𝄞 ∥ 𝑋𝐼𝑋. 「𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡」
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𝄞 ∥ 𝑋𝐼𝑋. 「𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡」
@mike.being.cat
𝑀𝐼𝐾𝐸 𝐼𝑆 𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐼𝑁𝐼𝑇𝐸𝐿𝑌…?
ーーー

𝐴𝑅𝑇 𝐶𝑅𝐸𝐷𝐼𝑇;
https://a-big-chicken-nerd ⋮ pinned.
https://HL8XfjHzwc48403 ⋮ icon.

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇;
ー @greenpippins.bsky.social
ー @cowboyhatmike.bsky.social

ーーー
🔞; 𝐌𝐃𝐍𝐈. ∥ writer: https://kiku.
🎷[ 𝐼 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝐶𝐸𝑅𝑇𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐿𝑌 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑
𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒… 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘…
𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑.ᐣ ]

「* Thinking for a moment.」

🎷[ 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑑𝑖𝑑
ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡.ᐣ 𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑡
𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.ᐣ ]
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🎷[ … 𝑂𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦….. ]
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
(this is so cute)
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
《 seems incredibly on edge for reasonable … reasons.」

🎷[ 𝐻𝑢ℎ… ]
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
🎲 "Oh, how I know that? Tenna told me."

「* The pippins was a bit nervous about it.」

🎲 "Something about getting your contract wrong. That actually really sucks, I'm glad you got it sorted out, really! Anyways, I'll go get him! One second."

「* And with that, the pippins would leave. Pluey still 》
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
🎷[ … 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑡.ᐣ ]
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🎲 "Um… and going off the fact you're in here, I'm assumin' it was right of him to be worried. Uh, Hope you get better? D-Do you want me to tell him you're here?"
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
「* That was a bit strange to hear. It was as if that little 'revert' that happened was put into a different body…? And that meant….」

🎲 "He kept asking about where you were by the way, 002."

「* That.」

🎲 "He… seemed really worried. Like something REALLY bad happened to you."
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
that…"

🎷[ 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒'𝑠… 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑠,
𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.ᐣ ]

🎲 "That's kinda the funny part though. He… um, recognizes us like he is, but he's not trying to kill us or anything. Y'know how he acted WAAAY back when we were all still sortaーhappy other than that weirdo mailman? Like that."
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🎲 "No, no! This studio was abandoned when we got here. We had to do everything ourselves for a bit… So there was no… boss for awhile. The new Tenna um, just 'Activated'?"

「* Is that how to word it..? He just 'Activated'.」

🎲 "It was like a spare? A few of us found it him but just assumed it was
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🎲 "That's 'cuz there's an acutal nice version of the boss here now! It was.. kinda worse before now."

「* The pippins fidgets a bit.」

🎲 "Kinda reminds me of the old boss before he got all messed up, really. He even renovated the whole place!"

🎷[ 𝑂ℎ… 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠ー ]
🎷[ 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦. ]
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🎷[ 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘ー ]

「* He was interrupted by a pippins coming in. It seemed to be a little excited.」

🎲 "Hey! Um, I can actually talk about that if you'd like!"

🎷[ 𝐸ℎ.ᐣ ]

「* A bit startled by the sudden Pippins. But he's curious.」

🎷[ 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛.ᐣ ]
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🎷[ 𝐻𝑒ℎ𝑒ℎ. ]
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🎷[ 𝑁𝑜, 𝑛𝑜 𝑛𝑜 𝑛𝑜. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒
𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛
𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.

𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟
𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑤. ]
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🎷[ 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ
𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑠. ]
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
「* After a bit he sets her down in the equivalent of an infirmaryー this place had one? It actually had HEALTH CARE for the workers!?」
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
(i love your art so much)
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
「* It was… actually because it WAS most of the relocated old staff from the previous studio. When they left, they were reassigned here, but… who was running it?」
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
「* eventually leading Battat to a similar looking studio, but it's strange. It feels like a mirror of theirs but more pristine. The staff seems… a little less anxious about things. But strangest at all, they seem to react like the duo was returning. A small wave before continuing their own thing…」
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
「* He proceeds to leave a note for jongler.」

🎷[ 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠.
𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑠𝑜
𝑤𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. ]

「* Actually picking up the other, He would start to leave with the other.」
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
🎷[ 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑡. 𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛
𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦
𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐼… ℎ𝑒𝑦, 𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎… 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝
𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑘.ᐣ 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑎𝑛
𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑜.

… 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘… 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝. 𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦.ᐣ
𝐼ー𝐼…. 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ. ]
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
《 rubbing her back and holding her close.」

🎷[ 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑜… 𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢
ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑙𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡. 𝐼
𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡…
𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒
𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔. ]
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
🎷[ 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑘… 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡… 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑆𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡…. 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟…

𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒
𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒
𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢… ]

「* He sounds as if he's about to start crying, actually, 》
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM