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THE SMALL DARK SPOT
A swarm of birds sail around a great pony over the sea.
The ancient pony, known as a "horse" was believed to be the "stupidest creature alive." The great terrors that lurked deep in the sea did not approach the horse. To be grabbed by it would be death after all. This made it a perfect defense for birds, but even they did not ride it. It was a danger to ride a horse of such a massive size.
One bird did, though.
One bird did, though.

Cowboy
2026-03-22 23:40:00
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While the other birds flew by its side, Cowboy sat on top of the head of the alien, unbothered. He tapped away at his phone, avoiding the comments other, more social, birds would throw his way.
Offline, he wasn't very social.

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2026-03-22 23:43:27
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He keeps trying to ignore them, but he can hear them swooping down lower and lower to try and get his attention. Louder and louder. Cowboy just wanted to keep to his phone. He hunches his back, trying to look as engrossed as possible to ward off whatever questions they had.
He wants to shoo them away. Tell them to leave him alone.

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2026-03-22 23:45:00
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But someone dares to touch his back, not getting the message.
He prepares to snap as he swings back.

Cowboy
2026-03-22 23:46:04
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"Howdy! Need anything?"

Gale
2026-03-22 23:47:25
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"Ah, hello there!" A broad-shouldered bird beams a wide grin.

Gale
2026-03-22 23:48:37
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"If you don't mind me saying, sir, I'd move over to the other side of the horse if I were you." He gestures, "Neptune's coming into orbit."
What an annoying thing to bother him with.

Cowboy
2026-03-22 23:49:33
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"Woah! Really? Thank you, that's important!"

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2026-03-22 23:50:29
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"But don't worry, I would have been ok right here." Cowboy lifts his foot to show off his phone. "I think the world could have ended and you wouldn't have been able to tear me away from this here screen."

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2026-03-22 23:51:10
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"Neptune don't scare me. I've seen a lot scarier, I'll tell you that." He says with a nod.

Gale
2026-03-22 23:53:14
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"Why, of course! I'll insist, but just wanted to make sure you're accounted for."

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2026-03-22 23:54:20
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"You seem a bit engrossed in what you were doing, so better to know than to be blindsided by... well. You know."
"We're not even traveling together. What is this guy being so fucking nosy about....?" Cowboy thinks to himself.

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2026-03-22 23:56:01
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"Awww that's nice of you! Don't worry, I ain't mind one bit."

Cowboy
2026-03-22 23:56:35
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"Honestly, I might just take a look!"

Cowboy
2026-03-22 23:57:22
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"It's like a vacation you know?"

Gale
2026-03-22 23:59:36
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The bird's eyes widen at the comment. It takes him a moment to stammer out a response, "Ah! S-sir, I, really wouldn't-"
Gale didn't realize how quickly Neptune had approched. He caught a glimpse of an eye of Neptune behind Cowboy.
Just that split second was enough.

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2026-03-23 00:12:03
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Gale's eyes dart away from the sky, dropping the thought mid-sentence. He blinks, snapping back from a sudden lapse. Fractured childhood memories on repeat, cradled by family-members he had not seen in many years. Trapped in stasis. He feels like he'd been gone for days.

Gale
2026-03-23 00:13:11
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"...You need to move." He rushes away, flying off in terror.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 00:14:47
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"Guess it wasn't a nice memory?" Cowboy hums to himself. He doesn't follow Gale's advice, instead choosing to turn around....
...and face the eye of Neptune.

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2026-03-23 00:17:12
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Cowboy takes a few hops closer and tilts his head with a smile. The world around him tries to hold itself together.
Neptune wants to tell the tiny bird how much it loves it.

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2026-03-23 00:19:14
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It's worried of scaring it off like the other bird. It tries to speak in a more acceptable tone. "Mmmmmoove.....mmmauuu."

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2026-03-23 00:21:03
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"Do you want me to move? I don't know where I would go!" Cowboy takes a few hops to the side to see if this appeases the singularity.

Neptune
2026-03-23 00:23:36
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"Looooooue." The world rips more with every hop. "Miiiice." Large tears start to pour out of Neptune's eyes. It's not frustrated at the tiny bird before it, but at something else. Something it can't even start to explain to a tiny animal without ripping its mind apart.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 00:24:38
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"Mice? Sorry. Don't tell anyone else, but I nearly hurl if I see a mouse, so if you want to show me something like that please don't."

Neptune
2026-03-23 00:28:19
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Neptune warbles and pets Cowboy with a long hand. It bursts into a deeper cry, as if touching his mane triggered a terrible pain.

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2026-03-23 00:30:12
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Without thinking, Cowboy looks at the Singularity and says "It's ok. You can tell me anything you want. What's wrong? I mean I won't understand, but you don't have to try and speak my language."

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2026-03-23 00:30:46
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"Lucky for you, you happened upon a guy whose used to being held and cried into!"

Neptune
2026-03-23 00:32:36
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Neptune wipes away its tears and drags Cowboy closer.
The world Cowboy knew stopped existing.
[1940s Oldies Music Playing in Another Room]
Cowboy was a bird.

Hawk
2026-03-23 00:40:53
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He was in the prime of his life, but onlookers wouldn't be able to tell. He was a chubby hawk who didn't want to look for his own food. The sky just a few days ago had turned a terrible color. It scared him, but after a few hours he just was back out looking for another meal. The trash he rooted around was oddly drying up, so he went to one of his favorite spots. The lake.

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2026-03-23 00:43:49
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For the first time in years....since before he was born, he thought "This isn't how Earth looks."

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2026-03-23 00:45:12
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As he lands near the fisherman he was troubled by these thoughts. "Earth?" "Before I was born?" It felt like he knew these concepts but didn't know where they came from. He looks up at the fisherman and screams like a greedy child for food.

Fisherman
2026-03-23 00:45:49
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"You gotta be kidding me! You're still around little hawk?"

Fisherman
2026-03-23 00:46:09
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"Ain't no one tell you? The world's ending!"

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2026-03-23 00:46:34
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"Least it is for me."

Hawk
2026-03-23 00:48:13
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The hawk doesn't know how to explain it, but it perfectly understands the fisherman, someone it has never understood before. Frankly it doesn't know what to do with this information and continues crying and squealing for food.

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2026-03-23 00:50:28
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"Yeah, yeah, shut it you fat bastard. Take your meal. Mind taking a listen while you eat?" The fisherman throws one of its catches to his hawk buddy who immediately focuses on ripping it apart.

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2026-03-23 00:51:46
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"This year has been shit. All started when I got cancer. Doctor told me "Don't worry, it'll kill you in 5 years. At your age a flu would have gotten you by then anyway.""

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2026-03-23 00:52:45
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"Then later, when I was assisting at the university, they told me "You gotta stop coming here. Time to retire and enjoy your golden years." and I nearly spat at them."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 00:53:55
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"I didn't spend 60 damn years studying vermeology to be told I'm becoming "Too old.""

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2026-03-23 00:54:09
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"It's vermeology! It's WORMS god damn it! How young do I need to be to talk about WORMS!"

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2026-03-23 00:55:28
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"Wark!!!!" The hawk worries momentarily that the large being before it will crush it, but it carefully takes another bite, assured that the fisherman doesn't suddenly want his fish back.

Fisherman
2026-03-23 00:55:48
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"That's what I told them little buddy."

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2026-03-23 00:57:26
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"And it's like whatever god up there is taunting me! Now all these worms are......" The fisherman points to the giant red tendril from the sky that keeps dipping itself in and out of the water, investigating it.

Fisherman
2026-03-23 00:57:46
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"Whole world is covered in worms!"

Fisherman
2026-03-23 00:57:59
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"I'm going crazy ain't I?"

Hawk
2026-03-23 00:59:02
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The hawk stares at the red "worm." In its mind it knows the name of it is "The Sun" but...it doesn't know how it does.

Hawk
2026-03-23 00:59:33
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It being given a name doesn't happen for a long time, and it's not sure how it knows that either.

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:00:19
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"Did you die as well?"

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:00:37
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"Cause, here's my theory, and it's going to sound crazy."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:02:49
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"I think God and his angels are playing a little prank on me. I mean, if you were god, you'd do that right? Make old men go crazy so they keep talking about the end of the world. Make them say it's over for sure. I remember when I was a youngin, I always laugh at my grandpa saying the world was ending any day now, but you know, with this happening to me, maybe I'm thinking that when you're about to die, you start being absolutely sure the world is going to end."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:03:35
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"It's like a metaphor for an old man's own death."

