#pillar of healing

[euphorictruths]

Pillars- Oleg Schupliak; 2018

[clownsuu]

I have been having a strong urge to make another puppet oc, so alas, take this pain iv made-

When I mean pain, I literally mean it- JDHHFHDH I got so stressed out trying to color him that my adrenaline spiked and now I’m trying to relax LMAOOOO

but anyway, here’s Robbie (not to be confused with Robert), a Howdy family member oc, cause who am I as a howdy supremacy supporter if I didn’t have SOMEBODY related to him smhh. He’s kinda an smartass/asshole (being a 3 horned rhinoceros beetle) but when ya get to know the bastard he’s a nerdy lil goof who’ll never shut up about literally anything he’s done. How many crimes has he committed? He lost count smh.

he’s a little bit more of a serious character-? But he’s kinda still in the same playing field as Dr.Stone is where they are a “guest character”. Also unlike Dr.Stone who has a set occupation, Robbie hops from job to job, one day he’s working at your local seven eleven, the other day he’s a astronaut going to space (don’t ask how he the hell he even got in- he’s too crafty for his own good-)

[birbwell]

jonathan finds a cool beetle

[disasterdrvid]

love raphael's cunty little villain song during his fight

[divine-nonchalance]

Whenever you feel tense, imagine yourself as a pillar of light. Instant relief.

Sejeluho . Affirmations for All

[nerosdayinanime]

Eyes (rogue wave) but every time it says 'in your eyes' its a different shot of sabito & giyuu's eyes throughout their lives

[petrifiedforests]

"Sorry, I'm being so difficult for you." for, hm Tup/Dogma or Hics/Pillar ?

First of all, I'm absolutly very cool about this being a prompt for Hics and Pillar (clearly people online would never lie). Thank you!

Secondly, here it is!

Summary:

Ignoring a brother is bad luck. Treating someone as if they were already marching ahead shows the little gods who to guide.

Fill for the @clonefandomevents oc bingo

[impossible-rat-babies]

ngl I do think my biggest gripe with myths of the realm in a narrative sense is having it be so late in 14’s life means you end up with a lot of unanswered questions that are just a result of how the content wasn’t created until later

[dirt-juice]

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[softquietsteadylove]

Thena watches her gladiators while they train. And she certainly enjoys watching her champion while he trains 👀

Ajak smiled to one of their many advisors before they bounded off. She turned to Thena beside her, "do you remember a single word they said?"

"Do you?"

"Thena," Ajak frowned, although her daughter was not nearly as chastised by her tone as she might have liked. Thena turned her head faintly, looking out into the courtyard as they walked. "You cannot avoid them forever."

"Forgive me, Mother," Thena smiled tightly. Usually, she did her best to avoid royal duties all together. But she had made her mother the promise that, if she were allowed to stay by Gilgamesh's side while he recovered, that she would never deny her mother again.

A promise she still did not regret making, no matter how many meetings and banquets and diplomatic invitations she had to endure. Gilgamesh was alive and well, and she had kept her promise to her mother since.

"Speak of the devil."

Gilgamesh, former Champion and now Captain of the Guard, was training the new recruits. Newer, younger gladiators who would need to know how to handle themselves in the ring in the name of Queen and Country.

"He is a fine teacher."

Ajak eyed Thena beside her, not that her daughter was paying attention to anything but the man directing their new gladiators. She cleared her throat, "there are questions, my dear--about your marriage?"

"What about it?" Thena mumbled, head practically craned so she could watch Gilgamesh as he gave a lesson on wrestling, seeming about momentum and using an opponent's size against them.

Ajak huffed; Thena had developed somewhat of an impertinence about her since the Eros debacle. Ajak halted her steps, since Thena had come to such a natural halt herself. She tugged at Thena's dress, "about it happening, dearest. You are expected to choose someone now that you have all the power in the world to do so."

Thena continued to ignore her.

Ajak had been trying to get her daughter to consider marriage for years already. She was more than of-age, but the Queen also had vowed to never force Thena into something she truly did not want. And marriage seemed to be at the very top of that list. They were lucky she took the throne and had Thena when she was as young as she was. She had half expected to hand over the throne by now.

Thena tilted her head, admiring the Captain as he...worked.

Ajak sighed, shaking her head faintly. It was so plain to see, and yet Thena had not even mentioned a fondness for the Champion who fought for the freedom of her hand rather than the possession of it. Even Ajak could recognise the romance of such an action.

"You could choose him, if you wish."

Thena finally looked at her, torn from her revelry of watching a bunch of men - one man, rather - horse around. "Hm?"

Driven to distraction; Ajak nodded her head towards Gilgamesh, "I am sure he would find it most agreeable."

"H-" Thena blinked, her head moving between her mother and their chosen and promoted Captain of the gladiatorial forces. It happened a few more times, just for good measure, "G-Gilgamesh?"

Ajak laughed faintly, patting Thena's arm; she wasn't sure when her daughter had become so much taller than she. "Have you not even considered it, dear?"

Thena looked back at the Champion himself, who had his head thrown back in laughter with his troops. Her hands wrung in front of her, "I...I suppose not."

Horseshit. But Ajak held her tongue and tried a more gentle approach with her remarkably stubborn child-turned-grown-woman. "I would approve greatly. Not that I think that matters to you at all."

"Mother," Thena furrowed her brows at her as she patted her hands into submission. "Of course that would matter to me."

"Well," Ajak turned her eyes back to the Captain, who caught her eye this time. She offered a smile.

"Hup!"

Gilgamesh stood upright and dipped to bow to their queen and princess, the rest of his troops following suit.

