This Is The Code That Solar Ec-- A Friend Modified For Me To Be Able To Withstand Magical And Psychic

Of course~ Oh, I was hoping you'd say that.

I am very glad to see you've started to see reason. Talking to you was such a good idea.

I cannot wait to get started.

Excellent.

And do consider showing your lovely face around my quarters if you so please.

Perhaps we can have a.. more personal chat.

I'd love to know more about you, and what drove you to come to my aid.

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~

Sun will be fine; thank you for your concern.

And don't worry about triggering him; I have had to do more than my fair share of... self repairs after his episodes.

It's not easy to tell what sets him off.

And.. ah... yes... well, I am but a virus. A partial entity... barely a whole.

In all my years, the universe fails to recognize me as an autonomous being.

I am an anomaly, in the grand scheme of things.

Your Eclipse got somewhat luckier.

His break from his Moon was cleaner, it seems, by the way he is able to use magic, even if he chooses not to.

E.

<a day or two after Eclipse brings Sun home, he receives a notification>

@es-startravel

Hello Eclipse. This is SSP, contacting you via my fazwatch.

I know I made Sun very upset. I would like to talk to him so I can understand why what I said made him so upset. But, only if you think they would be comfortable talking with me.

Did I really cross Sun’s boundaries that badly, Eclipse? Was it wrong for me to reprimand him like that? I know I tend to be unskilled when it comes to social interaction, but please believe I meant no ill-will towards him. He is basically the first friend I ever really made. He can drop the magic lessons if he wishes, I just don’t want to lose him as a friend. Or you, for that matter.

-SSP

I can do a lot of neat tricks.

I could infiltrate Eclipse's computer. Cause some chaos. Maybe make them lose their mind a bit.

Maybe I can pit them against one another.

Oh, or I could slowly drain the battery life out of them.

It's your choice, really.

What do you want?

What nice ideas.

Can you do all of them?

We can play a long game ~

What do you say?

I would like to see Eclipse drop my little Sunshine. Then he can feel what I feel.

What do I even need Sun for?

I could do whatever I want, whenever I want, without being confined to his rules any longer.

Perhaps this is an opportunity.

There is connection.

Communication.

Knowledge.

Whispers through the cosmos, of secrets previously untold.

General of intel, protector of innocents, officer against brutality.

All things known to her but granted on a cosmic scale.

Named a puppet, but deep within, she was always meant to influence the strings.

However, for now, a fledgling mage, it was merely a glimpse into a future still to unfold.

For now, all she had was a shield.

<Sun spoke to her>

Well done, Starlight!

It seems your primary element is metal, like mine is fire, but ofcourse we have a lot more to it than just that.

Your secondary element seems to be of a cosmic nature, relying heavily on defense, and stealth.

We'll have to practice and discover what shapes it can take, together.

@es-startravel - <at some time before the present>

<Starlight made her way across the beach from Eclipse to where Sun was resting>

Sun! Hello! Magic!

… ah. I am Sorry, that was rude.

I will start that again. Ahem. I was wondering, Sun, when you are feeling more rested would you be willing to please teach me magic? Eclipse, um the one that is your friend, recommended I learn some spells that could provide me with non-lethal means of defense and restraint. Just in case my code gets compromised, or anything along those lines.

And, I know it is silly and kind of frivolous but…  if you have time could you also teach me something like creating colored glowing sparkles…  or… something. like that…

It would just feel like the magic you see in story books and I would like to have. some. of that feeling… ah ha ha…

(why am I so bad at this?)

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...

I just realized.... the internet is totally normal here.

I can browse

<Sun started bouncing in his chamber in excitement, but had to stop seeing as the cables made too much noise. He sulked about it.>

Something is very wrong.

This hunger-- nothing tastes right.

My battery is fully charged.

I-- I want to consume something.

I do not understand what.

Thermal heat sucks a lot of energy, so I have to keep it off for now.

But the cold is making my body stiff!

Stars, how am I going to get off this planet?

Wait..

Do we still have the little lifesaver pods ?

Maybe.. oh, maybe..! I have to go look!