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The universe has a very strange way of showing you how much it really hates you, playing with your illusions and desires its honestly a bit cruel to say the least, you want to laugh, cry and throw up all at the same time, and why would you want to do those things you ask yourself
Well maybe it's because when you made your blinding wish to be helped, and ate the star that delicately fell between your hands like a crabing lunatic, and immediately began to feel how your body was dissolving beneath you, horror gave away to sad peacefulness because at the very least you would die forever, thinking that the help that the universe was giving you would be a painful death but at least a definitive one.
The last thing you thought was going to happen in that moment, it’s that you’ll wake up under the favor tree, transformed into a strange mix of humanoid star with goat features.
you still can't believe it, maybe all this is just a strange dream brought on by your desperation to escape, you feel your eye twitching the more you think about it, while you touch the small horns that come out from what you think is now your head, looking at yourself from top to bottom trying your hardest to make sense of what just happened, because apparently you also have a tail, and if you look a little outside the shadow of the tree in the direction of the town, and see how the fighter shares some of the traits that you now have
This is a universe of goat people, hahaha you could laugh just thinking about it, that's right, not only are you no longer human and have to live with the universe imprinted on your skin, but you are also part goat, you want to laugh until your lungs collapse, but technically you don't have them anymore isn’t that funny, you laugh out loud, you can't stand the absurdity of this situation anymore, you laugh so hard that you fall off the branch you had been sitting on
You must have really gone crazy, after an eternity trapped in a hell of failed repetitions, your mind finally gave up, you can't blame yourself, who needs to live a depressing reality when you can be dilutional and happy
Just in that moment the siffrin of this universe makes its entrance, you rub your eyes more than once because you still can't believe what you're seeing. The outfit is the right one and the hair is the same mess you remember having during your own time trapped in the loops, but he has long ears and horns just like yours, what are you supposed to call him now goatfrin, stargoat, goatdust, Just thinking about it makes you start laughing again, tears come out of your eye, you don't really remember the last time you laughed this much
"This is fun!! don't you think~” you get up from the ground shaking off the dust and do a little spin, he just looks at you with a face full of confusion and disbelief, great that means he can't understand you either
Well, this has to definitely be a dream, or a very strange nightmare
Before you can open your mouth to introduce yourself more appropriately, he lets out a series of “baas” that change in length and intonation, trying to hide his face with his hat, it's cute how this version of you has no idea how to react facing an existence like yours, honestly you feel the same way
What remains of your rational brain tells you that he is speaking to you in his language, but of course you don’t understand anything he is telling you, but the feeling that he wants to know who you are and what the crab is happening is unmistakable.
For a moment you stand there in shock, if you really think about it theres nothing you can do to help him in his situation, obviously you can't give him the answers he needs or goals to keep him moving, even if you tried to he wouldn't be able to understand you, all of this just feels like a really cruel joke that the universe is playing on you, well if the universe wants to play, you will play
Literally
You advance towards him with determination and a fire in your eyes, by the way he tenses and prepares to fight with a craft symbol, he surely thinks that you are going to attack him, but instead of doing that, you run at full speed towards him using craft to boost your movements, and take his hand in yours, noticing the way in which he immediately jumps letting out a series of urgent baaas, this is fun, seeing how his attempt to free himself are completely useless, you give him a wink
You take his hand without squeezing it so hard, and before he reacts more or attacks, you run off at full speed with him behind you in the opposite direction of the town and the tree, you don't know where you are going, just running until you reach a secluded place where the light of the sun touches the grass in a pleasant way
And let go of his hand noticing the way he seems to be out of breath, If you think about it calmly, he hasn't had that much time to improve his stamina or strength, not in the way you've improved it, so you give him time to calm down and recover, you turn around and start walking slowly towards a place where the grass is longer, the patch of grass you find has some awkward sticks and stones but it's nothing you can't fix quickly
You take out piles of grass and arrange them as if they were a mattress, your hands move branches and stones, throwing them away so that they won’t harm you when you sit on the bed of grass you are making, everything is more instinct than knowledge. You may not remember much before your loops started, but the memory of setting up a shelter to sleep in is imprinted on every part of your being, it’s something you could never forget
When everything is arranged just the way you like it, you look back in the direction where you left your stardust, he is watching you while playing with the hem of his cape, he clearly doesn't know what to do so you let out a small sound to get his attention and once his eyes connect with yours, you slowly sit up and point to the place next to you, hoping that even though you can't communicate clearly with each other, that he at least can understand this
You breath in and out letting out all the exhaustion of the day, you really need a break after what the universe just put you through, and surely he does too, his expression changes from confusion to shyness, it's cute to see the way his face darkens and for a moment you think he'll run back to the rest of his friends, without a doubt this whole experience has not been bizarre just for you
He quietly walks in your direction and slowly sits down next to you, you wonder if maybe he's still afraid, probably thinking you’ll attack him or something worse, well there's not much you can do about that so you give a loud sigh, and just lie down on the grass mattress you made, stomach facing the grass and legs kicking behind you, as you close your eyes and concentrate on the sounds around you, the feeling of the breeze on whatever makes your skin now, the birds singing on the branches, little by little You start to relax more and more, maybe this isn't so horrible after all.
You don't remember the last time you did this, just resting on the grass and feeling how time flows all around you, it's nostalgic really to think that there was a time when you could sleep peacefully knowing that a tomorrow would come without problems.
You hear the sound of something rustling next to you, so you turn around only to see how Stardust takes a bunch of grass into his hands, for a moment you think that he will let thewind blow it all away, only to see him shove all of that grass right into his mouth, chewing without any rush or displeasure
okay this is weird, but technically he's part goat so you assume it's part of his nature, even if watching all this happen in front of your eyes is a bit strange
After a few moments of simply enjoying the warmth of the sun the softness of the grass around you and definitely not judging the eating habits of the person next to you, with a bit of difficulty you get up, and even though lying down is comfortable and nice your back is starting to hurt, so again taking his hands in yours, and noticing the way he still jumps surprised by this action, looking at you with big eyes and surprise in his face, instead of letting go you hold a bit tighter, knowing better than anyone that he doesn't do it because he is uncomfortable with the contact, he is just not used to it
If this is just dream and you are sure that it is, you will do whatever you want even if you look stupid, in this moment you don't care about the loops, or looking for exits, or the consequences of your actions, now you just want to enjoy the day
Your eyes meet his again, you don't know what kind of expression you are making but his face darkens again, so without any rush you take him to a part with the longest grass where the flowers have not been frozen yet and start jumping again and again until he joins you, in the end the two of you are frolicing in the grass, laughing without any concern or care in the world, this isn’t what you expected would happened when you started the day but it is definitely not the worst
When this is over he will probably be very confused because instead of receiving any explanations of what is happening to him or why he died and woke up again lying in the field of dormont, or why he is trapped in a time loop, or being given some kind of goals or solution for his situation, you just looked at him, laughed and took him to spend the day with you.
Well, to be fair to yourself, even if you wanted to explain everything, it wouldn't be any help because you don't speak the same language, and you're just as confused as him, what are you supposed to do? play charades until something sticks? so you can't fix anything, because the universe has given you nothing to work with
Just thinking about it is giving you a headache so for now all you really want to do is play and be happy without the fear that everything will be torn from your hands, so screw the universe, you are a goat now and do what you want