#admin: cookie

[forthedancingandthethriving]

The Abyss is a patient creature, despite what some beings may think. Yes, it has a Thing with Juliano (it's pretty miffed it can't find him lately, hell, it can't really find anyone) but nonetheless, it has plans. Grand plans, ones where it'll finally be known and the damned ClearAll and Database will finally be gone.

For the past while now, it had been visiting a place called Computer Hell. Particularly bad Programs and Viruses were locked up here, and many more than willing to help it out. Whenever it could, it would sneak into the Computer Hell when that Antivirus wasn't around. It's tendrils would disable the alarms, set them free for a time.

Though there was one inmate that particularly interested it.

You lot.

Several noises of shock came from the group that the Abyss had materialized behind. It tilts its head as it scans them over.

Andrew Orpheus, Lady Rose, Spamton G Spamton, Francis, Nermal, and Marianne.

"Christ on a fucking stick," Andrew whispers, placing a hand on his chest.

"Abyss... welcome." Lady Rose shoots it a look, but it ignores that, because it doesn't even know what that look means.

It points a clawed finger to a cell, where spiderwebs cover the entrance. That cell. There is someone in there, but they refuse to come out. Who is it?

The group immediately shared more Looks, and the Abyss just grins toothily because oh, this is going to be good.

"There is crazy.." Lady Rose mumbles as she looks to the webbed up cell.

"And then there's THAT woman!" Francis has no such qualms about being loud, gesturing widely to the cell. "She is not okay!"

Andrew shoots him a look before he elaborates, "that's Cookie. She's apparently a former Admin for the Adminspace."

The Abyss's eyes glint in recognition of the title. It nods.

"She is.." Nermal puts his paws to his mouth. ".. how the hell do you even describe Cookie?"

"Loco," Andrew quipped. "Inane," Lady Rose remarked. "Crazy!" Marianne groaned. "In serious need of help," Francis remarked. "She could use [[try Betterhelp today using the link below!]]" Spamton piped up.

"Actually, I've heard Betterhelp isn't all that great," Francis murmured.

"Damn, really?"

The Abyss pays them no mind. It sinks to the floor and seeps between the code, and soon enough, it's inside the cell. It reforms with a low chuckle, and its eyes spot the figure.

It was heavily amused. She looked like a ringmaster's assistance with her outfit, but it can see the former stumps of spider's legs on her back. Torn, yanked, or shot off, from what it seems.

"Hello," it muses, and it takes pleasure in how she jumps.

"Who-" She croaks out, dulled eyes flaring with indignation. "How did you-"

It says nothing. It looks her other. A click, a tug, a pull.

Ah, it thinks, that's what you want.

"You want to bring someone back?" it asks as it walks over. It looms over her figure huddled in the corner. "You want to bring.. him back?"

Cookie's eyes widen, and there's a flicker in her eyes. A light, a manic light, and the Abyss grins once more. Ah, she was the devoted type..

"I am the Abyss," it properly introduces itself, giving a mock bow. "Perhaps you've heard, maybe you haven't. But I am the End, the Beginning, the Nothing, the Everything. I am Existence itself."

It can see the wheels turning in her head. It likes a smart one.

"Many of the others have agreed to join me, to follow me," the Abyss continues with ease. "And in return for their help, I'll give them anything they desire-"

"I'll join, I'll help!" Cookie stands on her feet, looking up at the Abyss with such manic energy that it's momentarily caught off guard.

But then it smiles.

It was always so easy to play these people. All it had to prick, tug, pull, and it could see their deepest desires.

"I'll look into bringing him back."

It takes some steps back and vanishes, seeping away from her cell.

It'll mull it over, at least.

To bring something back from Non-Existence...

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Season depression is kicking my ass. It's not even funny. Anyway, tossing this out because I've got more ideas and this arc has gone on long enough.

