Hang Over. (Callie, Zavie)

8D sighed as he exited rest mode... Man and he was having so much fun with those electric sheep. His eyes refused to open as his alarm clock lost it's tiny mind... That's right, it's sentient. J made it a point to give all their appliances sentience in order to, quote "Gain a new perspective on life as a whole by observing it through beings intrinsically less valuable then yourself" This left them all with... actually very little change. J forgot to give the appliances ways to communicate after he granted them self awareness so they really couldn't tell the residents of the home much. After this was brought up to him he said he would work on it later and got distracted with trying to invent smell-o-vision. He promptly forgot about the Sentience project or stopped caring... Probably both now that 8D thought about it.

With a weak and tired hand 8D slapped the alarm clock shutting off the alarm, undoubtedly annoying it to no end which 8D gained some pleasure from. With a simulated Yawn he climbed out of bead and began his morning maintenance, quietly waiting for Kay to finish up in the shower so he could pretend to need a shower for a few minutes while making water puns and squirting the walls with his super soaker... Rough morning.

Still in his sleepwear, which was made of a frilly pair of pajama bottoms and nothing else, he stepped into the hall and quickly made his way to the living room where he would plop down on to the couch, grab the remote, turn on the Smell-o-Vision, and wait for ether Kay to get out of the shower, J to scream in pain down in the basement, or Callie to come bounding out of her room chock full of energy and happiness and fun and love for the world.

There was an eerie darkness looming overhead, the two moons shining brightly in the nights sky seeming bigger than ever with the red moon still refusing to show its full shape. The air was cold, sending a small shiver down the girls spine as she store around a seemingly empty wood. The tree's branches seemed to reach out like cursed hands trying to grab at her and pull her in as she walked past, the ground beneath her slowly becoming more wet and boggy as she continued forward. Crows could be heard circling above, cawing every few seconds as they waited... Waited for their time to strike. She'd stop suddenly, a white light surrounded by a black mist could be seen just ahead on the road, seemingly enticing her forward, wanting her to join it forever in its dark slumber. Trying to take a step forward, the girl would notice her feet wouldn't move.

Panicking slightly, the girl would realize her feet had sunk ever so slightly into the boggy ground beneath her, holding her in place and refusing to let the sharp grip they had on her go. She'd struggle as best she could as the murder of crows circled down, perching on the mangled branches and laughing their squawks in her direction. The girl would begin breathing heavily as she turned around to see if it was any easier to go back the way she had came... Yet to no avail. The path behind her had seemingly evaporated from all existence, leaving a mere black void in its wake, a black void which was slowly catching up to her.

Returning her attention to the shadow within the light, a ghastly hand could be seen reaching forward seemingly beckoning the girl to head towards it. "Decide..." The ghostly image would call out as the girl could suddenly feel her feet being released from the grounds clutches. The girl would shiver again, wishing the sound of laughing caws could stop but only for a moment to let her think straight. There was no easy option out of this... An infinite void of nothingness, or to trust this dark being that nestled in the only fragment of light in this world. It was all so confusing. Why was any of this happening, could she even remember how she got here? Although really... No matter what in the end. She didn't have that much of a choice...

8D felt his brain begin to melt as he flipped through the channels... Good! This was exactly what he needed after last nights events. Everything seemed to fall apart after the demons showed up but hey, looks like things were going to get far more interesting from here on out. Plus this gave him an excuse to hang out with Zavie more which he was sure was going to make Callie very very happy, and whatever made Callie happy made 8D happy... Though on both accounts that didn't take much. Heck he had seen Callie entertained for hours on end by a turtle they had found in the street. We named him Turduckent the Turtle Duck. Why Turtle Duck? Cus 8D glued feathers to his shell in a vain attempt to create a flying turtle... Then J caught wind of the project and well... Wait... OH RIGHT!"Nearly forgot,"

8D shook his head and slapped himself mentally for forgetting to Turduckent this morning. One quick trip to the kitchen for some lettuce later and 8D was opening the door to the oversized birdcage where Turduckent flew happily, yet rather slowly, on his large duck wings. After giving the abomination an affectionate pat, 8D left the shelled mallard to his breakfast and returned to the TV... Just in time for the dramatic reveal at the end of the episode.

