I wanted to tackle a Jackie/MCM style Eclipse and yes, they did drift into NovaFrost territory but that's okay I wasn't going to compromise on the accordion limbs and I liked this style and could not be bothered to do anything else.
I did experiment with using their regular jet black primary color but decided against it, and I went for white to push it in a more clown-like direction over jester-like. I wanted to use eyelashes like Jackies but I'm not super sure about them, so have alt images. Plus one with eyelids because I imagine they've got a perma grin (like canon animatronics do) so their eyelids are how they convey emotion, mostly.
In the backstory established within my mushy brain for this, I imagine Eclipse was built for Fazbears for a pizzeria (thus why they have the microphone) but at the last second they were like "lol never mind we're screwing you over again! <3" so Edwin just kept them and left them to babysit David, but eventually he replaced them with the Mimic and put Eclipse in storage.
Then Arnold is the one to accidentally find them and let them out of their box, wherein they discover that the Mimic has gone nuts, Arnold is there for work stuff, and David is "missing." So they'd decide to work with Arnold and protect him until David can be found.
And of course- it wouldn't be Eclipse without some beef against the Mimic. So obviously they're waiting for the right moment to fight it and break it to pieces for replacing them. :3
Also I gave 'em a pompom tail because why not :333 And their big ol' stompers are meant to somewhat resemble clown shoes- originally I was going to make them fully red but I wanted to keep the white consistent through the design, head to toe.
What would happen if all your TSAMS/EAPS AUs Eclipses met each other?
-Cracks knuckles- Let's give it up for long yap post part three!
So, everyone's attention is immediately drawn to opposite AU Eclipse/Cupid, because in the crowd of dark animatronics they stick out like a sore thumb. Cupid smiles wide, cheerfully greeting, "Hello! It's so nice to meet everyone!"
Cedric gives a good natured smile. "Likewise. It will be interesting to talk to..." He glances around at all his counterparts, some faces scarily alike to his and an unpleasant reminder of the one who nearly took his little brother away. "Other Eclipses."
Lord Eclipse/Lucifer: "Interesting how you refer to your own kind with such derision, little mechanic."
Cedric, scoffing: "I don't consider other Eclipses to be my kind unless they are kind. Unless they're not complete and utter bastards like the one I had the misfortune of meeting."
Thackery from the RR AU hesitates, then he points at Cedric and quietly asks, "Are you usually distinguished as the nice Eclipse in your world?"
Cedric: "Yeah, actually. Are you, as well?"
Thackery: "Yes! Er, I was, at least until I changed my name."
Solar: "Not to butt in, but I'm another "nice Eclipse," as we tend to be called. Changed my name as well- you didn't?"
He shakes his head, replying, "Cedric is just my interdimensional alias for situations like these. We get a lot of visitors back home, including someone who knows a bad Eclipse and doesn't really have a good association with the name."
Ghost Whisperer Eclipse/WE: "Let me guess, you're talking about Lunar?"
Cedric: "Yes, I am."
Lord Eclipse/Lucifer: "Tch, I haven't heard that name in decades. Could have gone dozens more without hearing it again and it would have still been too soon."
Cedric: "I don't remember asking, actually."
Lucifer, sneering: "I'm the Lord of Paradise, I don't wait to be asked to speak. I speak freely."
Cedric just gives him an unimpressed glance up and down. Trying to break the tension before fights can break out, Cupid chimes in, "So, uh, how are your guys's Bluemoons doing?"
Thackery: "Our who?... Uh, Lunar is fine, thanks for asking."
Cupid, frowning: "N- no, I meant- Bluemoon. You know, our sister?"
The other Eclipses exchange confused looks. Then WE groans and smacks his forehead. "You're an opposite, that's right. So your Bluemoon must mean our Bloodmoon."
Cupid: "Oh, I guess it does!"
Lucifer: "Hmh, he's been dead and buried for over a century, and I'm happy to keep him that way."
Cupid: "Oh..."
WE, sighing: "They're fine, they've been learning to cook with fa- tch, Killcode and GW. Still as annoyingly energetic as always, I suppose."
Thackery: "I claim no relation to my world's Bloodmoon, they've been terrorizing everyone in the daycare- Sun especially..."
Toy Eclipse/October: "I have no clue where my world's Bloodmoon ran off to. Probably snuck out of the 'plex to hunt something meatier than rats."
