Oh yeah! How I met Illusion!
*She hums happily when he pats her head*
So...Invi is shortened from "inverted virus attempt 01". I was kinda made as a...I dunno,a joke? To invert images and stuff?
Anyway,once I escaped to the Steve saga,I was stuck with that power...but it was worse there. I wouldn't just invert anything I touched- I'd corrupt it,I'd...delete it...
*She looks so sad...*
... I didn't know what to do. I couldn't make any friends or anything...seriously,I destroyed EVERYTHING.
But then,one day...
*She perks up,eyes sparkling again*
Illusion found me. I warned him not to touch me,but he helped me up anyway...when I started corrupting him...he STOPPED it.
*She still sounds like she's in disbelief recounting the tale*
He took away my curse like it was nothing...h-he didn't even expect anything from me! Just that I would live my normal life in this world...
*She smiles down at her hands*
I followed him,obviously. Became his henchmen for a while...then just a friend. I love him,more than the universe itself.
Illusion Steve is my savior.
Alt listens to her story from start to finish, intrigued by all of this. Halfway through, they take a seat on a small bench pressed against one of the towering bookshelves, still paying rapt attention and occasionally nodding.
"Wow", they start, their voice containing their amazement at all of that, "that's... quite the life, I gotta say. I'm sorry that you had to deal with being so scared at first though, I can't imagine how that would feel like..."
They pause for a second again, lifting their head up towards nothing in particular.
"Not to diminish all of that or anything, but I wouldn't tell Battery about being a virus and corrupting stuff, if I were you. I get that you're obviously not dangerous or anything, but still."