Goose's PoV:

I woke up, and realized that Sweet Corn was not in bed, I sensed something was wrong, so I immediately went to go search for her.

"Sweet Corn?" I hollar, "Sweet Corn?"

I didn't know the place, so I went to Kagekeo's room, maybe he can help me. I knocked on the door, doing DO! Do-do-do DO! I hear rustling and Kage opens the door, "何か要りますか？" and I blink, "Uh- Sweet Corn's gone and I feel like something happened..."

"トビー..." Kage groans, and I tilt my head.

"Who?" I ask, I don't know japanese.

"Toby," with that, he yawned, and I nod.

"Thank you, I'll look for him!" I smile, and he nods, going back to sleep.

Can't silence me buster! Fuck- they're back-

I groan, walking down the halls, looking for a room that may be Toby's.

I find a door, that maybe Toby's, and knock on it, a small 'Come in!' from Marble prompts me to open the door, not expecting Marble to be having a tea party with Sally, "Oh- sorry this must be the wrong room, Marble, do you know wh-"

I get cut off by a squeal, "Can you join the tea party?"

I look at Sally, and I just can't say no, so I nod, "Alright, but I'll need to find my friend soon."

So, that's how I end up with Marble and Sally. Apparently, Sally can see all of the imaginations, and hear them too, soon afterwards, MGT joins too. I summon some of my imaginations, like Puck the rabbit, and an hour later, Puck and Sally are snuggling in bed, fast asleep, and I tuck them in, Marble doesn't need to sleep, but they were anyways, because they like sleep, and MGT said he needs to go to something, and I think nothing of it, and I leave.

I twist through corridors upon corridors, Orby joins me at some point, and so does the running women, the only black shadow that is from my imagination, who is named Mary.

"Mary, do you think you can find Sweet Corn?" I ask, but Mary shook her head.

"No, I cannot go through walls, it took a lot of running to find you, I cannot teleport." I nod at this, and continue walking through hallways, at one point, I must've taken a turn to a hallway for the proxies, because I found Masky and Hoodie's rooms, but there were still a few.

I continue to walk down, inspecting any doors that could be Toby's, I know I was close to where Sweet Corn was, because well- yeah.

I bet Sweet Corn doesn't want to be friends with you.

Bullshit, leave- HEY LOOK AT THAT DOOR! SHE HAS TO BE IN THERE!

Mental shouts at me, and I knock on the door, You owe me a hug if she's in there

Deal, but you have to kiss me if she isn't.

Will you two stop-

No

I groan, but knock on the door again.

"She fell down! She's outside!" I heard orby say, and I rushed to the nearest exit, which was a window, and jumped out of it.

I managed to not break anything, for some unknown reason, andd I sprint to where I felt like Sweet Corn could be, "SWEET CORN ISTG I DON'T WANT ANYONE MURDERING YOU-" I yell, I finally find her and rushed over seeing Jeff there, and Toby, I go for Jeff, tackling him, "DON'T YOU FUCKING HURT HER OR I'LL HURT YOU AGAIN YOU LITTLE-"

Then Liu swipes Sweet Corn away, and Orby flies into his face.

I chase after Liu, "LIU DON'T TAKE SWEET CORN AWAY FROM ME WHAT THE HELL-"

Kill him

Hug him!

Punch him

"AND THIS IS WHY I TAKE MY MEDICATION, SHUT UP" I shout at the annoying little voices of who knows what.

I catch up to Liu and take Sweet Corn away, Toby following me as I ran.

"LET US ALL JUST CHILL, OKAY, LET'S STOP FIGHTING FOR SWEET CORN" A darn voice all too familiar yells in my place.

"FUCK-"

Liu pushed Jeff and tackled me, so I fought him, Toby picked Sweet Corn up, Jeff and Liu both screamed at him, using this as a distraction I pushed Liu down and got up, twisting and weaving through the woods, catching up to Toby easily, and tackled him, "TOBY ISTG STOP IT!" I yelled, and went to go pick up Sweet Corn, running away, twisting through the trees to lose them, but that didn't work and I got tackled by Jeff, so I punched him in the face. Suddenly Zalgo came in and stole her, which I did NOT like.

Neither did Mental, because they summoned a cross or something, surprisingly and ran in a direction, I had no control now, so I just let them.

"I KNEW IT!-" Liu yells, "SHE FUCKING WORKS FOR ZALGO-"

"SHE DOESN'T, HE JUST STOLE HER- WE NEED TO GET HER BACK!" I yelled, finally taking control, "I'M NOT LOSING HER."

"W-*tic* We got t-*tic* tell Slender!"

"I'LL FUCKIN' MURDER HIM,"

Let's just say I went Apeshit, then my Sweet Corn senses went off and I ran to the mansion, calling for Sweet Corn, worried AF, "Sweet Corn?" I call, "Sweet Corn???"

I yell and yell, my voice was getting horse now, so I shook every door I found, and basically was the mother of Timmy from that one video.

(https://youtu.be/H20oG9_93vA )

"Sweet Corn? Where are you child?"

"Mama wants to go do dr- go to sleep!" I went to the dining room where lunch was being held, "Has anyone seen my friend?"

"SWEET CORN!" I yell into the halls while walking through them

I start panicking, "oh god- SWEET CORN! That mother's adrenaline is kicking in."

"SWEET CORN!" I screech, panicking even more.

"I can see every equation!" I say, thinking what could have happened.

I see Nina, "Excuse me ma'am have you Sweet Corn? She's about this tall, clearly a simp but we haven't had a talk."

I spot a door, barging in, "SWEET CORN ARE YOU IN HERE?" It wasn't Sweet Corn, but Sally having a tea party, and I left before they could say anything.

"Sweet Corn!"

I see a cup of coffee, "Oh look, my luck's starting to turn!" I drink it, spitting it out, "WHO THE FUCK PUTS SOY IN THEIR COFFEE?" I hear Kage snickering.

"I'll let you do drugs!" I call out.

"SWEET CORN!?"

"I'm gonna have a stroke!" I panic,

"WHERE'S THE PARK RANGERRRR" I yell, in the woods now.

"Thank you," Slender states calmly, "I'll be in town next week for Grandma's funeral."

I bust in, "ASSHOLE," I shout, startling Slender, "TELL ME WHERE MY FRIEND IS OR I'LL SUCK YOUR GODDAMN DICK."

"Have you tried retracing your steps?" Slender askes,

"RETRACE THIS!" I start throwing random things at him from behind my back, before getting picked up by Slender with one of his tentacles, and I thrash around.

He then teleports me to a door, and leaves me there, I could feel like she was in there, so I tried to open it, finding it locked on the outside, why do people do that? I unlock the door and get hit with the stench of death, and I scrunch my nose at it, but smile when I find Sweet Corn, I rush over and hugged her tight, "OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO KILL THAT BURNT CHICKEN NUGGET WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE DEMON KING."

"You mean Zalgo?" A voice deadpanned, and I saw Bloody Painter, and I nodded.

"I WILL FIND A WAY TO KILL HIM ISTG-"

I stop hugging her and look into her eyes, "Did he do anything? Are you hurt? Do you need a cross? Are you mentally worse? Do we need to go see if anything is wrong? Are you okay? What's this was this here be- oh yeah it was. Do you need anything? I was so worried!"

"We're having dinner together o_O" and I freak out.

"Wait what-" Bloody painter says, and I just panic.

