Victim’s voice echoed through the void, leaving Second wanting some more information. But he didn’t say anything “Victim?” he called out, but the stick figure remained silent. Second came closer “Victim, why are you staying quiet?” He said, worried for him. Victim looked at him and said “F-Find me….” before the dream ended. Second couldn’t make anything out of this, so he got up. He still winced at the bite he got earlier. Second had no idea why Victim didn’t give him any answers, and what for! He went to find the others in some sort of fighting room. Third was attempting to fight Red, only to get knocked to the ground “Ow….” she groaned, only left with defeat. Yellow gave a simple nod “Alright, let’s take a break. You’ve worked hard today, Third.” She just looked at Yellow, pretty desperate “No! I want to keep training! Can’t we do more?!” Red shook his head “Nah, you’ll just get beat up again. Don’t push yourself too hard.” They were all chatting while Second was unseen. “Guys..?” He finally spoke, and got everyone’s attention “Hey, Second! How’s your leg doing?” Blue asked, with a smile. Second looked at Blue, his expression now serious “We need to find Victim, now! He asked me to find him, and we’re pretty much all ready!” Third looked confused, while Yellow shook his head “We’re not ready yet. And you haven’t even told us where he is.” He tried to keep calm while Second got continuously frustrated “Don’t you care that he needs help?! We’ll manage to do that!” Blue looked pretty concerned for Second’s behavior “Hey, settle down… we’ll talk about this after a meal.” He went over to the kitchen to cook something, everyone else followed expect Red. “Hey, buddy! You alright?” Second snapped “No, I’m NOT okay! They clearly don’t care about the whereabouts of Victim! If they did, we would’ve been in the Outernet by now!” Red backed away “Easy, easy! Look, you’re not exactly telling us the location of where this person is. I’m pretty sure they do care!” Second rolled his eyes “You can see ghosts, right?” Red replied hesitantly “What… about it?” Second crossed his arms, staring at Red “Then, can you talk to TDL if he knows this?” He just looked at Second, unsure “W-Well… I haven’t seen him in two days. He occasionally visits… maybe I can.” Red left, nervous while Second was just disappointed in his friends. *** Third charged at Red again, throwing punches, before being sneak attacked by Green. “Ow! A-Alright… let’s do this again!” She was determined to finally learn how to fight, quickly kicking them while trying to dodge their other moves. While the color gang was practicing fighting, Second was back in his room with some of Blue’s herbs. “It says it can instantly put me to sleep for a long time, up to 12 hours. Seems… heavy, but whatever…” once Second took the bitter herb, he instantly felt the fatigue, and fell asleep. There was pure darkness, until Second finally managed to get back in the void with Victim. He was looking down, rubbing his arm and shaking. Second approached him “Hey, what’s wrong?” Victim looked up, and stopped shaking “O-O-Oh… I-I… d-didn’t… d-d-didn’t see you there.” He said, with some nervousness on his voice. Second gave a comforting smile “Well, you know I’m not going to hurt you. Tell me where you are!” Victim sighed and sat down, legs crossed and used his wings to cover himself. “I-I-It’s a place c-c-called the M-M-Midwinter Gloom…” his voice was soft, a bit quiet and shaky. “W-W-Where a-all d-deleted… f-f-files g-go… g-g-go… forever.” Second’s eyes widened “All deleted files?” Victim nodded “I-Images… MP3’s…. y-y-you n-name it… a-a-a-as l-long if… t-there are n-no copies…” Second was intruiged by this information “Where exactly is this…?” Victim clearly looked dejected “I-I-I d-dunno… s-s-s-somewhere n-near a h-house… with a b-b-black h-hollow head stick f-f-figure.” Second knew who he was talking about “Chosen?” Victim stopped talking, this would’ve usually made a stopping point for a dream. However, because of the herb, Victim couldn’t leave and all his powers were drained, making him look more fatigued, and then he got shocked with something of extremely high voltage from the ground Second looked at him, terrified “VICTIM?!” It zapped him over and over again, but didn’t quite knock him out. His screams of agony were loud and terrifying. The herbs were too strong. Second looked at Victim “I-I-I’m sorry…” he ran away from Victim, despite him being in clear agony. Second just wanted to try to find a way out. The void was endless, nothing was working. After what felt like an eternity of running. There was finally something. The white void turned into a simple field with hills and flowers. The sky was a dull blue. Second looked at his new surroundings and ran back to Victim. However, when he came back to where Victim was, there was just a tree covered in moss and mushrooms, looking like it’s decaying. (Rest in R&C)
Second was just stuck. He felt the tree, the bark felt a lot more harsh. Fire ants were climbing up its trunk. He went around the area, finding a shore. Second looked into his reflection, and his appearance looked different… the left side of his face was covered in flowers. His friends were going to be worried sick, they could think he was dead. It was the consequences he must pay for. Second sighed and went back to the tree and laid against it, looking up at the endless dull blue sky. Waiting. Songs: 1. Lick Mý Common Sense - Jack Stauber 2. WEIGHTLESS! - femtanyl Thumbnail: @catcatcat124 remove the special character on the y for the first song, ST thought I meant the first two words in sexual context :sob:
