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Another successful day of hacking, hehe.

007n7, the legendary, infamous, glorious hacker laughs to himself,  having lost the admins that were tracking him AGAIN!

Just how dumb can they be, huh? Thinking they can catch him, hah! As if!

He's been doing this for what, five or so years? Since he was twenty!

Back when he started he was so, oh so young and inexperienced, almost getting caught a couple of times, but now? Oh now most of the time people don't even know he was there, which makes even funner when he griefs their stuff, hehe.

Either way, he arrived home.

A nice house, actually.

Modern looking, a garage (even if he doesn't really own or need a car) and even a pool on the backyard, and it's ALL HIS! MWAHAHAHA! oh boy, threatening the original owner out of the contract was still one of his most funny memories.

Heh, well, he's hungry, he's just- gonna make himself a sandwich.

Silence reigned on the house, it was... Rather weird, actually. He usually would turn the tv on, or something, but he feels that... Something is going to happen.

Oh, well, the sandwich is good, at least.

Knock knock

okay, who's the fool that he's gonna have to /kill, huh?

Standing up from his seat, he makes his way to the entrance of his house, stopping infront of the door for dramatical effect before-!

He was- he was cold.

Where was mama? Papa?

It's really, really cold, hmph.

He rolls to his side, his blue hand coming to pat his red sibling, startling them awake, they whine gently and hug him.

Better.

Their third, green sibling, joins the cuddle pile inside of the basket they were inside of, none of them got wrapped up that good- so they managed to free themselves.

He's the older, he knows that, he has... A... A... Year?

But oh well, he doesn't really know, hell, this isn't even his thoughts, this is the author speaking about what a baby is doing.

007n7 had never felt fear before- well, that was a lie.

He had felt fear when the ban hammer of the CEO himself hit him, almost cutting his career short before he ran away.

He had felt fear when Telamon, the great swordman, had almost obliterated him in a quick combat.

And now?

Now he was mortified.

Three little babies laid inside of a basket at his front door, it was... Freezing cold outside, and it was raining, too.

He looked around quickly as he picked them up, hugging them close to his chest and hiding them from the rain, attempting to find their parents with his eyes.

He had no luck.

He ran inside, using a quick code to /forcetp the basket into his kitchen as he put the babies on his couch.

His hands came up to nervously scratch his head, he looked around and ran to get a towel, coming back to place each baby in one, making sure they were dry.

Warm...

The red baby felt happy, he was out of the cold that had made him cry out loud.

His little eyes opened, he looked around with all the curiosity a 1 month old child could, before focusing on the large figure towering over the three of them.

He felt... Safe...

The baby laughed, happily giggling and smiling at his new father

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To say that 007 was stressed would be a misunderstanding.

There where three babies on his couch.

A happy red one, a bigger, blue one, and a silent, sick looking green one.

He wasn't nervous, he was having a full on panic attack, snatching his phone and calling his hacker friends, trying to find out if any of them had- kidnapped children and made a joke to him.

Because of course it was a joke, who on their sane mind would- abandon babies.

At HIS doorstep!?

Noli had been in the process of vandalizing a game when it happened- his phone rang and startled him.

A small yelp escaped his mouth as he scrambled to pick it up as a nearby robloxian giggled at him.

Oh, well. /Kill-

"007 what-"

"NOLI! LISTEN TO ME, MAN. IS- THIS ONE OF YOUR PRANKS!?"

"huh- what-?"

"Oh, sweet Builderman #######"

Then the other man cut the call

"Wuh-?"

007 was tweaking the hell out, he separated the green one from the other two, he could- kind of see his ribs.

Was it- dead?

He touched the silent baby with a finger, it didn't react.

Oh lawd, did he- have a dead baby or-

It bit him.

Now, it was hard to startle to hurt or scare a hacker.

So trust me when I said he screamed like a dying opera star.

It made the red baby cry out from the kitched alongside the blue one.

The green one giggles.

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It's been, what, two hours now?

The babes are sleeping on his bed, he stands and looks over them with wide, horrified eyes.

He moves back to the living room, allowing them to sleep as he plops down on the couch.

With a quick code, the basket they where in, checking for anything relevant on it.

Not much, just- a three little toys.

A chick, it's kinda yellow and small, with orange feet

A teddy bear with button eyes

And a red bouncy ball.

How- cute.

"Its... over." 007n7 said while dramatically plopping down on his couch, right hand coming up to rest on top of his chest, feeling his heartbeat.

He had had to bandage his finger that got bitten by who he had taken to call 'green baby', the little bastard was teething.

Guess he had to buy a pacifier now.

The future lord of hatred opened his wide, red eyes and looked around.

His eyes focused on the blue and red figure beside himself.

They were his sib- number two and three, his future right and left hand men.

He was smarter than an average infant or course, even if he was- stuck in this- body.

#### you, Shedletsky, one day he's going to have his revenge!

Hmph... Oh, well. At least... At least the bed is comfortable.

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Shedletsky had fucked up.  

He had fucked up badly, royally, gloriously.    

Dusekkar had told him before, repeatedly, in fact, that simply taking all of his negative emotions out of his body would have consequences, so, he had prepared a second spell, to teleport away whatever spawned in.

It has been the PERFECT PLAN!

then a baby appeared, a green, sick looking little baby.

And it got teleported away before he could get to it.

And now-

"I TOLD YOU! I ####### TOLD YOU! BUT DID YOU LISTEN? NO! AND NOW WE HAVE AN- A- AMALGAMATION OF MAGIC AND FLESH RUNNING AROUND!"

He flinched back, looking away and cowering slightly from the mage

"Chill-! It's okay-! It was- s-small and baby like and-"

"IT HAS YOUR SKILLS YOU BLOODY IDIOT, THERE'S A BABY WITH ADMIN POWERS SOMEWHERE, FILLED WITH ALL YOUR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS! AND IT DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THEM OFF OF YOU COMPLETELY! YOU STILL FEAR MY SCREAMS AND-"

this was going to be a LOOONG day.

They gave up.

They couldn't find the baby.

Three admins failed to find a single baby.

Not just three random admins, either, they were three of the four strongest beings around, the top dogs.

The CEO of Roblox.

The swordsman.

The mage.

...

This is going to come back and bite them on the ass later, won't it?

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The red baby looked around curiously, slightly touching his blue brother with a finger, making them awake.

He was hungry.

Ughhhhhhh!

He awoke with a startled yelp, there was distant crying.

He rushed to the room and found two of the babies crying, the red and blue ones.

The green one just looked mildly annoyed, which was- concerning.

"Uh- oh- fuck- ehh-" He picked up both babies and shook them, trying to shush them "shh, shh, it's okay- it's okay- go to sleep?"

He looked around before hastily typing code on his c00lgui, making the green one float and follow him as he went to the kitchen

Huh, how... Interesting.

A hacker, isn't it curious that I, the lord of HATRED! Ended up at the doorsteps of a hacker!?

Haha! This is going to be good, here he can learn something else than his- sword skills, which he can't even use in this dumb young body!

Either way, floating... It was nice, it was actually relaxing.

It was- uh- lulling him and- and-

....

007 looked back at the green one as he plopped the two others on the table, it had fallen asleep- thats okay, thats good, actually!

Heh, now- what do babies even eat-

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Baby food, he had to get baby food!

those were the thoughts running through 007's head as he ran around his house, attempting to find whatever he could feed the babies with.

Eventually, he resorted to blending some carrots, the blue one looked older so that would work on them at least-

Okay, the other two- the other two, uhh-

Pedropaulo25471, or simply Pedro, was an honest, hard working man, working on his father's store every single day of the week, there he earned a nice living. The rest of his time was spent studying for university, his farming decree wasn't just gonna spawn in, yknow?

That is to say, Pedro has never really come face to face with the people he saw on the news.

So, its easy to say he screamed and hid behind the counter when he spotted 007n7 the infamous hacker, known for his ruthlessness hacking and destruction of public property.

He got dragged up kicking and screaming as a quick code from the hacker forced him to stand up.

Standing rigidly, he stared up at the man, silently attempting to shrink back even if he couldn't move.

"Where is the baby formula."
"wuh-"

"I SAID. Where is the baby formula."

Pedro froze, before slowly lifting his arm and pointing at a nearby shelf, the hacker seemed to brighten up as he snatched some, about three or four boxes of diapers, alongside a couple baby pacifiers and baby bottles.

Okay, he was getting stolen from by someone who could just up and execute him instantly, that's cool, no, that's nice actually, yknow?

He wanted to scream and rip his hair off.

"There we go, that must work, uh..." 007 awkwardly dropped a couple bills on the table as he ran off, everything he snatched flying behind him.

...

Pedro was still half frozen in terror, the coding having let go of his body.

"I- I'm alive... YEAH! ANOTHER VICTORY FOR PEDRO!"

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He arrived rather quickly back at his home, out of breath, he- obviously hadn't sprinted like four blocks to get everything!

....

Yeah, he did. But why would you judge him? Look at those sad eyes

The blue baby let out a small gurgle, playfully pushing his red brother while they crawled.

Their- father(?) had left them in the room, there was a makeshift baby fence around them, and some random scattered toys.

He went for the ball, pushing it around in quite the interest manner.

His red brother approached a nearby teddy bear, giggling and hugging it, pulling it closer to himself and laying down to nap.

Their green sibling, meanwhile, looked at them curiously, as if wondering why they would waste their time with such stupid things like playing around

At this, the older brother passed them a toy they had near them, a small yellow chick.

The green sibling stared at the toy, and it was on sight.

They snatched the chicken away and began punching it will at the rage a small baby could, which is to say not much.

They even threw the toy, and it went over the fence!

The green baby let out a cry of rage, their fists clenching on the baby fence and shacking it like a prisoner attempting to free themselves, angrily crying out all the while!

Poor baby, he surely is sad for losing his toy

'COME BACK HERE AND FACE ME! SHEEEDLETSKYYYY!' 1x screamed inside their head (since the actual sound their baby mouth made was loud, frustrated crying) all the while attempting to free themselves from this- prision!

Their eyes were watering, and thewy didn't understand why, and that made them even MORE angry!

"WAAAAH!"

[Loud baby screaming of rage]

007 practically sprinted inside upon hearing the loud crying, having just arrived back home, he had been making the babies some formula when the green one(™) began crying.

He hadn't heard this one cry yet, so he wasn't really sure what was wrong.

Diaper? (Please god no) Nop.

Hungry? Uh- maybe

What else-

He picked them up while looking around, before spotting a thrown toy.

"Huh? ... And how did you get there?" The hacker spoke to themselves, picking up the toy.

The baby he was holding held their hands up, whining angrily, so he handed it to them.

They hugged the toy close to their chest, squeezing it angrily before biting into it.

"Oh- you must be hungry, then. Uh..." He moved onto the kitchen, staring down at the- baby formula he had made.

Picking up the baby bottle, he pressed it to the baby's lips after checking it wasn't too hot, the baby refused angrily, attempting to push his hand off, but 007 was way more stubborn than a dumb little baby, hmph.

*COUGH COUGH*

'NOOO! I DON'T WANT TO- THIS IS- HUMILIATING! GET- OFF OF- ME!' "Waah- gup-" as 1x opened his mouth to try and insult this- buffoon, the nipple of the bottle was pushed into his mouth

He coughed and continued trying to fight, but eventually he relented, there was no use if he wasn't strong enough.

007 stared at the green baby amused as they drank, were they that hungry-

He pulled the bottle away slightly, but the baby pulled it back, finishing it.

"Huh, neat" he said before patting them on the back, making them slightly burp.

"There we go, buddy, ain't that better?"

'Defeat.'

'defeat tastes like milk.'

1x sulked around while being placed on the bed again, his siblings- brothers- no- his henchmen-! Yes, henchmen had gotten fed after him, the wretched hacker had just committed a terrible error after forcing him through this humiliation, one day, he's going to have revenge!

Unaware of it, he was hugging the toy chick close to himself, snuggling into it as he slowly fell asleep.

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A day has gone by. 

That night, 007n7 couldn't bring himself to sleep, he just- sat on a chair by the bed and looked down at the babies, eventually resting his head on the bed while still sitting on the chair and falling asleep like that.

He woke up with something poking his hat- well, not something, more a someone.

the little red baby, the smaller of the three.

Chubby, silly little thing, attempting to bite the burger hat and touch the noob head on it

He grumbled slightly as he awoke, his fists coming up to rub the sleep away from his eyes as he looked at the baby, who was now sitting on the bed and making grabbing hands gestures towards the hat

007 let out a sigh, relenting and taking his burger hat off, giving it to the baby for it to inspect.

After trying to nibble on it, and poking the noob head for a while, the baby put it on his head, it was rather oversized for him, so it was- actually pretty funny

With a smirk, the hacker took the hat from the baby and pet it's head, putting his hat back on.

He took the children to the doctor, putting them on the basket he found them in and carrying them like some kinda purse he made his way to the local clinic

If you asked EnriqueGonzales2007 (or simply Dr Enrique) what his worst nightmare was, he would probably answer clowns, expecting one to suddenly pop out and scare him

THAT IS TO SAY HE ACTUALLY YELPED WHEN HE SAW A HACKER WALK INTO HIS OFFICE

"Ahh!" Yelped the poor doctor while ducking under his desk, holding his precious cup of coffee between his hands, attempting to keep it safe from ANYTHING that could happen to it.

"Uh- what the ####?" the hacker asked while staring incredulously at the desk, before remembering he had children with him and snapping to look down at the basket

The red and blue one were asleep, the green one stared at him with a smirk.

Oh, well, 2/3, that's- good enough.

"Hey, look doctor, I just- need a little check-up" 007 said while stepping towards the desk as his c00lgui appeared infront of him, he typed a quick code in as the green baby stated curiously at what he was doing.

The desk just- unanchored and fell on too of the doctor, who yelped and got off from under everything, hugging a coffee mug close to his chest.

"Back off- you monster! I- I know kung-fu!"

007 simply read the doctor's full username on a plaque nearby and began typing a quick /kill command, allowing the doctor to see.

They yelped before lifting their hands "okay! Okay! I'll give you a check-up! Please don't kill me!"

"Hmph. Good."

"Yeah they- do look healthy. How old are they?"

"Uh... Not that old"

"What- don't you know? Aren't they your children?"

"... Yeahhh-"

The doctor stared at him silently, before continuing "I cannot do the check up if you're not their legal guardian. Like- do you at least know their names?"

"Uh, yes, yes I do, in fact "

"And they are?"

007 looked around nervously, before focusing on his (still open) c00lgui tab, it's red and black coloration, and the red baby's similae colour

"Uh... That one is c00l-... Kidd- c00lkidd, yes" the baby in question laughed happily at having attention given to him.

Then the hacker looked at the blue baby

"This one is just... Bluudud." The slightly older baby gurgled happily and smiled widely.

"And this one... They're, uh..."

'THERE'S NO FUCKING WAY THIS- THIS IDIOT IS NAMING ME IN A SIMILAR WAY!' 1x was SCREAMING inside of his head, attempting to control his dumbass baby body into speaking.

It took a couple tries, both the doctor and his "father" focusing on him as the baby seemingly attempted to say their own name.

"Gu- gugu- wah- oh- ohn- ohne-"

"One?" "Shh let him finish dumbass-"

"Ohne ehss- one egg- 1x."

"See? Even the baby knows, smart child" 007 dissimulated, nodding as the doctor stared at this YOUNG ASS BABY SPEAKING-

meanwhile, 1x was having a whole ass PARTY inside of his head, celebrating happily, in fact, even his baby body reflected his- happiness  'HAHA! YES VICTORY!'  he laughed, the baby body laughed.

...

Shouldn't something made only out of hatred not feel anything but?

"Welp, a million thanks for everything doc, we'll take our leave" 007 said as he stepped out of the place with his baby basket in hand, he wasn't really looking at the fact his c00lgui was still open-

And a red little hand was typing on it.

"Yeah, yeah, just go." Enrique said with a frown, watching them go while leaving his favourite mug on the table, safe and sound.

/Enter

A red hand clicked.

And the mug exploded in a million little pieces.

"MY MU-"

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The stress caught to him, so!

Awkwardly walking around with the basket still on his hands, 007 arrived at a local place, the reviews said that it was a nice local, and so he went in.

"Weeelcome to [BUILD A PIZZA PLACE] Papa Luis' pizzeria! What can I get for you?" Asked a young boy behind the register, didn't look that much older than nineteen, which is to say his voice cracked mid introduction

The green baby- 1x? Laughed at the awkwardness of his "father".

"Umm, well, uh- a medium pepperoni with a soda would be nice, I'm pretty sure these little kiddos can't eat anything solid yet- well, these two. The blue on probably can"

"Ohh- you can get a family discount!" Said the pizza boy eagerly, smiling kindly at the babies

This... Took 007n7 back.

The hacker felt- torn as he looked down at the babies.

He- probably wouldn't make a great role model, much less a FATHER.

He lacked one when he was younger, a small boy abandoned at an orphanage,  eventually growing too old to stay and moving out alongst Noli.

University was- actually pretty easy. He got a master's degree on coding and took up a comfortable work from home, which he eventually quit when he discovered hacking.

Invigorated by the stories of the great ones, like John Doe before he went missing, he began griefing, spawning in money for himself, and trolling other people.

It was... Nice.

A payback of sorts, a way to take out his anger against the world.

He... Couldn't allow these children to suffer the same fate, could he?

"Yeah... I'll... I'll take the discount, if it's not that much of a bother."

Shedletsky had been stressed out lately.

Ever since he created- that (as Dusekkar called it) "Magical amalgamation" and incidentally set it off free, he's been wondering just where the hell it could be.

Oh, well... Maybe some chicken pizza would take the edge off.

007 sat on a corner of the restaurant, the three babies sitting on the table as he ate a piece of pizza.

He stared curiously as- "Bluudud" snatched a piece of pepperoni, giving his brother a side eye before touching them with the pepperoni on the face-

"Hey- blu- bluudud- stop- stop kiddo that's gonna make your sibling cry" he said, grabbing the pepperoni from the baby, before calmly feeding him said piece

The baby looked stupified at first, before beginning to pluck and eat more pieces of pepperoni

"You liked that, huh?" "Gugu"

He hummed while going back to his pizza.

Eventually, he got up and picked the babies up, too, putting them on the basket while beginning to leave the place.

He froze as Shedletsky himself stood at the doorway, staring at him, frozen too.

Eyes trailing him, his face, the basket with his children the babies, focusing specially on 1x.

"You! Stop there! Give me- give me that baby!" The admin called out loudly, making everyone else turn and stare at the two.

007 took a step back, hugging the basket close to his chest

"What-? no! They're mine!"

"You don't understand how dangerous they are, you imbecile!" The admin grumbled, before pulling out their sword

"S-Stay away from me!" The hacker backed off, stuttering slightly. He couldn't win this in a sword fight, the admin was just THAT GOOD.

The green baby stared up at Shedletsky, eyes locked in on the man as he lunged and cut 007 across the side, making him scream and fall down, the basket topling over slightly as he attempted to stabilize it, as to not fall on top

The admin locked in a staring contest with the manifestation of his hatred.

It was... Such a small, delicate looking child.

Meanwhile, 1x was fuming internally, how DARE this FUCKING ASSHOLE suddenly show up and attack his FATHER FUTURE HACKING TEACHER!

 said hacker roller to his sidez staring up at the admin

"Ouch... Hey, asshole"

"Wuh- how did you break the filter-"

"Brought a sword to a hacking battle."

The admin took a step back, eyes widening as he suddenly got FLUNG across the room, crashing against the counter and ragdolling into the kitchen, where Elliot SCREAMED as this RANDOM BIG ASS MAN CRASHED INTO HIS PIZZA DOUGH-

007 took the children and ran out the door

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Running for the hills to escape an admin was not on his bingo card, which was rather surprising, since he was an exploiter and he kinda encountered admins often enough- either way, he continues sprinting.

After about- twenty minutes of running, he notices that the admin is not following, thats good, means he lost them!

Meanwhile Shedletsky was mopping around Luis' pizzeria, Elliot stands nearby and watches them with a frown, arms crossed.

"This- this is humiliating"

"WELL YOU SHOULD'VE THOUGHT OF THE CONSEQUENCES BEFORE ATTACKING SOMEONE AT MY PIZZERIA YOU DUMB FU-"

Yeah, he was a pro at escaping from admins.

Now...

He arrived home, pushing the door open with his shoulder as he left the babes on the floor, allowing them to roam around the living room as he set off to heal his wounds.

...

Now, the bad thing about injuries caused by admin weaponry is the fact that they cannot be easily healed.

He found that out the hard way when Builderman himself slammed him on the side with his ban hammer, he had gotten cocky and had ended with three broken ribs for that.

What does "not easy to heal" define? It's the fact that changing his code to heal himself will NOT work on these kind of injuries. He has to heal them like a normal person.

Which- translates to him sitting on the bathroom, medkit in hand as he examined the injury

"Oh thank god- it's not that deep- sweet builderman, if he had gotten me on a lung I would be done for-" he muttered while taking his shirt off, a large gash on his side, thankfully, it's not as deep as it could've been.

Picking some cotton with alcohol, he begins disinfecting the wound, letting out a quiet sharp gasp as a burning sensation shot across the places the alcohol touched.

"Oh- ohhh- son of a- a-" he looked to the door of the bathroom, the green baby had crawled over, and was now staring at him curiously "wha- what're you doing here?" He muttered curiously as the baby crawled over to him, staring at him, at the wound.

"Ugh, Hope you don't get traumatized or something." 007 muttered while picking up a set of rubber gloves, putting them on.

He snatched a needle and thread, all disinfected beforehand, and just- set to work.

He was never that good at sewing, he quite sucked, actually.

But the wound ended up closing nice enough.

He applied a patch around the suture, to try and ensure it wouldn't open again, before pulling his gloves off.

He threw them towards a nearby trash can, doing a small victory pose when it landed inside.

How peculiar, so THIS is how mortals treat their wounds?

To say that 1x was transfixed on what he was seeing would be an understatement, he was stupified, staring as the needle moved almost hypnotically, sewing the wound shut.

Father his future teacher didn't even flinch, perhaps it was because of some kind of coding he did to himself to not feel pain- but given the fact he was now taking a couple pills made him doubt that.

How interesting

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Two or three days have gone by, his wound has closed, the stitches got removed by now, but a faint scar remains by his waist

Eh, whatever.

Now, changing- diapers sucked.

Like badly.

He actually made one of his clones change them, since the smell almost obliterated him, like instantly.

The green baby looked traumatized, looking away whenever they spawned a clone for whatever- but the other two looked happy enough.

Now-

"C'mon, eat your carrots" he muttered, holding bluudud in a hand and a spoon on the other, there's a small container of baby food Infront of him.

"Wah." The baby pushed the spoon away

"Aww- come on buddy- it's tasty" "wah."

007 frowns, before tickling him, the baby giggles before getting the spoon shoved into their mouth.

"There we go, mmmmm, tasty, ain't it?" "Guh."

Bluudud gives him the most exasperated look a baby can give someone, cheeks puffing out while he looks annoyed.

007 laughs at the sight "cute" he mutters while walking back to the bedroom.

He plops the baby down on the bed and sits by a chair, staring down at em

'RELEASEEEE MEEE!' 1x was having a terrible day. He's spent like- the whole day trapped inside of this- terrible jail his father has made (baby fence around a small carpet with toys)

And his henchmen don't even know how to help!

'PUSH! PUSH HARDER I SAID!' "wahh!"

The red baby continued helping the green one push the fence, eventually it began wobling

'Yes! Fall, you wretched structure! This mortal veil cannot compare to my power because I am the lord of eVI-' they squeak and move back in an unregal manner as the plastic fence toppled and pinned him down 'uh- HELP- SIBLING- NO- HENCHMAN- HELP MEH-!' he babbles uselessly as c00lkidd crawled over and began quite uselessly pushing the plastic fence, both babies began crying

007 snaps up, having been awoken by the sudden crying, he makes his way to the living room, where he had made a makeshift playing/sleeping place for the babies, only to find the (very epic) makeshift plasting fence he created with his c00lgui toppled over, pinning the green baby down, the red one attempting to free them

"What the hell?" He walked closer, staring down at the baby "how did you two even cause this to fall?" Moving closer, 1x squeaked pitifully, as if trying to respond.

"Pff, look at you. Maybe I'll leave you there, wouldn't that be good to teach you a lesson?" "Wahhhh-!"

'SAVE ME! I- CANNOT MOVE! PLEASE-' [Baby noises]

'this- damn stupid body can't even- translate half of what I'm trying to say! God- dang- stupid- good for nothing-! Help me teacher- help me- you- dad-'

"Wahh- wah- dah-d wah-"

007 froze, the baby froze, both staring at one another silently

"What did you just say?"

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The mage silently moved around his library, silently picking and reading tomes and books, gaining more knowledge as they wait.

Nearby, sitting on a couch is the CEO himself, the big boss of Roblox, drinking a cup of hot coffee happily.

Eventually, Dusekkar approached and plopped down in a nearby puff, happily reading his book.

"So- where's shedletsky?'

"Oh, he was getting a pizza"

"Hasn't it been like a couple days or so?"  Asked builderman while taking a deep sip of his drink

The door SLAMMED OPEN, Shedletsky running in looking disheveled and dirty

"007N7 HAS THE BABY!"

And that made the CEO spit out his coffee, all over Dusekkar.

Now, the mage was rather used to getting burned, since he was a mage and all, but getting burnt still hurt

"What the hell are you talking about, Shedletsky!?" Asked builderman while looking at him, Telamon simply continued staring stupified, which made Builderman stare stupified.

"Oh- ####- Dusekkar you good-?"

"AHHHHH-!"

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He had helped the child be free, allowing the three of them to roam free as he went into the bathroom and locked the door.

Silently leaning his back against the door, he slid down into the floor, sitting down.

'dad? He called me dad?' 007 thought silently, eyes unfocused as his hands came up to snatch his burger hat, fingers clenching around it as he took it off.

Breathing silently, he curled into himself, eyes staring into the hat.

It had little teeth marks on it from c00lkidd.

His brown eyes were shanking, darting to every single part of himself, trying to weight how he felt

And really? It was- not good.

He hadn't had a father growing up, so thinking about becoming one? It stung.

But, he had become one just by letting them in, hadn't he? He couldn't just- abandon the children outside someone else's door, could he?

No, he thought about it and came to a simple conclusion.

Fuck it, we ball.

To say 1x was embarrassed would be an understatement, out of EVERYTHING his STUPID FUCKING BABY MOUTH could muster to say, it had to be the ONE THING HIS BRAIN HAD RANDOMLY SHOT.

Oh god dang it, had they messed up?

Perhaps they had- she hadn't seen father 007 come out of the bathroom since he went in.

Wincing slightly, he returned to his toy, the yellow chick.

It looked- slightly worse for wear, but that was because he had been beating it relentlessly, even if he was perhaps- growing a little attached to it-

Their green, half transparent hand slowly came up, grabbing the toy from the floor and pulling it to their chest, hugging them close as they watched their siblings play around.

Eventually he left the bathroom, after catching his breath and cleaning the disheveled look from his face with water.

He looked at the babies as they played, silently wondering just how long it would be until they grew, they were so- small.

Was he like that when he spawned in? He had been one of the- unlucky first few spawned who came in as a youngling instead of an adult, having grown in one of the first ever orphanages, actually.

It was... Hard, not really having someone to lean into.

He... Owes these children, they deserve better, but, he's going to try either way.

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He bought a stroller.

But 007n7, why is that a problem? Aren't you, like, a hacker? You can just spawn money in!

Of course he can! but

hacked money is hard to make, robux are a well secured and regulated coin, that means, it's hard to make in numbers like- more than a thousand, and that was usually okay- a thousand is a pretty good number of robux per month.

But now he has children, doesn't he?

And that means-

"Nooooliiiiii" he whined into the call, dramatically rolling around while crying out "I have to get a fucking joooob!" He continued whining like a drama queen as the red baby crawled over and began trying to eat his hat-

Meanwhile

Noli was listening to his friend, phone on his shoulder and ear pressing it firmly into there, hands occupied painting his nails a neat purple colour

"Ohhh- pooor you, it was time you stopped being a bummm~" he teased, chuckling to himself as he heard his friends continued dramatic sounds

"Rude, mega rude, I might die just from your rudeness actually- c00lkidd stop biting dad's hat-"

"Huh, c00l-what?"

"Oh #### I forgot to tell you- so you're like an uncle or whatever now?"

"WHO WAS THE POOR SOUL WHO GOT IN BED WITH YOU-!?"

the call cuts

Elliot's week had been weird as hell, first there was that whole bomb threat on monday, then a dangerous hacker got assaulted by an admin on Tuesday on here- and now that same hacker had come back, pushing a stroller with three babies on it.

"Welcome to Luis' pizzeria! What can I get you?"

"Uh- umm, hello! Hello- so like, I've noticed you work like three different jobs here, is the place like- understaffed?"

"Hmm, I... Guess so, why are you askinng?"

"CanIgetajob?" The hacker muttered in quick manner, he barely even caught that

"Excuse me?"

"I- ejem, I asked for a job"

"HUH??? AREN'T YOU- LIKE- A TERRORIST OR WHATEVER?"

"Pleaseee, I need this"

"Okay- okay stop staring at me, just- go to the manager room, papa is there, speak to him"

"Thank you."

Ah, man, his pizza empire is doing so good.

Luis was a happy man, proud of his son and his daughter, and he loved his wife, too, its been about thirty happy years of marriage.

That is to say he was happy, and he's lived a happy life.

He ain't ready to die.

Which almost happened when a FUCKING HACKER WALKED INTO HIS MANAGER ROOM, DRAGGING ALONG SOME BABIES ON A STROLLER-

his hand shot up to his chest as he backed off into the window's courtains, they wrapped around him as he screamed

"WHOEVER GIVES ME A JOB SAYS WHAT!"

"WHAT-!? OH DANGIT!"

"YEAHH-!"

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Noli had been sleeping when it happened, a slow, dreadful beat on his main door which awoke him.

He heard a distant, familiar and distinct voice, yet something on it seemed- wrong, something threatening that made him think if opening the door or even getting out of the bed was worth it.

Silently picking up a nearby chair, he looked through the peephole, and it was-

007 wearing  weird outfit from the local pizzera... He felt like not opening the door

"NOLI OPEN THE DOOR, OR I'M GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS"

Okay that convinced him.

"Aha- he-hello n7, what do you-" three babies were suddenly shovved on his hand "wha-"

"This one is Bluudud, this one is c00lkidd, this one is 1x, good luck" the legendary hacker said while sprinting away

"007N7 YOU SON OF A BI###-"

He snarled before noticing the three babies looking at him.

"So uh- can you eat meat or what?"

"Gugu" "bah." "Wah."

"Ah. Uh... Alright then."

Arriving at work, 007 looked around before walking inside.

He spotted Elliot almost immediately, the boy was mopping the floor with this- weirdly oversized mop, he wasn't gonna comment on it.

"Heya, pizza boy, what's my job?"

The minimum wage employee looked up at him with this absolutely 'I GOT A MIGRAINE SHUT THE HELL UP' look.

"Sweet builderman-" he jumped back slightly, standing in one leg while looking at him "you good?"

"EUGHHHHH"

"I'm gonna just- go into the kitchen and-" he sprinted away

Kneading the dough was- actually pretty relaxing.

Making the pizza dough was easy, actually, and using the kitchen was entertaining.

"N7, A SODA!"

"COMING RIGHT UP!" He grabbed two colas, throwing one into the oven, a good luck ritual he just started, and one for the client.

The oven cola exploded as he handed the other one to Elliot

"What was that sound-"

"Do not worey about it."

"Ah."

Meanwhile

"HOW DID YOU BURN THE SOUP? IT WAS SOUP-"

"Gogo." (Mr I'm 1 years old)

"THAT'S NO EXCUSE, YOU'RE DISQUALIFIED!"

1x lifts his hands in victory, he's wearing a small cheff hat and an oversized overall, he WON! HELL YEAH!

'TAKE THAT C00LKIDD, I KNEW YOUR SOUP WOULD TURN OUT A LOSER AGAINST MY TACO! HECK YEAH!'

The baby started laughing maniacally as c00lkidd approached and began eating the taco he made.

"What do you think, Bluudud?"

"Gugu, tata."

"Indeed." Noli nodded

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A week has gone by.

The grind at the pizza job was real- he felt really tired after every one of his shifts, but the pay was actually pretty good? Like, 500 robux per week kinda good.

It was- reasonable considering there were three employees (counting him) managing the whole place, but oh well, he saves expenses by having Noli do the babysitting for the children.

Right now? He's the cashier, silently attending a line of customers.

The fedora wearing gambler looking dude that was ordering moves, and he spots the next customer, someone with a familar blue pumpkin head, suprisingly he can't recall why he's familiar.

"Welcome to Luis', what can I get for you?"

"Ah, yes, thou pocesses a familiar appearence, stranger. Yet in all of the intelligence in my brain, yet I can't seem to make strength to recall just from where, how peculiar"

"Wha- I'll just- is cheese okay?"

"Indeed"

"Okay-" he stared as the dude left to a nearby table, flying. "The people you meet here- sweet builderman- ELLIOT A CHEESE PIZZA!"

