Inanimate Insanity Invitational: The Galactic Virus

🔥 • Chapter 5: A Mistake with Consequences • ⚫⚪

As the Felicanin paced, she stared at the barred sides of the cage, and suddenly a idea popped into her head.  "Wait a minute.." she mumbled, as she tried sneaking her way out of the cage bars. It seems to work, being thin enough to slide through. The Felicanin chuckled, turning towards Bows cage and bringing out a moonsword. In a swift motion, she cut open the walls for Bow to come through. "Aha! C'mon, Bow." The Felicanin ordered, turning around and running off, with Bow running behind. "YAY!"
"..that Phone is on THIN. ICE." The Felicanin mumbled again, her anger getting more increased the more she thought about "Monster." The Felicanin refuses to think she's a monster.
And she never will.
As she walked, she noticed the paintbrush again. She turned to Bow with a smirk. "Hey, Bow, can you do me a favor? I'm going to infect the paintbrush, you can go infect the white and black orb if they try attacking me back." She ordered, followed by a quick nod from the pink bow. The Felicanin smiled before slowly crawling to the tall Paintbrush in the distance. As she slowly snuck up to the paintbrush, she makes sure to be extremely careful to not grab their attention. Luckily for the Felicanin, the Paintbrush didn't seem to notice...
The Felicanin smirked, her tail slowly wagging before she unexpectedly jumps onto the Paintbrush, catching them off-guard. The Paintbrush gets knocked down onto the ground, the purple goop from the Felicanin spreading onto their crimp (the silver metal part for those who don't know,) and a little bit on their bristles. The Felicanin chuckled as she slowly got off of the Paintbrush, smiling triumphantly. "That was easy.. I guess I just needed to keep the white and black orb distracted for a while." She mumbled.
After a moment, the Paintbrush started stirring, watching the galaxy goop rush out their mouth like drool and turn to the Felicanin, who has a satisfied expression on her face while she watches them realize who they are now. "Welcome, Painty," The Felicanin greeted. "For a start, you can help Bow on infecting over there." She quickly scanned the area for Bow and pointed to her and the black and white orb in the distance. Painty slowly gets up to their feet, staring blankly at where the Felicanin pointed before they nodded, immediately rushing off to help Bow. As they scattered off, the Felicanin watched from afar, wanting to see how Painty infects. This should be easy.. right?
As the Felicanin watched from afar, she seemed to realize that Paintbrush was doing a good job so far. She passed up closer to the scene when she saw the black and white orb half-infected. Only the black side seemed to be infected, but not the white side, who seemed to be in complete shock and fear. Painty tries to infect them more, but to no avail. The Felicanin stared in confusion, not knowing how they are half-infected and how it's not spreading to the white side. "..Huh.." She whispered. "That's weird.. usually the infection would've taken over the whole body by now." The Felicanin looked at the white and black orb, with clear obliviousness. Painty stared at them too, trying to see what was off with the black and white, purple-splattered object.

One of their eyes were purple while the other was seemingly afraid of the other. Suddenly, Painty's eyes widened as they suddenly had a idea. "Oh yeah!" They spoke. "I think I only infected Yang." Painty replied, catching the Felicanin's attention again. She turned to the black and white orb in surprise. "Then we must infect the other half!" She replied in slight aggravation as she lifted her paw towards the white half. Instinctively the white and black orb backed away, the white half's eyes widening in fear while Yang's eyes squinted. "No!" The white half yelled, jolting back from the Felicanin. However Yang had tugged them back to the Felicanin, now having a tug-of-war with them. "YIN, let them infect you!" Yang yelled, tugging on the body to get Yin closer to the Felicanin's grasp. "No, I won't!" Yin replied, tugging back. The two were still in a tug-of-war of where to go, struggling to move without the other going the wrong way. As the two argued over where to go, the Felicanin paused, watching them argue like little kids.
Yin and Yang argued for a while—the argument never seemed to end, making the Felicanin stare in annoyance of the two. Eventually, the Felicanin tried to end the argument, growling at the two and catching them off-guard. The Felicanin sighed once she got the two's attention, before she swung her paw at Yin. He tried to jump back, however Yang kept him in place, confirming Yin's fate. Yin winced as the purple liquid stained the top of his side, and the infection quickly took control of him. "Yes!" The Felicanin triumphantly replied, jumping off of Yin-Yang and watching them as they get used to their new minds..
"Alright, let's go! I think we have a advantage!" The Felicanin ordered, followed by the infected contestants suddenly scrambling off. She giggled manically as she watched her chaos begin.. however a few moments later, she hears a scream rise from a distance. Her ears turned up as she hears the voice, and immediately recognized who it was from.
Nickel is in danger.

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Yin and Yang appeared in the spacescape, both of them are confused, especially from Yin. However Yang is becoming defensive.. as they look around, they see the group of contestants and the Galac-goo in the distance. The Galac-goo can be seen "hugging" Paintbrush, headbutting themselves into their arms. The Galac-goo didn't seem to notice the two until a few moments later. "Oh! New friend!" The Galac-goo squeaked as they swam over to the two in complete excitement! Yang glances at the galac-goo with a fierce gaze, making the Galac-goo slow down in fear once they saw him. After a awkward moment of silence, Yin spoke up. "Hello! Sorry about Yang, he's just cautious." Yin greeted the Galac-goo, reassuring them that Yang didn't mean any harm right now, despite the protective gaze he gave them. The Galac-goo quickly nodded before transitioning back to their happy-go-lucky mood. "Okay, well, hello!! Welcome to the spacescape!" The Galac-goo squeaked, greeting the two into the space-like void. "So.. who are you?" The Galac-goo asked, as they started floating around Yin and Yang, curious about their appearance. Yin didn't mind it, while Yang kept on making side-glances at them. "Oh.. I'm Yin, and this is Yang!" Yin introduced himself and Yang to them, followed by Yang rolling his eyes. "W-Wait, you have two names?" The Galac-goo's asked, starting to think of Yin and Yang as a whole person.. Their question caught Yin and Yang off-guard, not expecting a question like this. Yang sighs before facepalming. "Well.. n-no—" Yin replied, before he got cut off by Paintbrush, who had stepped into the scene. "They're two people in one body." They replied, slightly laughing at the small goop's obliviousness. The Galac-goo's eyes widened as they started laughing as well. "They are?? That's so cool!" They complimented, giggling like a little kid as they continued to float around Yin-Yang.

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We're getting closer to the trauma/lore moment!!!!