"We did it gang! We caught the Ghost!" Exclaimed the blond buff guy in a white shirt and... orange ascot... And people say 8D dresses strange.

"Now lets see who the Chittering Ghoul really is," Said the girl in orange and glasses, clearly she was the smart one... cus ya know... She wore glasses. That's how that works right? She reached out to the ghoul's head and pulled the rubber mask off.

"Like Zoinks!" exclaimed the tall stoner... Oh come on you know it's true! His name is Shaggy for crying out loud! He eats like an army and laughs at everything, the guy is baked 24/7 "It was a Demon the whole time!"

The demon let out an unearthly screech as it tried in vain to break free from the mystic ruins that bound it to the pile of boxes that had conveniently fallen on top of it during the preceding chase "And I would have gotten away with it! If it weren't for you meddling cadets and your stupid dog!"

"Ruuuby ruby RUUUU!" The dog said fucken weird prompting the rest of the gang to laugh hysterically .

"Man... cartoons sure have changed sense the event...." 8D silently cringed at the obvious propaganda.

Feeling a sudden surge of panic as the ever looming void began to eat away at the ground beneath her Callie didn't know what to do, she had never experienced anything like this in her life. As terrified as the girl was, Callie took a step forward. She didn't want to trust this strange looming figure, she just wanted to be back home where it was safe... Yet to her it felt like that was impossible right now, and so as the young girl got close enough to touch the dark shadow, it seemingly melting away leaving only the light it had been perched in as a kind of doorway. So, taking a deep breath CALLIE!------


"Ow..." Staring around herself and rubbing her forehead, Callie would realize she was back in her bedroom. Yet... On the ground instead of in her bed? As she looked up to where she once lay, she'd be met by her small shadow fox sitting on her bed and sighing in relief. Relieved herself that she was back in her safe place with someone she loved, Callie couldn't help feeling instantly better, picking up the little shadow to hug him. "Did you kick me out of bed to save me from, uh, whatever that was?" She'd question with a lopsided smile. "What in the world was that?"

Terra would stay silent for a moment as Callie hugged him, he hadn't expected anything like that would of happened this soon... Perhaps he delved a little too deep on the initial awakening. At least he knew that he could stop her, he had been unsure of that in the past. "Neheh... I'm not really all to sure Cals." It wasn't as if he was lying, he had no idea exactly what could, would and did happen. He merely knew something bad was happening whilst the girl slept and had to take action. Besides, he didn't want to be the one to have to tell her about these kinds of things... Even if he was apart of the whole mess of things that had to be explained. "D-didn't you're clown friend tell ya that he knew about these kinds of things yesterday? Maybe he'll tell you all about it if you ask nicely, neheheh."

Nodding, the young vixen would try to pick herself off the ground, realizing she had landed on a few of her tossed about knick knacks. Luckily though she usually only had the not breakable stuff down there so nothing had been harmed in the making of that dramatic scene. Stumbling to her feet, Callie decided to just put on her fox dressing gown to go look for 8D. She had so much to ask him, especially now she had that weird dream to talk about too so there was no time to get dressed out of her night wear right now! Hmm... Where in the house would Grins be at... Well, the sound of cartoons were quite noticeable in her ears so she was guessing the living room. "Grriiiinnnssss!" She'd exclaim as she ran into the living room and leapt on top of 8D to hug him where he sat. "It's question tiimmeee~!"

"And now we add one cup of-CHHHHT"CAAAAARL! CAAAARL! There's WALKERS here CAAAAARL!-CHHHT"My Grandpa's Compendium has no pathetic demons Kiba! But it dose contain...the almighty-CHHHHHHHT"I love you! You love me! The Queen will keep us all saaaafe CHHHHHT-BEYooooop...

"Ya know there is just nothing good on TV nowadays. Bout time the boob tube got some implantes! Ehehe-ew that one was lewd... Bleh! Bad Clown Bad!" Grins shook his head as he flipped the TV off and sat quietly for a moment before letting out a loud tired sigh. The stress from his trip still lingered, and the doubts that he was really home after all this time was still quite present. The living room had changed so little that, quite honestly, it had been like he never left. J and Kay even looked and acted the same as they had the day they sent him off... The only real indication that any time had passed was, like most things in his life, all Callie. She had grown noticeably taller in the past year and he was slightly annoyed with himself and his job that he had to miss it. Really the entier trip was starting to feel like a true FOX pas, Ehehehehe.

