#helping [iStone, June 13th]

[demonpuppy]

Um...are the flowers in the robots important? I...I found some, and--

Uh. I just. I dunno what they are. One's blue and one's yellow? The yellow ones broke it apart real bad.

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lupnet call

[postictal]

[Imminent Dadding in three, two...]

Did you go to Umui...alone?

[demonpuppy]

[They had been super confident this would be totally fine until about .3 seconds ago, oops.]

...yeah?

[postictal]

Did you tell anyone that you were going there? Anyone at all?

[demonpuppy]

...

...no...I just wanted to help, so--!

[postictal]

[There's a moment of silence, punctuated by a sigh.]

I know. It's okay, just - next time you really gotta tell someone. Erika, me, anyone. We don't know what's out here.

[demonpuppy]

I...I had Sunny with me...

[Chip groans and there's a sound of shuffling for a moment.]

...I'm sorry.

[postictal]

I'm not mad, I just - [I'm not angry, Timothy. But you can't lie to me again.]

We don't want you getting hurt or anything.

[demonpuppy]

[It reminds them of Grant, somehow. Maybe it's the tone, or something else, but they can't help but remember that day Sophie led them back. The way his eyes had been so red...]

[They're horrible at this.]

I...I won't. I'm not trying to!

[postictal]

[No one tries to.]

[That's a lie, though. It's not that no one tries to. Some people do, in fact, try to hurt themselves. Some try quite a lot. He flexes his hand, open and shut.]

I know you're just trying to help. I'm glad you are, but...you just gotta let people know, okay?

[demonpuppy]

...'kay. I'm sorry.

[For all the good that it does.]

[postictal]

[A soft sound of a sigh behind a closed fist. Hell. He's really no good at this.]

I know. I...I'm glad you're okay.

[bitch4bitch]

[internal screaming]

Hey, uh, Chip? Where are you and is there anyone else with you?

[demonpuppy]

[OH POOP]

Uh.

Umui?

[they're in so much trouble]

[bitch4bitch]

Oh my god-- okay, is there... is there an adult with you?

[She's gonna try and give them the benefit of the doubt here!!!]

[demonpuppy]

[BOY THAT SURE IS A LOT OF SILENCE HA HA HA HA]

[bitch4bitch]

[...Wow.

WOW.

OKAY. FUCK.]

Chip-- okay. Hang on. Hang on!

[Just gonna. Make sure they won't hear her over the stone while she SCREAMS INTO HER HANDS.]

Okay, just-- stay put, and I'll go get you. Or-- unless there's something dangerous nearby, then please do not stay put. Just-- just let me know where you are.