DO YOU TRUST ME pt. 1
𝖠𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋'𝗌 𝖣𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖭𝗈𝗍𝖾
𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘵.
𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥
𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯
𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘚𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦
𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳
𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴
𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘞𝘦
𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺
𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵
𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵
𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
( emojicombos.com/neurofabulous )
Karen was out buying
cookies when Chip
arrived home. So Chip
goes up to find his dad
Plankton, knowing his
mom Karen's still shopping.
He pushed open the door
to his parent's bedroom,
where Plankton sits on his
bed. "Dad; hi!" Chip yells.
Plankton's eye widens,
startled by Chip. His body
is as still as a statue.
For a moment, Chip thinks
his dad might be playing
a prank on him, but then
realizes something isn't
right. "Dad? Dad!" Chip
shakes Plankton's arm,
but there's no response.
Panic starts to build in
his chest as he calls
out louder, but Plankton
doesn't budge. Chip's
seen his dad in his zone
before, but this is
different. Plankton's eye
glazed over, unblinking.
Chip doesn't understand
why he's not reacting,
and he's too scared to
leave the room. He tries
once more to get his
father's attention.
"Dad, you're scaring
me," Chip whispers,
his voice trembling.
Yet Plankton remains
motionless, a stark
contrast to the chaos
unfolding inside Chip.
Chip's heard of
people passing out, but
his dad has never done
this before. He tries to
recall any information
about his dad that
might explain this eerie
situation but comes up
empty-handed.
Everything seems in place,
but the sight of his dad, so
unresponsive, sends a chill
down his spine, his eyes never
leaving Plankton's still form.
How's he gonna wake his
dad up?
He's seen him get lost
in his thoughts before,
his mind a whirlwind of
genius ideas, but this...
this is something he's never
seen. He touches Plankton's
face gently, expecting a
flinch or a grumble, but
nothing happens. It's as if
his dad isn't even there,
like he's a mannequin in a
store window.
"Dad?" Chip calls out,
his voice a little louder
now, trying to shake off
his fear. "You okay?"
Nothing. He needs to
try something else.
He remembers a TV show
where a person was
snapped out of a trance
by a loud noise. Chip
rushes to the kitchen,
grabbing a pot and spoon,
his footsteps echoing in
the silent house. His
hands shake as he crashes
the pot against the
spoon, creating a cacophony.
He didn't know he's just
causing his dad more pain.
The sound reverberates
throughout the house, but
Plankton remains still.
Chip's hope dwindles, fear
taking its place. He
wonders if he should
call for help, but what
if his dad wakes up? He's always
so independent. What's Karen
going to think? But Chip put the
pot and spoon back. He goes
back to Plankton, whom Chip
didn't realize retreated even further
into his overload with the touching
and noises. Chip's panic is turning
into something more akin
to dread.
"Dad?" Chip's voice cracks
as he calls out again, his
eyes scanning Plankton's
face for any flicker of
recognition. Yet none comes.
Oblivious to the concept of
autistic absence seizures, Chip
has no idea that his dad's
lack of response is due to
a bombard of sensory input.
In his desperation, Chip
starts to pat his dad's cheeks,
hoping to bring him back to
reality. Plankton's skin feels
cool and clammy under his
fingertips, and the sight of
his father's normally vivid
eye now vacant sends a
wave of terror crashing through
his body. He's seen him zone
out before, lost in his own
world of inventions and schemes,
but this is different. It's not
the same as when he's busy
at the chum bucket.
He tries to remember if
his dad ever talked about
any health issues, but all
that comes to mind are tales
of his dad's past adventures.
Could it be something serious?
Was it something he missed?
The weight of the situation
presses down on him, making
it hard to breathe. He feels
helpless, unsure of what to do
next. He's just a kid, not a
doctor or a hero.
Yet Chip decides trying to
force him out of it.
"Dad, come on, you gotta
snap out of it!" Chip says,
his voice shaking. He's
seen this in movies, right?
Someone's got to shake
the person or something?