A distant voice answers with an "ALRIGHT!"

"Okay, look kiddo, this is how you summon a coding panel" Noli flexed his hand, a window popped up Infront of it.

The three babies sat on the carpet, staring up at him curiously, each attempted to replicate it, but only c00lkidd actually succeeded.

Both his siblings looked jealous of him.

"There we go! Nice!" Noli laughed, looking as the baby began typing seemingly random stuff, both his siblings crawled over and began typing too.

"Now- children, that is very dangerous so You shouldn't play with it and-" his chair unanchors itself, shattering into separate pieces as he falls flat on his ass "ah-! Children, you've hurt me!" He whined, laying on his side on the family guy death pose.

The babies looked mortified (except for 1x, who just had a resting bitch face), all three crawled over and began crawling all over him curiously.

Noli attempted to hold his laugh because- god dang, that's cute

007 picks up the cheese pizza and whistles slightly, making Dusekkar look up before approaching

"Here's your pizza"

"Ah, I am most pleased with your quality, young one"

"Never say that again." The hacker answered with a slightly disgusted tone

"Okay" the admin nodded solemnly before curiously glancing at him "I am curious of our relationship, you see, it's hard for me not to be able to recall someone. Would you like going for coffee together one of these days?"

"As long as you don't care about me bringing my children I'm fine"

"Ah, a family man I see, don't worry, I won't have a problem, how bad can thou's children be?"

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If you had ever told Builderman he would see a mage, a hacker with several baby strap carriers and one of the babies being the REPRESENTATION OF HIS FRIEND'S BAD EMOTIONS he would have thought you were telling him a bad joke.

But that was exactly what he was witnessing.

He lifted a hand, attempting to stop them from going into the Roblox HQ's library, but he faltered last second, allowing them to go in.

Ah, Telamon was going to, as the youngsters say it, "Tweak the hell out"

The library was rather impressive to witness, 007 had to admit.

Hundreds of thousands books stocked up high in shelf after shelf, going up to the ceiling, he could witness a TON of huge stairs to climb up high and search for ancient tomes or books, he could practically smell the ancient lore on the air, and it smelt like dust-

"couch- cough- Sweet Builderman, do you people clean this place?"

"Our janitors are on strike"

"what for- just- forget it. Where shall we get our coffee?"

"I got a nice corner where I usually sit to read in silence"

The hacker silently followed after the admin, two out of three babies asleep, only 1x remained awake- well, they were attempting to fake being asleep, but they weren't

that good at it, specially how they half opened one red eye every once in a while to try and catch a hidden sight of this place.

'Father has brought us to our doom, its over.' 1x thought, attempting to catch a good look of the admin floating in front of them.

He had resisted the carrier at first, but he eventually relented, he had to admit it was rather comfortable, AND he got a nice spot to spy from! win-win scenario!

Either way, what he WAS regretting was the fact he was in the middle of ENEMY TERRITORY, unarmored and weak in this baby body.

They expected that n7 would at least protect them, that's what fathers did in the books he had- ejem, taken a liking to read while nobody was around.

Dusekkar was actually enjoying hanging out with his new friend! what did he tell him that his name was? oh, right, 007, what a strange name, eh?

"So! Seven, what are their names?" The mage asked while two nearby cups floated towards them with a sudden burst of his magical prowess, it was easy, really, but to someone else it would look as if he was hacking, that is why it surprised him that n7 didn't seem faced by it

"Oh, well, this chubby little fella is c00lkidd, the blue, bigger one is Bluudud and this green one is 1X"

"Oh, but what peculiar names! Why would you name them like that?" Asked Dusekkar curiously, leaning forward and staring at him

"Well, I kinda- found them at my doorstep, and I did also make their names on the spot, the green one made it themselves, though, hehe, I was tempted to name him one egg since those WERE technically his first words, but 1x is way less embarrassing than an egg"

"Ah, such a beautiful story, you must be a good father, then" Said the mage with a kind smile, he leaned back and sipped his coffee

"Well, it makes me happy to think so." Said the father while grabbing his own cup "So, you're an admin, right?"

"But of course"

"Interesting, I would've thought you would be attacking me by now?"
"What for-"

the red baby awoke and began looking around, before focusing on the pumpkin man, laughing kindly and suddenly SUMMONING A HACKER PANEL

"Ah, that for." The admin said before the baby began typing seemingly jumble code into the pop up window.

Meanwhile 007 looked MORTIFIED, staring how HIS BABY WAS BECOMING A HACKER LIKE HIM, AHHHH-

'Noli, I love you man, you're like my brother, but if I get out of here alive, I'm going to KICK YOUR ASS' was all the hacker could think as he stared at c00lkidd.

"y-yeah, don't know how he learned, but he did, hehe"

"How interesting! a young hacker at it's making! and he seems to be typing something on that screen-" The mage's cup exploded in his hand, throwing hot coffee all over his legs.

The hacker LEAPED UP, hands going up to his head (doing this face 😱) as he stared at the suddenly very still admin.

"Oh sweet Builderman- I- I'm sorry- do you need water-" 007 asked while getting close to Dusekkar, the admin simply stared at him, wide, watering eyes, as he took in a sharp breath

"It- It's okay, the child cannot be held guilty for what they did- b-but I'm afraid we must cut our hang-out short, I- need to recuperate-... Alone" He could swear he just heard the admin whimper in pain.

"Y-yes, alright, I'll go, eh- haveagooddaybye!" He said before suddenly sprinting the hell out of the room.

"SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE HACKER IS IN A REUNION WITH DUSEKKAR NOW! HAHA, PERFECT CHANCE TO AMBUSH HIM!" Shedletsky replied with a loud laugh, unsheathing his sword and standing in front of the doors of the library.

Builderman had not expected his friend to react in such an- improper way, but it didn't really surprise him, the admin had always been quite the rash individual, always struggling to stay still.

He still followed after him of course, taking step to stay in front of the door.

"Now, Telamon, I'm sure there's no need to be so excited, I'm sure Dusekkar has good intentions!" The CEO said kindly, smiling at his friend.

"I'M STILL GOING TO STAB THE HELL OUT OF HIM FOR MAKING ME MOP UP THE WHOLE DANG PIZZERIA!"

"Wha-" Builderman began saying before the door suddenly SLAMMED OPEN, sending him sprawling across the room.

The hacker took a momentary second to stare at the CEO on the ground before he simply continued.

Shedletsky screamed in anger, launching towards him.

"GET THE #### OUT OF MY WAY CHICKEN BOY!" The hacker screamed, slapping the admin out of his way as he kept on running.

Telamon fell by his friend on the floor, holding his face, which now sported a red hand print on it.

"Ow-" "ow..."

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It happened again while he was asleep.

Noli heard a faint sound coming from his kitchen, like someone opened a window.

The faint breeze coming from outside awoke him, he looked around while yawning, until he noticed eight eyes staring at him from a dark corner, like a horrifying sight of the end of his life, he yelped and fell from the bed.

"WAIT-!"

"NOLI WHAT THE #### ARE YOU TEACHING TO MY CHILDREN?!" 007 screamed, jumping across the bed and pushing him, Noli slammed into the wall and fell down

Noli screamed in terror.

They sat quietly on the kitchen, the babies crawling around as they had tea.

"I don't want my children hacking."

"Pff- come on man, we started when we were like 12"

"They're babies, not PRETEENS imbecile"

"Hmph, you get children for like a month and suddendly become overprotective, full mama bear behavior, eh?" Asked Noli with a teasing edge

"Oh, screw you" 007 said while giving a faint smirk, turning to glance at his babies.

They were playing around, c00lkidd staring eagerly at his very own c00lgui.

"If you're going to teach them, at least do it SAFELY, I don't want none of them getting corrupted."

"Oh, please, you know the rumors are false, I mean, how does code even corrupt someone?"

"I don't care, all I know is the fact that it makes people sloppy, overconfident, and eventually gets them killed, or eats them from the inside. That is why we have PRECAUTIONS in place, counter measure after counter measure."

"Yeah, yeah, well the only thing they've been good for is helping take down other hackers, and even THAT is a weird scenario, we're a closed off comunity, hell, some people even think we're a cult"
"that is because most of ya'all ARE in a weird cult-"

"shush"

"Look, I believe we can arrive at an understanding, no?"
"Ugh, fine. I won't teach them THAT MUCH, is that alright?"
"Good enough."

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The deal has been made, the children will learn how to use the c00lgui, and they will be teached how to use it properly and safely.

007 stood in a corner, silently staring down at them while Noli gave them the basics, how to summon the panel.

He- was not that good of a teacher admittedly, specially since the children WERE small babies, two of them no older than- gosh has it been two months? that would make c00lkidd and 1x three or four months old, he still didn't know the exact date of their birth- BUT! he has been assigned as their guardian legally!

Moving closer, he watched as c00lkidd summon the window with a movement of the wrist, quite easily at that.

The child was a damn prodigy at coding, he had to admit. It took him a while to summon it when he first tried, about... Three days actually, heh.

Bluudud was the next one to manage it, the baby seemed quite proud of himself upon managing it, he smiled proudly, like a parent would.

But, 1x...

'WHY!? WHY CAN'T I DO THIS?' the lord of hatred felt- they weren't angry, but he did have this weird uncomfortable feeling in their chest, it hurt.

They struggled to breathe while continuing several attempts, they- failed, too.

He just... Couldn't do it. He couldn't fucking do it.

His eyes started watering, his fists clenched as he looked down.

He- was the LORD OF HATRED! why- is this SO HARD!?

007 Looked at the green baby curiously, noticing they're frustrated, which, I mean is pretty weird for a baby, like maybe the author should've done a time skip or whatever to express the babies are smarter or whatever but they didn't think about that before starting the chapter so we got smart babies instead-

He plucked them up from the ground, shushing them kindly and hugging them close to his chest.

"Its okay buddy, its okay. You'll get it eventually" He muttered while patting 1x on the back, holding him in a comfortable way. The baby's hands fisted into his shirt as they buried their face on it, not exactly crying but obviously not feeling happy.

"Tell you what, it took me a lot of time to actually get it at first, if I could it means you can, too, just keep trying." Maybe telling all these- grown up words to a baby wasn't necessary, they were a baby, after all, but he had always felt like 1x could understand him better than other young children, at least he hoped this was comforting the kiddo "Don't worry about it, yeah?" with a kind smile, he plopped the baby back down before backing away.

Noli gave him the most OBNOXIOUS look ever, then opened their mouth to speak.

007 promptly spawned in his own c00lgui window, typing a quick /mute @Noli 30min and shut him the hell up.

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An awkward  silence stretched over the roblox HQ, what had happened yesterday- wasn't exactly something everyone could just talk about.

Three main admins had gotten injured, in quite frankly funny ways.

Dusekkar getting burned by scolding hot coffee, again-

Shedletsky getting slapped across the room

And Builderman, the poor small man, having a door opened against him.

And you wonder where these injured admins are now? Wellll...

Dusekkar laid on the couch, snuggling close to a sheet someone had tossed at him while he slept, they had a reunion st Builderman's house to discuss the situation, and...

"Builderman, please! Just- just let me ban him once and for all, that hacker has-"

"Telamon, dear, we talked about this. That is not happening."

"I- don't call me that- but still! He's a hacker, and now that he has that baby he's more dangerous than ever!"

"I said no, and that is final." The smaller man stared firmly at the swordmaster, who huffed, turning around while crossing his arms, only to get his ear pinched "Now don't you dare going around getting offended at me, Telamon! Don't go dropping me your errors, and for your information, that HACKER has- slowed down on his activity. Do you KNOW what that means? Your #### up could ACTUALLY be rehabilitating the man!"

Meanwhile Shedletsky was doing small "ouch- ouch-" sounds, after noticing that Builderman let him go.

The swordsman grabbed his ear and gently rubbed it "ouch- you meanie."

"Oh, shush, you."

"WOULD YOU TWO STOP FLIRTING!? I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!"

both snapped around to stare at a very angry looking Dusekkar

"We- weren't flirting-!" Squeaked out a blushing Shedletsky, before getting absolutely slammed by a spell.

Then Dusekkar turned to look at Builderman- who had run away while he was distracted.

"Ugh, annoying bastards." He muttered while going back to sleep

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There's a young baby sitting by his siblings.

He stares at them silently, they're coding something, it's- almost imposible to read.

He watches them grow, yet he remains- the same.

They grow from babies to toddlers, to young children.

He watches as they live a whole different life, without knowing each other, or him.

It's, weird. And it hurts him. Hurts his little heart like a pair of chain swords stabbing into his chest.

Why does he know how that feels?

He looks up from his siblings, they disappear, without even sparing a glance at him.

He watches himself grow tall, taller than them. Well, he doesn't really see it, but he feels it.

He feels... Something wrong. As if he was- somehow older than Bluudud now.

He squeaks nervously, hand coming up, he stares at his now sharp- claw like fingers, wrapped tightly in chains, gripping swords- his swords.

Searching for a way to see his looks, he finds a window.

It's- hard to see, but he managed ir well enough.

He looks old, like dad.

Long, messy hair adorns his head, alongside a crown.

He stares at his blood red eyes, they look- different than usual, almost- hungry for something his young self is afraid of.

A silent, distorded sound escapes his throat as he watches one of his eyes POP OUT OF HIS EYE SOCKET VIOLENTLY, the pain shoots through him, yet he doesn't react.

He stares through the walls, momentarily focusing and noticing 007's trace.

His eye goes back in as he runs, with long, purposeful strides, his steps sounding like thunder in his ears.

Eventually, he spots them, hunched against a wall, gripping their arm pitifully.

He looks injured, cut by something.

They stare down at him, stare down at dad, before suddenly-

007's eyes snapped open as he heard faint, silent crying.

He checked a nearby clock, 2:47 AM.

Moving from his bed, he stands up, approaching the nearby baby cribs (buying them had to be his best desition, I mean, winning back his bed was a plus)

Looking through them, only to find the green baby silently crying, hugging their yellow chick toy close to their chest, trembling silently.

He plucks them up, startling them.

No words leave his mouth, there's no need for any of them, he simply pulls them close to himself while going back to sleep.

The baby cuddles into his shirt.

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1x was embarrassed.

I mean, it wasn't anything new, he had been embarrassed before, things like his first diaper change and- ejem, his learning of the c00lgui were amongst the worst memories of his young life.

But right now he was EMBARRASSED embarrassed.

Waking up hugging- 007 for his dear life, the man's shirt wet with his- tears.

007 woke up and stared at his child, giving them a curious look.

How in the hell does a baby look embarrassed-? Oh, well.

He left the child by him on the bed, allowing them to sit as he stood up.

The baby looked away while sitting down, going back to 'play' with his chick toy.

007 hummed while summoning a clone, using them to pick up c00lkidd while he picked up Bluudud, leaving them both on the bed, too.

"Now, let's see- what can you three wear today- uhh..." The hacker begins checking a nearby closet as his clone looks over the children.

"Why do I- pff- oh, I got to take a picture of this-"

The theee babies stare curiously, before looking at each other

"Wah?" "Euh?" "Dah."

007 snaps around, a manic grin on his face as he holds- a gift bag?

The babies look confused, before suddenly giving him an alarmed look as he pulls out- three little sailor suits.

1x squeaks, crawling away.

c00lkidd does a little growl, like a dog, it would be intimidating if he wasn't built like a bean

Bluudud sits still, as if he would somehow camouflage with the bed if he didn't move.

None of the three strategies worked.

007n7 was LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY, taking pictures of the three babies while slightly hunching over, attempting to gasp in breaths.

The three babies simply gave him a dead man's look, 1x having a full on thousand yard stare (baby version).

Later, the three babies crawled towards the discarded gift box, Bluudud snatches it and checks who sent it.

He remembers he can't read, or speak, and hands it to 1x, who promptly reads it.

"Bah- i- N- No- Nola- Noli." He muttered out betwneen baby bables. The other two siblings lock in.

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Taph had been in the middle of blowing up a building when it happened, a call from an- unknown number.

Of course he didn't- do calls, being mute and all.

That made him anxious, he was a weird figure,being mute and having a rather bad public image because of his job, it meant he couldn't speak about it.

whoever was calling didn't want someone who could just up and make this call known.

So, he- didn't answer.

Then a second call came.

Third. Fourth.

That made him answer.

"Look, you don't know me, I don't know you. But if you don't follow what I'm about to say, I can do very bad things happen to you, you little ####### mute." Taph flinched away from the call, almost dropping the phone, but he kept it pressed to his ear.

"Someone is being an annoying little prick and keeping our leader from us. We can take a hacker down, but with the attention he's been getting from admins recently, we wouldn't risk anyone important." 

"That's where you come in."

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After that weird call, Taph finished up his job, looking around nervously before going to the company vehicle.

It was- a bus, for all the demolitionists who participated in the destruction of today's set of buildings.

Everything had went- rather well, until after they arrived at the HQ, then something happened.

He felt- observed. As if someone was just around the corner looking at him, hunting him.

Taph attempted to ignore the feeling while walking back home, but it just got- worse.

His breath hitched as he caught sight of- someone in the corner of his vision, that made him quicken his steps, then sprinting when the unknown robloxian sped up, too.

After arriving home, he looked around, his little apartment looked- fine, the door was still locked, and he couldn't see anyone nearby.

That's good! Thats-

The demolitionist takes out his keys before starting to open the front door, still nervously looking around.

It opens, he goes in and slams it closed behind himself, letting out a tired, relaxed sigh.

He was safe, nobody was going to come after him now-

The door opened again, making him freeze.

Taph snapped around to try and fight back, he's not quick enough.

A large hand punches him on the jaw, making him yelp and fall down.

A firm boot slammed on his gut, it's metallic tip made him scream as he felt- something crack.

"C'mon buddy, why would you run?" Spoke a soft, almost melodic voice as his head got- yanked up, a hand snatching a handful of hair and forcing him to stare up.

He couldn't see how they looked, but they had a marking of a- voidstar.

A dangerous cultist was on his house- and had him pinned down- he couldn't scream for help or beg or-

Taph's breathing quickened as he attempted to drag himself away, it didn't work.

Attempting to take in large gulps of air, he stared up at the cloaked figure over him.

"Finally looking at me, aren't you?"

"Look, buddy, I'm just here to drop off some information. Why don't you not try and run next time, eh?"

"Whatever, don't need to have a conversation with a mute. Now, let's talk!"

The demolitionist stared up at the cultist.

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Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Too bad it's not even close- its just a really cold day.

007 huffed, looking down at the baby carrier, his three children were wearing some dapper looking winter clothes, with wool hats that matched their skin colour! hehe, he himself had a long brown trench coat on, he had to admit it suited his style (Imagine the disco skin for 007n7, lol)

Letting out a little hum, he knocked on the door to Noli's house, before crossing his arms and waiting calmly.

He looked down, Bluudud imitated his arm cross gesture, that made him chuckle

"Silly little guy, imitating me now, aren't you?" 007 smiled and pet the baby on the head, making them gurgle happily.

Eventually (after way too long, if you asked the hacker) Noli opened the door and gave them a warm smile "Ah, hello! sorry for taking so long- I had a call, you know, 'work'."

007 gave him a simple 'I know what you are.' look before going into the house

"Welp, going to leave them with you for now, I have to head back home and hack some money in, that always causes heat so- like, don't want them getting caught up if anything bad happened, haha, yeah..."

"Another one of your bad feelings?" "You know it."

He carefully handed Noli each of the babies, giving them all a goodbye kiss on the cheek and a warm smile, after that he backed off and handed Noli the baby straps

"I am not wearing those-" "I will genuinely hit you with a chair if you don't take them-"

Taph felt- He felt terrible, but he didn't want to get hurt- didn't want what that person told him they would do to him if he didn't comply-

They were descriptive, that insinuated that they had a rather imaginative mind or that they had done it before, and Taph had a slight feeling it was the second one.

So, after the morning work, he- took a couple subspace tripmines with him and some cable and- set them up at the "target's" house- at least he hoped it was.

He made sure to lock the door tight after it was done, looking around before sprinting to a nearby alleyway, if he was going to do this- he, he wanted at least to see what kind of person he was hurting

007 hummed to himself, slowly walking down the sidewalk.

That weird feeling on his chest hadn't receded, instead it had gotten worse as the day went on.

He didn't want to go back home, for some weird reason he felt like something bad was about to happen.

But was it? just what could happen, eh?

He was 007n7, the hacker, the only one apart from Noli with the power to rival an admin, not one of the powerful admins- but an admin none the less.

So why was he modifying his own code in order to make himself stronger?

There was no reasonable reason, but he felt mortified, as if he didn't do it he wasn't going to see his children again.

Taph managed to spot him going down the sidewalk, a rather tall man in a brown trench coat, a burger hat with a little noob head on top of it over his head.

He felt like he had seen that man before- but where...

Wa-Wasn't that the dude he had seen walk alongside one of the big four into the HQ's library yesterday? wait- he had children with him didn't he- oh god- he was a-about to-

Taph covered his mouth, gasping and hiding deeper into the alleyway, before sprinting away in some direction nobody could see him, like some kind of outlaw.

007 looked at his home, standing in the sidewalk.

There was a strange, almost thoughtful expression on his face.

Should he go in? He needed the money for the kids, but- his instincts were screaming at him to not do it, 'Don't go in! Danger! Danger!' they said, but did the hacker listen?

No, he did not.

Taph continued running, but it wasn't enough to not listen to the sound- that sound he was so used to, the loud, distorted sound of several subspace tripmines activating, a loud, distant sound of reality going under for a second before a loud WAHHH sound, he saw the distant explosion before the sound arrived to where he was, shattering windows and making him tumble against a wall, nearby passerby doing the same and staring at the distance.

He screamed at the loud ringing in his ears, thankfully he was at enough distance to avoid actual damage to them.

pain

so- much pain.

007 lifted his head slightly, moving to sit up and stare at-

oh, oh god- he- the c00lgui- summon NOW- he needs to- needs to-

Noli stared down at the children silently, they were calmly sitting around the television, watching some random children's show.

That is when he felt a strong, sudden rumble coming from a couple of streets over.

He sprung on instinct, hugging the children and pulling them to his chest as the windows shattered, sending sharp glass shrapnel into his back like some kind of fucked up Geneva convention breaking bomb.

He didn't cry out or scream, he just checked on the children while summoning his own hacking window, doing a quick code to rip the shattered glass from his body, blood starting to flow free, thanks god he was wearing black.

The kids looked- okay, yes they were crying, the blast must've hurt their ears, but no glass had gotten to them.

Had- had he almost gotten murdered? he- no, no that would've actually taken him out if it was intended for him.

He gasped, silently changing his code to heal himself while calming down the children.

Something- big just happened, and he doesn't know what.

Chapter Text

By the time they arrived on scene it was a mess.

Burning, destroyed ruins littered the road and other buildings.

Whatever houses where around the affected one were obliterated on the explosion, too.

Surprisingly there were no reported deaths, yet.

But the injured counter was stuck high, at least thirty people had gotten minor wounds, a lot less were completely deafened, eardrums having burst violently, causing bleeding from the ears.

Some had gotten burnt retinas from staring at the explosion, some others had gotten struck by falling or launched debris.

there was one severely injured person- seemingly having been the closest to the explosion, but they were already being transported.

All in all, a tragedy that would end up in the news.

Taph covered his mouth while staring at the report in his television.

He is sobbing, he has been for a while, but no tears fall, they stopped falling after the first two hours.

Now he's simply laying in a fetal position on his soft carpet, attempting to catch his breath.

The demolitionist is not succeeding.

He cannot breathe.

007 is wrapped in bandages.

He cannot move.

A hand struggles to come up, the nearby EMS in the ambulance attempts to stop him.

They do not succeed.

A c00lgui window pops up into existence, quick coding starts being typed, way too quick for what an injured person should be able do, much less somebody in his state.

The first thing he heals are his eyes, they're simple to do, just a rapid torrent of code and-

007 rips the bandages from his face, gasping as he feels the air touch his burnt skin.

Every single part of his body was bleeding.

Coughing, he follows by healing his lungs, the pieces of wood slowly rising from between his burst open chest cavity, the wood was from the main door, which practically saved his life, without it having shattered he would've been actually obliterated in the explosion.

Burnt and cut skin begins forcing itself together, he's going to survive this, he always has.

Sitting up, he notices his legs, or lack of thereof.

He grunts and lifts his left hand to attempt to code with it.

gone.

007 takes a second to stare at the bloody stump, the bone is shattered at about the wrist height, fleshy meat hangs from there up.

Oh, right, he opened the door with his left hand, just how bad was his left side-

snarling, he forces himself to stay awake, quickly healing his left hand with a quick code change.

The EMS was staring at him as if he was a monster, wasn't he?

both hands come up to finish piecing his body back together with code, he stands on wobbly legs.

His body feels like some kind of fucked up meat puppet, hmph, he had forgotten just how disgusting changing his body back into the correct shape felt.

The hacker's head snaps to his right, staring at the poor EMS who was shitting bricks.

"Stop the damn ambulance, would you?"
"Yes-! yes- let me just-"

The man sprints into the front of the vehicle, which promptly stops.

A quick exploit makes the ambulance's back doors burst open as if they were made of cheap plastic, allowing him to exit as he leaves with a slight jump.

People stare at him in horror and shock as he teleports away.

Someone is going to die today.

Chapter Text

1x felt an instinctive change in the air.

His little ears were still ringing. He brings his hands up to cover them while cowering alongside their siblings.

Something big just happened, they know it- but what?

Noli had- left them in their room, windows covered and door locked as they 'went to make a call'.

The babies crawled around silently, dad- hadn't come to pick them up yet. It's- probably the longest they've been without him.

How much longer until he comes?

If I had brought the children with me, they would be gone.

007 was, to be honest, going insane.

His mind was racing insanely fast as they appeared- in the wrecks of what used to be their home.

A nearby admin snaps to attention, staring at the hacker momentarily.

The admin attempts to approach them, only to get flung away by a thrown piece of debris.

They weren't in the mood for talking, couldn't they see?

Various pieces of debris start floating, wood, bricks, metal, all floating like a falling feather frozen in time, before suddenly floating around him, like some kind of freaky school of fish.

Eyes snap to attention, twitching erratically as he focuses on a specific, rather destroyed piece.

A subspace tripmine.

A demolitionist did this.

Builderman arrived home after a long day of work, that whole situation at the city was a mess.

And people were saying it was a hacker attack!

Ugh, how could his day get any worse?

...

The front door of his house was wide open.

Did someone rob him- nop, there's someone sitting on their kitchen, staring at him from between the darkness of the room, the only thing he can notice is the eyes.

Half closed, tired, bloodshot.

They didn't say anything, they didn't need to.

A half destroyed subspace tripmine was thrown infront of the CEO, obviously it failed to detonate, but it got damaged in some kind of explosion.

The admin looked at the figure curiously, before speaking

"It's one of ours?"

"What do you think."

"I'll take it as a yes. Was it used in-?"

"Yep."

"I suppose you want to know who had access to these yesterday?"

"Smart, aren't you?"

"You know you can't take me down, do you?"

"Don't need to."

"... The report is on my laptop."

"I... Appreciate it."

The figure teleports away, the darkess shrouding the room instantly dissapears, too.

Builderman sighs.

Tomorrow is going to be FILLED with paperwork.

Noli walked around his kitchen, calling his friend again, and again, and again.

"The number you're attempting to contact is-"

He cuts the call, cursing silently "c'mon man, answer me..."

A sudden call from an unknown number reaches him, he picks up.

"Hi, we're- uh, calling from the saint robloxia police station- eh- we're calling to inform-"

"Is he-?"

"No, no, your friend has you as one of their emergency contacts- they're not- dead but they were heavily injured in a recent incident- we would love to give you good news but- it appears they broke themselves free"

"I see, thanks for informing me, goodbye." He cuts the call.

Noli breathes in deeply, before leaving his phone in the table.

There's a second and a half where he just stands there, before his hand slams the table. He picks the phone up again and keeps on trying to call 007's second phone.

"You better ###### answer me, you #######."

Taph sat quietly in his apartment, hands coming up to pick up his ringing phone.

Someone was calling him again, a familiar unknown number.

The demolitionist picks it up, quietly hitching their breath while trying to remain calm.

"Hey, mute. How's it hanging? I'll make it short. You failed, buuuut we won't need to dispose of you!"

Taph let out a quiet, relaxed sigh, before actually taking in what they said, eyes widening at the we. Did that mean-

"Your little buddy the hacker is still alive! Oh, and he's angry buddy~!" The voice laughs, laughs cruelly, a loud, obnoxious sound that makes him shiver.

"Good thing he only has- oh, I dunno, access to who went last into the equipment room? Things like, their direction and full name?" Another loud laugh, Taph's breath is coming in rapid now, the voice in the call stops momentarily, a second, then two, then three then-

"Do I sound like I give a #### about what's going to happen to you? Mutie. Stop ###### interrupting me, would you?" The mute's breath hitched again, they covered their mouth, silence reigned for s few seconds, before the voice continued "there we go, good boy. Now die like the little pest that you are, would you kindly?" The call cuts, the record gets instantly cut from his phone's records.

Taph leans against the nearby wall, before slowly sliding down.

Oh, he was done for.

A silent knock is heard at his phone door.

And there he comes.

007 knocks once

Knocks twice

Knocks thrice.

He kicks the door down, it flies from it's hinges and slams into the ground.

The hacker walks in and looks around, before starting to walk around the house with loud, almost deafening steps.

He hears a soft step behind him, instantly the main door gets forcefully blocked by some summoned blocks.

007 turns around, staring down at a pathetic looking man.

A man he's going to rip apart.

Taph almost- he almost got out.

Then he screamed in terror as the open doorway got blocked.

Then, he- slowly, very slowly turned and stared up at the hacker in his living room.

He stares at him like a deer caught in the headlights, and wasn't he? Just- what could he do in this moment?

"Look at you."

The unknown man spoke, staring at him with disgust.

"It would've not been personal if you hadn't put my children in danger, but you did, didn't you?"

Taph simply stared silently, not like he could vocalize his thoughts.

"I hope this hurts."

The demolitionist falls on his knees... Then everything goes black.

007 stared at the corpse on the floor, head half blasted open by a piece of thrown metal.

The phone of this- person flies over to him, he catches it and begins flipping through recent calls.

Then he summons his c00lgui, doing a quick reverse of the calls, summoning back the deleted calls.

He stores the phone in his pocket, before looking down at the corpse with disgust.

"I'm a changed man, I'm a changed man, I'm a-" he snarled, hey didn't want to do this, but he was a changed man, wasn't he?

Taph gasped pitifully, a chocked sob leaving their throat as they awoke back from the death.

The grabbed their head, it throbbed and hurt like the worst migraine he had ever had.

Then he looked around, a pool of blood, his blood, how- what?

Why were they alive?

"Look up." Taph flinched at the cold, indifferent voice, instinctively following the order.

A firm, calloused hand snatches his chin, forcing him to stare into the man's eyes.

"You're not forgiven, but I won't kill you, for now." They said, before letting him go.

Taph fell back into the ground, his own blood surrounding him, the metallic smell invading his senses.

"Don't waste this chance."

Then the other man was gone, the room went back to the state it was in before he showed up, door fixed and all.

But the blood remained.

Chapter Text

It's been a whole day.

A whole, entire day without even a call.

Noli had prepared for a bad scenario, but this was worse than that.

He bought baby milk, some diapers and baby clothes in advance. Hell, he even learned how to cook baby food.

Noli- had indeed promised 007 he would take care of the children.

He wouldn't turn back in his promise now that his friend was- no, don't think about that.

He's still alive, he has to be.

The babies had slept on Noli's room that night.

Dad hadn't come back yet

Had- had he given up on them?

No- that wouldn't make sense- he wasn't that kind of person, he loved them.

1x's young mind was swirling like some kind of weird spiral.

They were sitting around the table, silently eating.

Noli had cooked for them, he- wasn't that good of a cook, not like dad, there was just- something missing.

He looked to his right, c00lkidd munched on the chicken uncle had cooked for them, he was starting to teeth.

White, sharp fangs, much like a little beast's.

Then, he looked to his left, Bluudud sat there, looking back at him with a slight anxious look.

They felt the smell before they saw anything.
 A distinct, metallic smell that made the three of them suddenly freeze up.

They had- never felt something like that before, never.

But uncle Noli seemed to recognize it.

The man stood up suddenly, picking them up and sprinting to the room, leaving them inside and slamming the door shut.

If someone was going to die today, it would be him.

the children would not get hurt on his watch, they were 007's, and if- well, if his friend was no longer around the land of the livin, they were his.

Someone knocked on the front door, the familiar tune of 'shave and a haircut, two bits' making a weird, echoey sound across the silent house.

Noli's hacker window popped into existence as he approached the front door, silently psyching himself up for anything bad that could happen and then-

He stared down at Noli, the other man momentarily freezing while staring at him

"007n7-? What the fu-"

"Can I like- use your bathroom- I'm dirty."

His fellow hacker simply stared at him with slight disgust before stepping out of the way.

'Okay, c00lkidd, do it NOW!' "wah, dah, ccooolll, bah BAH!"

1x snarled our orders while pushing the door alongside Bluudud, c00lkidd sat by them, typing away on his c00lgui.

The door suddenly fell from it's hinges, the babies pushing it out of the room as they roared victoriously, freeing themselves.

