Summary: Wilbur and Techno try to adjust to the... new situation that has presented itself. They don't want to bring humans on board, Techno especially. Wilbur is more out of concern. But they know that the 2 teens will NOT be leaving Tommy and Tommy will not let them go off on their own.
They have to take the human with them.
The damn spider is also part of the package it seems.
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Notes: I forgot to update it this morning! My bad!
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Tubbo tries his best to explain to Wilbur and Techno the same thing he and Ranboo told Phil. Telling them about Tubbo being chucked into Tommy's cell, Tommy feeding and protecting him, keeping him warm, assisting in their escape, until he got to the part where Tommy was more survival ready than either of the 2 teens.
Techno looked at both of them, pure disappointment in his eyes,
"You're telling me, that with all of the survival lessons that I gave you to LEARN and USE during a dire situation like this, not one of them STUCK with you? None of them?!"
Tubbo shuffled uncomfortably before muttering
"Well I mean, we remember the steps? Get shelter, water-"
Techno cuts Tubbo off.
"That's not even the basics! Everyone knows that! Without the human, Ranboo would be starving and you'd be freezing! Ranboo's body does not produce any heat that could warm you up"
Both Tubbo and Ranboo look down, guilty expressions on their faces. Good, thought Techno, they deserved it. They really should have taken those lessons seriously, they are alive solely because of Tommy!
Then Tommy let out a growl, Techno immediately picked up that the growl was mostly just warning, fake, no real anger behind it. It didn't sound natural, but the intention to harm was there, a warning for if he went too far.. 'Tommy' apparently didn't like him scolding Tubbo or Ranboo.
Techno sent a narrow eyed glare in 'Tommy's' direction. Tough luck human, Those two needed to understand how this could have been a much more dire situation if they hadn't run into such a protective and survival ready human. They genuinely could have died.
He doesn't linger on that thought for long, they didn't die. Ranboo seems healthy, a little worn out, but alive. Tubbo also seems to be just fine aside from his injury, it doesn't look fatal. In fact it doesn't even seem to be bothering him since he's still just as chaotic as always. Techno supposes he has the human to thank for that.
Actually... Now that he has a better look at Tubbo, who's talking to Philza and Wilbur. Wilbur seems to be oddly quiet for the most part, and is staring at the human unbridled curiosity making his eyes glow brighter than normal. Techno can practically hear the overwhelming river of questions the phantomling is thinking. Tommy doesn't appear to appreciate Wilbur's curiosity and is glaring angrily back at him.
Techno shakes his head dislodging the thought. Right, Tubbo. He tilts his head slightly so he can better see the bandage around Tubbo's side. There doesn't appear to be any blood leaking through, nothing stains the cloth so no infection. He sniffs the air cautiously, no sickening scent of rot, not even a trace of blood. The injury worryingly has no smell at all, that or its old enough to be mostly healed. He decides to point this out to the others, with his usual graceful and tactful way of speaking. That is to say as bluntly as possible.,
"Tubbo, how long have you had that injury?"
Tubbo apparently had been attempting to hide the injury from Phil. Which, needless to say, was now pointless. Phil let out a horrified squawk and within seconds he was lunging forward to check on Tubbos injury- or trying to, the human let out a low snarling half roar and threw himself between Phil and Tubbo. Techno's hair stood on end. Damn! Where the hell had they managed to find such a protective human? Seriously he's never seen anyone more ready to go to battle than this human.
Which in itself is impressive. Especially since Techno himself is extremely protective of his crew. He would do anything to keep them safe. Heck, he's still on edge with Tommy being so close to any of his crew even if he hasn't actually hurt anyone yet. Honestly Tommy looked like he was a hair's width away from going feral, and it set all of Techno's instincts alight with panic. Techno tried to comfort himself with the thought that Tommy wouldn't be so ready to fight a whole crew after an entire week of being stranded. Especially toward a crew he'd just met, and one that was trying to be non-threatening.
