#ughh these lines

[coffeeandinsanityy]

Jaane na kahan wo duniya hai

Jaane na woh hai bhi ya nahi

Jahan meri zindagi mujhse

Itni khafa nahi..

[redkehlchen]

As promised another comic! <3

[happyyft]

please i love ur art draw poly!heathers + veronica

IM SO SORRY I THOUGHT I LITERALLY PUT THE IMAGE OHMYGOD EMBARRASSING

[blackkatdraws]

Love Plague AU Narrator (Black) draw in Magma.

[zimszim]

a plotline that has been on my mind lately is like. the whole why would they go through all the training and brainwashing of river to kill the doctor if they'd just control her through a spacesuit? well, a foe as strong and unmoving as the doctor, not just any assassination attempt would work. "the man of peace who understands every kind of warfare, except, perhaps, the cruellest" because he would never die from a gun or a knife or an explosion, he'd find a way out like he always does. they found a way to kill him in the only way he could be killed: if he let himself be killed. and the only way to do that, to truly create a fixed point would be to create something, someone that would be worth it. and river song would always be worth it to him

[xinyuehui]

It's all, it's all in the past. ⸺

伍六七之记忆碎片 · SCISSOR SEVEN S5EP8

[soup-eater94]

JEAN VICQUEMARE - “Yes. It really does make it hard to fire the drunk…” His tired eyes follow the photo as the lieutenant puts it away.

EMPATHY [Easy: Success] - This is a very, very sad man who has just seen something that’s made him forget his sadness.

[insufferablemod]

hmm realizing that the ship i like properly Ship the most is probably arasol...

[jrueships]

im going into my new work tomorrow, first time ever😐

[chalkeater]

ur art is crunchy /pos !!! how do you have the confidence to use stuff that isnt pencil and cant rlly be erased if mistakes are made?

make more mistakes

ACTUAL ANSWER BELOW because it got too long. oops lol

anyway. i wrote “DO IT ON PURPOSE” because when it comes to doing a whole drawing with ONLY a pen- you gotta force your brain get creative- at least practice. in other words- work with what you have. it’s basically like solving a problem every few seconds-

because sometimes my hand eye coordination glitches for a split second. or maybe my hand shook or maybe the line is actually shit looking. but instead of scrapping the thing entirely i gotta to try and make it work. ok so if my line looks like crap here maybe i can make it a Part of the drawing by making everything look messier. OR maybe i can even just. hide it!! by coloring a thicker line along it too!!

you can actually HIDE a LOT of mistakes with a pen without erasing anything. and sometimes the mistakes are part of the art- like when i see the most beautiful art online and i see an uncolored pixel. what matters is your final output not the things you cant change now or mean nothing in the big picture

honestly going from sketch to lines and rendering with a pen is about weight control (like with a pencil- sketching yk) and not beating yourself up. in order to gain the “confidence” you gotta absolutely ANNIHILATE the need for 200% perfection. because theres beauty in a mess.

anyway so. when you get the basic stuff down like “in order to to make less mistakes with pen stuff- make sure youre used to what youre drawing already!!!” or “draw/doodle stupid shit with your pen and make it (pen) a PART of you and not some scary beast (pen)

i think it all stems down to forgiving yourself and just having fun. having fun is always my motto. if you ever go “oh no i made a mistake!!!” imagine me yelling “WHO CAAARRESSS!!!!!!!! (#love #positive)” in your EAR

[queenoffoliage]

Was drawing Emily's S tier skin for something then I thought "Mmmm, so she has snakes as her eyes.. -I have a horrible idea"

[mzhydes-funtimes]

So.

I know yall have been waiting, like an ETERNITY for this. But.

I finally got the fucking will to finish Iron Queen and while she isnt technically complete yet, i decided that to make up for taking like 2 months to finish I'll share with yall the line art of her i just finished:

Oh by the way the fakémon ive been wanting people to guess is this: Iron Queen, the future paradox form of Tsareena I'll explain her lore more when I finish her and TECHNICALLY OFFICALLY reveal her

But yeah uhh i messed up on the shield so i re did the shield which required me to fix up SO MUCH of the line art

[huffle-dork]

Swap Beyond the Crystalverse Chapter 17: Resurgence

Co-written with @crystalninjaphoenix Read Swapboys | Read Crystal’s AUs

Other Multiverse Stories: SITCV | SATCV | GITHV

SBTCV Masterpost

"Are you sure we're going in the right direction?" Schneep asks from the back seat. "We are heading out of town." 

"My sense of direction is great," Marvin insists. 

No it's not, JJ says. 

"I saw that!" Marvin glances into the rearview mirror. "Look, we just got to this town, I have to get used to it. So what if I have to take a couple turns to get back to the right road? It's not like we're on a time limit. Where to next, Alt?" 

The directions in Alt's head tell them that they're getting close. They've driven from the middle edge of the city, through the center, towards the opposite edge. There are a lot of small businesses out here, local places in one-story buildings. They just need to turn onto Blackberry Street and then go into the Twelve Moon Motel.

Alt is restlessly bouncing his leg and gripping his pant leg- trying to ignore the sensation of his glitches building up inside. He concentrating so hard he almost doesn’t hear Marvin but then he nods, “Almost there… turn on to Blackberry street and he should be the Twelve Moon Motel.”

"Right." Marvin nods. He squints at the street ahead of them. "Where is the turn for Blackberry—" 

"It's coming up right now, switch lanes!" Schneep shouts. 

Marvin yelps and quickly shifts into the leftmost lane. "Fucking hell, Schneep! Don't fucking do that!" They turn left. "You're almost worse than my driving instructor was." 

Alt laughs a bit, “At least you have your license… I don’t have mine.”

"Well, uh... my license is very expired," Marvin says. "I-I don't like crowded places, and the place you go to get a new one always has this giant line." 

Ironic for someone who preforms for a living, JJ says. 

"I saw that. And I'd say it's not. It's different when you're up on the stage. You're, uh... removed, in a way."

“Dude I’m the same fucking way,” Alt says. “On stage? I’m fine. The second I gotta push through a crowd? God fuck no-“

"Yeah! Exactly!" Marvin grins. "So you're a preformer too, Alt?" 

"Is everyone in this car a preformer except me?" Schneep asks. 

I haven't had any roles in a long while, I don't think I count, JJ says. 

"Oh, of course you count," Schneep assures him. "You are famous in certain circles."

Alt looks to Marvin and grins, “Yeah- I’m an illusionist. I do light shows at raves!”

"Oh whaaaat? That's sick!" Marvin grins. "I do magic tricks. Ironic, isn't it? Given I have real magic. They don't know I do, though. The audience, I mean.”

Alt laughs, “same- I use a bit of my magic in my shows too.”

“Oh! Look, I think that's it." Marvin says. There's a glowing sign in the night advertising the Twelve Moon Motel, with a neon crescent on it.

