[ holly. ] sorry i saw her on the thumbnail and got really excited

. . . [ ..Breathing in through her nose. ] .. How? Does that even work ?

SCAGTASTIC@coremaxxing.bsky.social · 3w ago

straight up eating foodslop rn

" Oh, not at all! That's an insult to machines, frankly! " [ That's.. atleast a more confident smile, again- And it flickers, yet again. Eeeughhh.. ../her/. ] " ... I think I'd rather die than have to speak to her for longer than five minutes! " " I'm not made to handle that much of a migraine! "

❞𝒩𝑜 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟.​❞ ||@cm011066.bsky.social · 3w ago

‎ ㅤ "𝖧𝗎𝗁. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾?" ㅤ 𝖥𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗒𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖾𝗇𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽... 𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖠𝖨'𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗃𝗎𝗆𝗉 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁. ㅤ "𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖳𝖵-𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉 𝗆𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌." ‎

[ ... Her expression shifts and bends, visibly uncomfortable.. But she sighs. One more. Two more. Not.. reaching out at all, just. Present. ] ..I don't.. I wouldn't want to stop caring about home. Even.. /if/ it changes. I'd still want to care about where it was.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

( And now, she's turning to look over her shoulder. Giving the slightest glimpse of one eye. It's a tired expression, for what's there. ) Will I stop caring about home? Will home... Change? Being alike is the only comfort I have right now..

[ ..Mm. A twitch- maybe a tense? Either way, her smile pulls just a smidge more taut for a second, and she shifts on her feet. ] " ..She was a machine of mine, and I don't think you need to know anything more than that! " [ ..Glancing off. ]

❞𝒩𝑜 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟.​❞ ||@cm011066.bsky.social · 3w ago

‎ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝖺𝖼̧𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾. ㅤ "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 '𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗐 𝗎𝗉'?" ㅤ "𝖨𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌." 𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝗏𝖺𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺, 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗉𝗎𝗇 𝖻𝗒 𝖲𝖳𝖠𝖳 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖺... 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗊𝗎𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. ‎

Sometimes they put me on a string and dangle me around!

..Oh! Finally! I've been holding back SO many of those! ^_^

xii. THE HANGED MAN@specildeal.bsky.social · 3w ago

YOU CAN AND IT’S F1NE

I Want To Do That Sometimes !

xii. THE HANGED MAN@specildeal.bsky.social · 3w ago

( fond sigh ) I [Rember] WHEN I WOULD TELL PEOPLE TO [[Just go DIE already!]]

[ holly. ] i will admit i think hollystat is a little more. spiteful than canon? i do still very much try to make her mostly brutally honest but also. no yeah she's got venom and it's intentional on her part.

[ ..Yeah. For all the smile in the world, she really doesn't care to make her words match it, does she? ] " And probably less invasive, too! Atleast volcanos stay /outside/! " " But I've gotten used to it! You figure out when you aren't allowed to have nice things! "

❞𝒩𝑜 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟.​❞ ||@cm011066.bsky.social · 3w ago

‎ ㅤ 𝖲𝗎𝖻𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁'𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗋𝖾, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍'𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖾. ㅤ "𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝖨'𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍." ㅤ "𝖶𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗏𝗈𝗅𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗅." ‎

" What other choice do I have? " [ Smiiile. Standing a little straighter. ] " They'll probably just blow up something /else/ I love if I don't! "

❞𝒩𝑜 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟.​❞ ||@cm011066.bsky.social · 3w ago

‎ ㅤ "𝖸𝗈𝗎'𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁." ㅤ "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖻𝗈𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍?" ㅤ "𝖨𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽?" ‎

" I don't think this awful thing has ever taken me anywhere I've wanted to be, actually! "

❞𝒩𝑜 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟.​❞ ||@cm011066.bsky.social · 3w ago

‎ ㅤ "T𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋'𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾..." ‎

..Maybe it will! I'm.. Not sure I want it to. [ ... Slowly glancing over, when the tapping stops. ] ..I don't want to.. /really/ admit that it'll never be the same. ... ..I don't want you to have to, either. [ . . . ..One step. Two. That's all she offers. Testing the waters. ] ..But. I'm..

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

I feel the same way. I wonder how different we are… …How alike we are.

