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"If I go down, you're going down with me, WEMMBU!!"
Boosfers shriek echoed through Wemmbu's ears behind him, as he struggled against the fishing rod now caught in the flesh of his shoulder.
And before he realised it, he was yanked backwards into the void.
He reached his clawed hands into nothingness, desperate for something to hold onto.
Something. Anything.
His torn wings refused to spread, helplessly flapping like a torn sail in a seastorm.
A lead, a surface, but much to his dread, there was nothing.
In the blink of an eye, he was deep in the void.
Wemmbu spinned around, breath caught in throat, sweat frozen from the freakish cold stagnant air of the void.
Boosfer only grinned wide, as he began to take damage.
"What- What did you-!?"
"It ends here, Wemmbu."
The green haired man, face covered in dried blood, was freefalling in front of the Invisible Knight. Wind howled against his ears, loud, painfully loud.
"Embrace the void."
Wemmbu's hair encompassed his face, as he turned back around to the portal;
That was now far, far, far, away from him.
His eyes wide in fear, a fear that he hadn't felt before. A dread he'd never thought he'd see. Words clawed at his throat, tears pricked at his eyes.
"Egg-!!"
He had failed.
Boosfer hissed as he took void damage, followed by Wemmbu.
"Look where your little invisible act got us now, Wemmbu. Was it worth it?"
Boosfer laughed airlessly, holding a totem out of hope of it saving him. But he knew himself it did nothing.
Wemmbu's mind didn't stray from Eggchan.
Eggchan. Egg. Alone. In the end.
Probably reading at his lectern.
Unknowing that he'd never return.
Waiting, and waiting, for what would be ages.
Egg. Egg. I'm... I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sor
[Boosfer Fell out of the world.]
[Boosfer left the game.]
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[Wemmbu fell out of the world.]
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[Wemmbu left the game.]
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Pages flipped in the empty hall of the end base.
A lot of pages flipped, before a book was slammed shut.
"Damn bruh."
Egg's dragon like face opened wide, as he yawned, baring his blunt teeth.
"I've read through this entire section on god."
He pushed himself off the chair, stretching his back out with a groan, flexing his claws, and twisting his wings. He could swear he heard a snap somewhere in his spine. He'd been sitting in his chair for two hours now with a shrimp posture.
Egg's huge single eye in the centre of his dragonlike face, had gone slightly red. He'd strained it too much.
"Augh. Where's Wemmbu?"
He walked over to a smoker and began cooking up raw steak. The smell was enticing.
An idea flashed across his eyes.
"Maybe he's taking this long cus like. He's getting jumped."
Egg opened his chest to find other ingredients. He gathered materials for stew and cake.
"So! I'll indulge him in a scrumptious meal once he comes back. He'll definitely be in a foul mood bro."
The aroma spread all across the end, one would say, the endermen probably took a peek into his kitchen wondering what he was cooking.
"He's definitely gonna like this."
Egg paused when he heard a pair of wings flap and close, followed by footsteps.
He put his ladle down, and stared wide eyed at the entrance.
"Yo is Wemmbu back..?!"
And like an excited kid, he didn't turn off the furnace before he put his stuff aside and ran to the entrance.
"Oh... Hey bro."
"Good to see you Egg. What's that smell?"
MinuteTech dusted off his suit, and closed his massive wings before he ducked down to pass under the kitchens archway.
Minute was huge, considering he was partially Ender Dragon, and his draconic face, tail, wings and even legs were much bigger and intimidating than Egg's.
"Cooking a meal for Wemmbu bro. You can eat it too, I made enough for all of us."
"I don't see you putting much effort in food. What's the occasion today?"
"I don't know bro.... It's been ages since Wemmbus shown up. He's probably in trouble, caught up somewhere, so."
"Oh, so a welcome back meal?"
"Yeah."
Egg didn't dislike Minute. Not at all. But at that moment, he really hoped it was his purple friend.
Where was he?
The both of them sat at the dining and ate their shares of the dinner. It was the best food Egg had made in a while.
Minute struggled to drink the stew because of his long snout and sharp teeth, and Egg made fun of him for it.
Egg reheated Wemmbu's share of the food, before covering it and keeping it in the kitchen.
He then sat outside, filling in his diary entry for the day.
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Entry 267
{ Dear Wonderous Diary,
I read about the history of Ashswagg and The Mafia. So much so, I know more about it than he does himself. I'll allow him to challenge me if he really wants. He's no match to my incredible reading ability.
Wemmbu didn't show up for rest and restocks today. My guys actually getting jumped. I feel bad for him. He really just wanted to explore the server as someone new, with no prior grudges with anyone.