Alt blinks as they approach the motel and grins. He almost thinks about glitching out of the car but manages to stop himself. “oh good-!”

Marvin turns into the car lot of the motel, parking in the closest spot to the building. "Alright. Did your directions include the room?" 

They did. Room 7, right on the first floor. “Yeah… Room 7,” Alt says, surprised. “Huh- this spell is like really really handy…”

"What was it, exactly?" Marvin asks as he parks the car. "I think you must've gotten a boost from that glass eye of yours. Was there extra power stored in there? Was it a tracker? What's the deal?" They get out of the car as Marvin asks the questions.

Alt hops out and hums. “Oh yeah it’s… it’s a tracker that has like a scrying spell in it. We were using it to try to find those TRVLR pieces.. but now that I have them all… guess I can try to use it for stuff just this.” He laughs.

Schneep sighs. "Magic. I am so jealous of all of you." 

You don't need to have magic to do the rituals I know, JJ says. 

"Do you think I have time for that witchcraft stuff?" 

“Well if you wanna learn magic that might be something you gotta make time for dude!” Alt chuckles. 

They walk along the doors. Room 10... Room 9... Room 8... Room 7.

As they stop by the door, Alt takes a deep breath then goes to knock on the door. Then he moves out of the way for the others to step forward.

There's no response. 

Schneep walks up to the door next. "Jackie?" he calls as he knocks. "It's... it's us." He laughs a bit. "That sounds so, ah, 'lame' to say after all these months, but... it's us." 

Still no response. 

"Jackie if you don't answer we're going to break down the fucking door," Marvin says, a bit of fear tinging the anger in his voice.

Alt lingers back in concern, holding Jackie’s mask in his hands. “…this was the right place though…!” He whispers.

Maybe he's not here? JJ asks, worriedly. 

Marvin frowns. "Last chance! I-I'm going to break the door down!" Green light twists around his hands.

“Then the spell would have told us! …right?” Alt says.

Maybe he WAS here when you cast the spell but left? JJ asks worriedly. 

"Fuck it!" The magic around Marvin's hands flares and he starts forward— 

But Schneep grabs him and pulls him back. "Surely you can teleport in, yes?" 

"It's a short range spell! I can only teleport to places I can see!" Marvin looks through the windows. "These have those big shutters on them, the inside is completely blocked from sight!"

Alt listens to all of them then finally he grits his teeth and grabs all of them as best he can. His body starts to glitch. “…I got this-“ He says. Marvin's head snaps towards him. JJ's eyes widen and Schneep gasps, but they don't have time to do anything before they glitch into the room. 

The motel room is dark, the shape of a bed, desk, and wardrobe hidden in the shadows. 

Schneep jerks away first and scrambles back towards the front door, flipping the light switch on as he finds it. 

"You bastard!" Marvin shouts, his eyes lighting up and the magic around his hands bursting into fire that turns purple at the ends. "This was a fucking trap, wasn't it?!" 

"Y-you cannot take us!" Schneep shouts, lunging for the desk and grabbing a lamp from its surface. "W-we will not let you!" 

JJ looks pale. He doesn't say anything. Just stands there.

Alt let’s go and trembles back from the others, eyes wide and heart sinking. He backs up, glitches vibrating around him as he tries to speak, “I-I’m sorry-! I… I meant to tell you it’s just- I… I’m not who you think I am, I swear!”

"Like hell you aren't!" Marvin shouts. "What's going on?! Do you have Jackie and Chase? What, do you want the complete set?" He draws his hand back and throws a blast of magical fire.

Alt just barely dodges out of the way, “No! I’m not Anti! I… I mean I am but I’m…! I’m him from another universe! Where I’m not fucking evil!”

"We should not have believed that in the first place!" Schneep's voice cracks as he shouts, and he swings the lamp at Alt.

Alt gets hit in the face and he staggers back with a shout. He touches his nose, drawing back a bloody hand. He curls up, tears in his eyes- but he refuses to look at them. “I-I’m not lying…! I-I really wanted to help you! W-Why would I lead you here if I-i already had Jackie?!” 

"I don't know what goes on in your twisted fucking head!" Marvin snarls. He gets ready to throw more fire--but JJ's hand shoots out and grabs his wrist. "JJ, let go!" 

JJ does let go, but only to sign. Blood. 

"H-huh?!" 

A-devil doesn't bleed. 

"The fuck do you mean?! He bleeds all the time!" Marvin says. "From that big-ass wound in his throat!" 

JJ shakes his head slowly.

Alt looks back up at JJ, the lingering of tears in his eyes. Blood drips from his nose as he heaves in panic, his heart clenching painfully as he sees the hatred in Marvin and Schneep’s eyes. “I-I’m sorry… I…” he closes his eyes and then glitches out of the room- not even caring where he ends up- just anywhere but here.

He doesn't go far, ending up in the middle of the car lot of the motel. Alt looks around in confusion, panting and wiping at his face and trying to look towards where else he can go. 

"Whoa, did you see that?!" A voice shouts as he appears. 

"Th-that's him!" Another voice says, voice cracking. 

There are three figures just turning into the car lot. One in a hoodie, one in a cap, and one very familiar.

Alt hears the shouting and almost glitches away again. Then he hears a hoarse cry and someone crashes into him very fast, almost knocking him over. “Alt! Alt oh thank god! You’re okay!” Bro breathes, hugging Alt tight. 

“C-Chase?” Alt whispers in disbelief.

“I-I thought this world’s Anti had gotten you!” Bro cries, gripping on tighter. 

“No I… I’m okay-“ Alt says weakly.

"W-wait--This is your brother?!" Chase gapes at Alt and Bro. "But--he--glitch? I-I know you said he was a version of him, but--I-I wasn't expecting--" 

Jackie swallows a lump in his throat and puts a hand on Chase's shoulder. "I-is he okay? His nose is bleeding..." 

"Bleeding..." Chase repeats absentmindedly. "And... crying?" That seems to confuse him. 

Bro registers what Jackie and Chase are saying and let’s go, looking over Alt, “woah! What happened?!” 

Immediately more tears come into Alt’s eyes as he looks away, shaking like a leaf. “…I-I fucked up- I found t-the others and I was gonna help them find Jackie and I… I glitched and they thought I was…” 

"Uh, do you two need a moment?" Jackie asks delicately.

Anger flashes bright blue in Bro’s eyes as he looks back to the motel. He looks back at Chase and Jackie, hugging Alt to his side. “…I think we need to go talk to your friends…”

“They’re… here?” Jackie says softly. “Th-they followed me? All three of them?” He shakes his head, a small, sad smile on his face. “I… can imagine that didn’t go well.” 

