Wisteria

Communication (Techno)

"Wh- I ran out of emeralds."

" How? You have like eight stacks." Techno turned away from his villager to Phil.

"I had eight stacks," Phil said "It's this stupid paper trade! This villager is bugged, it's at normal librarian prices, I swear."

"Well our old librarian wasn't bugged but-"

"Oh, alright-"

"-but someone just left the door open, mister big bad hardcore man Philza Minecraft."

Phil laughed. "Okay, okay- I think I had more pressing things on my mind, Techno, I've gotta be honest."

"More pressing than a four paper emerald trade? I dunno..."

Phil laughed and went to another villager, presumably to get some more emeralds.

Techno was joking, of course. Phil had left the door open while bringing in Ranboo one night because the kid had been having... complications. The impressive part was that he let in not one, but three zombies, two of which managed to stumble their way into their make-shift village and lay havoc.

Techno's piglin ears perked up- he heard a creak somewhere upstairs. Speak of the devil?

"I'll be right back." He mumbled. Phil nodded.

Techno climbed through his floors up to his bedroom- or, technically Ranboo's bedroom for the past few days.

Ranboo was looking down at the bed, looking a bit puzzled, it'd seem. With the creak of the ladder, Ranboo turned to look at him. Techno pulled himself into the room. Techno watched Ranboo look him over- studying him?- then called out to Phil.

"What?" Phil hollered back.

"Come up here!" He yelled. Then he turned to Ranboo. He looked so absolutely lost.

"Ranboo." He said.

Ranboo nodded, then responded with a garbled "⏁⊑⏃⏁'⌇ ⋔⟒. ⏃⋏⎅ ⍙⊑⍜ ⏃⍀⟒ ⊬⍜⎍, ⟒⌖⏃☊⏁⌰⊬?"

Techno huffed. He didn't know Ender- he wasn't blaming Ranboo for whatever happened that got him like this, but it definitely put a barrier in communication.

"Back to square one." he mumbled. Phil emerged from the ladder.

"What's goin' on?" He turned to Ranboo.

"He's up. Still speaking Ender, but he seems more... conscious."

"Well yeah, he was knocked out for four days." Phil laughed.

"No, I mean-"

"No, no, I know. Less AI, more Player?"

Techno nodded. Ranboo looked at the ground, fidgeting with his hands.

"I mean, d'you know he can only speak Ender still?" Phil asked.

Techno shrugged. "Not really- Ranboo." He said, getting his attention. Ranboo looked up.

"Ranboo, can you speak English?" He asked.

Ranboo stared at him blankly. They stood in silence for a moment.

"⟟ ⎅⍜⋏'⏁ ☍⋏⍜⍙ ⍙⊑⏃⏁ ⊬⍜⎍'⍀⟒ ⌇⏃⊬⟟⋏☌, ⟟ ⎅⍜⋏'⏁ ⌇⌿⟒⏃☍ ⊬⍜⎍⍀ ⌰⏃⋏☌⎍⏃☌⟒." He eventually responded.

Techno sighed. "Taking that as a no."

Phil chuckled. "You were right, though. Sentences seem more... together. Especially since earlier."

"Yeah. I mean, I guess he's getting bett-" Techno stopped dead in his tracks.

"Don't know... ⎍⊑... words," Ranboo was saying "I am- ⍙⏃⟟⏁ ⊑⍜⌰⎅ ⍜⋏- I... talk enderman."

Phil and Techno stared at him.

"He just spoke Piglin." Techno said.

Phil burst into laughter.

"He can- How can he speak Piglin??" He directed the question vaguely at Phil, for whatever reason.

"Hell if I know!" Phil chuckled. "I only barely knew he was speaking it."

"I think he just said he didn't know what we were saying," Techno translated "He's not very good at it, to be honest."

"Definitely heard some Enderman noises in there." Phil said. Techno nodded.

"I mean, I guess I just-" He turned to Ranboo and cleared his throat.

"You speak Piglin?" He asked, still surprised. Piglin felt weird- it was his first language, but god it'd been a while since he last used it.

Ranboo nodded. "Yes. Small." He replied crudely.

Techno blinked. "Yeah-" He said to Phil "Yeah, he speaks broken Piglin. How does he-?"

Phil chuckled and waved him to continue talking. Techno rubbed the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath.

"Alright." He said to Ranboo "I guess this is how I'll talk to you for now."