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Wemmbu sat quietly in front of the massive lake before him, fiddling with his new found mace. He hums quietly, running his fingers across the handle of it. He couldn’t deny the small amount of relief he had felt when he achieved the heavy core. Despite it having no enchantments, he still felt rather confident having a weapon he was more than familiar with in this situation.
In this terrible, terrible situation.
Arachnid starting a purge was the least of his expectations especially putting him, Jaden and Yungy within- Wasn’t Yungy close to him? And why would Arachnid send him into the purge despite needing him to win this god forsaken war? His grip tightened in annoyance, lightly rolling his eyes at the thought.
This was all so, so stupid.
So fucking stupid.
Wemmbu was already angry enough as it was but this- This whole fiasco was only fueling it further.
His eyes snapped shut, his tail flicking aggressively behind him.
Once this was all over- Once Wemmbu safely got Egg and everybody else out, he would make Arachnid pay, he’d kill him in the most gruesome way possible-
“Calm down tiger- You’re gonna break that mace when you just got it.”
Egg’s voice suddenly chimes in, followed by a giggle as he sits himself alongside the demon hybrid. Wemmbu’s eyes soften, flickering over to the angel as his rage had began to dissolve in seconds.
Only to be fueled as his mind stuck onto the nickname, recalling Flame who stupidly asked him why he had been doing all of this- As if this WHOLE situation wasn’t technically his fault and if the stubborn man had just worked with him like all the other times-!!
“Wemmbu..”
A tame and kind voice said, calling out his name in such sweetness for a man like himself. His eyes wander to Egg once more, sighing quietly as his grip loosens on the mace.
“Sorry..I’m just..”
“Angry?”
“Yeah..”
“I know, it’s understandable Wem”
The man reassures, his right wing overstretching out, embracing Wemmbu into his hold which he leans into. Wemmbu lightly rests his head on his best friends shoulder, feeling his anger this time properly dissipate.
“This whole thing is just..so stupid..”
He mumbles, twirling the mace around slightly. Egg hums quietly, feathers ruffling up before settling down.
“You wanna talk about it..?”
Egg offers, one of his hands lightly fiddling with Wemmbu’s hair. The man slumps further into Eggs touch, sighing softly.
“Well, Arachnids been making me fight a war against Parrot as we know.”
“Right..”
“And normally I wouldn’t give a shit- But it’s Parrot! I feel bad- I know he wasn’t all helpful when we came to him but no fucking wonder, he’s dealing with Cindercrest which is this insane faction like, where did they even come from??”
He rambles off, gesturing wildly.
“And then Flame was with Cindercrest but then he betrayed and then he started fighting with me about how much of a psychopath I was but technically this was his fault-! You wouldn’t have gotten captured if he just wasn’t a dick- And if we worked together then Arachnid wouldn’t have bought you off- And I wouldn’t fucking be here and neither would you nor Jaden-!”
He whines loudly, digging his face into the palm of his hands in annoyance. Egg doesn’t say anything, not immediately. He simply lets out a quiet hum, continuing to run his fingers into his hair. Wemmbu, despite just letting out his frustrations, it doesn’t linger for very long as he slouches over, withdrawing his hands from his face and instead into his lap.
“Wemmbu, no matter what changed, there was nothing you can do in this. Even if Flame helped us- We still would’ve had the blue invis guy to worry about-”
“I could’ve taken him down-”
“Wemmbu, it was inevitable.”
Egg stated, voice firm but not harsh just making the fact known. Wemmbu let out a heavy huff, his tail curling around his ankle.
“I know, I’m just pissed.”
“And that’s okay.”
A pause.
Wemmbu’s gaze shifts to his hands, clenched into fists and he forces himself to relax them out.
“I..I hate that I did all of that to Flame and Parrot, that I screwed them over in this war.”
He begins to say, pausing once again before opening his mouth to speak once more.
“I liked us being together, me, Parrot, Spoke and Flame. I like when we’re all on the same side- We’re unstoppable when we are.”
He finishes off, Egg lets out a chuckle before nodding.
“Oh definitely, you guys are like THE power group dude. Parrot’s the smart one, Flame is skilled, Spoke is crazy with his exploits and you’re super powerful.”
He exclaims, gesturing slightly. Egg’s words bring a smile to his best friend’s face but it unfortunately begins to sink as soon it appears.
“I’m not that strong, not like Flame.”
He murmurs, more to himself and less to Egg.
He hates when he does this to himself.
When he belittles himself.
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“You’re strong enough for me Wemmbu, that’s all that matters.”
