely mindful, careful not to cut or stab into you with those claws.

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They thanked Cassie before closing the doors with one hand now, and then well, Cassie could hear bells jingling, and then Sun’s voice rang out in such a relieved manner “Thank youuu~” …And now, you and… Sun…? Moon…? This animatronic in general were alone, and they looked down at you with affection, sure it would’ve been hard to tell if it had been anyone else but you could see it and so you called out “S-Sun…? …Is… Th-That you…?” The animatronic shook their head.

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“Oh my little starshine… No no… My name is… Eclipse” …The animatronic, er… Eclipse as they deemed themselves now introduced and that made you blink in confusion for a moment, but then you decided to chime up with some questions “W-Wait… …E-Eclipse…? Th-Then… Where are S-Sunny, and Moony? Are- Are they-” Eclipse seemed to sense your distress and so they gently shushed you “Calm down (Y/N), we’re all here…” And then to prove it so it’d ease your worries that this reboot had gotten rid of Sun and Moon both or their memories.

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Suddenly, Sun’s voice spoke up “You’re still our little Sunbeam!” And then Moon’s raspy voice spoke “Our little starlight…” The two of them sounded like they were finally at peace, finally no longer in pain, and then Eclipse had spoken up, their voice was like a mixture of the two, not too loud or energetic but also not super calm, mostly just… In the middle “Our little starshine…!” They did sound a bit strained after Sun and Moon took control like that though, either way... You smiled, some tears pricking your eyes as you hugged onto Eclipse’s finger gently, you were mindful since the endoskeleton was showing.

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Eclipse was smiling warmly down at you as they held you close to their chest now, still being mindful of themselves “Shh… It’s okay, little starshine… It’s going to be alright now…”

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You couldn’t help but sniffle and cry a little into Eclipse’s chest, after all, it had been a long time now since you last saw Sun and Moon not in any pain, ever since the fire that had destroyed this place, they had been going haywire, the both of them… So, you were, really relieved, really happy that things could start going back to normal at least.

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Eclipse shushed you gently, they were careful with their fingers which were pretty much sharp claws, they gently patted your back “It’s alright (Y/N)... We’re all here for you, we’re all going to take care of you” They reassured, and well after just hugging into them as best you could given your tiny size, and just crying and letting everything out, once you had calmed yourself down with Eclipse’s help of course.

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You then looked up at them “S-So… …Yo… You’re Eclipse now…? Or, wait, are you… A new AI entirely?” Eclipse paused at this, they lifted their hand and poked at their chin, seemingly in thought, it took them a few moments before speaking up “...I am, myself, I am Eclipse… …I… Think I count as my own self, after all, I can still hear Sun and Moon’s voices in my own head but… I have my own thoughts, my own feelings” Eclipse admitted.

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You then nodded at this “...Well uh, I guess… It’s… Nice to meet you, Eclipse…” Eclipse’s rays couldn’t spin considering how broken they were but they seemed to beam at that “It is wonderful to meet you too, (Y/N)...!” You smiled at them, this was… Going to be a new change but at the very least, it was clear you could still talk to Sun, Moon, and now… Eclipse.

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“I should clean up, this place is an absolute nightm-” And then Eclipse went stiff as their eyes scanned around the Daycare, or well, what remained, and their rays somewhat retracted, it made a pretty bad sound before they returned to their original position “...Nightmare… O-Oh dear, oh no no no…! Oh no what a mess!” Eclipse sounded a little distressed here, they kept talking about needing to clean up because of the… …Kids…

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You felt a pang in your chest, and your expression dropped slightly, you knew, as well as Sun and Moon did, all three of you knew that there would be no more kids, but Eclipse… They were technically just ‘created’ supposedly and while you didn’t want to tell them the truth, you also couldn’t lie to them either, there was no way you’d ever lie to them, and then Eclipse spoke up “C-Clean up! Clean up! A-And not only for the kids, but oh (Y/N), it’s so dangerous for you in here right now”

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You then spoke up, your voice a little shaky “E-Eclipse… …Th-There’s something I need to tell you…” Eclipse tilted their head, blinking in confusion “Oh? What is it, my little starshine?” You hesitated, swallowing thickly, you really didn’t want to upset Eclipse but they needed to know, they DESERVED to know the truth “...E-Eclipse…” You began, your voice soft as you looked up into their yellow and red glowing eyes “...Th… The kids… They… …They aren’t… Coming back…”

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There was a long pause, Eclipse tilted their head in confusion even further, they looked down at you “...I… …Wh-What do you… Mean…? No more… Kids…?” Eclipse’s voice was shaky.