Hawk
2026-03-23 01:03:48
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"........................................."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:04:37
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"...................There's no damn way there's giant worms in the sky. No damn way. No fucking way I happened to be alive to see the end of the world."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:05:18
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"Wasn't it suppose to be global warming? The ice caps!"

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:05:36
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"Or we were supposed to bomb each other to hell and back!"

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:05:59
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"Or God sending down his angels to burn us for sin!"

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:06:14
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"You're telling me it's DAMN WORMS FROM SPACE?"

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2026-03-23 01:07:02
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"Wark! Wark!" The hawk opens its mouth, wanting another meal.

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2026-03-23 01:09:00
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The fisherman feels a tug and reels in a fish. He looks at the poor fish flip around, trying to be freed of the hook and string. ".........................................................."

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2026-03-23 01:09:48
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He breaths a long sigh, unhooking the fish and throwing it back in the water. "I bet you every fish I reeled up thought the same thing."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:10:13
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"I thought it was going to be a bigger fish."

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2026-03-23 01:10:36
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"Or maybe the waters would run dry, and I'd rot in the sun."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:11:02
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"But no. It's a damn worm from the fucking sky that gets me."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:13:05
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"God did tell us to take care of all the animals on Earth. He must be doing this to show us He's angry."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:13:19
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"Knew I should have became a vegan."

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2026-03-23 01:15:00
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The fisherman gets up, the bucket of his catches in his hands. "Did you see what the worms are like in New York?"

Hawk
2026-03-23 01:15:19
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"..........................................................Wark."

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2026-03-23 01:16:02
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"Sorry, forgot I was talking to a hawk. You felt like my dog Brandy for a moment. She was always watching the TV with me."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:16:46
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"I saw it on the news. The worm over there is different. Trashing around. Terrible thing. This one right here......"

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:17:02
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"Just....tapping on the water."

Fisherman
2026-03-23 01:17:50
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"Reminds me when I was boy, I'd bob the fishing rod all day thinking my tapping would draw them in."

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2026-03-23 01:18:53
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"I almost went without a catch. But I think some fish out there took mercy on my dumb ass and died so I could have something to show to my pa."

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2026-03-23 01:20:19
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The fisherman throws his entire bucket of fish into the lake. He places the bucket on the shore and starts to trawl into the waters. "I'm tired of being scared of dying. I don't want to die of cancer while the world goes to shit."

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2026-03-23 01:21:10
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"It's only right. I ain't able to feed you anymore."

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2026-03-23 01:21:50
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The fisherman grabs the long red tendril.
"I gotta be that one dumb ass fish."

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2026-03-23 01:26:15
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It's been only one second since Neptune has tried talking to Cowboy. It sighs and twists as it wipes away its tears, holding Cowboy close.

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2026-03-23 01:27:32
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It struggles as it places him back on top of the large horse and holds out a bag of food. It takes one out and places the strange shiny golden pyramid on a plate for Cowboy.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 01:29:19
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Cowboy has just spent what felt like the last three years of his life, being born, raised by two dotting parents, leaving the nest, and eating trash out of bins in a world that didn't make sense.

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2026-03-23 01:30:43
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"Yay!!!! Ambrosia!!!!" Cowboy grabs the plate and eats the meal in only a few bites. He jumps up and down, delighted by the meal.

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2026-03-23 01:33:43
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Neptune squints at Cowboy. It takes out another piece of ambrosia before just handing the whole bag of it over to him. Neptune wipes its face. It knows Cowboy couldn't understand anything, but it's happy to have anyone listen to its pain. It wiggles its long body as it picks up speed and trails away from the flock.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 01:35:15
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"I'm the luckiest guy in the world! A whole bag of ambrosia just for me!"

Gale
2026-03-23 01:41:38
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The pigeon tentatively approaches Cowboy, his head still held low. He occasionally catches glances at the bag of food... "Are you... okay, sir?"

