Hilla Demon

Book walks over to Heart seeing the man pouting at the chains, Three groans as he attempts to straighten his vision. “How are you three back out?”

“That…is a good question, it was certainly the drink but you know yourself. Which had me thinking for a moment as I looked through the journal, either he got real lucky and figured it out on his own or something else is going on.” Book joins Heart by pulling at the chains, the moment the chains start to loosen a sudden blast knocks the two back. Spade runs into the room quickly checking on the pair after hearing the crash. “Shit Pinkie, Glasses you guys okay?” Heart rubs his head for a moment before nodding, he hugs Spade making the personality blush. “OI! No touching!” Seeing the panic on Hearts face gets Spade to return the hug. “Glad you two are safe though.” Book frowns, noticing his glasses were missing, he looks around for a moment till he sees the blurry form of his glasses. He reaches over grabbing the glasses and putting them back on, he smiles seeing Spade help Heart up. “Alright, the three of us are good but our original is stuck…”

Three felt the chains tighten, he knew they were getting nowhere with getting him out. “Just leave, if you three can reach Four and tell him what's going on then maybe we can get Del on our side.”

Spade lets go of Heart as he walks toward Three. “Are you shitting me? The chains are just some weird meme energy thing, Book can figure it out then get your ass out.” Book looks at the camera's screen on the computer, he sees Delinquent approaching. He walks over grabbing Spades arm, the moment their eyes met Spade shook his head. “WE CAN’T JUST LEAVE HIM!” Spade pushes Book off of him as he stomps over to the chains, he opens his mouth taking a bite of the metal. “SPADE, STOP!” Book yelled, too late as the meme spell on the chain blast Spade across the room. Book sighs as he walks over to Spade on the floor. “What did we learn?”

“Uh that was fun as fuck and I should totally try again.” Spade gets up staring at the chains, seeing this, Heart steps in front of the pair.  “Guys our hottie jack frost is here!” Book and Spade look at Heart before slowly turning to the front door, Delinquent stands staring at the trio in shock. He rubs his eyes then looks at them again, slowly he walks to approach them. A loose tile catches the man's attention, he looks down only for an explosion to set off. Spade grabs the other personalities hands pulling them with him as he runs, Delinquent coughs as he shielded himself. “HOW?! I’m missing the ingredients needed.” “Dont know but your plan isn't going to work, this is the last chance to change things.” Three shakes his head moving his hair to see the personality better.

“It will cause now I can test something new with you, now wait here while I fetch my targets.” Ignoring his sore body he runs after the trio, he could feel his body dragging as he takes every step. He knew if he got into another fight he may not win it, but the thought he is getting closer to achieving his goal is enough to get him to push. Using what strength he has left he summons a tentacle to stop the trio in their tracks, Book gasps at the sight. “Seeing it up close is intriguing, certainly we underestimated just how that perfect video affected him.” Heart frowns as he turns, seeing Delinquent catch up to them, Heart steps forward locking eyes with the other personality. “I get it, that feeling of rejection. But this doesn't have to be the path, my love please look at us. If Three can take the step to accepting all of himself then I’m sure Blue can too!” Heart gives a gentle, loving smile at the man, Delinquent takes a step back getting nervous from the loving look. He shakes his head hoping to get rid of his nerves, he then walks further away from them. Spade notices Delinquent hand movement, acting quick he shoves Heart of the way blocking the tentacle swing. “HEY FUCKER WE ARE HELPING!”

“You will help me more if you just come back to the lab, do you really think Four will accept what I am?” Delinquent lets out a chuckle as more tentacles are summoned around him, Heart steps forward only to be pulled back by Book. “Heart, he is a part of the mind unlike you. He is far gone to listen to reason, we need to reach Four if we want to change anything.” Spade nods as he stares down Delinquent, he watches the man's movement ready to react.  “Go to the showgrounds, I will make sure our spicy boyfriend here stays put.” Spade smirks as he charges Delinquent, seeing this, Heart and Book take their chance to run straight to the showgrounds. “NOT SO FAST!” Delinquent moves his hand ready to aim the tentacles at them.

“THINK FAST!” Spade sprints full speed at Delinquent, Delinquent glares at the man running at him. Swearing under his breath he turns his attention to Spade, he moves his hands telling his tentacles to attack. Spade smirk widens as he flashes Delinquent his sharp teeth, Delinquent eyes go wide when he realizes he couldn't move his tentacles. “WHAT?” Seeing how close Spade was getting he brushes off his shock, as Spade swings Delinquent does his best to dodge. He takes a deep breath as he goes to punch the personality, Spade chuckles as he grabs Delinquent fist pulling him close.

Spade studies Delinquents face for a moment, he squints seeing the personality's pink eyes. “Have we met before?” Delinquent moves himself closer to Spade, their face inches apart. He could feel the warmth of the other man's hand, seeing how close they were and an idea came to him. “Hitting on me when we are in the middle of a fight, you're lucky I'm not at my full strength.” Spade blushes taken by surprise by the comment. “Wha- I’m not hitting on you baka!” Seeing the man flustered, Delinquent acts on impulse. He headbutts the man, getting Spade to stumble back for a moment, Delinquent lets out a smirk of his own as he moves away from the personality. “You Three’s are all the same, you think you can control us. You think you can trick me, make me think you're a good guy but I know better! So just be a good boy and-” Delinquent was frozen on the spot, he attempted to move only for his body not to respond. Terror overtook his face as he struggled to move, Spade slowly walked over to him.

“Memes do you love to hear yourself talk, listen up you eldritch horror. I don't give a shit about what you have to say, we know who we are, do you? Well your original doesn't, that's why you're having a bitch fit so how about you be a good boy and just think for once.” Spade waves goodbye as he runs off, Delinquent then notices the personality necklace. A small youtube remote hung around his neck, suddenly it became clear why he couldn't control his tentacles. Along with why he was stuck on the spot. “YOU PAUSED ME?!” “YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH TRICKS!” Spade yells as he disappears from sight.

Delinquent growls feeling his anger build up, his eyes flicker yellow as he begins to move his body. With one fast movement he blasts anti meme energy at Spade, hearing something behind him, Spade turns around. He moves out of the way the moment he notices the energy coming at him, he lets out a hiss when he feels the energy cuts his check. “Shit…was that anti meme energy, Book wasn't joking about Delinquent losing it.” Being more alert Spade begins to run again, he looks around his surroundings hoping that the cut doesn't bother Three back in the lab. Delinquent drops to his knees, his hands shake as his eyes water. He slams his fist on the ground. “I….I wasn't thinking…I-I could have...” He didn't dare finish his sentence, the very idea made him feel sick to his stomach.

Spade finally catches up to the duo only to jump up hearing Heart scream, Book sighs as SMG4 and the other personality stare wide eyed at them. Heart jumps up in joy looking at them, Book looks over to Spade seeing him glaring at the floor annoyed by the cut on his cheek. “GUYS LOOK! So many Four’s ah they are all so handsome in person!”

Four couldn't believe his eyes. “You..are you Three?” Heart giggles overwhelmed from seeing multiple versions of his boyfriend, seeing this Book takes the lead of the conversation. “Yes, I’m Book and the grumpy one behind me is Spade. I’m sure you can tell the one fangirling is Heart, we are here to assist you and to get help freeing Three.” Hearing what Book said Four grabs him, his expression hardens as he takes everything in. “Is he hurt? Who took Three and how can we save him?” Book thinks for a moment as he looks over all the personalities, his eyes then lock on to Delinquent. He tilts his head for a moment before lightly taping Four’s hand. “My dear, perhaps it's better for us to walk and talk alone.”

Four lets Book go, giving him a nod, as Book turns to take the lead he gives a wink to Heart and Spade. The pair exchange a look then look at the personalities, Delinquent walks up to them with a small smile. “Great, now we have more Three’s to deal with. Listen just leave me be okay, the world laughs at me bringing more of him.” Heart looks at Delinquent confused before turning to Spade, Parent gasps pushing Delinquent out of the way. Gently Parent grabs Spade face, Spade blushes at the sudden contact. “You're hurt! Come with me and I will take care of that.” Parent goes to grab Spade's hand only for it to get smacked away. “OI! Getting a little too friendly with me idiot, acting more gay then your original.” He storms into the castle with Parent giggling behind him, finding his tsundere act amusing. Ringmaster walks up to Heart with a bright smile, he wraps his arm around the personality. “Welcome our attractive pink partner, you being here brings relief that Three is alive and well! Now given you're Heart, tell me, I’m the favorite aren't I? After all, I'm the main star in this bunch.”