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You felt your heart shatter at this, it broke your heart to hear Eclipse’s shaky voice, especially the fact they sounded… Upset already but you took a deep breath and just gestured for them to bring you closer to their face, they did so, and you then hugged their faceplate as best you could, just hugging and patting it, being mindful of their teeth that can now move “...I-I’m sorry, Eclipse… …But, it… It’s true… The- The kids won't be coming back… …Sun and Moon, should tell you what happened at the very least…”

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There was silence on Eclipse’s part, they looked as if they were beginning to go into thought, in fact, Eclipse could hear Sun’s voice chime up in their mind [ Eclipse… What (Y/N) is saying, about the kids, is unfortunately true, you see… ] And then of course Moon’s voice spoke up [ . . . There was a fire, and that fire… It… It… ] And then well, both Sun and Moon had spoken up, their voices radiated sadness [ …It destroyed everything, and shut us down… ]

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Eclipse’s rays shrank a bit, their eyes going wide at those words as the realization finally struck them, and it struck them hard… You could even see it in their eyes, their expression as you just continued to hug their faceplate close, you could feel their hand trembling beneath you but they were quick to steady it, not wanting anything to befall you as Eclipse then looked down and sad “...I-I… I see… …I… Understand…”

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Eclipse looked pretty upset but you could also imagine Sun and Moon were pretty sad about it as well, there was a long moment of silence as you just continued to comfort Eclipse, just hugging their faceplate and patting it gently, the silence was broken by them sighing and standing up straight, well, as straight as they could since their foot was missing and leg was pretty destroyed “...I-If there are… No kids, coming back here …Ever… Then…” Eclipse paused, they looked around at the destroyed remains of the Daycare.

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Eclipse knew deep down they couldn’t clean this mess, not this one, things were far too damaged, too gone, and they seemed to be thinking about something for a moment before looking back down at you “...Then I… I don’t really have any reason to stay here, there’s no way I can clean up THIS mess and even then, it is still not safe for you, (Y/N)... This place does not have anything that’s safe to consume”

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You were shocked by this, Sun had always been EXTREMELY adamant on never leaving the Daycare, Moon didn’t mind nor care that much as he was technically security, patrolling around at night, you can imagine Sun yelling in their head right now at this notion, which would’ve made you giggle had this not been the situation it was “E-Eclipse… Are… Are you sure? I-I know how much the Daycare… Means to you…To Sunny, to Moony… And besides, yo-you won’t have any way of charging out there, we can… Make this work, here…”

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Eclipse shook their head “(Y/N), look at this place, it is FAR too dangerous for you… There are so many jagged, sharp, and deadly areas, not to mention how tiny you are, you could get SEVERELY injured here or… Or… …W o r s e…” Eclipse shuddered upon saying that, shaking their head, not wanting to even think about it, but you sighed and just hugged one of their fingers close to you “...I-I know, its… It’s dangerous, but hey, it… It still was before all this…”

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You then cleared your throat before continuing “I mean there were STILL areas I could’ve been hurt or kil-” Eclipse cut you off, not wanting to hear that word, and you immediately rephrased, not wanting to upset them any more than they already were “...Worse, or worse… The other animatronics were even after me” You then thought about it because you could see Eclipse about to argue with you and then you spoke back up.

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“And besides… This place… It isn’t how you all think it is anymore… Sun, Moon, Eclipse… …There’s… Something you need to see…” Eclipse tilted their head in confusion and well deep down you were sure Sun and Moon were confused too, and so you sighed “...Just… Go outside and you’ll all see, I, I know a way out, one you can fit through of course” You chuckled a bit and then Eclipse perked up, seemingly curious.

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And so, off they set, with you in their hand guiding them outside, it took you all a while, as you had obstacles and even some remnants of the other animatronics to deal with, luckily Eclipse made it past them with the slightest of ease, and then eventually you pointed at a big enough hole in the wall “There, you should be able to fit through there…” Now, you knew Sun had never seen outside the Daycare as he was never allowed to leave, Moon had, but Eclipse hadn’t seen anything until now.

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But there was one thing not any of them had seen yet… And that was… The world outside The Mega Pizzaplex… Eclipse seemed nervous, they hesitated as they approached the hole in the wall, but after a bit of encouragement from you, Eclipse smiled and nodded and finally they crouched and stepped through, the glow in their eyes fading as they were greeted with lush plants, damn near a forest which they were extremely shocked about, because even though none of them had ever been OUTSIDE like this, they figured it was like a big parking lot or something.

