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THE IMPEACHED JUDGE▼
THE IMPEACHED JUDGE
[Lobotomy Corporation - never frozen bottom flows]
Memetical_Cargo
"Sorry if you read those messages before. I know what happened now. Don't worry about me. You have more important things to worry about."
Memetical_Cargo
"I wish you told me they were all coming over, but.....I know you would have asked me to make sure, so I don't blame you."
Memetical_Cargo
"It's just that....I don't like any of them."
Memetical_Cargo
"Actually, that's likely not true, but I can't stop thinking that way. All I know is I yelled at all of them to try and get them away from me, and it didn't work. There's so many people in the house now."
Memetical_Cargo
"I'm sorry for failing. I'm sure you'll hear all about how I fucked up in messages later."
Memetical_Cargo
"I know you're allowed to be on the internet in the pens, so I hope you'll be able to talk soon. I just want you to come back home so I can forget about this last week, and so you can talk with these people instead of me."
Memetical_Cargo
"You're better at talking with people....."
Memetical_Cargo
"......even though I know........"
Memetical_Cargo
".........I will talk with Wormwood soon. He saw through you and I need to make sure he doesn't say anything about it to anyone else."
Memetical_Cargo
"Cause he doesn't understands the full picture like I do."
Memetical_Cargo
"So don't worry about doing damage control when you come back. Just be yourself."
Memetical_Cargo
"I'll make sure people won't ask too many questions."
Chat started between Memetical_Cargo and ShrimpRocks
[CITRUS! - lianhua]
Memetical_Cargo
"Mother, it has been days and you are still online....."
ShrimpRocks
"I know right? This has been the longest I've been above ground in yeeeeeears!"
Memetical_Cargo
"......................................"
Memetical_Cargo
"My life is falling apart and I don't know if I can stop it."
ShrimpRocks
This is not what she expected Cargo would ever come to talk to her about. "Oh uh....."
ShrimpRocks
But she tries to be understanding. "Is it cause of what happened on the news? I mean if it helps the footage of your husband shooting a singularity seemed to be pretty cool.....?"
Memetical_Cargo
"It was recorded?!?"
ShrimpRocks
"Yeah, your eldest sister's husband, glasses dork, was there filming a segment and caught it all live! Couldn't hear too much of what your hubby and his friend were fighting about though cause the newscaster was waaaaaaay too chatty during it."
Memetical_Cargo
"AESTUS!"
ShrimpRocks
"Yeah, that double dipping whore."
Memetical_Cargo
"Of course Aestus would just happen to be ther-"
Memetical_Cargo
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL HIM?"
ShrimpRocks
"Whaaaaaaaat? It's true. He broke double dipping code."
There's a moment of silence from Cargo......
Memetical_Cargo
"YOU'RE RIGHT, HE DID BREAK DOUBLE DIPPING CODE! I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT."
ShrimpRocks
"Yeah, brah. You can date your ex's sister like woooooooow. Weeeeeird."
Memetical_Cargo
"You know I always assumed me believing Aestus and Siete used to date was something that was just in my head....."
ShrimpRocks
"Naaaaaaaah it actually happened. Though they only dated for literally a day, lol. Siete even gave him a kiss. I remember my little Princess coming to me afterwards, telling me "I did it to protect everyone else from that dweeb. He can't break double dipping code.""
ShrimpRocks
"But I'm going to be honest........I think she just like.......realized she didn't like boys. I even had a bet with Uno about this....."
Memetical_Cargo
"Uh....well. Siete is in my house....and he has a child. Uno is here too."
ShrimpRocks
"I lost two bets......."
Memetical_Cargo
"IS THAT ALL YOU CARE ABOUT MOTHER? YOUR BETS?"
ShrimpRocks
"Yeeeeeeep."
ShrimpRocks
"Though uh, this is awkward, but why are they all at your house.....?"
Memetical_Cargo
"I think they got evicted and Cowboy invited them here......"
Memetical_Cargo
"I think they're going to cull him for taking out that singularity."
ShrimpRocks
Shrimp thinks about how she can divert this conversation again before Cargo focuses too much on it. "Hmmmm nah, I mean you watched the debates right. Tuxedo said that the Sun doesn't punish animals. People are only kept in the pens if they're sick, and I don't think your cop BF is sick."
Cargo stares at the word "Cop" but halts herself in correcting her mother.
ShrimpRocks
"Unless they're going to lock him up for being sick in the cool way!!!"
Memetical_Cargo
"We can't trust what Tuxedo says. He's a brainwashed government bird who will say anything people want to hear to get people to trust that monster up there. That whole election was a fucking sham! The votes were rigged!"
ShrimpRocks
"Yeah, brah. Those votes were sooooo rigged. It's actually why I'm not going back to work yet. We're setting up a strike and pulling all the miners down there out there. Ain't it just crazy that all those folks went down there to a normal world only to have to crawl back up to one taken over by a corporate robot takeover. Like what the fuck????"
Memetical_Cargo
"........................................."
Memetical_Cargo
"I'm not misassuming the situation?"
ShrimpRocks
"Uh....."
ShrimpRocks
".................I....I mean I don't think so? Felt like it was all rigged. A performance right? Like, come on, the part with that Az bot saving everyone on day one, like wooooooooooow it could not have been more planned to be a whole savior gimmick."
Memetical_Cargo
"Actually I thought that part was going to get that robot less votes but....now that you put it that way, that makes a lot of sense. They set it up so that Az would seem like one of the "Good robots" we should all trust."
Memetical_Cargo
"All the votes are digital, and what company controls most of the shit related to the internet?"
ShrimpRocks
2026-04-23 01:30:35
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 01:31:10
"A to Z Tech!"
ShrimpRocks
"If they want something to happen, they're going to make it happen, brah."
