Ephemeral

4

Hello there! Sorry this chapter is a day late, I was feeling pretty sick. Hopefully this longer chapter makes up for it! Enjoy!!

Succeed or Fail pt.1:

After being individually introduced to everyone, Tommy was almost certain that he knew the entire crew, minus Secret, from wherever he had come from.

Tubbo was a 17 year old boy who seemed to be really enthusiastic about meeting Tommy and had good humor. He also appeared to be really close to Ranboo, almost like they were a couple.

Ranboo was also 17, but his personality was very different from Tubbo's. He was a quiet speaker who cracked jokes after almost every sentence as if he were trying to hide his awkward demeanor, even if it was to no avail. Tommy also managed to notice that he was wearing a ring that matched one that Tubbo had on his ring finger. Maybe they are a couple after all. He thought to himself.

Niki, the only other woman on the ship besides Secret, was 20. She seemed very friendly towards Tommy, and had a kind voice. She continued to apologize profusely for Secret's "unusually intimidating mien" throughout their short conversation.

Philza, more known as Phil amongst the crew, was the oldest of the group, being 32 years old. As Tommy expected, he was like the father figure of the group. He seemed to be like the mediator out of all of them, making sure no unnecessary chaos ensued that could get them in trouble.

The man named Technoblade was a strange one for sure. He very seriously joked that he was 3,645 years old. It was almost as if he wasn't lying, since it got so convincing that Philza had to step in and say he was actually only 22, even though Tommy wasn't fooled by the joke, after all noone lived that long. Besides this, Technoblade seemed very aloof and cocky the entire time they spoke, making inside jokes and dark comments that Tommy couldn't really understand, and maybe didn't want to understand.

Finally, there was Wilbur. He was 24, and had an interesting personality. He seemed to be nice, and was very accepting of Tommy being on their crew, but there was a strange look in his pitch black eyes that seemed sad or lonely. Perhaps Tommy thought, I could fix that for him over time.

After they were done introducing themselves, Tubbo popped back by Tommy's side. It looked pretty funny when they stood together, seeing as Tubbo was only about 5'6 and Tommy towered over him at 6'1.

"Hey! Dinner's almost ready, I can show you where the dining hall is." He offered with a toothy smile,

"Thanks, but I'm not that hung-" Tommy started to decline the offer, but Tubbo interrupted,

"You probably should eat, we usually only get one meal a day." He warned, Tommy immediately changed his mind,

"So-" He coughed, "Erm- where's the dining hall?" Tubbo smiled,

"This way! Come on!"

Tommy had a gut feeling that they were going to be very good friends. Maybe we were friends in the place I came from. Tommy couldn't help but wonder. I hope we were, he seems nice.

Tubbo led the way through the cabin door, down the rickety stairs, and to the second door on the right side of the long hallway

Inside, there was a long table with ten chairs, two at the heads of the table and four on each side of the middle. Secret was sitting, surprisingly not at the very head at the table, but on the side of the table facing the door, Technoblade in front of her, and Wilbur on her left.

"Welcome." Secret said, with zero emotion in her voice, "Please have a seat."

Tubbo completely ignored her monotonous tone and plopped down in a seat on the side of the table opposite Secret, Tommy followed, slowly pulling the chair out and sinking down.