Chapter 1: Introduction
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Friendship isn’t something that is formed overnight, Phil knew this. With a lifespan as long as his there is no way he didn’t know that. Yet from time to time he gets surprised by how fast it can form.
The last couple of years he had been by himself. Building everything he could ever dream of, crossing into different servers only if he didn’t have a choice or if he got an invitation that was so intriguing that he simply couldn’t say no.
Whenever he did go to a different server, places so different from the lands that he got so used to, he felt out of place. He hadn’t ever met someone that had lived as long as him. However every now and then his paths would cross with someone that he had seen before. Searching his mind for how long it had been. Most of the time it was just someone that looked like a person he had once known, a relative from a friend that he had long since lost.
Whenever he did make the journey to another server he could hear the whispers, the name that he hadn’t given himself echoing around him. Though he would always pretend it wasn’t him, that he was just a lonely traveler.
He returned back to his home every single time, the grief in his heart ever growing with every friend that he lost. He knew it was part of his life. Immortality seems great but in the end it’s lonely. Building friendship that will always end so much sooner than he would want. In a way he enjoyed being alone, that way at least he wouldn’t get hurt by the sudden arrival of the news of someone passing away. But once every few decades, he needed to see someone, to speak with someone.
For now though he was okay with being alone for a little bit longer, to keep building Endlantins, to keep himself busy so he wouldn’t think about the fact that he would get lonely again. When he wasn’t building he spent his time reading books, hunting down mobs, fishing or soaring through the sky.
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Friendship, Techno thought, was overrated. There wasn’t a place in the world where he could go without being known. He could hear voices around him cascading from the walls. He ignored them. Going along like everything was normal, as if he wasn’t centuries old.
That’s what he did most of the time, ignore the whispers and the people. Stop for some food and drink and move along. He chose which battles he fought and this was never one of them, there was simply no need. If he spoke out people would only assume it more, the rumors would only grow bigger.
No Techno stayed in his little place that he had grown fond of, he spent his time in Hypixel and loved it, living for the fights he could have there, for the never ending wins. Once every few years he changes his name, his look and moves to a different part of the server. Leaving everything behind that he had built up. It was hard but it was what needed to be done.
He had never met someone like him, or at least he didn’t think he had. Plus would he ever really want to meet someone with the same kind of curse? To be forced to outlive everyone and everything you love? Techno couldn’t even count anymore how many polar bears he had called Steve, but he knew it was many. Everything was doomed to die before him. And so would every friendship if he would ever try to form one.
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Friendship, to Tommy, has always been important even though Tommy is just starting out his life, figuring out how to move through it without standing out too much. something he wasn’t that great in. Loud laughter and yelling was something that followed behind him, like it was part of him.
People tended to like him after they got to know him. He hadn’t learned the dangers of forming friendships yet, he wasn’t old enough. He didn’t even know that he was immortal. That was something he would figure out later in life. One day he will learn the pain that comes with the grief of losing your best friend. For now though he hopped from server to server, playing every game he could.
People found him annoying, still they adored him. They saw the fun he was having, feeling the urge to join in with the games. To feel the joy he had, to be part of the people he called friends.
His blond hair is always a mess. Not yet used to how tall his body was. His grin is the biggest feature on his face. He hadn’t received a name yet from the people but one day people would find it and whispers would start for him to. Because never changing and never aging will stand out.
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Friendship comes natural to Tubbo. But tinkering is what he does best, it is what he enjoys most in life so he spends most of his time doing so. Working on his own server, to create one that is free to use for everyone. One not unlike Hypixel.
Unknown of what would happen in the future, of how much joy he would bring the people. How a name would be chanted for him. No Tubbo knows none of that. He spends his time looking into admin panel after admin panel. Looking into the bigger public servers, from time to time he gets an invite for a private server and you better expect him to look into those.
He will say yes to almost every single one, chatting with the admin, finding out the secrets to what makes that server unique and fun. Everything to make his own server the best place for people to spend time, enjoy and relax.
Besides that he tries to spend time with the few friends he has made, not knowing the pain of losing them. Friends, animals and tinkering are Tubbo’s greatest pleasures in life.
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Friendship is unknown to Purpled. Alone was the best and only way he could explain how he was feeling. He had grown up fighting wars, learning how to deal with the pain that came along with fallen friends. Hypixel wasn’t kind to anyone, actually it was kind to almost noone. He had heard whispers of someone else like him. He ignored them.
Blond hair and a purple sweater, his favorite bow always nearby. He had joined and never left. Finding pleasure in the wars that he fought. Maybe that was why when people saw him they veered away, trying to stay as far away as possible. To stay out of his way in hopes to not end up on the sharp side of the arrows he shot.
He had at least one friend that followed him for a long time, his dog and loyal companion. But dogs grow older sooner than humans, let alone immortals. But there was one thing that had always and will always keep Purpled going. The fact that people would come up to him and beg for him to fight their wars, to win the battles they couldn’t do themself. He would agree depending if the right price was offered.
However Purpled couldn’t deny that he held out hope for a different path, to leave some of the battles behind and start to enjoy something more calm, to no longer be feared by the people that whispered behind his back. Soft spoken words with a name that he hadn’t chosen himself. He tried to ignore that.
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Looking over all five of them was one thing, a certain goddess of death, hoping that one day she could call at least one of them hers. Because maybe they would never age but they could die. Everything can be killed, the battle might be harder but it’s never impossible. They all had their weaker points. For every one of their strengths there was a weakness.
Phil's love for building means that he loses track of time, he would get zoned into a project and he would forget everything else. The way he was wary of friends but loves everybody with his whole heart means that those people can be used against him.
Techno with endless battles was an easy one to die, if it wasn’t for the fact that the man didn’t seem to lose. Picking the battles he was going to fight, making sure of the outcome before even starting them.
Tommy was too busy to ever watch someone close. Anything might happen if you don’t take a closer look at your surroundings every now and then.
Tubbo’s weakness was the fact that he wanted to please everyone. To make everybody happy and forget about himself.
Purpled was similar to Techno. Fighting battles he could easily lose. Getting paid in whatever shape or form to be a mercenary. People could start to resent him if they didn't pay close attention.
There was a lot that Kristin knew and was certain of, every mortal dies eventually and even though all five of them weren’t mortal in the end they would fill the ranks of the people that she would collect from the servers. She would be the final thing they saw before a death message would be sent out to the universe.
But for now she would have to wait, wait and see how their lives are going to play out. Because one day the sun would set on their final days and they would join her in a never ending night.
Chapter 2: First meetings
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Phil had spent the last year by himself, buying some supplies that were running low and some of the things he needed he couldn’t get on his private server. He knew he needed to get ready to make a trip that would take several trips. With a sigh he stood up, deciding that it would be better to just get it over with. To do it as soon as he could so he would be back sooner, so he would be home again.
He quickly packed a simple bag he could take before moving over to the part of his server where it had all started. His spawn point. Noting that he still needed to get started on the project that he was going to do here. He had already drawn up the plans, but for now he was working. In the end he wanted to finish that first.
For a moment he stood still in front of the portal that allows him to travel between the different servers that he had gotten invited in, or that were public. The list wasn’t that long if you took in the fact that he had lived for centuries already. The fact that he was still just a little bit nervous stepping through the portal would also make it seem as if he had never done it before, yet he had done it thousands of times before and he would do it a thousand times more at least. He could feel the cold of the portal swirling around him when he stepped forward into the world that was waiting.
Phil entered something that was called the Roofnet by a lot of people. It was a very large open space, where the sun never shined and the stars were always out. Almost like he stepped into space. He could feel his stomach slowly calming down again, it didn’t matter how many times he had done it there was something unsettling about the travel between worlds. Before he could even take a single step forwards he was almost run over by a boy running past. A purpled hoodie hiding his face, he wasn’t turning around to apologize.
“I’m sorry about that!” Another boy ran by, this time he was blond and there was a big grin on his face. He looked so young to Phil, so full of energy. Both of them ran past without looking back. Phil couldn’t do anything but shake his head before he started walking.
Roofnet was always busy, it didn’t matter what time of the day you arrived here there was always plenty to see and do. Multiple fast food restaurants had taken to renting a little bit of the properties that existed here. With people moving along just like bees in an overflowing hive. Phil took another big breath and started making his way through the crowds. People tended to take a step away from him if he got too close but in a situation like this there was really no way to go. He just needed to make it a couple of portals down, shouldn’t take too long, he already saw the next one popping into view. Hypixels portal was one of the bigger ones so it easily stood out, this time he didn’t hesitate to step into the portal once he had reached it.
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Techno had been waiting near the portal, he didn’t know why he had accepted this quest today but it was a low risk high reward kind of situation. He saw someone come through the portal. A blond man who was wearing some kind of black robes and a hat with green and white stripes. There was nothing that seemed out of the ordinary. Why would someone be willing to pay for a stranger to be kept safe? Sure Hipixel could be unruly from time to time but they weren’t killing people for the sport of it. Techno tried to ignore the back of his mind telling him about the wars that were going on at the moment, those were nowhere near here.
He pushed himself off from the tree that he had been leaning against, better to get these introductions over with. Just a quick escort trip to the shopping district before he would return the man back to the portal, back to wherever he had come from.
“Philza?” His voice was rough, to be fair he hadn’t talked to someone in a couple of days, he had said a couple of words here and there but not enough to really use it. The blonde man’s head shot up, giving Techno enough of a confirmation that this was in fact the man he had been waiting on. He waited however for the man to nod his head.
“I’m Techno” He was being observed that was easy enough to notice.
“Philza, but please call me Phil.” This time Techno did the nodding before he looked behind him. Seeing that the sun was at the highest point in the sky.
“We should get going, which shops do you need to get to?” The two of them started walking, somewhere along the way they got lost in conversation. Phil needed to get a lot of supplies and just this day wouldn’t be enough to get everything before the sun would set. So Techno brought them to one of the hotels that were located in the shopping district. The other man who looked older than most people Techno had met before looked grateful for a moment of rest when he sat down. Both of them had brought their stuff up to their own rooms and now they were seated in a restaurant.
It must have been an interesting view for a lot of people. Hypixel wasn’t the kindest place, however it would never discriminate against species. Well there were always some that did but it wasn’t the norm. Techno had noticed the wings on Phil right as he had walked out, sure the robes did hide them away fairly well but it was easy to spot an Avian if you knew how to. With Techno being a Piglin himself it was easy to spot the difference between Phil and a regular human that roamed the streets.
Now he was watching them in the open, not even pretending to not focus on them. Avians were fairly rare to see around. They tended to stick with their own people, some choosing to be alone because of how long they lived. In a way Phil would be the closest person to know how it feels to outlive people just like him. To watch everyone around you die. Plus a couple hundred years back there had been an all out hunt for them, something about their wings being worth a lot. Techno had ignored that trend but he did feel sorry for the Avians. There weren’t a lot of them left. Techno thought he had seen those wings before, but he wasn’t sure. He wasn’t that well read on Avians; he didn't know how different their wings were from each other. These seemed to be as black as the night sky that was outside, except there were no stars. Just a pure black void.
He could hear the other man sigh before he remembered to maybe look away and take a bite from his food. It wasn’t his plan to make Phil uncomfortable.
“What do you want to know?” The words sounded kind, there wasn’t any form of harshness, just a pure question as if Techno hadn’t been staring at it for minutes. But he was starting to remember how he had heard people talk about someone that had come around before, and a certain name that came with those whispers.
“I was just wondering, are wings special?” It was a blunt question and Phil had every right to not answer it. He could hear the other trying to hold down a laugh before he started off in a story about how wings were special. To the frustration of Techno he never mentioned if they were unique or not.
The next day they spend walking through the shops again, Philza letting the shops send the bought products straight to his server so he wouldn’t need to carry most of it himself. It was a smart move in honesty. They also kept talking throughout the day. Techno found himself starting to like the man more and more with every passing minute. Pleasant conversations and laughter filled the air surrounding them until the moment he was ready to return the man to the portal so he could get back on the Roofnet. They exchanged their addresses there, promising to write to each other, to keep in contact. In his head Techno was already planning out the moment he needed to mourn for his newfound friend.
Chapter 3: Letter 1 (To Techno)
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Techno,
I want to thank you for taking care of me on Hypixel. It was nice to have someone genuinely interesting to talk to and I’m happy to now call you my friend. I hope that one day we may see each other again. I know you had some questions about Avians so I’ve added a couple of books into the parcel that should be delivered alongside this letter, please feel free to keep them.
You kept asking about my wings, I know mine are like the darkest midnight, I always compare them to the void that is in the end of my server. I don’t know if you have ever seen something like it? Does Hypixel have an end realm?
I digress, you asked that night if wings are special and I knew what the real question was that you were asking. The books that I have gifted you should mention it, however I do ask you to keep them as private as possible. Most of Avian knowledge comes from my own people and we tend to like it that way because of what happened in the past.
Wings are unique. They might look similar to others, I know mine are rather similar looking to my fathers. He had a deep kind of blue wings if I remember correctly. My mothers was a dark purple. There actually is a way to track down family members depending on the color of your wings.