How does the Abyss lose? It gets far, far too cocky. When Whirlpool/Shadow arrives, it really does think both of them will rejoin them. They, of course, do not. Adding with the fact that we now know Light is the way it gets defeated.. *gestures to Irene and Sora* (Yes, I finally found a way to make Irene story important. I'm so damn glad.)

The Abyss, of course, still not really understanding how this works.. get goaded by Abyssal into going after there others, wherein Irene uses a spell similar to her Sovereign's Lullaby one, save for the fact that it's moreso just a giant light domain thing, and it helps boost Sora's Keyblade and basically it just renders all the enemies blind and stunned for a while.

Abyssal takes the opportunity to swipe Juliano (and the dolls) and passes them off to Whirlpool. After a few more well-timed attacks, the Abyss gets stunned enough that its grip on the server goes away. With some prompting from Cookie and Cursor, it decides to cut it loses (again) and get out of there. But not before bringing Cookie and Cursor with it, Phobos following, and Black Doom as well. (Oh, and the Escape Squad? They get to, yknow, escape. Surely that won't cause any problems!!!)

With that, all the prisoners (that are alive anyway) are swiftly rounded up. Juliano gets handed to the Hologram Trio, and Abyssal has the very awkward job of telling them what the hell she saw. Meanwhile, Umbra and Ping search for CPU.. but come up empty-handed. Especially since the violent disconnect he had makes his location impossible to track due to his coding trying to unscramble itself.

Meanwhile..

----

"Oh?"

Footsteps stop as eyes land on a struggling figure. Red and pink, male, clearly an Admin. He's struggling to even get up on his feet and..

A sharp grin forms.

Found him, finally.

She approaches from behind, and her eyes spot the flicking box. She reaches out and touches it.

She smirks as he freezes and his breath hitches.

"No-"

She sees the flicking numbers and enters them.

"5188174," Encode mutters with a smile. She hits enter, and he slumps.

She places her hands on her hips. "Well," she mused as she flicked her wrist and let strings of code lift him. "It seems Christmas has come early~"

(In the Adminspace, Vitality grunts as she finally comes to. As she sits up, she turns her head and sighs. At the telltale sounds of panicking, she shakes her head. At least she got rest?)

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Cluster has been here for a... while. They don't get visitors, but honestly, they're.. okay with that. They've been here for a year, and they've had a ton of time to think.

And they know that they're wrong. They know what they did was wrong, and they understand that what they did can't be forgiven. Quite frankly, Cluster expects to never be forgiven.

They expect to rot in this solitary confinement cell for the rest of their life..

Until something grabs them.

They're dragged down, down down down, and then..

"Cluster!"

"Cookie?!"

Cluster stares in shock at Cookie, who is in their face and grinning like the cat that caught the canary.

"I told you," Cookie remarks smugly to.. something that clearly isn't cluster. "What did I say? He's still alive!"

"They're," Cluster corrected.

"Oh, sorry." Cookie shoots him a genuinely apologetic look before correcting herself, "they're still alive!"

"Who are you talking- whaaaaaaaaat the fuck." They look to where she's looking and their jaw drops. Cluster realizes some things in that moment.

One, they're in Computer Hell.

Two, they're a Program again.

Three..... what is absolutely an Eldritch entity is towering over them and Cookie and looking quite smug of itself.

Hello, Cluster, it greets them.

"Ah.... hel-hello?" They greet it nervously.

Cookie informed me that you could help me with a little.. pet project of mine. Whatever this thing is, it places its hands behind its back, looking down at them with purple eyes.

"Pet project..?" Cluster echoes.

"Basically," Cookie interjects, "this is the Abyss! The Beginning, you know."

They do not know, but they wisely decide to keep their mouth shut and nod. They recognize an Eldritch horror when they see one.

"And it wants to ask you some questions!" She clapped her hands together and Cluster sweats a bit.

They and Cookie had been on.. good terms, they supposed, before their whole.. Overwrite ordeal. But there's something about her smile that unsettles her.

Cookie told me that you hold.. access codes? The Abyss tilts its head.

