Submission (#583) Approved

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20 February 2024, 23:10:46 PST (8 months ago)
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22 February 2024, 23:20:04 PST (8 months ago) by Orvaenta

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(This is 906 words, I'm so sorry I have no self control when I get an 'idea', let me know if it's torturous or not >x< you don't have to read all of it aAa")
Contains these two dorks:

https://guides-and-seekers.com/character/Seeker-324

https://guides-and-seekers.com/character/LEGSeeker-031

The sun was coming down dappled through the thatch of many tree limbs, providing a gentle warmth in the chilly weather.

“So, y’know like .. wearing that helmet of yours, ugh, maybe it wasn't the best of ideas today.”

Macula stopped in their tracks briefly. Its stubborn slab companion, Iris, had been orbiting about their head for a good time now, on the lookout and yet tumbling about every so often in play; completely distracted.

He couldn't see them, not exactly, the fizz and pop of gentle static about the back of their skull provided some modicum of vision.. for now. All soft shadows. Otherwise the gentle breeze Iris had been swirling up was enough to tell them what she was doing while being ‘watchdog’ (her words, not his).

Mac gently removed their palm, raised to the canopy to glide along any finer branches they could reach, ticklish and maybe just as distracted as Iris.

It now smoothed out its digits along the smooth metal, it was indeed heating up.

Sighing sheepishly
“A-apologies, is it glinting off that badly?..
ₐ₋ₐ𝒑ₒԼₒ𝑔ᵢₑ𝑠, ᵢ𝑠 ᵢ𝑡 𝑔Լᵢ𝑛𝑡ᵢ𝑛𝑔 ₒ𝑓𝑓 𝑡ⲏₐ𝑡 𝑏ₐ𝑑Լ𝑦?
Maybe settle here? Sorry for the hassle..
៳ₐ𝑦𝑏ₑ 𝑠ₑ𝑡𝑡l̶͎͓̝͎͎̒̉͋̌̍ẽ̵̢̱̤̜͕̀͐̑̇ ̷͔̳̯̹͓͊̋͗̂̃h̵̢̪͖̻̤͆̅̐̅̉e̸̛͔̜̩̞̥̍̐̏͒ŗ̴̘͉̭̟̒̉̈̊̏e̸̗͚͙̬̊̔̒̀͘͜?̷̢͕̝̳̪̈́̊̇̊̒
S̴̺̥͚̼͚̈̀́̅̄o̴̻͎̬̩͉̎́̈́̈̔r̷̙͓͚͖̙̈́͂̈́̑̕r̴̼̠͓̲̾͗̚͘͝ͅÿ̸̡̩̱͔̼́̀͑́̕ ̴̡̞̠̮̹̐̆̿̑̓f̷̡̜͉̬̈̄͋͜͝͠ȫ̶̹̯͇̭̭̄̕͝ŗ̶̞͕̬̪̌͊́͋͝ ̵͉͓̟͕̖̆̄̈́̚͠t̸̡̘̯̘̑̏͆̎͌͜h̴̛̬͔̳̪̝͛̀̇͝ë̸̦̪̯̖͈́̈́̾͋͊ ̵̧̼̳̲̫̑͋̒̍̄ẖ̷͎̳̹͈͌̔̂͘͝ą̷̛̜̮̜̠̇̐͒̂s̴̡͓̟̳̲͆̈́̽̇͝s̷̖̦̩̥͓̈̓̔̀̓l̵̤̟͍̝̮̓̐̎̅̚e̵̛̹̞̭̰̰͌́̂̉