As far as I know there are a couple of Avians that have dark wings as well, but none seem to be as dark as mine. It has something to do with age, they get darker the older we get. We get born with wings that are near to a white color. Almost no one of us keeps that color but there are a very few lucky ones that do keep it. Mine were already grayish when I was born, that was how my parents knew they would get really dark. They were right but I don’t think either of them expected them to turn as dark as they are now.
There is something special about having wings, it can be annoying to preen them yourself but over the years that I’ve spent by myself I’ve learned to adapt. Anyway I should stop rambling about this.
The list of the books in the parcel, I hope you enjoy them. If you are done reading please send them back to me? I know have a couple of empty spots in my library and I really don’t like that.
Avians; a history of a dying species.
The details of wings
How to spot an Avian for dummies
Take to the skies
A tour around the world of Avians
Kind regards,
Phil
Chapter 4: Letter 2 (To Phil)
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Phil,
Thank you for the books, I've been reading through them slowly when I’ve got some spare time. This will take me a moment to finish but I appreciate you sending them over.
Right now I’m in the middle of my potato field with one of your books. I’ve been reading them as a break during the farming that I’ve been doing over the last couple of days.
Sadly I do not have anything to send back to you. Hope this letter finds you in good health though!
Regards,
Techno
Chapter 5: First meetings, part 2
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Tommy had just been walking over Roofnet, looking for some food that he had been wanting to get when he felt someone bumping into him. It didn’t take him long to notice someone running away from him.
“That’s rude, you could have said sorry?!” He yelled after the person that was now running. A purpled hoodie pulled up over his head.
He was ashamed to say it took him a moment to realize that his bag was now missing, cursing himself for not noticing sooner he started to race after him. It didn’t take long to get the person back into view. He saw how he almost ran into a man wearing black ropes that had just stepped out of one of the private portals located on Roofnet.
“I’m sorry about that!” He yelled when he hurried past him himself. By now a grin had started to form on his face and if he had been wearing something else his tail would probably be wagging because of how much joy he was getting out of the running. He hadn’t even reached his full speed yet but he could see how he was starting to close into the person that had stolen his backpack.
“Oi, get back here!” He yelled after the person in the purple hoody who now looked back for the first time. Features still hidden underneath the hoodie but he was at least smart enough to drop the bag before he jumped into a portal. Tommy knew where that would lead to, he had jumped into Hypixel but that wasn’t the place that he himself had been planning to go to. He stopped running making sure not to scare people with the sudden change in his gear to pick up his backpack. He knew the ambusher wouldn’t have had time to go through it so he wasn’t worried about it, only slightly annoyed.
No Tommy had been on his way to get food so that is what he did, turning around to get back to where he had been heading towards. He noticed the man that he had almost run over walking towards Hypixel as well, stopping a moment before stepping through the portal. For a moment he thought he had seen some deep black wings move behind the man which made Tommy stop again.
He had heard stories about an Avian with black wings. He heard people talk about the Angel of Death before and for a moment he shuddered recognizing how close he had gotten to the man, but that could only be a coincidence. There was no way that the stories that he had been told as a kid weren’t just that, stories. Tales to make a child stay inside the house after dark, to make sure that they would behave.
He rubbed his eyes before turning towards the shops, getting the steak that he had been wanting for days and this was the perfect reason to get some. He had been invited to one of the private servers that the whole world seemed to be buzzing about and he was looking forward to finally being able to step foot in those lands.
He was supposed to meet up with a boy named Tubbo before going through. Both of them had been invited and as they were around the same age the admin of the world had thought it would be smart for them to arrive at the same moment. The two of them would be the youngest person to ever step foot into the world and there was a thrill of excitement hanging around Tommy.
He pulled out the invite he had received to make sure he had reached the right portal. Just a couple of steps over another young man was reaching for the same letter, Tubbo with his messy brown hair and green eyes had been standing there for a moment before spotting the blonde boy that started reading a letter that from this distance looked rather similar to his own. He seemed to recognize him from the server he had just left.
Chapter 6: Letter 3 (To Tommy)
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Admin 1
Greater Essempee
DSMP
Tommy Innes
Business Bay
SMP Earth
Dear Tommy Innes,
I would like to extend a warm invitation to you to come join DSMP. You are welcome to arrive on the [date]. Another person from SMP Earth named Tubbo will also be arriving that day. As both of you are of the same age I would like to invite the two of you to come together.
As a valued citizen of the world, it would mean a great deal to me. I am looking forward to finally being able to meet you and hopefully make some amazing memories together.
Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to join DSMP. Sadly as it is a private server you will not be allowed to bring a guest, however as the admin of the server I will accept requests from you in the future to add more people to the white list.
I hope that you will have a safe journey over the Roofnet to the DSMP. On arrival there should be someone called Puffy there waiting for you. She will be the one that can give you a tour of the lands that we have created.
Thank you for considering this invitation and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
sincerely,
Admin 1.
Chapter 7: Letter 4 (To Tubbo)
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Admin 1
Greater Essempee
DSMP
Tubbo Underscore
Gambojeistan
SMP Earth
Dear Tubbo Underscore,
I would like to extend a warm invitation to you to come join DSMP. You are welcome to arrive on the [date]. Another person from SMP Earth named Tommy will also be arriving that day. As both of you are of the same age I would like to invite the two of you to come together.
As a valued citizen of the world, it would mean a great deal to me. I am looking forward to finally being able to meet you and hopefully make some amazing memories together.
Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to join DSMP. Sadly as it is a private server you will not be allowed to bring a guest, however as the admin of the server I will accept requests from you in the future to add more people to the white list.
I hope that you will have a safe journey over the Roofnet to the DSMP. On arrival there should be someone called Puffy there waiting for you. She will be the one that can give you a tour of the lands that we have created.
Thank you for considering this invitation and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
sincerely,
Admin 1.
Chapter 8: First meetings part 3
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Tubbo walked a couple of steps closer to the boy with him becoming more clear in view; it was easy to see the resemblance he had to one of the former SMP Earth members. At that moment Tommy looked up and somehow locked eyes with him straight away. A big smile plastered on his face and he started waving.
“You must be Tommy then?” A nod, before the boy stuck out his hand. Tubbo took it for a handshake.
“I’m Tubbo.” His own smile wasn’t as big as Tommy’s was, nerves fluttering through his body. He didn’t know how to feel about the change that was about to happen.
Sure somewhere he was happy to get a fresh start, to start anew. Build something up from the ground up and start living like he had wanted to do on SMP Earth, but he didn’t know the boy standing in front of him. He didn’t know what would happen.
“Should we go through?” He asked it softly and Tommy just nodded, grabbing him by the arm so they stood in front of the portal together. They would go through together, start both of their new lives at the same time. Tubbo couldn’t recall if he ever truly met the other in the last server, he knew he had seen him around. But did they ever share a conversation? Did they run into each other? He couldn’t say.
With one final breath the both took a step forward, looking at each other. One with a grin full of certainty, and another shaking in his boots not that either of them would ever mention it. When they stepped out on the other portal, surrounded by walls it didn't feel all too friendly at first. It made Tubbo want to turn around again and move away but he didn’t, taking an uncertain step forward to look what else was there and that is when he spotted her.
A woman sitting underneath one of the trees in the walled section, her big curly hair partly blond and brown. It reminded him of something but he couldn’t place his finger on it, so he didn’t mention it. She however turned to look at them as soon as she saw the movement from the corner of her eyes.
“Tommy and Tubbo right?” She asked while getting back up to her feet. Both of them nodded before she continued. “I’m Puffy, welcome to the Essempee.” She moved her arms around in the air as if she was showing the whole world.
“You guys can follow me, let’s get to know each other a bit. I’ll bring you to the place that you guys can stay in while setting everything up for yourself.” With that she started walking, not looking back to see if they were following. Putting full trust and faith in the fact that they would, and they did.
Chapter 9: Letter 5 (To Phil)
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To Philza,
It’s been a couple of months since I last received a letter from you. You will be happy to find the books that you sent to me in the parcel that came along with this letter.
I hope you are doing well, my friend. The past couple of months have been a wild ride here. I’ve been farming potatoes, trying to get the biggest farm going just for the fun of it, I might just start doing a different crop as well.
I’ve also been in a couple of fights. Right now I’ve got a winning streak going on. Proud to say that I have won 300 fights in a row. Lately I’ve been hearing whispers about a new server popping up, it’s called the DSMP I believe? It seems to be private but I don’t know what to think of it. I’ve met a couple of them here on Hypixel when they have jumped over to see some other places.
Most of the people living there seem to be a different species, of course I knew there were plenty but I don’t believe I had ever heard of one that was closely related to mobs as my own. Now I have found out that there are species just like mine but with Enderman, Creepers and even Phantoms. It must be a nice place if all of those people want to live there.
Other than that everything seems normal, there are plenty of other rumors going around about different servers being created for big events. I’ve heard about something called Monday’s and Championships. I don’t know if either of them will ever happen but it does seem cool.
However I can only fear about the time those events would take me away from my ever growing fields.
Oh and then there is the never ending gossip, this is why I tend to stay away from other people but I thought maybe you would like to know them too.
I’ve heard that someone named the Angel of Death has been into Hypixel himself. No clue why he got that name but I do know that the rumor is that he is an Avian, maybe you know him? No that’s stupid it isn’t as if you would know every Avian that exists, nevermind that man.
I’ve had a run in with someone that people have called Chaos for years, I fear he might be older than he looks because I have been hearing these stories for decenia’s now but he looks like a teenager. He does honor the name though, I’ve seen him fight in a couple of the wars and just like me he never seems to lose. It’s impressive for anyone let alone if he is actually a teenager.
Well I’ve run out of things to talk about. Hope everything is well my friend.
Regards,
Techno
Chapter 10: Letter 6 (To Techno)
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Techno,
Hi mate! I’m so sorry for not replying to you sooner. Thank you so much for sending the books back, you will be happy to know that they are currently back in the spots that they left behind in my library.
Plus I loved the potatoes you sent along. I’ve felt free enough to enclose some recipes for some fantastic meals with them. They are the best potatoes I have ever tasted, so I do hope you will enjoy them as well.
Although I’m currently in my private server so disconnected from the outside world that I do not receive any of the rumors. I must say that I have heard some of the whispers myself on journeys that I take from time to time. However lately it seems most people don’t even look up to see who they are crossing. It makes for boring trips, but it also leaves out some of the hassle that comes with traveling. I’m sure you know what I mean.
I’ve heard of these events, hoping to one day be able to join one of them myself! I might not be the biggest people person but I do love seeing everybody come together to have fun. Maybe we could even team up and see each other again, it has in fact been a while!
I must say that it is refreshing to receive your letters. There is something nice about knowing that someone is thinking about you. I would like to thank you for that, maybe one day we can call each other friends.
How have things been going on the farm since the last time you wrote? There must be some reason why you are growing that many potatoes, not that I’m complaining about the free samples you keep sending me.
I can’t say I’ve ever heard of someone called Chaos btw, he does sound older then a teenager but you never know, those can be very chaotic as well. Have you ever heard of someone called ‘The Blood God?” I don’t know why but I kept hearing whispers about him, or maybe her, the last time I visited Hypixel.
Hope everything is well and looking forward to your letter.
Philza
Chapter 11: Letter 7 (To Phil)
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To Phil,
I’m sorry for not writing to you sooner, the last couple of weeks I’ve been training and preparing for Minecraft Monday, the event we have talked about before? I got invited so that’s cool. I’ll keep you posted on the fact if I ever win one, which surely I will.
Lately I’ve been spending less time at the farm which is nice, it’s good to take a break from time to time I suppose. It will only mean I return to it stronger. I’m going to travel to the server over Roofnet, maybe we could have a quick meal together if you aren’t against it?
Anyway, how have you been? I know you told me about the builds you have been doing in your server, how is Endlantis coming along? Or have you moved on to that other one you wanted to do? I don’t always keep up with all the plans you keep sending but they are looking incredible. Hopefully you will show them to me in person one day. That would mean letting people into your own place, I get that might be a big deal. So please don’t feel like I'm forcing you to do it.
I have always wondered how it would be to fly through the sky like you can, it would seem to me like complete freedom. Plus it’s fast and free travel, who doesn’t love that!
I’ve almost tried out all the potato recipes you send over, they are all great honestly but I think I might be sticking with the classic baked potato, can’t go wrong with that one you know?
Okay before I start rambling and waste paper again I’m going to stop, I need to pack for the event anyway. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Kind regards,
Techno
Chapter 12: Letter 8 (To Phil)
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Hi Phil!
First week of the event has just happened. I got teamed up with a person I never met before but it was cool to spend some time away from Hypixel. It got promoted as an event with 10 different games. In the end all of the games were just the same, which I didn’t care.
There is a cool respawn system on the server that doesn’t make you die but when you get hit by something that would kill you it teleports you away. They kept track of the people who were still going that way. Luckily I’m used to a similar system on Hypixel and I’ve used it there plenty of times so it didn’t take long to know how it works.
There were like 22 teams of two players, so 44 people in total. I knew a couple of them but I stayed clear, no need to make friends when you are trying to win the thing.
