Star Starless

“I just… don’t want to accidentally hurt someone. And Lockwood… it’s complicated. All I know is that there’s some other force in play here, something that has been affecting Lockwood for a while. I mean, or else he takes hugging really seriously.”

"Yeah, but I can't help but feel like part of it was my fault." Iris sobbed. "I really care about him, but whenever I tried to talk to him or explain myself he just ran away. Vivus... I... something happened." Iris looked at his hands. "I can't explain what happened, but I blacked out and the next thing I know Lockwood is almost torched. Something's wrong with my head, and when I got angry I lost it and almost killed him. No wonder he ran away. The look in his eyes, he was genuinely scared of me. I felt like a monster. I- I felt horrible. And when I tried to explain, he just left after. I let him, but I didn't expect him to leave immediately." (also probably going to go to bed so I'll respond to the next part in the morning.)

Iris looked out over the water. "He was... distracted by something. Something was definitely bothering him. Something other than just us hugging. Something that's been troubling him for a while. He just finally broke. It's probably my fault, I should have just let him go." Iris sighed. (Poor anxiety boy feeling responsible for everything :[ ))

"I..." Iris's lip trembled and he just broke. "I lost him... he's gone... I don't know what happened but..." He started sobbing. "He left me to drown Vi... without a second thought... and even after I explained that I was hugging you because I was comforting you and that was it, he still left without a second thought." Iris looked at Vivus. "He said something about Kamado... I think he went to the Fire Kingdom..."

(Iris's is Amnesia Was Her Name (I'll reveal why later in lore or in a pm if you're impatient like I am lol))

Iris looked at the weeds starting to sprout up from the burned grass. "That's horrible, you didn't do anything to deserve that." Iris twiddled his thumbs nervously.

(Pfft. That moment you realize that at some point in lore Lockwood is going to have to explain how he's Kamado's grandson to everyone... that's gonna be a very dramatic moment)

(Omg yes)

"That's horrible. I mean, you don't have to worry about dying in accidents or anything..." Iris got a look of pain in his eyes and rubbed his wrist nervously. "But I mean, you can never grow old and die, can you?"

"Uh, then how are you able to, like, not be visible or in a physical body anymore?"

Iris hugged her back. "What do you mean? Are you... a ghost or something?"

Iris wiped his tears. "Are you dead? Is this some kind of ghost or hologram thing?"

Iris heard a faint whisper, as if someone was calling his name but they were beyond his reach. "Vivus...?"

(THIS IS GONNA BE AWKWARD WHEN THEY GO TO FIGHT KAMADO)

"VIVUS?!?!" Iris cried as he landed to the ground. "VIVUS!?! Oh god please no..." Iris fell to his knees. "Not another person I care about gone... no...."

(GRANDSON... WAIT WHAT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY BRAIN. IRIS LIKES THE GRANDSON OF THE BIG EVIL MAN)

(AAAAAAAAAAA)

(WAIT WHAT NOOOOOOO IRIS'S EMOTIONAL SUPPORT BUDDY)

(YOOOOO)

(YOOOOOOOO BACKSTORY TIME???)

"Vivus?" Iris shook her shoulder. "Vivus?"

He stood up. "No point in going after him... he'll just get mad at me... and never want to see me again... although I'm already sure he hates me; considering I did try to barbecue him." Iris sniffled and flew back to the island where his friends were. He spotted Vivus on a cliff and floated over to her.

Iris sat up and put his head in his hands. "Why... every time... why... what did I do wrong this time..." he sobbed.

(lockwood is sonic confirmed? /j)

Iris sighed and laid down on the sand. "Should have known he was going to do that." He watched the seagulls fly overhead and watched the stars start to twinkle in the sky. Iris began to sing to himself, something he would always do whenever he felt down.