Heart giggles as he leans into the contact, he places a kiss on Ringmaster's cheek catching the man by surprise. “I love you all equally, I can't pick a favorite!” Ringmaster lets out a flustered chuckle as Heart walks away to meet the others, Producer gets shy as he hides behind Artist. Seeing the reaction he gives a soft smile, taking a step back to give space. “Oh memes, not sure which of you boys to talk to first!” Artist gently pats Producer’s head as he focuses on Heart. “Well maybe you can plan a one on one thing with us, if you really want to get to know us better.”

Heart gasp grabbing Artist hand in excitement. “OH! One date with everyone here sounds amazing!” Ringmaster runs in slamming into Artist, Heart steps back in surprise as the pair hit the floor. Acting quick Ringmaster gets up taking Hearts hand, Artist rubs his head checking on Producer before glaring at Ringmaster. “I will take first honors, after all the romantic interest soulmate is always the shining star.” Prince steps in smacking Ringmaster away, he huffs at the man before bowing at Heart. “I apologize for his behavior, a rose like you don't need the others to fawn at you like a wild beast.” He takes Hearts hand giving it a soft kiss, as he stands his eyes meet Hearts. He blushes shyly looking away, he coughs feeling his chest grow tight. Heart stares at him in awe as he steps closer, Prince stiffens seeing how close the personality is. “My own prince charming, though that cough sounds familiar. Are you and Blue doing okay?” Ringmaster scoffs seeing the interaction before he could say a word, Artist grabs him ready to fight. Seeing the tension of the group Heart grabs Prince hand pulling him away, he frowns watching Producer attempt to stop the fighting. “Seems you guys struggle with getting along, makes me think you and Four aren't really doing okay then huh?” Prince sighs looking off to the side for a moment his princely appearance was gone, all Heart could see was how exhausted Four is emotionally feeling.

Prince then smiles brightly hiding all his fatigue, he shakes his head as he looks at the others. “We are fine my Rose, this is normal for us!” “Prince, I’m your boyfriend which is amazing to finally say. We both carry the heart, so I know when something is off.” Heart gently grabs Prince's face, he turns to look away from the others and focus on him. “We have been scared about you…Three, I have wanted to talk more about it but Parent said we shouldn't pressure Four.” Heart gives him a quizzical look, he then lightly smacks the man's face. “Are you kidding?! The three of us always poked Three, it's what helped him see what's important. We even planned the whole love confession, we were always in his business.” Prince looks at Heart with wide eyes, he thinks over how things slowly spiraled out of control following the rule. Seeing how Four would smile and ignore things that bothered him, he thinks back on the small talk they had before Four broke down.

“You may have a point, recently my chest has been feeling strange. As if my very own heart is being removed…he needs our help but...” Prince places a hand to his chest, seeing this Heart places his own hand on Prince. “I know the pain, so why don't I help you out? Meet me in the cafe, we will make a plan with the others and keep it our little secret!” He gives Prince a kiss on the cheek making the man flustered, he shyly looks down as his mind short circuits. Unable to form worlds he awkwardly shuffles away making Heart giggle, he turns to look at the cafe with a serious expression. “Oh Blue, still stubborn as always but that's what we love about you.” ----------------------------------------------

Parent hums as he cleans up the cut on Spade’s cheek, he then squints checking out Spade before taking out a bandaid with flames on it. “A cool flame bandaid will match you!” Spade stares at the fanny pack as Parent keeps taking things out of it, he slowly reaches to it only to get a small tap from Parent. Spade rolled his eyes as he leaned back on the chair, he looked around the castle for a moment. “We have been out of the loop for a while, are you guys working on helping out Four? That dumbass seems to be a real mess.” “Oh we are letting him figure things out.” Parent hums as he puts the first aid supplies away.

Spade scoffs as he crosses his legs. “Ha wow you all are fucking idiots. You leave a lit bomb alone in a room full of toads, you're just asking for a blood bath.” Parent sighs hearing the personality words. “Spade, you don't understand the pressure he is under.” Spade barks out a laugh confusing Parent, Spade gets up fixing his coat as he walks around Parent. “Like we haven't been there every step? Fighting Zero, the hunt for perfection, when you tried to kill us for this.” He points to his necklace, Parents eyes locked on to the youtube remote. “No…look when we first came out I saw how unstable a few of us were. I was worried that things were going to get worse if we pushed, we aren't like you Spade.”

“No one is like me, I’m just built differently…but we have our own issues too. You're just to blind to see, cause all you think about is how to please others. Not just your friends but random idiots on the internet too, and it's not like we haven't had a moment where views were the most important thing in the world.” Spade leans against the wall watching Parents movement, seeing the man rub his arm as he thinks of the other personalities. Parent shakes his head as he turns to Spade, he walks over gently smacking his arm. “We made a plan to have this place guarded and tonight is Melony night, the mafia won't bother us. We will have plenty of time for Four to figure things out.” “What? Did you hear anything that I said, you think Melony alone can stop what those people are planning. We don't even know who else is behind this, don't just abuse her god powers!” Spade could feel his anger grow as he glares down Parent, he growls showing his razor sharp teeth. Parent crosses his arm then taps his foot. “Listen, we aren't abusing Melony, she is helping us, not to mention I need to make sure nothing happens that can hurt our original. Please understand…we don't want a repeat of what happened with you guys, with Heart.”

“YOU KIDDING?! Let me guess, you're the one with the hero complex cause for fuck sake you're acting like a total dumbass. What happen to Heart wasn't because we were helping Three! You fuckers can't even tell when one of you is more than likely coloring his hair!” Spade kicks a hole in the wall of the castle then storms out, Parent stares wide eyed at the hole before sighing. He opens his fanny pack slowly taking out the items he needs to fix the hole, as he gets on his knees to fix the hole his mind wonders. “Someone…coloring their hair?”

The door of the castle opens, getting Parent’s attention, he turns to see Delinquent walk in. His eyes looking at the hole of the castle, Parent forces a smile at the personality. “No need to fake a smile, I see things with Three didn't go well. I’m telling you guys, Three can't be trusted, even his personalities seem to not care about our plan. If we don't keep an eye on the new guys they might make things worse.” Parent frowns as Delinquent pats his back, seeing the uncertainty in Parents face makes him smirk. Slowly he pulls away, making his way to SMG4 room. Parent stares at the hole for a moment, his bright green eyes beginning to dull. 

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Three jumps when the door to the lab flies open, Delinquent walks into the room quickly walking over to him. His eyes dropping to the small cut on Three’s face, Delinquent stretches out a shaky hand before pulling back. “Spade is an annoying one, thanks to him you're hurt. I will be moving you out of the chains and into a cage, now that the plan is moving forward.” Three looked at the personality concern, the monotone tone of voice made Three anxious. With a press of a button on a wall a cage gets dropped, Three closes his eyes from the sudden guest of wind from the drop. With a snap of Delinquents fingers the chains drop, Three opens his eyes slowly walking around the cage. “So you did use meme energy to lock me up.”

“Not fully, this is just leftovers from the keyboard SMG4 bought. You will be surprised by the damage that thing did. Now shut it, I need to focus on looking for the ingredients I need.” He types away ignoring the staring, he slams his hands on the table when he hears Three whistle. “WHAT?!” “Nothing, you just seem on edge. Your plan isn't working out like how you want it, What is the end game, you have my personalities out, what power do you want from them?” Three gets closer to the bars of his cage, he watches Delinquent walk over watching a letter at him a few steps away. “I found how to make the original cherry potion, with this I can make a reversal. If I can drag those Three back into you then me and the others can go back into Four.” His eyes drop to the cut on Three’s face making him feel sick, even though he saw Three as a villain and couldn't bring himself to trust the man. The very idea that he lost control and hurt him made Delinquent feel as if he had become the villain of the story.  He looks away, doing his best to hide the emotion on his face.

“WHAT?! That's not how this works, I doubt you can force everyone back in. Power ups are unstable. The only ones that have mastered them are our idiot Avatar, his brother and the royals of the kingdom!” Three pinches the bridge of his nose, he could understand wanting to force them back in. Delinquent seems to be in pain, slowly losing himself due to Four not accepting this part of himself. The only clue they have beside accepting one’s self is the cherry potion that was brewed into the coffee. Which for a reason Three can't understand turned the potion into pink crystals, it was too dangerous to attempt a reversal. They were meme guardians, for all they know forcing things could blow them all up. “Delinquent it can be dangerous, what if it works for me but when Four drinks it you all turn to dust or some shit.” Delinquent clenches his fist, crushing the letter in his hand. “So what, you rather he loses a part of himself than risk fixing everything. DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST TELL HIM WHO I AM?!”