Alt looks at Jackie with a pained expression then looks away, holding his arms. He nods, “w-when you didn’t answer I… I thought you could have been in trouble so I… I glitched us in…” 

Jackie’s smile fades. “D-don’t take it personally, Alt. Schneep and JJ have had really bad experiences with him, and Marvin… tends to act impulsively. I mean, I’m one to talk but uh…” He shakes his head. “Yeah. We need to talk to them. D-did you go into my room?”

Bro holds Alt to his side and starts to walk towards the motel. “Alright… come on then…”

Jackie nods and leads the way. Chase looks a little overwhelmed as he follows. 

Jackie takes a set of keys out of his pocket as they approach. He unlocks the door, walking in. “Guys, I’m—” And then he freezes. 

There is someone else in the room. A man dressed in black whose form shivers and judders with static. Blood pours from a slit on his neck, and his eyes are black except for a glint of green light in the depths of his right one. He’s holding Schneep by the throat, lifting him off the ground. Marvin is standing in front of JJ defensively, one hand holding his wand and the other covered in green flames. The glitching man turns to look at the four who just entered. “So nice to see you again,” he says, white noise tracing every syllable.

Alt gasps and Bro automatically pushes Alt behind him and gets in front of Chase as he snarls, “You! Motherfucker! Let him go!” 

Anti grins. “And why should I listen to you?” His grip tightens and Schneep chokes, grabbing at Anti’s hand and kicking his legs as he struggles. 

Marvin and JJ glance over towards the door. “Jackie!” Marvin gasps. “A-and Chase! And—holy shit. Alt, I-I’m so sorry—” 

“That you ever thought this weak human was me?” Anti interrupts. He laughs. “You should be.” 

Alt shakes a bit, berating himself for leaving. He then narrows his eyes in determination and glitches forward going to try to tackle Anti away from Schneep.

Anti isn’t expecting such a direct attack. Alt slams against him, knocking him to the ground. Schneep falls as Anti lets go, gasping for air. Growling, Anti glitches away, seeming to disappear. But he’s not gone. They can all still feel his presence.

Alt glitches to his feet and magic bubbles around his hands as he growls out to the room, trying to figure out where he went, “I’ll show you what a ‘weak human’ can do, bitch! Face me you fucking coward!” 

Bro hurries over to go help up Schneep, “Hey- you okay?” He asks gently.

Schneep is gasping for air. He looks over at Bro in confusion. Then JJ rushes over to help as well and Schneep looks over at him instead. “Jamie… am I seeing things?” He asks in a hoarse voice. 

JJ shakes his head. He also looks at Bro in confusion. 

Bro blinks then waves awkwardly too, “Uh hi! Sorry- other Chase here, different universe. I’ll explain more later!” 

“Uh…hi?” Chase waves slowly. 

“Chase!” Marvin gasps. “Y-you’re okay!” 

“Y-yeah. I uh… don’t… know who you are.” 

Marvin’s expression breaks. “…what?” he whispers, sounding absolutely heartbroken. Alt looks back at Chase with wide eyes then glares back up at the air. 

Bro winces at Marvin’s reaction, “I-I think he fucked with Chase’s memory somehow!” 

Laughter echoes around the room. 

“You!” Marvin’s head snaps around. “What did you fucking do to him?! Alt is right! Face us you coward!”

Magic sparks around Alt even more as he scans the room. “Too afraid of a couple of humans, glitch bitch? Afraid I’ll glitch circles around you?” He snarls.

"Afraid? Not at all." Anti laughs. "Not of someone like you and your pocket friend there. Denying your purposes. Want to see my purpose?" 

JJ's head snaps up. Cover your ears!

Alt’s eyes widen as he puts his hand on his pocket, covering his phone. “I’m not denying anything-!” 

Bro’s head snaps to JJ and he covers his ears.

The others all move quickly, covering their ears in turn. But in taking time to warn the others, JJ isn't able to block is own ears. And Chase, confused and afraid, is too slow. In unison, the two of them slump over, then straighten up again. 

Anti forms in the corner, hovering above the ground as the light in the room slowly turns red. "This is who we are, and I do it well," Anti says. 

Alt’s stomach drops as he sees Chase and JJ slump, eyes widening. “No!” 

"No! JJ!" Marvin shouts. 

"Ch-Chase!" Schneep gasps in a hoarse voice. 

At once, Chase lunges for Alt, and JJ takes out the knife he'd grabbed earlier and goes for Bro.

Alt tries to glitch out of the way but Chase is too fast, tackling Alt to the ground. Alt shakes a bit and tries to kick Chase off of him. 

Chase tightens his grip, not seeming to feel the pain from Alt's kicks. His hands reach for his throat. 

Alt starts to freak out as Chase reaches for his throat, “n-no don’t-!” He cries, trying to kick Chase off him more in a panic. 

Bro just barely dodges getting cut and he backs up, putting his hands up in a sign of peace. “Woah hey! C-C’mon dude, no need to stab!”

JJ recovers and swings back around to go for a second stab, but Jackie yells out and thrusts a hand forward. Ribbons of silvery green light blast from his hand, knocking him to the side. 

Marvin sends a blast of his own magic at Anti, but his form distorts, dodging the blast.

Bro blinks in surprise at Jackie’s blast then grins wildly. “Dude that’s so sick!” Then he hears Alt’s distress and he hurries over to try to pull Chase off him, “Alt! Other me, stop!!”

Chase starts to squeeze Alt's throat, though as Bro starts to pull him away his grip loosens again. But before Bro can fully get him off Alt, JJ staggers to his feet and jumps onto his back in turn. 

"Holy shit!" Jackie goes over and tries grabbing JJ, forming a pile of people in the center of the room. 

Marvin keeps trying to blast Anti, but he glitches out of the way every time, laughing madly.

Alt chokes, tears in his eyes as he tries to claw himself away. Bro loosens his grip as JJ jumps into him, almost crashing down on top of Alt and Chase. “J-Jesus dude! Get off!” He tries elbowing JJ off him. 

As soon as Chase lets go Alt tries to glitch away, his powers hard to grip onto in his panic.

Chase quickly grabs onto Alt again before he can disappear. 

"Having trouble there?" Anti laughs. "What happened to glitching circles around me?!" He glitches away again as Marvin tries to shoot him once more. 

Alt can’t help but let out a choked cry as he grabbed again. Anti’s taunts hardly register as he struggles to get a purchase to breathe. “C-Chase…!” He croaks, fingers clawing at Chase’s, feet kicking wildly. 

JJ falls back for a second, but keeps his grip tight. He drives his knife downwards towards Bro. 

"N-no!" Jackie blasts him again--not thinking about possibly catching Bro in the crossfire. 

JJ falls back to the floor again. Schneep hurries over and tries to pin him.

Bro manages to flatten himself against the floor to dodge then hears Alt’s cry and he yells in anger. He was trying not to hurt Chase before but now- no holding back! He grabs Chase hard around the middle to pry him off of Alt.

