Family by Blood

Chapter14: Just Talk, and Take in the View

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Technoblade

Technoblade found the small cabin disgustingly far from the coven manor. Puffy had said it was out of the way. At first Technoblade was grateful, but now he was just appalled.

After watching and listening he determined the cabin was empty and entered. The front door led to a little living room. A beat up couch and two bean bag chairs. A chess table, a cabinet and a shelf full of dusty books. Out of curiosity, Technoblade opened the cabinet to find worn out board games that were obviously well loved. There was a pile of shoes in the corner. Overall it looked like a place where children lived.

There were two other doors. The first was the kitchen. The sink was piled with dirty and rotten smelling dishes that were plastic and colorful. A quick check showed the refrigerator was unplugged and empty. In the kitchen were two more doors. Each pantry was filled with lots of goldfish crackers and a broom closet respectively.

Going back through the living room, the final door was a bedroom. This was what Technoblade was most curious about and took his time examining it. There were four beds with matching cover sets but in very different states.

The first bed had sheets that were the brightest. Covered in dust but there were still creases like it had just come out of the packaging. There was a bedside table and a small chalkboard over the headboard like all the other beds.

There was a little shelf where the chalk sat and the piece had been worn dont to a stub. A name had been written, then erased flippantly and replaced with a new one. Based on how dirty the board was, Techno assumed this was done several times.

The dresser had new towels and baby clothes with the tags still hanging off them. A little stuffed sheep with a bell and a tag sat at the bottom. Brand new and stark white.

The second bed was practically empty. The bed was not made but the dresser was cleaned out. The only thing left was a bee plush. A little dingy, but despite a few tear stains, was in a relatively good state. The chalk slate above the bed had shaky lettering that said 'Tubbo', and it looked like the b's were originally backwards but had been erased and corrected by a person with different handwriting.

The third bed looked like it was paused in time. The bed was sort of made. Not as meticulously as the first bed but not a mess. On top of the pillow sat a stuffed dog. The drawers were full of sort of folded clothes. Hoodies and shorts looked like they belonged to a girl. On top of the bedside table were fashion magazines and beaded necklaces. Hanging on a hook beside the chalkboard was one of those half smile masks the SMP coven seams to wear. The chalkboard had nice cursive that read 'Drista was here'.

The last bed was the messiest. Technoblade was not surprised. After all, the chalk slate had the word 'Tommy" on it. If Tubbo's bed was messy, at least the blankets and things were still on the bed. Tommy's sheets were bunched up mixed with towels on the floor and the pillow was thrown in the corner of the room. And the blanket was missing all together.

His clothes were sort of mixed together, like soup, but there weren't that many of them.

Technoblade looked down and saw that there were grooves on the floor. Like the bed had been pushed around a lot. He pushed the bed to where the wear stopped. Then dropped on his hands and knees and started to knock on the floor. He paused when the knocking seemed to echo as he hit a hollow patch. Technoblade found a groove and slipped his fingers under it. It was a bit of a struggle, he assumed it was bent for smaller fingers. He pulled out his knife and used the blade to fit under the floorboard and pulled up. The wood popped away easy and revealed a chest. The chest had the words 'ended chest' scribbled on it with marker.

Technoblade snorted since it was obviously made of wood. He lifted the lid and saw two music disks and a stuffed cow. The stuffy looked like it had been through a lot. One of the eyes was held on by a thread.