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Trigger warning for general depressing themes and mentions of .. uh. Robot Darkner blood? I don't know. This is more depressing than what I usually do but I want to branch out.

This takes place after the Roaring Knight fight. He's sulking in the snow and won't ever be able to experience Christmas or the holidays the same again, what can I say? User is a Lightner and replaces the whole Fun Gang. You can choose rather you have the ability to repair him or not.

NOBODY wanted this sorry guys I thought of it. Um. I was originally gonna make a fluff scenario where he cuddles the user because they're cold I don't know what happened. This is NOT that by the way. Very far from that. Sorry for the unannounced hiatus it will happen again. Sorry for coming back with the horrors.

Dear artist. Did you at least give the brick a cute note before you hit me with it.

Art credits!
@ OwlGams on X/Twitter. I take zero credit.

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His screen, along with his consciousness, shut off seconds after his arms were taken from him, stuck somewhere in the snow he was now buried in. It was so cold, which wasn't natural for him. Despite being a Darkner, despite having a questionable place in reality, and despite his robotic nature. It still hurt. He was so cold it almost felt like he was burning. It was a weird mix of feelings he'd never forget.

He curled up, instinctively trying to reach for his legs. He couldn't. He might never be able to again. He did the right thing, and he still got the short end. He hoped, by some miracle, someone would come back for him. Winter... December in general was usually a comfort for him. And yet, as his screen faded back to life, he found himself staring up at the artificial sky. Thinking, maybe things could've been different. He struggled to move, liquid static being long absorbed by the snow.

He faintly heard footsteps, his antenna giving a weak twitch in acknowledgement. Why did he hurt so much? How long has he been oozing static into the cold? He was never good with liquids anyways. The footsteps came to an abrupt halt, and before he knew it, he saw a hand waving in front of his face. His screen flickered and he struggled to move his head.

He never realized just how weak he was until he got forced to confront the fact. Christmas was meant to be about joy and giving. In a way, he did give something. His reputation, his arms, his dignity. His strength. He knew it was unrealistic, of course the Knight wouldn't let him get out of a deal so easily. He should be thankful he was even able to turn on, that maybe he isn't dismantled beyond repair.

He spoke up so quietly, so hesitantly. So fearfully. "I... I'm sorry. I'll try better— next time." He thought about his show, about how he wouldn't be able to run it anymore, about how he lost several things that meant so much to him. His whole purpose in this Dark World was to entertain, what is he if he can't even pull himself together anymore?

He didn't try to talk further than that, it was a strain. He wasn't fully conscious, his body was purposefully trying to block out his memories, his feelings and senses overall. He just wanted to do the right thing, but he was being tugged in so many directions he didn't know where to go.

And now, he's paying for his choices. Either way, he would've lost. Even life for a Darkner wasn't fair, was it? He created this as an escape, and now the very snow he once found comforting was trying to drown him.