Ajak moved into the sun of the courtyard, still holding Thena's hands and incidentally dragging her along. "Your training seems to be going well, Captain."

"Yes ma'am," Gil responded with a happy smile, despite speaking with the revered Queen Ajak herself. He looked at the recruits behind him, crossing his arms, "they have a ways to go, but I believe they will fight well for you."

"And you?" Thena asked eagerly, nearly cutting off the end of his words with her own, "are you healing well?"

Ajak nearly rolled her eyes; she had healed him herself, and it was weeks since he was able to leave a bed.

"I am," he smiled at her gently, though, his voice going as soft as a lily petal. "Thanks to you and your mother, my Lady."

Thena smiled.

Ajak took in a breath. This required more direct action, and for once, it seemed Thena was not in any mood for directness. She drew her shoulders up faintly and turned to her daughter, "Thena, I have another diplomatic meeting."

"Oh, yes," she agreed, per her promise. But her disappointment rang out from her like a gong. "We shall-"

"You can skip this one, dear," Ajak uttered quickly. This would need to happen fast. "It shall be brief, and nothing but politics. Perhaps the Captain would escort you inside for me?"

Gil startled but straightened his shoulders, "o-of course, my Lady!"

"Very well, then!" Ajak smiled at them before all but dropping Thena's hands from her arm and dashing away. She spared them a wave as she picked up the billowing white of her skirts to move as swiftly as possible. "You have my full faith, Captain."

Thena frowned at the odd statement from her mother, following her even more odd behaviour. "It is a walk; I would not think it required any strength of faith."

Gilgamesh shrugged, though, holding out his arm, bent at the elbow. "Still, it is escorting the royal princess. I'm honoured."

Thena smiled, indulging him as she settled her fingers delicately in the crook of his elbow. "Very well, then, Captain."

"Uh," a young voice cracked, "sir?"

Gil eyed his young bucks over his shoulder, "you can conduct yourself in my absence, right? I have important business with the Princess."

"Yes, sir!"

"Important business?" Thena murmured to him as they took their leave back into the shade.

He bent his head closer to her too, like children snickering about their teacher, "breaks are very important, my Lady."

The two laughed between themselves as he guided her back inside and out of the harsh daylight. Thena cleared her throat, moving her hand further from his bicep and more to his forearm. "How are you finding your new position, Gilgamesh?"

"The promotion was kind, my Lady," he smiled at her as they strolled at a leisurely pace through the open and breeze halls of the palace. "I've never been so rested."

"But do you like it?" Thena clarified, her eyes imploring the truth out of him. "Training the recruits?"

He chuckled, smiling at her more gently (if at all possible). "I love it, Thena. And I know it's because I needed time to heal after my fight."

It was a consideration most were not afforded, given the nature of their profession.

Thena sighed, eyeing his chest place in memory of the scars still there, "you should not have to fight after what you endured."

Gilgamesh shrugged, though, back to smiling blithely. "Part of the job, my Lady."

"Gil."

"Thena," he replied, laughing again. He patted the hand of hers on his arm with his other hand. "It was generous of your mother to promote me. I don't take it for granted."

"Yes," Thena agreed, warmth stealing into her cheeks. It was she who had suggested the promotion to get Gil out of the barracks and into a more comfortable position, both in work and life outside of it. "Mother is generous in spirit."

"You've had a lot of meetings since the tournament, huh?" Gil asked, more and more casual and comfortable the longer they walked together.

"Unfortunately," Thena sighed, also losing the polished edges she wore as Princess. She looked at Gil - just Gil - with a smile that was just Thena. "And they are all terribly boring."

Gil let out a laugh that echoed through the palace halls. Thena stared at it openly.

"Our advisors are demanding I select a spouse," she confided in him as they left the more open halls along the palace walls to the interior. "You would think Mother was abdicating tomorrow, based on their urgency."

"I'm sorry, Thena."

She looked at him in shock.

"I didn't mean to put that kind of pressure on you," Gil frowned in the softer light of the room. "It didn't occur to me that being free to choose would-"

"No."

He looked at her in shock this time.

"Don't ever apologise for that," she shook her head at him. "You...you have given me something no money in the world nor the crown itself could give me."

"Without you, I would be under the same expectation to marry, except that they would be chosen for me. If not selected by our advisors, then any challenging prince looking for a prize."

Gil frowned at the mention of Eros, even now that that particular thorn was removed from their sides. He gave her hand a squeeze, "I would never have let that happen, Thena."

She smiled faintly, her head tilting and her hair tumbling off her shoulder, "I know you wouldn't have. It is for that exact reason I will never have enough gratitude to gift you."

"Well, I don't know about that," Gil smiled at her, his lighter mood restored, "the fancy new bed I have in my palace room is pretty nice."

Thena did not manage to catch her laughter before it escaped, "Gil."

"Really, I mean it's nice, and the sheets!" Gil continued until Thena gave his arm a light shove with the back of her hand. It seemed to possess no force at all, and yet he looked at her as if it would rouse him from sleep. "Really, Thena, you've done more than enough. I'm the one who should be thanking you."

Thena just sighed as he brought her hand off his arm and up to his lips in a kiss. It was more gentle and reverent than any from a suitor could hope to achieve.

Ajak watched from behind one of many pillars offering her cover as she spied on the Gladiator who so possessed her daughter's heart.

"My Lady, we really should-"

Ajak shooed away the guard about to blow her cover. She really did have a meeting she had to go to. But this was far more important.

[high-voltage-rat]

I keep seeing people say the Raphael fight is hard but I absolutely stomped him into the ground. So what I'm taking away from this is, my boys are just too powerful

[lovelyteng]

Poppy’s Heal to Help Chapter 5 - Don’t Closer To Me!