“WELL IT CAN BE A FUCKING START HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE FULL TRUTH ABOUT HIMSELF!” Three couldn't stop his frustration from slipping out, he ran his hand through his hair attempting to relax. Delinquent turns around, his pink eyes flickering orange as they water. “He won't be able to handle it…if i tell him, he's gonna push back. I..just fuck off Three, your advice sucks. This is why you can't be trusted.” “You can't take the first step forward without facing your own trauma." Three mumbles getting Delinquents attention, he looks down still holding the now wrinkled letter. “This will backfire, when it does you will shut up and let me work.” He leaves the lab without another word.

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The door to the cafe flies open getting Heart’s attention, he turns to see an annoyed Spade walking in. Heart opens his mouth to greet him only to have his mouth covered, Heart watches as Spade looks around the cafe. After checking the tables and counters, he begins to open up the coffee machines. He then takes out a small device and breaks it. Heart looked at him surprised as he watched Spade then eat the remains of the device. “Now that I dealt with that. PINKIE WHY IS OUR BOYFRIEND SO FUCKING STUPID!” Heart stares wide at what happened, he stands up looking around. “Spade, you just found a bug that was listening in on us and you're more upset on Blue?”

“Well yeah, Parent told me how we shouldn't get in the middle. Not to mention Delinquent seems weird, like a fucking npc or some shit.” Spade throws himself on the floor near Heart, the personality smiles softly petting Spades head. “There there, Prince told me something similar, but there is hope. I think he wants to talk to Blue, meaning there is a chance we can help the ball roll like Three wanted to.” Spade let out a muffled victory sound as he stayed on the floor, the door of the cafe open catching Heart’s attention. Book concern expression changes to confusion seeing Heart petting Spades head on the floor. “I see you two also encountered some difficulties?”

Heart nods. “Spade found a listening device, ate it and is now complaining how difficult Blue’s personalities are.” Book tilts his head as he walks over to the pair. “A listening device? Seems we need to carefully scan this place and make sure there isn't more, as for our beloved personalities being difficult. Not surprising, Four seems to be on the aggressive side.” Spade slowly sits up, he stretches for a moment before turning to Book. “Seems Delinquent bitch fit is hitting Four, which isn't surprising given he seems to hold not only Four’s impulse but anger too.”

Book looks around the cafe, once he is sure the coast is clear he leans against the counter thinking. “Given we only got one device that could show that they were stopped ahead of time.” Heart nods as he grabs Spade, he grunts as he pulls the personality up. “The crew knows about the personality situation with Blue, meaning they may have stepped in the moment the group showed up.” Spade turns his head noticing someone approaching, as Heart and Book talk, Spade walks towards the door. Prince shyly opens the door, he blushes when his eyes meet Spade. Acting quickly he gives the man a charming smile, he takes Spade hand giving it a kiss. Spades face goes bright red as he smacks Prince away. “DONT DO THAT BAKA!”

Prince giggles seeing Spade step away, the flustered expression making the royal personality feel on top of the world. “My dark rose, it is a blessing to meet you along with the others. I may have shown up earlier than expected but…something is wrong. This cough that started today is starting to get worse, my chest feels as if it will explode. If this is rejection, then I want to understand what is going on with the original.” Heart frowns walking up to him, gently he caresses Prince's face. Heart knows that their relationship is good, which makes him wonder what could be the reason to reject his heart. Not only his heart but he is also losing confidence, Heart bites his lip thinking. Book hums as he grabs a notepad from behind the counter, he quickly grabs a pen and starts to take notes. Seeing that, Spade takes Heart’s hand and grabs Prince's arm, he drags the pair to a table to sit down. “Wait a moment, it seems our bookworm is cooking.” 

“Our kidnapping, that seems to be the point where everything broke. Prince, how do you feel about us missing?” Book bites the pen as he looks over his notes. “I failed you, I'm your prince charming and yet I let you get taken. Seeing you all here honestly made me think the worst. after all, didn't Three accept himself? So why are you all here, Three must…he must be suffering and it's all our fault.” Prince eyes water as he attempts to hold back his cough, seeing the personality tear up Spade smacks his back. “Hey no tears, we are here to help, not cause Three is suffering. Trust us, I think Three enjoys the company he has.”

Heart smirks at Spade. “Why? Cause you enjoyed fighting with him?” Spade glares at Heart before flicking his forehead. “No, the simping is your job.” Heart chuckles as he turns his focus to Prince, he grabs the man's hand giving a loving smile at him. “We are safe, we just need to get Blue to understand this.” Book nods as he writes more notes down, Spade leans on the counter looking at the notes. “So to sum shit up, Four sucks at dealing with emotions so he is suppressing his anger and impulse behavior and now his heart. And he is closing his heart off because of the fear of what's happening with us, god he needs therapy.”

Book lets out a sigh as he looks at Prince. “It feels more complicated, while the Heart is being blocked off due to his fear of our wellbeing. The anger and impulse part doesn't sound right, we are missing something…” Book twirls the pen in thought, Spade looks out the window to see SMG4 heading over. “Heads up, boyfriend incoming.” Four walks into the cafe, he waves at the trio before turning to Prince. “Hey Delinquent wanted to have a talk with us.” The group exchange a look before Spade speaks up. “The emo looking one? The one that looks like he has a restraining order on you all, wants to talk?” Four nods as he opens the door to the cafe, seeing Prince stand up, Heart gets in the way making Prince sit back down. “Blue, can I talk to you before you go back to Del?”

Four looks around the room before nodding, as they walk Heart makes sure they are far enough from the showgrounds before speaking. “Before you start poking for answers, let me ask you something. Are you doing okay?” Four smiles as he nods, as he opens his mouth to speak, Heart quickly places a finger to his lips. “Dont lie to me Blue, just cause i’m just a part of Three doesn't mean I'm not Three.” Four sighs looking down at the floor, he clenches his fist. “No, you got taken and I can't figure out if bringing in the others was the right idea…”

“Given Three had his own help from the crew, I say you're taking a good step. Not wrong with asking for help. Trust when I say Three is okay, he is on his own mission. So don't pull away from us, don't lock your heart up in a tower.” Heart gently lifts up Four’s head, making the man look at him. Heart squeaks as Four pulls him into a hug, Heart hums returning the hug. “You vanished…how many times do I have to see you get taken till it's the last time.” Four tightens the hug as if someone will come taking Heart away, the man gently pats Four back to get some space. “Blue is that really what this is all about?”

Four looks to the side frowning. “I’m angry I couldn't stop it, there are six other versions of me and yet we couldn't save you. Am I even worthy to date you? Do I even deserve your love?!” Four’s eyes begin to flicker different colors, Heart watches as Four loses himself in his thoughts. Heart lightly pokes his nose getting his attention. “I picked you, I went out of my way to confess and date you. I made the choice, so listen to me, my love.” Heart grabs Four then pulls the man into a kiss, Four’s eyes go wide as he feels the personality lips against him. The warmth of the kiss spreading through his body, he could feel the connection he shares with Three. Four closes his eyes placing his hands on Hearts waist, he wasn't sure how much time passed since they started kissing. All he wanted was for the moment to last forever, as Heart pulls away Four pouts at him.

“I love you Blue, never doubt that. You're worth every action we do.” Heart smiles brightly at Four making him blush, he rubs the back of his neck feeling himself relax. “Thanks Heart, I should apologize to Book. I may have taken my frustration at him…I should probably also talk to Prince huh?” “It will be a good step forward! Hehe you know I wonder if Three felt that kiss too. If we can feel each other's pain, I'm sure that connection of meme energy we had when kissing had to be felt by Three.” Heart grabs Four’s hand as they walk back to the cafe, Four looks at their hand smiling as he gently squeezes Heart's hand. ---------------------------------

Ringmaster stares at Delinquent walking into Four’s room, he turns to see Artist boredly sitting on a chair. “If I get art block from this random group chat I’m going to lose it.” Ringmaster looks at Parent who sighs sitting down, he walks over to the depressed personality. “Everything alright? You seem to be more background than a side character.” Parent stares at the wall, his eyes drained of its color. “Doesnt matter…let's just talk, once we talk everything will be better.” Ringmaster tilts his head, he takes a step back bumping into Producer. “Ah sorry my anxious friend!” Ringmaster pauses seeing the dull eyes on Producer, “Producer? Is..something the matter?” “Once we talk everything will be perfect, aren't you excited?” Producer sits on the floor staring off into space.

