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The server was silent, a stark contrast to when it was day as the night was seen as neutral. Most people were asleep at this hour however, Pearl was restless and nowhere close to being able to sleep partially due to the state of her mind and the newest issue, Tilly was human.
Well not human exactly more like a dog hybrid but still, the dog is no longer a dog but a separate species.
However no matter the difference in appearance Pearl could not deny the fact that this was Tilly. From their personality,to her wariness of many things, and even the voice she spoke with was the one in her head that told her to name her Tilly in the first place. This was Tilly and worst of all they were a kid only appearing to be around 6-7 years old far too young to be in a survival world like this.
In the morning she was going to confront Grian about this but for now she was going to assist Tilly with her injuries. Even though Pearl's feet were aching from walking across the server from Box they were nothing compared to Tillys. The poor girl had dried blood along her charred fur, a small scar along her jaw, and possibly the worst of all one of her arms were burned however it seemed to be fine and worked properly so maybe it only looked bad but was not as serious but Pearl was not taking any risks no matter how minor the injury.
She had gathered all of her medical supplies from around her tower and was preparing to use them on Tilly to heal her back to health when she heard someone call to her from the ladder down her tower.
“Pearl you there?” Grian?
“Grian? What are you doing here and wait, you brought Scar along with you?” She said as she opened the trapdoor to look at the two men on her ladder.
“Hello there Pearl. Grian and I came over to ask you something so can we come inside?”
“Uh give me a moment to think.” Is what she said even though the answer was a clear NO as there was no way if the void could choose then it would choose no to them entering her tower with Tilly inside.
Look she was going to talk to Grian without Scar around and in the day without Tilly around the admin alright. "Um no. I mean we can talk, you just can't come in right now. I'm busy and no I won't tell you why. How bout we talk at the bottom of the tower instead?"
"Oh um sure then see you at the bottom.
They need leave so Pearl can continue healing Tilly. She needs to get them out of here no matter what. But they wont leave if she doesn't talk to them.
"Why do I need to be the one they come to? Oh yeah because they are incompetent in most things." She asks herself and answers like always.
"–Look Grian I can't accept your deal right now no matter what you do. I just cannot risk becoming a target from this." Mom? "But Pearl! You're already hated by pretty much everyone on the server. Is this too much to ask?"
Admin person? What are they doing here?
"It is too much! I refuse to have you guys stay in my tower next week if you are still green by then and that's final."
Stay in the tower? Oh! They want to stay in a sleepover with mom! Wait, why won't mom let them stay? They must have done something bad to make mom mad.
Tilly stayed in bed listening to the argument below she even noticed the "Scar" person talking but a little more quiet. Not like it mattered as Tilly had incredibly good hearing that stayed with her. Can't say the same for the Dogman at the ugly place or else he wouldn't have died to the Warpies.
"JUST GO AWAY!"
Her mom was enraged now and mom scared Tilly when she was very angry. Tilly hid under the blankets of the bed. Why was mom so mad? "Fine, whatever you want, let's go Scar." Admin was leaving now. Maybe mom won't be mad now? She thought to herself that thought a little happier now with it.
She was pulled out of her thoughts however when she heard the click of a trapdoor open.
“Oh you're awake. I thought you would be asleep for a little longer, but it seems I was wrong.”
“Yeah, I woke up. Don't think I could go back now.”
“Oh.”
The two of them were silent now both uneasy.
“Hey mom?” “Y-yeah?” “Are you okay? What was the admin doing here?” Pearl was startled by Tillys questions. “Oh um well I’m fine and Grian was here being dumb like always so there is no reason to worry. Now let's get you to bed.” Pearl states as she walks towards Tillys bed and grabs the blanket.
Tilly was very tired not trying to fight it, she had to sleep and as she was covered by the blanket and her eyelids began to flutter closed she turned to look at her mom.
“Goodnight mom.” Tillys eyes were closed when Pearl responded.
“Goodnight Tilly my daughter.”