That in mind, he also will not accept the human nearly biting Philzas hand off. Tubbo quickly grabs Tommy's hands, and slid in between Tommy and Phil before Techno could finish his half coiled spring toward the human, Techno leaned back on his haunches waiting anxiously as Tubbo tried to talk down the human,
"Choo-mi, he's just checking on my injury, it's all good big man"
Techno watched the humans reaction carefully. At first they had assumed that the human could understand and communicate with them, but they quickly learned that was not the case. Wilbur had tried to say something to Tommy, excited to see a human so close but was quickly snapped at, and Tubbo had explained that their communication relied mostly on gestures and tone of voice.
Speaking of which, Tubbo gestured to his side, pointing at the injury that's likely old and sealed over already. Still they don't know if it's infected and that's what worries Techno. Tubbo's explanation seems to click with Tommy and he reluctantly allows Phil closer, glaring at him the entire time. Techno returns the favor and keeps an equally wary eye on the human.
Wilbur speaks up after quickly going next to Phil to see Tubbos injury,
"We should head back to the ship, we need to disinfect it thoroughly and check if it needs anything besides a basic cleaning and check up"
He nods at Ranboo
"Good job on the wrapping, at least you guys got something from my lessons" he sounds a bit smug.
Too smug. Techno huffs, knowing Wilbur will hold this above him for a while, not to discredit the kid on his wrapping skills, but c'mon, just Wilburs lessons? What about his? His clearly superior lessons!
Ranboo sighs in relief,
"Yes, can we please head back to the ship? As much as I enjoy trying fish for the first time and sleeping in a cave, I'd like to go back to some normality y'know"
Finally, yes, please, let's all get moving so he can have everyone back inside the ship safely and forget that this all happened.
"I call dibs on rooming with Choo-mi! I'm so excited! You think I'll be able to communicate with him with our old translators? Or maybe those drawing holograms? Do you think he'd like my snacks?"
Wait wait wait, was Tubbo talking about? Techno raises his pawed hand
"Hold on, slow down, what do you mean rooming with the human? Tubbo, you realize what you're saying right?"
Sure Techno can admire the fact that the human was survival ready enough to keep the other two safe and alive, but whatever responsibility the human must have felt is now lifted, his debt paid, he shouldn't feel inclined to continue taking care of another species. Right? Hopefully the human will understand that Tubbo and Ranboo are now with their real 'pack' and they can all leave.Tubbo looks at him, affronted.
"The fuck you mean what do I mean? We're taking Choo-mi, I'm not leaving him here!"
He points to Tommy, who now kinda just, stands awkwardly. He seems to have relaxed a bit, not as on edge as before, but still wary enough that if they make a wrong move he will bite them.
Well he looked like a biter to Techno at least. Wilbur looks over at them, taking a step towards Tubbo in what was supposed to be an attempt to soothe him on this decision but yelped when Tommy stepped up behind Tubbo, glaring at Wilbur. Tubbo didn't even shift, and damn was this one hell of a sight. Tommy standing tall and proud behind Tubbo, who barely even reached his damn hips.
Not to mention the fact that Tubbo seemed completely unbothered by the literal deathworlder that could easily rip his wings apart- and doesn't that send a pang of instinctual fear and protective rage through Techno- and stands equally defiantly against them.
Tubbo gives the best glare he can manage, even raising his hands in a clear threat to sting them if they try to get to close
"We are taking him! Besides! Me and Ranboo are pack-bonded to him now, you couldn't separate him from us if you wanted to"
Fuck Techno forgot about that, but with how hyped up and rumored humans are, surely some of the rumors are just that? Rumors? Course, he doesn't wanna risk any of that shit..... Stars dammit, why did it have to be a human of all creatures.
Techno looks over at Phil, the final decision fell to Phil, on whether the human could come or not. But with how attached Tubbo was acting and the fact that Ranboo hasn't jumped to Technos side (Which he usually tends to do since he's Tubbo's voice of reason) means this will not be won over easily.
