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[televiolence]

[touches the dial]

[ Lord of The Screens, ] [ Was that not just so much fun? :) ]

He lowers his head. Along with the studio lights, Ant's screen briefly flickers before turning off. Surprise spreads across the audience. Ant's silhouette is drawn in the darkness by light that comes from the stage screen behind him.

[ Well? ] [ Don't you have anything to say? ] [ You usually talk so much... ]

He touches his screen and it starts melting around his hand. The black goo drips down onto his lap.

[ Oh, it seems I couldn't read the room properly. ] [ Does this mean the show is over for today? ]

Ant stays silent.

[ ... ] [ Hehe. ] [ Touching the dial? ] [ seems like someone is bad at following simple instructions. ]

The broadcast lags, distorts, and the image bends in uncomfortable ways. From one frame to another, Ant goes missing from the frame, leaving the armchair empty.

The outlet where your TV is plugged in sparks, before the power in your entire house goes out. Darkness, and in the middle of the night too. But, even with that accounted for, right now, it's unnaturally dark. You stand up. Power won't turn back on by itself.

But the darkness grows. You feel that it might be dangerous to move around like this, so you look for your phone on the sofa. Something shifts on your TV screen, grabbing your attention. You see a hand reach out of it, and a second later, it gets too dark to see anything.

"𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍. 𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜."

[ End. ]

[televiolence]

is there anything you wanna say or do now that you’re more or less back to normal?

He avoids looking at the camera. His expression is one you'd only expect to see at a funeral. "I am still able to be genuine about it, so, I would like to take this time and chance to apologize for the inevitable continuation of what I've done."

[ 15/15 ]

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Magic Anon (Ignore this if they're not allowed)

Factory resetting Ant to be his old self from chapter 3! And fixing his head for that duration. 👍

Mod can pick for how long.

Ant nervously taps his foot on the ground, reading a few questions from the fans, trying to check if the Fanmail Sorting Department has correctly filtered out the unwanted letters before the ad break ends.

"Boss, you're back on in 2."

"Alright." Ant puts all the letters back in their envelopes, then puts those back on the table.

[ Hello. ] [ Lord of The Screens. ]

Ant instinctively looks around, then checks his signal, before recognizing the voice. He doesn't reply.

[ I have gotten a very fun request from one of your fans ]

He doesn't reply.

[ Why the silence? ] [ Aren't you curious? ]

He doesn't reply.

[ I'm not lying, ] [ It is very fun. ]

He doesn't reply.

[ I'm sure that you will also find it... ] [ Very, ] [ Very, ] [ Fun :) ]

An intense pain shoots through Ant's head, causing him to curl up in his seat, bringing his knees up to his face. His face broadcasts several error and technical difficulties screens, before showing long-forgotten images. Ant doesn't speak, accompanying audio plays all by itself.

░▒░▓░░𝚃𝚑▒ 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚗▒𝚢 ░░░▓░▒░ 𝚁▒𝚕𝚜𝚎𝚒 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑! 𝙵𝚒▒𝚕░▓▒▒ 𝙳𝚎▒𝚜, 𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎▒ 𝚐▒░▒░░ 𝙺𝚁▒𝚂 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝙸▒𝙽𝙾 ▒▒▒░▒▓░ 𝙰𝚗▒ ▒𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚄𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙻 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴 𝙸𝚃 !

What did I do. What have I done. Why have I done this. Was the fame worth it. Was it really. Why do I doubt myself now. What is going on. What triggered this. Why. What. What. What. Why. WhyWhyWhyWhatWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhatWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhatWhyWhyWhyWhatWhatWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhatWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhyWhatWhyWhyWhyWhyWhat.

Ant seems to faint, as he suddenly goes limp, his feet falling back down to the ground, their thud finally attracting the attention of nearby employees. His screen broadcasts distorted static.

"-oss? Boss?? Ant??? ANT!"

Ant's head lifts, making him look like he's staring at the ceiling. "𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚎?"

"Oh, thank the gods you're okay..." Battat's tone is hesitant. "...Are you okay?"

Ant Looks back down at him, screen still off. "𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢."

"You voice sounds... different???"

"𝙳𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝?" Ant puts a hand on his head. "... My head hurts. Do you have any painkillers?"

"Uh, yeah, somewhere..." Battat looks through his pockets.

Ant's screen flickers back to life, though it takes him a little before the interferences disappear. As they do, Battat's face turns dumbfounded. Ant notices that.

"Are you okay?"

