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*to Dots* Hey. Tell me how I can help. How we can help.

[:]D *tries the tomato...doesn't find it particularly good or bad, but thinks the mushiness is fun, and they've started to get hungry so they're glad to eat*
@? *meanwhile Factor can handle the while, looking back to see what's got everyone so upset, thing*

[ERR][ERR][ERR][ERR]
[XMX] [ERR] [TM!] fix it. removeit. Leave it alone! break it. don't do it. leaveusalone. tricked me. broke me. made me. used me. usedus. [ERR] [>A<] [!nT]
|/=@] ! |/@~] |/0=] ... |/=@] *very quickly relaying information to you and Onponn through contact,* *they are unstable! Dots pushed themselves to far. I need to help them fall asleep before they break something.* |/=U] "shhhhhhhh..." *gently holds Dots, crystals spiking into her from the tips of their fingers* |/=U] "relax. sleep. rest." |/=@]
[!nT] ... [-nT] ... *relaxes, going limp*
][:] ! everything ok?
|/=@] "Dots doesn't feel well."
= !!!
0~0 oh my... *coming over to see if they can help,* is everything ok?
7B? "whats happnen?"
( | X | ) ???
=[|??] SleeP?

[:]? @? *they follow Ribbon, Hamnet licking the tomato juice off their fingers*
...looks like they've had a bit too much adventuring today. *she puts on a smile for the kids. She feels callous doing it. But she can't let them worry. And this is something she can do, keep the kids from worrying too much, she has to focus on that instead of how she has no idea how to help...*

[-nT] ... [ERR] [-nT]
|/=@] |/=U] ... |/=@] "she just needs to rest." *they are carrying dots securely*
= = everything will be ok after a break. lets go home for now.
0~0 mmmh. ok. if there is anything I can do to help them feel better after this outing, just let me know. 0u0
][:] ... *sees his chance to be useful* ][(] Follow me kids! I'll get us home and out of the woods in a jiffy. Ribbon, isn't there a plant somewhere here that might help Dots? maybe I should just go on home alone with all the kids in tow. ][(] after all, if they get to be a handful, I'll just call in reinforcements. hehe. ][(]

7B? 7B3 "sounds cool. tired happens." 7B3
=[|??] MmmmH... LasT TimE I GoT TireD LikE ThaT AlL KindS OF StufF HappeneD... HopE ThingS ArE OK. =[|:|3?]
( | W | ) >: I was last time you got tired like that!; >: and it ended very ok; >: Home sounds nice;

Good idea, Mack.
@? okay...
[:]? *wiping their fingers on their clothes*

][(] right this way.
7B3 =[|:|33] ( | w | ) *are all following along*

|/=^] "we shouldn't be long. be good for Mack you two!"
= you three be good as well.
^u^ maybe you can all find out what to have for lunch.
[-nT] ...

[:]) @) *follow along as well*
*once they're gone, she briefly rubs her eyes with a hand before speaking* What exactly just happened?

|/=@] "Dots is not a perfectly stable person. like any one, certain stresses can work to break them. You know this, I know this..." |/=T] |/=@] "whatever happened, something put some form of strain on them. I can find out more of the exacts if given some time. We, were not the best models for dots to try and base the workings of their Heart around." |/=@]
= = But we can fix it. We've helped you, we've all helped eachother. =
0~0 mmmh... -n- *is wishing for a good ending out of this*
[-nT]

][:] And, ][(] like Magic! I know the way out of the forest is right ahead! ][:] It's like Magic, because it is. this way will not be here later. *true to his word, a few more feet, and the edge of the forest could be seen, the way to the Mines right beyond that* 7Bo ! 7BD "Hehe!"
=[|:|3D] OoooH! *is impressed by Mack's 'magic'.*
( | w | ) >:Home!;

...is it bad to be thinking, "they still seem better than when we found them?"

[:]D Hehe!
@) magic?

|/=@] "better is relative. and when we found them may be relative as well. I had been made to fight and prototype with them in the past, which for those here who don't know the full context, it is something that will NOT be gotten into, and even if they were totally broken and unstable in that state, lacking any form of idea of an identifiable sense of self or being, they at least seemed ok with it. here, ... well I need to look into it some more." |/=@]
0~0 mmmh... *doesn't like thinking of when the Darkmatter where a being made to do things like a machine*
= Is there anything I could do to help?
|/=@] "only theoretically. It will take some time to create a tool with enough power behind it to get a proper look at Dots inside, but it is still likely more preferable to the potential of utilizing your Heir of Blood powers to gain a more total understanding of Dots right away."
[-nT] ...

][(] Yes! Magic! the kind of magic that doesn't always happen. The Old wood fort is NOT anywhere near us now. *repetition. enforcement of the idea that they could only get from there to here so fast because of magic. Mack knows how to get around a fold, and how to get a fold to work around his own standards* ][:] so lets get home and figure lunch. I want something lemony. ][(]
=[|:|33] OK.
7B3 7B? "aw. wanted tu find the place later."
][:] that'll be a bit difficult to do without a guide. best not ever try if you're not with an adult. ][:]
( | x | ) ( | w | ) >:hehe;

*she says nothing, not seeing any use in anything she might say*

[:]? [:]/ How will Mommy and Mommy and Daddy and Onponn and Dots get back?
@?

