They looked up and around, wondering if it was just their imagination. Then they heard it again.
Beep.
That’s when Tala realized…
The sound was coming from their trash can on the curb.
A young man grumbled as he strolled along the streets. He’d been fidgeting with this old PalPercy he found, but no matter how hard he tried-
“This stupid thing doesn’t fucking work.”
He looked up to the sky, realizing that the sun set a while ago. He sighed, then glared at the old, broken toy.
“Could’ve sold this on Ebay or something. God dammit.”
He found the closest trash can, and tossed it in there without a second thought.
-
Summer was drawing to a close, and Tala couldn’t feel any worse.
That doesn’t mean that the last 3 months were dreadful or anything. Besides the summer reading assignments, they actually had a lot of fun! They got to spend more time with their sibling, Mayumi, and even played video games together!
But it was the last Friday before school started, and it was already afternoon. Tala tried relaxing on the front porch with their sibling, enjoying the fresh air while they could. With the large swinging chair and cool breeze, it seemed perfect. But Mayumi could easily tell that something was wrong.
“Nervous about school, kiddo?”, xey asked.
Tala only gave a slight nod, before pulling their knees to their chest and hiding their face.
“I don’t wanna go to second grade yet…I feel so old already.”
Mayumi looked aside, wondering how to make them feel better…before xeir eyes lit up.
“You’re not too old for ube ice cream, are you?”
Tala immediately looked up, and shook her head with a small smile. Mayumi responded with a chuckle and ruffled her hair.
“I’ll go prep some for you. Stay right here, okay?”, xey asked.
“O-Okay.”
As Mayumi stepped inside, Tala felt a little better about it all.
And then their anxious thoughts rushed back in without warning.
What if the kids called her names again? Would they make fun of her for being fat?
Won’t Mayumi be disappointed if they didn’t make any friends, for the third year in a row?
She shut her eyes and covered her face, trying to block everything out…
“Don’t cry. D-Don’t cry. Don’t-”
Before their eyes teared up, they heard a faint sound.
They looked up and around, wondering if it was just their imagination. Then they heard it again.
Beep.
That’s when Tala realized…
The sound was coming from their trash can on the curb.
She walked over to it, and gasped at what she saw.
“A little Tamatoy…?”
They carefully took it out, wiping some dirt away with their finger. She smiled fondly as she thought out loud.
“It looks like Mayumi’s old one…”
“Tala!”
Their eyes widened, and they turned back to their house.
“Come on! Your ice cream is gonna melt!”
They quickly put the weird Tamatoy in their pocket, and rushed back inside.
Sorry for not posting here for a while, ive been on a new hyperfixation, and its Playtime With Percy, so now yall gonna see some art about that, enjoy!
Pal and his murderous mech suit are done. Still don’t know about an after story for Pal and Nick but I’ll figure it out! I’ll probably put it into writing as I’m not good with comics. So far, I adore working on this au!!
it was only a matter of time but i made a Playtime with Percy oc!
her name is Chrissie Calico, and she would be able to disable your Pal Boy/Pal Percy for a short amount of time if you didnt may enough attention to her :>