Wash away the Worries. [Atlas]

[Aroma]

Walking a short distance outside of their farmland home, Aroma was joined by her friend, Atlas. Each carrying a bloodied item on their person. They were initially walking in complete silence, however... Aroma didn't think that this suited Atlas at all. Where was his energy? His mildly annoying bravado? Of course... Aroma knew where it went, she just didn't like the answer, it... Bothered her, immensely.

Sighing softly as they walked through the trees, the woman glanced back at the muscular man. "So uh... Messy day, huh?" She asked, trying to spring up some small talk. To hopefully break down and talk about their issues with everything that happened.

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Atlas Steele

[Atlas Steele]

"You really knitted away the competition." Atlas would respond in a swiftly aimed counter before scoffing contently. "I may have broken down but my strings won't snap yet, trust me, i am sweater-ing my balls off in fear, but i can hang in there." He fired back.

Like a machinegun, as if something punny had broken in his body...!?
Truely, it cannot be...!

[Aroma]

Aroma was shocked by the sudden string of puns! Was... Was he broken!? Did the events prior do that much psychological damage!? Stopping her walk, Aroma grabbed him by the head and looked closely at it, moving him down so she could look at the top of his head.

"You never make this many lame jokes in a row, are you okay? What's wrong with you!?" She cried, worried for her friend. In the stupidest of ways.

[Atlas Steele]

As Atlas was being shaken, his entire body falling slump, soon he would turn his head upwards and bring forwards a drastic show...!
His mask falling off as a chonky fellow of a guinea pig was stuck in his shirt, making a loud noise towards her...!

Was Atlas a guinea pig this entire time...?! And why was there a mask underneath the guinea pig and why was it giggling...?!

[Aroma]

Aroma was stunned by this revelation... her own pet... How could he...!? In cahoots with another, all along! "Wh- Stinkbug!?" She cried, carefully lifting her little guinea pig up out of the shirt. "You were in an Atlas suit? How did you do such a good Atlas impression!?" She asked, shocked at how her chunky little fluff ball was apparently some kind of genius...!

"If you're such a genius, why do I still need to clean your poop for you..." She frowned, hugging the little animal gently. And softly patting him on the head, until she looked down to see the giggling Atlas, still there.

"Oh..." She said, frowning more. She wasn't stupid, shush.

[Atlas Steele]

"Stiiiinkbuuuug, you geniuuuus" Atlas spoke in a childish yet teasing voice as he acted with content glee as the little guinea pig was having the time of its life being carried by Aroma.

"Why do i have to clean for my little geniu- AH FUCK." Atlas teasing spoke before shouting as he jumped away, watching the ground be singed by guinea pig back lasers as he would stumble for a moment.

"You told me you didn't train him to do that against puns!" Atlas shouted back with a frown.

[Aroma]

Looking down at the singed grass beneath Atlas, Aroma sniffed the air. Before nodding to confirm. "I did not teach him to react to puns, Stinkbug just farted naturally." She said firmly, listening to the fluff's little confused wheeting sounds. And tickling his pudgy little belly slightly.

"It just means he's happy. And besides, it's not like he actually hit you." She frowned in return, "And, why'd you take him out knowing he'd fire at you at some point?" She asked, as funny as the joke was in hindsight, she did worry still...

[Atlas Steele]

"Well, Why did I take out Stinkbug?" Atlas would ask before wiggling his finger... Before then realizing he had no idea why he did this before grabbing the little bugger and staring at his face before Aroma would watch the little critter his behind start to light up with energy before firing two rapid poots as Atlas dropped for a second before catching him.

Booping him with a finger, Atlas would spin the finger around his nose contently before then saying. "I do not know, but honestly, you seemed like you needed a laugh, is that so wrong?" He spoke, as it was obvious that he was barely hanging on himself.

[Aroma]

Aroma admired Atlas's determination to make sure that she was alright, however... She was fairly certain that it was quite misplaced, he was... Pretty devastated by what happened, and you don't just "get better" that quickly from something like that.

"No, there's nothing wrong with it" She said, sighing as she crouched down with him. "I've known you for forty years now, you're not okay right now." Said Aroma, before patting him and removing the little furry danger from him, to prevent any other laser incidents.
"And that's fine, shit got pretty bad pretty fast. Just... Make sure to not just worry about me, or the others. Alright?"

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Atlas Steele sorry about the delay in posting! <3

[Atlas Steele]

"Don't worry, I will make sure to worry about myself and the woman that cried last night about pulling her back because of a certain weight." He spoke, sobbing a little fakely before giving a smug look towards her, as he would back off, going to clean his outfit that he had obtained from the event with the rabbit where they fought, watching it sparkle with energy before then stating...

"I think we have superpowers." He would comment, as sudden as he could before looking at the outfit... "This makes me sturdier by just wearing it."

[Aroma]

"Shut up! I just didn't stretch right!" Cried Aroma, blushing in equal parts anger and embarrassment at her friend's remark. Before taking a moment to think after his second comment, super powers... It sounded unbelievable, but... There were a few discrepancies in the world that certainly would make sense with super powers involved.

"Super powers... Like in comic books?" She asked, storing Stinkbug in his comfort place, to free up her hands some as she scratched the back of her neck. "Sounds unbelievable, but... Then again..." She muttered, brushing some of her hair behind her right ear, revealing and reminding Atlas of their fluffy bovinity. "I did get these from eating a cow" She said, walking over and kneeling next to Atlas by the river. "These gloves I got seem like they make me stronger" Explained Aroma, cleaning the bloodstains off of them as best as she could.

[Atlas Steele]

Standing up and scratching her ears tenderly, Atlas would think before then sobbing, patting, and pampering Aroma for a moment as he would quietly voice his frustration and annoyances...

"Aroma, you can eat beasts and gain powers and I am stuck summoning children with superpower... Who am I, the father of buttercup, bubbles, and blossom...!?" As he would start patting her more and more if he wouldn't be stopped by the giant powerhouse of a woman that was Aroma.