Gale
2026-03-23 01:42:23
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"Think we lost you there for a moment."
Cowboy knows Gale isn't here to actually check on him. He wants to hiss, demand Gale just ask for HIS ambrosia which HE EARNED right now.
Drop the act. Stop trying to be NICE.
Drop the act. Stop trying to be NICE.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 01:45:31
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"Aww no! You didn't lose me at all."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 01:46:09
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"It was quite nice actually. I had two parents and they loved me a lot. There was also this fisherman who kept feeding me."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 01:46:35
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"The part where I ate trash wasn't so good, but I've eaten worse......"

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2026-03-23 01:47:50
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"Hey, don't be shy! I saw you eyeing this bag of treats. Come over and get some. The bag is as big as me. I couldn't drag this back home if I wanted to. It's singularity food, best stuff in the world. Have you ever had it before?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 01:48:30
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"It makes you feel like you're remembering a happy memory, but ain't no memory there. It tastes like the best thing you've ever had."

Gale
2026-03-23 01:51:24
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"Ah, can't say I have, no..." Gale relaxes some. He didn't get much further than squirming around under his parents, this guy must have been gone for ages.

Gale
2026-03-23 01:53:45
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"...It's an incredibly generous offer, sir, but I have to ask. You sure you're doing alright? I mean- how are you okay?"

Gale
2026-03-23 01:56:13
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"I caught that thing's eye for just a moment, and I feel like," He shifts uncomfortably in place, "Like, I'm missing something that was never there. I was happy to see what I thought was my family... but it wasn't mine. Never was."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 01:57:23
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"Oh momma and poppa hawk rocked! You should have stayed."

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2026-03-23 01:58:03
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"Before I could fly, a raven invaded the nest and ate my sibling in one glup!"

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2026-03-23 01:58:34
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"But then momma hawk comes back and fights it off. It was cool. I wonder how long she got to live after she finally stopped feeding me."

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2026-03-23 02:00:19
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"Sorry, I guess this sort of thing is freaky if you've never had it happen before. You're a pigeon, so you work directly with the Sun, but I had to live with another singularity and uh......"

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2026-03-23 02:00:56
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"Let's just say.....watching my sibling get eaten was a cakewalk compared to the lives I've lived......"

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2026-03-23 02:01:26
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"It's ok, I'm sure this won't ever happen to you again."

Gale
2026-03-23 02:03:26
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"Ahah. Yes, I suppose I didn't linger long enough..." The pigeon is made sheepish by the comment. "You've quite the resilience, sir."

Gale
2026-03-23 02:06:52
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"Looked, yet alone approached it! You're on another level, man, I wouldn't have dared. I tend to avoid weather like this, no matter how many times I take this route..."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:10:29
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"Oh I love the weather. It's always nice to see a change of pace. I know I might sound crazy, but I LOVE traffic."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:11:11
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"Seeing a city explode into traffic, it's so pretty. All the lights and sounds........."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:11:49
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"But uh, I can fly, so I get that folks hate when there's traffic warnings on the weather report...."

Gale
2026-03-23 02:08:28
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Gale maintains his smile for a moment, before gesturing back over to the bag, "...Well. As long as you're sure you're feeling fine, I won't turn down the offer."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:13:19
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"Yeah, feel free to have as much as you want." As Gale takes an ambrosia from the bag, another bird swings overhead, asking for some as well. Cowboy agrees, and soon there's more.

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2026-03-23 02:14:41
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Soon the whole swarm is surrounding him. A small party has started around HIS bag of ambrosia that HE earned. Some don't even ask, assuming that the rare meal was being shared around.

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2026-03-23 02:15:19
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Cowboy backs away from his meal to look at the sight.

He looks at the swarm of GREEDY FUCKING RATS EATING HIS FOOD. Acting as if he was invisible. All this effort he went through. He was willing to share a bit, but once they all got a smell of food, those GREEDY FUCKERS just couldn't stop taking. Couldn't stop eating. Crawling over him like he didn't exist.
He wanted to bite them. Rip them apart. Scream at them and tell them the whole world is falling apart because of people like them.
He wanted to bite them. Rip them apart. Scream at them and tell them the whole world is falling apart because of people like them.

