Evening slowly crept up on everyone, as did the weather. The winds were becoming increasingly violent, to the point anyone that continued to stay outside with no shelter for the night would probably freeze to death. It was extremely unusual.

Luckily for Golfballs group, they didn't have to worry about that. They were completely fine in her lab, unbothered by the weather. In fact, they hadn't even noticed the decreasing temperatures, since they were inside and didn't need to go outside.

8-ball had offered to keep watch of Liy for a little while, as Blackhole had been doing it all day. She was growing frustrated and was beginning to act a lot more threatening and aggressive to them all, so Blackhole could do with a break from her.

Once 8-ball arrived, Blackhole made his way back to the main area that everyone were hanging out in. For the majority of the day everyone just napped, so were pretty awake and happy to see him.

"Hey buddy!-" Pen exclaimed excitedly, walking up to him as he entered and giving him a soft smile, putting his hands behind his back. Blackhole turned his gaze to him "Oh? Hello Pen.. how have you been?"

He scuffed the ground with his foot "Oh? Y'know.." he twirled his hand around "We've kinda just been sleeping. Golfball hasn't visited much ..I think she's in her room.." He explained.

Blackhole hesitated at this news, but tried not to show his discomdort "A-Ah.. Oh, I see." Pen gave him a reassuring smile "It's okay though! The others are all still here."

Blackhole made his way over with Pen over to where the rest of the group were. Lightning gave a gentle wave, Fanny not commenting for once "H-Hey Blackhole! Nice to see you.." he smiled sheepishly.

Blocky stood up politely to greet him "Yo!! We weren't really doing much. It's nice to see you again!" He grinned at Blackhole , wrapping his arm around Pen, who laughed shyly.

"Yeah, it's been kinda boring actually." Jr complained with dry tone, yawning and leaning back "But peaceful! Thanks to stupid fucking Liy being monitored. Hopefully she won't escape again." He nudged Bomby, who nodded.

Blocky shrugged plainly "Eh..probably not." Lollipop traced the wall with her finger "Hmm, I agree. Even so, I think this time I'd have a word with her myself." She put a hand on her waist, almost threateningly.

Blocky smirked playfully and sat back down next to Woody "Oh yeah! She wouldn't stand a chance against you, Lollipop. Or any of us.. she messed with the wrong group." He boasted proudly.

Woody weakly nodded in agreement, having his legs up against his body, holding them there. Blocky smirked and watched Pen sit down "Ah.. it's just.. so peaceful. I feel kind of bad.."

"Wh-What? Why?" Blocky was confused on the sudden change of tone. It was as if Pen hadn't realised he had spoken aloud "A-Ah, did I say that?? I'm sorry.." Pen quickly looked away from him.

Jr decided to mind his own business and continue talking to Bomby. Lollipop noticed the situation as well, and went to lead Blackhole, Fanny and Lightning over as well, to leave them some privacy and let Blocky talk to his friend.

Woody glanced to the side and listened, but tried not to be too rude about it. Pen fiddled with his hands "W-Well, you know! I just.. er.. this is awkward.." he traced the floor with his finger.

Blocky gave him a look of concern "Heyy! I'm here to talk to you, what's on your mind?" He put his hand on his shoulder "I'm here for you bud.." Blocky assured quietly.

Pen gazed down at the ground, exhaling "Ah..okay..okay." he bit his lip nervously, not knowing how to get his words out "It's just.." he pulled his legs up to his body, burying himself into his arms "I.. feel bad for everyone else in the forest.."

"Well.. that's okay-"

"But-" Pen looked at Blocky, interrupting him. "I-I've ..it's more than that. It's..someone specific.." he admitted, worried.

Blocky seemed to not understand, raising an eyebrow "Huh?? Who??" He thought "Eraser isn't in the forest ..you know. Is it Firey? I don't know if-"

"I-it's neither!" Pen stammered quickly, cutting him off again. He fidgeted with his hands, turning his gaze away from him and to the floor. "It's..someone else."