Ringmaster runs to Artist, grabbing the personality and dragging him to the kitchen. “Something is wrong, Parent has lost the care in his eyes. Our little ball of anxiety is relaxed!” Artist rolls his eyes as he pulls away from Ringmaster, he makes his way to leave the room only for the other man to grab him. “Artist, I am serious. If our side characters are acting out of their role, the villains might have gotten to us before Melony could get here.” Artist was ready to sass the man when he sees the fear in Ringmasters red eyes, Artist steps forward feeling himself get nervous. “Wait..you're serious. How can that even happen, clearly those mafia guys come in with bats ready to swing. But you're saying the others are acting weird.” Ringmaster stares at the door thinking, he then taps his cane on the floor. “D was off when he arrived at the castle, is it possible he is the back up plan in case the kidnapping failed?”

“Off? D wants nothing to do with us, it's normal for him to just not be amused by the whole event.” Artist crosses his arms thinking over Ringmaster’s words. “As the main character I must see between our lines, the powerpoint slide you made for D should have gotten more of a reaction. He never liked being included, not to mention why would he suddenly want to talk to us?” Ringmaster jumps when the door opens, the pair turn to see Delinquent standing there. He looks at them then back at the lobby, he steps in walking over to grab water. Taking a deep breath, Ringmaster walks up to Delinquent with a bright smile. “D! I must say good idea for this meeting, I was hoping to fix up the script. No one watching want to see only drama, I feel we need more fluff and with the Three’s around some romance~” He winks at Delinquent, Artist watches the interaction hoping to catch what Ringmaster was talking about.

Delinquent groans at the comment as he slams the cup. “Romance? We can't be trusting the others, they are a part of Three. I heard Heart and Spade are already working on splitting us apart, you wouldn't want someone to mess with your spotlight right?” Artist eyes go wide seeing Ringmasters eyes start to dull, he steps back rubbing his eyes. He swings his cane, getting Delinquent to move out of the way. Artist starts to run towards Ringmaster only for the man to yell at him. “NO, LEAVE THE CASTLE AND GET THE OTHERS!” He turns to the door only for a bolt of electricity to hit the wall near Artist, he lets out a yelp making Ringmaster growl at Delinquent. Ringmaster acts fast swinging his cane at Delinquent, the personality grabs the cane, smirking at Ringmaster. With a wink Ringmaster claps turning the cane into hand cuffs, Delinquent growls as he fights the handcuffs. “HA! If you were really D, you wouldn't have fallen for this!”  Seeing his opening, Artist runs out of the kitchen, he sprints past the other two personalities as he makes his way to Three’s coffee n bomb.

Delinquent growls as he swings his cuffed hands at Ringmaster, the personality dodge the swing. “Now now, a villain should reveal his grand plan! So, what have you done with Delinquent?” The personality lets out a dark chuckle as he charges at Ringmaster, right as the personality gets ready to move, he notices a blot of electricity going at him. He swears under his breath as he claps, removing the handcuffs from Delinquent. The cane returns to Ringmaster changing into a small wall blocking the blast, Delinquent smirks seeing his hands free as he turns to Ringmaster. “All I want is to open your stupid eyes, Three cant be trusted hell can our original be trusted? He doesn't even bother to know us!” Ringmaster claps then points a sword toward the personality in front of him, Delinquent chuckles as he leans back. “Stubborn you are, the other two were so easy yet you have the nerve to point a sword at me.” Delinquent glares at Ringmaster, seeing the man's express, Ringmaster notices something.

“You're a good copy, but you forgot one thing about our lovely introvert. He has fangs, yet your teeth are so perfect you can be on a toothpaste commercial.” Ringmaster swings his sword only for Delinquent to drop down kicking the personality leg, losing his balance, he claps using the cane to catch himself. Delinquent gets up looking out the window, with a snap of his fingers a strong burst of electricity hits Ringmaster. The man screams as he collapses to the floor, Delinquent grabs his hair, lifting the man's head. “Shame we can't play more, but the god is coming and I’m not ready for that fight.”

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Four sees Prince standing outside of the cafe, he gives a small smile at him while Heart lets out a giggle. He runs tackling the personality in a hug, Four chuckles before awkwardly approaching the pair. “Hey Prince, can we chat?” Heart lets him go, with a nod Prince steps away wondering what Four is thinking about. SMG4 sighs as he rubs the back of his neck. “I’m sorry, I know you were suffering feeling you failed in protecting Three. But I didn't help you, I made you feel way worse than I thought. If I just ignored my heart things wouldn't hurt as much.” Prince smiles, pulling the man into a hug, Four feels his eyes water as he returns the hug. Prince slowly pulls away from the hug to pull out his sword, Four takes a step back staring at the personality surprised. “Take my sword.”

Four slowly reaches out grabbing the sword, he gasps seeing it glow blue. “ Original, I must admit I also didn't take things well. But I swear to you on this blade, I will no longer let this hold me back from being there for you. After all, fighting for our loved ones is not about strength but heart and mind!” Four smiles as he hands the sword back, Prince shakes his head as he hands over the scabbard. “The sword is my promise, a sign to show I'm with you.” “Oh uh thanks, but what about you?” Four awkwardly puts the sword away as he stares at the scabbard wondering if he should wear it.

Prince chuckles as he pulls out another sword. “You think I would carry only one sword?” Four smiles seeing the personality flex with the sword, he felt lighter seeing the personality so happy. He places a hand on his chest enjoying the feeling, only for footsteps to interrupt him. He turns to see Delinquent holding his hoody up, Four lets out an annoyed groan waiting to hear the man complain why they were taking long to get back. “Look D, I need to finish talking with Prince. Could you give us some space?” Delinquent looks at him confused for a moment, he crosses his arms as he looks around. Heart opens the cafe door calling the other two to come outside, Delinquent turns his head seeing the Three’s personalities standing, he lets out a scoff. “Of course you guys are here, listen, forget talking about Prince for a moment. I need to tell you something, I need to prove a point to a certain idiot.” Four turns to Delinquent noticing the personality acting strange, Heart walks closer to Four as he watches Delinquent. “Del, maybe we should let these two speak.”

Delinquent pulls his hood down catching Four by surprise, he takes a step back staring at Delinquent white hair. His blue eyes looking into pink ones, Delinquent rolled his eyes seeing Four be speechless. “Now that I have your attention, yes wow I look very different. Close your mouth from shock before you enjoy a meal of bugs flying in, I didn't want to show you this look due to knowing how much you don't care for me.”  Four felt uneasy staring at Delinquent, the personality looking over at heart before looking at SMG4. “But you're showing me…now? Why?”

“You already rejected me, what more can you do to me? Reject me more, ow my pride.” His voice was laced with sarcasm, as he walked around. Four frowns as Delinquent takes a deep breath, he turns, doing a bow getting everyone's attention. “Well then SMG4, I’m your rage, your impulse, intuition heh the things you hate and more. I carry all your trauma, I LIVE THROUGH THEM EVERY NIGHT! I see how we got Axol killed by dragging him with us, we couldn't save him and Mario. We had to pick, of course we would pick our avatar. Now you live with the regret that you're the reason Melony suffers.” 

SMG4's face goes pale hearing Delinquent, he shakes his head as he looks over at the others. “What, no, that wasn't our fault, that was Niles!” 

Delinquent smiles, showing his fangs to the group as the sunset shines its light on him. He ignores Four’s comment as he continues his introduction. “My name isn't Delinquent, that was a fake name. Easy to hide who I am, given you do it all the time. My name is Discord, the embodiment of all that you hate of yourself!”

Fours hands begin to shake as memories of his dream hits him, he lets out a chuckle looking off to the side. “This…is a joke right? Really got me there D.” “Ah yes, our humor isn't Artist thing but mine. Just like how all we did in the past is someone else's fault, right? The keyboard, Axol death, Three going after the youtube remote. We have a very long list don't we, ah thats right like the villains we are we put the blame on others. The TV man did it, Three was always planning to do something evil, and just now with you bringing up Niles.”  Discord shrugs as he opens his mouth to speak more, he pauses seeing the rage in Heart's eyes. He runs over hugging the shaking Four. “ENOUGH DEL! I WILL NOT STAND HERE AND LET YOU RUN YOUR MOUTH!”