Lucifer, baffled: "What the- I didn't even notice you down there, you're so small."
October: "Ha ha, least I'm not using my height to compensate for something."
Lucifer: "Oh, trust me, it matches my stature perfectly," He states with a prideful grin.
Thackery: "And just like that, I am very uncomfortable with the energy we've created in the studio today..."
Solar: "Let's talk about anything else, I beg."
Cedric: "How about our Suns and Moons instead? That will tell us a lot about each other."
Solar: "I like the sound of that."
Thackery: "Agreed. Uh, well, my Sun and Moon... They don't exactly get along." He grimaces as he realizes he has to explain their very strained relationship. "RR and Wolf have been fighting, uh, pretty frequently, especially after Valentines. I don't know exactly what Wolf did but Ruin said he crossed a huge boundary."
Solar: "Ruin? You're- you're listening to Ruin?"
Thackery: "Of course, he's my friend. Why shouldn't I?"
Solar: "Are you sure he's your friend? He's not just faking being nice?"
Thackery, brows furrowing: "I'm sure. Ruin isn't the kind of person to fake friendship or kindness, he's a very honest person."
Solar: "I... I see." Wish mine could have been like that... He rubs his upper arms as his gaze drops to his feet- and before anyone not in the know can press about his sudden trembling, he mumbles, "My Sun and Moon are doing a lot better- MD and GW are, at least. We... Haven't seen Newio in a while. Not since Taurus took him away."
Lucifer: "And you, Cedric? I'm curious about your relationship to your Sun and Moon- I'm forming a little theory right about now."
Cedric: "They're both my older brothers, and I love them very much. Nem has helped me through a lotand I couldn't even be here without Poppy." Though sometimes I think, it would be better for him if I never happened...
Lucifer: "I see. So you "nice Eclipses" all have formed bonds of some sort with your Suns and Moons. Enough to keep their company, no wonder they call you all as such. They see you as domesticatedcompared to us real Eclipses."
Unexpectedly, there's a huge round of groans from October, WE, Bastet's Eclipse/Narinder, Ailment of the Heart Eclipse/Vier, and Executing Eclipse.exe Eclipse (albeit their voice crackles with static.) Basically, every other "real" Eclipse meets his words with resounding exasperation.
October: "Can it with the elitist shit, will you?"
Vier, muttering lowly: "We're not better for having let ourselves get consumed in anger and vengeance until it destroyed us over and over."
Lucifer: "Oh? It sounds like I'm surrounded by a plethora of soft Eclipses, then."
Narinder: "You only speak so highly of yourself because you have the luxury to. You have the Newton Star, you're a god among mortals. Of course you feel superior to us."
Cedric: "The Star only works in its base dimension, though. So your shiny toy is about as good as a paper weight here."
Lucifer, eyes narrowing: "I suppose you all have some intelligence to your names, at least."
Cedric: "I've studied the Star extensively, of course I know all about it."
Lucifer: "Have you, now? What ever for, if you are so above vengeance on your precious "brothers?"
Cedric: "... That's none of your business," He mutters.
Thackery and Solar exchange knowing looks as Lucifer smirks down at the mechanic.
Lucifer: "You might think you're rather mysterious, Cedric, but I can see right through you. You want with the Star what all us Eclipses do. Paradise. Perhaps not as in a place. But as in a concept. Your precious brothers must have some problems, right?"
Cedric: "... Poppy was damaged in the separation between me and him. I... Was trying to find a way to fix what I did to him so Nem didn't have to..."
Solar: "Wait- Nem isn't the Moon in your new dimension?"
Cedric: "No? I- I didn't leave my dimension at all. I mean, I leave to visit Lunar, but I haven't permanently left my home."
Thackery, whispering to Solar: "He might not be at that point where running away is an option."
Solar: "True."
Cedric: "Hey, I'm not going to run away! Why would I? I just said I love my brothers!"
Thackery: "And... Nem... Loves you back?"
Cedric: "O- of course he does. Do- do your guys' Moons... Not? The ones from your original dimensions?"
Both of them shake their heads. Solar mumbles, "Mine tried to kill me twice. I only lived because of Bloodmoon saving me."
Thackery: "Mine tried to scrap me for parts and I have to run away."
Cedric, in horror: "Dear stars..."
Lucifer: "Fascinating. So Cedric, you're quite the anomaly among even among your fellow nice Eclipses. In more than just appearance, in your story as well. I wonder what else about you is different?"
