Clean Slate

Bits and pieces

Tubbo rubbed his eyes to make sure he was seeing this right. "T-Tommy?!" He called out in disbelief before starting to talk to himself "No no it's another hallucination it has to be" Tubbo had been having hallucinations for a while sense Tommy had died and he basically stopped sleeping but they never looked super real perhaps things were getting worse.

Phil and Techno gave each other worried glances, it wasn't good that Tubbo knew but there would be no point in making Tubbo think he's going crazy especially sense he stated he had already had hallucinations.

"Phil you go with Tommy I'll try to explain things to Tubbo" Techno didn't think Phil should be the one to explain because of how he had reacted when the whole fiasco started.

Phil nodded in agreement and walked over to Tommy who looked frightened and exhausted.

"Tubbo.." Techno started unsure of how exactly to tell him that his best friend was alive but had no memory of anything or anyone. "You're not hallucinating, Tommy is actually alive"

It took Tubbo a little bit to processes what Techno had said but as soon as it clicked he was thrilled. Tommy was alive and fine! Tubbo went to stand up to go see his best friend but Techno put his hand on Tubbos shoulder and stopped him knowing very well that Tubbo wouldn't be ready for what Techno had to say.

"Tubbo, Tommy" Techno sighed he didn't want to have to tell Tubbo this but he knew he had to "He dosent remember anything. He dosent know who anyone is"

Tubbos smile dropped as all hope drained from him. "what?" His voice barely audible. Surely that couldn't be true, surely Tommy would remember him.

"Believe me we've tried to get his memory back but nothing seems to work". Techno looked at the floor it was oddly silent even the voices didn't make a peep.

Tubbo stood up and looked at Techno and paused before continuing their conversation "Can I still go see him. He might not know who I am but I just want to make sure he's ok" Tubbo grabbed something out of his pocket, Tommy's discs. He felt like Tommy should have them even though he dosent know what they are.

"If you're going to go see him then I'll come with you he's a little jumpy right now" Techno had a feeling that Tommy wouldn't do well with random people visiting him even if Tubbo knows Tommy to Tommy Tubbo is a random stranger

The two of them walked up to the door and slowly opened it to see Phil comforting Tommy.

"You're ok bud it was just a bad dream" Phil reassured Tommy as he ran his fingers through Tommy's messy blond hair.

Tommy looked up at Tubbo and Techno as soon as they opened the door he seemed to be hyper aware of his surroundings a trait he did not have previously.

Tommy looked terrified seemingly because Tubbo was in the room. Tommy only recognized one of Tubbos features, ram horns similar to the ones that a character in a recurring nightmare he had or him being thrown out of a place by a horned man who reeked of alcohol. Tommy didn't know why that dream scared him so much after all the surrounding area in the dream was blurry and the goat man was only a silhouette.

Tubbo noticed that Tommy's eyes were fixated on his horns and assumed that Tommy might be scared sense Tubbos horns had grown quite a bit and it wasn't a normal trait for people to have so he put on his helmet which covered the horns seemingly calming Tommy down a good amount.

Techno and Phil were confused as to why Tubbo put on his helmet so Tubbo calmly explained why he did "I think my horns were scaring him so I decided to cover them to help him feel more comfortable." Techno seemed to make a very different assumption than Tubbo after his explanation.

Techno was thinking maybe Tommy still subconsciously remembers things maybe he was thinking of Schlatt which is why he was so terrified maybe there's some hope to get his memories back perhaps a word association game could be useful to figure out what he remembers subconsciously.

Tubbo walked slowly towards Tommy and pulled out the discs. "Here I want you to have these they belonged to my best friend and I want you to have them." Tubbos voice was quiet and soft it seemed like he was trying not to scare Tommy.

Tommy's eyes grew wide and for a split second they gleamed with excitement as if he knew what the discs were. Tommy didn't know why it felt so good to be holding the discs but he had a loose grip on them studying what they looked like. They felt familiar like a strong case of déjà vu but Tommy couldn't pick out why.

"Thank you sir!" It was strange hearing Tommy speak so formally and so quiet compared to his normal voice.

"No problem" Tubbo replied his voice sounding far more peppy and upbeat. Then Tubbo noticed something about the way Tommy was holding the discs. In the past, Tommy would hold the discs differently depending on how much he trusted the person, when Dream was around Tommy would firmly hold them close to his chest making it nearly impossible to yank them out of his hands. Meanwhile when it was just him and Tubbo, Tommy would hold the discs similar to how he was currently holding them very loosely and open.

When Tubbo stood up to start heading back to L'Manberg he noticed that Tommy held the discs tighter and closer to his chest which means he at least subconsciously knew who he could and couldn't trust.

Small tidbits of his memory was there maybe the rest could be brought back too?

Tubbo decided not to share his findings with Techbo and Phil but before he could leave the room Techno stopped him.

"Tell no one that Tommy is here not Ghostbur not Eret not Quackity nobody, got it?" Technos voice was stern and serious which unnerved both Tubbo and Tommy.

Tubbo shook his head in agreement and started on his way back to L'Manberg of course he would be back soon to check up on Tommy but for now he had to still plan Tommy's funeral even if he wasn't dead.
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