Unsettling.. But Not Unfamiliar.

A shame.

But thank you for your time and consideration.

Have a fruitful day.

Sincerely,

Eclipse "Clip"

It is a pleasure to meet you, Solar.

You may not know who I am, but I know of you, through Solar Eclipse. We are acquainted, in such that my Sun is a friend of his.

Thus..

Forgive my unusual question, and I'm unsure if you'd have any answer for me, but do you have any knowledge about animatronic souls getting stuck in devices, and only capable of being powered "alive" by something akin to starpower?

I -- my Sun is in a predicament, and I'm a little desperate for any and all advice.

Sincerely,

Eclipse "Clip"

Hello...?

Oh, right. I've heard of... what happened...

I'm afraid I can't help you. At least not right now. I could ask around. But that's all I can do... I'm sorry.

Hi Clip-

Alright I'm in. Do tell me this get uncomfortable. And I promise I won't peek... too much-

Hm... Let's see...

Oh. Well what do we have here.

Tch. That little yellow vermin really did a number on you. My poor Clip. He'll pay for what he did to you.

Oh Clip... There's a virus in your system. It seems it fed on your anger and heartache and gained some basic sentience. Eugh I can feel the resentment radiating from it...

Don't worry. I'll get rid of it for you. Easy peasy~

Unfortunately I won't be able to undo the damage it's done to your hunger processor and battery system... I'm sorry...

It feels.. so good.

I feel.. full.

Delicious.

You taste delicious-- filling up my circuits just right.

Picture of my Star and I, stargazing.

And I am looking at the most beautiful one~

E.

Thank you, @eclipse83 for this!

This is the code that Solar Ec-- a friend modified for me to be able to withstand magical and psychic attacks.

It acts as a barrier and can be controlled at will.

You don't need to be able to use magic yourself, but you do need a temporary mana infusion to first activate it.

And you'll need more mana to actually manipulate it, in tandem with manual coding.

Are you up for the challenge?

I'll assist you, if needed.

And as for the mana, I can acquire that fairly easily.

@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?

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.

[☆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...

Touché.

E.

<Some time after Eclipse (Clip) secured Sun home, he deigned Eclipse with a reply>

To put it briefly, Sun had a mentor for his magic.

He had many a mentor, but the first and last, the one to awaken Sun's magic and the one to finalize his magical ascension, was a darker Sun from a different dimension.

A darker .. creature.. I am loathe to call it a Sun to begin with.

Sun was very taken with them and wouldn't heed my warnings about the sinister nature of its actions.

Then there was a brief period where I was separated from Sun... and Sun can't tell me what happened. It's as if his memories are locked behind an arcane spell of sorts, which I haven't been able to crack since I don't possess any magical affinity.

Something happened to Sun during that period, and a darkness started developing. I hadn't even noticed until.. the last decade or so.

Every few days I go out and about, collecting clues unto the whereabouts of this dark entity in hopes to reverse this or at least garner an explanation.

But there is the possibility that the entity itself gifted its sinister ability to Sun.. and perished.

I still must find some cure, because whatever dark energy looms inside my Sunlight is feeding off his traumatic experiences, amplifying them tenfold whenever he finds himself in certain untoward situations.

Sun, himself, wishes to weaponize this ability.

I just want my Sunshine safe...

E.

Hm... And yet another reason why I'll never touch magic again.

... it's a shame I couldn't enjoy that pizza.....

This seems insignificant, but it better not be a permanent fixture..

<Something dangerous flashed across Clip's face at Eclipse declining his courtesy. But he looked away and continued typing. After about 10 minutes, he stopped.>

I am.. unsure.. if he will survive.

<His subsequent typing was much softer, and Eclipse could see his fingers tremble.>

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.

Oh can you?

Try it and see

<From unknown sources, sinister laughter rang all around Eclipse. Was it already there, or just trying to mess with his mind?>

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...