Hi guys, sorry I missed the update. My life has been super sucky and stressful lately. If I'm being honest, I wish I was dead 75% of the time lately. Sorry for the tangent, enjoy the chapter.

Thomas and Patton sank down, rising up in Anxiety's corner of his mind. If possible, the place looked even darker and drearier than when they had previously visited- the spider webs seemed to have multiplied, the walls were covered and even more album covers, and a deep gloomy Mist shaded the rest of the room from view. But the strangest part was the feathers; they appeared to be suspended in the air, slowly twisting iridescently as gravity took hold. They were beautiful, ranging from pitch black to a deep plum color.

Meanwhile, Patton was kind of freaking out at all the spiders. He stood as close as he could to Thomas without physically touching him, and will softly whimpering.

"Patt are you…?" Thomas asked, trailing off in worry. He was already detecting traces of eyeshadow beneath Morality's glasses.

" I'm fine kiddo," Patton choked out. "Just…" He shuddered, "spiders."

" I feel you bro. You... Wanna hug?" Thomas offered, wrapping an arm around the trait. But as soon as Thomas touched him, Patton yelped and shied away.

"Um... What just…?"

" Thomas, Patton whispered shakily, "I know you are trying to help, but... Being fragments of your personality, we don't technically exist. So while we can hand you imaginary sheet music, or conjure mind palaces for you... We can't physically touch in our true forms. You know, without it being excruciating painful."

" Wait... What? What about when you were shapeshifting into my friends? You hugged me then!"

"Well we were taking on traits of your friends, Kiddo. We weren't in our true forms, so we could touch for a limited amount of time. But in your lying video, when I rose up underneath Mr. Snake-face, it physically hurt both of us."

"You can't even touch each other?!" Thomas asked incredulously.

"Nope! It's because we are all so fundamentally different. The clash that comes with us touching physically hurts."

Thomas's mind was reeling, but the eyeshadow steadily making its way down Patton's cheeks brought him back to the present predicament. "Right, Sorry. It's a lot to process. Back on topic-"

"Or should you say Hot Topic?" Patton interfered playfully, attempting to lighten the mood. His voice, however, still seemed strained.

"Where is Virgil?" Thomas continued worriedly. There was no sign of the Anxious Facet anywhere. Upon closer inspection, he room appeared to be in total disarray. The deep gloom had shrouded the fact that Virgil's room was completely trashed. Patton and Thomas shared an alarmed look before splitting up to search for the Youngest Trait. Thomas had been in his living room again when they made their plan, so he looked around his couch and stairs area while Patton slowly made his way to the Kitchen. He noticed deep rips in the black carpet and the dark purple sofa. They appeared to be the results of a fight, where someone was dragged forcefully from...the Kitchen.

Patton's ear-splitting shriek, jolted him into action. Morality had finally made it to the kitchen through all the webs, and whatever he'd found there...well Thomas was pretty sure it wasn't pretty. He sprinted over, trying to ignore how many webs he'd run through. He skidded to a stop behind a frozen Patton, the scene forever burned into his memory: the tattered remains of Virgil's new Jacket lay on the white tiles (The only light color besides the webs and curtains in the room), blood splattered around it and discoloring some of the purple patches. Patton began openly sobbing. The fatherly trait fell to his knees in his grief, and hugged the destroyed hoodie close to his chest.

"I…" Thomas cleared his throat, trying to sort out his rampant emotions-which were being magnified by Morality and his surroundings. "I think we've seen enough." Patton looked up at him, the eyeshadow completely ruined by his tears. "Let's go home, Patt."

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