[Fade to the bookshelf on the living room in the dark of Home where Frank walks to it as he pulls a red book with eye on the spine, the bookshelf split to half as open the secret room as Frank enters it. Cut to inside the secret room with the lightbulbs, Frank walks in calmly as it's like 5 minutes and looks in the far distance at Howdy on the electric chair as he is tied up while he is still unconscious as along a table in front of him, Frank sighs and walks to Howdy.]

Frank: Hey, Howdy. Wally and I make a Balance Potion for Poppy. While Wally gets the ingredients and... (Hisses while starting to get nervous.) Don't you get stressed about him while you think he steals the apples, also... (Groans in worry.) I'm spying on you...! While you are doing anything!

Poppy: (offscreen) Frank? Where are you?

Frank: I'm coming out! (To Howdy, quietly) But I'm taking care of her while I protect you. (Kisses Howdy's cheek, then walks away.) Good luck, Howdy-Howdy.

[Cut to the kitchen of Howdy's Place/Bugdega where Wally mixes a Balance Potion on the bowl, he puts the pieces of green crystal on it, then mixes it until he hears a phone ring. He walks to Howdy's rotary wall phone to call and speak it as a split screen to him on the left side, and Frank on right side who sits on the sofa while holding Wally's rotary phone in his ear while he speaks.]

Frank: (whispers) Wally!

Wally: Frank? Why did you call me?

Frank: I'm getting worried about Howdy, they're testing on him! (Wally gasps quietly.) Also, I just ask you about Balance Potion.

Wally: Yes, it's almost done.

Frank: (hears voice from the 2nd floor, whispers) Good! But we've got a problem!

[Screen wides to Wally's side while Frank mutters quietly, then Wally starts to be shocked.]

Wally: WHAT?!

Frank: (in Howdy's rotary wall phone) Trust me! It's getting worse.

[Cut to the secret room of Home, Howdy starts to wake up while groaning.]

Howdy: Ouch! That hurt on my neck! Ow! (Shocks and looks around the secret room, then looks at himself on the electric chair as start struggle.) Where am I?! Hello! Anyone here? (Hear footsteps in echoes to stop struggles.) Oh no...

[Cut to Frank and Poppy walking in silhouette glowing to their clothes, eyes, and dips of hair in front of Howdy which start to scare and gulp as Frank and Poppy start to walk him.]

Frank: Howdy, we're gonna examine you.

Howdy: (in thought while looking at Frank and Poppy) Oh no! That reminds me of the first day I went to the dentist when I was a kid!

Poppy: All right, Howdy. Let's do this!

Frank: Guys! Come down here!

Howdy: (speaks out in shocked confusion) What?!

[Cut to Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie walking in the shadow, they open their eyes in glowing green while Frank and Poppy barely smile and Howdy starts trembling and sweating in fear.]

Howdy: (whispers) I'm SO screwed up to me!

Poppy: Guys! Howdy has a major problem today while he just ignores it to hide his pain.

Eddie: I see...

[Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie walk out of the shadows to reveal they are wearing hospital outfits and holding boxes each one of them while they walk to Frank, Poppy, and Howdy. Howdy starts his eyes getting wide while they're closer to him, Frank and Poppy.]

Julie: Don't worry! (She holds a knife from a box which her friends are surprised and scared.) I've got an idea about that!

Frank: No! Don't use this! (Takes a knife from Julie.) Julie! That's too dangerous to use! (Puts it on the table while Howdy looks at it.) We need tools to use on him, in less violence and pain.

Julie: (groans) Fine.

Howdy: (slowly talking while growing nervous) Uh... Poppy? What did you do to them?

Poppy: I infected them by eating these cookies. (Holds up Cookies of Wally and Frank on a Silver Serving Tray.) But one missing cookie was you, Howdy.

Howdy: Oh no. What kind of it? Like Frank did to us, the mind's controlled with their calmness by butterflies.

Poppy: Oh, that. I made them with their support by cookies.

Howdy: (shouts while shocked) WHAT?! (Six Neighbors cover their ears.) THAT'S WHAT YOU DID TO THEM?!

Frank: Ow! You made my eardrums break as it hurt on me!

Eddie: Yeah, like I shouted at you at the magic show.

Frank: (uncover his ears along with his friends) I know, Eddie. I know.

Poppy: Howdy! You just ignore your problem while you're in despair!

Howdy: (frustrated) I've already told you, guys! I...am...fine!

Frank: But you looked like you're been stressed out!

Howdy: That's not my major problem!

Poppy: Then settled, let's get started!

[Cut to Howdy getting more trembling and sweating in fear and his eyes getting wider while the shadows cover him.]

Howdy: I'm surrounded by infected horrified people! (Screaming in echo.)

[Cut to Wally walking out of Howdy's Place/Bugdega, he holds a Balance Potion in an erlenmeyer flask.]

Wally: Nice! It's done! Wow! He's a lot of mathematical equations in his notebook! Like...he's so knowledgeable about math. (Hears Howdy's scream from Home as he starts to be worried.) Howdy?! Oh no! I'm coming!

[Wally runs to inside Home, then a secret room where he starts surprising Howdy who got a bandage taped around him except his eyes while he got traumatized as trembling as still on the electric chair while Barnaby, Julie, Frank, Sally, and Eddie feel disturbed, and Wally walks to Howdy.]

Wally: Guys! What have you done to him!

Frank: I wasn't with them! They tested him with "violence" tools. (Fairly glares at Julie who chuckles nervously.) Also, he kept screaming as tried to escape from us.