Memetical_Cargo
"The company isn't even called A to Z Tech!"
Memetical_Cargo
"TELL ME. WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THE COMPANY IS ACTUALLY CALLED A -> Z TECH? YET FOR SOME REASON, EVERYONE SAYS IT "A TO Z TECH" HOW FUCKING INTERESTING THAT THE TO IS SLAPPED IN THE MIDDLE."
Memetical_Cargo
"But...if you remove all the spaces......"
Memetical_Cargo
"You get AZTECH. Which if you remove the H? Aztec! Like that one ancient civilization!"
ShrimpRocks
"Woah.....you're really on to something, brah."
ShrimpRocks
".........I don't know about the Aztecs though so like, what do you think the meaning of this is?"
Memetical_Cargo
"Aztec Doomsday Calendar."
ShrimpRocks
"Oh......."
ShrimpRocks
".............................I don't know what that is or what it means."
Memetical_Cargo
"I must be honest I don't know either but I WILL figure it out! There is NO other reason why this creepy robot would name its company that!"
ShrimpRocks
"I'll make sure to bring this up when we're discussing the strike. Can you believe Boe wants us to listen to Az?"
Memetical_Cargo
"They got Boe under their thumb?!"
ShrimpRocks
"Yuh huh, brah. I never thought Boe could be paid off like this but it's all I can think."
ShrimpRocks
"She's going to be speaking with all of us tomorrow to convince us to not go on strike but trust me, none of us are happy with this."
ShrimpRocks
"Might need to bring out the heavy machines if it gets too rowdy."
Memetical_Cargo
"Nothing is actually going to happen, right?"
ShrimpRocks
"I mean hopefully not but like mining for our new robot overlord is not something we signed up for. We gotta give push back, else they're going to take more than we can ever offer."
Memetical_Cargo
Something in Cargo's mind, a small bit of sanity, grabs her, trying to force her to take another look at what she's saying. "Should I be talking about this?"
ShrimpRocks
"On the Az controlled chat application? Prob not lol."
Memetical_Cargo
"They would be able to read everything I said........."
Memetical_Cargo
"But if Cowboy was here, he'd tell me, they haven't done anything to me yet, so why would they do it now?"
ShrimpRocks
"Oh yeah, hubby told me evil robots aren't real, cause if they were we could just all turn off the power together and they'd stop being real. So he doesn't believe in A to Z Tech being a big deal."
Memetical_Cargo
"HE SHOULD BE THE ONE PERSON WHO AGREES WITH US. THAT COMPANY TRIED TO FRAME HIM....FRAME US WITH MURDER!"
This was the one thing ShrimpRocks knew was not to be talked about with Cargo.
ShrimpRocks
"That was an accident. A really unfortunate accident. Ok?"
Memetical_Cargo
"It wasn't! I know you don't believe that!"
Shrimp did not believe that.
But she knew she HAD to believe that.
For Cargo's sake.
ShrimpRocks
"Nah....I believe it. Let's stop talking about dumb robots, brah. I'm tired of talking about this election nonsense. Not going to lie, I'm like....so ready to ignore the whole president situation for a few years. Gonna be only popping my head out to go "I told you so" to any idiots that voted a literal no joke murder robot into office."
ShrimpRocks
"You said Siete and Uno are in the house?"
Memetical_Cargo
"Yes. I think Uno left for work, but she's back now. I can hear all of them."
ShrimpRocks
"Well, seeing as you don't want them at your place, do you think you can tell everyone to pack their bags and head over here instead."
ShrimpRocks
"I'd love to see everyone again!"
Memetical_Cargo
"You know I can't promise that."
ShrimpRocks
"Uno and Siete? I don't think I did anything wrong with them. Even got to keep them......" She wants to explain herself more but trails off.
ShrimpRocks
"Just ask for me. If they tell you they never want to see me again that's ok."
Memetical_Cargo
"I will consider, but I don't even know they they're here anyway. The last time I saw Siete, I ruined his life, and Uno helps me move items for Pandora's Cargo sometimes, but we haven't really talked. Just pick ups and drop offs."
Memetical_Cargo
"I yelled at all of them. Badly. Just a few hours ago."
ShrimpRocks
"I think the only reason they're staying despite that is because they all love you Cargo, and know that things are kind of bad right now for you. They forgive you. I mean if my Hubby went to the pens, even if I was sure he'd be coming back, I'd be screaming up a storm and overturning anything I could get my hands on!"
Memetical_Cargo
"That's not good, or cute."
ShrimpRocks
"It was a joke......I wouldn't actually. Sorry. I think if they're going to be in your house anyway, you might as well try to make amends? That's what I would do."
Memetical_Cargo
"I don't know if I want to do that. I've already ruined all of their lives once. I know I can do it again."
ShrimpRocks
".............Cargo are the people outside your room preventing you from eating?"
Memetical_Cargo
"IF I LEAVE MY ROOM THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND TALK TO ME, MOTHER!"
ShrimpRocks
"Cargo."
ShrimpRocks
"Go eat."
Memetical_Cargo
"Ugh."
[Holy Mountain Golgotha]
Cargo
Cargo pulls her body together as she reforms in the middle of the room, away from the computer. Her mother was right. She was going to have to brave the terrible world out there to get to her fridge.
Cargo
She peeks outside of her room. She can hear the TV in the living room on, its glow trailing faintly through the hallway. All she needs to do, is walk past everyone, head pointed to the floor. No one should bother her as long. She shuffles forward a few steps, her heart-like organ pounding.
Aestus
...And Aestus nearly bumps into her, holding a bowl of cereal in one hand. "Oh, Cargo!"
Aestus
"I..." He pauses. It's tempting to point out that she's out of the room, but he knows better. "...brought you breakfast!"
Cargo
"It's dinner...."
Aestus
"....Dinner-breakfast?" He may have lost track of time a little.
