#[ it'll be a very fun and interesting time for Micah to stumble upon them and Remember ]

[solarisgod]

tell us more about the connections between the starwake system and the phobia personifications of the sun and the moon 👀🤲

* CW : ABUSIVE FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, ADULT MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER, BODY HORROR, CHILD ABUSE, DEATH, HOLE PATTERN DESCRIPTION

The Starwake System ( consisting of Micah, Mimi, Phoebus, Philos, and Phobos at the time ) met Heliophobia and Selenophobia when they were constantly moving between foster families between when they were a toddler to five years old in a half. Heliophobia and Selenophobia are the embodying Fears of the sun and the moon with their celestial lights that are part of the Afears race originated from the Void with Phobophobia, also known as The Fear Of The Fears, being their creator and overlord.

Heliophobia and Selenophobia are known to travel only where their respective lights exist. Heliophobia moves across the world in sunlight and Selenophobia in moonlight, and they usually target their victims who fear their existences, but given their consistent travelling nature, they will often wander and explore at various areas of where they are in curiosity. Although Heliophobia can be more aggressive than Selenophobia, both of them are the very few of the Afears that are not always hostile.

The first time Micah met Selenophobia first was at night when they were trying to run away from a foster family. Micah developed their most special passion for the outer space in early childhood, finding endless joy and comfort in the sky and space, with the sun and moon and stars and celestial more. When they stumbled upon Selenophobia who was at a park, even when seeing its tall, rough, and lanky body entirely covered in holes and there were strange red liquid substances always leaving from them, horns piercing through eye sockets and ribcage covering over an orb of water; Micah only saw it as the real moon and came closer to it, not once fearing it.

Micah couldn't talk when they were younger until they were over five years old, but they had shown and expressed a lot that would tell Selenophobia they weren't afraid of it; Micah wanted to be its friend. The pair even got to stargaze, which it was Micah's first time ever it got to stargaze with someone. When the foster family were able to locate Micah and tried to take them away from Selenophobia, it's when Micah became afraid, and Selenophobia was highly confused, wondering how could Micah fear what they were alike, yet not itself as something horrible and frightening.

But seeing Micah cry, petrified for the first time after an hour being with it, all because of the humans, led Selenophobia into slaughtering these people, protecting Micah. During this event, Phoebus had fronted and witnessed the murder. Although they weren't afraid of it either when they knew, after co-fronting throughout the time of Micah interacting with it, that Selenophobia wouldn't hurt them. Selenophobia, sensing that there are multiple presences in Micah's body, took Phoebus to their home and would look after them during nighttime. In the next few days, the authority took the system to a new foster family, never being able to find their missing family.

Selenophobia would always visit Micah then, with Micah looking forward to meet and interact with it. The first time they met Heliophobia was a week after meeting Selenophobia. Micah wandered too far on the beach and met Heliophobia who was hunting. Despite its burnt flesh, having tentacles in flames from back, and having a ball of fire within its ribcage; reminded of Selenophobia and thinking of Heliophobia as the sun itself, Micah tried to befriend it as well.

Heliophobia planned to make Micah afraid and eat its fear force before killing them, though Micah would encourage it to play with them, making sand castles and collecting rocks. Heliophobia had found something worth to look after Micah when they offered it some rocks to keep and give to Selenophobia if Heliophobia knew it and could give to it. Phoebus was a lot more weary with Heliophobia than Selenophobia due to its rougher nature, but when Heliophobia left Micah to continue hunting and gave them one only shiny rock it could find, Phoebus could accept it.

Throughout Micah's time of moving between foster families, Heliophobia and Selenophobia would be the ones to kill off their abusive / neglectful ones with Micah having no awareness to the murders. The authority and foster agencies still couldn't grasp why some of the families would suddenly vanish, and they couldn't interrogate Micah, so they eventually had no choice but to have to keep them in the group home before their abusive family took Micah. When this family tried to kill Micah and Phobos was formed, managing to murder them by burning the house down with the family trapped inside, Selenophobia was able to gather enough evidence of abuse towards the system and looked after Micah until the authority came over and took Micah to the foster agency to look after for a while.

Happiness wasn't the emotion the celestial Afears could have, but they were at some form of peace when they saw Micah was taken in by Maria and Caelum Everlove and they were genuinely happy for once in five in a half years. They couldn't interact with the system anymore when there were other Afears who were questioning their intentions with Micah and wished to kill them, so both Selenophobia and Heliophobia were forced to visit them less and occasionally watch them for a bit before leaving again.

In the present, Micah doesn't remember Heliophobia and Selenophobia, as Phoebus and Mimi have the most memories with them. Micah does get occasional dreams of them, and they don't really know why, but there's a feeling that tells Micah that they are real, and Micah hope that they can meet them someday, still not being afraid of what can somehow feel like home.