They hate him, for he's curious and explorative! They don't understand his creative intellect like I do!
In all seriousness, I'm worried. I hope he isn't in any inescapable prison. Better yet, I hope nobodys found out his true identity.
I also cooked the sickest meal in existence but he wasn't here to eat it.
Well, he'll show up tomorrow.
Goodnight Wonderous Diary. }
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He didn't show up the next day.
Egg didn't think much of it. Just hoped he was okay. It wasn't the first time he vanished.
Some chungies tried entering the end, and Minute scared them away back to the overworld.
But the day was uneventful. Egg slept a lot.
The third day, and the fourth day, were the same.
Wemmbu didn't show up.
Egg grew restless.
"Wemmbu...."
Egg stared at the portal.
Waiting for someone to come through.
"You're taking this 'faking your death' stuff too seriously bro. Where are you..?"
"I......"
He paused.
"....Nah. Don't be that dramatic Egg. He's fineeeeee."
Egg sat down near the stairs, cracking open a new book, about the history of The Pirate Civilization.
One week had passed.
Wemmbu hadn't shown up.
Egg stared.
He stared at the portal.
For the entire day.
He stood on one spot, in front of the portal, unmoving, and with his single eye, he stared.
"Egg. Let's go inside, come on. You've stood here the entire day!"
"No."
"Eggchan. Now."
"No."
Minute stood beside him, scratching his scaly head, just as confused and worried as Egg. But Minute took one glance at Egg and noticed the fatigue in his eyes. The twitching of Egg's fingers, the droop of his wings, and the slight shiver in his knees from how long he'd been standing for.
Minute held his shoulders and tried turning him away.
"Egg. Listen. I'll go to the overworld for a while tomorrow and figure out what happened. But for now, please...."
Minute looked at him earnestly.
"Trust me. And, take some rest. I can see the dark circles around your eye."
"........"
Egg stared.
Waited.
His friend, had pretty comedic timing.
He'd hoped, maybe, at this second, Wemmbu would comically show up and say,
"Bro Egg! You won't believe what happened!"
Egg hoped he'd hear his boisterous laughing at the portal.
He walked back to his base, held by his shoulders by Minute.
He didn't mind if Wemmbu didn't laugh.
He didn't mind if Wemmbu was in a bad mood.
He didn't smile? No problem. Didn't crack jokes? No problem.
He just wanted him back.
However hurt. However broken. However mad. However badly stung.
Egg turned to the portal.
{ xx/xx
Entry 275
Dear Wemmbu.
You didn't actually die, did you?
I thought it was an act. A simple game. An exciting side quest.
......I don't want to play this game anymore.
Please come back. }
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"Wemmbu isn't dead bro. I'm not believing that."
Hooves clacked on the dry stone floor of his base, as Flame paced around his house.
"And now, goddammit bro. Boosfer dropped dead into the void. He was my only lead."
Flame sat onto his bed, the soft cushioning sinking under his weight. He pulled out a hoof brush, and lifted his hooves to brush the dust out.
"Need me to help with that?"
A man covered in bright green feathers stood with his arms crossed, leaning on the wall next to Flame.
"I'm good Parrot. I just...."
Flame then dropped the brush and pulled out a filer to file down his horns..
".....He wouldn't die that easily. Right?"
"......Sometimes even the strongest end up in bad situations, bro. We never know."
"But. He's not...... Dead. Is he?"
"............"
Parrot's feathers puffed up behind his neck, as he sighed and turned around to face Flame.
"There's something you need to know."
"...huh?"
"We've been suspecting, Theo and I, that..... The Invisible Knight you met the other day...."
Parrot spoke in a hushed tone, eyes looking away. Flame only stared through his bandaged eyes.
".....That Knight, was Wemmbu."
Gears shifted in Flame's mind.
Almost like he didn't process it at first.
The silence thickened exponentially, once he did.
Oh.
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.......Oh.
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Did I do something wrong? Did I say something wrong?
Is that why you're away?
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I'm sorry if I said something wrong.
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Whatever it is, it's fixable.
Just come back.
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Parrot came by. He asked about you. I told him, as usual, that you died to Clown.
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But this time, Parrot didn't push further.
He simply said one thing.
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"I'm sorry Egg."
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I don't know why he apologised.
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But after he left, I cried a lot. For the first time ever.
It felt like I actually lost you.
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Did I?
Are you truly gone? Is that why he... Apologised? Does he know?
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Are you there? Give me a sign.
Anything. Maybe even a drawing in the sand.
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Wemmbu. I miss you.
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I miss you.
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[Eggchan left the game.]