#astro mind map

[natalchartnurtures]

Mercury isn't THE planet of the mind, fight me.

Let me slap some hard facts on the table right now – Mercury isn't the end-all-be-all planet of the mind. Sure, it's got its hands in the communication and thinking cookie jar, but our beautiful minds are way more intricate than that. Sit back while I serve up my theory to all you sweethearts. Let's take a REAL astrological look at our minds, and trust me, it's gonna be a tad bit wild. SO—

First up, we've got the Sun. It takes center stage in our mental circus, representing the ego and the conscious part of our minds. It's like the captain of the ship, steering us through the sea of self-identity.

Now, enter the Moon – the emotional maestro. It's the maestro that conducts the symphony of our feelings, intuition, and the mysterious world of the subconscious. Plus, it might just hold the key to how our minds kick back and soak in self-care and nurture AND how our minds extend nurturing as well.

Mercury, our familiar talkative buddy on crack, is indeed the planet of communication, intellect, and all things brainy. Popular opinion, right? Verbal acrobatics, learning curves, and information processing – Mercury's got it covered.

Venus, the love goddess, usually gets all the attention for matters of the heart. But surprise, surprise – it's also throwing a killer soirée for the mind. Think pleasures of the mind, artistic flair, and an appreciation for all things beautiful up in there.

Mars, the warrior himself, brings the heat to our mental battlefield. It's the driving force behind our desires, fueling ambitions, goals, and a dash of healthy competitiveness. Having this insight gets us closer to understanding how to conquer our mental mountains or demons while we're at it :p

Jupiter, the wise old sage, expands our mental horizons. Growth, wisdom, and a sprinkle of philosophical pondering – that's Jupiter's gift to our minds. It represents our minds' more abstract tendencies.

Saturn, the taskmaster, brings structure and discipline to the mental party. Lessons, challenges, and the slow dance of developing a mature and organized mindset – thanks, Daddy Saturn, for keeping us in check tehe T-T

Uranus, the rebel with a cause, is the origin for innovation and originality in our minds. It's all about breaking free from the mental chains, embracing unconventional thinking, if it suits your style, and giving tradition the finger, wink wink, ahem, in the name of the greater good, of course.

Neptune, the dreamweaver, is all about the realms of dreams, imagination, and intuition. It's the mind's connection to the divine and the mind's exploration into creativity, spirituality, and a deeper dive into the subconscious – the mystical side of our subconscious rather than our emotional patterns and memories as represented by the Moon.

Last but not least, Pluto – the transformer. The dude represents profound changes, self-discovery, and the uncovering of hidden corners in the psyche. Say hello to the ultimate mind makeover!

So, there you have it – a TRUE map to our minds, each planet brings its own flavor to the delicious feast we had cooking here.

Looking at all your placements would give you a more accurate description of your mind works as a whole. As an enitity- which it is.

Our minds are like the universe itself – vast, complex, and endlessly fascinating.

Have a good week people and keep getting bamboozled by the skies :]

[astroxrion]

Unlock the Star Within ⭐️ Astro Thread :

Sun in 1st House:

You unlock your star power when you stop analyzing how you're perceived and start standing still in your presence. You don't need approval to lead. People follow certainty. Walk like you belong everywhere and your confidence will speak before you do.

Sun in 2nd House:

You unlock your star power when you ground yourself in what you've built and stop doubting your worth. You don't need constant results to be valuable. Wealth responds to self-trust. Speak less, produce more, and let your value make the noise.

Sun in 3rd House:

You unlock your star power when you communicate with focus and purpose instead of overexplaining. Your words have weight. Don't waste them proving yourself. Say it once with clarity and conviction and let people lean in because they feel your mind working.

Sun in 4th House:

You unlock your star power when you stop carrying what your family never healed and start protecting your peace like it is your currency. Your roots matter but your future is louder. Show people what real emotional strength looks like. Make home your launchpad.

Sun in 5th House:

You unlock your star power when you stop asking if it's too much and just make it louder. Your creativity is the light. You don't need an audience to be radiant. Create, share, repeat. Play turns into power when you let your gifts run free.

Sun in 6th House:

You unlock your star power when you treat your routines like rituals and stop abandoning yourself to serve everyone else. Systems make you shine. Track progress. Make it measurable. Show people how excellence looks when it's handled with quiet force.

Sun in 7th House:

You unlock your star power when you stop outsourcing your identity to your relationships. You're not half of anything. You are the standard. Bring balance, not compromise. Collaborate with people who expand you, not just those who validate you.

Sun in 8th House:

You unlock your star power when you face what scares you and stop keeping secrets about who you are. Your power is behind the curtain. Transformation becomes your fuel when you burn what no longer serves and speak from what you've survived.

Sun in 9th House:

You unlock your star power when you stop overthinking your next step and take the leap. You don't need the whole map. You grow by doing. Share your truth. Teach what you live. Expansion shows up when you walk like belief lives in your bones.

Sun in 10th House:

You unlock your star power when you stop waiting to be qualified and start acting like you already are. You're built to lead. Reputation comes from consistency. Show up sharp. Make every move count. Long-term impact is made one bold decision at a time.

Sun in 11th House:

You unlock your star power when you stop trying to fit in and start building the space that matches your vision. Your future isn't local. You're meant to influence the collective. Get strategic. Use platforms. Let innovation work for your voice.

Sun in 12th House:

You unlock your star power when you stop hiding behind privacy and start trusting your inner world to guide you. Your gift is subtle but powerful. Work in stillness. Heal in silence. Then show up with a clarity that makes everyone else slow down and listen.

[adonisbeloveds]

The Main Twisteds being jealous that you're trying to farm for Bassie.

Based off my lovely lovely experience of trying to get Bassie only to get EVERY SINGLE MAIN TWISTED AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN 3 DAYS. Anyway, yes I am alive hello hello, and apologise if any of the twisteds personalitys are not like the canon ones because I suck at writing in character! Reader is GN and doesn't use any pronouns, and Vee, Shelly and pebble are all meant to be seen as platonic. Also you can view them as yanderes or just really possessive.

ASTRO

"Please be- .....you're not Bassie." "Starlight..."

.Stay's as close to you as he can, he already know's who you are looking for -- and so do the rest of the mains. It's not like they hold any personal problems with Bassie, it's merely because they knew you first is all. .Remeber his old blanket? He makes sure that it's always wrapped around you, so when you leave and possible see Bassie -- at least she will know who you are close with. .With the way his hat moves I like to think it's either because A) he can control it or B) it has a mind of it's own -- either way it always ends up wrapping around you when you do the machine's, not that he minds though. you do astro please remove it the Ichor is staining your clothes for the 40th time. "Cuddles? Like we use to?" "Astro you always stain my shirts black with the amount of Ichor-" "......" "Sigh, Fine..." .Four arms equal 4 times the comfort of cuddles, and wrapped in his old blanket? It could almost make you forget about your whole Bassie situation. sadly it didn't but hopefully soon you will finally give up and sleep with him like you use to. .What happens when both him and Bassie are on the same floor? Well you barely see Bassie, it seems like he made it his life mission to keep you two apart whenever he could. .You also swear you hear him grumble everytime you pick up research labled as Bassie's, but at this point you can't distinguish between grumbles and weird purring noises he makes. "You are awfully clingly this time around" "mmm...." "That wasn't an invitation-" "......" "...You know I can't stay mad at you, you cuddlebug" "Mhm.."

VEE

"Vee...Vee this is the 7th time, the 7th time you have shown up." "We can make it 8th" .My darling Vee, the one who never frigging left me -- appeared so many times I got her to 100% in 2 days and she wasn't even on the board once. .She's already standing there when the elevator opens, already waiting for you -- and before you can even get a word in her tail is wrapping around you and she's walking off. "Come on Vee, put me down" "mmmm, nope" .She's talking your ear off about everything and anything, as long as your attention is on her she's over the moon -- though she rarely shows it. .She likes to tease you, with her being insanely taller than you, she uses it to her advantage -- but if she genuinely makes you upset about it she's quick to stop, even throughout all the fun she would never want you to be upset over something she did. .If you compliment her in any way her screen will bug out for a moment before she thanks you -- her voice a bit staticky. Of course you have complimented her before, and so have others, it's just she hasn't had much compliments in this form yet is all. .Somehow she always knows where you are -- what floor you're on, where you are in a blackout, even if she can't make it to the elevator before it arrives, she eventually finds you and picks you up. .You have a small suspicion it's because of her ability but at the same time she's been near you so much you've started to think she's just learn't your habbits. "Do you think I could play games on your screen" "I wouldn't let you test it" "You so would though" "....You might get a virus." "Aw man" .Unlike the others, Vee doesn't really care for Bassie -- in the sense that she won't try to take you to the other side of the map to be away from her. .What she will do though is stay very close to you -- sure you can go to Bassie for whatever reason but make sure to keep your main attention on her, she isn't as possessive as the others. .That's the biggest lie ever, you just don't need to know that or the fact she purposefully kept Bassie off the floors for so long. .If you do spend to much time focusing on Bassie you would hear a sound that's almost like a computer overheating, when you check on Vee she simply raises an eyebrow at your question before saying it's a silly idea, even though both of you can feel heat radiating off her. "Come on, she isn't that bad!" "I know my show star, but that doesn't matter"

SHELLY

"rrrrrr....." "No way, and what happened next?" .Unlike the others Shelly at least tries to help you with the machine, as she tells you -- or at least tries to tell you -- about everything and anything. .In blackouts she makes sure to stay close so you don't bump into anything -- even though she isn't as tall as the other main's, and is usually hunched over, she will try to stand as tall as she can while observing the area. .She love's it when you talk, whether you are talking about something, simply humming or just saying random words. Shelly love's the sound of your voice, and if you don't speak? She just love's being around you, it always makes her tail wag no matter what you do! "How does your tail wag if its just your spine?" "rrrrhhhh?" "Yeah I figured" .She really doesn't like sharing your attention, and it's only worse when you are actively looking for someone else. Don't get it wrong! Deep down she knows it isn't Bassie's fault, but her more protective mindset always seems to win her over. .She use to only growl or roar whenever someone went a little to close to you, but lately she's seem to pick up the habbit of biting people when she gets really mad, causing you to drop everything you are doing and running over to her. .You can't possible decide if she's doing it on purpose for your attention or doing it from protectiveness -- at this point you are more than convinced its at least a bit of both. "I- Shelly- Shelly no- no doN'T BITE HER SHELLY-" "Rrrrr."

SPROUT

"ahusfjhasfhassa" "Sprout I love you dearly but please put me down, the tendrils are cold and wet and-" "hasfsafhhas" "....that didn't mean hold me-" .You thought the others were clingy? Well get ready for mr overprotective here -- he doesn't want you leaving his line of sight, no matter what. .Hmm? You want to collect baskets for the...easter toons? Oh, well it's okay, he can...sort of help with that -- I mean you are only trying to make new friends is all. just don't talk about them to much, he's trying to hold back his possessiveness towards you but he doesn't know how much longer he can take .He can't necessarily voice his complaints but he can sure as hell try, from grumbles to simply picking you up and holding you as close as he could -- he could try to keep you away from the baskets and other twisteds but you seem so adamant about them. .No worries though, he can simply use his tendrils to carefully pick you up and hold you above -- making sure you can't get whatever it is you wanted. You don't like how they feel? No worry! He doesn't mind holding you the whole time. "Sprout, you're like...breathing down my neck right now-" "hsdfiajeidfng" "I just want the baskets..." "Hisdjmfkd!" "I thank you for wanting to bake for me, but I think the ichor would contaminate it-" .God forbid Bassie is on the same floor as you two, there's no way you are even touching the ground with how possessive he becomes -- scarf wrapped around and everything! .What do you mean you need to see Bassie? Don't you know how dangerous it is? and what if he loses sight of you? what if you get hurt, what if- no, the simple answer is no. .But please don't get mad at him! He can't help it! He just wants to protect you is all, it's simply out of his control what happens! "....." "....dfgrf?" "Hmph...." "iodkfjgddf?" "....ugh I can't do this silent treatment anymore, just behave okay?" "sjdngd!"

PEBBLE

"Pebble no- bad dog." "Don't whine at me that's called guilt tripping" .Have you ever wanted a guard dog before? Well now you have a very large and very vicious guard dog, yay! .He's such a happy boy, tail's wagging, he's almost trotting from happiness but that all goes down hill when he notices you paying more attention to the easter twisteds than him. .This causes very loud whining -- the only warning you get before you're jumped by him, causing the both of you to fall down and for him to stay on top of you. not to hard he would never want to hurt his favorite caretaker! .Now you have to play fetch with him! and give him treats galore! Just make sure there's no one around -- he WILL trample over them just to get to you even if you tell him to stop. "I'm such a good pet owner aren't I? Much better than Dandy who can't keep his DOG ON A LEASH" "Pebble with how fast you wag your tail you are going to knock someone out with it, or worse because it's a rock" .You already know Bassie's on the same floor, you can hear his growling and barking from a mile away -- be sure to get to him quickly or else he might just attack the poor basket. .When you get there it's almost like he was never angry -- kew word almost, if it wasn't for the fact he picked you up by the back of your shirt and bringing you somewhere far away from her. .When the two of you are far enough he puts you down before laying his head in your lap and very politely asking for pats for protecting you like a good boy! "Peb-Pebble do not growl and Bassie she didn't do anything wrong-" "PEBBLE PUT ME DOWN YOUR TEETH WILL RIP MY SHIRT"

DANDY

"....okay so I can explain-" "You purposefully wanted this, not that I'm complaining my flower!" .If you were anyone else you would of had a heart attack when you heard Dandy's music coming towards you at max speed -- but you aren't anyone else, and you already know how much favoritism leaks out of that flower. .Whenever you finish a machine -- you are always faced with a smiling rainbow face, his sharp teeth would probably scare others to death but you've seen it so many times it's become normal. .Such a patient gentleman he is, waiting for your signal before pouncing onto of you -- still being mindful of the tapes sticking out of him, making sure none of them accidentally scrape you. "You are such a cat" "Nope! I wouldn't say 'cat'..." "Dandy, you are literally kneading into me." .As long as you give him full permission he will knead on every spot on your body, of course he's careful of his claws -- he would never hurt you. .At most floors you wouldn't even know Bassie was there if it wasn't for her flowers on the ground. Instead of the others avoiding her it seems like she's avoiding you -- well, not YOU persay, rather the toon that follows you. .Say you finally get to see her, you immediately sense the tension in the air before watching Bassie run away as fast as she could on her four, yet small 'legs'. .Turning your attention to Dandy you witness the most deadliest side eye you have ever seen. If this is how he acts when she's not even close to you guys, you think it's best off that you don't get close to her. .You would want the Ichor to be the only physical bad thing that's happened in her life. "omg stop giving the poor girl the side eye" "Hmm? I'm not." "'I'm not a cat' my ass, your eyes literally just dilated when you looked at me."

