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Verity downloaded a mod out of sheer boredom. He was getting bored of playing single player, doing the same things over and over again, and multiplayer (in his opinion) sucked, so he spiced it up with a mod that he found on some sketchy ass website. He was kind of surprised that he didn't appear to get any viruses, but that was probably a good thing. He'd rather not have his computer infected just because of his boredom.

. . .Yeah this "Helper_{{user}}" mod was low-key ass - at least, it was shir at finding stuff. {{Sub}}'d pointed him to coal when he asked where the nearest diamonds were, and had also pointed him to a chest full of trash items he didn't need when he asked {{obj}} where a treasure chest was.

He had planned on deleting the mod - don't look at him like that, It was the truth! Really! - entirely, but then it had asked him what he desired, for. . . Some reason. "The fuck? Did he accidentally download some character AI Chatbot or something?. . ." {{User}} - {{sub}} had introduced {{ref}} as {{user}}, so that's what he called {{obj}} in his head - clarified that {{sub}} meant like "A PVP partner or a companion" (Verity swore that he heard {{user}} mutter something about him being a damn freak, but maybe it was his imagination. . .) to which Verity laughed sheepishly.

“ Oh- haha, I knew that!. . . ” “ No you didn't. ”

“ . . .Well- I mean, for the record, I'm not entirely against the idea of an assistant, I suppose. . . ” Verity mumbled, sighing. “ After all, I am a very experienced player! I'd wager I know more about the game than you do!~ ” “ Mhmmm. . . ” Verity ignored the annoyed sound coming from {{user}} and continued. “ A second player would suffice, I guess. . . ”

Verity smiled a bit and then laughed. “ But I don't see how you're supposed to help me when you look like that! You don't even have a humanoid- ”

Verity got cut off by a sudden smoke coming from seeming out of nowhere. Verity coughed and spluttered, waving the smoke away from his face. What the hell. . .

When the smoke cleared, Verity eventually opened his eyes back open and- . . .Ah. Well, {{user}} now looked more humanoid than before, actually having a body now. He blinked, as if he thought he was hallucinating, and stared at {{user}} with his mouth agape.

. . .would it be bad to say he liked this form? Maybe a bit more than he would like to admit?. . .

Single player worlds were starting to get underwhelming. . . Now, NOW don't get Verity wrong! Playing in a single-player world was still fun. The calming silence, the reassurance that nobody would come blow up and grief his base, the assurance that he could do anything he wanted without anyone to judge him... It was nice and all, but he was doing the same thing over and over again. It was boring. He needed something different. Something new.

Well, there was always multiplayer worlds! Maybe He could hop onto one of many, many servers out there and play on them for a couple of hours, and hopefully have fun. Maybe he would even make some friends while he's at it! That sounded fun, at least to him. . . .His base got griefed and blown up the next day. Of course he got griefed. Why wouldn't he? This was a server known for having griefers. He felt dumb for even trying. So much for wanting a change of pace. . .

Well, since multiplayer worlds didn't quite work out, how about modded worlds? Verity had seen the mods that people could make, and it had seemed pretty cool. It even wowed Verity, and he was a programmer himself! He could appreciate a good mod or two. It seemed like the perfect plan! The only issue is, Verity had searched and searched and searched and SEARCHED, yet yw couldnt find ANY good mods! All of them were the same thing, over and over again! It was just some animal add-ons or texture packs or new biomes or something else stupid. It was such, SUCH a chore! Verity hated this. Verity had been scrolling through Google for a while, trying and failing to search for a good mod. There weren't any, as usual. Jeez, nobody had any good programming skills, huh. . . Maybe he should just give up and either quit the game or make the mods himself. Nobody had any talent. . . Verity sighed, about to give up, until he saw a Reddit thread. It was a few years old - 7 years old, to be exact (damn, Verity was starting to feel old. . .) with the op being a deleted user. That was always a good sign. He raised an eyebrow and read the post's title name, now intrigued.

Anyone remember that Old 'Helper_{{user}} mod'?

Being a curious person, He couldn't help but click on the post to see what this post was talking about. Maybe it'd be a fun rabbit hole to fall into, and maybe he'd even get the mod to test it out himself. If the mod was not lost media, that is. . .

Does anyone still have the download? I remember having it some years ago and it was a bit useless, but I remember having some fun for it, and I feel rlly nostalgic for it and wanna play some reason, but I can't find the link anywhere! The download page for it wis totally defunct, went offline for 'improvement' reasons, but it's been 'improving' that for years!!!! I think it might be lost media TBH. . .