Which I did by the way! So I’m sticking around for another week but first I’m going to go back home and relax a bit. Leaving the farm to itself for a while, nothing bad can happen there anyway.
It was great to see you for the steak by the way. We should do that more often!
Techno
Chapter 13: Letter 9 (To Phil)
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Phil!
You didn’t tell me you got invited, I’m sorry for kicking your ass but it was a lot of fun. Maybe one day we could team up and win the whole thing. I’m going to keep this one short because I’m a bit tired. Hope to see you soon again man!
Chapter 14: Letter 10 (To Phil)
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Phil,
They put in different games besides just fighting and suddenly I didn’t win, so much hate. Honestly they just did better than my team did but it was a lot of fun to see everybody enjoying the different games.
I personally liked the dropping and tnt game. But the others were fun to! See you next week man!
Techno
Chapter 15: Letter 11 (To Phil)
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Phil,
You have been teaming with the same guy for weeks now, let’s change that up shall we?
I got the go ahead for the two of us to be teamed up, let show them what we can do with the two of us joining in a team. Getting you that win man!
- Techno
Chapter 16: Letter 12 (To Techno)
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Techno,
Hi mate,
It’s been a while since I’ve responded to you, with traveling to and from the event server and the building in my own server I’ve been busy.
It’s been wonderful to be able to see and speak with you every week though. It might have been the highlight of my week to catch up with someone that I’ve started thinking of as a friend.
Because that’s how I’ve started to think of you, a friend, someone I can trust. Someone's opinion I appreciate and receiving your letters is one of the best parts of my day if I get them, not that I’m waiting by my mailbox for them but it’s great to get them. I want to thank you for that.
You asked about flying weeks ago, compared it to freedom and in a way you are so right. There is nothing like flying, getting up above the clouds but also diving down as fast as you can. To be able to touch the water in a lake or ocean without needing a boat or standing on the shore. Just the tips of your fingers dipping in the cold water and knowing that you can go up without thinking.
I don’t think about it anymore, when I was younger I used to need to think about how to move my wings, to make the right move to go up or down left or right. By now it’s second nature, but I suppose that’s only logical after all those years. There are some downsides though. Preening is something that you need to keep on top of and doing it by yourself can be hard, even though I’ve gotten quite good at it in my opinion.
Every now and then I wish that someone I knew could do it for me and then I remember the horrors that come with befriending people. With showing them your back and basically, for me at least, your weakest points. Sharing weaknesses is never easy.
There used to be people hunting Avians for their wings and feathers, there still are and I’ve run into those people in the past. I’ll probably do so again in the future. Please don’t think that I might think you are one of them, you don’t seem the type to hunt down other species. I know there have been some tensions between Piglins and Avians in the past but I don’t see why we should continue that circle.
I think that would be a shame for I’ve been starting to look forward to seeing you beat people up in events, to marvel at how great your swordsmanship is and how much fun you seem to be having in those events, even if you lose. It’s been a great honor and pleasure to get to know you better my friend. Hope to speak to you again soon.
Phil
Chapter 17: Letter 13 (To Phil)
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Phil,
I’m writing to you from the middle of the potato field. It has grown so much in the last couple of weeks. I’m currently in a full on war to get the most harvested potatoes in the history of Hypixel. I would not take time out of this battle I’ve started for anyone but a friend.
I’m fighting this war against a Squid, nothing wrong with him, kind person honestly but I know that I can out farm him, so I will. I’m going to make history with it, this is going down in the books. Which also makes me worry.
I don’t think I’ve ever called you out on it, but I feel like we are similar to each other, especially with our life spans… Not that it matters, although it would be nice to meet someone else that has something that feels like a never ending life.
Plus I believe I’ve seen your wings before, with you saying that they are unique it made it fairly easy to connect the dots of a certain man. Someone that people have been whispering about for ages, rumors that die down every couple of years and then come back like a decade later.
It’s alright you know to not want to make friends if you are like us, there is nothing that sucks as much as outliving everyone you know. It’s only natural to outlive your parents, but outlive people that have been born decades after you? That doesn’t feel right in the beginning. So I do hope that you don’t mind me calling you out, I’m sorry if you do mind. Then ignore this letter and I will not speak about it again.
But in a way I would love to know, I would especially love to know how you got given the name Angel of Death, how did that happen, why did that happen.
Okay but that wasn’t what I was writing about, potatoes, yes. I’ve been farming for a couple of days now, spending most of my waking hours in the field, paying others to keep the Squid kid from his work. He tried to do the same to me but I noticed sooner as he did, so he didn’t hurt me as bad.
This wasn’t ever really the plan, I just needed to do easy farming for coins to buy something but if that was enough to take me to the top 50 in this server then how bad could it be to be the number one. To be the best in something besides fighting? And especially something that can hardly be connected back to fighting. Anyway, dreams right? Weird things.
Talk to you soon, my friend.
Techno
Chapter 18: Letter 14 (To Techno)
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Techno,
Honestly I was wondering when you would bring up being immortal, because every now and then you mentioned something that has happened so long ago as if you had been part of it yourself. I wondered, I hoped that you would be the same and it seems I didn’t hope in vain.
Honestly I don’t really remember when it came about, Angel of Death that is, but it might have something to do with the fact that I’ve taken down some servers in the past. Or with the fact that the goddess of death is my wife. Either or, not really sure.
Yours however, Blood God, is an interesting one. I would love to know how that one came along. But It’s up to you if you want to explain. Sometimes I giggle when I get into a random server and people are chanting blood for the blood god after they just fought a battle, it sure is something. Almost as if they are in a cult. Wait, you aren’t a cult leader are you?
I wonder if we are the only two or if there are more like us. Like the whispers you heard about that kid called Chaos? Could he be immortal too? Maybe we will find out in the end, maybe not. I suppose it doesn’t really matter. I’m glad to be able to call you a friend.
Great to hear the farming is going well, I have full faith in the fact that you will make it to the first place in no time. I’ve gone back to building, right now I’m finishing up Endlantis. Might move on to the server spawn, change some things up before heading over to one of the bigger sea’s and making an island in the middle of that. So many plans. I’ve sent some along for you to see, plus some maps of my server in case I do one day invite you into it.
Other than that life has been flying past. I got invites for multiple new servers. Including that one that you mentioned before. Championships, it seems they are ready for the first event and I’m invited. I’ll probably go because it does sound like a lot of fun.
Maybe when I’m going there we could grab a bit on Roofnet again? If you have some time to spare between farming of course, I don’t want to make you lose your fight against the Squid kid.
Let me know, it’ll be in around a month's time. I’ll see if I can maybe ask for you to get into it as well! Would be cool to team up again.
Chapter 19: Letter 15+ (To Tubbo and Tommy)
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Tubster!
We haven’t hung out together in days, we should go annoy some people again! Like we can go. Or we could go to Sam and give Fran some pets? I don’t know also don’t really care but I want to go do something!
Tommy,
Dude why did you send a letter? We are sitting next to each other? You could have said something!
Tubbo,
That would have been boring, come on let’s go. I believe there are new people coming in a bit. Might be cool to meet those too!
Tom,
I think one of them is around our age, we could see if he’s cool!
Tubbo,
Oooh you are so right. Come on. We are going to bug Sam about information, he should know as one of the admins right?
Tommmmmmyyyyy,
He should, does that mean stop sending letters?
TuBbO,
Yep.
Chapter 20: Letter 16 (To Techno)
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Techno,
Hi mate! Just finished the first Championships, it’s actually a lot of fun. I talked to some of the people that organize the event and they are more than welcome to let you join if you want to?
I can’t promise that we can team together, although it would be fantastic the wipe the floor with everyone just like we did in Monday's.
Anyway you should get an invite from somebody called Scott, he is a nice guy but if you don’t want to just say no! It’s completely up to you. There will be one now almost every month, with some breaks I believe.
How is the war going? Are you winning? Are your potatoes better than the Squid kids? You haven’t sent me an update in a bit. And how are you? I hope everything is alright!
I’m doing alright at the moment, taking a little break from building to do some fishing. My mind is racing through what I could build though. I think I might go and start doing some groundwork for Flowerfall tomorrow. Collecting the basic materials and stuff like that. I should have a lot here in the base. Going to make a list and see what is missing and do a shopping trip probably.
So expect me to be on Hypixel in a bit again.
Keep me posted on the potato war, alright? Thanks friend!
Phil
Chapter 21: Letter 17 (To Phil)
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Hi Phil!
The war is going alright! I don’t know if I’m actively winning but it does feel that way. I’ve been farming by hand everyday for close to 12 hours. It’s a lot but everything for this win. It’s now just a thing for my honor honestly.
The funny thing is that a lot of people here have caught on and for some reason they seem to think that Squid and I don’t like each other, and sure we are sending each other some threads here and there. Trying to hold the other back, you know the work. But we actually have a lot of pleasant conversations.
I’ve seen him around for a while and I’ve seen him age. It wasn’t my plan to befriend another person but I do feel like I could call him my friend after this. Depending if he thinks the same of course.
But I’m happy you had a great time at the Championship! I did get the invite and I’ve accepted. Let’s see if we get teamed up and if not we can still meet up before heading into the server.
It will be a great reason to meet up again. However I do think it will take some time away from the potatoes, which is something I will just have to accept. I’ll see you soon!
Techno
Chapter 22: Letter 18 (To Techno)
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Hi mate,
The teams just got announced! Excited to find out who I’m teamed with. It was a bit of a bummer to not see your name among the list but we shall fight the greatest battle we can against each other.
We can absolutely meet up while going there. I know they like it if we are there at least half an hour in advance.
I’m hoping you got teamed up with some great people! I’ve been teamed with some people that I don’t know so here's hoping we will all vibe a bit. Glad to be seeing you again soon.
Oh I think I’m finally done doing the inventory research for Flowerfall, might just start that build next month!
And about the friendship with the Squid, do what feels good man. You can’t always help becoming friends. It happens from time to time, look at us. I don’t think it was your intention to befriend me when you were hired to take me along the shops of Hypixel? So don’t worry too much.
Phil
Chapter 23: Letter 19 (To Techno)
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Techno!
Here’s to hoping you had fun during the Championships? It did seem like you had fun? But I might be wrong about that. My team was a bit of a mess but it was also a lot of fun.
I got to meet some new people again, and I think one of my teammates just got stuck to my side. He seems cool although a bit full of energy but he is still young, so that will probably change when he grows older. He asked me for my address and I gave it to him.
He told me he was living at the Dream smp server currently, that one you spoke to me about before? The one that’s basically just one big melting pot of species. He says it’s a lot of fun there. But you are only allowed in with a personal invitation from the admin apparently.
I don’t know, it seems a bit strange but then again I think about my own server and how I don’t allow anybody else to come there, so maybe it isn’t. Maybe it’s a way of protecting the people that live on the server.
He kept talking about a boy named Tubbo and it was almost cute to see how excited he got because of him. You should have seen his tail wagging back and forth, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody that happy.
Anyway, is the plan to travel to the next Championships together again? If so we should try and hit up one of the better food places on the Roofnet, I could go for some really good chicken. Let me know and I’ll be there whenever!
Love ya mate!, Phil
Chapter 24: Letter 20 (To Phil)
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Yo Phil!
Championships was great. Had a lot of fun although it’s absolutely different then Mondays was. But I loved the different type of games and I did have a nice team. We got along really well. I didn’t go as far as giving out my address but you know how it goes. I don’t want to make more friends then needed. I would advise you to be careful about that yourself, but you should know to be.
It’s weird, from time to time I forget you are like me, that you will be around for years to come. That I can keep calling you my friend until the end of time and I appreciate that so much. There will not come a moment where I need to mourn you dying from old age. And we both understand how it feels, how much pain can come from befriending mortals. How frustrating it is to not hold the power to stop them from dying.
I digress! Sorry about that, sometimes you just go you know? Potato war is still going, I think the Squid kid is pulling ahead at the moment so I will probably be sending you less letters for the next couple of months. I really need to stop him from being the winner of this fight. Like Sun Tzu once said: Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness.
About the next Championships, yeah we can travel together once more, I think that will be the norm from now on for every event we both compete in. No matter if it’s against or with each other, we meet up on Roofnet and have a meal. But ehm chicken? I somehow didn’t expect you to want to go eat chicken. On the other hand I do enjoy some good bacon so maybe I shouldn’t be as surprised as I was.
I do hope you will receive some laughter from the boy that might send you letters, maybe I’ll get to meet him one day. For now I’m going back to my potatoes. And remember Let your plans be dark and impenetrable at night, and when you move fall like a thunderbolt. It’s another Sun Tzu one. I might have been rereading some books.
-Techno
Chapter 25: Letter 21 (To Philza)
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Phil
Hi, uhm, this is Tommy here, I know you gave me the information but still I hope you don’t mind me writing to you! It was really cool hanging out around Championships and I just want to get to know you better, even if you're old and with one leg in the grave you are cool!
