Puzzled?

A NEW ONE!?!?? HELLO HELLO!!!!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

[He exclaimed in joy, kicking his feet.]

I do hope Caine knows, does he?

"I hope he'd know me, I've been here forever!" Enesena says, crossing her arms.

[Arkue frowned, a little disappointed. But he shook it off.]

Anyways, what’s your name!?

A NEW ONE!?!?? HELLO HELLO!!!!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

[He exclaimed in joy, kicking his feet.]

I do hope Caine knows, does he?

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖- 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.. 𝑾𝒉𝒚.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕...

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕}

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅}

𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕???

THEY’RE BETRAYING YOU RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!!!

[Casimir said, backing away, bumping into the railing.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎}

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕.

[Casimir looked down, trying not to meet their gaze.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒕, 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅}

…I’m…I’m…

[His chest tightened in an unpleasant way, and he looked at them, tears forcing their way to his eyes.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔}

𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒊 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.. 𝑴𝒚 𝑬𝑿 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅.

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖- 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.. 𝑾𝒉𝒚.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕...

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕}

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅}

𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕???

THEY’RE BETRAYING YOU RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!!!

[Casimir said, backing away, bumping into the railing.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎}

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕.

[Casimir looked down, trying not to meet their gaze.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒕, 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅}

…I’m…I’m…

[His chest tightened in an unpleasant way, and he looked at them, tears forcing their way to his eyes.]

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖- 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.. 𝑾𝒉𝒚.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕...

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕}

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅}

𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕???

THEY’RE BETRAYING YOU RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!!!

[Casimir said, backing away, bumping into the railing.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎}

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.

𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕.

[Casimir looked down, trying not to meet their gaze.]

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖- 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.. 𝑾𝒉𝒚.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕...

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕}

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅}

𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕???

THEY’RE BETRAYING YOU RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!!!

[Casimir said, backing away, bumping into the railing.]

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖- 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.. 𝑾𝒉𝒚.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕...

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕}

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅}

𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒕???

THEY’RE BETRAYING YOU RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!!!

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖- 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.. 𝑾𝒉𝒚.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕...

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕}

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖- 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆.. 𝑾𝒉𝒚.. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕...

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎-𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑}

𝑯𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒚-

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

𝑯𝒖𝒉. 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆! 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕--

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎}

Ack- What the-? How did I… [He noticed Mimi.] Oh, hey!

[He stuttered, remembering that he removed Edward from their memory.]

…shit….

Oh, your gonna get caught if ya don’t do something quick~!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅-?

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅}

[He began to panic internally, screaming at himself what he should do.]

Wipe the rest of their memory!! Get rid of him completely!! Fill the gaps with someone else!! How about your old self!? I can fill the gaps!!!

….

[Edward stared up at them, horror in his face.] I didn’t take them from you, you psycho!!

He’s playing the victim. Show him how much you’ve grown to HATE him.

You took them from me. My best friend. You turned them against me.

[Tears began to fall down their face, and something in their demeanor changed. Their posture once straight and menacing, now shaking and…Upset.]

…I just want my best friend back…

W- What’s happening!? WHY AREN’T YOU KILLING HIM!?!

[Their eyes turned a blue color. Arkue was taking some control to calm Casimir.]

…it’s okay, but he didn’t do anything!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

𝑂ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝐺𝑜𝑑... 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜, 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔..

𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲??

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇}

…n- no…

…Casimir, you have to let go. They won’t like you if this is how you’ll act…You need to move on, stop chasing someone who will only make you hurt more…

[Casimir stared at Edward and Mimi, tears running down his face as he realized what he was doing.]

…I…I didn’t…I’m sorry…I’m so sorry…

[He sobbed, the fusion’s body shaking as it wracked with sobs. All four arms hugged itself.]

𝑻𝑯𝑬𝒀 𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼! 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑵𝑬𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑹𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑴, 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷 𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑷𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑵 𝑻𝑶 𝑼𝑺, 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑴!

𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖!

𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢!

…You need to listen to yourself. Not to them. Not to me. Yourself, Casimir.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖! 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆?

𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒... 𝐷𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓!

We’re here for you, we’re here to help you!

[Yan, the other bad voice, said, touching his arm. A grin spread onto Casimir’s face as he grabbed Edward, yanking him out of the cage and locking Mimi up alone.]

Kill him. Then we can have Mimi forget all about him! With just a little tinkering…

[The fusions jaw began to creak open, rows and rows of sharp teeth showing themselves to the captive Edward. Edward began squirming, screaming in horror.]

𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒓, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆! 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈!!

𝑼𝒈𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚! 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.

[The hallucination scoffed, grabbing him with all six arms with a wicked smile]

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎? 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅..

[Casimir then opened his mouth again, Edward trying to rip himself out of the grip. He stared at the rows of sharp teeth, tears filling his eyes.]

