...

I had no idea he felt this way.

Someone I claimed to love... how could I know so little about them.

Honour their needs so little?

Trap them in the "comfort" of our lives. The monotone..

I got used to this.

I took him for granted.

It's no wonder.. no wonder he sought a way out.

I should have seen it-- dabbling in dark magic wasn't an idle interest, it was an act of rebellion.

He wanted to be his own person, find his own way of life.

I romanticized him, and paid the price for it.

[???]

[Where did you guys find that?]

Suns just wanna have fu-un, ohoh Suns just wanna have fun~

<hums idly>

Dear Starlight,

Sunshine is fine and so is your bond with him.

His little flare ups are temporary, if intense, and as long as he's not further goaded, he tends to see his irrational reaction for what it is.

But please try not to give him further reason to anger, for your own safety.

You're adept at taking down animatronics, but his magic is nothing like you've ever seen before. Maybe gather some experience with magic first before venturing there.

He will likely contact you once he's done fuming about being interrupted and talked over, and not being able to pet Eclipse's pussycat.

It's a tantrum at best, friend.

His counterpart, Moon, did a number on his psyche and, together with the dark magic coursing his systems, it makes for a dangerous cocktail.

Not to worry though, I am working on the situation.

I'm educating myself in how to soothe his psyche, while also figuring out how to combine my own mechanical ability with external magic.

I'll never have my own, since I don't have a magical core... I am but a remnant of his Moon, after all.

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

Selfie?

Selfie.

That is how we got rid of our little problem ~

Plural, even.

E.

From a business standpoint, what's one or several things you'd definitely change if you were in charge of a place like Fazco?

I think it'd be best to just rebuild the entire building at this point. That thing is just one giant red flag of safety violations. And if they actually cared about safety they wouldn't need to put such exorbitant prices to pay for all their lawsuits or to shut people up.

Thinking of an old friend..

Where are you?

You taught me so much.

All my magic, it comes from your essence, your mind.. your core.

But then you left without goodbye.

Mirror self, are you still out there?

Are you still alive?

Sun?

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!

I'm so tired.

My arms hurt, my legs hurt.

What's the point of having pain receptors as a robot!

I'm going to just.. lie down for a second.

Just.. yeah... it'll be fine, right?

[☆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...