"What if he does something to you? Will you be okay? What do you mean? Why can I hear the confused face thing? Are you okay? Do we need to get Slender?"

"wAiT dOn'T tElL SLeNdEr PlEaSe-" She panicked, and I shook my head.

"Between the two, I think Slender is more trustable, and that's saying something because you know I try to stay neutral."

"We should tell Slender about this, if he really wants to have dinner with you, then he might be up to something." and I nodded, while Sweet Corn just said NoOo-

I take Sweet Corn to Slender's office, Bloody Painter right behind me, and I see he cleaned up from me throwing stuff, "Ah, I see you have found Multiply, is there something you need?"

"IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT- COME ON GUYS LET'S JUST G-"

I nodded, "Zalgo took her while Jeff, Liu, Toby, and I were trying to- well- we were fighting over her, Zalgo came in and poofed her away, I don't know what happened, but she ended up locked in Bloody Painter's room, and- she said something about having Dinner with him-"

"What?" Slender cuts me off, and I nod.

"It's what I know," I honestly answered.

"None of it was true..-" She said, "Nothing happened.."

I shook my head, "Sweet Corn, I saw him poof you away, plus you told me that, even if you imagine it, something had to trigger you saying that, meaning he probably said something along the likes of 'see you soon'"

"Thank you, Goose, for telling me this," Slender states, "You may be dismissed."

I open my mouth to protest, but I close it, nodding, taking one last glance at Sweet Corn before I left the room.

Once closing the door with care, I turned around, jumping when I saw Masky and Hoodie behind me, "What were you doing in there?" Hoodie asks, and I panic a bit,

"Ah- I was just-" I stammer, "S-something I- urm-"

Masky raised his hand, and I closed my mouth, "No, it's fine, you don't have to say, is Multiply still in there?"

I wondered how they knew she was in, but they probably saw me dragging her here, so I just nodded.

Suddenly I heard, "Child, I will not judge what is happening, Zalgo and I are simply rivals, f-frenemies you could say.."

And my shipper radars went off, so I poked my head in, "Sureeee, 'frenemies'" I taunted, before closing the door again, laughing my head off.

"What'd he say?" Hoodie asked, and I just said,

"My shipping radars went off-" I hear the door open and I see Sweet Corn, who I immediately tackled into a hug, "Are you okay? Did he yell at you? DO I NEED TO ADD ANYONE TO MY HI- Naughty list-"

"Goose has a hit list," Masky deadpans, "I with the people on there the best of luck."

Sweet Corn hid behind me as I gasp, pretending to be hurt by his words.

"I do not!" I protest, how would he even know?

I scoff, "Even if I do, you don't actually do," With that, I look back at Sweet Corn, realizing it's lunch time, "Sweet Corn, how about we go get some food because you need to eat, you haven't eaten all day!"

She nodded, and I led her back to the dining room, I sit down with her to find sandwiches and some apple juice, which is great, because I love sandwiches and apple juice.

I bite into the sandwich to find it was how I usually make my sandwiches, which I was glad about, realizing they probably know what we'd even put into our sandwiches, I find Katie also eating her sandwich, which the bread was toasted.

"Did the two almighty decide to eat lunch today?" Katie joked, pointing out we usually don't eat lunch- oops-

"No, I'm just eating when I have my appetite. I almost drowned and was out for who knows how long." Hold up- Who almost drowned her? I look over sharply, a fire in my eyes, "Who tried to drown you?" I ask, ready to add them to my hit-list.

"Some idiot who wanted to know more about Ni- I mean, Lizzy."

I nodded, "What is their name or what do they look like?"

"I don't remember. They never told me their name and I suck at memorizing stuff so I forget things pretty easily." I nodded, knowing they wouldn't want that person dead, so I stopped.

I saw Sweet Corn fall down, dropping her apple juice, FUCKING- WHY DOES SHE KEEP GETTING POISENED- Well I don't know! You said it's your turn on the body! Anyways- I rush over to Sweet Corn, carrying her to the clinic, Katie right beside me, "Is this why you guys never eat at the dining table?" Katie asks.

"Well no shit!" Mental snaps, "This somehow always happens! I'm going to fucking kill the person who decided to poisen Dollface!"

Katie nods, "I wanna join in on that too, this is sabotaging the selected, you both have more of a chance to win than others, not only that, but you guys seem to get along well with the Creepypastas!" I looked into Katies eyes, and I could see the iris and pupil have gotten bigger, and well- darker.

"Why are your eyes so dark and black, the sclera is so small, and more grey?" Katie pales, if that was possible and I continue, "Are you okay? Do you have an eye infection or something, I'm no eye doctor, but I'm pretty sure eyes aren't supposed to do that."

Katie shrugs, "I-I'll ask EJ a-about it."

I nodded, opening the door to the clinic, "Eyeless Jack! Are you in here? Someone decided to poison Sweet Corn and now I'm going to start STABBING SHIT."

EJ rushes in, shooing us to put Sweet Corn on a bed. I do so, and I pace around outside, "What happened, who decided to do that, WHO DO I NEED TO KILL?" I rush over to EJ, who just exited the room where Sweet Corn was in, grabbing him by the collar, my eyes wide, insanity clear in them, along with anger.

"Calm down, someone drugged Multiply with sleeping pills, she'll be okay, also please try to go and kill everyone you see because someone decided to drug your friend."

"How long is she gonna be out?" Katie asks before I could.

"Two hours," EJ states, and I nod, knowing I should probably do something to pass the time.

I went out of the room, deciding maybe I should read something, work on solving the red X thing, because I have been distracted with it, I ran into the library before, so I didn't bother asking for directions, but I get stopped by Masky and Hoodie, "Hey, where are you going?" Masky asks, and I shrug.

"I'm just going to the library, I haven't read in awhile, and I still wanna do some of my hobbies!" I joke, there wasn't much I could do, but I was interested in the library, it was huge.

They nodded, "Do you need an escort?" I raised my eyebrows, and shook my head, and continued to walk off.

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When I made it to the library, it was empty, the only sound I hear was of a page flipping, curious, I follow the sound, I turn a corner, and I find Slender sitting in one of the seats, he looks up at me and I just wave, I realize that the books here were about the human body, specifically eyes, I was always fascinated by eyes, how they looked, how they work, everything about the eyes, it always fascinated me. Forgetting about Slender, I went to pick up the book about eyes, I opened it immediately before I even made it to a seat, I plop down and start reading, although I close the book to look at the name: Interesting things about eyes

On the cover there were a bunch of eyes, and I found myself looking at them, noting every single shade. I open it up again, and I start reading.

Your eyes are about 1 inch across and weigh about 0.25 ounce.

Wow, that is something, I knew eyes were light, but not this light!

The human eye is a sense organ that reacts to light and allows vision. Rod and cone cells in the retina are photoreceptive cells which are able to detect visible light and convey this information to the brain. Eyes signal information which is used by the brain to elicit the perception of color, shape, depth, movement, and other features. The eye is part of the sensory nervous system.

I continue to read about the human eye, I was on page 4 when I was interrupted, "You are a confusing child,"

I look up to see Slender, so I say, "How so?"

"Well," He starts, "You could be a proxy to any of us, because you have interests and talents that each condone to each of us,"

"What would those be?" I ask, confused, I was all over the place, yes, but that kinda just makes me more of a mess if I do say so myself-

"For example, you went to me when Multiply told you about how she met Zalgo, and told me the truth, that is something I look for."