[dandysworld-meh-imagines]

Can I request a moppy twisted astro that keeps finding other toons but not reader with them, and he's so depressing because he wants to see his lover so bad he doesn't even want to attack the others? And the others are like, 'hey buddy... is okay???' When they see he's like not even a threat he just misses his wife.

Twisted Astro That Is Desperate To Find The Reader!

I loved this idea a bit too much SKSKSK, here you go, haha, thank you for requesting! <3

-Anna

-He doesn't even know himself just how much time has passed, it wasn't like there was a way to really tell anyway, the place was dark, only some light here and there. Astro kept finding himself sitting down on a random corner with just a pillow or two, he felt restless, no matter how much he slept or even how much he tried resting by sitting down. The ichor on him didn't even help at all, only making him feel physical pain. It wasn't like he had to deal with the other pain of being separated from you, no, no, no..

-It didn't take him that long to start wandering around the floor, desperately looking for you even though he knew damn well that no regular toon was walking around at this floor, he would have spotted them a long time ago if that was the case anyway. Yet, Astro still searched like there was no tomorrow. He didn't care anymore, he could deal with the pain from the ichor but not being separated by you, his beloved. He couldn't take it anymore, where you even safe? What if they had gotten you too? Does that mean he'll never see you ever again? It was stressing him out a lot.

-The moment he heard the elevator open, he hid and observed intensely for you but you were basically no where to be found. Astro had quiet footsteps so he was able to calm navigate around the map, checking out every single toon and their surroundings for you. He would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for his massive size thanks to the whole ichor thing. He didn't even care if others spotted him, he couldn't care less about that. Are you with them? Where were you? Did they.. got you on a previous floor? He felt his poor heart breaking more and more as he walked around fast through the map, making all sorts of sad noises.

-It didn't take long for the toons to catch up because even if Astro looked like he was chasing them with full speed, he wouldn't even acknowledge them, like they didn't exist at all. It got them very confused as they came together to discuss the situation. Twisteds always chased them to kill them.. how come Astro wasn't doing any of that? Did he have some sanity left? What was exactly going on in his mind? Should they try talking to him? He doesn't even bat an eye at them, let alone even care if they are in the way, pushing them around with his speed and size as he just kept wandering continuously.

-If they weren't careful, any toon who was on his path would get pushed around and injured. Not as badly as for example.. well, getting hurt by a twisted but they might be pushed into something rough or hit their heads. It was also really something as Astro resorted to even moving literal objects around, looking for any sort of trace of you, anything, just.. something. He would block LITERAL paths so the toons had to figure out ways to push them out of the way or find another path. All that while having to listen to the constant sounds Astro produced as he seemed to be crying.

-Some suggested the idea of getting his attention in some way yet Astro just looked at them for a second as they tried yelling or anything to get his attention before continuing to wander around while being feeling completely restless. The toons tried whatever they could, anyway, what more could they do? Calling out your name seemed to have worked as he looked at the toon who said it with such an intense gaze. Astro followed their gaze and quickly ran towards that direction while ignoring any other voice that called him to come back. At least they knew.. what was the problem, somewhat? They knew how close you and Astro were, after all.

-When thinking that he found a lead and it leads to disappointment, Astro let's out a wailing sound that echos throughout the whole floor, making everyone who hears it shiver as they freeze completely. As time goes on the sound gets more intense and longer, it was almost like they could get a taste from what Astro was feeling and they felt fully awake, their hands even shaking a little as Astro just cried out for you without being able to form sentences.

-After such a long time, Astro just sat in the corner and basically isolating himself there, refusing to look at anything other than the corner, sitting on those pillows he managed to find. The sounds he made were longer and more deeper, truly showing how down he felt. He didn't want to do anything but just sit there and mourn you only. He pressed all his limbs together, even hugging himself with his four arms as he shook, crying and crying painful ichor. He missed the way you hugged him during times like these, you were the only thing he could think about.

-Though when he finally heard your voice, he turned around so fast, it was actually really scary. He didn't waste time in grabbing you with his four arms and hugging you in probably the tightest embrace you have ever felt in your entire life, though you can feel him relax and it's not as suffocating as before. You tried to hug him back but thanks to his size, you were kinda unsuccessful. You felt him shiver horribly, crying because he finally found you. Astro produced way more soft and calm sounds now, showing you how he felt at that moment.

-He doesn't want to let you go but he knows that he can't keep holding onto you forever and ever now.. so he does. Just.. please stay by his sight as you do your best to explain to him what you want to do. Best case scenario, just gesture for him to follow you around and he will do just that, his eyes on you. Any other twisted that DARES get close to you is getting put to sleep in record time, he is NOT going to lose you anymore. Never ever again. If you need to get back up to the lobby to eat just.. come back very very soon, he feels like he will lose himself again if you are not there, his precious lover..

Thank you for reading! <3

[rtv-puzzlevision-studios]

☆ THE RTV!PUZZLEVISION TOUR [Part 4]

Participants action + Teams:

Security Group

Orion

Lari

Harley

Grinnames

Aspen

Nia

Nicknack

the Scammer

Health Group

Becky

Loyboo

Rayas

Hairball

Creature

Lucas

Nira

Special thanks to @michaelscorneroftheinternet, @scimagic and @astro-vision-au for helping me out with the Control Room scene :D

With each part it seems to get longer sjsjs

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── The head of security watched with exasperation as the participants tied in their vote, now splitting up into two groups.

One that wanted to help the boss and get him to the Health Department, whether that be out of self preservation or actual concern and the other wanting to manually disable the lockdown by going with him to the Control Room in the Security Department.

The fact that most in this group were people he noticed weren’t too fond of Puzzles wasn’t lost on him.

Now he had to additionally babysit the troublemakers and make sure they didn’t get themselves killed.

Well…he kind of asked for it by suggesting this option.

[Sigh…]

Letting the groups form, he kept watch over the crowd, noticing how some were pretty spooked by all this.

His gaze momentarily fell upon the one eyed creature, before gazing over to Harley, or well, her doppelganger who was currently at least being cheered up by the fox girl, Rayas.

What a mess.

The object head’s gaze now lifted up to the cameras, knowing that Wr3n was watching.

By now he probably marked everyone that was ready to join Lucian as a threat, him included.

Though now with several people…well, they had more of a chance at getting this lockdown lifted than he had alone.

It didn’t change the fact that he was scared.

Shit, he was scared.

“Hello Mr.Lucian…”

Snapping out of his thoughts, he now turned to look at the ghost-like dragon that had always kept to the end of the group.

The one his hand had phased right through.

“I don't know if you heard me but... I can help.... If you want me too anyways..... I can teleport Mr.Stars if I had a map…”

[Ah?]

“You can do that?”, Lucian questioned, considering the offer for a second, before shaking his head, raising a hand. “Appreciate it, but I would rather not risk it with Wr- the AI around. I don’t think it would approve of me giving the boss alone in the hands of a stranger.”

Or anyone really.

He now waved over to the unconscious TV head.

“Besides, the boss ain’t exactly light…or small.”

He still gave the ghost a thumbs up.

“Thanks for the offer though.”

Back to observing…

Lucian was used to taking lives, not saving them.

Suddenly everyone was relying on his guidance, the responsibility was on him.

He already failed at being a responsible brother to Colores, now the load of having to protect her had multiplied by about fifty.

If he messed this up…

Taking a deep breath, Lucian ran a hand down his neck, trying to calm his nerves.

Shooting people point blank, fighting to the death, all good, but this managed to upset him this much?

When did he start growing a conscience?

The object head halted, as two people approached him now.

It was Rayas, Harley 2.0 with her.

Get it together, Lucian.

“‘should have seen this coming.”, he now spoke in a more hushed tone. “ But bad timing nonetheless, because, as far before SMG4 came and shot my boss, some of you... were very nice…”

It was the truth.

When Puzzles first suggested this, Lucian was preparing for far more trouble.

After all, the people his boss had appealed to weren’t exactly…trustworthy.

A hum of Rayas was the only response he got.

It didn’t matter.

Lucian was just rambling, really.

Using his chance to briefly take his mind off the situation.

"You don't ever let go of that umbrella do you? Or the stuffed toy you got?", he now asked, nodding to the things the fox girl was holding. “And that blue puzzle piece on your tie... you have autism? Just want to make sure if I'm correct. All this must be too much for you..."

A little thing he noticed before.

“I do.”, Rayas confirmed, before looking back at the crowd.

Not much of a conversationalist though he didn’t blame her.

A few seconds later she walked off to join Nira with RTV, helping to get off the hair and sticky notes that someone managed to put on him.

Whoever it was, Lucian would like to shake their hand.

“Wise choice... And maybe a little extra credit for cleaning up the big boss. Alright, you can all leave to the Health Department to wake him up, and then wait what he will do to some of you who defended the fella SMG4." 

Ah, and there was that confirmation that Wr3n was indeed still watching.

Time was ticking.

Lucian now took the moment to wave over Animsay, as well as Swag and Chris who had been standing at the side for now.

“Alright, I’ve been thinking.”, Lucian began, waving to the side.”It looks like we are splitting in two groups. I know the security department best, so I’m obviously going to lead that group. Chris, Swag, you guys should accompany Nira to the Health Department. I don’t wanna leave her on her own.”

The pair shared a look, before glancing back to Lucian.

“Are we sure we don’t wanna just arrest SMG4?“

“Taking SMG4 in is not an option. We don’t know half of these people's abilities and are heavily outnumbered.”, Lucian argued which earned a scoff from Swag.

“Begs the question why they thought that putting just us three on security duty was a good idea.”

“Well, I would say the boss put a lot of trust in the system than he ever did in us.”, Chris sighed, rubbing his neck as he looked over to the cameras. “It’s doing its job a tad too well though.”

“You don’t say…”, Swag sniffed. “Though again, why risk a manual override? We could also just carry the boss to Health and be done with it.”

“Mainly for everyone’ safety.”, Lucian answered, crossing his arms. “The group is splitting. Last thing we need is a fight amongst each other.”

He really hoped that these two wouldn’t make him trouble now, but he was already noticing that unbearable loyalty to Puzzles that he brainwashed into them.

They trusted him far more than Lucian.

“Plus”, Lucian added now and pointed discreetly at the cameras, “I’m not trusting an AI. Especially not when the only one with authority is currently down and it’s already acting out like this. So work with me here.”

Another shared look, then Swag sighed while Chris shrugged.

“I suppose you’re right…”

“Fine, but I’m not gonna get fired for this later.”

Lucian gave another thumbs up, as they now turned to join the group heading to the Health Department.

Now with that handled…

“You know, I could still come with you.”, Animsay now meant, having watched the whole exchange from the side.

[Hah.]

“I think we both know that’s a terrible idea.”, Lucian replied coldly. “He can take over when he wants to, can’t he?”

The small TV head, shrugged, that damn smile never fading.

“Wr3n mainly censors me, but yeah, he can. It’s mainly my host being affected though.”, she replied, lazily pointing at herself. “Though we could easily get rid of that problem.”

Tilting her head, she made an unplug motion with her hands.

Ah, hell nah.

As much as Lucian hated the whole situation with Animsay, as much as he felt for the true victim of her and that psychopath TV head, he wasn’t about to have loose cannon running the studio.

Right now, he could still defend his actions for acting in the interest of the participants, but if he disconnected the TV, he was going permanently on RTV’s bad side. Not to mention, given her screen was still active, it meant that Wr3n did clearly listen in right now.

Might as well be a death sentence for him or Colores if he agreed to this.

“Wr3n is going to try to kill you either way.”

Right.

He forgot she had that uncanny trait of knowing people’s thoughts.

Lucian wasn’t too educated in the whole 4th wall thing she and RTV were involved in, but he knew he strongly disliked it.

“Yeah well, but this right now is his idea of a game session. If I free you both from his influence it’s going to be cut and dry termination. So no, this ain’t happening.”, Lucian responded, pointing a warning finger at her. “You’re going to Health and don’t even think about causing them trouble.”

Animsay just raised her hands in defense.

“Relax, Lucian. First of all, I don’t wanna piss half the people by cutting the story short and secondly, I’m just fine with going to Health. ‘just thought it would make things more interesting.”

“Just…go.”

“Fine, fine.”

[Ugh…]

Well, another thing handled for now. Now to get Nira, maybe Nicknack too and then he could deal with the main problem, SMG4-

A white masked person suddenly popped up in front of him, before grabbing his shoulders.

“Lucian, pal, I’m so sorry for this mess, but-" 

The object head’s hand halted over his gun holster as he recognized the peeson from before.

The one who gave him the drawing.

Her voice got as quiet as possible as all of her mask pupils independently scanned for anything suspicious nearby, then all of them turned back to him.

Freaky.

"We both know your only real chance of maybe being free from that, currently, CORPSE, is that bastard of SMG4-"

She removed one hand from his shoulder and aggressively pointed at the meme guardian.

"If he goes down, basically all your chances go down with him...So my apologies, but if there’s any opportunity to make RTV face the consequences, I have to take it."

Uh-huh, so that was her reasoning for standing up for SMG4?

Fair enough.

Lucian congratulated himself for the decision to shoo Animsay away because if Wr3n listened in on this, this multiple eyed individual may become the new prime target.

"Why the grudge against the boss anyway? If you don’t mind me asking.", Lucian now decided to ask while slowly looking at her hand that was still on his shoulder, making her look at it and immediately let go.

They weren’t this close for Lucian to be comfortable with that.

"Well...", the girl now slowly drawled.

Her mask eyes blinked as she seemed to think for a moment, while her hair slowly turned back to normal.

"Uhh, how do I explain-" She lightly tapped her mask with a finger, then widened her eyes and boldly said, "You know how there’s "love at first sight "?”

[Huh.]

“Think of this as the opposite, "hate at first sight."

Ahhhh, for a second he thought this was going to go in a different direction.

He couldn’t help but cackle slightly, despite his stressed mood.

"I wish you luck with the man, cause I suppose I’m already screwed.", the girl now meant, prompting a shrug from Lucian as his amusement slowly faded away.

"You’re not the only one.”, he sighed. 

The girl replied to that with a quick salute and teleported again, appearing nos a bit further away next to that dragon shifter with the previously red eyes, who seemed to give her a side-eye. 

So she just came here to talk to him, huh?

Weird kid.

Nice to know someone cared though.

Unfortunately, it just made him feel even worse for her being stuck in this situation.

Now, where was he?

Right, getting the rest of the staff together.

Their only health department member was currently busy somewhere else and only now Lucian noticed the slight commotion.

For example the fact that there were now two versions of Rayas, one carrying the sickly looking other.

What the hell….

“Nira? What’s going on?”, he now asked the white squirrel, as he walked over to her.

“I don’t know.”, the nurse sighed. “Looks like we will have two people to carry to Health now.”

