Gaylord Star Starless

"That's not true. They all care about you in their own ways."

(If not we can just hold off on the drama until he wakes up.)

(This would be a legitimate conversation if Lockwood walked in on Vivus quick we must summon Tornado so we can cause d r a m a.)

"That's horrible, having to force pretending to be ok and happy. But you can always be yourself around us, we're all your friends and we always will be your friends, no matter what you're going through."

(AND IN WALKS LOCKWOOD DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUN)

"If you don't want to talk about it right now, I won't force you." Iris looked at Vivus. "But, if you ever do want to talk, just let me know. I'm here for you." He gave her another quick hug. "And you don't have to force a smile with me if you don't want to."

"Hey, trust me, I'm fine with trying to help people. Don't worry about me, and don't feel sorry. I love all of you, you're like my family, so I'm going to try to help all of you in any way I can. So, if me not dying is what helps, I won't die." Iris said. "Uh, if you don't mind me asking, though, what do you mean by another?"

Iris didn't know what to say. He wasn't expecting that. "Vivus, oh my god that's horrible. I'm so sorry you have to deal with that." He hugged her even tighter. "If there's anything I can do to help let me know."

Iris sat down next to her and pulled her into a hug. "I'm so sorry. What's bothering you, do you want to talk about it?"

Iris was almost back to Vivus' house when he heard sobbing coming from the woods nearby. He turned, and found Vivus crying on the ground, embracing Breeze. "Vivus!!" Iris cried. "Are you ok?"

(yes, because despite Iris admitting his feelings to Lockwood, he's still going to become jelly.)

(therapy boy to the rescue)

Iris turned around and saw Lockwood fall off his chair. He laughed “Of course you fell off.” And smiled before continuing back towards Vivus’ house.

Iris looked at the ground. “If you want some alone time I’ll respect your wishes.” He stood up. “I’ll talk to you later. Take as much time as you need.” He walked back toward Vivus’ house.

"No offense, but your tears say otherwise. You know you can talk to me, right?" Iris looked at Lockwood.

how can they be female AND non-binary? Has my entire life been a lie?

"Not that there's anything wrong with you!" Iris added quickly. "You're great the way you are! I just- ugh never mind." he sighed.

"Well you act so tough and unbothered by most things, so I just wanted to remind you."

"I was just down the street trying to find stuff to salvage and I saw you." Iris walked over and sat down next to Lockwood and pulled him into a hug. "You know its ok to cry, right?"

Iris watched from down the road as Lockwood started crying. "Key..." he whispered.

Iris folded up the collage and stuffed it in his satchel, wiping away tears. "No use crying, won't change anything." he sighed. Iris walked outside and walked down the street, only to find Lockwood. "Hey."

He didn’t find much, all of their furniture and food had been torched. However, as he was digging through the remains of what used to be his room, Iris found a still somewhat intact collage of pictures. He smiled at the pictures, consisting of his family, a picture of him and his sister at the beach, and many photos of his friends, including a half singed photo of all of them with their old masters.

Iris continued walking around the rubble, examining the fallen buildings. He walked past most of the ruins, but stopped at a familiar looking frame. “My house…” he walked over the crumbled wall and started scavenging for anything of importance. (Also feel free to spam with personal or solo lore if it makes sense, otherwise I have a feeling this will sit unused for a while)

They’ll never take me alive

HAVE FUN POLLY. ENJOY THE MUSHY CAFETERIA FOOD!