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It's been at least one, no....no it has been a little bit more two years since, he last saw Phil or even heard from his partner in crime, his best friend and maybe even his father figure but he would never say that out loud because well....
(YEAH RIGhT....
BORINGGGGGGGG...can we move on.
eeeeeeeeereeee.
GUys please can u guys ever be patient i wanna hear th lore.
TAlk to me when you know the spelling of patience.
NOOOOO thats mean tech he is DADZAAAAA...)
'Shut up voices, not now; not while i am trying to monologue' and they somehow finally understood since the volume in his head lowered until it sounded nothing more than just insects buzzing in the background.
He turned back to the crow with a small letter tied to its leg; which was perched on the log beside him where he had been resting and setting camp up for the night. Needless to say , he had been surprised to see the little messenger, already knowing that it was Phil's because after the revolution had been successful and the Syndicate had won most of its main goals there was really no need to stick around; so no one had really kept contact with each other especially Phil who had sent him a letter with only two words "I'm Fine" and that was two years ago, However now on a random day he gets a letter from Phil not much is said in the letter as he had expected but its content shocked him as he read through it.
Dear Technoblade,
If you're reading this then thank Death cause i was scared my birds would not be able to track you, anyways pls come to the secret bunker No.2 of the syndicate on **/**/**** ;i have some important info and a surprise that you might like a lot.
See you then,
From Phil.
Uggghh!!! that's in like two weeks if he does not start moving now he will not make it, but well I guess forgoing sleep and traveling on Carl for the time being will be the best option considering that Phil had said it was serious in the letter. And that last part what did he even mean by that a SURPRISE; that does not sound good not at all even if it was coming from PHIL, for some reason he can already feel a headache coming.
He just writes a small note saying ok and gives it to Brian at least he thinks the crows name is Brian, who knows Phil's murder consists of way to many crow to keep track of and then he sends it off.
(HAAAAAA as if you dont have some urself.
but we are not crows?/ what was your point with tis.
IT does look like Brian.
ShushHHHH.....i did not meant it like that.
Shut the F*CK up you 2 pls not this early.
yeppp i think its brian its eyes is green.)
Humph the voices have gotten a bit loud ever since the letter was received and its driving him mad; the peace before had been quite a nice feeling but now he better hurry up even with the headache the Voices were causing, no need to set up a camp today. It took about 3 minutes for him to be ready after which he got on Carl and then he took off to start the perilous journey to meet up with an old friend.
(UMMm you mean dad.
can he be counted as one though?
Yup daddy philllllzazaa.
nuh-uh its DADZA repeat with me D-A-D-Z-A.
Daddddzaaaaa letssss goooooooo....)
CAN YOU ALL SHUT UP FOR A FU*KING MINUTE.........THANK YOU DUMBOS!!.
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Techno finally reached a small village in the north called Snowchester, if they had not changed its name in the past few years, from his memory this is the last village with human civilisation after which there is nothing but white expanse of snow, a week's travel even on horseback to reach the next village so yeah he needs to stock up here as much as he can before tackling the tundra .
He decides to go around looking for a specific building that his friend had sent a photo of if he ever needed to find a place to crash; a Bakery apparently which belonged to them; hoping to meet up there and maybe stock up on his supplies. Before he has to go since he had somehow reached here a few hours earlier then planned anyways, but it turned out to be ,not so successful as he ended up back in the square .
Looks like the village had gotten more populated as he now noticed new buildings and new houses; which meant that it will be harder to navigate around for him since he can no longer rely on his memory and the photo is not helping him either.
(TECHNOOOOO lokk behinf uuuu...
Yeah make 180 degresss turn..
hehehe TECHNOLOST.
ARe y sure abut this.
(Hushh let it play out*)*whispering* )
He turns and sees a small kid who looks to be the mail boy since he has a string bag over his shoulders and is running around in the middle of the square. He climbs down Carl and stops the kid and asks while pulling out the photo from under his cloak, 'Kid do you know where this place is ?'
After a few seconds he replied with a grin that Techno knew from experience only spoke of trouble, "Yes, there good Sir, I do know where this place is, its quite famous. But I might not be able to help you at the moment because I am quite busy".
'Hughhhh!! fine kid u must be hungry right I'll treat you to a meal or something on the way' He tried bribing while masking any kind of annoyance in his voice.
The kid did not bulge though and replied with a knowing smirk that he did not like "Knew you would understand the struggles of good ol' me , oh Kind and Noble Sir now lets hurry before all the good stuff is gone".
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"There it is......*chewing*....sir....*more chewing*....what you were looking for..*swallows*, ok then Sir hope to see you again".
'I hope not' , Techno grumbles as he sees the kid running off to probably finish his job that he had left behind AFTER HE MADE TECHNO PAY ATLEAST 1 STACK OF EMERALDS FOR A MEALLLL!!!.