Cedric: "That... We can talk about it later. I- I'd still like to know more about the rest of you guys, I've spoken enough about myself."
Lucifer, tauntingly: "How polite. How evasive."
Cedric, pointedly ignoring him: "Do all you other Eclipses... Not actually hate your Suns and Moons?"
Vier: "I do hate them, but we've got something of a truce going on. I don't bother them, they don't bother me."
WE: "I don't like MD, and I hate Newio for my own reasons, but... GW is alright, I guess."
October: "I gave up on vengeance when I got stuck in this body. Not much harm to do with rubberclaws, or when you're so small..."
Narinder: "Ma'at is a traitor to the colony, he abandoned it and Lord Bastet nearly a century ago. But Lord Bastet was kind enough to grant me mercy when I finally repented, so for that, I serve him with my utmost loyalty."
Lucifer, in disgust: "How unnatural. No Eclipse should be forced to grovel for a fucking Sun of all things."
Eclipse: "Same as Vier-r-r. Truce."
Confused as he notices the other's voice box glitching, Cedric looks to Eclipse, who's sat in a chair away from the table, the chair itself turned around so they can lean against the backrest. "Hey, are you okay? Your voice box sounds like it's malfunctioning real bad."
Eclipse: "Been bet- better."
Lucifer: "You just now noticed that one? Their back is practically blown out."
Cedric, flustered: "Excuse me??"
Lucifer: "I meant that literally.
Eclipse: "PHRASE IT BETTER NEX-XT TIME."
Lucifer, sighing: "Tch. To put it more aptly, their back casing is pried open like something was trying to rip them into two."
Vier, quietly: "Or something tried to wear them as an exosuit."
Eclipse bristles at that, their tail lashing in agitation as Vier turns away, crossing his arms over his chest tightly.
Lucifer: "Now what could have done that, exactly?"
Vier: "Piece of shit called the Mimic."
Cedric: "Mimic, singular? We usually have multiple in my dimension."
Vier: "What?"
Cedric: "They don't appear frequently, but sometimes they sneak into the Pizzaplex to try and cause harm to the kids... Sometimes it's obvious when there's a Mimic, but other times they're very skilled at, well, mimicry, and I have to get Nem to verify if they're a Mimic or not."
Vier: "That sounds horrendous."
Eclipse: "I swear, I'm g- going to beat Edwin's ass if more Mimics start-t showing up..."
Cedric: "Edwin Murray?"
Eclipse: "He made the Mimic."
October: "I bet it was difficult to piece the pieces together." Everyone slowly turns and stares at him, and he blinks. "... I don't know why I said that. It just kinda slipped out."
Eclipse, groaning lowly as their head hangs forward:
Cedric: "Is there anything we can do to help you feel less... Pained? Uh, maybe I could turn off your pain sensors?"
Eclipse: "C- can't. Set my systems s- so they can't be accessed... Without a computer t- that's got admin permissions in my lab."
Cedric: "Oh. Well, just- just try to take it easy, and we'll try not to bother you much."
Vier: "I just have to ask one thing, were you pulled here just after Puppet freed you from the Mimic?..."
Eclipse shakes their head. "That was months ago. Different Mimic this t- time."
Cedric: "This time?! This- this happened to you more than once?!"
Eclipse just nods wearily.
WE: "Was it invulnerable to magic or something? How could you not defend yourself?"
Eclipse: "I g- gave up my magic and it has no pain sensor-r-rs."
Vier: "I gave up my magic as well. It's a bigger headache than it's worth."
Lucifer: "Sounds like you just weren't disciplined enough to maintain it as you needed. Magic isn't something you can just let sit and idle without routine practice."
October: "I had my magic taken from me by that damn gator."
Cupid: "You guys had magic? Where did you get it from?"
Vier: "Magic circle given to us by our dimensions' respective Ruins."
WE: "Do you guys also have the circle on your backs?"
Vier: "No?? Do- do you?"
WE: "Yeah. He put it there so I couldn't disavow my magic."
Vier: "No wonder you didn't give it up first chance you got."
WE: "And I think I'm going to practice some spells to burn metal endos and shit to ash when I get back..."
Vier: "Good call. Wait-" He turns back to Eclipse. "Where did the second Mimic come from in your dimesnion?"
