Are you a monster?

"I-I can't see-!!" Hero stammered panickingly, her hands roughly hiding her face from the other. "I... I-I-I can't see nuffin'-!! Nothin' at all, s'all dark af'er- af'er that butterfly came and- and-!!"

{A look of sympathy appeared on Negative’s eye.} “ᴼᴷᴬᵞ! ᴶᵁˢᵀ ᴴᴼᴸᴰ ˢᵀᴵᴸᴸ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ˢᴱᴱ ᵂᴴᴬᵀ’ˢ ᵂᴿᴼᴺᴳ!” {He gently grabbed Hero’s face and moved her hands and hair out of the way.}

"N-nuh-uh!!" She shook her head, harshly turning so his hands would leave her face. "No- no way! I don't- wh-wh-what if it's not okay?? I dunno what t' do abou' it!!!"

"No, it's- i-i-it's s'not that, it- it doesn't feel like that-!! It doesn't feel like anythin', I can't- feel my eyes-!! They're not there-!!"

{Negative’s eye widened in horror, he let out a gasp.} “ᵂᴴᴼ ᴰᴵᴰ ᵀᴴᴵˢ ᵀᴼ ᵞᴼᵁ?!” {He asked, trying to sound calm.}

"-'Cept I'm kiddin', haha!! Got'cha real good there, huh, Neg? I didn't fall fer that eye snatch again!!"

{Negative had an unimpressed look in his eye, he was a little mad, but he couldn’t stay mad at Hero. He was still grateful that she didn‘t lose her eyes for real, though.} “ᴴᴱᴿᴼ! ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ˢᶜᴬᴿᴱ ᴹᴱ ᴸᴵᴷᴱ ᵀᴴᴬᵀ ᴬᴳᴬᴵᴺ! ᴵᵀ’ˢ ᴺᴼᵀ ᶠᵁᴺᴺᵞ!”

"Yeah but I still got'cha!! Haha!!" Oh my god. "I'm ge' 'in pretty good at fakin' it, aren' I?"

"I-I can't see-!!" Hero stammered panickingly, her hands roughly hiding her face from the other. "I... I-I-I can't see nuffin'-!! Nothin' at all, s'all dark af'er- af'er that butterfly came and- and-!!"

{A look of sympathy appeared on Negative’s eye.} “ᴼᴷᴬᵞ! ᴶᵁˢᵀ ᴴᴼᴸᴰ ˢᵀᴵᴸᴸ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ˢᴱᴱ ᵂᴴᴬᵀ’ˢ ᵂᴿᴼᴺᴳ!” {He gently grabbed Hero’s face and moved her hands and hair out of the way.}

"N-nuh-uh!!" She shook her head, harshly turning so his hands would leave her face. "No- no way! I don't- wh-wh-what if it's not okay?? I dunno what t' do abou' it!!!"

"No, it's- i-i-it's s'not that, it- it doesn't feel like that-!! It doesn't feel like anythin', I can't- feel my eyes-!! They're not there-!!"

{Negative’s eye widened in horror, he let out a gasp.} “ᵂᴴᴼ ᴰᴵᴰ ᵀᴴᴵˢ ᵀᴼ ᵞᴼᵁ?!” {He asked, trying to sound calm.}

"-'Cept I'm kiddin', haha!! Got'cha real good there, huh, Neg? I didn't fall fer that eye snatch again!!"

"I-I can't see-!!" Hero stammered panickingly, her hands roughly hiding her face from the other. "I... I-I-I can't see nuffin'-!! Nothin' at all, s'all dark af'er- af'er that butterfly came and- and-!!"

{A look of sympathy appeared on Negative’s eye.} “ᴼᴷᴬᵞ! ᴶᵁˢᵀ ᴴᴼᴸᴰ ˢᵀᴵᴸᴸ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ˢᴱᴱ ᵂᴴᴬᵀ’ˢ ᵂᴿᴼᴺᴳ!” {He gently grabbed Hero’s face and moved her hands and hair out of the way.}

"N-nuh-uh!!" She shook her head, harshly turning so his hands would leave her face. "No- no way! I don't- wh-wh-what if it's not okay?? I dunno what t' do abou' it!!!"

"No, it's- i-i-it's s'not that, it- it doesn't feel like that-!! It doesn't feel like anythin', I can't- feel my eyes-!! They're not there-!!"

"I-I can't see-!!" Hero stammered panickingly, her hands roughly hiding her face from the other. "I... I-I-I can't see nuffin'-!! Nothin' at all, s'all dark af'er- af'er that butterfly came and- and-!!"

{A look of sympathy appeared on Negative’s eye.} “ᴼᴷᴬᵞ! ᴶᵁˢᵀ ᴴᴼᴸᴰ ˢᵀᴵᴸᴸ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ˢᴱᴱ ᵂᴴᴬᵀ’ˢ ᵂᴿᴼᴺᴳ!” {He gently grabbed Hero’s face and moved her hands and hair out of the way.}

"N-nuh-uh!!" She shook her head, harshly turning so his hands would leave her face. "No- no way! I don't- wh-wh-what if it's not okay?? I dunno what t' do abou' it!!!"

