PRINCESS ANARCHY | DSMP

07. Manburg Must Be Destroyed

   "NIA, CAN I TALK TO YOU?"

   The woman cocks her head to the side, gazing up at Wilbur. She furrows her eyebrows at him but nods, wondering what the man could possibly want to talk about with her. They still don't really know each other, and they've only met a few times in Pogtopia, going over the very little details they knew about their rebellion.

   "Sure, what's going on?"

   Nia approaches Wilbur, who leads her into a room inside the ravine that she guesses is his office of sorts. There isn't much but an imitation of the old L'Manburg flag, a wooden desk with a chair and a lot of photos.

   Wilbur has many photos with Tommy and Tubbo, and Nia notices one with a van in the picture. One that she has probably seen before in Manburg. She wants to ask about it, but chooses to keep quiet.

   Instead, she looks to the side, where a different photo is. It's one of Wilbur standing next to a blonde older man with wings, and Wilbur looks much younger than now. Either this photo has been taken ages ago, or Wilbur aged due to stress.

   Perhaps it's both.

   "I just . . . I need a second opinion on something, and because you've been here the shortest time and don't know much about the current alliances around the Dream SMP, I feel like you can provide the most objective opinion of everybody," Wilbur says, playing with the coat he's wearing.

   He stops himself, sticking his hands into the pockets of his coat. He notices that Nia is inspecting the photos around his room. He waits, deciding to be patient as he understands that Nia might be curious. God knows Tommy's always curious about everything.

   "Okay . . ." Nia nods, remembering that Wilbur asked her a question. "What is it?"

   "I . . . I- I want to know your thoughts on the whole Manburg situation. I mean, do you think it's worth it, trying to save the country?"

   "Wilbur . . ."

   Nia looks at the taller man. He's leaning against the desk, looking down and staring at his feet. She wonders what exactly it is he wants to hear from her. He knows that she's an anarchist, just like Technoblade, it's been mentioned before.

   Does she think it's worth trying to save a country?

   No.

   But it might be to him. To Tommy. To Tubbo. It definitely does to Sara; but to what extent is it because she cares about the country rather than the people in it?

   The photos she's been examining this entire time, she can see that some of them are from the time L'Manburg was what they believed in. Perhaps starting with the van. There are some with Wilbur, Tommy and Tubbo in blue uniforms, and the blue seems to match the one on the L'Manburg flag.

   There are more people in those same uniforms, too. Nia recognizes Sara, and then there's people like Niki Nihachu, Jack Manifold and Fundy. She's never met either of them personally, but she's heard of them from Sara.

   Sara adores Niki; says that Niki is the sweetest person she has ever met.

   Fundy, on the other hand, is a person Stela likes, as he's a part-fox just like her. And despite not being part-enderman, he's still quite tall. Apparently due to the fact that his father is Wilbur. However, the thing about Fundy is that he's currently considered a traitor as he's acting as a Bishop to Schlatt, and he was the one to burn down L'Manburg's flag as well as replace it with a new one.