A/N: First off, I would like to apologize for taking such a long time to post a new chapter. There were many things that were distracting me and keeping me from working on the chapter. The first was that my family came to visit last week, so that by itself meant writing was off the table. The second was that I had a lot of real life stuff to deal with, both with med school and my upcoming residency, that took up even more of my time. Another, more selfish reason, was that I just got hooked on Persona 5 Strikers as well, and I'm having so much fun playing that game that it's pretty much swallowed up all of my free time. And finally, but not least, I had my first bout with the dreaded Writer's Block in a while, and it took me a while for me to write out this chapter in a way that satisfied me.

Fortunately, all of those aforementioned issues are either no longer a problem or are less of a problem. And now that I've gotten Nightmare's stuff out of the way, it's time we shift gears back to the family, and the impact Mike's rampage on Glitchtrap had on his children.

TobiasRieper and HarperDubus: Not dead, just very busy these past few weeks.

Guest: Right now, I'm going to go with no. The different Glitchtraps aren't aware of each other's presence or current status. I don't see how that would be possible, since not even the main William Afton himself knows what's going on (and Nightmare literally dug through and tore apart his mind to try and find answers).

BarcodeMan47: Soon, perhaps. It won't be this chapter, but I think this one will be to your liking regardless.

Guest: I can't dismiss the possibility entirely, especially since it would highlight the potential threat Glitchtrap could become, but the whole "fusion" thing wouldn't be universal. Individuals who have strong will and a hatred of Glitchtrap like Mike would be able to resist such a process (even without Nightmare's Infernal Blessing taken into account), and powerful beings like the Nightmares would laugh at Glitchtrap's pathetic attempt to fuse with them before burning the fucker to a pile of ash. A poor shmuck with a weaker will who has no idea what's going on, on the other hand…

Jimmy neutron: They would…not react well to that. At all. And I don't even know if Helpy even has the knowledge to even consider the possibility of making himself buff lmao.

Jack0Lanterns: Given what we know about their characters, I highly doubt either Mike or Nightmare give a single flying fuck about "cheating" to get the job done. Especially when the stakes are this high. And as for OMC…he's the guardian of the Crimson Lake for a reason. And that scene with him force-choking Nightmare comes with an extra dose of Fridge Horror when you remember just how powerful Nightmare himself is…

MothraRanger: Thank you for your kind review! I'm happy that there's so much you enjoyed about the fic, and I'll take the time to address the criticisms. The lack of characterization compared to the MCI kids is an issue that I've noticed for a while, and that'd probably be the thing I would improve the most if I rewrote this fic. Granted, it is hard to juggle 8 characters who appear in every single chapter, but it's still definitely a flaw. And it's something I hope to work on further in the Help Wanted arcs and beyond. The cursing…yeah, that's largely due to Mike's influence XD. I am working on toning it down, though. As for the Trump thing, that wasn't meant to be a shot at any political party in general, but just a general blanket statement of Mike hating politics (and for the record, I completely agree with you on politics not being included in fanfics that don't specifically revolve around them). And good catch on that Chicago Tribune mistake, too. And yeah, when I conflated Jeremy Fitzgerald with Michael Afton's character in this fic I didn't realize until much later that this was likely erroneous. That would also probably be something I would change if I ever rewrote this fic, although I can tell you right now I don't have the time to do so. I think that covers all your criticisms, so I hope that you continue to enjoy this fic!

ObsidianPhantom: Nightmare probably won't outright be moving in with the Schmidts, but he'll almost certainly be around Earth more than usual while they're dealing with Glitchtrap and any related Fazbear Entertainment fuckups.

Guest: You'll just have to wait and see…

Ginopippofreebooter: Dante's Inferno is more of an epic poem and an opera. And while Dante did encounter Lucifer, they didn't really have an actual conversation, since Lucifer in the poem was portrayed as a monstrous, gigantic idiot who can't even speak coherently but rather blubbers into his mouths while punishing Judas, Brutus, and Cassius. As for an encounter between William Afton and Lucifer, I'm deliberately keeping Lucifer's presence directly out of the fic the same way I'm doing with God. Assuming, of course, you don't believe the theory that my version of Old Man Consequences is Lucifer (albeit as a case of the Satan is Good trope).

