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The pangolin hybrid was standing in the lab. Leaning against the cold glass of the turtle farm, his sunglasses were on his face but his eyes were closed.
His ears were down and his tail was going around his ankle. His shoulders were tensed up and the hoodie he stole from Lukey was hanging losely around his torso. The potions were around his belt and his axe was in his hand. His armor was also practically only thrown on as the strips were lose as if pangi tried to tie them together but gave up half away, it was atleast just enought that it wouldn't fall down.
Footsteps were heard and pangi immediatly tensed up, opening his eyes and seeing the scientist standing in the door way. A smug smile tugged onto his face. "Pangi, I thought you went to Aimsey?"
A sigh left the younger as he got up slowly from the wall he leant onto, his eyes scrunched up as he pulled up his sunglasses. "I forgot." He mumbled before stepping towards Lukey, the two were now face to face.
"Pangi, you okay?" Lukey then says frowning, noticing how tired the other seems. Pangi seemed somewhat annoyed now, ignoring the question he just. "Shut up, do you need anything from spawn?"
"No but could you ask Aimsey, if they got some skulk that I could get?" Pangi nods "Yeah I can do that, i guess."
"I'll get going" he mumbles as he passes the older and goes over to go up, taking his elytra and a sound was heard of water. Lukey knew he had to speak with Aimsey about this, taking his com to write with them.
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'Yo whatsup'
Aimsey whispers to LukeyTV : 'Nothing much, you need smt?'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'Yeah, do u mind keeping an eye on pangi?'
Aimsey whispers to LukeyTV : 'ofc! Why tho?'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'He is being pretty paranoid, he almost seems very tired. I catched him almost sleeping standing at the lab'
Aimsey whispers to LukeyTV : 'Gotcha!'
Putting away his Com, he decides to head to his office.
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Pangi was in the air, his elytra gliding him through the wind and beneath him was the ocean. The ocean was shining due to the sunrise. Taking out his fireworks as he flies up to not touch the cold water as he applys slight pressure onto his wings so that he wouldn't fall.
He thought about talking to Clownpierce since the jester himself knew about the terrible things that happened on Lifesteal smp. 'Should I talk to Clown?' As he landed at spawn he decided to go for it and messaged the jester that was online at the moment, probably talking with the other yellow members that were online.
Princezam went offline
Or well roscumber-
Pangi whispers to Clownpierce : 'Wya'
He knew that getting a messaged might take a little if the jester especially did not check his com or had it with him. So the pangolin decided to head over to where Aimsey's house is, hearing noises from inside he knew that they were home.
"AIMSEY!!" He yelled out as his friend heard his call out "PANGI!" they yelled back. A bright smile on their face as they see their bestfriend, pangi himself couldn't help but smile at the sight of seeing their bestfriend.
"How you doing?" He asks as his tail goes around his ankles. His ears were slightly up showing that he was defensive but he didn't really let him show it so that Aimsey should notice. "Good good, you?"
Aimsey asked as she guided the way into the inside so that they could sit down while talking. "You got information?" A nod came as they sat down, the other sitting across from them. "Pangi, so I have a question actually."
"Shoot it." Aimsey seemed to be a bit hesitant before talking "Are you okay? I actually wanted to talk because, you know. The season ended of lifesteal and I wanna make sure your okay, your my bestfriend after all."
Aimsey then says, her voice was sounding concern'd. Something the younger has heard often before after a season of lifesteal ended. So he putted on his bravest face and nodded "yeah i'm fine, maybe a bit paranoid. Atleast thats what Lukey keeps telling me." He says, voice sounding slightly unsure as he mentions Lukey.
"I'm glad. But just so you know. You little crazy pangolin, im always here for you if you wanna talk!" A warm smile was spread in pangis face "I, awwww" he ends up saying, not knowing what to say but feeling comforted by the words of the other. A chuckle left Aimsey. "Always there for you too." Pangi says and his ears went up, which didn't go unnoticed.
Pangi's com then started to buzz catching the attention of both, pangi starred at it before taking it into his hands and checking from who he got that message.
Clownpierce whispers to Pangi : 'Castle'
LukeyTV whispers to Pangi : 'have you asked aimsey yet? x'
LukeyTV whispers to Pangi : 'you okay?'
LukeyTV whispers to Pangi : 'mate?'
A sigh left the boy as he checked his messages. Responding firstly to the jester.
Pangi whispers to Clownpierce : 'Can we talk /lifesteal related'
Pangi whispers to LukeyTV : 'was abt too ask, i'm fine you hamster.'
"Sorry aimsey about that." A smile was on the others face seemingly not caring. "No worries!" "Because lukey reminded me, do you got any skulk he can have?"