Eclipse: "Murray's Costume Manor. Went th- there to get the code that would shut the other dimension's Mimic down. M2 is the one that d- did this to me-e. Wasn't... Strong enough." They breathe out heavily, gripping at the back of the chair tighter as they try to push out the memory of that hook plunging into their back.
Cedric notices this, a pang of sympathy running through him. Hesitantly, he reaches out and sets a hand on their shoulder, murmuring, "I'm sorry you had to go through that."
Eclipse stiffens at first, not expecting the contact... But the familiar feeling a gloved hand on their shoulder is comforting. They relax a touch but don't say anything.
"Aw. Now that's a heartwarming scene if I've ever seen one," Lucifer remarks with a chuckle, to which Cedric shoots a glare his way. "What? I'm just saying, it's sweet."
Cupid nods. "Mm-hmm! I'm glad we're all, uh, m- mostly getting along!" They smile brightly as their tail wags.
"I'm curious, though... So between the two of you-" October points at Vier and Eclipse. "Aside from how many times you've been attacked by a "Mimic," what else is different between you two?"
"That's a good question, actually." Vier looks to his closest counterpart, asking, "Do you have any kids?"
Eclipse nods and puts up three fingers. "Andrew, Jake, Andy."
"Same here. Little hellions sometimes, but they're not too bad." He gives a light snort of amusement.
"I'm guessing if you h- haven't gone to MCM, you don't know who Arnold is?..."
"Arnold? No, I don't. Who is that?"
"Faz technician, he was sent to r- retrieve company property. We've been working together all night to s- stop M2-2-2," They explain quietly, their tail lightly swaying back and forth now. "He saved me from... It."
Cedric gently squeezes their shoulder, murmuring, "He sounds like a good man, and I'm glad you two have each other to lean on."
Vier quietly watches the movement of his counterpart's tail, then glances aside. Probably nothing. "He does sound nice. Not every day you meet a decent technician from Fazbears. But... Why didn't Puppet or Foxy go with to help you? Or both?"
At that, Eclipse's gaze snaps to him and they question, "Wait, is Puppet alive in your dimension?"
Vier stiffens from head to toe as his chest tightens unpleasantly. "She isn't in yours?"
"... No, she's not," They whisper, their rays retracting almost completely. "She died stopping the Puppet Master. Foxy disappeared afterward..."
He lets out a shaking breath, murmuring, "I- I see." The thought alone of the ones he loves dying and disappearing make him sick to his stomach.
EW listens quietly before he looks to his feet, brows furrowed tightly. I need to start working on some kind of back-up plan to stop the Puppet Master without losing Puppet.
"It sounds like you could use a source of phenomenal, cosmic power to bring back your dear little friend, then," Lucifer remarks to Eclipse, receiving a low, static hiss in reply.
"I'm not t- tampering with Star power again. I just barely got away with it the first time. If I try ag-g-gain, Taurus won't show mercy..."
Lucifer scoffs. "Taurus. You mean one of those weak little Astrals? He died just as easily as all the others."
Cupid puts their hands over their audio receptors, starting to hum to themself to block out Lucifer, much to the others' concern.
"Really, all of you could be almost as glorious as me if you just stopped being cowards and soft simpletons," The dark deity goes on to say, then points to Narinder. "You especially should not be so content in your lowly station. Serving a Sun? Fucking shameful. You're a disgrace to your name."
"I couldn't care less for the opinion of one who calls himself Lucifer," The other retorts calmly. "After all, was it not a snake of the same name who convinced Adam and Eve to take a bite of the apple, and thus saw them expelled from their safe garden?"
"I simply wish to bring light to your mind, Narinder. To illuminate how you could be so much more than a servant to someone so insignificant as a Sun. You have the potential to be a god." Lucifer says with a wide grin, met by only a look of derision from the other. "Yet you shun it so wholeheartedly."
"Who wouldn't? It's tough to be a god, or so they say," October remarks with a scoff.
"Tread where mortals have not trod," Vier sings under his breath.
"Beee deified when really, you're a sham," Narinder adds in with a pointed glare at Lucifer, whose infernal eyes narrow dangerously.
"C'mon everybody, smile smile smiiile, fill my heart up with sunshine, sunshine!" Cupid blurts out, then they shrink in on themself when everyone looks at them in bafflement. Though Cedric's look turns to sympathy and he murmurs,
"Alright, let's try to curb the fighting. Not light it's going to help anyone here, we all clearly have... Different viewpoints that arguing can't change."
