The next day, you're at a carnival with Cuddles, Giggles and Petunia. It's 3:23pm and you see others in Happy Tree Town are having fun at the carnival. Toothy wins a prize. A giant hand with one finger up and he puts it on. A guy named Handy however feels triggered by this and he groans and walks away. Toothy says, "What? What did I do?" 

You notice this and you approach Toothy. He sees you and you say, "Toothy. It's the giant hand." He says, "What about it, Flaky?" You say, "Well. How do I put this?" He looks at you. You say, "Anytime Handy sees anyone put emphasis on hands or fingers, it kind of offends him. He lost his own hands years ago from a construction accident." 

He says, "Oh... I see. I-I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't mean to offend Handy." You say, "It's okay. Just don't do that in front of HIM again, okay?" He says, "Yeah. I'll take your word for it." He looks at you and he says, "I gotta tell you, Flaky. You are definitely one of the most kind-hearted people I've ever met. Flippy too... When he's not, you know..." 

You say, "I know. Trust me. I do. I've figured out how to handle his flipped out side. Just let ME deal with Flippy when he's like that, okay? I'm not as scared as everyone thinks. I've said it before. If I can tolerate his evil side, I can tolerate a lot of other things that go on." 

Toothy looks around and he leans in saying, "No offense to the other girls, but you're definitely the smartest of all the females around here. Just saying. No matter how timid or how skiddish you get, you're still determined to try your best." 

You smile and you say, "Thanks, Toothy." He whispers, "Sorry to say, but Lammy's kind of... the dumb broad." You giggle and you say, "Come on. Be nice." He says, "Just being honest here, Flakes." You say, "I'm getting back to these guys. I'll see you later, Toothy." He says, "Bye, Flaky." 

You walk back to Cuddles, Giggles and Petunia. Petunia says, "What did Toothy do?" You say, "He has one of those prizes. You know, the ones with the giant hand with one finger pointing up? Like what you use during sports? It offended Handy a bit and I've reminded him, but it's okay now. He feels regret." Giggles says, "I know of those giant hands during sports. I was head cheerleader in high school." 

You say, "At least you turned out to be nice. Just saying." Giggles says, "I had a friend back then that was a total priss. Your spoiled princess type. Just awful. She made fun of Toothy for the gap between his teeth. Sniffles for being too smart and calling him a nerd. Lammy for talking to a pickle. Even called Lumpy the... Well... R word." You say, "That's terrible." She says, "Yeah. And even YOU for not being girlie enough." 

You say, "Come on. I don't care about that. I just don't like makeup." Petunia says, "You don't need makeup to be beautiful, Flaky. You're that inside and outside and that's what Flippy sees. Your beauty. No matter what." 

You look at Giggles and you say, "You're not friends with that rotten princess anymore, are you?" Giggles says, "God no. As soon as she made fun of Lumpy, that's where I told her. I'm done with you, Vealy. You went too far for saying that. That rotten bovine chick. She called me a loser, but I didn't care. I would've rather been unpopular than be popular and be friends with HER ever again. Some of the only friends of ours she wanted was Flippy, Lifty and Shifty." 

Petunia says, "Ugh. Vealy. Spoiled daddy's girl is more like it. He gave her everything. Never said no to her. No wonder she got by with everything. I've always... Should I say it?" You look at her and you say, "Just say it, Petunia." Petunia says, "Hated her." You say, "It's always good to be brutally honest, sometimes." 

They look at you and Cuddles says, "What about you with Flippy? No offense Flakes, but he has PTSD." You say, "He stopped killing ME in his flipped form. I can deal with him. I'll have to try if anything sets him off. Hearing or seeing anything that reminds him of when he was in combat. I'm willing to try because I love him." 

Giggles says, "This does save the rest of us. Just saying." You say, "I'll be around him as much as it takes. I love him no matter what. I've been through things myself, but not nearly as severe as what he had gone through." 

Petunia says, "What did you go through, Flaky?" You sigh and you say, "Long story. The reason why I'm scared of a lot of things. Especially chickens. There's no other reason a grown female porcupine is scared. I... prefer not to talk about it, though. If that's okay."

Giggles says, "If you don't want to talk about it Flaky, that's fine. We won't push you to do so." Petunia says, "Yeah. It's obviously traumatizing for you." You say, "Thank you." Cuddles says, "So... Ferris wheel, anyone?" You all smile and agree.

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Later on, you're still at the carnival. It's 5:52pm. This time, you've got Flippy with you. He had to work earlier, but now he's with you. You sigh and you smile. You lean against him. He smiles and holds you close.

You say, "I'm having a good time, Flippy. The carnival's always nice." He says, "Yeah. It really is. And it's a nice sunny day out." You take his hand and he takes yours. You say, "Right? What could go wrong?" Little do you realize, you're jinxing it. 

As you and Flippy go around, win a couple of prizes, etc. He suddenly hears the sounds of a plane and he gasps. You say, "Flippy?" He looks over and sees a ride that consists of airplanes. More like airplanes that look like they did when he was in combat. He keeps hearing the sounds and they sound just like they did when he was in the war.

He gasps and he looks away, panting and holding his head. You say, "F-Flippy? Hey. It's okay. It's just a carnival ride. Not the real deal." He pants more frantically. You say, "Flippy?!" He suddenly says this in a slightly deranged voice but more of a warning, "Back away, Flaky. Now." You whisper, "Oh god. Not this, again." You back away.

He suddenly sighs and he looks up. He's got his 'flipped' form. Sharp teeth, the bright green eyes, etc. He pants a bit and he grins. He chuckles. He looks back at you. You look at him and you sigh. He looks away and he runs for the airplane ride. You whisper, "Flippy." 

You watch and witness him jumping up to the airplane ride and slaughtering each one of them one by one. Toothy, Petunia, Cuddles, Disco Bear and Nutty. You hiss and you look away. You know they'll eventually respawn after this, but this was still hard to watch. And you knew Flippy did this when flipped out. 

There's blood, guts, etc. It's all over and you say, "Jesus." You shiver. Flippy jumps down and you suddenly do what you do. You start screaming out, "FLIPPYYYYY!!!" This snaps him out of his flipped-out trance and he says, "Huh? What?" He looks up and he gasps. He backs away and he says, "O-oh god. N-not this, again. Oh shit!" You yell, "Flippy!" 

He looks back and he says, "F-Flaky!" You run to him and he holds his arms out to you. You pull him close and you hug him close. He hugs you back and he pants and says, "I-I-I'm s-s-so s-sorry... F-Flaky." 

You say, "Shh shh. Come on. I'm taking you home. You need to rest." He clings to you and starts sobbing. You say, "Shh shh. Come on, sweetie. They'll respawn. We all do in this town." You leave, taking Flippy with you.