"Oh! Lemme look, i think yes." They said getting up from their comfortable chair and running outside to check the basement for the material the hamster needs for probably another one of his experiments- or trying to find another way to torture it alongside the corruption. Pangi would lovely and gladly help with that if it its again one of those ideas as he hates the corruption and the skulk with a passion that seemingly exists on the smp.
But he isn't the only one to absolutely despite the corruption and skulk, he did once grow somewhat a connection to the corruption. As he was corrupted but after the fight with Ace he has seemingly loosed all the connections he once had with it even if he didn't hate it as much as he hated the skulk as it consumpted his bestfriend and till this day is still skulking one of the members on the server. They have tried to get sneeg out of his island but he seems to be very stubborn and the travel ever since the nether portal broke in the explotion has made it insanely long to get their.
It usually wouldn't take that long but the weathers mood has been strange the past days, pangi and aimsey theoriesed before that the weather seems to change with the mood of some members. So that the condition to fly isn't the best as the lightning chances are higher to flying due to some elctricity being connected to the elytra. Or so they assume as Badboyhalo once practically cursed under his breath with muffins and angels when he tried flying through such a weather on the server.
So they decided to not risk it, they tried to use the portal from the nether but sneeg seemed to barricade his portal to make it practically impossible to enter. Clownpierce had made it into it once having been begged from some members, especially Aimsey and ros to ask sneeg to get out of his hole. But the latter just ignored the jester and kicked him out. The last time he did not make it inside.
Philza and fit seem to still have ever so slight talk with him, but they are never really around as they have other stuff to do on their other perspective servers as Philza has his world to keep up with and his builds and Fit is always sleeping at the weirdest times or you just cannot find the guy so it's Absolutly insufferable to talk with the other two eldest on the server.
Having thought about all this made pangi completly not hear the way Aimsey made it back inside and having the skulk on the table so that he can take it. "Sorry!" He apologies quickly as he realised they made it back to the table. "You spaced out, you sure everythings okay?"
A nod came from the pangolin as he reached out for the skulk "I'ts probably just me being tired. No worries aime!" He forced a smile as he got up from the seat, taking his com and stuffing it inside his side pocket. "If you say so girl!"
Aimsey said with a satisfied look, "I do hope that is enough skulk for lukey! And you better get rest before I tell lukey to tie you to your bed just so you get somewhat rest. Got it?"
A nod seemed to do it from pangi, "I'll see you around?" "Mhm.. keep me updated!" "Gotcha!" He yelled out as he left the doorstep and flew quickly over to castle.
Landing not gracefully but landing atleast infront of the castle and noticing a new newsletter dropped from beky. Taking a quick read to see what libarian has to say to everything and what has been going on with the others.
Getting a buzz from his com and taking it out of his pocket as he closes the book infront of him.
Clownpierce whispers to Pangi : 'Privately?'
Pangi whispers to Clownpierce : 'please.'
Clownpierce whispers to Pangi : 'Group?'
Pangi read the messaged and checked if any groups were formed today and seeing none were so he made one. Using the usual "123123123" to make the username of the group.
Pangi invited Clownpierce to the group!
The pangolin did forget to make it private though, but that didn't really matter often enough as everyone would just assume that they would do something seriously or that they were silly. Sometimes when they assumed silly it was the opposite but the hybrid guessed that the others wouldn't join though they seemed something off about it. Atleast Lukey and Aimsey.
"Clown?" Pangi asked as he noticed the jester had joined the group. "Hello pangi", the other replied with his usual tone that seemed to be inbetween of happy and a don't give a fuck one.
"You remember those nightmares Zam used to have, yeah?" It seemed to have gotten the interest of clown at this moment, "yeah I do. He also mentioned it to me today, due to the season ending. Seemed to be okay though." A pause came before an "Pangi, you okay?"
Pangi was meanwhile slowly flying back to lab to give the skulk back to the assumingly science guy waiting. "Yeah, just I have gotten such aswell. I wanted to firstly talk with Zam but he already went to bed so.." he said the end in a more quiet tone but clown definitely heard it as he said in a softer voice. "About what was it? I mean Zam's have gotten softer but I heard from minute that yours only started in season 5. Correct?" Pangi nodded in the air before remembering that the other wasn't with him. "Yes, mine have only started season 5, but they don't seem to get better."
A sigh came from the other line as pangi landed in the little pond giving it a little splash. "Well that is probably because you have only gotten them so late, I mean dude, the others had them the moment they joined the season and then it got better after. But your a latecomer with that." Pulling the lever and jumping down. "Yeah I know.. i guess.."
"Yo I gotta go, but if you want someone to talk to especially about this. You should maybe talk in discord with Flamefrags or Derapchu. I mean your close with both of them I assume." The voice came pretty quick after pangi started a silence.