I nod slowly, taking that in, I did that because well, I was worried about Sweet Corn, not for anything else, really, but Slender continues on, "You show you excitement to blades like Jeff does, and despite you hating hi-"

"Hate is a strong word," I point out, but pause for a bit, "Okay yeah I do hate him."

"And that, you joke, even if you're in life or death situations, you somehow make a joke, I don't get that, but BEN and Jeff both do that, relating even more to that."

I shrug, "Making jokes kinda helps the situation." I explain, matter-of-factly.

"Yes, I know," Slender spoke, "But the thing that makes you the most confusing is the fact that you're interested in the human body, you can be quiet at times, the fact that you picked up a book about human eyes show that you could become a proxy of Eyeless Jack, along with the patience."

I take that in, yes, I do show interest in the human body, buts that's because of how it works! Like- it's like magic, and there- I should stop rambling-

I slowly nodded, "I'm just all over the place, plus I didn't choose to be here, I'll go with Sweet Corn wherever she goes, that's the most noticeable thing about me."

I got up, not because I was done, no- I still wanted to read, but something told me I should go find Sweet Corn, "By the way, maybe you should tell Liu Sweet Corn doesn't work for Zalgo."

With that, I rushed off, sprinting into the woods, hoping nothing bad is gonna happen to Sweet Corn.

I run and I see something, Hollllly- fuck it's Liu

We didn't take our medication today, did we?

fUcK we didn't

We aren't silen-

Everybody shut the fuck up, Dollface is in danger.

Thank you, Mental, You're welcome, anyways yeah, Liu is there, and so is Sweet Corn.

Fuck.

No.

She.

Ain't.

Getting.

Hurt.

With that thought in mind, I raced over, ready to fucking tackle Liu if needed to.

I got closer, I heard Sweet Corn say, "Actually, I'm a 'Selected' for the proxy trials. Dunno why I'm here, but probably because I'm a filler."

I slow down a bit, hiding in the bushes near, hoping they can't see me from the dense greenery.

"Oh." Liu deadpans.

"Yeah, uh, anyways, why are you here, Liu?" Sweet Corn asks, and I agree, why is he here?

"I just wanted to confirm whether you work for Zalgo or not. But it seems like you don't. "

"Bye Liu! See you around sometime!" She chirped.

"Goodbye, I guess." He tried to walk away, but I tackled him anyways, I saw him, so I must tackle him.

"WHAT THE FUCK-" Liu screeches, trying to get me off of him, but I was tackling him too hard,

"WHY DO YOU TACKLE ME EVERY TIME YOU SEE ME??" He yelps

"BECAUSE-" I stop, getting off him, "Actually, I don't know, think it's a tradition now, but also because you're a threat to Sweet Corn so-" I cut myself off, frowning, I don't know why, but I did.

"Anyways, what's going on?" I ask, now looking between the two.

"Nothing," Sweet Corn spoke, "Wilted Vines Lady just wanted to show me something."

"It doesn't have anything to do with Zalgo, correct? 'Cause if it does I wanna be there to make fun of him and also protect you." I say, remembering what Slender said.

"Nope, nothing to do with that Burnt Cheeto." and I snort, yeah it definitely has something to do with Zalgo.

"Alright," I say, "Nice name for him, by the way."

"He does look like a burnt cheeto though, doesn't he?" She laughs

And I nod, laughing a bit too, waving at Sweet Corn.

With that, I left, but not without grabbing Liu's ear and dragging him away, making sure he doesn't do anything, I'm gonna keep a close eye on him today, I don't trust him near Sweet Corn.

"You're gonna stay in my sight until dinner," I command,

"What? Why?!" He protests.

"Because I don't trust you." I deadpan, glaring at him, "now c'mon."

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It was now dinner time for the selected, I noticed Sweet Corn was absent during it, which worried me, we needed to be well rested for tomorrow, because that is the next trial, Liu still stayed by my side even during Dinner, because he found it funny that I would train and stop to look back at him, I think he was scared though, because he kept sitting there awkwardly while I was eating, probably because Mental threatened to beat his balls blue if he continues crying. Katie joined me, sitting across from me, raising an eyebrow at Liu, "Why...Why is Liu here?" And I laugh.

"I found Liu being a threat to Sweet Corn, so I tackled him, then made him stay by my side until dinner because I didn't trust him."

Katie slowly nodded, "But... it's dinner now.. So why is he still here?"

"I think he's too scared to leave," I joke, "And because Mental threatened him may be one of the reasons."

"Mental threatened to beat our balls blue.." Sully sulked, glaring at us though, and I laughed.

"You can leave now, y'know," I pointed out, smiling at him.

He nods and rushes out, and I laugh again, "I am all powerful," I joke, and Katie laughs along.

"So," Katie starts, "Tomorrows the second trial, have any idea on what it is?" I just shrug, everything was scribbled out relating to the trials, and I realize it was my handwriting that did that, but I don't remember when I did that, but I did have a section about what the red X could possibly mean.

"That's a bummer, hey, where is Multiply?" Katie asks, looking at Sweet Corn's empty spot, and I felt the mother's adrenalin kick in again, I get up, rushing to Slender's office, considering he could maybe tell me where she is, because she could be in danger! She- okay no, let's not think about the worst possible scenarios, I rushed to Slender's office, White shadows danced around me, and knocked alongside me.

"Come in, but one at a t-"

I didn't let him finish as I burst through the door, the white shadows now dancing all around, running and prancing, resembling forest creatures, deers, rabbits, wolves, you name it, the only one that wasn't native to woods, were the geese flying around, "What the- where did these come from?!" I don't explain, all I say is, "Sweet Corn is missing."

"What?!" He stood up, "What do you mean missing?"

I shook my head, the white shadows returning to my side, "She's wasn't at dinner, the last place I saw her was in the woods, I heard her say something about Zalgo, but she told me she wasn't meeting up with him for dinner, so I expected her to be back by now but she isn't!" I ramble, my panic making the white shadows prance around again.

Slender disappeared, but I didn't know where to, but I waited for him, sitting against the wall, the white shadows surrounding me, feeling my unease.

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I sat there, silent, Mental said they can get Sweet Corn, but they weren't back yet, I tugged at the necklace Mental told me to not take off, fiddling with it, all of a sudden, Sweet Corn and Mental appeared, and Mental flew into the necklace, Slender apparently adopted Dollface and Zalgo stole the papers, so now they're fighting who has custody, anyways apparently we do. Well, that was a turn of events, but I rushed up to hug Sweet Corn, white woodland animals and geese dancing around us.

And she hugged back.

I stood there, the dancing white shadows cheered with joy, I hear the pitter patter of footsteps, and I look to see Masky and Hoodie walking our way, the woodland creatures shifted into geese and fennec foxes, both who calmed down, the foxes sitting and the geese nestling down.

"What the fuck are those?" Hoodie pointed to the white shadows of geese and fennec foxes, and I stared at him shocked, "How can you see them?" I ask, I was finally calming down, and soon they disappear, "Well, now they're gone."

I add up this information, could the imaginations be getting stronger? Does it have to do with emotions?

"I have somewhere else to be right now..-" I sharply turn, suddenly worried.

"Where-ever it is, it can wait, you're going to the clinic now." The white shadows appeared again, Masky simply asking, "The hell's going on here?" With that, Sweet Corn runs in the direction of the library. To which I run after her.

She ran into a room and locked the door, I could hear her muffled running, meaning she was running away from the door, and I started trying to break down the door, the shadows also trying to break down the door.

