This Week: Trauma recovery and gay /tw, suicide
@agnt-of-chaos , Dib, talked with Purple to see if he had the same reaction of blushing when someone touched his antennas. He didn't.
Then Agent Overlord, @resisty-zim , and Dib both ended up with @agents-pinkies , Skoodge, to question him about his motives.
During the questioning, Skoodge killed himself by shooting himself in the chest. The shot killed him instantly, destroying part of his PAK and splattering blood on Zim and Dib.
Zim and Dib were shocked and horrified, nearly sick. They both went to Zim's HQ lab where they spent a long time just processing what they saw and trying to keep it together. @commandor-lard-nar checked on them regularly.
Zim ended up falling asleep with Dib, almost clinging to him, and once his PAK had rested enough from the shock, Zim began petting Dib in his sleep, which caused Dib to fall asleep as well.
During all that, Agent P, @resisty-tak , and Agent Discord, @the-cooler-gaz , now dating, had some bonding moments and planned to leave Earth together.
Lard Nar had Skoodge's SIR Unit and Gir's friend, Opal, returned to HQ. And Purple had a reality check on how annoying he really was.
Dib and Zim didn't leave Zim's HQ lab for almost a full day, and they planned to go on a break to the Congo once things were slightly more stable. Zim had been planning a getaway to the Sahara for a while, but he changed the location to Congo when Dib expressed interest in coming.
After the Computer wouldn't stop annoying them, they went to Dib's lab and were visited by @kneltnotbowed . Zim ended up falling asleep again while petting both Knelt and Dib, and Dib had a conversation with Knelt while the alien was asleep. Dib didn't want to be enemies anymore and he was trying to balance caring for Zim and not being too nice at the same time. Dib ended up getting upset and leaving during the conversation, and Zim woke up to go after him, after watching security footage and telling Knelt to wait in his lab.
During that, Gaz and Tak were moving Gaz away from Earth. Gaz was essentially running away. They had a date on Foodcourtia and kissed.
Zim caught up to Dib in the docks of HQ and found him curled up in his ship. And they had a very long talk about their relationship and past. They agreed that they weren't enemies, but were undecided about whether they were friends or not. They agreed that they were something still, and they left it at that.
After a bit of packing, both Zim and Dib went back to Knelt and had a talk about outfits and alien bodies. And after the earlier talk of agreeing they weren't enemies, Dib decided to be a little brave and kissed Zim. Zim had a bit of gay panic, but after slight encouragement from Knelt and Dib, Zim tried kissing back as well, though he was blushing so hard that his antennae turned pink.
Gir and Opal had some cuddle time with movies and Opal felt very guilty for helping lead Zim into a trap before with Skoodge. But Zim accepted her back anyway.
After some more visiting with Knelt, Zim's PAK made a concerning sound. He ran a diagnosis and discovered that most of his biological regulators had broken off. He planned to wait it out, but Dib and Knelt were very concerned.
Meanwhile, Gaz and Tak were on their way to HQ to look at Purple's new fluffy-ness. They teased him and flirted in front of him a bit. Purple also discussed with @resisty-agent-fox , Sarshe, about leaving the Empire possibly. Sarshe told Purple if he was serious about switching sides then he needed to give Lard Nar real information.
Sarshe joined Gaz and Tak outside of Purple's cell and introduced herself to them while waiting for Lard Nar. And Purple gave them a LOT of information. As a reward he was granted clearance to leave his cell with a guard and wander in open access rooms and corridors. Sarshe was the guard assigned.
Dib and Knelt conceived Zim to get his PAK checked, so they met with @ukagaka-zim and @sk-00-dge and a Universe 15 PAK technician at Zim's base. The technician said that Zim's PAK was rejecting the biological regulators, and even though it was stable, it might cause physical changes. Zim contacted Mint Zim from @ask-paranormaloddities for a second opinion. Mint had a look and said that Zim would essentially go through something similar to puberty. With hormone changes, growing a tail and new fluff, and possibly gaining use of his second set of arms.
Zim was a bit freaked out, and after that was over, goodbyes were said and Zim and Dib headed to the Congo. Zim got to show Dib a cryptid, and then the pain from all of the body changes he was going to go through started setting in. He ended up falling asleep in a chair outside of his ship and Dib carried him inside. They both sat there for a while, even when Zim eventually woke up. Opal also played a recording of Skoodge saying goodbye to Opal.
Dib fell asleep and started getting a nightmare, then Zim woke him up. Dib had fun getting a look at Zim's tail that was appearing and set up a cooling system to help with the pain.
Meanwhile, Smeet Tenn gained access to the old Tumblr page and began posting, as well as making S.I.R. units out of old parts.
Dib went on a walk and came back to Zim wearing a different outfit to prepare for the tail and arm adjustments. It was a revealing outfit. He felt better though. Zim and Dib also basically flirted by showing each other songs.
They also accidentally made themselves high with a pain killer/tea mishap. They got a bit… NSFW while being high.
The really funny thing is that this week, both Gaz and Dib had a gay alien make out session.
Tune in next week to find out what happens next.