Thanatos D.E.M.: There's actually plenty left of Help Wanted that I can write about, but the big revelation of Glitchtrap has been completed. And yeah, there's a lot-more to OMC than being a crocodile-headed fisherman.

TU4Q: Nightmare both respects Old Man Consequences for his wisdom and fears him because of his power. Which says a lot, given who he is.

Suzunori Rei: I'm deliberately keeping OMC's true nature vague, he is whatever you interpret him to be. And as for Security Breach…you'll just have to wait and see 😊

MegaMaster78: Yes they are 😊

RicAlburquerque: Keep in mind that the nature of the soul is immortal, and that it can heal naturally. Otherwise, the whole concept of "eternal torture" would just fall apart. But now that you've cleared up what you were trying to say I can understand what you're saying now. I kinda conflated the concepts of "fragment of a soul" and "copy of a soul" in my head, and didn't really differentiate between the two of them the way you have. As for your statement that Glitchtrap was able to split itself into two halves, I can see why you'd think that but I don't personally agree with it even though I can't outright refute it. For the purposes of this fic, let's just assume that if Glitchtrap had split himself, he re-merged before attempting to take over Mike's body. And as for your statement on intentions, I forgot to mention that. Intention absolutely has an impact on the judgment for one's sins, although if the sins are particularly atrocious then obviously the actions themselves will supersede them.

Clown2107: I don't really see how "undoubtedly the worst interpretation of the character of Mike Schmidt in an FNaF fanfic" can be interpreted as anything other an insult, but fine. Keep in mind that the ONLY reason why Mike was able to do this to Glitchtrap was because Nightmare placed a spell on him to empower him, and the negative consequences of doing so will be revealed this chapter (and there ARE negative consequences). You're free to express your opinion however you wish, I never said you couldn't. And either way, this is the last time I'll be using Dark!Mike in a way that meaningfully impacts the real world, so if you didn't like it, you won't be seeing it anymore regardless.

Dragon of the Ecplising Moon: Thanks!

Fnaffan418: Just because Mike can buy every copy, doesn't mean that Averus will sell them to him. Especially since they don't like each other to begin with.

FrostTheFrozenFox: It gets even funnier when you realize that the person most similar to Nightmarionne in personality is Fritz of all people, although the demon puppet doesn't have Fritz's Butt-Monkey status. And yeah, whatever OMC is, the fact that even Nightmare is afraid of him should speak volumes…

FireFlamer9xz: He's whoever you believe him to be 😊

GameFan 335: Suddenly Charlie stopping Mike from killing off Glitchtrap might have been a good thing for more reasons than one…

AlchemyWriter: Glitchtrap is a serious threat that requires an equally drastic solution.

Chapter 128 – The Consequences of Hatred Part 1

The atmosphere in the day that followed Mike's stomping of Glitchtrap was the most depressing the ghost kids could remember ever since they had become part of Mike's family.

It wasn't just the fact that they feared for Mike's safety, though that was absolutely a concern. The man still hadn't woken up even after more than a full day had passed, his energy utterly spent by unintentionally invoking the dark blessing that Nightmare had bestowed upon him. No human being had ever been meant to channel such power, even by proxy, and in hindsight the kids realized that doing so couldn't have been good for Mike's health.

That by itself was plenty to worry about, but it was only a secondary concern compared to the horror of what they had witnessed. Like any children would, they had believed their father to be nearly perfect, a wonderful man whose flaws were few, minor, and far between. It was true that the man had occasionally let out hints of a darker nature that coexisted alongside the light of his compassion and love, but none of them (save Charlie) had ever seen him explicitly act upon them, and it had been easy to overlook them, especially when virtually all the signs of his darker tendencies had been focused on an individual who they themselves loathed.

Now, however…they couldn't hide anymore from the truth that had been shown to them when they had first seen the mutilated and mangled corpse-soul of William Afton all those months ago. Mike might be kind, loving, generous, forgiving, everything that they had known him to be…but he also had the capacity to be the exact opposite. He could be cruel, hateful, vengeful, and malicious, characteristics that they had finally seen for the first time at their fullest. They finally saw a hint of what Mike could have been if he had chosen evil instead of good, the depths to which he was willing to sink if he chose to hate instead of forgive. And in that moment, they understood that an evil Mike Schmidt would have been worse than William Afton had ever been.