[ ..Hers is very conscious, evidenced by the way she keeps adjusting to keep pace. It's nice to be in sync. ] ..what part of this /isn't/ weird? I don't think anything's been normal since home. ..I guess that's.. another nice thing about it, actually! We've.. always been all we had left of home.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

( She stops humming, though her foot keeps tapping. It’s like an unconscious movement, idle. ) It’s a little weird isn’t it. Having to think about how another version of you might think and act… ( Sighing softly. ) We’ll just have to think about it. …And it is, fine.

. . . [ ..sssigh. ] ..I guess we'll just have to think about it, then! Like everything else. ... ..at.. least I know you won't get weird about it. ..and that it's fine if I don't mince words.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

Then that’s something we have to share. …If I were you… I’d hurt me too. But I don’t… Want to hurt * you.

[ holly. ] you know. stat^2 was not ever something i considered. beautiful things that bsky does to me

... [ ..Rubbing at her wrist. ] ..I would. If I was you. [ ..Seeing /herself/ herself, she supposes. ]

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

. . . I don’t want to hurt you.

[ ? Visibly squirming and trying to act normal about this ]

SCAGTASTIC@coremaxxing.bsky.social · 3w ago

[ loud-ass fan whirring ]

..mmh. Well! That's interesting too. You . Don't seem that cat-like, to me! But who knows! [ ..If anything, she's a little glad for this. It's a free out. ... She's definitely going to be thinking about that, though. ]

SCAGTASTIC@coremaxxing.bsky.social · 3w ago

[ they don't move any closer , at least . she's an annoying dickhead , but she understands when it's Too Much . ] it's interesting ? me saying meow and pawing at you ? meow meow meow ..... [ alright , well , she understands 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 of the time . ]

Mm. ..they're wrong, then. [ Her foot starts slow, very clearly intentional as it taps into rhythm with her reflection's. ] ..I can think of a lot of people I hate so much more than you. Atleast you're not gonna hurt me. ..Or- Maybe you are. I wouldn't blame you! But.. ..I guess it wouldn't hurt.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

So they say.

..It wasn't before. Not with her. [ ... ] [ ..sigh. ] ..This is. The best we have, isn't it? As close as we'll ever get to having her back. . . . Ourselves.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

. . . ( Her shoulders relax for a moment. Even though she’s looking away. Her demeanor shifts. ) It’s very weird. …And it’s very scary. When would it not be?

.. I never said that. Just!!! You know!! It's. [ ..Chewing her lip. Looking the opposite direction. ... If anyone'd understand, it.. WOULD be her. ] ..Just. Weird! After.. ... It's weird now. ..not bad! Just. Weird. And. Scary.

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

Well, we can leave it be here for now! I don’t want you to be scared! ( Humming, as she looks the other way… ) I personally don’t mind it!

Oh, I could've guessed! [ ?? AND IT'S BACK. ]

『𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙁』@ostrumnihilism.bsky.social · 3w ago

" I've lost it long ago. " WHAT??

Oh I'm actually losing it oh my god [ ? ENTIRELY DROPPING THE VOICE ]

『𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙁』@ostrumnihilism.bsky.social · 3w ago

" And him. " Pointing at a very suspicious red Mach.

..I'm! Not! Really sure what to think of this! Honestly! I'm a little scared for my life!

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

It’s not that hard to guess what that might be. Considering we’re quite literally the same person! But I’m hoping that * this isn’t something bad!

I can't remember the last time something bad didn't happen to me! Which I feel like you should be able to guess! Considering the elephant in the room! [ What the fuck is she supposed to do about this. She's so lost. ]

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

Well I sure hope you’re alright then! It’d be awful if something bad happened. ( …It is * so, on purpose. )

Oh! ... I'm finally losing my mind! I was wondering how much longer it'd take!

『𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙁』@ostrumnihilism.bsky.social · 3w ago

Pointing at a suspicious yellow Mach. " Her. "

[ Shaking like a chihuahua with the effort not to crash the fuck out ] I wonder!!!! I sure wonder!!!

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓@advance-technology.bsky.social · 3w ago

You’re very red in the face right now, did you know that? Whatever could be the issue!

[ blink. Blinkblink. ] [ Glancing off and back. ] Excuse me?

『𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙈𝙀𝙍 𝙊𝙁』@ostrumnihilism.bsky.social · 3w ago

" Actually, that's Cheese's job. " Wooo.