"I Promised Her That She'd Be Safe, And Have Friends, And A Big Sister... Well, Me, To Keep Her Safe."

"I promised her that she'd be safe, and have friends, and a big sister... well, me, to keep her safe."

The drone's pale blue eyes looked down, filling with tears as she admitted, "It lasted for a little while, and then... Mother demanded I keep you... her... locked up," she rubbed her gauntlets, remembering the shackles on her wrist when she wasn't allowed out of her room.

"I didn't want to, but, I too was caged... it doesn't make it right. And... I disobeyed the order to stay away from the gala... The last thing I saw was blood everywhere... Jaybird hesitating, and I heard screaming... I was calling out for my parents, and then I felt..." she touched her neck... she hiccuped sadly, "I heard a snapping sound and then it went dark."

[SYS//: direct_message_request ("Fractal")]

I appreciate your cooperation

Here are the coordinates

You may bring a friend or weapon if you feel threatened

Simply follow the music :3

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The coordinates seemed to lead to a long abandoned foundry, above ground and near the Cabin Fever labs, if you truly wish to investigate...

She loaded up her messenger bag with a couple vials of flavoured oil, a drone first aid kit, and brought some welding goggles, JUST in case of sentinels before she flew off to where the pine trees were, just beyond the ridge. She landed near the foundry and listened.

She hugged her precious not-so-little-anymore lad, soothing happily, "I'm so happy you're still okay and here, both you and J especially."

".. do I need to help with anything?"

@nate-doorman-elliot

She turned around to see Nate. "If you'd like, it would be nice if we went to check the old mausoleum for shiny trinkets," she offered gently as she ruffled Nate's wig, "Maybe find some extra hair to repair the parts of your wig that need some extra fluff."

She was already in her blue denim romper with the brass buttons, messenger bag across her body, and prepared with a pair of really good scissors, a box knife, an electric lantern, and a small trowel (mini shovel)

"You don't have to do if you don't want to"

Auntie ;u;

ghost lady doodles i did last night 🫶

A lot of other drone Tessa's have shorter hair, why is yours so long? Not in a bad way, I think it looks very nice on you.

Aw, thank you anon! Ok well, the short answer is, this is the wig J made for me when she put me together, and I just like how it looks.

The longer answer is, when I was human, it was the only part of myself I had SOME control over, but, sometimes due to stress, it wasn't so healthy, so there were some short spots.. Mother used to call me a ragamuffin because it was messy, but Jaybird always would tell me how beautiful I looked, eventually it grew back fuller but... ironically I didn't get to enjoy the spoils of it, because I died.

The way J made it she made it a lot nicer than how my human hair was, it's soft, warm but not too warm, but also it's got some weight to it. It's like a weighted blanket that is with me at all times. It's comforting. It feels like a safe warm hug. It might just be heat-proof softened nylon, but it's really special to me. Also long hair is very versatile for styling! And if I want to try a different length, I can just switch wigs, mind you the solver CAN make it grow back, as you saw after I had my 'accident' after my break up with J (we are on better terms now), but I'd just rather not cut it anymore ^^;

Plus sometimes, just like when I was a little girl, J will brush my hair. It's really relaxing.

So TLDR: I like how it looks, J made it for me, my hair is a comfort object, and I like brushies.

<3

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