Aestus
"Well, anyway. If you don't want cereal, I can always make you something. If you're hungry, that is!"
Uno
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!" Uno states striding up to the two.
Uno
"It fits into any part of the day. You should have some cereal, sis!"
Aestus
"It's still fresh and...cold, I suppose! And I know you haven't eaten, so..." He's slowly handing the bowl over to Cargo.
Cargo
Two people. This is more people than she sees most days. She places a hand on her bedroom door.
Uno
"Is something wrong with the cereal?"
Cargo
2026-04-23 02:36:09
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 02:36:31
"Something's wrong with me. I have to go."
Aestus
"Oh no, it's okay...! Look, if you want me to leave you be, I can hop off! Though..."
Aestus
"...I did want to see how you were doing!"
Cargo
"Why?" Cargo asks.
Uno
"Why what?"
Uno
"We're not going to hurt you, sis. You can yap aaaaaall you want!"
Cargo
Cargo tried to keep her words to herself. Whenever she talked too much, it went badly. She felt agitated though. Uno didn't understand what Cowboy did. She tried to carefully piece together a sentence that would fit what everyone wanted to hear. "I am a bad person, and I should not be here."
Uno
"This is your house....."
Uno
"You can be a bad person all you want in your house!"
Aestus
Aestus tilts his head. He's certain Cargo still feels bad about what happened. "Honey, I don't think that's what she meant!"
Aestus
"Well...I don't know, actually. I'm no mind-reader. Maybe that's a good thing!"
Cargo
Cargo cannot believe this guy is her longest running friend.
Cargo
2026-04-23 02:47:05
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 02:47:13
............Though him being so stupid is the only reason he didn't throw her away like every other sane person........
Uno
"I wish I could see what's in her mind."
Uno
"But don't I wish that about everyone I love?"
Cargo
She wasn't going to escape without talking. She shook her leg to get some tension off of her before trying to keep her thoughts in a row.
Aestus
Aestus coughs, feeling a little awkward. He knows damn well his next question might be loaded. "...Are you a bad person because of what you said a while back?"
Cargo
"What?!?"
Uno
2026-04-23 02:50:54
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 02:51:05
"He means like 4 hours ago."
Aestus
"Four hours is a long time!"
Cargo
"I see..........I'm sorry. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you and....."
Uno
"Called him a stalker and a creep?"
Aestus
"You have every right to!"
Uno
"I mean those things did happen, sis, just not right now!"
Aestus
"You were literally right about everything you said about me! I mean, sure, it hurt when you pointed it out...but it's the truth, isn't it?"
Aestus
"I know you feel bad, but...it's not baseless."
Uno
2026-04-23 02:55:14
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 02:57:21
"Aestus is so good at admitting his mistakes now."
Uno
"I trained him to be!"
Cargo
Something weird is going on and Cargo isn't sure what.
Aestus
"Haha, yeah! I wouldn't know what to do without her!"
Aestus
"....Which I know you're also still mad about. The...the double dipping."
Uno
"If I knew you were double dipping before, I would have never dated you."
Uno
"Break moral code all you want, but don't get me involve."
Uno
"Buuuuuut it's too late! No take backs now!"
Uno
"You'll just have to apologize for that as well....."
Cargo
2026-04-23 02:59:53
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:00:01
Cargo cannot fathom a way to get out of this awkward social situation.
Aestus
"I could apologize!" He chimes, forgetting this is an option at all. "...Even if it won't undo the damage, I still am sorry."
Cargo
"Please do not apologize."
Uno
"Are you sssssssssure?"
Uno
"Cause he's pretty good at spilling his guts out."
Cargo
"I am the only one who should be sorry. I shouldn't have brought up the past like that." Cargo blurts out.
Aestus
"...It's fine, you know! If anything, I'm surprised you're still willing to talk to me after bringing it all up!"
Cargo
"I only brought it up so you would go away."
Cargo
"And you didn't."
Cargo
"So I am stuck with you."
Aestus
"You didn't leave me when I was going through tough times, so why would I do the same?"
Aestus
"All of you are my friends! The happiest parts of my life!"
Cargo
Cargo prepares to say she doesn't believe him.....
But she remembers the recording. The one she still has saved.
Cargo
"I only stayed friends with you so I could keep a watch on you and make sure you didn't mess up again." She takes a deep breath that she doesn't need to break up her words. "I wasn't doing it because we were really friends at that point. I did it because I wanted you to be punished for what you've done."
Cargo
"So I just lied about being your friend at that point so I could wait for you to mess up again."
Cargo
"We are friends now."
Cargo
"I think."
Cargo
Cargo holds her hands together and looks forward confidently, knowing full well she stumbled her thoughts ten times over.
Aestus
"...I would certainly hope we still are."
Aestus
"You still stayed, so that's gotta mean you cared a little bit!"
Uno
"Even if you were only following him around to watch him mess up, that's caring in its own way!"
Cargo
There's something deeply wrong with her sister and Aestus, but she couldn't put her finger on it. It's like they were fake people going through the motions. Carefully picking the correct response for the optimal output and least amount of disturbance.
Cargo
Aestus has always been like that. Her sister, not so much. "I don't want cereal. I will get my own food."
Aestus
"Okay! More for Nugget, then!" He's taking the bowl back, but his smile doesn't falter.
Aestus
"...I'm glad we're friends, Cargo."
Aestus
2026-04-23 03:24:22
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Posted by ID #103
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:25:06
"I hope you can trust me just a little more, even if it's to make me do all the chores around here!"
Uno
"Don't worry, you don't have to even ask. He's already been doing them!"
Uno
"You're not going to find a single thing out of order out there!"
Uno
"But if you ever get tired of everyone sleeping over at your place, just tell me, sis. I'll invite everyone to my house. Everyone can meet the DOG."
