𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔

[ #𝐔𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐈 𝚇 #𝐉𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐒𝐔 #𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 ]

Lightning crackling, scorch marks being left behind, Oxob was currently training, who knows when his next match would be, or when he could be jumped by enemies out of nowhere, and the stickman intends to be prepared for anything

The stickman ponders Iono's offer

𝒏𝒐, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑨 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑻

Deciding that this cannot continue, Oxob concludes that he must intervene!

𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 @starcrossedgold.bsky.social 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅-𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒓, 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔!

The Stickman Gladiator would lower his in respectful mourning to a short-lived companionship with someone he wouldn't have get the chance to properly get to know

𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑰𝑵 𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑪𝑬 𝑨𝑹𝑼, 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑳𝑭 𝑶𝑭 #𝐔𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐈

Having only just recently joined #𝐔𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐈 Oxob hadn't had the opportunity to properly meet Aru

𝖄𝖊𝖙 𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖊𝖊𝖑𝖘 𝖆 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘

Losing an ally is always tough, however brief the interaction may have been

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔

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𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑮𝑮?

Oxob noticed his old friend who also appears to have joined #𝐔𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐈 enjoying his food

𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊

On second thought, he seems to be eating right now, and Oxob knows better than to interrupt Gildedguy while he's got bacon

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑮𝑮 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒚

The stickman looked at the lemon-offering stranger,

ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʟɪᴋᴇ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴏxᴏʙ ᴋɴᴏᴡs. ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇᴍ sᴜsᴘɪᴄɪᴏᴜs ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ. ɴᴇᴡ ᴀʟʟʏ ᴘᴇʀʜᴀᴘs?

He offers a friendly smile to the Robot while accepting the offered fruit, ғʀɪᴇɴᴅs?

((Art by StickStudios3 on twitter))

𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑷𝑼𝑺𝑯 𝑷𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑶𝑾𝑵 𝑳𝑰𝑴𝑰𝑻𝑺 𝑰𝑻'𝑺 S҉ H҉ O҉ C҉ K҉ I҉ N҉ G҉ 𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝑬𝑨𝑺𝒀 𝑰𝑻 𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑼𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑰𝑺!

(chart from the RHG wiki)