][;] they've got magic of their own. ][(] There's nothing that they can't manage together... ][(] ...
7B3 "welp, Home es home. an it has workout stuff inside. want tu work my arm after runnin'." 7BD *scampers for home*
=[|:|33] AnD WE NeeD TO WorK ON LemoN LuncH.
( | w | ) >:and figure out about apples and berries!;

|/=@] "IF, everyone would be ok with it, I could set Dots in a sort of, 'standby' mode... cursory mental access would be active, though memory and emotional response/feedback would be inactive. asking Dots a few questions while they are like that may help us know what exactly is wrong and how to fix it..." |/=@] ...
0_0 you'd. 0n0 like a machine?
|/=X] ! *look very sorry* |/=@] "I'm. I didn't... Sorry."
= we need to do something. we can't stand here with Dots sleeping through some sort of, 'Heart attack'. = this is serious, whatever it is, and we need to do something quick.

@) okay. *are relieved*
[:]) *following along inside* Lunch!

I don't know what to do. But that, that's a level we can't sink to. Doing something like that when they can't consent to it...

|/==] "I'm sorry. I'm trying to think of anything we could do..." |/~~]
|/=@] ... "Ribbon. if... nevermind."
0~0 what. If I can help, I want to.
|/=T] "If you would let me temporarily charge you up to a fully realized state, you could Heal Heart. But it would hurt..." |/=T]
0~0 0_0 0n0 its only temporary, right?
= =
|/=T] "yes..."
[-nT] ...

][:] *humming a bit of a tune,* what-to have, what-to have... what, to-have, to-eat, to-day. ][(] hmm... ][:]
7B3 ... 7BD *after taking a look at his exercise equipment, Nyx just rolls over belly up on the ground, lieing down beside it to rest* 7B3
( | M | ) *spits his extra souvenirs out upon the ground for further inspection* ( | w | )
=[|:|33] *wanting to help with lunch,* SomethinG SouR YoU SaiD.

That's...Ribbon's choice.

[:]) @) *they go to look at what Jofie has*

0_0 Temporary. and because it is my choice to have an artificial GT to help someone heal. 0_0 but we should also please avoid thinking of this ever having happened if we can avoid it.
|/=T] "thankyou... It will take a little bit... Onponn, could you please hold Dots?"
= *nods, and accepts Dots while the Darkmatter start weaving something about in their hands. something like crystalline string*
[-nT] ...

( | w | ) *its the Rainbow apple, and a Quartz berry* ( ^ M ^ ) >:nice things; >:my things; >:Little things with life and color; ( | W | ) *Jofie is quite proud of them*

][:] we could make a flavored watermelon for a side. sour melon is pretty good, even if its messy. ][(]
7B3 "mmMMMmmmelon." 7B3-
=[|:|3?] MessY CaN BE BaD... CheezY StickS? =[|:|33]

Agreed. *meaning about the avoid thinking of it having happened part*

@) welikecolorstoo.
[:]) [:]? You keep all in your mouth?

|/=U] *they close up into their cloak, their face dimming out* |/==]
0_0 *is just waiting for the thing to be done so she can get it taken care of*
= [-nT]

( | w | ) >:Yea; ( | M | ) *opens wide to let the computer and computer connector they've got in their mouth be seen easier* >:good for learning;
7B3 *is starting to dose off some*
][:] Cheese sticks. alright. Hey, you two got any lunch favs? ][:]
=[|:|33] *waits patiently for lunch figuring*

*is trying not to think about what's going on*

[:]) *overheard "cheese" and is happy about that* Cheese! [:]D
@? *stretches out to look more closely at the computer*

( 0 M 0 ) *backs up and closes his mouth when Factor gets closer* ( | m | ) >:NO!; >:Not eat you!; ( > M < ) ( | m | ) >: only eat things;

][:] Pretty sure you'd both be having a bad time of things if that happened. And you kids sure like your dairy. maybe its been a little to much of a good thing recently. ][(] hehe. ][:] hmm... *is now actually thinking on what would make a good lunch*
7B3 ...
=[|:|33] DairY?
][:] ah, cheeses an milk and the like. thats Dairy. ][(]

|/==] |/O~] *snapping open, nodding to Ribbon, the completed web of woven magic is complete*
0_0 *barely nods back, a dozen needles seeming to pass through her and weave her into the fabric, resting in the center of a rectangular shape surrounded by a spirograph* >A< AAAAAAHHH! *Ribbon screams a little, but for the moment its more surprise than pain*
*the darkmatter pull them in tighter into the entanglement, and their empty face slots down over Ribbons* |/_0] ~!~ |/-O] |/A<] *a deep inhaling yell, as they try and focus* GAAAAAH! *utilizing their GT Sylph of Heart power, they awaken Dots with incredible ease*
[-nT] [!nT] ! wha.
|/n<] 'w. we must heal. only healing Dots.' *Ribbon is clearly pained by this. going GT through the normal means did require death. artificial means are marginally better* |/nT] *They start to work, pouring energy into Dots*
[!nT] Whats. I'm?
= *had let Dots stand back up once she woke up and started to move*