1x went first, practically leaping into the hallway before looking around, spotting a-

Oh- oh jeez that's a lot of blood

The child froze, staring up into the dark, bloody figure. His body screaming at him with a weird familiarity.

The figure slowly stepped out of the darkness and-

Oh its- 007, nice, he's back

Why is there- why in the hell is he so bloody-?

"Dada?"

Chapter Text

007 silently stared down at 1x.

He wanted to move closer, to hug the kiddo but- like, he's covered in blood.

If he got his child covered in blood, he would have to bathe em', and to be real, he didn't had even a small hint of interest in doing that right now.

"Hey, kiddo. How did you- even get the door off-?"

Then he spots c00lkidd and Bluudud crawling out of the room too, a c00lgui window still propped Infront of the red infant

"Oh- wait a minute you three worked together???? Oh, screw it. Ya'all are smart babies anyways."

Noli walked into the hallway following the commotion, before stopping and taking in the scene

"Huh-"

"Yeah so like- you got clothes I can use or will I still have to look like a hobo?"

"Oh right- now that you mention it you do kinda look like a hobo"

"Ouch?"

After a quick bath, 007 changed into-

"Noli why the #### do you only wear these- emo ### cult clothes??"

"They're comfy, don't disrespect them!"

"They're TIGHT AS HELL"

"We-well, maybe you're just fat, ever thought about that?"

"You're just short."

"Excuse me-!? I'm average!"

"Average in looks mayhaps?"

"HEY-!?"

Taph had not felt well in a bit.

It's- not been that long, only a couple of hours, but he's still on the floor, hugging himself tight.

His breathing hasn't evened out yet, and when he caught a scent of the disgusting metal-lile smell it hitched, making him gag in disgust.

A soft, melodious knock came from the front door, making him scream in terror and drag himself away from the pool of blood on the floor.

"Uh- Taph, buddy-? You alright in there?"

Asked a gentle, familiar voice.

Taph rushed for the door, slamming it open.

His neighbor, Noob, flinched back at the- terrible smell, and his disheved appearence.

"Oh- what-?"

The younger robloxian suddenly found themselves wrapped up in a hug, trembling arms seeking comfort as Taph cried out into their chest.

"Huh- umm- it's- it's okay? Nobody is going to hurt you anymore, buddy"

They said awkwardly, hugging him back and softly patting his back.

"Now- Taph, I can't really- read sign language when you're hugging me, but I believe you don't want to be home?"

A soft nod against their chest

"Okay- uh- let's go to mine, c'mon-"

Chapter Text

A small play area has been set for the children while the adults fixed the house.

I mean, it was rather quick, they're both exploiters- but anyways

1x is sitting on a small red, plastic chair while silently reading a book, a book which had gotten it's cover and back completely covered in paint, not allowing anyone who stared at it from knowing which book it was.

Nobody but the reader themselves.

"Dah, bah. The lak pah." The baby muttered something while looking up from their book...

C00lkidd was leaning over the table, trying to catch a look at the story their sibling was reading

1x huffed, closing the book and giving the red child a gentle boop on the head with the book, making them whine and back off, rubbing their head.

The green baby chuckled, opening the book again and going back to reading.

Meanwhile, behind them, Bluudud slowly descended from the ceiling, hanging from a rope they found- somewhere, their sibling completely unaware, but c00lkidd stared with interest.

They stood up behind 1x, staring from above at their book.

a collection of children stories.

Faint steps could be heard, before the door suddenly opened, 007n7 and Noli walking in while chatting

Noli froze, staring alongside c00lkidd at Bluudud.

007 took a few seconds before looking at the sight too

"So like, that's what happened and OH MY GOD BLUUDUD-!? GET DOWN FROM THERE, YOU'RE GONNA FALL!"

1x SNAPPED around, closing the book and- throwing it through a nearby window, making everyone flinch slightly as Bluudud fell from the rope, landing on top of him in a tangle of limbs.

c00lkidd got into the table and jumped into the pile too-

007 ran in while Noli simply stared in silence

Chapter Text

Noob had taken him to their apartment, inviting them in with a kind smile and a warm cup of tea.

Silence stretched between them as the other robloxian sat by them, their chair creaking softly as they moved to lean forward, staring down at him with those gentle eyes they had.

"Well, buddy, what's- what's wrong? Why did it smell so much like- y'know"

They asked simply.

Taph's hand slowly let go of his cup, starting to slowly sign out

'Something bad happened.'

"Oh? What's that? Did someone hurt you?"

'Yes. But that's beside the point.'

"I don't think it is-"

The demolitionist shushed then gently, scowling slightly before continuing

'I messed up, got involved with the wrong kind of people, they forced me to do bad things-'

"Oh Taph- does that mean-?"

'yes, I was involved with the attack yesterday, You can go and report me if you want to, but I trust you enough to tell you the full truth, so please. Just- let me tell you.'

"Alright, alright. Don't get angsty. Now- what- actually happened?"

A loud silence fell between them as Taph 'spoke'.

They went over the events of the last few days, the weird calls while they were at work, then the attack they suffered, before finally getting to- them committing the deed, and the consequences it had.

What the hacker did to them.

The terrible migraine they had- and the fact they had actually-

"Hey- c'mon, it's alright."

Noob's gentle hands come to grab his, fingers gently interlinking while they stared at each other

"I- won't tell on you, okay? But you need to tell someone else too- I- cannot do much but offer you a place to stay but-"

They didn't continue, they didn't need to.

Silence stretched between them as Taph leaned down, cowering slightly while nodding.

Chapter Text

"The hacker didn't kill them, now what?"

"Oh? Now that's interesting, what do you mean by 'now what', hmm?"

"They're going to rat us out, with an admin, you know how hard it is to take down admins."

"Oh, no, no no no. The mutie won't do that"

"And how are you so sure, eh?"

"He's a coward. Ain't he?"

"And?"

"And he's got a little friend!"

"So?"

"Are you ####ing stupid mate-"

"Since when in the hell are you british-"

"he's a coward, a COWARD who has a little FRIEND, what do you THINK I'm implying you dumb ####ing idiot?"

"what- oh- ohhhh, so like, we send someone to pay em' a visit, right?"

"FINALLY YOU GET IT! Ugh. Why just a visit, eh? They're useful. Let them talk."

Chapter Text

Taph and Noob are hugging each other, silently cuddling on the couch   

The yellow robloxian's hand comes up to gently pet the demolitionist's head, holding him close.

"So, now that you're staying the night, I was thinking we could watch movies together! Y'know, have a nice time together! What do you think of that?"

Taph nodded quietly, smiling happily.

A black car parks by the building.

It's already late at night, and it's rather foggy, too.

A man wearing a full body cloak stepped out.

They were tall, and the faint outline of a fedora was visible from under the cloak.

They didn't have any insignias, they weren't a member of the cult, nor did they have connections with it.

They were simply a business man, from an old, broken family which used to own these streets.

A soft knock is heard on the door, Noob paused the cowboy movie they were watching to look at the door curiously

Taph was frozen.

The robloxian got up and approached the door curiously, all the while the other man's breath hitched.

they- they couldn't breathe. They wouldn't come after him- would they? No, it would be too risky of them to make a move after what happened the other day-

another, more insistent knock is heard, making Noob's steps quicken.

They stood infront of the door, calmly rummaging their pockets and searching for the keys

"Wait up! I'm opening it!" they chirped happily while starting to unlock the door.

Taph practically sprinted into the nearby kitchen as Noob opened the door slightly-

They kicked the door in as soon as it opened, slamming into the face of whoever was behind it.

A loud, choked gasp was heard as the cloaked figure stepped into the apartment, staring down at the yellow robloxian.

They had broken their nose, blood pooling down into their blue shirt.

No matter.

The figure kicked Noob on the chest, making them stay down as they took a second to close the door again.

"There's supposed to be two of you, where's the other one, eh?"

They asked, staring down at them, they looked on edge, slightly so.

Taph hid behind the counter, silently reaching and grabbing a knife.

It was now or never- Noob was in danger because of them, they just- couldn't allow them to get more hurt because of him.

Taking in a deep breath, they looked over the counter, spotting the figure giving them their back.

They were- rather tall, actually.

No matter.

With a breath of self assurance Taph suddenly- sprinted towards them.

The figure yelped as they felt someone slamm behind them, a sharp- something getting repeatedly stuck into his side.

With a defiant roar, they punched whoever was stabbing them in the face, making them arch back slightly, jaw suddenly- snapping to the side from the blow.

Mafioso staggered back, staring down at the now fallen figure.

Taking a second to take in the sight, he looked at them.

Now, he was an old man, he had to admit that, being in his late thirties.

But these two- did he just beat up a young couple or what?

Ugh, no matter, those freaks were paying him good, weren't they?

Taph gasped attempting to look around, disoriented from the hit.

With a slight snarl, their right hand managed to grab the kitchen knife again...

Before his wrist got stepped on- hard.

He heard something snap while they let out a choked scream, left hand coming to punch whoever did that on the groin-

"OOF-! You little-"

Mafioso took in a sharp gasp while stepping back, eyes suddenly narrowing down as he stared down at Taph

They then gave em' a kick on the gut, making them puke whatever was on their stomach into the carpet.

"Not so tough now, are you? Little ###hole."

Noob struggled to sit up slightly, they face burned.

Taking in a sharp breath with their mouth, they looked around, focusing on the sight of the- cloaked figure standing over their fallen, bleeding friend.

Now, Noob had always been a coward... But that didn't mean they wouldn't protect their friend.

With a snarl, they sprung to their feet and tackled the figure into the ground, managing to pin them.

A punch, two punches, three-

The robloxian began beating the figure, screaming all the while.

Mafioso let out a strangled scream, managing to cover his face as the other one began punching him-

Taph let out a small pained noise before crawling over, staring down at the now bloody figure

They- weren't the same one from last time this- this wasn't a cultist.

His hand gently came up, patting Noob on their shoulder, making them momentarily stop and look at him

'what do we do with them? We can't just kill them, can we?'

Chapter Text

There was a slight groan as 007 awoke.

They had been- crashing at Noli's couch for a few days now since- he and the kiddos didn't really have a place to sleep anymore.

Sitting up, he pulled the bedsheet over him off, leaving it aside while he yawned, arms coming up to stretch slightly.

"Dude it's like 3pm-" Noli said, looking over at him from the nearby table.

c00lkidd sat nearby, happily drawing away with a few crayons

"Shush." 007 muttered, looking over at him with an annoyed expression

Standing up, the hacker moved closer to the table, snatching a cookie

"Oi- my cookie-!"

"That's what you get for being so loud, dummy." He answered lazily

"You asshole." Noli muttered out, grumbling

"Asshole" said a young voice.

Both SNAPPED around to stare at c00lkidd, who giggled happily

"Asshole!" They repeated, SOMEHOW breaking the filter.

They repeated it s few times, each time they did another nail got added to Noli's coffin.

Said man looked absolutely horrified, feeling a piercing stare from behind him.

007 towered over him slightly, his hand came up to calmly grab the other man's shoulder, making them flinch and look back at him.

"Haha- seven buddy- you- you know I didn't mean to- to teach him that word a-and-"

"Those were his first words, Noli."

"I- I'm sorry-"

"..."

"You're not gonna hurt me right-?"

"I'M GOING TO BEAT YOUR ###"

"AAAH-!"

Chapter Text

Taph and Noob stood over the now- very tied up man.

They were talking about something- well, more akin to whisper-shouting to each other, like a bunch of middle age maidens discussing a rather important gossip.

'should we-... Kill him?' signed the mute, giving Mafioso a side eye while nervously tapping their foot.

Noob did a momentary expression of horror before whispering back

"No-! No- we- we aren't killers- and- if we keep him alive- maybe we can... Interrogate him?"

‘He's not a cultist, how would that benefit us? And, I mean, I don't want to kill him either but what other option do we have, dumping him in an alley?’

"I mean..."

‘You- aren't seriously considering that, are you?'

"It was an IDEA, Taph."

The man giggled, making Noob look rather annoyed before they let out an exasperated sigh.

Mafioso simply stared at them, having awoken like a minute ago, curiously staring at his captors

"You lot- do know I'm awake, right?"

Both of them jumped with startled screams.

We see a dark, seemingly random Warehouse.

Inside of it, thousands of wooden boxes line up gigantic metal racks, giving it the looks of a- warehouse...

But no one is interested in me describing this place. Are you?

No...

No, no, no...

We're interested in what's going on inside this place.

Well, let's have a peek, shall we?

"You failed us." Spoke a soft, melodious voice.

It came from a cloaked figure.

Their cloak was a pure dark colour, with a soft purple hue- thing wrapped around their neck, It was shaped like a star.

At each side of them, stood a similarly clothed figures, except for the necklace.

They didn't have their hoods up, either, allowing us to take in their appeearences.

The first one wears a fedora-like hat, they have thick dark glasses over their eyes, not allowing us to sight the retina. They don't have much hair, but there's faint sights of brown hair growing in, meaning they're not completely bald. They have white skin.

The other one has a yellow tint to their skin, much like a noob. They look older, too, having white short hair, with a large bald patch on the middle of his head.

Cultists, the three of them. Two enforcers and a priest.

Now, just what could they be doing in this place, who are they-

A sudden loud sound interrupts the conversation, a gunshot.

Whoever the other person was, they're now dead, head split open in the middle of their forehead, blood pooling out like some kind of fountain.

The white enforcer stands before the other two cultists, right hand coming out of the open cloak to show a revolver with a smoking barrel.

He shuffles back slightly, their cloak close, and the gun disappears into it.

The three cultists stare down at the dead, elegantly suited man.

"You think the mafia will come for us?" Spoke the yellow one, their voice filled with the usual tiredness that comes with age

"Let them." Spoke the other enforcer, brows furrowing into a slight scowl.

The priest silently lifted a hand, making both of them shut up instantly.

"Come now, children. Let's leave this criminal to rot, there's no use giving him a grave."

The two enforcers grab their hoods and pull them back over their head in a single synchronized motion, before following after the priest.

Chapter Text

Soft, muffled singing is heard on the background.

We stare into what appears to be a temple, slowly going in through a dark, quiet corridor, coming to stop by a set of huge wooden doors.

The singing momentarily stops as we follow a cloaked figure inside, before quickly resuming.

There's a large pool filled with some kind of dark fluid on the side, a tied person kneels by it, being held by two cultists.

They get dumped into the liquid while struggling as our cultist goes by.

Silence fills the room, we change perspectives.

We follow the younger enforcer from last chapter, they're sitting on a dirty couch, wearing a white shirt, black pants and- crocs.

Their cult cloak lays hanging from a nearby chair.

With a small humm, they get up and pick it up.

The reunion room is quiet, five priests stand around a table, the soft distant singing is no longer hearable.

They all have voidstar necklaces, its the same design but made out of different marerials

With a calm voice, one of them spoke, their star was golden

"Our lord hasn't come back yet, the recent batch of recruits has began... Doubting of his existence."

A scoff came from another priest

"Let them doubt, our lord's return shouldn't be doubted just because its been half a year."

There is a general murmur of agreement, before the other priest spoke again

"That is true, but, it doesn't fix our current situation. Noli has not come back yet, and we cannot keep running this family without a father. I propose we choose a grand priest, to ensure there's someone to look up to."

"I agree, but, wouldn't that make us- cult-like? Weren't we supposed to be a group formed to get revenge for the injustice of the voidstar?"

"Most of our recruits don't even remember that it wasn't a- *sound of disgust*- buyable item."

"Does that mean our original purpose is overdone?"

"No. We're still taking revenge on those- disgusting people who dare buy the voidstar."

"Mhm, well. Someone else knows of anything interesting going on?"

There's a general discomfort in the air.

The local mafia family is in shambles.

Four of their members were gone, found dead in seemingly random places.

Their boss was missing, but neither of the four of them would dare say that he was dead.

Boss was just like that, a tough, made man.

But even then- they had begun taking more loses than what they could handle.

Ever since the don cut everyone on the city off- they- had managed to rise thanks to Mafioso, even with their low numbers.

But now that he's missing those same low numbers have played against them, and it's a losing bet to try and continue like normal.

What can they do, really?

There's five of them left, and that's counting the boss in, and there are so many enemies.

The cult they got involved with was one of them- but the other criminal gangs were there, too.

The four of them wanted revenge, but without the boss, what could they even do?

Builderman sat quietly on his office, staring down at his laptop.

He was reading through various reports.

There's things the cops can't deal with, and that gets handed to then.

Like banning cultists, or dangerous criminals.

Death is an alternative, but it's not really something usual.

Either way, with all the recent trouble, it was normal that they would catch a stray or two.

And that, came in the way of a recent influx of admin requests.

They had to began mobilizing a lot of their people, and they didn't really have that many admins.

That- was bad.

They had to spring into action soon, or else something could happen.

Chapter Text

007 is silently sitting on the couch, c00lkidd and 1x sit by his side.

The three of them are staring down at Bluudud, who's doing- something.

They're holding something in between their hands, shaking them slightly and giggling.

The hacker gives him a curious look, watching them approach c00lkidd.

"Hey- whatcha got there, kiddo?"

"Spdr"

"What- SINCE WHEN CAN YOU SPEEAK-!?"

Bluudud hands his red brother a- rather grotesque looking spider, which quickly crawls up his arm.

It's bigger than the kid's hand.

"OH WHAT THE HELL-"

007 moved a hand to grab the spider, when-

1x hit it with the remote, making it fall into the couch.

He looked smugly down at the spider

"Go-goo- gotcha"  the baby muttered before moving to crush the spider

c00lkidd picks it up and eats it.

The other three stare in horror

"Heheehe, spiper"

"What the hell-"

Chapter Text

007, in all his hacker prowess was... Still broke as hell.

Noli had been helping, I mean, he is a hacker too and stuff, but like- maintaining three children is not easy, at all!

So, what did that mean for our dear protagonist?

...

"N7, ANOTHER PEPERONI!"

"ANOTHER?! IT'S THE EIGHT ONE FROM THE SAME PERSON?! WHAT  THE ####?!"

"JUST MAKE ANOTHER ONE!"

apart from the fact he's the- only damn cook in the establishment, the SAME DAMN ASSHOLE KEEPS COMING BACK AND ORDERING PIZZAS

that's not it- THEY'RE EATING THEM ON THE PARKING LOT, NOT EVEN IN A CAR OR WHATEVER, JUST SITTING ON THE CURB SURROUNDED BY PIZZA BOXES

007 let out a sigh, setting to work.

His thought's wandered to what the children could be doing, maybe cooking too?

Noli was asleep on the couch, laying sideways.

The three babies are standing on their tip toes, leaning on the couch and- painting on his face with markers.

"hehehe, daat wah u get" muttered 1x with a dark childish chuckle, his brothers followed him on it.

"hehe" "asshole."

Chapter Text

Mafioso silently stared at these- two people who had him kidnapped.

I mean, he supposed it was kind to bandage his wounds, but being tied up was pretty uncomfortable.

"So, like, will you kill me or what?" He asked curiously

"No-!" Said the yellow one, sounding pretty distressed- kinda like one of those squeaky toys

The mute one simply stared at him, silently stepping back and moving out of his sight.

Now... Taph wasn't a killer.

He wasn't- he really wasn't.

No matter what the cult forced him to do, didn't even work anyways so it doesn't mean anything!

...

He didn't want to hurt anybody.

But- that man hurted noob, and-

He stared down at his swollen right wrist, it looked kinda broken, he hoped it wasn't, but by the looks of it... Yeah, he couldn't really sign with it.

Taph picked up Noob's phone from a nearby table, typing a number before approaching the owner of the devise.

Noob flinched when they felt a tap on their shoulder, looking at the demolitionists who was giving them...  Their phone?

"Taph? What's this for?"

Their friend stared at them, before looking down at his wrist.

They followed his gaze and stared at the-

"yep, that's broken alright... Uhh, can't really sign like that, can you?"

Taph shook his head before beginning to type something onto the phone

Noob waited patiently before reading whatever the man wrote.

"Uhh... 'call admin'? I dunno about that, man. What if they-?"

The demolitionist shook his head, before pointing to the message again.

"Okay! Okay. If you want to we can. Can you type any of their numbers?"

Taph nodded, beginning to type a number into the phone.

"Ah, hello! Who is the one to call me today?"

"Uh... Hello, Mr Dusekkar, right?"

"Ah, yes, it is I. Now, you wouldn't happen to be a scammer, would you?"

"No-! No... I uh, I'm calling in the name of one of your demolitionists"

"Ah, but that's Builderman's business, why call me, do tell?"

"He doesn't want, eh... Builderman to be disappointed?"

"..."

"..."

"How... Peculiar. Where are you people?"

"Uh... Let me just- send you an address"

Chapter Text

Dusekkar silently approached the direction he was sent, a small hum coming from the mage's lips as they floated closer to the apartment building.

"Okay now, third floor... Room 5B, yes, yes." The admin muttered under his breath while making their way upstairs, magic softly humming around him, singing, like a bird.

Making his way through the long, dark corridor he spots the room.

The door looks- damaged? No, no it doesn't. It's hard to explain, but it's even harder to see.

Knocking on it, once, twice, he waits in silence, before eventually it opens.

Dusekkar stares down at the- yellow robloxian in front of him.

Their nose is clogged up with pieces of cotton, it's bend awkwardly, their shirt is soaked in blood.

"Ah... Hello there, young one. You must've been the one to call me, yes?"

"Uhh... Yeahhhh-"

They move out of the way, allowing the admin inside.

He... Took a few seconds to take in the scene.

A tied up man dressed like some kind if mafia boss, a haphazardly placed bandage around some kind of wound to their gut

And cloaked figure, sitting awkwardly while holding their- very broken wrist.

"Oh, my... I uh... Do think an explanation would be needed"

"YOU DID WHAT?!"

Taph cowered slightly, hiding behind Noob (Who was also cowering) and staring at the furious looking admin

Chapter Text

Coming back home was... Rather hectic for 007.

First of all... Noli was sick, like- really sick.

He could see glitchy particles around the man every time they coughed, body shape changing as his code became unstable.

It looked painful, it probably was.

"See why we use MY safe of coding while we fool around?"

"EUGHHHHH, seveeeen-"

"Don't you SEVEN me, you cunt. This is YOUR OWN fault."

"Heeelp meeeh-"

"Nope."

"Eufhhh-" [Dying trumpet sound]

Taph flinched slightly as the admin grabbed his wrist.

He was sitting by the table, looking away as the mage touched around, feeling the bone underneath.

"It's broken."

The mute nodded silently, his healthy hand shook slightly, in pain.

Noob took it on their own and gently squeezed it in a comforting manner.

"It's gonna be okay buddy, alright?" They muttered simply, Taph nodded.

"Now- this is going to hurt." The mage interrupted before-

Crack

Now, Noob has to admit that they- didn't really know mute people could make noise.

Taph's scream was loud. Really loud.

That made them flinch, yet they didn't let go, they- couldn't bring themselves to do that again.

Chapter Text

"Eughhh, seveeeen, sevveeeen, get me my inhaleeer"

"Of course your asthmatic ass has one of those."

The hacker grumbled and went into the kitchen, looking around before coming back

"Where do you even keep it?"

"The frigeee"

"Why?"

"Mmm, cold"

"... Okay???"

They go back and snatch it (alongside some food for himself... What? He was hungry and he just got off work!) before bringing it back to his sick friend.

Noli snatched it and took a puff into it

"Eww- why the hell do you do it like that???"

"COUGH COUGH"

"Yo dude, where my kids at?"

"COUGH COUGH"

Okay, getting the window open was pretty easy with c00lkidd's hacking expertise, and Bluudud'd strength.

Now... The outside world, at last.

They crawl around the grass, staring down at a little bumblebee.

"Waw... Pretty..." Even 1x had to admit it, it WAS a pretty bug.

c00lkidd ate it.

Oh, well.

Chapter Text

Their siblings silently crawled away from Noli's home, finding their way into a nearby playground.

1x sat quietly, watching their siblings giggle and build a sand castle.

It all was... Peaceful.

They sat quietly, staring from a nearby bench.

The children, they were out of view, away from their father, away from anyone who could see what was about to happen.

That just made it perfect for him.

New recruits are always fun to come by, even if they are... A tad bit young.

1x yelps as someone picks them up.

"Dada?"

They asked while curiously looking back.

it was not their father.

Now, kidnapping children and babies is usually a bad thing.

But, I mean, who cares? It's all for the cult.

Four new recruits and a sacrifice, how wonderful!

The three siblings squealed in terror while being dumped into the backseat of some vehicle.

1x was the first one to stop crying, taking in the interior.

Black, tinted windows. No way of unlocking the doors from the inside, either.

There was this odd metallic smell, and faint crying that wasn't their sibling's.

An adult laid toppled at a corner, head covered in a- wet bag, it was leaking some strange red liquid.

There was a smaller, pink-ish figure beside it, crying too.

Another baby! Oh, how wonderful!

Hmm...

They approached...

"Wakey... Wakey..." The young girl cried out between sobs, attemting to shake their parent awake.

It wasn't working.

They suddenly yelped as a small hand grabbed their shoulder.

Was that-

A green baby?

When had it gotten here?

They stared at each other, as if having a staring match.

Still softly sniffing, she leaned close and hugged them.

They hugged back.

Chapter Text

It was a calm evening for the neighborhood-

well, not really... Uh, the neighbours were really considering calling the cops for a domestic dispute or whatever was going on.

"NOLI WHERE THE #### ARE MY CHILDREEEEN!?"

"I DON'T KNOW- I DON'T KNOW- PLEASE STOP SCREAMING AT ME YOU'RE SCARING ME-!"

"I'M GOING TO ####### MURDER YOU!"

They had eventually stopped crying.

The kids knew dad was going to find them- eventually

They just had to win time.

"cool... Wah... Bah... Ui... Dah?"

"Dah!"

"Blu... Waah, waah, dah?"

"Dah."

"Preti, nom nom, dah?"

"Dah."

"An A, al smack"

"Dah." "Dah." "Dah."

They stopped the car upon the unrelenting crying coming from the back.

With a low growl, the cultist stopped by the side of the road.

They were in the middle of nowhere, only orange-ish ground, rocks and some plans around. It kinda looked like a desert

"Now, children. Stop crying, once you get to the grounds, we will teach you the way. We will teach you about the-" he cut himself off, staring down at the single child on the back.

"Where the hell?" As they stepped in, a scream tore from their throat.

someone had just bitten them on the leg-

smack

They fell face first into the vehicle, the green baby having hit them on the back of the head with a... Tire iron

Meanwhile the red one sat in a corner typing the hell out of a UI.

click

a faint pulse went through the Ui and...

007 froze mid step, suddenly staring up

"There they are, my babies!" He muttered while erratically typing away on his own c00lgui

Noli laid in a corner, hands lifted up to cover his face (like that one goofy ass image of a furry watching parental abuse)

"You- you found em-?"

"Yes! Haha, my children are so smart, I swear to builderman"

"You- aren't going to hit me no more?"

"Maybe later"

":("

That didn't take them down.

they got up slowly, eyes locked in on the little shit that hit them

It did not make him happy either.

Father had never hit them, never lifted a hand against them.

The cultist wasn't so kind.

smack

1x fell on his side, crying out loudly.

The other children froze momentarily, staring at the reddening handprint on his cheek as if hypnotized, before slowly turning to stare at the man

"now behave yourselves, less I am force to discard such intelligent young recruits." They muttered while slamming the door closed.

Not long after, the car began moving again.

c00lkidd moved closer to their crying sibling, hugging them while attempting to heal them with their Ui.

Bluudud simply looked- distraught, slightly angry.

Pr3typriincess looked terrified.

Chapter Text

They were happy.

A little giggle escaped them while their mentor pet their head, a giddy feeling rising deep in the child's gut, hell, they felt proud!

Being part of one's first ritual was kinda important, too, so they HAD to be succesful... And they were!

Oh, man, Azure is going to be soooo jealous of them, hehehe...

"Now, kiddo, why don't we go for a walk?"

"Yes! Yes, let us go!"

The car stopped, they were somewhere...

Trees loomed over them as the man snatched them back up, they didn't even bother picking up pr3typriincess's parent either!

1x flinched back slightly when the man's hand came up- but apart from that, they were fine.

Its okay.

...

Right, where were we?

Oh, yes, so, the cult grounds...

Long, dark (except these- weird pure white lights) and wooden buildings.

1x wasn't sure why, but they knew this wasn't the whole cult, probably just a substation, to put fresh meat in before transferring them to the main one.

If one were to say 007 was scared shitless would be an understatement.

Someone had taken his children, his babies.

And the fact-

"Seven- dude- p-please calm down, you're scaring me- w-we should call the cops and we-"

"Shut the-"

He doesn't even finish it, he doesn't need to, Noli flinched back and hid behind a pillow they picked up.

"Ah!"

"Oh, stop being so dramatic, I'm not going to kill you, yet."

"You said yet!"

"Okay, okay, I'm kidding. But you NEED to help me find them, this is YOUR fault"

"Yeahsuremanwhatever-"

Chapter Text

There was this weird, echoey sound as they got carried.

A soft, almost gentle tip tap of the cultist's feet stepped through the path

One made out of coblestone, dead grass and the leafs the trees let free

c00lkidd looked around silently, eyes wide, taking in information.

From the windows people were staring at them, almost hungrily, it was... Scary for the young child, but that didn't make him look away, instead, it made him continue staring, attempting to find someone specific, someone who was looking at them differently.

The young child couldn't explain it, but that feeling? It was pity.

"Hey- hey Azure look"

"What?"

"New recruits, is it not?"

"I'm not su- huh?"

"Yeah- look, the recruiter got four kids"

"Those are- babies, Two Time... What in the spawn?"

"Oh- but they don't look that small! Wait, how can someone agree to join when you're a baby?"

"I'm not... Sure babies can do that, Two."

"Huh, wait a minute..."

"Hey Two Time?"

"Yeah?"

"How old were we when we got added into the family?"

"I don't... Remember?"

"Huh..."

007 walked silently, staring straight ahead while typing away on his UI.

He dropped his c00lgui. The safe option was not the fastest one.

Instead, he had began using an... Admin panel.

Okay now, hear me out! It PROBABLY can be traced, BUT, not to HIM specifically, only to the location he WAS in. What does this mean?

Well...

"Seven- man, can we stop teleporting? This- eugh- this isn't helping me- y'know I'm sigh I think I'm gonna pu-"

"Noli if you whine one more time I'm dropping your ass in roblox HQ."

"OkayI'llshutupchill-"

"Better."

Bluudud, in all his young life, had never felt true anger before.

Who- did this asshole (wop, grown-up word, what'ya gonna do about it dad? You aren't here yet, heheh) DARED lay one of his disgusting hands on his brother?

What was the thing dad said to uncle Noli after they teached c00lkidd the grown-up word? Eh... Ah, yes, 'I'M GOING TO BEAT YOUR ASS.'

Now... Just- how could he do it...

Hmm...

He put the babies down inside of a locked room, taking the key with himself as he left.

There was no need to guard these little bastards.

Okay, now, what to do with the three siblings?

They're smart, so separating them is a bad idea. They should probably remain together, less they rebel once they're members.

The girl... Hmm... Sacrifice, probably.

Yes, yes, how wonderful.

There is much to be done.

c00lkidd silently sat in a corner, writing on his c00lgui.

taptaptaptaptap

/send>coordinates>father

error

Taptaptaptaptap

/send>coordinates>dad

error

"Wah! Ehh..."

/Send>coordinates>Noli

Success!

"dah..."

"SEVEN! SEVEN I GOT SOMETHING!"

"YOU DO!? WHERE!?"

"AH- STOP SHACKING ME-!"

"ANSWER ME NOLI"

"okay okay- uh- out of town, the forest!"

" [The most horrific look someone has ever given Noli] "

"B-buddy?"

"Noli, we have to move."

"S-sure, yeah- that sounds good-"

Chapter Text

There was a weird, awkward silence between the teens as they slowly sneaked inbetween buildings

Chuckling silently, Two times looked over their shoulder at Azure "c'mon, hurry up before he comes back"

That made the other teen give him an annoyed look "screw you. Being sneaky is hard, why couldn't we just walk over?"

" 'Cause it wouldn't be cool!"

"I don't want to be cool if it's this annoyingggg"

"Oh stop whining, you sound like a wet dog"

"A what-!? Rude."

"Hehe..."

1x sat quietly, there- wasn't much to do in the room.

He also didn't really want to do anything, at all.

There were several things slowly going around his mind, between them... 

Their small hand came up to gently pet his cheek, there was still a faint mark on it from the slap, and it still hurt.

Dangit, he had cried like a coward, he- should've fought back! Yes, yes... Should have...

Should have.

Why should? Why didn't he do it?

Because he's small and weak. He can't really do anything alone, can he?

...

They approached his siblings and the pink girl, silently sitting beside them, making a small circle.

Azure climbed on top of two time's shoulders, standing on them and attempting to look inside

"Aughhh- why did I end up as the stooool???!" They whined pathetically

"Shhh, stop screaming you imbecile! Someone might find us." Azure shot back, annoyed as his hands came up to press on the window, it steadied him as he moved closer and stared inside "hey- they ARE babies"

"Wha- lemme see!"