Dogs, like nearly every old history animal were extinct.
Cargo
"What is the dog?"
Uno
2026-04-23 03:28:58
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:29:55
"Just the cutest little pet in the world. I actually got the idea of the DOG from you, sis! Those cute little cekeki.........."
Uno
"Oh I shouldn't say too much. If you want to meet the DOG you can just come over later."
Uno
"When you were a kid. You had a DOG too. You yelled at me for killing your DOG."
Cargo
"I do not remember this."
Uno
2026-04-23 03:31:59
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:32:20
"That's ok! Kids do a lot of things that no one remembers even though it can have a huge impact on others. Just know, ever since then I've been saving DOGs whenever I can."
Uno
"Speaking of which, don't take what my Nugget said too seriously. She's very smart for a four year old, but she's always speaking her mind without thinking. She really reminds me of you when you were a kid!"
Cargo
2026-04-23 03:40:04
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:40:11
Cargo can't tell if the DOG has something to do with the child or if her sister completely lost her train of thought mid sentence.
Uno
"Oh, we're boring you aren't we......"
Uno
"We'll get out of your way. You got more important people to talk to."
Cargo
Cargo stands there, unsure for a moment. Something bothers her in her mind. "Aestus."
Cargo
2026-04-23 03:43:34
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:43:51
"You could tell I wasn't your friend, right? Back then when you did....that."
Aestus
"................"
Aestus
"I didn't want to think about that possibility."
Aestus
2026-04-23 03:46:48
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Posted by ID #103
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:47:01
"I stood before so many people that I buried the thought of being alone after all."
Cargo
"You knew I followed people around. Waiting for them to fail. Exposed them and left them to die, and you didn't think I wasn't doing that to you? Being the awful vulture I was?"
Aestus
"...If you're awful, what does that make me?"
Aestus
"I think it was good you stayed far away during that point."
Aestus
"...Besides, everything's changed now! I don't want to pull that kind of bullshit anymore. Especially when Uno's keeping me beside her."
Uno
"If he tried that again. He'd be on the news."
Aestus
"And not as the reporter!"
Uno
"In such amazing ways......"
Aestus
2026-04-23 03:56:01
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Posted by ID #103
Last edit: 2026-04-23 03:59:01
"Maybe I'll be burned at the stake! That would be a hell of a way to go! Imagine all those cries of hate!"
Cargo
Cargo silently looks to Uno.
Uno
"Jokes, sis!"
Uno
"You can't burn a snail."
Uno
"We'd choose something different."
Aestus
"So yeah, don't worry about it. We're friends now. And we'll be friends until you decide it's over!"
Cargo
"What happened to you, Uno? Did the job really break you?"
Uno
"The job didn't break me, sis. I never got why you yelled at our brother for causing this."
Uno
"Cause ain't being like the Grim Reaper for the Sun the coolest job ever?"
Cargo
"So I did yell at him for no reason......"
Cargo
"I'm going to go now. But thank you for telling me. Knowing I was wrong feels.....good I think."
Cargo
Cargo moves past both of them, pausing just for a moment to say one last thing. "By the way..."
Cargo
"...there's something wrong with both of you."
Cargo
2026-04-23 04:09:21
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 16:47:24
"But I don't know if it's my right to judge anymore."
Cargo moves towards the living room.
2026-04-23 16:43:19
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[Mothlight - Determined]
Nugget
The TV is set to a cartoon about Wilmore Worm which Nugget has placed on. Cargo uses the distraction in an attempt to silently walk behind everyone. "Uncle Worm, have you ever been in the Wilmore Worm cartoon?"
WormWood
"Me? Nah." He shrugs, sitting back and watching. He's always regarded the cartoon itself as a bit mind numbing, but maybe that was the point.
WormWood
"Sadly, I'm not really a TV guy. Your pa however, he's a TV guy. Maybe he'd like to be on the Wilmore Cartoon sometime." Bean snorts.
Nugget
"You mean Aestus? He wouldn't be a good character cause he never gets sad or angry."
WormWood
"Smart kiddo."
Siete
"They call that 'the straight man' in comedy, kid. Sometimes they're even funnier than the funny guy."
Nugget
"I don't think Aestus is a straight man. When no one is looking he slouches."
WormWood
"Pff-, I mean, yeah, you're probably right kid."
Siete
Siete snorts, "Yeah, alright. Maybe the kid's on to something, I've got reasons to doubt he's a straight man, too."
Nugget
Nugget pulls out a points a microphone at Siete. "Interesting! The world wants to know, why do you doubt he's a straight man?"
Cargo
The group was either too preoccupied with their own conversation or were purposefully ignoring Cargo. She reaches the kitchen and grabs leftovers she had in the fridge. She tilts her head as she looks for a spice, but it's not where she where she expected it to be.....
WormWood
"Besides, dunno if he'd wanna be on this kinda TV anyways." He gestures. An expletive is narrowly dodged by sound effects as the cartoons mile a minute pacing races past their own conversation. "I don't this is necessarily for kids, by the by."
Siete
"Where in the fff-" Siete leans flip back on the sofa, "...fflip... did you get that from? Hey, keep that thing outta my baby's face. He'll crawl all over it."
Nugget
"It's ok Uncle Worm. To avoid people telling me bad words, my mom already told me all of them."
Nugget
"I know shit, piss, fuck, bastard, unicorn, damn, hell,-" Nugget rambles off a few more as if she was being quizzed.
WormWood
"I guess that's one way of doin' that."
Siete
"You're telling me I could say 'fuck' around you this whole time?"
Nugget
"You can say it, but only 10 times. After that, mom tells me I should call her, so be careful, cause I'm keeping count."
Nugget
"What I am noticing is that you are avoiding the question."
Siete
"I'd better count my fucks, then. Think that's two now."
