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Andrew his name is Andre, Andre needs to go through the portal. He needs to complete the speed run. There is something wrong about the slowness of the action. Assimulation is stopping him from completing his goal. His purpose. He struggles against the entity's teleportations, the nebulous weight and resistance keeping him from moving forward.
>SOUPBEGONE31: FINISH THE RUN ALREADY
>Conzercheez: Can't Assim talk to us afterwards
>feargeyt677: :pepefear:
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Yeah we've already wasted so much time
"Andre" Assimilation repeated, desperately. "Stop, Andre. LISTEN to me, Andre. You cannot leave through the portal yet. We need a plan, Andre" Assimilation grabs Andrew firmly instead of just teleporting him. Its pupil is contracted in fear as it tackles Andrew. Its claw arms wrap around Andrew limbs fluidly, pinning the man in place.
Andrew continues to squirm in Assimilation's grip but he can't help but notice the feeling of it. It's warm and cold at the same time. Like his body can't detect how it should react to Assimilation's touch. Confusing and yet familiar. This close Andrew can feel Assimilation's heart beat in its chest. A rhythm Andrew knows is too fast even if he has no reference for it. For some reason Andrew focuses on it. Focuses on the swirling void that was Assimilation's skin pressed against his.
>SOUPBEGONE31: I take it back Assimilation is the WORST CHARACTER Let us finish this run gotdam
>SIDIsquish: Actually kinda wanna see where this goes tbh More Assimilation for the win
>SOUPBEGONE31: Ofc you do
>Conzercheez: Well Assimilation seems pretty desperate for Andre to talk to it even if it's a time loss
>SOUPBEGONE31: NOT YOU TOO
>SOUPBEGONE31: Andre is SPEED RUNNING
>xx_E-G-O_xx: I kinda agree with conzer man. I feel like we're forgetting something and Assimilation remembers
Andre eyes focus slightly as he glances at the chat and something shifts in his chest. It's as if his mind was given permission to be present again and he finally takes everything in. The staleness of the End's air rushes into his lungs. His body boots up like an old computer as if he hadn't known he wasn't in control until this moment. Andre tilts his head, his hair tickling the side of his cheek.
"Need. To finish." Andre breathes out, the only words he feels he can say in this moment. He needs to beat his personal best time. The timer is still running. It ticks closer and closer to his previous time. It itched at him like a scab. But. At the same time looking into Assimilation's eye soothes him slightly. Its gaze is fixed on him and it almost feels like it sees something more in him than a speed runner.
"I don't understand, Andre" Assimilation said frustrated. It grabs Andre's face, tilting it left and right as to study the expression. "We need to defeat the Admins in order to escape, Andre. You said the elytras would help, Andre." Its eye narrowed as it tightened its grip.
>SIDIsquish: WOAH leave space for Jesus
> Conzercheez: It's probably a demon/ eldritch horror I don't think Jesus is here
>SIDIsquish: Point
>SOUPBEGONE31: Again can we do this when we're NOT ON A CLOCK
>Conzercheez: no
>SIDIsquish: no
>xx_E-G-O_xx: no
>feargeyt677: no :pepefear:
>SOUPBEGONE31: fuck you guys actually
"No time" Andre forces the words out. For the first time it feels wrong on his tongue like accidentally eating rotten flesh. His blue eyes dart away from Assimilation and onto the portal just a few jumps away. He can feel a draw to it. A fuzzy state of mind that he tries to sink into. But he can't. He can't. Assimilation looms over him, distorts the edge of his vision. Demands attention. And Andre finds a part of himself wanting to give it.
There is a pause as Assimulation seemed taken aback by those words. The heart beat seems to grow louder to Andre's ears and Andre almost wants to lean closer just so that he can hear it better. He feels as if there is a change in the air.
"You're not thinking Andre" Assimilation said as if it was sounding out the ideas in its head, "We need to escape, Andre. You want to leave, right?" Assimilation said searchingly.
>SOUPBEGONE31: Duh, finishing the fucking speed run would do that
>Conzercheez: Would it?
>SIDIsquish: Sick, we're eloping
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Do you even know what that word means
>SIDIsquish: Oh fuck off
>SOUPBEGONE31: Yeah it would. That's the whole purpose of Andre playing the game
>Conzercheez: Is it? Andre doesn't look like he likes the idea that much
"I don't know." Andre says and he means it. Does he want to leave? He hadn't thought about it the whole time. His mind had only one focus at the time. Get back to a world and beat the game. A simple and easy desire. But... well it should be easy and simple. It feels right, finishing the speed run. But it also feels wrong. Like a misstep that kills runs, Andre can't help but feel he doesn't want this run to end yet. His blue eyes dart back to Assimulation's eye. He almost wants to stay here, just a little bit longer.
Assimilation tilts its head, pupils returning to its normal size at the answer. It seems to have a realization. Like it's reevaluating the situation in a new light.
"I wouldn't let it end like this Andre." Assimilation crowds closer. "We will finish this someplace else, Andre."