No sooner did he have this thought did the little bundle of joy herself come running into the room and latch herself onto his bare chest and begin his morning snuggle session. "Well GOOOD morning Cals! I heard you wake up. We may want to think about installing some padding around your bed, I really wouldn't want you to keep hurting yourself like this just to wake up, Eheheh. Also... While I do enjoy your hugs more than anything, I think that I must note that the fur on your ear is tickling my bare chest... Ehehe... Would uh... would you mind if I threw on a shirt?" 8D would laugh hysterically as, if Callie would let him up, he went to his room to throw on a "Salt and Pepper Diner" T-shirt before sitting himself back down on the couch.

"ALRIGHT! IIIIIIiiits Question time! Now the rules of the game are simple, you get to ask me three questions! and if you can guess what happened last night after those three questions! YOU! WILL! WIN.... The GRAAAAAAND Prize!" 8D smiled a broad toothy grin as confetti shot from his ears and a jaunty tune played from his nose.

"Keep it down out there or I will put your head int he naughty box!" Kay's loud threatening voice easily tore through the thing walls of the apartment, causing 8D to yelp quietly and sit back down quickly.

"S-Sorry!...." He yelled in a whisper.

Terra himself had a hard time quickly jumping and latching onto Callie's shoulder as she ran out of the room to make sure he wasn't left behind, luckily the little fox was rather quick and nimble and hardly weighed anything so Callie wouldn't even often realize he was there unless she looked. Regardless the panic hadn't stopped there for the orange fluff ball as he had to quickly leap off of Callie onto the side of the sofa to ensure he wasn't squished in-between his host and that robot thing. Tsk, he wish he had a better way to hide away when Callie wasn't able to keep daggers hidden on her waist. For now he'd just sit and watch, trying to keep behind Callie the best he could to not be noticed.

Callie would be giggling. "Ya heard me huh? I dunno what happened really, it was super strange! I had never had anything like that happen to me before. C-cause it was like a dream, but it wasn't cause usually dreams are super cool and awesome and fun stuff happens! B-but this one was dark and scary and weird stuff was happening and I couldn't wake up and I didn't like it. Plus it felt way more real than most dreams! It was super weiirrrddd. I think I was about to make a horrible decision but then Terra saved me by pushing me out of bed to wake me up!" The young girl would pick up the fox shadow after getting off of 8D, put the fluff ball on her lap and begin petting him. Which he was very unappreciative off, he hated to be the center of attention. "Did I mention it was suuppeer weird though?"

Ohh! Question time turned into question game! Yaaay, that made it way more interesting! Not that this strange topic wasn't already interesting enough to actually hold her attention for more than five minutes already... But this would help even more! "Oka--" Callie's would be interrupted and her ears would suddenly lay flat under her fake fox ears that her dressing gown had at the sudden and threatening tone of Kay's voice. Yet that reminded her of something. "Hmm... This one doesn't count! B-but does J and Kay know about all this? L-like did you tell them yet that I have Terra? And you have that super cute rabbit!... Where is he by the way?" The girl would look around for him, she was confused and didn't understand the differences between the twos powers and the fact 8D could actually hide his away better than her. Not that she'd want to hide Terra away anyway!

As for her actual question she wanted to ask... Hmm... "What did... No wait... Why was th... No... Uhmmm..." Wow, this was harder than she was expecting. Being limited to only three questions made it way more important to ensure she picked the best questions! Not just blurt all of them out in the order her mind processes them! "Okay! Okay I think I got it. What caused all that weird stuff from yesterday to happen?" Aha! That question was perfect, she'd get load of information out of that one!