"Stop- moving dumbass I'm gonna-"

Crash

all four of them flinched and stared at the door, 1x crawled behind Bluudud, and c00lkidd crawled behind 1x.

Bluudud looked mildly annoyed at being the human shield, but oh well.

Pr3typriincess looked mildly amused before realizing SHE waw in danger TOO, so she crawled behind them all.

Two time opened the door and peeked inside curiously, finding a-

Holy Spawn, that's-

"Aww-" they giggled, staring at the kiddos.

Azure huffed in annoyance in the background, getting up and approaching the door before taking in the sight and making a sound of happiness too "ohhh- cute-"

Both simply stood there awkwardly for a moment, before curiously approaching the 'new recruits'

"And where did you little guys come from, eh?" The teen with the witch hat asked curiously, kneeling infront of Bluudud.

The toddler stared at him silently, before shrugging and- "prk"

"What- wait you can SPEAK? mr you look three weeks old"

"Wha?" Azure practically squeaked as the baby imitated him

"TWO TIME, YOU HEARD THAT-?"

"I DID, I DID! OH MY SPAWN-"

Chapter Text

Everyone sat in a small circle, the two teens playing with the babies.

Pr3typriincess was standing behind Two times, silently doing their hair as Azure held a very interested looking 1x

"Wah... Dah... U mage?"

"Wha- you can speak? Aren't you like- even younger than the blue one-"

"Dah, buh, da beeside dah poin- pointh- point"

"Pfff- adorable, uh- no I'm not a mage- yet! I'm still actually learning my way through potion makin"

"Ohhh... Interesting... Too bah dah gon' kil a"

"What?"

"Whah?"

"... Uh- and who- is exactly your dad, eh?"

"Noh jus min!"

"Not just yours?"

The baby nodded eagerly, before pointing at Bluudud and c00lkidd

"Those are your- siblings?" Azure asked while giving Two time a 'Is their father a swinger-?' look

Two time just shrugged

"And what about her?" He asked, pointing at pr3typriincess.

The baby shrugged "w foun her"

"You... What? Either way- who is your-" The cultist froze, staring directly at c00lkidd as they typed on their c00lgui "is that a hacker tool?!" Azure stared back down at 1x, slightly terrigied

"Dadah- ze-zero- seven- n- seven"

"Oh. Oh that's not good actually"

There was a loud crash as- Two Time slightly tripped against a shelf, nervously scrambling to snatch whatever they could

"oh spawn- oh spawn- what are we going to do!? There's not just- A hacker coming after this place- there's- there's two! AND THEY'RE OF THE POWERFUL KIND!" they squeaked nervously, snatching a dagger and shoving it into a bag

Azure was equally as nervous, holding onto the four children silently, watching his friend pack up their stuff "I- I dunno, I dunno. Dang it- we just- we run! Yes, run!"

"But- but we can not just leave them here and-"

"WELL WE WILL TAKE THEM WITH US THEN!"

"AHHH-! Don't scream you idiot! You scared me-!"

"Sorry- sorry- oh lord, we're- we're betraying the spawn-?"

"No-! No this isn't- betrayal- we're just- moving? Yes- moving and taking the kids with us"

"What will master think?"

"Screw that old hag! She was only nice to you anyways."

"Hey don't call her that-"

"Two time."

"We- shouldn't do this man, its dangerous and-"

"TWO TIME"

"... Yes?"

"Do you want to die here?"

"... No..."

"Then you're coming with me. I'm not leaving you here"

"..."

"..."

"Lets go."

Chapter Text

A loud crackling sound was heard in the distance, it was way too loud for it to be comfortable.

Like if a burning flame was slowly growing stronger.

Azure softly gasped, holding two of the children close to his chest, the red and pink one.

Two time was right behind him, holding the blue and green one.

Both of the teens were exhausted, sweat coating their bodies as they kept on moving.

There was a- loud sound in the distance that made Two Times flinch, their friend wrapped a hand around them, helping them to move along

"C'mon- something is going on back there"

"Y-yeah- yeah-"

007 looked around the unanchored, burning place.

Cultists ran around, the braver ones attempted to fight back, they- couldn't really hurt him. Not without another hacker, or an admin.

He was unamused while moving closer to a "recruiter" of the cult, he scoffed at the fallen cultist, who simply stared up at him.

"Where the hell are my children?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Useless." They muttered, before attempting to use his exploits to kill them.

The recruiter pulled out a dagger, attempting to rush him with it before falling dead.

"Hmph... HEY NOLI!"

A distant voice answered "YEAH!?"

"YOU'VE FOUND THEM!?"

"NO!"

"####!"

There were footsteps behind them, that- admittedly made both teens yelp before hidding behind a tree.

Someone was trailing behind them.

Two times silently snatched the dagger from their bag, handing Azure the two babies they held, that- admittedly made the scene quite silly since there's just this teenager holding four babies-

...

...

...

Someone was standing in the clearing up ahead.

Back straight, eyes focused on the two like some sort of hawk, ready to rip into them.

It was-

"You've dissapointed me, kiddo."

Two times froze, staring nervously at Amarah as she slowly walked closer.

"M-master-!? I- I'm sorry I-"

" 'I'm sorry'? Sorry to inform you, but 'I'm sorry' doesn't cover it."

A hand came up, snatching the teen's wrist. Azure backed off, nervously looking between them.

"P-please?"

"Two Times, dear. Do I look amused?"

"What-?"

"Do. I. Look. Amused?"

"N-no?"

A slap. The teen almost fell, but the woman held onto their wrist even harder.

Azure looked unsure, staring down at the babies... Fuck it.

He left them on the floor, before suddenly screaming and charging at her, managing to push Amarah off of Two Times who- just looked kind of traumatized.

It- worked at first, but not really?

A fist met their face, making them let go and stagger back.

A second one met his nose, snapping it violently, their hat falling off.

Another hand came up to grip his hair, holding him still

"Ouch?" The woman said curiously, before punching them again- and again- and again "I mean, what did you like- expect, hmm? Taking me down? What a cutie."

Two Times stared frozen momentarily, before gripping their dagger and-

"AH-! You little-!" Amarah yelped, letting go of Azure as they felt a sharp pain on her side. Staring down at her student, she snarled.

"L-let go of him! You- You ####!" They screamed, twisting the knife on her gut

"... Kiddo, I hope you understand-" her hand came up to grip their wrist again "that isn't going to kill me. You realize, yes?" They asked curiously

"Eh-?"

She gave them a knee to the stomach, making the teen choke, before suddenly pushing them away "Really think you're the first person to stab me?"

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Something cracked loudly.

1x silently crawled alongside the rest of the children, hiding behind a bush and staring out into what was going on.

One of the two teens, the one with the knife, got struck by a kick, making them fly back into the ground pitifully.

The mage staggered up, even if they looked- really injured.

The woman simply chuckled loudly, walking with sass towards the downed one. She didn't seem to notice Azure.

Picking a rather large stone, the teen rushed the cultist and hit her on the back of the head, her skull-

There was a lot of blood as the woman staggered forward with two short steps before standing still. The mage was absolutely drenched on it, standing completely frozen as she slowly turned to stare at him

'Oh- oh my spawn- oh my spawn how is she-'

"That hurt." Amarah said, cutting out his thoughts "you're going to pay for that, kiddo~" She said in a- disgustingly sweet way before suddenly-

Two Times struggled onto their knees, looking and catching their master tacking a blood covered Azure into the ground. He yelped, before screaming in terror and attempting to cover his face as punches descended on it.

There was a loud thud every time a hit connected, before suddenly a chocked gasp was heard, a punch changing trajectory mid way and hitting their friend's throat.

They staggered to their feet, snatching the dagger while slowly moving closer.

The punches got worse, and worse, making blood jump with each one (Imagine omni man beating the shit out of Mark, it's kinda like that)

Slowly, they stood behind Amarah, a small hint of doubt on their mind. She was- like a mother to them... But a single look Azure gave them for a flickering moment managed to reassure their conviction.

Azure stared up as a dagger stabbed into Amarah's throat, cutting it from side to side.

She gasped, getting off of them and pushing Two Times away, making them fall on the ground beside him.

He stared as the woman staggered around, attempting to hold their throat while coughing violently, chocking like a fish on land, except she wasn't chocking on air, no, no. It was on blood.

A nice, red current that fell from the slice on her neck.

He watched as she collapse onto her knees, before falling face first into the ground.

Silence.

Azure looked at his side, locking eyes with his friend.

More silence, as if the forest itself had gone stale.

"... I- gasp owe you one..."

"Y-yeah... You do..."

Both trembled silently, before leaning into each other and hugging close, like infants embracing each other.

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The air is blowing slowly, picking up from where we left of, both Two Times and Azure still lay on the floor.

Slowly, almost unsure, the babies crawl out of the bush, before moving close.

They all sit around them, curiously inspecting their condition.

c00lkidd slowly types on their c00lgui, sending another location to Noli.

A loud, far away shout is heard, before an explotion follows in the distance.

Before long, Two Times slowly sits up, staring down at the red child... There's an awkward silence "Calling your dad?"

"Dah."

"Heh... Hey- Hey Azure, Azure look, the baby's calling their dad over"

"..."

"Azure?" Slowly looking to the side, they spot their friend having lost consciousness. "..."

The teen moves closer, shacking them slightly "wake up, dummy..." They slowly pick them up, wrapping an arm around their head and pulling them close, Azure's ear resting on their chest

Two Times feels content enough after feeling them breath, so they just- hold on to him, slowly running a hand to clean the blood from his broken nose "it's okay dude. We're... Safe now..."

There's another distant scream, before another loud sound is heard.

"I hope at least."

A slow steady sound gets closer, it sounds like slow, steady taptaptap's of someone walking closer.

It gets stronger, louder, like gunshots in the night, a strange wave of impending doom hits Two Times as they look down at their friend, attempting to shake them again

"Wake up... I don't think it's safe to stay here..." But they don't listen, they're out cold, having crashed out like a plane that failed to take off once their adrenaline ran out

"Hmph..." The teen picks up their dagger, having dropped it before. Slowly, they get up on shaky legs, standing before the group of babies and Azure "don't worry... I'll... Protect ya'all..."

The tension suddenly snaps as someone steps into the field, making them freeze.

The blue baby looks mildly annoyed at the timing, the green one looks amused at them, and the red one giggles

"Dada!"

Oh, crap.

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Awkward silence filled the clearing.

The hacker stared. Stared standing tall, bloodshot eyes locked in, staring at the cultist standing over his children.

Moving forward, a step, two steps, Two Times moved back, shacking slowly, like a leaf in a storm

"Now..." They muttered, admin window popping into existence like some kind of pop-up ad.

"Y-you, stay back!" The teen screamed nervously, voice cracking as they held the dagger up.

007 simply began typing, a slow, steady drum started sounding in the background, picking up speed as they typed.

Maybe it was just a metaphor, maybe it actually was Two Times's heartbeat as they shook in terror.

A small sound came from behind the teen, a young voice giggling, before speaking

"Dada!" Squeaked c00lkidd happily.

The hacker froze momentarily, they changed the code they were about to write, instead typing something else.

Two Times fell onto their knees, the dagger falling beside them as they went limp.

There was no need to kill them, yet. Specially infront of the babies.

They stared as this... Terrifying presence walked closer.

It was horrifying, Pr3typriincess had never seen a hacker before in her young life, but did she have to? No, never before.

But now? She hid behind Bluudud, hugging them close while silently crying in terror.

And yet, no strike she expected came. There was just a small, awkward silence before the man smiled, and pulled his three children into a hug.

1x squirmed awkwardly, looking embarrassed that they had gotten hugged infront of other people, and yet, they were the one who hugged back the hardest.

Bluudud looked mildly annoyed, but they hugged back, silently leaning close and resting his cheek against his little green sibling, comforting them.

c00lkidd giggled and excitedly looked at the admin panel, as if mesmerized.

...

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm here, nobody will take you again." The hacker muttered, as if to reassure themselves while hugging them closer.

They blinked, eyes teary, before suddenly... Focusing on her.

She simply stared back, silent.

"And who are you, hmm?" They asked, writing something and making his children float beside him as he kneeled infront of her. "Where are your parents, hmm?"

She silently looked down, sniffling sadly.

A small sigh escaped their lips while pulling her into a gentle hug. She hugged back almost instantly, snatching any parental attention she had been craving ever since- their parent went to sleep.

"It's okay kiddo... I... Guess we can feed another mouth." He muttered while holding onto her.

Slowly looking around, they took notice of the two young cultists. One unconscious, the other restrained by his exploiting

"Now... What shall I do to you, hmm?" They asked while slowly stepping around Two Times, Pr3typriincess now floating around him alongside his other children, like a small solar system.

The teen shook nervously, attempting to move. They had been trying for a while now, finding their body unresponsive to what they wanted, like a puppet without strings.

"Hey seven!" Came a nearby voice as somebody else came running into the field, before stopping and awkwardly breathing almost as if he was- ejem, chocking... Not on blood, just air.

Taking a puff of their inhaler, Noli composed himself to the amusement of his friend

"You really brought your inhaler to exterminate a cult-?"

"SHADDUP I'M SICK AND YOU DRAGGED ME HERE!"

"Okay- stop screaming, you're going to scare the kiddos."

"OH YOU FOUND TH-!? COUGH COUGH, oh you found them?" He asked, voice cracking midway.

"Yeahhh, but, also found like- another child?"

"Huh?"

"Yeah and I'm pretty sure they lost their parents so-"

"... We're having another kid?"

"DON'T WORD IT LIKE THAT-"

"M'SORRY-"

"COUGH COUGH, but yeah, another one... And there's these two too"

"Who and- dude what did you do to those two?"

"Huh? Oh- no, they were like this"

"Yeah, sure"

"No, for real"

"Yeah, whatever, I trust you, wink wink"

"I will take your inhaler and shove it so far up your ### that you will be healed from your asthma."

"Okay okay chill-"

"So... Want to kidnap some teens?"

"... Sure."

some very pretty art by IceNoddles

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Honestly, thinking about the last situation they had been in, one would think Azure would have waken up screaming.

Unfourtunately, that wasn't the case.

Instead, it was a gradual process.

For the first ten minutes after waking up, they were- kind of suffering from brain damage, as a bodiless voice stated.

They should be dead, by all accounts. Very, very dead. Perhaps even on that same field where they had- yeah.

Either way...

They were in some dark, cold room, where nobody could see their blood, or hear them screams. Hands and legs restrained by some shapeless black links, emitting static every once in a while.

Either way... Not nobody, Two Times could, but they were tied up, too.

"Dude, how did it all go so wrong?"

"I dunno man, I dunno."

"Are we going to die here?"

"Wha- no? Probably not, at least."

"Thats not a CONFIRMATION, Two Times."

"Shush."

Honestly hearing the two idiots discuss was kinda reminding him of Noli and himself when they were younger

It was kinda cute, in a weird way. Like watching your child make friends...

"Hey, Seven"

"Yeah?"

"Think we should, like, scare them or whatever?"

"No??? Why?"

"I'm bored"

"You're always bored"

"And you're always a PUSHOVER, boom, in your face"

"That was kinda pathetic"

"Don't you 'pathetic' me, Mr!"

"Shush, they're saying something"

"Oh-!"

Two Times slightly shifted, moving their hands and testing these- restrains.

"Hmph, they're tight..."

"Yeah, I can feel them too dumbass-"

"Shh. Let me try some stuff. Ehh..."

A slow, unsteady movement of the arm, before a violent tug manages to dislocate it, allowing the teen to slip free, before popping the joint back into place and doing the same with the other

Azure stared with a horrified look

"Why are you looking at me like that-"

"AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO- DO THAT WEIRD THING!" Their friend squeaked with a voice crack, brows furrowing in a concerned manner.

"Pff, well, Mr Amarah teached me a thing or two about cult workings, and between them escaping from bindings was an important test, which I passed!" They answered pridefully.

"She teached you to dislocate your joints-"

"W-well yeah but-"

"How- what? How have you never told me about this?"

"H-hey there's no- no need to look so- so concerned man-"

"I am concerned."

"I- I saw no need on telling you and stuff since usually the pain left me rather quickly and-"

"Usually. Define usually."

"H-hey what about I free you now?"

"... This talk is NOT over, it's just... postponed."

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"It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"..."

"You know its been. Why didn't you pick up your phone, hmm? Whatever. Where is it?"

"..."

"Lost it? People say you lost it."

"..."

"Yes, I know things like that are hard to move. But we need it, we need it for the ritual."

"... I'll try and get it there quicker."

"You better. The spawn won't be pleased, y'know?"

"Yes..."

"There we go. Now, who shall we use?"

"They had a good relationship, had they not? The recruiter is ready to lay their life."

"Excellent! Now, tomorrow. Yes?"

"... Yes, boss."

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You know, life has been good.

It has been, it really has been.

Mama, papa, the casino, his friends, his money, his- luck.

His everything.

His.

how could it end up like this?

...

Right, Russian roulette.

The loud gunshot rings deafeningly, Chance flinched slightly, staring at his rival.

"Heh, ran outta luck there, didn't you?" He muttered while getting up and picking up the reward.

He didn't need the money, he just- he just-

It just makes him feel so good. The momentary terror before it turns into glee at winning, the barrel against his chin, the click, the gunshot.

It's beautiful, in a rough, fucked up way.

And yet.

"You win." Spoke a calm, sweet voice. maybe it's too sweet, isn't it?

ITrapped, his buddy, his friend, probably his only true friend.

He just... Couldn't put into words just what kind of appreciation they felt for them.

"I win." Chance muttered with his usual confident smirk, before giggling "c'mon, drinks are on me! Let's go to the bar!"

"... Yeah... The bar."

That didn't feel right... What was it?

"Uh... Dude, is there something wrong?" He asked curiously, a little worried at the weird tone their friend used.

Yet they didn't answer, simply humming in acknowledgement, deep in thought.

...

...

What? No, no... There's definitely something wrong with them. Why won't they tell him?

Ugh, whatever... Everyone has days, no?

The climate is slowly getting worse.

A faint rain starts falling, a few thunders are visible in the distance.

"Uh- ITrapped, c'mon man! It's getting worse, we gotta hurry!" They squeaked nervously while their friend lagged behind.

...

They have this weird fucking feeling in their gut...

I should... I should turn around.

No! What for? Only ITrapped is behind him.

...

Maybe... Maybe just a quick coin flip, no?

A hand reached into his pocket, stanching the coin and- feeling his gun.

A relic... Why does he even carry it? Ugh. Whatever.

He's right handed, so why is he... Throwing his coin with the left hand?

It's instinctual.

'Heads, I turn around. Tails, I continue...' Chance muttered, right hand slowly running alongst the handle of his flintlock...

Heads.

...

Alrighty then.

Slowly turning around, they notice ITrapped has stopped too, now simply... Standing and staring at him. Sword in hand.

"... Buddy?" He asks nervously, no answer is given.

Dead men tell no tales after all.

They jump towards him, Chance screams and steps back, barely avoiding a swing that ripped through his jacket.

His hand grips the flintlock, instinctually ripping it free from the pocket and-

Bang

"..."

"..."

"...Buddy?"

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Okay so like, I was writting chapter 56 and for some reason it got deleted in it's entirety, it was probably the longest chapter yet, soooo, I'm just gonna- separate it into several regular sized chapters

In other news, uhhh, Q&A or whatever, leave questions for me or characters and I'll answer em

Yeah

*ASKS FINISHED*

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yeah uh, LET'S GET TO ANSWERING YEAHHHHH!

Author questions:

 CHAI_Drinker asks

' Will bluudud c00lkid and 1x have a b-day party at some point?'

Well, yeah, seems like a cool episode, but like- lore wise 007 has no idea about their ACTUAL ages, he just kinda- slapped their birthday as the day he found em

Now, actually 1x is the youngest even if he is the smartest, c00lkidd is the middle child, kinda gifted in coding, and Bluudud is the older brother who would genuinely commit murder for his siblings, even if he is like 1 year old.

Pr3typriincess is just there now, 007 still hasn't figured out much about her.

 BreadDuck asks:

   ' 1. Well not necessarily how far it’ll go but would the fic go onto when they all got forsakened or just fun lil everyday lives of them?
    2. Would Azure and TT get adopted or just taken under the care of 07/Noli??
    3. Do you plans to bring in different characters to the story or expand on the other characters?'

1: hehe, you'll see

2: half-half, you'll see next chapter

3: yep! Well- I'm attempting to, anyways

  Lavendere_Lockedowne asks:

    Is anyone freaky /hj

I am

 Call_m3_3cho asks:

    'Is 1x the clingiest out of the several children that 007 has adopted?'

Yeah, they would rather take a bullet than admit it, though.

 Meowmeoa asked:

 '   1. Will there be any ships?
    2. Will it reach to a point where they're forsaken? (And we get that yummy yummy angst)
    3. If they ever get forsaken, will the kids remember 007n7?
    4. How many chapter do you this would reach'

1: I mean probably, not with the babies though

2:Mayhaps

3:Yes, and not all of them would be killers

4: I have no idea ❤️

 0L33 asked:

    'Will we see more of 007n7 using destructive exploits'

Yep, that's his and Noli's main fighting style! Just- blow em all up with hacks

 Kiki asked:

   

'Will we see c00lkidd eating bugs again? Or is he too old for that?'

Yes to both of these questions

 EeveeShadowBacon asked:

    how many children do you think 007n7 will end up with?

Haha, yeah, no idea

 epicnate113 asked:

  '  can azure and two time get a bunk bed when they move in?

    if-
    if, i mean :3'

Yes

ToastyLycan asked:

    'Would 7n7 homeschool the kids or subject them to the horrors of school

    I MEAN don't actually subject them to the horrors of school but like. would the kids even go there, and would 1x be moved to a higher class since he can read and stuff'

He will not send them to school since two out of three have access to the c00lgui

 The_Ghost_Coffee asked:

   ' Well here are two questions:
    Does 007n7 drink coffee or any other beverage to keep himself going while taking care of 3 small children (which will be changed to 4, and if you allow it, 6 counting Azure and Two Time) or does he just have a great willpower to not fall exhausted on the floor? And is he still working at the pizzeria or has he been fired by now?

    And does Noli work? like, does he work with something cool or not or is he just unemployed? If so, what does it work with?'

007 used to be addicted to like, monster and stuff, now he just either chugs a coffee jar or uses his UI to energize himself

He does still work at the pizzeria in like- certain hours, that'd be morning. He awakes at 7, arrived at 8 and works till 2pm. He didn't really show up for work in the last two days but like, the boss kinda fears on firing him

Noli low key owns several places, which he uses to clean money from and for the cult

 TKNuniversum asked:

    'Will the main characters get a break for once?
    Also are we going to see babies a little bit older. So they could talk more clearly?'

The main ones? Yeah

The babies will indeed age! They've all grown a bit since like 6 months have happened since the story started

 FishMadeOfSalt asked:

    Does 7n7 earn enough to raise 4 (6?) kids?

Haha, nope. Noli does, though

 RandomLaddy asked:

    'How many children will 007n7 have “legally adopted” if you can estimate one?'

Honestly like 10

 DoodDaDoer asked:

   ' In the future will the story eventually get to the "present" canon thingy where they have to survive being killed and all?

    Also uhm.. is Azure and Two time alright?—'

As I've said, maybe.

That is the answer to both questions

Character questions:

 Th3rapest_V asked:

    For 1x. How does it feel being degraded as a baby? Do you miss your dual swords??

The baby looked around curiously, before momentary focussing on the camera

"I... Wha?" ... They suddenly felt as if their thoughts could be heard.

'I- was never an adult... Was I? no- wait, wait wait wait... My... Swords what... Happened to them?'

The child looks around, freaked out momentarily.

✓•ARCHIVEMENT EARNED: LONG WAY TO GO: Remind the hater about his past-future•✓

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It's been about two days now.

Hasn't it?

Either way... Taph and Noob had- kinda taken Mafioso in.

The man didn't really- leave after the admin healed them, neither when they released him

So now he just- lives with them now???

Either way- they needed food right now...

Noob chose to go, so here they are, walking down the street, and-

Crash

He needs to get out of here.

Breath hitched as their eyes looked down upon- upon...

The extra gunpowder really made things messy, huh?

Chance had seen another person's head open before during his times at russian roulette, but he had never...

It kinda looked like a watermelon, violently split open between the eyes as if a hammer had struck it, a mush all around, a fussy, red cloud on the rainwater, slowly going into the drainage alongside pieces of cracked bone and- something pink that he couldn't exactly tell, he didn't want to tell.

Sweet builderman standing at roblox HQ

"Oh- oh-" Breath hitched as he fell to his hands and knees, flintlock falling at his side as he felt a disgusting pull on his gut, it didn't take long for him to puke after that.

A green, disgusting torrent of whatever he ate that morning, not a couple hours away.

"Oh- god" a soft whimper half muffled by the hand cleaning his lips.

You need to get out of here.

Springing to his feet, turning around and just- running.

Running down the streets, running, running, running until he couldn't anymore.

Chace didn't realize he had snatched the flintlock and-

they stared down at the sword on his hand momentarily... ITrapped's sword, whatever it's name was, the sword was... It was his now. A memento? Yes- yes just- just hold it.

he wasn't looking up as he ran, struggling to store the gun into his pocket.

And-

Crash

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Noob groaned while slowly getting up.

Hand coming up to gently caress their forehead

"Ouch... That hurt... Hey man you okay? Watch where you're going-" Taking a second to really look at the person who crashed into them.

Bloodshot, teary eyes. A black fedora hiding sweaty and ruffled hair, black button up suit slashed open, showing the white shirt undeneath.

And it was all encompasses by a nice red tint... Blood.

Chance let out a small yelp, dragging themselves away from this- this person.

They snatched ITrapped's blade from beside them, swinging wildly while attempting to get away

The yellow robloxian yelped and dodged, grabbing a nearby trash can and-

BONK!

Noob winced slightly at the sound the trash can made against the man's head.

At least it worked- I mean the other is unconscious now

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Wake up...

Wake up..

Wake. UP.

Chance gasped pitifully as they awoke, they had- some kind of weird dream they didn't remember...

No matter. Now- just where the hell are they?

They didn't overdrink again, did they? No, nonono. ITrapped would've taken them home if they had, they wouldn't allow him to hook up with random people again and-

Taph and Mafioso silently stared at each other, as if ready to jump at the other.

Between them stands a- rabbit.

"🌎 🐇 👈❓ (Where did the rabbit come from?)"

"It's my pet. I brought it home."

"🏠 ❌ 🆓 🌌❗(The house has no free space!)"

"Screw you. I'm not abandoning them."

"🪛 ☝️ ❓ 🪛👉 🕴️❗ (Screw me? Screw you!)"

The door slammed open, both of them (and the rabbit) turned to stare at it.

Noob walked inside, awkwardly wobling from side to side as- someone hanged from their shoulders.

"What the-" "‼️ ⁉️"

"Don't ask about it."

"..." "... 👍❓(... Okay?)"

The yellow robloxian carried the dude into the nearby room and just kinda- threw them into the bed before going back to the living room, carrying a... Flintlock and a sword.

"Where did you get that???"

"The dude."

"What dude?"

"The dude I dragged in."

"And where did you get them?"

"Street??"

"So you- kidnapped a random dude off of the street?"

"It would be more accurate to say I knocked them out and dragged them in, first"

"... Okay???"

Taph stared at the two silently, rabbit climbing into their hood and plopping down on his shoulder.

"... Where did the rabbit come from?"

"It's my pet."

"Dude pets aren't allowed"

"Don't care, + didn't ask."

"Rude?"

"AHHHH-!"

"..." "..."

Taph looked at the room, before silently shrugging.

"🕴️🌄 ☝️. (He woke up."

"Yes, I believe we noticed"

"[More distant screaming]"

"😱❓ (Why he screaming?)"

"Dunno, probably because the house owner kidnapped them?"

Taph shrugged, Noob moved towards the room and Mafioso began nervously searching around for his rabbit.

Okay.

Okay Chance had to admit- he had had hallucinations before.

But- those were only during bad trips and- and when he tried the heavy kind of drugs for the first time- (never again, his dumbass almost had an OD.)

But sweet builderman.

ITrapped was standing on the corner of the room, half shrouded in darkness, just- staring.

He couldn't even see much- just, a bloody shirt, half tinted red, arms with fists clenched as if angry and- a single eye staring from the darkness. He's glad he can't really see the- ejem, full head (there's not really a full full head, is there?)

upon being unable to find his weapons to defend himself? Well he did what any man would.

He screamed. Loudly.

Like- really loudly.

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007 was standing on the kitched, wooden spoon on his hand as he struggled to read from an online wiki

"Dude- how-?" They stared at the- burning pot of mac and cheese "I followed the recipe???"

Noli peeked into the kitchen, before running inside "MY ANTIQUE WOODEN POT! NOOOO!"

"Your what- huh??"

"Hungy..." Muttered the young girl sadly, sitting around a small tea set

1x looked over at her, holding a little cup and wearing a paper crown "y- ur bad"

"Wha- I,m no bad??"

"Nono, your bad"

"Ohhh... Bluudud!"

The older toddler snapped into attention "yah?"

"Tiara."

1x looked horrified, squeaking and launching himself off of the table and crawling away.

Bluudud began slowly walking towards him, wobling but still-

They snatched a pretty princess crown from nearby, it was pink.

"Naaaah! U wont get me aliv!" They squealed, suddenly coming to a dead end on the room's locked door.

The personification of hatred slowly turned around, staring up at his brother.

"Uhh- w can talk about tis?"

"Suffer, buffoons."

"NO-"

007 Froze upon hearing distant screaming.

His father instincts kicked in as he ran past a very angry Noli, who was complaining to him.

Rushing into the children's room, he stopped and- stared.

1x was inside of a cardboard box. It was painted pink. And he had a pretty white princess crown on.

Pr3typriincess was sitting nearby, having a tea party with Bluudud and a- very nervous looking c00lkidd.

...

He takes his phone out and does a selfie with them before walking off

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Something was leaking from the roof.

Well- not exactly roof, would it technically be the ground floor? Whatever.

Probably it was just from a random pipe, perhaps it was because it's raining outside, and- somehow, it was making it's way down here, maybe even-

"Stop squirming around!"

... Whatever.

"Do it quicker then!" Azure snapped back angrily, all the while their friend attempted to pull them free from their bindings. They weren't being very successful, and- honestly it was making both uncomfortable.

"I'm trying to!" Two times said while hooking their arms around his waist, tugging him with ll their strength and- failing yet again.

Meanwhile the kitchen was a mess, there was just this- half burned mess on top of the stove.

The house owner sat on a chair, arms crossed and brows furrowed in an angry expression, their friend meanwhile looked kinda empathetic

"Noliii, c'mon man, I already said I'm sorry!" 007n7 said while rubbing his friend's shoulders in a small massage

"You- You burned my Antique wooden pot!" Noli snapped back, voice cracking and eyes teary

"Well, why did you have it just- laying around amongst other ones?"

"How didn't you realize it was wood!"

"Uh- okay to be fair whoever polished it did a very good job-"

"YOU'RE JUST STUPID! YOU- STUPID- STUPID- AHHH!"

"Oh! Shit- chill chill-!"

"Okay! One- two- three!" They pull again, this time managing to pull Azure further out of their bindings.

Their friend just kinda, stares down at the coding bindings before suddenly beginning to bite them

"Guh-? What are you doing?"

"CUT THEM WITH SOMETHING!"

"... Why didn't we think of that?"

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Something changed recently.

They realized- no, everyone did.

There was something in the air, ashes of a fallen enemy, a threat engulfed in an unholy hatred until it was snuffed out.

Another cult has just died, but their family remains.

This, it is a victory, it is.

Yet there was no celebration, no party, no anything.

Not even a banquet.

Just silence, complete and uther silence as the day's objectives were handed out.

He stared down at the piece of paper on his hand, reading it once, twice, before casting it onto the murky depts of the void.

Their voidstar pulsed, a faint humm among a cacophony of sounds.

Hand coming up to pull their cloak over the fedora on his head, being back again in nice darkness.

"The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head"

The car shifted awkwardly, before coming to a stop.

A small breath came out of the cultist's mouth as they stared out the window, a warehouse, again.

Stepping out of the car, they snatch their cloak and hastily put it over their clothes.

Black pants and shoes, a white shirt (the Blame John shirt btw), black sunglasses and the fedora on their head.

A trembling fist reaches into their pocket, curling protectively around the revolver in there.

A beautiful piece, custom made... Well, not really... They actually won it, and then slowly customized it as time went on.

From their first night on the cult.

Actually winning a way in, when their voidstar was- bought.

That made them shiver in disgust. At what, exactly, he couldn't tell.

Maybe it was disgust at breaking the cult's rules before being converted. Maybe it was at the fact they didn't want to be converted, having bought it as just- a joke, a silly thing their friend group did before-

They got to them.

...

...

...

Why are you afraid?

You knew what would happen once you joined

Did you not?

The whole Russian roulette thing, being the only survivor.

Just what is it you're afraid of?

You sold your soul the moment you survived.

But you were always a lucky bastard.

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It was a cold day, even someone like Mafioso could admit it.

Reuniting his gang had been easy, however, finding out most were dead, was not.

Now, adquiring this contact hadn't been easy, but, he had managed. He always did.