"Well, who?" He rubbed his shoulder in a comforting manner, noticing that he was rather touchy about this. Pen gently sighed, closing his eyes.

"S-Snowball.."

Oh right. Snowball.. honestly, Snowball and Blocky had kind of been.. friends that hung out because their friends were friends with each others friends. Or something. They never really hung out directly, it was more of a mutual thing. They got on ..but they didn't have that much of a connection. Blocky usually hung out with his other friends, like Pen, Eraser, Firey Clock and Coiny. But Pen on the other hand didn't as much. He hung with Snowball and Eraser most of the time, usually when Blocky was busy.

Blocky noticed that Pen got on differently with Eraser than he did with Snowball. Eraser was more of a guy he just got along really well with, while Snowball was more of a guy he admired.

"Snowball? Do you think he's still alive?"

"I-I have no idea.. but.." he traced the ground with his finger in circles "I just.. really miss him. And.. I really wanna know if he's okay. With all the weather and stuff.. maybe I could bring him here, y'know? Or..maybe he's even safe with his own group.. I just.." he frowned at the bad thoughts "..I just wanna know if he's okay.." he trailed off, upset talking about it.

Blocky rubbed his shoulder "Heyy! Its okay.. he's a tough guy! I'm sure he's doing just fine.." he nudged him, trying to cheer him up "Has this been bothering you for a while?"

"A..little.." he softly admitted "I just.. feel bad. I'm in here safe and prepared for the future but..he's out there suffering. We were really close, y'know? It feels so.. wrong."

Blocky tried to think of what to say "..You really miss him that much, huh?"

"As much as Eraser.. " Honestly, even more in a way.. he wouldn't admit that though, as he couldn't really tell.

Blocky bit his lip "Aw..man. I'm sorry.. I wish there was something we could do.." he pat him on the back "I didn't know you felt so strongly about him. Well, I kind of did."

Pen turned to him with confusion "What??" He crossed his arms "What's that supposed to mean??"

"Well, you know." A grin crept up on his face. "You can't tell me you acted the same way around Snowball as you did with the others."

Pen suddenly flushed up, looking away from him quickly "Wh-What are you saying???" He stammered defensively "I-I did!"

"Naw dude. You were totally nuts for him. You can't even deny it." He nudged him playfully, Pen getting embarrassed "It wasn't like that!" He denied, covering his flushed face.

Blocky snickered "Aw.. look at cha. Didn't know you were so head over heels for him." He nudged him taughtingly. Pen only let out a whine, muttering things embarrassedly.

"Well... I get it." Blocky turned the conversation back to a more serious tone "You miss him.. and.. that must hurt."

Pen moved his hands away, calming down and sighing. He rubbed his face "Y-Yeah.." he sadly looked down to the ground "I.. just wish I could do something. I-I've..been thinking."

"..A-About..-?"

"Maybe.. I should go look for him-" he quickly put his hand over Blockys mouth before he could argue with him "I-I've planned it out! And I'll bring a weapon and food.. and.. I'll take your advice and- I-I won't stay out for longer than three days- I'll return for yo-"

"P-Pen! Buddy!-" Blocky awkwardly laughed, moving his hand away "You don't need my permission! I just.. " he went to hold his hand "Are you.. sure this is what you want..?"

"Y-Yeah, it is." He looked at him hopefully "I really really do.. I-I know I'll have to be safe .. and I won't stay out long, I just.. wanna try and look for him, you know?" He seemed more energetic talking about it.

"Yeah dude.. I get that.." he glanced to the side hesitantly. I-Im.. y'know, nervous, aha." He rubbed the back of his head awkwardly "But.. if it's what you want then I won't stop you. I'll tell the others.. "

Pen looked physically joyful at this information, pulling him into a hug "Oh, thank you thank you! I-I'll stay safe, I promise.. this means so much to me, it really does-" he murmured, gripping him tight.

Blocky pat his back, grunting from how tightly he was holding him "Yeah dude.. no bother." He weakly smiled, a little hesitant to just.. allow him to go through with this but trusted him to keep himself safe. He parted from the hug "You uh.. gonna get going like,..now?"