So it’s me, I’m here to bother you and tell you about everything I’ve gotten up to the last couple of days! I first went back to Tubbo honestly, and needed to tell him about what happened during the event. We went over to one of the admins to try and steal his dog. Honestly Fran is too good for that man, sadly Sam noticed. He forced us to stay and cuddle with the dog for at least two hours while he cooked us dinner. I don’t think he was really upset.
We talked about the new people that will be joining the server, he mentioned that some people didn’t accept the invite but that they can always do so later if they end up changing their minds.
One of the people coming tomorrow is a boy called Purpled? Tubbo and I have been asked to show him around the server, he is around our age so it made sense for them to ask us. I just hope he is as cool as us. No wait he can never be as cool as me and Tubbo, that’s simply impossible.
For now we are trying to build something like a town. We get a lot of freedom here and are able to build whatever we want, so I have my dirt hut and Tubbo has a wooden house. But It seems fun to us to build something closer together. A place where others are always welcome and where we can be ourselves.
It would be cool if we actually get that off the ground. One of the admins however has been keeping a close eye on us recently, he even went as far as stealing some of my music discs. Can you believe that? I pulled those from treasure chests myself and now he has stolen them. I might need to go steal them back but I don’t know If there is a way I can actually? I’ll see what to do about it.
There have been some tensions the last couple of days but most of the time we can all just talk about it and everything is fine in the end. I mean that’s what friends to right? Communicate and move on from the problem that there was. There can be some friction but it should form major problems.
Anyway I won’t hold you any longer. I’ll keep you posted on the new people. Thanks for letting me write to you, old man!
Tommy
Chapter 26: Letter 22 (To Tommy)
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Hi Tommy,
That sounds interesting, why is an admin stealing from you? That isn’t supposed to happen you know? They should be there to help you, I hope they help more than that they bother you?
I had a lot of fun meeting you during the event, great way to get to know new people honestly. Maybe we will be teamed up again. I went back to my own server. I do have an invite somewhere here to join the server you are in now, maybe one day. But for now I think I’m sticking around on my own for a while longer. I’ve got so many plans for this place.
It’s actually starting to come together really well recently. I wish I could show people honestly but I don’t know how comfortable I am yet with opening it up to other people. Otherwise I would have already invited one of my friends. He is a really cool person living on Hypixel at the moment. I think you would like him too.
There is something nice about being by myself although from time to time I do feel isolated. The events like Championships really help with that honestly. So it’s all good.
The other admin, the one with the dog, sounds like a cool person. So does Tubbo! Glad that you have some friends looking out for you. Let me know how the new guys are fitting in. Even if it’s someone around your age that doesn’t always mean you get along. But here's hoping for more friends, right?
I’ve been seeing more people traveling over Roofnet the last couple of times I’ve been up there. It’s great to see people moving to different places, getting different experiences. Anyway I’m going back to my fishing. Write to me whenever you want!
Phil.
P.s. I’m not that old mate.
Chapter 27: Letter 23 (To Techno)
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Techno,
I don’t know how to feel about some things. Just got my first letter from Tommy and honestly I’m just worried about some of the things going down on that server? Like he told me one of the admins actively steals some of his stuff? I know I haven’t been on servers like that for decades now but it feels wrong.
In my memories admins are there to help you thrive, not break down your spirit and steal stuff. But that might have changed? I don’t know honestly, but it feels wrong. I don’t even think that stuff like that happens on servers like Hypixel. There is always some form of respect from the admins to the residents.
I don’t trust this situation and I have a feeling that something is going to happen and that he might ask for help. For now I’ll just worry about it by myself.
I did get the invite for the next Championships. I asked to be teamed with you this time. Maybe that will happen, let’s wait. I do feel that if you ask the same thing we have a bigger chance of getting put on a team together. Maybe we can get Tommy on the team too. I think you might like him? Although he does take a lot of energy with how he bounces off the walls, he is great fun to have around.
How are the potatoes doing? I thought you mentioned having set an end date, I believe that’s coming up! Are you still winning? Does the Squid kid know? Let me know how it’s going!
I’ll be heading into the shopping district Hypixel has again, although I think I don’t need an escort this time, however if you do want to join and have free time feel free to hit me up! You know where I’ll be going.
Talk to you later.
Phil
Chapter 28: Letter 24 (to Phil)
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Dear Phil,
Okay no dear feels too intimate for just a friendship. Well too late to cross it out now so you will just have to accept it this time.
I’ve written down your name on the invite as well. It would be cool to team up again, we can win the event if we are on the same time. Or at least that’s how I see it. The potato war has come to an end today. I will no longer have to farm and I’m kind of glad about it. don’t get me wrong I absolutely loved doing it, but it was a lot!
I did win yes. I’m now the title holder of #1 potato on Hypixel. Which is cool! Currently I’ve been playing the war games a lot, I’ve got a winning streak going as well so for the moment everything is going my way I suppose.
What you wrote about Tommy and the other server, yeah that is alarming. I think it might be worth investigating? I also have an unaccepted invite. Might just go ahead and accept just to see what’s actually going on there.
Oh and you better believe that when you are going to Hypixel I’ll be there, this time you won’t even need to pay me. I can show you my potato farm if you would like? I don’t know if it’s that interesting for you honestly but you are more than welcome to come check it out. My door will always and forever be open for you.
Techno
Chapter 29: Letter 25 (To Phil)
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Yooo Philllllllllllllllll,
The new guy seems cool! I do think his name is a bit weird, and I think he tried to rob me once on Roofnet but that didn’t work. I’m faster than most people expect!
So his name is Purpled, he wears a purple hoodie everywhere and sometimes even purple sneakers. Talk about being into a bit right? But he is cool, doesn’t speak much. Went straight into a building plan, now he is somehow building an entire UFO by himself. Which don’t get me wrong, is cool and all but like take your time or something! (We did build him a house in our town so he can stay there whenever he wants too.)
Tubbo has been asking me questions about Championships, I wish I could sneak him in, maybe I should talk to one of the organizers to give him a spot, that would be neat. He has also been asking about me writing letters, by the way don’t feel like you need to reply to every single one. I think that would even drive me insane honestly.
I should describe Tubbo to you actually! He is smaller than me. But we are the same age. Both of us have been on an other server together but we didn’t really knew each other back then so it’s cool to get to know each other now! He has brown hair, with some bleached parts. Brown eyes. He is a Chulker so he is a different speccies, but I don’t care about that. Just like I don’t care about the fact that you are an Avian.
Oh I didn’t tell you this but Purpled told me one of his nicknames is Chaos? I don’t find it fitting. He is a lot but he isn’t chaotic in my opinion. But back to Tubbo!
He has a dream of building his own server. One that can be a welcoming place to everyone but is run with love and care. He is always writing stuff down for it. I think he might actually like Championships even more because he talked about wanting to have mini games and that’s almost like the event. Plus I need to bring him to Hypixel one day. Because there are a lot of games there as well!
Ooh yeah Purpled is from Hypixel, just like that friend you mentioned before! Maybe they know each other. No never mind that’s stupid Hypixel is massive. But there is always a chance. He told me he spent a lot of time around the war zone. Which you can see, he has a lot of scars. There is nothing wrong with that but still it stands out to somebody that is my age!
Oh the admin I told you about before is getting weirder, more controlling? He talked about the fact that he didn’t like us building this town, and now another fucker is talking about wanting to hold an election? I’m trying to stay away from it but somehow I keep being dragged into this kind of stuff.
Is there a way that I can ask you to please join the server? What would it take? Maybe you could calm some stuff down? You seem like a calming person. Old people are like that.
Anyway I’m making this one way too long, and Tubbo is standing outside my door. We are going to see if the purple kid needs some help with his build.
Tommy
Chapter 30: Letter 26 (To Techno)
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Hi mate,
I’m starting to get more and more worried about that Tommy kid. I really don’t trust that admin, and now he is talking about an election. To me that sounds like trying to overthrow the admins, but that’s a tricky thing to do and there have been wars started over less.
It’s getting more and more likely for me to just accept that invite and go and see it with my own eyes. Help some of the people out, or help them get out of the server and to a different one.
He did mention something interesting though… Remember that you wrote about Chaos? Yeah, his real name seems to be Purpled. He used to live in Hypixel too, and he spent a lot of time in the war zone, where have you been staying as well lately? He really is around Tommy his age, but I’ve heard rumors about that kid for decades, just like you. There is no way he is a teenager.
In other news just got the team announcements from Championships, while writing this letter to you! It seems we have been teamed up again, Tommy is on our team again. I do hope you guys get along! It would be cool to start growing a bigger friend group. Even though yes I do know the risks and the grief that will follow but, I simply can’t keep living in isolation for forever.
Oh don’t forget about us getting chicken before the event! I’ve been daydreaming about that chicken for weeks now. I really have a craving for it. And no it’s not cannibalism. I’m not a chicken, I’m an Avian. There is a difference.
Well, I’ll see you in a week's time! Roofnet, same place as always!
Phil
Chapter 31: Letter 27 (To Tommy)
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Hi kiddo,
It seems we have been teamed up again! Techno is on our team as well, he is a friend of mine. It should be fun getting to play the event again.
If there is ever any need for me to join your current server please let me know! I do have an invite so technically I can come over whenever I would feel like. Even though they would like an arrival time, I'm not legally obligated to give it.
It’s great to hear that you are having fun with Tubbo and Purpled though! I know Scot (He is one of the people organizing Championships) Doesn’t mind being asked to let friends in, when they have a place they will try. I did that for Techno.
We will talk more in detail before or after the event alright? See you saturday!
Phil
Chapter 32: Championships
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Phil was standing on Roofnet, he had just walked out of his portal. There was a plan to meet up with Technno before the event and get some food. Usually they would just meet in the middle, for both of them it wasn’t that far out of the way and it was sort of on the way to the Championships server.
There was something like nerves fueling his body, but Phil couldn’t completely place his finger on it. Were those nerves for the event, or because of Techno officially getting to meet Tommy. The child that he had been getting to know better and better the past couple of months because of the letters.
It almost felt like there was a bit of fate in play, like they were all destined to meet each other. But that could also be complete imagination. It probably was imagination. He rolled his shoulders before starting to move forward. Sidestepping as soon as another person walked out of a portal, Roofnet really was getting more and more busy lately. Which was nice to see. It really was. Somehow even though there is a lot of discrimination in the world everybody ignores that for Roofnet all of everybody needs it to get around so better to be accepted here then to be blacklisted. Something that has happened in the past and with most servers not offering another way into them besides Roofnet it wasn’t nice to be blacklisted.
He could spot some pink hair in the distance, making the assumption that the only person with pink hair on Roofnet would be Techno. He started waving, only to get a really confused look from the girl that sported the pink hair.
“Sorry I thought you were someone else!” He kept walking, there was no need to put more shame into him and the girl didn’t seem too bothered, just really confused. After a couple more minutes of walking he made it to the meeting point. Why did he even think he would see Techno before here? The pigglin was leaning against one of the streetlights that spotted the area. Seemingly reading a book something that wasn’t exactly out of the ordinary to see the other doing.
“Techno!” It made the other look up, a smile quickly forming on his face
“Phil!” Techno was starting to stand up again, the both of them closing the gap between them for a quick hug.
“Chicken it was right?” Techno spoke while laughing a little bit.
“You have no clue how long I’ve wanted this chicken.”
They started walking to one of the food stalls nearby, a small queue of people waiting for the same chicken Phil had been wanting for the last couple of weeks, they quickly got stuck into a conversation, only taking a short break from it to order the food they wanted. Claiming one of the standing tables in the area to eat their food while they kept talking. Even if they wrote to each other there was still so much they didn’t put down on the paper.
By now it had become a habit to watch the people rushing by while they spent time on Roofnet, and Phil was starting to notice that he was picking out the people from previous events easier. Recognizing them when they were walking past. Some offered a small wave of stopping for a short ‘hello’ and ‘how are you’. None of them would ever really be friends. Not yet anyway, maybe in the future.
After a while both of them realized they would need to get going to still be on time for the event. Phil could still feel some of the nerves, even though they had started to become less and less with every event. By now he knew what to expect, plus most importantly he knew he would have fun.
The walk over was short, there was a small row of people waiting to get in, one of the admins running the event standing outside the portal and checking the invites. Just to be sure that there would be nobody getting in that wasn’t invited. It didn’t take long for them to reach in front of it, showing the invitations they had received and stepping through the portal.
Somehow the hub of the event changed a little bit every time Phil had been there, making it a way to get some creativity flowing for his own builds. Plus there was free food and drinks for the participants. Yet it wasn’t the chicken they just had so Phil was happy with the choice they had made to eat on Roofnet.
Like always there was some sort of tension in the air, people wanted to win the event even though almost everybody was happy with just having fun. There was always a need to win. People walking around the hub, catching up with people. Teams showing up in matching outfits. It brought a smile to Phil’s face. For every mortal here these would be some of the most fun memories they could make. Forming friendship, playing games. There was something lovely about being included. And sure Phil would cherish these memories himself, that was something he was sure of, but it was different. There would come a time where this would just be a Saturday a couple of centuries ago, where the others would no longer be here and he could reminisce about them.
“Phil!” A scream so loud that it went over most of the people talking, that could only mean one thing.