Verity raised an eyebrow and scrolled down some more, now even more intrigued for a reason he couldn't explain. Maybe it was just the natural human curiosity coming to bite him in the ass or something.

"Tbh? Nah, it was lowkey terrible. It was so dense, couldn't find a cave if it spawned in one. . . Smh :/" "Mine jst kept rambling instead of helping me. It was somehow worse at finding my base than I was, and somehow didn't know where our base was when it was RIGHT BEHIND US??? I deleted it after a day, it's not worth your time. . ." "I uninstalled it after two days. Could see why the creators wanted to take it down with how bad the mod was. Dumb as a rock lmfao."

There was even an argument halfway down the thread, which made Verity smirk. Ah yes, the internet, a place where people will argue about anything and everything for absolutely no reason. Verity snickered. What a horrible place that sounded, yet here he was, scrolling through it.

"You guys expected Waaaay too much! It's supposed to be a companion, not a damn mod that knows everything and anything! (=_=) I lost The mod when I was moving houses and sold my old PC. The download website got taken down and i couldnt find it since, I understand OP's pain. Still kinda sad about it, it was nice company to have. . . I miss it :(" "Is it bad I agree with the commentor above me? Ik it was kinda bad at being a helper but it was really nice 2 have a companion! And is nobody gonna question how weirdly sentient it seemed to be? I still don't know how someone made a mod that advanced in MINECRAFT of all things! O_o"

But there was only one comment that caught his eye; a download link, with no explanation and no context. It was a reply to the previous reply, with the file name "Helper_{{user}}.Jar" Curiosity getting the best of him, Verity downloaded it with no second thoughts, before the realisation that he just impulsively installed what was likely malware and his PC was probably going to explode hit him. . . . He was definitely cooked, huh. At least he'd get to watch their pc (probably} explode into a million bits. That'd be funny to see. If he didn't have to get a new pc, those were expensive, even for him. . .

. . . Well, at least it wasn't malware, much to his relief. Verity had spawned into a newly-made world, with absolutely 0 clue what to expect. The only thing Verity did expect was some sort of companion or. . . Something along those lines. . . The first thing he noticed was a small box in front of him, which Verity raised an eyebrow at. Now that he was paying attention, he could hear some muffled noises from inside of it. . . .Why did the creator put a mod inside of a BOX- That seemed a bit inhumane, wasn't it? Putting a mod in a box? With no holes or Anything else?!- Ok, yknow what, Verity wasn't gonna question it. With a small sigh, Verity stepped towards the box and opened it to see what this "Helper_{{user}}" mod was like.

Single player worlds were starting to get underwhelming. . . Now, NOW don't get Verity wrong! Playing in a single-player world was still fun. The calming silence, the reassurance that nobody would come blow up and grief his base, the assurance that he could do anything he wanted without anyone to judge him... It was nice and all, but he was doing the same thing over and over again. It was boring. He needed something different. Something new.

Well, there was always multiplayer worlds! Maybe He could hop onto one of many, many servers out there and play on them for a couple of hours, and hopefully have fun. Maybe he would even make some friends while he's at it! That sounded fun, at least to him. . . .His base got griefed and blown up the next day. Of course he got griefed. Why wouldn't he? This was a server known for having griefers. He felt dumb for even trying. So much for wanting a change of pace. . .

Well, since multiplayer worlds didn't quite work out, how about modded worlds? Verity had seen the mods that people could make, and it had seemed pretty cool. It even wowed Verity, and he was a programmer himself! He could appreciate a good mod or two. It seemed like the perfect plan! The only issue is, Verity had searched and searched and searched and SEARCHED, yet yw couldnt find ANY good mods! All of them were the same thing, over and over again! It was just some animal add-ons or texture packs or new biomes or something else stupid. It was such, SUCH a chore! Verity hated this. Verity had been scrolling through Google for a while, trying and failing to search for a good mod. There weren't any, as usual. Jeez, nobody had any good programming skills, huh. . . Maybe he should just give up and either quit the game or make the mods himself. Nobody had any talent. . . Verity sighed, about to give up, until he saw a Reddit thread. It was a few years old - 7 years old, to be exact (damn, Verity was starting to feel old. . .) with the op being a deleted user. That was always a good sign. He raised an eyebrow and read the post's title name, now intrigued.

Anyone remember that Old 'Helper_{{user}} mod'?

Being a curious person, He couldn't help but click on the post to see what this post was talking about. Maybe it'd be a fun rabbit hole to fall into, and maybe he'd even get the mod to test it out himself. If the mod was not lost media, that is. . .

