Comets of Burning Light

## Overview

Comets of Burning Light, an iterator from generation 2 and has little to no contact with iterators.

He was created by an unknown creator and has no recollection of his creation.

His can is located in a high environment to the point where you can easily see the stars, it does not rain, but the terrain freezes over when the cycle comes to an end.

His perception of time gets blurred when he is alone and is a neutral fellow to everyone as long as they do not attempt to immediately attack him, even if he had bad experiences in the past with similar looking specimens.

## Personality

Generally, is calm and is rather curious about many things. He typically likes to answer questions and stand as a neutral

Though one of his problems are constant self-blame and traumatic distress towards beings who show the emotion of feeling stressed due to the loss of his slugcats (Main-Sequence and Burning).

He tries to calm any situation and any negative feelings he has he will bottle up if there's a guest.

## History

Not much is to be said about his past when it comes to why he was created, he just woke up one day and had panicked over many things that had shocked him. He even nearly had a heart attack seeing the 6 big stars that he owns.

The scar on his neck was caused by a Star Lizard, making him a bit traumatized of them and show expressions of fear, though is not too obvious unless there is a lizard physically in his presence.

The region he lives in used to be a wasteland, though he soon developed organisms that can survive in the environment. The cave is not big enough for vultures though and they typically destroyed the environment and nearly caused a collapse once, so he kills vultures on sight of his satellites.

**Canon Slugcats/Slugpups he created:**

The Main-Sequence (True name - T-Bm-S)

The Burning (True name - T-Ads)

Luminous (True name - T-Gt-c)

His relationship with Main-Sequence and Burning, which the two are considered siblings or even twins, were his first. Both as pups were quite energetic and Burning was the shorter of the two. They had growing pearl-like things on their tail and were hot in temperature wise. Main-Sequence also very rarely talked, even in puphood and Burning was very adventurous.

The two are now deceased, which caused CBL's trauma of losing others and also go into a constant conflict of self-doubt and the trauma of stress due to one of the symptoms he had witnessed on Main-Sequence when they had cracked under stress of the other, Burning, pass away. Or imploded per say, turning from Burning into Imbalance with Burning's remains being a red-black disk and previous skin all over.

T-Bm-S/Main-Sequence soon died after. CBL is not aware of how they had died, only that the slugpup that was the result of the implosion had distant memory of them feeling terrified, sorry, and that they had awoken near the river's shore, unleashing trauma of water killing things and feels cautious over it.

T-Gt-c (Luminous/Lumi)

Lumi is a slugcat that CBL later created many cycles after T-Bm-s and T-Ads, though he was hesitant to make a slugcat due to the previous events of the other two slugcats, but he went through with it because he enjoys giving things life and wishes to have another slugcat go throughout the world in a happy place.

Lumi is a yellow glowing slugcat with a shorter stature compared to the other two slugcats and is often hurt and littered with wounds. Compared to the other two slugcats, this slugcat talks more than the other two as well. (More information soon.)

Art by cOD

## Relations

He considers all of his slugcats his children, ~~even Apparition and Imbalance.~~

He is established as friendly unless provoked by someone attempting to attack him as he wishes to make no enemies, this makes him a generally friendly iterator spoken to.

Notably, he can get very attached to someone when they spend multiple cycles with him or if he created them, making it a huge weakness and also want to protect them even more due to his losses.

**Main-Sequence (T-Bm-s) (Also referred as MS non-canonically)**

Current State: Deceased

A deceased slugcat that imploded and became The Apparition. His relationship was quite close with the other and her sibling, T-Ads. He considers himself a parent of her, though a bad one. All he knows about her death is that she only felt fear, sorrow, and glimpses of water before the memory fades which was provided by The Apparition.

Stress had made MS show signs of potential implosion (though not the reason why) and made CBL a bit scared of stressing others because of the potential death it had brought to the slugcat. He keeps the disk that is now from the dead slugcat in a compartment in his chamber where it shows a tiny glow of cyan still, though is black and red showing that the owner of the disk is no longer.

**The Burning (T-Ads)**

Current State: Deceased

A deceased slugcat that had also imploded and became Imbalance. His relationship was close, though likely not as close as him and MS as Burning enjoyed adventures more and was much more talkative and active than his sibling. CBL considers himself a parent to him as well and feels like a horrible parent because of the inability to do anything of the obvious signs of imploding. (Though he was not aware imploding was possible, he had only thought the slugcat had been dying.)

Burning showed signs of instability with constant nose bleeds and collapsing on the floor which had gotten worse. This eventually led him to implode with blood and fur all over the ground and crystals. CBL had gotten a report over this event by SS-G (his overseer) and quickly ordered most of his Big Stars to bring him into the medical area of the chamber as he watched through a Big Star's livestream to see the slugcat. He has the disk that is now black and red along with his sister's disk.