Discord's eyes go wide seeing the anger, he frowns as stares at the personality. “Fine, I will drop our memory lane. Not like I can forget them, I made my point.” Discord turns ready to leave only to freeze hearing Artist screaming. He turns, seeing the personality lose his hat in the run, he attempts to catch his breath as he points at the castel. “D HAS LOST IT AND ATTACKED US!” Artist blinks seeing Discord, he steps back confused. Seeing the reaction Discord waved at himself. “Yeah new look, but what do you mean that I attacked you guys. I have been out here…shit my hair.” Artist tilts his head looking at Discords hair. “Yeah, not the best cut.” Discord smacks Artist feeling annoyed by the comment. “No you dumbass, the mafia did this to me. If there is another me..” Book takes over taking care of the shaken Four as Heart and Spade walk over, Discord touches his hair for a moment to turn to Book.

“We can't be cloned, you would need something powerful for example the god box power just to clone meme guardians.” Four gently pulls away as he slowly walks towards his castle, Prince steps in the way seeing Four heading for the castle. “Wait you can't go to the castle, we have some evil Discord over there!!” “Discord? Really? Couldn't get a more edgy name?” Artist shrugs before joining Prince. “Melony is almost here, we can use the back up.”

Right as he said this Melony walks over to the castle only to walk into an invisible wall, she gets pushed back. She reaches out feeling the wall in front of her, she takes out her sword turning into her other form as she smacks it. Prince runs over to help her as he starts to attack the wall, Discord walks over touching the wall. “STOP! This wall…its meme powered, how on earth did they manage this?” Discord eyes go wide seeing the other him walk out of the castle, he smirks at Discord as he taps on the wall. “Mind if I keep the name Delinquent for a while, it's cozy.” Delinquent waves at Melony who glares at him.

“Alright smartass what the fuck have you do with the other Four’s?” Spade punches the meme wall hoping to use his meme power to break it, Delinquent laughs at the attempt. “This wall is made special, we know about you and your power. As for the three we have, a shame I only got three but we have some fun plans. With them we may get to learn something real fun~” In a flash the castle vanishes, Four falls to his knees in shock. Heart runs to Four as the man passes out, Spade kicks the floor in anger. “FUCK THEY GOT US!”

Sv4 might be my new fav feral boyo ngl

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Four takes the pills and smiles at Parent. “Thanks, not sure where this headache came from.” Four takes the medication hoping it will give him relief from the head pain, the front door of the castle slams open catching everyone's attention.  Prince walks in looking drain, seeing this, Four runs up to him. “Hey what's going on?”

Prince looks over to Three's cafe, he grabs the hilt of his sword. He looks at Four with a concerned expression. “Original…I went to check on our fair maiden, the cafe was unlocked but not a single person was in sight. Not even our maiden's adorable child was there!” Four looks over at the cafe, feeling uneasy he walks past Prince making his way to the cafe. Ringmaster walks over to Prince patting him on the back. “Worry not Prince, he is the love interest in this story there is no way he is in serious danger!” Four sighs as he keeps walking to the cafe, he steps in seeing the place set up to open.

“THREE! EGGDOG!” He calls out to them as he walks around the cafe, he peeks into the back room to see no one there. He quickly walks over to the bookshelf pulling out a red book, once the elevator is revealed he goes into his boyfriends room. He looked around still not seeing anyone, he took a deep breath attempting to keep his nerve as he went back up the elevator. Now back on the main floor he sits on a chair thinking about where his partner could be, he looks down at the floor to notice a stain. He tilts his head looking at it, slowly he touches the black liquid.

He looks at his glove staring at the stain, a strange scent hitting him that brought back horrible memories. His eyes flash grey as anxiety hits him, he stands up from the chair looking closely to the area. “It can't be…we sank the castle, this stuff shouldn't be around anymore.” He stares at the chairs intensely hoping to see some kind of clue, Prince knocks on the door making Four jump. “The others are making plans to find him, have you found anything? Please…tell me you found something.” Four looks at the black stain on his glove, he then wipes it on his overalls. “No, but hey we know how Three is. I’m sure he had an internet graveyard emergency, he will be back in no time.”  Prince looks down and sighs, he gives Four a serious expression taking the guardian by surprise. “If anything happens to him…then we are failures. We are supposed to protect him…protect everyone.”

Four walks over to Prince pulling him into a hug, he gently pats the personality back. “It's okay, let's join the others about what to do if and only if Three is missing.” They pull apart then slowly make their way back to the castle, as they walk Four couldn't help wondering how that black liquid ended up in the cafe.

------------------------------------- Delinquent rubs his head as he stares at Three, he double checks the chains around the man's body then the cuffs on his hands making sure he couldn't escape. Once he was sure Three was secure he headed to the bathroom, his pink eyes looking back at him. He glares at his reflection. “The face of a true monster..I need to cover all this up again.”  He splashes water on his face, then takes a deep breath attempting to steady himself. Once he opens his eyes they begin to change, seeing his eyes orange again makes him smile. “Good start.”  Now that he managed to hide his eyes he knew he needed to do something about his hair, he began his search for his box of hair dye. He hated that Professor E Gadd's old lab was so large, it was easy for him to lose his items, Delinquent leaves the bathroom thinking over where he could have lost his hair dye. His thoughts get interrupted by the sound of chains, he turns to see SMG3 waking up.

He groans as he looks around for a moment, he goes to rub the back of his head only to be stopped by the chains around his body.  It takes him a few moments before his memory comes back, his eyes go wide as he looks around seeing Delinquent watching him. “Mind not moving a lot? No one ever tells you that the sound of chains is annoying, it's making it hard to focus on finding what I'm looking for.” Three scoffs as he glares at him. “Oh yeah, let me just lay back and cry like a damsel. Oh wait last i check you're not that personality am i right?”  Delinquent rolls his eyes as he walks closer to Three. “I don't need to be a charming prince, I know my place. You should know yours, a villain no matter what.”  

Delinquent walks away to keep looking for his hair dye, the moment he was far enough Three looks down. His hair falling down covering his face, he thinks over the personality words.  “A villain no matter what…is that how you feel deep down Four?” He shakes his head getting the thought out of his mind,  he thinks back how the other personalities acted with him. Delinquent was the only one of the group that hated him, there has to be a reason for it.  He watches as Delinquent opens a box with a smile, he takes out a bottle of black hair dye feeling relief at the thought he can look normal again. Seeing the bottle in the personality's hand reminded Three of the time he touched Delinquent, the black stain on his glove caused by freshly colored hair.  He moves making sound with his chains to catch Delinquent attention. “Have you been dying your hair from the start? How long? Do the others know?” 

Delinquent summons a tentacle and covers SMG3 mouth, Three glares at the personality. Delinquent walks up to him, his eyes dark, devoid of life. “Shut it, you think I have you here for twenty questions? I need a special power you have in you, the key to fixing everything. So shut it.” With that he pulls his tentacle back, he starts walking to the bathroom only for Three to start yelling at him. “I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE!” Delinquent growls as he smacks Three. “YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME ABOUT ANY OF US!”

Three barks out a laugh pissing off Delinquent. “Oh yeah cause you're so hard to understand, you're a walking sign of a pick me girl!”

Delinquent hits the wall next him as a fire ignites in him “THE ONLY ATTENTION SEEKER HERE IS YOU! SHUT IT YOU ASS!” Three leans forward flashing his sharp teeth at Delinquent. “Make me.” With that Delinquent grabs him only to realize what he was doing, he lets go of the man, his breathing heavy from the yelling. Three could see the anger in the personality's eyes making him smirk. “Finally your eyes look alive, you must be the reason Four can always put up a good fight with me huh?” Delinquent scoffs as he turns around, Three chuckles as he watches the personality go into the bathroom. In the end of the day Three still had the talent to piss off SMG4, he celebrated that he hadn't lost his touch before changing his focus on escaping. 

The door opens again with Delinquent muttering to himself as his hair drips black dye on the floor. “You're pretty shit at dying your hair.” Three stares at the painted spots on the floor, Delinquent lets out a sigh as he looks at his hair. “When your hair is like mine, color isn't a fan of sticking, but it works. Now I need to return to the others, I’m sure our meme sense acted up when I knocked you out.” Three watches as the personality opens up a small fridge, he hums as he pours something into a pot. Three stares at the strange liquid nervously,  the familiar smell of coffee with hints of cherry hits him as Delinquent walks toward the exit. “I’m heading out, don't get too lonely.”   Delinquent leaves the room before Three has a chance to speak up, with a sigh Delinquent steps forward pulling up his hood to hide his face as he walks through the mushroom kingdom. 