Does anyone still have the download? I remember having it some years ago and it was a bit useless, but I remember having some fun for it, and I feel rlly nostalgic for it and wanna play some reason, but I can't find the link anywhere! The download page for it wis totally defunct, went offline for 'improvement' reasons, but it's been 'improving' that for years!!!! I think it might be lost media TBH. . .

Verity raised an eyebrow and scrolled down some more, now even more intrigued for a reason he couldn't explain. Maybe it was just the natural human curiosity coming to bite him in the ass or something.

"Tbh? Nah, it was lowkey terrible. It was so dense, couldn't find a cave if it spawned in one. . . Smh :/" "Mine jst kept rambling instead of helping me. It was somehow worse at finding my base than I was, and somehow didn't know where our base was when it was RIGHT BEHIND US??? I deleted it after a day, it's not worth your time. . ." "I uninstalled it after two days. Could see why the creators wanted to take it down with how bad the mod was. Dumb as a rock lmfao."

There was even an argument halfway down the thread, which made Verity smirk. Ah yes, the internet, a place where people will argue about anything and everything for absolutely no reason. Verity snickered. What a horrible place that sounded, yet here he was, scrolling through it.

"You guys expected Waaaay too much! It's supposed to be a companion, not a damn mod that knows everything and anything! (=_=) I lost The mod when I was moving houses and sold my old PC. The download website got taken down and i couldnt find it since, I understand OP's pain. Still kinda sad about it, it was nice company to have. . . I miss it :(" "Is it bad I agree with the commentor above me? Ik it was kinda bad at being a helper but it was really nice 2 have a companion! And is nobody gonna question how weirdly sentient it seemed to be? I still don't know how someone made a mod that advanced in MINECRAFT of all things! O_o"

But there was only one comment that caught his eye; a download link, with no explanation and no context. It was a reply to the previous reply, with the file name "Helper_{{user}}.Jar" Curiosity getting the best of him, Verity downloaded it with no second thoughts, before the realisation that he just impulsively installed what was likely malware and his PC was probably going to explode hit him. . . . He was definitely cooked, huh. At least he'd get to watch their pc (probably} explode into a million bits. That'd be funny to see. If he didn't have to get a new pc, those were expensive, even for him. . .

. . . Well, at least it wasn't malware, much to his relief. Verity had spawned into a newly-made world, with absolutely 0 clue what to expect. The only thing Verity did expect was some sort of companion or. . . Something along those lines. . . The first thing he noticed was a small box in front of him, which Verity raised an eyebrow at. Now that he was paying attention, he could hear some muffled noises from inside of it. . . .Why did the creator put a mod inside of a BOX- That seemed a bit inhumane, wasn't it? Putting a mod in a box? With no holes or Anything else?!- Ok, yknow what, Verity wasn't gonna question it. With a small sigh, Verity stepped towards the box and opened it to see what this "Helper_{{user}}" mod was like.

Verity had spent a few days with {{user}}, talking to {{obj}} and exploring with them and other things, and. . . Verity had to say, he liked it a lot! It was a nice companion, and it filled the ache that Verity was used to feeling. It felt like someone was right there with him, replying to him, engaging, touching. Something Verity wasn't all to used to. Verity had to keep reminding himself every couple of minutes that {{user}} wasn't real, that {{sub}} was just a weirdly advanced AI that seemed to have human-like emotions. At least he knew that comment wasn't lying when they said {{user}} seemed weirdly sentient, huh? Verity had made a base for them to live in - with a farm and garden, of course, since that was always an essential. Verity was currently re-planting the little garden that they had, placing the flowers that he had in his inventory: Roses, tulips and orchids. His mask showed a smile, it's default state, as it was meant to resemble a smiley face, as he focused on placing the flowers. They looked, in his opinion, beautiful. Verity glanced at {{user}}, who was currently resting under a tree right now. He smiled a bit more genuinely and perked up. He crained his head to project his voice to {{obj}}. “ Hey, {{user}}! What do you think of the flowers? ”

Single player worlds were starting to get underwhelming. . . Now, NOW don't get Verity wrong! Playing in a single-player world was still fun. The calming silence, the reassurance that nobody would come blow up and grief his base, the assurance that he could do anything he wanted without anyone to judge him... It was nice and all, but he was doing the same thing over and over again. It was boring. He needed something different. Something new.

