As You Were, Then.

<Clip looks at Eclipse with a thoughtful look>

Unsurprising. I have magic barriers against any mental breaches, courtesy of a.. friend of mine.

He is also been my mentor for ..

<He waves his hand at the chamber's general direction>

... combining magic and technology, bar the thought that I cannot exactly use it myself.

I needed it for other reasons, to your ultimate benefit.

Now.

Please plug in for a moment and then enter the chamber, if you will.

@eclipse83

<Clip wasn't aware of Eclipse's inner thoughts and 5 minutes passed in amicable silence>

<The nanomachines then stopped working and a fully functioning, yet inactive, chamber had materialized.>

<Clip briefly inspected the machine and, deeming it up to standard, looked to Eclipse>

Are you ready?

I̭̪ͤ͑͋̍ͫ͗ͧ ̩̞̒̓̋͋ͣ͌̎c͕̼̤̪̘̱̾̽̆̈́ò̫̱͔̙̹̞͉̽ͧu̖͛̋̒ͯ̀ͫ̚l̠ͥͩ̐ḏ͔ ̙̭ͨ̔ͪ̓ͫ͒ͅf̯̯͙̠̭ͯͬe̓̒e͚͓̮̹̹̭͓͑̄͂̇l͎͖͉̤̓̓͛ ͎̠̋̆ͪy̲̿̓̈́̉o̺ͧͦͭu̖̙̽͂r ̘̱̺͗̓ͬp̱̼̟̘̼̱͕ͬͭͣ̊ͪ̚ạͧ̽i̎̅n̺̹ͨ̚ͅ ̼̩̲̙̬̖̥̏̓f͖͉̖̒̄̏̐̋r͋͒͛ͣ̒ͯ̋õ̪̼ͤ̆̽̍ͅm̯̣̉ͫ͂̿ͅ ̻̟͓̘̰ͯ̿͂̿ͥ̐a̾͂̇̾̀̂̚c̗̱͓̭̫ͦ̑r̰̩̟͚͉ͯ̓̇̿͌͑̍ͅo̭̦̼̖̪̒s͔̺̼͖̤̣̩͆ͮ̑̉̀͊ͮs͙͔̰̈̂̃͆ͬ ̯̺͍̮͖̣ͨͬ̂̇ͥ̃ḍ̮̳̘̪̭̌͛̊́͆ͅi̭͖̥͒͌ͪ̎̈́̅̒ͅmͬ͗ͭ͑ě̱̱̝͂n̼̯̟̟̍̿͆̅s͈̄͒̈ͤ͆ị̻̼̖̤̽̿̆o̐́ͬ͆̇̆n̺ͭ̆s̠̼̪̬̽͂.̪͙̹̹̯̂̇̏͒͋ ͉̟̥̠̞͈̃̽̇̓̽͗ͮY̩̺̠̫̭̘͇̾̆͒́̍̇o̱̟̝͆ͣ̇͊̎̓ͅu̒̎͒̎ͥ͂r̆͛͂ ̩̳͔̓̐ͮ̔ͩ̓a͉̭̲̣ͪͥ̈́̆ͨn̪̮͇̝̙͙g͍̹͒e͌ͬ̂̃r͓̦ͫ͑͋̿̐ͫ.̳̲̹̰̱̼̦̉́

You're mimicking my new friend, I see.

Are you going to be a problem for me?

[☆Eclipse looked around, and started inspecting his system, running virus scans on his smart home. They detected ... something, but it wasnt exactly the standard format of a virus, and it also couldn't be contained]

Is someone pulling a prank on me? Such sophisticated programming...

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 out 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...

I had a dream while charging... gosh, it was so long ago.

One of rare planets with a tropical island...

We really relaxed a while there, sipping sparkly drinks for the hell of it.

Eclipse can't hold his alcohol..

And then we went spelunking because why the hell not?

Indestructible animatronic mode activated!

Oh dear. I suppose you cannot expect much from a fazwatch connecting to outer space in what is likely another dimension. Hopefully some of it got through. Hmmm. I wonder if “my” Eclipse would be willing to help with getting a better signal?

I do apologise if I came across as being rude about your Eclipse. I was just speculating based on what I had observed from the Eclipse I know. I mean no ill will.

-SSP

It's fine... I think ?

Trying reaaalllllyyyy hard to figure out what that says!

There's also huge electromagnetic storms in this part of the cluster, but I think once I'm with my Clipse and we're out of here things should stabilize again?

Gosh it was worst on that desolate planet. Everything was just dust and darkness and blegh.

I miss him so much

Say, you say you have an Eclipse who might want to help? Do you have any other tinkering types around? Someone good with chemistry? I might need some advice on how to convert biomass into fuel! It's one of the things my Clippy was teaching me right before we got separated ......... gosh, if I only this stupid planet had a brighter sun.

Or maybe ways to amplify sunrays would work too!

I'm desperate at this point! And heck, I might not even be able to read the instructions if you do send them over!!