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The next thing they were greeted with was… Warmth… Light… And then Eclipse glanced up and looked past the trees and their eyes widened a bit in shock, in fact you could imagine all of them being shocked, and sure enough, suddenly Sun’s voice broke through “...I-Is… Is that… The real sun…?! I’ve… Never seen the real sun before!” He spoke with excitement and then Moon’s raspy voice chimed in “...I wonder… If we’ll get to see the real moon” He hummed, seeming amused and then finally Eclipse spoke back up “Oh…! Maybe we’ll even get to see a REAL eclipse…! Solar or Lunar is fine by me…!”

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They beamed, before looking back down at you in their hands “...Safely, of course, after all, I wouldn’t want you looking up at a Solar Eclipse, (Y/N)...” You chuckled and nodded “Don’t worry bud, I’ll keep my eyes to the ground and closed so you won’t worry” Eclipse nodded and smiled and then looked around before spotting a berry bush, they beamed and walked over, they first scanned the berries, squinting their eyes, not wanting to take a big risk.

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“Ah, perfect, (Y/N), these are blueberries, so they won’t be harmful to consume” Eclipse spoke, and then set you down onto the ground finally, there were plenty you could reach and well sure, you enjoyed the animatronic helping you every once in awhile…

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You had also made it clear to, well, Sun more so, but even Eclipse knew probably at this point, they didn’t want you to think they thought of you as helpless because they didn’t, either way, you quickly got to work on chowing down on some of the blueberries you could reach meanwhile Eclipse had walked over to a clearing in the forest that was now surrounding the ruins of The Mega Pizzaplex and they held out their hand, holding it in the sunlight.

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Eclipse smiled, a happy smile, just feeling the warmth of the sunlight and looking at all there was to the outside world, when you had glanced over at them you noticed they looked so happy, so content and it made you smile happily, you were so glad to see, well Sun and Moon at peace, but you supposed now you had a new friend to get used to, after all, Eclipse was clearly their own being, they had their own thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

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But considering how things were going, you could definitely already feel yourself growing attached to them and they seemed attached to you as well all on their own, which made you happy, as you continued chowing down on the blueberries until you were full, Eclipse had just been enjoying the outside world and having a blast, skipping around and just inspecting the plant life.

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You smiled as you watched them, despite the state they were in along with The Mega Pizzaplex, they didn’t seem to feel too bad about it, you wished faintly you could repair them, but even if you had the smarts to repair them, your size gave you too much of a disadvantage here, there was no way you could safely repair them, you faintly wished you had one of your friends here to help.

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…And then suddenly, you were grabbed, not too tightly but more so just scooped up, you gasped and your eyes widened, you flailed around, trying to get out of whoever’s hands had just snatched you up. You were about to scream before a voice that was familiar to you called out, one that you haven’t heard in oh so long… “Woah, woah…! Take it easy, just chill…!” You blinked in surprise, as you turned to look up and face them and your eyes were wide with disbelief and shock.

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“(F-F/N)?!” You called out in shock, and they grinned down at you “Well, I’m surprised you still remember me, (Y/N), it’s been AGES! And you… You’re um, small now, a LOT smaller…” You punched their fist “You scared me half to death, you fucker! Don’t EVER do that again…!” And they laughed a little “O-Okay! Okay! I’m sorry…! I’m sorry…! Yeesh, you’re still the same as ever, you haven’t changed a bit~” They apologized and held you in their hands in a careful manner, a grin on their face which caused you to huff a bit but you couldn’t hide the smile on your face as you sighed.

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“...What are you even doing here, (F/N)? I… I… I thought I’d never see you again” And then your old friend smiled “I thought the same, you’ve been missing for ages, although I guess now I can understand why, heh… …I just… I really missed you, a lot” You sighed and nodded, hugging one of their fingers since that’s all you could do “...I missed you too…” And before either of you could say anything more.

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Eclipse’s voice chimed up, and you heard footsteps, sure they were limping but it sounded like they were running back over “(Y/N)! Are you alright?! I sensed you suddenly became distressed, did a wild animal get after-” And they cut themselves off as they slowly came to a stop when they saw you in someone else’s hands, in fact you and your friend’s eyes widened, and your friend immediately chimed in, holding you a bit protectively “W-Woah! Wh-What the heck is that…?!”

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You could see Eclipse staring in a distrustful manner and well your friend looked like they had seen a ghost and so to keep this situation from escalating you quickly spoke up, clapping your hands together to get the animatronic and your friend’s attention “Stop! Stop! It’s alright, it’s alright…! Both of you…!” You looked toward Eclipse and smiled happily before looking back up at your friend, you quickly introduced the two of them, Eclipse to your friend and then your friend to Eclipse, the two still stared at each other a bit mistrustingly but you sighed.