**Luminous/Lumi (T-Gt-c)**

Current State: Alive (Sustains grave injury scars.)

Lumi is a slugcat that was attacked by a lizard which increased his fear of them. He lost an arm, part of his ear and some scratch or bite wound scars on the body of the slugcat.

Lumi is one of the slugcats that seem to constantly visit him before each cycle ends making him adventurous though form a bond with CBL waiting for him each time he leaves. Lumi seems to have a fascination with centipedes and constantly watch them and even want to establish contact so he can make friends with them, though no developed technology could help with that as they cannot be verbal nor have the capacity for communication and can only rely on pheromones and touch in which Lumi does not possess.

He considers himself a parent of Lumi, though is very hesitant on what to do as he tries to cautiously tread because he doesn't want Lumi to end up like the other two. He has yet to tell Lumi of the previous slugcats as he wouldn't know the reaction, nor can his mentality handle it.

**The Apparition (No Name)**

A slugcat from the previous slugcat, MS, which he considers the parent of himself. CBL wants to act as a parent, but he can tell that the slugpup seems very uncomfortable with him as he keeps thinking of MS and not Apparition as himself, though he tries not to let this mindset overtake him as he knows Apparition is their own person.

He has Daft which he considers as a parent. This left CBL distraught though understood as he doesn't even consider himself even as a good caretaker. He had heard the conversation before him and Daft had left:

***"It's ok, I'll tell you... So, there were two other slugcats and one of them died, like permanently and I don't know why, it made . . . Someone really sad. I don't know what I did but I... Uh that Someone was really sad, and she may have drowned, and I think that's why I exist and I, and I am just a reminder of her, and I keep reminding the robot about her and I make him sad, I hate this I hate this I hate making him sad I want TO BE ME AND NOT JUST AN APPARITION OF WHAT IM SUPPOSED TO BE!"***

He closes himself off for a while after that, hearing the recorded message from the Big Star that escorted them out and go down a spiral, leading to a mess he feels he cannot fix as he just starts to leave the slugpup alone, having an obvious thought process of him just not a good person in general and fear his mistakes and the mental health of his slugcats more, though not worry of his own.

**The Imbalance (No Name)**

Status: ???

There is not much to go off of, (He had no rps with Imbalance, but there were mentions.) but the slugcat was previously The Burning who imploded. Imbalance had left as soon as they woke from their coma which was clear that they had lost their memory and some empathy as the brief conversations showed no interest, boredom, or annoyed remarks with no memory of the past.

They have brief sadness over what they had done which was the Main-Sequence incident, though has no idea why. (CBL has yet to know that Imbalance was the cause of the death of MS.)

## Location

He resides in an environment that can see the stars and rather rain, it freezes up the place. It is located high up and the air is this until you walk inside the cave entrance which leads to a whole new area and more breathable air. It is littered with glowing crystals and deep blue rocks in the cavern. The sky is opened up with stars and such glaring down as the can is located in the middle of the terrain. The area has new creatures and some that are more well adapted to their environment and are different from outsiders like scavengers and lizards.

More to be found here - Starblight Grotto

## Fun Facts

CBL is unaware that there's a star on the back of his head, others either don't mention it because they thought he knew or because he rarely turns him back on them so they couldn't point out the star was there.

He can get very shy at first if he is caught off guard when someone new is speaking to him.

His body gives physical signs of what emotion he has currently if you pay attention to the movement of the constellation earwings, if the stars in his eyes glow brighter or duller, the orbs attached to his antlers glow more or less, or slight twitches on his body.

He acts like a protective parent when it comes to danger.

CBL is horrible at making names (slugcats included), he named his region's plantation and creatures letters at some point, but the Crystal Scavengers ended up just making names that CBL now uses.

All of his slugcats are based off of space.

## Logs

The recorded logs are listed here:

Logs
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*Log Start*
"I... Do not know what to feel. One of my slugcats had been found writhing in pain when I was alerted of this by a big star. Burning... I do not know what to say. They seem to have exploded of some sort and became a different slugcat. As if it was a star changing into a neuron star of something. I had ordered almost all of my stars to quickly head to the medbay with Burning."
*Next Cycle*
"It seems that Burning has recovered rather well, but their disc had changed into a deep red. It is- unnerving. I don't feel good over this. I don't know what to say to the other slugcats, they sometimes acted like siblings as well. But... I'll have to tell them about this sometime. This incident had happened some cycles after Ares' leaving. I knew of Burning's defective birth, but I wanted them to be happy. I just did not know it'd be this soon... I feel sick despite me not having necessary components for that kind of thing.
*A few cycles later*
"They had woken up. I have grave news as I predicted. The transformation that occurred caused Burning to lose their memories. As much as I miss them, I can only stare at this picture for so long before breaking down again and again." There was a shuffle and a shuddering sigh. "I- it doesn't feel right to call them Burning. I'll love them just as much, but this isn't the same being as Burning was. This isn't the same as what their other slugcats will remember no matter what. It feels like I'd be applying hope that Burning would come back, or they'll act as a replacement."
*An hour later*
"I had put a star in the room of the medical bay with a speaker and hologram showing me. I wanted to talk to them and make sure they were alright. They were acting... Strange per say. They spoke strangely and had less empathy. Either way, I still love them. Even if the the hole in my heart is set, I won't cripple over this. I still have my job and my other slugcats to take care of. All is not lost."
*Multiple cycles later*
"They had left. I do not know if they are coming back, I just know that they were bored and liked the idea of adventure in one of my tellings. They did seem to keep their word on things and be kind sometimes despite the lack of empathy, so I do hope that they can at least make a friend. Even if they never do come back..." A sharp inhale as the iterator got a little emotional. "I- I still have my other pups, they are wonderful! This is the first time I've had a loss of a slugcat like this. I do not know how to feel, they- no she said she preferred 'she'. She will be fine. My slugcats have a free will and I cannot make her stay. I just wish this kind of incident never happened. Though that would mean Imbalance would never be born. I- I need to calm down. Calm down- Calm down-" The log abruptly cuts off, the iterator sounding hysterical when he proceeded to get overloaded with emotions.

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*Log Start*
"T-Bm-S had left. They had thought that I would be better if they left. I don't know what to think, I want to help them for their well-being, I do not require sustenance or such either, making them more necessary. The news of potentially Burning being gone in his new form was a heavy thought. I... I'll talk about this later. This interaction was too recent."
*A cycle or two passes*
"I have not heard from Main-Sequence. I know that they require time, but they also left for my own mental health, I can feel this hollowness deteriorate me. It feels painful... I- I want to see them both again. I want to see my two innocent slugcats again. I do not know why I feel this way, it's just as if something bad will happen."
*Multiple Cycles Pass*
"I- I can't hear myself think, but I also can. Everything hurts. I'm not physically harmed, but my body won't stop shaking! I just want my family back- Why- Why can't I have just made them normal?! THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LIVE HAPPIER-" He abruptly cuts off, minutes of silence except for the sobbing in the background, it sounded like he was pounding on some metal, just mourning as more sobs reached the log. Then the log suddenly cuts off.
*Two cycles later*
"I am recording this log with a sleeping guest. Or I guess my new family. I- I... I don't know how to feel. They remember stuff, but they also do not. I-" A distressed, long-winded sigh came from him. "I found out that Main-Sequence has... Passed. The start of the cycle. Apparently, he- he was near a river with some sad emotions noted." The breathing became worse, full on sending him into a panic attack. "I- I don't know why- Were they unhappy? Unsatisfied? Why had it turned out like this?! My slugcats- No- MY FAMILY-! I- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE. IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS-! PLEASE JUST COME BACK-!"
*Beginning of next cycle*
"I'm lucky they didn't wake up to me yelling. They have left. I do not know if they will return. If they ever will. I guess I can wait... I'm used to waiting... -It's silent. Alone with me and my thoughts. Maybe watch the stars...? No... There's no point. There's no point in trying to be happier. I know that void will never be healed. They won't come back either. I can take care of the other two if they bother coming back, but I just lost my family. There's no point other than to just wait, do my job, and let the thoughts hurt me. I deserve it for being a failure to them anyway."

 Log Entry #1 - Start
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*Start Log*
There is a slight shuffle before a timid voice speaks up, "H-Hello? Is this thing working...?" He asks before some noises of metal were heard in the background.
"Ah- it is... Uhm, I don't really know what to do so I might as well say stuff and add onto it into different parts maybe? I do not know where I am... It's purple. I guess... I don't really know what to call this place, I tried leaving through those black pipes-"
A mutter in the background- "Wait how do I know what those are...?"
Asking to himself before speaking up again, "Anyway... I don't know where I am, there's these big star things that look like they can hurt me, but they seem... Nice? I don't know, they can't speak though."
"It is... weird, I have this strange thing with my hands, once of them burns something and one of them freezes stuff and I can't control it... Hopefully I'll be able to, but this lack of control is very frustrating to me...!" He got a bit louder before quieting down.
"This place... It looks poor, it looks like it's been... Abandoned I guess the word for it...? It's an absolute wasteland. It makes me want to create, but I don't know how. Maybe I should get something to cover my hands before attempting anything though. I burned some of the old items with one of my hands so I probably can't create yet. This is so confusing... Well, I'll make another log when I figure things out, I guess... I don't know, this is all too confusing for me, and I don't understand a single thing."
There was a loud sigh and a noise that sounded like someone flopping onto the floor.
"Wait, how do I turn this thing off??"
There was some confusion in his voice before some shuffling of somebody getting back, there was some silence before a click was heard, ending the log.

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