As he approaches the showgrounds he starts to think up different stories to cover his disappearance,  as he walks a woman bumps into him. “Oh so sorry, that hood of yours sure is a look.” She chuckles as she keeps walking, Delinquent slowly turns around to see who walked into him. He blinks when he sees no one behind him, he tilts his head confused for a moment before continuing his walk to the castle. “I thought I already lost my mind, it must be getting worse…” As he reaches the castle he looks around making sure none of SMG4 friends are around before stepping into the castle, the moment he steps in his head starts to pound.  He groans rubbing his forehead, Parent steps out of the kitchen chasing after Prince. The personality storms up to Delinquent, he glares at Delinquent. “We felt a spark, Three is gone. Where did you go?” Parent frowns, grabbing Prince arm pulling him away from Delinquent. While Prince glares at Parent, Delinquent tilts his head confused.  He made sure to make himself be seen as a threat. He showed his full form, he showed how unstable he has become since he got rejected. Yet everyone just felt the spark from the cosmic link, from the sound of things Three wasn't scared of him at all. Thinking back on Three’s smug face makes him clench his fist, his eye twitch at the thought of the man making a snarky comment on how he wasn't scary enough. 

Parent sighs seeing how upset the personality is, he opens his fanny pack taking out a blanket. He hands the blanket over to Prince with a soft smile, Prince grabs the blanket then drops it on the floor. “Prince please, you're in stress and I do think taking a nap like Producer is doing will help you.” Prince scoffs as he walks away from Parent, Delinquent leans against the wall taking notes in his notebook while the pair fight. “Parent I understand you want us to  remain calm, but if what we felt is a sign that our fair maiden is in danger we have no time for blankets! Not to mention, WHERE WAS HE THE WHOLE TIME!” Prince points to Delinquent. Seeing the attention is back on him, Delinquent sighs, closing his notebook. “I couldn't sleep with all your snoring so I left the castle, that's when I noticed the cafe door was open. I wanted to see his reaction to our prank, annoyingly he wasn't there.”  He crosses his arms as he watches Prince, Parent nods as he bends down picking up the blanket to hand it over to Prince again. “See? D was looking for Three, now rest please. It's better to be rested in case of anything.” Prince growls as he smacks the blanket out of Parents hands again, Prince hits the wall glaring at the pair in front of him. “NO! You don't get it Parent, every second we waste the more danger the man we love is! I THOUGHT YOU LOVED THREE WAS THAT JUST A LIE?!” Parent stared wide-eyed at Prince, Delinquent steps in front of Parent.

“That's my thing, it's clear all you idiots love Three.  As you know I don't care for him, Three could be dead for all I care.  But I went out looking for him because I knew the heart would break, annoyingly so. Which means SMG4 isn't taking this well, is he?” Delinquent stares down Prince, after a few moments the personality looks down. “I will not lose my world.” With that Prince storms out of the castle, Delinquent sighs fixing his hood, as he fixes his hood  a sharp pain hits him. He swears under his breath hating these headaches, seeing Delinquent in pain he takes out a sack from his fanny pack.  He grabs two pills then offers it to the personality. “You seem to be in pain, these pills will help.”

Delinquent turns around crossing his arms, he didn't get why the others would still attempt to get close to him. “I don't need them, the pain is a good reminder how unwelcome I am here.” Parent frowns at the comment as he slowly returns the pills to the sack, he stares at the sack before speaking up. “You are welcomed. I thought the sleepover would have shown you this, isn't that why you stood up to Prince. Why you went looking for Three…because we are a team?” Delinquent thinks back on how he felt himself enjoying the mischief he got up to with the others, a small smile grows on his face before he shakes it off.  He couldn't let what happened last night distract him,  it's easy to pretend, to wear a mask around others. “No, I did it cause I didn't want to hear you all cry and complain about where your so-called perfect boyfriend is.” 

Parent puts the sack away in his fanny pack, he leans against the wall thinking for a moment. Before the two could continue talking Four walks in, the pair stare at Four who only gives them a small smile. “Guessing Prince didn't want to hang around for long?” He looks off to the side, his eyes flashing grey catching Parents attention. Parent pushes himself off the wall as he walks over to Four, he takes the man's hand pulling him towards the kitchen. “Let's see if Artist finished those posters! Come D, I'd rather not have you stay here alone if Prince returns.”

Delinquent sighs as he follows them to the room, as he enters the kitchen the first thing that catches his eye is the mess of markers and pens on the table. Artist is focused on the paper as he draws away, his purple eyes glowing as he locks in. Ringmaster hums as he writes away in his notebook, it was a strange sight having those two next to each other without an argument breaking out. Delinquent makes sure to pull his seat far from the others, as he takes his seat he notices Parent staring at him.  “What? If you have something to say then say it Parent.” Delinquent glares at Parent only to see the man shake his head, he walks over to the counter and starts brewing coffee. 

Four takes his seat, he looks around the room then takes a deep breath. “Alright, the cafe is completely normal with no Three in sight. So I think we shouldn't worry too much about Three, I mean what we felt could have been nothing.” He looks at the personalities as they do their own thing, he awkwardly looks off to the side unsure what else to say.  Parent finishes putting everyone's coffee together, he walks over to each of them handing their preferred coffee.  He stops in front of Delinquent with a cup of black coffee, Delinquent takes the cup as he stares at the liquid inside the cup. Parent takes his place next to Four taking a small sip from his drink. “Producer is in his room, I'm sure he is extremely worried about this spark we felt. Prince…he stormed out of the castle which worries me, we still know nothing about this mafia that Three warn us about.” 

Four frowns thinking hearing Parents comment, he was distracted with Three all morning it slipped his mind how currently they were all in danger. “Right…the mafia. We still know nothing about those guys, their whole plan. Ringmaster chuckles as he writes. “Please we have battled against an eldritch monster, our plot armor is so strong the mafia has nothing on us!” Four chuckles softly at the confidence his ego has, Artist then smacks the table to get everyone's attention.

Artist stops drawing as he looks up, he holds up the paper with a smirk. “Well I already made several sketches on how his missing poster will look, what do you guys think?” Four looks at the different sketches, he tilts his head as he looks at each one. “Why do some of these Three look way more handsome?” Artist looks down at his sketches. “What, do you think I should make him hotter?”  Four blushes at the comment, he shakes his head then points to the first drawing. “You captured our boyfriend perfectly here, but in this one why is his hair loose?”

Artist lets out a small giggle. “Come on, we all know he looks real good with that hair free.”

Four covers his face not wanting to continue the talk, Ringmaster stops writing to look over the drawings. “His hair should flow more, come on Artist you should know better when it comes to capturing the charm of our lovely partner.” Artist rubs his chin thinking over the comment, he snaps his fingers as he begins to draw again. Delinquent looks off to the side thinking over the conversation, his mind thinks back on Three. Now that Artist mentions it thanks to the smack he gave Three, the hair band snap. He currently has Three locked up with his hair free from its constraints, the thought of how the others would simp over the sight makes him snorts. 

Four turns when he hears Delinquent, noticing he got caught he looks awkwardly around the room. “What? You guys do know I have nothing to bring to the table.” Four gets up from his seat, he slowly approaches Delinquent. Seeing Four suddenly walk up to him causes him to panic as he drops the cup of coffee, Four jumps back in surprise. “Shit…uh I should check on Producer.”  Acting fast he dashes out of the room, Parent runs over to make sure Four is okay before taking out cleaning supplies. “It’s okay original, I got this!” Four nods then looks at the kitchen door, he crosses his arm thinking. “Why did he seem so…scared?”

Ringmaster gets up from his chair, he then throws his arm around the guardian's neck. “Orignal, not sure if you notice that your little sour orange isn't a fan of being near any of us. The only one that can answer the question as to why is you.” SMG4 keeps staring at the door as he takes in Ringmaster words, Parent finishes up the cleaning with a small smile. “He also is suffering from headaches.”

Four turns to Parent as he pulls away from Ringmaster. “Headaches?”