His voice chimes through with so much softness that it feels like a blanket to Wemmbu. He nods as if Egg’s words don’t affect him at all but deep down, it does.
“I don’t need you to be god, to be a combat grandmaster or anything- You don’t need to be any of that Wem, you can just be you. And that won’t be an issue, maybe to others. But never to me.”
Wemmbu can feel the tears well up and before he can register it, one slips out and then it’s another. He latches further onto Egg, burying himself deep into his chest.
“You suck man."
He manages to muster out, only to quietly laugh when Egg scoffs at his words.
“Wow, saying that to someone who just glazed you is crazy-”
“Dude, shut up-”
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The air runs silent or at least, the best it can given their situation.
But its enough for Wemmbu because he has his best friend by his side once more. And life feels normal because no matter how chaotic this server seems to get for him, it’s manageable when he has Egg.
Wemmbu cries silently, not excessively but small tears stream down his face, all built up anger melting into a puddle of yearning and longing for his best friend.
Egg sits there, looming over him as his fingers tread carefully through his silky hair, humming a soft quiet tune that's all too familiar to him.
A few minutes pass and suddenly there’s evident footsteps approaching.
Wemmbu flinches before relaxing, memorizing that he’s with all his friends as of right now.
“Wanted to come see how you guys were doing.”
A hush voice says and Wemmbu glances over to see none other than Jaden, holding a plate of cut up cooked fishes.
“Hey Jaden”
Wemmbu utters out, locking eyes with the pirate as he seats himself along with the duo.
“You don’t mind if I sit here, right?”
Egg shakes his head, shrugging him off.
“Nah, it’s all good. I was getting bored of Wemmbu anyway.”
Wemmbu snorts at Egg’s comment, sitting up as he lightly punches the other in the shoulder.
“Asshole.”
“Well, Codmaster cooked up some of the fishes that we got so I thought I’d give you some”
He says, offering up the plate. Surprisingly enough, they look decently well cooked and even seasoned.
“Why do these actually look good?”
Wemmbu questions, grabbing a piece of salmon to examine as he eyes it up and down.
“Somehow, Cod snuck in spices-”
“Dude, how??”
Jaden shrugs, pulling down his mask as he begins munching on the cut up bits. Wemmbu watches him attentively, anticipating his face to contort into disgust or something- But instead, he looks pleased. So hesitatingly, Wemmbu plops the fish into his mouth before chewing on it. It’s a bit hot but he doesn’t care especially when the caves is so absurdly cold. It’s well seasoned, as he thought before and tastes really good actually.
“I low-key hate seafood but this tastes bomb.”
He says, already reaching out for another piece. Jaden raises a brow before letting out a laugh, throwing his head back.
“You hate fish?? How, all Egg does is fish!”
He exclaims, Egg shrugs before shaking his head.
“I don’t know dude- I’ve tried giving him a multitude of types of fishes and he REFUSES to eat them. I’ve tried cooking them in different ways and he still doesn’t!"
Egg explains, gesturing around before beginning to eat the food too.
“What’s so different about the way Cod cooks?”
Jaden asks, stifling a laugh.
“It’s because I’m the d1 athlete at fish, y’all should know that!!”
Cod suddenly shouts out, throwing everyone into a fit of laughter as Yungy from afar, hunches over wheezing. Wemmbu can hear Yungy say a comment towards Cod before the two are bickering in the distant. He continues to laugh, unable to hide his grin as he wipes at his eyes.
“Dude, I swear he’s always yelling some shit-”
He says, beginning to relax himself as small giggles escape from his mouth. Jaden smiles, nudging Egg who returns expression as well.
“That got you smiling”
Jaden points out, Wemmbu blinks before chuckling and rolling his eyes.
“Yeah, yeah- News flash”
He says, a small grin still on his lips.
“Look, he has to be so tough and nonchalant Jaden- This is what I put up with.”
Egg comments, tossing his arm around Jaden who laughs once again.
“All this kid does is giggle bro-”
Wemmbu then says and it’s comedic how Jaden’s laugh only intensifies, burying his face deep in his hands as he tries to catch his breath.
“You’re right, he just shits and giggles all day-”
Another loud laughter immerses from him and suddenly Egg and Wemmbu have a single conjoined brain, giving each other a look and already having the best idea ever in the life.
“Burger.”
The two say in perfect unison and suddenly Jaden's on the floor, crying as he’s desperately trying to pull himself together only to continue laughing. The two best friends share a momentarily glance before bursting out laughing.
“Why does he laugh at anything!?”
Egg yells, gesturing to the man laying down, Wemmbu shrugs, leaning on Egg as he laughs.