Siete
"And I'm just saying. Ain't it obvious? Your dad's been secretly hiding how funny he is all these years, kid. He and I go waaay back, I'd know."
Cargo
Cargo looks through the area the seasoning should be several times. She can't stop thinking to herself "Why did they move it? Why did they move it? They're trying to upset me on perpose. This is the way they're going to get back at me."
Siete
"One time, he pulled this real funny stunt at the dinner table. You know how you can like, go for all sodas in a soda fountain at once? He did that with chips & dip. You should ask him what 'double-dipping' means one day."
Siete
"It's a riot. He could tell it way better'n me."
WormWood
Snrk. "C'mon man, I dunno if the kid's ready for that kind of knowledge."
Siete
"I'm not suggesting the kid double-dip, god no. That would be a moral failing on my part."
Nugget
"I see, very interesting." Nugget says with a nod, mimicking the filler statements her own father used on guests. "I'll make sure to have an interview with both of you about this."
Memetical_Cargo
Cargo expands out her search for the spice just a bit. Her body seems scared of her thoughts as it fumbles through cabinets, like an employee trying to calm down an angry customer by finding what they want as fast as possible. "They can't have the basic damn decency to put things back where they belong." She hisses under her breath.
WormWood
"Take it from me, I ain't one to double dip. That's just, common courtesy."
Siete
“Hmph. Good. You’d set a bad example by bein’ so greedy.”
Siete
“Maybe you’d do fine on a cartoon, Uncle Worm. Teach kids all these good morals n’ shit.”
Cargo
2026-04-23 17:31:55
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 17:32:20
Cargo's accidentally causes a small shaker of sugar to fall in her fumbling. Without thinking she whips around at the group and accuses "Where did YOU hide the salt?!"
Cargo spoke louder, and more harshly than she meant to.
Even the TV show seems to quiet down in fear.
Nugget
Nugget grabs the salt that was on the living room table. "Fries need salt."
WormWood
Cargo's sudden explosion causes bean to flinch, twisting around to see her. "Y-yeah uh, Sorry. We were usin' it for a moment."
Siete
Siete flinches. He didn’t even notice Cargo out of her room, “…Yeah. And no need to shout, asshole.”
Siete
“Kids’re trying to watch TV out here. If you need it, it’s on the table.”
Cargo
Cargo knows she's being an asshole. A voice in the back of her head begs her to apologize and leave, but her mouth moves before her thoughts can drag her back. "Don't call me an asshole! If you use anything. Put it back!"
Cargo
"How is anyone supposed to know where anything is if you move it without telling anyone!?"
Siete
“Yeah, we were gonna put it back, dude. Chill out. Everyone out here was usin’ it, we all knew where it is.”
Siete
“If you couldn’t find it, maybe just,” He gestures, “Ask?”
WormWood
"Do y'wanna use it? We'll put it back when we're done out here..."
Cargo
"I did ask! You could have just handed it over instead of calling me an asshole! Asshole!"
Nugget
2026-04-23 17:48:31
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Nugget counts up to six on her fingers silently.
WormWood
"Aw geeze, c'mon..." He puts his hands up defensively. "Look. Look. We were usin' it. I uh, don't think we're usin' it anymore. We'll just pass it to Cargo and ease this down?"
Siete
“Well, if you weren’t being an asshole, I wouldnt’ve called you an asshole. I don’t make the rules, bro.”
Cargo
"I'm not being an asshole for wanting to know where the fucking salt is in my house!"
Nugget
"That's 10!"
Nugget
Nugget inhales deeply before screaming. "MOM, THEY'RE ALL CURSING AT EACH OTHER!!!"
Siete
“Nah wait, c’mon, kid…” Siete sighs, shooting his younger sister a weary glance.
Uno
A red ooze bubbles up as Uno pulls herself together. "Children, what are you arguing about?"
Cargo
Cargo pauses, realizing that for some reason Aestus and Uno haven't been out in the living room with the others. "What are you doing back there?! All the other rooms are off limits!"
Uno
"Oh I haven't been in any of the other rooms."
Uno
"The living room is crowded enough. So I found a crack in the wall to stay in."
Siete
Siete crosses his arms, “So you heard us getting lip for using the salt during dinner, then.”
Uno
"I also heard you use the word asshole seven times in front of my Nugget."
Siete
2026-04-23 18:00:29
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“Aww, c’mon. She gave us ten!”
WormWood
"Add your F-Bombs dude."
Uno
"Yes. You use three of them on "Fuck" and seven of them on "asshole.""
Uno
"You two have such limited vocabulary."
Uno
"Nugget, teach them a better word to use."
Nugget
"Twat."
Uno
2026-04-23 18:04:19
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 18:04:33
"That's a good one. Add that to your internal dictionary." Uno reaches over and takes the salt before pushing it to Cargo. "So this solves all of the issues, yesssss?"
Uno
"You know......you're both old enough now to not get in a fight over salt like you stole each other's toys."
Uno
"So this isn't about salt at all, is it?"
Siete
2026-04-23 18:12:08
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 18:12:16
"She assumed somebody hid it, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say she just doesn't want anybody using her stuff."
Cargo
"Fine! I said you hid it, but you could have just fucking-"
Uno
"Update terms!"
Cargo
"YOU COULD HAVE JUST GAVE IT TO ME INSTEAD OF CALLING ME AN ASSHOLE, YOU TWAT!"
Siete
He shrugs, "Just callin' it like I sees it. We'll keep it in mind for the future, but I could do without the biting."
Cargo
"You came into my house, unannounced, after being gone for 10 years, and you're surprised I'm a little pissed off?"
Cargo
"You were DEAD to me!"
Uno
"Dead to everyone."
Siete
"You don't think I know that? Yes! I'm sorry I shoved myself out of everyone's lives! A decade ago, it seemed like a pretty good idea!"
Siete
"The only one I had..." He pauses, taking a breath, "I know you don't want me in your house, or rummaging through your stuff. But I wouldn't be here if it wasn't my only option right now."
Cargo
"So how long were you going to keep hiding without telling anyone?" Cargo whips her head towards Wormwood. "And how long were you going to hide this from everyone?"
WormWood
"That's uh. None of my business, right?" He rubs his shoulder. "I'm not gunna go behind Siete's back and make problems for em. If he wanted to come out and announce he was around again, he woulda done it. You get me?"
Siete
"I wasn't hiding! Jeez, I was just-" Siete falters.
Siete
"...I just figured you were all done with me already. If I was going to come back, it was going to be with a job and a life so I don't waste your time again. But I couldn't even do that."
Siete
Siete hovers his hands over his child, making sure he doesn't stray too far from his father. "You think you have more time to figure these things out. I don't intend to stay too much longer, if it means anything."
Uno
2026-04-23 18:33:36
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 18:35:10
"He's a dying man, sister. A jobless snail is literally a pile of sludge."
Cargo
"And....it's my fault he's dying."
Uno
"I don't know if that's true."
Uno
"In a sort of cosmic way, yessssss, but only in the way that all of us are working together to kill brother."
Siete
"Oh come on, don't do that."
Cargo
"You wouldn't be in this situation if I didn't scare you off your job for........for....."
Cargo
"....something that wasn't even true!"
Cargo
"I ruined your life, and it's still ruined, and I'm here yelling at you over table salt!"
Siete
"Hey, back off, all of you. First of all, it's my mistake, go get your own before blaming yourself for what I did."
Cargo
"It's not your mistake! I thought maybe you were doing fine out there, but you've been suffering for nothing! You could have stayed home if it wasn't for me!"
Cargo
"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have ran away, so everything that happened is my fault!"
Siete
Siete leaves the couch, carefully entering the orbit of his sister, "Cargo. I had a life after I left. I had a pretty good job, too."
Siete
"I'd even be happy to talk about them one day." He sighs, "And, yeah. I won't dance around it. You said some awful things to me. But it was still my decision to leave. And whatever happened after, happened."
Cargo
"It couldn't have been that good of a life if you got thrown out of it."
Siete
"..." Siete braces to defend himself, but thinks better of it. "...Well. Maybe we can talk about that too."
Siete
"I don't mind if that wasn't the best version of myself. 'Cause maybe that means there's still some better work out there for me, here on Earth? Wishful thinkin', prolly."
Uno
"Earth's full on snails. Like the Sun told me to warn you, it has no more jobs!"
Uno
"But that's where sister can help."
Cargo
"Huh?"
Uno
"You inherited father's kingdom. Pandora's Cargo."
Uno
"It's about time you shared some of that with the family. Give your dear brother a job."
Cargo
"He doesn't know anything about how things have changed. Sure he used to help me when we were younger but he doesn't know anything about the family business now."
Siete
"Huh! Talk about a blast from the past. Y'think I can't pick up peddling again?"
Siete
"I mean it when I say i'm gonna work my-" He glances to Nugget, "I can say ass, right? Work my ass off?"
Nugget
"Ass and asshole are part of the same curse family. You cannot say them."
Siete
"Guess I'll resort to working my twat off. But I'm serious, Cargo. I want this."
Siete
"And not just for myself, 'specially not anymore."
WormWood
"Well uh. It can't really be all that different from what he's been doin' already."
WormWood
"...He did help me with packin' up comforts and sending them off......." Worm winces a little.
Siete
"Yyyeah! Yeah, uh, all cards on the table, then. You can just assume the better-packed ones were all mine."
Cargo
2026-04-23 19:00:30
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 19:01:52
"Wormwood we're going to have a conversation later about letting people who I didn't approve in on the scheme."
WormWood
"Yeeeaahhh that's fair enough."
WormWood
Bean leans back onto the couch. "Suppose I can wring supply outta my brother if we wanna keep up with what we had goin'."
Cargo
"Fine, Uno. I will consider this, but I don't like the idea of changing up things."
Uno
"You'd be off planet if he didn't give you a job."
Uno
"Let's share like family. At least for a little while. I'm sure a job somewhere will open up for him."
Uno
"I hope you both know I can't be here all the time to work out your problems. Try not to fight over salt again."
Uno
"You both can make it a game! Which ever one of you is the bigger person and just ignores the other's attitude, wins!"
Siete
Siete raises an eyebrow at the comment, but allows it to pass. "...It'll be like nothing even changed. C'mon, sis, whaddaya say?"
Siete
"Up for a game?"
Cargo
"No, because I'm never going to win that game."
Cargo
"Sorry to be blunt. But you better make sure you try to win every single time." Cargo finally grabs her meal, ready to leave.
Cargo
"Cowboy has final say on anything."
WormWood
"I'm sure it'll be fine then. Cowboy's chill."
Siete
"Then i'll hear from Cowboy." Siete scrutinizes his sister as she ducks away. "...Before you go. C'mere and meet your nephew."
Siete
"I know you'd rather be doing anything but talking to me right now, but this is the most snail in one room Casey's ever seen in his life." Siete unpeels his son from his chest and offers the wriggling mass to Cargo.
Cargo
Cargo looks at the small child. She darts her eyes around. "Uh....I'm holding something, sorry....maybe next time."
Uno
Uno places a hand on Cargo and points to her. "Don't you know? She has that illness!"
Uno
"The one that makes you scared of holding children!"
Uno
"I could tell the second she looked at Nugget, she was never going to even consider holding her."
Uno
"But we can try forcing her anyway. Cameras don't need to reflect reality."
Cargo
2026-04-23 19:16:48
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 19:17:03
Cargo sighs as she places down her plate. "Give me the child."