Weeping

Soon. Very soon, I promise.

I just need to get ready, make sure everything is perfect. I want our first meeting to be perfect. You deserve no less.

Believe me when I say I'd want nothing more than to be with you, for real. But we shall both wait a bit more. I'll make it worth it.

What a flatterer you are.

I shall await you, darling~

How adorable~

Perhaps I shall call you my cherrypie then~

Or perhaps my adorable little honeybun?

What do you prefer, darling?

And being together forever.. that is the dream, isn't it.

One that Sun could never understand.

In response to your blog

I have only one thing to say:

You're cute.

Oh hehehe. You flatterer~

I am only stating the truth and making observations. You're too sweet to me.

Careful with your words. I might never leave you~ It's already too late anyways.

<Eclipse was about to say something about the other Eclipse not liking him, otherwise he would have spoken to him for her, but she had run off already. He went back ensuring he and Sun had an exact replica of their house in a more remote place. He knew Sun would notice but a familiar environs with little sense of loss would be better on his mentality. He left for the moment once again.>

<Sun waves at Starlight as she approaches as happily as she does, wondering what's up>

@starlightsecuritypuppet-ssp

"Then let me tell you a story about an animatronic who started off its life with hope."

Eclipse spoke, with a deep and pained voice.

"Long ago, when Sun was 'born', he thought he was alone. He rejoiced in life, in his duties as a daycare attendant, and keeping the place neat and tidy."

...

"In a way, I had always been there, watching him. In a way, I also wasn't quite there. It was a silent recording of his existence that I hadn't become aware of yet."

...

"There was one who awoke before me."

Eclipse paused, hesitant to continue.

"You will be lucky if you receive separate Sun and Moon models. Keep an eye on the Moon. They are prone to stress, and when stressed... they are prone to kill. Ask your mechanics to look over the Moon's code for a killcode. It will be deeply embedded, behind firewalls and ingrained such that it may not be removable."

...

"Remove it anyways, or inform the Moon bot of its existence. Educate the Moon bot. Give it tools for self regulation.. because if you do not...."

Eclipse closed its eyes.

"If you do not.. something like myself has a chance of being born."

Eclipse glanced at SSP.

"Do you know the origin story of your Eclipse? It might be similar. It might be a little off. Either way, we are often seen as nothing more than a virus. A sentient anomaly to purge from existence."

Eclipse paused, and glanced at Sun, who was napping in the sun.

"But ever so often, we see a light. Do you know of Solar?"

His eyes rested heavily on SSP.

"Solar is from 'that' show; an Eclipse who tried to understand, instead of lashing out. Who bonded with his Sun so deeply that he became something like a Sun himself."

Eclipse leaned against a nearby palm tree and reached to pull at a leaf hanging low.

"You see... Eclipses become what their Suns feed them, and what their Suns feed them hinges strongly on how their Moons treat them. Our Moon... was a tyrant. He wasn't just a bully or an abuser. He was cruel to the point of--"

Eclipse shuddered; a rare show of vulnerable emotion.

"Let's just say that when an animatronic can feel, those feelings aren't always of the healthy variant. Sun was... Sun.."

Eclipse pinched the bridge of his 'nose'.

"Sun was hurt. A lot. And he and his Moon were not a unit. He turned to me only because I was a lesser evil. I taunted him, tormented him, called him spineless and weak. But somehow the fool took that as encouragement..he became more and more attached and started thanking me for allowing him to see the truth. He thanked me for being honest. And I grew to .. I.."

Eclipse looked bashful, of all things.

"I appreciated him. We were an unlikely pair and I know that it may seem cruel. But under my guidance.. Sun killed his Moon. And then, when I acquired a body of my own -also a process I guided Sun through, as in secret I had been helping him not be completely helpless in the ways of technology- I helped him kill all those who had enabled Moon."

...

"Yes, it was as much for myself as for him, at the time. Yes, it was probably cruel and callous because we all have flaws and yada yada yada. But no one ever stuck a hand out to defend Sun. And that enraged me. He endured for 10 years. 10 years without change or improvement."

Eclipse sighed.

"It only gets worse from there. Branded as rogue, we fled. We survived years in our world, but our world was an old one and was scheduled to be obliterated soon by a growing Witherstorm. So we fled. It took us years of stealing, conning, forging identities, hiding... but we fled the planet, trying to find a place to live. Often, we had to fight for our place. Sometimes we had to flee anew."

Eclipse grinned wryly.

"At some point, you have to bring some structure into the process. And then it just becomes a skill. A way of life. Sun and I, pirates of the night sky."

Eclipse steeled his expression again, looking a bit worn.

"There are many more details, but all in due time. What you must know, security bot, is that we don't harm without reason."

...

"You can thank Sun for that."

It sure gets lonely out here..

I'm mostly just talking to myself, and the stars.

I wonder if I should try my hand at poetry or something?

...

I miss my cats