Strolling across the long corridor, his eyes focused on what probably was the only light on the whole damn warehouse.

Up, on the second floor past some metal stairs, sat the manager's office, the glass window allowing the single bulb inside to illuminate the interior.

A wooden table, with a desk computer on it alongside some papers, a neat little fridge and not much else, apart from three wooden chairs.

Mafioso didn't really care about the room, though, he only cared about who was on it.

They sat nervously on the manager's chair, fidgeting with their revolver while staring down.

Slightly rolling the chamber, they load in a couple of rounds. Three. In case things get messy.

A knock came from the door, making them momentarily freeze up.

It took them probably two or three seconds to- well, not really calm themselves, just- hide their anxiousness.

"Come in." The cultist said with a small huff.

Before long, the door opened and in stepped the mafia boss.

"I suppose you-" he started, but they just kinda cut them off

"On the 17th, there's going to be a reunion on the old abandoned church out of town between the priests, they're choosing a figurehead for the cult."

"- could share some information... Well I didn't think you would be so eager, what's the occasion, hmm?"

"I want out."

"You... Want out?"

"You know what I ####### mean."

"You know it was hard finding a mole for the-"

The cultist closes the chamber of the revolver, before pulling the hammer with an audible click.

"... You don't have the balls to do that."

"You got four remaining men, and the cult is already hunting them, if I take you out nobody will care to search for your body."

"Okay, okay. I'm not dumb enough to threaten the crazed gunman. You'll be allowed to leave."

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007 hummed while doing the finishing touches on his renowned mac' and cheese, adding some extra bit of molten cheese into it, the hacker's hands moved to snatch two plates, slowly filling them with some food.

He grabbed- uhhh, two spoons. Yeah, spoons. Better than anything they could stab him with, oh well.

Whistling the familiar tune of spooky scary skeletons he approached the basement's door. Upon descending the stairs he found...

"What the-" 007n7 muttered while staring at the half chewn pieces of code on the floor.

Stepping into the room, he looked around, before approaching the bindings. "How did they even-?"

Someone slammed the door shut behind him. He heaed it lock, too.

"Told you it would work." Muttered Azure with a triumphant tone as their friend simply stared at him

"It was still a dumbass plan." Two times muttered awkwardly, eyes shifting to the door. "Think it'll hold up?"

"Haha, nope."

"Excuse me?"

"Yeah uhhhhh, we should like run and stuff"

"You're telling me NOW-?!"

The door blew open. A high pitched scream came from- somewhere up on the living room.

Both teens simply stared at the hacker.

"..." "..."

"Boo." 007 said with sarcasm. It uhh, made both of them sprint up the stairs. "No, wait-" he lifted his hand, about to summon his hacking panel... It would be a bit too much overkill, so he simply- threw the hot mac and cheese plates at them.

Both screamed and rolled back down the stairs.

"... Now that was a waste of a good meal..."

"Ouchie-" "owwe..."

"Don't go running again now, it's uhh, dangerous and stuff and- oh sweet builderman what plates did I just break?"

The hacker stared at the mess, analizing the broken pieces of glass scattered through the ground, before momentarily freezing

"Oh, ohhhhh, oh Noli's going to kill me... Well he doesn't need to find out-"

Someone turned on the basement lights.

"Find out about what-"

Noli froze.

007 froze

Both teens froze

"My- FINE CHINA!?"

"IT WAS THEM I SWEAR" "NO IT WAS HIM MR HE THREW IT AT US-" "YEAH HE THREW IT AT US-"

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The door creaked open again.

Again, again. How's long has it been?

A few days at most, certainly.

It's okay, it's alright, nothing bad happened, he did nothing bad at all. It's just that- ITrapped took him somewhere. Yes, that is the only thing that has happened, that is why he's here, smelling like a sweaty mess, covered in blood, but there's not chance its his friend's blood, its just... From someone. Yes, yes, ITrapped is alright, nothing bad happened and-

Chance's eyes flickered up, they were sitting on the bed, in a fetal position, knees pulled tightly against their chest, hat discarded... Somewhere nearby.

"Okay buddy, umm... I- know you don't like- feel comfortable around me and stuff but- You need to eat, alright?" Muttered a familiar figure, leaving a plate of food before them.

He didn't want to eat, it made his stomach hurt, but not eating also made it hurt, and- sleeping it off had stopped working after the third day.

"Mhm..." The gambler muttered, picking up the paper plate and leaving it on their lap, silently taking a plastic spoon and beginning to eat- whatever they brought him... "Thanks Trapped..."

"Uh- you're welcome- but dude I told you before, you're confusing me for somebody else"
"... Alright."
The house owner left the room, closing the door behind them.

Chance stopped eating almost instantly, simply- discarding the food on a nearby small yet growing bucket of trash he had gotten.

"Man, Taph, it's starting to make me feel bad and stuff. Should we- report it to the cops?"
"🫵 🤪❓ 👮🙌🔗 🫵 ☝️❗ (Are you insane? the cops would arrest you and me!)

"Yeah yeah- I get it but its like- they haven't bathed in a while, they stopped eating 'nd stuff, what CAN we do?"
"🗣️👉🥺 ❓(Speak to him?)"

"I... Yeah I guess but they are just getting worse"
"😒😞"

"Don't give me that disappointed look man-"

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"I'm sorry man, I swear-"

"You owe me 700$."

"I don't got that kind of cash-"

"Do I look like I care?"

"Pleaseee- think of- think of the kids"

"... Screw you, I'm taking custody if your ass doesn't pay me."

"Noooo-"

"Mhm."

Both Azure and Two Times just- stared at the two INCREDIBLY dangerous hackers as they bantered like some sort of children.

"Pss- should we- try and make a run for it?" Two times whispered to their friend

"Are you insane-? I don't want to get another plate of food thrown at me-"

"Fair point... So... Should we interrupt?"

"Uh- no? It's funnier to watch them discuss"

"That's fair, too"

Suddenly the purple-ish one (Noli) snapped around to look at them

"And YOU TWO, you're GROUNDED, two WEEKS without tv."

"... We didn't have a tv?"

"Smart one, aren't you? Well TWO WEEKS WITHOUT COOKING COMPETITION!"

"... What-?" "NOOOOOO!"

Azure turned and stared at a very distressed looked Two Times

"Dude we just left the basement" He said to their friend, who instantly went back to default expression

"Oh right"

"Yeah-"

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A few hours had went by, both of the teens they kidnapped eventually went back to the basement, this time- not tied up. (Plus they got a bed, so that's nice, too.)

Now... 007n7 lazily laid on the couch, head resting on Noli's lap as both watched TV.

"I uhh- I really meant it about the sorry thing, dude." They muttered awkwardly, giving their friend a small side look while he ran a hand through their hair

"I know you did. You're easy to read, like that."

"... Cool, cool."

"You know- you never DID answer me. Who's the children's mother? Or- mothers, if there's more than one? I don't judge"

"Oh- uhh, no one I know."

"Didn't take you for one to do hook-ups?"

"What-!?" 007 shot back up, sitting awkwardly while coughing "no- no, I didn't get anybody pregnant, dumbass"

"Ohhh, you adopted them?"

"I- uhh, guess so?"

"You... Guess so?"

"... Someone dropped them off at my doorstep, it felt... Wrong to leave them outside."

"... Is that why you asked me if I was pranking you that one time-"

"Yeah?"

"Huh, nice to know."

After a few seconds of awkward silence, 007 laid back down, resting their head on Noli's lap, closing their eyes while humming silently.

Their friend moved a hand under their burger hat, slowly petting their head, scratching them just right.

"Hey... Noli?"

"Yes?"

There was a second of awkward silence, just- a second too long.

"...  Nothing, just- forget about it."

"... Alright then?

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"He's not eating."

"👉 ❓ (You sure?)"

"Yes, I am. He's... He might be attempting to-"

Taph gave them a simple look, confirming that he already knew what they were implying

"🕴️👈🤷‍♂️ (Who even is this guy, anyways?)"

"Just- some random dude, I felt bad because I knocked him out man, y'know..."

"👈🕴️💥🤛✨💤, 🕴️🫲🫱🏠? (You knocked him out, so you brought him home?)"

"Okay okay, yes, yes, I admit I was wrong in doing that."

"❌🗣️ ☝️ (Don't tell me)"

"Uhhh... Okay, stop yapping, I gotta think"

"😲 (Omg, you can think???)"

"... Asshole."

The demolitionist snickered before walking to the kitchen

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Somebody knocked on the door, bringing him out of his stupor.

Eyes blinking rapidly, staring up like a kicked puppy as the house owner walked into the room, their soft hands bringing in another paper plate with food.

He stare as they leave it by the nightstand, but, instead of leaving like usual, they just- stand and stare at him.

"... ?"

"Don't give me that look. Eat."

"I... Have been eating..."

"I want to watch you eating it."

"I- no-?"

"Yes, I do, now eat."

His mind struggles to find a viable solution, so he just- nudges the food with a finger, not even bothering to use the fork he was given.

"C'mon man, it's just- an omelette, it's not something bad"

"..." Chance doesn't say anything, simply tearing a little chunk and bringing it to his mouth, slowly chewing and swallowing.

"See? Tasty! Now go on"

"Can I... Get some water?"

"Oh? Well that's an improvement! Sure, sure, I'll bring you some..." The house owner turns around and leaves for the kitchen

Chance leaned forward, pushing the door closed and just- sitting awkwardly for a hot minute.

Then he stares at his hand, slowly bringing it up to their face, to caress their cheek. Chance's other hand reaching the nearby trash bag, and pulling it to their lap.

Then, he simply pushed his index finger down his throat, gagging violently before threwing up into the bag.

He didn't deserve to eat.

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Taph let out a small, tired sigh.

They didn't bother hiding their irritation at all. Noob wasn't doing so good, either, they were agitated.

If they wouldn't eat by themselves...

"Hold him down- dangit!" Noob practically screamed at Taph as he held Chance down.

They screamed and attempted to fight back, all the while shouting

"No-no! Don't- don't touch me! I don't wanna- I don't-"

Noob forced another spoonful of soup into their mouth, making them gag and attempt to throw up.

It didn't work.

"Just- just eat the damn soup dangit! This- sweet builderman at roblox HQ." They muttered uncomfortably, this whole thing felt just- so fucked up, god fucking damnit.

A couple of... Hours went by.

Chance was just... Sitting in the bathtub, fully clothed as the water fell around him.

Noob stood by the tub, slowly washing his hair,  meanwhile Taph awkwardly washed his face with a sponge.

"C'mon buddy, ain't that much better?"

"... Yes..."

"See? Alright uhh..."

"ITrapped?"

"... No?"

"... What... Who even are you?"

"I'm Noob, this is Taph."

"... Okay..."

"Now, ehh... Dude, I don't want to sound like a- y'know, creep and stuff. But we're not leaving you alone while you bathe."

"I-" Chance's breath hitched while they looked down awkwardly "why?"

"Dude. You're not okay."

"Still-!"

"You're not killing yourself in my bathroom." That made them just- their brain had a momentary shutdown, but Noob kept on talking "Now c'mon, you smell terrible."

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They stared at him.

Stared as if he was some kind of circus freak.

Those big, wide eyes. Filled with shock and awe at his body.

Disgusting

That's what the little voice on his head told him

They're looking at you with disgust, Chance.

Noob stared, wide eyed.

What the- It's even worse than I thought! He- hasn't he eaten at all?!

They stared, eyes filled with disgust.

Not disgust at him, but at themselves.

You locked him up, and watched as he starved himself for weeks. Why didn't you do something?

Their head spun, they felt like throwing up. Yet they couldn't bring themselves to it.

Instead, Taph approached and helped the man walk, after a second Noob helped too, carrying him to the kitchen, no matter the fact he was still half naked (Chance got undewear on, cause like, yeah.) and soaking wet.

They helped him sit on a wooden chair, leaving them by the table.

The demolitionist went to get- something to eat, meanwhile the house owner slightly cuddled the gambler, wrapping a towel around them before hugging their body to themselves.

"... Buddy... I... Like- know you don't really know me... But- I'm all ears if you need to speak."

Chance looked down, closing their eyes and leaning close, attempting to imagine that they weren't being hugged by a stranger.

He just- wanted his buddy back

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Shedletsky turned on his bed, softly groaning.

He couldn't sleep, nightmares had been plaguing his mind for a while, but tonight it got even more prominent.

A shapeless figure, sometimes a red- thing that cut him up and burt himto death. Others an unhinged maniac with a machete, cutting and haking away at his body until he collapsed and died.

Then there was the green bastard.

The admin always awoke from those dreams filled with rage, agitation... But mostly impotence.

He never could do much to fight back, and that hurt his ego, a lot.

John Shedletsky, the best swordsman around defeated by- a freaky thing on his dreams.

Eventually their body gave up on going back to sleep, he just kinda- laid in bed awkwardly. Staring up into the great nothing.

A little light blinked outside, making him freeze and slowly look.

It made his instincts scream at his mind, loudly and simply, like a broadcast suddenly going live.

Yet he didn't reach for his sword, no.

Builderman slightly sighed, staring down at the still massive amount of paperwork on his desk.

Finishing signing on a daily report, a sudden sound made him stop.

Someone was calling his phone.

"Hmm..." Slowly picking it up, they answered

"Yes... Hello... Who is this?"

"... Hey man"

"Oh, John! How delightful, how's it-"

"Not good."

"... What?"

"It's not going good."

"Oh- is- man, what's going on?"

"Not much just- calling."

"That is not comforting at all."

"... Sorry?"

"John Shedletsky, what's wrong?"

"Look I just- I dunno."

"You- are you feeling bad?"

"Yeah- guess it's that"

"Do you want me to go over-"

"What- no! No, no. Just- don't worry about it. It's just... I love you, man"

"... What?"

"You heard me."

"... John, I-"

"Look, like- don't worry, we can just... Talk about this, tomorrow."

"I- guess it's okay... I... Dude, how come?"

"How come what?"

"We haven't- had this conversation before"

"I didn't see a reason"

"And what is the reason now?"

"..."

"John?"

"..."

"John what's wrong dude?"

"Answer me, you're making me nervous "

"Shed- answer me"

"For the love of god- say something!"

No answer came.

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Dusekkar woke up with frantic shouting and the sound of his door being practically kicked down.

He half shouted, half prepared a spell for an unseen assailant, instead he found-

A very scared looking Builderman.

They looked- bad. Eyes wide and bloodshot, body slightly trembling like a tree in the wind, clothes wet and dirty with the rain and mud outside.

All in all the CEO looked like a mess, a terrified looking mess.

The mage muttered a curse, slightly stepping back from his friend

"David-! What in the-!?" He asked with a shout, searching for a reason for the visit

"Matt-! Matt John is- John is gone!" Answered the other man in a half pitiful shout, tears barely held back

There was a short pause, where both of them just- waited.

Then, Dusekkar spoke again.

"... What?"

"I- He- he called me and- and said some weird stuff b-before cutting and-" Builderman began rapidly firing all that happened, it was- a lot to take in at once, so, he did what any reasonable person would.

"Okay- OKAY! CHILL!" The little terrified breath of air his friend took broke his heart in a way that was hard to describe in any way but a small puppy being kicked violently. "He cut the call- then what?" 

"I g-got freaked out so I left the HQ to check on him- b-but he was gone"

"Gone? What you mean gone?" 

"As in there was NOTHING left of him- except his swords and- and his messy bedroom-"

"Okay, that uhh- means he went without a fight so it's probably okay and-"

"Or it means he didn't get to fight!"

"... That is also a possibility "

"Matt- man- why-? I'm just- I'm freaking out, oh my god, I'm-" they began breathing heavily, all the exhaustion crashing over them all at once.

Dusekkar used his magic to catch them mid fall. He just kinda- stared for a bit, before leaving them down on his couch and heading off.

He went into the bathroom and began shuffling around his purse (yeah, he has a purse. He has to carry a LOT of wizard stuff, and wearing a fanny pack or backpack was NOT part of the fit.) before snatching their phone.

He checked on David again, seeing them still unconscious, before going outside and making a call.

"Hello? What is it-"

"Doombringer."

"Oh-! Matt- how's it hanging man?"

"Telamon's gone."

"What?"

"I need you to come back to my house right now. David is not holding up alright, I need to make sure he's alright, but I also need someone capable of searching."

"... I'm going back to hunting, I suppose?"

"... Correct..."

"Good to know..."

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She slowly walked, attempting to make herself comfortable with her current situation.

The wings... The tail... They were... Painful, really, really painful.

The tentacles weren't as much so, they... Made her feel stronger.

Still, in her pain she couldn't muse to relish on the power, for her pain wasn't just bodily.

"Does this perhaps... Amuse you?" The cultist asked at no one in particular, still slowly making her way through a long, dark corridor.

"I've been your... Most loyal follower... And this is how you repay me? Betrayal and pain?" Again she spoke, another question slowly pouring out between pained breaths.

A black tentacle snapped like a tail, cracking the nearby cement wall. It dented inwards, yet barely didn't collapse.

"Sometimes I wonder if my fait is worth the hustle. All this for just... A second chance?" Eyes shifting, staring up into the roof, and seeming to look on.

"Tell me, Spawn... Why am I here?"

...

Nothing.

Of course there's nothing, the Spawn isn't a kind gentle god who coddlers their followers, they're a good god, though. A god who supports their followers, even when searching for... Revenge.

Amarah knew well what her next plan was.

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Two Times shifted on their bed slightly, groaning while clenching their eyes shut.

They find themselves unable to sleep, maybe its the terror at the nightmares plaguing their dreams? Or maybe it's hearing a ghostly gurgle each time their eyes shut, remembering a particular pool of red?

Maybe it was Azure's beaten up looks? Nose snapped, eyes half closed behind blood trailing from a gash on his forehead, laying on the ground, oh so still, under their master as she laid waste to him with her hands.

Maybe, just maybe, it was the fact a small part of themselves felt giddy at finally feeling loved, wanted and appreciated, and that disgusted the teen

Disgusted them so much it stopped feeling like an actual emotion, and instead felt just like a shadow at the edge of their mind

Like a second cloak, wrapped around whatever they did, making their happiness momentary and their mights terrible.

"Hey dude, you awake?" Two Times muttered slightly, shifting again to stare at the upper bed of their bunk beds

"... No." Muttered an annoyed voice from up above

"I can't go to sleep..."

"Well, I can." Answered the voice back. There were a few seconds of silence, before Azure groaned annoyed. "Fine. What's wrong?"

"I... I dunno man"

"You don't know?"

"Exactly... I... Mind if I join you?"

"Excuse me?'

"You know- like old times! We can have like a sleepover!"

"... Ugh. Will you stop being annoying if I accept?"

"Yes-!"

"Fine."

It didn't take them long to climb upstairs and lay beside their friend

"Thanks dude, I appreciate it."

"... Whatever."

Azure lifted their bedsheets and allowed Two Times to lay with them.

They wrapped their arms around him, hugging his body close and smiling kindly while resting their head on his shoulder.

That made them comfortable enough to sleep comfortably, going practically unconscious in a few seconds.

...

That also made Azure blush.

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"Hey- Noli! We ran outta mili formula"

"What- we did? Oh, uhhh, I'll go get some"

"Need any help?"

"Nah- I'll go to the local kiosk"

"Okay cool"

Pedro was on cashier duty. AGAIN.

Ugh, it always sucked so, so badly.

Last time a hacker ran in and stole stuff during HIS duty, and dade made HIM pay it up and gave HIM an earfull!

The door ringed open, the frown in their face instantly dissapeared as they put on a customer smile™

"Welcome to The store™! What can I get for you?"

"... You got milk?"

"What?"

"Baby milk"

"Ohhh, uhhh, sector seven"

"Okay cool, uhhhh-"

The man noclipped and left flying.

Pedro just stared as they came back with the baby formula.

"... How much?"

"... 40$"

"FORTY BUCKS!? BUILDERMAN ABOVE HOLY SHIT"

"Hey-! I don't make the prices, the economy does!"

"... Mhm... I know it's not your fault but low key-" Noli noclips and flies away with the milk.

The cashier simply stared silently, before sighing.

"Fuuuuuck."

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Noli slowly walked back home, lost in thought.

Something inside of his brain told him that something was about to happen, he didn't really... Know what it was.

Eyes flickering upwards, locked in on- nothing in particular, he failed to spot whatever was playing at the edge of his vision.

007 slowly walked across the kitchen, carrying 1x on his arms as the baby played with their little chick toy

Eventually he stopped, turning to stare at Azure and Two Time as the... Teens slowly ate breakfast

"So, like... Did either of you go to school?"

"Uh... Does the Spawn's teachings count?"

"No?"

"Then nope."

"Huh, gotta rectify that later... Uhhh. Whatever. Enjoying the food?"

"Its... Fine" "It's pretty good!" Answered Azure and Two Times respectively

"Nice to know."

He shifted again, eyes down and staring at 1x

"Hey kiddo, how's it going?"

"... Ph-phine"

"... Hehe, cute"

The baby frowned and went back to playing with their toy

c00lkidd silently sat on their room, slowly playing with their c00lgui while giggling excitedly

"Waw. Waw!" He cooed, coding something in and making a nearby chair unanchor, falling into pieces

"Hehehe..." Another giggle, innocent, cute.

A perfect sacrifice for the Spawn.

Slowly, the nearby shadows shifted, drawing closer before suddenly snapping around the infant like vicious jaws, the child screamed as they got dragged away.

Then they were gone, blipped away into somewhere else.

It took 007 about five seconds to run across the whole house, 1x floating behind him, held by code.

Both teens behind him panting while nervously looking as the man simply stared at the mess.

There was a... Bit of blood on the ground, ruffled and broken papers, and a destroyed c00lgui window.

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Think about it.

It will influence things onwards.

so just think about it and make a desition.

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Someone was following him.

He sprinted, holding tightly onto the baby powder. For some fucking reason his windows weren't working, he couldn't- COULDN'T USE HIS DANG HACKING!

Noli rolled out of the way as- something went by him, destroying a trash can and sending it sprawling across the ground.

Taking a right turn, he snapped into a long dark alley.

He ran, ran until his legs simply couldn't keep on running.

Yet he didn't make it out of the alley, no.

Something snatched him midway before teleporting away.

A sharp, pained cry woke him up.

Disoriented, the hacker attempted to stand up from his seat... Finding out he couldn't.

He was in a chair, wrapped tightly on ropes. And his panels STILL weren't loading in.

Noli slowly looked around, finding-

c00lkidd was laying on a nearby table, the baby looked petrified, attempting to craw away from- something.

A dark whrittling mass snatched the infant, sharply cutting into their leg and making them cry even loyder, if it was even possible.

The child got slammed violently, his crying going silent.

"I- NO! WHAT ARE YOU-!? WHERE AM I!? WHO ARE YOU!" Noli screamed in bain, struggling against his bindings.

He couldn't get out, he just- HE COULDN'T

Screaming and struggling, he kept trying, fighting, ANYTHING.

"please- PLEASE! I BEG YOU! LET- LET THEM ALONE, PLEASE!" Another desperate cry came from his throay as he witnessed the baby being momentarily lifted up.

Then it dropped c00lkidd into the table, allowing them to just- flap like a ragdoll.

The child wasn't dead, not yet.

but now whatever was in the shadows was solely focused on him.

A step, followed by another and another. Echoing in the nothingness of the void.

He witnessed one of those- cultists leave the shadows, slowly stepping towards him.

The dead woman the teens got, still wearing that ugly scar on her neck, but now having weird, skeleton wings and tail, alongside those- tentacles.

Weird, black, freaky tendrils that slowly moved around, like snakes.

She didn't say anything, didn't need to.

Noli's heart was petrified in terror, short, sharp breaths leaving his chest as one of the tentacles wrapped around his neck.

She watched him go limp, he went quicker than most.

For the better. The spawn was good enough with keeping his powers at a minimum, and it was even better at telling her about the... Recent news.

The admin, gone. An untold amount of admin weaponry just- free for the taking.

She ripped what she sow, taking one just for herself.

Amarah slowly chuckled, dragging the blade by her side as they moved closer to the child.

"Shh..." The woman whispered, slowly running a hand down the baby's cheek, making them wake up.

It began crying in pain, attempting to wobble away.

She didn't really mind, simply giggling excitedly.

"You're such a... Promising young recruit... We need to refill our numbers after your daddy killed oh so many of us..." Amarah whispered in a creepy tone, eyes wide open in a psychotic manner as she slowly pet the child.

She would enjoy watching his father cry over their corpse.

Noli blinked awake, barely clinging into consciousness as he sent a message through the only window he had managed to create yet.

Sending his coordinates, before slowly shifting and attempting to cut his bindings with his nails.

Thanks god he didn't cut them- long by human standards, like small claws.

He managed to free himself eventually, before stumbling to his feet.

Noli stared in horror as the woman lifted her blade, preparing to strike-

He just- couldn't allow that. Not 007's baby, not... Not THEIR BABY.

The hacker screamed, suddenly tackling the abomination into the table, using hands to scratch and teeth to bite violently, ripping a chunk of skin free.

She screamed, enraged, suddenly snapping around and- whipping him on the mouth with one of the tentacles.

His jaw snapped, like a wet towel. The muscle broke free, being cut like paper, his lower jaw barely hanged on, slumping down to lay against his neck.

He gasped , gagging and grabbing onto it, wide eyes lifting to just- stare.

Noli heard a distant blast, sending his coordinates worked, c00lkidd would be okay...

He wasn't so lucky.

The firebrand, an admin weapon, something he couldn't heal through coding cut his chest open, plunging deep and sending a bloody splatter against the wall nearby.

The cut wasn't the worst part, no. Bursting into flames was.

The hacker SCREAMED. Sking, clothes, hair, everything bursting into flames as he fell to his knees, attempting to put himself out.

He. Couldn't.

The fire wouldn't stop, it WOULDN'T STOP.

Noli continued screaming loudly, falling to his knees as the flames consumed him.

He stared at the woman as she clicked her lips, annoyed she didn't get to kill the baby. Yet she teleported away, using her spawnpoint to leave.

007 crashed into the room, taking in the sights.

He first saw c00lkidd running and picking his injured baby up.

Then, the hacker... Slowly looked down. At the floor nearby.

"Oh god..."

"..."

"... Noli?"

He just... Couldn't say anything else.

Eyes opened wide, staring and... Taking in the sight of the- as there was no other way to put it, burned carcass on the floor.

A familiar mask laid between the dust and soot, the smell of burning flesh filling his nose in a painfully familiar way.

007 gagged, stepping back and hugging c00lkidd closer to himself

"I- oh- oh my god- I- I'm- I'm sorry- I'm sorry oh lord-" he couldn't breathe, the smell was too much, simply way too much.

The blood, the- everything.

The hacker shut his eyes, whispering- something and just- running out of the basement.

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007n7 ran.

Oh, how he ran.

Like a coward. 

c00lkidd in arms, cradling them close to his chest, attempting to control himself, attempting not to crash and burn right now.

He had a place in mind. The house was way too far, and the child's injuries way too serious.

The hacker didn't bother making a call. He just-flung himself in the general direction.

Two days had gone by.

Two days of searching under every single rock there was to look under.

Yet, another failure came to his table.

Builderman was... Losing his mind.

He hated to admit it, but he had to, eventually.

John was gone.

His... Friend (are we just friends?)was gone.

Gone. Gone. Gone.

And there were no signs of him coming back.

And yet- why did it stung so bad?

Maybe it was the fact they finally had- taken the step they had been wishing for?

It's been oh so long, since before the HQ was- well, the HQ.

David has been pinning for a while.

And now, they flied way too close to the sun.

It's gone.

Their John is gone.

He slowly brought a hand up to cover his mouth, breathing through his nose as dry tears burst from their eyes.

There were no longer any tears to cry, two days of just- grieving had ensured that.

And yet.

And yet.

A nearby window crashing open took him out of his dissociation, his hand snapped to snatch their ban hammer, just because.

"... Who's there?" Spoke their raspy voice, not having been used for anything but just- crying.

A few seconds of silence, then footsteps sprinting near.

He narrowed his eyes, standing up and preparing for battle.

Then- the door to his office bursting open.

In came the hacker that Shedletsky had obsessed over, a suspect.

Yet- they didn't look like a- killer kidnapper

No, no.

Instead, they looked like a mess.

Cradling a small- bleeding mess against his chest as if it was the only important thing in the world, no matter the fact the man had crystal shards stuck to his arms and legs.

"I- I know we don't have the- the best relationship, but please, I need a favor"

That is- how they ended up sitting on his table, hacker and admin working to fix the cuts and slams on the child.

"How... Did this happen? Aren't you a 'powerhouse' of a hacker?"

"Just... I- It's over"

"It's over?"

"I'm retiring. Completely."

"What even happened to make you change your mind-"

"Noli's dead."

There was a heartbeat of silence before Builderman nodded.

"... Sorry for your loss." He answered, feeling a sense of... Companionship on the loss.

Just- something they shared. It felt kinda nice, even when it made him feel guilty.

(Good Job, David... Ugh, seeking kinship on a hacker, how nice of you.)

"The child... Who did this?"

"... I don't know"

"You don't know?"

"I don't... But when I do... I'm going to... To kill them. And ensure they stay dead."

"... If it's worth anything, I can wish you luck."

"I... Would appreciate that."

Taph had been silently chatting with Chance when it happened.

Just- a small, random conversation with the depressed man, something Noob told him to do as to get them out of the gutter of their mind, it was helping, of course.

It was strange to the demolitionist, as if the robloxian knew how to deal with someone in this kind of mental conditions, yet he didn't comment on it, never having found the time to do so.

Yet now... Now he regretted never having searched for that time, to just listen to them speak, to let them express themselves.

A silent, chocked scream, followed by an unnatural SWOOSH sound, and just like that, nothing.

Both sprung up and ran to check on them.

Nothing.

Noob was just- gone.

Without a trace.

A single day had gone by, without any hint of them coming back.

Taph went to the nearby police station, made a report, bought some food, some clothes, and went back to Chance.

The silence was overwhelming, both men just... Not having anything to say at all.

Both just- being.

Being there. Being alive, being well, being conscious of the fact the rock of the group was gone, of the fact the person who basically saved both of them from spiraling into a dark corner they might not come from was now gone.

How does one deal with grief?

Everyone does differently, how do you?

Taph dealt with it by soldiering through, acting as if nothing had changed, even when they still waited for Noob to come to the table and eat breakfast alongside the both of them, forgetting to remove that third plate from the table, even sometimes going as far as adding wasted food to it.

Chance dealt with it by surviving, not living, just- surviving. Instead of acting as if nothing was wrong, they acted as if everything was.

Their clothes, the apartment, the food, hell, even themselves.

Maybe they were right, maybe there was something wrong with them.

There's not much to do now, though.

Guess it's time to wait and see who's the next, huh?

Two times silently sat with the children, slowly toying with them while awkwardly looking over at Azure

"Did they call yet?"

"... No."
"That- Can't be good, can it?"
"Nope, I don't believe so, no."

Mr. Doombringer slowly walked around the house, silently searching for... Well, anything.

Everyone was getting impatient, even him, but when he explained there was nothing to be found, he was being serious.

There was, quite literally, nothing of relevance to the disappearance in Telamon's house.

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

Not that he was- ignoring that weird, flickering thing staring at him from in-between the darkness of the corner.

Oh- who is he kidding? He totally noticed the- thing staring at him.

The warden of the Banlands snaps to stare directly at it, slightly stepping back while grabbing their banhammer.

He didn't say anything, he didn't need to say anything.

The man just swung, attempting to fight back...

It didn't work.

Oh, it didn't work.

He missed by oh so close, and- something swung back, a large claw, slicing his stomach open and making him scream as his guts spilled out.

Doombringer fell to his knees, staring from under his helmet at the thing.

A large set of clawed hands slowly reached, snatching him by the shoulders and just- Dragging him in.

And like that, a second admin was gone.

Two out of four.

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The kitchen was a bloody mess.

He could see some pieces of gut on the floor, a few floor tiles smashed by a ban hammer dropping, and the nearby chair overturned in a slight struggle that seemed to have failed.

The two remaining "big ones" stood, staring.

Dusekkar, the mage. Builderman, the CEO.

Both just... Taking in the sight, all the while nervous looking fledgeling admins shuffled around, attempting to find anything.

"Hey, Matt?"

"Yes, David?"

"What... Are we going to do?"

"I- I don't really know"

"Then we just... Wait?"

"I guess? Doombringer was... He was a master at his work. I've never seen him get- overwhelmed, or defeated."

"Shedletsky has... Lost before, I've seen him, I've comforted him. But those loses were when he- played fair, when he didn't use his admin powers, when he fought fairly."

"What you mean to say is?"

"When it comes for us, we won't be able to fight back"

"I... Suppose you're right"

Another few seconds of silence, before David let's out a tired sigh.

"If we survive-"

"If."

"Yes, if. If I survive, I think I'm going to... To take a long, long break."

"That- is fair."

"Is it?"

"Yep..."

"Man... I'm scared"

"Don't worry, I am too."

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Azure didn't really... Know what to think of these people.

The children were fine- he guessed, but the hackers still mildly terrified him.

Still, seeing two leave, and witnessing just one return... It put the teen on edge.

Be it the blank look on the man's eyes, or the red kid being just- way too quiet for a child their age.