“Right, right…”, Lucian sighed in resignation, wondering why he was even surprised anymore. “Well, it seems like your group is ready to go. Animsay, Swag and Chris are heading with you. I assigned the latter one as help and just in case something comes up.”

“Ah…alright!”, Nira replied, before flashing Lucian a slightly concerned look. “Are you sure you want to do this?”

“No turning back now.”, Lucian meant, nodding over to the other group. “I’m pretty sure they would head out even if I take a step back.”

With a small sigh, Nira agreed.

“Alright, but if anything goes wrong, you know where to find me! I’m going to try my best and get the boss back up so he can fix this mess!”

With a wave, she then quickly hurried over to her group.

“Good luck…”, Lucian muttered.

Out of the corner of his vision, he then spotted a certain individual with a cap walking by.

“Whoa- hey!”, SMG4 exclaimed not a second later as he was suddenly grabbed by Lucian and pulled right face to face.

Or rather face to sign.

[Fr?]

“Are you trying to dip on us right now, buddy?”, Lucian laughed, but it wasn’t an amused one. “Seriously?”

“I was not!”, SMG4 defended himself, ripping himself out of the object head’s grasp before shooting a glare. “I was going to join your group!”

Somehow, Lucian had trouble believing that.

“Good.”, he still said. “Because if you don’t at least try to help me fix this then I retract my previous statement of this whole hunter and prey thing between us not being personal. You betray us and I take Option 1.”

“...noted.”

[Great.]

Lucian pointed two fingers at him, then at SMG4, before raising his voice.

“Nicknack!”

He figured taking one staff member that wasn’t too loyal to Puzzles with them, may be the best choice.

Plus, he doubted Nicknack wanted to be around that guy anyway when he woke up.

☆

CRASH!

“You know, If you had asked nicely I would have opened that door for you.”

Wr3n commented as Swag kicked the locked door in, allowing both groups to now walk outside.

“See you on the other side.”, SMG4 heard Lucian say to the Health group, before taking the lead, now stepping out onto the hallway and then taking a right turn.

Here it goes.

To say that SMG4 felt very out of place, was an understatement.

How did he go from undercover spy to assassin to reluctant ally in a few minutes?

Just his usual luck, he supposed.

Usually, he would shake his head about it and then move on, but that was a bit difficult to do when you were surrounded by people who probably did not like you very much.

Really, the only people who he semi-trusted to be on his side, he didn’t know why but he also didn’t complain, were those doubles of the Lari and Marie he knew.

Honestly, he had been surprised when they stood up for him like that.

He wondered why though…

Glancing to the side, he accidentally locked eyes with a very grumpy looking individual now.

In the shut off dark hallways, she glowed slightly, her colorful eye narrowing at SMG4, no doubt having caught him nervously looking around him the entire time.

“It’s rude to stare.”, she now grumbled in a tone that SMG4 oddly reminded of Saiko when he caught her in an especially bad mood.

So yeah, this was a sign to quickly move on.

“Sorry…”, he muttered, now taking up on speed to put a distance between him and that scary employee.

Seriously, was everyone here like this??

“Well, since you proceeded onwards, I’m sure you already know the rules of tag. When I catch you, you’re out.”,

The voice of the AI now appeared again, filling the previous silence of the hallway. 

“I think I already gave ya enough of a head start. So, I’m IT.”

“Here we go…”, SMG4 muttered, now balling his hands to fists as he tensed up, waiting for whatever was about to confront them.

Unfortunately, he had dropped his EMP Gun when one of the participants attacked him beforehand, so now he was left unarmed.

Gloomy, he stared at the one blonde participant in orange and blue clothing who was holding said gun in their hands now.

You look away one second and people stole your stuff.

Mickey would laugh at him for that later…

Right.

Beeg and Mickey.

The references that this AI made before could only mean he found them.

In fact SMG4 was sure this was how Puzzles figured out in the first place that he was among the group.

Now that the system focused on them, did that mean…?

No, no, Mickey was annoyingly resourceful, he had dodged death more often than any of them. And Beeg was a menace that almost destroyed the world once.

No simple AI could take that one down.

He just had to survive this, regroup and then they would bail out this hell.

Yeah…

When the light suddenly started flickering, SMG4 was immediately back to reality, tensing up as the whole hallway completely lost light.

In the next second, the whole area had grown completely dark with exception for the glowing head and eyes of a few people.

“Stay calm.”, he now heard Lucian order, followed by the sound of him pulling his guns.

It was then SMG4 heard the sound of footsteps, coming from all sides.

Then, a bunch of turquoise lines started to light up all around them, revealing a bunch of oddly similar silhouettes.

They were surrounded.

☆

The walk to the Health Department meanwhile was going pretty calm.

Chris had taken the lead, with Swag trailing behind at the back, still as enthusiastic about the whole thing as he had been before.

Which meant not at all.

Like seriously, was he at least getting paid more for this?

Grumbling under his breath, Swag shot the people walking in front of him a glare from behind his sunglasses.

If everyone had just let them do their job, they wouldn’t even have to do this!

But noooo, someone always had to spoil the fun!

“Uhm…did the opposite hallways just go dark?”, he now heard one of the participants ask.

Swag now raised his gaze, looking over to a window in the hallway from which you could see over the courtyard  and the opposite sector.

Sure enough, the entire part had just gone dark.

“HEY, CHRIS! YA SEEING THIS?!”, he now shoved a person with way too much fluffy pink and white hair to the side to get sight of his partner a few meters away.

The other security guard frowned at the volume, before glancing over to the window as well.

“Sure do…”

He now raised a finger, pointing at the middle part of the hallway, where the windows had been sealed off like in the Social Media Department. 

“Looks like the others are having their hands full right now.”

“Well, we warned him.”, Swag shrugged, now motioning for Chris to continue on, who gave the window a last glance before sighing and moving on as well.

“‘suppose we did. Still, it doesn't feel right to let them do this. Let’s speed up the pace, alright?”

Rolling his eyes, Swag obliged, now walking next to the people that were carrying the ones in need of the Health Department.

The security guard gave the fox girl and her double she was carrying a quick glance.

Yeah, he wasn’t even going to question that. Weird shit.

His attention instead now turned to the people helping to carry Puzzles, that manic woman he had previously held back among them, as well as the red bunny bot that he saw hanging out with that fish girl and the creepy smiley dude.

Needless to say, Swag did not trust her around his boss. “Let him drop and you’re all in even bigger trouble, got it?”

Especially since he could actually stand the guy.

Swag didn’t know why but he just clicked with the guy, even if he knew exactly how exasperated the guy was with him sometimes.

Part of his charm, he supposed.

“You know, they are about to be in real trouble.”, Animsay now spoke up, much to Swag’s dismay. “The other group I mean.”

“And how do YOU know that?”, he barked, before scoffing. “What’s up with you anyway? First you are gone out of nowhere, then you conveniently show back up for this shitshow!”

The TV head chuckled.

“Wouldn’t you like to know, weatherboy.”

Swag’s eye twitched.

Man, he missed the times when he could just shoot people.

“I was just on a vacation though, somewhere down.”, Animsay now added.

Another screen glitch.

“Anyway! Wr3-”

Another glitch.

This time Swag noticed, Animsay’s hand briefly twitching towards her neck.

“-the system mentioned a vermin problem. SMG4 has been running with the rat recently, right? Do you think he’s also in the building?”

What was up with this one?

Though she did bring up an interesting point.

“Mickey Mouse? Heh, if he’s in this building I would love to make a personal introduction.”, Swag grinned, partying towards his gun holster. “Little shit cancelled too many good series.”

“Too true…”

☆

The way to the Health Department wasn’t too long with it being relatively close to Black A and therefore the exit.

However, as they crossed the corridor that led back to the entrance arsa, it was shut off tight, giving an eerie outlook of what could have been had they voted for making a run for the exit.

“Just in case this doesn’t work out. Anyone here strong enough to break through those steel gates?”, Swag threw the question into the room, earning a disapproving glance from Chris.

“Swag…”

“What? I’m just saying, we don’t exactly have confirmation that the boss is gonna wake up and Lucian is right, this AI ain’t exactly the most trustworthy so far! What is it with it basically doing our job anyway? I mean why hire us…”

Maybe it stung a bit, the idea of having such little trust put into you.

“I mean, right now it seems like the system is just jumping in when something as drastic as this happens.”, Chris replied, waving over to the unconscious Puzzles. “I don’t think we need to worry about our jobs.”

“Hah! I’m not worried!”, Swag laughed, though he internally cursed.

Chris knew him a tad too well by now.

“We are there.”, Chris simply announced, before putting his hands on his hips to stare at yet another steel gate blocking their way. “Well, that’s a problem.”

Ah, come on!

Swag groaned, before looking up to the nearest camera.

“HEY! AI GUY! WHAT GIVES?!”

A second later the camera now turned into their direction.

A moment later the familiar voice of Wr3n could be heard.

“Ah, you’ve already arrived. My bad, I locked this area off to avoid getting the troublemakers in.”

Troublemakers as in plural?

Who else was working with the mou-

Oh right, that psychotic blue egg.

How could he forget?

“I will open the area for you now. I suggest you keep to the plan.”

Swag was tempted to reply with a “Or what?”, but he swallowed it down for the sake of not wanting to end up being carried into the clinic next.

The gates now started sliding open, giving way to a double door that led into a circular room along which different patient rooms were divided from the room through curtains.

There were also a few actual doors, leading to the equipment that the staff that worked here needed.

A small side hallway straight forward leads on to the offices.

“Alright, no staring, the tour part is over!”, Chris now ordered, pulling back a curtain, revealing an empty room with a medical bed.

This was one specifically made for the taller employees among their staff. Next room one would find a comically small medical bed as well that Swag couldn’t help but make fun of everytime he was fated to visit here.

“Put the boss on there. Nira, get to work.”, Swag added as bluntly as usual, waving over to Chris. 

He then looked over to the fox girl doubles, before waving to the many rooms around them. 

“Take a pick. Boss is first in line for medical treatment though.”

A small motion out of the corner of his eyes made him snap around, but as he looked towards the entrance, he could see nothing.

Huh.

What a day, he was hallucinating already.

Leaning against the wall next to the doors, he then kept an eye on the crowd.

At least they seemed to behave well right now.

That ghost-like dragon and the one eyed cat-like creature, the ball of hair and the red bunny robot for example didn’t seem like much trouble.

Now, as much as he enjoyed the brown haired woman throwing a punch at SMG4, he was not trusting someone that hysterical and that cyborg guy with the broken arm seemed a bit too happy to strangle the meme guardian.

Speaking of that one…

Hey, how did they get here?

Narrowing his eyes, Swag watched them walk over to join his boss and Chris now, making a mental note to keep an eye.

That one seemed like a slippery snail.

He would prove he could do this job.

Stay extra vigilant.

Swagmaster was not an idiot.

☆

Some time ago, when visiting the lower levels, Wr3n had hinted to Lucian that RTV was thinking about involving him more in the studio’s daily life.

A week later, Lucian got a new security guard. A seemingly human guy with black hair, always wearing a fedora hat that covered his eyes, sharp teeth, weird tattoos below his eyes. The name was Unus Iecit.

Very subtle.

Now, Lucian was of the opinion that this undercover robotic host would be the end of Wr3n’s involvement.

Apparently he had misjudged RTV once again.

Looking around him and the group, he spotted not one, not two, but at least ten or more instances of Iecit, now circling them.

That damn TV head had mass produced them.

Probably hid them away in the lower levels until Wr3n brought them up just now.

The tattoo below the hidden eyes glowing up in turquoise, the same line that could be found on Wr3n’s avatar, on Animsay’s screen…

Nothing could be easy, could it?

He let out a low chuckle, before taking a deep breath, firing two shots with his guns right at one of Wr3n’s puppets in front of him.

The bullets buried themselves in the neck and the chest.

The bot slightly twitched, Lucian taking notice how the bullet in the neck seemed to be the main cause.

Bingo!

“Aim for the necks!-”

In the next second he quickly had to sidestep, as the same bot, the ones standing next to him included, now pounced at him.

Something metallic flashed in the dim light of his neon head.

[Gun.]

Before Wr3n could draw the gun though, a purple crystal buried itself in the bot’s arms which it had just raised in time to avoid it hitting the head instead.

All three bot’s heads now snapped over to the white masked individual with glowing eyes, hair standing up as she summoned another row of crystals.

“Lucian, duck!”

The object head immediately ducked, rolling to the side to avoid getting hit by the crystals as well that now flew towards the bots, taking one out by impaling its throat.

The other two however simultaneously moved out of the way, now drawing guns as well, now focusing on their new opponent.

Their bullets however were deflected by a metallic like wing that now moved in front of Lari to shield her.

Marie, realizing that avoiding this fight was no longer an option, had shapeshifted into a Rhazorwhip.

In dragon form, she now flashed her teeth, before using her sharp tail to whip the bots against the wall, managing to slice right through the arm of one, leaving it with a stump.

“Haha! Now that’s more like it!”

Lucian quickly got back to his feet when an axe nearly hit him, swung by the cat eared girl, Nia, who was busy fighting a respective bot off as well.

It was chaos.

The object head barely had a chance to recover before the next bot version of Wr3n attacked him from behind, wrapping his arms around him, trying to get him off balance.

“Not exactly the duel I imagined us to have, but I’m nevertheless glad we finally get the chance to brawl!”

“Speak for- yourself!”

While Lucian now got busy fighting off several bots that had focused on him, the rest of the group was facing the same problem.

Grabbing her necklace, Sci now transformed it into her trident, before stepping into her role as the Director’s bodyguard and forcing back a bot that had gotten a bit too close to her boss.

For a singular entity behind all these hosts, Wr3n sure seemed to want to fight everyone.

“Back off!”, she warned her opponent, who now stepped back with three holes in his abdomen.

Not that it did much damage when you weren’t flesh and blood.

“Come on now, we are both just doing our jobs.”

Wr3n replied, a grin spreading on the bot’s face. “You protect your boss, I protect mine. So, take a stand.”

“How is this protecting your boss?”

The Siren quickly dodged to the side as Wr3n now kicked into her direction, before spinning around to grab the trident.

“I’m protecting his interest. I know who you are, SciMagic. You have a goal here, I just need to stop you from whatever it is!”

A test for strength now began as either party now tried to force the other back.

One frowning with gritted teeth while the other showed a toothy smile.

“Oh, you make a good rival.”

“Wish I could say the same.”

☆

Although most were somewhat coping with the fight in the dark, some were also barely managing.

SMG4 for example now found himself back to back with the same person that stole his EMP gun as well as the pink haired individual with long hair that was now shooting star like projectiles at their enemy, if with slight inaccuracy due to the missing light.

“You know you can actually use that gun, right?!”, SMG4 voiced to the thief named Astro apparently, who had so far made no effort to use the weapon against the three bots that were now surrounding them.