Bro lifts him up easily, grabbing Chase like a disobedient cat and prying him off Alt. His arms dangle for a moment and twists around to try and punch Bro in turn. 

Alt curls up, coughing and heaving, holding his throat with shaking hands. 

JJ is squirming beneath Schneep. "Please, Jameson!" he shouts. "Don't listen to the static! You are more than that! You do not belong to him! We do not belong to him!" JJ pauses for a moment, eyes flickering. Then he resumes his struggle.

“Woah!” Bro dodges and drops Chase then holds up his hands, “Other me- I dunno what Anti did to you but you can’t listen to him! He took you away from your family- your friends! I know you’re stronger than this!”

"F-family...?" Chase whispers. He pauses. "F-family. Family." His muscles lock up. "N-no! I--" 

"Careful, Chase." Anti glitches away, appearing behind Chase and putting a hand on his shoulder. "Don't go too far. You don't want to fall." 

Chase goes pale and he presses his hands to his face, covering his eyes. "No! Not again!" 

JJ looks over towards Chase's shouting. His eyes flicker again and he stretches towards him.

Bro glares, backing up but power glows blue around his fists. “Whatever you’re doing to him, stop it! This isn’t right!” 

Alt looks out at Chase’s distress- and Anti’s back right in front of him. He grits his teeth and makes a knife with his magic before glitching over to try to stab Anti in the back.

But Anti isn't fully there. Anti is only partially there. Alt's knife goes right through him and hits Chase's upper arm instead. 

Chase cries out and stumbles forward, falling onto his knees. 

Bro cries out and goes to try to catch Chase, looking back with wide eyes.

Anti turns around in an instant, grinning at Alt. "Would you look at that? I suppose your purpose is still in your soul after all." He leans closer to Alt. "To h̵͟ur͏̕t̢͟. To k̶i̢̨ll̵̷." 

"Sh-shut up!" Schneep snaps. "Shut up! Alt, do not listen to him! He's full of shit!"

Alt immediately pales, staggering back and dropping the knife. He can’t control the shaking in his hands as he gasps out, “N-No! I… I didn’t mean- I…I-!” He looks down at his hands, seeing them glitch and seeing flickers of them covered in blood and clawed. 

“Alt! Get away from him!” Bro cries out.

Anti grins. JJ and Chase abruptly gasp in unison as whatever hold he had them under is broken. And then Anti lunges straight for Alt. Halfway into the lunge he splits into pixels that sink into Alt's skin and attach to him. Alt feels Anti's mind pushing against him, a bitter static trying to overwhelm him. 

Alt gasps as Anti enters into his body, his back arching and eyes widening. His sclera tries to turn black and he feels like he can’t breathe. 

“ALT!” Bro cries out. 

Alt jerks back like a broken marionette, heaving in panic and then gripping at his head. “N-No! No no no g-get OUT!” His eyes flash white- his light magic trying to come to his aid and sparking around him. Flashes of electricity crackle around him as he tries to push back against the static- but he’s not sure it’s going to be enough. 

Already he feels his light cracking. 

Anti does cry out for a moment as the light magic hits him, but then he pushes through it, solidifying his grip, pushing Alt into the back of his own mind. 

Alt’s mind gets completely overridden by static- he can’t fight back. Even as he desperately tries to grab for any control- it’s gone.

A laugh bubbles out of his throat. Not his. 

Bro turns white and stares at Alt with wide eyes. “Alt…! No-!” 

"Oh god," Marvin says, going pale in horror. 

"Alt?" Alt's phone crackles with static. "Alt?!" His hand moves on its own, taking his phone out and throwing it across the room. Before it hits the wall a fountain of pixels errupts from it, forming into Anti with the eye-patch, holding tight onto Alt's phone. 

"Oh there's the other one!" Anti says. "It's like looking in a funhouse mirror!" 

Jackie looks at Eye-patch Anti with surprise. "There's two of them?!"

Bro looks to eye-patch Anti with desperation, then the others, “don’t worry this one is our friend!” He staggers to his feet watching Alt with fear, “A-Anti what do we do?!” 

Alt laughs more, pulling off his mask to reveal his scarred neck, grinning from ear to ear as he staggers forward.

"You know some way to get rid of him, don't you?!" Eye-patch Anti says, looking towards Marvin. 

"H-how do you know that?!" Marvin asks. 

"Don't you?!" 

"I--Th-the only way I know is black magic, and I promised not to--" 

"Fuck it! There's a Sam in this dimension, isn't there?!" Anti says, sounding a bit frantic. "They can help!" 

Sam wiggles out through a gap in Jackie's backpack zipper. "Oh, I don't know what it's like where you're from," Anti-Alt says. "But Sam is nothing to me here." A knife of dark glitches forms in his hand and he lunges for Bro, slashing.

Bro quickly jumps back and then balls his hands up into fists, but this is clearly freaking him out. “I’m not gonna f-fight my brother, glitch bitch! Get out of his body!”

"Oh you're not? Too bad, then!" Anti-Alt laughs, and slashes again-- 

But then Jackie jumps in front of Bro, his whole body briefly glowing that silvery green from before. The knife bounces of his body, not even slicing the fabric of his hoodie. The glow goes down his body and into his hands as he thrusts them out. His energy bursts out and hits Anti-Alt, sending him flying backwards into the motel's bed. 

Bro blinks in surprise and his jaw drops seeing Jackie’s power. “Dude!!” 

Alt feels Anti's hold on him loosen. Slightly, very slightly, but it still loosens enough. Maybe he can--reach out-- Alt hits the wall and gasps, feeling a crack. His eyes flicker as he tries to rasp out, “C-Chase…! H-help-“ 

Bro’s heart breaks, “We’re trying, baby bro! Keep fighting!” He urges, tears in his eyes. 

Alt tries to find any access to his magic- there’s gotta be some way he can fight this…! He can feel it, but before he reaches out to grab it, Anti seizes control again, forming Alt's face into a scowl. He flips the dark magic knife and suddenly he's over by JJ, who's just getting to his feet. "Hello again," Anti says, grabbing him with a mad grin. 

JJ gasps.

Bro gasps then rushes over to try to get JJ away from Anti.

But Anti-Alt glitches away--which even he looks surprised about. He laughs. "Different glitching! You don't tear people apart. How handy that will be!" He presses his knife to JJ's neck, and JJ's eyes start to glaze over. "Now--two against one, again?" 

“No! Fucking- stop hiding behind other people you coward!” Bro growls. 

"JJ!" Marvin shouts, eyes wide. He hesitates--and then throws a ball of magic at Anti, purple with a green core. It hits Alt directly in the face, and though he doesn't feel pain, he can hear Anti scream in surprise inside his head as he's shoved away--not entirely disappearing but maybe this is another chance!