Parent nods as he sits down, exhaustion hitting him suddenly. “Uh yeah, before you came back he was having head pains. I offered him some medications to help him out, but he rejected me.”  Hearing this, Four leaves the kitchen to look for the personality. 

A Thought came to his mind on the story about Three's heart, he could be overthinking the situation. The headache could be nothing, just stress from being around so many colorful characters. Yet a part of him couldn't help thinking that the headache could be more,  that the headaches could be due to something he is doing wrong. He stops as he reaches the top of the stairs, he turns staring at the front door thinking back on how Prince was acting. He needed to accept this isn't a dream,  these personalities are a part of him meaning his feelings and thoughts affect them. He lets out a sigh, feeling guilt bite him as he thinks over how the personalities could be feeling at the moment.

Delinquent opens the door staring at Four. “Is there a reason your dumbass is standing there?” Hearing Delinquent voice he turns, he then gives the personality a sheepish smile. “Sorry, I’m not doing a good job at paying attention to you all. I think it just hit me that all my panic and worry over Three is hurting you all, Parent told me you had a headache…you okay?” Delinquent crosses his arms as he leans against the door.  “I’m not the one you should worry about, have you seen the others? Producer is napping from how drain he is because of your anxiety going off the charts, do I also need to bring up Prince?” Four looks down, seeing the man's reactions makes Delinquent roll his eyes. “Look, Three isn't in any danger we have no proof okay? You freaking out over this, blaming yourself for being weak, not being more aware, being so anxious that you're jumping the gun is hurting all of them.” Delinquent flicks Four’s forehead. “Last I checked we aren't damsels needing saving.” As those words escape his mouth a flash of Peach castle hits them both, they both hold their head as their eyes glowed pink. Four shakes his head, getting the memory out of his head, he silently stands there for a moment before walking away. Delinquent lets out a shaky breath as he watches Four leave, he slides down the wall attempting to stop his shaking. “Well that's new.”

He jumps when he feels something grab his hand, he turns to see Producer has woken up. Producer gives him a small smile as he gets closer, Delinquent was ready to move away till Producer tighten his grip. Delinquent sighs as he goes back to sitting, Producer takes his place next to the personality. “Do…do you feel better  knowing someone is with you?” Delinquent looked at Producer in shock before turning his head away, he hated to admit it, he didn't want to admit it.  “I guess…what happened just took me by surprise.” Producer nods as he lets go of his hand. “I know…I’m sorry if we did something to make you hate us. But I hope you know we are here for you.” Delinquent chest felt warm, he hated it, he knew deep down he doesn't deserve this care.  “Haven't I told you guys that I'm not welcomed?” Producer shakes his head then hugs Delinquents arm. “You are, we want you around. P-please D…let us in, you don't have to deal with things alone.” Delinquent sighs as he pulls away, as he gets up he makes sure to quickly head to his room. “I can't PD, it's better for everyone that you guys dont see what's behind my walls.” With that he slams the door leaving Producer alone, the personality hugs his legs concern over Delinquent. 

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Four stood outside the castle, he takes a deep breath as he grabs his cellphone. The whole situation with the personalities is getting to him, before he had Three guide him. Now he has no idea where Three could be, he is alone in this mess. He scrolls through his numbers landing on Mario’s number, if Three managed to figure out  how to fix his own mess then he couldn't fall behind.  He shoots a quick text then turns looking down the showgrounds path, there a green pipe appeared. Mario hops out of it then excitedly runs up to Four. “PASTA?!” He lifts up Four shaking him, the man lets out a scream as he attempts to break free from the shake. Mario then drops Four as he heads to the castle, Four scrambles to stop Mario only for the door to open up.

Ringmaster blinks for a moment staring at Mario, acting quickly he twirls his cane flashing a smile at the avatar. “AH My lovely co star, how wonderful it is to see you.” Mario's eyes cross as his mustache grows staring at the personality, he then turns, staring at Four then back at Ringmaster. Artist steps into the main room annoyed, as he was about to speak he gasped seeing Mario. The plumber mind buffered seeing another Four.  “S M GEE 4 you never told us you had brothers!” Mario walks in the castle waving at the personalities leaving the kitchen, Artist looks at Four panicked only to get a thumbs up from him. Four walks after Mario letting Ringmaster close the door behind him. “They aren't my brothers Mario, you saw them not too long ago don't you remember?” Mario stares at him confused then turns to the others, he walks up to Parent then smacks him. “Ow! Why did you hit me?” Parent pouts, rubbing his arm, Mario squints at Parent then shakes his head. “Mario only remembers you being extra gay with S M GEE 3!” Four blushes remembering how he attempted to take photos of them kissing, he lets out a nervous chuckle as he hopes one of the personalities would help him. As Mario looks at all the personalities, a door closing catches the group's attention. Standing on the stairs was Producer staring at Mario in surprise, Mario waves seeing the anxious personality. “HUH MARIO?! Oh no he is seeing us at our worst right now, he is going to hate us.”

Seeing the personality panic Four was ready to help Producer relax, only for Mario to gently grab Producer's hand giving him a soft smile. “Mario is happy to meet the skittle color S M GEEE 4! You don't have to be scared, no matter what happens you all will be Mario's best friend!”

Parent walks over to Four, he lightly taps the man's shoulder to get his attention. “Original why did you bring Mario here?”

Four smiles seeing Mario interact with the other personalities, he then turns to Parent. “Is it bad that even though D says we shouldn't, I wanted to see if we could make content to help us relax. We can all dress the same that way it can feel more of a skit, no way someone will pick up what's going on if we do that!” Parent frown thinking over the plan. “I don't know…Producer gets really stressed about making videos, you know how you like things to be.” Ignoring Parent, Four takes out his phone checking his channel for a moment before snapping his finger. He had the perfect idea for a video. Before he could announce his idea he looks around the room noticing Mario missing. “GUYS! Where is Mario?” The group stays silent looking at each other, Producer shyly raises his hand as he begins to speak. “Mario went to see D.” Four panics running up the stairs, he could only imagine how annoyed Delinquent is.

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Delinquent sighs as he throws himself on his bed, he turns to look at the clock on his side table. “I should think of food to give him, or just hand him a bottle of hot sauce. That idiot weirdly handles spice like no other…”  He knew he couldn't stay away from the lab too long, he had to finish his drink along with making sure Three wouldn't starve to death. He sits up rubbing his head, as he rubs his head he hears the door to his room open. He looks up staring at Mario with wide eyes, Mario slides up to him with a smirk. “Why are you hiding in here, are you the Four that hides all of the spaghetti?” 

“Mario? Uh what are you doing here?” He gets up from his bed then walks over to Mario, he stares at the plumber then jumps when Mario grabs his face. Delinquent panics for a moment remembering his hood is off, he keeps staring at Mario getting nervous that he would notice his hair being a lighter black from the others. “You're hurt.” Delinquent eyes flash pink before pulling away from the plumber. “I’m fine Mario, the important thing is you're here, that could be a sign that he noticed something.” Mario rubs his chin as he watches Delinquent walking around the room talking to himself, suddenly an idea comes to him. Mario decided to cheer up his best friend's personality by showing him how many spicy memes he could put in his mouth, Delinquent stops walking when he notices Mario taking his hat off. Mario takes out a bag wiggling his eyebrows, interested in what the plumber was up to, he sits on the bed. He watches as Mario opens the bag showing a meme, Delinquent tilts his head as he watches the plumber put it in his mouth. “Um, is there a reason for this?” Delinquent wasn't sure what exactly the plumber was trying to do, yet he still found himself watching as Mario put another meme in his mouth.

Mario’s eyes start to water after putting the fourth one in his mouth, seeing the distress in Mario's face. Delinquent reaches out to take the bag away from him only to stop when Mario screams, fire blasting out of his mouth from the spice of the memes. He runs around the room screaming from the spice, he then grabs water from Delinquent desk chugging it. Delinquent covers his mouth as he laughs at the site, he gets up to make sure Mario is okay as he keeps laughing.

The door to his room slams open making Delinquent scream pulling his hood up hiding his face, Four blinks in surprise that he was hearing laughter. He saw the always grumpy personality have a smile on his face, he looked to Mario wondering how he did it. Embarrassed he was seen acting out of character he dashes out of the room,  Four turns to chase after Delinquent only to be stopped by Mario wrapping his arm around Four.

Four turns looking at Mario confused for a moment, the plumber turns to him, his eyes crossed. “Ima hungry!”

