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Wifies was laying his head in his arms on the side of the boat. There were still some effects from the transformation like him throwing up Water when too rowdy. Though not a trash full at least. Hummer was gently running his hand on Wifies tail, picking the loose scales. He admired them greatly. Made Wifies feel weird still, viewed as a precious thing to someone wasn’t what he was used to.
”Oh! Your scales are slowly darkening.” He smiled brushing his hand over his tail, making Wifies jolt with minor blush.
”Is that bad?” His voice shifted to a bit anxious though trying to cover up the red on his face.
“Not at all. Lev-…” he huffed before correcting himself, “My own did that too. From lighter to darker.” He plucked another scale, finding it funny on how worked up Wifies got when his old scales were sorted through. “Normally the water will wash the old scales off but since you’re still new to all this and haven’t been in the water much, It’ll have to be done manually.” The green was shifting to a deep purple black hue on Wifies’s scales, fitting the yin yang look he holds.
A droplet landed on Hummer’s cheek. Confused, he wiped it before looking up. Guess they’re in for a storm.
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“Y’know…..I noticed you kept coming back to the ship before you became ill……..kept drowning yourself…why?”… “Most would find the entity they look for like Herobrine then move on with their lives to the next thrill.” He huffed, “Why are you still coming back? You know the truth and I know you were looking into other entities of the world but you kept coming back.”
…Wifies sighed and ran his hand along the wood of the ship. “Because I wanted to see you.” He looked at him and smiles softly feeling the world begin to sprinkle. “I was worried about my friend.”
…”You consider me your friend?” L̸̡̧̙̘̠̖͈̥͖̎̓̎̑͛̏̓́̑e̶̢͈̼̼̟͇̋̈́͆ͅv̵̨̙̫͈̫̏͆̓̓̓͛̅̾̀̈́͆͊͋͝i̶̡̧̼͕͓̪̮̻̣̰̻͐̂̕ͅstopped what he was doing and looked at him in the eyes.
”Of course I do.”
“I originally was searching for Hummer but I did eventually figure it out. Started trying to do the thing you taught me…..which is probably why I felt worse when sick.” He rubbed the back of his neck nervously before being caught off guard by Hummer hugging him tightly. He hugged him back as this was his friend.
Rain began to pour down heavily, soaking them both.
As much as Wifies was fine sitting there for his friend, his body still wasn’t fully adapted and he ended sneezing. “Oh my god I am so sorry.” He chuckled a bit as Hummer let go.
“pfft- you’re fine.” He laughed a bit before standing up, offering his hand to help Wifies up. “You should probably get out of the rain before you get even more sick.”
“Yeah.” He wiped her nose as her grabbed Hummer’s hand got pulled up. He stumbled a bit, looking back, almost forgot about the tail….huh, guess it does look nicer since he did pull loose scales….
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Wifies sneezes again inside….did he seriously get sick again?….He hasn’t even fully recovered from before!
WHIP!
He jumped at that sound, caught off guard while Hummer laughed upon seeing Wifies’s jumpy expression.
“Bro, you got scared by your own tail!” Wifies shook his head and was embarrassed. “You’re irritated.” Hummer sighed, wiping a tear from his eye, “What’s got you riled up?” He was sorting through the ships chests and barrels. Most stuff had to be thrown since he hasn’t been present on the ship for a while and it was disorganized.
Wifies sniffled and wiped his nose with his sleeve, “Probably gonna get sick again from the rain. I haven’t even gotten over the first one!” His tone got irritated as his tail whipped again, like a rope snapping. Hummer grabbed a potion from a higher barrel and tossed it to Wifies.
”Oh, then drink this then.” He continued to sort stuff around as Wifies looked at the potion bottle….potion of healing. Makes sense, get rid of the sickness before it starts. He huffed and opened the bottle before sniffing it. Canine habits die hard…..smells citrusy with hint of mint. The color was a familiar yellow that could be seen through….he took a sip and his eyes lit up as he finished the rest. Been a while since he last hid a health potion that didn’t taste bland and rushed. Taking a deep breath, at least his cold now cleared up…
Wiping his mouth he walked over to Hummer and handed him back the bottle, “Thank you.”
He took it and placed it on one of the brewing stands that were empty, “No problem.” Slowly, Hummer began to add ingredients to the stand to brew something while they waited out the storm.
The boat rocked as thunder cracked outside…..it’s gonna be a while…..
Wifies felt his communicator buzz…..dammit….he’s been actively ignoring his friends and kept using the same excuse of him being sick or busy…
Squiddo: “Hey Man, you doing alright? You left me on read.”
Pangi: “ANSWER MEEEEE!”
Derapchu: “Bro I know you’ve been sick for a while but you haven’t said anything to anyone, you okay??”
NearlyAvery: “Can you please pick up your phone?”
Kenadian: “Everything alright?”
Wato1786: “Are you dead bro?”
ParrotX2: “Hey, I know we haven’t talked since you were banned from the server but I’ve heard you haven’t been answering anyone and I would like to check in to see if you’re doing alright? I also hope you feel better.”
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he put his communicator on silent mode. He still doesn’t know how he’ll explain….this, to them. He’s already crazy enough as it is with searching for otherworldly beings, he’ll sound more insane telling them about the gift he was given. The friend he found too……but he knows he can’t run forever, especially from Parrot, he’s too curious for his own good.