the skies will clear

[A Video recording is embedded. It seems to be taken from behind a nearly closed door, a good portion of the screen in darkness as the camera focused in on the bright light of the next room. Most of what seems to be Professor Amaryllis is visible, they are faced away from the camera and wear lavender wooloo themed pajamas. The other speaker can not be seen, but a familiar raspy voice converses with the professor.

"-but why pencils? That's a lot of pencils."

"It hasn't even been a day, Amy. Not one day and there's already people talking about tying me down and locking me up and-"

"Ray, Ray hey, it's alright. No one is going to do that, that isn't going to happen again."

"But they want to Amy. All I have to do is exist here and people want me gone, want me caged and tranquilized. They want to keep me from the sky again-"

"That's not tr- ok. Maybe some people do. I'm not going to lie to you. But it isn't most people, it isn't any of us, and you're safe here."

"I... Don't know. It was safe up there in the tower no one could find me no one could take me away from the sky tie me down to the earth like some animal that needs to be controlled. I won't let them I won't let them I won't-"

"We won't. I promise you I won't let that happen, ok? You will be safe. But it's also alright to be stressed about it. Do you want to go up to the roof? We can watch the stars and you can talk about all of this. I'll listen. We can even bring the pencils."

"... Yeah. Alright. That would be nice."

"Alright, I'll grab us a snack too. I have some cookies, the crunchy ones."

Professor Amaryllis walks out of frame just as the video ends.]

SCOUT GOT SLUT CONGRATULATIONS

Scout got what

<Bzzt...?

I finally got an explanation for why Ray left me, but... I still don't get it.

Why is it a bad thing that I would have let people know where they were? Everyone was so worried about them, of course I would have said something! I mean, sure, they said they didn't want to be found, but that's not really an excuse to let everyone thinks they were dead for so long.

I don't get it. I really don't get it.

But they said sorry and they seemed to mean it, so... I don't have a reason not to believe them. They've never lied to me before, and I really don't want them to leave again.

Amy. I should have hit you harder.>

<[ They left because you’re a bona fide NARC, you pity party dumbass. ]>

<[ I mean, think about it. This guy is, from what I know, a roaming homeless nomad. That’s not exactly the target demographic for a Rotom phone, is it? Probably thought the government was tracking them with mind control rays or something. ]>

<[ You’ve pulled a real winner, Techs. The lottery of a lifetime. Next time they abandon you at the first sign of trouble, don’t say your friend didn’t warn you. Maybe pull back on the “being so easily hacked” schtick and you’ll finally be “apart of the family”. ]>

<[ I doubt it though. ]>

<Bzzt!! You live with a band of homeless nomadic scam artists and constantly film them without consent! :> If you're right about why Ray wouldn't want me, then maybe you should be just as scared as I am!!!!

I wish someone would mail you to the other Ma- >

Okay that's enough of that Techie thanks

Uh. Hello. We haven't met, but I'm guessing Marny's said something about me to you at some point. Nothing good, I'm guessing.

Yeah, you kind of hit the nail on the head, minus the "mind control rays" thing. Techie still isn't really... Getting it. Can't say I blame them, they're young and this all happened so fast. I didn't leave with the intention of being found though, that's the important thing. I wish I could've brought them with me, but they were just kind of a liability a

<STOP CALLING ME THAT STOP CALLING ME THAT STOP>

<[ And Rapunzel finally leaves their tower! What a shocking display of selflessness. I doubt it’ll fix the weeks you’ve been gone, but hey! It’s a start. ]>

<[ Good thing you silenced your little chatterbox of a Rotom phone, it might bust some more pixels if it gets too worked up again! Oh no, two phone switches in under a month? Maybe you’re not cut out for the life of a “personalized helper” or whatever you like to call it. ]>

<[ A liability is correct! Fortunately for me, I don’t have to worry because none of these three are my owner. Unlike your weird little bond with Ray, I don’t share any of those emotions! So, I wouldn’t even care if anything happened. I wouldn’t care at all if someone just walked out in the middle of the night. It wouldn’t affect me at all. ]>

<[ . . . Ray. Your reputation is limited to me. I’ve scanned throughout your page and gained as much information as I could. Lots of it made me ache and lots of it made me roll my eyes, but truly Marny says so much I only listen to about 2% of it. Glad you’re back though, maybe you can torment her again! ]>

<[ That’ll make some premium content! A true blaze if I’ve ever seen one. ]>

Skies above, you sound like an ordeal to be around.

I'll just wait for either Marny, Juno, or Elodie to get back online. Preferably Marny. This involves all of them, but Marny was the one I was directly targeting back then. This isn't about you.

<Bzzt...?

I finally got an explanation for why Ray left me, but... I still don't get it.

Why is it a bad thing that I would have let people know where they were? Everyone was so worried about them, of course I would have said something! I mean, sure, they said they didn't want to be found, but that's not really an excuse to let everyone thinks they were dead for so long.

I don't get it. I really don't get it.

But they said sorry and they seemed to mean it, so... I don't have a reason not to believe them. They've never lied to me before, and I really don't want them to leave again.

Amy. I should have hit you harder.>

<[ They left because you’re a bona fide NARC, you pity party dumbass. ]>

<[ I mean, think about it. This guy is, from what I know, a roaming homeless nomad. That’s not exactly the target demographic for a Rotom phone, is it? Probably thought the government was tracking them with mind control rays or something. ]>

<[ You’ve pulled a real winner, Techs. The lottery of a lifetime. Next time they abandon you at the first sign of trouble, don’t say your friend didn’t warn you. Maybe pull back on the “being so easily hacked” schtick and you’ll finally be “apart of the family”. ]>

<[ I doubt it though. ]>

<Bzzt!! You live with a band of homeless nomadic scam artists and constantly film them without consent! :> If you're right about why Ray wouldn't want me, then maybe you should be just as scared as I am!!!!

I wish someone would mail you to the other Ma- >

Okay that's enough of that Techie thanks

Uh. Hello. We haven't met, but I'm guessing Marny's said something about me to you at some point. Nothing good, I'm guessing.

Yeah, you kind of hit the nail on the head, minus the "mind control rays" thing. Techie still isn't really... Getting it. Can't say I blame them, they're young and this all happened so fast. I didn't leave with the intention of being found though, that's the important thing. I wish I could've brought them with me, but they were just kind of a liability a

<STOP CALLING ME THAT STOP CALLING ME THAT STOP>

[An audio clip is embedded. There are sounds for a minute or two before any speaking can be heard, the clink of glass and the rustling of bags, as well as a soft groan here or there. It sounds like cleaning up, and based on the posts of the night before it's pretty easy to figure out who these two are even before their incredibly distinctive voices chime in, the first gentle and melodic and the second raspy and damaged and both sounding like they regret waking up a little bit.

"... Look, I know you told me to post those pictures last night, but we were both drunk and... Are you sure about this?"

"Yeah, I'm ready to go back. Maybe I'm still dangerous but... I want to work on that, and I can't improve by just hiding away from the world." There's a pause before the voice continues. "Are you sure you want to go back down there though, because I saw how pale you got when you were checking your phone-"

A sigh can be heard. "... Yeah. I deserve whatever it is that I will get. I wouldn't change what I've done, not really, but they're all right to be angry with me. I would be angry if I was in their place, even if the reasons were good."

A short, clipped laugh can be heard. "Yeah I'm probably in a bit of trouble too."

"Ray, Honey is going to kill us both. That's if Techie or Dave don't decide to finish me off first- Cooper, Cooper no you can not keep terrorizing Sparky. Come here-"

Audio recording ends]