Fire

8: A Chat With Ruin

M sighed as she lay on top of one of the play structures. She had tried to get Computer to open the portal to no avail. Sun had promised them something if they kept the portal closed until he said they could open it. And now, everyone was out doing something together, leaving M alone in the daycare.

Well, almost everyone. Ruin was still there, but that was because he didn't want to go.

"M!" He exclaimed cheerfully, climbing up to sit beside her.

She sighed, sitting up to look at Ruin. "Hi, Ruin. What do you need?"

"I was hoping we could play a game!" Ruin said with excitement. "Like hide-and-seek, or tag, or we could draw, or play a board game!"

M's eyebrow raised. "Why?" She asked. She knew it was a stupid question, but she couldn't stop herself from asking.

"Well, um..." Ruin fumbled. A sigh emitted from his voicebox. "Well, first of all, you've been looking really stressed. Second of all, we haven't talked much at all since you first came here. Only once in the second chapter and another in the fourth."

(RUIN STOP TRYING TO BREAK THE FOURTH WALL! "I'M SORRY!")

M hummed, thinking over it. She then smiled at Ruin, standing up. "You're right. We can play a game together."

Ruin clapped, standing up as well. "Yay! We're going to have so much fun!" He picked M up, summoning the line, clipping it to his back, and flying the two of them down to the floor of the daycare. He set her down and unclipped the line, looking at her expectantly. "What should we play?"

She thought for a second. A smile crossed her face. "How about we draw?"

"Okay!" Ruin said happily, leading M over to the arts and crafts corner. M sat down at one of the tables as Ruin grabbed supplies. He set it down, taking two pieces of paper and giving one to M. "What're you going to draw?" He asked, placing the other piece in front of him and grabbing a purple crayon.

M hummed, thinking for a moment. She grabbed a pencil and started sketching. "I'll tell you once I'm done," She told him, her eyes now glued to her piece of paper. They were silent for the most part, breaking into conversation now and then. Soon, the topic of their quick conversations turned into talking about the wishing star.

"I don't know much about it," Ruin told her with a shrug. "All I've been told is that Eclipse used it.

"Hm," M hummed, her eyebrows furrowing.

"Why do you want to know about it?" Ruin asked, tilting his head slightly.

M set down her pencil, sighing. She looked down at the picture she had drawn. It was of her and Douglas, wearing their outfits the day before they got into this mess. "I want to use it to see my friend again. We got separated, and I haven't been able to find her because of Sun closing the portal."

"Your friend Alenmine, correct?" Ruin said. "I'm really sorry. I wish there was a way I could help, but the Computer won't respond to me."

"That's alright," M said, waving a hand around in the air. "I can figure out a way to do it."

Ruin hummed. "Did you finish your drawing?" He asked.

"Y-yeah, I did," She said, moving it over for Ruin to see.

"Oh, wow!" He exclaimed. "You're really good!" He gave his drawing to M. "What do you think of mine?"

M looked at it. It was of Him and The Bloodmoon twins. She smiled. "I like it, Ruin! It's amazing."

Ruin smiled, clapping his hands.