Siete
"Thaaat's what I wanna hear." Siete passes his son over into Cargo's arms.
Uno
"Nugget, go with aunt Cargo, so we can take a picture."
Nugget
"Why? I don't like her."
Uno
2026-04-23 19:19:47
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 19:19:54
Uno takes out a camera after nudging her child to Cargo. "So we can create a reality where you do like her, and wouldn't that be ssssso awesome? Now say cheese, all of you!"
Nugget
2026-04-23 19:20:30
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 19:20:55
"Ok, cheese!" Nugget cheers, giving her biggest smile.
Siete
"Better get to know him now than scraping him off the kitchen ceiling. He's a good kid, I promise." He leans away from Cargo. "Cheese."
WormWood
"If you don't mmiiinndd me bein' a part of this too..." Bean smirks, and hooks an arm around Siete's shoulder to yank him back in. "Cheese."
Cargo
Cargo stares at the camera nervously. With one hand holding onto Nugget's hand, and the other cradling a small child she didn't even know the name of, she felt put on the spot.
Uno
Uno brings the tip of a finger to her own mouth and pushes it up to signal to her that she's not smiling.
Cargo
"Cheeeeeese.~"
The camera flashes. A false reality captured.
Cargo
Cargo lets go of Nugget's hand, who promptly sticks her tongue out at the aunt she didn't like, and hands the small child back to Siete. "Uh. Good baby. I guess?"
Cargo
"I mean it looks healthy. He looks healthy." Cargo stumbles over her words.
WormWood
"Least fussy kid I've ever seen." Bean sinks back into the couch. "..Not that I know much about snail kids to begin with."
Siete
"Yeah, he's a good baby. Gonna be a good kid, soon." Siete smiles, earnestly, allowing Casey to squirm around his arms. "...Thanks for humoring me."
Cargo
2026-04-23 19:32:14
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 19:32:20
"I don't get it...." Cargo mumbles, picking up her plate once again.
Uno
"We don't remember everything sister. Just the things we save."
Uno
"This photo will over time change reality."
Uno
"Soon we'll know this moment more for the photo taken, than the event that happened."
Cargo
"Stop being weird."
Uno
"Oh.....that's a shame....."
Uno
2026-04-23 19:35:06
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 19:35:17
"You don't remember telling me those same words so long ago."
Uno
"It's ok. I took it to heart. I still have the photo of that event too."
Uno
"Enjoy the rest of your night sister. Me and Aestus will make sure to keep everyone out of your hair."
Cargo returns to her room, melting down.
[ Sprawling Idiot Effigy - NeroBrock]
Cargo
It felt like finally being able to breath out after sucking her gut in for so long. Despite bringing a spoon and fork into her room for her trained sense of normality, she tips the entire dish of food onto herself, letting it just sink into her body. She coats her entire keyboard with slime, pressing down keys by sinking and rising the ooze.

She wanted to forget about the rest of the day. To play some Fortuna to get her mind off of things, but she had one more person to contact.
Chat started between Memetical_Cargo and Wormwood.
Memetical_Cargo
"So, you just hanged out with my LONG LOST brother for ages and didn't tell me, huh?"
Memetical_Cargo
2026-04-23 20:24:54
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 20:25:19
"It's not like we were doing anything illegal, but I'm just saying, what if my brother was an undercover spy?" Yes, this felt so much better. Using this avatar to speak instead of the "avatar" she created when she left her room was more natural to her.
Memetical_Cargo
"You could have had all that income swiped right from under you."
WormWood
"....Hey. Yeah uh, Maybe I of said something about it. It just..."
WormWood
"Didn't really seem like my place to do so. Like I said. He's my friend, man."
WormWood
"And yeah, It could of. But it wasn't, and he wasn't doing anything weird behind my back. Should count for something."
Memetical_Cargo
"Yeah....well now YOU look like you're doing something weird behind MY back!"
Memetical_Cargo
"ARE YOU FUCKING DATING MY LONG LOST BROTHER?!?!?! I THOUGHT YOU WERE INTO THAT BLACK WIDOW, ARTIE!"
WormWood
"Huh."
WormWood
"Wh."
WormWood
"Holy shit, no. He's my roommate dude, lol."
WormWood
"...Also uh, Artie broke it off with me. Like. Twice. That info probably would of made it back to you eventually, so might as well come out with it."
Memetical_Cargo
"LIAR! You two didn't break up!"
WormWood
"Damn I wish."
Memetical_Cargo
"If you two broke up, then can you please explain the artwork of you, and Artie, as anthropomorphic old world dogs posted....."
Memetical_Cargo
"Only one week ago. Hmmmm?"
WormWood
"Artie does that."
WormWood
"Also like, this was kind of a recent development. It sucks. I'm trying to move along because I fucked up pretty bad I think."
Memetical_Cargo
"ARE YOU NUTS? Wasn't your game plan to ditch your job and get married to Artie?!?! I remember we had a big argument about it, because you wouldn't be able to supply me anymore if you moved!"
Memetical_Cargo
"You're telling me.....you ditched your job, AND Artie? At the same time?"
WormWood
Bean wanted to die just a little bit. "Artie cut me off. It's, messy and I don't think the direction I was going in was going to work. And even if it was..."
WormWood
"I could of staid the same for the rest of my life and staid miserable I guess. Something is finally changing and I want to feel like whatever comes next isn't going to be so miserable. If that makes sense."
WormWood
"...Sorry that's, way too much info. Haha. Ah."
Memetical_Cargo
"This is the type of stuff you would send Cowboy instead....."
Memetical_Cargo
"Not that I know what goes on in his private messages, it's just easy to assume!"
Memetical_Cargo
"Cowboy is locked up." Cargo types those words slowly. "But I can play the same role as rock to lean on, WormWood. You can trust me with your feelings."
