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Nikki brushed some of Wil's hair out of his eyes. They had been watching the stars when he stopped talking.

"What's wrong?"

"I miss them. I hope Schlatt comes back soon." Wil admitted, his head fell on Nikki's shoulder. She continued running hands through his hair, comforting him through the sudden absence of a few supremely loud friends.

"I mean the way he left wasn't right," Nikki said softly, "But it's good for him to figure some things out for himself."

"What if he ends up finding himself better off... you know, without us?"

"Then we track him down and hug the truth into that mother fucker!" She elaborated, face all puffed up. Wil laughed, a soft vibration against her side.

They were in comfortable silence for a little while, and then Nikki spoke again. "You know what's next for us?"

Wilbur wasn't sure how to answer that, so of course it was fumbled and loud. "I mean uh... I guess we start courting right?"

"Haven't we been doing that?"

"I have no idea." He admitted with a little giggle at the end. She sighed, and Wilbur put a hand on her hip.

"What I mean is maybe we should make it official. Like aren't we supposed to take it to the capital? Like permission to court and stuff?" Wil asked, and they each nodded in somewhat confidence for the statement.

"We could get going tomorrow, even try to find Schlatt on our way-"

A sharp gust blew Nikki's hair into her face as Philza landed behind them. He had a paper clutched in his hands, angry.

"Yeah any of us going to the capital might have an issue."

Wil glanced over the first lines, jaw dropping as his face outlined with blue. Philza angrily kicked a stump into the water, letting out an array of curses. Nikki's face lit with worry.

"What is it?"

Philza stepped in before his son could put it gently, "Any and all 'projects' are being banned from the capital and any military opps. Basically any of us that don't twiddle our thumbs all day get wrecked. On top of that-"

Wil let out an actual laugh, "Alright this last part has to be a joke!"

"What is it Wil?" She asked again, watching the brown eyes outline on a neon cyan.

"They have fucking tiers of how dangerous we are based on total soldier bullshit some of the camp people told about us. Some of us they want locked in Pandora's Vault."

She felt her insides snap, "Gimme that!"

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝙼𝙿.

𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚢 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚢𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜. 𝚄𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝙿𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚊'𝚜 𝚅𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝.

𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍.  𝙳𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛.

𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝙰𝚗𝚝 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖
𝙳𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎.

𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝙱𝚘𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙳𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘. 𝙰𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜.

𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚛 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌. 𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍.

𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗. 𝙸𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚛 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕.

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝙼𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙻'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝙳𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗.

𝙼𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜. 𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝟸𝟹/𝟻𝟶 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝙸𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜.

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"They can't be serious!"

Phil crossed his arms, snarling. "You better believe it. My own son is considered shot to kill and any legion that encounters Purpled is gonna do all they can to kill him."

Author: I wrote this on the bathroom floor waiting to vomit I'm still sick you're welcome.