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Awesome Stories May Occur : Hi friend, thank you so much for reaching out! I hope you're doing well, I missed seeing your reviews around here, I always love seeing what you have to say! Thank you for all the love, and the support towards where these character developments will go. I, too, am excited for the switch up of the 5th story. I've never really written from the eyes of a good guy gone bad, and although Gideon isn't inherently the villain on the 5th story, certain things happen where he very easily gets swept up into the nonsense, and his arc kind of deals with turning his life around before it's too late (for Sugar Rush, for everyone) - so it'll definitely be interesting to say the least. I am excited! As for the sketch dump, of course! You can absolutely request whichever scenes you'd like. I'll write all of your requests down and add them to the 250 dump when it comes around :) Those stage scenes are usually my kryptonite but I will do my best to get those out. Thank you again! I hope you're doing well.

BanannaSammich : Oh I... ENTIRELY relate. It's easy for me to write for the babies of this whole family. Mara, and Gideon, coming up, are among the easiest characters for me to step inside of, for that reason. So I 100% see where you're coming from for sure.


Song Listened To :

Up the Spirit Cavern Walls by Gareth Coker


*Chapter 212*

Black : Just checking up on you. How are you feeling? Let me know if there's a good time to stop by, shortly. I have something I want to give you.

Theo sat up from his lounged position in his fluffy, dark grey bean bag chair. Now wearing a comfy, faded orange hoodie with a mess of fun Sugar Rush logos across the chest, as well as a pair of worn, grey sweats, Sugar Rush's calm nighttime atmosphere began to kiss the lot with sparkler fireflies. Theo furrowed his eyebrows in sweet, prickled confusion and looked at the time. Nearing midnight, Theo inhaled a deep breath and reassessed the day he had endured. Grateful Turbo's vehement care was something he was swathed in from head to toe, earlier this morning, Theo felt an even greater wash of gratitude in the full spectrum of understanding that Turbo was, and always has, acted like a guardian for Sugar Rush's precious, royal brood. A prince in his own right, Theo got off of his comfortable lounging position, stood and peered down into his phone with a heavy feeling of love that made his soul warm. With a smile he tabbed Turbo a kind message whilst unlocking the privacy setting on his own teleportation pad, buried in the corner of his high-ceilinged bedroom.

Theodorable : Thank you, I'm feeling much better. Still groggy, but better. My pad's open, you're welcome to stop by. I'm just lounging in my room.

With a small, revived inhale through his nose, Theo ruffled his hair, lazily tossed the heavy blanket, on his bed, to correction and slowly began to just barely tidy his room. Knowing Turbo wouldn't care to assess the cleanliness of his bedroom, he still did what he could to at least make it a decent place to visit. Lost in his own thoughts, his teleport pad buzzed after a few moments of tender silence, and as Theo's eyes glossed his darker corner, the hull of his lovely teleport hub, Turbo's rosy coding came into being with a flicker of calm light. Once fully appeared, Turbo hovered on the pad for a moment and assessed his new surroundings. Theo gave him a kind smile and took note of what Turbo was holding. A two serving little grey kettle, kissed with a dainty gold rim about the lip of the spout, although the kettle was handleless, Turbo had a small heat-safe pat underneath the seemingly hot little kettle. In Turbo's other hand was a simplistic, ceramic cup that matched the kettle.

"Hey," Theo eased warmly, to which Turbo bobbed him a nod of a greeting and looked about Theo's darker, though cozy, high-ceilinged bedroom. Kissed with one darker teal accent wall and lovely, heftier furniture, Theo's bedroom was lined with the thickest band of the canopies outside his huge bay windows, making his room a lovely, nature-filled escape.

"User, there's no way you CAN'T relax in a room like this," Turbo mumbled as he bobbed a nod, though he patiently pressed across Theo's bedroom and approached his larger work desk and creative space. Littered with some old school work, some of Berri's sheet music, fun photos and scribbles of ideas, Turbo found a clean, clear landing spot for the kettle and hot pad. He set the cup down, as well, and gestured down to his little get-well gift, "I brought you a little something to help your coding along, in the healing process."

"What's this? Tea?" Theo wondered in warm gratitude as both boys stood close.

"Yeah, it's my own recipe of chamomile, though I've given it a special code room additive," Turbo patiently instructed as he left the kettle alone; the spout easily dribbled molten hot steam, as if to make clear that it was likely still way too hot to drink, right now.

"Code room additive?" Theo wondered softly, Turbo's golden eyes glowed a bit brighter than usual, due to Theo's room being a bit dimmer; both men caught eyes in a string of warm, lowered conversing.