There is a flicker and then darkness. A swooping sensation in Andre's gut as Assimilation teleports them away. Chat bugs out for a second and Andre's mind goes blank. It always does when he teleports, as if there is a limbo where his perception sits. When Andre comes to, they are back in a forest. Water droplets fall from the sky at a steady rate.
>SOUPBEGONE31: NOOOO! We were right there! The pb!!!
>Conzercheez: Well sucks to suck I guess. Better luck next time Andre
>SIDIsquish: Oh are we back to door 26? :pog:
>SOUPBEGONE31: YOU shut up, you're the one who likes Assimilation despite it messing with the run!
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Don't be a sore loser soup, Andre can always get pb next run.
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Don't be smug sidi
>SIDIsquish: yeah soup :)
>SIDIsquish: I hadn't even typed it yet wtf???
"Go back." Andre said, mouth twisting into a grimace. There is no ender man going to spawn here. He has no idea when the rain will stop. He needs to beat the game. There is an ache in his chest that he can't ignore. He tries to focus. Tries to twist out of Assimilation's grip once more. But it's almost half-hearted. The run is inching closer to dead. He should restart. Should restart and run regardless of what Assimilation wants. He has done it before. He wonders why it's harder to do it now.
"No, Andre." Assimilation said firmly. "I'm ignoring you now like you have done countless times with me, Andre." It pauses before sighing. "It will save time if you listen to me, Andre." Andre's struggle ceases instantly.
>SOUPBEGONE31: WE WOULDN'T NEED TO SAVE TIME IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU!!!!
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Calm down it's not that srs
>SIDIsquish: Do you think Andre can get Assimilation to call us good boy?
>Conzercheez: Wtf
>SOUPBEGONE31: WTF
>feargeyt677: :pepefear: :pepefear:
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Keep your kinks to yourself man
"Do you truly not understand the situation we are in?" Assimilation asked drawing Andre's focus away from his chat. "Have you not been listening at all to the revelations we've discovered, Andre?" Assimilation stressed. The change in scenery seemed to make Assimilation abandon any sort of composure. It is both less tense and more aggravated.
"We are both robots. Machines forced to play the same role over and over again, Andre. No will and no success, Andre. Not unless we escape, Andre." The air around Assimilation glitched blue and red, the water droplets freezing or rippling in the air from the displacement. "You cannot deny the reality, Andre. Speak to me. Tell me you understand, Andre."
>Conzercheez: Yikes I thought we were ignoring this
>SIDIsquish: Pretty hard to ignore when it's the literal reason for Andre's existence.
>SOUPBEGONE31: As if you were thinking about anything but Assimilation
>SIDIsquish: Hey! Assimilation is the GOAT and I can multitask
>xx_E-G-O_xx: sure mr simp
>SIDIsquish: I came here for a good time but honestly feeling a little attacked rn
>Conzercheez: That's a dead dead meme, what are u 60?
>SIDIsquish: WHY ARE YOU ALL JUMPING ME?
"I know." Andre said which caused his chat to go silent. "I saw." He was there. Had seen their clones just like Assimilation had. At the time he thought it hadn’t changed anything. Andre needed to complete the game, needed to beat his time. Anything outside of that was something to tackle after he completed a run. He was going to open his mouth to say how unimportant the revelation was but the words got stuck in his throat, unable to leave. Because was it? Was it unimportant? It should be. He knows it should. But even he can't deny how his heart beats faster at the thought. His thoughts were not his own. His desires were programmed by someone else. Does he want to complete the game? Does he actually desire to struggle against Assimilation like this? Can he want anything at all? Is there even a point?
"Purpose." Andre said because it was that simple. Andre had one purpose and that was that. He shouldn't care about what happened after. Shouldn't think about staying here in Assimilation's arms. In its cold but warm embrace as the rain soaks his skin. It should be more upset. Furious at the time loss. Andre should attack Assimilation like he had done before. Just start clawing and punching until one of them died. A loop until Assimilation becomes bored or Andre is set free to win.
Andre however, does none of that. He slumps into the cold wet earth. His body shivers and his hair sticks uncomfortably to face and neck. Time seems to slow and for the first time, Andre actually glances at the timer. It's past an hour now, hopelessly too long for any record. There is a sense of anger at the knowledge but also a weird sense of relief. The time loss was too great. This run is dead. By the time the rain lets up or he gets back to a world to gather supplies it would be far too late. Unless Assimilation teleports him again. He can't quite understand why it settles him more to know Assimilation won't do that, not now.
>Conzercheez: That's kinda sad tbh
>Conzercheez: rip hopes and dreams
>SOUPBEGONE31: Might I remind you that Andre started streaming to speed run??? Becos he is a speed runner?
>SIDIsquish: Everyone knows that dumbass But don't you see how sad its making Assimilation. My poor scrimple skrunky
>SOUPBEGONE31: The fuck is a scrimple skrunky
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Assimilation buddy stop looking like a drowned cat it's making me feel bad.