But none of those were the biggest reasons why the ghost children were now so afraid. In witnessing Mike unleash his rage upon Glitchtrap, they had not only seen the darkest aspects of Mike's personality, but also their own. As though they were looking in a twisted mirror, the ghost kids had seen the very same failings that had led to the murder and bloodshed of innocents. Mike might have correctly identified and viciously punished the one who was truly guilty, but that thought didn't bring any of the children nearly as much comfort as they would have liked. The hatred, the desire for vengeance, the bloodthirst, the violence: all the flaws that Mike had displayed were otherwise exactly the same as the ones that had turned them from innocent children to murderous monsters. A grim, black reminder of the past that they had so desperately tried to move past from, and the flaws that had caused Heaven to bar them from eternal peace and light until they proved themselves worthy.

It was a revelation that slowly sunk into the children's minds as the hours crept by, and each of the children reacted to it in different ways.

Charlie the least affected, having already seen an even darker and more vicious display of Mike's rage in the past. The horror of Glitchtrap's torment was a mere shadow of what she had already seen, and the only thing she felt instead was the regret that her siblings had been exposed to the secret that she had so desperately tried and failed to hide. Her hands still had their burns from when she had tried to stop Mike, but she had succeeded in the end, and that was mattered the most. The injuries to her hands were already healing, and a small price to pay in the grand scheme of things.

Liz also hadn't been as badly affected, at least not much as she had expected. Seeing her father's rage had certainly been terrifying, that was beyond question, but the nature of her crimes had been different than those of most of her siblings. And the former Baby inhabitant had gotten an early start in redeeming herself of her sins than them. It was her siblings that she worried about, much more than herself. Though she certainly sympathized with her siblings, she couldn't honestly claim that her circumstances were the same as theirs. She could offer them comforting words, but the only ones who could truly help them rise above their own guilt and the shadows of their past sins was themselves. It was a lesson that she had learned the hard way, and one that they would need to accept as well.

As for the rest of the children, the ones who William Afton had lured to their deaths…their reactions were as different to each other's as they were to Charlie's or Liz's.

Gabe had processed the dark events of the past day with silent, grim acceptance. He wasn't sure if it was because he had caught a glimpse of Mike's darkness that the others hadn't, for he could still remember the hideous, inhuman scream of agony that he now realized in hindsight had been William Afton's. But even that glimpse might have been enough to more easily accept Mike's flaws, especially since they had once been (and arguably still are) his own. "How does that saying go, again? Like father, like son?" he couldn't resist letting out a dry, humorless chuckle. "I guess that's even more true than I thought."

Jeremy had been much more disturbed by the horror show he had witnessed. Not so much because of the brutality itself, but because it was an echo of far darker timelines, of what could have been. A world where he and his siblings were greeted with Mike's vitriol and curses instead of his warmth and love, and cast out into a lonely and unwelcome world without a guiding hand or even the slightest idea of how to find their redemption. The very idea of Mike treating him and his siblings with even a portion of the overwhelming loathing that he had treated Glitchtrap filled the former Bonnie inhabitant with a dread that was even deeper and blacker than remembering his own death at William Afton's hands. And the prospect of ever angering his father, something that he had always quietly feared but for the most part was able to ignore, now terrified him to the very core of his soul.

Fritz, by contrast, was more conflicted than anything else. Out of all his siblings, he had been one of the children who had hated William the most, both because of his fiery temperament and his close relationship with Liz, who William had wronged even worse than them. Though he had certainly been scared by Mike's violent display, he hadn't been as horrified as the rest of his siblings, and part of him had even cheered Mike on as he tortured Glitchtrap. But then Charlie had been burned in her attempt to stop Mike, and his father had snarled at him with a viciousness that he had never directed towards them before. In those moments, any satisfaction that he might have gotten from Glitchtrap's torment had been completely erased. And as Mike lay unconscious on the sofa and the children were left to dwell in their thoughts, the doubt, fear, and guilt began to creep back into his mind. More slowly than the others, perhaps, but returning all the same.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the younger children had been more affected by the horror of Mike's vengeance than the older ones. Susie felt the terror of Mike's wrath much more than most of the other ghost children, the fear gripping her heart tightly when others had merely been shaken by it. It was as though she was seeing the nightmarish illusion that Cassidy had created over Mike's face all over again, but that had been a harmless prank. This time, the darkness had been very real, and seeing it for herself had been a thousand times worse than the other illusion had ever been.