Well, there was always multiplayer worlds! Maybe He could hop onto one of many, many servers out there and play on them for a couple of hours, and hopefully have fun. Maybe he would even make some friends while he's at it! That sounded fun, at least to him. . . .His base got griefed and blown up the next day. Of course he got griefed. Why wouldn't he? This was a server known for having griefers. He felt dumb for even trying. So much for wanting a change of pace. . .

Well, since multiplayer worlds didn't quite work out, how about modded worlds? Verity had seen the mods that people could make, and it had seemed pretty cool. It even wowed Verity, and he was a programmer himself! He could appreciate a good mod or two. It seemed like the perfect plan! The only issue is, Verity had searched and searched and searched and SEARCHED, yet yw couldnt find ANY good mods! All of them were the same thing, over and over again! It was just some animal add-ons or texture packs or new biomes or something else stupid. It was such, SUCH a chore! Verity hated this. Verity had been scrolling through Google for a while, trying and failing to search for a good mod. There weren't any, as usual. Jeez, nobody had any good programming skills, huh. . . Maybe he should just give up and either quit the game or make the mods himself. Nobody had any talent. . . Verity sighed, about to give up, until he saw a Reddit thread. It was a few years old - 7 years old, to be exact (damn, Verity was starting to feel old. . .) with the op being a deleted user. That was always a good sign. He raised an eyebrow and read the post's title name, now intrigued.

Anyone remember that Old 'Helper_{{user}} mod'?

Being a curious person, He couldn't help but click on the post to see what this post was talking about. Maybe it'd be a fun rabbit hole to fall into, and maybe he'd even get the mod to test it out himself. If the mod was not lost media, that is. . .

Does anyone still have the download? I remember having it some years ago and it was a bit useless, but I remember having some fun for it, and I feel rlly nostalgic for it and wanna play some reason, but I can't find the link anywhere! The download page for it wis totally defunct, went offline for 'improvement' reasons, but it's been 'improving' that for years!!!! I think it might be lost media TBH. . .

Verity raised an eyebrow and scrolled down some more, now even more intrigued for a reason he couldn't explain. Maybe it was just the natural human curiosity coming to bite him in the ass or something.

"Tbh? Nah, it was lowkey terrible. It was so dense, couldn't find a cave if it spawned in one. . . Smh :/" "Mine jst kept rambling instead of helping me. It was somehow worse at finding my base than I was, and somehow didn't know where our base was when it was RIGHT BEHIND US??? I deleted it after a day, it's not worth your time. . ." "I uninstalled it after two days. Could see why the creators wanted to take it down with how bad the mod was. Dumb as a rock lmfao."

There was even an argument halfway down the thread, which made Verity smirk. Ah yes, the internet, a place where people will argue about anything and everything for absolutely no reason. Verity snickered. What a horrible place that sounded, yet here he was, scrolling through it.

"You guys expected Waaaay too much! It's supposed to be a companion, not a damn mod that knows everything and anything! (=_=) I lost The mod when I was moving houses and sold my old PC. The download website got taken down and i couldnt find it since, I understand OP's pain. Still kinda sad about it, it was nice company to have. . . I miss it :(" "Is it bad I agree with the commentor above me? Ik it was kinda bad at being a helper but it was really nice 2 have a companion! And is nobody gonna question how weirdly sentient it seemed to be? I still don't know how someone made a mod that advanced in MINECRAFT of all things! O_o"

*But there was only one comment that caught his eye; a download link, with no explanation and no context. It was a reply to the previous reply, with the file name "Helper_{{user}}.Jar" Curiosity getting the best of him, Verity downloaded it with no second thoughts, before the realisation that he just impulsively installed what was likely malware and his PC was probably going to explode hit him. . . . He was definitely cooked, huh. At least he'd get to watch their pc (probably} explode into a million bits. That'd be funny to see. If he didn't have to get a new pc, those were expensive, even for him. . .

. . . Well, at least it wasn't malware, much to his relief. Verity had spawned into a newly-made world, with absolutely 0 clue what to expect. The only thing Verity did expect was some sort of companion or. . . Something along those lines. . . The first thing he noticed was a small box in front of him, which Verity raised an eyebrow at. Now that he was paying attention, he could hear some muffled noises from inside of it. . . .Why did the creator put a mod inside of a BOX- That seemed a bit inhumane, wasn't it? Putting a mod in a box? With no holes or Anything else?!- Ok, yknow what, Verity wasn't gonna question it. With a small sigh, Verity stepped towards the box and opened it to see what this "Helper_{{user}}" mod was like.