"You bet-" Pen stood up instantly, brushing himself off "I-I'll have to pack a bag or something.. " he noticed that Blackhole was coming over "Oh.. dear." He forgot about Blackhole..he softened up.

He was the only close relationship Blackhole had left. If something happened to Pen, he knew he wouldn't be able to handle it.. how was he going to tell him?

"H-Hey, Bh. I..um.." he fiddled with his hands awkwardly, Blocky staying quiet to let Pen do this on his own. He went to comfort Woody in the meantime, Pen fidgeting "I-I..have some news. I don't think you're going to like it.." he mumured.

"O-Oh..? Um..how so?" Blackhole nervously wondered, a little on edge to hear this. Pen sighed defeatedly "I..just.. I have someone I really really want to meet. And.. I have to go outside in the forest to try and find him." Pen stammered, squeezing his eyes shut "I'm..really sorry. I feel so bad leaving you here but.. I-I'll be okay!" He reassured.

Blackhole was quiet for a few moments to process this.. oh."It's..okay. It's your choice..afterall. Please..just um.." he tried to muster up a response through his worries.

"Please stay safe. I don't know what I'd do without you.. I want you to be careful, okay?" He pleaded "How long are you..um, planning to leave?"

Pen felt guilty hearing him say this... he knew he meant a lot to his poor friend "About 3 days in total.."

Blackhole sighed softly "Well..then, if you're not back in that time space, do I have permission to go out and look for you?"

Pen nodded "Permission granted." He gave a small gentle smile "I-Ill be okay. I'll be back in no time! Then we can catch up, promise. "

"I-I really hope so.." he weakly muttered. Pen looked down at Blocky "I-I'm gonna go pack. Tell the others later, okay?"

"Got it."

Pen rushed off out the room to begin to pack his stuff so he could leave. He was very nervous, but also very excited. He was trying to imagine what he would even say to Snowball, or what he would say to him..

Blackhole watched him rush off, feeling anxiety set itself within him. He had many worries but.. it was Pens choice and if he really wanted this that bad then.. he had to let him.

"Sorry, dude. But..hey! I'll keep you company." Blocky gave him fingerguns. Woody was half asleep next to him, leaning on him and hugging his arm.

Blackhole awkwardly laughed "Y-Yeah, I get that. Thanks for your offer.. you're really brave and generous.."

Blocky was a little taken off guard by the sudden compliments "O-Oh? Thanks!"

"Actually..I.." he looked down, nervous to ask "I have a..erm, favour to ask of you. It.. isn't much of a favour.. but its still-"

"Just spill!" Blocky encouraged, giving him a friendly grin. "I'm all ears."

Blackhole looked around wearily "L-Look.. I shouldn't really be telling you this since.. I was warned not to ..but.." he tried to think of a way to say this. "Ah.. Look.. I.." he looked over to the exit of the room "I'm..concerned about Golfball." he whispered "I-In.. a bad way. I feel as if she.. might put us in danger. And ..I fear that her intentions are not as they seem? I-I.. think." He said with a gentle tone.

"Wh-What-?" Blocky was startled to hear this "Why?? I mean, obviously..but why are you telling me this?"

"I-I ..um, went through her stuff." He admitted "I.. found some disturbing information. It.. concerns me."

"Wh-What? What kind of information?"

"I-Its.. " he breathed in "I ..would rather not talk about it here. It's..complicated. Please don't tell anyone about me telling you this.. Golfball ..threatened me with-"

"Y-You what-?" Blocky would have stood up if Woody wasn't hugging onto his arm. "Blackhole.. holy shit, why didn't you tell me this-?" He whisper shouted.

I.. I was scared she would kick out my friends-" his voice cracked "I ..wanted to protect them-"

Blocky was frustrated, but not at Blackhole "Are you kidding me?? I would not have let her hurt my friends.. " he snapped quietly "..I..can't believe she did that." He believed Blackhole, because he trusted him a fair ton.

"So she blackmailed you?" Blocky questioned.

