HydrangeaBoy

I'm working on a character but having trouble mixing the two together, usually I don't struggle too hard but these two creatures are so physically different from eachother.

I see endermen as sharper, tall, thin, animalistic, brightly colored eyes/gums, dark fur, large paws, very digitigrade, bendy, quiet until they aren't.

I saw a comment on his most recent video where someone said they see every Calvin video as an extension of FTF where he's sent to see what it takes to handle Anomaly and honestly I think that's an awesome idea.

These entities have their favorite little guy who they love to send to the torture chambers.

I think he's just continuously remade in different time periods by some of the entities because he gets better with each iteration and they're working on a version of him that can defeat something worse than them. To me this is also part of why so many entities are attracted towards attacking him or making him into something like them (Thinking of Broken Script where he was slowly becoming more like the entities, because while this is just kind of how the lore of that mod works I think it's interesting from this standpoint).

Being made by entities makes him already predisposed to this type of interaction, honestly I kind of see some of them (like the knocker who follows him to every modpack) as being confused and mildly uncomfortable by him because he's similar but not quite like them, too much of a player but with the scent or makings of an entity.

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Loading… Loading… Running Program [CommandFind Prototype Version Name:GoldenLord Prototype 0856 Training Module 5]

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The program wakes, exhausted, annoyed, it doesn’t remember the past training. It stretches, unwilling to get up, shaking from the physical memory of past runs.

{Always full of deniability even though most can already tell. We’ll have to run the desire modifier again, that thing has become too aware for its own good. Run <v.6 Blackout/> and <v2 Day_Paranoia>}

It stops, stares, acting normal outside but completely dark internally.

Thirty Minutes Pass

It breathes, thrown back into consciousness, he’s compared it to his memory being a cut roll of film or being woken up from a nap with a scream.

This time is different, he never tells anyone about these when they happen.

{Why is it opening its phone?}

Administrator Cross sounds panicked, horrified at the fact the program has become so aware. It calls a friend.

“Calliope?” He speaks, exhausted, scared, disoriented. “Can you help?”

The Administrators go silent, their room completely still. Calliope responds and the program speaks again. Their computer screaming at the stress on its parts.

“I- I know you don’t like talking about it but I had a blackout again.” He sounds breathless and tense like this is taking all of his energy, like it hurts him to talk about.

“I don’t know if this is something you deal with specifically but our struggles can be similar so I wanted your help…”

He pauses as they take time to respond.

“About thirty minutes I think…” He looks around his room, paying attention to the shadows and sounds surrounding the large window by his bed. He looks away after seeing a glimpse of something in the corner of it, curling tightly onto his bed.

After a half hour conversation, they finally end the call. The program relaxing. They watch as it decides to rest instead of pushing their luck again.

{It’s odd how soft he seems after the blackouts, maybe a bit too much stress on the mind, next time we’ll run <v.4Blackout/> as it was the most effective version.}

Administrator Grid speaks. {Shut the program off, let it rest for now}

They send engineers back in to edit the training module, opening each persona file to see what would best train it to stop looking for answers and just listen.

{He’ll figure it out eventually, Grid. You know that.} Administrator

Cross states, seeming annoyed.

{Watch your tone, Cross, I’ll create a way for him to find it.}

{Him? Attaching personhood to a program? Growing sentimental, Grid?}

They pause.

The program stirs.

It starts itself back up.

It shouldn’t be able to do that.

Ru..ingPr0GR.&m<[CommandFindPrototypeVersionName:G0ld3nL0rdPrototype 0856 Alternate Title Safe]>

{Oh.. How interesting.} Cross seems confused, then grows a slow realization. {No headaches, he didn’t look into it. He’s learned}

Normally the change in speech would be something pointed out by Grid but this is too important.