Wally: (looks around) Where's Poppy?

Frank: She's in her barn as she's making a cookie to give-- (Realized and shocked.) Oh no! (Walk closer to Wally, whispers.) She's making a cookie for Howdy! She's in her barn!

Wally: (whispers) Oh no!

Frank: (whispers) Come on! Let's go! (He and Wally run out of a secret room while Five Neighbors look at them in surprise.)

Sally: They're going to Poppy!

Julie: Eddie, you keep your eyes on him!

Eddie: Yes!

Howdy: (mumbling and traumatized) WHAT?!

[Barnaby, Julie, and Sally run out of a secret as they leave Howdy and Eddie who start to look at each other while Eddie starts to smile at Howdy who gulps.]

Eddie: Let's talk about love between me and Frank as you and I are with each other.

Howdy: (screaming in mumbled) NOOO!

[Cut to the kitchen of Poppy's Barn in the dark, Poppy standing to wait while a cookie of Howdy baking in the oven. Wally and Frank run her in worried.]

Wally: Poppy! I found you!

Frank: Did you make a cookie for Howdy?

Poppy: Yes. And then... (Kitchen timer starts ringing.) ...it's done! (Press it to stop the ring, she wears oven mitts to open the oven and takes the cookie of Howdy on the tray out of the oven, then she closes it and puts the tray on the table as she, Wally and Frank look at it.) So...what's you think?

Frank: Honestly, it's nice. But Howdy is a caterpillar, he eats healthy greens only, Poppy.

Poppy: Don't worry. I added a flavor of healthy green on it with this. (Holds up a green favorable powder with a label that says "Healthy Greens".) He's gonna taste it.

Frank: Wow!

Wally: Yeah, it's nice. (Whispers to Frank.) Now, she's gonna into him!

Frank: (whispers) Let's go now! (He and Wally start to run but they are blocked by Barnaby, Julie, and Sally.) Guys?! What are you doing here?!

Julie: We just follow you when you're getting worried.

Frank: (pause to start realized) Where's Eddie?

Sally: He is staying with Howdy... At Home.

Frank: Oh no... Howdy! (Runs out Poppy's Barn.)

Wally: (surprised) Frank?! Frank! Wait!

[Wally starts to run, then Barnaby, Julie, and Sally, and lastly Poppy who holds Silver Serving Tray with a Cookie of Howdy. Cut back to Howdy and Eddie in the secret room of Home, Eddie looking at Howdy delightfully and Howdy getting more traumatic and twitching his right eye.]

Eddie: ...Then we're married and then went to celebrate.

Howdy: (in thought, worried) Please, kill me!

Eddie: Do you like my love story about me and Frank? (Howdy has no answer while still traumatic and twitching his right eye.) Howdy? Howdy?

[Cut to Frank running in Home, then living room as he pulls a red book with eye on the spine, the bookshelf split to half as open the secret room as Frank enters to run it while Five Neighbors follow him. Cut back to Eddie who uncovers Howdy's mouth as Howdy starts groaning in traumatized.]

Eddie: Say something, Howdy-Howdy!

Howdy: (screaming) I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!

[Howdy smash and fall into Eddie to break the electric chair, he stands up and then runs off screaming while Eddie stands up and watches Howdy running away.]

Eddie: Howdy! (Grabs a baseball bat.) Stop running away from me! (Runs to follow Howdy.)

[Cut to Six Neighbors running in the hall of the secret room.]

Frank: Wow, Wally! Home has turned the secret room into a giant maze!

Wally: Yes. But it's only in the dark.

[Cut back to Howdy looking back at Eddie holding a baseball bat. Howdy stops running to the breaker box at a dead end of the path, then he looks at Eddie.]

Eddie: There's no escape... (Shouts happily.) Howdy-Howdy!

[Eddie swings a baseball bat into Howdy but misses him as Howdy dodges it into the breaker box which starts malfunctioning and then all lightbulbs are turned off while Eight Neighbors are surprised and paused in the dark while Wally, Frank, and Poppy glowing to their clothes, eyes, and dips of hair even Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie glowing green eyes. Cut back to Eddie drops the baseball bat and then hardly sees around.]

Eddie: Darn it! Howdy dodged it as I hitted into a breaker box! (Shocked as he got hit by someone behind him, dizzying.) Who hit me?

[Eddie knocked out and fell as revealed behind him is Howdy holding a baseball bat while he starts sobbing and trembling in fear as he feels despair.]

Howdy: (in despairing; sighs) That was so close!

Frank: (offscreen as echoes) I hear them! Follow me!

Howdy: (quietly in despair) Oh no! (Looks himself as takes bandage tapes from his body, then snaps his fingers which he got an idea.) That's it!

[Cut to Six Neighbors running in the hall in the dark, then they stopped by Frank.]

Frank: Hold on! I've my flashlight! (Holds a flashlight from his coat.) I bought a second one after it was stolen by someone. I don't remember who stole the first flashlight.

[Frank turns on a flashlight to shine the path, then they start walking until Frank moves his flashlight to the left side to shine it, he gasps and runs in while Five Neighbors follow him. Cut to Eddie still unconscious, Frank runs to him while Five Neighbors stop running and look at Frank holding Eddie.]

Frank: Eddie had passed out!

Five Neighbors: (gasps) Oh no!

Frank: I think probably Howdy did to him.

Poppy: I'll handle this for him, Frank.

Frank: Oh! You're the power of healing, right?

Poppy: Yup. (Puts her wing on Eddie as green aura into him, takes off.) There.

[Eddie gains consciousness as looks at his friends in confusion.]

Eddie: Why's everyone looking at me?