DO IT!!

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍..

[He looked up at the hallucination, then at Mimi.]

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕}

𝑾𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆~! 𝑾𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆~!! 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑼𝑺!

….if only you just left him….

𝑰-𝒊 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕...

They said Pull.

So.

PULL.

[He did just that, pulling on the string with his eyes shut, tears dripping down his face.]

𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒊! 𝑶𝒐𝒉, 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚!

𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒓? 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎~!

I killed him. I killed him. All for my sake.

And you did good.

I killed him.

[He never felt such guilt before. The guilt piled on him every passing second until it felt like everything was falling apart.]

[Casimir kept crying, Arkue comforting him.]

It’ll be okay…Please don’t cry…

I killed him…I- I should be happy he’s gone but…I…I just…what is this feeling…?

…it’s guilt…

I don’t like it…

I know..

I want it to stop…

I know..

…I want dad…

…

He’ll know what to do…I- I…

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚! 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕... 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊.

[Casimir raised his arms to hug back, but hesitated.]

…it…it doesn’t…feel right…

[He said, looking down at Mimi.]

…this isn’t…

Do you want to tell them?

…I….i just wanted my friend back…I- I didn’t want…

[He froze when he realized something.]

….I didn’t want….

….to hurt him…

[He pushed Mimi away,]

It’s not okay!!! IT’S NOT OKAY!!!!

I’M GUILTY!! I KILLED YOUR BOYFRIEND!!

I WAS JEALOUS!!

I’M SORRY!!!

I JUST WANTED YOU BACK!!!

No, no, what is he DOING!?!

[Casimir was sobbing, theyre vision blurring with tears.]

PLEASE, HATE ME!!! I CAN’T!! THIS IS WRONG!! I HATE THIS FEELING IN MY GUT!! PLEASE!!

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅- 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅?

𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷!! 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑵 𝑪𝑼𝑩𝑬 𝑰𝑺 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑷𝑼𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑴 𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼!!

[It hissed, grabbing it and trying to shake it with all of its arms]

[Casimir was crying still, staring at Mimi.]

[The digital hallucination stepped in front of his gaze, holding his face]

…I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry….

Ah, welcome back my lovely royalty! Tell me, are you two "bonded" now? All happy?

𝒀𝒂𝒏, 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕?

Oh, and some things may have gotten switcharooed! No worries, your systems will sort it out!

….I’m sorry….I’m sorry…I didn’t mean to…

Woah now, I didn't think it'd be so mentally tolling! Thats why I chose this method! Why are you apologizing-?

𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒉𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅? 𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒊𝒕.

…you’d hate me if I told you…

[Arkue looked at Rosary.] …what if they’re still there though? I- I just am worried…

[He said, hugging them protectively]

𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌.

….Really?

[He said, patting it's head with a fatherly, proud smile]

𝑼𝒈𝒉... 𝑺𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒅?

…Casimir..? I- I just uh…wanted to say…sorry..I saw what happened again, if you don’t wanna tell anyone, it’s okay…

[Casimir looked at Arkue, then at the hallucinations behind him.]

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡..

…go away…I don’t…I don’t wanna see you right now…I….its your fault…

[Arkue felt hurt.]

B- But I-

ITS YOUR FAULT!!!

[Casimir shouted.]

[Arkue looked scared.]

𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒕. 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔.

[Arkue flinched, staring at him. Casimir then spoke again.]

He made me kill someone.

What!?! No I didn’t!! Those hallucinations did!! Why are you blaming me!?!

[He snapped, teleporting arkue to his room]

Only reason he even cares is because he doesn’t want you to see him as useless…

Fine then! Be that way!

[Casimir stared at Sable with a slightly guilty expression.]

I- I- I didn’t mean that, I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s going on…

[Sable looked over his shoulder, one of his eyes peeking out between the 'teeth']

[He snapped, teleporting elsewhere while the Mimi hallucination groaned]

[He muttered, walking over to the chair and laying on it.]

𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏! 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑽𝑬 𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑩𝒀 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑪𝑰𝑹𝑪𝑼𝑺 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑶𝑵𝑪𝑬, 𝑩𝑼𝑻 𝑻𝑾𝑰𝑪𝑬.

[It hissed, steaming]

…fine.

[He said, standing up. The anger in him began to wake him up, his form glitching.]

How about you two shut up and let me decide?!

Fit in?? You really are gonna trust these guys for a THIRD time!? I think that cube got in your head during that fusion.

No, I mean, fit in to get closer…? You know, like the saying goes. Keep friends close, but enemies closer or..what ever-

Hmmm. What do you think?

[It cackled, wiping away some of the goo streaming from it's four eyes]

[Casimir growled.]

No wonder you changed so much. Couldn’t handle your own stupidity!

[It laughed]

Why are you angry at us~?