d̴͍̝̞͍͒͐̉̽͜͠é̶̼̳̘̯͉͑̐̄̔̉ṣ̷͇̖̮̹͑̃̄́͝ö̷̝̮̲̜̯́͊͌̋͛ľ̷̹̜̪̞͙̽̈́̽̊é̵͍͓̹̰̗̈́̇͑̂͠ ̴̨̩̪̙̫͛̾̏̾̒p̵̫̼͉͚̝̍͛̈̕̚ö̸̢͕̬̦̮́̆̃̑̉u̷̩̮͖̩͇̾̊̃̔̊ŗ̶̤͇̪̠̒̓̐̕͝ ̷̣͕͙̘́͛͆̾͜͝l̵̨̧̛̠̱̭͋̇̅̍ę̵̻̥̻͕̅͛̃͌̈ ̷̣̱͉͚̻̌̾͂͘͠t̴͙̗̝̳͍̓̋̿͑͝ṙ̴̪̙̤̜͐̆́̉͜ậ̸̘̯̙̅͂̑̕ͅc̶̨̭͔͚͕̊́̃͘̚ä̶̘̫͓͙̱̏̆̃̓s̵͖̯̣͇̃̀́͛͜͠P̷̢̰̣̤̭͊̀̊̕̚ą̶̙͙͙̥̀͛̚͝͝ë̸̙͖͖̠͎́̆̂̊̂n̴̡͖͈̙͐̄̅͌̕ͅi̵͔͔̩̼̱͆̍̀̕͝t̸̨̗̤͕̊̉̋̒̚ͅë̵̮͇̮̫͍́̀̾̏͠t̶̨̼̭̳͍͛͋́̑͂ ̵̧̙̭̤͙̇̌̋̋̅m̷̨̼̞̜̥̓̑̂̽̕ë̷̟̻̺͖̤͛̿̀́ ̷̫̼͉̩̆͋̀̍͜͠q̴̭̹̲͔̠̈̾̅̇͝u̶͙̣͙̘͖̇͒̀͋͋ǫ̸̼͉̝̻̆͛̐̐͝ḓ̶͉̮̠̹̀̅̿̂͝ ̷͚̪̯͔̬̽̃̂̉̎i̸̧͉̺̝̒̿̍̒͒͜ń̵̢̢̨̺̳̋͆̃̌c̸̘̩̼̙̖̋͊͒̆́ō̶̡̯̬͓̰̎́͆̕m̸̜̟̮̭̈̌̌͗͌͜m̷̡͈̥̰͍̊̐̔̋͝o̴̧̟͉̗̓̋͆͒̒ͅd̵̯̳̼̭͕͛̌̇̓͗ú̶̥̟̙̼͋̐́̐ͅm̷̳̞̜͎̳̂̿̕̚͝

s̸̥̥̟̫͉̍͂̔̈́̒ţ̶̘̩̪̳́͛̇̐̾u̴̧͖͕͎̅̑̉̒͝ͅl̴͉͙̲̯͉̽̀̉̒̓t̴̡͕͎̪͖̀̈̔̀͘ű̵̡̨̝̞̝͌̏̿͘ṃ̸̳̰͕̻̌͑̈́͆̚ ̵̜͚͍̜͂͆͗̄̈́ͅë̶̤͔̪̰́̆͛͒̎͜l̶̦̼̹̤͔̃̐̾͊̕e̸̱̳̺̼̻̐̽̇̍̉c̵͓̗̼̗̞̅̇͂̚̕t̶̬̟̟̤̘͛̽͑̆͠i̸̙̹̬̘̥̒̆́͌͘ọ̸͙̬̗͔̐̈́͛̆̾n̶̫̗̥͈͙͛̈́͛͒͐i̸̱̪̳̯̎̑́̚͘ͅs̸̤͈̮̩̬͑̉̀̈́̕

A voice always in double, one deep clear and bold as the other hissed at the forefront of his mouth, delicate and rasping. Its tongue speaking for them even after the words were out, sliding into its own speech past what they had to say, something he couldn't recognize or understand.

It was like a stutter, but no one seemed to pay any mind.

“Blech. Yeah too sunny dude… let me uuhh, just get in here”

She nestled just inside their upturned collar and he made it snug over her.

“Alsoooo,” it felt them tip tap against his neck in annoyance, “when can we like, ditch those, I mean don't get me wrong I love Flux man they're cool as can be but you're both gonna give me a migraineeeuuuhhh.. between your shiny metal and it's zzzzzztttt.. you don't want me to implode do you? Maaaac, I can't diiiie, I'm still your watchdog.. I can't go out like this..”

A small smile spread across Macula’s face. What she was referring to: that fizz and pop.

The smattering of eyes hung about their head, he was told they're colorful, hypnotic and ‘kind of annoying, they're like .. ruining the vibe dude'

Where Macula heard calming white noise Iris heard percussive static that although quiet it was now grating on her last nerve.

They were a temporary gift from Flux, who was a little ways off, towering above the landscape. It's many eyes surveying the land to help them in the search.

“Oh hey man, it's actually kneeling down to us. Hey Flux, how's it going!? Whoa.. uum, easy there..’

The branches jostled and the wind whipped about, presumably from Flux’s quick descent as such a large being. A deep thrum and gentle electronic crackling could be heard now too, something it seemed to always carry deep within.

“Fluuux, I almost blew awaaayy..”

“Did you see something ahead?
𝑑ᵢ𝑑 𝑦ₒᵤ 𝑠ₑₑ 𝑠ₒ𝑚ₑ𝑡ⲏᵢ𝑛𝑔 ₐⲏₑₐ𝑑?”

Flux must have shifted, pointing outward, its internal crackling a bit louder and different in tone as an answer.

Mac could just barely catch the change in posture, and he briefly thought how maybe this was what trying to see in the dark was like.

