The Little Difference

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(Art by REx08472859 on Twitter!)

Wilbur Soot, November 13th, 2020

Wilbur woke up today with only two intentions: 1) gather more resources for his retirement home, and 2) help Tommy collect resources for the upcoming war. And he's already doing both, as he watched Tommy blow up a bed to collect ancient debris. "Oi, Wil. Mind helping, instead of standing there?" Tommy asked, as he wiped his sweat with the collar of his shirt. "Yeah yeah, don't get your knickers in a twist." Wilbur rolled his eyes, as he placed down a new bed and tapped on it. The explosion made him cough, as flames appeared in the hole it just made.

"Oh, come on! How are you finding the perfect spots with the debris?!" Tommy whined, as Wilbur chuckled. "Guess I'm just lucky like that." Wilbur hummed, as he mined the three debris into his inventory. "That's 54 to your 48!" Wilbur cheered as Tommy rolled his eyes. "Just you wait!" Tommy declared, placing down the bed and immediately tapping it. "Wa-!" Wilbur yelled out, but was too late.

The bed blew up, sending Tommy flying. "Tommy! This is why we place a block first before blowing the bed up! Idiot!" Wilbur chided as he fed the bruised teen a health potion, watching as the bruises disappear. "Ugh, fine. Wasn't like I did it on purpose or anything." Tommy mumbled, pouting as Wilbur helped him up. "At least you are now 3 debris behind my score." Wilbur hummed, as he pointed to the 3 exposed debris in the wall. Tommy brightened, as he extinguished the flames and mined the debris out of the wall.

"Hell yeah!" Tommy whooped, as Wilbur chuckled fondly.

After they have collected more than enough...

Wilbur and Tommy phased through the portal, Tommy pouting as Wilbur patted his back with a superior smile. "So, who won?" Asked Tubbo, who was visiting for a little bit. "I collected 120! While this little unlucky bug collected 100!" Wilbur chuckled, as Tommy's pout worsened. "Right right. Put your spoils of war over there and go clean up. You guys smell." Techno said, as he pushed the two to the other room.

"You know you love us!" Tommy yelled, as Techno's red eyes rolled behind the pig mask. "Whatever."

Wilbur chucked the two bags into the chest, while keeping the half of it in his inventory. "Right, I'm heading off!" Wilbur announced once he had cleaned up, before Techno shoved a bag into his chest. "What's this?" Techno stared at him. "Stuff." He said simply, as Wilbur rolled his eyes. "I can see that." He sighed, before walking out of the ravine. "Oh, where are you heading off to?" Tubbo, who had followed him out, asked, as Wilbur kept the bag inside his inventory.

"My retirement home. Wanna come?" Tubbo blinked. "Sure. You won't kill me or anything, right?" Wilbur chuckled at his question, shaking his head. "I would never. Come on, it's five minutes away from the SMP and everything."

As the boat sailed to his retirement home, Tubbo cleared his throat. "So, what exactly are you retiring from?" Wilbur hummed, as he rowed away from the shore of the snow biome. "When we win back Manburg, do you really think I want to become president once again?" Wilbur replied, as Tubbo blinked. "Wait, then who would? No one in this server knows how to lead." Wilbur simply smiled. As the boat reached shore, Wilbur immediately resumed what he did last, which was organising his chests.

"Tubbo, why don't you help me mine some coal? I'm pretty sure I saw some down in the caves." Wilbur asked, as he rummaged through his chests. "Sure! How much do you need, boss man?" Tubbo asked, as he equipped his pickaxe and sword.

"A stack would be enough, thanks." Wilbur smiled, as Tubbo nodded. While the boy went into the mines, Wilbur walked a little deeper into the forests, before he smiled as he heard the bustling noises of a village. He didn't see any Iron Golem, so the village must be a fairly small one. He scouted the village a little, cheering quietly on the inside when he spotted the blacksmith.

Please have obsidian... Wilbur mumbled, before opening the small chest in the corner of the room. Inside, was 2 apples, 3 iron bars and 7 obsidian blocks. "Thank Ender." He muttered, as the obsidian entered his inventory. He headed back after trading some emerald for ender pearls from the librarian, where Tubbo was waiting. "Here you have it, Wilbur! A stack of coal." Wilbur smiled as he was handed the pieces of raw coal ores. "Thank you Tubbs. Let's go back now, it's getting dark." Wilbur said, as he kept the stack inside the chest before pulling the boy back to the boat.

He waved goodbye to Tubbo as he headed back to Manburg, before he spotted Schlatt in the middle of the clearing a few blocks away from Pogtopia. "Hey Schlatt. What are you up to?" Wilbur greeted the man laying on the grass, as he opened his eyes. "Oh it's you. The traitorous ex-president." Wilbur rolled his eyes, sitting down beside the goat hybrid. "What are you doing, being so far from Manburg?" Schlatt sighed. "You really don't shut up, huh." Wilbur smiled, as Schlatt rolled his eyes. "I got bored. Can't find Quackity anywhere so I just walked out here. It was quiet, before you came over." Wilbur hummed, looking up at the stars.

"You do know that is one dangerous move, right?" Wilbur asked, as Schlatt scoffed. "I could say the same to you. We both have only one life left, and yet we're sitting here in the open at night." Wilbur said nothing back, as he sat there with the enemy.

"I really hope you guys can kill me that night." Schlatt mumbled. And if Wilbur heard it, well, he can't really pretend he didn't. "Sure."