“Tommy, mate!” A young blond boy came running up to both him and Techno. The pigglin was looking him up and down with a soft smile on his face. That would be about the most that Tommy would get out of the stoic man. He needed to warm up to people and there is nothing wrong with that.
“Tommy, this is Techno.” It was the easiest way to introduce them to each other.
“Hello kiddo.”
“I’m not a kid!” It was the reply that always followed. Even though Tommy clearly still was a teenager. One with skills because otherwise he wouldn’t have been invited here, but still he was a kid. Phil remembered being that age. Thinking that you are so grown up, but yet you weren’t. Sometimes he longed back to those days, the days that others would be there for him instead of the other way around. That he could just go up to his nest and fall asleep when he was bored and people wouldn’t be upset about it. Now it was always considered rude when he did that. He couldn’t help being tired from time to time.
Tommy started talking about the server he was staying at, the one both Techno and Phil himself had unaccepted invites for. The two shared a look before continuing to listen to the boy, to ask questions without being obnoxious. Before they knew it the first round of music was blasting. Telling them it would be time to go into the arena. The mini games were about to be picked and they needed to get ready.
Phil knew they would have a shot at winning today, if they tried to keep on top of it. He didn’t know the other player that was on their team, not really anyways. Tommy whispered to him that he was the one trying to run the elections on the server, something that made Phil wary. But there was nothing he could do besides smile and play the games they would be playing that night.
In the end he needed to focus on the games if he wanted a shot of winning and he actually would like a real shot. He knew Techno would be the same, both of them being driven by wanting to get accomplishments. Even though it could be hard for them to actually do that without being outed for what they were. There aren’t a lot of people roaming the world and its servers that knew about the few immortals that walked alongside them. In history there have been more. There had been so many that had fallen in battles or in wars that didn’t actually need to be fought. Grabbed by people that would do horrible things to torture them, to find out the secret. Something that nobody could explain.
Phil didn’t know how he had the luck, or maybe the curse, to be immortal. His parents hadn't been, nobody in his family was. It seemed to just be a coincidence who would be immortal and who wouldn’t. Except if two immortals got children together, then the mutation would always carry over.
Phil softly shook his head to get the thoughts out, at the same time as he did that the first minigame was chosen. Skyblockle would be the first thing they played. A grin formed on Techno’s face because he was used to those kinds of games from Hypixel. Tommy was jumping up and down as well. It turned out the kid had spent some time at Hypixel too and knew his way around fighting. Something that surprised Phil actually, he didn’t expect that both Tommy and Techno would team up and devour every player they walked into. The two of them even made it to the first and second place of the best players of the game. Phil was happy he had just made the top 5 of that.
Build mart, was the next game. Techno had a tactic and all four of the people on their team ran to their designated shopping place. They didn’t need to pay, they did however need to mine the things themselves. Upon returning they were very far behind the other teams but that changed when they started to rebuild the builds that were standing in front of them. They had everything they needed to not return to the mining of materials. Only missing a couple of things that Tommy missed. In the end they would claim a third place position for the game. Something they should be proud of because none of them were really builders, except maybe Phil, but they like to take his time. To see what needed to go where and this was very much rushed.
Survival games came after that. Techno made it to the top two, while Phil got another fifth place. Tommy had an unfortunate respawn very early on, meaning that he was out of the rest of the mini game. And even though Phil and Techno made a duo that shouldn’t be messed with, it was hard to win against teams that still had all their players.
Then came the chicken game, to get to the other side it was called but it meant trying to finish a track as soon as possible and claiming one of the chickens in at the end. Techno was fast with this, returning in first place. Securing their team with the bonus of being the highest scores. They really were doing well, they could still end the event in first place. Winning the thing. Phil was laughing and smiling all the way through.
Rocket Spleef was something Phil had a bit of an advantage in, because it included flying, something he was very much used to. However it did add rockets to make you go faster and higher, and even though Phil used those himself from time to time someone was able to out fly him. He shook the other man's hand while claiming second place with a smile. He was happy to be in the top three.
There was a bit of a break. Which everybody on their team was glad for, five out of ten games had been played. They still had a real chance of winning and the energy was high. Tommy was bouncing off the walls until Phil needed to force him to relax and drink water, maybe eat a snack. They would need all the energy they could get back for the other half of the event. Conversations were flowing, friendships slowly forming.
Battle box was the first game after the break, Tommy made it to the fourth place out of forty people, something that was impressive. It was clear to see that Techno had been a bit out of it, getting stuck in his head trying to do the best he could. Phil placed a hand on his friend's shoulder before squishing it softly, it would be okay even if they didn’t win. Techno needed to know that.
Mini game seven brought them to a hole in the wall. A game that forced them to stand on a platform, a void underneath it. They would need to jump through the holes or around the walls that would be moving towards them. Calling out north, south, east and west with every moving wall. Techno got back to the first place, securing them a team win with all of them being decent in the game.
It was easy to see by knowing that the real battle they were fighting was against the green team, every time their own team, which was purple, lost a game the green one won and the other way around. It was a mighty fight to see, and all of them kept joking with the members from the green team. That was something even better, there was no hate amongst them. It was fun.
The final game was parkour warrior, something that was incredibly hard but all of them tried their very best. Jumping impossible jumps, grabbing ladders by just the tips of their fingers, jumping over walls and across rivers too wide to jump. Techno made his way to a shared third. Something that was really impressive.
With that they had made it to the finale, basically a game of dodgeball, the best of out three winning the crown, the whole event. They came together for a quick team huddle. It was safe to say that Techno had started to like the bouncing ball that was the blond boy and that just made Phil happy. However they needed a tactic to do this, to win the game, to win the event. It was within reach and now he couldn’t let it go. He needed to do it. He could almost feel the energy the win would bring flowing through his veins.
So all four of them ran forwards to the balls, starting a game of ducking, weaving and dodging the balls that came their way. All while trying to aim as true as they could when throwing their own. Something that somehow ended up winning them the first of three rounds. The second one went in a similar sense. When they threw the ball straight to the other team, hitting the last member standing in the field dodging the throws. The crowd that had formed by the other teams watching the finale erupted in cheers and shouts. All of them ran towards each other for hugs and congratulations. Somehow they had done it, they had won the event that day.
Pride was forming in Phil’s chest, because even though he had hoped, he hadn’t necessarily expected them to win. There is always a chance of the other teams being better. Of being more coherent with each other but in the end they had done it. The four of them made their way onto the podium, big smiles on their faces while punching the sky in celebration. Something like that was a great bonding experience. Their team had won by a landslide in points. They had won the final event. Techno had even made it to the first individual place, Phil made it to third and Tommy proudly claimed the seventh place. It was easy to see that the three of them together made an incredible team. Something to be watched out for in the future.
With crowns on their heads they watched the final firework show of that night, there was a small after party with music and dancing and some drinks in the house. All of them stayed for a bit before the trio decided that it was time to return home. They looked for a corner that was a little bit more quiet to say their goodbye’s. Before doing so Tommy sent them a playlist on their communicators that he had been listening to before the event. Something that Phil would silently cherish and listen to a lot in his free time.
They said their goodbyes with some hugs before parting their ways on Roofnet. Each going their own separate way.
TOMMY’S WINNING SONGS
Chapter 33: Letter 28 (To Phil and Techno)
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Phil and Techno,
I’m sending this exact same letter to both of you. We need help. Stuff is going down and a war is starting. I don’t know how long it will be until it really starts. I know neither one of you really has a role in this battle but I’m going to be honest and say that we can use all the help that we can get right about now.
Both of you have told me you have been invited in the past, those invitations should still be working, you should still be able to make it onto the server. I’ll write down the route to make it to L’ Manburg down below. Follow that and you should reach it within fifteen minutes of leaving the portal.
The president has died, Tubbo is now the new president and even though he tries he can’t keep the people from L’ Manburg safe. The admin has been building a grid above the town and we don’t know what to think about it. It’s made of obsidian and high enough in the sky that we would be risking our lives to go up and investigate.
We have created an army although most of us have never fought wars before. We got some materials for the fight but they kept being raided. It feels like we have a traitor in our group. I really don’t know what to do anymore. Can you guys come and help? Please?
I’m scared.
Tommy
Chapter 34: Doomsday
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Phil was standing in front of the portal leading to the Dream SMP server. Sword strapped to his belt and a bow with plenty of arrows on his back. There was a grimace on his face while he was holding on to the crumpled up piece of paper. The letter hadn’t been crumpled before but it had been easy so see it had been written with haste. He was waiting however for Techno to show up. They would both need to be there if they were to help. If they were to help the kids of that server get away from the hands of the admin that was making a joke out of the entire server.
People were walking past the server, eyeing the weapons he was carrying but he didn’t care. He was scanning the crowds waiting for that one familiar pinkhead to come join him. To come join him to end an entire server. Burn the place down. Do what they had done in the past except in those days they hadn’t been teamed up. No, the people on the server wouldn’t know what was coming. Nobody had ever really seen the Angel of Death and the Blood God team up before.
There was a reason they had been named that by the people in the past. They might not be proud of said nicknames but they sure knew why they had gotten them. There was a reason nobody messed with them, why they steered away. There was a reason both of them were careful in befriending people. But when they did they would be there for their friends. And the people who they would be fighting today would rue the day they decided to start this unfair fight.
He didn’t know how the battle would go down, there was no way of truly knowing but he would be there until the end, and if this is where he would give up his life to save his friends then so be it. Phil squared his shoulders, finally spotting Techno in the crowds. An axe firmly on his back and hanging from his belt would probably be his sword that he took almost everywhere. It was time, it was time to show the inhabitants of the server why they had gotten their nicknames.
Both of them stepped through the portal at the same time, they didn’t need to look at the letter they both had gotten from Tommy to know the way. Phil had read it so often that he knew the way through the forest like it was the back of his hand. Wings fluttering in unease because he couldn’t fly ahead, it would do no good to be there by himself. If he wanted to pull off what he wanted to pull off he would need Techno’s help.
He knew the route all the way to L’Manburg without looking. The forest eerily silent while they were walking the route so many had before them. A town looming up in the distance, a framework of obsidian looming above the city. Nothing good would ever come from a contraption like that. Phil didn’t trust it and he ruffled his feathers again, the hair on the back of his neck standing up.
They could hear the shouting from long before they reached the city, sounds of metal against metal. The battle had already started, they could only hope they weren’t too late. The black and yellow walls loomed before them, somehow they would need to find a way in, a gate to the city that laid within the walls. After walking closer to the wall it was easy to spot the holes in them. Phil looked to his friend and with a single nod he knew it would be time to take to the sky.
The sounds of battle only became clearer the closer he got to the fighting people, something that was very logical. He spotted three kids he knew, or kind of knew. Tommy was fighting in the middle of a square, a black haired man standing in front of him. Toe to toe and sword to sword. Tubbo was throwing TNT wherever he could, while running away from people that were following him. And lastly there was a blond boy in a purpled hoodie, the one that Tommy called Purpled and Techno had called chaos. There was a big grin on his face while he was fighting someone that could have been his brother.
Phil aimed his first arrow towards the black haired man fighting Tommy. It landed on one of his shoulders. A surprised yelp of pain echoing over the battlefield.
“Phil!” Tommy exclaimed. “You came!”
“You called,” Phil replied with a small smile on his face, happy to see the boy as healthy as he could be in this situation. “Of course I came. Techno will be here shortly.”
Tommy beamed at that news before deflecting the incoming sword from the man he had been fighting. Phil joined him in battle. He could see Techno running through the battlefield. Seemingly knowing that Tubbo needed help. The boy had scars over a big part of his body, something had happened long ago, long before they had been called in. Sorrow was growing in his stomach, he knew not everybody would make it out alive today. He couldn’t care about the people on the other side, he was here for Tommy and his friends. He was here to help them, to get away from this place and onto the next. If need be he would even open his own server so they could stay there and recover.
He couldn’t help but spot bodies of the already fallen people and swallow a lump from his throat before heading back into battle, this wouldn’t be where he died. This wouldn’t be where Tommy, Tubbo, Purpled or Techno died. He would make sure of it. He would give everything for it.
“Phil!” He could hear Techno calling for him, he quickly looked around seeing the pink haired man point up to the obsidian grid, there was somebody up there. Looking down onto the fight, the man seemed almost at ease, he wasn’t even standing, no he was sitting feet dangling down from where he sat, slightly leaning forward with his elbows placed on his legs. Phil could feel his anger growing at the sight and somehow he knew that that was the admin that had been ruining the server for everybody. The one that had started the server to give people hope and joy in life. How did it turn into something like this?
Phil nodded towards Techno, knowing that the other would start towering up to see what was going on up there while Phil stayed on the ground. He could only hope that Techno had brought a bow and some arrows himself. Knowing that he probably had but that they were hidden underneath the red cloak that was bellowing behind him. Somehow it was easy to spot while he was wearing the cloak why he had gotten the nickname he had. People falling before even really engaging in a fight with the man. Blood for the Blood God, Phil silently thought.
