PRINCESS ANARCHY | DSMP

42. L'Manburg, L'Manburg, L'Manburg

   A CROW LANDS ON TECHNO'S SHOULDER.

   Nia raises an eyebrow at the bird before noticing a small scroll attached to its leg. She unfastens the note, ruffling the bird's feathers.

   Techno smiles at the crow and pulls out a bunch of seeds out of a secret pocket that Nia didn't know about, letting the bird nibble on it. She gives him a confused look, and he shrugs with a chuckle.

   "You would also have some if your best friend was a crow whisperer," Technoblade defends himself. Nia giggles, affectionately punching his shoulder. "What's the letter say?"

   "Oh, right," Nia says, opening it at once. Her eyes fly over the text upon the paper. "Oh, so Phil's hiding at Sara's current place in new L'Manburg and he says that he can't get to us because the compass you gave him was taken from him."

   "Yeah, I have it." Techno presses his lips together. "I took it from Quackity before I . . . well, you know."

   "It's alright, Tech," Nia reassures the piglin with a smile. She redirects her gaze to the crow that sits on his shoulder. "We're getting Phil out of L'Manburg, are we? Because I know Sara's not gonna take him here, she's planning to stay there for a bit . . ."

   Biting her bottom lip, she doesn't reveal that Sara is doing recon to find out whether she won't be able to find some leads about the Revival Book. She's been to Tubbo's old library and Ghostbur's new library as well. Neither of them have even a sign of the Revival Book, however.

   She also knows that Techno's itching to see Phil again and get him out of the country that has hurt them so much already. The execution. Wilbur's death. Nia freed Phil of the ankle monitors that kept him locked inside his own house, but it hasn't done much as she left him there alone, and he was forced to go into hiding in that country.

   She didn't realize Phil wouldn't remember the way to Technoblade's house, and that is on her. She should've asked. After all, there was a reason Techno gave him a compass to get here. It is not an easy road from L'Manburg.

   "Yeah, Ranboo, Tommy and I have created a nether portal to get us to the Dream SMP faster." Techno nods. "Not that Tommy's allowed to step foot in there, or me, in that matter."

   "If it's just the two of us, we can easily sneak into L'Manburg. Sara and I could create a distraction while you two disappear without a trace," Nia points out, spotting Tommy and Ranboo in the corner of her eye.

   The two boys walk out of Techno's cottage, laughing about something they've been talking about, followed by Ghostbur. She smiles at the trio, when Ranboo and Tommy start throwing snowballs at each other, while Ghostbur doesn't understand the slightly violent children's game. The ghost tries to make the two boys stop, saying they should calm themselves and giving them pieces of lapis lazuli.

   "Tommy, Tommy please, calm yourself, have some blue," Ghostbur repeats whenever Tommy shouts at Ranboo.

   "You're dead, Ranboo! I'm gonna win this!" Tommy exclaims, aiming a snowball at Ranboo's head. The enderman boy easily steps out of its trajectory, dodging it with a nonchalant laugh.

   Being tall sometimes makes a person an easier target but with Ranboo, it's different. He's slimmer due to his genetics and he also happens to be more flexible than one would expect. At least in comparison to Tommy's constantly stiff posture and mechanical movements.

   Nia glances at Techno, the two anarchists smirking. They both grab a fistful of snow and form snowballs. Their cold snowy projectiles hit both boys in the face, the snow splashing and slowly melting on their cheeks. Tommy's are bright red from the cold, whereas Ranboo has only one pink-colored cheek. The other remains a clean black of the endermen.