Bomberfam + Pretty's Death
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Back when the house they live in now wasn't built, so they resided in the study area of their creators. White used to be REALLY short, by the way. Black got taller than him and wouldn't stop bragging about it, which is yet another thing they bickered over. Pink was the youngest and looked the most different; her original belt compartment was in the shape of a shooting star, and she utilized the default antennae.
Pretty's kind of a recreational hero - even when White was immature and naive, he still found himself dealing with everyone's antics, including the most experienced hero amongst the group (Pretty). Black rarely spoke to her, and she got along with Pink the best. In fact, she used to outright pamper Pink, and looked forward to seeing her grow up into her own person. Pretty took Pink on all sorts of adventures, most notably taking her to Planet Lalaland for her second birthday. Pretty was essentially the influence for a lot of her habits and hobbies as of R1.
It was a little before this time that Pink made Pretty the locket she refuses to let go of.
Also, it was a couple weeks or so after Pink's chronological 2nd birthday (as she was built to be roughly 7 or 8, mixing up the structure of her two older siblings being 14-15 when they were made) when the accident took place.
PICTURED - shortly after Pretty was scrapped
Pretty was scrapped due to a mishap involving a mission with White and Black on duty as well - it was partially White's shortcomings that indirectly resulted in Pretty's death. He remembers panicking for a second, seeing Black get injured by debris, and hearing Pretty shout something in fear before just...disappearing. I think that indirect sort of situation has to do with why Pretty's death hit him so hard, along with the fact that up until then they'd basically been moving as if they were invincible and it's only now that it's setting in that the things he fights can kill him (or someone he cares about). White's creators found it intriguing how he reacted the way a human would if they had seen their sibling die in combat, basically confirming that their desire to create a more "human" bomberman than Prototype had succeeded but also bringing up the suggestion that it's deeply unethical to keep a living thing in such a state of misery and grief for the sake of their experiments. Due to this moral dilemma, White got a lot of support and comfort from his creators, and he'd later come to recognize them as his "Parents". This also formed the building blocks for his idealistic view of the family.
Same with Black, but he wasn't emotionally hurt so much as he was physically hurt. He'd only heard about Pretty being missing after waking up back at base, and even then, he was just kinda....numb to it. To be honest, he might've been a little too good at hiding his feelings back then. That grief ended up mutating into his overly pretentious attitude and strange way of viewing others and himself. His way of life is overly unhealthy and it honestly might be traced back to the accident as well. I don't think he ever actually let himself think about it.
Pink reacted similarly to White, and at a similar time (as she was not on the mission where Pretty was scrapped, she received the news via White and her creators upon their return home). Although, her age influenced how she reacted, along with her admiration of Pretty. She spent a fair amount of time looking for Pretty at home before recalling that she's been scrapped and isn't coming back. She lost interest in a lot of the hobbies she'd had before Pretty's death, and spent a lot of time nearby White (who still tried to support her despite having a lot on his plate to say the least). As they all grew up, White's newfound desire for justice throughout the universe eventually spread to her in it's own way, and by R1, Pink is oft motivated to help the people around her, even if she has her own quirky way of doing so. The love of crafting she had before Pretty's death eventually manifested in Aqua's love of sewing, which is a fact that she's deeply joyful of.
After Pretty returns, she looks significantly different, with her headpiece missing and her belt compartment being significantly damaged. After a while spent recovering from such an abhorrent physical state, she ended up keeping the belt and lack of a headpiece, deciding that it suited Pink better than it suited her. She's hardly changed compared to herself before the accident, but she's really sorry inside for putting her family through such grief. Hearing about just how strongly White had sobbed after coming home, or how badly Pink had been hurt by her disappearance...it gave her nightmares after she reunited with them. This dies down after a couple of months, though. Pretty has a REALLY fun time connecting with her younger siblings! She's gotten along with Aqua really well thanks to Pink, but she has yet to witness one of her earth-shattering rage fits, so she'll be in for a surprise should something push Aqua over the edge in her presence. She's also a fan of telling her younger siblings stories from the missions that happened before they were born. More specifically, she's fond of telling them about times where White or Black messed up in really embarrassing ways, much to their terror.
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The thing is I don't know how to dance I only know happy stim. But that's not true I know one "dance". Swing my head around with the force of ten men (head bang). Unfortunately. When the piano hits in Sunflowers by Tenma Sumeragi --
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