THE ̧̕͝SEC͢͠͠O͏N̸̢D̵ INVE͘Ś̷̶T͏̛I͞GA̕҉T͟͡IO҉̢N̴͘

[strangerpeople]

T͝҉̡H͝E̵̢ ͝͝S̶Ę̡͞C͜͡҉OND̵̴ ̢I̶͢N͏V͝E͏̨̛ST͞I͢͞G̴͏A̛̕T͡ÌON͟

[The day has come.

..Valentine's Day, of course! Or should we now call it...ValITine's Day? Well, it doesn't matter. It's a Friday.

Hopefully, the Strangers got through this week without killing. But perhaps it's best to be sufficiently paranoid and check first, hmm?]

Comments

[poorlovefool]

...

[this is kind of like talking to a stuffed animal in that respect.

Including the part where he starts to feel a little stupid about it.]

I-If you can really talk... if you know who did it... please. She liked you a lot, you know.

[cuteandinnocentpet]

...Kyuu...

[poorlovefool]

So you can't...

[well, that was a long shot, but it's still depressing. Eric sighs and fidgets with all the fluff in his arms.]

I w- [wait. you're not supposed to wish around this thing] It's too bad we couldn't do more for her.

[cuteandinnocentpet]

[It tilts its head at this.]

Kyuu!

[poorlovefool]

[...He's lost all confidence that this creature can understand him.

By the way, while he's got it here, are its paws clean?]

[cuteandinnocentpet]

[It's paws are as clean and pure as white snow.]

[poorlovefool]

[Oh good then he can gently squish the paws. They're not also as wet as white snow, right.]

[cuteandinnocentpet]

[Nope! Squish em!]

[poorlovefool]

[He squishes. ...They feel like little packing peanuts...]