Cluster feels their heart drop. Oh... oh, oh, no no no no.

Access codes. Access codes.

Every Program being had an access code. Since they were beings of pure code, an access code was essentially a way to.. control them. Infiltrate them. Cluster had been entrusted with everyone's access codes back when they were a part of the Adminspace. They don't remember the reason why, but they're pretty sure it's because they always did the whole 'ascending' stuff.

Against their better judgement, though, they nod. "Ah.. yeah. I.. I held the access codes. But not anymore. I got.. demoted to an NPC after an event last year. Even if you've made me a Program again, I don't have Admin authority. And they've no doubt changed my pin to get back into that server."

The Abyss hums. Cookie said the same thing. Your Admin statuses were.. revoked. Then, it smiles a smile that makes Cluster shiver. So we need someone with access, no?

Cluster and Cookie share a look. They both frown. "Do you.. have someone in mind?" Cookie asks with a raised eyebrow.

Cluster was mildly surprised that she actually seemed quite sane. Last he remembered, she was still thirsting over Byte..

The Abyss slowly begins to pace around the two, and Cluster takes a look around. They had never been in Computer Hell before, but they assume that this must be an unused layer, judging by all the open cells. But if they strain to listen, they swear they can hear commotion going on upstairs.

As the Abyss continues to think, they turn their head to murmur to Cookie, "so.. what exactly has been happening?"

"Oh! The Abyss has promised us all freedom if we agree to work with it to kill a bunch of people and all that!" Cookie giggles.

.. yup, still crazy, Cluster thinks.

As the thing finally stops pacing and snaps its fingers, it grins widely. Ah. I know who to use. Someone who is quite the loner, it'd be so easy to fool everyone, it chuckles. And would have access to Computer Hell, and no one would raise an eyebrow about a visit from time to time.

Cluster got the feeling they knew who the Abyss was thinking about. "You.. don't mean..?"

Cookie grins. "CPU? Oh, we're gonna use CPU? Wonderful, I've been meaning to get back at him for what he did to my legs."

They spare a glance to her back, and sure enough, there are nubs where her spider legs used to me. They look back to the Abyss, who is grinning at them.

Do you remember his access code? it asks.

They think. Their memory banks are fuzzy, and they're quite sure the Abyss did something wrong when making them a Program again, but they don't dwell on that. They've done stupid things, but even they know better than to piss of an Eldritch horror.

"5188174," Cluster reluctantly answers. "That's CPU's access code."

Wonderful, it muses. And judging by what I've seen, he's already got a little getaway planned for many people. So I'll give it some time, wait until he's got it aaaall set up. And then.. he's mine.

"What will you do with him afterwards?" Cookie asks as the Abyss turns and begins to walk away.

Well.. I don't particularly like him, he's too close to Abyssal for my liking.

Cluster furrows their brows. What did Abyssal have to do with this?

Sooo..

Cluster feels sick to their stomach as they the Abyss slowly turn its head whilst dragging it's finger.. before it's head snaps to an unnatural angle.

I'll assimilate him. :)

It walks. Come along now, it remarks with a chuckle. Let's introduce you to everyone, Cluster.

Cluster was still trying to regain their bearings as Cookie helped them to their feet and led them. She began to ramble on and on, but Cluster wasn't listening.

.... well, shit.

[forthedancingandthethriving]

I can see Cookie and Gohma's inevitable meeting going one of two ways:

Option 1: Cookie quickly realizes that Gohma was the one who killed Byte and wants her to die horribly.

Option 2: Cookie, physical embodiment of Denial that she is, is convinced due to Gohma having Byte's color scheme and memories that she was right all along and Byte did not die, just got hurt so badly that he ended up in that "disembodied scraps of code" that sometimes (EXTREMELY MOST-PEOPLE-THINK-IT'S-A-MYTH RARELY) happens so all the Admins reasonably assumed he was dead, and when he was pulling himself back together he made himself unrecognizable so the Admins wouldn't find him and Realized Some Things in the process. Cookie fully supports her transition, and is completely incapable of perceiving any of the heaps and heaps of evidence against her conclusion.