But that was a lie. A goddamn lie.

“ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᵂᴼᴿᴿᵞ ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ’ᴹ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴳᴼᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴼ ᴴᵁᴿᵀ ᵞᴼᵁ.” {Negative reassured the young child, he reached his hand out for her to grab. “ᴴᴱᴿᴱ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ ᵞᴼᵁ!” {He offered to her, in a friendly tone.}

“W-w-what happened to RGB…?” She asked, reluctantly and nervously. “You’re- you’re only out when somethin’ bad happens to RGB… so what was it??”

“ᴹᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᴴᴵᴹ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴺᴼ ᴸᴼᴺᴳᴱᴿ ᵀᴴᴱ ˢᴬᴹᴱ ᴱᴺᵀᴵᵀᵞ.” {Negative simply explained.}

“No longer the same…?” Hero muttered softly, a mere repeat of what the other had just said so she could get the concept in her head. She… didn’t get it, if I had to be honest with you. Like, she didn’t get it at all, it didn’t make any sense! “Wha’ d’ya mean??”

“ᵂᴱ ˢᴾᴸᴵᵀ.” {Negative replied.}

“How do you- how does that- how does that WORK?? You’re the same guy, how do you just split and be two different guys?? Are you joking??”

“ᴵ’ᴹ ˢᴱᴿᴵᴼᵁˢ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ.” {Negative responded.}

“Okay but… how does that work though…? How did that happen?”

“…ᵀᴼ ᴮᴱ ᴴᴼᴺᴱˢᵀ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᴷᴺᴼᵂ…” {Negative answered honestly.}

“You mean you just woke up one day like that?”

{Negative nodded his telly-head in agreement.}

“Okay… But I thought you were all dangerous and scary ‘n stuff! Cuzza when somethin’ would happen to RGB…”

“ᴵ ᵂᴬˢ ᴶᵁˢᵀ ᵀᴿᵞᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴼ ᴾᴿᴼᵀᴱᶜᵀ ᵞᴼᵁ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ.” {Negative replied, in an honest tone.}

“Yeah but then you’d try to reach out and grab me every time afterwards, all silent ‘n creepy ‘n whatever, which was really frickin’ creepy!!!”

But that was a lie. A goddamn lie.

“ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᵂᴼᴿᴿᵞ ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ’ᴹ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴳᴼᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴼ ᴴᵁᴿᵀ ᵞᴼᵁ.” {Negative reassured the young child, he reached his hand out for her to grab. “ᴴᴱᴿᴱ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ ᵞᴼᵁ!” {He offered to her, in a friendly tone.}

“W-w-what happened to RGB…?” She asked, reluctantly and nervously. “You’re- you’re only out when somethin’ bad happens to RGB… so what was it??”

“ᴹᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᴴᴵᴹ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴺᴼ ᴸᴼᴺᴳᴱᴿ ᵀᴴᴱ ˢᴬᴹᴱ ᴱᴺᵀᴵᵀᵞ.” {Negative simply explained.}

“No longer the same…?” Hero muttered softly, a mere repeat of what the other had just said so she could get the concept in her head. She… didn’t get it, if I had to be honest with you. Like, she didn’t get it at all, it didn’t make any sense! “Wha’ d’ya mean??”

“ᵂᴱ ˢᴾᴸᴵᵀ.” {Negative replied.}

“How do you- how does that- how does that WORK?? You’re the same guy, how do you just split and be two different guys?? Are you joking??”

“ᴵ’ᴹ ˢᴱᴿᴵᴼᵁˢ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ.” {Negative responded.}

“Okay but… how does that work though…? How did that happen?”

“…ᵀᴼ ᴮᴱ ᴴᴼᴺᴱˢᵀ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᴷᴺᴼᵂ…” {Negative answered honestly.}

“You mean you just woke up one day like that?”

{Negative nodded his telly-head in agreement.}

“Okay... But I thought you were all dangerous and scary ‘n stuff! Cuzza when somethin’ would happen to RGB...”

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But that was a lie. A goddamn lie.

“ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᵂᴼᴿᴿᵞ ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ’ᴹ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴳᴼᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴼ ᴴᵁᴿᵀ ᵞᴼᵁ.” {Negative reassured the young child, he reached his hand out for her to grab. “ᴴᴱᴿᴱ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ ᵞᴼᵁ!” {He offered to her, in a friendly tone.}

“W-w-what happened to RGB…?” She asked, reluctantly and nervously. “You’re- you’re only out when somethin’ bad happens to RGB… so what was it??”

“ᴹᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᴴᴵᴹ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴺᴼ ᴸᴼᴺᴳᴱᴿ ᵀᴴᴱ ˢᴬᴹᴱ ᴱᴺᵀᴵᵀᵞ.” {Negative simply explained.}

“No longer the same…?” Hero muttered softly, a mere repeat of what the other had just said so she could get the concept in her head. She… didn’t get it, if I had to be honest with you. Like, she didn’t get it at all, it didn’t make any sense! “Wha’ d’ya mean??”

“ᵂᴱ ˢᴾᴸᴵᵀ.” {Negative replied.}

“How do you- how does that- how does that WORK?? You’re the same guy, how do you just split and be two different guys?? Are you joking??”

“ᴵ’ᴹ ˢᴱᴿᴵᴼᵁˢ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ.” {Negative responded.}

“Okay but… how does that work though…? How did that happen?”

“…ᵀᴼ ᴮᴱ ᴴᴼᴺᴱˢᵀ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᴷᴺᴼᵂ…” {Negative answered honestly.}

“You mean you just woke up one day like that?”

But that was a lie. A goddamn lie.

“ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᵂᴼᴿᴿᵞ ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ’ᴹ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴳᴼᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴼ ᴴᵁᴿᵀ ᵞᴼᵁ.” {Negative reassured the young child, he reached his hand out for her to grab. “ᴴᴱᴿᴱ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ ᵞᴼᵁ!” {He offered to her, in a friendly tone.}

“W-w-what happened to RGB…?” She asked, reluctantly and nervously. “You’re- you’re only out when somethin’ bad happens to RGB… so what was it??”

“ᴹᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᴴᴵᴹ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴺᴼ ᴸᴼᴺᴳᴱᴿ ᵀᴴᴱ ˢᴬᴹᴱ ᴱᴺᵀᴵᵀᵞ.” {Negative simply explained.}

“No longer the same…?” Hero muttered softly, a mere repeat of what the other had just said so she could get the concept in her head. She… didn’t get it, if I had to be honest with you. Like, she didn’t get it at all, it didn’t make any sense! “Wha’ d’ya mean??”

“ᵂᴱ ˢᴾᴸᴵᵀ.” {Negative replied.}

“How do you- how does that- how does that WORK?? You’re the same guy, how do you just split and be two different guys?? Are you joking??”

“ᴵ’ᴹ ˢᴱᴿᴵᴼᵁˢ, ᴴᴱᴿᴼ.” {Negative responded.}

“Okay but... how does that work though...? How did that happen?”

But that was a lie. A goddamn lie.

“ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᵂᴼᴿᴿᵞ ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ’ᴹ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴳᴼᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴼ ᴴᵁᴿᵀ ᵞᴼᵁ.” {Negative reassured the young child, he reached his hand out for her to grab. “ᴴᴱᴿᴱ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ ᵞᴼᵁ!” {He offered to her, in a friendly tone.}

“W-w-what happened to RGB…?” She asked, reluctantly and nervously. “You’re- you’re only out when somethin’ bad happens to RGB… so what was it??”

“ᴹᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᴴᴵᴹ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴺᴼ ᴸᴼᴺᴳᴱᴿ ᵀᴴᴱ ˢᴬᴹᴱ ᴱᴺᵀᴵᵀᵞ.” {Negative simply explained.}

“No longer the same…?” Hero muttered softly, a mere repeat of what the other had just said so she could get the concept in her head. She… didn’t get it, if I had to be honest with you. Like, she didn’t get it at all, it didn’t make any sense! “Wha’ d’ya mean??”

“ᵂᴱ ˢᴾᴸᴵᵀ.” {Negative replied.}

“How do you- how does that- how does that WORK?? You’re the same guy, how do you just split and be two different guys?? Are you joking??”

But that was a lie. A goddamn lie.

“ᴰᴼᴺ’ᵀ ᵂᴼᴿᴿᵞ ᴴᴱᴿᴼ, ᴵ’ᴹ ᴺᴼᵀ ᴳᴼᴵᴺᴳ ᵀᴼ ᴴᵁᴿᵀ ᵞᴼᵁ.” {Negative reassured the young child, he reached his hand out for her to grab. “ᴴᴱᴿᴱ, ᴸᴱᵀ ᴹᴱ ᴴᴱᴸᴾ ᵞᴼᵁ!” {He offered to her, in a friendly tone.}

“W-w-what happened to RGB…?” She asked, reluctantly and nervously. “You’re- you’re only out when somethin’ bad happens to RGB… so what was it??”

“ᴹᴱ ᴬᴺᴰ ᴴᴵᴹ ᴬᴿᴱ ᴺᴼ ᴸᴼᴺᴳᴱᴿ ᵀᴴᴱ ˢᴬᴹᴱ ᴱᴺᵀᴵᵀᵞ.” {Negative simply explained.}

“No longer the same...?” Hero muttered softly, a mere repeat of what the other had just said so she could get the concept in her head. She... didn’t get it, if I had to be honest with you. Like, she didn’t get it at all, it didn’t make any sense! “Wha’ d’ya mean??”