[Yan walked over, leaning on his shoulders. As Yan did, they grew about 2 feet. They were getting stronger.]

[It said casually, getting up and walking over to casimir, grabbing his arms]

…

Do what your heart tells you…

[Casimir thought for a moment, anger clouding his thoughts as he spoke again.]

[It said, gesturing at itself]

[They held up two fingers, smiling]

[He tried again, moving closer. He stared at them, trying not to look at the blood.]

𝑼𝒈𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆?

Guilt them!!

I just…I don’t….

[He let himself start to cry a little.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅}

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆.. 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘? 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔?

𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖~

[Casimir stared at Mimi, unable to help but feel like Yan was speaking truth.]

[Casimir basically was dragged along, but dug his feet into the ground to stop them.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎}

Y- yeah…

[He forced a smile.]

…g- guess your right…

Fighting back I see?

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚!!

LEAVE ME ALONE LEAVE ME ALONE LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

Maybe you really did deserve to be abandoned….

[Casimir snapped his head towards Yan, only to find them staring at him with an icy cold stare.]

You ruin everything. You really are just a waste of data! Maybe, just maybe, they were right to hate you.

….im- oh god, haha…

[Casimir took a shaky breath.]

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒇𝒆}

𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒐𝒐!

How do you know about this?

𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆.

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍, 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅}

You always look decent....

[He said, not really meaning it to sound so cheesy.]

Gross…PLEASE be less weird and freaky….

𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆.

𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒄𝒂𝒔.

[He was shocked and confused.]

I- I’m…not too bad….myself….?

I bet they’re lying…

{𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕}

They like us~! They like us!!!

[They began jumping up and down, spinning with their arms in the air before they leaned on Casimir.]

Well, enough chit-chat, let's go eat!

[Yan's expression grew angry.]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!! DO WHAT I SAY, MAKE THEM LIKE US MORE!!! MAKE THEM COMPIMENT US MORE!!!

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒅, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒇𝒆. 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈}

...okay, how about you calm down first?

[He said to Yan, who got i his face.]

COME ON~! WHAT'S A LITTLE MORE GONNA HURT~?!

uh, maybe everything? what if they don't like me that way!?!

N- Nothing! Sorry, I'm just...tired-

[He looked at the hallucination.]

YEAH!

NO!! That's stupid!!! REALLY stupid.

wow- i mean, i honestly thought you'd...like someone more...i dunno, you-?

….

[Edward stared up at them, horror in his face.] I didn’t take them from you, you psycho!!

He’s playing the victim. Show him how much you’ve grown to HATE him.

You took them from me. My best friend. You turned them against me.

[Tears began to fall down their face, and something in their demeanor changed. Their posture once straight and menacing, now shaking and…Upset.]

…I just want my best friend back…

W- What’s happening!? WHY AREN’T YOU KILLING HIM!?!

[Their eyes turned a blue color. Arkue was taking some control to calm Casimir.]

…it’s okay, but he didn’t do anything!

@arkuethepuzzledcube

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𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲??

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇}

…n- no…

…Casimir, you have to let go. They won’t like you if this is how you’ll act…You need to move on, stop chasing someone who will only make you hurt more…

[Casimir stared at Edward and Mimi, tears running down his face as he realized what he was doing.]

…I…I didn’t…I’m sorry…I’m so sorry…

[He sobbed, the fusion’s body shaking as it wracked with sobs. All four arms hugged itself.]

𝑻𝑯𝑬𝒀 𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼! 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑵𝑬𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑹𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑴, 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷 𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑶𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑷𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑵 𝑻𝑶 𝑼𝑺, 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑴!

𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖!

𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢!

…You need to listen to yourself. Not to them. Not to me. Yourself, Casimir.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖! 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆?

𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒... 𝐷𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓!

We’re here for you, we’re here to help you!

[Yan, the other bad voice, said, touching his arm. A grin spread onto Casimir’s face as he grabbed Edward, yanking him out of the cage and locking Mimi up alone.]

Kill him. Then we can have Mimi forget all about him! With just a little tinkering…

[The fusions jaw began to creak open, rows and rows of sharp teeth showing themselves to the captive Edward. Edward began squirming, screaming in horror.]

𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒓, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆! 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈!!

𝑼𝒈𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚! 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.

[The hallucination scoffed, grabbing him with all six arms with a wicked smile]

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎? 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅..

[Casimir then opened his mouth again, Edward trying to rip himself out of the grip. He stared at the rows of sharp teeth, tears filling his eyes.]

DO IT!!

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍..

[He looked up at the hallucination, then at Mimi.]

{𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕}

𝑾𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆~! 𝑾𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆~!! 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑼𝑺!

….if only you just left him….

𝑰-𝒊 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕...

They said Pull.

So.

PULL.

[He did just that, pulling on the string with his eyes shut, tears dripping down his face.]

𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒊! 𝑶𝒐𝒉, 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚!

𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒓? 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎~!

I killed him. I killed him. All for my sake.

And you did good.

I killed him.

[He never felt such guilt before. The guilt piled on him every passing second until it felt like everything was falling apart.]

[Casimir kept crying, Arkue comforting him.]

It’ll be okay…Please don’t cry…

I killed him…I- I should be happy he’s gone but…I…I just…what is this feeling…?

…it’s guilt…

I don’t like it…

I know..

I want it to stop…

I know..

…I want dad…

…

He’ll know what to do…I- I…

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚! 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒍, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕... 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊.

[Casimir raised his arms to hug back, but hesitated.]

…it…it doesn’t…feel right…

[He said, looking down at Mimi.]

…this isn’t…

Do you want to tell them?

…I….i just wanted my friend back…I- I didn’t want…

[He froze when he realized something.]

….I didn’t want….

….to hurt him…

[He pushed Mimi away,]

It’s not okay!!! IT’S NOT OKAY!!!!

I’M GUILTY!! I KILLED YOUR BOYFRIEND!!

I WAS JEALOUS!!

I’M SORRY!!!

I JUST WANTED YOU BACK!!!

No, no, what is he DOING!?!

[Casimir was sobbing, theyre vision blurring with tears.]

PLEASE, HATE ME!!! I CAN’T!! THIS IS WRONG!! I HATE THIS FEELING IN MY GUT!! PLEASE!!

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅- 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅?

𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷!! 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑵 𝑪𝑼𝑩𝑬 𝑰𝑺 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑷𝑼𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑴 𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼!!

[It hissed, grabbing it and trying to shake it with all of its arms]

[Casimir was crying still, staring at Mimi.]

[The digital hallucination stepped in front of his gaze, holding his face]

…I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry….

Ah, welcome back my lovely royalty! Tell me, are you two "bonded" now? All happy?

𝒀𝒂𝒏, 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕?

Oh, and some things may have gotten switcharooed! No worries, your systems will sort it out!

….I’m sorry….I’m sorry…I didn’t mean to…

Woah now, I didn't think it'd be so mentally tolling! Thats why I chose this method! Why are you apologizing-?

𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒉𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅? 𝑴𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒊𝒕.

…you’d hate me if I told you…

[Arkue looked at Rosary.] …what if they’re still there though? I- I just am worried…

[He said, hugging them protectively]

𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌.

….Really?

[He said, patting it's head with a fatherly, proud smile]

𝑼𝒈𝒉... 𝑺𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒅?

…Casimir..? I- I just uh…wanted to say…sorry..I saw what happened again, if you don’t wanna tell anyone, it’s okay…

[Casimir looked at Arkue, then at the hallucinations behind him.]

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡..

…go away…I don’t…I don’t wanna see you right now…I….its your fault…

[Arkue felt hurt.]

B- But I-

ITS YOUR FAULT!!!

[Casimir shouted.]

[Arkue looked scared.]

𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒕. 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔.

[Arkue flinched, staring at him. Casimir then spoke again.]

He made me kill someone.

What!?! No I didn’t!! Those hallucinations did!! Why are you blaming me!?!

[He snapped, teleporting arkue to his room]

Only reason he even cares is because he doesn’t want you to see him as useless…

Fine then! Be that way!

[Casimir stared at Sable with a slightly guilty expression.]

I- I- I didn’t mean that, I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s going on…

[Sable looked over his shoulder, one of his eyes peeking out between the 'teeth']

[He snapped, teleporting elsewhere while the Mimi hallucination groaned]

[He muttered, walking over to the chair and laying on it.]

𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏! 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑽𝑬 𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑩𝒀 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑪𝑰𝑹𝑪𝑼𝑺 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑶𝑵𝑪𝑬, 𝑩𝑼𝑻 𝑻𝑾𝑰𝑪𝑬.

[It hissed, steaming]

…fine.

[He said, standing up. The anger in him began to wake him up, his form glitching.]

How about you two shut up and let me decide?!

Fit in?? You really are gonna trust these guys for a THIRD time!? I think that cube got in your head during that fusion.

No, I mean, fit in to get closer…? You know, like the saying goes. Keep friends close, but enemies closer or..what ever-

Hmmm. What do you think?

[It cackled, wiping away some of the goo streaming from it's four eyes]

[Casimir growled.]

No wonder you changed so much. Couldn’t handle your own stupidity!

[It laughed]

Why are you angry at us~?

[Yan walked over, leaning on his shoulders. As Yan did, they grew about 2 feet. They were getting stronger.]

[It said casually, getting up and walking over to casimir, grabbing his arms]

…

Do what your heart tells you…

[Casimir thought for a moment, anger clouding his thoughts as he spoke again.]

[It said, gesturing at itself]

[They held up two fingers, smiling]