"Yep, I want you to drink all of this tea. Doesn't matter if you have to revisit it and heat it back up later, or whatever you do, just make sure you drink all of it," Turbo kindly instructed, "This is going to sound really weird, but this tea has a mixture of your own coding in it."

"MY coding?" Theo wondered in cute, boyish bewilderment as he gestured his larger hand to his chest in cute surprise, Turbo grinned and nodded.

"Yes, so... I took extracts of your own healthy coding, from your code box's inner workings, multiplied it and was able to extract it from the code room," Turbo patiently explained, he gestured his hand to himself and caught eyes with Theo in sweetness, "Not the easiest thing to do, but I was able to piece together the healthiest strings of your own coded DNA."

"Like an immune system boost," Theo prod in soft curiosity as he eyed the steamy kettle.

"Exactly, it's duplicates of your own coding. Although I was able to fully reset every last pixel of your coding, earlier this morning, this will help make it so your coding repairs itself properly and comes back stronger," Turbo's deep voice soothed over Theo's curious soul, his twinkling, emerald eyes hooked tight to the alluring show of Turbo's golden, black pixel-cubed eyes, "Your coding really took a hit, as one's coding WOULD amidst code blocking. This is just a boost for your system. Makes bouncing back a lot easier, it also promotes sleep, so... Don't drink this if you have plans, tonight."

"No, no... Plans tonight," Theo mumbled, he rubbed the back of his head and eased a sheepish, defeated smile down to the hefty, lovely wooden desk the two stood before, though Turbo gently crossed his arms and peered to Theo in patient curiosity, as if to silently prove that he wasn't in any huge rush to leave.

"You able to talk with Tatum?" Turbo bravely wondered; now on a deeper, brotherly level with Theo, he politely assumed these topics now weren't off limits, though much to Turbo's surprise, Theo nodded.

"Yeah, we talked, it... It went really well," Theo stated in smiling, sighing relief as he bashfully looked down to his feet, "We're both not ready to swap codes, or anything, but... I-I asked her to be my girlfriend, and she said yes."

"... Oh, wow!" Turbo huffed in a sharp whisper of genuine, elated surprise. Turbo grinned and grappled Theo's upper arm in excited, congratulatory praise, "Teddy, that's GREAT news. Congratulations!"

"Thank you," Theo grinned, his face turned red in sweet, dewy, bashful delight, "She... Was so worried about me. She's been up here, with me, all day. I must've slept for like twelve hours and she just remained."

"She loves you," Turbo assured gently, to which Theo nodded and heaved a long, wistful sigh of whole relief.

"I love her too... It's fresh and new and scary, but I'm... Relieved, and excited," Theo nodded, he smiled to Turbo and grit his teeth, "No swapping, but... We'll get there."

"Yeah, that's permanent. It's great and all, but don't rush it," Turbo assured with a nod, to which Theo complied, though he furrowed his brow in a gentle downswing of soft dread and eyed Turbo in nervous warmth.

"Turbo... She told me all about her's and Gunner's relationship, in the realm of swapping," Theo started, to which Turbo eagerly cued, "Although not really information I want to marinate in, she told me that her and Gunner had sex frequently, and... He'd code block every... Single... Time."

"Shit," Turbo hissed through the grit of his teeth and looked off.

"Turbo, they were together for over a year," Theo sharply whispered for emphasis as he narrowed his eyes and shook his head, "Tatum isn't nearly as far gone as Gunner, nor in as dire of need as I was this morning, but I know she'd benefit from your help in reversing all that code block."

"Absolutely," Turbo bobbed a nod, though he sneakily eyed Theo and gave him a cute smile, "Methinks maybe YOU should be the one to aid her in that. I'll be there to guide you through it, but I think it'd mean more if you helped her through it, hands on. Y'know? You up for that?"

"O-Oh, yeah, I'd love that," Theo nodded in a refresh of sweet, new emotion alongside a bashful smile, "I didn't even consider... I-I mean, what you did was leagues beyond what I could dream up, so I'm... Really going to need a lot of teaching, there."

"It's not so far off from what you already know, about coding," Turbo cued with a shrug and a smile, "Really, it's simple once you get the hang of core coding. I'd be happy to teach you and Tatum... But I now have to think of a way to get Gunner's blocked coding reversed, too."

"... Wait, seriously? You'd do that for Gunner?" Theo wondered in a slope of humbled surprise, though Turbo furrowed his brow and felt grief strike him.