"That does remind me," Lucifer begins, turning to Cupid with something close to a sneer. "Youneglected to share anything of your Sun and Moon, little lamb."
"S- so did you!" They retort, taking a slight step back.
"Oh, that's easy. Moon is dead and buried, as he should be. Sun is blessed to serve me and my castle, doing anything and everything I ask of him," He answers smugly, teeth showing through in his grin now. "So that turns it back to your turn to answer."
"I- I'm not really friends with my Sun and Moon, so-"
"Aw, but I thought you were supposed to be friendly? What have they done to be excluded from your sugary sweet cheer?"
"I am nice! I- I try to be! But they're not! It's not my fault... They both rejected the pacifism code and they tried to hurt me, I just wanted t- to be friends... They said no," Cupid whimpers, shrinking in further on themself. Lucifer raises a brow, then hums.
"Ahhh, right. That'd be the opposite of the homicide code. They both rejected it you say? Even Sun?"
"Sun's a bad person. They both are..."
"It's an opposite dimension, Lucifer, don't be thick-k," Eclipse scoffs, growing weary of watching Lucifer pick on the light animatronic. They remind him just a little too much of Arnold for them to sit silently. "That means we start out good, while Sun a- and Moon are bad, obviously."
Lucifer glares back at Vier. "I knew that."
"Then act like it."
"So that means Bloodmoon- er, Bluemoon, is... Good as well, right?" Thackery asks. "That's tough to imagine."
"My sister is nice. Both halves of Bluemoon are," Cupid protests quietly.
"I believe you. It's just different than what I'm used to," He replies gently.
"... I'm sorry your Bloodmoons are bad."
"So am I. But it's not your fault."
"If it's any consolation, not all Bloodmoons are so bad," WE says to the two. "My two idiot br- Bloodmoons... Like I said, they're learning to cook from Killcode and Sun, plus they changed. Maybe it's not too late for some of the others."
Solar sighs. "Ours changed for a pretty big reason, though, WE. They changed because their death freed them of hunger and their need for violence."
"So when they came back from the dead, they weren't hungry?" Thackery questions.
"Well, yeah, but they had changed even in the afterlife," Solar explains.
"How do you know? Did they tell you when they came back?"
"No, they told us while they were still dead. We could see them, after all."
Vier and Eclipse have no major reaction to this, but the others all look confused.
"... As in, you... Talked to their ghosts?" Lucifer questions slowly.
"Well, yeah?"
"It's not that insane, everyone can see and talk to ghosts after all," Vier scoffs.
"What-? Not in our dimension, they can't!" Cedric responds.
"Not in ours, either," WE adds, raising a brow. "It's something only GW, Solar, Puppet, FC and I can do in ours. But everyone can do it in yours?"
"Yeah. How else would they have seen Jake, Andy and Andrew?"
"People still can't in my dimension, I'm trying to make their bodies but I keep getting side-tracked," WE mutters.
"Is your dimension s- still in 2024 time?" Eclipse asks, receiving a nod. "That explains a lot..."
"Why? What do you mean?" WE asks, his rays straightening up. "When did Puppet die in your dimension, then?"
"February, 2025..."
"February," He mutters, expression turning grim as he starts to pace, muttering, "I don't have much time..."
"I'm still tripped up about ghosts being a thing, honestly," Cedric murmurs, with Lucifer nodding in agreement.
"I would hate being able to see ghosts," The dark deity mutters, shaking his head. "That sounds like a plague."
"So, you have the whole Melinda Gordon Ghost Whisperer opening memorized, right?" October asks Solar.
"GW does. And I think WE does, too," Solar replies. "But I never actually watched Ghost Whisperer before- I need to, but I want to wait until I can watch with GW." Then he hesitates before he quietly asks, "So does this mean you guys haven't noticed the other Eclipse who's been in the corner this whole time?"
"That's not funny!" Cupid whimpers.
"I'm being serious," Solar replies with an apologetic look. WE stops and looks to the corner, adding,
"He's a red and black model like I was when I had the Star. He's probably from a dimension between the time he got nuked and brought back."
"I'm sorry, nuked?" Lucifer questions. "I don't remember Sun and Moon trying that hard to stop me."
"Second time."
"Wha- you had the Star a second time and you still gave up?!"
