[ Anx smiles, just a little. Hard not to when faced with Flaps’ grin. ]
* I susuppose so. I still do not do not remember much of m-my life before ending up here, but… I th-think it it is not something I have ever been good with.
* N-not much of an acrobat, I I am afraid.
[ He yawns – the cozy atmosphere of Flaps’ space is starting to take its toll on him. ]
* [He nods…] Well.. Even if it wasn’t a strong point before, there’s nothing saying you don’t have the time to try and work at it.
* [But he notices that yawn… Sleeby.] That aside, though – do you, uh. Maybe want to stay here a while…? Only if you’re comfortable with it. I figure it might help you get re-acclimated to things, and it is nice having you around. ;v; If you don’t want to, though, that’s absolutely fine – I just wanted to extend the offer.
[ Anxiety accepts the the blanket gratefully, wrapping himself in it and shutting his eyes. ]
* Th-thank y you, Flaps. You are are a good f-friend.
[ The word “friend” catches in his throat a little, and he pulls the blanket tighter around his small form. Little skeleton burrito.
* You are right, it it would not do to overwhelm m-myself. It is… hard to sstrike a balance, I find. I d-do not wish to to presume, but… perperhaps it is similarly diffificult to b-balance your solitude?
* Ah- I a-apologise,
* [A skelerito….. Incredible,]
* [He gives a sad little smile, though.]
* Nah, no harm done. You’re right – it’s… been hard. I keep being torn between wanting to go back to it all and wanting to just stick to my own here. It’s… Empty feeling, not having the same kind of contact with a lot of people anymore. Relaxing at the same time, but. You know.
* [Oh- he grins!] Guess striking the right balance is something we both need to work on, yeah?
[ * This is not the normal way of going to get some fresh air, but this isn’t a normal person we’re dealing with here. That business going on with Flaps looked like something that could use some messing with, but there’s the pesky gatekeeper to deal with. Now he can kinda see where Geist is coming from, calling them the ‘little green hellion’. ….Come to think of it, it may not be the best idea to get on their bad side…. ]
[ * Oh well. What’s the worst they can do? They can’t exactly hack into a voidspace that has no electronics besides a dinky old phone. Then again, if they collaborated with his other half… Nah. Everything’s gonna be fine for him. It always is. ]
[ * For now, it’s time to see if the entrance to Flaps’ place isn’t barred, and if he can just waltz on in there like he owns the place. ]
📝 [Ohhh, Pathos. So mean! 😦 You’re lucky Runi’s asleep. They’d cry knowing you started thinking of them like that. After all that kindness they’ve tried to show you! Don’t you remember all that time spent in the dome, listening to music together…]
📝 [But I digress. The door opens easily – the home’s usual stalwart defender is curled up in the pit with a few others, resting peacefully. Granted, they wouldn’t have any reason to block his entry… But he can indeed waltz right in.]
📝 [Flaps himself isn’t anywhere to be seen, though.]
* I-it has been… overwhelming. I do do not believe I have managed to absorb much of it.
[ Anxiety wrings his hands a little, an an absentminded motion. Everything is fine. It’s fine. Be be polite, friendly. ]
* I I am afraid- I ah, h-have not fully caught up on y-your situation. H-how have you been?
* [Another nod….]
* Fair enough. It’d probably be a good idea to take some time to relax in the meantime, you know? Wouldn’t do you any good to get so overwhelmed all at once.
* I’ve been doing… Okay enough, though. Backed away from a couple situations that had me stretched a little too thin, but…. You know. Now things are fairly quiet around here, haha. ;v; I guess it’s a little lonely? Just because of how different it is from what had been normal before.
* [He glances around a bit – and then pulls up a blanket, offering it to Anx.]
* Here, uh – do you want one of these? They’re pretty good for making it feel like you’re in a smaller space, and I know larger spaces make you uneasy.
* I JUST REMEMBER GOING TO SEE CUBESY, AND ALSO COLLECTING MANY SLUGS AND LETTING THEM LOOSE IN THE VOID.
* I SHOULD DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AGAIN AT SOME POINT.
* ah,
* well. at least… one of those isn’t entirely possible at least at the moment
* currently Cubesy is uh. missing.
* eight started off that dumbass plan of his, things kinda backfired on him though – but cubesy escaped while eight was distracted. Although he’s uh, just. Just Cubesy now. the other fragment that had been with him this whole time stayed behind to fend eight off.
* he’s become some sort of…. advanced mutation? i’m not sure what the specifics are because i haven’t exactly been able to see much but i think he forcibly fused with the rest of his fragments to make this horrible shambling…. thing….
* in any case i think steps are being made to undo that transformation but i don’t know how successful that’s going. cubesy doesn’t seem to have shown up since he fled initially. i know geist went looking for him but i don’t think he was successful.
[ Seeing a friendly face after so long sends a strange pang through Anx. He he tries to ignore it – it’s okay, this is is flaps. He cann trust Flaps. It’s fine. ]
* I h-have been…
[ He hesitates- ]
* Ah, w-well. A lot t has hhappened. I was unabable to track eventss outside of of my lab f-for some time. I h-have been attemptinging to- ah, catch up.
[ Anxiety looks at the couch- the smaller scale is definitely appreciated. The room as well is is not nearly so overwhelming, though being preprepared for relatively openn spaces also helped. He climbs onto the far side of the couch and tucks his legs close to him. ]
* [He smiles gently! This poor fragment. He’s glad to give Anx a safer and calmer space to be in, for the time being.]
* yeah, i heard a bit about some things going on…. i’m glad you recovered okay from it all. kinda feels like one mess after the other, you know?
* [A stretch….] i hear you as far as catching up on things goes, though… there’s a lot that’s been going on all at once, it’s hard to keep track of that. i’d imagine it must be even harder for you, with having to catch up on what was going on while you weren’t available.
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