Frank: Eddie! (Hugs Eddie while laughing, then kisses his cheek.) You're okay!

Eddie: What's happened?

Frank: (let Eddie go from hugs) Howdy made you unconscious.

Eddie: What? Really?

Frank: Yes, he is. (Flashlight changes direction at behind without looking which Six Neighbors screams in horror. Frank starts confusion.) What? What's wrong, guys?

Sally: Look behind you.

[Frank turns around behind the flashlight's direction, he screams in horror. Cut to the breaker box as it is covered with blood red paint and bandage tapes, red words on the wall says: "DO NOT CLOSER TO ME!!" while Seven Neighbors looked horrified.]

Barnaby: Wow... Howdy starts going insane when in the dark.

[Seven Neighbors start to sink into realization to gasp and then run around in different directions; first Wally and Frank, then Poppy and Eddie, and lastly Barnaby, Julie and Sally while Barnaby, Frank, and Eddie hold the flashlights. Cut to Howdy running in despair while holding four handkerchiefs to wipe his tears while a baseball bat on his back, then it still comes out.]

Howdy: (whispers in despair) Wow! Secret room is turned into a big labyrinth! While in the dark! (Continue sobbing while he keeps running until he stops running to hear the familiar voices and footsteps.) Oh no!

[Howdy runs and turns to the right path while Poppy and Eddie pop out from the next path.]

Eddie: I swear! I heard his voice! He sounds like he's crying.

Poppy: We better hurry up! (She and Eddie run to the up path.)

[Cut back to Howdy walking slowly cautiously while he still feels despair.]

Howdy: (quietly in despair) That was a close one! I'm just quiet...without alarm.

[Suddenly, Howdy looks at the flashlight from the left side and he stays back to the door where four arms grab him covering his eyes and mouth, then drag him into the door as it closes itself. Cut to Barnaby, Julie and Sally from the left side for the flashlight as Barnaby shines to the left which it's nothing but a black door.]

Barnaby: Howdy? You want jokes, right?

Julie: Yeah, also the games... with us.

Sally: Come on, guys. He's not here. (Start walks but notice Barnaby and Julie don't start to walk.) Are you coming with me or what?

Julie: You sometimes take him off your stage.

Sally: Hey! He used my plays to advertise his products in the middle of the act!

Barnaby and Julie: (annoying) I know.

Julie: Also, he's a great actor.

Sally: (annoying) I always know that.

[Cut to Howdy in the pitch black to display his eyes, which start trembling in fear.]

Howdy: (sobbing) H-h-hello?! Help me! I'm stuck in the-- (Cut off to shut his mouth by familiar glowing red hands, muffled.) Help! Don't hurt me!

[The light shines on Howdy's face as he closes his eyes. Cut to revealed was Frank holding a flashlight as it directly at Howdy and Wally covers Howdy's mouth.]

Frank: (shushes, quietly) Howdy! It's us! Wally and Frank!

Howdy: (stopped the crying but still despair as Wally let him go, breathing) Wally? Frank?

Frank: (hugs and pats Howdy who starts a little sobs) Yes, it's us. Don't worry, I'm with you.

Wally: Me too.

Howdy: Guys! I'm too scared to be alone in the dark!

Frank: I know. Also, why did you hit Eddie and there's... creepy things at the breaker box?

Howdy: I... I'm losing self-control while taking too long in the dark.

Wally: Wow... Also, why write on the walls? Are you okay?

Howdy: To be honest, I'm not okay.

Frank: Ohh! I knew it! There's something wrong with you!

Howdy: Look! That's not what you think!

Frank: Yeah. And also... What kind of thing was used when you wrote that? It's kinda creepy.

Howdy: It's just a red marker. (Wally and Frank sigh in relief.) But I ran out of the ink, I used my blood on the walls. (Wally and Frank feel shocked for a moment.) Mostly wrote that, the blood from one of my fingers.

Wally and Frank: (echoes in shock) WHAT?!

Eddie: (offscreen from outside) Guys! I heard somebody from behind!

Frank: (whispers) Oh no! They're heard us! Come on!

[Frank runs along with Wally and Howdy as they follow him. They're looking around the place until Frank moves the flashlight and looks at the teal door which it's glowing.]

Frank: The door! It's glowing!

[Wally, Frank, and Howdy toward the door as Frank opens it as he, Wally and Howdy enter it, then Howdy closes the door which starts to stop glowing and then disappears. Eddie opens the door and shines at the door but it's nothing while Barnaby, Julie, Poppy, and Sally behind him as they become confused.]

Eddie: I'm serious! They're right here!

Poppy: I think you're right. Where do they go?

[Cut to Wally, Frank and Howdy walking around the unknown place.]

Howdy: Finally! We're saved! (He, Wally and Frank sigh in relief.) Where are we now?

[Suddenly, the light turns on around the room while Wally, Frank, and Howdy cover their eyes from a bright light, then they open their eyes, they're surprise to see the room has teal walls with neon colors, colorful floor, giant mathematical symbols and letters on the floor and walls, and electrical instruments on the stage. Wally, Frank, and Howdy look around the room while Howdy starts to feel amazed and nervous and Frank turns off the flashlight.]

Howdy: Wow...

Wally: Hey, Home. What is this room? From the door's glowing?

Home: (in Wally and Frank's head) This is Howdy's Inspiration Room.

Wally and Frank: (surprised) Wow!

Frank: (looks at the stage) Howdy's play more instruments, he plays a triangle as main play.

Home: Yes.

Wally: (looks at giant mathematical symbols) I always know he has knowledge about mathematics. Also... (Look at giant letters.) Howdy has knowledge of linguistics?