"Y-You could say that. I..we talked after, and I think she feels bad.. but I still have a funny feeling she still has.. disturbing plans." He gently uttered "I-If she carries on with whatever she's doing... I-I don't know. All I know is that she doesn't want anyone finding out.. and that she acts different around you. She trusts you."

"Really? Thats a first" he snorted, a little amused "Well.. thanks Blackhole..I'll keep my eye out, buddy. Maybe I'll even check up on it myself, who knows."

"Just... be careful if you do, okay?"

Blocky nodded "'Course. She wouldn't stand a chance against me, anyways." He proudly sneered. Blackhole gave a gentle encouraging laugh, despite not finding his joke funny.

"Thanks.. Blocky. You're a really good friend.." he mumured "I'm..glad I have you."

"Of course.. make sure to come to me if you're feeling down, yeah?" He assured him.

"I-I will.."

Blackhole went to float over to the other wall of the room, just wanting some space. He was anxious about Pen leaving and all this Golfball stuff... he wished things could just be simple.

He hoped Pen would be okay.

Blocky hoped so, too. But, in his mind was Golfball. What Blackhole had warned him about.. he would definitely keep it in mind.

He needed to see it for himself, since Blackhole was too afraid to talk about it..

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After all the flashbacks Coiny had been having of the prisoners, he almost felt obliged to go down there himself and see them. He couldn't take it anymore - it was so stressful having these vision things that didn't make any sense.. he didn't understand it, they were his enemies.. why would he have this somewhat nice memories with them? And why did he feel different.. and why was his eye slashed out BEFORE the whole war? Eveything he had been told by Two didn't match up with the events that he had been seeing in his mind.

So, after some thinking he decided he would go down and see them himself. It was evening, so everyone was tired and wasn't really active, therefore he assumed it would be fine to disappear from him for a while.

He slowly trailed down the stairs that led to the prisoners area, almost holding his breath out of nervousness without realizing. He dragged his sword down with him, it clinking against the concrete each time he went down a step. He traced the wall with his free hand as he walked down, feelings its rigid edges.

There was a dim light that brightened the room, reaching the bottom of the stairs. He arrived and paced to the cages, peering into the bars to see each of them, nervous.

He walked up to Clocks cage first of all. He seemed to be sleeping peacefully. He wasn't planning on interrupting or hurting them.. but he wanted answers. It felt like the way they saw everything was different to how Coiny saw everything.

Clock gently opened his eyes after sensing a presence, flinching as he noticed Coiny stood by the cage bars, becoming scared "Wh-What do you want-" he stammered, looking away quickly. "Just leave me alone-" he was terrified, especially since it was Coiny. He really hoped he wasn't here to drag him up to Two.

Coiny just stared at him, clinging onto his sword.

"Hey Coiny, err..have you seen Blocky around?"

"What?" Coiny looked up from the bench that he was sitting at. "No? Soz. I think he's hanging with Eraser."

"O-Oh, okay. Well.." Clock scuffed his feet "I need some help with something, can you help me?"

"Oh, sure! What do you need help with?" He stood up, looking down at the smaller object.

"Erm, not much.. I need to take something somewhere but.. its a little difficult with no arms, aha."

Coiny shook away his thoughts, quickly backing away from Clocks cage. There was way more to him than he thought.. he probably had so many of these.. moments in his mind. But.. why? Why were they being triggered? He was so confused, and it made him upset.

He didn't even want to go to Erasers cage, because he knew that would just set off more of these weird ..visions. He slid past him and went to Pin quickly instead. Out of everything he had seen, she seemed to be one of the closest people he had in this dream things. Apart from this "Firey" person. But...Firey wasn't here, he was in the forest, so he didn't have access to him

He went up to the cage, holding onto the bars. He swallowed his nerves, her looking up at him weakly, in confusion mostly. After being beaten by Two earlier, she had more injuries than before. She ached all over..

"P-Pin-" He croaked out, not even knowing what he would say to her. She was surprised.. Coiny never went out of his way to see her like this. Actually.. this was the first time he had really addressed her by her name.

"Yes..Coiny-?" She whispered.

