solnet | [Text/accidentally unfiltered] just your run-of-the-mill existential crisis here

[The text is sent out late at night, when everyone should be sleeping. 'Should be' of course being the key phrase. Yukio doesn't sleep much anyways, and even less since the encounter with Minako's shadow.

He's sleep-deprived, and that's probably why he's acting so foolish. He should know to keep his mouth shut. He told Rin he would tell him if there was anything wrong... but if Rin doesn't ask, he shouldn't need to tell.

He really should stop now before he does something stupid like... send a text. He should be stronger than this. He doesn't want to be a burden. He knows he can rely on Rin, but his brother has enough to worry about.

He's being ridiculous. He'll only annoy Rin, or make him angrier. He doesn't need to do this.

But concern and worry and the sickening cocktail of emotions curdling in his stomach motivate him to send out a text anyways.]

Are you awake?

I'm not sure if anyone told you, but I had a run-in with a shadow. I'm not hurt. Maka got me out of there.

I shouldn't have had any trouble, but the shadow looked like Minako. It wasn't her, and I know that, but for some reason I couldn't bring myself to fight it. I froze up.

Do you think it's okay to kill those things? Better than it is to kill demons?

If you're still mad, you don't have to answer. I'm sorry. I know this is confusing. I wish I knew for sure what was going on.

I don't like not having the answers.

[Eventually, a second text is sent, once he realizes this wasn't filtered to Rin as he had hoped.]

Disregard the last message. It wasn't meant to be sent.

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[How frustrating. Chara hadn't been sleeping anyway, but the message they receive- by accident, it seems- has them sighing quietly to themself as they shift out of bed, exiting the room before they disturb their roommates.

Frisk and Asriel are sleeping soundly, for once.]

It should have already been taken care of.

Where did you last sight it?

[They've already killed it once. The fact that it had decided to be as stubborn is Frisk's shadow in staying dead was of little consequence.

They'd kill it again.]

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I took care of it.

... There's no shame in not being able to kill something that looks like someone you care about. It's... normal.

Maybe it means you're not as far gone as I am.

[ The second message says to disregard the first one. It wasn't meant for him. Or it wasn't meant for anyone? Steven could theoretically do as it asks and move on with his day, no harm done.

He's always been terrible at keeping his nose out of things. So he thinks on it, and he answers-- using the voice option, because some things are hard to relay over text messages. ]

... did I ever tell you about the monsters the Crystal Gems have to fight back on Earth?

[Shadows is a word that keeps getting passed around like a curse, and he's come to understand it just means enemy. But they look like people? Did no one tell him this? It looks like people that...they know?

Tim disregards the latter message in favor of the former. As long as he's here...]

where

[It takes him a while to respond, staring at the message as the light of the phone illuminates only his face. Ryuji is sleeping next to him, one arm draped over his middle.

Others have already spoken to Yukio and he considers ignoring it, thinking they could discuss it later when they're face to face again, but he finds himself unable to fall back asleep, too.]

i dont have any answers for you on this one bro

all i know is that shadows dont usually have the same minds as demons theyre just sort of

zombies following the orders of the queen

but if it looked like minako

idk... how do we know the ones made from our friends dont think and feel the same way they do when theyre alive

im not mad i just wish id known sooner that her shadow was around

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