I finally give up though, MGT appearing, "What's wrong?" He asks, and I explain.

"Something was wrong with Sweet Corn, so I tried to get her to the clinic, but she ran away and locked herself in the library, MGT, can you please check up on her?"

Wow, you're too clingy.

Clearly Sweet Corn doesn't want to be near you.

Guys chill out, they're acting like a mother would!

Our mother wouldn't do this.

Other mothers would though!

I think Sweet Corn wants to be left alone.

She doesn't want to be near you.

I shook my head, stop it, stop it, stop it. No, I'm just trying to do the best for them, but at the same time, I feel like this is my fault.

It's not your own fucking fault, it's her's, she doesn't want to bother anyone, you know this, she ran away at the mention of clinic, just don't push her. I nod at this, that sounded like a good plan.

I got up and decided to work on my skills with the machete, take it out with a dummy.

You're so weak

Only one? Do ten!

How do you expect to protect Sweet Corn with your skill?

"Shut up, Shut up, SHUT UP!" With that, the dummy collapsed, and I sat down, I knew I should've taken my medication, they're so loud, it hurts.

"A-*tic* Are y-you okay?" A voice spoke, and my head shot up, seeing Ticci Toby, and I hesitantly nod.

"N-*tic* No you're n-not," Toby ticks again, "Y-Y*tic* You were say-saying to*tick* sh-shut up."

"Oh," I deadpan, "I was talking to myself, i-it's a bad habit," I chuckled, it was a bad habit for me to talk out loud, honestly.

"Do-*tic* Do you have vo*tic* voices in your h-*tic* head too?" He asks, leaning close to my face, inspecting me, and I hesitantly nodded, "Doesn't everyone?" I ask, did having voices in your head weird?

"Te *tic* Tell me about them," He sat down criss-cross-apple-sauce and I sigh.

"I don't know how many, sometimes they're nice, sometimes they're..." I trail off, quietly say, "Not.."

He tilts his head, ticking, and I took that as a sign to continue, "I took medication that somehow silenced them, but I forgot to today, and now they're back, they tell me I'm too clingy, tell me I'm weak, tell me that I can't protect Sweet Corn with my skill, the only one that I can't get rid of is Mental, who kinda acts like an alternate personality at the same time, they aren't." I ramble, "They tell them to shut up, and they listen for a bit, before they decide to yell at me again," My voice cracks, and I start tearing up, "I tried to cover up how I feel, because they seem to kinda control me, I just-" I cried, and Toby crawled up to me, hugging me, I could see the white shadows of the wildlife start dancing around me again, but I just cried into his hoodie, it's been a long time since I last cried this much, god I'm a mess without my pills, but I had to wait until tomorrow before doing that, or else it wouldn't work.

I don't know how long I cried, but soon the sun was setting, I stopped crying though, my eyes red and puffy, Toby carries me back to my room, and I don't mind the ticks, and I realized how tired I was, I muttered a thank you, before falling asleep, I needed to rest, tomorrow was the next trial.

*~~~*

Dollface's POV :

I woke up in a room, and Toby was bouncing, waiting for me to wake up, He couldn't seem to stay still for more than a minute. I got up and groaned, "Ugh.. Where am I..?-"

"YAY! YOU'RE *tic* A-AWAKE!" Toby chirps, "I-I thought you d- *tic* -died."

"Wait what-" I questioned- Then I remember seeing Soul Taker. "Oh, that, yeah everything's good, I'm fine-" I said.

"Okay!" Toby chirps, "Tell m-me more *tics* a-about your *tics* v-v-voices please! :D"

"I- Uhm-" I stuttered, "Maybe we could talk about this somewhere else?"

He smiles and chirps, "Sure!!"

I headed towards the door, but he grabbed my wrist, opened the window, threw me out the window, followed me out the window, and closed it. I broke my left arm again, I stood up and pretended I landed on my feet. Toby also jumped off the roof and landed on his feet. Then he started dragging me somewhere. Then Jeff came and swiped me away frmo Toby.

"H-HEY THAT'S M-M-MY K-KID!-" Toby yelled, ticking.

"NOPE SHE'S MI-" Jeff said, before getting cut off my Liu swiping me.

"DON'T YOU FUCKING HURT HER OR I'LL HURT YOU AGAIN YOU LITTLE-" Mental yelled.

Liu picked me up like a child and ran away faster than sonic. "LIUUUU GIMME BACK MY PRINCESS- I MEAN UH- GIMME BACK DOLLFACE-" Jeff screams.

"NOOOO LIU GIB ME DA CHILD BACK I NEED TO ASK HER QUESTION-" Toby screams.

"LIU DON'T TAKE SWEET CORN AWAY FROM ME WHAT THE HELL-" Goose yelled. "AND THIS IS WHY I TAKE MY MEDICATION, SHUT UP"

Goose caught up to me and Liu. Goose swiped me away from Liu and Toby, Liu, and Jeff chased after us.

"LET US ALL JUST CHILL, OKAY, LET'S STOP FIGHTING FOR SWEET CORN" A high pitched voice yelled from Goose, then they said in a normal voice, "FUCK"

Then Liu pushed Jeff to boost himself and tackled Goose. Toby on the other hand, picked me up and ran deeper into the woods. "TOBY NO!-" Jeff and Liu screamed simultaneously. "TOBY ISTG STOP IT!" Goose yelled.

Toby ran deeper into the woods with me as Goose chased after us for me. Then they tackled him and picked me up and ran away. "nO-" Toby tackled back and fought over me. I imagined Zalgo saying, "Ha! Too late." And then teleport me away with him. AND... That's what happened.

"HAHA SUCKERS! SHE'S MINE NOW!"

Zalgo said, teleporting me away with him. I imagine the others continuing to fight over me.

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Oh no Burnt Cheeto kidnapped me. What do I do? "Kill him of course." Nightmare said, apparently reading my mind. 'No, we don't kill him, he's a legit demon. You can't kill a demon- Aren't demons already dead? So then you can't kill the dead cause you can't kill BEN and BEN's dead-'

"True true," Nightmare said. Zalgo looked at me and spoke,

"So what is it that you want this time, child?"

He looked at me as he said that, then he continued, "It's because of Slender's proxies and your friend, correct?"

I nodded, having no clue how he knew. He laughed and said, "You may stay as long as you'd like."

Hmm, according to Lulu's backstory, Zalgo took her eyes, so then I shouldn't trust him... BUT HE'S ACTING SO FUCKING NICE RIGHT NOW WHAT THE HELL- WHY ARE THE CREEPYPASTAS TOYING WITH MY TRUST- I sighed and said, "Actually, I should be going back now."

He chuckled and said, "Understandable. You are quite valuable to Slender, you know." I nodded, still confused why Slender even needs me. "I guess I'll see you later?" I said, and he nodded, "I'll see you soon... Very soon..."

That's what he said before he teleported me back to the mansion.

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Mary and Reiko approached me as I entered the mansion. "Dollface!" Mary chirped, hugging me. Reiko continued, "You should hide, Goose is going apeshit because Zalgo took you." I nodded in agreement, so I ran to the stairs and tried to find somewhere to be in the meanwhile. I mean I can't make it look too sus.