"I, uh... I don't know????" Battat stops searching for meds and starts searching for his phone. He turns on his photo app in selfie mode and hands it to Ant.

The CRT grabs the phone to look at himself. He weakly lifts one hand to touch the now white screen. "My... face?"

"Friends and Folks, Welcome to tonight's 𝓕𝓪𝓷𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓵 𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓜𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓐𝓷𝓽...!" He's very hesitant. The facade is hard to maintain. "We have gotten more lovely mail from all of you." He lifts his hand to show off the letter he's holding. "Let's spend another evening full of... love? And... Ah, hahah, sorry, I forgot my cue card backstage." The audience... laughs?

[ How great, how fun. ] [ Are you proud of yourself, dear audience member? ] [ I am proud of you. ] [ 15 asks. How does that sound? ] [ Does that sound... ] [ Fun? ]

[televiolence]

Oh, Ant and Info are so cute! Their friendship is truly pure, which is surprising because Ant isn't usually like that.

"We should play 𝕷𝖊𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝕿𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖆 sometime! I'll show you my version, it's a bit different from Anty's."

Info weakly pushes against the door of Ant's office. Seeing as it doesn't open, he shifts his weight to use that, and it works. However, he's too tired to get control over his balance back, and he falls forwards on the ground.

"𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢!?" Ten wants to lean down to check on him, but he's holding ant's terrarium. He steps over Info and goes to put the terrarium on the sofa - since it's closer than the table - and comes back to help him up.

Info's TV suddenly makes an ungodly noise for a good 5 seconds before stopping. He shows Ten a thumbs up.

"Are you.... ꪖ᥅ꫀ ꪗꪮꪊ ᦓꪊ᥅ꫀ?"

He shows Ten a second thumbs up.

Info is helped onto the sofa, where he sits down. He looks up at Ten.

Ten waves his hand to dismiss the question he assumes Info is asking himself. "I'm not gonna sit with you, I have to get going! I've got some things to tend to at my studio. I only really came to wish Anty a 𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖞 𝖇𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖉𝖆𝖞!"

Info looks down, nodding. Then he realizes something. He looks up. "𝗛𝗲𝘆."

Ten is about to step out of the office , but he turns around, surprised to hear Info talk. "Yes?"

"𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆." His black screen displays a polite smile.

Ten is surprised, but quickly smiles again. "𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾!" He waves goodbye and walks out of the room closing the door.

Info's TV makes a winding down noise as his head droops forwards slightly, then,

ρꪮꪮƒ!

In a puff of smoke, Ant is back to his normal size, and the terrarium is gone. He lands laying down, stomach on Info's lap, still sleeping and snoring. Info is startled by the giant CRT appearing out of nowhere, but only momentarily, cause as soon as he realizes who it is, he goes right back to falling asleep.

[ FIN ]

[televiolence]

Hello, Mister A- uhh. Mister Tenna! I hope you don't mind another gift from me, it was a spur of the moment when I saw you've reverted back to factory settings. Hope you like it even after this whole thing is over, if it does.

- Biscuits 🌺

[Nestled in the envelope alongside the letter rests another crocheted creation, now shaped as a yellow star. The five points are made with a lighter shade of yellow. Instead of a brooch, a small loop rests at the top point to allow easier display on the vanity mirror.]

"Oh, how lovely!" He presses the star against his heart. Despite his less than ideal state, he seems genuinely appreciative of the gift. "I absolutely love this little star! I'm sure I will treasure it no matter what happens, even when this is over!"

[ 12/15 ]

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Well, Ant, since you're stuck in the terrarium, you might as well explore. See what the place have to offer. Up to Ten or Info to help him or not.

Ant munches on some sunflower pollen, hidden within some plants. Ten is shifting slightly on his seat, leaning in various directions to try and see him.

Info is eating some cookies he found in the cabinet to try and get rid of the taste of the pollen.

Ten moves closer to the table, sitting on the edge of the sofa, and smiles, finally seeing Ant. "𝓐𝓷𝓽𝔂, is there anything interesting in there?"

Ant turns to look at him, annoyed. "𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜."

Ten's tail starts wagging. "It must be really fun to be surrounded by such big plants!"

Ant looks around. "... 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝."

"Is there anything else that's 𝖈𝖔𝖔𝖑 or 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌?"

Ant looks around some more. "..." He goes back to eating his pollen. Seems he's not feeling like exploring much, despite the prompting........