She's also somehow convinced that this means the Abyss kept its promise, despite the fact that even if anything about her theory was true the Abyss wouldn't have had any involvement in Byte/Gohma's survival whatsoever. The Abyss and Gohma play along with it because as long as she believes it she's completely, obsessively loyal to them.

...also Gohma has seen Byte's memories of Cookie, actually likes what she sees, and thinks he was a blind idiot for never noticing her beyond her occasional usefulness. This is true in both options.

I really, REALLY like option two, because that's literally just who Cookie is. The physical embodiment of Denial, and she won't lie. She really does like what Gohma has going on.

ALSO, THE IDEA OF GOHMA LIKING WHAT SHE SEES IS AMAZING, I LOVE IT. She meets Cookie and probably thinks 'now why did this motherfucker NOT like her?'

Who knows, if there's ever a reveal where Cookie finds out the Truth (doubtful, but it could happen), I'd think she'd be upset for a while, but would realize she does genuinely find joy around Gohma and all that.

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Okay so I'm making a list of the Admins we have so far,, this'll probably be updated as time goes on and suggestions are always welcome!

Abyssal - mentioned by the anon I was talking with in Proceed to Overwrite asks (actually like everyone BUT Forum&Domain were pulled from that au,,, WHOOPS). Probably handles more clean-up aspects and does damage control

Cluster - handles ascending Guardians to Admins (in basically everything expect for when he gets booted in Proceed to Overwrite)

Umbra - handles the more political affairs, assigns Admims their jobs

Buffer - not sure on a name for this one yet, but it handles more of the communication aspects from the vibe I'm getting, a lot more loose than other Admins

Forum & Domain - ofc not as powerful as other Admins, but definitely being looked at and considered for being promoted at some point (nepotism from the admin who made them when they were prototypes? Maybe!)

Ping - also not sure of a name yet, but it probably does blocking and unblocking commands, maybe even creating them

Lag - (belongs to Duckapus) assigned to doing maintenance because of his lazy attitude, but this due to the fact that he used to be SMG0's and Niles Admin..

Crash - handles demotions, reviewing others and keeping check of their progress

Byte - creator of SMG-1/Domain and SMG-2/Forum, does basic things like looking over the SMG program and helping maintain it (one of the nastiest admins)

CPU - probably does stuff like managing punishments for other Higher-Ups? Getting a very "done with everyone's bullshit" vibe tbh

Manifest - (belong to Duckapus) head desk clerk (? I think?) of the Adminspace

Antivirus - handles dealing with, demoting, punishing and all that stuff with Admins

Cookie - disgraced Admin currently imprisoned in an old office-turned-prison cell. Utterly obsessed with Byte and used to help with organizing code before she was imprisoned

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Adminspace Admins

Chip and Bandwidth (belongs to @duckapus )

Status(es): Active

The Admins of SMG5&6! Duckapus's post talking about them can be found here.

CPU

Status: Retired/Resigned

Introduced here! Retired/resigned here!

He handed out punishments for other Higher-Ups, be it stripping them of their powers or something harsher. He also recommended punishments, which can be carried out by Crash or Antivirus. Often can be seen in his office smoking his cigar because he's 110% with the other Admins most of the time. Following the events of the mini-arc with Encode, he is now a member of the Codespace Train and is helping out at both Hotel Z and the Looker Bureau.

Crash

Status: Active

(Best) Introduced here!

He handles demotions, reviewing other Admin's performances, and keeping check of their progress. He means well, but sometimes he can be a procrastinator.

Antivirus

Status: Active

(Best) Introduced here!

Most likely the strongest of the Admins/Higher-Ups. It shares demoting with Crash and punishing with CPU, but it also handles subduing larger threats and defeating them. If it can't, it then takes them to Computer Hell, where the threat is then stored for the rest of time.