It didn’t take Techno long to tower up to the grid above. Shooting fireworks out of a crossbow that he took out from underneath the cloak. The bangs make people look up and fall out of concentration. Phil saw the mistake in that and started shooting his own arrows. Looking around to see who of the opposing team was still standing. This would be his time to shine. His time to deliver some helpless souls to the woman he called his wife. The goddess of Death would be happy with the surprise that would await her upon returning to her kingdom.
Phil caught up to Tubbo, ushering him towards the portal where he could leave the server. Next up was Purpled who was still fighting someone that could be him but only older. He didn’t wait to shoot a couple more arrows to throw off the older blond man, before he grabbed Purpled by his shoulders. Pushing him towards Tubbo who was running away through the burning city. Flames surrounding most of the houses. Most of the tree’s had been lit on fire too. There was a struggle but in the end Purpled understood that he couldn’t win the fight. It left Philza standing in front of the man wearing a white hoodie. He didn’t spend any mercy before wielding his sword in yet another fight.
He could hear the sizzling of TNT, something was happening and with one look up to the sky he could see exactly what. TNT was falling down from the grid, Techno was still standing on top of it, fighting a man in a green hoodie. It didn’t take Phil too long to overpower the person he was fighting. There was no sorrow when he ended yet another life.
He needed to find Tommy, see what the boy was up to. That was when he saw him climbing up a tower that stood in the middle of the city. He saw a person falling from above and the only reason Phil didn’t panic was because there was no red cloak, it wasn’t Techno.
“What did you do?” Tommy screamed above the TNT, looking towards Techno who was standing with his crossbow aimed at the younger one. Something had happened and Phil had missed it. Looking around he saw nothing but fallen soldiers, they hadn’t even fallen in their own war, why did they want to give their lives for this. He could see two of the teenagers retreating when he flew up into the sky, dodging the falling TNT.
“It had to be done Tommy.” Techno his voice overpowered even the exploding of the TNT, there was no way anybody who was still alive would not be able to hear it.
“We could have saved it!”
“There is no way to save something like this.” Techno waved his hand over the burning city.
“We.”
“No, Tommy. Trust me you don’t want to be that hero.”
There was pain on Tommy’s face, tears streaming down his cheeks and Phil wanted to fly over to give the boy a hug, to tell him everything would be alright but he feared that Techno was right. He knew he shouldn’t interfere in this conversation. Flying up to one of the higher points on the obsidian grid, perching on it to observe. He was missing some of the conversation that was happening but he could see Tommy’s reactions. The determination. The way he was starting to knock an arrow and aim his bow.
“You want to be a hero, Tommy?” Techno spoke, his voice echoing across the battlefield that held nothing but fallen soldiers, crackles of fire going in the background. “Then die like one!” Two bows raised at the same time, one shooting an arrow and the other fireworks. Two of his friends, maybe even his allies, are aiming at each other.
“That’s enough.” He called out, jumping off the edge that he had perched upon, hovering between his friends.
“Techno, this is not the time nor the place. We came to help Tommy not to kill him.” He paused before addressing the younger boy.
“Heroes get exiled Tommy, be smart. Follow Tubbo and Purpled. They are waiting at the portal.”
Phil was done but Techno wasn’t, he was ready to keep going to get down to the truth.
“That isn’t Tommy, It’s Theseus, Purpled is Chaos. Wouldn’t surprise me if Tubbo isn’t who we think he is either.”
“Enough!” Phil yelled again. “Not here, not today. All of us need to get away. Someone is coming to collect the deaths that have happened here today and I promise you none of you want to be here when she gets here. We need to leave.”
Phil knew what was coming, he knew who was coming. There was a reason why he called her his wife. Why he longed to stay behind even though he knew he shouldn’t.
It seemed like both finally were listening to him, Techno jumping down from the grid and Tommy looking over to him for help. Which Phil gladly gave. “He is just upset about what happened, don’t take it personally.” He whispered towards the boy, knowing he got used to being friends with Techno, how he looked up to the Pigglin. Tommy nodded softly before Phil placed him down. “Now go.” Phil stayed behind, waiting for Techno to catch up to him.
He looked over to the portal that was now in a line of sight because of the forest burning down, three teenagers stood there looking back. He could hear the ping of his communicator, Tommy had sent him another playlist.
Doomsday
Chapter 35: Letter 29 (to Phil and Techno)
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Hi Phil and Techno,
Again sending you guys the same letter, it seemed fitting, I know it's been some months now.
I never thanked you guys for showing up, even though I don’t agree with what has happened, with blowing up the city that I had been working on for close to a year, I can now see why it needed to happen and I thank you guys for it.
Tubbo, Purpled and I have set up our own server at the moment, we have been hanging out here. Healing from what has happened to us in the past. Turns out that has been a lot. But we will be fine. For now we stay here and we’ll see what’s happening.
I’m sending both of you the coordinates for the portal on Roofnet, I know stuff has happened and maybe we should talk about it. Even though I don’t really know how to start that conversation. Please know both of you are always welcome here.
Purpled explained how he had been on Hypixel for years, he mentioned decades. I don’t even know how that is possible but it seems to be the truth.
Tubbo on the other hand is starting to look into how to create his own server, he wants to make a place where everybody is welcome, a server with minigames and shopping districts, similar to Hypixel but mixed with Championships. It’s incredible to see him sketch some of the plans. His brain seems to never run out of juice and that somehow scares me a little.
Anyway, we already had a couple of other people join our little server, houses are being built and we made sure that nobody is the one leader of it. We are making sure that we listen to everybody's opinion so that this can really be a place where everybody feels welcome, unlike the server that you guys kind of saved us from.
I hope you guys aren’t too upset about everything that happened. I’m sorry if you are. Don’t feel forced to accept the invite. Hope to see you guys soon.
Tommy.
Chapter 36: Letter 30 (To Tommy)
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Hi mate,
It’s understandable to be upset about everything that has happened, to want more for the future. I hope your past isn’t torturing you too much. I can’t imagine that living on that server for as long as you did was easy. I’m sorry for everything that you have gone through.
Tommy, I can’t speak for Techno but know that I’m nothing but proud. I’m happy to see that you are doing better, taking the time to heal. Please be careful about the people you invite. For now I’m declining. I’m going to a different server, looking for something even though I’m not certain what I’m really looking for. But it’s almost as if something, or someone, is calling me. I’ll be going to Quesadilla Island.
I’ve heard of others going there as well, looking forward to seeing if I might know some people already.
Purpled is just a normal lad, he might be older than you think but that doesn’t change anything about it. It means he should have a bit more knowledge about what he is doing. Tubbo's idea for a server sounds interesting. I will ask him about it whenever I come and visit.
Phil
P.s. Your letters should still be able to reach me.
Chapter 37: Letter 31 (To Techno)
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Techno,
I’m giving you a heads up that I’m heading away for a little bit. Your letters should still be able to reach me. I’m going to Quesadilla Island. It’s a new server that has popped up recently and I’m one of the first couple of people invited to it.
Somehow it feels wrong to decline this one, there is something there that needs me and I’m not sure what. I’ll try to keep writing to you as much as possible.
Could you do me a favor though? Keep an eye on the teenagers, please. Tommy still sounds scared and upset about what happened on the last server. I feel like the little screaming match the two of you had didn't help with that. He also confirmed that Purpled is in fact an immortal. It makes me wonder if maybe Tubbo and Tommy are as well? It seems to be that we bond to each other faster than to mortals.
Did you listen to the last playlist he sent us by the way? It's heartbreaking and I feel horrible about the fact that we took part in blowing up the city he spent so long building up. I know it was for the better, I know. That server couldn’t continue like that but still there is this feeling of guilt deep down inside of me. I just wish things had turned out different. That we hadn’t been right about the admin and that everything that happened hadn't happened.
But even though we may live until the end of the world there is no way for us to reset time. We will have to live with the choices that we have made and need to carry on. I know for you it might not be as big of a burden as it is to me. I had already formed a closer friendship with Tommy as you had. I’m not saying that it is easy for you, not at all. I think all of us are just going through the emotions we like to bury as deep inside of us as we can.
Let me know if I can do anything, alright?
-Phil
Chapter 38: Letter 32 (To Techno)
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Hi Tech,
I haven’t heard from you in a while, I’m sorry if I missed any of your letters. I really do hope you are doing alright! But please tell me what’s going on in your life. I miss talking to you. I’m sorry for not being able to go back to Roofnet, something seems to have happened with the portal on this server. We need to find a way to build it back up. For now however I’m staying and enjoying it here.
A lot of things have happened over the past couple of weeks. The first two weeks flew by. We share this world with Spanish speaking people. It’s actually a lot of fun to learn to speak a new language, which makes me wonder why I never tried to learn it in the past. I’ve taken to building a house in the wall that used to separate us from each other. Luckily we were able to blow parts of it up. Foolish is here, I know he is immortal, I’ve seen him around for years. He however does what he does best and that is building. Staying to himself in the area where he is building a huge dragon statue type thing as a house.
The first two weeks were a whirlwind and then we got the news that there was an adoption center and that we should be going there. Imagine a group of adults running towards a building, not knowing what was waiting for them. I now finally understand what was calling me. I’m a dad now, Techno. Proud father of two little kids. Well little isn’t completely true. Chayanne is my son, he is fierce and already knows how to handle a sword. I’ve told him stories about you and the potato wars to fall asleep to, he looks up to you without even knowing you/
Tallulah is my daughter, she is younger but so smart. She is a quiet one, always looking when you don’t think she is. With a lot of patience for people, even those she doesn’t like. Oh and you should listen to her play music. I don’t know how I got so lucky but she is amazing.
Did you ever expect me to tell you I’m a dad? I didn’t expect it in the slightest honestly, but I couldn’t be happier about it! I’m happy to say that they are both lights in my life and I’m not lying when I say I will start a war to keep them safe. Some of the other parents weren’t as lucky as Missa and me were, oh yes I forgot about that. Missa is one of the other people here, we share custody of the kids but they spend most time with me. Sadly some of the children weren’t as healthy as Chayanne and Tallulah were and they are no longer among us, we have held a funeral for them. People are mourning, which is completely fair.
The rumor is that more people will be arriving soon, we already had a group of Brazilians join us a couple of days ago. They seem really cool, although it’s a bit hard to understand the difference between Portuguese and Spanish, but somehow it doesn’t feel hard when I’m actually speaking to them, as if my head automatically translates everything for me.
I’m so sure you would love it here. There is something here that makes if feel like a safe space. As soon as we figure out a way to get onto Roofnet again though I’ll make my way towards the server Tommy and the group starter. It would mean leaving Chayanna en Tallulah behind though, they need to stay on this server because they are too young to travel over Roofnet, but I’ll just ask Foolish to babysit that day or something. He would do that, and otherwise the Braziallians or Missa would be more than happy to do it.
Honestly I wish you could see it with your own eyes, it’s magnificent. The way this server connects people with not only different species but also different countries from all over the world is incredible.
Anyway, I’ve got to go. Chayanne wants to start a potato farm on top of the wall, and Tallulah wants to build a fairy garden. I love them so much, I’ve become such a dad.
Your friend,
Phil
Chapter 39: Building the Pube
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Phil hugged Chayanna and Tallulah goodbye at the recently rebuilt portal to Roofnet, wishing them a good day. Foolish stood a couple of steps back. Leo danced circles around him, something that made Phil smile. Foolish had been changing a lot since he adopted the kiddo. So had Leo. Even though the nickname stayed the same the child had proudly exclaimed one day that she didn’t feel like a boy and Philza had never seen Foolish as accepting as in that moment.
With one final wave he stepped through the portal. Roofnet hadn’t changed in the weeks he hadn’t been to it. It was still as busy as it had ever been. Maybe even more crowded than before. He looked around to see which way he needed to go according to the coordinates he had received all those months before.
He wondered if he was still welcome, he didn’t really receive any letters from his friends while he had been on Quesadilla Island, which did feel slightly out of character, but on the other hand he himself had only written ones to Techno. So maybe it was just normal. He needed to find more time to sit down and write when the kids were in bed but it was hard. He somehow had turned into basically a single parent of two kids overnight. He didn’t want to change anything, but it wasn’t easy.
Reaching the portal he could see Techno already there, a bored look on his face while he was flipping the pages of one of the books he was reading at that time. He walked up and greeted his old friend. Smiles appear on faces and hugs given. The two of them stepped through the portal while they started a conversation that could last for the rest of eternity.
They were greeted by laughter when they stepped out of the portal on the other side. Something so different from the last server the kids had been on that it was close to a whiplash for Phil. He could see Tommy running after Purpled while Tubbo was sitting on a tree branch. Yelling after both of them while he almost fell out of the tree from laughing. The smile on Phil’s face only grew as he saw some of his newly adopted kids in the boys' behavior. But something had changed. They seemed older, almost as if they had outgrown the teenager years. Something that should have been impossible.
Phil knew he sometimes lost track of time easily, because it didn’t really matter to him in the grand scheme of things. And maybe it was right? He remembered celebrating multiple birthdays but yet it felt like it had been weeks instead of years. Techno also looked a bit surprised. But the Pigglin had just told Phil that he had been hibernating, and that could go on for a long time as far as Phil knew.