Home: Probably he does.

Frank: (shocked) What?! That surprised me! What subjects did he get for high knowledge when he got mathematics and linguistics skill?

Home: Well... He's got skill in performing arts, drawing, chemistry, computer science, and voice talent.

Frank: Wow! He's learning by himself after school! He's self-learning.

[While Wally and Frank talking as seemingly nothing as talk themselves, Howdy starts to be suspicious of them while walking to the camouflage door as he slowly opens without a noise and through in, then he closes the door. Cut to Howdy in the pitch black with display his eyes, which start to cry and tremble in fear and run faster.]

Howdy: (in desperately, quietly) I'm gonna get out of here! (He got hit into the walls on his face.) Ow! What the? (His four arms touch into the "walls" until one of his arms touches a doorknob which he opens and goes through as he sees the room is a kitchen of Home as it is still in the dark where he starts to be surprised in despair.) Wow! I made it! Yes! (Notice the entrance of the secret room is still open.) Oh! I'm gonna lock them before they come back here! (Runs to the entrance as the bookshelf, he pushes a red book with eye on the spine which halves the bookshelf into a whole to close the secret room, sighs in relief.) I'm gonna find my bag!

[Cut to Wally and Frank at Howdy's Inspiration Room, they look around in amazement and curiosity.]

Wally: Home, what is Howdy's age while we're the same age as late 20s?

Home: He was 26.

Frank: He's the youngest of us? Wow! Like...I'm 28 as I'm older than Eddie. If he was a baby when I was a kid. Like... he has a growth spurt.

Wally: You think?

Frank: Probably.

Wally: So, Howdy. Do you like i-- (He and Frank are shocked Howdy already left out of the room.) Where is he going?!

Home: He was already out of the room while you talked too long.

Frank: Of course! He's always sneaking out while getting too long for talking!

Home: He went into the door which was camouflage.

[Wally and Frank walk through the camouflage door as Wally opens it as Frank enters it first.]

Wally: Thanks, Home.

Home: You're welcome.

[Wally enters and closes the door. Cut to Wally and Frank in the pitch black with glowing to their clothes, eyes, and dips of hair, which they walk straightforwardly and looking around while Frank holds a flashlight to shine at nothing.]

Frank: Wow! Home, this place was a literal void.

Home: Yes, it is. Also, I sensed somebody was entering this.

Wally and Frank: Huh?

Poppy: (offscreen) Wally! Frank!

[Wally and Frank look Five Neighbors run to them while Poppy is glowing to her clothes, eyes, and dips of hair even Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie glowing green eyes, they seem to feel worry.]

Eddie: Did you find Howdy?

Frank: Yes, but then, he lost again.

Poppy: No... (Worried.) No, no, no, no!

[Wally and Frank start to worry as they stay back from Poppy.]

Frank: Now, now, Poppy. I know Howdy kept losing from us.

Poppy: (anxiety as his tears keep coming out as start trembles) Oh! Howdy!

Wally: (notices along Frank at Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie start trembles, nervously) Poppy, you must stop to--

[Poppy starts sad and worried while her eyes glowing brighter as her tears keep out which a green blast wave from her around the whole place as Wally and Frank cover themselves from a blast wave and then looks at their four friends in shock as Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie's eyes glowing green turn into red as they're anxiety in pause. They hear Howdy's screams in depaired offscreen.]

Wally and Frank: Oh no!

Poppy: That must be him! Everyone! Find him!

[Five Neighbors split up while Wally and Frank look at them worried.]

Wally: They're gonna find Howdy!

Frank: Come on, Wally! Follow me! (He runs off as Wally follows him while Eddie notices them suspiciously.)

[Cut to Wally and Frank runs around until Frank touches the "walls" while Five Neighbors runs around in the background.]

Frank: (whispers) Shh! I found the door! (He and Frank walk to the camouflage door as he slowly opens without a noise.) Come on!

[Wally and Frank through the door, then Wally closes the door. Eddie looks at Wally and Frank goes, then looks at his four friends.]

Eddie: Guys! I found it in this place!

Poppy: Where?!

[Cut to the kitchen of Home in the dark as the door glowing in red while Wally and Frank come out as the door closes itself and stops glowing.]

Wally: This is where Howdy went!

Frank: (hears familiar laughs maniacally, worried) Oh no!

Wally: He's going insane! We're too late!

Frank: Howdy! Howdy!

[Howdy falls down from the ceiling and then stands down while laughing maniacally in silhouette. Wally and Frank gasp in horror at Howdy's reveal by Frank's flashlight; Howdy got messy hair, bloodshot eyes while tears coming out, and all covered himself with blood red liquid which Wally and Frank walk back from Howdy start toward them slowly in creepy.]

Howdy: (singing in despaired yet insane as familiar notes, quietly) Don't be scared... Don't run away... I won't hurt you from danger... (Humming familiar notes.)

Frank: I think he sings different creepy lyrics for one of nursery school songs!

Wally: Like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?

Frank: Yup! Or Alphabet Song!

Wally: Yeah! They're the same notes but different lyrics!

Howdy: (continue singing) Just relax from horror... I just... (Shouting insane to stop singing.) Do not close to me! (Laughing maniacally while Wally and Frank scream.)

Frank: Run!

[Wally and Frank start chasing from Howdy while he continues laughing maniacally and tears coming out. Suddenly, the door glowing red at the kitchen where Poppy opens and comes out along Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie, then they surprise Howdy who is chasing Wally and Frank around in Home.]

Poppy: (scared) What's going on?! (Notice Howdy when she starts being sad and insane, her tears come out while her eyes get brighter.) Howdy!

