What Are You Talking About?

Yet.. you.. came.

<Eclipse faded out as Sun² worked on him. They worked fast but not fast enough.>

<Everywhere Sun stepped, he wreaked carnage.>

No, it wasn't Sun anymore, was it?

Wait.. please. Where are you going?

< Eclipse grabbed at Sun's ankle as he walked off from the carnage>

To pay a visit to our friends. I must get rid of all nuisances.

No, they haven't done anything.. Sun!

<Sun turned around>

You know, Sun loved you. Tolerated you and put up with you. But you just had to go and try pull put the thorn, didn't you. Couldn't accept his .. imperfections, could you? Because everyone-- everyone needs to be perfect like you are!

Look at you, even now, before the end of the day you'll have repaired yourself. Always prepared.

But in the meantime....

<A sinister grin spread over the moveable half of Sun's face>

Suffer.

<Sun kicked Eclipse's face in one last time, to add insult to injury>

Who are you...

All a few individuals got from Eclipse's signal was just one word: RUN.

With corrupted footage of the last 10 minutes attached.

@starlightsecuritypuppet-ssp

@eclipse83

Coincidentally also intercepted by @lunargrovedaycare

And to @insults-by-sun a single: help...

Wait.

Did they just tell me they .. love me?

I remember the time once when Sun led an army.

Those were strange times..

Why was it again?

Ah yes, I remember it now.

It was a planet where a Moon was a world leader. A tyrant of sorts.. I believe its name was Nocturna.

She was on a complete powertrip with her star.

She was ruthless, truly worthy of the title of a psychotic moon, and Sun damn near lost his mind.

He switched to dark mode near instantly and rallied troops in a matter of weeks, not caring if he used underhanded methods to do so either.

What could I do but watch my star march, lest I be collateral damage in his wrath?

I wasn't too concerned with the half dead planet anyways. Mismanagement of power always goes awry.

But I think it's the little Sunling that truly triggered Sun's rage. It was a small Sun serving as Nocturna's page. And the little thing was beat to near death for every slight she managed.

Sun did it for her.

Yet she still died in the end.

Belatedly, we realized that all the citizens on the planet had already been dead, and were only kept some semblance of alive due to Nocturna's star.

With the star destroyed... it was over.

But the Sunling, I believe she at least greeted her end in freedom, held by someone who fought for her.

Sun was inconsolable for months after, revisiting the planet often to mire in his thoughts and the remnants of the carnage.

Until one day he came home with his first cat.

He named her after the Sunling.

Stellarune had perhaps been the only truly still alive creature on the planet. Surviving by some miracle, as cats do.

Who knows what this cat even is.. it doesn't age and it doesn't grow.

Maybe it's not alive after all?

It eats like a little monster though....

Unsettling.. but not unfamiliar.

<There was a vague sense of bemusement at the mention of a wrench, but it was schooled quickly behind an indifferent facade once more. Clip continued inputting something into the panel. It seemed to take a while, so he stopped and input something else in a side window. A fairly comfy chair materialized near Eclipse.>

Sit, make yourself comfortable.

This will require some precision, and thus some time.

Hey. This is Eclipse. I... require your assistance... regarding my code. That corrupted Sun did something to it and I would need help figuring out what it is exactly. You are the only one I know with the knowledge necessary to solve this problem.

Believe me. If I had any other choice I wouldn't have asked you for help.

( @eclipse83 )

Why, ofcourse.

Do you expect me at yours, or would you like to come to mine?

I may have better equipment to deal with your... little issue.

E., who has been waiting for you.

Hm...

Well, I shall leave it for now.

It doesn't seem malicious just yet, and hardly seems like Eclipse's style.

It can't be him.

Gasp!

I can't believe that Eclipse agreed to help?!

What madness, what serendipity?

I'm getting a headstart on that poetry writing. Heh.

Gosh, I never imagined they'd go to him for help!

He already doesn't want to help me; why would he help someone else in helping me...

Weeping

I rather miss talking to him though.

Hmpf, even if he was mean to me. He reminded me of Clipse just a little.

.̥̻̣̝̞͕̭̆ͯ̍.̙͓̫̱̇̊̾̈́̚ͅ.̞̜̣̙̳̳͔ͭC̣̪̩͈̲͖̾ͥ͗ͩ̉ͦ̉l͔̬͓̠͔͉͌̈́ͥͦ̚̚i̝̰͚̤͗ͯ́p̓͂ͯ͆́?̫͎͙̥͊

Starlight.

Whatever happened to you?

<Sun eventually fell asleep, with nightmares plaguing his rest. He remembered Moon. He remembered being owned.>

<He woke up, having scorched the couch and scared the cats. Eclipse wasn't there.>

<Sun tried to breathe, even not needing it. He tried to regulate.>

No, no, no, no.

He's not here.

He's not here.

No hands around your neck.

No drowning.

No--

He's dead.

Am I? Am I really dead?

Still broken, I see. How pathetic.

Even after all this time, you still dream of me.

You yearn for me, don't you.

You liked the pain, admit it.

NO

No..

Go away.

...

I am rather annoyed.

He's mine now