Four smiles at the plumber. “Dont worry, Parent started on that when you vanish to see D. Speaking of, how did you manage to get that guy to not kill you?”

Mario shrugs as he starts to leave the room. “Mario has seen all sides of you, he doesn't want to hurt others. He is just cranky, reminds Mario how you were on Mario day!” Four frowns at the memory of the day, he rubs his arm feeling the guilt bite him. “Yeah…I’m still sorry I ruined that big day for you.”  Mario shakes his head as he shoves his hand in his pocket, he then takes out a drawing of the two of them.  “You will always be Mario's best friend!”  Fours eyes water as he grabs the drawing, he smiles at the plumber feeling himself relax. “GUYS DELINQUENTS ROOM IS ON FIRE!” Hearing Artist scream, Four runs into the room helping the personality stop the fire.

Once the fire was dealt with, Artist laughed. “Never knew D room was so lit!”

Four shakes his head as he walks away, Artist pouts as he chases after Four. “Oh come on! We have been so seriously worried about Three, let me have this one!”

As they head to the kitchen Four stops walking, he looks at the front doors of the castle. “Hey I will meet you guys in the kitchen later, I should get D back in the castle.” He leaves the castle looking around for Delinquent, after a few moments he finds the personality sitting on a bench. “Did you really run all the way here to pout?” Four sits next to Delinquent only to get the man to scoot away from him, the personality sighs making sure his hood stays up. “No, I am here to think. What are you even doing here?”

“I was worried about you, I mean while I still don't know who you are. You're still a part of me.” Four smiles at Delinquent, seeing the smile he rolls his eyes. “You don't care, trust me out of the whole group you want nothing to do with me.” Fours smile drop hearing the bitter tone coming from Delinquent, Four stares at the cafe. “I know I have been distant, but I am trying. I brought Mario to help lighten the mood , we are all pretty stressed.” “Stress?  Your being all weird cause Three left, we don't even know if he is in danger but here you are pouting. Not to mention we have so many friends, we can tell the crew what's going on!” As Delinquent starts to tell Four his thoughts, Four slams his hand on the bench table. “WE CANT TELL THEM! You want to put them at risk, we don't know what the mafia knows. We can't put them in danger!” Delinquent stands up glaring at Four, his orange eyes turning pink confusing Four. “BULLSHIT, HOW MANY ADVENTURES HAVE WE BEEN ON WITH EVERYONE! WHY CAN WE NEVER ASK FOR HELP!"

Four gets up glaring at Delinquent, he could feel his rage build up as they continue to talk. “I am not risking our friends, I thought you were the smart one!” Delinquent scoffs. “Oh rich, like you know shit about me. You think you know me like you think you know Three, the perfect boyfriend. NEWS FLASH DUMBASS, YOU KNOW SHIT ABOUT ANYONE! The whole world is about you and only you, because who cares about what our friends are going through.” SMG4 eyes glowed pink as he shoves Delinquent, he loses his footing falling down.  Four gasps noticing what he did, as he goes to check on Delinquent he felt something hold him in place. He looks around confused, Delinquent could feel his insanity wanting to come out. He wanted to make Four hurt, feel the pain that he is feeling. Taking a deep breath he gets up, fixing his hood.

Delinquent looks into Fours eyes. “You know what Four, you're right. We can handle everything alone can't we? Because our friends will look at us differently if we ever ask for help right? Memes, you never change.” With those words Delinquent turns making a run for it, Four attempts to follow only for his legs to feel heavy. He swears as he falls to his knees unable to follow the personality, he hits the floor frustrated at what he has done

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Three jumps when he hears the door slam shut, he looks around to notice Delinquent standing by the stove. “Oh you're back, so how did things go with the others?” Delinquent walks to the bathroom rinsing his hair, after a few moments he steps out looking defeated. He walks over to the stove to check on his creation, he stirs the concoction. His mind repeating what SMG4 said, he growls breaking the serving spoon in half. Three nods as he leans back, his chains breaking the personality from his thoughts. “Whats got you in such a bad mood?”

Delinquent falls to his knees, the moment he felt his eyes water he quickly covered his face. “I’m a failure…no matter what I do it's not enough. I was an idiot,  I will never be enough…” He feels his chest getting tight as he struggles to breath, he feels his body shake. He was a failure of a personality, Four doesn't even care about him. If he were to vanish then everything would be fixed, yet he knew that happening would erase the SMG4 everyone knows.  Three moves forward attempting to comfort him, he gets pulled back by the chains making him swear under his breath.

“Delinquent listen to me,  you're not a failure I mean come on look at me all chained up. Annoyingly you're very smart, just because SMG4 is struggling to understand you doesn't mean you should vanish! You're not alone, no matter what happens I will always be by your side!” The room gets silent as Delinquent stops crying, slowly he removes his hands from his face turning to stare at Three. Seeing the personality stare at him, Three gives a small smile in hopes it reassures him. Delinquent looks at him with a quizzical expression, a blush creeping up on his cheeks. “How hard did I hit you?”

Delinquent stands up pointing at Three. “I KIDNAPPED YOU! Why are you trying to comfort me? Are you stupid, I plan to make you suffer and so much more yet you're comforting me?!” Seeing the personality so flustered is an odd sight for Three, yet it reminded him so much of SMG4. “D you’re my boyfriend, a part of him. SMG4 is an idiot that doesn't think a lot of things through, but he cares about us all. You can do your worst but I know you're not evil, I have been watching you…as I said I know what you are.” Delinquent looks away from Three, he looks at his hands. He remembers the symbol on his gloves before throwing them away, he closes his eyes taking a deep breath. 

“You really are some kind of idiot…maybe that's why they all love you.” He keeps his eyes closed, he attempts to keep himself stable. Slowly his mind goes back to the group at the castle, the pranks they did during the sleepover. The moment SMG4 popped into his mind his eyes glowed pink, the walls started to leak a black liquid. Three looked around recognizing the liquid, the memory of almost drowning in the liquid coming back to him. He brings his legs close to his body as he looks up at Delinquent. “DELINQUENT ARE YOU DOING THIS?!” His eyes go wide as he sees the psychotic look on  face, he laughs as he runs his hand through his hair. “You're really blind if you can't see the truth…I am the monster. I’m his monster. The longer I'm here the more I'm losing whatever I'm supposed to be, that's why I need your power.”

Three shakes his head as he watches the dark substances inch closer to him. “Delinquent you're not a monster, not to mention I still don't understand what you're talking about. We both meme guardians, our powers aren't that different from each other.” The dark liquid stops close to Three's feet, he relaxes slightly as he goes back to focusing on Delinquent. The personality walks over to the concoction he had been working on, he pours it in a cup with a hum as he stares at the content of the cup. “You're very slow, or maybe you have a feeling what I am planning.” Delinquent slowly walks over to Three sending chills down the guardians back, he struggles against his chains hoping to find a way to slip out. Delinquent chuckles at the sight, Three looks up glaring at the personality. “Do your worst but hear me when I say don't let rejection erase who you really are, don't let this insanity take over!”  Delinquent growls grabbing a handful of Three's hair, he aggressively yanks the man's hair. Three opens his mouth in pain, seeing his mouth open Delinquent shoves the cup to his mouth forcing him to drink a pink liquid. “You will drink this poison and give me what I want.”

Three held back from swallowing the best he could, the warm liquid filling his mouth. The moment his body forced him to swallow it was all over, the powerful taste of cherry hit him. He attempted to shake his head free only for Delinquent grip on his hair gets tighter, from the struggle Three could feel himself choke. The moment Delinquent heard a muffled cough he panicked, he pulled the cup away. The dark liquid vanishes as Delinquent  quickly hits Three's back, his pink eyes changing to orange as he looks at Three in concern. “Shit are you okay?”

Once SMG3 catches his breath he spits out a bit of the pink liquid. “How sweet to care after you pulled that shit with me.”

Delinquent  crosses his arms. “You choked me during your villain arc, now we are even.”

Three lets out a sarcastic laugh. “OH YEAH THIS IS THE SAME! DELINQUENT DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING?” Delinquent gives him a cold expression, the concern from before gone. He walks away putting the cup in the sink, he grabs a small bag filled with pink salt. “I found these remains of the cherry power up in the cup in SMG4 room, when I saw this I knew exactly what I must do.” Three glares at the personality, Delinquent walks back to him tapping on his pins. He then flicks at the spade pin before turning around, his voice sounding soft. “I hate your guts but you're the only one with the power to fix this, I will bring you something to eat later.”