Eraser and Clock looked over, the situation catching their attention. They were both confused on what Coiny was up to, startled as well.

"I-I.." Coiny couldn't get any words out his mouth, trying to figure out what to think and what to say. "P-Pin- do you like baking?" He interrogated.

She was ... honestly kind of annoyed at the stupid question, but mostly confused. He wasn't making any sense.. what relevance did this exactly have to anything? He seemed to be serious in his question, because he continued to hopefully wait for an answer.

"Y..Y..Yes-?" Wh-What? Why are you asking me this-?" And why all of a sudden? She stuttered and looked around a little wearily.. why was he acting this way? Just earlier he watched as she got beat up by Two before leaving the room. What was up with him??

Coiny gripped his sword tighter in his hand. ..so his vision was.. accurate? She baked him a cake.. and she liked baking after all? How would he have known that? And.. if it was an accurate fact, then.. were the visions real? Were they the truth?

But.. when did they happen?

Coiny couldn't reply to this, his arms trembling slightly. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to say.. "P-Pin, who is Firey?-" he stammered, asking more questions.

Clock and Eraser exchanged glances to each other...why was he acting this way? Pin awkwardly laughed, uncomfortable "C-Coiny.. why are you asking me all of this all of a sudden? Y-You know who Firey is..." she tried to tell him, gulping.

He shook his head "I-I.-" was she messing with him? "Are you lying?!" He raised his voice, her tensing up "N-No!" She denied.

Coiny was overwhelmed, not being able to understand why all of this was happening and why he wasn't..remembering these things correctly. "P-Pin-.. "

"Y-Yes..-?"

"What happened to my eye." He firmly asked, one of the biggest questions he had been asking himself. His voice was tense, despite being shakey. She wondered why he was asking all of these strange and obvious questions "..Coiny, you know what happened-" she gently spoke, but he didn't reply. He was waiting for an answer.

Clock leaned over, looking at Pin through the bars "What is he talking about? Why is he asking this?" Pin shook her head "I,I don't know!-"

Eraser frowned to himself, picking at the paint of one of the metal bars "Might be some sort of mind game,"

She looked back over to Coiny anxiously, shuffling uncomfortably "Coiny.. your eye was taken out by Leafy years ago. You know this.."

Years?

He suddenly felt tears form, unable to say anymore. He was left absolutely speechless, almost dropping his sword due to not holding it tight at all. Years? But.. Leafy? He didn't even..talk to Leafy. He didn't know her..he lost his eye in the war, did he not? Why was none of this making sense.. why would Leafy do that? Was that even true??

A tear fell and he felt like he had just been smashed over the head with a bat... one that changed everything that he had ever been taught and told. He couldn't say a word, stuck between responses.

"N-N...n.-" he couldn't say anything, and it almost felt like he couldn't hear anything, either. She was speaking to him but he couldn't hear what she was saying... he felt like he was going to pass out- lightheaded-

Startling him, Two quickly grabbed his arm and yanked him away from Pins cage. He didn't say anything, hearing Two say things to him and scold him, but he couldn't understand any of it. He didn't process it.

"Coiny?? Coiny?!" He yelled in his face, shaking him as he was staring off into space "What did you DO?!" He screamed at Pin, who backed away fearfully.

"H-He just asked a bunch of questions!! I-I didn't know what to do-!-" she excused, terrified that he was angry at her.

Two instantly realised what happened, looking down to Coiny. He gripped him tighter and began tugging him away from the prisons, getting out of there as quick as possible.

This wasn't meant to happen.. he wasn't meant to find out.

"Are you okay Coiny? Do you want a break?" Two asked, giving a fake reassuring smile "I have no idea what those nasty jerks said to you."

Coiny didn't reply. This made Two increasingly nervous. "O-Okay.. well-, lets take you back to your room, hm? You probably need to lie down-"

He began to lead him to his room, cursing under his breath. How could he have let him get to the prisoners area? What did he know now?

So Coiny had been experiencing memory flashbacks afterall.. he had a feeling he was. He noticed he was acting.. strange.

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