I mean, Zalgo did kidnap me. How am I supposed to explain that I was kidnapped by Zalgo, then he let me loose a few minutes later? Bro they ain't gonna believe that shit. "Agreed." A voice behind me said, I jumped and turned around. It was just Nightmare. "Nightmare you scared me!" I said as Nightmare laughs. "Is it me, or am I the only one who already hates this new imagination called 'Nightmare'?" Reiko questioned herself, and Mary nodded, "Yeah it's just you. I don't hate them yet, but they are giving me a bad vibe."

Nightmare just laughed and said, "Well you should be. I give people nightmares after all. You know, my name says it all." Reiko rolled her eyes and said, "Whatever- Hide in Bloody Painter's room I guess."

Wait, Bloody Painter's room?! Wait no- nO-

But before I could say anything, Reiko shoves me into his room and locks me in it. Ah shit.

"Who's there..?" Bloody Painter asks, tiredly. I stayed quiet. He seems tired so I'ma just let him sleep and not worry- "If you don't answer me I'll come up to you and kill you myself."

Ah shoot- I panicked and said, "I'm Happiness Multiplied but please call me Dollface or Multiply because I don't really prefer to be called by my full name so yeah- Someone threw me in here and locked us in from the outside ehehehe- Reiko open the door please-" I said as I bannged the door.

"Reiko..? Who's Reiko?" Bloody Painter asks and I reply, "She's a friend of mine's don't worry about it- ReIkO oPeN tHe FuCkInG DoOr-"

"No, and goodbye."

"WAIT REIKO! NO-" I yelled, but I heard a laugh from Nightmare and they all disappeared, leaving me along with Bloody Painter. "I'm sorry, uhm, I'll leave now- Sorry to bother y-" I said as I tried to open the door. It was fucking locked on the outside :(

I kept trying to open the door but it didn't open. "Fuck." I muttered to myself. "You can stay here as long as you need to." Bloody Painter said, beckoning me to come to him. And so I did. I sat down with him and watched him draw some godly shit.

Then the door busted open. It was Goose.

"OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO KILL THAT BURNT CHICKEN NUGGET WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE DEMON KING." They yelled. Bloody Painter chuckled and corrected, "You mean Zalgo?" Goose nodded and said as they hugged me, "ISTG I WILL FIND A WAY TO KILL HIM-"

I was practically suffocating, but I just pretended it was a normal hug. Yes this is totally a normal hug I am fine.

"Did he do anything? Are you hurt? Do you need a cross? Are you mentally worse? Do we need to go see if anything is wrong? Are you okay? What's this was this here be- oh yeah it was. Do you need anything? I was so worried!" Goose worried. I just imagined having dinner with Zalgo somehow and I just blurted out, "We're having dinner together o_O"

"Wait what?" Bloody Painter was surprised, and Goose freaks out, "What if he does something to you? Will you be okay? What do you mean? Why can I hear the confused face thing? Are you okay? Do we need to get Slender?"

"wAiT dOn'T tElL SLeNdEr PlEaSe-" I panicked, and Goose shook their head saying, "Between the two, I think Slender is more trustable, and that's saying something because you know I try to stay neutral."

Ah shit. Welp this is the end for you Zalgo and it's because I imagined something that will probably never happen. Goodbye Zalgo, good luck surviving now.

"We should tell Slender about this, if he really wants to have dinner with you, then he might be up to something." Bloody Painter said, getting up. I got up and prevented him from leaving, "nOoO-"

But they didn't listen and took me there anyways. Now I have confused myself whether it was an imagination, a joke, or reality.

"Ah, I see you have found Multiply, is there something you need?" Slender spoke. I panicked and blurted out, "IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT- COME ON GUYS LET'S JUST G-" But Goose nodded and told Slender. I'm so dead.

"Zalgo took her while Jeff, Liu, Toby, and I were trying to- well- we were fighting over her, Zalgo came in and poofed her away, I don't know what happened, but she ended up locked in Bloody Painter's room, and- she said something about having Dinner with him-" Goose explains before getting cut off by Slender.

"What?" Slender cuts them off and they nod. "It's what I know," they answered.

I'm so dead. "None of it was true..-" I said, kind of lying and kinda telling the truth. "Nothing happened.."

"Sweet Corn, I saw him poof you away, plus you told me that, even if you imagine it, something had to trigger you saying that, meaning he probably said something along the likes of 'see you soon'" Goose said, proving that I was lying. Ayo time to get into more trouble- And wait, how did they know Zalgo said, "See you soon"? Ehh they might've guessed-

"Thank you, Goose, for telling me this," Slender states, "You may be dismissed."

Ah shoot- I swear if I need to stay back- I'ma die. :( Goose nodded and glanced at me before leaving. I tried to leave with Goose, but after Goose closed the door, Slender said, "Dollface, you'll need to stay. We need to have... A chat..."

I sat down on the chair, trying to keep my gaze away from him. "Tell me everything that has happened relating to Zalgo." I sighed and said, "There isn't much to talk about..."

"Tell me then." He said, I was kinda scared for a few things. 1. He wouldn't believe me. 2. He would lecture me like how my dad does. 3. He would question it. 4. He would lecture me about me trying to lie to him.

I spoke shakily, "We just had a small talk.. Then he let me go.."

"What was the talk about?" Slender asks. I knew it. He would question it. I got a flashback for a second. Get to the point, #####.

"Erm.. He just asked me why I... "Summoned" him again.. Which I didn't, I don't even know how to summon him."

"Again?" He questioned. Shoot, did I say 'again'?

"Uhm- I- uh-" I stuttered, looking down at the desk.

"Child, I know what is going on around my woods, consider this a test of truth." Slender said.

Okay, test of truth. Yeah uh I'm definitely going to fail this test, considering how much and how often I lie.

"Child, I will not judge what is happened, Zalgo and I are simply rivals, f-frenemies you could say.."

Slendalgo??? '^' "Sureeee, 'frenemies'" I heard the door closing again and Goose laughing their head off. Slender seemed to ignore that and I continued,

"Well, the first time I supposively summoned him was when I imagined him meeting me. And the 2nd time was when your uhm.. Proxies.. And my friend, Goose, were fighting over me. So, he popped in and took me. I guess he saved me from the fight..?" I explained, and he nodded. "I see," he said, before continuing, "You may be dismissed, also, tell your Goose friend Zalgo and I are frenemies, not l-lovers."

I nodded, leaving. I imagined Slender blushing for some reason.

As I exited, Goose immediately tackled me into a hug. "Are you okay? Did he yell at you? DO I NEED TO ADD ANYONE TO MY HI- Naughty list-"

"Goose has a hit list," Masky deadpans, "I with the people on there the best of luck."

I was confused and I just hid behind Goose, away from Masky. They gasp and said, "I do not!"

"Even if I do, you don't actually do," Goose said, looking back at me. "Sweet Corn, how about we go get some food because you need to eat, you haven't eaten all day!"

Wait how long was I even out when Toby almost drowned me? Eh, oh well. I nodded, keeping my gaze away from Masky and Hoodie. Goose leads me to the dining room and there was sandwiches and apple juice. I hope they're not drugged-

Ham sandwich. Cool. I took the sandwich and started eating it.

"Did the two almighty decide to eat lunch today?" Katie joked, "No, I'm just eating when I have my appetite. I almost drowned and was out for who knows how long." Goose looked over at me sharply. I knew they were going to ask me who almost drowned me.

"Who tried to drown you?" Goose asks. Called it. "Some idiot who wanted to know more about Ni- I mean, Lizzy." I replied.

