Disconnected (SockSMP AU)

Gathering Pieces

"I really can'ts think of any way to thanks ya, youse really are helping me so much!" Laff said. Tbh waved him off.

"C'mon, Laff, you're my best friend! I wouldn't want to leave you alone like this, fixing this mess by yourself!" Tbh said, "er- do you have some sort of storage system to place things in?"

Laff nodded at Tbh, eyes lighting up.

"Maybe its still okay!" Laff said. He walked over to the back of the church and dug down. Laff fell down and Tbh ran over.

Was there something interesting down there? A secret plan to kill Wictoria?

Jumping after them, Tbh was relieved to only see a storage system. It reminded him of the time Socks betted he could live 100 days in a harder, modded world. The bet spiralled out of control and Socks spent 1100 days there before...

Time was rather meaningless, obviously. Especially if you couldn't die.

"Youse can put everything in here. Then I can build it after," Laff said. Tbh smiled and put everything from outside that was in his inventory in the storage system.

"There's an elevator over here's so youse can get back up," Laff said, "I just couldn't find it since everything was covered in sand."

"Thanks, Laff!" Tbh said. Tbh went up the elevator and went back to collecting trash.

"Y'know, it's funny that youse wanted to help me before anyone on my side... Almost like you wanted something from me," Laff said darkly, Tbh gulped, "though then again, youse have honest in your name! Can't really doubt a guy named TbhHonest,'' Laff chuckled. Tbh sighed.

"Yeah, haha..." Tbh fake laughed. He walked back to the storage system.

Right, he was here to gather evidence. But how could he do that when Laff was so chill?! He seemed like he couldn't POSSIBLY have done it! He's just vibing.

"I don't think you killed Socks," Tbh said, though it wasn't a lie nor a truth. Tbh didn't know what to think anymore, "but I also don't think it's Dino. I just don't know who to trust!"

"Hey, mate. It's okay, truthfully I don't thinks it's Dino either, but youse do what youse haveta do. If Dino has to go to jail so I don't... So be it." Laff shrugged to himself.

"Dino didn't do anything, he doesn't deserve to go to jail for a crime he didn't commit as much as you do!" Tbh defended his friend. He talked to Dino earlier, he KNEW Dino couldn't have done it.

Dino didn't get an invite. He could prove it because Tbh found two invites inside Meme's old house. Meme probably wouldn't have made extra.

"Tb, think about it, I'm a priest, judge and a doctor, a better one than Meme mind youse. I lead groups and everyones looks up to me. Dino gets called a furry and he's calls Woolfster a furry. If you had to pick one, who would you rather be gone?" Laff asked, coming over and patting Tbh on the back.

"I... I..." Tbh paused. He didn't want to throw Dino or Laff in jail. But this was all theoretical, of course.

"I wouldn't throw either of you in jail! Seriously! I would rather have a killer walk free then to have one of my friends in jail."

"Tbh, TbhHonest. Youse didn't answer my question."

Right. He was trying to get on Laff's good side.

"...Dino."

"There's we go, that wasn't so hard, was it? Plus, Dino wasn't at the wedding, or at the church. I couldn't have shot Socks. I'm... mourning his death with all of you guys," Laff said. Laff was right, he was grieving Socks' death. But a killer would be too, Socks wasn't the target, and not caring would give it away so fast.