"Yeah thanks though. Talk to you soon." Pangi said as he dragged his feet over the concrete and over to the office. "And get rest even if it doesn't fully work, just relax." Pangi smiled at that "thanks clown. Bye."
Taking out his com, looking was already looking up from his chair and probably knew about the groupchat as he waited for pangi to put the com away so that he knew he left the group. Presumably to not embarrasing himself once again with talking to himself instead with pangi.
Leaving the group after Clown did so, he putted the com away from his hands and let it back inside his pocket to rot again.
Clownpierce went offline
"Did Aime have skulk?" He asked with his usual tone but it had some softer intentions to it. A nod was a reply enough for the pangolin as he was drained out by the flying. Getting the slulk out of his inventory and giving it to Lukey who took it proudly from the other, as if it was a new artifact but pangi guesses thats how all scientiest seem to react when they get more of the same thing they want to test out on.
"Thank you! And you should get rest" he says turning back around after having stuffed the skulk into a chest nearby, probably transporting it later to his experience room. "You are barely standing pangi-" he cuts himself off.
Noticing that the boy seemed to space out but that wasn't it. Sighing he grabbed the hybrid's hand into his hand and dragged him out of the office and over to his bedroom to get him to sleep somewhat. Pangi was pretty slow to take his gear off so Lukey helped him, even though it wasn't much.
Eh an excuse to help the other is always worth it for Lukey-
The younger stared at him as he put his sunglasses aside, "goodnight" the scientist said before turning around to walk off. The pangolin was second guessing himself before actually speaking up as he held lukeys hand, which made him stop and look at the younger. "Can.. can.. can you stay?" He looked him in the eyes while stumbling over the words a quiet handful times. Smiling, "if that's what will get you to finally rest. Yeah i can stay pangi." A soft tone was the response.
Lukey sat down onto the bed and pangi needed a moment before noticing the actual respond, getting onto the bed aswell and taking the blanket over his body. But his body still seemed to be cold as he was shivering everytime he moved, he must have got the attention from lukey as the older always was observing and seeing something as shivering made him raise an eyebrow. "You cold?" An annoyed humm came from him.
Not even asking, he got the blanket up and layed down next to him. The pangolin liked the warmth of the other even if he would never in his life admit to that, so without using any words he cuddled up to the human. But it seemed like he wasn't the only one tired as Lukey's eyelids seemed to get heavier too.
As both started to drift of too sleep, pangi had his head under lukeys chin, being able to listen to the heartbeat of the older. Their legs were tangled together and the scaled tail was protectively around the legs of both, the sound of breathing started filling the room softly.
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He woke up but felt incredibly weird. Blinking himself awake slowly as he made slow movements, sleep still taking a tool on him. That's when he noticed he wasn't in the lab anymore, Lukey wasn't holding him anymore in his arms and it didn't seem to be the realm if he was honest.
He had 8 hearts. Holding his breath as he realised he was on lifesteal. But confusion overcame him, 'lifesteal is over'. He told himself to make sure this is the reality. "HELLO?!" He yelled as he tried getting up. As he noticed the blood on his leg, his bones showing as the skin was scrapped away. His arms were tied together. "THIS AIN'T FUCKING FUNNY!" He yelled again.
His voice had panic and he was visibly panicking, he tried scratching the cuffs off himself, blood bleeking out of his scratched off nails.
A dizzyness overcame him as his vision became blurry, a voice he couldn't understand or remember where he heard it came into the room. The footsteps making that very clear, he also couldn't see it clearly, his dizzyness being the worst at the moment. He didn't see who is infront of him, he didn't know who it is and he couldn't even recongize the voice.
He let his head onto the pillow that was so cold, it felt like it was trying to suffocate him with its coldness it was uncomfortable. The cuffs were uncomfortable and the way he couldn't feel his right leg anymore made him feel like panicking even more. The laughter of the unknown person made him hate every minute of it.
If he would remember if lifesteal was over or not then he would say this was one of those awefully painfull bedtraps. But he couldn't for the love of his brain. He felt weak and that is a thing pangi hates, if anyone would ask him what the worst feeling is. He wouldn't say any way of dying, he would fucking say its weakness. He hates even his bestfriends seeing him vulnerable which is why he alway acts though.
His neck hurt, his world was spinning and he could hear the person speaking and holding an axe. Then the axe'd was lifted and all he could do was scream as the pain overcame him. The tears falling without him even noticing as he tried to keep his mouth shut not wanting himself to seem vulnerable.
The laughter made him wanna throw up and then he felt the heavy metal of an axe lift off his left leg. The pain was screaming at him and him screaming wasn't helping-
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"pangi?!" Lukey has been repeating himself over and over, trying to wake the other up desperatetly. The younger seemed to be in a deep slumber, but it was definitely not anything good as he has been crying out loud, yelling, screaming, and his grip on the other was conceringly tight. "Pangi!" He took the other closer to his body.