They nodded and asked, "What is their name or what do they look like?" Shoot. UH- Time to save Toby. "I don't remember. They never told me their name and I suck at memorizing stuff so I forget things pretty easily." Goose nodded and stopped trying to ask questions. Phew, looks like Toby is saved. I'll tell him that in our next trials, which is the resilience test. I continued eating my sandwich, and for once, Nightmare didn't make me choke on my food, although that was just one time.

I looked at my apple juice and looked at other people's apple juices. Mine looked different somehow. Eh, could just be me. I drank my apple juice and then fell asleep and fell off my chair, dropping my apple juice.

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I "awoken" from my sleep, only to see myself lying in an empty, dark room. I saw Nightmare standing in front of me with Soul Taker, whom I did not name yet. I can't even think of a name right now.

"Like my sleeping powder, Dollface? It's made from my power." Soul Taker said in a casual, calm voice. Nightmare laughed and I just looked at them like a stupid idiot. "How long will I be out?"

"2 hours."

Ah Shoot. 2 hours? That's a long time. "So what brings you to make me come back here? They literally think I was poisoned or something."

Nightmare laughed and said, "That's the point!" I grumbled, "It's not funny to them or me. Can I at least train since I'm in this horrid nightmare?" Nightmare smiled and said, "Of course.. I'll put you back into World War 3 if you'd like. I'd very much like to see you traumatized.." I smiled as Nightmare sent me back to World War 3. NOW I CAN FINISH IT HAHAHA-

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As I trained, or uh, fought in the pretend war that could actually happen, I fainted in the dream and slowly awoken into reality after my 2 hours had passed. I kinda liked being in the "nightmare" because I get to train and not really get hurt in real life. I mean, I can die as many time as I need to and I won't be dead. But it I break an arm here, I don't really feel it much until I wake up. Then I feel the pain rush up. Unlucky for me, I injured myself a hella bunch.

I woke up and I was apparently bleeding out of nowhere. EJ smelled my blood and said, "Seriously?! Again?! This happened last time too!" I jumped off the bed and said, "I'm fine!- OW-" I fell back onto the bed. Fuck the "Ow" reflex- :( Then he questioned, "How the hell do you get hurt after waking up?"

I just responded, "I got myself into World War 3 again." He sighed and said, "Whatever. Come here, I'll patch up your wounds." I jump back and said, "Uhm, no thanks, and bye!-" I ran out of the clinic and just ran away, despite feeling pain. I immediately ran outside and saw Wilted Vines Lady, whom I still haven't named. I waved at her and she slowly beckoned me to come closer. I followed her and she took me deep into the woods.

She shows me a sticky note from.. ZALGO?! Shoot what does he want?! Dinner or- I cut myself as I read it. '^^337 ^^3 43<3 @^c| vv3'|| 4@v3 @ 7@||< c|v<!^o/o c|!^^3<' - -/-@|o/o0 ('Meet me here and we'll have a talk during dinner.' - Zalgo)

Are you kidding me- ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME- I ripped the sticky note and destroyed it as much as I could so I could erase the evidence. He seemed to wrote it in the language I set up for him in my head cannon. But still- WHY DOES HE WANT DINNER WITH ME- Eh, I'll meet him here later so- You probably should expect me there Zalgo- I already am. I imagined Zalgo saying in my head and I drove myself crazy.

"I was right all along. You do work for Zalgo, huh?"

A voice says from behind me, I turned around and it was Liu. I laughed and said, "Why would I work for that Burnt Cheeto?!" He cracked up at the nickname I gave Zalgo. "Actually, I'm a 'Selected' for the proxy trials. Dunno why I'm here, but probably because I'm a filler."

"Oh," Liu deadpans. "Yeah, uh, anyways, why are you here, Liu?" I ask, and he replied, "I just wanted to confirm whether you work for Zalgo or not. But it seems like you don't."

"Bye Liu! See you around sometime!" I chirped. Liu says before leaving, "Goodbye, I guess."

Goose appears out of nowhere and tackles Liu. "WHAT THE FUCK-" Liu screeches, trying to get them off of him, but they were tackling him too hard, "WHY DO YOU TACKLE ME EVERYTIME YOU SEE ME??" He yelps.

"BECAUSE-" Goose stop, getting off him, "Actually, I don't know, think it's a tradition now, but also because you're a threat to Sweet Corn so-" They cut themself off "Anyways, what's going on?" They asked, looking at us.

"Nothing," I said, "Wilted Vines Lady just wanted to show me something."

"It doesn't have anything to do with Zalgo, correct? 'Cause if it does I wanna be there to make fun of him and also protect you." Goose questioned. I was kinda nervous and said, "Nope, nothing to do with that Burnt Cheeto." They snort and said, "Alright, nice name for him by the way."

I laughed and said, "He does look like a burnt cheeto though, doesn't he?" They nodded, laughing a bit too, waving at me before leaving and grabbing Liu by his ear, dragging him with them. I turned to Wilted Vines Lady and she took me somewhere else, deeper into the woods than we were before.

She stood there like stone, so I just decided to train for a bit. After training for a while, Zalgo appeared behind me. I turned around, but before I could say anything, he poofed me away.

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"Looks like they found you huh? I know that you weren't there, so I just decided to kidnap you instead!" Zalgo beams for some odd reason. Why was he so happy about it? "Looks like you have your trials tomorrow." He said, and I totally forgot. Well, I didn't know it was tomorrow. Eh, oh well.

"So what did you want to talk about, Zalgo?" I asked. He laughed then said,

"Come along now, child. Don't worry, dinner's human food."

I hope he wasn't lying. Otherwise I wouldn't eat. I followed him and I saw a fallen angel with dirty blond hair and she said, "Hi, creator. What're doing with my brother?" I replied, "He invited me here."

Zalgo looked at me as we sat down, "Who are you talking to?" The fallen angel grumbled, "|)!c| 43 <3@||v/ _iv57 5@v/ 74@7 ?!" I chuckled and said to her, "I created you, of course he doesn't know who you are." She got mad and disappeared. "What do you mean?" Zalgo asks, confused.

"She's just a character I made who's apparently your adopted sister." I said, then he said in disgust, "Ugh, another annoying sibling- I'm glad she doesn't actually exist." I decided to tease him and said, "But she could actually exist. She's actually dead so-" I heard Zalgo mumbled, "Fuck."

I chuckled and said, "I was just kidding." He realized I was just joking and said, "I knew that!- I just went along with it-" I knew he was lying, but I just let him have it his way. "So, what did you want to have a chat about?"

"Your existence." He teased. I frowned, "You want to end my existence or something?"

"No you dummy. Your.. 'important' to Slender. You and your friend are even a dual in the proxy trials. That's how 'important' you are." Zalgo said, "Your point is?" I asked, not knowing wtf he meant.

Zalgo deadpans and said, "You're somewhat valuable to Slender." I asked, "How so?" He got triggered when I didn't know and he said, "You've got potential." I was still confused, "What potential?" He face palmed and said, "Ask Slender himself." Bummer. "You didn't poison my food, right?" I asked, and he nodded, "It's not poisoned. Why would you think I would do such a horrid thing that only Slender would do?"

Slender poofed behind Zalgo and said, "I heard that you know." Shoot- Slender's here?! Either he just knew I poofed away or Goose told him. Aaaaa- "Also, give me back my child."