“O-Okay, okay- Stop, stop-”
“It’s literally all you dawg!!”
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It takes a solid minute and a half for Jaden to stop laughing, small snickers emitting from him as his face flushes from his laugh session.
“He’s out of breath dude-”
Egg says, pinching the bridge of his nose as Jaden apologizes over and over again.
“How do you aura farm when all you do is laugh?”
Wemmbu asks, stifling a titter.
“I’m just like that”
He responds, leaning back slightly.
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Egg glances over to Wemmbu, observing his messy violet hair and the way it cascades down his back. His attention then shifts to Jaden’s jet black hair that’s neatly tied into a braid.
He blinks, once then twice before turning back to Wemmbu and then Jaden once again.
“Egg, dude, spit it out-”
“Jaden do you think you can braid Wemmbu’s hair?”
He abruptly says, catching the other two off guard.
“Oh, uh- Yeah sure. Wemmbu do you mind?”
Jaden asks, not wanting to overstep and he lightly tilts his head to the side. Wemmbu blinks, staring at Jaden before glimpsing over to Egg who urges him on as if he were his mom. He huffs, rolling his eyes.
“Yeah, sure whatever”
He grumbles, turning away for better view. He hears a few shuffles behind him and peeks over to see Jaden and Egg sitting behind him, already playing with his hair. He sighs, a little annoyed- Not really, he just won’t admit that he’s secretly enjoying this. Their hands are careful, combing their way through the strands of hair. Eventually one pair of hands is removed and Wemmbu assumes it’s Eggs. Jaden continues to run his hands through his hair, humming quietly before beginning to section it off.
Wemmbu eases up, the tension leaving his body as he relaxes into the touch, allowing Jaden to braid his hair.
“How’s your hair so soft and long..?”
Jaden quietly asks in amazement and Wemmbu can’t help but smirk in pride.
“Lots of hair care.”
He replies, Wemmbu can hear the evident scoff come from Egg and invokes him to flip the angel off, teasingly.
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The hair braiding process is slow but relaxing enough that Wemmbu doesn’t feel the urge to get up and move like usual. He warms up to Jadens touch easily which surprises himself. Typically, he’s rather defensive of his hair, only allowing a select few to touch it. But given that he’s gotten closer with the pirate does allow it to make sense as to why he’s so comfortable around him.
Jaden and Egg talk with each other, topics slipping through with ease as they ramble on. Wemmbu doesn’t mind, he listens, not partaking in speaking but the other two don’t mind which he’s appreciative for. He hates constantly talking sometimes. Their voices are soothing and with the hair playing, Wemmbu feels himself dozing off as his tail slowly sways against the ground.
“I finished it Wemmbu.”
Jadens says, drawing him out of his sleep like trance. Wemmbu hums a bit, blinking before pulling the braid over his shoulder to examine. It’s very nicely made and much longer than Jaden’s given his hair length. Regardless, it’s nice and it makes Wemmbu happy.
“Hm, I like it. Thanks Jaden”
He says, smiling a bit at the man who nods, grinning as well.
“It’s no problem”
“Internally, he’s geeking out Jaden.”
Egg quietly whispers over to the man as he glimpses over to Wemmbu before the two giggle. The demon-hybrid rolls his eyes before crossing his arms.
“I’m definitely not..”
“He so is-”
“Egg bro, shut up!”
The three laugh once again, failing to restrain their chortles.
To Wemmbu, it felt like everything was lifted off his back. Every built up emotion that he’s had for the past month was now nothing but happiness. Even when him and his friends were here, deep in the underground, barely surviving- Just laughing with Jaden and Egg made everything feel so, so refreshing.
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But unfortunately, nothing lasts forever.
Because suddenly, a yelp is heard, one that makes Wemmbu flinch and withdraw his sword out with an instant. He stands up, looking up ahead to see Codmaster rushing over to Yungy, saying something. He can see the mixture of panic display on Yungy’s face as he turns to the others.
“Yo, guys! We got company!!”
He shouts out, Wemmbu groans for a moment, helping Egg up as Jaden pulls his trident out.
Up ahead, Wemmbu can see a group of players making their way to the campsite, ready to attack.
“You ready?”
Jaden asks and despite the mask that covers his face, Wemmbu can still make out the grin appearing on his lips. One that he can’t help but grin at as well.
“Always ready.”
He replies with new found confidence as he picks up his mace.
Because despite everything.
Despite the hell of a situation he’s in.
Despite the lack of gear, resources and enchants he has.
He has Egg.
He has Jaden.
He has Yungy and Cod.
And for Wemmbu, that’s all he needs to be strong.