He decides to do it.
Gently at first, then more
firmly as panic sets in. But
Plankton remains unmoving,
his gaze unchanged. Chip's
fear turns into full-blown
terror. What if his dad's
in some kind of danger?
What if he's stuck like
this forever?
Chip's mind races with
worst-case scenarios as he
continues to pat Plankton's
face, his voice getting louder
with each attempt. But no
matter what he does, his dad
doesn't react. The room feels
like it's closing in around him.
He tries to hold back tears
not knowing what
to do when your dad has a...
what is this? He can't even
name whatever's happening.
He's seen his dad zone out
before, during dinner
or when he's in the middle of
one of his crazy inventions,
but this is something else.
This is not the usual Plankton.
This is not the dad he knows.
He tries another way to force
him out of it, with no knowledge
of risking literally making
Plankton get literally sick.
He shakes Plankton harder,
his voice growing more
desperate. "Dad, you gotta
snapshot out of this! It's
not funny anymore!" But
his father's body is like
dead weight, his eye
still unblinking.
Chip feels a tear slip
down his screen. He tries
a different approach to
physically force his dad
out of this.
He tickles him. Plankton always
hates tickling, so surely
this will work. But his
dad's body doesn't even
flinch. It's like he's not
even there. He tries to
think logically, but fear clouds
his judgment. He doesn't
understand why Plankton isn't
snapping out of it. Why isn't he
getting annoyed or saying
his usual, 'Chip, stop that!'
So Chip decides he needs to
take matters into his own hands.
He decides to forcefully get
Plankton to react.
He grabs a pillow and holds
it over Plankton,
thinking that an impromptu
pillow fight might bring him
back to the present. But
even as Plankton's body
topples to the side, he
doesn't react. Chip's
seen his dad ignore him
before, but this is not
the same. This is not the
Plankton who would normally
swat the pillow away with
a laugh or a scolding.
By then, Karen's finally come
home from shopping, setting
the cookies on the kitchen
counter when Chip runs up to
her in tears.
"Mom! Dad's DEAD or, something.."
he sobs, pulling her
to the bedroom. "He won't
wake up, and he's not moving!"
Karen follows Chip into the
bedroom, and she immediately
knows what's happening.
She sees Plankton lying on the
bed, his body completely still,
and Chip's tear-stained screen.
Plankton never wanted Chip to
know of his neurodisability, so
they never told. It's something
they both learnt to deal with while
hiding it from Chip, but now Chip's
seeing it firsthand.
Karen aches for her son,
his innocence shattered by
fear. Yet she knew Plankton
needs her more right now.
"Mom, I just said hi to him
and he froze. I've tried to
shake him, yell at him, tickle
him, and even hit him with
a pillow, but he won't wake up!"
Chip's words come out in
a frantic rush.
Karen's eyes fill with
understanding and she hurries
to Plankton's side. "Chip," she
says calmly, knowing now's
not the time to explain to
Chip about neurodisabilities,
nor how Chip unintentionally
triggered him more;
"Mommy will handle it. Why
don't you go to your room?
I'll take care of daddy."
But Chip is too scared
to leave his dad's side.
He clings to Karen's leg, his
small voice quivering. "But
I--"
Karen gently peels him
off her and gives him a
reassuring smile. "I know, sweetie.
But let me take care of this.
You go to your room, and I'll
call you when everything's
okay."
Reluctantly, Chip nods,
his eyes still glued to
his dad. As he leaves the
room, his mind fills with
worries and questions. What
is happening? Why won't
his dad wake up?
Meanwhile, Karen sat down
by Plankton on the bed
as she gently took
his hand. She knew this
was a moment she had
been dreading. Plankton's
autistic absence seizures were
a part of their lives that
they had managed to keep
hidden from their son.
They didn't want to scare
Chip, and Plankton was
always so embarrassed by
them. But now, it was out in
the open, and she had to
find a way to explain without
frightening Chip further. But
for now, she needs to help
Plankton out of the absence
seizure first.