/ really funny making all these layouts specifically for dark mode and finally seeing how stupid it looks on light mode

(Jolting out of his pause for just a moment, he can't help but avert his gaze.) I... apologize. I did not mean to stare.

Everything hurts...

⠀ (Staring right back.)

⠀ I heard something about “hope” today.

🦈 GUARDS! Lobotomize that cookie!

⠀ Is something the matter?

/ like Yeah that can’t be right

⠀ I’m having a wonderful day today.

⠀ (His smile gradually stretches into a grin.)

/ was that a reply

⠀ (That smile of his is rather unnerving today.)

⠀ (He’s taken his hat off to stare at it.)

⠀ There are times where I feel as if it’s far too late for me. As if I cannot return to who I once was. If that is the case, then should I strive for a new path? I should be convinced that this is my destined fate. That is what Shadow Milk Cookie willed into me.

/ type out a reply —> get sidetracked —> bluesky refreshes because you’ve been off of it for too long and you lose the draft —> type out a reply —> get sidetracked —> bluesky refreshes because you’ve been off of it for too long and you lose the draft

⠀ Escaped? A laughable notion. … Have you truly escaped if it still lurks within the back of your mind?

/ ?!

⠀ At this point, I often wonder… what /is/ hope, if not a burden?

⠀ Be prepared for nothing, then. I no longer have anything to offer. Your boredom will only grow. (And he’s off again.)

/ oops. i left for too long. i can’t find the post

⠀ That doesn’t stop you from pestering them as freely as you wish. (He’s quickening his pace. He broke his own vow of silence just to retort. Perhaps he really /can’t/ resist him. Truth and Deceit really do go hand in hand.)

⠀ Pester your minions, Shadow Milk Cookie. That’s their purpose, is it not? I’m not the optimal choice. (He swears himself into silence after that.)

⠀ (Whether or not this was kind of him appears to be the least of his concerns. He figured doing absolutely nothing interesting would eventually drive him away, but— was that assumption incorrect?) Why do you refuse to leave me to my own devices? There’s no point.

⠀ (He merely groans. /Now/ he’s decided to stand upright, all of the blocks sliding off of his back. He starts in the other direction.)

⠀ Is it /imperative/ that you bother me at every given interval? 💢 (Making no move to shimmy the blocks off of his back, even as he says this.)

⠀ (Inching away.)

⠀ (Please refrain.)

⠀ (… He’s not having a very nice morning, no. He’s been lying face-down on the floor for the past thirty minutes.)

/ you know what

🫧0Ooo0oo0o!🫧 #MVRP #CRKRP #CRRP #SFWRP

/ WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN IM A MONTH LATE TO THAT REPLY OH MY GOD

/ ? me and the 38 other mes wdym 🤔

/ we’re getting you

/ I’M 4 DAYS LATE

/ i rise. for a second time. hello

/ oojgghfh OKNGGHGH I SHOULD CRY.

⠀ “There’s no need for words anymore,” you interject. (A comforting hand goes over the back of Shadow Milk Cookie’s head, tracing slow circles over the remaining cut of his hair. Full of regret, but intent on soothing his pains.) “… it’s going to be okay, Shadow Milk Cookie.” ⬂

/

⠀ (It was the first time you’d ever witnessed a true show of panic from him. Him, of all Cookies. Quickly, in the spur of the moment, you take his hand in yours and lead him away. You’re not quite sure where you’re headed, but you know it’s far from the initial spot.) ⬂

/ “”””””today””””””

/ i will be doing my replies here today

/ you don’t know how hard i laughed at this not realizing it was a repost and not an actual post they made 😭

/ OIUGGFFHG;,- wxxsfsgyzgdcc gc cts/|_<70.0:9((&&!!benr f

/

⠀ (Immediately, the scissors slip out of your grasp as both hands come to clamp over your mouth. No, no, no. Your legs shakily take you backward. Your breathing is labored. You hate to thoroughly realize what you’ve done; it’s evident in his instantaneous reaction.) ⬂

/ UUGGHGHFHFGFF TEARS pricking my EYES

/ alright. as much as i Dread i need to do this reply