I can feel my bones, and it's nauseating

The air in my lungs burns

[undead-slenderman]

...

...

...

hello?

can anyone hear me?

it's so cold

i can't remember where I am

who I am

everything is numb

so

so numb

[segamascott]

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[slenderalien]

[blink blink]

[wave]

⨅||ꖎᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ⨅⍑ᒷリ

[undead-slenderman]

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[slenderalien]

ᒷᔑ⚍∷⊣⍑

[undead-slenderman]

so

cyle

are you going to stick around?

i hope you do.

you're nice.

[slenderalien]

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[undead-slenderman]

oh?

*Mortem tilts its head, curious but willing to listen.*

[slenderalien]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

[undead-slenderman]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

[slenderalien]

[Alien stops in front of a makeshift hut, crawling into the doorway and stopping at a strange clunky device]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ ⨅𝙹 ∴ᒷ ᓵᔑリ ℸ ̣ ᔑꖎꖌ!

[undead-slenderman]

oooo, a thing! i don't know what it is, but it looks impressive! good job, cyle!

*Mortem is extremely tempted to touch the device, but restrains itself.*

[slenderalien]

[Xe presses a button and a loud burst of static ripples through the air.]

╎tᓭ n#ℸ ̣ ⍊e#|| ∴ᒷ#ꖎ mᔑ↸#..

[undead-slenderman]

huh? what was that? I only got a few bits and pieces.

[slenderalien]

╎ℸ ̣ リᒷᒷ↸ᓭ ╎ᒲ!¡∷𝙹⍊ᒷᒲᒷリℸ ̣..

[undead-slenderman]

...I didn't get anything that time around.

sorry.

*It sounds dissappointed in itself.*

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[slenderalien]

[blink blink]

[wave]

⨅||ꖎᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ⨅⍑ᒷリ

[undead-slenderman]

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[slenderalien]

ᒷᔑ⚍∷⊣⍑

[undead-slenderman]

so

cyle

are you going to stick around?

i hope you do.

you're nice.

[slenderalien]

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[undead-slenderman]

oh?

*Mortem tilts its head, curious but willing to listen.*

[slenderalien]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

[undead-slenderman]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

[slenderalien]

[Alien stops in front of a makeshift hut, crawling into the doorway and stopping at a strange clunky device]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ ⨅𝙹 ∴ᒷ ᓵᔑリ ℸ ̣ ᔑꖎꖌ!

[undead-slenderman]

oooo, a thing! i don't know what it is, but it looks impressive! good job, cyle!

*Mortem is extremely tempted to touch the device, but restrains itself.*

[slenderalien]

[Xe presses a button and a loud burst of static ripples through the air.]

╎tᓭ n#ℸ ̣ ⍊e#|| ∴ᒷ#ꖎ mᔑ↸#..

[undead-slenderman]

huh? what was that? I only got a few bits and pieces.

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[slenderalien]

[blink blink]

[wave]

⨅||ꖎᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ⨅⍑ᒷリ

[undead-slenderman]

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[slenderalien]

ᒷᔑ⚍∷⊣⍑

[undead-slenderman]

so

cyle

are you going to stick around?

i hope you do.

you're nice.

[slenderalien]

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[undead-slenderman]

oh?

*Mortem tilts its head, curious but willing to listen.*

[slenderalien]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

[undead-slenderman]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

[slenderalien]

[Alien stops in front of a makeshift hut, crawling into the doorway and stopping at a strange clunky device]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ ⨅𝙹 ∴ᒷ ᓵᔑリ ℸ ̣ ᔑꖎꖌ!

[undead-slenderman]

oooo, a thing! i don't know what it is, but it looks impressive! good job, cyle!

*Mortem is extremely tempted to touch the device, but restrains itself.*

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[slenderalien]

[blink blink]

[wave]

⨅||ꖎᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ⨅⍑ᒷリ

[undead-slenderman]

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[slenderalien]

ᒷᔑ⚍∷⊣⍑

[undead-slenderman]

so

cyle

are you going to stick around?

i hope you do.

you're nice.

[slenderalien]

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[undead-slenderman]

oh?

