Almost Heaven | Dreamsmp

twenty-three

- from a distance //

"No one would laugh at you failing this time." Ghostbur assures Tommy.

Tommy nods in response before turning around to see Technoblade approaching.

Techno laughs, obnoxiously, "Look at this loser. This is the funniest thing I've ever seen." He jokes.

"I fucking hate you." Tommy yells as Techno continues laughing.

"Technoblade, would you like to come on tour with us? We're lads on tour!" Ghostbur asks.

Techno's laughing slows, "Sure." He replies.

"No no no. He's a wrongin'. " Tommy protests.

"I only have good memories with Technoblade." Ghostbur says, looking at Techno to confirm.

"Only good times." Techno backs him up.

Tommy stayed quiet.

"And Phil. Lads and Dads on tour!" Ghostbur says.

-

"We could scare Dream. Tell him we know his secrets anonymously." Niki suggests.

"He wouldn't be phased by that." You say, taking a sip of your drink.

You both sit quiet on the docks of L'manberg while thinking and drinking.

"We can't just break Tommy out and start a war. Dream is still stronger than Tommy and us, he could easily win." You tell her.

Niki sighs, "And I thought we had the upper hand here."

"We do, we just don't know how to use it since we've never really had it over Dream before." You admit.

"I guess keeping Tommy in exile for a little longer while we make a plan won't hurt anything." Niki insists.

You look at the horizon where it met the water, and silently nodded.

-
Time has passed.

Dream continued to visit Tommy in exile, only to antagonize him. Dream would destroy any progress that Tommy had made every time he visited.

It was torture for Tommy. Occasionally people would visit him, but they never stayed long. They either looked sorry for him or made fun of him.

Tommy grew more depressed as the days went on.

Tommy, Dream, Ghostbur, and Sapnap walked through the nether, Dream and Sapnap made sure to tease him along the way about how he couldn't see the Christmas decor in L'manberg.

No matter how many times Tommy insisted on just seeing the decorations, Dream reminded him that he would be executed if he tried.

While everyone went to take a look, Tommy slowly walked closer to the edge of the bridge. He longed for the boiling lava beneath him.

Dream returned and saw him staring into the Lava. Dream carefully pushed Tommy away from it.

"It's not your time to die, yet." Dream tells him.

"It's never my time to die." Tommy sighs before turning around and walking back down the path.

Some days were better than others. Tommy often made jokes as an attempt to hide and lessen his pain.

A few days pass, Ghostbur visits Tommy in exile.

"I have a gift for you." Ghostbur says.

Tommy follows Ghostbur to the house.

"I thought, what does Tommy like." Ghostbur pauses, "His favorite thing in the whole wide world is Tubbo!" Ghostbur says as he hands Tommy a compass.

Tommy's expression softened. He flipped the compass over and saw the words 'Your Tubbo' engraved on the back.