Even then... Now wasn't really- the time for asking because-

All eight Seven out of them sat around the table, eating... Something he bought and got delivered.

007n7 wasn't feeling like cooking today.

Their eyes slowly trailed across those present, his kiddos, eating something he adequately cut for them... They're growing... Soon it'll be a year since the hacker found them.

He then stared at... Azure and Two Time.

The hacker didn't know how to feel about them, since they- were already grown. But still kinda traumatized? Does any of that make sense? Probably not.

They were his. Each and every one of them. His.

A couple of hours later...

They crawled out of their craddle, huffing with an annoyed tone as they watched Bluudud just kinda- levitate out of theirs with their c00lgui.

Pr3typriincess wasn't so far back, also crawling out of their craddle and following after them as the children moved in a single group

Towards their fourth member.

It took... A while to get c00lkidd out of their little bed.

At first, 1x just kinda shook them, but that made his sibling cry out and start trembling

That... Made them stop rather quickly.

So... The group thought and tested different methods.

Using the c00lgui didn't really work, he started crying again as soon as their body began floating.

Next came the idea to have one climb up into their craddle... That actually kinda worked, but now both pr3typriincess AND c00lkidd were in the craddle!

Next was just-

Unanchoring it.

I mean it worked

...

"Uh- u kay?" 1x asked at a c00lkidd who face planted into the ground, pr3typriincess awkwardly sitting on his back... She used him as a landing pad.

"... Naw..." Whispered the child as their sister crawled off of them.

"Damm... Uhhh... So... Were Noli?" He asked in a heartbeat, staring at his brother questioningly.

They just kinda... Stared back at them, not really answering.

"Wewl?"

"... Unc gon"

"Unc gone?"

"Gon-e."

"Wha?"

"Fife."

"???"

"Fi-rrrr-e"

"Ohhh- WHAT"

007n7 slept on Noli's bedroom that night.

Just... Awkwardly laying on the bed, fully clothed except for his shoes, not even bothering to get under the covers.

It was weird, off-putting even, yet... It made them feel better, even if slightly.

It just... The couch wasn't cutting it anymore, because he always awoke with their friend standing on the kitchen, cooking something up- so maybe shifting locations would help with ignoring getting over it!

Yeah... Nope. It definitely did not.

It took about three minutes for them to just grab a nearby picture, one of their teen years, where both of them stood side by side laughing after destroying- some random place with their exploits.

Heh, he still remembered that day, Noli had genuinely jumped in joy when they showed him the first functional copy of the c00lgui! Even if it was... Limited at that time.

007 let out a small sigh, just... Reminiscing of the past, thinking about different what-if's and what could've been.

Maybe in another life he was... Still in this bedroom, but... Not alone.

Maybe in another life he and Noli were more than just friends in university.

Maybe they-... Whatever, it's useless.

His Noli is dead.

And they're not coming back.

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He sat.

Sat in silence, surrounded by books.

Searching, oh how he searched for... Something. An easy way out, to find his friends.

The mage, in all his intelligence did not think things through. Just what would happen when he triffled with what he couldn't understand.

A solved conundrum, a final laugh

By the time anyone had heard the first scream there was no way back.

...

"Matt?" He asked, silently pushing the library doors open.

The thick, heavy wood made it... It made it hard to hear much of anything coming in- or anything coming out.

Either way... His eyes fell upon a black puddle, surrounded by books. He approached it while nervously looking around.

"Hey- dude, its okay if you dropped ink! I won't get mad-! Just- stop hiding!" David silently spoke to himself, just kinda... Not processing the actual sight.

There was no ink.

Nor a corpse.

Just... A lot of blood, splattered across a destroyed diary. Dusekkar's diary.

Three out of four.

He's the last one left.

The first to begin the company is also the last remaining member... How... Nice.

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Builderman just kinda... Sat on his tub...

The bathroom was quiet, ignoring the obvious rushing water.

David felt lonely, it'd be been- what, two months?

Ever since John was gone, time didn't... Feel right.

As if someone just pressed a forwards skip button. Every week felt like just another "just gotta make it to the weekend", and then the weekends felt like nothing special, keeping him stuck inside of a seemingly endless loop of loneliness and self regrets.

He just... Wanted out, oh, how he wanted out.

Maybe if he just- no.

No, no, no. John wouldn't like it if he did that.

David simply couldn't bring himself to- take the final step into the abyss.

So he just... Hung on the edge. Laying on his tub, feeling the hot water slowly turn cold around him, eyes fixed on the nearby razor that he used to cut his beard, wondering just how deep he could drag it down his wrist before flinching at the idea.

One of these days.

One of these days the loneliness will become too much.

So much that he

Will

Drown.

007n7 silently sat with a camera, eyes fixed on the scene.

The four babies sitting around a cake, looking at it with big, silly eyes.

A slight smile presented itself on his lips as he witnessed the children excitedly eating from little plates.

He took a picture, silently giggling, a soundless chuckle filled with- whatever joy he could muster.

This day was... One of the few when he didn't feel so bad.

The kid's birthday- or at least the year anniversary to the day he found them!

Well- not all of them. It technically wasn't pr3typriincess's birthday, but who cares? Certainly they don't!

He's happy for them, even when Noli can't see this, he knows they would like him to go on, so he does.

He goes on.

Taph and Chance just kinda... Sat on the couch.

They has gotten over it... Eventually.

He hoped, at least.

He hoped that the fact they still lived together, hugging and crying each night was a sign they weren't weak.

Taph really did.

Because if it was...

That would mean both of them were just hiding themselves behind a facade all day long, before searching longingly for comfort with the other.

Oddly specific, ain't it just a cool thought?

Mafioso lit a cigar, just kinda... Sitting on his office.

He didn't forget what the cult had done to him. Done to his men.

But he also knew that if he struck now, he would just be getting stuck when it imploded.

Victory was his, but did it really matter when he didn't avenge his men? His loyal henchmen?

Fuck if he knows.

Mafioso lays back on his chair, crossing a leg over the other, humming to himself.

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Azure hummed to himself, kinda just- waiting.

007 had been overjoyed when he had told them that he wanted a job

I mean, he had good intentions! The poor man was obviously struggling with money, so, why not help?

...

Being a cashier sucked.

It sucked so bad.

Specially with-

"Hey, noobie, you done yet?" Asked an annoying, whiny voice.

"Yes." He said while slowly turning to stare at... Pedro.

Fuck this guy.

Fuck him so much.

Annoying little bastard.

"Ugh." Azure muttered under his breath, slowly

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The rain has always symbolized something to him.

Be it old, childhood memories, or the occasional times where it struck his office window.

It always made David just... Stop for a second

Stop and witness it's magnificence

Either way...

Builderman silently stood on his kitchen, slowly working a knife around a piece of meat, cutting off most of the fat and dropping it into the nearby trash can.

He turned, approaching the nearby stack of condiments to pick up-

"Hey." said a familiar voice.

The admin snapped around, banhammer held at the ready.

But... There wasn't anybody there.

"W-what?" He muttered, slowly looking around, finding nothing.

"S-Shed? Is- is that you?"

"... Yes, it's me, David"

"W-where are you? Oh god- am I hallucinating again-"

"No, no you're not."

"Where are you?" he asked again, way more desperate this time

"Well... Not here, that's for sure"

"I- how- how can I find you?"

"... I need you to do me a favour"

"W-what!? Are you fucking kidding me? You dissapear alongside the others for so long and now you-"

"Baby... Please"

"No-! No- I won't hear your dumb request! I- I thought you died and-"

"So, you lied."

"... What?"

"During our call, you said you would do anything for me... Didn't you?"

"I- n-no? I- I don't remember... Why can't I... Remember?"

"Its okay baby, it's okay. Just take it easy and... Follow my words."

"... What do you need... Telamon?"

"Oh... Pretty boy... I need you to destroy your personal data in that little USB you keep... Then I need you to... Do something special... Will you?"

"Y-yes, Telamon..."

They laid in their bathtub.

Computer broken across their lap, cracked in half, memory chip smashed in...

Reaching out slowly, they... Picked up their razor and... Began cutting

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He woke up startled, choking on nothing.

A loud, roaring cough rang hollow throughout the empty halls.

The kinda cough that would make oneself look at the other in sympathy, or disgust, it depends, really.

The thing is, Builderman was dead.

He was sure he was dead.

His last thoughts were him dying alone in his bathtub, and now he's... Here.

David would admit they were scared, but that would be a lie.

"H-hello? Is-is anyone out there?"

"... Hey man, how's it going?"

"W-what? Who- who are you..."

"That is not important, what is important is... Would you like to see your little... Friend again?"

Another day, another round.

Shedletsky slowly stretched as they followed behind Elliot, the poor kiddo was terrified, talking about som' "The voice in my head, it speaks to me at night and tells me what's going to happen just to laugh at me" nonsense.

They go by Doombringer, who's helping Noob do a generator.

That's 4, Noli and Dusekkar were... Somewhere. Hopefully working.

Whatever.

A loud thud rang out, followed by the sound of a piercing scream and magic being fired in the distance.

"Huh... Hey Elli, gon' help the boys, you staying with doom?"

"Yeah-?"

"Cool, cool."

Ever seen a smashed pumpkin?

Well, John just had.

"Holy... Fuck" he whispered, staring at Matt's corpse, head smashed open into pieces.

He continued advancing... People usually went in groups, that meant-

"Ah- ah! Son of a bit-" woop, there goes Noli

Telamon winced at the sound that came from just around the corner- a violent crack following by another thud.

Slowly bringing his sword out, he rounded the corner and-

Got immediately slammed into a wall, chest caving in as the force of a banhammer slammed across his ribs.

He gasped, eyes shooting open as he swung and just kinda- struck whoever hit him.

They fell, both of them into the ground.

Shedletsky rolled out of the way just in time to avoid a second hit that went for his head-

He got up, stumbling to his feet as he ran, not bothering to look back.

"Fuck-fuck-fuck fuck fuck" Telamon breathed out while running, staying just out of the way or the killer.

"Hey now... C'mon, don't run" whispered an awfully familiar voice, before- something violently crackled across his knees, snapping them right out of their sockets, sending the admin ragdolling across the ground.

They slapped into a corner, hard. Their already broken ribs screamed in pain, little shards stabbing- something.

He couldn't breathe.

His eyes bulged slightly as a choked gurgle left his throat, bile rising up alongside blood, threatening to choke him dead.

They shifted closer, kneeling down next to Shedletsky this little prick.

Hand moving closer to slowly pet their hair in a gentle manner for a reason they lacked the awareness to understand.

His friend The swordsman slowly looked up, gurgling and crying as they witnessed just who had killed them.

"Daghvigh?"

"... Yep :)"

Thud

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They laid on the couch, together.

Chance's head laid on Taph's lap, as his hand slowly pet their head in a comforting way.

Soft, almost unhearable humming was falling out of the gambler's mouth. Gentle, calm. Like the kinda things one would sing a crying baby to comfort them...

It was lovely, in a homely way.

Both of them missed Noob, their... Third one. They might've grown closer, but the robloxian had still been there for both of them during their hardest moments

No one took their dissapearence lightly, you just- couldn't do that for someone like them.

A few hours went by, Taph was cooking something up for the two of them.

The TV was on, casting an almos ethereal shadow over Chance as they watched it. The demolitionist would be guilty if you say they stared

How couldn't them?

Why wouldn't them?

He didn't know exactly what the relationship they had going on was, but even he could think of it as... Close.

They were his, and he was theirs.

...

Fuck they're so gay for them, he's not even going to hide it.

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Wake up at 6 AM, bathe, put some clothes on, begin cooking.

At around 7:30 wake up the teens, have them bathe and change, leave them some homework for the day, and stuff they have to do.

At 9 wake up the babies, all have breakfast together.

At 10 leave for work, use the bus, if you're running late discretely teleport.

Finish work at 16hs, go to second work.

Finish at around 12, go back home, the teens have cooked. Eat together again.

Cry about things until 2 am, then fall asleep.

Repeat.

It was a routine, their routine.

Today, it somehow got worse.

It was a fucking contravention against life itself.

Why did he get to go on living, he doesn't feel like he can take care of the kids, hell he's having the two teens he kidnapped do most of the babysitting- well, one does, the other works because he can't, for Builderman on the Roblox HQ, make enough to keep them afloat.

Bloody hell, look at yourself, 007.

Having another panic attack?

How long until one of the teens wakes up from them and find you?

How long till one of the Kids does?

You're being an unstable bitch again, and the worst part is you can't even STOP CRYING

STOP

STOP I SAID.

You useless buffoon, you glass wearing stupid motherfucker

His fist clenched violently, nails slightly digging into his skin as he attempts to breathe.

It is useless. Just as 007n7.

Maybe he should call Builderman and have the children taken away!

Or maybe not, CAUSE THE DUMB MOTHERFUCKER IS GONE.

ANOTHER ADMIN WHO DISAPPEARED.

DO YOU KNOW JUST HOW BAD IT'S GETTING FOR EX HACKERS?

NO, NO YOU DON'T, BECAUSE-

"You're an interesting case, I wonder in which position it would be more interesting to have you in?"

The father didn't scream.

He couldn't bring himself to possibly waking up his children.

No, instead their head just snapped to stare into the darkness.

There was nobody there.

-AND NOW HE'S HALLUCINATING AGAIN!

AND IT'S NOT EVEN NOLI THIS TIME!

FUCK!

Chapter Text

I wonder, as we stare into the void, and it stares back just which of us will meet their ending tonight?

Swallow your pride, it will make you choke.

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The clock rang quietly, breaking any of his remaining sleep.

He has awoken about... Two hours too early, and just began thinking about things instead of going back into sleeping.

Isn't life beautiful?

One second you're having the best sleep you've had in months, and the next you're thinking about your worth in this life.

Standing up, 007 moved into the bathroom, taking a long bath.

Once the hacker was done, he got dry, then slipped into some clothes before heading into the basement.

Waking up the teens, both groaning with annoyance, he snickered slightly, before handing them their daily homework

Homeschooling them wasn't that hard, it was actually kinda fun! Maybe... Maybe he should have gone into teachings instead of coding... Then again, he wouldn't have met Noli if 007 had done so...

Ugh, whatever.

He begins cooking breakfast, not something big, nor something glamorous, but something tasty that will keep them awake and with energy throughout the day

Some pancakes with syrup and fruit, alongside some milk

Tasty....

Eventually heading into the bedroom, picking the children up and bringing them into the kitchen, he smiles to himself seeing their groggy expressions...

Hehe... Man, at least I get to see that...

Leaving them on their four baby chairs, Seven sits down on his own chair at the head of the table, waiting for the teens to get here.

...

...

....

.....

....

...

They're taking too long.

The hacker stands up, giving the babies a long, final look before heading into the basement.

Nobody is in the basement.

He stares, wide eyed, before rushing back into the kitchen.f

The door slams open before his, the handle smashing into the wall and leaving a hole.

The baby chairs are empty.

"What-?! No! No!" 007n7 practically growls, beginning to run around the house, searching, wondering if it's a bad prank.

It's not.

Eventually he gave up, just kinda, sitting on the table, alone.

The fact he had given up didn't mean that the search had ended.

No, no.

His mind was just kinda- giving up though.

How did you lose the children?

Again? C'mon, again?

First c00lkidd getting kidnapped cause you weren't looking, then this?

What are you going to do now that Noli's gone, hmm?

Bring him back and ask him to sacrifice himself for your errors again?

You might just do that! Because you never learned how to deal with troubles the real way.

No, instead you learnt how to hack to deal with your bullies.

Look at you, you fucking manchild.

He was crying.

Of course he was, how could you judge him?

How couldn't you judge him?

I mean I didn't choose this option, not my fault that he will meet his ending-

I wonder just how long he can keep up this charade

A month, twenty days, five hours, sixteen minutes and twenty seconds.

That is how long it took.

He's choking.

Choking on his pride, his ego, his past misdeeds and failures.

Choking on regret, on what if's and fake scenarios.

But mainly he's choking on blood.

007n7 gave up slowly as time went on, first he stopped sleeping well, then he stopped eating, stopped going out, stopped speaking with other people, stopped bathing, washing his teeth.

Stared slicing his wrists for some semblance of control, too afraid of just what would happen if he did go through with what he wanted.

Afraid his children would somehow come back and find him like that.

Well, he shouldn't have worried

Because they never did come back.

So, he sliced his throat in the bathtub, listening to some random songs on his phone, disabling most of his GUI to ensure it wouldn't break after his death.

And die he did

Alone, cold, dirty, crying like a little child. Hell, he attempted to save himself at some point

Attempted to get out of the tub, reach for his GUI to heal himself

It didn't work.

So, he died.

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Choking.

He was choking.

Maybe going for the throat wasn't a good idea? Then again, all he ever did was bad idea after bad idea

He was in hell, wasn't he?

The hacker. Stripped bare of his power, still choking and gurgling from his... Was it an attempt if it succeeded?

He killed himself, he's dead. Or, at least, they're pretty sure of it.

A while went by.

Hours

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Eventually he went numb of the pain. The physical one, at least.

The emotional one was pure, utter.

Like a stream of boiling water going down his veins, coming out of his ruined throat and spilling on his clothes.

He couldn't move, couldn't scream.

Yet he was mad.

Oh, he was mad; like an animal ready to rip someone apart.

Builderman on Roblox HQ save him

Nothing.

SFOTH save him

Even less than nothing.

Someone, save him

Something tugged his body, slowly ripping it apart into nothingness.

And from nothingness he was reborn.

Coughing, gagging violently, throat still slid open as he began dying again.

He used whatever strength he had to summon his UI, attempting to code anything inti himself.

It didn't work

No, instead it bursted like a damn grenade, pieces of the window shooting like shrapnel through his body, practically ripping him apart.

They stared at the little hacker.

Slowly, the shadows moved, grabbing the corpse and animating it once again.

Let's just... Do a small bit of copying.

Nobody cares about copyright, no?

...

....

.....

......

.....

....

...

Silence.

Silence in the killer cabin.

John doe wasn't exactly sentient.

Jason couldn't speak

1x simply didn't have anyone to talk with.

Then reality momentarily blipped, the cabin bending into itself and generating a new zone out of nothing.

The teen stood up tentatively, before beginning to move.

The other two wouldn't bother exploring, of course.

They... At least they reminded him of his past, his siblings before-

"You're not from this timeline, little one. Those people who you knew are long gone, these are pale imitations."

"Wh-what!? No! No-! Where's dad! Where's Noli! Where are c00lkidd and Bluudud!?"

"Gone. You caused this."

"N-no! I- I didn't cause this- I didn't-!"

The other being just laughed.

-that happened.

Fucking asshole- no, no. No bad words. Remember what you hold dear.

Whatever.

They kept on walking for a while, throughout the labyrinthine halls, eventually stopping by a new door.

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Sharp, pained breaths entered his chest, each one more painful than the last as his lungs were stabbed by c00lgui shards.

Gagging, the hacker opened his mouth, choking violently.

He falls to his knees, blood and bile rising in his throat before leaving his lips.

He vomits all over himself, his shirt, and pants before falling to the floor, all over his own mess.

The shards begin slowly digging deeper into his body, shards turning into a whole formation that stabs and rips his muscles, controlling them like a parasite.

007n7 stood up slowly, in unsteady feet, in pain. 

It hurt, oh it hurt so much, every single part of his mutilated body slowly bleeding, throat still sliced open, scars still in his wrists.

He began walking.

Whimpering, his body emitted low pained sounds with each movement

The door to their room slammed open, yet they didn't flinch.

They weren't in control anymore.

The smell hit them before the sight.

They had gotten used to the smell of blood... But that was in open spaces, during rounds.

It hit 1x like a truck, making them back away and cover their mouth as they just- stared.

At the familiar figure standing on the doorway, having meen missing for god knows how long.

"... Dad?" He whimpered out, eyes opening wide, tears threatening to spill.

Dad didn't answer.

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Even in all his angsty rage, 1x was petrified.

Stuck in place, like a green statue, just- staring.

Another choked gurgle left the other figure's throat as they advanced towards the teen, eyes blown wide open, staring, judging.

he slightly leaned back, closing his eyes terrified as they backed away, attempting to put some distance between them.

It didn't work.

Their back hit a wall, trapping them with the approaching figure.

007 stared down at 1x.

Their body corrupted, bleeding, torn to pieces. Yet taller, stronger than he had ever been before, faster, too.

Like a corrupted beast, they leaned down to 1x's height.

Another slight gurgle as he attempted to recognize them.

A hand slowly reached up and gently touched his cheek, before petting him.

"Gh... Uh... Soh?" It was another release of air leaving the sliced open flesh, yet it brought some sort of warm back.

1x still stared, still horrified out of their mind.

"Dad-?"

The torn corpse didn't need any other confirmation, gently pulling them into a hug.

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They were sitting eating dinner when it happened.

A loud, distant scream, followed by several smaller ones.

Not just a new, young soul forsakened to this hell.

But several ones.

Noli was the first to act, jumping up and practically sprinting out of the cabin like a madman, Elliot being a close second, running towards what sounded like someone hurt in order to help.

Shedletsky was third, sprinting to catch up just in case there was something bad.

The rest just kind of- stayed back.

They were confused and scared.

A hand wrapped around them, one of the teens- (they were unsure of which one) pulled them behind themselves while nervously staring around.

1x hugged their siblings, pulling them close while weeping.

Something terrible just happened. They feel it on their bones.

Their little heart being like a drum between their ribs.

He was terrified, so were his siblings.

The two teens stood before them, one standing low with their dagger, hiding in the dark. The other standing infront of them.

(There's no way.)

(Please, please don't let it be real.)

(Not the children! Anything but the kids!)

(FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!)

Noli was sprinting like a madman, ignoring the way his lungs burned violently.

Rounding a corner, he stopped just before- one of the teens he and Seven kidnapped.

They stared at each other, kind of suprised-

A sudden burning pain came from their side, he yelped and stepped back, flinging their voidstar and violently hitting the other figure, who just kinda- ragdolled away.

Elliot ran in, stopping and staring.

Okay, there's four babies.

A suprised looking teen and an unconscious one.

Noli has a dagger in his side- ouch.

So the usual.

They were still huddling together, now inside of the cabin.

The hacker just kind of... Sat on the couch, looking defeated.

The children lay on his lap and around him, hugging the man.

Everyone else just kind of- awkwardly stared.

Noob just kind of- opened their mouth to speak, but what came out was just a-.

"... Big family?"

"You have no idea."

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The children had been a- comforting addition to the team

Between c00lkidd's whimsies, Bluudud's silliness, Pr3typriincess's cuteness and (who they had taken to call boogerboy) little 1x, not to be confused with their angst, evil version, old 1x (they called em' boogerman)

All in all, everything felt... Better

Noli seemed happier, too, although he would occasionally- have a sad look on his eyes.

Not many paid attention to it, but Shedletsky did. Keeping the group safe was... Kind of his deal.

So, right now, he was making his way over to their cabin. Telamon knew the kids were with Elliot right now, as Noli rested.

They felt kinda bad about interrupting his sleep but- asking in private just felt better than in public.

Knock, knock, knock.

The hacker grumbled slightly, standing up from the couch he had lain down in.

Rubbing their eyes, he approached the door, before tugging it open.

There, stood an admin.

They had fought against said admin in the past, but being trapped together did a whole lot to stop them from fighting, or- arguing at all, really.

"... Hey." Asked Shedletsky.

"What do you need?"

"May I come in?"

A second of awkward silence

"Ugh, fine. Come on in."

Both walked into the kitchen, Noli sat back on the couch as the admin sat a respectful distance away.

"So?"

"So what?"

"Why did you interrupt my sleep?"

"Oh! Right! I- uhh... Wanted to ask something, actually."

"That being?"

"... What is wrong with you?"

"Excuse me-"

"Wait- that came out wrong. Let me rephrase it. There's something going in your mind, I've noticed it, it's bothering you. I want to know what it is"

"... Is it that noticeable?"

"No... I'm... Pretty sure I only noticed because I'm always focusing on little details and stuff..."

"They got a name for people who do that kind of thing."

"Super cool and smart?"

"Sure. Let's go with that."

"So? What is it?"

"What is what- oh, what's in my mind?"

"Yeah! C'mon man"

"... Don't tell this to anyone."

"I promise."

"I... I'm... I feel like something bad happened to Seven"

"Seven- oh! Your- buddy"

"Don't say it like that, it was- platonic."

"Sure. As platonic as me and Builderman are."

"Fuck you."

"I'm taken already"

"Ugh. Exasperating asshole."

"That's my second name!"

"Okay! Okay! Shut the fuck up and let me continue!"

"Sure."

"Seven cared too much for the kids... Not that I don't do, I love them as if they were my own... But I'm- pretty sure he just- the kids were probably stopping him from- after I-"

Shedletsky placed a hand on their arm, stopping him.

"... I know what you're probably thinking... I... Shit uh- I dunno what to say, man"

"You're a terrible helper."

"Yeah, people usually tell me that"

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The children were fast asleep...


Well, actually, anyone who had just gotten here was.

That included the two teens.

They were- lucky for now, the specter wasn't going to include them... At least he hoped.

However, Noli wasn't included in that lucky break.

The familiar feeling on his chest came, making them flinch slightly.

Standing up, they moved towards the main cabin, leaving his own behind.

A reunion, everyone else was just kind of sitting around the table.

"..."

Shedletsky gently knocked on the table, calling attention


"okay-! So, uhhhhh, who's chosen today? Not me, so that's uhhh- cool and stuff-"

Doombringer raised a brow, momentarily staring.

"Neither Mat- Dusekkar or me... Noob?"

"No- me neither... Elliot?"

"... Nope..."

Noli just stared for a while, before clearing his throat.

"Uh... Fuck, eh- wish me luck? Am I alone?"

Everyone else just stared at them

"Ohh- that's not good, not good at all..." Muttered- one of the admins.

"Wait- are we having personal rounds now- I don't wanna be alone-" Noob said anxiously.

Seeing someone be taken into a round is always kind of- terrifying.

Their body gets just- yanked into a dark cloud, before disappearing completely.

New round

Somewhere- he didn't recognize at first.

A large building loomed over him, a familiar sign making his eyes widen considerably

It was the university that they studied at!

Alongside... Seven.

Walking.

A corpse was slowly walking on heavy feet

Soft thunks came with their steps, giving off a sense of impending doom.

Noli walked, staring nervously all around, feeling old memories slowly work their way into his brain.

That fountain is where he pushed Seven as a prank once-

That classroom is where both failed a test so bad he began crying, and 007 later comforted him.

They shook their head, dissipating his thoughts before they could get worse

A sudden, distant cry made Noli stop dead on his tracks.

He recognized that voice.

Eyes wide, they began sprinting again, rounding corners and just- attempting to reach on time.

There was nothing.

Just the smell of death.

Did he get here too late- no! No- of course not.

There was just blood on the floor, but there was also a trail, a red, long one. Leading down the dark corridors into the basement

It reeked of iron

He wanted to puke, but at the same time, he couldn't bring himself to.

They wanted to see. Check if they were okay

Noli walked cautiously, their voidstar flying just a bit infront of them, lighting their way

The blood was recent, yet not at all hot, like it should be.

Something was wrong, very wrong, yet he didn't notice. He couldn't- no, wouldn't dare think of the alternative.

Somewhere, someone, or something was enjoying the show, staring from every corner at the upcoming content, hungry for amusement.

Not that Noli knew.

He was hunting.

Seven was hunting someone he didn't recognize

From the shadows, like some kind of creep

He wanted to stop, yet he couldn't

Seven wasn't in control

He couldn't blink, couldn't walk, couldn't breathe

yet he was conscious, he was very conscious inside his prison of flesh

Conscious enough to understand what was going on with him

Conscious enough to realize that his body was no longer his.

A bloodcurdling scream cut through Noli's concentration like a hot knife through butter.

The hacker stopped dead on their tracks, a full body shiver running up his spine as their head slowly turned to stare into the darkness

Almost immediately, locking into two eyes staring back at him.

"..."

"..."
There were no necessary words. They snapped around and began running.

The basement was dark.

It was so fucking hard to see

Yet they kept on going.

Another body shiver ran through them, feeling as if something was laughing at the scene

Noli ran, because he had to. He didn't want to stop, because if he did, he was done for.

Death always hurt.

It doesn't get any better.

They trailed behind- whoever he was chasing

007n7 had a faint sense of familiarity to- whoever the hell he was chasing.

Heavy footsteps echoed down the long corridor as he ran, it followed close behind.

His breath came in short, sharp gasps, the hacker's lungs burned, his asthma not helping at all with running.

Even then, he managed to lose them by running out of the basement.

They stopped by a classroom, he- it felt familiar.

He didn't have the time to stop and think.

Sprinting in, they fidgeted with their pockets- Attempting to grab their inhaler.

Hands reaching in, the hacker,

No

No, no, no.

You dropped it.

• Get your inhaler back

They couldn't fucking breathe

Sharp, small breaths coming in and out of their throat, attempting to take in as much air as he could

it wasn't much.

But Noli got up again, barely managing to cling to consciousness, doing their best to just move.

007n7 walked

Walked on two legs, like a regular human being

Like you and me do

Breathed like a regular human being

Like Noli and the children do

blinked

moved

controlled themselves

had any way of expressing just what was happening to him

His eyes flickered up, taking in the sight of a discarded inhaler.

He took it.

• Find him.

He began walking again.

Noli continued walking, making their way down into the darkness he had ascended from.

Eyes blown wide open, staring, searching, attempting to find- who was waiting for him.

He had seen them, hell, they stared at the other directly for a couple of seconds, yet the hacker refused to accept it.

So they continued.

And in an intersection

They found each other.

He didn't want to do this.

Yet there was no other way it could've ended.

They pounced, hands raised high, swinging in an arc towards- Their Noli

Noli barely managed to dodge, before throwing their voidstar at him, it exploded on contact, momentarily blinding him.

Yet apart from that, it didn't do enough.

They walked back, side stepping and dodging attacks and pounces.

He knew well that neither of the two wanted this.

If Noli was proud of something, it was reading Seven's eyes

Always so big, beautiful, so undaunting, to the point he could just get lost in them without even trying

Always the awkward subject, a sore spot he just- couldn't get over

He was so fucking in love with them.

Their chance was gone.

Two hackers, violent individuals who deserved nothing but the worst after making oh so many suffer

It couldn't have ended any other way

Or maybe it could have?
Maybe they could've been just a regular couple

Living together, maybe even getting married

Or partners in crime, living the great life, enjoying the highs and lows that hacking brought

The children too, maybe their little minions, their descendants, or just their kids, either way, he just- wished he could turn back time

to fucking go back and kick his younger self for not realizing, for not being there, for not paying attention at anything except himself and the stupid cult he started

at the end of the day it was neither the cult nor his love that did anything, it was all just- doomed, from the start, from the very first time they met the other

It couldn't have ended any other way

Could it?

Seven got a lucky hit in, punching the across the jaw.

The bone snapped almost instantly, making them flip in the opposite direction.

A hand came up to snatch his jaw, holding him tight.

Noli's eyes widened as he just- stared.

He couldn't do much at that point.

A first, second, third punch descended on his face, turning into a bloody pulp

He attempted to find a way to survive, like a dying person flailing around even in their last moments.

A scream half tore from their throat, but it got shut up.

Seven pushed a hand into his mouth, turning him around and forcing his body to give up.

A second hand entered his mouth, gripping the upper jaw

Then they began pulling

The muscle gave up as they spasmed on their hold

Noli gagged on his own blood as their muscle got ripped, muscle separating from flesh as-

The cranium let go of the body.

The corpse dropped like a sack of potatoes, cold, dead.

Seven stared at the head they were holding

Half ripped apart, brutalized from the punches

yet still beautiful

his Noli

his poor Noli

They brought the skull up to their chest, hugging it silently

Eventually they let go, dropping it as they just- began moving again, losing the momentary control that allowed them to hug him a last time

Noli woke up back in the cabin

Everyone was just- staring at him, waiting for the always impervious, deadpan hacker to say anything.

He didn't.

He got up and walked out of the room before anyone could do anything.

Heading into his cabin, he slammed the door shut behind himself and just- collapsed into the floor

sobbing hysterically, attempting to breathe.

They still felt the fucking pain

Not just the pain of their head being- ripped off

but the pain of staring into those souless eyes, dead far before he got there

the throat which wheezed every once in a while

those wrists, still cut.

Even then, he wanted to pounce at them and hug them, wanted to cry into their chest and kiss Seven.

Yet he couldn't.

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Taph worked until late that day

Demolishing homes

the usual excitement for their job had long since run dry, specially since the- news broke out

Builderman was just... Gone.

The only thing that was found of the CEO were a bloody tub, with no body.

He could only guess the stress of his friends disappearing got to the man, at least- that's what everyone hoped, because the alternative was terrifying

Having someone as powerful as- Builderman getting beaten and then kidnapped?

Lord have mercy upon the common folk

A couple of hours go by, Taph sits on the bus.

He gets off, walks across the street, dodging some cars

Climbs up the stairs for one floor, two floors, and comes across the door.

They open it and step inside

Chance is just kind of... Sitting on the table, munching on something they cooked

It looks tasty, Taph approaches and gives them a nod, alongside a small wave.