Ten doesn't let that get to him, but when he sees Ant's antennae perk up when Info leans in closer, his cheeks start heating up and his stomach churns. He looks away with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Here, have ㄒ卄丨丂!" Info opens the terrarium and drops in a cookie, which crushes Ant like an anvil.

...

......

"ӨΉ."

"𝙾𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚍."

Info closes the tank and pretends as if he didn't do anything.

[ 2/10 ]

[televiolence]

BAHAH HOLY SHIT! Putting the Ant in Mr Ant now, aren't we....

How does it feel to not be such a big shot lil guy? Hope there's enough enrichment for the entirety of the magic anon effect :p

"𝙻𝙴𝚃 𝙼𝙴 𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴." Ant's voice is muffled since he's. Well. In a terrarium.

"Oh, 𝓐𝓷𝓽𝔂... I don't think that would be a good idea. You're so ꪻ꠸ꪀꪗ now... We could accidentally crush you..."

Info crouches down to pick up the terrarium and put it on the coffee table. "Don't worry, Ant, ƬΉΣ ΛПGΣㄥƧ will take pity on you! Whatever that 【2】【0】 meant, I know she was calling out to ƬΉΣM!" He lets himself fall on the sofa with a concerningly loud THUD.

Ant falls on his ass due to being carelessly shaken while the terrarium is moved.

"The Angels?" Ten goes to sit on the sofa opposite of Info.

"ƬΉΣ ΛПGΣㄥƧ !" Info giggles. "You don't know ƬΉΣ ΛПGΣㄥƧ ?"

Ten stays silent, and Ant starts laughing in a very mean spirited way. "Get a load of that guy." He stands up, patting the dirt off of his pants. "Doesn't know ƬΉΣ ΛПGΣㄥƧ ."

"ƬΉΣ ΛПGΣㄥƧ are... they speak to me. They know everything, and they let me in on ㄒ卄乇丨尺 丂乇匚尺乇ㄒ丂! I don't always get it but, when they give an order, I listen."

Ten is concerned, but keeps a polite smile. "I see."

Info leans forwards and rests his hand on the tank. "Hey, BIG ƧΉӨƬ, how's it feel to be so 丂爪卂ㄥㄥ?"

Ten expects Ant to get irritated by this comment, but is shocked to see him chuckle, seemingly without anger.

"Could be worse. Get me some snacks from the cabinet, small size means one flower is 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓭 than what I can usually get out of it."

Ten goes to get up, but Info is faster. Ten goes back to sitting as he was, now feeling slightly awkward for a reason he can't place. He looks away, and his mouth disappears.

"Do you want cherry blossom oooooorrrr...." Info rummages through the cabinet. Plastic package sound effect. Horse neigh sound effect. Metal pipe falling sound effect. Vine boom. "Ohhhhhh, ƧЦПFㄥӨЩΣЯ! Are those ƧЦПFㄥӨЩΣЯ seeds?"

"Nah, just pollen."

"What's it with YӨЦ and 卩ㄖㄥㄥ乇几!????"

Ten finally jumps in. "𝓦𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽!" He smiles. "We usually drink it with our noses, but... oh, well, 𝓐𝓷𝓽𝔂 eats it!" He somehow feels triumphant, wondering why. It's as if he won some kind of competition... but what is he even competing for?

Info pulls out the bag. "Is that just pollen inside??"

"Yep." Ant puts his hands against the wall of the terrarium, facing the sofa Info is coming back to sit on. "𝖂𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖆 𝖙𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊 𝖎𝖙?" Mischief drips from his question like the sweetest honey.

"You know what? ㄚ乇卂卄!"

Ten knows Info will... likely really not like it. He's seen others taste pollen already, and even those without allergies are generally not big fans of it. But... he chooses to say nothing.

Info opens the bag. "Hmmm.... Do I just.... use a spoon?"

"Yes, yes..." Ant's laugh becomes deeper.

The broken CRT puts his hand in his jacket, taking out a tiny teaspoon. He gets some pollen on it. Tastes it, and...

"BㄥΣGΉ"

Ant starts laughing. Ten smiles wide to stop himself from laughing... we have to stay polite.

[ 1/10 ]

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oh my god youre adorable now?? What do you remember ?

"𝓐𝓭𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮?" He cups his face "Aww! 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚! Right back at you, you're 🅳🅾🆄🅱🅻🅴 🅰🅳🅾🆁🅰🅱🅻🅴!!" That sounded more genuine than usual. He leans forward, crossing his arms. "What do I remember?" He thinks. He thinks. He lowers his head. "𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐."

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