"Bad dream huh? Well that's just NOOOOOO good," 8D shook his head and tried to look as adult and serious as he could while Callie recounted her nightmare... Hmmm... No doubt a result of the big bad -Beetle Borgs? Ehehe- demons that attacked last night. Even if these particular demons were almost offensively cute and cuddly, they still probably brought up some troubled memories from the event five years ago... Speaking of five years ago, Wonder what old Horse face is doing right now? Last we saw he was learning to walk again after a particularly bad mix up with some frozen dairy treats. Would be nice to know what happened to him after that but eh, it was probably better left up to the imagination. "Have you never had a Nightmare before Callie? They're like dreams only scary and super weird!" 8D would wiggle his fingers ominously to emphasize the point.

"No, I honestly doubt J and Kay are aware of Terra. Honestly all this time they probably thought you would turn out to be a Persona User. Just goes to show how you can never really force your dreams onto your children Eheheh. Well... In half the cases anyway! Ehehe." 8D would snicker to himself quietly for a moment as the thought of J's reaction gave him happy chills. "As for Crusader, I'm very sure J and Kay know about him. I was built with the soul purpose of having him, so to be surprised that I do would be unlikely to say the least, ehehe. As for where he is... Well He's inside my mind! Unlike Terra he can only come out at night, as to why well... that will have to be one of your queeeeeestioooooons! Ehehe" Oh this game is going to be FUN!

"Aha! A very good question to start with Cals! I'm impressed, Ehehe." 8D paused to ruffle Callie's hair and give her an affectionate scratch behind the ears,"Well the short answer is because we all had at least three meaningful conversations yesterday, which as everyone knows is the minimum required to get superpowers. Ehehe! The long and more politically correct answer, however, is that something last night made the demons far more active then they normally are, I'm not sure what but I am sure that it had something to do with our shared awakenings! In short, whatever that something is it caused the demons to attack and Terra, Proxy, and Crusader all to wake up last night. Oh what fun it was!" 8D's happy chuckle was cut short by the sudden vibrations emanating from his left foot. He stared at it confused for a moment before remembering what the only cause could be, and reached down to grab his foot and pop it off. Without missing a beat be held his foot to the side of his head and said "Mushy Mushy, 8D Dish. Eehehehe!"

Callie would shake her head. "Nope! Not as far as I can remember anyway... Whenever I usually go to sleep its either almost as if nothing happens then its suddenly the next day, or something magical happens and I get to explore some really pretty place for a little while before waking up in bed!" She'd say, thinking over all the beautiful and amazing places she had explored within her mind before. Every night being a new fantasy land just for her to explore! Aww, how she wished she could share some of them with 8D... "But, so... What causes a nightmare? T-that isn't going to happen often, right?" In all honesty, at this point the girl was more upset that she didn't get to explore a rainbow filled land last night than the fact the nightmare was actually horrible. In fact she couldn't remember most of the dream from last night already!

"A Perswhata User?" She'd question with a tilt of her head. "What's that? Is that what you are? W-wait, I'm different from you? B-but why? Wait... What does that make me then?" Callie would of probably continued this line of short questions without end if Terra hadn't suddenly pawed down on her leg fairly hard to get her to stop.

"Let the... Man(?) talk Callie. He can't answer your questions if you blurt them out a mile a minute." The little shadow would say aloud, more so interested to see what this clown knew about everything as Terra himself wasn't all the wiser on anything. "Just stick to one question at a time, okay?"

"Oh... Uhm, okay!" The young girl would reply, before quickly losing her tongue again. "But I wanna know what that makes me and Terra then, if we're not Persawhatever Users. It all seems kinda odd. Especially as Terra is allowed to be here now but Rabbit isn't! That doesn't seem fair." Callie would scrunch up her face for a moment as she thought, before quickly remembering what they were previously talking about and making a mental note to show off Terra to J and Kay when she got the chance, which Terra was now dreading.

The young vixen would be knocked out of her thinking as 8D would mess with her hair and scratch behind her ears, which was one of her favourite things. Wagging her tail happily to the scratch, Callie listened to 8D's explanation of last night with interest, it sounded... Kinda odd, then again 8D was known for making any story sound weird even when it wasn't! "Uhh, so those thingys from last night... They were demons?" She'd say mainly to herself as she thought back on what had occurred last night. "W-wait, so that wasn't a game? W... What did we do to them then? Where'd they go?" The girl would continue to mutter to herself, it was all very weird. However she was once again knocked from her thoughts as 8D's foot began to vibrate and he brought it up to his face and began talking. W-who was he talking to? His foot? Callie would stare up at 8D, with a tilt to her head.