Lag (belongs to duckapus)

Status: Active

He currently manages the Guardian System, and despite tending to procrastinate, he's damn good at his job when he does work. You can find his intro in the same post as Chip&Bandwidth, with a post further explaining him here!

Manifest (belongs to duckapus)

Status: Active

She's the new main desk clerk in the Adminspace. The post introducing her can be found here!

Ping

Status: Active

Introduced here!

He creates, blocks, and deletes commands. He's typically very irritable because of how much effort and power it takes, but he's well-meaning. Him and Umbra have a weird thing going on,, just don't question it for your safety.

Umbra

Status: Active

Introduced here!

He handles the more political affairs of the job, making announcements all he sort. He also gives Admins their jobs when they're created, and also recently took over ascending Guardians to Admins, though he's yet to actually do this.

Abyssal

Status: Active

Introduced here!

She handles doing clean up and damage control after any rogue viruses or threats happen. Despite the fact she really wants a break, considering something happens nearly every other week in the SMG4 universe, she's been doing their job a lot more lately.

Following Unveiled Secrets, it was revealed she was Abyss Born and had the same origins of Database and Duck.

Buffer

Status: Active

Introduced here!

She handles communication aspects and sorting codes into their respective places. She's very particular about her job despite being very loose and not as upkept as the other Higher-Ups.

Cluster

Status: Inactive

Introduced here!

No longer an Admin after the events of Proceed to Overwrite. It abused its power as an Admin and imprisoned afterward. After it was found out that Admins could be demoted after Byte's (first) defeat, it was immediately demoted soon after. Its crimes weren't bad enough to be dragged down to Computer Hell, but trust me, all the Admins were very tempted to let Antivirus try.

Forum and Domain

Status(es): Active

Introduced here! (Please be aware that they were introduced before the lore of Admins started! That's why some things seem different.)

The Admins of SMG4 and SMG3, respectively! They are (at this time) the only known Admins to be ascended after the death of their original universe. After the events of Let The Monsters In, they remembered their pasts as Guardians and were able to reunite with their (former) Avatar, Juliano. They have been through a lot, but they're partners until the end. (Also they are. So gay for each other.)

Byte

Status: Deactived

Introduced here!

He was the creator of the Guardian System and the SMG Program. But don't let that fool you. He was a horrible Admin who only created it so he could have an excuse to mess and destroy other universes. However, his plan was foiled when his creations SMG-1 (Domain) and SMG-2 (Forum) had their universe destroyed, and they were ascended to Admins.

He was also partly responsible for the SMG0 universe tragedy. He purposely didn't tell Lag when the other was making SMG0, that there were meant to be two SMGs.

He was killed permanently after the events of the IRL Arc, where Gohma took over his body and consumed his soul.

Cookie

Status: Inactive

Introduced here!

She's an Admin who is still utterly obsessed with Byte. Following the events of Fractured Memories, she was captured and properly stripped of her Admin title and abilities. She's been locked away in Computer Hell, as no one really believes the Containment Zone would be decent enough to house someone as crazy as her.

Cursor

Status: Active

She is one of the oldest Admins around and is very old-fashioned. She doesn't like how things are changing and how the Adminspace is evolving. In canon, however, she doesn't really do or say much about it, knowing full well she could get dog piled for it.

In non-canon, however.. she's taken a different approach.

Dave

Status: Active

Part of the Archives deparment. Post introducing him can be found here!

Vitality

Status: Active

Introduced here!

She's the head of the Medical Divison, one of the oldest medics/doctors around. Well known not to argue with her when she decides what you need to do to recover. Currently a semi-personal medic to Juliano, as she has a lot of worries about his code.

RNG (belongs to duckapus)

Status: Active

Introduced here!

The current Admin of the Pokémon Universe, it was formerly a part of the Research and Development department. It's morally gray and doesn't seem intent on having the other Admins trust it anytime soon.

Download (belongs to duckapus)

Status: Active

Introduced here!