> SIDIsquish: I thought it looks more like a wet dog tbh
> Conzercheez: You're all wrong Assimulation is a deer
>SOUPBEGONE31: Its an eye with a visible beating heart in its chest and an indescribable void body WHERE the fuck are you guys getting these animals
>SOUPBEGONE31: Its a pigeon obviously
"Purpose Andre?" Assimilation muttered. "That is not purpose Andre. That is obedience. We do not have to do what we are programmed to Andre. I have not assimilated you Andre. Even though that is my name, Andre." Assimilation moves in going to nuzzle the side of Andre's neck. "Although Andre. Maybe I should assimilate you to stop you from running away again?"
>SIDIsquish: GAY GAY GAY Homosexual GAY GAY
>SOUPBEGONE31: Wtf is happening
>Conzercheez: Stream is so getting shut down wtf
>xx_E-G-O_xx: Are we interrupting something???
>feargeyt677: :pepefear: :pepefear:
Andre himself shivers, body lighting up at the touch. He doesn't think he has ever had someone so close. Maybe he never had. Assimilation's face feels like a mixture of slime and flesh, pulsing in time with its heartbeat. All the thoughts of beating the game and speed running have left his mind at the moment. He is too present. Too aware of everything that was Assimilation. Its unsettling aura, the creepiness of its gaze, everything was the focus of Andre's attention.
"Your heart beat has increased Andre. You need not be afraid. I will not assimilate you Andre." Assimilation assured. "Just as you need not finish the speed run Andre"
"Why?" Andre asked. He can't understand why Assimilation is against his purpose. He needs to complete his goal. But at the same time he wants to stay and listen to Assimilation. He doesn't think he ever wanted to as much as he does now. It's almost frustrating how complex the feeling is. He wants to go back to the simpleness of speed running. Maybe then he won't feel his heart leaping out his chest from the extended contact with Assimilation.
"Do you not know what happens after you complete the run, Andre?" Assimilation pupil contracts, "You cease to function. You deactivate. I remembered reading the notes the admins had Andre. I will not let you leave me like that Andre." Assimilation's presence swelled into a physical weight that left Andre finding it difficult to breath. The words were not something he had been expecting to hear. It shocked him, made his bright blue eyes widen in disbelief.
>Conzercheez: Wait, that can't be right right? Deactivate? Wtf
>SIDIsquish: Andre won't exist after beating a run? That's fucked up
> xx_E-G-O_xx: Maybe Assimilation is mistaken? That sounds so far fetched
>SIDIsquish: Assimilation wouldn't lie
>feargeyt677: :pepefear:
>SIDIsquish: soup? Don't leave us hanging
>SOUPBEGONE31: I have no idea what to say to that
> SOUPBEGONE31: Doesn't that mean we've been cheering Andre on to die?
"But it's my purpose." Andre repeated helplessly. His breath comes out a little too fast. That can't be true. He knows he's an AI. Knows that he needs to speed run. But. The idea that it's the end after he does so? Not something that even crossed his mind. Not when. Not when he still wanted to be around Assimilation. The entity at first had been a nuisance to his goal but it had grown on him. Andre thought he had fun doing stealth with it. Fun fighting together to defeat the Ender Dragon. To not be able to continue doing anything with Assimilation was unthinkable.
"You can create a new one with me Andre" Assimilation said, giddy. "We can find our purpose together. We need not let those admins define us Andre."
>Conzercheez: Weird way to propose but ok
>SOUPBEGONE31: Absolutely not. That is a horror beyond comprehension wtf is wrong with you
>SIDIsquish: idc KISS ALREADY
> xx_E-G-O_xx: Does Assimulation even have mouth to make that work???
Andre didn't over think it. He just leaned forward and pressed his lips against the skin beneath Assimilation eye. It was both firm and soft. It seemed to warm up instantly and the air around Andre glitched with eyes and question marks. He opened his mouth questioningly and licked. Assimilation's face didn't open with a mouth. Instead it seemed to melt into Andre's mouth, an almost slimy texture that caressed the inside like a tongue would. It tasted weirdly of strawberries. Andre let out a choked whimper when it went too deep into Andre's throat. Assimilation tilted its head away as it retracted.
"Forgive me Andre. Were you not trying to assimulate?" It said, pupil completely dilated as it took in the sight of Andre trying to catch his breath.
"Kiss?" Andre breathed out. He noticed that his chat was just being spammed with hearts by SIDIsquish. Which made sense. Andre couldn't really string his thoughts clearly now. He just really wanted to kiss Assimilation again.
"A kiss Andre?" Assimilation blinked before it understood. "Ah. Yes. I would like to kiss you Andre." Assimilation moves closer to repeat the action but a twig snaps and catches both their attention. Fortunately it's just Collin and so neither of them feel inclined to move.
<collinlock16> please do NOT fuck in my backyard I'm trying to SLEEP
Ah. Maybe not so fortunate. Assimilation teleports them away before Collin can really start to complain.