They the Wubbox : Rewritten

[Chapter 59]

Poewk slowly let his eyes flicker open, once again being engulfed in his bedroom. Since he was on the top bunk of his bed, he was higher up, and that also meant having to be careful when getting out of bed as well. He moved over the edge of his bed by the ladder, but he noticed that Thwok and Gheegur were not in their beds. Speaking of which, there was no sound in their room at all! He quickly sat up onto his knees, turning himself around to carefully go backwards down the ladder, and getting onto the ground with his claws. Blipsqueak wasn't there either!
Why wasn't anybody in here? Did they really get up earlier than him for the first time?
He was confused, but decided to exit the bedroom, into the cool hallway of the concrete building. He turned the corner from his room, moving out to the front doors, and pushing them open with his head. When he stepped outside, nearly everyone was outside! Was...Was he the last to wake up? Did he actually sleep in for the first time? He was usually the first one up with Brump, and Creepuscule if you count her sleeping outside as such.
But, he was suddenly grabbed by Shrimp, dragging him forward and away from the building, towards a group with Brump, Rooloo, Creepuscule, and Pixoltol. It took them a moment to notice their approach, but they eventually did.
"Sleepy head is awake!" Shrimp announced, letting go of Poewk to not wake him up.

"Good morning, Poewk. It's not like you to sleep in." Brump noted, sitting up from his lying position on the ground.

"Yeah, I dunno what happened.." Poewk shrugged, taking a seat on the ground near the circle.

"Well, we were just talking about what Shrimp saw a while ago when he snuck into Wubbox's office." Rooloo informed him, bringing one hand up to fix his hair.

"Other than some other sculpture Wubbox was working on, I saw what looked like a boxed-up machine like Dad, but blue and black instead of yellow!" Shrimp said with slight excitement.

"Do you think it would be our island's epic wubbox if we got epics?" Creepuscule turned her long, grainy neck down to ask, her long fingers curling over the glass plate on her open stomach.

"...Potentially, but it could be anything. It could even be something completely unrelated."

"Oh! Altho, Poewk.." Rooloo remembered, taking out his phone to open an app. "I hath a little texth throm a thertian thomeone of yourth that you mighth wanth to thee..."

Poewk felt his feathers ruffle up with confusion and fluster. He knew exactly who it was. "W-We're just friends!" Poewk hissed back, feeling slightly irritated at Rooloo.

"Mhm. Tho he juth callth you 'poe-y' for no reathon?" Rooloo asked with a smirk.

The others in the group had a chuckle at this, causing Poewk to get more angered. "He does that to everyone he knows, not just me!" He growled.

"Whather you thay, Poe-y." Rooloo chuckled. But, he got onto his knees, showing Poewk the messages on his phone.
Tell Poey that it was nice meeting him, and that we should meet up again if he's free. Currently, I'm not working on Saturday, so if he would like to come over then, he could. But if not, we could negotiate another time. Thank you.

Poewk huffed and looked away from the screen, his face a bit blushed. "I guess I can go see him..."

"Alrighth, I'll tell him." Rooloo nodded, moving back to go back on his phone. "Anth don'th worry, I'll help you over there. Thake it from your thery younger, unrelated thibling, I know how to have a relathionthip."

"Your one-time hook-up with a Bone Island seasonal doesn't count as a girl friend, Rooloo!" Poewk snapped back, his feathers continuing to ruffle up.

"She'll be back! She's busy, y'know! Not everyone hath time to be with one monther all the time!"

"What helps you sleep at night!" Poewk barked, standing back up onto his claws, and stomping off angrily to a different group. He didn't need to be with them.

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