*Mortem tilts its head, curious but willing to listen.*

[slenderalien]

[Xey stride through a winding path in the forest, each turn calculated and exact.]

[undead-slenderman]

*Mortem follows roughly 3 feet behind xem, a bit uncoordinated and with a noticeable limp.*

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[slenderalien]

[blink blink]

[wave]

⨅||ꖎᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ⨅⍑ᒷリ

[undead-slenderman]

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[slenderalien]

ᒷᔑ⚍∷⊣⍑

[undead-slenderman]

so

cyle

are you going to stick around?

i hope you do.

you're nice.

[slenderalien]

[Cyle gestures for them to follow behind xem]

[undead-slenderman]

oh?

*Mortem tilts its head, curious but willing to listen.*

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[slenderalien]

[blink blink]

[wave]

⨅||ꖎᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ⨅⍑ᒷリ

[undead-slenderman]

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[slenderalien]

ᒷᔑ⚍∷⊣⍑

[undead-slenderman]

so

cyle

are you going to stick around?

i hope you do.

you're nice.

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[slenderalien]

[blink blink]

[wave]

⨅||ꖎᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ⨅⍑ᒷリ

[undead-slenderman]

*It waves back, excited to have made a friend. Probably. It's not sure, but it thinks they're friends now.*

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[slenderalien]

╎ᒲ ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⨅ꖎᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ !¡ᔑ⨅╎ᒷリℸ ̣

[undead-slenderman]

...i'm just going to pretend I can understand.

also, your name is cyle now.

hi cyle.

[undead-slenderman]

you’re real. Everything will be ok. *puts a blanket over them*

i...

thank you.

i really appreciate it.

*It tries to cover as much of itself as it can.*

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[slenderalien]

╎⨅ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ⨅ᒷ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ⨅?

[undead-slenderman]

oh

hello again.

i'm sorry, but I still can't understand what you're saying.

[undead-slenderman]

i miss warmth.

i don't remember much about it

but I do remember

it was much better than this.

i can feel the frostbite forming on my fingertips.

[undead-slenderman]

...this forest is actually very nice, all things considered.

I like the trees.

I think I've always been fond of birch.

[undead-slenderman]

...

...

...

hello?

can anyone hear me?

it's so cold

i can't remember where I am

who I am

everything is numb

so

so numb

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Hm?

*MaLF happened to be nearby*

Are you okay there, friend? You look sickly. I mean, you're literally green!

[undead-slenderman]

i...

i don't know. everything feels...

Wrong.

wrong in a way I can't describe

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well, what do you remember? And what's that red spot on your suit, pal?

[undead-slenderman]

I remember... I remember screams.

Nothing else comes to mind.

and the red...

the red...

*it looks down at its suit, gently touching the red spot.*

...I'm not sure... it's wet...

wet and cold...

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Hm, it might be blood.

Now that you mention it, you don't look very sick. Your skin might be rotting.

Oh! How silly of me, I haven't introduced myself!

I'm MaLF, but you can also call me Veris if you'd like. Do you remember your name?

[undead-slenderman]

name... um...

...

n-no...

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well... Ummm... Do you wanna come up with one?

[undead-slenderman]

...I... suppose...

c-call me Mortem. yeah. I like that.

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Oh, that's a fun pun! Like, dead!

[undead-slenderman]

...is it? I just thought it was a nice name...

...

oh Slod, am I dead?!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well, your skin is rotting, and you have a bloody wound in your chest.

[undead-slenderman]

...no. no, I can't be dead, right? i'm alive! I'm here, right now! I can't be dead!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

You're right, I guess. You're here. But there's one thing.

[undead-slenderman]

what? what is it? what's the one thing?

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

You're correct about NOT being dead, but you're wrong about being alive. You're undead, I think.

[undead-slenderman]

...that's.... that's not possible. when people die, they stay dead. they have to! they can't come back! I can't have come back!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Typically, yeah. But this is the Slender Forest. Wacky stuff happens here all the time. Take me, for example, I was hardly aware my first few years here. I was stuck amongst other bits and bobs of code in the FUCKING air!