(hahahaha that's what u get for shouting at uss
Suck on tht hahaha.
This is so hilarious.
True such a POG moment.)
OF course the voices were behind this like usual, he grumbled as he went towards the bakery after leaving his horse in a staple, he went up the stairs hoping he was not disturbing her since it was obvious that she had just opened.
A bell chimed as he went in announcing his arrival. "DON'T WORRY JACK I AM COMING" came a shout from what looked to be in the direction of a door behind the counter; meanwhile he looked around with a small smile on his lips it was quite homely with a small fireplace in the corner, a counter that was decorated with fresh flowers and on that note there was pots of greenery LITERALLY everywhere it was quite a nice atmosphere.
"Would you look at that I thought it was Jack but it turned out it's just some random former general of the syndicate". He turned back and saw Niki leaning over the counter with a smile on her face; She looked so different then he last remembered her hair was longer and was now dyed a pale pink, she wore a long sleeved shirt and on top was a plain apron that was almost covered with flour and jam bits; but the most notable thing was that she looked happy and content. Only thing that seemed to remained from the past was the fire, confidence and determination in her eyes and the emerald that dangled from her left ear.
She then tilted her head and questioned , "So what brings you here General?, hope it is not for 'official' business cause I hate to say it but my skills have gotten a bit rusty".
'Nope' he replied emphasizing the P, 'I came here cause it was on the way to my next destination, plus how could I skip a visit which included a free meal; especially after I had to pay half my emeralds to a mail boy just to get here'.
"AHHH! sounds like you met Purpled, oh he is a energetic kid does not stop talking, somehow is bold maybe too much cause he sometimes forgets his limit, naughty and mischievous but he is still a kid that somehow draws you in with his personality" she replied looking fondly.
'Hmmm that reminds me so much of...a certain gremlin....you know...', both were suddenly in a silence brought on by grief and pity even the voices were silent.
"Yeah.....so if you don't mind me asking what's this important business that made you stop in your important journey around the world and WHAT!! a FREE MEAL I did not agree to that not even for old times sake, do you know how much they charge for a sack of potatoes?".
'You were the one who said come visit me whenever you can but I guess that was an empty promise if YOU are not even ready for your highly esteemed guest', he emphasized his point by literally pointing at her letter and the part where she had said that he could crash anytime he wanted.
(IS techno a freeloader now.
guess, u stupid hoe its called having a normal conversation with friends.
buttt i am friendless:(
the fuck u want us to do about that???/??
y do tis guys fight like a married couple.
Who knows maybe they are, just ignore them tho. )
'And I got a letter from Phil he told me to come meet up back at the old base it said there is some important thing he wanted to show'. He continued even though he was offended by what the voices were spouting about him being a freeloader and a.....Big Back? whatever that means.
"Phil huh?....must be quite important then if he actually told you to meet--- The door opens with a bang abruptly stopping Niki they both turned towards the door looking quite shocked.
"Hullooo Nikkkkkiii i am here with the supplieees~", practically half-singing his arrival was a guy who was weirdly wearing only a blue shirt in this cold weather; but he did not seemed bothered at all not even at the small snow fall that he seemed to have come across as his clothes had snow flakes on them, he was bald and was wearing weird mismatched glasses and he seemed to be carrying in a sack of flour on his shoulders. He turned a bit and that was when he noticed the other person in this room. "Oh! a new traveler; i suppose you must have heard of this here famous Bakery owned by none other then Niki Nihachu; that is the pretty lady on the counter", placing the sack down he came forward towards him with his hand stretched forward. Techno slowly took his hand off the dagger that was hidden inside his pant and shook hands with the other and the he continued finally introducing himself.
"Hello there, Nice to meet you the name is Jack Parkinson the only guy in sweet ol' Snowchester who owns an inn, now due to harsh winters it's usually 8 emeralds per night but since a friend of Niki is a friend of mine, I'll be generous and give you a discounted price of 5 for a room, a meal and warm water if you wish to bath".
'Yeah?.....it nice to meet you my names Dav- Technoblade' he decided to forgo his usual fake name introduction since this was Niki's friend whom she obviously trusted, 'just here for a short while so i might have to give up on that offer thanks for the consideration anyways'.
Suddenly the new guys face went three shades paler, then he suddenly bowed a full 90 degrees 'GENERAL TECH-TECHNO!!! I am pleased to make your presence SIR, I am Troop Captain Jack Manifold of the here North Division at your service!!'.
Techno stood there shocked for a few second, before looking confusedly at Jack who was still bowing and then towards Niki who was trying and failing miserably in trying to stifle her laugh with her hands; unable to give him an answer as to who exactly this guy was because the new introduction just made him more confused and Manifold?.....where had he heard that name from?.