Alt cries out as the magic hits them and the knife loosens in their grip. He tries to push JJ away but he very quickly starts to lose his grip again.

JJ manages to snap back to reality and pulls away from Alt in the moment when he feels him push. 

Marvin quickly teleports forward, grabs JJ, and teleports back over to the front of the room. 

"I'm not hiding behind other people--I'm going easy on you," Anti-Alt says. "Do you want to see me get serious?" His mad smile falls. "Let's see what this magic can do." 

Blades of dark-colored magic form in the air around him and go flying out. Marvin's head snaps up and he shields JJ with his body while flinging out a magical shield to cover Chase and Schneep.

Jackie's eyes widen and he deflects the blades with that same full-body energy from before. But one knife manages to fly through Marvin's shield, hitting Chase in the shoulder. He cries out, and Schneep shouts "Chase!" and starts digging into his first aid kit to help.

Bro uses his super speed to weave out of the way of the knives flying at him. Then he growls and yells out, “That’s it!” He rushes at Anti, power building up in his fists as he goes to punch him.

As Bro's hand goes flying forward, Anti-Alt's hand shoots up and catches it, blocking the blow--but at the cost of pain jolting down Alt's bone. He can feel it. Nothing breaks, but holy fuck. "Hitting your own brother?" Anti-Alt grins. "How low!" 

"Shut u̸̧p!͞" Eye-patch Anti suddenly glitches forward, grabbing Alt from behind and spinning him around to stare into his eyes at the other Anti beyond. "There's no one lower than you. Stalking and mocking innocent people--you're the worst version of me I know. Because I know you could do better." His form disappears, more pixels latching onto Alt's body. 

Bro growls looking ready to punch him again- when Anti comes in and drags him away. He shouts as Anti disappears inside Alt’s body. “Anti!” 

Alt staggers back, gasping as his eyes flicker through different colors. He can’t breathe- his body is burning. He grips at his head, knees threatening to buckle. 

{Alt! Please!} Alt hears Eye-patch Anti reaching for him, pushing the other Anti aside.

Inside his head he tries to reach out for eye-patch Anti too, {I’m trying-! I…I’m not strong enough!}

{That's okay,} Eye-patch Anti says. {Here, let me help. We can be strong enough together.} 

Anti's laugh echoes through his mind. {So you need another reject to bail you out? Pathetic, both of you! You know what we were made for. You know how this story is always going to end.} 

For once, Alt feels Eye-patch Anti... waver a bit. Alt falters too, his fears and insecurities about his role threatening to eat him alive. 

{How easy it would be, to cut loose. To kill those two who've hurt that Jack of yours, who damaged your ridiculous friendship. You could do it in a heartbeat. And you've thought about it, haven't you? It would be so easy. You could protect him. I don't agree that any Jacks out there deserve protection, but if you really care about him, wouldn't you be doing more? There's one thing to be said about being the villain. We get shit done, don't we?}

Alt’s body trembles to his knees, curling up on himself as he digs his nails into his scalp. 

Alt weakly tries to tell Eye-Patch Anti, {D-Don’t listen to him! You’re d-doing your best! That’s enough, you told me that’s enough!} 

But… Anti’s logic is digging into his skull. Villains… get shit done. It would be easy to cut loose… wasn’t it easier? As impulse? When he didn’t care about being good…?

{That's enough...} Eye-patch Anti repeats. Alt can feel the mental equivalent of him shaking himself off. {Alt. If I can't listen to him, you can't, either. Do you think that just because something is easy, that means it's right? Sometimes it is. More often, it's not. It's hard and scary and confusing, but it's worth it. I would do anything for Jack, but I know he wouldn't stick by me if I cut loose like this piece of shit is saying I should. And the same goes for all the others I've met through the years. All the wonderful people I met who this guy killed in this universe. He only takes away from the world, he doesn't add to it. You know what adds to the world? The bonds you make. The physical world is made of bonds, the ties between electrons, and so is your emotional world. It might be easier to be a villain. But it's empty.}

Alt shakes himself off too, feeling determination surge through his mind and body. {…you’re right- our bonds… that’s what makes us different. That’s what makes us strong. It’s not a weakness to rely on others… it’s a strength!} White light flickers in his eyes- and his necklace starts to glow. {Being a villain is lonely! It is empty! I’m done living like that- I’m done pretending I don’t need people! I do! And you know what? That’s makes us stronger than you, fucker!} 

Alt tries to reach out to eye-patch Anti again as well as reaching for his magic. Thinking of his friends and his family… the bonds he’s made.

Eye-patch Anti reaches down in turn. Alt can feel the Anti from this world trying to push them apart, a power similar to the Anti he knows, and yet distinguishable. 

{W-what are you doing?!} This world's Anti demands. 

{We're getting you the fuck out of his body, that's what!} Alt's friend says. Their powers reach each other, a set of clasping hands. {Alt, I have an idea. Glitch!}

{Okay!} Alt says, holding on tight to his friend. They glitch at the same time, focusing on driving this world’s Anti out of Alt’s body.

The others outside their head, watching concerned, suddenly see Alt's body glitch, it's form turning into green lightning. Marvin throws up another shield, a bigger one, protecting everyone as bolts of lightning connect to the walls. Bro cries out at the sight and then tries to cover some of the others. The bolts happen faster and faster, and a dark shadow gets flung away from the lightshow. It slams against the wall and forms into this world's Anti again, who glitches to his feet, glaring. 

The electricity fades, and a new figure is standing in Alt's place. The figure wears a black scarf, the longer lengths hovering in midair, a red smiley face on each of the two ends. Under that is a black T-shirt hoodie with green sleeves and pocket, as well as a set of ripped jeans and black sneakers. His left eye is blue while is right is glowing green, both of them with black scleras. He looks down at himself, then up at this world's Anti. He grins. "I'm so going to take you down." His voice echoes slightly on each word. 

Bro blinks open his eyes then gasps with a big smile, “Yeahhh!!! Kick his ass!!”

The fusion’s eyes flare brighter with blue and green as they feel their combined magic and power flow through their veins. They don’t feel like they’re gonna spilt apart this time- they’re working as one, a similar goal. The strength of their bond flows through them. “Heh- this is gonna be almost too easy!” 

In a sudden flash of glitches, he appears right in front of Anti, grabbing him by the front of his shirt. They build up electricity in their other hand as they grin, “Hey, the name’s Amp, bitch. And I’ll make sure you remember that!” Then Amp send the force of lightning right into Anti’s face. 

Anti doesn't try to dodge, expecting to resist the electricity--but this isn't just lightning. It's magic, too. Anti screams out, sounding more like a bursting speaker than a person, and his form breaks apart, falling to pixels in Amp's hands. 

"H-holy shit!" Marvin gasps. "Thats--that's badass!" 

Amp blinks and looks over at him. Then grins. 