[undead-slenderman]

but i'm different, right? I'M NORMAL, RIGHT?!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

No one here is normal, not even the humans!

My advice; just embrace it. Play the hand you've been dealt, or whatever metaphor you wanna use.

[undead-slenderman]

...I. Thank you.

*With that sudden and awkward parting line, it darts away, refusing to face the facts presented.*

[undead-slenderman]

...

...

...

hello?

can anyone hear me?

it's so cold

i can't remember where I am

who I am

everything is numb

so

so numb

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Hm?

*MaLF happened to be nearby*

Are you okay there, friend? You look sickly. I mean, you're literally green!

[undead-slenderman]

i...

i don't know. everything feels...

Wrong.

wrong in a way I can't describe

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well, what do you remember? And what's that red spot on your suit, pal?

[undead-slenderman]

I remember... I remember screams.

Nothing else comes to mind.

and the red...

the red...

*it looks down at its suit, gently touching the red spot.*

...I'm not sure... it's wet...

wet and cold...

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Hm, it might be blood.

Now that you mention it, you don't look very sick. Your skin might be rotting.

Oh! How silly of me, I haven't introduced myself!

I'm MaLF, but you can also call me Veris if you'd like. Do you remember your name?

[undead-slenderman]

name... um...

...

n-no...

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well... Ummm... Do you wanna come up with one?

[undead-slenderman]

...I... suppose...

c-call me Mortem. yeah. I like that.

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Oh, that's a fun pun! Like, dead!

[undead-slenderman]

...is it? I just thought it was a nice name...

...

oh Slod, am I dead?!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well, your skin is rotting, and you have a bloody wound in your chest.

[undead-slenderman]

...no. no, I can't be dead, right? i'm alive! I'm here, right now! I can't be dead!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

You're right, I guess. You're here. But there's one thing.

[undead-slenderman]

what? what is it? what's the one thing?

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

You're correct about NOT being dead, but you're wrong about being alive. You're undead, I think.

[undead-slenderman]

...that's.... that's not possible. when people die, they stay dead. they have to! they can't come back! I can't have come back!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Typically, yeah. But this is the Slender Forest. Wacky stuff happens here all the time. Take me, for example, I was hardly aware my first few years here. I was stuck amongst other bits and bobs of code in the FUCKING air!

[undead-slenderman]

but i'm different, right? I'M NORMAL, RIGHT?!

[undead-slenderman]

...

...

...

hello?

can anyone hear me?

it's so cold

i can't remember where I am

who I am

everything is numb

so

so numb

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Hm?

*MaLF happened to be nearby*

Are you okay there, friend? You look sickly. I mean, you're literally green!

[undead-slenderman]

i...

i don't know. everything feels...

Wrong.

wrong in a way I can't describe

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well, what do you remember? And what's that red spot on your suit, pal?

[undead-slenderman]

I remember... I remember screams.

Nothing else comes to mind.

and the red...

the red...

*it looks down at its suit, gently touching the red spot.*

...I'm not sure... it's wet...

wet and cold...

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Hm, it might be blood.

Now that you mention it, you don't look very sick. Your skin might be rotting.

Oh! How silly of me, I haven't introduced myself!

I'm MaLF, but you can also call me Veris if you'd like. Do you remember your name?

[undead-slenderman]

name... um...

...

n-no...

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well... Ummm... Do you wanna come up with one?

[undead-slenderman]

...I... suppose...

c-call me Mortem. yeah. I like that.

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Oh, that's a fun pun! Like, dead!

[undead-slenderman]

...is it? I just thought it was a nice name...

...

oh Slod, am I dead?!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

Well, your skin is rotting, and you have a bloody wound in your chest.

[undead-slenderman]

...no. no, I can't be dead, right? i'm alive! I'm here, right now! I can't be dead!

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

You're right, I guess. You're here. But there's one thing.

[undead-slenderman]

what? what is it? what's the one thing?

[malware-learningfrenchslender]

You're correct about NOT being dead, but you're wrong about being alive. You're undead, I think.

[undead-slenderman]

...that's.... that's not possible. when people die, they stay dead. they have to! they can't come back! I can't have come back!