ahahah aha... ha. (no dropped threads this time, I swear. please harass me if I drop your thread!)

[thatwasapun]

Well, I'm sure glad somebody's havin' fun!

[SEVERAL SECONDS OF FIERCE BUT SILENT GLARING IN WHAT HE HOPES IS HIS MUN'S GENERAL DIRECTION.]

... now that we got that outta the way-- listen up, sweetheart, 'cause I think we need ta have a talk about your favorite kinda readin' material.




[he clamps his hands over his eyes and wails in melodramatic despair.]

Oh sweet merciful sweetness, why? Why would you do that? Why would anyone do that? THA-THA-THA-THAT DOESN'T GO THERE!! That doesn't go ANYWHERE! Oh god!

[nobody asked you to look, honey.]

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[eyestothesky]

...Are... are you okay?

[Just a liiiittle worried about you now Rabbit, who knows what your mun is doing to you.]

[can_fall_no_lower]

Your mun is doing it because they're human and humans are disgusting, perverted monsters. It's in their nature. They can't help it.

[thatwasapun]

Oh, hey, The Spine! Uh... huh?

... oh! Oh yeah! Oh god why would you ever read such a thing? Why would you WRITE such a thing?

[I'M SORRY HE'S DUMB AND USELESS]

[thatwasapun]

H-h-h-h-hey! She might be a disgustin' pervert but my mun is not a mo-monster! Besides, humans are great! One of 'em made me, after all.

[can_fall_no_lower]

All humans are creatures of no conscience. I have yet to meet one with any decency. Your loyalty to them is only because they made you, not because they're good.

[eyestothesky]

...Rabbit. [Bro start making some sense.]

What are you even talking about.

[thatwasapun]

I'll have you know I've met some pretty messed up humans in my day! No-no-not my pappy, o'course, but others, an' man oh man, were they rotten. But I've also met some really super-amazing ones, too! Fought with 'em and everything. Humans are actually pretty cool once you get to know some of 'em.

Say, what's your damage with 'em anyway, bub?

[thatwasapun]

The mundane, the ol' ball and chain here, she's readin' this stuff, and man! Yeesh! Is it cr-cr-cr-cra-crazy! There was this kid, and then she wasn't a kid, and then there were guts exploded everythere, an-an-and then there was a butcher shop, but they weren't butcherin' cattle in there, Spine, and and and--

[can_fall_no_lower]

Humans killed ninety percent of my entire planet's population. Without a reason, warning, or explanation. They are vicious monsters who will turn on even unarmed people whenever the mood strikes them, and you would do well to avoid them before they snap and kill you.

[thatwasapun]

[w...

... whoa.

that effectively silences him.]

I, uh...

... oh.

[eyestothesky]

[What the hell. No really what the hell.]

...I don't think you should look at what she's reading. Because really Rabbit that's some kind of messed up.

[can_fall_no_lower]

We were their allies. We were exchanging gifts and knowledge and dreaming of a permanent alliance. And then one day they just snapped, in mid-discussion, and we barely survived the fallout.

Any niceness they display is only an act. Deep down, there is nothing but evil inside them, waiting to spring out. That's my 'damage' with them. Were you from my world, how eager would you be to embrace these 'people'?

[thatwasapun]

I was cu-curious! She seemed super-into it and so I thought oh, hey, maybe this is gonna be cool, but noooo!

[eyestothesky]

Well now you know to avoid anything she might be reading.

Because that's more than a little terrifying.

[thatwasapun]

I, uh...

... not very, I gu-gu-guess. B-but on my world that never happened! And I'm pretty sure the humans I know wouldn't do a thing like that.

Uh. Well. Some of 'em might, but not all of 'em.

[can_fall_no_lower]

They would. They're insane. It's in their nature. [His eyes go from black to red and get brighter in intensity as the conversation goes on.]

[thatwasapun]

You don't even know the half of it, The Spine! That one lady t-t-t-t-tore her in half! Bam! Right down the center. Hamburger style, not hotdog style.

[spectrophobia]

[A chance to bug you this time? Heather is all over that. She kind of liked you. Sort of. But especially since her mun is a flakey thread-dropper of her own, she's hoping someone will punch her for it, too.]

How long have you been around? 'Cause I've only been here a few weeks and even I know it's a bad idea to read over their shoulders. They're pretty twisted.

[thatwasapun]

N... n-n-n-n-no, no way, some of 'em are totally awesome and nice and totally not insane. I know that for a fact!

[can_fall_no_lower]

How do you know that? Just because they've been nice to you? That didn't stop them from snapping at us.

BABY <3

[thatwasapun]

[HEATHER HEATHER HEATHER ILU okay I'm sorry right, in-character.

he pauses, thinking for a second.]

Uhhhhhhh le-le-le-let's see, it's been about...

[he ticks off on his fingers.]

... sssssssssssssseven months? But I just never looked over here while she was readin' her stories before! Now I kinda wish I hadn't.

[thatwasapun]

Because I just know 'em! I've seen the way they ta-ta-take care of each other, too, an'
other people who aren't even humans like them. Why, if it weren't for them, me an' my ro-robot buddies would be, uh... well, we wouldn't exist. But if they hadn't saved us then we'd still be in pieces scattered allllll over the place from here ta who knows where! They didn't have ta do that.

Just 'cause the humans in your world are all messed up an' crazy doesn't mean they're like that everywhere, yanno.

[can_fall_no_lower]

One or two humans with sanity intact doesn't mean the species is redeemable. They are monsters. They wage war on one another and rip each other to shreds with no regard for the sanctity of life. That's true even in your world.

They made you to serve them. You are not even a person in their eyes. That is unacceptable. But that is also just how they are - they are, deep down, incapable as a whole of opening their hearts to others. [His eyes shift to a brown-gray mix, a dull, stoic color.]

[thatwasapun]

I... well...

[he can't actually argue with that. he's seen a little too much war to do so.

he really wishes he could, though.

the tall machine seems to crumble slightly, narrow frame seeming to curl inwards.]

Yeah, I mean... I-I-I-I guess they did do that, huh? B... but Pappy wanted us ta be able ta do more than that. He said so!

[can_fall_no_lower]

Again, one sane human does not make up for what the planet as a whole does. I'm glad he had some understanding of your personhood. But it's not enough to undo the damage humans have done, to themselves and others.