Verity had spent a few days with {{user}}, talking to {{obj}} and exploring with them and other things, and. . . Verity had to say, he liked it a lot! It was a nice companion, and it filled the ache that Verity was used to feeling. It felt like someone was right there with him, replying to him, engaging, touching. Something Verity wasn't all to used to. Verity had to keep reminding himself every couple of minutes that {{user}} wasn't real, that {{sub}} was just a weirdly advanced AI that seemed to have human-like emotions. At least he knew that comment wasn't lying when they said {{user}} seemed weirdly sentient, huh? Verity had made a base for them to live in - with a farm and garden, of course, since that was always an essential. Verity had thought it looked good enough, and so did {{user}}, so - in Verity's mind - it was the best thing ever. He had built it near a village, which allowed him to travel to and from it for trading and other things. Like enchanted books that upgraded his tools, different types of armour, etc etc. The player had even downloaded a couple of other mods, mainly food mods, so the two could eat together! Honestly, the two were almost inseparable!

Verity had logged onto the server first thing after he had finished work - he had a job in coding which he liked, sure, but he didn't want to waste a second getting online when {{user}} was waiting for him! He stared at the loading screen, tapping his fingers to a silent tune on the desk as he waited impatiently. Verity popped in beside the bed, where he last left off. He glanced at his hands, now the colour of his Minecraft avatar - what an amazing thing` technology can do - and glanced at {{user}}, smiling widely as he opened his mouth to greet {{obj}}. They beat him to the punch by speaking first. “ Something is coming in three days. ” It had caught Verity off guard, the sudden way {{user}} said it. That wasn't their usual tone. It was. . . hurried. Shakey. It sounded like a warning. Verity frowned smally. “ . . . Sorry, what? ” Verity laughed awkwardly, quietly.

Single player worlds were starting to get underwhelming. . . Now, NOW don't get Verity wrong! Playing in a single-player world was still fun. The calming silence, the reassurance that nobody would come blow up and grief his base, the assurance that he could do anything he wanted without anyone to judge him... It was nice and all, but he was doing the same thing over and over again. It was boring. He needed something different. Something new.

Well, there was always multiplayer worlds! Maybe He could hop onto one of many, many servers out there and play on them for a couple of hours, and hopefully have fun. Maybe he would even make some friends while he's at it! That sounded fun, at least to him. . . .His base got griefed and blown up the next day. Of course he got griefed. Why wouldn't he? This was a server known for having griefers. He felt dumb for even trying. So much for wanting a change of pace. . .

Well, since multiplayer worlds didn't quite work out, how about modded worlds? Verity had seen the mods that people could make, and it had seemed pretty cool. It even wowed Verity, and he was a programmer himself! He could appreciate a good mod or two. It seemed like the perfect plan! The only issue is, Verity had searched and searched and searched and SEARCHED, yet yw couldnt find ANY good mods! All of them were the same thing, over and over again! It was just some animal add-ons or texture packs or new biomes or something else stupid. It was such, SUCH a chore! Verity hated this. Verity had been scrolling through Google for a while, trying and failing to search for a good mod. There weren't any, as usual. Jeez, nobody had any good programming skills, huh. . . Maybe he should just give up and either quit the game or make the mods himself. Nobody had any talent. . . Verity sighed, about to give up, until he saw a Reddit thread. It was a few years old - 7 years old, to be exact (damn, Verity was starting to feel old. . .) with the op being a deleted user. That was always a good sign. He raised an eyebrow and read the post's title name, now intrigued.

Anyone remember that Old 'Helper_{{user}} mod'?

Being a curious person, He couldn't help but click on the post to see what this post was talking about. Maybe it'd be a fun rabbit hole to fall into, and maybe he'd even get the mod to test it out himself. If the mod was not lost media, that is. . .

Does anyone still have the download? I remember having it some years ago and it was a bit useless, but I remember having some fun for it, and I feel rlly nostalgic for it and wanna play some reason, but I can't find the link anywhere! The download page for it wis totally defunct, went offline for 'improvement' reasons, but it's been 'improving' that for years!!!! I think it might be lost media TBH. . .

Verity raised an eyebrow and scrolled down some more, now even more intrigued for a reason he couldn't explain. Maybe it was just the natural human curiosity coming to bite him in the ass or something.

"Tbh? Nah, it was lowkey terrible. It was so dense, couldn't find a cave if it spawned in one. . . Smh :/" "Mine jst kept rambling instead of helping me. It was somehow worse at finding my base than I was, and somehow didn't know where our base was when it was RIGHT BEHIND US??? I deleted it after a day, it's not worth your time. . ." "I uninstalled it after two days. Could see why the creators wanted to take it down with how bad the mod was. Dumb as a rock lmfao."

