PRINCESS ANARCHY | DSMP

13. As If Nothing Has Ever Gone Wrong at a Festival

   "WHERE'S TUBBO?"

   Nia asks, looking around the decorated part of Manburg. She, Niki and Sara arrived at the festival together, making their way to an attraction where all of the festival guests were.

   It's the one Sara worked on with Ponk. The one where you shoot a target with an arrow from either a bow or crossbow and possibly drop a person into a pool of water. They call it Drop the Man.

   "He's a cabinet member. He probably has to run circles around Schlatt with Quackity."

   "But Fundy's here," Nia points out with a raised brow.

   "His position is clearly not high enough to be with the President even now." Sara shrugs, her voice slightly bitter.

   "Nia! Sara! Niki!" Fundy exclaims happily, spotting all three women together.

   They approach the group slowly. Sara in her colorful dress and Niki in a simple denim overall with a flower and a beige sweater while Nia still wears about the same thing.

   After Stela left for the north, she told Nia that she can borrow any of the clothes Stela's leaving behind. Which was a bunch of black and purple corsets and black leather pants or black jeans.

   So, Nia ended up wearing the corsets and black jeans with its pant legs rolled up because Stela is way too tall. She has at least eight inches on Nia, being slightly taller than Wilbur.

   Currently, Nia is wearing a black corset with black jeans. It fits with the shining purple of the enchanted netherite armor she has as well, along with her axe, swords and dagger.

   Sara and Niki both frown slightly as Fundy makes his way towards them with a smile. Nia smiles back at him, for she has no past grudges unlike her two companions.

   Nia notices he's not wearing his suit for the occasion, but instead it's a uniform of some sort, with an upside-down smiley face on the back of his jacket. It looks like a reversed version of Dream's smiley face on his mask.

   "Hi, Fundy," says Nia, while Sara and Niki choose to ignore the fox.

   He grins at her, glad that she's not following their example. It's painfully obvious that he's trying to hide his disappointment over Niki and Sara not wanting to talk to him with those bright smiles of his. Though his tail says a lot, having dropped by his side. He understands why it is - Sara and Niki refusing to speak to him - however, that doesn't mean he's not hurt by the fact that he might've lost his friends. But most importantly, his father. Who wasn't even invited to the festival, because his citizenship was revoked alongside Tommy's.

   When even was the last time Fundy and Wilbur have seen each other?

   "Do you- do you- how are you doing today, Nia?" he asks, struggling to speak with the woman, which makes Nia giggle, thinking how adorable he is. Fundy averts his gaze away from Nia, scratching the back of his neck, a flustered smile on his lips.

   "I'm doing good," Nia replies. "I . . . uh . . ."

   She looks at Niki and Sara, both purposely ignoring Fundy at the moment, standing with their arms folded over their chests. It makes the princess roll her eyes. She understands that they're currently on different sides of the story, but . . . Fundy is their friend. And he's Wilbur's son. It has to mean something.

   "You know what?" Nia looks at the people who are slowly coming to the Drop the Man attraction, remembering that she barely knows anybody in Manburg. "You've been here way longer than me, you probably know everybody in the SMP by now-"