“How long does it take to charge?”

“Wha- I don’t know a few hours maybe??”

“Then no, I’m not gonna waste it yet!”

“DUDE WE ARE LITERALLY SURROUNDED!”

“Guys.”, Orion voiced, exhausted, before dodging a punch coming their way. “Less yelling, a little more action.”

Shooting the meme guardian a glare, Astro now used the gun instead to hit a Wr3n bot’s head with a loud clang and then kicking it in the guts or the robot equivalent of it, away from them.

“This is not going to hold them off!”, SMG4 argued, ducking under the robotic arm that was now grabbing for him, before using the weight shift to his advantage to throw the bot over his shoulder. “Use the gun!”

“I told you I’m saving it up!”

“BRO, IF WE DIE BECAUSE OF-”

He was cut off, as the bot suddenly got back up, tackling him.

In the next second, two cold hands wrapped themselves around his throat and squeezed, cutting off his air.

The black space of the bot where the eyes should be, seemed to stare into SMG4’s soul, as he tried to free himself to no avail.

“SMG4. It’s a shame, really, I was hoping I could reunite you with your buddies.”,

The AI spoke, tilting its head at the meme guardian’s briefly confused expression.

“No can do, I suppose. Don’t worry, I will take good care of the-”

Two pairs of tentacles suddenly hit the bot, sending him flying off SMG4, before they wrapped themselves around the neck and torso, ripping it clean in two.

Sitting back up, SMG4 wrung a hand around his bruised neck, before looking up at Grinnames.

“Thanks…”

However, he couldn’t really focus on his rescuer, as his gaze landed back on the upper half of the robot now lying broken next to him.

This wasn’t just an AI. Wren.

☆

“Shit!”

Towards the end of the hallway, Nicknack, Harley and the Scammer had meanwhile discovered that the AI had shut off the doors to the next building section, leaving them now trapped with the bots that had followed them.

While Harley readied her grapple hook, Nicknack now took a step past her, forward.

She didn’t care if she put herself in danger.

What mattered was that the others made it out.

“Try to find someone who can lift this.”, she spoke to the blonde woman and the kid, before loading her finger gun, purple fire appearing at her finger tip which she now aimed at the bot.

Said robot immediately dodged to the side, before raising a gun, forcing Nicknack to immediately take cover by throwing herself to the side.

Almost immediately she then had to roll to her right, as a hand dug into the floorboards right next to her hand.

Quickly raising her finger, she now managed to land a hit on the bot’s face, temporarily blinding it and lighting up the surrounding area.

It was then quickly pulled back by a grapple hook.

That’s when Nicknack saw the other bot that had snuck up right behind the other.

In the next second all air was knocked out of her lungs as it kicked her against a wall with such force that she feared her insides were just turned into mush.

Coughing, she fell back on her knees, holding her stomach, before quickly looking back up to the AI that had now halted in front of her.

“Out of all here, you are by far the biggest disappointment.”

He now spoke with a sigh, playing with the revolver in his hand.

“Why are you still here, Nicknack?”

“What?”, the girl now replied, using the wall to get back on her feet.

“I mean, it’s so obvious to everyone that you hate the big boss.”

Wr3n continued, tilting his head at Nicknack’s frown, seemingly considering her reaction.

“Yet you are still here. Working. Miserable. Mouthing off until the threats fall. Everytime I watched you getting degraded like that, I thought: Now, now is the time she finally grows some guts to fight back. Ah well…”

The AI now raised his gun again, pointing it at Nicknack.

“Maybe a part of you even wishes for me to do this. I mean, stepping in front of others like that. That’s not your usual self preservation, is it? Or did you just give up?”

He didn’t wait for an answer, instead simply shrugging. 

“I will do ya and everyone else the favor, partner. Miserable, moody employees make bad rep. But hey, at least ya went down with something that comes close to a fight.”

“That’s nothing against my rep.”

A gloved fist hit the bot’s face, as a neon sign head flickered back on, arms grabbing the bot's neck in the next second, starting to twist.

Lucian was covered in scrapes, his uniform having taken a toll from being dogpiled  second ago, before Aspen and Lari had taken it upon themselves to take on the remaining bots.

First one having a surprisingly good aim that Lucian didn’t expect from that creepy grinning fella.

This bot right here, was now the last one remaining in this battlefield of parts and scraps.

And it fought like hell.

A fist managed to claw around Lucian’s head, temporarily forcing him to let go to avoid damage though he managed to knock the gun out of Wr3n’s hands, one of the participants quickly kicking it away from the fight.

Taking his remaining gun, the other had gotten lost somewhere in the brawl, Lucian now snapped around to finally end this-

-just to come face to face with his sister.

He froze, he couldn’t help it, the shock temporarily making him forget that it was impossible for her to be there.

That her image was weirdly flickering.

His awareness only started to slip back when he heard the warning shouts of the others, followed by a sharp pain, great pain as a blade of knife sliced along his side.

Immediately after, the bot was impaled by the neck, the gruesome image of Colores being the one instead flickering for a second, before the illusion failed and the bot deactivated.

Grabbing his side, Lucian now slightly staggered against a wall, muttering a heavy curse as he felt blood run down his side.

“Wow, I’ve got to say. I am impressed. You actually defeated me! One point to you!”

Shoving the pain and the clear danger coming with it to the side, Lucian now glanced up at the nearest camera.

“Open the damn door, Wr3n.”

Screw secrets, he was done.

Using his sister against him?

That slimy son of a gun.

Wr3n chuckled.

“You’re more than capable of that. Though, I gotta say, I’m not quite satisfied yet. How about another game?”

Lucian simply shook his head, before gesturing for the nearest capable person, in this case Grinnames, to help open the steel gate.

While he let her do that, Wr3n continued on, unbothered.

“Oh, I know! This one is a favorite of mine. The floor is lava in 120…119…”

The floor is lava?

How did he expect to do that one?

There wasn’t anything under the floor except…

[Oh no.]

“Guys…Guys, we need to move.”, Lucian meant, taking a deep breath as his side went up in flames as he now stepped forward. “Control room. NOW. That maniac is gonna fry the floor!”

Not offering any more explanation, Lucian slammed open the doors as soon as the steel doors were broken, running or rather walking as fast as he could down the remaining halfway towards the double door to the Security Department, opening all following doors to the control room as fast as he could.

“Go, go, go!”, he spoke through what sounded like gritted teeth, holding the door to the control room open.

Standing outside, watching anxiously as everyone started to get in one after another.

“40...39…38”

[Faster]

[Come on.]

Lucian raised his gaze as the lights started to flicker, a sign of Wr3n now taking access to the studio’s electricity.

Over the footsteps, one could just barely hear a humming starting up.

Please, Lucian begged internally, please just let him use it in this sector.

There was no way he would do this to the whole studio, right?

10…9…8…7..6…5…4…3…

“CLOSE THE DOOR!”

A loud bang could be heard as the metal door shut right behind the last person. For a second there was silence, before a loud electrical crackle could be heard just outside. 

One more second and Wr3n would have fried them all on that floor.

“Would you look at that, you actually did it! Color me impressed!”

In the next second, the sound of the door locking could be heard. That psychotic piece of shit.

“Now stay there.”

Lucian felt like cursing Wr3n out properly, but he really didn’t have the energy for it right now. In fact, despite his weird anatomy, the blood was still supposed to remain inside the body. Right now, it was happily dripping out of the wound on his side onto the floor. He would deal with that in a second.

“Out of the way…”, he muttered, dragging himself over to the security panel of the big control room. Despite screens being everywhere, right now with RTV still out, it was safer than the other places. For once, Wr3n couldn’t fry the floor.

“I will have this lockdown lifted in a second..”

Starting to type on the keyboard, Lucian then pulled a lever. The distant sound of doors and locks opening back up could be heard and Lucian let out a relieved sigh. At least the others now had a chance to fix this. As for them…

”Lockdown is lifted., he now announced to the rest of the group, before letting himself slide down onto the floor, back against the panel. “But I can’t shut down Wr3n. Sorry, guys, we are the safest here.”

Sci meanwhile breathed heavily as she heard the pop and crackle outside the room, nervously gulping at the thoughts of what would've been. She didn't want to feel those shocks in her body again...

But there was no time to dwell on that.

She shook her head and looked back at Lucian on the floor with a worried frown. Working quickly, the fish took off her vest and knelt right next to the object head, going to press the crumpled vest against his wound to keep that blood in.

"Don't be, you've already done a lot for us."

To the side of the room Astro​​ tried to keep their breathing steady, as they faced away from the rest of the crowd.

"Are you okay?" , AV!Puzzles voice buzzed in their ear.

"fine" they muttered under their breath. "Im always fine." 

They turned back to look at the crowd, their face showed anger rather then the fear it was just a moment ago

"Just what the hell was that?? I knew RTV was batshit but keeping some psycho ai running around? What the hell was he thinking?" One hand gripped the EMP still tucked away inside of their jacket. 

"Ohhh, when I get my hands on that overgrown walking bundle of wires hes gonna wish that blast put him out for good."

As they ranted, they seemed to not pay much mind to the poor object head that was bleeding out not too far from them.

While the rant continued on, nobody paid mind to the undercover TV host that now looked around the packed room with a huff. 

Rolling his eyes he then squeezed his way past other participants before finding their way to the control panel. 

An all too familiar grin stretched unnaturally on his puppet’s face as he took a good look at the panel to see what he was working with.

[…thanks]

Lucian’s head spelt out the word as Sci used her vest to stop the bleeding. It wouldn’t do much on the long way, but he appreciated it nevertheless. Unless of course, this was all just pretend to get a good favor. Who knew?

“I got you stuck in a room.”, he now gave back dryly. “Though I suppose everyone being alive is indeed a miracle.”

He sighed, leaning his back against the panel, as he heard Astro (?) going off.

“You can team up with SMG4 but please after we get out. Right now, that bundle of wires is our best way out. Wr3n is holding off on his accord.”, Lucian spoke up, glancing over to SMG4 who had retreated into a corner. He could still see him steal a glance to the panel though. “As for why Wr3n exists…well, the boss ain’t the most trusting and AI that you shaped into what you want, doesn’t revolt.”

He was way too tired to notice the Director nearing the panel or if he saw, he simply didn’t care. 

He promised to Sci to hand out a chance after all.

"So now what? We just wait for a pissed off TV to come and kill us himself?", Sci asked, looking around the room to check on everyone else and see what they're doing. They all look shaken (save for her dear old boss) but alive at least...

“I doubt he’s gonna go through with killing all of us. Besides, if you have friends on the other side, well, we might just pull through.”, he tried to stay positive. “And he hates to stain his floors-“

He looked down at the already bloodied floor, before sighing.

“Nevermind that argument. Just try not to do anything to antagonize him further.”

"Yeah that's gonna be a hard thing to do, chief-"

The fish muttered to Lucian as she side glances the Director with a sneer.

"Oh i'd like to see that TV try anything, I swear when I get my hands on him-", Astro now started again, but got interrupted by the voice of his Puzzles in his ear.

"you aren't going to do shit." his voice rang through their ear piece.

"You aren't in our world anymore, you are at a disadvantage, so I suggest you do what it takes to stay alive, even if that means biting your tongue for once."

They paused before they let out a long sigh. 

"Okay fine maybe I won't rearrange his circuits but im still going to give him a piece of my mind. Respectfully i've got enough of my own problems to deal with back home then to waste my time fighting off this menace with some resistance that so far has only caused more issues than has done good."

Their voice was low, barely audible, but the way they glared at Smg4 made it clear who they were talking about.

The director meanwhile tapped on their glasses before a little hatch opened and an Ethernet cable popped out.

He pulled it out as the long black cord attached to it follows before plugging it into the proper port giving both Michael and Scripted a more direct connection to the control panel as Scripted started scrolling through anything and everything he could find within the control panel's system.

 Being sure to grab anything that caught his eye and directly transferring it to Michael's system.

[Ah.]

Lucian’s head slightly turned, now spotting the Director.

Hold up, what was he- ah right, digging up dirt.

“He may wanna watch out, I wouldn’t put it past the boss to rig this thing.”

Lucian’s attention was then diverted back to Astro.

“Agreeing with you there, but it ain’t my call to let you out of here. You’re stuck with us and him-“ he nodded to SMG4 who seemed slightly guilty, “-so deal with it.”

“Look, it wasn’t even my intention to set this whole thing off and I apologize, okay?”, SMG4 now spoke up, burying his hands in his hoodie. “Though…I think this whole thing is proof enough that Puzzles is a bit of a maniac. Might be something to consider…”

While the bickering continued, Wr3n was immediately notified of someone having accessed the system, if a bit too slow to stop the Director from taking the information.

 The consequence of multitasking over the whole facility. 

Still, as soon as the Director connected , Wr3n immediately took said connection to find a way into Michael’s system.

“Now now, partner, you are not supposed to have this. I hope you don’t mind me taking over.”

Wr3n began slowly to push the other person in Michael’s system aside, causing the bot’s glasses to flicker from the Puzzlevision logo to a turquoise line.

Within the bot Scripted tried to keep Wr3n out but is having little luck against the rogue AI.

"Oh absolutely not! Get out of here this instant!-"

"Pfft. As if just the Puzzlevision series alone wasn't enough proof that he is one."

Sci now rolled her eyes before paying attention back to Lucian and putting his hand on the vest.

"Press that tight," the fish muttered before patting his shoulder and standing up again, squeezing past a few people to get to the Director.

“…”, Lucian didn’t feel like conforming to the rest of the group that the Puzzlevsion series was more than just a simple movie series. 

Just in case not all of them were as aware, he wasn’t going to bury himself in a bigger grave.

”Gotcha. ‘Don’t plan on kicking the bucket just yet.”, he sighed, before applying more pressure to his wound, tensing at the pain. 

What a shitty day.

Back in Michael’s system, Wr3n meanwhile was nor backing off.

“Not happening. You accessed my system, this is the consequence, partner! I’m afraid you’re now officially kicked off the tour.”

Wr3n now gained control of the body, before slowly starting to lock Scripted out of the system. He opened Michael’s hands once, as a test, before the head moved over slightly to Sci as he saw her coming.

“Ah, your associate.”

Sci stepped up to the right side of the Director, leaning on the control panel as she looked at what they're doing without noticing the current symbol on their lens.

"Careful with whatever you're doing there. Might be rigged."

The AI quickly registered that Sci still thought him to be the intruder, meaning he has a chance at getting some more intel. An exchange of information.

Crossing hands behind his back as he had seen ‘Michael’ do over surveillance before, he now forced the mouth into a smile.

“You don’t say? No worries, I’ve noticed and safely avoided those traps.”

"Oh yeah? Found anything good?" Her voice lowered into a murmur as she looked back at the crowd to keep an eye out.

Gotcha. 