And it wasn't just the brutality that had scared Susie. What really terrified her was how similar that darkness had been to hers. Seeing Mike torture Glitchtrap had forced up different memories all the way from her distant and tainted past. Mike's glowing red eyes and snarl of rage, Chica the Chicken's own black eyes and eternally screaming beak…the hatred, desire for vengeance, and malice in her and her father had been exactly the same. She could remember punching and bashing the skulls of the night guards who had struggled particularly hard in Freddy Fazbear's pizzeria with Chica's metal hands, just as Mike had pummeled and smashed apart Glitchtrap's very essence with his flame-covered fists. The parallels were forcing her to confront the fact that Mike was committing the exact same sins that she and her siblings had…and the excuse that Mike had done them to the guilty instead of the innocent was feeling increasingly hollow.

But the ghost child who was arguably affected the worst out of all of them was Cassidy. She had always been the most attuned to the supernatural out of all the ghost kids except maybe Charlie, and right now that attribute felt more like a curse than anything. Cassidy had been hit with the full force of Mike's black aura, so overwhelmed by his negative energy that she had to fight will all of her will not to fall out of the air and start retching. A feeling that hadn't receded until hours after Mike had fallen unconscious. It had been something she had experienced twice before, once when William Afton had invaded their house as Nightmare Springtrap (though her determination to fight her murderer had thankfully distracted her from her own nausea), and also when Nightmare had attacked their house for the very first time, back before he had gradually revealed his better qualities. Mike not have been anywhere near inherently evil, unlike the other two, but the very fact that he had been able to produce a similar level of wrongness to two unambiguously malevolent supernatural beings was something that still had her trembling in fear even now.

As the ghost kids watched over their father's slumbering, exhausted form, it was Susie who first spoke about the truth that they would inevitably have to confront.

"We can't keep doing this…" the former Chica inhabitant burst out.

"Can't do what?" Fritz turned to her, utterly confused.

"We can't just keep hating on William Afton, wanting to keep making him suffer, over and over again…" Susie explained. She knew that her words weren't going to be popular, and her suspicions were confirmed when some of the other ghosts immediately erupted into protest.

"Why the hell not?" Jeremy exclaimed.

"What the FUCK are you talking about?" Fritz snarled. "Did you forget what he did to us? To Liz? And what he almost did to Dad TWICE?"

"Listen to me, guys!" Susie shouted, so forcefully that she actually caught everyone off-guard with the ferocity in her voice. Taking a deep breath to calm herself down, she continued. "Every time any of us tried to get revenge on Afton, we just keep making ourselves be worse and worse! Look at us! We tried to get revenge on him for years, and all those innocent people got caught in the crossfire…"

"…that was the big reason why God didn't let us into Heaven right away," Gabe mumbled. "Not that I can blame Him…He could've given us so much worse."

"…It was Dad that really got me thinking about this..." Susie admitted quietly, before pressing forward. "Ever since we first met him, he's been kind, loving, generous, everything we were hoping for. Back then…I know nobody is perfect, but I honestly thought Dad came pretty close to being a perfect person. Then I saw what he did to William Afton way back then, and it was the first time that I had to face the fact that Dad does have a dark side just like you, me, and everyone else." The former Chica inhabitant shuddered, a haunted look on her face. "But I had no idea just how horrible it really was until I saw him torture and burn Glitchtrap yesterday."

"But he deserved it…" Fritz protested weakly. But everyone could tell that nobody else was convinced by the excuse, not even himself.

"Maybe," Gabe conceded, "but do you really want to see Dad like this? Being cruel, hateful, and vengeful? Just like how we used to be?"

It was at this point that Charlie interrupted. "You guys weren't there the first time Dad did something like this to Afton," she murmured. "You guys only saw what was left of him afterwards." The others turned to face her, already realizing what she was going to say. "But I saw it all. You think this was terrible? What Dad did to Glitchtrap was a slap on the wrist compared to what I saw him due to Afton back when he was Nightmare Springtrap." The former Puppet's face fell and she sighed. "To be honest…if I didn't know for a fact that Dad's a good person, and if William Afton wasn't such a psychopathic, murderous bastard…I would have called Dad a monster."

"…I really want to disagree with you…" Cassidy mumbled, "…but I can't, at least not about this. Even Dad's appearance looked like a human version of Nightmare."