(YOOOOO its Jack.
Who?
U know Jack the one responsible for the explosives incident.
Oooooo he the one right who ended up blowing the enemy lines in Hypixel.
That's him poor guy where did his hair go.
oh yeah.... didn't Techno and Phil like present him a medal or something.
wasn't he always bald though.)
Well I guess the voices are not always that bad to have around.
'It's ok Jack right I remember you, the one in Hypixel right with....the..ummm...explosives. You need not do that I am just a normal man right now', "Oh-oh no NO!" Jack interrupted "You are a Man deserving respect and I do not show that to anyone less than deserving; Niki might have been the one who recruited me but you are one of the people who founded the organization so technically without you I would still be stuck in that dammed Marquis house serving him for life cause unlike them my name means nothing" he finished with absolute distaste.
'Well that's good to hear tyranny in government is not the way the world should work anyways. And it seems you are doing good looks like some people are actually using the retirement money for good'......good cause that shit left a big hole in our treasury a really big hole that I will never be able to refill again, NEVER he thought sadly. Having coffers full of money felt good okay you cannot really blame him.
"OK I better get out of your 'hair' now cause if two of the higher ups are together it must be something important toddle-loo Oh! and have a good day here SIR! and Don't worry I ain't saying shit to anyone about you being here", he announced moving towards the door while waving his hand back and forth between him and Niki.
"Ah Jack can you turn the sign please and your p-", "Do not worry about that you can pay me back afterword and by that I mean IN under two days ok Byeee~~ have a nice day and a nice stay to you too SIR!", Jack saluted one last time as then he closed the door.
'Well' he said turning to Niki 'that was......something'.
"That's Jack for you so going back on topic is there something going on I mean if Phil is sending you a letter asking to meet after going off radar for like what 2 years that sounds quite concerning".
'I'm not sure either he just said meet me in bunker no.2; apparently he has a surprise for me not sure how I feel about that you know cause the last time he said he had a surprise it was a fucking ritual.....portal? well whatever that shit was to go the Gods above so that we can break off the deal I had remember that, Goood old times' he finished laughing dryly.
"Ahh you mean the table right, well it might not have been it's original purpose but at least it was somehow useful, Plus, you did not get bombarded with TWENTYYY boxes of hair dye just because you asked him to get some for your birthday".
'Heyy you resold that for like twice the price at least you profited off of it, mine was turn into a table a godddamm fuckinggg table!!'.
"Hahaha soo what should I make for Dinner if you are staying that is, no potatoes though they are far too costly".
'BRahhhh how is that even possible is that loser charging extra or some shit; cause if he is I am gonna have to change my plans and pay him a visit show him again who was the KING of FARMING POTATOES, like how can he just hack up the prices of those deliciously full-feeling spuds without MY CONSENT'.
"NAhh I do not wanna cause another war between you and Squid plus its not him; in fact I heard that he had quit being a potato farmer and had moved to Skyblock, for what though....ehh no one really knows. It's the importers actually they have stopped buying it in bulks so the price for it is increasing around these parts".
Techno was surprised by the first thing Niki had told him that he did not really register the other half. 'HE QUIT!! whattt damn well I-I that's quite a surprise?'....he slurred off in the end processing this new information and wondering when it had happened or how he had not heard of it.
(NOOOOO.....
Myguy he was your eternal RIVAL how come you do noy know.
mannn what a pussy he hid between his tentacles and ran after loosing :p
Whatttttt? , whennnnnn? , howwwww?...
ahh you guys must be the newbies.
you guy's didn't know this happened like what a year ago
Yeah i think we told tech then tooo but he just shut us out.
well i guess that serves him rightt then.)
Oops must have been that time around MAY when he was ignoring the voices for pranking him throughout the whole month of April well lets just say that they learned their lessons and did not go through with it this time, but it seemed to have come to bite him in the ass like usual; Why is his life like this?.
'Well I guess I will have to visit him for sure now, so about Dinner there is no need for that Thank you though its just that its almost time I start moving again anyway I just came to talk for a bit since....you know its been some time plus it was on the way. However, I won't say no to a few treats from the bakery though' he replied grinning.
"OF course come behind the counter I just took the last batch out before you came in they should have cooled down by now; since you came in early there is lots of choices to choose from you got lucky" she said practically gleaming proudness showing in her eyes as she showed him all the baked sweets and desserts most being her own original recipes while some where passed down in her family from generations but all were made with careful hands that wanted nothing but her happiness and joy to be expressed through it.
And he should probably be worried if he will make it to the meet up on time but he guessed it could wait for some time, cause right now another reunion was taking place, memories and moments were being exchanged while both parties often reminisced about the past and in that moment just for a while most troubles in life were forgotten.