"Usually it's just nasty scary thoughts in your head when you go to sleep, like if you watch a scary movie and then go to sleep. it's probably going to give you nightmares. I guess our little tussle last night was enough to give you your first bad dream. Dooooon't worry though, I don't think you'll get them very often. Unlike me, you seem to only have good dreams, Ehehehe" 8D laughed slightly at the absurdity of it all. Years of living on the streets begging to get by and not a single bad dream? Not even after the event five years ago? This little girl is more resilient then he thought....

"A Persona user is someone who can tap into their inner mind!" 8D stood and pulled two balls from seemingly nowhere, one red and one blue. He held them out to Callie for a moment before spinning both on his fingers."You see, inside the mind of any sentient being there is something called a Psyche, it's basicaly the metaphysical embodiment of your thoughts, opinions, morels, and everything that makes you YOU! A persona is that metaphysical concept given physical form!" 8D, obviously confusing the poor girl, tossed the blue ball to her with a smile and a bow"Or in laymen's terms, an Imaginary Friend that you can hug for real! But only in special places or at special times. Ehehe, you and Terra though, I think you may be a Forgotten, or at least that's what J calls them... You're gunna have to ask him about it if you want to know more."

The topic of the demons... Well... 8D was hopeing he could stave this one off for at least a little bit but... oh well... "You see, we beat the demons at their own game and they dissappeard going back to where ever they came from! Ya see they're mean and we're good! So we beat the bad guys and saved the day!" Yeah... that sounded plausible enough...


"Hm? Oh it's Zavie Callie! Here, I'll put him on speaker foot," 8D set his foot on the coffee table and tapped the back of his ankle, allowing Zavie's voice to come through Crystal clear"Zavie? Can you still hear us? Say hello to Callie," 8D would say probably a little to loud.

"I hope it doesn't happen much... I didn't like it." By now the girls memory of the dream was almost completely gone, trying to think about it merely just reminded her of something bad, something she didn't want to experience every again yet she couldn't put her finger on what anymore. "H-huh? You have bad dreams too?" She'd question. Hmm, she had never thought to ask 8D if he had dreams every night as well. He'd usually let her blab on to him about the good ones she had! Y-yet he never seemed to share back what his were.

Callie tried her hardest to understand everything that 8D would tell her about what a perswhata user was, yet not all of it made much sense to the poor girl. Callie would jump a little as the blue ball was tossed her way, but managed to catch it just in time. "S-so, it's like you're brain makes you a best friend?" She'd question curiously, but if Terra wasn't that then what was he? He was basically a best friend that had to be with her right? What was the difference! "A Forgotten? That's a weird name... Wait, so if everyone had one of them inner best friends, and Terra isn't that perswhata thingy, does that mean I can still get one?" This was all very confusing, and quite honestly she didn't understand why none of this had ever been a thing in the past, if everyone had one why weren't they more noticeable?

"It was their game?" Callie would respond, tilting her head slightly. So it was a game after all? Or... "So we beat the demons, cause the demons are the meany faces and the bad guys? Couldn't of we just calmed them down somehow and made them into good guys too? Everyone deserves a second chance Grins! W-why didn't we give them one?"

As this conversation on demons continued, Terra was staring at 8D with a spark in his eye. "Pfft. You shouldn't be going around telling everyone all demons are evil, clown. You know what I am right? Do I look like I'm trying to destroy the world to you? Or am I merely trying to protect my hos- I mean, uh, Callie. Neheh." The fox was clearly trying to protect himself in some way or another, although the shadow knew perfectly well most demons were evil creatures. He knew some may be willing to... Lets say... Negotiate.


"Huh?" 8D would place his foot down on the coffee table as Zavie's voice would suddenly start talking out of it. "Ohh! Zavie! How are you? Did you get home safely? Did you have a weird dream too? What was the name of your... Uhm... 8D what kinda thingy was he? I didn't get to see for very long! And so much stuff was happening and... Wait... Uhm, Zavie, how'd you get stuck in 8D's foot?"