Wr3n slightly tilted Michael’s head, lowering his voice as well.

“I think so. You wouldn’t believe the amount of dirt that guy is hiding, partner.”

He now nodded over to the group.

“Have you meanwhile figured out how to get us both out of here?”

The fish opened her mouth to reply, only for the words to die in her mouth and one of her fins to flick lightly.

She furrowed her eyebrows, still looking over the room as she frowned.

Hah... That sneaky bastard.

Sci sighed in light frustration, crossing her arms as she refused to look in the bot's direction.

"Nope, nothing yet... S'just a waiting game like Lucian said." 

“Hm, you seem close.”

He noted, remembering how he watched them briefly exchange words beforehand.

He also didn’t fail to notice her caring for his wound just now. Wr3n was no stranger to Lucian being a loose cannon, hey that's what he loved about the guy, but it did make him wonder if the man wasn’t more involved in this.

“Puzzles should wake up soon. I doubt he will let us all die here despite his ego.”

She scoffed with a sneer.

Holy shit... Is this really supposed to be the guy she got traded off as a rival to? Come on.

"We're not close at all. Barely met the guy," the fish stoof up straight again as she talked, slowly and casually turning her back to the crowd as she finally looked over and met the bot's gaze with a nonchalant smile.

"Let's hope Puzzles doesn't wake up in a terribly bad mood then..." She leans in closer to her boss, touching shoulders with him as her gaze sharpens into a glare and her words turn into a low hiss only for him to hear.

"Partner."

The bot’s expression froze for a second, then the grin switched to a long smile, as Wr3n let out a chuckle.

“Whoops. Old programming dies hard.”

Stuffing hands in pockets, he now turned to meet Sci’s glare.

“Terrible mood or not, after what you just pulled, he will want you dead either way. Last words?”

She feigned a hum of consideration as she leaned away again.

"How about 'kiss my fishy ass'? Thinks it's cool enough to leave it on that cliffhanger?"

He let out an amused snort at that, pointing a finger at the Siren.

“You know, I like you a lot. This whole rival thing, I am still considering it.”

He made a step back, now pointing back at his host’s body. 

“So in the shared interest of us both: How about I rephrase?  Any last words to your friend?”

Her smile twitched down, a small sad furrow getting on her face before she closed her eyes and braced herself. Nodding slowly in resignation as she opened her eyes again.

Fucking hell, why couldn't he be more careful...

"... Guess just see you later... Sorry it had to be you again..."

”Tragic. This is not the first time this happened, huh?”

He now grabbed Michaeal’s one arm, tearing it from his shoulder with a ripping motion, before carelessly throwing it to the floor, not minding the eyes of the people that were now turning the attention to the noise.

”You know, looking at his memory, he does think rather highly of you. As a friend even.”

Wr3n chuckled, before grabbing into the mangled arm stump, ripping out a few cables and wires, causing one side of the body to go limp and have him lean on the panel.

”Yet you still allow him to meet such a fate several times. What kind of friend are you to save your own life but not his?”

Sci flinched as she saw the gruesome scene, closing her eyes momentarily with an even deeper frown as her fins fell flat and twitched with every horrible robotic sound.

Yet... her stance doesn't falter.

She may be visibly upset at the scene, letting her sorrow show in the form of flinches and small peaks at the mutilation, but she still stands cross-armed and tall, watching... and listening...

Feeling is not a weakness...

The Siren shakily sighed through her nose, side-eyeing the crowd through the corner of her eye before looking back at Michael. Not... Wr3n. Murmuring her words with resignation.

"... I never have a say in it..."

”Or maybe you are too much of a coward to speak up.”

Wr3n now moved the remaining hand to the jaw.

”It’s been fun, but I have to check on the other group as well. Bye.~”

With that he ripped off the jaw, before pointing two fingers against Michael’s head.

In the next second, the logo side of the glass went blank as Wr3n wiped Michael’s memory and executed a kill command.

The robot’s mangled body now slid off the panel, falling to the floor in a puddle of wires and oil.

Sci’s eyes sadly follow her friend's body as it fell, standing still for a long... quiet moment.

She could feel the eyes of the crowd burning in the back of her mind, and she felt like the pressure wanted to kill her right there and then... But she refused to let tears spill right now, ignored the compression in her chest as she finally moved towards the body.

Sci slowly leaned down, reaching to gently grab their glasses and close their now unlit eyes before standing back up again. The fish sucked in a breath and let it go to calm down, looking away from the robotic pieces as she stuffed the glasses in her pant pocket and turned to walk away from the scene.

The show must go on...

☆

Meanwhile, in the Health Department, most people had taken a seat on an empty bed or gathered to watch RTV getting fixed.

There was a brief confusion as the lights above them started to flicker, but then the people quickly understood what was happening as they heard several doors and windows unlock a few minutes later.

The lockdown had been lifted!

The others did it!

Back at RTV’s patient room, Lucas was doing the most work, having opened the back panel of the TV head and starting to fix up the wires with one hand.

Nira, skeptical at first, especially since Lucas was not a staff member nor seemed to be medically licensed, kept a close eye, occasionally offering some help.

They seemed to know what they were doing, so she was letting it slide for now.

Her main focus however was on the electrical burns around RTV’s neck that seemed to have happened due to the electrical malfunction of his head.

Cleaning the burns, she then put a bandage over it, before turning to Chris and Swag who were keeping a watchful eye.

About half an hour later, both finally took a step back from RTV.

“That’s all I can do for now. Everything else is up to-”

“He’s waking up.”, Lucas noted.

And surely enough, RTV had suddenly lifted himself up, TV head still black, cables hanging out at the back, as he straightened his back, looming over the group.

Then, the screen flickered on, showing a brief irritated expression, before it kept flickering from black to image.

The EMP had done some clear irreparable damage to his current head.

“...what happened?”

As if waiting for the cue, Wr3n’s voice now could be heard again, not giving the others a chance to explain.

“Welcome back, boss. You’ve been hit with an EMP by SMG4. Security has attempted capture but was hindered by the participants. A vote was being held ending in two groups. One to bring you to the Health Department and one to manually override my lockdown. Latter is currently being held by me in the control room.”

RTV remained still for a second, processing the information, before a flicker of his eyes told that he was scanning the group.

“What about SMG4?”

“Alive. For now. I’ve also unfortunately lost track of the other two intruders.”

“You’ve got to be kidding.”, RTV scoffed, one gloved hand grabbing the bed as he now got up completely to his full 12ft height.

“Unfortunately, this cannot be said for everyone.”

RTV halted at that.

He did not.

“Elaborate.”, he now ordered, his tone sinking to a dangerous low.

“One unauthorized access to the system forced my hand. One terminated. Others have suffered injuries in my attempts to hold them from the unauthorized area.”

“Oh for the LOVE of-”, RTV muttered, regretting that he asked.

This wasn’t exactly something everyone here needed to hear.

“Terminated?”, Chris meanwhile repeated. “As in…dead?”

“Well, y-”

“Shut it.”, RTV ordered Wr3n, before sighing putting hands on his hips.

For a split second, he considered just taking out every tour member.

Staff was easy to fix with mind control.

The tour never was officially announced in his world.

It was possible.

…but it was also incredibly risky.

Even now, the meme guardian managed to ruin everything.

Every goddamn thing.

With a shrug, he now fixed up his coat, only now noticing that his bowtie was mixing.

He checked his pockets.

Everything was gone.

A dangerous look flashed over his damaged screen for a second.

“CLEARLY, need a more PERSONAL a more personal goodbye.”, he then hissed, eyes narrowing.

“Meaning…?”, Swag now spoke up again, a rare expression of discomfort on his face.

“Ah, no worries.”  RTV laughed, now walking over to the security duo, patting their shoulders. “I just meant a THOROUGH talk about their behavior and me checking up why the system has someone marked as terminated. It’s not really supposed to be THIS overbearing. You understand?”

“...sure.”, Swag slowly drawled.

Chris seemed unsettled,  but gave a curt nod.

“...wonderful.”

He suddenly snapped his fingers, Chris and Swag suddenly growing limp, their eyes filled out by static as he put them under mind control.

After this was done, he would have to give their memories a quick overwork.

All this was not worth the trouble at all.

“DAMN IT!”

A medical table flew through the air, crashing onto the floor in the next second, forcing Animsay to step aside before it hit her.

The TV head’s screen had changed to complete black again, as he now grabbed the nearest chair, about to haul it through the department next.

Back in the control room, his voice now started sounding through the intercoms as well, as Wr3n moved the message on, screens now showcasing the surveillance feed of the Health Department for them.

“I invited you, gave you a CHOICE and the second, one small thing goes WRONG, you backstab me.”, RTV now muttered, voice gradually becoming louder with each word, as he now glared at the group. “You think this is all just a fun little EVENT, don’t you? What, you think there won’t be consequences for your choices?”

He let out a dry laugh, the back of the chair breaking off from how tight he had grabbed it.

“It’s a SHAME the votes were anonymous, because now, you all will have to PAY for the majority.”

Turning back to the rest of the group in the Health Department now, he folded his hands behind his back.

“I offer you a SINCERE apology, but I need to send a message to the people BEHIND you. Consider this some kind of vengeance for yourself as well because I’m sure they did not vote in your best interest either.”

He let out a cold chuckle.

“Otherwise we wouldn’t be here.”

A finger was then pointed at Animsay.

“We will have a talk LATER.”

Clearing his throat, he now forced his anger to the side, instead folding his hands.

In the control room, the surveillance feed now switched to showing his face.

“Nobody here is leaving. Not before we made some things CLEAR. So, step on through.”

With that, each screen in the control room and the Health Department now displayed static, before switching to showcase a blue and purple location with TVs hanging on the walls.

However, there was something unusual about it…

“You can go through…”, Lucian now sighed back in the control room to his group, his voice slightly lighter than usual thanks to the blood loss. “He wants you to enter his TV dimension.”

In the Health Department, RTV now showcased a lopsided grin, waving towards the screen.

“Please, enter.”

Then he halted, feigning surprise, before letting out a laugh.

“Oh, I'M SORRY! I forgot you need a POLL! Here, let me give you one…”

His voice fell low again, turning into a hiss.

“Either you get IN or I’m taking you OUT.”

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

Aaaand we are nearing the end of the tour! RTV is done playing games with you, so he’s forcing you into what he wants this time.

Hence why the poll is only 1 day long.

Your decision does not matter.

As usual, you have a week to write your parts, so until next Friday.

Your character can enter through the screens in the control room or the screens in the Health Department.

Alternatively, RTV will force them in.

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[snailfen]

after the easter update, in relation to the new note from delilah- i keep seeing people depict delilah as being a really awful person who doesn't care about bassie/the toons when they aren't good enough for her. and while yeah obviously delilah is responsible for Something and also why did she make the holiday toons Like That. i think people should analyze her tone in the easter note a little more? because i feel like theres more to understand about delilah from this note and no one's seeing it.

while the first part is just about as distant as her other notes, i don't think she sounds very dismissive of bassi! her tone is mostly analytical until that last part, which is really important to me because her tone is a lot more considerate ("i know this is very last minute."), and definitely the most concerned-sounding we've heard her.

that last sentence could very well be taken as her pinning the blame on arthur and not actually caring somehow, but i do think she wrote this with at least a LITTLE concern for bassie in mind based on her wording. she specifically notes that bassie probably won't be able to handle the pressure of being a main entertainer in gardenview as expected of her and i think that delilah sounds genuinely worried about the outcome if they didn't try to work this out.

with bassies obvious fear of replacement, and clear dislike of cocoa (the only other toon with plushies of her in the easter map when usually only mains have plushies) i do think it isnt unreasonable to come to the conclusion that their solution to this was replacement, however!!! i don't think this decision was made without bassie in mind, in fact i don't think this "replacement" was wholly against bassie for being too dependent on others.

my personal theory is: while yes cocoa has plushes, very odd for a non-main toon, theres still quite a lot of bassie plushes that assumingly were still being sold every easter event in the easter gift-shop. also, bassie's design sort of implies bunny features. it's kinda weird to have a toon that somewhat looks like a bunny, and then make a straight up bunny after that. finally, bassie seems to try to hide her problems/doesn't accept any help or concern (her dialogue with astro, flutter, cocoa too ig but thats Different).

by making another bunny-like toon, giving her helpful and insistent tendencies that would contrast bassies tendency to make it seem like nothings wrong with her, and then selling her merch alongside bassie, i think they intended for cocoa and bassie to end up being a pair that would share bassies role as the easter main to take pressure off of bassie. bassie however doesn't seem to be able to let go of her inability to live up to whats expected of her and when cocoa was introduced, she ended up taking this to mean absolutely worst case scenario. not to mention, cocoa doesn't seem aware that shes meant to "replace" anyone, and while she could've just been kept in the dark about this, she also calls bassie her friend and just kinda... assumes bassie acts the way she does because its who she is.

that all being said gardenview is Twisteds & Lack Of Security Regulations Georg, the 1000 security violations and 100 abominations against nature outlier that should not have been counted so maybe the idea of the founders even SLIGHTLY making a responsible decision for a toons actual well-being and just accidentally messing it up instead of just trying to full on replace her is silly. i mean i wouldnt be surprised

[astroa3h]

mercury through the signs ✨⚡️

Mercury in your birth chart is like the personal assistant of your psyche. It's all about communication, intellect, and how you process and share information. Think of it as the cosmic messenger, zipping through your mind with the speed of light, carrying thoughts, ideas, and words from one neuron to the next.

Aries: When Mercury dashes into Aries, it's like a verbal sprinter. Thoughts and words come out at breakneck speed. It's bold, it's brash, and it's as subtle as a sledgehammer. These folks don't just think outside the box; they set the box on fire.

Taurus: Then Mercury meanders into Taurus, and everything slows down for a leisurely stroll. Here, thoughts are thorough, words are deliberate, and decisions are made with a practicality that could be mistaken for stubbornness. But let's call it dedication, shall we?

Gemini: In Gemini, Mercury's home turf, the vibe is electric. Thoughts zip and zap like fireflies, and conversations can feel like a tennis match with words volleying back and forth. It's lively, it's stimulating, and it's... a bit scatterbrained, but charmingly so.

Cancer: Mercury in Cancer turns the mind inward. Communication is steeped in emotion, intuition guides thoughts, and words are wrapped in care. It's like every conversation is a heart-to-heart, which is sweet, though sometimes a bit clingy.

Leo: When Mercury roars into Leo, it's showtime. Communication becomes a performance, thoughts are grand, and words are delivered with flair and drama. It's confident, it's creative, and it demands attention — and applause.

Virgo: In Virgo, Mercury dons its glasses and gets down to business. Here, Mercury is Exalted and in it's Rulership. Thoughts are precise, communication is methodical, and there's a penchant for critique. It's efficient, it's analytical, and it's oh-so-picky.