Gale
2026-03-23 02:22:01
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Posted by ID #7
"Hey, you alright with sharing the rest of it?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:22:24
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Posted by ID #2
"Yeah don't worry about it!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:23:13
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"Oh wait, actually, let me grab like, six more and you folks can have the rest! I'm visiting a friend so I want to give two to him, then I want to give two to my wife........"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:25:56
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"And then two more for me! You folks can have the others." Cowboy grabs his share of the ambrosia and leaves the other 100 or so of it to the others.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:26:03
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He hops away from the flock to the back of the horse. Despite some of the other birds asking him to stay he won't.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:28:22
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Posted by ID #2
He can't stop thinking about how none of the other birds are as big as him.
He can't stop visualizing biting the others. Digging his claws into them and telling them all to learn some manners.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:28:42
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He sits alone and returns to his phone, finally in peace.
Chat started between Cowboy and Memetical_Cargo

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:32:19
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Posted by ID #2
"I was a bird today."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:32:46
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"????????????? Are you not a bird everyday?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:33:47
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Posted by ID #2
"Hmmm well I kind of spent 3 years as a bird. It was pretty nice."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:34:27
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
".....................Did you accidentally look at a chatty singularity?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:34:41
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"I did it on purpose!"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:35:09
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT ON PURPOSE?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:36:34
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Posted by ID #2
"Oh, well cause it looked like it needed to get something off its chest. I figured it likely wasn't that bad and it wasn't."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:36:59
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Posted by ID #2
"Afterwards it gave me a whole bag of ambrosia!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:37:40
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Posted by ID #2
"But then I gave it all to the other birds with me. Everyone was really happy about it."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:38:41
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Posted by ID #2
"Can you be a little more greedy for your sake? Those things are expensive....."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:40:03
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Last edit: 2026-03-23 08:29:57
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"Well when I was a pet I ate a lot of ambrosia. Kind of got sick a few times. I just think it's likely the first and last time a lot of them will ever get that stuff for free so why not you know?"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:40:59
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Posted by ID #2
"Ok, I'm going to make a little correction. I'm not asking you to be greedy for yourself....."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:41:25
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"But maybe next time you could be greedy for meeeeeee?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:43:22
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Posted by ID #2
"Aww dang you're right. Maybe I should...." Cowboy gets up. He flexes out the claws on his foot that isn't holding his phone.

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:44:04
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But he sits back down. He doesn't want to interact with the other birds. "Oh, don't worry. I saved six of them."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:44:19
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"Two of them are for my friend, and four of them are for you!"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:44:43
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"Yeah well how much are for you?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:44:53
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"I ate......"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:45:01
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Posted by ID #2
"Soooooooooooooooooo many of them!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:47:14
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"Don't worry I think I'd get sick if I ate more. You know if you eat too many you start seeing the faces of people you've seen for only seconds on the street vividly in mirrors. It's crazy. Makes humans go nuts sometimes. That's why you gotta be careful. Ok?"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:48:10
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"Four of them isn't going to make that happen right.....?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:48:35
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Posted by ID #2
"Nah, it takes like, 10 of them for it to start happening............."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:48:48
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"I should warn those guys actually...."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:49:48
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Posted by ID #2
"Anyway, how has your day been going? I know the election debates start tonight. Are you going to be ok?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:50:08
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Posted by ID #2
"I saw some of the candidates and well....."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:50:36
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Posted by ID #2
"I don't want to talk about it. I just........."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:50:49
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"Hope Boe wins......."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:52:09
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"My mother has been talking to me about the election and it's freaking me out. How the FUCK did some of those guys even get on the ballot. Who voted them in???????"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:53:16
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Posted by ID #2
"Look, don't worry about it, I'm sure no one crazy is going to win office ok?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:53:45
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Posted by ID #2
"I trust all of us to stay sane and not vote for the freaks."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:54:56
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Posted by ID #2
"The head of A to Z is on the ballot! He's going to rig it!"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:56:11
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Posted by ID #2
"He literally controls the system! We're fucked! He's going to falsify the votes and everyone is going to be like "Well shit, it's not like we can do anything about it, whatever, he'll be gone soon!" and it'll be too late, it'll take that FREAK only 4 years to turn half the population into ROBOTS!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:57:07
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Posted by ID #2
"Chill. I'm sure he won't even get into office, and even if he does he's not going to turn us all into robots."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:58:04
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Posted by ID #2
"Mother has already told me that if that FREAK wins that the entire island is going on strike. They know that they'll overwork the miners......"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 02:58:36
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Posted by ID #2
"OR THE MINERS WILL BE THE FIRST PEOPLE CONVERTED INTO ROBOTS SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP WORKING 24/7!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 02:59:35
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Posted by ID #2
"Ok first off, he's seriously not going to win. Second off, I think the strike is a good second plan of action just in case, but it won't come to that ok?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:00:02
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Posted by ID #2
"Has your mother just been like, scaring you this entire time?"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:01:18
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Posted by ID #2
"Well, at some point she realized she was freaking me out and she tried really hard to pivot into a better conversation.....so we started talking about you......."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:01:29
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Posted by ID #2
"Ok that sounds good."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:01:59
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Posted by ID #2
"AND THEN SHE FUCKING CALLED YOU AUTISTIC FOR NO REASON!!!!!!!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:02:10
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Posted by ID #2
"Uuuuuuuuh....."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:02:40
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Posted by ID #2
"AND I WAS LIKE. MOTHER! MOTHER! YOU CAN'T JUST FUCKING CALL COWBOY AUTISTIC FOR NO FUCKING REASON??????"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:02:54
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Posted by ID #2
"Is that bad?"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:03:14
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Posted by ID #2
"YES IT IS!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:03:23
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Posted by ID #2
"Dang......."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:04:09
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"And she was like, Cargo honey, I am not making a joke here, why are you yelling at me?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:04:46
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Posted by ID #2
"What was she saying, exactly?"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:05:10
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Posted by ID #2
"All I did was ask "What do you think of Cowboy" and she was like-"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:05:59
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"Oh he seems nice. I didn't know he was autistic though."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:06:17
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"LIKE WHAT'S HER ISSUE?!?!?!!?"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:06:37
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Posted by ID #2
"But I am autistic."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:06:50
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Posted by ID #2
"......................................................................."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:07:04
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"WHEN DID YOU BECOME AUTISTIC!?!?!?!"

