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Messages with: Sully
Long Distance Communication
< Eret > Hey Sully, if you’re coming to the area soon, want to get together for a bit? It’s been too long since we’ve seen each other.
< Sully > Sure! I was going to a town near yours, I can make a detour. Where do you want to meet up?
< Eret > I’ll send the coords in a moment, somewhere outside of town’s good with you, right?
Up on the hill in the middle of the taiga in the clearing on the peak, sitting on a flat rock is a bard, curly light brown hair bobbing in the gentle breeze. Warm sunlight from the dawn shines on him and his guitar, his music ringing through the morning air. The bard wears a light purple shirt, clearly worn and well-loved, as well as well-taken care of.
Further down the hill, the king of the nearby town emerges from the treeline, sunlight glinting off their golden crown and barely filtering through their red cape. Once they get closer to the bard, who’s just noticed their presence, they give a fond smile as they see their old friend at their meeting spot. “Hey Sully, long time no see.”
Bringing his guitar up to his back, Sully responds, “Eret! Hey!” Eret’s black skirt of his dress swishes just above his ankles as he sits next to Sully on the rock. “How have things been going?”
Eret sighs as she runs a hand through her hair. Eventually, she says, “It’s… interesting, to say the least.”
Sully looks at Eret, seeing the tension and stress that’s evident in his posture and face. “You never tell much of anything that’s going on in SMP. We’ve known each other since we were in school, what’s wrong?”
Staying silent for a moment, Eret looks down at the ground before looking back up at Sully. “I just… don’t think you want to know. It’s… not all that great. And, I know you and I know that you’d try to get involved if you knew, and I don’t want to see you get hurt.”
“If it’s so bad there, why don’t you just leave? Hypixel’s got lots of opportunities, or we could go back to Obsidian Ridge, I know they’d be happy to see us again, or- “
Eret cuts Sully off. “I can’t run away, I still have responsibilities here.” They take the crown off of their head, and hold it in front of themself. “I’m the king, and my friends are here. I have to stay.”
Silence falls over the pair for several long moments. Finally, Sully says, “If you can’t leave… then why don’t you take a vacation?” Eret looks up at Sully questioningly. “Come travel with me for a bit, you look like you could use the break. I can see the stress in you, either that or you’ve been bitten by a cave spider.”
For the first time that morning, Eret loosens up a bit as she laughs. “No, no cave spider bites. We fixed the spawner after that last incident.” She looks off at the horizon, staring at the hazy outlines of the taller structures in and around SMP. “You know… I think I’ll take you up on that offer.” She puts a hand on her friend’s shoulder. “You’re right, I could certainly use a break. Let me just message a friend so he doesn’t think I died or something.”
Turning the communicator on their wrist on, Eret starts typing a message to Foolish while Sully puts his guitar into its case at his feet. A moment later, Eret stands up just as Sully finishes closing his guitar case and has picked it up.
“Is there anything you need to get first?” Sully asks his friend, noticing her distinct lack of equipment with her.
“No, I feel like if I went back for something I’d end up staying again. Let’s just go, if you’re ready.”
Sully nods. “Alright, off we go! Just like old times, wandering around, seeing where the land takes us.” Putting his guitar case on his back, the bard and the king walk down the hill and away from the town where not even the residents entirely know what atrocities are being committed within.
Messages with: Foolish
Local Communication
< Eret > Hey Foolish, I’m sorry this is short notice, but I’m going away for a little while. I’m not sure when I’ll be back, but it’ll probably be a few months. I’ll message you again next time I’m near a tower and give you it’s code.
< Foolish > Is something wrong? What’s going on?
< Eret > I just need a break, it’s exhausting here. I’m going on an adventure with an old friend, I’ll be fine, I promise :)
< Foolish > Alright, see you soon, stay safe friend