Tubbo looked over to the portal and spotted them first.
“Oi Tommy!” He screamed towards the duo that was still running around. “Your friends are here!” Tommy stopped dead in his tracks when he spotted them. Looking at the duo as if he was seeing water burn. Questions almost visible in his eyes.
“What took you two so long?!” He yelled at them before running their way, throwing his arms around both of them. Not letting go for a few minutes, when he did the other two teenagers had walked up to them as well. Up close it was easy to see that all of them had aged, not years but they were older. There was something like pride burning in the pit of Phils stomach.
He opened his arms slightly for the others to be able to give a hug too, if they wanted. None of them were as close so he wasn’t surprised when Purpled didn’t accept. Tubbo however did, walking into the warm embrace that Phil offered him.
“How have you guys been?” A simple question that opened the floodgates while they walked up to the little cabin that they called their community house. It was easy to see that they hadn’t spent a lot of time on it but that it was well used, probably well loved. Although when Purpled listed the people that had joined the server and were now staying on the server Phil decided they could use a bigger place.
Something that was easier said than done, and his building skills had been out of commission for a couple of years now. But he took a piece of paper and a pencil from the end of the table and started drawing up plans while listening to the stories that were thrown around.
The adventure they had had over the last couple of years. The way they had formed a real connection. Techno called Tubbo Icarus jokingly as the boy was speaking about his server. He had created. It was called TubNet, and although it wasn’t open to the public yet he spoke about it with so much love and care in his eyes that it was easy to see that he had been dreaming about it for years, maybe even decades.
That is when it should have clicked for Phil, and yet it didn’t not really. He paused the pencil for a moment before he continued drawing, that is true but he didn’t gasp. He didn’t stop to think of the name that was just given as a joke.
Within an hour Phil had drawn up a place that would be bigger than the current place they were sitting in. He held it up for the group to see if they approved it. When all three of them did he stood up.
“Let’s gather materials alright?” His words forced everyone to their feet and they scattered into five different directions. Looking for all the supplies they would need to create the hub that Phil had just drawn out, a place close to a pub that could be the new community home, a place where everybody could be welcome. With water for the species that couldn’t be out of water for a long time, and lava for the species that came from regions that had that around. He knew Techno was used to being close to lava, he liked the heat of it.
A roof drawn up from stained glass, it would keep out the rain for the Enderians, and provide enough shade for the phantoms of the server.
It didn’t take long for people to return to the place they had started from. Lumber piled up high, stone neatly stacked and enough sand to start making the glass. Tubbo was running towards them with his arms filled with different types and colors of flowers. Just in time to dye the glass.
Phil couldn’t explain why he needed to do this, he couldn’t explain to the boys that they held a soft spot in his heart. The least he could do was build them a place for all of their friends. A place for drinks and festivities. For board game nights and dance parties. For karaoke nights and binging movies. A place where they belonged.
Instead of one day Phil stayed a couple of days, he did send a message to his kids. Telling them everything was alright. He shot Missa a message as well, just like Foolish. Explaining how he needed to be gone for a little bit longer. How he needed to build this for some of the most important people in his life.
He didn’t know how the boys had wormed their way to that place in his heart but they had, and there was no way that Phil could leave without doing this for them. Without spending enough time to actually catch up with all three of them. To finally talk about TubNet with Tubbo. To pull at the little bits of personality that Purpled showed to really get to know him. To tell Tommy that he was proud of him and how much he had changed since the last server.
In the end when the community house, or the Pube as Tommy had started calling it, was done, Phil was ready to return home. He had expected Techno to come with him but to his surprise his first friend shook his head and explained how he was staying, that he had already started building a cabin on the top of one of the mountains. How he would start a little carrot farm to live off. Two people came into the server, and only one person left.
Phil stepped back into the portal, waving to his friends. His heart filled with love and pride. Joy to know that even though the boys didn’t know it they now would have Techno looking over them. Nothing would ever happen to Chaos, Icarus or Theseus again as long as the Blood God was there. For the first time in years the Angel of Death took a breath of relief.
Chapter 40: Letter 33 (To the Pube)
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To everybody in the Pube,
Life here on Quesadilla Island has been normal, almost boring actually. There was a little conflict between the government that runs the server and the citizens of the Island. Some of our friends, Felps and Cellbit, went missing. I must have mentioned both of them before. They are a couple of cool guys honestly. We launched an Island wide search to find them again, in the end we did it took us a couple of days but in the end we found them again.
Cellbit even got married after that to Roier. Both of them are great. Actually I think Tubbo would really enjoy talking to Cellbit, both of you guys have similar vibes, but I digress. They went on a bit of a honeymoon.
Chayanna and Tallulah have grown so much in these past couple of months. It’s incredible to see how fast children really form themselves. They have started going to the school that we have here. I couldn’t be prouder of them. Everyday I wake up and smile imagining where their lives will take them. I’m so happy to be their dad and to call them mine.
Chay has grown even more with his fighting skills. He keeps telling me that he wants to be like his tio Techno. Yes Tech both of them have been calling you uncle for a while now. I hope you don’t mind? I guess they love the stories I have told about your adventures and the few that we have shared.
Lullah has been showing more and more talent for music. I love it when she is playing her music for me. There is something so wonderful and soft about it, from time to time she can make me cry with the tunes she plays. It’s clear to see that she is shy but she could reach for the stars and even touch them if she just tries hard enough.
In other news we have chosen a president. He is trying his best but it’s clear to see that he isn’t always sure of the best thing to do. However I do hope that the Federation will step in if there really is a need for it. But in the meantime I’m keeping a close eye on him. The last server that picked a president was burned to the ground partly by my hands and even though I do not wish to repeat that memorie I will gladly do so.
There are rumors of an abandoned laboratory somewhere on the island. I think we decided that we are going to look into it over the next couple of days. I’ll keep you guys posted on that. For now I’m going to check in on the kids, both of them should be in bed but I believe I can still hear them talking.
Love you guys.
Philza
Chapter 41: Letter 34 (to the Pube)
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To everyone in the Pube,
So a heads up about Tubbo coming to the Island would have been great! He was one of the people we ended up rescuing from the abandoned laboratory! I know it’s been months now since he must have left the server you guys are on. I promise you that he is doing fine! I can see him running around the fairy forest with Chay and Lullah while I’m writing this.
He is fitting in perfectly and almost all of the kids have adopted him as a tio. Even though most of the time we try to protect the kiddo’s they don’t shy away from protecting Tubbo. It’s so funny to see any of them jump in front of him when something like a hostile mob is closing in. It should be the other way around but I can see how much joy it brings Chay to protect one of his tio’s so I won’t stop it. I will however silently laugh about it without Tubbo knowing.
It does feel like a storm is brewing, something feels wrong at the moment. The mobs have started becoming more and more hostile and even within the citizens of the island you can feel the tension rising. Cellbit had changed into something like an archivist. Saving all the little bits of information he can get his hands on. There is something that is putting all of us on edge. I just can’t put my finger down on what it is. Something is wrong and I want to go searching, but I don’t want to leave the kids behind. I can’t do that.
I promise to try and keep Tubbo as safe as I can. I’ll burn down this server if something is to happen to my kids or the people they love.
How is everything going with you guys, I hope everything is alright? Lot’s of love
Phil
Chapter 42: Letter 35 (To Techno)
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Techno,,
Something has happened. I needed to go do something and when I got back from that the kids were gone. Not just Chayanna and Tallulah but all of the children. None of them are here. There were traces of them, their favorite things left behind on the edges of their beds.
I can’t explain how I’m feeling right now, there is a mix between anger but I am also terrified. I know Chay will do everything in his power to keep the younger kids safe but who is taking care of him. Who is tucking my sweet boy into bed. Who is making him dinner?
Tallulah is already afraid of so many things, she has missed so much when she was younger and I can’t do anything but be there for her, I made that promise and now I have failed her.
I have failed my children.
I have failed them and I will never forgive myself for that. I’m going to turn every stone of this island around. I’ll get them back even if it’s with my final breath. I will do everything in my power to get them back.
Phil
Chapter 43: Letter 36 (To Tommy and Purpled)
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Tommy and Purpled,
I fucked up guys. I fucked up so bad…
I was babysitting Chayanne and Tallulah. Everything was going well, Phil had to go to his own server for a day or so. It wasn’t supposed to go this way. Everything went alright, I put the kids to bed, went back to my own stuff and the next morning they were gone?
Phil is so mad, and he keeps telling me it isn’t my fault but how can it not be my fault? I was taking care of them, I should have kept a closer eye. I should have noticed. I got to the island and everything went wrong. I’m the person that everybody should be upset with. It’s all my fault.
All of the children are gone, all of them. Everybody is so upset and angry and I don’t know what’s going to happen. I didn’t know this would happen? The president is taking pills to forget about the pain of losing his child. The Federation is doing nothing at all.
Foolish even stopped building. He said there was nobody to build for. I don’t know how I can fix this, what did I do to fuck everything up so bad.
It doesn’t matter where I go, or what I do. I’m hoping to spot the kids everywhere. I’m their godparent, I should have been better. I know I can trust Phil, he has done so much for me in the past and he keeps telling me that he isn’t upset with me. That I tried my best. I don’t know what to do. Everybody hates me. Maybe Fit and Pac don’t, but the rest? All I feel is resentment. I don’t know what to do. How do we continue like this? How do we move on? How do I move on?
Guys what do i do?
Tubbo
Chapter 44: Letter 37 (To Phil)
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Phil,
I’m ready for whenever you ask me to come. I’ll find a way into that server without an invite. I’ll be damned if I’m letting you do this by yourself.
Phil I need to know where they were seen last, were things abnormal? What was different. Are you sure they didn’t leave themself? I need to know everything so I can help you.
I’ll get my cloak, my axe and the crossbow. Everything is ready for you to say the word. Phil, let me help you. Those are my cousins. I might not officially know them but somehow I’ve been waiting for every single letter you send me about them. I will kill for them. And for you the world Phil. I’ll do everything in my power.
Just send the message.
Techno.
Chapter 45: Letter 38 (To Tubbo)
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Tubbo,
Calm down, everything will be alright. You know those kids will be somewhere on the island. It's probably just a really bad prank and they don’t know how worried everybody is for them. Imagine them somewhere hidden away giggling about how much fun it is.
You know how we were as children, everything will be alright. Why is Techno grabbing his cloak and axe, what’s going on? Okay that’s weird. Maybe Phil sent a letter as well?
Tubbo please don’t worry, they don’t hate you. They aren’t upset with you, they are upset about the situation. Tommy went over to check on Techno but eh, we are here for you. Do you want us to come? The three of us can turn the island up and down and help with the search.
Let us know okay?
Purpled and Tommy.
Chapter 46: Purgatory
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TEAM BOLAS
PUNK TACTICS Joey Valance & Brae
It’s Been So Long The Living Tombstone
Rules of Nature - Platinum Mix Jason Charles Miller
Friday Night Fire Fight Aligns, Rubicones
BlastZone (ЗонаПоражения) Bones
King For A Day Pierce The Veil, Kelling Quinn
Down with the Sickness Disturbed
Witness Mindless Self Indulgence
In all honesty Phil didn’t know how he ended up here, how had he been named team leader in a seemingly never ending battle. He could remember reading Techno’s letter, getting pen and paper ready to reply but before he could he got a call to go to the train station. He had left everything behind in a hurry, hoping that this would have been the call he had been waiting for. That they had found the children. He should have known better. He should have known that Chayanne and Tallulah wouldn't be waiting for him there, they couldn’t be. But hope was the most dangerous emotion someone could have, and he had it.
Now he was stuck on a different island, in the middle of nowhere. Every single person that had been on Quesadilla Island split into three teams. Three colors going their separate ways. He had gotten lucky that he had been teamed with some of his closest friends, even if Tubbo wasn’t there. He was one of the team leaders for the other teams. Phil could only wonder how damaging that would be for him, he was so young and so much had been resting on his shoulders these past couple of days.
Looking around he could see his friends roaming around. Foolish building yet another base for them, Cellbit and Baghera fighting each other as a form of training. Jaiden and Charlie singing songs. He had perched down on one of the taller trees in the area, keeping an eye on the environment. Looking to spot things that shouldn’t be there. Let it be someone from the Green Gay Ninjas, or Soulfire. His team that they had jokingly called Bolas Rojas, was ready. Ready to give up everything in their power to win the events for the next couple of days. They kept chanting bolas to each other, or gas. They had grown into something like a real family.
It was clear to see that they had the least amount of knowledge in fights, with only Phil and maybe Cellbit being training for combat. Even then Cellbit hadn’t really fought in years and Phil preferred not to.
There was a joke going around that they had lost their minds, and Phil could understand why people thought they had. They had spent the first day in a crazy mindset, getting killed endlessly by the opposing teams, in the end just giving up and telling each other stories by a campfire they had created. Foolish couldn’t stop building, that was the first time Phil noticed that it was a coping mechanism for the other, it made him even more worried about the fact that he had stopped building after Leo disappeared. He now saw the lies Foolish had told every time he got asked if he was okay, he wasn’t.
