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The fight was intense, Flamefrags were fighting Wemmbu. The purple demon was losing badly, he's undergeared and his health bar was low, he's running out of totems and golden apples, "what, gonna give up bro?" Flamefrags asked, looking down on Wemmbu.
Well, it's either you push yourself forward or give up.
He chose to push forward to fight for that title.
That title of strongest should be Wemmbus, not Flamefrags right? No. It was never meant to be Wemmbus in the beginning. But neither does it belong to Flamefrags
The title of strongest: is just a title that anyone can take unless they have guts to do so
Wemmbu already knows that, so why is he fighting for it? That title can't be anyone's permanently.
He's stuck in a loop where he would just hurt himself and others around him. Eggchan? He's been there by his side a lot. He hasn't left Wemmbu despite Wemmbu being a walking target for his own enemies.
But here he is now dying to his frie— no, rival. They were never friends.
"You may have the power but just so you know it doesn't mean that you can beat me, Wemmbu. It's always strength and skill that wins. Give up." Flamefrags says
.. There's no more point in fighting for the title anymore Wemmbu, please.. You're getting tired. You WANT to be a normal player.
please, stop this before you hurt yourself even further
Wemmbu was lying on the debris somewhere where the fight happened "... You can be the strongest bro."
"what? Giving up that easily bro?" Flamefrags scoffed, a bit surprised that Wemmbu finally gave in. The Strongest title is finally his once again. Lowering his sword. Oh how wemmbu wanted to laugh at himself. He's not one to give up so easily.
Flamefrags took a step back, his gaze finally tearing away from wemmbu, There's a triumphant aura surrounding him as he left. But was it worth it, Flamefrags? The uneasy feeling grew as he walked away where wemmbu was left to... I don't know, die? Who knows.
Back with wemmbu, he was dying out. Until a yellow figure appears... Is that zam? No way. No wait.. It's.. Rejoice? But Rejoice is dead
Wemmbu lets out a bittersweet laugh. Is he really seeing rejoice? He's banned off the server; he can't see him!
Rejoice has a white glowing butterfly on his finger. It's a butterfly spirit, it's a minor entity that contains a soul of a dead player, apparently rejoice has one on his head too. And that butterfly on his fingers? That is wemmbu. Waiting for him to finally get out of that cocoon and fly away freely. But rejoice..
"wemmbu, you're not ready. Please don't give up ..." Rejoice says with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, he looks sad that his friend is now dying and he can't do anything since he's also dead too. Rejoice silently begs that someone, maybe that rival that left him earlier in this chaos, would save him— oh he hopes.. He doesn't want wemmbu to die
"dude... How are you here..? Aren't ya like yknoow... Dead?" wemmbu says looking a bit distraught as his health bar is decreasing, no food or items left but his weapons and shit random blocks
"Wemmbu, it's too early for you to go. It's not right, you always survive— this isn't you-" Rejoice pleads
Oh how wemmbu want to not hear his dead friend's pleas and telling him to survive, be strong for me and egg, actually, everyone else too... "aren't you supposed to be dead..?" Wemmbu says, his voice raspy. He's really tired and he can't hold on for this long.
"you're gonna give up? THE Wemmbu?" Rejoice says now not smiling. Wemmbu has always never given up, even in a life or death situation.
Back then—Wemmbu tried everything to save Rejoice from the Wardens.
"WEMMBU IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED, I APPRECIATE PLAYING WITH YOU GUYS— I'M DEAD. MY LEGGINGS BROK—"
Strongest? Not anymore. He can't keep it up now, everything is no longer working, Wemmbu wasnt having fun on the server truly. But there are times where everything was fun, no?
But Wemmbu didn't dwell on the past, he thinks it's cheesy to think of the past in his final moments.
"Come on, wemmbu, what about Eggchan? What will happen if you're gone?" Rejoice tried to reason with wemmbu to not give up and try to find a way to at least heal himself but no way of reasoning and talking will accomplish anything from wemmbu. "What's the point in trying when you have nothing." Wemmbu says.
Time is running out yet here Wemmbu was, probably hallucinating Rejoice. Talking to him.
"..." Wemmbu stared at Rejoice. He's different from before, no shine in his eyes. No optimistic energy.
"Wemmbu..." Rejoice muttered, muttering the name like it's the last name he mentioned. Well, yeah wemmbu was the last person Rejoice mentioned before death. Funny now, is it?
"There are those who are waiting for you, people who care. Why must you give up?" Rejoice says.. He knows that wemmbu wont budge, he clearly gives up. Yet Rejoice believes that he could still get to Wemmbu.
"Perhaps maybe in another life I get to live like a normal player?"
That was what wemmbu always wanted with egg but he'll probably never have.
Looking at the maces, he recalls Yeah_Jaron. The one who gave Wemmbu Gambit back at Sky Civilization.
Hx sky looks beautiful.
“In another life… but in this life, you are needed..” Rejoice tries again.
“As a weapon?” Wemmbu scoffs..
No other options, Wemmbu wouldn't budge, he accepted his fate. And Rejoice can't convince him or make him realise that there is so much to live for.
Rejoice’s ghostly form flickers. Looking at his own hands, Rejoice can't argue anymore.
He extended his hand towards Wemmbu.
Wemmbu’s eyes flickered to his hands, then Rejoice's face. He slowly, painfully raises his own hand to reach Rejoice's hand.
Wemmbu was slain by Flamefrags.
Wemmbu left the game.
Everything froze…
Parrot looked at the death message in the chat, shocked and confused.
“Wemmbu died..?” Parrotx2 muttered to himself. By Flamefrags?
“Oh.. well, that's…unfortunate…” Theobaldthebird says, solemn. They're not close friends but they share a comedic rivalry somehow and respect one another.
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“What the fuck-” Flamefrags stared at the death message. He thought that Wemmbu would be healing up or something, but no—Wemmbu just died. By Flamefrags himself.
‘You can be the strongest now’ Wemmbu's voice played on his mind. Flamefrags thought about what Wemmbu meant for a moment. He does know that Wemmbu now gave up on being the strongest but now that he thinks of it… is there a deeper meaning about this.
Spoke looked at the death message, blinking twice to make sure it could be another player but no, it was indeed Wemmbu..
Wemmbu is strong enough to defend himself, even if nearly dying. So why? He knew that the two idiots—or Flamefrags and Wemmbu have some sort of rivalry but to the point of killing one another? The hell?
Meanwhile,
Eggchan couldn't speak—why? How? He thought that their rivalry couldn't get to the point Wemmbu dies?-
“Egg..” Minutetech called out, he read the messages too. Sadness written all over his face.
“This can't—happen bro, Wemmbu- Wemmbu is-” Eggchan can't continue
“I know…” Minutetech says, tilting his head down and closing his eyes. The Half wither half voidling is upset about Wemmbu's death, even if he's a troublemaker, Minutetech still cares for that purple boy.
Wemmbu died the day he realised that all his efforts on being the strongest is futile and that he wasted everything for a title that he will never keep.
He died trying to prove that he is not a...lost cause?. Who knows Wemmbu's life ended with him knowing that he can never achieve a goal that is far to reach. But it's alright, he made peace with fate so he can now rest forever.
He never got to prove Manepear wrong as well..