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:07:19
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Posted by ID #2
".................................................................."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:07:32
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Posted by ID #2
"Forever I think."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:08:20
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Posted by ID #2
"I."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:08:30
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"FEEL A LITTLE STUPID."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:09:09
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Posted by ID #2
"AND NOW I HAVE TO GO APOLOGIZE TO MY FUCKING MOTHER!!!!!!"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:10:59
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"Cowboy, I genuinely did not realize. I just thought you were like."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:11:09
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Posted by ID #2
"Cowboy................................................."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:12:04
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Posted by ID #2
Posted by ID #2
"I think it's ok if you keep seeing it like that."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:15:56
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Posted by ID #2
"I just feel stupid because the first thing she mentioned to me was "He reminds me of your father" and I was like "Mom shut up." I should have know she was trying to give me hints."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:18:50
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".............Anyway, look I'm going to believe you on this election thing, but......I don't know. I just feel like it's going to all go wrong and the world is going to collapse."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:19:37
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Posted by ID #2
"Even if the worst happens, it'll only be for 4 years, you know?"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:19:58
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Posted by ID #2
"That's a lot of time."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:20:39
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Posted by ID #2
"But we'll figure something out."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:21:01
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Posted by ID #2
"Well, the world will figure something out. I don't think anything will happen to us. We're not miners or smart enough to be turned into robots first."

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:22:14
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Posted by ID #2
"Not unless you're secretly really into programming or something."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:22:33
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Posted by ID #2
"Why would I be into programming?"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:23:26
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Posted by ID #2
"I don't know! I'm learning a lot of new things today!"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:24:53
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Posted by ID #2
"I just cannot believe I didn't realize your childhood bag covered in the SAME DAMN pin of the SAME DAMN character from Space Fantasy wasn't a giant flag. My mother is going to think I'm STUPID!"

Memetical_Cargo
2026-03-23 03:25:50
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Posted by ID #2
"I'm going to leave before I embarrass myself more."

Cowboy
2026-03-23 03:26:05
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Posted by ID #2
"Love you too, Cargo."
Cowboy hunches over his phone again.
This time no one was going to take this moment away from him.
This time no one was going to take this moment away from him.
No one is typing.







