₊˚꒰𝖢𝖧𝖠𝖱𝖫𝖮𝖳𝖳𝖤 🩰ᘏ꒷˚₊

"if anybody wants a hamburger I can share! I think I made too many. that's alright though!"

^ _ ^ those pesky tarantulas won't ever catch me! i've got a lot of party poppers!

mary 🔔

😭 i'm going to put him in the pear wiggler for this.

i wanted to make a hamburger earlier, so i made a ton of hamburgers and only set off the fire alarm once! ^ _ ^ but one more shouldn't hurt, right?

mary 🔔

at least they didn't think somebody was impersonating you like i did. 😓

that does sound very good actually. . . . .

:0 i can do that!

^ _ ^ going to make. hammed burger.

8am‼️ it is time for a grilled cheese!

mary 🔔

make a mewtwo and let my pokemon trainer catch him, darling 😂

❗I have faith in her. she is probably gonna have a really good name idea. you're right.

yeah! you're right. I'm happy DB has a minecraft kitty. maybe she'll name the next friend something even more cool!

( 😭 she shouldn't count on it )

😞😞 . . . you're right. I need to support bongwater.

😞 he is unhappy with his name and I think you should name him something else!

DB named the kitty a drug water 😞 I would have named him something else. maybe something like mittens.

^ _ ^ it's a little guy! hello!!!

". . . . i am not sure about the process. i don't like thinking about what happens to the bugs. . . . there are probably theories," she stammered, tapping her fingers together and returning her attention to the tv screen.

"i also enjoy catching fish. and sharks."

^ _ ^ minecraft turtle.

"i see! i haven't really noticed anything suspicious going on! i can't really feel any malicious presence nearby. wait -- are you a superhero? that's so cool! i'll keep your secret," she rambled, rocking on her heels with a little grin.

for the used bookstore. it has the address on it. i'll give you a warp ring too, if you need one, because it's located in the sol dimension. i also have a newspaper publishing office business card if you'd like that too."

or somebody who is socially inept. . . though i'm most likely both of those things," she said with a little laugh at her own expense.

charlotte, as if remembering something, pulled a hello kitty wallet from her purse and went through until she removed a small business card.

"this is the card --

enjoyed by everybody, making used book stores very important to her. she approved of making sure books were kept from being tossed when in a condition they could still be read in. it was a topic close to her heart.

"and. . . thank you for saying that. i often worry i'm acting like a weirdo --

find something if i directed you to the correct area of the store. i know where everything is. i've been working there for a while, though our stock changes when people either donate or buy the books we sell. every book is used."

the sol hedgehog believed every novel deserved a chance to be --

the pensive expression melted away to form into a bright yet shy and timid smile. charlotte nodded, tapping her finger against her bottom lip as she went through the catalog she could remember mentally.

"we have a lot of books on the sciences! mostly astrological and technical, but i bet you'd --

"oh! that's really neat! what are you doing up here? it's dangerous. . . . even if it is cool," she insisted, wrapping both arms around his own to tug him gently back to what she thought was a safe distance.

she doesn't seem to understand what he's doing.

"yeah! you can catch bug friends and donate them to the museum, sell them, or place them on the ground. . or give them to flick to make models from them!"

she seems to be oblivious to his eerie question. charlotte wrongfully assumed he was getting interested in the game.

SET YOUR HEART ABLAZE.

@turmoildarkness.bsky.social

you mean well, and i do love you still, i really do.

I will learn to live in the ruins of the life I should've had.