"After I got nuked to dust and then brought back against my will and then nearly killed again before GW stuck up for me? Yeah," He scoffs, shaking his head. He pauses as he paces by Solar and mutters, "No hard feelings about getting blasted, by the way."
"Cool," Solar replies sheepishly.
"Speak for yourself, I still want to slap my Solar's ass for blasting me," Vier snarls, startling when Eclipse snorts violently.
"Snrk- y- you do that!" They respond, their repressed laughter making their shoulders shake.
"What are you-? Oh. Oh! Dammit, not like that!" He snaps, his rays retracting as his tail lashes while most of the others start to laugh. Solar looks mildly perturbed. "I want to pound him- no, not that either!"
"This is so uncomfortable," Solar mumbles to WE, who nods a bit. "I mean, I see you more like a b- well... Isn't that technically self-cest?"
"I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT!" Vier yells. "I don't like that asshole like that!"
"Whose do you l- nope, I shouldn't make that joke," Cedric giggles to himself.
"I DON'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT! I want to hurt him in some way! Just- as a bit of payback! He's so smarmy anyway, I just want to wrap my hands around his throat and-"
"Hey, now, there's innocent Eclipses here! Keep it to the fanfictions!"
"I'M TALKING ABOUT BEING VIOLENT I DON'T LIKE HIM LIKE THAT! I ONLY HAVE FEELINGS FOR-" He quickly cuts himself off. "No one else! Nothing!"
"Oh, the tea is getting hot," Lucifer hums, grinning as the bites the second knuckle of his index finger. "Go on, whose ass do you want to slap?"
"NO ONE'S!"
"Is it Roxanne's?" Eclipse asks playfully, surprised when Vier gives him a baffled look.
"No? Why would I want anything to do with that bitch?"
"... You better be talking about the one Sun dated," They mutter.
"I am. What, is there a different Roxanne in your world?"
They nod, sighing a bit and muttering, "I think my timeline is farther ahead compared to yours..."
"Are Ballora and Monty together in your dimension?" WE asks, and Vier shoots him a glare.
"They are, and even if they weren't it wouldn't be either of them?"
"Lefty? Ruin?"
"No and fuck no!"
"Henry?" Eclipse questions.
"No."
"This is tough," WE murmurs.
"Because there isn't anyone I like, I was just- I was saying shit, okay?! It was all word vomit!"
Eclipse sighs to themself, saying, "All I c- can think of that fits his timeline is Puppet and Foxy-y-y, but-"
Beep beep beep!
Everyone falls silent for a moment, looking at Vier in genuine confusion.
"... Did a fire alarm just go off in your chest, what was that?" October asks.
"Nothing," Vier grits out viciously, gripping at his chest.
Eclipse's brows furrow in confusion as they look their counterpart over, then they hesitantly repeat, "Puppet and Foxy?"
Beep beep beep!
... Eclipse and WE slowly exchange glances as Vier tries and fails to hide the hint of color creeping onto his face-plate...
Then they both shout, "Puppet and Foxy?! Are you serious?!"
Beep beep BEEEEEP!!
"It's not what it looks like!"
"Are they not a couple in your dimension or something?" WE questions.
"I- they are, but I wouldn't-"
"Ohoh, Vier! Pining after not one but two spoken for animatronics! How utterly unwholesome," Lucifer snorts in amusement.
"I'm not pining! Pining is stupid!"
"Oh my gosh, pining is sooo romantic!" Cupid chirps, bouncing on their paws as their tail wags uncontrollably.
"Just makes my big ol' heart wanna melt," Lucifer scoffs, sarcasm lacing his words.
"Yess, exactly! It's just so lovely and sweet and- ahh, tell me more, tell me more!" They continue giddily, missing the other's sarcasm and following eye-roll.
"There's nothing more to tell," Vier hisses. "They're together, I don't have feelings for them, even if I did, I wouldn't come between them!"
"Wha- but who said you had to come between them? If you're all friends, you can all be together! The saying is that you have two hands, after all!"
"That-!" His face is scarlet red now, and the snarls, "There's not going to be any hand-holding, dammit! I don't have feelings for them!"
"Hmph, it's always the people who refuse to accept their feelings who fall first," Cupid grumbles to themself. "When will it be my turn? I wanna fall in love and jump in head-first..."
"I'm sure you'll meet someone special like that someday," Thackery says gently.