Trying to let the other feel the body warmth of him, as if it could be helpful for the other to wake up. Being to worry to even think he took his communicator/com into his hand and immediatly wrote Aimsey.
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'Aimsey'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'Aimsey Fucking Wake up please?'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'its abt pangi'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'AIMSEY AIMSEY AIMSEY'
He kept spamming while trying calling out pangi's name and holding him. He sat up with the boy still in sleep and still crying out loud, it scared the scientist. It made him wonder if this is why the younger hasn't slept so well.
His com buzzed and with a relieve he immediatly checked it.
Aimsey whispers to LukeyTV : 'its abt to be 3am.'
Aimsey whispers to LukeyTV : 'whats w/ pangi? Everything okies?'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'nothing okay! Please come to the lab immediatly'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'ill explain when your here but just please please please come!!'
Aimsey whispers to LukeyTV : 'omw seems VERY important if you wake me up. I'll be there in 5'
LukeyTV whispers to Aimsey : 'THANK FUCK'
Putting his com down, he slid an hand into pangi's hear to try and soothing him down by playing with his hair as he often did that when pangi was just stressed out of his mind. Tears were falling down his beautiful blue eyes which were closed.
Lukey hated seeing pangi cry, especially if he didn't know how to help or couldn't help. Humming a random melody in hope anything could help, he tried shaking the boy awake. And nothing worked so he decided to give him a small kiss on his nose to see if it'll do anything and waited for aimsey to arrive.
Hearing the splash of water, he knew his savior came and he yelled "AIMSEY! WE ARE HERE!" The footsteps went from distant to close and he could see a worried aimsey, as they panted seeing the two tangled into eachothers arms.
They seemed confused "Lukey?! What happened?" Was the first question he received as they made themselfes over to the bed and got up the steps. "Pangi is in some deep slumber but he has a really bad-" he got cut off as pangi screamed as if he was in actual pain or agony. "..nightmare."
Aimsey looked absolutely distorted when they heard the scream. "Oh pangi.." sitting down onto the bed and putting a hand on his shoulder. "Yeah.." the scientist said, "do you got any idea.. what this is? He never told me abt this shit."
The other scientist shook their head as their face screamed out concern, grabbing out their com "pangi told me about this neither, ill ask zam since he is still online. And their close-"
Aimsey whisperes to PrinceZam : 'zam, i need your help'
They immediatly got a buzz back which definitely meant that zam wrote back.
PrinceZam whispers to Aimsey : 'yo?'
Aimsey whispers to PrinceZam : 'do you know about nightmares were the person doesn't rly wake up to anything and are like screaming and crying?'
PrinceZam whispers to Aimsey : 'talking abt pangi?'
Aimsey whispers to PrinceZam : 'yes.. please help us'
PrinceZam whispers to Aimsey : 'We- lukey? Nevermind. Stay obviously with him but like try to shake him awake or use water.. pangi didn't tell he had it this season- '
Aimsey whispers to PrinceZam : 'yes lukey, Ty!! And we gotta talk abt this.'
Practically throwing the com away. "Zam says shaking or water." A nod came and he tried the shaking. "pangi?" He asked as no respond came until movement which both noticed.
The pangolin gasped for air, eyes wide open, tears still spilling from them. Lukey and aimsey were quickly at his side, aimsey offering water.
"Lukey..? Aimsey..-?" Pangi asked after a round of silence. "Nuh uh. What the fuck was that?" Lukey says not wanting to forget this damn thing that just scared him to practically death. "I- what?" Aimsey was still in shook, blinking widely before letting themself fall onto the bed. "You scared us badly." They explained softly.
"I still.. don't?" "Understand?.. pangi you were screaming and you were crying." Lukey explained, a voice that was soft and soothing and he still had him in his arms but it didn't seem like pangi even had the idea of moving.
"I.. oh" he says somewhat unsure as if he doesn't know if to be surprised or not. "Guess i did assume you guys will know someday or find it out.." he adds on to his unsure reaction. "Pangi.. has this happend a lot?" Aimsey asks worry facing every little inch in their tone and also face.
"Well.. to explain it shortly. Those nightmares are well.. practically normal for lifesteal members.. though i did get them later than like zam or clown-.. we are guessing it comes from.."
"From the brutal things you guys go through and do?" Lukey finishes his train of thought and received a nod and a tighter arm around his neck as he seemed to want more body contact.
"We are gonna have to talk about this.. but later.." aimsey mumbles, already drifting off to sleep. "I dont wanna sleep. Not after that.." pangi whispers to the boy hes cuddling with. "We can just cuddle" the other replies. "..fine i guess." Pangolin says not one to be good with comfort but seeming to really appreciate it.