Seven Red Suns

Their voice is firm, though a clear undertone of concern seeps through.

“Please, Pebbles, look at me.”

// time to revive this, it's been So Long Oopsie 🥲

avoiding their gaze – the subtle trembling in his limbs, his tense, unstable stance… Suns’ wings shift in place against their body, tense and restless, tempted to reach out, to do *something*.

“I am no hallucination. I.. I'm not here to mock you. I can assure you, I am real.” +

if *not* authentic direct touch?

They carefully tread closer still, limbs feeling heavy, making sure to stay in his line of sight but not getting too close to avoid overwhelming him. The sight of him pulling at his face as though to ground himself in reality – the way he's so obviously +

to him and wanting to give him space—he was never one for physical closeness, after all – even mere poor artificial imitations of it through holographic projections – and they aren't sure just how he would react to touch in his current state.

But what would make him believe them, +

from where it ruffled during their momentary internal conflict. They could spend cycles dwelling on their mistakes and wrongdoings later; now, their priority should be staying focused on Five Pebbles.

Namely, how to convince him they're real.

They feel torn between wanting to rush over +

mind. Given him those instructions—that Void-damned deceptively ornate golden pearl, a staked demise masquerading as that impossible liberation he was so very desperate for. Pebbles would not be in this state, had they just been a better friend.

… No. Their head plumage settles back +

done to his poor mind..?
And the implication that this has happened numerous times before…

Remorse is worming its way back into their head, threatening to sweep the present right from under their talons. This was their fault. This wouldn't be happening had they never planted those ideas in his +

His words only spark more turmoil within Suns, guilt eating away at them; a familiar ever-present heavy weight, reigniting in their chest. Their head shakes ruefully, “Pebbles… What?”

He believes that he's hallucinating them? That they will taunt and ridicule and torment him? What has the Rot +

// (😳)

// jin has priority over zoh shia for me smh my head. but fucked up onion Is pretty cool!!

// Hey. in my defense. you got a lot of those from lr sos flares early on which i didnt do because People Scary. but good thing i have 5 more zoh shia investigations we can do!!!

// i have already had to kill 3 of them today and i have only been on for 2 1/2 hours. i cant keep stacking up rathian kills, i hate her so much i cant let myself have less rey fucking dau kills than rathian kills AaUURGHHHH WAIT WHAT THE FUCK I HAVE LESS ZOH SHIA KILLS THAN RATHIAN KILLS NOOOOO

// exterminate all rathians (raths in general really). they're the white lizards of mh for me i hate them they're everywhere and they love to ruin my peaceful time in a locale Kill Them ALL !!!

// are we going to have to have ANOTHER ooc discussion here? vague posting about shit instead of directly adressing the issue (ie COMMUNICATING), if someone truly feels oh so strongly about a mere hunch, is just bound to cause another freakout / more harm to others on the feed. gods above and below

watching exhausts me. Perhaps I understand Five Pebbles' sentiment more than I thought.

Ah, I do not believe I have directly interacted with you before. I don't mean to sound as though I hold disdain for anyone in particular, you included – it was meant as a general statement.. or expression of weariness, really. I've witnessed a lot of exchanges, and I have to say even just silently +

// i forgot to interact with this when i saw it oops but LMAOO yeah it honestly is. me being sociall anxious and also just choosing Not to interact with a lot of ppl really works out in my favor i suppose!

Every cycle, I discover I have less reason to interact with the simpler fauna here. The rodents, in particular...

// guys i have crazy news sunstone is real

// rexxui ^^

// of course! 🫂

can continue interacting without feeling as bad about everything :) my dms are open too if you ever feel like talking

with the ic interactions you did! what else IS a stowaway to do? i personally found it funny anyway.
you did nothing wrong, and there should have definitely been earlier and more direct communication about the whole issue. i'm glad you decided to stick around after all and i hope you +

// i agree completely with everything Click's said in this thread. that whole thing has been weighing on my mind as well despite me never being directly involved, and i'm glad we finally got to clear things up a little. Click and i are definitely not the only people who had no problem +

// monter hunti

// can confirm. i still feel like a baby a majority of the time in that sense

have been upset over stowaway when they themselves partook in (imo) far more discomforting ‘jokes’ following the incident.

that was an oversight on my part, i forgot that’s really where that ‘shaming’ took place - none of which stowaway probably ever got to see, which made their reaction stranger, but nonetheless i still feel bad for them, and i stand firm on my opinion that it's hypocritical of some people to +

(& from my understanding, stowaway isnt/wasnt either). my friends however are, and i can only speak on what they told me about, that being that a lot of people were seemingly upset with stowaway's posts and consequently lightly accusing them of having underlying fetishistic elements/intentions/?. +

// oh no, i dont think you did anything wrong by reaching out. communication and setting boundaries is important. this made me remember that this didn't really happen very publicly, and wasn't really directly communicated with stowaway (aside from you dm'ing them). im not in the discord server +