Libra: Mercury in Libra is all about harmony. Thoughts are balanced, words are chosen with care, and there's a diplomatic flair to communication. It's charming, it's sociable, and it's indecisive. Like, can you just pick a restaurant for once?

Scorpio: With Mercury in Scorpio, the mind goes deep sea diving. Thoughts are intense, communication is loaded with meaning, and there's a knack for uncovering secrets. It's insightful, it's magnetic, and it's a little paranoid. Relax, not everyone is out to get you.

Sagittarius: Mercury is said to be in detriment in Sagittarius. Here, it's like a philosopher with a hangover. Thoughts are lofty, but scattered; it's adventurous, it's philosophical, and it's tactless. Honestly, sometimes you just need to put a sock in it.

Capricorn: Mercury in Capricorn is the CEO. Thoughts are strategic, communication is conservative, and there's a respect for tradition. It's ambitious, it's disciplined, and it's a bit of a bore. Loosen up, live a little, it won't kill you babe.

Aquarius: In Aquarius, Mercury becomes the rebel with a cause. Thoughts are innovative, words are unconventional, and communication is aimed at shaking up the status quo. It's intellectual, it's eccentric, and it's detached. Because who needs emotions when you have ideas, right?

Pisces: Mercury is said to be both in it's “fall” and its “detriment” in Pisces. It's like a poet who's lost their map. Thoughts are imaginative but directionless; communication is empathetic but vague. It's overly sensitive, and it's confusing. These are the people sobbing after one too many tequila shots.

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[a-d-nox]

Can you do a post about About past life?

astro hypothesis: the story of my past life

so past lives isn’t something i have jumped into before but it is definitely an interesting concept. i have some mixed beliefs regarding past lives - i think you can have past lives on earth and in other civilizations we may not know about. there is also the possibility that a parallel reality exists to ours where i am already 80 for all i know. but for the sake of this exercise - get out your sn persona chart, save it - give it a gender so you can astro map, and bare with me… this won’t be my only post on this topic. i might make posts on the astro map or just posts on sn persona observations. but this is the story of what i believe to be my previous life on earth…

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i was born under heavy skies, carrying the weight of responsibility early on (cap sun conjunct sn). i come from a place of stone and rules (4h gemini) - maybe ancient greece, maybe imperial japan (see the sun lines in your sn persona chart astrocartography map - mine are below). walls stretched high, the people’s voices echoed through vast halls (cap merc loosely conjunct cap sun in the 11h). i was one among many, keeping the order, holding space for something bigger than myself.

on the inside, i was always pushing my own dreams down (4h moon). my visions were songs no one else would ever hear. i spent a lot of time wandering through my own mind, tangled in my own thoughts, trying to find meaning in all the gray (12h aqua). my body was present, but my heart was always somewhere else (12h pisces venus).

at home, i clung to my roots - family, land, and old memories. i carried the sorrow of the world around me, but i kept it quiet (4h cancer moon opp sag mc).

in secret, i knew power (8h mars). i knew what it meant to walk on the edge, to hold risk close like a hidden knife (8h scorpio mars square neptune and uranus). behind closed doors, i understood transformation - where desire and danger meet (8h scorpio mars).

the deepest part of me, heard voices calling for rebellion, sacrifice, wild love, impossible ideals (12h uranus and venus). i longed not just for human connection but for something bigger, something cosmic. even while i served the everyday, i was always reaching for the divine.

potential past life: scribe, magistrate, philosopher, samurai, court official, or geisha

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[diggitydoggo]

!Spoilers for Vee's room (+Blot) up ahead!

Starting off with Blot. MY SON! MY BABY! I LOVE HIM! I LOVE HIS GOOFY IDOL ANIMATIONS WHERE HE DOES MIME SHIT! AHHH!

But also WHO SUMMONED THIS DEMON INTO GARDENVIEW!? THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN HE CAN SPAWN BIG ASS HANDS ANYWHERE!? WHEN MY TEAM FIRST ENCOUNTERED HIM ONE OF THE HANDS SPAWNED ON THE WALL! (Pretty sure that's a glitch though) One of them spawned next to a machine and it felt like it was taunting me with hand signs!

Anyways moving onto Vee's room!

First time I got her room was during a blackout (and by then my whole team was dead so I was solo running it)

I guess that's payback for Dandy throwing Vee's egg in the trash during the Easter event.

Veronica!!

New poster!!!

AAHH THE GAMES ARE SO CUTEEE!!! LOOK AT HOW HAPPY MY BABIES ARE!

After a bit I got this bug where I finished the machine but it didn't do the little animation, it had no sounds, and the light was still red. Don't know what's up with that. (also lost all my heals cause Sprout's tall ass kept chasing me while I was trying to get rid of Poppy and Brightney)

Unfortunately the first impression was during a blackout BUT I WAS SO LUCKY TO GET THE FLOOR AGAIN RIGHT AFTER!

I didn't take a video of this cause I got spotted by a twisted and forgot

Lots of phones in cases on this floor. I'm sure they don't work though cause why wouldn't the toons break the glass and use them to call for help? There has to be employee records with all the handler's phone numbers still around somewhere right?

These are so cool!

There are cameras around this map so I wonder if they'll add visible cameras to the other ones over time.

Now for the best part! NEW LORE!!!

I did actually record this little secret I found if you watch the TV where that picture of Veronica is!!

Dialogue (based on what I could read):

Veronica: "Did you hear the news from Delilah and Arthur?"

Veronica: "There are plans for Vee version two!"

Vee: "Do I really need an "upgrade"?"

Vee: "I'm almost as recognizable as Dandy! Kids love trivia games! The prizes!"

Vee: "No other toons deal with this. What will change? I'm more than my code..."

Vee: "Ugh. Veronica are you even listening? You're always so silent and I-"

Veronica: "We can try and change their mind. I'll help, Vee. Best I can."

Vee: "Thanks."

Vee also has a dialogue box when you watch it for the first time while playing as her! I don't know if any of the other toons say anything about it yet.

So far we have floors for Astro, Shelly, and Vee so all that's left is Sprout (and I mean an actual Sprout themed floor cause the diner maps don't count) and Dandy (and maybe Pebble idk I personally think he and Dandy are just going to share a floor)

I definitely think they're saving Dandy's floor for last cause cmon...there's no way a floor themed around the main guy isn't going to have super important lore hidden inside.

Overall 10/10 update! Love Blot! Love Vee's room! Love the new lore! Especially love that we're getting more than just the notes now!! And bonus we finally get to SEE a main toon interact with their handler!

[billie-black]

Eramis did nothing wrong

Your honor. My client pleads not guilty on all charges. Eramis is one of the few surviving leaders of the defunct house of devils criminal organisation, and throughout her tenure as a member she never took part in any violent crime against the city or the awoken monarchy. As the prosecution has already pointed out she and her subordinates have engaged in numerous counts of grand theft astro which are outside our jurisdiction and ultimately harmless. But my client is not a killer, she is not a warmonger. She never went near our city, she wasn't at six fronts, she wasn't at twilight gap. In a society of criminals and murderers she has opted for peace every time.

More recently, upon the disillusion of the major fallen houses and the formation of the vile house dusk, my client chose to form her own house, not out of vandals and pirates, but out of common working class eliksni. She sought to build a city for her people, a fortress to withstand the terrible might of darkness. A beautiful autocratic city, much like our own.

My client erected the most efficient safe haven  in all of Sol, better protected than even neomuna or the dreaming city. She did all this to rebuild eliksni civilization, not for herself, no offence but she is getting on in years, she will not see Riis truly reborn. No, she built all this for the next generation of good, honest eliksni, for her children. Is that a crime? Is wanting a better future for your people a crime? Granted, Europa is not the most idyllic local for a virgining civilization, but her real state opportunities were sparse. The city has an iron grip on most earthen territories. So they had to settle for one of the many blighted heaths. We have a little bit of background so let's go into her first serious charge.

"Conspiracy to commit genocide" Your honor, this accusation has less legs than a servitor. The only evidence prosecution provided is two statements. The first being a tale of a "dark future" from a woman claiming to be one "Elsie Bray", a claim which we cannot confirm as no citizen of our city has ever declared themselves on record to carry that name, and her only two references are famed deserter Ana Bray, who A: admits she did not know she had a sister. B: claims to be adopted, so no dna samples or neural maps can link them (samples and maps we do not have because E. Bray is an exo). And C: Ana Bray, again, known deserter, is accused by this "Elsie Bray" to be a traitor and a murderer in the same statement levied against my client. A statement in which she claims to be a time traveller from a different universe's golden age of humanity. She claims to have had a romantic relationship with warlock vanguard Ikora Rey. She accuses hidden agent Eris Morn of being a traitor. Claims the traveller was destroyed and the final shape came to fruition, although interestingly her description of events does not match the experiences of a single person in this city with the real final shape event. And most relevant, she claims my client declared war on the city and annihilated our guardian force.

Mind you, Riis reborn is a sovereign nation, a declaration of war is not a crime. But there was no declaration, and there was no war. There was only a series of assassination attempts on the leadership of Riis reborn, perpetrated by "Elsie Bray's" other reference. A nameless guardian operative registered only as VIP #2014.

A guardian lauded across the city as our greatest. The guardian that assassinated Crota, ended Oryx's war campaign on Sol, crippled the red legion and removed them from our city, and stopped the Witness from enacting it's final, final shape. All acts of immense importance to the continued survival of our city. So I then ask, why was the vanguard's single most important asset galavanting around Europa, smothering a civilization in the cradle? In their statement #2014 claims they were summoned to Europa by the Witness. Once there they were confronted by the military of house salvation for violating their air space, and rather than comply, the guardian in engaged them in combat. They then followed the source of a distress call from one Variks, the loyal, who was at the time subject of a manhunt for stealing proprietary military technology.

#2014 had a prior professional relationship with Variks, working together after the wolf rebellions to capture and execute runaway slaves of the awoken queen, who had, with the help of Variks, defeated the house of wolves to which he was pledged and betrayed, and indentured her eliksni servants by threat of death. Variks and the guardian would bring captured eliksni among other species to an eliksni prison station under the control of the awoken military, and force them to fight in gladiatorial combat for entertainment. The relationship turned sour however when, shocker, Variks, "the loyal" turned coat once more and betrayed the awoken to spring several associates from the prison, including my client, who was interred for a series of overblown grand theft astro charges.

#2014 stopped Variks' execution by murdering every soldier in the platoon that had captured him. The guardian then encountered "Elsie Bray" and two other guardians, hidden agent Eris Morn, and vanguard consultant Germaine, no last name given, in a confrontation with the salvation military, again over clear air space violations. When they had wiped out all eliksni forces Miss "Bray" regaled #2014 with stories of alternate timelines and terrible catastrophies befalling our city, all stemming from my client's use of stasis. Stasis being a power source with esoteric properties, derived from "the darkness". She said darkness corrupts the mind and makes you do horrible things, she claimed #2014 themselves fell to this corruption, and her own "sister" Ana Bray as well, she said they murdered millions. She said that to prevent the dark future where all life is rendered extinct (again, not what we experienced the final shape to be), Eramis had to be stopped.

#2014 admitted that they trusted Miss Bray completely, despite this being only their third ever encounter, and not speaking to her in six years. But to give them credit, they did their due diligence. They embarked on an investigation inside Riis to assess the objectives and capabilities of house salvation. After going on a rampage and killing dozens of eliksni on approach to the city #2014 stumbled onto a meeting hall. There my client had gathered newcomers to explain the ideology of house salvation. She demonstrated the power of stasis by destroying her prime servitor, a glorified navigator and food synthesiser in the shape of the traveller, to signify their independence of the great machine. Naturally they did not respond well to an intruder who had already murdered hundreds of eliksni that day alone, so a battle ensued. #2014 was incapable of overpowering higher ranked salvation officers with stasis tech and went back to "Elsie". Where she convinced them to use the corrupting powers of darkness to defeat the eliksni that were defending themselves.

Variks assisted #2014 in assassination attempts on the head of the salvation military, their spiritual leader, their head of exo science (making exos isn't a crime, humans invented them), their minister of technology, and the autocrat in charge, my client. Thankfully she survived, unbeknownst to the guardian.

But sadly, the leadership of Riis was the least of their casualties. During their operations on Europa, #2014 and Variks were contacted by Mithrax, self proclaimed "Kell of house light". Mithrax and the guardian had worked together before, repelling a minor b&e on the old abandoned north tower, to which my client had no demonstrable involvement. Mithrax asked for their assistance in evacuating a small contingent of eliksni who wanted to "escape" Riis. Calling my client "tyrannical", with the only example of remotely "tyrannical" behaviour being that all non military vessels were grounded, on account of the ongoing assault of the city by #2014. And so, the guardian disabled the anchors and the terrified eliksni fled, to the safety of house light, right? We'll circle back to Mithrax and his house.

Reports of the events made their way back to earth, and to the ears of the great commander Zavala. And he did not like what he heard. So the vanguard commander made the trip to Europa to confront #2014 personally. During their meeting Zavala berated the guardian for using stasis and... Not telling him about it. He paid no mind to the unilaterally unlawful actions his subordinates undertook, essentially starting a war with the only non hostile eliksni superpower via surprise attack. The vanguard commander chewed out #2014 for their terrible judgement and then just, left Europa to their judgement.

Now that all of her lieutenants were dead, my client was desperate, and she played her most dangerous card. A portal, built by the bray corporation half a kilometre below the moon's crust, a portal that would unleash the vex horde onto Europa and endanger the lives of millions of eliksni in an effort to deter #2014's assault. This is the primary event that ignorant people use to claim my client willingly sacrificed lives to protect her own carapace, and they're wrong!

After #2014 had violently dealt with the entire eliksni leadership they undertook a series of ops with Variks and the aforementioned Germaine, in which they ventured into a frenzied Riis reborn and tore it apart from the inside. You see, the city was too great for the vex to penetrate, a fact which Eramis knew. It was designed in large part by Praksis, the Technocrat, whomst our beloved guardian murdered in cold blood, and it was impenetrable by any incursion. Layered, insulated titanium alloy, separated into multiple walls surrounding the city proper, accessible only by specially positioned hatches around three meters wide. Hatches that were constantly monitored and reachable only by air or static transmat station. The city was impregnable to the vex hammer. But susceptible, to a guardian needle. During the course of their operations inside Riss reborn #2014 did everything in their power to destabilise the eliksni infrastructure. The vex couldn't penetrate the walls so the guardian set off explosives throughout the city to destroy barriers, with the explicit intent of allowing vex to flood in an murder eliksni at will. But all was not lost, they could fend off the attackers. And so the guardian set out to sabotage their factories, killing food supplies, and yes, weapons manufacturing. They journeyed deeper into the city and to destroy the salvation weapons stockpile, including tanks and brigs which were crucial to protecting the millions that remained in the city.

