▀▄▀ .𝙴𝚇𝙴 ▄▀▄

Frowning. Never mind the fact that he's still not getting answers to the how, all he's thinking now is...

"You'd have to be sitting still for a whole year... I would've gotten so bored."

"So you just turned into one-?"

Back to looking stumped..

Forgive him. He's mostly tangled with machines, not magics.

"Wow..."

Realization hits. He was so engrossed in cactus facts that he'd nearly forgotten to ask-

"Wait, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 were you even a cactus? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 were you a cactus to begin with?"

( putting a hand to his chin, nodding. )

The plural is 'Cacti,' yes.
I did not know that fact about the camels, though. Fascinating...

( oh he looks extra lost, now )

I don't follow . . .
You were literally a cactus?

No . . . ?

( visible confusion )

𖡼 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𖡼
♰ᔓ 𝕮𝖞𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝕽𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗 ᔕ♰

🎲𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 🎲➕➖➗✖️

He's a bit lost on the meaning, but—

. . . noted?

get equipped with daily life

//: we still got like 2 weeks before the game comes out

//: capcom usa uploading the star force anime episodes leading up to the release of the collection is real awkward now cus they just got to the last episode they dubbed before canceling it in the west lmao

— you doing your thing. It's really great to see you again!"

[ #𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐙 ]

— sight of a (presumably) friendly face.

Well, what he didn't know couldn't hurt him. At least for now.

"Sorry to show up unannounced. The net was filled with all these weird portals.
I volunteered to investigate, then ended up here.

Should've guessed it was —

Susie's voice was the final piece of the puzzle for this mystery, clicking everything perfectly into place.
The machines, the lab, the symbols.. It all made sense. Of course, it was Susie! Likely, one of her experiments opened those portals.

"Susie!" He beamed, guard dropping completely at the —

//: and now i vanish for 6 hours

— 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 he'd seen before, somewhere.

"What's all this...?"

It was only a matter of time before @haltmannsecretary.bsky.social would run into him, rather than another digital monster as intended.

[ #𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐙 ]

— netbattlers and defenders had done their best to keep others from entering. But someone would have to eventually go in and see where they led...

Which is how Mega Man.exe found himself aboard the Access Ark observing strange machines and creatures, most adorned with a large "H" that he'd —

With Lan busy out with his friends for the day, the Hikaris' netnavi took it upon himself to investigate reports of strange portals opening up all over the net.

Portals to other worlds, heck, other 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴 of time in the cyber world were uncommon, but not unheard of.
Higher-ranking —

a man with headphones is crying about something Alt: crying about it

//: me when i wanna participate in the sl but i gotta clean up around the house and go to work and by the time i get back everyone is offline

[ 𝙁𝙖𝙮𝙚, 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘 ]

- NO LEWD!
- 18+ writer
- Crack / Banter / Serious

would hatsune miku approve of all this

a huge mess on miku day of all things how could this happen

//: I'd love to involve Hub in this SL but sadly I'm still at work

"Oh, Susie...

What have you gotten yourself into..."