Zalgo snickers and says, "Your child? Last time I checked she belonged to ####### ######## and ###### ########. So technically she belongs with her biological family." Slender face palms and says, "No, I adopted her- Here's the-" Slender said as he pulled out, or uh, tried to pull out the adoption form. "Wait where is it-"

"I don't belong to any of you. I belong to Goose and Mental since they are totally married and they adopted me before I met yall." I joked. Actually that kinda sounded insulted uH- Sorry Mental- Sorry Goose- qwq

A ghost appeared and said, "Hey uh- You're not wrong and two, Goose is having a mental breakdown not knowing where you are-" It looked like uh, Goose? Definitely Mental. WAIT GOOSE DIED?! Nah nah nah impossible. Trials are tomorrow-

"Also, by the way, I'm not dead, I have a ghost form, Goose doesn't know about it- Well until now-" Mental said.

"Well it's not my fault some burnt cheeto kidnapped me and I just agreed to meet him wherever he told me to meet him for the chat and I was in the middle of training." I spoke, trying to defend myself.

"Slender adopted y-" Mental spoke, getting cut off by Zalgo, "Oh yeah, Dollface, I adopted you and now you're my child-"

"nO sHe'S mY cHiLd-"

"nO sHe'S mInE-"

"nO mInE-"

As Slender and Zalgo fought over who's child I am, me and Mental slowly left Zalgo's underground mansion only to exit into the burning pits of hell.

"Well- uh- let's just- teleport-" Mental spoke, and I responded, "Okay."

With that, Mental teleported us to Goose. I saw Mental go back into the necklace Goose was wearing and I was surprised. o_O

I stayed silent as I looked at Goose, kinda scared of what they may do. I imagined them yelling at me out of how much they were worried about me or lecture me about not poofing away for no reason or something like that. But it was just awkward silence for a moment. Then: turn of events, Goose hugged me. I hugged them back.

In the corner of my eyes, I thought I saw Masky and Hoodie turning in the corner, coming our way. I wanted to run away, but I didn't for some reason. Then white shadows of foxes and geese formed around us. Hoodie and Masky came closer. Insert anxiety jk I don't have anxiety but like- I want to avoid certain creepypastas as much as possible.

"What the fuck are those?" Hoodie pointed to the white shadows of geese and fennec foxes, and Goose stared at him shocked, "How can you see them?" They ask, finally calming down, and soon they disappear, "Well, now they're gone."

Suddenly I felt a pain in my stomach but I kept up a straight face. I acted as if everything was normal. The pain grew stronger by the minute. Not that I cared, but I got up and said, "I have somewhere else to be right now..-"

Goose sharply turned and said, "Where-ever it is, it can wait, you're going to the clinic now." The white shadows appeared again and I'm not sure whether I should be worried about that or not. Goose rushed me the clinic

"The hell's going on here?" Masky asks, then I just ran away in some direction I don't even know. Goose ran after me and I just entered the room, closed it, and locked it. I ran as far away from the door as possible. After I got away from the door, I looked through my bag to see if I still had the small, black notebook, which I did. I finally know what I'm going to write in it-

... But I don't have anything to write with other than the gel-pen from my diary, which I will not use because it's fucking pink- I looked around the room, which seems to be a library, to see if there was any pens or pencils I could stea- I MEAN BORROW- I heard Goose try to break down the door from all the way where I was, so I decided to re-locate.

Maybe Goose has one? Nope nope nope I ain't gonna bother them over this- I can find one mysel- I saw a pen tied to a glowing golden string. Puppeteer? Bro I can literally see his string- What does he think he's doing?

"Are you going to get it or not?" A voice says from the other side of the shelf. "It's for me?" I asked, and they said, "Yeah. Go ahead and grab it." I picked up the pen, and it led me to the person. It was Puppeteer, just as I thought.

"So why do you need a pen? 'You going to write something down?" He asked, and I nodded, "I'm just going to write down some notes, I guess." He laughed and asked, "What for?" Suddenly my stomach decided to jump up and I started coughing and he helped me stand up. "What's wrong?!"

"Nothing!-" I lied, "Also, about your question, I'm just writing down notes on people just so I have a reminder of something, I guess." He calmed down. "Okay, you can keep the pen by the way." I smiled and said, "Thanks!"

"What's your name?" The Puppeteer asked.

"You can call me Dollface or Multiply." I replied.

"Nice to meet you, Dollface." He greeted me.

"Nice to meet you too, Puppeteer." I greeted back.

"Wait I never told you my name though-" He said.

"I just know it." I deadpanned. "I guess you could say I'm a fangirl, BUT DON'T PANIC! I HAVE NO INTEREST IN DATING ANY CREEPYPASTA HERE- Not that I know all of them anyways, but I guess I know most?" I reassured.

"Okay?-" Puppeteer said, then I continued, "Well, I should get going now, I don't want to worry my friend too much, as much as I don't want to bother them. I hope I see you around some time!" I took the pen he gave me and went back to the locked door. I unlocked it, exited, and I saw Masky and Hoodie waiting for me so I entered the library again, closed it, then locked it.

HGEIOWHGOWEIGHOIE-

I opened the notebook and started writing some notes down.

-Goose seems to care about me a lot. They worry about me a lot. They seem to care about me more than my own mother.

-EJ seems willing to help me, but I don't want to bother him, or anyone else too much.

-Liu thought I was Zalgo's proxy or something at first. I guess he was right for thinking that.

-I seem to be worrying Goose too much. I seriously need to stop.

I couldn't think of anything else to write, so I just closed the notebook and put it back in my backpack along with the pen the Puppeteer let me have. I decided to go back out, and Masky and Hoodie were already walking away. I waited for them to be out of sight and I tried to find Goose.

I saw Goose outside in the corner of my eye. I looked outside to see what was happening. I saw Toby and Goose together. Hm, sus. What was Toby doing with Goose? Why does Goose look so upset? Was it something I did? I kinda got a bit sad when I thought that. Might as well check it out myself to confirm it...

I slowly and quietly headed outside, wondering how Goose was doing and what Toby was doing with them. Maybe emotional support? It looks like it.

As I approached closer, I saw Toby sit down criss-cross-apple-sause and I was close enough to hear and see them, but far enough so they wouldn't see me. Well, hopefully.

"I don't know how many, sometimes they're nice, sometimes they're..." I heard Goose trail off, but I didn't hear what they said after that.

"I took medication that somehow silenced them, but I forgot to today, and now they're back, they tell me I'm too clingy, tell me I'm weak, tell me that I can't protect Sweet Corn with my skill, the only one that I can't get rid of is Mental, who kinda acts like an alternate personality at the same time, they aren't." Goose rambled, then I just decided to go away. I've heard too much anyways.

But then I heard a bit more before leaving. "They tell them to shut up, and they listen for a bit, before they decide to yell at me again," I could see Goose tear up. Yup time to leave.

I quietly left the area and headed around the mansion and entered the woods. I ran deep into the woods and saw Wilted Vines Lady standing there. I can never seem to tell how she feels because she's always covered up with those.. Brownish vines? Or tree roots? I don't know.

Over the target circles I drew on the first day of training, I started punching it hard. Consuming and ignoring the pain, I kept punching it until my hands bled. "Cry, god dammit..-" I muttered, punching even harder, causing it to hurt more than it already did after each hit. I started hitting my head against the tree, making my head bleed. Wilted Vines Lady, who I still haven't named, magically used some vines to stop me.

"Don't hurt yourself too much. It'll become too noticeable."

I nodded as I wiped the blood off my forehead. Shoot, I don't have anything to cover up the wounds-

Nightmare appeared and laughed, "You're such a mess right now! Can't have them finding out about the wounds, am I right?"