A grim silence fell on the children as they realized just how thoroughly the similarities between Mike and Nightmare actually ran, and not just because of the appearance that Mike had manifested when dealing with Glitchtrap.

"Dad might have targeted the guilty instead of the innocent, but other than that he became every bit as vengeful and hateful as we were back when we were trapped in the animatronics," Gabe finally tackled the elephant in the room. "In a way, he's even worse than we were. We killed a lot of innocents, but we killed them relatively quickly and didn't draw it out. Dad, though…" he shuddered. "He turned killing Afton into a torture session that looked straight out of Hell itself."

And given their interactions with Nightmare, that wasn't a statement made lightly.

"So what are you saying?" Liz asked.

"As cliché as it sounds, and as much as I don't want…I think we need to let go of our hatred," Susie addressed the point directly. "As much for Dad's sake, as for ourselves."

Fritz didn't look convinced, given the scowl on his face. "So, what?" he demanded. "We just forgive Afton then. We convince Nightmare to bring him up here, say it's all good, and then sing Kum-ba-yah or whatever the fuck together?" The former Foxy inhabitant sneered. "Yeah fucking right!"

"I don't agree with that either," Liz added. "Especially when Afton has done NOTHING to deserve forgiveness, and only keeps trying to make our afterlives worse every time. If he genuinely wanted to be forgiven, that's one thing. If he actually tried to earn, then maybe, just maybe, I'd give. But the way he is right now?" She shook her head. "Not a chance in Hell."

"I'm not saying we forgive him!" Susie protested. Everyone, especially Fritz and Liz, looked at her in confusion. "You guys are right, he's done nothing to deserve it. I'm just saying that we stop actively hating him and making him suffer. Just…stop caring about him and let that hate go."

"Isn't that…the same thing?" Cassidy mumbled.

"No, it's not," Charlie answered, a small smile on her face. It sounded like Susie was starting to reach the mindset that she had reached regarding William a long time ago. And if there was anything good that had come out of Mike's rampage against Glitchtrap (aside from the obvious defeat of Glitchtrap himself), it could be this.

"I think I see what you're saying. And…I think you might be right," Jeremy reluctantly agreed. "The only times I really haven't been happy in this new life was anytime I was thinking about Afton."

"Besides the whole Glitchtrap thing, William Afton himself isn't really our problem anymore," Gabe commented thoughtfully. "The actual William Afton is still burning in Hell where he belongs." He took a deep breath and sighed. "He's not our problem anymore. Let him rot there. Let Nightmare and his family deal with him. It's their job to torture and punish souls like Afton, and they can do it far better than we ever could…"

"…except for maybe Dad," were words he left unsaid.

"Yeah, exactly!" Susie immediately agreed, Gabe having summarized her perspective far more clearly than she could. "We don't need to outright forgive him, since he hasn't done anything to deserve it. Just let go of our hate, and stop him from dragging us down. And move on to what really matters."

"I can agree with that," Jeremy nodded his head. "We're trying to move on from who we once were, not get stuck in the same mentality."

"After seeing what Dad did…I think it's for the best," Cassidy reluctantly conceded. "For him just as much as for us."

"But…but…" Fritz tried to protest, before shaking his head in frustration. "Arrrrggghhhh…"

"I know," Liz glanced at him sympathetically. "William Afton messed up all of us so, so badly. But they're right. Who knows what will happen if us or Dad if we keep hanging on to our hate and acting like this."

"Fucking dammit…" the former Foxy inhabitant growled, before sighing. "Fine. I guess I can settle for not caring about Afton."

Liz smiled and patted her brother's shoulder gently. "That's all we're asking."

Of course, it wasn't quite as simple as that. Throughout their afterlives, the ghosts had despised William Afton to their very core, to the point that it had all but defined their existences and actions. Even though none of them (not even Charlie) were inclined to outright forgive the murderer, given his extensive list of crimes and complete lack of remorse, they could tell that even letting go of their active hatred and desire to make William Afton would be something that they would struggle with for a long time.

But Mike's actions against Glitchtrap, not to mention their own blood-drenched pasts, had forcefully reminded them of the depths to which any of them could sink if they clung to their hatred. None of them ever wanted to sink back down into that darkness ever again, or see Mike do the same even if he was acting on their behalf.