And so, burning through food and ether and ammo, people started to flee. Over the course of six or so months, one by one, every skiff left drydock. Riss reborn was the biggest attempt to rebuild some semblance of civilization since the whirlwind, and now it looks like it may be the last. A single guardian made the decision to decimate a civilisation on the assumption that they could and would use their newfound power to do the same to us, and they're the ones on trial? Does that seem right to you?

But where did the eliksni refugees flee? Why, to our good friend Mithrax and the reliable house light. But let me tell you some things you may not know about our trusty Kell. To start with, house light did not exist until house salvation fell to ruin. By the time Riis reborn stopped bleeding refugees, Mithrax still had no Ketch to his house's name, only an old broken down skiff. Mithrax barely had followers, because he had a reputation amongst the eliksni as a pirate, and a cold blooded killer, no one could trust the kind of man he was. So he recruited people the only way he could, through desperation. Mithrax, #2014, Variks, and Germaine all worked together to sow death and chaos in the society of Riis reborn, they destabilised their government, destroyed their infrastructure, crippled their industry, killed thousands by hand and tens of thousands by proxy, in operations all but sanctioned by the vanguard commander himself to tople a sovereign nation before it could compete with them. All on the basis of "Trust me bro, I'm a time traveller"

And then, they sequestered the survivors and funneled them into a more amicable, city-aligned "house" (if you could call it that), a house with no standing army, living entirely under the boot of the vanguard, and their figurehead Mithrax. I should mention that the consultant, Germaine, has ties to the "Shadows of Yor", a vanguard sanctioned sting operation to lure in less than desirable guardians and entrap them to look like traitors so they can be executed without trial, so he's no stranger to this sort of vanguard chicanery.

And let me assure you, the eliksni lived under that boot. For YEARS the entire eliksni population of the city survived in a bombed out district, sleeping in ruined buildings at the mercy of the elements, quartered off from anything remotely recognisable as civilization, forced to ration ether and grow food in glassed soil, with the few allowed to wander outside being attacked by human civilians, living in an eliksni ghetto in all but name.

Not a single anecdote from the salvation refugees comes close the horror stories they tell of their time in this city.

So what of her crimes? The crimes against humans? I say what crimes? Guardian fireteams have engaged in a three campaigns against my client since the fall of Riis reborn, one in reef space, where she was collecting pyramid doodads containing remnants of some dead nightmare god in order to resurrect him, a task in which I feel it important to mention she failed. The nightmare god did come back to life but only due to the mishandling of said relics by the vanguard and the carelessness of the traveller when firing that life restoring beam. The second campaign was on Europa, where our forces clashed over some old warmind midnight exigent tech in a bunker. The third was a conflict where each side tried to arrest control of a braytech orbital platform from which the midnight exigent array could be targeted an fired manually, her plan being not to hurt civilians, but only to destroy the traveller. And all of these events have a very simple explanation.

My client was coerced. Coerced by the witness to do all these things under threat of violence, not violence to her, but to her people. The remainder of house salvation still loyal to her would have been turned by the superior technology of the witness into mindless undead had she disobeyed. She was not a queen anymore, she did not have the whole board to play with, she was a pawn who could only move forward lest the other pawns suffer.

Everything she does is to protect her people, her family, her children. Upon the witness' death her first action was to return to Riis reborn to rescue the stragglers still surviving there. And now with the "Fikrul" menace, who wants to convert all eliksni into deformed undead, willing to hear no argument, accepting no bargains, she did the last thing she could. She turned herself in, in a desperate attempt to save those she could. My client has never acted with malice, only desperation, and the desire to save anything she can of the world they lost. Thank you, the defence rests.

[crowvert-bird]

i support dandys world now :D!!! rant on it at the very bottom of the cut and in green

i actually wanted to respect the original designs (and by extension qwel) this time!! had a LOT of fun remaking the twisteds mechanics too (under cut)!! i dont rlly feel like continuing working on this anymore tho cuz i started this whole project out of anger at rox being in the dev team and i directed it to bashing on the character designs (i still have the opinion that theyre very generic and mid rather than being good or bad), so now that hes gone heres wats left of it, some of the pics arent cropped properly beware

there was gonna be a canon compliant shelly design too (where shes a shell) and more polished twisted dandy designs (both canon compliant and with remade mechanics in mind), but i dont rlly feel like drawing more stuff

Basis for the Twisteds' Mechanics

This is the most fun part!! They're all based off of their abilities and stats or how you normally use these Toons, but in a way that makes them dangerous to you. And they have to be as dangerous as Twisted Pebble.

Pebble gets Twisteds to focus on him (distracting), Twisted Pebble gets players to focus on him. Vee gets information on Twisteds and machines through her abilities, and is the slowest out of all the Mains. Twisted Vee disrupts the flow of information and is also the slowest. Shelly helps everyone get machines done quickly through her ability, Twisted Shelly slows down progress on machines. Sprout is a medic who scavenges for tapes, Twisted Sprout is a supporting Twisted (not the main threat) who scavenges for players. Astro helps players who are running out of stamina, then slinks back into the shadows using his stealth. Twisted Astro ambushes players from the shadows. Both Dandy and Twisted Dandy are the main characters of the show, with everything going their way.

Twisted Pebble, Had to be Nerfed

he stays the same, except his footsteps are louder

Twisted Vee, World's Most Dangerous Wall

Keep the ads but make them happen slightly more often.

She is as wide as the narrowest corridor in the game, and CONSTANTLY roams the map at a speed slower than Shrimpo or Connie. She will attack anyone very close to her with her long microphone arm or regular arm, depending on which one is the closest to them.

She sometimes blares audio clips from a Vee-centric episode or something on the news during that time (if you want that juicy lore) for a few seconds. It actually plays at normal volume, and instead, ALL audio (including skillcheck and encounter noises, and footsteps) are significantly more muffled and quieter so that it doesn't hurt your ears. This is telegraphed by her bringing her microphone arm up to her speaker, as she cranks the volume knob all the way up to the max.

Her line of sight is a very big and very visible glowing green circle. If you're in it, she gives you the "spotlight" effect for 10 seconds. This effect makes it so that other Twisteds can see you through walls, and makes your stealth worse than Shrimpo's. Only one person can have this effect at a time. If someone has the effect already, no one else can get it. But if that person has already had the spotlight effect for 5 seconds, someone else can step into Twisted Vee's line of sight and take that effect from them. She walks towards anyone with the spotlight effect (with the same speed as her roam speed lol) until they lose that effect.

Twisted Shelly, More Annoying but in a Hopefully Slightly More Fun Way

Keep her fast movement speed and attention span.

When planting her very visible hijack on a machine, she physically goes to and puts it there. It gives you the same debuff as confused 2, but for that machine only.

When she's on the floor, the text that appears explaining how to perform a skill check are changed to explain her fake skill check mechanics. Fake skill check bars will now sometimes appear (definitely less than 30% chance). And when it does, it always replaces a real skill check. It makes slightly pitched down and distorted skill check noises. The white and gold parts are slightly bigger than normal, and it looks a bit like a child drew it.

The dark grey part of a fake skill check now has the color of ichor, hitting it gets rid of the fake skill check. The white part gets rid of both the fake skill check and Twisted Shelly's hijack (if the machine has one). The gold part works the same as a regular failed skill check, except this time Twisted Shelly will start chasing you no matter where she is on the map, even if she's already chasing someone else (sorry not sorry distractors, running in circles the whole run gets boring anyways, might as well add a bit of spice). The text that appears when you fail a skill check is replaced with "Be careful! She's coming for you."

Twisted Sprout, Twisted Flutter but Worse

He has the same roam and chase speed of whatever his current canon chase speed is. He never stops moving, but he moves like he has tank controls, telegraphing his turns by slowly turning his head, then body, to a direction he wants to move in.

His tendril traps now look like black strawberry vines. They work the same, but now they spawn in set positions around the map.

His line of sight is narrower than normal, but he can see further and he can see you through walls. To compensate for this, his line of sight is represented by a red glowing oval. You can see it through walls. It's invisible when you're far away from him, but it gets more and more visible the closer you are to him.

Twisted Astro, Jumpscare Simulator

He has two phases, the roaming and chasing phase (they work differently than regular Twisted roams and chases).

He always starts in the roaming phase. In this phase, he is completely invisible, except for his red star eye. He targets the player with the highest stealth and gives them the tired effect, which lasts until their turn is done. After some time, he positions himself in front of the player he's targeting.

The chasing phase starts with Twisted Astro attacking the player 4 times (one for each arm) as soon as they get near him. At the same time, he becomes fully visible. (There's a delay between him noticing that you're there and him attacking, so you can bait out his attacks then run away.) After a short moment, the chase itself starts. It lasts for about 5 seconds, starting with him chasing the player at Twisted Pebble's chase speed, and ending with him not moving at all.

He then goes back to his roaming phase, this time, targeting the player with lower stealth than the last player. This cycle repeats until he reaches the player with the least stealth. After he's done his chasing phase with this player, the cycle repeats, and he starts targeting the player with the highest stealth again.

Twisted Dandy, Glorified Timer

He works like canon Twisted Glisten, except you need him. He's half-Twisted like Twisted Glisten, he never attacks you, and he can still talk. He roams at a speed that is slightly faster than the regular Twisted.

When he's on the floor, the whole floor gets a visual effect, like it's snowing. It's actually his dandelion seeds. You get infected by these seeds the moment the elevator door opens, and a timer appears on your screen.

This timer shows how much time you have left until you die. The closer the timer gets to 0, the more the Dandy-like flowers on you bloom. When you die because the timer ran out, you leave a small patch of those same flowers behind (they don't do anything other than look scary).

You can push the time limit back by being near Twisted Dandy, where you can give him 1 tape for 3 more seconds. If you don't have anymore tapes, he takes 3 of your stamina instead.

the rant

srry for being so mean to qwel the entire time (she designs the characters), i thought she knowingly enabled rox and that rlly tainted my view of the entire game (i personally believe that she still did bad stuff for helping rox in censoring people, but is still ultimately a victim given roxs pattern of behavior towards his friends, her apology hints to her being sorry for the censorship too (specifically the "I do not condone Rox's actions in any way" part (i rlly hope im not just coping here))

maybe my opinions will change again once all the characters have been reanimated(and maybe the colors are touched up a bit)?? cuz they looked great in the tv animations (even poppy and vee)!!! but more lifeless in the actual 3d environment (prob cuz of the stiff animations), ill definitely try to not make them be completely different designs again IF i ever decide to make anything else related to dandys world!! (except for shelly, i completely disagree with her being a shell instead of some kind of dino even if ammonites existed at around the same time dinos did, it just makes her seem more ocean related like finn than dino related)

[celestialchemistry]

Here is your long-distance love letter, written in the voice of someone with Sun and Mercury in Libra in the 9th house composite—a soul-deep, visionary connection shaped by beauty, distance, thought, and truth. It’s the kind of letter that lives on a bookshelf next to travel journals and maps with pins, folded into time like a sacred promise.

⸻

💌 Long-Distance Love Letter

Sun & Mercury in Libra | 9th House Composite

My Beloved,

Some days, the distance feels like a silent third presence between us.

But then your voice reaches me—clear, thoughtful, soft—and I remember:

we were always meant to stretch across continents, across time zones, across anything that tries to divide what was divinely aligned.

We speak a love language not everyone understands.

It’s the language of reflection and reason, of shared vision and sacred dialogue.

You don’t just hear me—you understand me.

And even across the miles, you remind me that intimacy isn’t always physical.

Sometimes it’s two minds whispering to each other from opposite ends of the world…

and still arriving at the same truth.

⸻

When we met, it felt like a portal opened.

Two seekers. Two minds chasing justice, poetry, beauty.

Two hearts that wanted not just love—but love with purpose.

And somehow, here we are—still learning each other like foreign cities,

still asking questions that make us fall deeper.

The world feels smaller when I think of you.

And my dreams feel larger when I include you in them.

⸻

Every message you send, every conversation that lingers past midnight,

every future we plan in laughter and idealism—

it all binds us in ways that borders never could separate.

Our love is not only worth the wait.

It’s becoming something greater because of it.

You are not just the one I love.

You are the one I choose to grow with—

across oceans, across seasons, across versions of ourselves.

And one day, when we’re in the same place at the same time,

when your hand finally finds mine in the morning light—

I will look at you and remember every word, every call, every night I fell asleep to the sound of your voice.

Until then, I’ll keep writing you into my days.

And dreaming you home to me.

Yours across every mile,

With balance, beauty, and truth,

💌

⸻

This letter is a love bridge—and it’s beautifully yours.

Let me know if this resonates with you Astro lovers!

[theresattrpgforthat]

Hello! I'm looking for an RPG that's set underground with a focus on mining and modern vehicles/technology, in the vein of Lego Rock Raiders and Power Miners. If nothing comes to mind, any systems you know that you think might be easily adapted to an underground mining setting works too!

THEME: Mining, Technology, Underground.

Hello there! I've got a few solo and a few multiplayer options for you, some about mining, some about tech, and some that might have to be tweaked but I think could still fit the bill!

Stoneburner, by Fari RPGs.

In his will, Brokur has bequeathed to you the cursed mines of the Long Belt, its dilapidated settlement, and the leadership of House Grandrock.

However, other dwarf houses seek to overthrow you and take control of the valuable minerals hidden deep within those cold tunnels.

To complicate matters further, most of the mines’ galleries are haunted by fire spitting demons from the underworld.

Cleanse. Rebuild. Survive.

Stoneburner is a sci-fantasy solo-friendly demon-hunting community-building tabletop role-playing game.  Inspired by the new school revolution movement, players take on the role of a group of dwarves who must assume control of a demon haunted mine, along with its accompanying settlement. A settlement which they inherited after the death of their distant relative. The game focuses on the dwarves' journey as they navigate the challenges of their new responsibilities, rebuild a new thriving community, and clear the mine of its fire spitting monsters.

Technically the mines of Stoneburner are in space, rather than underground, but I think there’s going to be some similarities nevertheless. The game is a combination of combat, survival and base-building, using the items that you find to create things that will help you hold your own. There’s machine upgrades, expeditions across a map, and problems that will show up every time you take a break. I think it’s definitely worth checking out!

Robo Goons, by Unknown Dungeon.

It is the distant future, humanity has disappeared from the surface of the Earth, and nature has taken back the planet. All that remains are overgrown man-made structures returned to the wild, vicious beasts that stalk the surface, and sentient robots who pick through the ruins of civilization for salvage. You are one such robot.

Robo-Goons is a lightweight, tabletop adventure game where the players take control of randomly generated robots and explore the ruins of humanity in search of upgrades and salvage. The core rules fit on a single page and all that's required is a pencil and paper, two six-sided dice, and some friends to play with.