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You then quickly explained the situation as best you could to your friend, and they seemed to nod and listen and finally, they relaxed a little bit, taking a deep breath and sighing “...Okay, so, this… Erm, Eclipse… And uh, Sun and Moon, they are… I know Sun and Moon were The Daycare Attendants before this place caught fire and went down… …So I guess uh, Eclipse is the new one then, and you say that… They’ve been taking care of you all this time?” You nodded at your friend’s words “Yep, that’s pretty much the gist of it anyways, the basics”

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Your friend took a moment before sighing “...You know, this seems crazy but considering I’m holding you in my hands right now and you're tiny, I can’t really say that’s too far-fetched…” Your friend then walked over to Eclipse and carefully handed you over. Eclipse was looking at them still a bit untrusting but your friend held out a hand “Well, we already know each other’s names, but uh, I… Don’t wanna get on your bad side, Eclipse, I’m sorry for uh, startling you and (Y/N), but I’m not a threat, just chillax”

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Eclipse took their hand, carefully, and shook it and well, they seemed to scan them, as best they could, sure their scanner wasn’t the best but they could at least register your friend as to not forget them before hey perked up a bit more and smiled in a friendly manner “Well, it’s nice to… Meet you… But, how did you find this place? Or, more importantly, (Y/N)...?” Eclipse questioned, now seeming more curious rather than distrusting of your friend which you were relieved about of course.

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Your friend looked at Eclipse and shrugged “Honestly, I was just coming here to uh see the forest and such, I find it peaceful out here, helps me draw and heh, I might’ve found my inspiration with you two…” They then looked back to you and smiled “...I really am glad to see you again, (Y/N)... It’s been so long, too damn long” You sighed and nodded at that “...Yeah, it really has, I missed you too…” Your friend smiled happily at that.

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And then they turned their attention back to Eclipse, looking them up and down before chiming in “...Although… Eclipse here is looking a little… …Okay, a lot damaged, if you both want…” They slowly began.

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“And this is totally not just an excuse to stick around and hang out and catch up with you, (Y/N) but… I’m sure you remembered I studied robotics way back, and I STILL know a good amount about ‘em, animatronics included, if Eclipse even wants, I could repair them…” And then before you could speak up, Eclipse perked up instantly and got a bit TOO close to your friend for their comfort there “R-Really…?! You can actually repair us…?!”

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You and your friend both couldn’t help but smile at Eclipse’s enthusiasm, and your friend chimed in happily “Of course…! I don’t mean to brag but I’m pretty skilled when it comes to repairing robots and such, I can have you fixed up in no time!” They exclaimed, and this seemed to excite Eclipse, they held you with one hand and used their free hand to stim, just flailing it and even jumping in place practically “Oh thank you thank you thank you new friend…! This will be just wonderful…!”

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You were smiling and looked to your friend who then spoke “I’ll need to go get some supplies though, which might take a while, and I’m sure even with the remains of The Mega Pizzaplex, I’m sure there’s still some stuff in there that isn’t damaged that can help” Your friend then said they’d be back in a little bit and waved to both you and Eclipse before quickly heading off to gather up some supplies and materials.

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You looked up toward Eclipse and smiled “I guess you’re excited to get fixed up, huh?” Eclipse nodded enthusiastically “Yep! I hope your friend is able to repair me at least well enough to where I won’t limp when I walk and I don’t have as many jagged edges, after all, I don’t wanna accidentally hurt you, starshine”

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You smiled and gently patted their hand “Yeah, it’ll be okay, we can wait for ‘em here, I don’t mind eating blueberries for the time being if I wind up getting hungry again” Eclipse nodded and then decided to wait in that spot for your friend as they set you down, you two would talk, and since Eclipse was still fairly new to you, you two talked and got to know each other better, sometimes Sun and Moon would be allowed to pop out briefly to talk to you but it seems like they couldn’t fully stay in control for too long before Eclipse would come back.

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Which then prompted Eclipse to ask, tapping his fingers nervously together “...Hey… (Y/N)? …You… Aren’t upset at me because Sun and Moon can’t fully be present right now, right? I… I know I’m new to you, and I already know how much you value and care for Sun and Moon, so… I’m not… In the way, right?” Eclipse could hear Sun and Moon in their head, just saying his name in a saddened manner and…

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Your heart broke a little at hearing that and you quickly stood up from your spot, you might’ve been tiny but you were NOT having that “Eclipse…! Don’t you dare even think that way!” Eclipse got startled by your yelling even if it wasn’t the loudest, they looked down at you surprised.

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“You’re not in the way at all, and you won’t EVER be in the way! I… I know we’ve only known each other for a short while but, I care about you all the same too, I care for you the same way I care for Sun and Moon, and maybe… My friend can find a way where you can all co-exist, like, you can take over sometimes without it being so straining, Sun can, and then Moon can so we can all equally spend time together” Eclipse smiled slightly at that, they reached down to gently pat your head.