"... Yeah, Ted," Turbo admitted in soft, whispering defeat, "Look, he's... He's done some shitty things, and said REALLY terrible things to Berri and has not been the nicest to the lot of you, but... If it makes him a more stable man, and we come out of this drama unscathed and refreshed because of it, I'm... I'm ready to let bygones be bygones."

Theo raised his eyebrows and felt shock course through him. He peered into Turbo's almost pleading, intelligent gaze and long-blinked in unadulterated surprise. Although Theo wanted absolutely nothing to do with Gunner, the idea of him, his well being, Theo urgently marinated in Turbo's mature intentions. Theo heaved a hot sigh through his nose, looked down and eased a nod of defeat, and though he opened his mouth to volley Turbo a flat, almost nervous notion of agreeing, Turbo carried on.

"With all my years learning the twists, ins and outs of us coded beings, I've come to find the coding of the mind is probably the most important foundation of proper decision making, just why we do the thing we do... Why we say the things we say," Turbo shrugged, "If we don't take care of each other, no matter what, then... We're all done for."

Theo stayed silent and peered his eyes tight to Turbo's majestic disposition, the raw wisdom he radiated, Theo urgently took mental notes and understood that this being, before him, was displaying all of the proper traits of just what it meant to be a good example, the crown jewel of the pack of brothers Theo had been plopped into. Theo bobbed a nod and urgently listened as Turbo patiently concluded his notions.

"Do I hate his choices, yeah," Turbo nodded and looked off, "Do him and Berri have a ton of beef to squash still? Yeah... But I'll be damned if I can just sleep well at night, with Berri in my arms, knowing he's suffering from coded turmoil. I'm thrilled you brought this information to my attention, Ted. It... Really has helped, and it has made me understand that maybe there IS light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe we all CAN be cordial with Gunner."

"That's... Really big of you, Bo," Theo admitted in defeat, as if he didn't want to jump on this bandwagon, though knew he had absolutely no reason not to. He bobbed a nod and humbly smiled into Turbo's eyes, "Whatever you need me to do, to help aid in that, I'm yours."

"I know to count on you," Turbo assured with a nod and a kind, brotherly smile and pat to Theo's upper shoulder, though he gestured down to the kettle and smirked, "For now, I need you to drink that and sleep. Tomorrow's a big day..."

"... Oh, crap, I almost forgot about Ralph's wrecking fest," Theo hissed in excited delight, to which Turbo nodded and nervously looked off. Theo halted his excitement and softened in a show of care towards Turbo, "You, uh... Nervous?"

"Very," Turbo mumbled, he held eyes with Theo in a show of vulnerability and shrugged, "I know Ralph obviously likes me now, and gave me his blessing and all that jazz, but... I just hate being out of my realm. Wrecking is entirely out of my realm... Where as, for every other wrecker, it's easy."

"I can definitely go over a few things with you, before tomorrow gets underway, if you'd like," Theo encouraged with a nod, to which Turbo softly and shyly nodded in warm agreeing. Theo raised his eyebrows in soft, collected nervousness as well, though still held a cute grin, "Tomorrow's not easy for me, either. Tomorrow I'm introducing Tatum to my mom and dad."

"... Oliver and Emery? Oh, they'll adore Tatum," Turbo guffawed as he waved his hand and grinned in sweet certainty, "You have nothing to worry about."

"... And Grampa Ralph now has proper, coded ties to you," Theo volleyed with a snarky smile and a shrug, to which Turbo sagged in thwarted, grinning annoyance, "You, also, have nothing to worry about."

"Touché," Turbo grumbled, he swat at Theo's upper arm and gave him one final, cheeky smile of brotherly annoyance as he began to head to Theo's teleport hub, across the way, "Drink that tea, get MORE sleep, every drop of that tea needs to be in your system within the next twenty four hours."

"I promise," Theo mumbled with a smile, "G'night."

"Night," Turbo warmly volleyed.

"Thank you," Theo prod in smiling defeat as he gently waved Turbo off, Turbo's rosy coding whisked away after he issued Theo a sweet notion of welcome.

Theo heaved a hot sigh through his nose and felt his surroundings settle, upon being all alone in his room, once more. Knowing that Tatum only escaped downstairs so to shower and get ready for bed, he carefully poured himself a cup of tea and patiently waited for Tatum to return to his room, for good. Eager to spend the night cuddling with her, marinating in their fresh, new love, he sipped the delicious tea Turbo had brought him and felt his soul warm, into every single last pixel he was made of, Theo sagged and felt entirely whole for the first time in a very long while.