"Phil? You get the final say anyways, but you know we can't take a human on board, we wouldn't know how to take care of it-"
Tubbo cuts him off, with an aggressive snarl,
glaring at him
"Him, don't be like that Techno, you're better than that"
Techno looks at Tubbo, his expression not visibly changing at the indignity of being cut off, but to those that knew how to read him, it was abundantly clear that he was surprised at Tubbos aggressive cut off.
"Boys, please"
Tubbo sighed, conceding that he'd at least listen to Phil's decision, but he made it extremely obvious what his stance on the matter was as he sideled right up against Tommy. Tommy who had not moved from his spot and...neither had his pet Arachnid. Who seemed disturbingly content to stare them all down from his place on the ground, he'd honestly forgotten about it, arachnids were not traditionally this quiet...
Techno knows Phil, He knows that even if he held the title of Captain, he would take in any stray, even if it was a dangerous stray... A dangerous stray that had helped two of his crewmates. He's currently banking on the fact that this is a dangerous human, and they can't just rely on two young aliens to keep 'Tommy' calm and not cause any risks, to influence Phil's decision.
But the decision was already made. Techno could tell the moment he saw Phil make eye contact with Tommy. Tommy stared back into the eyes of their captain and leaned forwards slightly, like he wanted a closer look at Phil.
Phil carefully stepped forward once, and let one of his wings stretch slowly over to the human, to let Tommy feel his wing.
Tommy was fascinated. His expression was positively glowing with the sort of curiosity and eagerness only a child could truly possess, and wasn't that a horrifying reminder. This horrifyingly large deathworlder wasn't even fully grown! Tommy reached out a slender hand and for a second Techno feared he'd accidentally yank out feathers, after all humans were said to have mass amounts of strength hidden in their bony fleshy bodies.
But instead of yanking, Tommy gently started petting the wing, going slow and only using one hand, feeling the feathers on the wing and staring at the tips that have diamond symbols. He exposes his teeth and Techno felt a growl growing in his throat before Ranboo quickly nudged him.
Ranboo looks sheepish but does a similar gesture, not unlike what the human did, exposing his mouth, however his teeth weren't shown.
Literally, Enderians have this weird thing where they can retract teeth, weird huh?
"Tommy does it to show he's happy, it's not aggressive"
Ranboo bares his mouth again, this time his teeth showing. Why the hell was that a sign of happiness? It was literally a sign of aggression in everything else, at least now he knows, and then Ranboo continued shattering Techno's brief moment of understanding
"But it can still mean threatening, it's kinda all in the eyes and facial expressions I think"
Great, it's both, lovely, just what Techno needed. More confusion. He keeps his eyes on Tommy, but the human doesn't do anything. He only looked excited, and he started talking to Phil. It started as mumbling, until it grew louder, more confident and sure. Tommy even gets comfortable enough to move closer. Phil lets it happen and simply stays still to not startle the human, something in his eyes as he looks at the human that easily towers over him. Phil looks over at Wilbur and Techno, letting Tommy gently pet his wings and Techno knew he couldn't do anything else to convince him. Dang it Phil!
"We're taking him, we can't just leave him here, the locals would find out about him, and maybe hunt for him or worse call galactic forces"
Phil gently pulls his wings back, an indication to stop and Tommy lets the wing leave him, though reluctantly. He stays close to Phil, much calmer and more relaxed than before.
Tubbo buzzes excitedly behind him, Talking to Ranboo about all the things they could teach Tommy, maybe even form better communication with him.
The arachnid, 'Shroud' if he's correct, climbed up on Tommy, who startled at the movement, and latched all of his 8 limbs around Tommys sides, looking like a multi-tooled backpack. It stares at Phil, with eyes far too intelligent for Techno's liking.
Phil stares back, leaning back in bewilderment. It wasn't everyday you saw a strenx arachnid willingly clinging to someone. Even more so when said person they are clinging to does not freak out, It's a big predator after all. Incredibly strong too, Techno had seen a particularly angry one in a market once, it had thrown a tree at a crowd.