"I do agree with you for another reason. The main William Afton isn't the problem anymore. Glitchtrap is," Gabe pointed out, worry, concern, and even fear returning to his face. "You heard what he said while Dad was beating the crap out of him. There is a copy of him in EVERY SINGLE game that's ever been made. What the hell can we even do to stop that?"

"There's no way we can stop Glitchtrap by ourselves," Jeremy declared the grim reality of their situation. "It took us days to get through just one run of the copy that we have, and there's what? A thousand copies of the game? Ten thousand? Even if we played through every game non-stop, and Dad beat up every single copy of Glitchtrap we found, there just isn't nearly enough time before the game gets released."

"What do we do, then?" Cassidy asked desperately. "We can't let Glitchtrap win. We CAN'T. It would be a disaster that could ruin the entire country! Maybe even the entire world!"

Charlie thought for a moment, then sighed. "As much as I hate to say it, I'm actually really glad that Dad has a semi-decent relationship with Nightmare right now," she admitted. When all eyes turned to her, she explained. "A powerful supernatural ally can probably do a lot more than we can…even if he is a demon lord."

"Nightmare already knows about Glitchtrap, since Dad told him before he passed out," Jeremy mused. "We'll have to talk to them the next time we get the chance."

"How is Dad?" Susie wondered, worry creeping back into her voice. With their discussion distracting them, she had completely forgotten that Mike was completely unconscious from his Glitchtrap-centered horror show.

"He's doing okay, if that's what you're worried about," Charlie reassured her. "He burned a lot of energy, but he's stable. Hopefully he should be waking up soon…" her eyes widened and her voice trailed off.

"What?" Cassidy asked.

The former Marionette's answer shocked them. "He's woken up. Dad's woken up!"

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A/N: Gah I hate writer's block. It took me a while to figure out how this chapter should play out, and even then I've had to split it into two pieces. As you can guess, the second chapter will focus on Mike's reactions to his recent beatdown of Glitchtrap…and the new direction his children have decided on.

I know most of you have criticized the ghost kids cursing a lot, and I agree. I've toned it down for most of the ghost kids…except for Fritz. Cause let's be real, if there's any ghost kid who would have a foul mouth, it's Fritz. Tell me I'm wrong lol.

As you might have noticed, I've been trying to improve the character development of individual ghost kids, cause a couple of them have been lacking in that department (a criticism that I also fully agree with). Susie was the first of the MCI children to be killed by William Afton. Either ironically or fittingly, depending on your perspective, she will be the first to advocate for letting go of their hatred of William and moving on.

Speaking of which…Mike slaughtering the everloving fuck out of Glitchtrap was never just about beating the shit out of the glitchy pseudo-ghost rabbit. It was also a very harsh and brutal wake-up call to the ghost kids about the consequences of hatred for William Afton, however deserved it might be. There was no way the ghost kids (besides Charlie) would have let go of their hatred unless they saw a dramatic and momentous event that shakes their perspective to the very core...and this was it. Mike, who had always been a good and caring person with only the barest hints of a dark side, unintentionally showed off his capacity for cruelty, hatred, and vengeance in full display while beating the shit out of Glitchtrap. Seeing their father's normally compassionate personality do a complete 180 flip is one of the few events that I can think of that could realistically bring about this kind of change in the ghost kids…and the effects of the Anathema Curse making him look like a human version of Nightmare just add icing to the cake.

Many of you wanted the ghost kids to stop their continual hatred of William Afton, and I think the perspective they've decided on is a good middle ground that would not only satisfy most viewers, but is also the most realistic. The ghost kids have NOT forgiven William Afton. Forgiveness requires repentance and genuine regret on behalf of the person seeking it, and as we've all seen, all William Afton tries to do is commit more and more evil and suffering. But letting go of their hatred, letting go of their vengeful feelings and desire to see him suffer? That's something I think the ghost kids can definitely do. That hatred is the one thing that really chains them to their sordid past, and as Susie so rightfully pointed out, it's time for them to move on. Treat the broken and defeated William Afton in Hell with indifference rather than cruelty, and focus on stopping the true problem that is Glitchtrap. It's a lesson that Mike inadvertently taught them (one that will take a while to fully internalize, and it's a lesson that Mike will have to learn too.

Anyways, that's all for now. Sorry for the delay, and I hope you guys enjoyed!