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“...Thank you, starshine… …I’m… Glad you feel that way, I care about you as well, the same way Sun and Moon do, you’re my little starshine…!” Eclipse beamed as they picked you up again, nuzzling their faceplate albeit EXTREMELY carefully against your face “...We love you, all three of us do” Sun, Moon’s, and Eclipse’s voice seemed to layer over one another when they said they loved you, and you smiled happily, blushing slightly “...I love all of you too…” You hugged Eclipse’s faceplate as best you could given your tiny size.

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And then finally your friend came back and called out “Hey guys, I found some spare parts and some stuff still functioning, just barely but it’s enough to repair Eclipse” And then you smiled over at your friend and so did Eclipse who happily approached, limping of course due to their leg “Really? You think whatever’s still functioning in the Pizzaplex will work long enough?”

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Your friend had nodded “Yeah it should but we better hurry and get started just in case” And then you chimed up “Hey, (F/N)? Do you think you can like… Make it to where Sun, Moon, and Eclipse can be in control? Like, where they can take control whenever one of them wants to?”

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Eclipse then spoke up “Sort of like how Sun and Moon did, whenever the lights were on, Sun was out, when they went out then Moon could come out …B-But um, maybe let’s… NOT make it as forced as that, please” And your friend seemed to think about it momentarily before speaking up with a grin “I’ll see what I can do, c’mon, let’s go” They gestured and so, Eclipse with you in their hands, followed your friend back into The Mega Pizzaplex, and you watched as they led Eclipse to one of those weird looking computers and had them sit down, there were various parts for rebuilding him scattered around.

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Your friend got to work right away while Eclipse set you down, in a place where they could keep an eye on you of course, your friend had said this might take a few hours and so you nodded, you decided to take a nap in the meantime and Eclipse seemed to sense this and so they tried to activate their music box …It… Didn’t sound well at all, the music was distorted and would glitch out, so Eclipse just shut it off, dejected, your friend then spoke up “Hey, don’t worry about it bud, I’ll fix you up a new music box in no time, I’ll even add more songs then what your current one probably has”

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And Eclipse gasped in mock offense at that “How dare you, I am NO party pooper…! You know, I may not be Sun or Moon but I can STILL put you in timeout” And this caused your friend to chuckle “If you put me in timeout though… You won’t have anyone to fix youuu~” They teased.

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Eclipse opened their mouth with a finger pointed out, but then they thought about it before huffing “...Touché” And then that was the end of that, as you slowly closed your eyes, listening to the sounds of animatronic noises, whirring, clicking, and rather broken sounds along with the occasional tinkering of your friend fixing Eclipse, you slowly but surely fell asleep for awhile…

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…Some hours passed, and eventually, you felt something nudging you gently, you grumbled “...Mm, five more minutes…” …You felt yourself getting nudged again and you grumbled, swatting at whatever it was, still in your half-asleep daze “Gimme an hourrr…” You complained, and then suddenly, something snatched you, you yelped and your eyes shot open at the sudden loud voice “RISE AND SHINE, MY LITTLE SUNBEAM~!”

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You cringed at the loud voice, your tiny ears ringing, you knew that was Sun and when you opened your eyes you gasped, the animatronic was still dressed like earlier, with Moon’s cap on, some rays sticking out, and then the combination of Sun and Moon’s pants but their faceplate no longer damaged, their leg completely fixed up, they looked brand new.

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Your eyes practically sparkled and you hugged Sun’s finger oh so tightly “S-Sunny!” You were excited as Sun was fully in control for a moment and the animatronic gently hugged you to himself “Yep! It’s me, my little sunbeam! And hey hey hey! That’s not all, watch this!” Sun’s head suddenly spun around, and then before you knew it, Moon’s quiet and calm voice spoke, which made you wish he had been the one to wake you up so you hadn’t had that mini heart attack but still “Hello my little starlight…”

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You smiled happily up at him, still hugging onto his finger “Moony…” He smiled down at you, his teeth razor sharp but he didn’t scare you obviously, and then finally, Moon’s head spun around this time, a few more times then what Sun’s had done, and then you could hear the combination, the mixture… Eclipse “My little starshine…! We’re all fixed up…! And we can take control whenever we want to! No day or night cycles, we’re all in control” You smiled happily at that “That’s good, I’m glad you don’t have to be forced to change whether the lights go out or not…”

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And then your friend piped up “And lest we not forget the person who fixed them up by the way” They chuckled, crossing their arms, you turned over to them and smiled happily up at them, and before you could react, Eclipse pulled your friend into a nearly bone crushing hug “Thank you thank you thank you…!” They kept repeating, your friend was coughing and wheezing a bit “I-It’s nice th-that you’re so happy but… E-Eclipse, your… crushing… me…” Eclipse gasped and let up on their hold “Oh dear, so sorry new friend…!” The three of you stood there, well, since you were so tiny, you sat in the palm of Eclipse’s hand and your friend just held their hand near you.