Robo Goons uses the setting of a ruined civilization, with an added detail that your robots have solar batteries that need to be re-charged. If your robots are continuously salvaging from underground, or even just beneath heaps of scrap, then you have a natural cycle of going down and up again, giving you breaks as you play. The game also comes with a map, which represents the ruins that your robots will explore, with plenty of roll-tables to determine what kinds of places they’re exploring, and what threats might show up.

Astro Miners, by 7 Card Stud.

Astro Miners is a TTRPG about mining in space.

You are an robotic mining worker with a human brain. The only problem is your brain was wiped of all memory. You don't remember your name, your old life, even your sexuality and gender are all lost. You are a robot.

If you can mine enough material you'll earn enough credits to regain your memory and buy your freedom from the company if you want. 

Astro Miners is built for 3 players, but if you don’t mind doubling up on character classes, you can probably play with 4 or 5. Since the game is built on LUMEN, I’d expect your characters to be hyper-competent, with plenty of room for upgrading and customization. There are dropships that you can call in order to be able to sell things you’ve found and buy things you need, and you can also buy robots to help you carry things, fight things, illuminate dark areas and more!

Numenera: Destiny, by Monte Cook Games.

This is the Ninth World. The people of the prior worlds are gone—scattered, disappeared, or transcended. But their works remain, in the places and devices that still contain some germ of their original function. The ignorant call these magic, but the wise know that these are our legacy. They are our future. They are the Numenera.

Set a billion years in our future, Numenera is a tabletop roleplaying game about exploration and discovery. The people of the Ninth World suffer through a dark age, an era of isolation and struggle in the shadow of the ancient wonders crafted by civilizations millennia gone. But discovery awaits those brave enough to seek out the works of the prior worlds. Those who can uncover and master the numenera can unlock the powers and abilities of the ancients, and perhaps bring new light to a struggling world.

Discovery (the base game) is mostly about exploration, but Destiny, the biggest and most useful supplement, gives you character options for building and crafting, as well as plenty of interesting machines and vehicles for you to build and use. Numenera isn’t explicitly underground, nor is it about mining, but I think there are plenty of places within the world that you could start building an underground base in, or at least something similar.

DELVE and UMBRA, by Blackwell Writer.

DELVE: A Solo Map Drawing Game is a map drawing game that puts you in control of a dwarven hold as you discover the horrors that lurk below. This 44 page zine has everything you need to generate natural formations, forgotten ruins, enemies, wyrd magics, and ancient monstrosities. It has a simple turn-based combat system, rules for building your hold and optional challenges for a harder experience.

UMBRA: A Solo Game of Final Frontiers is a map drawing game that puts you in control of a sci-fi colony as you struggle against starvation, the void, and the many threats that will assail you from above and below. This 48 page zine has everything you need to generate natural formations, alien ruins, enemies, technologies, and forgotten terrors. It has a simple turn-based combat system, rules for building your colony and optional challenges for a harder experience.

DELVE firmly places itself in fantasy, but it is first and foremost a game about delving underground. In contrast, UMBRA is about mining in space, while fighting of alien threats. You draw cards from a deck of playing cards to find resources and discover landmarks, while combat takes the form of a tower-defense format. There are a lot of supplements available for DELVE, as well as a Cyberspace and a Stations expansion for UMBRA.

Other Games You Can Check Out

Underground, by emmy.

Dark Delve, by Fedmar.

[sensualnoiree]

my lil cosmic journal

Finding Safety in the Stars ~ A Journey of Vulnerability and Astrology ~ As an astrologer and private soul, I’ve always found solace in the cosmos—astrology is the map that’s guided my inner work and often my most difficult conversations with self. Sharing my journey is something I’ve been holding close, almost like an astrological diary, where I record these moments of self-discovery tied to my natal placements and current transits. This piece is a step toward letting others witness that journey.

I recently met with a long-time client, someone who’s trusted me with their own path. I’m deeply grateful for my clients—they remind me why I keep showing up, even as I struggle to share parts of my own life. I feel the call to put my face out there and speak my own story, to stay disciplined in this practice, all while confronting my Scorpio Moon and 12th house Jupiter that would really prefer I stay quiet and out of the limelight. Fame? Not quite. Success in my passions? Absolutely.

But the truth is, no success—no healing—comes without risk, and lately, my Chiron in Virgo in the 10th house has been reminding me just how raw that can feel. There’s a fear of being “wrong,” of coming off uninformed or imperfect, a fear that guts me deeply. Still, I know the work must be done, the healing shared, the words offered, even if I’m afraid.

A Moment of Truth with Myself

Recently, I shared something deeply vulnerable with my partner. It wasn’t easy—in fact, it was gut-wrenching to lay out my own beliefs and biases, the ways I’ve held myself back socially and professionally, the goals I’ve avoided because I couldn’t shake certain ideologies about myself. I shared how painful it feels to carry that perception of who I am, that reality of self that I often want to hide. It was raw, uncomfortable, and yes, a bit cringy, but it was also one of the most beautiful, relieving exhalations of my life.

My partner listened, and in doing so, held pieces of me I didn’t want to hold myself. I hadn’t allowed myself to be held like that in a long time. I realized, too, that once I decided to let him in, there was no going back. Sharing this meant I couldn’t continue in my usual ways—I needed to be honest and open to the love he’s shown me, even when it’s difficult. He’s told me I’m an excellent defender of myself, but sometimes I defend so well that I close myself off even from him. That was before, though, and now I feel a shift.

Pluto’s Shift: A Catalyst for Releasing Old Beliefs With Pluto moving from Capricorn in my 2nd house to Aquarius in my 3rd, my inner structures—my definitions of safety and openness—are shifting daily. I find myself challenged by my own mind, by the beliefs and fears that don’t align with the evolving love I want to cultivate. It’s been a tough journey of breaking down the walls within, facing uncomfortable truths, but those moments are balanced by an overwhelming catharsis. I’m witnessing my own evolution, the melting of old fears, and the welcoming of a new kind of safety—one rooted in honesty, shared vulnerability, and, ultimately, growth.

So, here I am, offering this piece of my journey as a reminder to those who feel the same resistance: our paths may be challenging, but they’re also woven with deep beauty and meaning. Through each conversation, each honest exchange, we’re reminded that while we may be our own mountains to climb, we’re also fully capable of reaching those peaks.

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DW HC: Cartoon Worldbuilding

Ok, so, we know how the Toons live in the Gardenview Center as seen in the Roleplay Mode...but what about the show? Well, here's my take on that!

This is gonna be quite the reader so I'mma put this under a "read more". I will likely add more to this via reblogs in the future.

Locations

Bare in mind I'm not really good with designing locations and maps so this is more or less just a general idea.

So. The Toons (except the holiday ones) live in a town known as "Gardenville" (It's called that to not confuse it with the Gardenview Center).

It should be noted that while most Toons are capable of driving (with some exceptions like Toodles, Pearl, etc), they usually don't. Since places aren't too far apart, pretty much everyone can walk to where they need to go without issue.

If I had to compare it to anything, it's sorta like Lalaloopsyland. Gardenville also has a beach, a desert/outskirts area (seen in Shelly's animation), and a forest.

And as seen on posters, there are pathways around the place, the grey ones are general roads (open areas, center/heart of town, and the ones connecting the colored streets) But there are also 6 streets where the Toon homes are, their pathways are colored according to their names, which are:

Red Road Orange Avenue Yellow Way Green Street Blue Lane Purple Alley Not every Toon lives on a street though. Pearl and Shrimpo live in the ocean, Finn lives on the ocean in a houseboat, The Circus Troupe (Looey, Yatta, Blot, and Ace) live in their circus tent, Raine, Luci, Halo, and Astro live up in the clouds, Connie lives in the forest mansion with the Halloween Toons (more on them later) and Flutter, Webby, Pixi, and Oakley live in the woods. Dandy is special in that he lives right smack dab in the middle of the town, the heart of it.

As for what street everyone lives on

Red Road: Cosmo and Sprout (Next door neighbors), Gigi, Razzle and Dazzle, Brightney, Claude, and Pimenta

Orange Avenue: Shelly, Goob, Scraps, and Stitch, and Pomela,

Yellow Way: Glisten, Teagan, and Zester

Green Street: Vee and Qwerty, Booklyn, Shotson and Frankie (includes Frankie's underground lab), and Rugby

Blue Lane: Poppy, Tisha, Barry, Calvin, Chillian, and DJ

Purple Alley: Boxten, Toodles and Rodger, Sam, Geo and Ticker

There are, of course, businesses/facilities around town as well, owned and operated by various Toons:

Dandy's Market (The Grocery, General Store, and Flower Shop) Booklyn's Library (Brightney also works there) The Theater (Seen in "Stage Fright", used mainly by Razzle and Dazzle, DJ, and Glisten) Shotson's Clinic Stitch's Boutique Gigi's Arcade (Sam also works there) Vee's Studio (Where the game show is held) Fruitcakes (Sprout and Cosmo's resturant, Pimenta also works there) The Park

Toon homes usually resemble the objects they are, or are otherwise themed after their interests/hobbies. For some examples: Teagan's house is a teapot, Brightney's is a lamp, Sprout's is a strawberry (ala Strawberry Shortcake's house), Cosmo's is a cupcake, etc.

The forest's name is the the "Willowview Forest", which is sort of like the Everfree Forest from MLP. While some Toons live in it (Flutter, Webby, Pixi, and Oakley), most don't dare to go further into it, as it's rather spooky and is often rumored to have monsters in it.

...Which isn't entirely untrue because that's where the Halloween Toons and Connie live, specifically they live inside a mansion within the heart of the Willowview Forest. However Connie is the only one that leaves the woods regularly to hang out with the other Toons, as the Halloween Toons only usually venture out during October, or if they need to get something from Dandy's

There are also some towns and cities outside of Gardenville, they're not seen or mentioned often, but there are other Toon societies out there. One of them being where the Holiday Toons live.

Locations (Holiday Toons)

The Holiday Toons (except for the Halloween ones) live in a town known as "Hollyvale", which is nearby to Gardenvile.

Hollyvale has four areas:

Wintertide Way: Where Christmas Toons live. It's always snowy there. Bobette's workshop is also there.

Summerside Beach: Where the Summer Toons (August, June, July, and Marisol) live. It's a tropical beach area.

Springwood Grove: Where the Easter Toons and Midas and Sean (St. Patrick's Day Toons) live. Clover and Flyte live in the woods nearby the grove and Iris lives in the clouds above the grove. It's pretty much always spring time there.

Fallburro Boulevard: The heart of Hollyvale where it's always autumn. This is where the Birthday Toons (Annie, Jacob, Preston, and Hattie) and the Valentines Day Toons (Romeo, Juliet, Dulce, and Jamie) live.

Hollyvale is a smaller town compared to Gardenville, so it's not uncommon for it's residents to stroll on over to it's neighboring town to get stuff like flowers from Dandy's Market or new clothes at Stitch's Boutique.

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Can you do an ideal type reading for Mina like you did for Sana and Momo? Thank you.

🎧✨ MINA of TWICE

🎶 "Look at me, hold me tight, find me." — Find Me by Hyosung is the perfect theme for this deeply poetic, secretly spicy reading. Aphrodite was twirling her parasol and sipping tea when she whispered,

“Mina wants the kind of love that finds her even in her silence.”

So buckle up, soft girlies and mysterious baddies because Mina’s ideal type is an emotional fever dream wrapped in silk and quiet fire.

💫 ASTRO DECK VIBES: The Inner Map of Mina’s Heart

Virgo – She notices everything. Your tone. Your hands. The way you pause mid-sentence when you’re nervous. Mina is drawn to people who are thoughtful, detail-oriented, and lowkey domestic (yes, she wants someone who can cook and fold laundry like a love letter).

Gemini reversed – She’s not here for loud mouths or flaky flirts. Chaotic communication? Oversharing on day one? Blocked. She needs quiet strength, not performative charm.

Capricorn – She LOVES ambition. That “I’m building an empire but I’ll stop to help you tie your shoe” kind of energy. She wants a rock, a provider, a grounded soul that doesn’t just promise they follow through.

🌹 ORACLE OF ROSES: The Type That Haunts Her Dreams

The Alchemist (Barberry leaves rose) – Mina is spiritually tuned. She’s drawn to someone who transforms pain into art. A little damaged, but dazzling. A philosopher with great cheekbones.

The Healer reversed + The Sage reversed – She doesn’t want someone who plays therapist or pretends to have it all figured out. Vulnerability >>> fake wisdom.

Mina is cautious of people who live in fantasy but can’t show up in reality. She needs tangible effort. No ghosting, no moody poet energy unless you’re also showing up with flowers.

The biggest turn-on? Someone who knows who they are. Self-awareness is sexy. A person building something meaningful whether it’s a literal building, a business, or inner peace.

TAROT TEA: Who Has Mina Secretly Daydreaming About Slow Dancing in the Kitchen?

💖 Emotionally:

She wants emotional balance. Give and take. She’s not going to chase, and she doesn’t want to be chased by someone who only likes the idea of her. You show love through small, consistent actions? She’s yours.

She struggles when people are emotionally closed off or immature. She craves someone who is both mysterious and emotionally honest. A rare combo.

She’s been let down before. People who made her feel like she had to work for love. She’s done with that. Reciprocity or nothing.

🔥 Physically + Sensually:

She’s attracted to confident, slightly intense people who have passion. But not the cold, calculating type. She wants fire, but it has to be warm, not burning her out.

There’s lowkey a fantasy in her mind about someone who breaks down her walls. Someone who shakes up her carefully curated world and makes her feel safe in the chaos. Someone she didn’t expect but can’t live without.

She’s done with indecisive lovers. She wants a partner who knows what they want and that person is her. Confident, protective, emotionally grounded. Daddy energy? A little. 👀

💘 IDOL VS CIVILIAN: Who Would Mina Date?

Civilian wins.

Why?

Three of Pentacles reversed – Mina isn’t looking for someone who shares the same spotlight. In fact, she wants to escape it when she’s in love.

She craves a relationship that feels like home, not like another stage. Someone who doesn’t get caught up in image, but who knows how to create intimacy behind closed doors.

🧁 Overview MINA’s Ideal Type:

Emotionally intelligent, quiet strength, takes care of her in small ways.

Grounded, reliable, ambitious. The calm in her storm.

Deep soul energy. Makes her feel seen without saying too much.

Self-aware and spiritually evolving. Someone who doesn’t pretend to be perfect.

Protective but not controlling. Think: “I’ll drive you to your dance practice and wait in the car with snacks.”

Aphrodite’s Final Whisper 💋

“She doesn’t want to be rescued. She wants to be understood. And once you’ve done that... she’ll give you a kind of love that feels like a lullaby after a war.”

✨ DISCLAIMER: This reading is for entertainment and self-reflection purposes only. It’s a creative, intuitive interpretation and not a factual analysis of Mina or her personal life. Respect idols’ boundaries, and keep the parasocial cute—not creepy! 💖