"Yep! Sometimes," 8D sat quietly as his mind screamed a internally, reliving each and every tortuous night terror that would plague him in his slumber. His deepest inner voice begging, wordlessly pleading for the sweet release of death to take him from this never ending vortex of pain and sorrows. Each night memories of the horrors both physical and cosmic that he had endured over his many lives haunt and chill his already broken soul, yet he cannot awaken... But that's not funny so lets just push that RIIIIIIIIGHT back down into the deepest darkest parts of our minds and not worry about it M'kay?"But not to often... Ehehehe."

"That is pretty much a perfect way to put it Cals," 8D chuckled at the simplicity of Callie's summary. She wasn't wrong persay, it was actually a bit more accurate then his own explanation in some ways. "And unfortuently I think if you're a forgotten you can't have a persona... Then again they may have changed the rules in the last update so who knows ehehe.... Ether way, when ya think about it, Terra is like a Better Persona! Cus you guys can hang out all the time and me and Crusader can only hang out at night," 8D smiled warmly as he gave Terra soft pet and scratched behind his ears... Callie always liked that so it stands to reason that he should to right?

"Well Callie.. I'm sorry to say that there are Good Demons that can listen and be taught to be nice... and there are bad demons like the ones we saw last night that can't be negotiated with. I call these demons Event Demons! Ehehehe"-We'll Im not wrong am I? EHEHEHEHEHE!-"Terra is something different though... I think. I'm not sure how it works in Endy but back where me, J, and Kay come from Forgotten are people who are fused with things called shadows, which are like demons.... Except they're called shadows.... EHEHEHEHEHE! And like demons, there are good and bad shadows. I think Terra here is a good one! I mean look at him!" Grins happily picked Terra up and hugged him close and tight."He's just so cute and cuddly! I wanna keep em Ehehe."


"He's not trapped in my foot Callie, that's just where my phone is. And to answer your question Zavie, it's just the... SMART place to put it!" Ten points to the man who can name the reference! Ehehehehe! "So Zavie what can we do ya for?"

"So Terra is like a different kinda perswhata that can be out at all times and always have fun and be with me?" Callie contemplated this for a moment, she thought it was a shame that she could imagine up a friend cause... Well, that would of been one magical creature to behold! Yet if Terra was the alternative to that, she didn't mind at all. "Well I'm glad I have Terra with me! He's an amazing friend, he always makes me smile when I want to feel down and is always willing to keep me company when I'm alone! He even woke me up from that bad nightmare thingy!"

"Neheh, don't make me sound too soft Cal-Ah!" Terra would jump back a little from Callie's lap as 8D reached down to pet him, not only had he not been expecting it but he still didn't fully trust anyone except Callie. "Wh-what are you doing! S-stop that right now!" The shadow would complain, trying to shake off the hand from his head.

"Huh... So we can be nice to some of them but not all of them? Like how there are some people that you can apologies to when you spill your drink on them and then they're okay with it cause they know its an accident but other people get all abada wada about it and wont stop pestering you and shouting at you until something happens to make them be quiet?" W-wait, what were we talking about? "So... Me and Terra are fused to each other? So like... We can't be separated even if we wanted to kinda fused? Huh... Who did that to us? I can't remember anything from before I met Terra." Hmm, it was a weird thing for the girl to think about, was she born like that or did something happen... She wasn't all too sure, her memory had never been a strong point for her.

As for the little shadow in question, he was having quite a bad time with all this man handling he was receiving. The fox hardly enjoyed it when Callie did this sort of thing, but at least then he'd allow it cause it made her happy. "Gah! Clown unhand me at once! J-just cause I told you I wasn't evil doesn't mean I wont hurt you if you carry this on!" The little fox would flail its paws around wildly, still not used to the fact he was powerless in this state before moping slightly. "Plus you're messing up my fur!"


"Ohh... He's inside a phone which is inside your foot then?" That's how phones worked right? Probably. "Oh good! I'm glad you made it back safely Zavie!" Callie would begin, leaning towards the foot phone and speaking probably way too loudly mimicking what 8D had done. "And yeah, I had this real weird dream last night! 8D told me it was called a nightmare, it was super strange. I didn't like it, but Terra woke me up from it before anything bad happened so it was okay!" W-wait, could anything actually bad happen to you inside a dream...?