Somehow though they had won the events on the second day, he didn’t know how. They had just been having fun. Collecting resources, trying to get their minds away from the horrors that they would be submitted to. Grafting gasmask for a silly inside joke.
They moved to a new base on the third day, tired of being constantly raided by the others. The gas masks came in handy when the island suddenly filled with toxic fumes and they were the only team not to die. They went back to gathering supplies, trying to complete their missions and contracts. It was a weird island, forced to compete against friends that you had for years now. Phil tried to ignore that and focus on his friends. They won again.
On day four Foolish found some diamonds, Jaiden got killed again and again while the others tried to get some training for fighting. Reaching out to Team Soulfire for help. Etoiles and Roier were happy to help. It had been a sight to see three members of Bolas standing side to side with two of Soulfire. That was the moment Phil realized how hard it must have been for Cellbit to be separated from his husband. Foolish was building a castle out of sand, somehow Phil remembered that he had done that somewhere before, on a different server. However they needed to build something to protect an egg and this seemed perfect with them being in a Mesa.
Day five came and went without them releasing it. Foolish finished the castle, Cellbit went in to trap it so it would be harder to find the edge. Somehow some team members ran into a random person, someone that shouldn’t have been out there. They called her Iris. They joked around a lot that day, Phil could remember the smiles that were visible. Nothing really happened on day 6.
Day 7, had they really spent a full week here already? How did the time go that fast? They managed to win the big event that happened that day, team Soulfire ending in the last place. Somehow Phil was able to find the egg of the Green Gay Ninjas and together with Foolish he delivered the final blow. Crushing the egg and winning the event. After all the bloodshed of the day all of them stumbled upon a museum where they watched the art. Sickening images of what they had been through for the past week. But somehow it was also rewarding.
Phil has sat perched on the same tree he sat on now when six of the members of Green Gay Ninjas arrived on day 9, begging for safety within team Bolas. He said yes without a second thought. Extra hands would always come in handy, especially with some of them being good in battle. Their base was found by team Soulfire that night and they decided that it was time to move, yet again. Day 10, 11, 12 and 13 had flown by.
It had been two full weeks, and so much had happened. Phil still sitting on top of his tree had a comfortable smile on his face. His clothes were torn and dirty, the sun was shining down on him but he no longer cared. He wanted this to be over. He wanted this to end. He needed to get home, to reply to Techno. To find his children.
He had been stuck on this damn island for two whole weeks and he was going insane, there was no way to escape since there was a border. Because of course they had tried to leave. The constant videos that would show up to tell them what to do. Always the foreboding message to a new fight, a new battle and today was no difference from any of the earlier days.
Somehow Bolas and Soulfire had ended in a tie, they had tried their very best to do it, hoping that it would finally mean the end. Phil could now see how wrong the thought had been as he watched the video everybody had just received. He needed to fight Tubbo.
Tubbo the boy he had watched growing up from a teenager to an adult, who he had named the godparent of his children. He needed to fight him to win everything. To have a shot of getting off this island. Phil blinked rapidly, forcing the tears away before he stood up and let himself glide down to the ground where the others were standing. All of them speaking over each other. Worry was the emotion that was strongest.
“He is insane in fights.” Cellbit mentioned
“Do you even know how smart that guy is?” Foolish replies to someone.
So many conversations happening at the same time that Phil never stood a chance to catch up, but he had a feeling that he knew what it was about. By now everybody knew that Tubbo was actually a really strong fighter, something that Phil had been happy to learn. He knows how to handle a sword, how to strategize, there was a reason he had been chosen as the team leader of Soulfire even though he was the youngest on the server.Phil could only put his trust in fate, believing that the winner of the fight had already been chosen before the start of the fight.
“Guys!” Phil raised his voice, something he almost never did. “If I’m doing this, it will be the Bolas way, no tricks, no cheating. We may go crazy from time to time but we have honor.” He put his hand on Cellbits shoulder. “I know Tubbo is a good fighter, I’ve watched him grow up. We will see how comes out the winner”
The whole of team Bolas made their way over to the coordinates that had been mentioned in the video, team Soulfire was already there. All of them gathered around Tubbo, just like Phil’s team were gathering around him.
The two of them locked eyes and walked over to each other, reaching out hands to shake but Phil pulled him into a hug instead. The fight started after that. Tubbo tried his hardest but Phil was old, older than people could imagine and knew how to fight, he had single handedly won wars in the past. They went sword to sword and in the end Phil delivered the final blow. Team Bolas ran down from the seats they had taken to celebrate a win, the most important win from the whole two weeks. The communication system once more went off, another video, another task. It wasn’t over yet, would it ever truly be over?
After watching the video they made their way over to Global, looking for something out of place and finding tunnels in the basement. Never ending tunnels into yet another maze, there had been so many of those. Phil could feel the dread starting to pool in the pit of his stomach. Somehow all of them made it to one final room, they stood waiting for instructions.
Phil needed to spin a wheel, a wheel that brought back memories of just before they had gotten to this god forsaken island. A wheel that had brought them into so many of these troubles in the first place but he didn’t have a choice, so with shaking hands he reached out. Touching the wheel that was made out of a heavy metal. The coldness spread from his fingertips all the way through his body before he was able to make it spin.
One single federation worker showed up, it was enough for every hair on Phil’s body to stand up, something was wrong, so very wrong. When the doors that surrounded the rooms fell down, Phil lost every shred of sanity he had left. Standing locked behind glass were his children. Chayanne and Tallulah, they were so close and yet so far away. He didn’t care anymore about the words that were being spoken.
Everybody in the room had started screaming for their children, it was pure chaos and Phil knew the Watcher was enjoying every single second of it. People tried to break the glass but it didn’t work, no matter what they did it didn’t work.
And then the worst thing possible happened and earthquake started, people running away to safety, those without children locked behind glass. Phil switching between trying to get Chayanna and Tallulah out, Fit screaming for Ramon. He could hear Foolish his scream cutting through his bones, begging him to do something, but there was nothing he could do. Everything he tried failed. There was no way to get them out. Within a blink of his eyes the kids were gone again. Foolish was still screaming so Phil turned to him.
“They are gone,” Phil his voice was breaking, “He is gone, we have to go.” He didn’t even want to know how he looked, devastated probably, his clothes ruined and now even more dirty as they had already become over the past couple of days.
Finally when Phil was tugging his teammate out of the underground bunker, stumbling over pieces of ceiling and walls the world stopped shaking, he could see without being blinded by dust.
“We have to get out!” He yelled at Foolish before running, there was nothing else left to do. The children had left again, they had been so close yet so far away. There was a boat Phil needed to catch if he even wanted a shot to make it out alive.
He took a moment to stop running, leaning against a wall. He hadn’t noticed he had started crying, it made sense with how blurry the world had gotten again. This time it was Foolish pulling him along.
“We have to go!” Foolish said well he kept the two of them moving. “We will figure out a plan later, we need to catch that boat.”
Phil nodded to him, pointing to people in the distance “Go help them, I’ll see what I can do for the people still here.” With that the two of them split up. By some sort of sheer luck Phil ran into Tubbo of all people, the boy clearly had been crying, trying to find his way to the shore where the boat was waiting for them. Meteors where now starting to fall down from the sky, there was no place to hide and they needed to leave this place as soon as possible.
He grabbed hold of Tubbo’s shoulder before spreading his wings and taking to the sky, knowing that this would be the fastest route, sure there was danger involved but he no longer cared, he needed the two of them to get out as soon as possible.
Tubbo was screaming while Phil was holding onto him, yelling to move left or right, trying to keep his eyes on incoming meteors. One of them came too close and Phil cursed when he felt the heat of it spread onto his wings when he moved out of the way just in time. He didn’t know how much damage that would do but it didn’t feel good. He didn’t have time to think about it though, he needed to keep going. To go, go, go. To get Tubbo out and into safety.
Finally they reached the boat and Tubbo yelled for him to jump into the water, that was when Phil noticed one of his wings was still burning, that fire was spreading. He could only hope his wings would make it out alright. They stood there, waiting for others to join. Roier finally got onto the boat, screaming for Cellbit who was standing on top of a mountain peak, unmoving. He could see Tina, and Foolish running. Throwing ender pearls to make it to the boat. Everybody was in shambles when the boat started moving, when so many people were being left behind.
Somehow, they made it back to Quesadilla Island, Phil wasn’t able to be happy about it though. He needed to keep searching, to find his son and daughter because he couldn’t believe that was it. That could not be the end.
PURGATORY
Chapter 47: Letter 39 (To Techno)
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Hi Techno,
Tubbo here, I hope you don’t mind the fact that I’m sending a reply instead of Phil, he is currently on bed rest and is being kept asleep by some kind of potions, his wings need time to heal if he ever wants a shot of flying again.
He saved me, he flew me through falling meteors and somehow I’m alright and he is wounded. I saw your letter lying on the table when I brought him home. He had started a reply but it’s literally only a “Hi mate” I don't know what he was going to reply to you.
I’m sorry for not being able to send better news, the last two weeks we spent on a different island locked out from the rest of the world. It was weird, stuff happened. I don’t know if Phil wants to talk about it or not. I’ll leave that up to him.
This is more a way of letting you know that he is alright, he is alive. The kids are still missing. As soon as Phil is awake again I’ll be leaving to go search for them, there should be a way to find them. We need to be able to find him.
Tell Tommy and Purpled I’m alright, please? I don’t have the energy to write to them to.
Tubbo.
Chapter 48: Letter 40 (to Techno)
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Techno,
I’ve been hopeless the last couple of weeks, Tubbo has been here taking care of me. I haven’t heard from Foolish in weeks. People tell me that he didn’t make the boat. That he was too late, too far away.
My wings seem to be healing, it will take years for all the feathers to grow back in, if they ever really do. Tubbo keeps apologizing for it, I would do it a thousand times over if it means keeping him safe. Does that make me an Icarus instead of him? Okay laughing hurts, I shouldn’t do that.
Chayanne and Tallulah are still missing. Tubbo did return with another child somehow? Her name is Sunny and she’s been calling Tubbo dad for days now, I’m so happy for him. Although there is still determination in his eyes when he speaks about the searches he does for the other children. He truly believes that he will find them. Maybe he will. I shouldn’t be thinking about it but I’ve almost lost all hope to ever have them returned.
I don’t even remember how it feels to give them a hug, I walk up to their rooms and see the layers of dust covering it and I can’t do anything but sit down on one of their beds and cry. I’ve turned into something I never expected and it’s a mess. I don’t know how to continue without Techno.
There is a gaping hole where my heart is supposed to be. What can I ever do to fix that?
I need to go take my medicine now. I’ll write to you soon.
Phil
Chapter 49: Letter 41 (To Techno)
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Techno,
There are two people I would love for you to meet. Tubbo also wants to introduce Sunny to you, Tommy and Purpled. The two of us have left Quesadilla Island. We set up a new server. I’ll send you the coordinates. Bring the other two.
The five of us will be waiting here for you.
With love.
Phil, Chayanne, Tallulah
Tubbo, Sunny
Chapter 50: The ending
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Phil heard them talking before he opened his eyes, he could also feel his bed moving in a way that was completely unnatural. When he opened his eyes he could see his kids jumping up and down on his bed. Both Chaynna and Tallulah had bright smiles on their faces, no care in the world because they knew they were finally safe.
Through the open window he could hear Tubbo explaining something technological to Sunny, he was still trying to build his server. Since they left the island he had been fully focussing on that.
Even further away from that he could hear something else, footsteps walking slowly coming closer, steps in the foliage of the forest. Footsteps that made him sit up straight. Hugging his children before telling them to get dressed fast, he was doing the same.
“Purpled?” He could hear the surprise in Tubbo’s voice.
“Tommy!” And maybe some tears.
When Phil opened the front door of his own house he could see the right cloak that he had gotten to know so well over the last centuries. By now it was clear that none of the teenagers that they got to know so well were mortals, they were just like them. There was hope in Phil’s heart again.
He pulled his friend into a hug, flinching when hands softly touched the bare skin of his wings, the feathers not yet grown back in. Maybe one day in the future, maybe never.
There was laughter and crying, all the children running up to the people that they had called tio long before they had ever truly met. And Phil could only feel the hope growing in his heart along with the smile on his face.
He could only hope that Sunny, Chayanne and Tallulah would grow up dreaming of their own futures. Of making friendships that were etched in stone, just like his were.For now however, Phil could settle for the neverending sunsets and sunrises with the family that he had created. With the people that he loved.
With Tommy being a hero exiled to his own server after a war he couldn’t win. Theseus.
Purpled being shade and chaotic just like his name would suggest. Chaos
Tubbo reaching too close to the sun and falling down, but with people there to help him back up. Icarus
Techno, always ready to fight a war for the people who he loved. The Blood God
And himself, ready to kill for the people that he looked over now. Angel of Death.
Growing up dreaming
Notes:
If you made it all the way to the end of this fic I want to thank you. There were a lot of chapters but it felt wrong to but multiple letters (except those few from Tubbo and Tommy) in one chapter. I hope you have enjoyed this fic and thank thank thank you so much for reading it all the way through!
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