Forget-Me-Not?
Dee stretched and got out of bed, slipping on his mask and moving to go downstairs. He bumped into the wall, suddenly lightheaded, and shook his head to try and clear it. He must be more tired than he thought… some water should help, right? Maybe he was just dehydrated.
He got into the kitchen and got himself a glass, sitting at the table and watching Remy, who hadn’t noticed his approach based on the fact he hadn’t looked up from his phone and was listening to music.
He sipped loudly. “Morning Rem.”
Remy looked up. “Hey.” He went straight back to his phone. Typical Remy greeting this early in the morning. It was the weekend after all. He was surprised his brother was even up this early in the morning. It was like… seven.
He chugged the glass of water and got another. Silence. This wasn’t helping. And it seemed like it was turning into a bit of a headache. Maybe some food would help? He didn’t really get headaches unless he was dehydrated…
He grabbed an apple and retreated into his room.
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Alphys and Borealis looked at the sheets of paper.
“Th...This look okay?”
“It looks great. Thank you Alphys.”
Alphys stuttered but moved towards her workstation to start making a prototype.
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Frisk walked along the sidewalk, Flowey in hand.
“But that’s EXACTLY why he’s the worst villain!”
“But Flowey, he’s the nicest person.”
“Have you SEEN Family of Blood? He was pissed. Therefore, the Doctor is the best Doctor Who villain. He killed his entire planet.”
Frisk tilted their head. “But look at how much good he did Flowey. He wasn’t a murderer, he enacted justice. Those people deserved their punishments.”
“But what about the Time Lords?”
“50th Anniversary. He stuck them in a time loop.”
“But everywhere he goes death follows!”
They grinned. “Classic question Flowey. Do the consequences outweigh the benefits if the consequences are human and alien lives?”
Flowey was silent. Then he groaned. “Dammit Frisk. You had to let this make it so neither of us truly won, did you?”
Frisk laughed. “Well of course. We’re tied right now, and it’s more fun to do it like this.”
There was a sound of a car in the distance that was covered up by Flowey’s enraged scream.
Their foot caught on an uneven spot in the curb, pitching them into the street.
They felt a flash of red-hot pain….
*LOAD
They stood on the sidewalk thirty or so feet back. They'd gone back about three minutes.
“Well that was surprising.”
“I’d say so.”
They turned around and started walking in the opposite direction as a car passed them.
And so it goes.
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Deceit felt like he had a head cold without the sniffles. His head was stuffed with cotton balls. He jolted awake as his head hit the desk. Ughh he should really try to sleep… was he getting sick? Something told him otherwise.
He glanced at the clock. No changes.
His head hit the desk again as sleep finally consumed him.
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Jack laughed as he read the script. “You have got to be kidding me. You really put that in?”
Anti smirked. “C̸o̵m̷e̷d̵y̸ ̸D̷u̶o̵.̶ ̴I̵t̵’̶s̶ ̴a̴ ̸c̴l̴a̷s̶s̶i̸c̵.̷”
“I literally said that as a joke. I can’t believe you actually put it in here.”
He smirked. “A̸l̶l̴ ̸y̶o̴u̸ ̵h̸a̷v̴e̸ ̷t̴o̶ ̸f̵i̸n̵d̵ ̵i̴s̶ ̷s̸o̴m̵e̷ ̵A̷n̶t̸i̷s̶e̴p̷t̸i̶c̵ ̴H̵a̴n̷d̸w̷a̴s̷h̸.̴ ̸H̵a̸v̵e̶ ̵f̶u̵n̸ ̵w̸i̶t̷h̴ ̵t̴h̶a̶t̴.”
Jack waved him off. “Eh, I’ll ask Chase to get some. Who else do you want to be in it?” He shrugged.
“W̶e̴’̵l̶l̷ ̶s̸e̵e̵ ̸w̶h̷o̴ ̶v̵o̶l̴u̸n̷t̵e̷e̸r̵s̴.”
He laughed maniacally as he grabbed the tablet from Jack and glitched out of the room.
Jack turned back to the camera. “Top of the mornin’ to ya laddies! My name is Jacksepticeye-“
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Dee shuffled into Frigg’s and flopped onto the stool, head dropping onto the counter with a groan. Loki’s eyebrows rose sharply, as did his heartrate.
“Are you alright?”
Another groan. “Headache. Had one for the last few days. Not in the best of moods.”
“Describe exactly how you are feeling.”
Dee obviously didn’t notice his tone of voice, nor the fact that he himself looked dead on his feet. “Head stuffed with cotton balls. Feeling like a cold but without the sniffles. Head pounding. Really tired. I might just take a nap-“
“Have you been hydrating and eating enough? Too much stimulation? Stress perhaps?” He really didn’t want to have to dissolve the spell until he trained for his mastery first…
“Maybe… if you don’t mind, I’m just going to sleep…”
His head almost hit the desk before Loki caught his chin in his hand. He jolted back up, eyes noticeably struggling to stay open, even to Loki, who definitely was not good at these sorts of things.
“Sleep. I’ll close for lunch. Would you care for a hotanimal?” Perhaps a hotelephant.
“Sure…”
Loki looked on in slight concern as Dee fell asleep. Should he remove the spell? But it was important… He could probably take off a few layers at least, right?
He made a plucking motion and a wisp of light curled around his palm. There. Hopefully it would help.
He hoped it did. The child did not need more pain.
He forbid it.
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Logan typed in code with one hand while he held his spot in the book with the other.
What would be a substitution for the memory component? Determination? Perseverance? Hmmm… he’d have to ask Gaster if he couldn’t think of anything. He thought he’d managed to work around most of the physical components…
He turned back to the machine Gaster had let him mess with. It was already a portal using blue magic, so it should be able to transverse dimensions given the right additions, correct?
At least he hoped so.
Now… what to do next?
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There was a small whir of magic as a glowing orange portal appeared on the dark street corner. Two men stepped through.
“This is it?”
“Yes, this is it. Three blocks that way-“ He pointed north. “- is his bookshop. Don’t make too much of a ruckus, will you?”
“You couldn’t have gotten closer?”
Strange looked at him with annoyance. “You can walk. Call me when you are finished.”
Fury winced as Strange plucked an arm hair and disappeared back through the portal. It closed behind him with a small woosh.
He sighed and started to walk up the street. Fucking wizards…
The sky boomed with thunder as it began to rain.