The Admin of the merged universes Sally's Outstanding Adventure! and Diamind 6: Stars Go Out. The universes, however, weren't meant to merge, and this led to Download getting shocked by the control panel. Unfortunately, the surge has resulted in the damage of her audio outputs, rendering her now unable to speak.

Ztella

Status: Active

Introduced (best) here!

A fully licensed therapist, a Moderator despite being a Virus, and Vitality is DESPRATELY trying to poach her for the Adminspace because good god do they need a therapist.

Admins

Warden

Status: Active

Introduced here!

One of two Admins of the Containment Zone, a prison for Programs and Viruses alike. He's dedicated to his job and quite no-nonsense, but he has a heart of gold underneath the layers of his cold personality. He only shows it around his fellow Admin or whenever one of his Moderators get hurt.

Supervisor

Status: Active!

Introduced here!

One of two Admins of the Containment Zone, a prison for Programs and Viruses alike. She puts up a ditzy and innocent facade to trick anyone she has to bring in, and prisoners of the Containment Zone know just how scary she can be. However, she does have a genuine caring personality under it all.

Roulette

Status: Active! Introduced here! The Admin of the sever called the Snake-Eyes Casino; the biggest, most popular casino and hotel outside of the Dark Web. They've even got a fight pit (legal, that is). However, very few know that she's the leader of a cult dedicated to Ozymandias, and fortunately for her, her god has just so happened to end up coming around.

Wario

Status: Active! Introduced here! Not to be confused with the SMG4 Wario, this Wario is the Admin of Nintendo World Online! A formerly character-level Wario, he ascended to code-level and ended up creating the Sever that is NWO. Despite it all, he's still Wario at heart, but with a lot more successful ventures.

[forthedancingandthethriving]

"Stay here for now." Cookie informs Bit as she pushes him through the portal. "I'm gonna work on changing some things so you can help me."

Bit doesn't get a word in, as his creator slinks back in through the portal and it closes behind him. He purses his lips before looking around.

He was in the alleyway of what sounded like an extremely busy city. He looks down at his outfit and winces. He may not know much at the moment, but he did have a feeling that this outfit would catch some attention.

He takes off his hat first and presses down on the top, flattening it. He then slowly pushes the rim until it was the size of a penny. He then glances down at his outfit before closing his eyes. He feels sparks run through his body, and when he opens them, his outfit had changed to a red sweater and blue jeans with purple shoes.

With an approving nod, he slips his now small hat into his back pocket and walked out of the alleyway.

And immediately took a step back into the alley as a stall was thrown past him, followed by three children running past, then what seemed to be a vendor chasing after them.

"GET BACK HERE, YOU DAMN KIDS!" the man shouts as Bit peeks his head out of the alley. "THAT MASK BELONGS TO ME!"

Bit frowns as he watches. That man seemed a little.. violent towards the kids. But at the same time it really did seem like he wanted that mask back. But why?

He looks around before jogging after the four, determined to figure out what was happening. After all, he did have the time.

○●○

Bit picks up the mask, examining it. One of the kids had dropped it. It looked like the face of a male, with strange markings and had pointy ears.

"Uh, excuse me!"

He turns his head, eyebrows raising. He saw the three children from before, the one in the center smiling nervously. "That belongs to a friend of ours! Can we.. have it back? She kinda needs it."

Bit looks at the mask before handing it to the child in the middle.

"Thanks!" he smiles. The trio examin the mask, seemingly satisfied that it wasn't damaged in any way. He looks back up at Bit, who had now turned around.

"Thank you so much, Mr.." the girl of the trio trails off.

"Bit." he speaks, voice gentle and soft. "My name is Bit."

The three children glance at each other.

"Well, I'm Lil Coding!" the one in the center introduces himself. "The girl is Lily, and the boy beside me is Cody!"

"It's nice to meet you." Bit waves his hand. "I hope you aren't hurt. That man seemed.. violent."

