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“Use that attack again!” Seth commanded Aqua, who already looked like she was getting fed up. One Omega attack after another wasn’t exactly fun for her, but she launched another anyway. Ralsei and Susie were able to mostly dodge the spinning knives, but Kris got caught and knocked back, a small object flying out of their pocket.
“Grab it, Aqua! Quick!” Seth yelled, and the child scampered over to pick up the shiny rectangle. Seth took it from her hands, and inspected it. “Ooh, your phone? Isn’t this a bit too valuable to drop so carelessly?”. Kris tried to grab it from them, but Aqua got in their way with more of her Omega attacks. “Keep doing that, Aqua! Now, what’s this open on it… a website? Archive of Our-“
Seth was cut off by a faux slash from Kris’ sword that they just barely managed to execute through Aqua’s attacks. Fumbling the phone, Seth let it into the air for just a second before Kris swiped it back, stepping back in line with Susie and Ralsei. They glared daggers at the soul next to them, to which Aqua proceeded to throw even more knives at them, this time catching Seth up in the attack to shake things up.
After a few more rounds of attacks, Aqua grabbed Seth and fled from the battle, carrying them back to the Flower Castle. With the battle over, the Fun Gang continued up the cliffs. Hanging back a bit, Kris grabbed the soul, whisper-yelling at it for having left that site open on their phone from the night before (which was ALREADY a very late night).
Seth double-checked that their door was shut, sat down at their desk, and pulled open their laptop. This was top-secret research, so they didn’t want any of the other flowers finding out about it. “What was that website called again…?” they muttered, tapping in some keys. Archive… of… Our…
They were surprised to find out that the site was one of the top search results. Seth clicked on the web address, archiveofourown.org. They were greeted by a very simple homepage that, quite frankly, they thought was incredibly pleasing to the eye. A few options, Fandom, Browse, Search, About, a search bar, and a news section. They clicked on Fandom, being presented with a long list of forms of media.
“Well, this is interesting…”
So this was a website about writing things about media and characters? They clicked on the search bar and looked around their room again, before punching in the letters “B-E-R-D-L-Y”. No results. Of course. Why would someone write something about a real person? Seth should have figure that, although they found it hard to hide the disappointment on their face. They were about to explore the Fandoms sections, when they suddenly heard a voice from behind them.
“Hey little buddy!”
Seth yelped, slamming the lid on their laptop and turning around as they felt the annoyingly jolly aura of the man behind them.
“Flowery?! What are you-“
“Sorry to keep you waiting, little buddy! What’cha up to? Looking for some stories about that hero of yours?”
Seth could feel their face flush, but they decided not to address it.
“Why are you here?!”
Flowey laughed, shaking his head in amusement.
“I couldn’t help but notice your predicament. No stories to read?”
“That’s not it, I-“
“All kinds of people write stuff on there, right? About all kinds of things?”
“Well, yes, th- that’s what I was investigating-“
“So why don’t you write your own, huh? Put some Jarona into it!”
Seth was stunned. They weren’t going to- write their own story about- about Berdly! Angel, Flowery was so embarrassing.
“You never tell me… what that means.”
“You know what it means, little buddy. Anyway, I’ve got stuff to do with my best friend, so I’ll have to catch ya later. Ciao!”
Seth watched slack-jawed as Flowery dissolved into petals and left the room. He was so annoying sometimes, even if they loved him. Although, it was nice that he was so encouraging. They figured, maybe they COULD write something. Even if they didn’t know how to put any “Jarona” into it.
Wait, but, what was Berdly even like in his daily life, anyway? Angel, they had some thinking to do…