[Howdy stops chasing while Wally and Frank stop running and looks at their friends which yell in horror, Howdy turns around Five Neighbors insane while they start to get scared as Poppy's eyes go back to normal bright.]

Poppy: (scared yet anxiety) H-H-Howdy! Listen to me! (Holds a Cookie of Howdy on a Silver Serving Tray with it along Cookie of Poppy, picks a Cookie of Howdy.) You should eat this cookie, please.

[Howdy holds a knife on his upper right hand which everyone screams in horror. Frank looks at Howdy's bag on the hook from the walls of the kitchen, then he looks at a flashlight which snaps fingers as he gets an idea.]

Frank: Wally! May borrow your teal paint bucket?

Wally: Why?

Frank: Just give me! (Wally runs to get a teal paint bucket, then gives Frank.) I got an idea for this. (Holds a test tube with a glowing rod, he scoops it into a paint bucket. He puts a cork on a test tube, then shakes it while it gets glowing.) Yes! (To Howdy) Hey, Howdy!

Howdy: (turns around to Wally and Frank sharply) Huh?

Frank: You want it? (Points at a glowing teal paint in the test tube which Howdy's eyes start to dilate and feel happy.) That's it. Just toward the light.

[Howdy walks slowly to Wally and Frank while Wally stays back and Five Neighbors watching them worry. When Howdy gets closer to Frank as he takes a knife from Howdy, the Seven Neighbors sigh in relief.]

Poppy: That was close!

Frank: (hisses in pause for a moment, then surprised as beats) Catch it! (Throws a glowing teal paint in the test tube while Howdy runs to it.) Go for it!

[A glowing teal paint in the test tube against Howdy's bag to cover it which Five Neighbors screams and shoves by Howdy who is toward the kitchen to get his bag which he gasps as he grabs and holds up the goggles to wears as turns on in night vision while Howdy's eyes turns into a normal. Howdy laughing triumphs and relief as stopped crying and wipe the tears while Wally and Frank laugh and then high-five each other.]

Wally: Frank! That was genius!

Frank: Thanks! I made him regain his self-control in the dark with his goggles! (Howdy starts to realize as turns to Five Neighbors who stand up while he screams as Wally and Frank start to worry.) Maybe it's a bad idea. Don't let him eat the cookie!

[Wally and Frank run to Howdy but they're caught by Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie.]

Wally: Howdy! Runs!

[Howdy runs away from Poppy as chasing around the kitchen while Poppy holds a Cookie of Poppy.]

Poppy: Howdy! Do you want this cookie? It's healthy green flavored!

Howdy: (angrily as hides nervously) Don't do this to me!

(Howdy pushes off a Cookie of Howdy from Poppy, it flies into the ground as it is crushed by Eddie who stepped on it accidentally while everyone looking at Eddie paused.)

Eddie: Hey! That wasn't me! It's Frank!

Frank: Hey! You're the one pushed on me first!

[Poppy starts being sad and insane, her tears come out while her eyes get brighter which Howdy screams, he runs and dodges from her, Howdy shielding himself by any object and Poppy breaks it with Silver Serving Tray while Howdy grabs new ones to shield himself in the kitchen until Poppy throws Silver Serving Tray which Howdy ducks it but it against his antennas on the walls which everyone shocked to Howdy's antennas got broken while Howdy starts sobs and trembles in pain as his antennas bleeds which everyone scream and Poppy take off Silver Serving Tray to let as Howdy slides down on the ground. Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie let Wally and Frank go. Wally and Frank were going Howdy, they try to comfort him while Poppy's watching them sadly.]

Poppy: Howdy, I'm so sorry!

Howdy: (whispering) No, no, it's okay. I'm sorry about that, I was too bossy in the kitchen...sometimes.

Seven Neighbors: (softly) I know.

Poppy: Don't worry, I'll heal you.

[Poppy starts to reach Howdy which Wally and Frank quickly shocked to shove her onto the walls as they holding her as she reveals to hold is another Cookie of Howdy while Frank takes it as Howdy surprised and tears still coming out.]

Poppy: But, but! I thought you could help me!

Frank: Maybe! Wally and I are on his side... the whole time!

Wally: Howdy! Now is your chance! Catch! (Throws a Balance Potion to Howdy.)

Howdy: (catches a Balance Potion while standing up determined) Thanks, guys!

[Howdy runs to Poppy as he puts Balance Potion on Poppy's beak while holding it as Poppy is shocked while Wally and Frank look determined and Howdy looks cautious as they look at Poppy, then Howdy pulls out of it, then Wally and Frank lets her go after drinking Balance Potion while Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie watching horrified in the background.]

Frank: Come on! Let's get out here!

[Wally, Frank, and Howdy run away from Poppy screams and glows in red around her. Wally, Frank, and Howdy finally get out of Home, then they notice Home's eyes glowing red which they start to worry about Home.]

Wally: Just getting away from Home! (Howdy runs inside Home.) Howdy? What are you doing?

[Howdy runs out and lifts a big drawer, he closes the door and puts it down to block, which Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie mutter in worried as they're trapped in Home while Wally and Frank are surprised as Howdy joins them in worried.]

Frank: Oh! That!

[Wally, Frank, and Howdy looking at Home who's in trembling. A blast waves around the places while Wally, Frank, and Howdy covers the light and wave force, meanwhile it hits Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie as they spit out pieces of cookies disappear with green dust on them which their eyes finally stop glowing to normal which they start confused. Wally, Frank, and Howdy uncovers as looks desperate to Home who closes his eyes, they walk slowly to the door as Howdy pulls a big drawer and then open slowly while Wally and Frank turn into a normal self as original form, then go to the kitchen as they look at Poppy who turns back to normal and passes out which Wally, Frank, and Howdy heavy breath.]

