Caine: *laughs*

M!A: *collapses from exhaustion*

Buddy: EEK!

lol. serves you right

Gangle: And leave you?

it’s...i’ll be fine.

Caine: *changes them back*

Sorry....

it’s...fine.

Caine: *calmly pops in*

Heyyy uhhh buddy, welcome to the ama- i mean daycare?

*looks at Zooble for approval*

(They nod, still holding onto them.)

shirt that says i'm not tsundere i'm actually extremely pissed at you out of nowhere

Buddy: Im a dolphin!

*taped a cardboard fin to their back*

ooh, cool costume!

quoth the Raven, "Fuck my stupid baka life"

Buddy: *doses back off assuming it's a dream*

M!A: *continues mocking as they open a portal for Zooble*

Awwwwww we got a little crybaby over there?

ugh. shut up.

Inflation is so fucking bad we're fantasizing about stalkers leaving groceries

Buddy: *wakes up a few evenings later, screaming from a night terror about their past*

MAMA!!!!!

*remembers that she's gone and hides under the blanket, gently sobbing for her*

(There’s a knock on their door.)