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…It was a bit awkward but it was the only way given your small stature, and then your friend smirked mischievously “Oh and, by the way… Eclipse… Don’t you have something you wanna say to (Y/N)~?” They spoke teasingly, and Eclipse’s rays didn’t spin like Sun’s but rather, they retracted in and out like pistons and you could hear the whirring sounds of the animatronic’s fans as they suddenly seemed incredibly flustered “I-I…! H-Hey now, you-you-you… Shush…!” Your friend was about to open their mouth again and tease some more but Eclipse quickly slapped a hand over their mouth “Shshsh! Sh! …Shush…! Shoosh-”

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You blinked in confusion as you looked toward Eclipse “...Eclipse…? What are they talking about exactly?” Eclipse stuttered some before shaking their head “Nothing, my little starshine…!” You squinted your eyes “Eclipse…” The animatronic shook their head, and then they could feel their head forcibly trying to spin and Eclipse shook their head again “No…! Stop…! Sun, Moon…! You are all conspiring against me, rrgh…!” You were completely confused at this point.

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Your friend kept trying to pry Eclipse’s hand from their mouth, much to no avail as the animatronic was a lot stronger than any human, however, Eclipse also had Sun and Moon even working against him, and you finally spoke up “...Eclipse? C’mon, what is it…? What do you want to tell me?” Eclipse knew neither Sun nor Moon nor even your friend would leave this alone and so they sigh, deciding to try and gather up the courage, they released your friend’s mouth and turned away, they were clearly flustered or embarrassed or both even.

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Eclipse had also grabbed something that you couldn’t see at first, and as the animatronic gathered up their courage for a few moments, probably being cheered on by Sun and Moon and even your friend got serious, telling them they had this, and then finally you watched as Eclipse stood up straight and turned around, holding their hands behind their back as they stepped closer to you “Okay…! (Y/N)...! I-I have something I-I need to… To… Tell you…”

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You nodded, gesturing for Eclipse to go on and they still seemed incredibly flustered as their fans whirred loudly.

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“I-I… M-Much like Sun and Moon has done… I-I wish to… U-Um…” Eclipse was beginning to lose their nerve and you gently reached out and patted their hand “It’s okay, Eclipse… Whatever you need to tell me, I’m listening” Eclipse then sighed “...M-Much like… Sun and Moon has done… I-I would um, uh, like, I would really like to… Take you out o-on a… A date…”

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Your face turned red immediately as Eclipse held out a tiny paper bouquet and you could hear Eclipse’s fans whirring loudly, they seemed incredibly flustered “I-It’s alright if y-you don’t want to yet! I-I can wait, and e-even if you never want-”

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You smiled happily up at them, and you gently took the paper bouquet, admiring the cute paper-craft flowers in your hands before answering so Eclipse didn’t spiral “...Y-Yes… I-I’d like that a lot actually…” And then Eclipse looked like they were going to explode with excitement, they hugged you close, almost too tightly by accident “Oh thank you thank you thank you! This makes me so happy…! I-I know we haven’t got much left here in the ruins of The Mega Pizzaplex but… I-I’ve set something up for us…!” And then Eclipse began to carry you somewhere.

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Eclipse also held a hand over your eyes when you asked what they set up, they smiled “It’s a surprise, silly~! You’ll just need to wait, my little starshine” And so you did, you waited in Eclipse’s hands and eventually the animatronic stopped and you were impatiently excited “C’moooon Eclipse, lemme see already” They giggled a little at you and huffed playfully “Gosh, so impatient…! You know patience is a virtue” And then you scoffed playfully back “Eclipse…” You playfully warned and they laughed “Alright, alright, my little starshine”

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Eclipse then finally lifted their hand from your eyes and you gasped, while the room and pretty much everything was still dilapidated and ruined obviously, Eclipse had set up a table with a clean cloth thankfully, probably something your friend had gotten, and there was even some food, well, food for you anyways as Eclipse couldn’t eat anything being a robot and all.

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It was even cut up enough to accommodate your tiny size, there was candles that dimly lit the area and there was also some fake flowers that wouldn’t wilt thankfully in a vase, Eclipse brought you over to the table and set you down “I-I hope it’s to your liking, (Y/N)” They seemed nervous.

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You smiled happily and had a few tears in your eyes at what all they did for you “...It’s… Really nice, Eclipse, thank you…” And then Eclipse sat down, in one of the chairs and watched as you began to eat, they then spoke “Your friend had brought the food by the way, since um, well… You know, the food wouldn’t be safe for human consumption from the ruins of The Mega Pizzaplex”

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Eclipse explained, and you were thankful for that, and for a few moments, it fell silent, Eclipse seemingly trying to keep their courage on this little date with you.

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You smiled as you ate “The food’s really good honestly” Eclipse nods, seeming relieved that you enjoyed it, they honestly didn’t have… Any idea how a date worked, aside from the typical dinner thing and talking to get to know each other, which Eclipse decided to start off with first, getting to know you better.

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Since they WERE their own being, they didn’t have Sun nor Moon’s thoughts or memories, they had their own, you also got to know them in return, it was interesting that despite being in the same body, they were all different, their own thoughts, feelings, sentience.

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You listened to Eclipse as they talked about what they liked doing which was taking care of children and arts and crafts and you laughed “Well, you might all be different, but your hobbies are still the same” Eclipse laughs a little and nods “Well, yeah, that’s just in all of our programming, after all, we ARE The Daycare Attendants, but, I um, actually really do like art, I like to draw, not just uh, silly looking pictures” You perked up at that and smiled warmly “...Ya know, I’d love to see your drawings then one day, if you don’t mind”

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Eclipse smiles now, seeming happy about that, their rays somewhat pushing in and out, then they nod “...I’ll show you someday then, (Y/N)” And then you finally finished eating, you sighed, and leaned back, you were definitely full now, you commented about how good the food was and then Eclipse’s rays spin happily “I’m so glad you enjoyed the food, my little starshine…! But, that’s not all”

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And then they stood up, approaching your tiny form slowly, before gently reaching down and scooping you up into their hands, their hands were no longer damaged so they didn’t have to worry about accidentally scratching you anymore.

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You were confused and yet curious “Oh? What’s next then?” Eclipse grins happily “You’ll see…~!” They beam, as they begin walking off, as they were walking, your friend caught both of your attention first “Yo, I gotta head home for a bit…! I gotta go set some stuff up… But, I’ll be back later sometime, you two enjoy your date!” You smiled and waved your friend goodbye, as did Eclipse, and with that your friend headed off meanwhile Eclipse continued on, continuing to carry you to another section of The Mega Pizzaplex, what remained of it anyways.

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You knew deep down that you, Eclipse, Sun, and Moon couldn’t stay here forever, but for now, you wanted to enjoy the place you all so fondly remember, or at least care about to some extent, sure, there were also some scary memories here but for the most part, the good ones far outweighed the bad.

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And then Eclipse led you to a quiet, completely secluded place of The Mega Pizzaplex, no worry, no threat of any potential roaming animatronics that were still functioning, it was also the most tidy section so you figured Eclipse and your friend had tidied this part up.

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And then, you saw that, inside the room, there was a blanket fort of clean pillows and well, blankets, there was a buncha plushies around as well, string lights in the shape of stars, and then a monitor of sorts was set up inside and it looked so cozy, you looked up at Eclipse who looked down at you with a warm smile “...I um, got this set up, with the help of your friend, I figured we could sit up late and watch some movies together…! They downloaded some onto the computer there”

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You smiled happily up at Eclipse “...It looks… Really cozy, although hey… How did you convince Moon to let us ‘sit up late’?” Eclipse then pauses, they look a bit sheepish now.

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And well, Moon takes over to answer for them “...Rrr… As much as I want you to get your sleep, starlight… …JUST this once… …I’m allowing it, but NO later than past twelve am… And I’ll know if Eclipse breaks that rule” And then Eclipse is back in control and they gasp in offense “Moon…! How dare you, you-you-you even INSINUATE that I am a rule breaker…!”

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And you laughed at their shenanigans before shaking your head “Alright, alright, no need to fight… No later than midnight, got it” And well this must’ve pleased Moon enough to let it be, and then Eclipse carries your tiny form into the blanket fort, closing the little blanket behind you both to keep it comfortable and warm.

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Eclipse then sets you down on one of the comfortable pillows, walking over to the computer and pulling up the selection of movies, they then looked back at you “I’ll let you choose the movie, (Y/N) we got a lotta genres to choose from” You nod and look up at the screen in front of you, thinking on your decision, before a movie or two caught your eye, and you pointed “Emm, the Lion King sounds good, can… We watch both, one and two?”

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Eclipse smiles and nods “Of course my little starshine” And they boot up the movie and they walk back over and lay down next to you, getting comfortable, you also get comfortable inside the blanket fort.