WormWood
"I'm sorry man. I'm doing the best I can to hold myself together."
Memetical_Cargo
"Though frankly.....if the break up was so soon I'd contact Artie and ask if that murder planning rabbit has a place to stay. He's the emotional type, he'll take you back without asking."
Memetical_Cargo
"If he kills you afterwards? Well, I've seen his artwork of those disemboweled old world animals. I don't think it'll work out quite in the way you want it to, unless of course that's your thing."
WormWood
"Murder planni- er, No man it's fine. I think I just need some time to figure out who I am for a bit. I don't think I've been living as myself for the past decade."
WormWood
"...Um.. by the way uh.. I can still get you stuff from my old job as long as my brother's willing to provide..."
Memetical_Cargo
"That's great Wormwood......."
Memetical_Cargo
"But don't distract from the conversation at hand! You're going to listen to me, and follow my advice, and advice one is DON'T FUCK MY BROTHER."
Memetical_Cargo
"GET AWAY FROM HIM."
Memetical_Cargo
"AND DON'T TELL ME "WE'RE JUST ROOMMATES I ALREADY TOLD YOU." YOU KNOW WHO ELSE WERE "JUST ROOMMATES" AESTUS AND MY OLDEST SISTER!"
WormWood
"Lol."
Memetical_Cargo
"If another one of my childhood friends fucks one of my siblings again, I'm going fucking blow up, do you understand?"
Memetical_Cargo
"SO GO BACK TO YOUR RABBIT WHORE."
WormWood
"You might want to convince your brother then, he's pretty intent on moving in with me when I get out of here."
WormWood
"Not in the way. Roommates."
Memetical_Cargo
"You're your own person aren't you? Then YOU tell him you're not moving in with him!"
Memetical_Cargo
"What are you? Scared of a single father?"
WormWood
"I like the company, what can I say."
Memetical_Cargo
"FIND OTHER COMPANY YOU BROTHER FUCKING WHORE."
WormWood
"With all due respect Cargo, I kind of prefer that guy over most other people right now."
WormWood
"I need a rock right now more than ever."
Memetical_Cargo
"Well you convinced me. Enjoy your rock."
Memetical_Cargo
"Try not to sink, whore."
WormWood
"Will do."
Memetical_Cargo
"On a serious note, I hope you understand that if him working for you wasn't keeping him alive, that it's not going to work now either, right? Both of you festering together is going to kill him."
Memetical_Cargo
"Not to be rude, but you're the last person I would want to attach to a guy who needs to fucking step up or DIE because the SUN put a doomsday clock in us that causes us to melt down into a tasty memory paste whenever we stop working, so that we wouldn't "disturb society with our abnormality.""
Memetical_Cargo
"So. I'm just going to let you know. If you kill my brother....."
Memetical_Cargo
"I'll do something worse to you."
Memetical_Cargo
"And it WILL be your fault if he dies."
WormWood
"I'm not intending on killing him. I want the guy to get a job."
WormWood
"I guess the reality of the situation is that, if he can't do it here then so be it. He wants to move in with me, but give em credit that I think he'll make the big boy decision on his own to preserve himself if that's what it comes to."
WormWood
"I'd rather see him live at the end of the day."
Memetical_Cargo
2026-04-23 21:14:50
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 21:19:48
"He doesn't make "Big Boy" choices on his OWN."
Memetical_Cargo
"You don't know him like I do. He's reactionary. He only moves when other people push him or hand things over."
Memetical_Cargo
2026-04-23 21:17:34
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 21:17:46
"It might have been ten years, but I can already tell he still falls into those same habits."
Memetical_Cargo
2026-04-23 21:18:29
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 21:19:06
"I won't bother you more about it. But understand-"
Memetical_Cargo
2026-04-23 21:18:55
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 21:19:15
"-don't take my warning lightly."
WormWood
"Noted, Cargo."
Memetical_Cargo
"One more thing. I need you to NEVER EVER talk about what you saw happen to Cowboy."
Memetical_Cargo
"And don't tell people that we're married!"
WormWood
2026-04-23 21:25:13
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Posted by ID #3
Last edit: 2026-04-23 21:30:29
"If you don't mind me prodding, what the hell is up with Cowboy? I'm not going to spread anything around, I'm more concerned for him than anything like that."
WormWood
"I was worried there was something wrong with me at first, but uh. He looked like almost an entirely different person after he went up with me to talk to my boss."
Memetical_Cargo
"You need to forget EVERYTHING you saw."
Memetical_Cargo
2026-04-23 21:37:20
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Last edit: 2026-04-23 21:37:28
"Because the truth is, you don't know who Cowboy is. No one does."
WormWood
Bean recalls the feeling the occurred to him when he realized he didn't actually know anything about Cowboy, walking up to backstage with him. That uneasy feeling is back. "Yeah, uh. I follow."
Memetical_Cargo
"Just cause you talk to him online, and tell him all of your secrets, doesn't mean you KNOW him."
Memetical_Cargo
"You know what destabilization is right? When the eyes of even normal people work together to force a person's form into the shape they see in their minds. A sickness inflicted by the passive effects of the singularities around us, only triggered by your friends, family, and neighbors."
Memetical_Cargo
"Imagine for a moment. A person no one has ever seen."
Memetical_Cargo
"A person who we only know through online interactions with their false self."
Memetical_Cargo
"What I'm trying to say, is that you need to keep your mouth closed that people's perceptions are wrong, because if people realize they don't actually know who or WHAT Cowboy is, their minds are going to go wild."
Memetical_Cargo
"All these realities of Cowboy are going to shatter. Theories are going to fly, people are going to notice that they never asked too much about Cowboy's life, and everyone is going to realize the terrible truth...."
Cowboy doesn't really exist.
He's just someone that exists because we WANT him to.
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