"And... I guess we're also taking the Strenx too.."
Techno feels a headache coming on and they haven't even started walking back to the ship.
Fantastic.
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Is he going with them?
Tommy stands next to Tubbo and Ranboo, unsure about what's going on. Seriously he's really out of the loop, these fuckers came outta nowhere and rudely woke him up.
Speaking of waking up, were either of the two going to wake him up when McBird over there was right within HANDS LENGTH of touching them. Were they gonna leave without him? No... no he doesn't think so, not after Ranboo had allowed him to rest on his lap and how defensive Tubbo was against the fucking bunny alien.
Speaking of the Bunny alien, it seemed like he really didn't like Tommy. His eyes have never left Tommy since he and ghost boy had arrived.
Tommy bares his teeth at the fucker.
"Got something to say Bonnie?"
Bonnie guy was pink furred, with red eyes, and big ass ears at the top of his head. The ears kept twisting and turning in certain directions, likely listening to everything all around them. His hands are a strange cross between a regular hand and a paw, and he has bunny legs. Which oddly enough, are really buff. It's fitting, in a weird way, though Tommy doesn't know why he feels that way.
He's not tall, not like him or Ranboo, but he's taller than the bird guy and the weird... ghost alien. He also has these weird tusks on his mouth? Like at the edges of his lips he has small tusks, it reminds Tommy of an elephant's, or maybe a boar?
Moving on to Bird guy, his wings are amazing, black as night with brilliant white diamond markings that seem to be almost reflective when they catch the light. He has another smaller pair of wings hidden inside his bigger wings, which Tommy hadn't noticed until he stretched his big wing for Tommy to touch.
It was the coolest thing ever, he could feel how strong the wings were, he wonders if he could ask to fly with him. Probably not, but it would be fucking wicked!
Man has feathers in various patches all over his body, his 'hair' was a weird combo of normal hair and just feathers, he has talons for feet, a lil bird tail, like the one that birds have for balance or something, and weird bird like hands. They look like human hands but instead of 5 fingers, bird man has 4, the ends pointed and curved like claws, or Tommy supposed talons..
Honestly he looked surprisingly human, like, if you take off the feathers and wings, he'd look like a middle aged human male with golden blonde hair.
But Tommy had studied him long enough, it was time to move on to the last new alien. The one he found he disliked the most. The guy looks like a cross between a human ghost and a dinosaur. He was blue skinned, with slighted webbed claw's? Hands? Like not as webbed as, like, a frog's, but there's definitely tissue between those fingers. He has a tail, it's a thin whip-like tail, simple, almost lizard-like. Brown hair which was like, the only normal thing he's seen so far, and two nearly glowing yellow orb-like eyes, with no pupils. He's also got scarily sharp teeth and looks like a nerd with the added glasses.
He knows this guy wears glasses cause he can see said glasses hanging from his alien shirt. Whether they are reading glasses, real glasses, sunglasses or fakes he has no idea.
It's aliens, and this situation is unnerving him, he knows nothing about what's going on! He just knows that they are all walking to someplace, are they going to report him and send him back to those... ships? Is he going with them? Is he a pet now? No... he doesn't think so, Tubbo and Ranboo wouldn't let them, he's confident in that.
Anxiously, he starts to reach his hand to pet Shroud's many limbs that have tightened around his waist and sides. Basically hugging his entire rib cage. It oddly feels securing, like he has something hugging him at all times.
It's kinda unnerving though, he literally has a big ass spider acting as a backpack. the blue dinosaur over there seems to agree, he keeps glancing back at them, but instead of the normal apprehension and fear that comes with aliens looking at him, he instead has this fascinated look, curiosity in his eyes.
Tommy hates it. It feels like the same look that the alien's on previous ships would give him when they would... 'explore' him. He shivers, he's never been more violated and forcefully exposed in his life, to be treated like some puzzle box to be solved and opened up, for their pleasure. Body pried open like a tough walnut.