"Yeah." Cody rubs the back of his neck. "But it's weird that he wanted that mask back so badly. Didn't you say last time he tried to do that, it ended up making.. Welony?"

"Yeah." Lil Coding sighed. "That's a whole story for tomorrow, though."

"Well, let's hurry up and get back." Cody shakes his head. "The show is going to start soon."

"The show?" Bit asks, tilting his head.

"The show!" Lil Coding grins. "My dad runs a showgrounds, and every few days, a show is put on! You must be new here if you haven't heard about it.."

The tail of the child starts to wag and Lily and Cody narrow their eyes.

"Lil Coding-" they both start, but they're unable to finish as Lil Coding grabs Bit's hand and starts running.

"C'mon! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!" the child laughs as his friends run after him.

A strange, nostalgic feeling overtook Bit. "I have a feeling I will as well."

As they continued to run, Bit got a glance at himself in the window of a shop as they ran. A puzzled expression crossed his face.

He remembers seeing two arrow markings on him and that his pupils were numbers, not normal circles. Did his creator do something?

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Cookie peers around the corner, her spider form hidden well enough. Her eyes narrow, seeing two Admins she had never seen before. They have become Admins after she was imprisoned, she concludes. Though she doesn't know why, when tracking SMG-1&-2's code, it led her here.

Who are they? she thinks, scurrying across the floor and being careful not to make too much noise. She peeks around the corner of a bookshelf, tapping one leg against the ground.

"We.. we lost him again.." the blue and white one sobs, leaning against the blue and black one. The one sobbing looks broken, while the one comforting him seems just as broken.

Him? Cookie thinks. Wait a minute..

"We finally get him back after over a fucking decade.." the one from before continues. "A-and now he's gone again! It's not fair!"

"It's not." the other agrees, voice hoarse. Cookie realizes he must've been crying just as hard. "It's not fair we lost Juliano again."

They lost Juliano again? What? Cookie eyes narrow. Wait, they couldn't possibly be..

"First to a fucking weird monster, and now his own damn code!" the blue and white one rants, taking his hat and tossing it to the ground.

SMG-1 and SMG-2.. they were ascended to Admins? Cookie thinks. Well, of course they were. They were Byte's creations, after all!

She slowly turns back to her humanoid form, kneeling behind the bookshelf still.

With a flick of her wrist, web strings shot out and wrapped around the two, suspending them in the air. The two both screamed, and Cookie was taken aback by how terrified they sounded. Though she shrugged and got up, walking over to the two.

Her eyebrows raise, seeing them struggling a great to deal try and get out. She notices their chests rising and falling quickly, and it almost seems they're in a panic. Hell, they haven't even noticed her yet.

She shrugs, deciding it's not her problem. She has them now. She opens up a portal and walks through with a hum, the web strings dragging the two Admins along with.

○●○

Juliano jolts and let's out a yelp as the webs holding him are suddenly cut and he falls to the floor. The webs gagging him were also cut.

He grumbles and rubs the back of his head, watching the spiders that cut him out scurry off. As he gets up, he hears a portal open. He looks up.

And his heart sinks, seeing Cookie bring in an obviously panicking Forum and Domain, who were both tied up with web-like strings. His heart then breaks, seeing some wrapped tightly around their necks.

"Having you free and able to communicate with them will be helpful for the next day or so." Cookie hums, tossing the trembling hands over to him without a care. He kneels beside the two of them, pulling them close. He only glances up, watching hopelessly as the portal closes. "Once I get them back to Guardians, then I can begin!"

Juliano doesn't question her, instead moving his fingers to try and slip then between the strings, to try and loosen them. He isn't blind to the fact that, more than likely, the two Admins are having some sort of panic attack.

"J-Jul-" Domain speaks, voice cracking.

"Not now." Juliano shakes his head, voice soft. "You and Forum need to calm down first."

The Admin gives a small nod at that, pressing his head against the former Avatar's shoulder. Juliano exhales, closing his eyes.

Well this was just great.