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then how did he get a tko.......-0....?

"He mentioned his universe's Lord Boxman..."

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just because they don't know Shadowy Figure doesn't mean he doesn't exist, or that they won't know him eventually

"No, guys! I mean— he literally told all of us he has zero Shadowy Figure! At all! I was there, I heard him loud and clear! He doesn't have a Shadowy Figure, that's exactly what he said...!"

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What kind of questions?

"He was asked for one what trauma he has that brought him to therapy, and he mentioned something about his universe's Boxman... which I'm pretty sure doesn't sound very good...

Then TK-0 didn't know a single thing about Shadowy Figure when he heard Decomp mention him, so we asked him if he even had a Shadowy Figure like the rest of us. We asked if he knows his Shadowy Figure, and he tells us he never met him... or K-0... so I guess that means he doesn't have a Shadowy Figure at all... he didn't form from him.... that he doesn't exist..." He huffs, looking to the side, "First one that doesn't have him... lucky."

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a robotic KO... interesting! if there's any robot questions you want to ask him you can

"Actually he did get to answer a couple of robot questions...!"

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A robot KO?

"Yeah. His name's K-0. He seemed nice. Then he turned into his TKO a little later and we got to talk to him too.

Oh! Sorry, um... TK-0. He's... as TKO-y as you'd expect him to be."

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Hey kiddo

"Heya! We got a new, robot kind of KO a couple minutes before the end of the session!"

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"Apparently, MKO talked to Neon for a little on the phone and last week and also… we got a robot KO and TKO as someone new today."

Session 88 (K-0 debut session)

"Ugh, geez. Last week at that city where Neon and that creepy, awful shape-shifting monster attacked everyone was just ridiculous. This week better be actually decent in the office or else I'm walking out... see ya..."

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Session 88 (K-0 debut session)

"Ugh, geez. Last week at that city where Neon and that creepy, awful shape-shifting monster attacked everyone was just ridiculous. This week better be actually decent in the office or else I'm walking out... see ya..."

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you can always take a break from therapy. this is always a thing you can do.

“I know... I know I could...”

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creatures tend to lash out for a reason. find those reasons, and it will likely chill out. one reason that's pretty obvious is that it feels your stress dude, so maybe work on your crazy amount of stress first.

“But... I'm still scared to face it though... and I dunno because it's a lot bigger than myself pre-merge– which I know it's huge... That being said... I don't think I'm ready to do it right now... At least until some stuff over... there start to improve.”

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you thought similarly of TKO at one point.

“TKO is human but my beast is... a beast...! A literal, huge, scary monster!!”

He blinks, once the plaza turned beasts have been brought up. “Oh... yeah... I wonder if they're okay...”

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that's readings for ya. you tend not to understand them at first.

“And I still don't...”

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we said that was possible ages ago. you just have to face it first. it probably didn't ask to be made and stuck in you. it responds to your stress and it probably gets real stressed out too.

“It's... well... I still don't understand everything about the reading... I still don't understand how I'm going to tame it when I'm scared of turning into it every time I see and remember something horrible and react badly to whatever situation it is... after everything horrible that's been happening lately... And–and–and I tried to tell Tarot: my beast is NO wolf! It's a um– scary, powerful, giant, blue thing I become that wrecks stuff, hurts people and freaks out a-a-and attacks people and things like a GAZILLION times more than my own, usual self and thinks might hurt... w–well... me.”

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with some work you might. but what did the cards say?

“I know there was something about me getting control over it, but not in the exact same way like my other half (my TKO before I merged). Um– [He clears his throat.] They said that one day– sometime in the near future I think– that I'll somehow tame it...?”

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well of course Tarot has tarot cards. he choose that nickname with good reason

“Ooohhh. That's...” He pauses to wipe his face, then continues. “Cool.”

"Still trying to get used to him talking a lot more, though..."

“Yeah, I did...” He blows his nose one more time and teleports it down the trash. He then takes a quick moment to wash his hands before returning to his phone, holding it proper.

"I asked him if there was anything I should do to deal with my beast. He found in his cards and told me that... I guess... eventually, I'll get control over it..."

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Tarot huh? how's he doing?

"Fine I guess...? He had something with him called tarot cards and he told me how they work, so I asked him about something... related to a thing with myself I had to be sure that they work for me."

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it'll sort out eventually. it always does

"I hope so..." Sniffling again, he wipes his nose and face. After a long minute of silence, he looks up at the anon, wanting to change topic.

"Before all of this, I... went to talk to Tarot..."