The gambler seems to brighten up happily

"Hey man... How was work today?"

'It went well! Not much to do, though. I'm happy to be back ' Taph signed happily, before plopping down across from them and beginning to eat too

All in all, they had gotten better after Noob disappeared

...

...

...

Hehehe

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Gamblerboy, 12:15 said: how's work going? ❤️

Mute demoman, 12:20 said: Good so far! Thanks for asking :), Whatcha cooking up?

Gamblerboy, 12:21 said: uhhh- you up for some spaghetti?

Mute demoman, 12:23 said: epic

Gamblerboy, 12:26 said: lol

Gamblerboy, 15:23 said: yo, u okay? You should be home by now

Gamblerboy, 16:40 said: Taph, dude

Gamblerboy, 16:45 said: I'm going over there rn, answer me when you can

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Choking.

Taph was choking.

Something went wrong, it- had to have.

Did the bombs just fucking explode early?

No- no, there was no bang- and he felt... Relatively intact.

Lifting a shaking hand, they grasp their stomach, it was split down the middle, he could- no, he didn't look down, Taph wasn't strong enough to see his own guts hanging out.

Chance was... Nervous.

Like, really nervous.

He was on edge, sitting on the bus while slowly flipping his coin on one hand, all the while shooting texts at Taph

Okay, if the bombs didn't explode early, then what-

Some of his fellow demolitionists were dead too, also ripped to pieces.

This was... An abandoned place, it did look weird but... But they never expected anyone to just... Fight them, specially since there wasn't anybody!

So, then, what the hell killed them?

Whatever.

Taph ain't going down like this.

Not alone, at least.

So many sacrifices for the spawn...

It's just... So easy

With the chaos of the recent admin dissapearences, no one bothered to send any reports out

So when they came to destroy what was left of the spawn's blessed... She struck.

Chance was just... Silently walking alongst the road, tracking Taph's phone on his own.

It was something they both chose to do after Noob got- after whatever happened to Noob happened.

Either way, he was currently in the middle of nowhere, abandoned wooden buildings loomed over him... Definitely not the natural habitat of a gambler.

She stalked them, whoever just arrived, another sacrifice.

Now, none were as pure as children... But the spawn wouldn't care about that.

Taph pushed Rongamer2000's corpse, flipping them onto their back as he began rummaging through the body, eventually finding just what they wanted.

She pounced on them, Chance practically rolled out of the way and shot em' on the face.

Amarah stepped back, groaning as their skull practically healed itself back closed.

The gambler just... Stared for a second as the spawn did it's magic, before they ran.

And run they did.

Sprinting down long, dark hallways, before crashing into a room full of corpses. Unable to- do much, they snarled, struggling with their inventory, summoning the- sword they took from ITrapped.

The darkheart.

It sung like a siren as he cut off a dark tentacle, eager to taste blood.

Swinging again, again and again, he kept dodging and weaving between attacks.

Eventually he wasn't fast enough, and one of them got him across the gut, impaling the man.

Taph just kind of- stared.

Holding a detonator.

A detonator for the bombs dropped nearby

On the corpses of his comrades

...

For a flickering moment, he is amused by the idea of everything being written off as an accident, a tragedy.

He giggles.

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Death was cold, silent, sudden.

Maybe it was because he too had been carrying explosives that he activated?

Taph is floating

Like an astronaut lost in the deep of space

Ripped to pieces, covered in shrapnel

Destroyed hands still clunching the detonator.

As time kept going, so did his thoughts

At first he thought of different what if's, but then he gave up, just slowly counting the ever increasing time

...

As they stared to the void, and it stared back, he wondered about his next purpose.

The blade sang on his hand, like a beautiful mermaid attempting to seduce him

Chance had been weak, easy to corrupt, pathetically in a way

...

He was no such man any longer.

Noli still refused to come out of their cabin except for rounds, refusing to explain just what happened that day.

Shedletsky had an idea.

Oh, he had an idea

Being the last one to talk to the man, he knew exactly what happened

After all, the specter enjoys playing with their victims in a twisted way.

They-

"agh!"

who the hell just screamed?

The admin snapped around, staring at...

Two figures.

One clinging to a sword

The other carrying a pouch of bombs and a detonator.

Two new survivors, huh?

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He was awake

Well... No.

Awake wouldn't be the correct word, given the fact he is in a trance like state

It was weird, being awake yet not at the same time

Was he dead?

 I mean, probably, he did blow themselves up

Worth it

Lol, lmao even... At least that bitch is- probably dead

Taph hoped so

The spawn itself struggled, attempting to squirm free

It was weak, trembling like a scared animal

What is a god without it's followers? Nothing.

Nothing couldn't defend itself when something attacked, wrapped them up like a present

And now here they were

Somewhere

Trembling and softly gasping for air as they tore into his holy flesh, tearing chunks before consuming them

He would've sobbed if they weren't as prideful as the Spawn was

No, they wouldn't allow tears to spill

Their arm suddenly shoot up, puppeteered like a flesh muppet

His blessing was forced out of their body, curling around his own followers, which had become the Specter's playthings

Eventually they stopped, allowing his limp body to fall onto the ground, where he silently breathed, in a pool of golden blood.

A low, ethereal chuckle filled his ears as they struggled to kneel.

A sudden hand grasped his chin, forcing them to stare up

Into the Specter

Shedletsky just kinda... Stared.

Stared at the two new survivors.

One wasn't awake. The other was a trembling mess, holding a flintlock as they covered the other's body.

"Fuuuck..." He muttered before approaching.

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"H-hey there-"

"AH-! GET BACK! GET THE #### BACK!"

"Woah-! Calm down buddy- put the gun dow-"

"SHUT- SHUT UP! WHERE ARE WE!?"

"It's not that easy to explain-"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT EASY! EXPLAIN!"

"Okay, okay! Chill! Uh- we're in... In..."

"IN!?"

"Idunnohowtoexplainpleasedon'tshootme"

"WHAT!?"

Dusekkar just kinda... Stared from a distance, slightly lifting their staff and summoning a shield around Shedletsky.

The gun dude screamed and shot, it bounced off and hit near the mage, he didn't even react.

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John took a step back from the shot, before shooting Dusekkar a thankful glance.

The mage gave them a nod, before continuing casting the shield, all the while the swordsman stumbled to grab their sword from- thin air (it's totally not that the author has no idea how to explain the sword spawning in for the swing, like a loser)

Chance stared with slight shock, but he didn't back down, no, instead he grabbed his own sword and swung it wildly

Now, fighting experienced opponents was usually easier than- Noobs. For a good reason, too

When you have training, experience, you tend to default to a certain fighting style, maybe you are fast and heavy, maybe you weave around, maybe you rely on parrying

New fighters, however, tend to resort to- whatever

Literally, they do random shit all the time.

LIKE THIS ASSHOLE PISTOL WHIPPING HIM AFTER HE PARRIED THE SWORD SLASH

Shedletsky let out an annoyed groan, stepping back and grabbing their nose and attempting to breathe through it.

"Brokwean... You- fuwcking awshole" He muttered annoyed, before stepping away and dodging another slash.

The gambler tripped over their own feet after overexerting strength onto the swing, taking a step forward, only for the admin to punch them on the stomach, making them gasp and fall onto their knees.

Dusekkar slowly approached as John held the new survivor down.

"You appear to have gotten this young soul under control, good job, my friend"
"HE BRKE MY FUWCKING NOSWE"
"... ew"

A couple of hours later, everyone just kinda- sat on the living room of the main cabin.

The others were still in a round, they usually don't last this long, but whatever.

The babies were around, too, so that's cool.

"... I don't regret breaking your nose."
"... Fair."

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He just kinda... Sat on the couch.

Staring straight ahead, like a doll.

John doe sat beside them, equally still.

Guess broken coding is- alike? I mean- the c00lgui shards ARE acting like- a certain kind of fungy, controlling his muscles, doing whatever it wanted, to propagate itself, just like the other hacker's code did.

Now, he didn't reallly need to eat, yet 1x brought him food all the while... They wished that his body actually allowed him to eat...

Whatever, there's probably shards on his guts, too.

1x just kinda- sat and stared at his father from across the room.

He was by the table, sitting on a throne like chair, silently nibbling at- whatever he cooked.

Now- it was obvious that dad wasn't that thing, but that thing was dad, or at least controlling his body.

...

Freaky.

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Ask away, to either meh or dah characters

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0L33 asked:

1. the other fic with the 007n7/noli tag is canon to this fic so does that mean 007n7/noli is canon in this fic?

2. is the builderman/shedletsky in this fic doomed and the tag just exists to rub the fact that they're doomed in our face or no 💔

1: Yep!

2: I mean, aren't all ships doomed in this fic? lololol

CHAI_Drinker asked:

How is chance doing? Actually how is everyone doing

 

Well, Chance is holding up alright, I guess? Not everyone is doing so, not at all.

The survivors are currently in a round, maybe ya'all will see their reactions to the new guys who showed up next chapter :)

ItzViza asked:

How's going in the new place for everyone?

Bad

B_L_O_O_S asked:

To 1x4: How do you feel about having a fully controllable body now?? No more baby! Also, have you tried talking to your father since he came?

To my dearest author.... Pls... Will you give us even an OUNCE of fluff :(((

A small child slowly looks up curiously, momentarily focusing on the voice speaking directly into their brain.

Again?

Yes, again. Now answer- just think what you want to tell them, you know how this is already

sure. Well- I didn't really understand your question, I- am still a child, aren't I?

... what do you mean dad came here too?

...

In another place, a teen sneezes, before wiping their nose.

"... Didn't expect I could get sick anymore..." 1x muttered before turning and staring at their father as they sat on the couch, in all their bleeding body.

Ya'all will get fluff... Eventually.

XxdelrizexX asked:

How Are The Other Kids Doing?

Does this story get less sad?? 🥺🙏🙏

 

The children are holding up alright! They're just kinda... Chilling on the main cabin- since it would be no fun sending babies to their death

I mean, they can't even fight back yet!

Iminmydsmpphase asked:

1. Can we have a general like update on how everyone is doing?? I just miss them sm.

2. Are there other characters from different timelines also gonna get added here? (Like the 1x's or is it just them).

3. How far do you think this fic will go since you're just winging it?

4. Will there be a sequel to this fic once you're done or no?/more will be added to this series?

1: Noli and Shedletsky are not holding up alright, Chance and Taph aren't either... But they'll get better, not everyone is so lucky

2: I mean, probably, maybe some original timeline characters or smh like that lolol

3: Probably- a while, at least until I run out of ideas, since I have been winging it from the start, emoticon

4: Yeah, yeah there will be

Sonadowontop asked:

Will something bad, real bad(like the betrayal) happen to Azure?? Or maybe to Two Times??
What are their fates in this forsaken place 💔💔

I guess? They're currently survivors. Azure acts like an alchemist/support, Two Time is like their original counterpart but weaker, as in, less health

Fall1004 asked:

Ceru goat when 💔

*Shoots you with the water gun of eternal pain and agony* wait till we get more info (like I'm waiting for guest 666's lore drop lol)

AsterRatXP asked:

To the kiddos+teens, do you see Noli as another dad? How do you feel about him?
To all the survivors and killers, how do you feel on Noli and n7 getting forsakened? And the kids?
To bad-end 1x, are you happy your dad(n7) is here now:D

A group of kids silently lay asleep around Noli.

He's laying on his back on the bed, snoring silently.

Yes. The children do see Noli as a second father, the teens, though... It's more complicated.

To start with, they were kinda scared of the hackers.

Now? It's just... Like a familiar figure.

Somewhere else, Shedletsky silently sips on a cup of tea.

He doesn't usually allow himself such things, not being a particular fan of relaxing this way, after all, why stay still and meditate when you can just go and fight people? It's always funnier, too.

But ever since they arrived at this place, everything slowly changed.

Just like his perspective on them.

John doesn't particularly hate the hacker's presence, specially after they- told him what they went through.

The memory of a psychotic familiar builder momentarily flickers on his head, making him shake it, eventually dissipating it.

He knows well enough how it feels to have someone you love turned against you, but also witnessing them being ripped apart?

It... Can't do anything but bring sympathy.

The kids are another interesting point, poor little guys.

Nobody that young deserves to grow up in a place like this.

"I... I guess..."

"I've wanted him back for a... Long while... but... but not like this... I just want him back, like when I was little. I want him to read a book to me, to hug me and comfort me, not to- I didn't want a lobotomized puppet! Fuck- get that stupid mic away from me, I don't want to talk about it-"

Lavendere_Lockedowne asked:

1. to chance: can you reenact Tempest down aerial PROJECT: gaming
2. to author: is this still a 007n7 fic
3. to chance: listen to alligator bites never heal and watch all the music videos

1 and 3:

"I- uhh, what?... excuse me, but I don't know what that is..."

"Alligator bites never heal? I... I suppose music would be alright..."

2: Eh, we're diversifying the market lol, but yeah, although it gets had considering I did put 007n7 in an eternal hell of his own making

DoodDaDoer asked:

Wait I kinda got confused since I kinda forgot the main story now, they got forsakened right? So uh, are the children killers or survivors? Since 007n7 is a killer now, what are the reactions of the children when they see their father like that?😭😭 Poor burger man

 

babygirl, I will lobotomize you :Sob: (Silly)

Only Noli has seen how 007 looks so far, cause like, where's the fun in a unique toy when you use it all the time?

Stumblebum_luck asked:

If they all died to get forsakend how did the kids+teens die? Last we knew they just disappeared but did they ever actually die?
Also who really ended up getting forsakend first? The kids or 007n7?

Well... No, the children are not dead dead, I would just call it a rapture like disappearance, they just got transported whole into the specter's realm

The kids went first, 007 couldn't handle losing everything, so he chose to just... Follow them

Ventisfriendlycecilia asked:

1,Ok so to Two Time. How do you feel about your old presumably dead mentor?

2,007n7 How does it feel like to well be controlled by an unknown being?

1:

"I... Miss Amarah?"

"... She was like a mother to me, not just a mentor... Yes, in the end she... Might've done some bad stuff... But she always teached me that nothing she did was wrong, it was all just... A way of showing love to the spawn..."

2:

"Imagine torture

No, not just torture
it all hurts.

No, no, no. It doesn't just hurt. Its pure agony
every movement, every breath- no, they're not breaths, my lungs are filled with shrapnel

filled with shrapnel like some kind of victim that the doctors attempt to save and fail to.

My eyes, I cannot blink, I haven't been able to not look

My body is like a prison of flesh

I'm stuck, I can't get out, I can't breathe, I can't blink, I can't cry out, I can't fight back or give up

One would think the pain would lessen up as time goes on

But it does not."

Loferus9 asked:

1. 007n7 how do you feel being a killer are you OKAY…
2. Noli how do you feel about 007n7 being a killer. How much does this pain you

 

1 and 2;

"Haven't I explained it just now- no, I- I don't want to speak, it hurts, please"
Just speak.

"Pleas I-"

I don't really care what you feel. Now answer their question, Seven.

"N-no! No I'm not okay! I just- I-"

"I want to go home... I just... I want to hug 007, help him raise his children and live happily." Noli muttered out as an asnwer

The_Ultimate_Writer asked:

To Chance: when will you kiss Taph?

Bro help, you made me ship them too, and I've got a headcanon that Taph is Builderman's adopted son-

Also, to Taph: what do you see Builderman as? (More like what is Builderman to Taph)

 

"Wh-what! k-kiss Taph? no- no nono I can't do that! we're just... Just friends" (gaygayhomosexualgay-)

Taph just kinda shrugged, before beginning to sign

'Well... It's hard... At first I thought he was a friend, but now? I've realized it was all just wishful thinking... I... I hope to see him as a friend, at least...'

Bore_d asked:

/gen question: does it ever get better for 07 + Noli and their unofficial children?

... Maybe <:)

Myeba_Chaos asked:

Are you in a ploy with other fanfic authors to suddenly stop pelting us with bricks to make us unprepared for the cement shoes when you throw us in a river /j (like 6 fics that im reading from different authors haven't been that angsty in the most recent chapters and I'm scared. That includes this one.)

Are the babies still... well, babies??? Like if you threw them into a round right now would they be able to run. Because otherwise there's no point for the spectre to throw them in unless maybe when 007n7 is the killer ig

hehehe, no, no we're not a team (yet), but I'm glad to see our little community has began growing :)

Yeahh... They're more like toddlers now, that's why they don't participate of rounds yet

Z3ll13_Th3_Dvmmy asked:

To Noli: How does it feel having your best friend be the one to kill all of you over and over again?
To 1x1x1x1 bad-end: How is it like with your dad (7n7) around?
To author: Do you have plans to eventually make the teens go through the purgatory?

Noli just kind of... Cried.

1x did too.

Yeah, I guess they will indeed go through it at some point ig

chezborgrtheft asked:

how are the teenagers reactions to nolis death?

Nobody but 007n7 and c00lkidd knew of Noli's death until after they got forsakened, the teenagers included

One day, the house owner just kind of... Went missing, and their... partner, lover, boyfriend friend got depressed.

All in all, it was suspicious, but nobody really knew just what happened.

Eclipsed_Crash asked:

Will we get a chapter dedicated to all of the characters and their states? (I kinda wanna see a relationship chart with the killers too, like how does a psychotic Builderman react to a corpse of a 007n7?)

 

maybe later :)

 Alfombra asked:

    Is taph ok? And what does he think about this new "situation"? And how do you update so fast???

Taph is kinda- unconscious

And I do magic idk lol

 KRYER asked:
    How is it that there is a baby 1x, but also an adult 1x. I see that they're from different time lines, but how are both of them here?

Yeah- it happened cause the specter found it funny

Chapter Text

Noli blinked.

Once, twice, and then the round was gone.

It's kinda like waking up from a dream, you just- do.

One second he had some scratches from a machete, the next he hadn't.

It's always been weird, but, to be fair, when is this place not weird?

It's like, this hell(?) is a freaky ass place

Being brought back from the dead is always disorienting, and don't even start with the costant ghost pains all over his body- remind him to never burn again? Not that he intended to- eating fried chicken was better than, y'know, being fried chicken.

So, the cabins. The cabins

It took Taph approximately two hours to wake up.

He didn't scream- not that he could be that loud, even when they tried.

So, the demolitionist just kind of... Sat on the couch, alongside Chance.

Waiting.

The admin had spoken with them before, mentioned everyone who was also here. What would happen.

"... Do you think it's them?"

'It would be convenient '

"Yeah... I kinda wanna see'em again"

'... I do tooo.'

"Now- it's been like a year for us, but longer for them, way longer... Do you think Noob still-"

'yes... Yes they do'

"... Good..."

Chapter Text

You blink awake

It's hard to see, every way you look is covered in mist, as far as the eye can see.

You, are a baby

A small, green child.

1x, the manifestation of hatred given shape, grown up around love and care, developed other emotions

Even then, hatred reigns on his heart, hatred for the bad things in life, for he who hurts his family, for he who has done all this for their amusement.

This place, this hell, is all a big show, and tonight? Tonight is a special day.

You won't be the tortured one, child... You will be the one doing the torture by just existing in this innocent shape

The world morfs around your body, changing, melting away like an ice pillar under fire, before reshaping into- a house.

He finds himself on a craddle

His mind foggy, the faces on his memories erased momentarily

Something nearby gasps, before long, heavy footsteps move near

Someone leans over the side of the craddle, staring down into the chile

A few droplets or blood fall down, startling the child

They stare at the mutilated person staring at him, and sob, suddenly scared with inhumane dread

Whoever this is looks awfully familiar, but with their foggy memories, they cannot understand who it is, so whatever they could've felt has been replaced with fear, fear for their death

A bloody hand reached down, gently cupping the baby's face on it

1x squirms and attempts to pull away, uncomfortable and scared. The hand is cold, way too cold for anything human, or alive.

The hand flinched away, the person just... Staring instead

No emotions are shown on their face, as if they couldn't control whatever they showed, muscles just... Frozen in place

They reached up, taking their glasses off and just... Leaving it on the kid's small hands

Then the world melts away again

Somewhere, a child wakes up in a cabin, scared, holding some glasses, startling their parent and siblings awake

Somewhere else, a living corpse continues unmoving, trapped inside of their body, unable to cry and sob and scream in pain and breathe and do much of anything they want to do

Chapter Text

Running 

You are running

Chasing an unending web of regrets

It floods your mind

You wonder many things

Why

How

When

Will it end

Does it have to

Do you deserve this

Maybe you do

Maybe your past finally caught up to you

Maybe, maybe.

It's useless, worthless.

You don't like this, you don't like this at all

Your body is not yours to control

Your fate is not one of happiness

Maybe this is how it will end

But what about the post credits, huh?

Weeping and crying internally has stopped

Tears gone dry, several clear trails on your face, running alongst your blood like a messy mascara

You look disgusting

You are disgusting

But why do you deserve this?

Doesn't anyone deserve salvation?

Just because god forsakened you doesn't mean everyone else did

Noli definitely didn't

The kids... They...

They didn't

Lacking control is disgusting

Watching whatever the hell is controlling your body slowly mutilating itself is even more so

You have a room

There is no bed on it

There is no desk

No craddle

It doesn't feel like home

It isn't home

You're not home, you need to find a way back

Even if it's through your own blood

You don't feel the pain anymore

Only the afterimage

The image of-

It ran a razor down his thigh

It dug into the skin, just barely, leaving a faint trial of blood on its way

It continued, cutting, cutting, cutting

Maybe if you cut enough you'll get rid of your disgust

You're ugly

Rotten

Sick

Terrible

A fucking idiot

A hacker

A messy exploiter

A good for nothing scumbag

You are

007n7

The hacker

The father

The living corpse

The

The

The

The

The

The

The.

The..

The...

Nothing

You are nothing important

Who even cares about who you are in the grand scheme of things

No one

There's your-

Fuck off

- What?

I said fuck off

Get out

Stop

Stop stop

Stop

Stp

St

S

If you're going to finish it

Find a good fucking way to do it

Not this worthless self reflecting

It's lost it's touch after so long

Seeing you brutalize your self is no longer funny

Self pity is worthless

I don't care about it

Look up at the moon

- I don't get it

You don't need to, just l o o k 

- I don't want to look

I think we're no longer at a point where I care what you want

Do me a favour

And please

look

p l e a s e

Chapter Text

He kept cutting through the night

While his body remained asleep

Only a single hand moving in the night

Eyes held open, unflinching, staring at the shards on his body

Slowly taking out another c00lgui shard out, leaving them together beside his body

It was starting to actually look like a c00lgui now, pannel slowly forming a window

At some point it started dragging shards from his body by itself

It ripped free

Blood, muscle and skin tearing as the bigger shards left his body, the smaller ones didn't

Instead they stayed deep, like shredded glass, slowly running throughout his bloodstream

007n7 didn't bother, nor care for it

He just needed a functional tool

The specter stared, amused.

It's special toy was attempting to rebel

Maybe it was for the best

After all, isn't it funner when they try to fight back?

Maybe he misjudged the hacker

Maybe being a killer wasn't what they should've picked for them

Or maybe... Hehe...

Another round starts

A teenager silently woke up, sitting up in a confused motion

1x silently blinked, he lacked his usual anger

No, instead... Something else was going on.

They felt weak, unable to use their full power for some reason

It was disturbing.

Disturbing?

What a curious feeling

Finally being in control of what they felt after- so long

Usually they only got control post round, when the hatred lifted and made realize what he did

He cried at night, every single day

His love language was physical affection

He wanted to hug someone

To be hugged

To cuddle up to- his siblings, lay together and sleep, like old times

They wished it was that easy- no, instead he has... That thing

The corpse of his father, walking.

It always made them feel uneasy, specially since they- saw those eyes

Big, wide, bloodshot, tired.

Way too tired

As if sentient

Was there any sentience behind that bloody visage?

Maybe there was

He hoped there wasn't

Because it would mean that dad was conscious as his body constantly ripped apart, healing and tearing open each night

Blood constantly pouring

What did constant death feell like?

Maybe it got better over time?

Does- one stop feeling pain?

In the past he delved into pain, attempting to just...

They don't know anymore

Maybe they seeked control of something, whatever the reason was, he cut his skin open with the venomshank

It was a terrible idea

She realized way too late, when the poison kicked in.

It felt pain, way too much pain for it to move, laying down on the floor, feeling their body on pure fire

Maybe he liked it

Maybe he did it again

Not that he would tell you if asked

...

Going back to his unusual control

His hand gripped the venomshank tightly, until it's hilt dug into his skin.

They began walking

Recognizion flasher across his face as he stared

He was... At the mansion

What was this place even called?

Eh- unimpressed

What is important is-

The far away cementary was shining weirdly

A large, shining formation rose from the ground, like some freaky root

It catched her interest

So, 1x moved. Stepping forward and into the darkness

Their naturally dark green skin helped them camouflage alongst the- general darkness of this place

It wasn't this dark usually... That had him slightly nervous

They were afraid of the darkness- it was a silly think

But fuck it, can't a 17 year old be afraid of something?

Just like things like- Telamon made him afraid

They didn't meet the admin often

Usually Shedletsky was the one they fought against

But Shedletsky was as much a creation of Telamon as he was a creation of Shedletsky

He wondered how Shedletsky- was born

...

Maybe the god birthed them-

They giggled, it was a silly thought, but maybe accurate? Like- it would give them more material for insulting the admin-

'your mama so ugly your father birthed you'

'damm bitch, how are you custom made and still ugly?'

'Did you come out yo dad's a-'

A distant sound startled him, it sounded like a slow growl.

1x flinched, looking around nervously, attempting to find the origin of the sound

They had no luck, so. They moved forward.

Eventually reaching the cementary

The root was definitely interesting

It was constantly changing colours, switching between the rainbow

It was pretty

Curiously he reached and gripped it firmly

The venomshank pulsed on their hand

It made 1x curious

Why was the sword afraid?

What are you afraid of, little sword?

Is it-

The root gripped them back

He stared momentarily, before attempting to pull away

It didn't allow them to

He pulled his arm again, and again.

After several tries he just- lifted the sword and cut the root free

It spilled a red, sticky liquid all over him

The air smelled metallic

It invaded his nose, made him gag

Damn his sensitive sence of smell

1x M O V E

Eyes widening he practically jumped away

The root grabbed the space where he had used to be at

It fruitlessly moved around before just-

They can't see anything

The ground is gray

1x gasped awake, jumping on his feet before darting away

Whenever they were, it wasn't a good place

Afraid

He.was.afraid.

Chapter Text

They were- somewhere  

Their eyes hurt 

No, actually, their whole body hurt, feeling bad, weaker, even.

The specter.

The specter hadn't calculated on whatever the hell 1x just did

Victory tastes like a breath of fresh air, burning deep into his poison riddled lungs 

The Venom slipped free, falling on the floor by them

It all hurt so much, yet in a weirdly liberating way he wouldn't bother thinking about

Now- he had no idea where the hell he was at.

It looked like a weirdly shaped canyon. A path down the middle and some trees

There was nothing except the dirt road

So, he followed it

And followed it

And followed it

And-

How long have I been walking?

It was starting to wear off

He needed his stash 

He-

Another wave of dizziness made him tumble slightly, Thomas' hand coming up to grab onto a nearby tree

They squeezed their eyes shut, slightly grumbling and shaking his head

The colours

They were all glowing too much

Each and every sound was way too loud

He slightly leaned forward, reeling and gagging violently 

He recognizes this place

A-

Waves of hallucinations crash into his already fragile mind, making him flinch and attempt not to puke yet again

He needs to go back home.

But he also needs his medicine

Without it he isn't himself

Without it he isn't-

His focus kicked back in after being cut off mid thought 

He was back on the path back home

Thomas didn't know how, didn't care how, but he got some of the pills.

Almost immediately upon regaining consciousness he chugged a couple, the sweet concoction taking effect almost instantly and-

The world looked happy again ^3^

It took a while. 

1x still hadn't found anyone- and not to mention the venom kicking in

He had not, for even a moment, taken into considered the fact that being POISONED on the middle of nowhere could be a problem 

Hey- at least he has a developed immunity so he won't like, die or whatever

But even then, holy hell, the world looked fuzzy- oh, ohhhh... Yep, he's losing consciousness.

Ugh, whatever. He's in the middle of nowhere, what's the worst that could happen? An animal attempting to eat him? A weirdo kidnapping him???

Thomas stopped, curious at a sudden sound coming from somewhere nearby

He walked in between the trees, coming to a clearing

There, he spotted a curious green figure, collapsed in between tree roots

A deer was attempting too eat them-

"Whuh-? Hey-!" The man moved closer, startling the deer and making it run away, then he stopped and just kinda, took a moment to look at whoever he found

"Oh, Hi! I'm Thomas! Are you alright??? ^_^"

"..."

“Ah- welp, I am no medic, but- I'm sure Fisher can help you! Or- that he at least has something to wake you up °-°" ”

He picked them up and continued walking, all the while humming- something

Chapter Text

It was freaking out 

It was actually freaking the fuck out 

How did his- how did it BREAK?

IF ONE GOT OUT THE REST COULD BREAK OUT TOO

DANG IT!

OH DANG IT! 

HOW. DID. THIS. HAPPEN?

"Hehehe..."

The specter turned his full attention to the spawn, staring them down momentarily 

They had been slowly breaking them apart, mentally and physically 

The spawn tried it all

Fighting back

Begging

Giving up

Before they eventually learned to enjoy the pain 

He tangled reality around the broken deity, slowly mending flesh before ripping it apart, again and again and again and ag-

They were distracted, the spawn giggled again

...

...

Hehehe...

Two Time had been sleeping when it happened

A sudden, sharp vision that made them scream loudly

A way out.

An actual way out 

The forest, the cake monsters

They were nothing in the face of freedom

"Azure."

"Wuh- wha-?" The other teen muttered awkwardly, untangling themselves from their friend slightly 

Cuddling had become a routine for them, just- hugging, helped with sleeping. Two Time's heartbeats calmed Azure down, and Azure's presence kept Two Time's mind free of- dangerous thoughts

"I found it"

"You... Mm... You found what?"

"A way out"

"... You... aren't talking about-"

"The forest, we need to go through the forest"

"... Oh- that's- better than last time!"

"We don't talk about last time. That was just an unimportant slip of the tongue"

"I don't think suggesting a double sui-"

"Shh. Shaddup." They muttered while covering Azure's mouth with a hand

Chapter Text

Azure was still half asleep- tentatively walking behind Two Time as they led him on.

He was just- The teen was cold.

He was wearing his usual clothes, yes, but it's not like they did a good job and keeping him hot.

The fact his big ass hat was wobbling around wasn't helping him feel comfortable either-

They suddenly came to a stop, making Azure crash into them

"Ow- Two Time what-"

"How could I- the others, we are forgetting about the others"

"... Oh- yeah- I thought we were ditching them-"

"Ditching them? No-! We aren't ditching them, we can not, Azure!"

"Why?"

"Why- are you all looks and no brain?"

"HEY-! waitdidyoujustflirtwithme?"

"We must show them! Show them the spawn is the true savior! And which way is the best than- playing the savior part"

Noli stared down at them as they stood on his doorstep, looking out of air

"... Again-?"

"Wefoundawayaoutwenerdtheforeys"

"... Eh- can you- Two Time- kiddo- can you say it slower?"

"Oh- GASP-We found a way out through the forest!"

"You- what."

"It came to me in a dream"

Noli turned to look down at Azure, who shrugged 

"... This is feeling like a 'the boy who called wolf' type situation. But whatever. Not like I got much to lose anymore. Go find the others, I'll grab the kids."

Chapter Text

he didn't want this.

He didn't 

it hurt

ithurtithurtithurtithurtithurtithurtithurtithurtithurtithurtithurt

It felt as if his whole body was burning up

a sharp breath tore it's way out of his mouth, a desperate gasp for air as his body curled into himself

Hand reaching up to scratch at his(?) skin, it did not alleviate the feeling but made it easier to ignore

"Cappy-? Cappy- where- onde você está?"

Rochas' head lifted, desperately attempting to- what was he even hoping to find? it was obvious he wouldn't find it- search for Cappy.

It was dark, he didn't want it to be dark, he was scared of the darkness, not just scared but terrified even, like a small child, terrified of whatever the hell was going on and-

a small, almost imperceptible heartbeat reached his ears.

Rochas gasps again, as whatever is tearing into his skin speeds up the process.

The heartbeat is louder and quicker- is it the tree? is it the tree's heartbeat? he doesn't know, he thought it was, but then again why would the tree's heartbeat be quickening up, unless the sick bastard was somehow enjoying this? could a tree even enjoy inflicting pain? probably, considering this fucking thing was- his eyes widen up as he focuses back into whatever is going on

he stops scratching his arm, its bleeding, his nails- his nails are sharp, way too sharp, they cut into his skin like butter, like- like a knife or something-

Their body moved as fast as it could, breath coming in with sharp, quick gasps.

He deviated from the main path at some point, it was obvious that if they kept running down it the tree would've gotten them- thankfully he was a quick thinker, always a quick thinker, that was something people praised him for, and-

Cappy's head slowly turns, staring at- 

There's nobody there.

":.. Rochas?"

[The silence is overwhelming when what he expected was the cheery, childish voice of his friend] 

"Rochas- dude, where are you?"

"Rochas, onde diabos você está?"