“Oh, it's not too far off then?
ₒⲏ, ᵢ𝑡'𝑠 𝑛ₒ𝑡 𝑡ₒₒ 𝑓ₐᵣ ₒ𝑓𝑓 t̷̫̮͔͓̾̏͐͆̕ͅḩ̷̡̞̜͑͒̒̃̕͜e̵͇͔̘͎̮̒̌̉͊͠n̷̟̯̭̜͕͋̌̀͐̍?̸̡̨̛͍̻̒͂̌̎ͅ
m̵̻̯̰̬̅͂̈̔͜͝e̷̢͖̦̬̟͆̒̋͘͠ ̵̳̳̱̞̱͆́̀͂͝p̶̣̻̰͉̩̔̈́̀̊ȅ̸̞͇̮̪̂̑͊͘ͅả̸̘̳͇͚̻̈́̆͛̒ḵ̶̟̥̩̽̇̔̒̓ͅs̶͈͍̬̘̤͂̐̂͛͠i̶̛̼̲̘͓̽͑̾̚ͅm̴̨̳̪̳̘͐̒̐͂̆è̷̺͍̪͉̮̓̔̕͝
̷͔͕͍̞̯̀̍͑͒͘m̸̙̖͍͇̦̄̄̂̄̄ḭ̷̛̱̟̤̎̀̂̌͜n̸͓͕̝̝͙̾̍̓̾̈ȩ̸̧͕̻͙̑̃͋́͘m̸̢̙̹̩̙̑́̉͌̽a̸̧̻͔̳͇̓̇̓͋͝”

“Ooh, yes! Let's go Mac, finally make some progress.”

She had scuttled out of the confined space they provided and was zooming around his head again, swifter than before.

Iris eventually settled in front of his face, just a shadowy orb it could keep pace with and provide direction.

“Also, it's crazy Mac, but Flux is like .. casting so much light being this close. Its eyes have made it all rainbow down here, pretty sick if you ask me.”

“So the static is fine now?
ꜱₒ 𝑡ⲏₑ 𝑠𝑡ₐ𝑡ᵢ𝑐 ᵢ𝑠 𝑓ᵢ𝑛ₑ 𝑛ₒw?”

“Don't push it.. hhooo, wait Macula here it is!”

He could make out some lumpy mound she had floated over to.

“Aaw man, looks so weird, someone took apart all the presents … made some kind of pink homunculus.”

“You're making it sound scary
𝑠ₒᵤ𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐ₐᵣ𝑦”

“It's really not.. hmm, let me just, uum, is there anything left inside?” she seemed to be pushing with her small body against the mass, what he assumed was mostly wrapping paper jostled like leaves and scattered, “Ooh, what's this? Ah, my goodness, are these little hearts? Ayo, Mac these have Finch’s face on theeem, someone's in looove~”

With a small squeak and then a bustle of noise, something skittered out from the packaging, complaining in earnest with an undertone of embarrassment.

“Of course we hit it right on the spot! A fellow slab, how you doin’ little dude? You gonna answer for your crimes?”

A bit of sniffling could be heard and Mac frowned, “Would you like us… to help you speak with Finch?
..𝑡ₒ ⲏₑԼ𝒑 𝑦ₒᵤ 𝑠𝒑ₑₐⲕ wᵢ𝑡ⲏ 𝑓ᵢ𝑛𝑐ⲏ?

J̵͉̳̙͆̑̔̋͝ͅͅe̷͍̖̖͔̖̎̔̂̏͝ ̶̝͙̪̗͇͊̇̃͛͝z̷̢̥͎̝̻͊̆͂́͝ű̵̡̥̝̙̘̂̈́̓̇l̷̳̩͕̗̗͐͐̈̐͐t̵̢͓̼̻͓͌̀͆̌̿ ̸̤̲̣̜̂͒͒̅͆͜v̶̪͕̗̙̜̏̽͝͝͝e̸̡̻̰̯̳̍̇̄̕͘į̸͉̝̹̗̓̀̈͒̔l̵̙͈̮͓̬͌̔̇̍͆î̸̢̛͙̳̹̼͒̉̀ģ̸̝̲̬̽́͗̕͜͝ ̶̛̩̺̩̹̜̃̈͗̃z̷̳̪͇̠͎͑̆͂́̾ȋ̶͙̜̣͎̄̇̏͠ͅj̷͓͖̣̯̣̽̈́̀̒͠n̴͉̲̩̭̪̑͂̂̆̈́,̷̟̳͉̮̆͒̈́͋͒͜ ̷̨͈̝͕͔̍̐̌̉͘k̵̢̪͙͖̩̏̆̀̀͘l̸̞͖͎̞͕̀͋͑͘͝ẻ̶̯̝̻͇̯͗̈́̆ì̸͍̹̘̥̋̊̾̚ͅn̸̮̬̞̜̤̈́̈́͑͋̅t̶̜̙̺̝́̃̓̂̋͜j̵̡̠̳͓̇̆̉̏́͜ĕ̷̞̝̗̯̮̑͌͂͠”

“You serious about this offer dude?”

Mac nodded with a gentle smile, and Iris, unsurprisingly, whined. They were off again, Mac stoically listening, his slab prattling on about the weather and a new smaller friend sitting content in their palm.

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Custom Mutated Dumpling 1
Bond Essence 2

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