He still holds a resentment to medical rooms and anybody that so much as remotely resembled a doctor, nurse, or scientist for that very reason. Nothing good has happened to him in those places and he'll continue to refuse to let such people come anywhere near him.
He doesn't know how long they've been walking, but suddenly Shroud started hissing in a direction (ah yes, very specific answer, to be fair he does not know if North, East, South, and West count on an alien planet) and he also stops. Allowing Shroud to point him in the direction of his aggression.
The others also stop, looking back to him and stopping whatever conversations they've been having, confused as to why exactly Tommy has stopped. Shroud hisses again, seemingly coiling on Tommy's back, like he's ready to pounce. Bunny alien guys' ears perk up and twist in all directions, seemingly hearing something as well.
It was quiet for a moment.
Then a voice- or well he THINKS is a voice, it spoke rapidly, foreign, and it sounded angry. Like furious if he were to guess. Bunny guy- Y'know what he's gonna be called bugs-fucking-bunny- actually no he takes that back that doesn't sound good- THE POINT IS! Everyone is now running away.
Ranboo grabs his arm and yanks him to start running, and he tries. He really does, the issue? His leg is still mildly injured, ok it hurts a lot, and he's still limping.. Normal walking he can do, running however? On dirt terrain? With worn out shoes? It's not going to happen.
Ranboo doesn't clue in fast enough and Tommy struggles to follow, this chase was not working up nearly enough adrenaline to numb the pain.
"I-I can't run on it dumbass! Stop!"
He yelps when he trips over a rock, losing his hold on Ranboo, who doubles back to him, screeching something at whoever was chasing them. He glances backwards and sees a mob of people, are they the police of the planet?
Shroud hisses loudly, not letting go of him and arming his front legs and fangs.
Adrenaline slowly rushes through his veins, readying himself to fight some cops when Ranboo suddenly grabbed him and hugged him close to his chest with Shroud being pulled in too. Then suddenly the world was black, purple and EXTREMELY DIZZYING. He feels nauseous, just as quickly as it appeared he's in a different spot and the world is spinning.
Did they just fucking teleport? He swore those people were way closer.
He nearly falls face first onto the ground. Would have actually if Ranboo didn't catch him in time. He sees a structure in the distance- oh wait no that's closer than he thought, it's all blurred to him. He sees the others behind them, Tubbo and Bird guy are ahead of everyone else while Bugs Bunny is hopping his way a bit further back, cradling the dinosaur alien in a princess carry.
Ranboo opens the ship door and runs in the ship, setting Tommy down as the others come barreling into the ship in various states of panic.. Tubbo comes flying to Tommy to check on him and Ranboo. Crow (new name, yay) flew in and went straight to possibly turn the ship on if the rumbling of engines was any indication. Dinosaur was, for the lack of better words, tossed on the ground. Bugs Bunny had tossed him off his back and shut the door. Tommy felt the hysterical urge to giggle. Dinosaur man got yote. Yeeted. Rejected.
Tommy sits down, trying to keep his stomach from puking out it's seafood and whatever alien fruits he still had left.
This whole day had been one panic-inducing situation after another, huh?'
Wait where the fuck did Shroud go?
He looks around panicked for a moment.
He hears a screech from Dinosaur, quickly seeing that Shroud had latched onto his tail and refused to let go. Good, Shroud knows what to do with bitches like Dinosaur. Tommy is a proud father. Tommy shook his head, he must be going crazy. A wave of tiredness washes over him and he slumps against the wall he's leaned against, his eyes drifting shut.
He just wants a fucking nap man.
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Notes: Editor: Once again CyberGeist, they did an amazing job, especially since I wasn't able to give them a cleaner edited version
They escaped the popo! The teleport did not sit well with Tommy, he's going to want to avoid that. Wonder how that would feel irl? To be teleported.
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