Howdy: Finally! Third infection is over! But not yet to the next one.

Frank: Yeah, I always know that, Howdy... (He grabs Howdy's lower right hand, sadly.) I'm very worried about you and Eddie.

Howdy: (yawns as let his hand go from Frank) I'm going home now... I'm so tired. Good night, guys.

[Howdy walks out of Home while Wally holds Poppy on his shoulders as he walks along her to go upstairs. Barnaby, Julie, Sally, and Eddie dust themselves off while standing up while Frank starts worrying.]

Frank: Eddie...

Eddie: Frank, what's happened?

Sally: Even Perry Preston.

Frank: (sighs in defeat) That's a lot of explaining, guys...

[Fade out as a pitched black screen, then fade into the raining day at Howdy's Place/Bugdega. Cut to the inside of it as his bedroom, Howdy laying on his bed as he got sick as he has a thermometer in his mouth as Frank takes it to look at it while Six Neighbors along him.]

Frank: Wow, Howdy. You have a serious temperature of it.

Howdy: (groans) I got a bad case after Poppy's infected event.

Frank: Yeah. You're getting too much of your major problem.

Barnaby: You must ignore it while you feel better soon.

Howdy: Thanks, Barnaby.

[Wally, Frank, and Poppy start surprised and then smile as they look at each other while Eddie looks at them suspiciously.]

Eddie: (in thought) What? What's they smiling at Barnaby? I'll tell Howdy about that for what's going on.

Frank: (holds a bowl filled with healthy greens as soup, he puts it on a drawer) Here, Howdy. You eat this soup. It's made of healthy greens.

Howdy: Thanks, Frank.

[Julie and Sally walk out Howdy's bedroom while Six Neighbors look at them.]

Barnaby: Good health, Howdy. 'Ice' see you to feel better! (Walks away.)

[Howdy laughs while Eddie puts an ice bag on Howdy's forehead as Wally, Frank, Poppy, and Eddie are confused for Howdy's laughs. Then Howdy coughs to stop laughing, then sighs to stop coughs.]

Howdy: Okay, okay! Enough the joke when I got sick.

Frank: Like 9 times.

Howdy: Yeah. That's what I said.

Frank: Anyway, I'm gonna to go.

[Wally, Frank, and Poppy walk out of Howdy's bedroom, but Frank stops the track as looks at Eddie.]

Frank: Are you coming with me, Eddie?

Eddie: I'm staying with him.

Howdy: (shocked) Again?!

Eddie: (confused) What?

Howdy: (nervously) Nothing, Eddie! Nothing!

Frank: Hmm... (In thought.) Eddie did Howdy when others left them during Poppy's infection event? I'll tell Howdy about that. (Speaks out and smiles softly.) Good luck, guys.

[Frank closes the door while Howdy and Eddie silence moment until Eddie clear throats.]

Eddie: Howdy, what's going on? Why keep going into a major event? There's something's...off...

Howdy: Sometimes, I think. (Holds a soup in lower hands as he eats it with upper left hand.) Like somebody forgot anything that happened, even you after the event.

Eddie: Not even infected people, they remember anything.

Howdy: (shocked as spits out of leaves) What?! You know Dark Phobia Events?!

Eddie: Yes, since you always ignore our friends who are already infected to barely trust them while you're feeling traumatized.

Howdy: Woah! (Puts soup on the drawer in surprise.)

Eddie: Looks, I know you're keeping avoiding me and Frank as you're hiding deep feelings of us. Can you trust me, please?

Howdy: (hisses and then sighs) Fine. I'm gonna trust you.

Eddie: Yes! (Holds Howdy's lower left hand.) Together, we're going into the next infection event!

Howdy: (quietly) Yeah, sure. (Eddie walks out of the bedroom.)

[Cut to inside of Poppy's Barn as the living room, Poppy holds her rotary phone along with Frank.]

Wally: (in Poppy's rotary phone) My best friend is gonna be the fourth infection!

Frank: Which Howdy officially surprises!

Poppy: Yeah! Very soon, Wally. (Hang out the call as the phone puts on a rotary phone, closing her eyes as take a breath.) Frank, we're gonna be excited!

Frank: Nor me.

[Poppy holds up Cookie of Poppy glowing red and puts it on a Silver Serving Tray as strings to Cookie of Poppy. She and Poppy open their eyes as the same of their The Watcher form in smiling.]

Frank and Poppy: (in eerie voices) Howdy Pillar! Fourth infected person is your favorite customer!

[Frank and Poppy laugh in a frenzy while sounds of lightning strikes, meanwhile Howdy hears Frank and Poppy's laughter while he is still laying on his bed inside the bedroom of Howdy's Place/Bugdega as he is feeling worried. Fade out as a pitched black screen.]

To be continued.

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[birbwell]

waleran shitposts to start the year

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

It's really funny writing a fantasy series because everyone else has maps that I will go absolutely batshit insane over because they're so gorgeous and detailed-

And this is my baby. Courtesy of Paint. Feast your eyes on my VERY DETAILED WIP map for my Seven Sanctuaries series:

[nzoth-the-corruptor]

it's genuinely impressive that Blizzard managed to make PvP even worse than it already was and yet...

[frenchy-and-the-sea]

Got really emotional in the middle of the night about Val being so, so scared and uncomfortable around magic for so long, only to overcome that simply because the idea of being able to heal her friends brings her the sort of joy that nothing else has been able to touch.

She wants to give comfort so bad, man.