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And as the movie begins you two sit lay there, surrounded by the warmth of the blanket fort and surroundings pillows, Eclipse had thankfully been considerate of your small stature since well, a normal sized pillow, you’d wind up sinking into it so they had prepared this place accordingly, the peaceful color of the lights made you feel relaxed, and as Eclipse gazed over at you, their fans began to whirr slightly, their rays popping in and out quietly as they saw the peaceful and happy expression on your face, seeing the way your skin glows in the lighting.

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They can’t help it as they say what they're thinking out loud  “...You look… Wonderful, (Y/N)” Eclipse compliments, before realizing they had said that out loud just now, they look away almost immediately, incredibly flustered “I-I MEAN…!” They suddenly stumble out, flustered.

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You looked over at them, a blush on your face at Eclipse’s sudden words but a genuine and gentle smile graces your lips “...Thank you, Eclipse, I… I’m glad you think so” You giggle softly, amused by their flustered nature so suddenly, you sigh and look back at the screen, watching the scenes play out, you had fallen silent for a moment before speaking up “...I’m really glad… We got to meet” Eclipse looks back over at you, nodding slowly.

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“...Yeah, even though it hasn’t been long, I’m glad as well” And then you smirked a little bit, speaking up teasingly “Yeah, you must be pretty glad considering that well, we’ve just met for like a day now, and your already taking me on a date”

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Eclipse looks incredibly flustered as they pull the nightcap down, hiding their face at that “Ghh! W-Well, oh… Oh, you hush…” They speak, clearly too flustered to respond to that, they tell you to just continue watching the movie, grumbling softly, and you laugh at that, finding their reaction to your words sweet, charming even.

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Before you relent and then turn back to watch the movie playing on TV, and that’s what the two of you did, you watched the first movie, occasionally chatting and conversing but not too much as to not interrupt it, and then you both moved onto the second movie.

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You were having a fun time with Eclipse, so far, the night passed on, and slowly but surely, you could feel yourself beginning to grow tired, you yawned slightly, luckily for you it was near the end of the movie by the time you were getting tired, you turn toward Eclipse, and you smile warmly up at them “...You know… I had… A really fun time today Eclipse, in the short amount of time we’ve spent together, I won’t deny… …I feel the same way toward you as I do Sun and Moon” Eclipse perks up at that, they’re rays popping in and out and they seemed flustered but genuinely appreciative.

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“...Thank you… …I’ve had a really great time with you as well, I… I really do love you, my little starshine” And this made you blush, your cheeks felt warm, and not only that but you felt butterflies in your stomach, you sit up and gesture for them to pick you up bring you toward their faceplate, they reach down and gently grasp your tiny form in the palm of their hands, holding you with the utmost care and gentleness.

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They lift you up to their faceplate and then without hesitation, you give them a kiss, Eclipse’s rays jut out suddenly and you can hear their fans and motorized parts going crazy which causes you to laugh.

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Eclipse then gently nudges you with they’re faceplate, making a little kiss sound back and your blush darkens at that, you two share a few minutes of silence together, just gazing into one another’s eyes affectionately, the two of you could tell that this was the start of something wonderful, and well you could already feel it, much like you did with Sun and Moon, you were falling in love with Eclipse too, after the movie had ended.

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Eclipse turns the computer off, letting the glow of the star string lights just illuminate the comfortable blanket fort, and then they gently lay you down on the comfortable spot, on the soft pillow, letting you get comfortable.

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Before Eclipse grabs a blanket that’s your size, they gently put it over you and tuck your tiny form in, they smile down at you “...Alright, it’s time to get some sleep… After all… Moon is going to be v e r y angry if I keep you up past your bedtime” You chuckled a little at that and nodded.

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You sigh, cozy and comfortable with Eclipse sitting beside you, you look up to the giant animatronic, and you can see them push some sort of button on their body, and then, soft and gentle music begins to play, it sounds like a music box of some sort, and then, Sun finally takes over, taking the nightcap off momentarily “Goodnight our little sunbeam”

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And then he puts it back on, and you can see Moon come out, those familiar eyes casting a soft blue glow on your body “Goodnight our little starlight… Get your rest”

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And then of course, finally Eclipse comes back “...Goodnight, our little starshine…” You smile happily and yawn, slowly beginning to close your eyes as you tell Eclipse and the others goodnight “...I love you all…” You mumble before falling into a deep and peaceful sleep for the night.

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(holy shit this took so long to do gjkfdjfkd i've been HELLA procrastinating- ...okay that and also technically playing viddy games ...and drawing)

BTW- uh this is the third and final bit to the Sun n Moon x Tiny Reader I did! both are on my A03 for easier access and this one will be on my a03 as well- the link to that is in my pinned post