"Hell yeah it is!" Chase laughs, cheering. Bro cheers too, “Yeah go Amp!!” Jackie pumps his fist in the air. Schneep and JJ seem a bit overwhelmed, but JJ manages to give a supportive smile. 

Anti partially reforms, limbs still mostly static, and lunges at Amp like a wild animal.

Amp whirls around and catches Anti’s wrists, grinning at him even more as he laughs in his face. “Nice try~!” He then throws Anti back with another shock of electricity.

The lightning races across Anti's form as he hits the wall—where he then breaks into shadowy green pixels. They scatter, splashing, and eventually coalescing again on the ground as a lump that forms back into an outline of a person with one green eye. 

"We have all the power you do and more." Amp grins. "If I was you, I'd get out of here before we kick your ass back to your pocket dimension." 

Anti gets to his feet and tries one last trick. The green light from his eye increases, the lights turning a deeper red as he tries to send fear into everyone who sees the green glow. The five guys from this world all pale, and Bro feels it, too. Bro curls in on himself, still trying to find a way to protect the other guys even as his body shakes with fear. 

But Amp knows this trick. And he is—apparently—immune to it. "Fine, then! Let's do this." 

Amp skids his foot back, both of his eyes lighting up with white and green light. And he rockets forward- almost like he’s flying. He slams Anti into the wall by his neck. And there’s the impression of wings on their back- wings made of lightning. But… they’re not like the ones Bro has seen before. They almost look like Luna moth wings. 

Amp growls as white lightning flickers around them. “Let this serve as a lesson to you, Anti. That your ‘purpose’ doesn’t mean shit. Because in the end… if we fight together- you don’t stand a fucking chance.” Amp then shocks Anti with this light magic lightning- holding him for a second before letting him go. “Get out of here… and leave these guys alone.”

Anti falls to the floor, his expression hard to see as it's made of shadows. His gaze flicks to the wings for a moment... and then his form dissipates. The fear fades, and the light returns to normal. He is gone. 

"Yeah, run, bitch!" Amp says triumphantly. Then he turns to look at the others, and his expression softens. "Are you all okay?" 

"Ah... Chase is the only one who got hurt," Schneep says. "I think. Unless anyone else was hit?" 

JJ taps his throat. There's a faint red line there. 

"Ah, I will take care of that, Jamie," Schneep says. "It looks shallow." 

"A-are you okay, JJ?" Jackie asks. "You were... the control, it..." 

Jameson takes a deep breath. He nods. I'll be fine in a minute. It wasn't a good feeling, but I'll be fine. 

"And Schneep?" Jackie asks. "H-he was grabbing you... right where..." 

Schneep nods slowly, not looking directly at anyone. There's the faintest red line around his neck... too faded to be caused by the recent events, and the wrong shape, too. "I-I will be fine." He glances at Amp. "Ah... so... who are you? Are you... Alt?" 

"I think... fusion?" Marvin asks quietly. 

"Like Dragon Ball?" Chase asks. "Or Steven Universe?"

“Yeah it’s exactly like that!” Bro says excitedly, “Cuz of his glitches, Alt can fuse with his other selves!! It’s sooo cool!” 

Amp laughs, “I suppose it is.” He places a hand on his chest, “I’m Amp. Alt and Anti.” He then looks down sympathetically at Chase. “…he’s not only hurt physically… but the other us messed with his mind…” The wings fade from their back as they glitch over to kneel down by Chase, “…maybe I can help?”

"H-help?" Chase asks, looking up. He glances around at the other four, all looking at him with concern. 

"It's up to you, Chase," Schneep says quietly. 

Chase hesitates. "I... I have the feeling that... s-something bad will happen if I... remember. But... I want to remember. I-I've been alone for so long. It feels like forever. If you guys really are my friends... I want to know you." 

Amp frowns. "It might be a deep spell. But I'm sure I can help, even in that case. If... you want me to." 

Chase is quiet for a moment. Then he slowly nods.

Amp smiles and then goes to take Chase’s head and puts his thumbs on his temples and closes their eyes. They press more of that light magic into Chase’s mind, hoping it can clear the corruption. He searches for Chase’s memories, trying to bring them forward. 

Chase's mind is filled with static. It doesn't block out his thoughts, but everything is covered in a fine layer of fuzzy film. The farther down Amp dives, the more intense it becomes. Snatches of moments pass through their mind, things that happened in the past year. Mostly Chase being on the run, out on his own traveling the countryside, but there is a stint of time where he's stuck in a small room that makes their blood boil just seeing it. And always, images of that Anti from before. 

But then the light comes, clearing away the static, chasing away the shadows. A wave that washes away the dark noise. Memories come to light. Time spent with these five others, and one more. There is strife in there, but there is more joy, as all the little moments of happiness rise to the surface again. The static is deeply woven, but Amp manages to get almost all of it. Time will cause the rest to fade. 

Chase blinks. He looks around at the others with newfound clarity. "...Schneep? J-Jackie?" he breathes. "J-Jameson! Marvin!" A small green eyeball flies forward, and Amp feels more of the static fade. Chase laughs. "Sam! H-holy shit!" 

"Do you remember us?!" Schneep asks, eyes wide. 

"Y-yeah. I think... I think I got most of it back." Chase smiles at them. "I-I can't believe I forgot!"

Amp lets Chase go and glitches to their feet, smiling back at him. “Glad we could help.” 

Bro grins and goes to clap Chase on the back, “Good that you’re all back to normal, dude!” 

Then, Amp suddenly winces and grabs at their chest. 

“Alt?!” Amp exclaims in worry. 

“T-Too… much…!” He pants, their eyes flickering. They stumble back, more glitches taking over their body. Then there’s another burst of electricity from them- but this time it throws them apart, Anti shooting out as pixels one way, Alt flying back the other. Alt’s body skids across the floor before he stills and flops down in a limp heap, his skin very pale and dark bags under his eyes. 

"A-Alt!" Schneep shouts, turning towards him. He scrambles to his feet, grabbing the first aid kit and rushing over. "What—what happened?!" 

Marvin and JJ also rush over. "H-he said too much," Marvin recalls. "He must have used a lot of magic." 

Anti reforms, shaking his head. He glances around at the room, then glitches back over to Alt, causing the other three to jump. "He's been through a lot the past little while," Anti explains. "Alt! C-can you hear us?"

Bro pushes past the others and tries to hold Alt up, “Alt!!” 

Alt is completely limp as Bro holds him up, breathing heavily and wheezing. His face is flushed and green magic flashes in his veins, mixed with a bit of white. He weakly tries to open his eyes but doesn’t seem to register anything before they flutter shut again. 

Bro sighs and tries to check him over, “…too much magic yeah… I’ve seen this before… and I bet being possessed by that other Anti didn’t help…”

"W-well, uh—here, you can lie him down on my bed." Jackie points. "Is there anything else we need to, uh, help him out? It's usually just rest for Marvin. And sometimes water if he does something incredibly stupid." 

