Branches of Time.

dark safety.

(june 18th, 1:15am)

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"Wh-Why are you doing this?"

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Please don't...

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"What's wrong with you?"

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I wanted to live. And you were just willing to kill me then, all willy-nilly?

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"I-I'm sorry, Danger..."

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No, you weren't... or maybe you were... perhaps I'm not looking at this situation right...

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"But this... this is for him-"

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Why though? Who could I have possibly hurt...? I know I used to be trouble, but... I couldn't help it...

WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?!

"I DON'T GET IT!"

Danger suddenly shot up awake, trembling with utter confusion. He looked around the Dimension of Darkness, which was even darker than usual. Probably because it was in the middle of the night.

"Why... what snapped in you... [Player]?" he muttered, fiddling with his own hands. "Did I do something wrong to deserve this...?"

Carefully stroking the bandage covering his left eye, he began to cry just a bit more.

"You know... Darky said that I'd... most likely be blind in this eye now... I- you permanently blinded me, but... why was that...?" he whispered, slowly looking up at another marker, who was also slowly waking up.

"Danger, is everything-"

Within a second, that marker pulled Danger even closer, sat in his lap. He held him up, slowly wiping away a single tear.

"Let me guess, you had a dream about it again?" he asked, in a rather worried tone, but still somewhat collected. Danger silently nodded, before getting pulled into a hug. "You can tell me, dear..."

"...I just... I don't know why they did it... there has to be a reason!" he cried out, wrapping his arms around him. "I know it shouldn't matter... but still! WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT?" Danger added, crying even more into him. "I'm sorry, Darky-"

"No, no, don't be." Dark Markery suddenly interrupted, pulling Danger away a bit and locking eyes with him. "You're allowed to talk about - and show - how you feel. I know what it's like to just... keep it all in, and... it's not worth it."

He slowly caressed his face, talking about how he literally almost died, and how that'd OBVIOUSLY be traumatic, and therefore would affect him deeply.

"I know that you don't want to make others worry, but... just think about yourself here. I don't want you to suffer in silence... I want you to be happy." Dark said, looking away as his face blushed a dark lilac. "...because you make me happy... more than anything..."

"Even more so then... hypothetically replacing Purple Marker?" Danger asked jokingly, before Dark Markery replied with asking if he stuttered, making Danger chuckle a bit in the process.

"Look, just... while you may never know why that had to happen... I promise I'll always be here for you, by your side. I love you, and I'm not letting you have to get through this on your own. After all... we fight anything together."