I smiled and nodded as Nightmare healed my forehead, though I can still feel the pain. "I can only heal wounds itself, so I can't heal the pain. I mean, it's my job to bring pain so-" I nodded at them and muttered, "Makes sense..."

Nightmare giggled and said, "You can go ahead and hurt yourself as much as you'd like, just make sure it's nowhere noticeable. It's not like I care that you die or anything, but if you die, I'll disappear with you. I hope you're right about Hell having good wifi service or I'll definitely kill you once we're in Hell."

"Actually, I made that up, so I'm not sure if Hell even has wifi." I said, then Nightmare muttered, "Fuck you."

I didn't really feel like "hurting myself" anymore, so I trained, which technically does hurt me so-

I practiced throwing knives, swinging my kata- Wait where are my katanas? Maybe in Toby's room since I'm sure the last time I had my katanas was when I was washing it in the lake and Toby almost drowned me. I can go get the katanas later, Toby seems busy with Goose right now... Speaking of Goose...

I suddenly got a vivid mental image of someone lying dead on the ground. Who was that who killed them was it- All of a sudden I saw more dead people in my somehow vivid mental mind. Then, I saw someone I thought I wouldn't see again in my head, vividly. They seemed to be the one who killed everyone else.

It was...

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With that last thought, I fainted.

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A few hours later, I woke back up, still in the same place I was before. I looked up at the sky, and it was a bit orangish. It seemed to be dinner time, since the sky was a bit orangish. I stared at the blood-stained tree and walked away. I noticed Goose and Toby had already left. 'So tomorrow's the trials, huh..?' I thought, deciding whether I should head to bed or not. I probably should head to bed. They won't be able to find me out here.

I went back into the mansion and looked for Toby's room. I saw Toby enter his room and I went over to knock on it, "Toby..? Do you have my katanas?" I imagined Toby asking, "What's a katana?" Then, I said, "Oh.. Nevermind then.. Sorry to bother you." and left. But that didn't happen. He opened the door, handed me my katanas, all three, and shut the door on me.

...

He must be in a bad mood. That's all... Right? Ehh, I'm okay. I'm okay.. Yeah I'm okay. I was kinda upset though. He probably won't go easy on me at the trials for some reason, but whatever. "Thanks.." I muttered before leaving. I headed back into me and Goose's room. I saw that Goose was asleep, so I didn't bother them. I'll skip dinner as well, just in case it's drugged too. I sat down on my bed and just whispered to myself, "Nightmare, can you like, shrink my katanas so that it's the size of a knife when I need to put it in my bag and when I need to use it, can you make it back to normal size?"

Nightmare appeared in front of me and said, "Of course I can!" Honestly, I was surprised, even though I created them. They shot a shadow at all of my katanas and grabbed the dual blade katana and my backpack, which was still on my back. Then, they opened my backpack and dropped the dual blade katana into my backpack.

Surprisingly, the katana shrank when it dropped into my backpack. Then, Nightmare pulled it out, and as they pull it out, the katana went back to normal size. I was shook. o_O This destroys science lol-

Toby's PoV

I was walking around, assessing the Selected, considering the next trial I'd be fighting them, when I found someone going savage on a dummy, I knew this was Goose, but the fact they looked so... broken in a way and not near Multiply kinda concerned me, so I went closer.

"Shut up, Shut up, SHUT UP!" They cried, but nobody was around to make them say that, voices in their head maybe? The dummy was shredded now, and they collapsed on the ground, their hands covering their face.

Concerned, I decided to walk over, ticking as I did, "A-*tic* Are y-you okay?" I ask, and I saw Goose look up, and hesitantly nodded, yeah okay they're not okay. Whenever they're are kinda okay and someone asks that, they usually say no, if they're not though, they nod, or say they're fine, "N-*tic* No you're n-not," I deadpan, calling them out, "Y-Y*tic* You were say-saying to*tick* sh-shut up."

"Oh," Goose deapans, "I was talking to myself, i-it's a bad habit,"

Liar.

"Do-*tic* Do you have vo*tic* voices in your h-*tic* head too?" I ask, and they hesitantly nodded,

"Doesn't everyone?" They ask.

No, no not everyone.

I knew what I had to do, sitting down criss-cross-applesauce, I persist, "Te *tic* Tell me about them,"

Goose was silent for a bit, before their broken voice broke the silence, "I don't know how many, sometimes they're nice, sometimes they're... Not.." They said the last part so quietly, I almost didn't hear them, nonetheless, I tilted my head, urging them to go on.

"I took medication that somehow silenced them, but I forgot to today, and now they're back, they tell me I'm too clingy, tell me I'm weak, tell me that I can't protect Sweet Corn with my skill, the only one that I can't get rid of is Mental, who kinda acts like an alternate personality at the same time, they aren't." They ramble, and I see they were fiddling with the necklace, I knew they had an alternate personality type deal, but I didn't expect that.

"They tell them to shut up, and they listen for a bit, before they decide to yell at me again," Their voice cracks, and my heart breaks of how broken they sound, "I tried to cover up how I feel, because they seem to kinda control me, I just-" They broke down, crying, I went over to hug them, and we stay like that for a while, can I adopt this child? I would much like to.

We stayed like that for a while, they stopped crying at some point, I knew they're probably tired now, so I carried them back to their room, I heard them mutter a thank you before I left, and I smiled at that a bit.

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I was in my room, wondering why they were such a mess now, did they forget to take their pills? I don't know, I kept ticking a bit as I thought, breaking out of my concentracion when there was a knock at the door, I opened the door to see Multiply, or also known as Sweet Corn by Goose, and I feel a bit angry, I hand her katanas to her, and shut the door on her, I didn't want to talk to her right now, knowing they may be part of the cause of Goose being so broken when I found them. I knew I couldn't stay sad though, because she is a nice girl, and Goose just wants to protect her, it WAS part of Goose's problem that they're beating themself up about it.

Extra comedy:

Slender: What are you doing with my child, Zalgo?

Zalgo: Your child? Am I the father?

Slender: No- that's not what I mean-

Zalgo: I'm your father! :D

Dollface/Multiply: ?????????? '^'

Goose: *Hyperventilating*

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Liu: *Crying*

Mental: Shut the fuck up or I'll beat your balls blue.

Liu: *Stops crying*

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Slender poofs up, "Zalgo, give me my child."

Zalgo spoke, "So she's my child too, Slendy-poo."

Slender sighs, "Just give me my child back, you can't kidnap your child when I have custody."

Zalgo gasps, "Since when did we divorce?"

"Wait no that's not what I meant-" Slender rushes to say, "It's our child okay?"

Zalgo sniffed, "Really?"

"Yes," Slender confirms

Sweet Corn looked on in confusion, "So you're my dads now?"

Zalgo and Slender said in unison, "Yes."

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Lizzy/Nightmare : Tortures Dollface/Multiply

Dollface/Multiply : Suffering

Lizzy/Nightmare : Heals her wounds but makes her keep the pain

Dollface/Multiply : Suffers

Lizzy/Nightmare : Hahaha the only person who can torture you is me.

Dollface/Multiply : :( Then I'll erase you from my imagination.

Lizzy/Nightmare : WAIT nO DON'T-

Dollface/Multiply : Jkjk

Lizzy/Nightmare : Good.

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Goose: *Crying*

Toby: I have known Goose for only a day and a half, but if anything happens to them, I'll kill everyone in this room and then myself.

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