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Minute after being in the dark for what felt like hours he heard footsteps coming then going this had happened a few times. Each time hearing footsteps in the hallway outside the door he would scurry upright then lay back down when nobody came in. He was close to starving and didn’t care who it was whether it be ash, clown or maybe even parrot he needed food. The collar was heavy but slightly more bearable from when it was first put on. He was exhausted, not being able to move much from the chain attached to his collar. Curled up and waiting for someone to give him food…
After what felt like a day in the dark he started to think he had been forgotten. But then some footsteps started to approach once more and once again minute scurried upright in hopes that someone was bringing him food. The footsteps stopped in front of the door, he heard a click and someone in invis came in. They gave him a steak and dropped down a sign. While he ate he read what they were writing. “Ash wants you to come to the training grounds.” They cautiously came over and unlocked the chain attached to the collar. Minute stood up, standing to his full height of 6’7. (The castle is used to people that are really tall so all the ceilings are high.) He asked the player for some spare invis and the player gave a few bottles to him. He drank a bottle up and put the rest in his inventory. He knew drinking a invis wouldn’t help, everyone knew him from the collar of course but he didn’t really want anyone to see him in that disheveled look. He started heading towards the training grounds even though he doesn’t really want to. Who knows what embarrassing act Ash might make him do…
“Ah theres my loyal pet. Come, come watch these new recruits with me.” Ash was on one of his many little thrones that were scattered at a number of different watching points. They were overlooking the arena were new recruits trained for their missions. Minute came and knelt next to Ash, were he usually sat. “Oh poor thing I forgot to give you your armor back. Who knows what would have happened to you.” Ash gave Minute his armor back. Ash was always tsking over him, as if he were a poor little helpless puppy. Minute put on the armor feeling a bit more comfortable. Ash knew the little things that minute liked and having armor on was one of them and being praised was another. But Ash couldn’t praise him yet, he had to earn that praise. I mean Minute did just come back from literally betraying him but then again Minute came back, after realizing his mistake in trusting people he barely knew.
“Could you show the new recruits how it’s done?” Ash said. The recruits had been battling a prisoner that had been captured on the most recent mission. Minute stood up moving behind ash to where he had entered. He took a right turn and went down the stairs that went to the arena. There were some armor stands, swords, and axes. He took a sword and went into the arena. The new recruits noticed and moved away from the prisoner. The prisoner had some armor that had been given to him. He was quite ragged from battling around ten people at once that had full netherite. Minute didn’t know who this person was or what he might have done to make ash angry. But it was quite impressive that he had survived this long. They circled each other for a few seconds and then attacked each other. This guy was skilled even if he only had iron stuff. Minute wondered how many people it took to take this guy down. This guy was obviously skilled but was quite under geared. On the other hand Minute was in full enchanted netherite with golden and god apples, with a totem. They clashed swords…
It took longer than expected but Minute finally was about to do the final blow when Ash raised his hand for the fight to stop. “Save him for the trainees, they need more practice.” Minute sheathed his sword and put his hand out for the guy in an act of sportsmanship. The guy grabbed it and shakily stood up. Minute gave him a golden apple to heal up for his next battles and then he went out of the arena and up the stairs. Ash wasn’t in his seat anymore. Minute looked around and then saw him walking down the hall. He rushed to catch up. “Good job Minute.” Ash said ruffling minutes hair. Something was bothering ash. “Where we headed?” Minute asked. “A meeting.” Ash said with a furrow on his brow. (Minute has the energy of a cat.) minute was basically bouncing off the walls with questions but unfortunately he wasn’t going to ask because of ash’s foul mood. He bounced ahead with excitement frightening a few invis people. Minute knew the way to the meeting room but decided not to run ahead to much making sure to keep himself in ash’s line of sight to be safe. When they FINALLY reached the door to the room minute waited in front of it while ash walked up behind. Ash opened the door, minute immediately peeked in and saw clown and dream on the table, swords clashed. Minute immediately jumped in sword drawn. Dream saw ash. “Long time no see.” Clown and dream putting their swords down shaking hands clown smiled “teach me sometime?” “Sure” says dream returning the smile. “So what do you want dream?” Asks ash. “ Me well I want your army.” “Pfttttt hahaha your funny dream. Why on earth would I give you my army?” “ well ash I have connections that you want connections that can make you more powerful… Have you heard of the egg empire?” “Of course I have! It’s huge.” “What would you think of having a friendship with the egg’s council?” “Hmmmm I see what you’re proposing but I’ll need to think about it. I can’t just give my mafia away.” “I’m not saying give away, you’ll still have full control over everything but I’ll just be over you. I won’t interfere with any of your stuff and most of the mafia won’t even notice the change of power.” “Well that does sound interesting but give me a day. And it was nice seeing you.” “Yeah you too and think hard about what I said.” Ash walks out the door with clown and minute following behind. “You can’t just let dream walk over you like that!” Minute exclaims “it’s just not right you’re the one the one that created the mafia so you should keep it. Hfmm.” “I know. You don’t have to worry.” Ash says ruffling minutes fur again. They walk down a few halls. Clown goes to his house to do some training. Ash and minute go to the throne room to think/brood. “Minute I have a small task for you.” Ash says breaking the silence, minutes ears perking up,”Could you come with me to a meeting I have with the egg’s council and dream?”
“Yeah sure if you want me to.”
Ok add this: ash making minute follow him around while doing his emperor duties. When minute would go on missions the collar would mark him as ash’s right hand and those people would flee from him he led a lonely life doing this he can’t even strike up a conversation with his targets they always try to flee quickly and never talk. At that point he would spare someone if they would simply talk to him.
Add this it all comes into the main story ash gives dream all the power to dream but the entire army doesn’t really know that so yeah dream lets ash have all his power but dream wants to be the head of it all he has the egg empire under him and prince Sam’s too and red dunes. So dream is the head of all the empires and emperors and kings and conquerors and what not