"This isn't the time," Marvin says between gritted teeth.

“Water probably will help… he usually gets a fever like this.” Bro says quietly, pushing himself to his feet while holding Alt. He hurries over to lay Alt down. Alt sighs a bit and mumbles incoherently, eyelids fluttering.

Jackie nods. He gets up and rushes to the bathroom, returning a second later with a plastic cup full of water. 

"Marvin, do you know any like... cooling spells? Or something?" Chase asks. 

Marvin shakes his head. "My specialty is fire and light. Ice and cold is difficult for me. I can't wrap my head around it." 

"Why? It is just the opposite of heat," Schneep says. 

"It's much more complicated than that," Marvin insists. "Don't you have something in your first aid kit?" 

Schneep starts looking through it. "Ah... I have a cold pack? Pressure activated, just squeeze it. Would that help?"

Bro takes the water from Jackie and sits up Alt to try to get him to drink. He seems just conscious enough to swallow when the water gets brought to his lips, which has Bro sighing in relief. He helps him back down and looks back at the others. “Uh- ice pack should be good. I think the fever is the only thing we can really help… magic overload only gets better with time as far as I know.”

"It's the same here," Marvin confirms. 

Schneep pulls out the cold pack, a plastic thing with a bunch of blue crystallized gel inside. He squeezes it as he hurries over to Alt, then puts it on his forehead. "We can move it if he asks," he says. "This should last a couple hours. If we need more, we have to buy them. They should be found in any local pharmacy."

Alt seems to relax a bit, making a content sound. Bro smiles and nods his thanks to Schneep. “t-Thanks man… I think this should be enough…” 

Bro blinks then looks around, “Oh uh- do you guys need help getting patched up? Some of you were hurt right?”

"Pretty much just me," Chase mutters. "Got stabbed. Twice." 

"I can help with that, Chase," Schneep says, taking out bandages. "Take off your shirt so I can examine the wounds." 

Chase laughs. "Man... you know, if I hadn't just remembered you guys, I would say no to that." He glances at Bro. "And if you weren't me from another world." He starts taking his shirt off. 

"That's... insane, by the way," Marvin says. "You're like if Chase and Jackie were fused together. I can't believe this other world stuff."

Bro laughs and sits down on the bed next to Alt. “I’ll take that as a compliment! But uh yeah- I’m also Chase~! But you know… uh- superhero?” He says with a sheepish smile and a shrug. “Good to officially meet you all… sorry it wasn’t under great circumstances.”

Sam flies over and sits down on Alt's stomach, curling their nerve-tail around themself. 

Marvin nods. "I'm Marvin, this is Schneep, and this is JJ." Schneep nods. 

A superhero? JJ says, eyes wide. That would explain your powers. 

"Right?!" Jackie grins. "It's so cool! I think he's like—an official superhero! Not like me, not really." 

Bro grins, “I mean I was a vigilante once! Our city just finally decided to work with me, but damn it was not easy…”

"Speaking of you." Schneep glances over at him. "The fuck were you thinking?!" 

"Oh here we go." Jackie sighs. 

"Yes of course here we go! You cannot just leave like that! Leaving behind some vague message about finding Chase yourself and then not answering any of our texts! You could have at least kept in contact!" 

Bro blinks and looks between Jackie and Schneep. “…Schneep does have a point-“

"I..." Jackie swallows a lump in his throat. "I was sure that Anti was behind Chase's disappearance. If I told you guys where I was, he might be able to see through our text messages, or hear through our phone calls." 

JJ frowns. There must have been another way. Did you ever think about sending a letter? 

Jackie stares at him. Then he slowly leans back... and slaps his hand over his eyes. He groans. "I'm so fucking stupid." 

"Well, I didn't think of that either," Marvin says, frowning. 

JJ smiles a bit smugly. You kids and your new-fangled technology. 

"Don't tell me you don't enjoy that new-fangled technology," Marvin says, chuckling a little.

Bro laughs, “To be fair- who thinks of letters now of days?”

"This guy, apparently." Chase points at JJ, then winces as the movement irritates the wound on his upper arm. "But... if I'm remembering correctly, that's probably because of the time period you're from, right?" 

JJ nods. Phones were still new.

“Oh! Are you from out of time too, JJ?” Bro asks curiously.

JJ blinks, surprised at the response. 

"Oh, we were being pretty casual about it, weren't we?" Jackie laughs. 

"What do you mean, 'too'?" Schneep asks. "You and your brothers seem like modern men."

“Oh we are! But our friend Henny is from out of time! He’s from the 1930s!” Bro says. 

"Well, yeah, JJ's from like...1927, was it?" Jackie says. 

JJ nods. Exactly. Though I don't think your Henrik got to this time the same way I did. Since you don't seem to have an Anti there. Well... Alt doesn't count.

Bro grins, “yeah… it’s kinda crazy huh? All our friends are like you all… just- swapped around..?”

Marvin laughs. "Definitely seems like that. I guess Alt is like me, then?" His smile fades slightly. "He said you don't know where your Marvin is...h-huh." 

Bro blinks, “…Alt said that?” He looks over at Alt with a bit of concern. “…Alt is… more like you yeah but… we have someone like Anti… that’s how Henny got pulled into our time… by a villain named.. Magnificent.”

"...Magnificent," Marvin whispers. "Why… wouldn't Alt say that?" 

"He probably didn't want you to freak out," Jackie says. 

"Probably." Marvin looks down, eyes going distant for a moment. "A villain, huh. A villain." He holds out a hand and conjures up a swirl of light. Mostly green, but with some purple around the edges. 

“…I think he knows how… hard it is. To know other people see your face… and think of a villain…” Bro says quietly. “…I think he didn’t want you to… go through that.” He watches the magic with a bit of fascination, but a hint of caution, seeing the purple.

JJ nods slowly. That's a parallel, I suppose. I'm here because of Anti. But I didn't exactly get pulled through time. I was... He pauses. I suppose you could say frozen in time? I didn't age for a long, long while. 

Bro  looks back towards JJ and looks concerned. “Frozen…? God- how does that work…?”

JJ hesitates. His eyes can't help but flick back towards Anti, standing in the corner. Anti notices this and slowly fades away, returning to Alt's phone—which he sat on the desk earlier. JJ looks a bit guilty about driving him away, but continues on. I was... possessed... by our Anti, Jameson signs slowly. His host. That seemed to keep me alive in the state I was in when it happened. Until Marvin rescued me.

Bro’s face falls, “Oh… that’s… that’s fucking awful JJ my god…”

JJ takes a deep, shuddering breath. I'm working on it. These guys have been a great help to me. 

Jackie smiles. "Always there for you, J." 

And I truly appreciate that. JJ smiles at him. 