"Ah... Merda"

His skin was falling off.

It was- it HURT

IT ALL HURT SO MUCH

WHY WAS THIS HAPPENING? WHY? HE JUST WANTED TO CREATE A FUN GAME WITH HIS FRIEND?
IT HURTS, IT HURTS, SOMEONE HELP HIM, ANYONE, PLEASE, PLEASE

It began with the skin of his arm, slowly shredding off, like cutting it with a potato peeler, large chunks just- falling.

he gasped, the teen reaching for his arm and just- trying, trying to stop whatever was happening

it did not work

"ah- n-no- nononononono- I don't- ah-! I don't want this- please-pleasepplease pl-po-por favor- no- AH!" Rochas begged before tearing into a desperately loud scream

it sounded between the squeal of a pig and the loud desperate neigh of a horse, like a voice crack making his words awfully childishly

because after all he was a child, was he not?

He was 15

fifteen, and he was dying.

(he wasn't dying. It was worse. So, so much worse.)

Chapter Text

He ran until his legs gave out

and then, he kept on going, pushing himself until his limit.

the forest, the forest was behind him, a dirtpath lay ahead

for a single moment a flash of the red sky was all he could see, but it was gone as soon as it happened.

Cappy kept on moving.

kept running

until the first building came into view

a gas station

a gas station which he ran into, slamming the door open in his wake, gasping for air, trying- because that's all they could do, breath too unstable to even start- and screamed, screamed out for-

"AJUDA! AJ-HELP! Someone- someone please! my- my friend- he- the forest-he-thefo-"

heads turned, eyes widened, taking the state of the teen as they collapsed against a nearby wall, grabbing their chest as it rose and fell in a quick succession

some stared warily, others attempted to call people on their phone

then, some stranger moved closer, crouching down next to the child and placing a hand on their shoulder, before slowly shaking them in an almost familiar, practiced motion

"hey- hey, c'mon, deep breaths, its okay, you're safe now" their voice muttered in a gentle, calming tone, the tone of a father

Cappy attempted to follow the instructions, taking measured, deep breaths, their chest rising and falling repeatedly before settling into a steady beat

"Sim-! sim- yes- yeah-... OH! ROCHAS! ROCHAS- HE- HE'S-"

"Rochas... Is that the name of your friend?"
"Yes! he- it got him- it got him intheforestIoutranhimanditgothimand-"
"Kid!"

the teen flinched and sank into themselves again, attempting to breathe yet again, they were having a-

"I need you to tell me what happened, slowly."
"I- We- it-"

and then he explained

Guest had been having a good day

a fantastic one, actually

but then again, heh, everyday was fantastic after the war ended

a routine quickly formed, he was a stay at home husband, he held no shame on it.

...

the war left some- troubles on his mind, Daisy didn't want him to suffer for the sake of the family anymore- so she took up to working... And she was fantastic at it, like she was at everything, heh, he was a lucky man, he still didn't get how he got someone like her to like him

Feed little Charlotte (He couldn't believe she was a teen already! to him, she would always be that little baby that hugged her mother)

then go out shopping to make something for the night, he always had something ready by the time Daisy was home

Guest personally enjoyed watching his beloved wife sleep happily next to him after having a tasty meal, he knew just what she enjoyed, what kind of lover doesn't!?

he was a lucky man

...

then the child ran in, looking like a mess, gasping for air, sobbing hysterically and- he couldn't really identify if they were having a panic attack, either way, he moved and did what the pathway of life taught him to do if someone was having an episode

(god forbid that time he caught Matt- yeah, that's a bad memory, but his friend got better, had therapy, and now came over on Fridays to have dinner with the family)

...

it all happened so quick, he soaked the explanation in like a sponge

he caught, no, locked into two important details

a child was in the forest, caught by- something, probably being torn apart as he stood there

how could he not act on it?

...

Cappy stared as the man turned, looking at a nearby lady before saying- something

he couldn't breathe, it was like if his throat had suddenly closed upon itself, leaving them breathless

his vision was going dark, and then he just- fell onto his side 

breathing quietly as the man ran out of the door and down the road

the lady attempted to help him, but the teen slapped her hand away and just- ran out the door too

they ran, together, Guest began jogging by the teen, allowing them to calm down a bit as they kept on moving

eventually- they reached an opening in the forest

an empty, cold clearing

a cap laid abandoned on the ground, owner nowhere in sight

there was blood, a lot of blood

and muscle

blood, muscle and bone in a disgusting plate of chunks

Cappy couldn't take the sight, collapsing as their knees gave out

The veteran caught them, before slowly backing off of the sight, eyes locked into it

memories of before came rushing into his mind like a torrent

of the war, of everything

everything before life got better

he took a deep, tired breath, before whispering to himself a quiet-

"ah... Shit..."

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"n-no- he- he has to- to be here a- I- I le- left him- I- I have to find him!"

Guest felt his heart shattering as the child kept struggling against his hold, just- attempting to get back into the clearing

The cops had arrived, cordoned off the area, hell, even some admins showed up!

Its- no one knows just what the hell happened, what actually happened

The kid- Cappy- had survived alongside his friend for... How long?

survived as something haunted their quiet life

Their home was gone.

But apart from just his home... Yeah... They're not going to make it alone.

the veteran let's out a tired, quiet sigh, before wrapping their arms closer around them, hugging him close to his chest.

Cappy continues attempting to break free, before eventually just- breaking down- breaking down into a sobbing mess.

"It's okay... You're okay, kid." Guest attempted to comfort the kid, holding them close until their breath quieted down into a steady beat.

The cops took the teen away, Guest followed alongside them, the smell of blood still clear on his mind.

He took a turn on an intersection, continued down the long road and stopped in a familiar garage.

Staying in the car he took a minute to compose himself, breathing silently and rubbing his eyes

"okay... Okay... It's okay- Daisy will understand- you are home" His breath hitched, eyes shutting as loud sounds accosted his senses "You are not there. There is no blood on your hands. The weight of a rifle isn't on your back. The injured are not screaming. The Bacon army is gone. You took out their commander with that grenade." Guest rested their forehead on the steering wheel, before taking in a sharp, tired breath.

Then he left the car, and went home.

He knocked on the door, four knocks, a second of silence, then two other knocks, the familiar, conforming tune of "Shave and a haircut, two bits" that signified he was back home, back to cook and wait for his beloved wife until she gets back from work and his daughter as she takes a bus from school

no one is here just yet, and that is good

usually he would have groceries already, he would be readying up just now to cook something. But he couldn't do that just now, no. Instead he grabbed his phone and-

-

-

Daisy had been on traffic when the call came

now, the drive back home was- two hours long

It usually left her enough time to think

she spent it thinking about her daughter, about her husband, about how much she loved both

Then the phone rang

She gave it a side glance, before her eyes widened up.

She got off of the road, parking and instantly picking up

Guest didn't call her all that much, instead texting

He only called when something bad happened

what could it be- Charlotte? something happened to Charlotte? No- school would've called her... Maybe- her breath hitched as she thought the posibility- maybe something triggered Guest? it was rare, but it happened every once in a while, and Guest called her for comfort, she would quit whatever she was doing and rush there... 

"Guest! wha- What's wrong?! are you okay!?"

"I- Daisy?"
"Yes, its me! what-?"
"Daisy, umm... Would you- like another child?"

Daisy just kinda stopped, her mind going blank

"Come again?"
"I asked if you wanted another child"

She blushed, eyes widening up, WHAT KINDA CALL WAS THIS?
"WhatdoyoumeanbythatGuest?"

"There's this- something bad happened and umm- please dont get mad?"
Daisy's eyes widened even MORE, if that was even possible

"WHAT? WHAT HAPPENED- WHY IS THERE A CHILD INVOLVED?"
"pleasedon'tscreamatme-"

She took a deep breath, closing her eyes before speaking again

"... What's wrong, Guest?"
"Okay- uh- so I was at the gas station and-"

by the end of that explaination she felt terrible

"..."
"... So?"
"... Okay... Okay... But don't make a habit of adopting random children"
"Thanks honey"

Daisy let's out a tired breath, before smiling

her husband is way too kind sometimes... She's glad she chose him

-

-

It was hard

The interrogation was oh so hard

they made him go over what happened, what had been happening for a while

The detectives were not kind people. They dug into the theme with ruthless disrepair- or at least it seemed like that to him- and didn't allow him to rest until it was over

He wanted to go home

but then again, home was with Rochas, and Rochas was gone.

He was not going back into that forest. Not even when his money was- all there

what would he do? what could he do? 

well, what he couldn't do was going back, that was obvious.

Cappy was sitting on the waiting area, just- thinking

he was free to go, considered legally an independent person, and yet- he was there.

waiting for something

He didn't know what, or who, but he was waiting.

seconds turned into minutes, and eventually- Someone sat by him.

Cappy looked up, staring right at the blue haired man

neither said anything

"..."
"..."
"... I don't suppose you have anywhere to go, do you?"
"... No..."
"I... I got a free room on my home... I live with my wife and daughter... I will not force you..."

"I don't want stuff out of pity"
"I do not pity you, but your situation reminds me of my own when I was a child. An orphan, fending for myself, y'know?"

"... You... You also were an orphan?"
"Yeah, heh, actually met my wife on the orphanage, Daisy"
"Daisy is a pretty name... I am- Cappy0"
"And I am Guest1337, but you can just call me Guest, Cappy0- is it okay if I just call you Cappy?"
"Yeah-! yeah, heh, yeah... That would be okay, Guest."

"Now- why don't we go before it gets too late? I gotta pick up some food before everyone gets back from their activities, heh I-" Guest took a second to think of his words carefully "- Didn't feel like cooking today"
"Oh, yeah- understandable, honestly if I could just eat junk food I would- but then- Then Rochas would usually complain about me not cooking, he enjoys my food, y'know?"
"Yeah, heh, my daughter enjoys my cooking too... Now let's go"

Both got up and just kinda- walked off of the police station

Chapter Text

To start off let me clarify the fact there are two 1x's, a baby one, which 007n7 adopted at the start of the fic, and a teenager one that comes from an alternative bad end(?) dimension

yeah guys, we in the happy ending dimension, if this is considered a happy ending imagine the other one lmao

okay, uhhhhhhhh, about 007n7: 

007n7 is a killer, he has been on multiple rounds, all of them are 1vs1's against Noli where he usually wins.

007n7 is not in control of his body, but he is fully conscious, or at least conscious enough for him to try to take back his body by repairing the c00lgui

he is in a terrible state, just- genuinely butchered alive

he keeps this up by constantly ripping chunks of the c00lgui out of his body when he can

About Roblox:

what the #### is going on with teen 1x managing to escape his reality and getting sent to ^_^?

welp, THAT!

yeah, since what 1x basically did was actually breaking the specter's control over reality for a bit, he got YOINKED into a random part of the world

(all roblox games are happening in a single world at different periods, well- not all, some are alternative realities and such, basically a weird ass multiverse)

this can and WILL happen to the characters, they won't be together 

about HOW the hell 1x broke the specter's realm?

the tree or root, it was originally a reference to ^_^ and Rochas, but since then it has become a sign of the Specter in this fic, mainly by indicating how his influence takes root over poor unfortunate souls and feeds from their suffering like a plant taking in nutrients

1x cut this plant, directly (not indirectly) harming the Specter in a way, he no longer holds omnipotence and omnipresence over his realm, he is just incredibly powerful, but unable to actually do stuff directly, instead just moving pieces around

about Noli and the children:

Noli, the single, struggling father (lmao) Noli has taken care of the children by himself, the babes are safe and sound, unaware of just what is actually happening

baby 1x has 007n7's glasses, too, because of that small little reunion the specter did to torment 007n7 further

c00lkidd still has his c00lgui, this can and will become relevant on the next chapter

Bluudud and pr3typriincess are just holding out I guess, there's not much to be said about them over than the fact that Bluudud has become increasingly protective of his siblings

About Rochas, Cappy, Thomas and whatever's coming next:

Okay, Okay, I'll admit it

why the hell am I putting seemingly random characters into the story?
Dawg, we've been winging it since the beginning of the fist, NONE of all this story is planned so yeah

but now I got a general idea of what's next, and it's fun, hehe

I've played a vast array of games, and consumed different media. Between them, there are games that left me feeling bad because of their endings, so now guess what? chicken butt I'm giving characters which I love happiness and attention, in one way or another

About Guest1337: 

I just know you all (joking, probably like 2 or 3 at MAX) were waiting for him to be added

guess what baby girls, baby boys and babies? ya'all get a stay at home husband Guest from an AU I made at 3 am (spooky)

this man loves his wife and daughter and they love him

About the Spawn:

"guh? why is the Spawn a being here?"

dude it genuinely made me crash out that the Spawn is canonically a hoax

"Ohh, mentally unstable person killing his lover because their god requires sacrifice, I can work with that!" "ermmmm, actually, the spawn is not real and it's the specter giving Two Time their second life ☝️🤓" "excuse me?"

So guess what?
the spawn is a minor deity in this fic

and we're going to play into it, play into the fact the specter was powerful enough to subdue completely a minor deity and keep them as a pet

About Amarah:

she's still alive. 

I was going to make her a killer, like she was supposed to be, a replacement of Azure

but then I thought... "Wait a minute..."

and BOOM! a future arc!

heh, yes, yes, I know very epic

(refuses to elaborate)

About Two Time and Azure:

save meh, save meh mentally unstable teens, save meh

I low-key wish I could give them the 007n7 treatment, but no, that wouldn't be right even when I implied Two Time offered Azure a double suicide to get out of the specter's realm

about our lord and savior, pedropaulo25471

he will make a comeback, heh, no need to thank me.

About different games:

dude we're so cooked, I have to make so many AU's or stuff. Just- whatever, at least the ^_^ part is set before the in game timeline, actually a few years after Thomas started taking his "medicine", he still hasn't fully lost it, but he is indeed an addict, and his friends are concerned

welp, if ya have more questions be sure to ask, my dear ao3lings 

Chapter Text

The knock came at around half an hour past twelve, Chance, Noob and Taph had been cuddling when it happened.

Taph, the most... Mentally stable of the group was the one who got up from the couch and went to check.

There, he found Azure

A kind young boy, who apparently is another of the adoptive sons of Noli (Jeez, how many does the poor bastard have?) always helping during rounds with his potions

Hehe... It's always fun to combine his explosives with those potions, he wishes Jason didn't wear that mask, because when the explosion caught them- hehehe...

Taph began signing, calmly beginning with a 'Good afternoon, Azure, what can I help you with?'

"Hey- umm, Mr Taph, eh- I need you three to come with us!"

'Dare you say why, young one?'

"We might've found a way out!"

both Noob and Chance stand up on the background with different shouts of confusion 

"WHAT?!" "HUH?!"

"Yeah- umm- you see Two Time had a vision- the specter is distracted, so the forest monsters shouldn't get us"

'... That explains a couple of things...'

Taph turns and waves at his- ... Friends? Yeah, yeah... The three of them are just friends...

all four of them move like a group, taking a slight detour to pick up Elliot

-

-

Shedletsky was on his bed

Just- attempting to- sleep, it was hard, it really was.

He always thought about things this late at night, this is why he spent most of his time distracted on his own little world, making pranks and attempting to ignore how he felt

He thought, and thought, and thought

Thought about Builderman, how he wished just what he felt for them, how much he wants to save them and get them out of this hell

He thought about Brighteyes... His beloved... But, that is long gone, isn't it? as much as it hurt, they broke it off in good terms...

He didn't think he would feel what he felt for her again, but then came David... 

It gets lonely at night.

There's someone staring at him.

John opens his eyes and stares at the pale figure hiding in the darkness, bloodshot eyes blown wide staring at him with an almost psychotic glace

Usually one would be terrified when a (probably?) mentally unstable person corners them somewhere, but then again, John was not a regular guy.

"... Hey Two Time... Whatcha doin' here? It's like one in the morning"

"SALUTATIONS, MR JOHN SHEDLETSKY, ADMIN OF ROBLOX, I HAVE COME BEARING NEWS!" They practically screamed in a monotonous tone, like a weid combination of eagerness yet the same uncare the teen felt for everything

"What- ouch- lower your tone"
"PARDON ME, I AM JUST EXITED!"

"Yeah, I noticed... Look, just cut to the chase, what's the matter? do you perhaps need more advice on your Azure matter?" 

"Wha-" Shedletsky smirked watching them momentarily stumble over their words, before Two Time just frowned "No-! that- fuck off."
"Language. (Oh shit they spend too much time with me, FUCK, NOLI WILL KILL ME)"

"s-screw you, you- impertinent Buffon"
"You can't even swear right. Now, what is it that you want?"
"Oh, right! um- I found a way out!"
"You what?"
"Yeah, came to me on a vision"
"You sure it's not just-"
"Yes. I can ensure it's not a hallucination."

"Okay, okay... Uh, just- let me get the other admins and well go with you guys, where shall we reunite?"
"In front of the main cabin, that is where everyone will meet"

Shedletsky watched the teen crawl out of the windows.

He let out a sigh, before rolling out of his bed and putting some crocs on.

Walking out looking like a fashion murder (dirty shirt, shorts, hairy legs, socks with crocs, fat) he goes over to the few nearby cabins, finding both Dusekkar and Doombringer

then, they make their way to the cabin

-

-

Dusekkar had been having a peaceful game of chess with Doombringer when it happened

A knock on the door.

Both looked at it awkwardly, but Matt was the one who threw a spell at it, slamming the wooden gate open

"Yes, what is it?"

"Heya, Matt, yo dude, want to get out of this place?"
"huh-" suddendly Doombringer interrupter "WHAT-?!"
"yeah, uhh, we're trying a plan"

"yeah, yeah lets go" "indeed"

-

-

Jason.

Jason.

Jason couldn't hear his mother anymore

She- wasn't here

He didn't feel the strength to carry on without her

Without her, leading him, her baby boy, on this cruel life, just what could he do but try to survive?
that is what he's been doing

Sporadically hearing her as he was sent into different places, tasked with hunting down and killing different groups of the same people

he wondered if immortality was possible

was he immortal?

maybe

maybe not

he wished mother was immortal instead

then she could be with him, hugging and holding him instead of- a voice

a ghost on his head

as much as he wished he was, Jason wasn't dumb

If he had been dumb he wouldn't have made it that long at crystal lake

if he had been dumb he wouldn't have made it that long at Area 51

maybe he was ugly, a deformed mess

that is why he hid under his hokey mask, it was security, it was integrity

but by no means he was dumb

this, is why he noticed freedom drawing near

he almost instantly took the chance, just- walking around, noticing 1x was already gone

good for them, he felt bad for the teen

"Jason"

he stopped, freezing almost instantly as he felt that warm feeling invading his person again

Jason could feel her

feel his mother

he stares up into the roof, imagining she was there while listening out for her

"Oh... Jason... Look at what they've done to you..."

he looks down onto himself

his messy clothes

Jason feels ashamed, momentarily sinking into himself and attempting to at least look presentable

"It's not your fault Jason... Don't worry... Mommy could never be disappointed by you...

... But Jason...

I think it's time you get out of here, Jason

Even if it's scary

remember that I will always be here with you, Jason

so go on, get out

maybe it's time to return to the lake"

He nodded silently

now it was not the time for feeling afraid

he hadn't felt afraid since he was a child

maybe it is true

he needs out.

he will be out

he always finds a way to finish what he starts.

-

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Chance

Chance is content in life

Yes, it is because of Noob and Taph. They're... Special

even more than ITrapped was to him

maybe it's because they helped him after he- saved his own life?

Probably

It probably is the reason why

But there's more

there's so much 

so much more

and it's hard 

it's oh so hard to explain

how could someone possibly feel this way for two people?

at the same time?

scandalous

but may he be damned, he won't allow anything to happen to either of them

he loves them

Chance loves them even more than he loves himself

more than what he loved ITrapped

he will survive

he has always managed to do so

And now that Chance has a reason to?

nothing will stop him

nothing at all

and so he follows them

Follows behind his beloveds

like a sheep

innocent

knowing full well he won't be betrayed

not again

not ever again

-

-

it happened again

a single moment of consciousness

flickering into his vision

The corrupted code

it lost power

it lost it's hold over his body

he didn't understand why

he didn't need to understand why

John Doe just moved

one step at a time

dragging that massive claw behind him, that arm became useless long ago

hell, he can't even feel it

and thanks god for that

because every single part of his body is screaming in agony

but he can't stop

no, he can't

and so he walked

noticing just how silent everything was

he walked for hours on end, until monsters attempted to kill him every other step

they did not stop him (March 18th John doe lmao)

No, instead, they led his way

deeper

and deeper

and deeper into the dark forest

until

until he saw it

a beautiful shining tree

how come John never noticed it before?

Maybe it was because he wasn't conscious most of the time

or maybe it was because it wasn't here before

Almost instantly, he knew what to do

Claws rising up he slashed

cut at the vines holding from the branches

then the branches themselves

then the coding behind them

until it was

gone

gone 

gone

freedom was right in front of him

in the shape of a breach on the fabric of reality

like a beautiful angel

cracks expanding violently outwards

like wings

he saw different shining objects

like eyes

and he saw something he longed for

someone who he knew had been searching for him

 -

-

Jane

Jane she

She missed her husband

She was Jane Doe

her husband was John Doe

the "infamous hacker"

he wasn't a hacker

wasn't a bad person

he was the sweetest person in this world

and just like the world gave him to her

it took it from her

she wanted him back

and Jane wasn't one for staying with her arms crossed

no.

After the police gave up she

kept going

kept searching

everything, everywhere

asking questions

intimidating some

John taught her a couple of things, mainly coding, during those old beautiful dates they had together

maybe John was too nice to not use those admin powers incorrectly

but her husband was gone, and she was a desperate woman

she wanted him back

and by Builderman

she would have him

so she kept on going

looking

everywhere

stomping on those who attempted to stop her

until everyone just- gave up on trying to get on her way

and then

and then

she saw him

saw him again

while attempting something desperately dumb

breaking that same code that made him dissapear

for just a moment she thought he was an angel

but angels don't look so broken

even then, that was her John

and she wouldn't change him for nothing.

-

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Noli grabbed the kids

Little 1x on one arm, little c00lkidd on the other

the other two silently walking by him

It's hard

It's incredibly hard to understand

to come to the realization that yes, Pr3ttyprincess and Bluudud are actually toddlers now

...

thanks whatever god out there he took those sewing lessons back at university

heh, making their clothes took a while, but it was fun, and kinda relaxing

maybe he should take to it again?

no, first, he has to get out of here.

and maybe then he will continue sewing

The walk was long, and it made the kids tired

he gave little 1x and Pr3ttyprincess to Taph, choosing to pick up Bluudud and c00lkidd

and so he walked

no, not he

they walked, as a group

there are 14 survivors

and all of them are moving in a single group

together

-

-

They walked

for a couple of hours

the night turned day

and then turned night again

none knew how long they walked

but

it was true

no monsters came for them

not like usually, at least

there was almost no chance of getting taken down by the few that did come

either way

they kept on moving

moving until they spotted it

a large, glowing tree

it was huge, standing easily over a 40 feet tall

it glowed, oh how it glowed

glowed like a shining rainbow over an empty cambass

have you ever seen a rainbow from up close?

it was

it was beautiful

the first few to go were Chance, Noob and Taph, in that order

Taph took an extra second to just- look around, before too ripping a chunk out of the tree and disappearing

then went Doombringer, for all he was a big, strong man, he looked almost ashamed of himself

for some reason.

The next few were Two Time and Azure

ripping a vine together, chuckling before disappearing

then went Dusekkar, who gave John a strange look, before silently muttering something and going too.

Noli didn't go just yet

He couldn't

it was as if he was stuck.

Shedletsky noticed it, silently approaching and placing a hand on their shoulder

"..."
"..."
"What's the hold-up, eh?"

"It's..."

"I know... I know how you feel. Feel as if you can't just abandon him, leave him behind, can you?"
"... Yep."
"Hey, man... Come on, don't be an idiot, you got kids, don't you?"
"Y-yeah, I got the kids."
"Then go, I'm... Sure Seven will find a way to go back to you lot."

"... I suppose so, yes... What about you?"
"Me?"
"What's up with the whole depressed aura around you, did you think I wouldn't notice?"
"I'm just... Planning what to do once I'm out of here."
"... I... Suppose this is a goodbye, then... Oi, do a better job as an admin, yeah?"
"Heh... Yeah, yeah..."

Noli ripped a couple of vines, dissapearing alongside the children

...

...

...

...

.

.

.

.

..

..

.

.

John is not leaving just yet

he cannot bring himself to.

He instead turns around, beginning to walk in... Some direction

maybe he will die in this forest

maybe he won't

heh...

...

.

.

.

..

..

..

.

...

..

..

.

.

.

.

...

..

.

he walked until his legs gave up, and then he walked some more

eventually just, finding a clearing

Shedletsky took a seat, silently enjoying the quiet peace of this place

when he was not being chased by crazy killers, this place was kinda neat.

and so he stayed there

and waited

until some nearby footsteps caught his attention

and there he was

standing still on the little light that reached the clearing

Builderman

David

They looked confused, maybe even catatonic

he paid no mind to that, instead, opening his arms and offering a hug

they took it

and so they sat there for a bit more

enjoying the silence

now trully alone

alone at the end of time

-

-

Oh, 007n7

the one and only living corpse

it pains me so to see you reduced to this state

and it seems to pain you too

 for what reason, do you butcher your own body, if not for that?

maybe it's to regain control

and control you won back

ripping the last of those annoying chunks of pannel

shaping the pieces into a single window

fixing it

it shines

shines a pretty red that reminds him of home

he just needs to

needs to finish fixing it up

and then

and then he will be free

he walked down the hall

still stall, still strong

still half dead

his body refused to heal

so he instead wrapped his injuries up

out of sight, out of mind

he had no time for all that

he had to fix it

fix the damn pannel

and fix it he did

fixed it and 

and

and

and found freedom

in the way of this reality crackling under the pannel

he did as much damage as he could

unanchoring everything

sending whoever remained straight through cracks in reality

he hopes he saved someone he knows

at least that helped his mind quieten up

he burned everything else

destroyed the code

made it unussable

filled it with countless viruses that would eat the code and spew out rubberish

and then

and then he left

after finally

finally having his revenge

revenge in this damn place

Chapter Text

THE WORLD IS YOUR CANVAS

SO TAKE UP YOUR BRUSH

AND PAINT

THE WORLD

R E D .

- Unknown Resident

He was alive

Alive and breathing

Breathing through his destroyed throat, still slid open under the bandages

They were held tightly to the injury, keeping it mostly closed

But even then, the edges hang

Hang to the air

Slowly oscillating from one side to the other in the wind

Like a flag does

A flag held up high by it's flagpole

Pretty

The colour red was pretty 

It made him feel safe

Feel in control

...

c00lkidd

The colour red also reminded him of his children

Why he had to keep going

007n7 shifts

He had been laying down on a fetal position

His hips slightly move, shifting him into a more laying down position

Then his knees bend, arms pushing up

And so he stood up slowly, taking his sweet time

He was already free, the least he could do was taking time for granted

What is time to a corpse, anyways?

Since when have we stopped thinking of ourselves as a person?

A while now

Yes- Yes I am aware of that, but really, come on, that place was already dehumanizing enough

we are aware

Then you better start acting like you're aware.

Why didn't he fix his body while at it?

That would be a waste of time

I mean

We can keep going like this

We won't collapse

And we know it

True, that is true...

So they kept walking

Pushing on, he suddenly stopped

Taking in just where he was

A large, oak like tree stands in the middle of an empty parcel 

It holds no leaves, as if the thought of it being a mere regular tree was an insult to it

It was 

It was pretty

Yet, yet the sheer weirdness of it was nothing but interesting

...

A few seconds pass, a faint sound makes 007n7's eyes dart to the tree again (for he had looked away in his disinterest)

A heartbeat 

Then another

And another

All in a quick staccato rithym

It was afraid 

The tree was afraid of the hacker

what is some rogue code to someone who destroys coding for fun?

Seven let out a sound of interest

It would've been a faint hum, almost a "hmm..."

But instead of it coming through his mouth, the air came out of his throat, like a snort of air doing a faint "heh-" sound, half cut out due to the bandages 

Either way

He approached the tree

And touched it

Have you ever seen a rogue entity made out of code shrink away in terror?

No?

It would be suprising to say he had indeed seen it before

But

But that would be playing with the definition of "entity made out of code"

Either way

The tree was- gone?

Out of sight at least

It moved quick

Far too quick for the naked eye to see

But he, with his c00lgui was everything but naked

He saw it

Stared at it

As it manipulated it's code and the code of everything around it to change places on the baseplate 

Or, or was it attempting to change games? Unaware he had isolated it's code?

Probably the second

Considering the heartbeat had quickened up even more

Seven let's out another snort, before continuing on his way

The forest is

It is not small

Yet it almost seems like a copy

Like one of those liminal places

It's attempting to imitate somewhere else, somewhere familiar not to him per say, but to someone else

is there someone else here?

Maybe.

Will he search for them?

Maybe.

Y o u blink

And s e e

...

You blink and see

And see

And see

And see

...

You cannot

You cannot see

There's roots growing out of your eye sockets 

You try to move

But you cannot

For a faint moment you believe you are in hell

Maybe you are

But hell would imply you did something to deserve being there

And even then

You're pretty sure in hell you couldn't feel your own life force being drained

Drained

Like rainwater

Your blood

You can feel your blood slowly leaking

From

From everywhere 

Everywhere

There are roots, tree roots, sinking into every part of your body

Eye sockets

Mouth

Nose

Ears

Arms 

Chest 

Back

Thighs 

Legs 

Feet

All burrowing slowly, drinking 

Drinking as if they were a starved man, eating for the first time in weeks

You would pray

But your arms refuse to move

Seven walked

He was attempting to find a way out of this forest

It's quiet

There's no animal life around

And maybe that's for the best

Maybe that's for the best

The trees that remain

They feel afraid

Plants shouldn't feel afraid

How can they even feel?

He kept on walking into the night

Until he couldn't hear the heartbeat no more

But that didn't work

So

He 

W e n t

B a c k

Went back until he found it again

It's heartbeat

It was loud

Oh so loud

It rang on his ears

He couldn't care mess

The c00lgui shone on the night

Reflecting on the moonlight a warm red colour

Inviting

Tempting

Precious 

Deliriously powerful

A quick code parts the ground open

Showing the labyrinth inside

Another code makes said labyrinth unanchor and fall over as he advances through it

The tree

It attempts to flee

It cannot do so in time

Something happens

And the heartbeat stops momentarily, before suddenly starting to beat at a quick pace

Like if it was fibrillating

Like if it was dying

Seven does not care

He advances into a bundle of roots and... Stares curiously 

There's a small corpse there, curled up...

g a s p

oh, no... Not a corpse

He kneels by them, placing a hand onto their back and slowly shaking them

They're mostly unresponsive, but they do move closer to him

Seven takes them onto his hands, before slowly rocking them, like one would rock a baby

They gently curl onto his arms, breathing evening out

He would call them cute

But, staring into those empty eye sockets was unerving

...

He grabs their green cap and gently pushes it down, covering them just a little bit.

...

He feels bad about it

So he pets their head

It would take far too long to heal them with the c00lgui

But he has the time to do so.

At first he thought he was dying

Rochas thought he was dying again

His body paralyzed, before suffering an uncontrollable seizure.

it hurt

it hurt

he tried to shake his head, whimpering and sobbing

begging for it to stop

"Por favor-" they began with a small sob, hands slowly coming up to grip 007n7's shirt pitifully, unsure if to pull them close for comfort or to push them away. "-Por favor não, me solte, está doendo. Me solte, por favor, Estou cansado-" he kept on begging, it was fruitless. "Estou com frio. O que eu fiz para merecer isso?" the teen sobbed before suddenly shutting up as a sudden shiver ran through their entire body

Seven stared as the kid as their body slowly healed up

going slow and steady was the only way for it to not be as painful

now, while he could just- heal them up entirely at once- that would be a bad idea he still remembers how much it fucking hurt when that explosion forced him to regenerate

so he went with a different alternative

slow and steady

like a surgeon

healing pieces of the body at a time

first the arms, hell, the kid hadn't even realized they had become useful once again

then the lungs

then the legs

and finally

the eyes.

Two small, tired, green dots

Watery, for he had been crying for a while now

hell, dried tears ran down their cheeks

it kinda reminded him of little 1x

he misses his children.

He allowed Rochas to slowly sit up

Seven stared as the teen slowly looked around, before suddendly gagging and puking onto their own lap

he winced slightly, before just kinda- cleaning them up with his c00lgui, before gently patting them on the back

"hey, kiddo, you alright?" 

"Onde estou? E o Cappy? Onde está o Cappy?"

"Woah- hey there- slow down mate, I can't understand a thing"

They cough awkwardly, before answering

"Where am I? Where's Cappy?"

"I have no idea who is Cappy, and- We're on a forest"

"A- a forest? what-"

Suddenly shifting to stare at 007n7, the teen freezes

"You- who are you- what- WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

"me? I saved you?"

"saved me but-"

they go silent.

"... Look, I will hear you out later, but now- why don't we leave, yeah?"

"..."

"... I am 007n7, you?"

"Rochas."

"Good, now- let's move, shall we?"