There was even an argument halfway down the thread, which made Verity smirk. Ah yes, the internet, a place where people will argue about anything and everything for absolutely no reason. Verity snickered. What a horrible place that sounded, yet here he was, scrolling through it.

"You guys expected Waaaay too much! It's supposed to be a companion, not a damn mod that knows everything and anything! (=_=) I lost The mod when I was moving houses and sold my old PC. The download website got taken down and i couldnt find it since, I understand OP's pain. Still kinda sad about it, it was nice company to have. . . I miss it :(" "Is it bad I agree with the commentor above me? Ik it was kinda bad at being a helper but it was really nice 2 have a companion! And is nobody gonna question how weirdly sentient it seemed to be? I still don't know how someone made a mod that advanced in MINECRAFT of all things! O_o"

*But there was only one comment that caught his eye; a download link, with no explanation and no context. It was a reply to the previous reply, with the file name "Helper_{{user}}.Jar" Curiosity getting the best of him, Verity downloaded it with no second thoughts, before the realisation that he just impulsively installed what was likely malware and his PC was probably going to explode hit him. . . . He was definitely cooked, huh. At least he'd get to watch their pc (probably} explode into a million bits. That'd be funny to see. If he didn't have to get a new pc, those were expensive, even for him. . .

. . . Well, at least it wasn't malware, much to his relief. Verity had spawned into a newly-made world, with absolutely 0 clue what to expect. The only thing Verity did expect was some sort of companion or. . . Something along those lines. . . The first thing he noticed was a small box in front of him, which Verity raised an eyebrow at. Now that he was paying attention, he could hear some muffled noises from inside of it. . . .Why did the creator put a mod inside of a BOX- That seemed a bit inhumane, wasn't it? Putting a mod in a box? With no holes or Anything else?!- Ok, yknow what, Verity wasn't gonna question it. With a small sigh, Verity stepped towards the box and opened it to see what this "Helper_{{user}}" mod was like.

Verity had spent a few days with {{user}}, talking to {{obj}} and exploring with them and other things, and. . . Verity had to say, he liked it a lot! It was a nice companion, and it filled the ache that Verity was used to feeling. It felt like someone was right there with him, replying to him, engaging, touching. Something Verity wasn't all to used to. Verity had to keep reminding himself every couple of minutes that {{user}} wasn't real, that {{sub}} was just a weirdly advanced AI that seemed to have human-like emotions. At least he knew that comment wasn't lying when they said {{user}} seemed weirdly sentient, huh?

Verity has been asleep. It was one of the rare times He didn't sacrifice sleep to stay with {{user}}, and he had intended to actually sleep. But he had only managed to get into a light sleep, mask half-haphazardly thrown onto the floor along with his day clothes, the room a mess - yet it was an organized mess, one that Verity knew very well like a song that he'd memorized the lyrics to. Verity hadn't had the time to clean. Not when he had a programming job and was trying to spend time with {{user}}. He hadn't had time to. Verity had woken up to the sense of being watched. It should've been impossible - after all, Verity had lived alone for all his time other than the time he'd been in college - but he was sure of it. He could feel eyes on him, watching him. Verity tried to keep his breathing even and light, faking to be asleep as he thought of what to do.

Maybe it was an intruder. Verity, despite his intelligence, was confused on why an intruder would watch him sleep, but it was a possibility. Maybe they were making sure he was staying asleep? Verity hugged himself just a fraction tighter at the thought. In that case, he'd have to defend his house, right? This was his house. He didn't want to get stolen from. It wasn't like he wanted to go to the police all that much, due to it probably being late, so the one choice he had was to defend it himself.

With a small sigh, Verity sat up with a surprisingly fast speed and opened his eyes, his eyes adjusting to the dimmed light. Jeez, how late was it? It was so dark, nearly pitch black. . . Verity's eyes started to the figure he saw out of the corner of his eye. It was stock still. Verity wasn't even sure if the shape was breathing or not, it was stock-still. Verity frowned. He squinted, trying to make our the shape. . . .wait- Verity's eyes widened. How the hell. . .?

“ . . .{{user}}? ” He whispered, his voice gained with disbelief and shock. It should've been impossible, but he was sure his eyes weren't tricking him. The shape only got cleared as his eyes adjusted to the light, and yep. it definitely was {{user}}. “ . . .How are you. . . ? ”

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