Bro smiles, “I’m glad you found good friends dude…you all seem like great lads…” 

Chase shakes his head. "I can't believe I forgot you. Let that bastard do things to my head."

Bro blinks over to Chase and swallows, “…do you… do you remember…? What Anti did to you…? Uh you don’t have to say if it’s too much…”

Chase is quiet for a moment. "He... took my kids," he says softly. "Bobby—Roberta—and Trevor. J-Jackie, too, but that came later. It's a long story... but at the end of it, he told me the kids could go home safe if I left town and... let him fuck with my memories. H-he'd already been messing with them for a while, then, but it would be harder to shake off if I agreed." 

"Holy shit, Chase," Jackie whispers. "You didn't have to do that. Th-they were going to get home." 

Chase shakes his head. "I know you helped them get out, but he found them again quickly. I didn't... want to risk it."

Bro’s eyes widen and he looks at Chase in shock, “J-Jesus dude…” He’s quiet for a bit before trying to laugh, “…guess it’s a good thing I ran into you huh? …maybe now you can finally go home and see them.”

"Heh." Chase smiles softly. "If he didn't go back on his word once you guys restored my memory." 

Marvin shakes his head. "There's no way he knows that happened right now. Besides... when we left to look for you and Jackie, I-I got the whole Circle to cast some protection spells on them." 

"The whole Circle?" Chase repeats, confused. 

"Oh. Yeah, I ran into this magician group who call themselves the Magic Circle. They're... alright enough. Helping me with my ABIM-required book of spells. And I help them out with some spells in turn. I still owe them a big favor for the protection." 

Chase sighs in relief. "Well... that's reassuring. I can relax a bit more."

Bro beams and nods, “See! You’ll be okay, bro! I bet your kids miss the hell out of you.”

"They really do," Schneep assures him. 

"I miss the hell out of them, too," Chase says quietly. He takes a deep breath and pulls his shirt back on. "Well. W-we can't really go back yet, can we? I want to be sure Alt is okay first. A-and it's getting late, anyway."

“Oh yeah right-“ Bro blinks back at Alt, “…we can’t all just take up Jackie’s room… maybe I’ll go see if I can get me and Alt one…”

"We do have a hotel room," Marvin says. "But it's across the city... but all our stuff is there..." He sighs. "I wish I could teleport to places without needing to see them."

“I mean… if Alt was awake… he could-“ Bro sighs. “I dunno if he has enough in him to glitch you across the city though. Oh! But maybe Anti can help?” He looks back around, blinking when he doesn’t see him. “Oh did he go back in Alt’s phone?”

Anti appears again, leaving the phone. "Don't want to intrude." 

"Oh fuck!" Chase jumps slightly. "Oh, uh... s-sorry, I know you're a good guy, but..." 

Anti nods slowly. "If you want, I can get your stuff for you. My glitching can't really transport people. Objects are fine, though." 

Marvin frowns. "I'd rather go back to the hotel room... It's, uh... nicer than this place." 

"Where'd you guys end up?" Jackie asks. 

"Some place called the Sola-Ray." 

Jackie laughs. "That's funny. Sola, like sun. This is the Twelve Moon Motel. Parallels. Celestial theme." 

Anti frowns. "I... don't know if my shortcuts work here. But I can try. Move you guys all over there."

Bro blinks in confusion back at Anti, “Oh yeah I guess your glitching is different than Alt’s… I mean I could always fly some of you guys! Chase didn’t seem to hate it!” He grins.

Jackie raises his eyebrow. "Chase didn't hate it? Chase is afraid of heights! Unless you forgot that, too?" 

"No, I didn't, but it was fine," Chase says, shrugging. 

"What, are you going to dangle us like Tails does with Sonic?" Jackie asks. "Or carry us bridal style like Superman does with Lois Lane? Are we gonna ride piggy back?" 

Bro blinks and thinks, “I think I carried Chase kinda lois lane style? But I’ve done all of those before to be honest-“

Marvin groans. "At this point, why don't we all just crowd into my car and I can drive us back to the hotel?"

“You have a car?? Why didn’t you just say that!” Bro laughs.

Marvin shrugs. "It'll be a squeeze with all of us in there, that's why. It's only designed to seat five people, and there's two more of you guys. Well... technically three, but it looks like that other Anti can fit in a phone easy enough." 

"I uh... kind of want to try flying," Jackie says. "So... me and Bro can follow you guys, maybe? If that's okay with you, Bro."

“Yeah I’m okay with that!” Bro laughs. “It’s not usual that I get someone who actually volunteers!” He blinks at the others, “Does that mean you all could take Alt? …I might be able to carry both Alt and Jackie though-“

That doesn't sound safe, JJ signs slowly. 

"It is fine, we'll keep an eye on him," Schneep says. "As a doctor, I would not feel comfortable leaving his side while he has a fever." 

Chase smiles. "Ah... always so caring beneath the grumpy exterior." 

"I... also might... feel like I owe him a bit," Schneep says awkwardly. "I reacted badly when he glitched in front of us." 

Marvin nods. "Yeah... it's the least we can do. We'll keep an eye on him."

Bro furrows his eyebrows then blinks. “Oh… you’re the one that…” He laughs a bit, “Man.., I remember that I was ready to come in and kick all your asses… Alt was so scared…” He looks back at his brother. 

Alt seems to be resting pretty peacefully now, still breathing a bit heavy because of the fever but he doesn’t seem in any danger. 

Schneep looks ashamed. "I-I will apologize first thing when he wakes up." 

Bro smiles and shakes his head, “Hey don’t worry Schneep… now I get why… and I’m sure Alt didn’t make it easy by not being… completely truthful with you all…”

"I get why, though," Marvin says quietly. 

Bro eventually nods back towards the others, “Alright- I trust you all to keep him safe then.”

Chase nods. "W-we'll do that." 

"And we'll be very careful," Marvin says. "I promise." 

Let's head off, JJ says. 

"Whoo! Flying trip!" Jackie grins.

He grins at Jackie and hops to his feet, “Flying trip! How you wanna do it, bro?” He laughs.

"Well, uh..." Jackie pauses. "Just carry me like you did Chase. Oh, I have a suitcase, though. Marvin can I load that into your car real quick?" 

"Yeah, sure, put it in the boot," Marvin says, shrugging. 

"Cool. " Jackie heads to the wardrobe and grabs his stuff. "Let's go, then. I gotta check out." 

[luneariann]

This ai generated images thing got me considering a double w psychology instead of plastic arts ngl

[enden-k]

i pause my game to answer asks and discord and when i wanna go back i literally have my breath punched away

bc i have the feral urge to bite that neck now and shake him around like a dog toy i love this feeble scholar too much hekp me A

[kavalyera]

“We are the High Table.” —The Adjudicator

“And we are New York City.” —Winston

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