Memory Synchronization

CHAPTER 5: Memory Synchronization (PART 3)

Prof. Whiteboard: Miss? Are you okay?

ibisPaint X: (turns around) I'm fine- HURehh- (spurts out blood)

Rubber Ball: Woah! Bro, are you sure you're okay??

ibisPaint X: It... hurts.

Ibis starts to bleed more and grow thorns around her body.

Rubber Ball: Yeah no they're not okay at all.

More thorns pierces through the body of Ibis as she writhes in pain.

ibisPaint X: ARGHUUuuGhu AHHH HURGHhh ow- ow! PLEASE HELP MEEEE-

Inkwell: (cries out of fear) MAKE IT STOP!!

Nonbinary: (voice shaking) Why is this happening?!

Connection received.

[5 YEARS BEFORE THE INKFECTION...]

In Inanimatica General Hospital, in room 404, there's an Eye Patch lying down on the hospital bed with Bow, Arrow, and Lighter, visiting him.

Lighter: No! Patchy, please don't die! If you die, I'm going to be depressed!

Eye Patch: I'm sorry, it's no use. You heard the doctors. There's no cure for my disease. It hasn't been discovered yet, it'll take years to create the cure.

Lighter cries out of sadness and anger. He leaned on Arrow and cried louder.

Arrow: I'm sorry, Light. Patchy is right, it's too late for him. But don't worry! Let's do our best in life so he can be happy for us!

Lighter: Yeah, you're t-totally right!

A doctor came inside the room, and everyone went silent as they looked at them.

Stethoscope: We have confirmed the time of death of Mr. Eye Patch.

Lighter: When?!

Stethoscope: He will die in 5 months. We will have to send him home so we can use the bed for other patients and other than that, you won't have to pay for the check-up.

Bow: Well, we still have to pay for the meds right?

Stethoscope: Yes.

The doctor gives Arrow the list of medicine for Eye Patch in unreadable doctor handwriting.

Stethoscope: Please give that to the cashier who sells medicine near the exit once you leave. Thank you for your cooperation.

Stethoscope leaves the room. Arrow continued to stare at the list while visibly panicking and sweating bullets.

Lighter: What are we gonna do now?

Eye Patch: Ugh. Just stop acting like you have failed something, Arrow. I'm not forgetting your spiral into insanity. "Boohoo! Nothing I do works!" Pathetic. You do realize not anything you could do is perfect, none of us can. I can't believe you wasted so much time trying to fix things you don't even know how, and you even had to get ibisPaint and Medal involved. That must have hurt.

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[BACK IN THE VOID]

Medal hastily ran towards Ibis, who was lying dead on the ground.

Medal: IBIIIS!!! AUAHHH!!! (grabs and hugs Ibis) WWAAUGHHHH!!! WHAT HAPPENED?!!

Inkwell: Uh... Medal (I think?)? I know this is an... unfortunate time. But you gotta see Torch.