I Am Learning, Ph1LzA

The Wrong Move

Everything had been going so well these past few weeks. Ph1LzA, Trixtin and TechnoBlade were in the final stages of pulling everything together so they could start their attack on EGG, and they had been growing ever closer in the meantime. So much had elapsed Ph1LzA could hardly make it all real to himself. But there it was, on his massive tv screen and standing on the floor above him: TechnoBlade's nearly freed code and his finished frame, just waiting for him to step in and make use of it.

Both Trixtin and Ph1LzA had a few things left to do: make TechnoBlade a voicebox so he could talk, and take apart Core Command 101 so the AI would be able to see as humans did at last. Each was busy on their respective tasks, Trixtin upstairs singing as she worked and Ph1LzA downstairs with his headphones and sharp focus, when the Chat came alive with talk. Normally this would not have distracted Ph1LzA from his coding, except everybody was DMing him, and even TechnoBlade began sending messages.

Ph1L, it's Wilbur. The Chat has something on him. I believe you will want to investigate.

Pushing his mind out of the work he'd been doing, Ph1LzA clicked back into the Chatroom to see what the fuss was about. The nervous tension in his stomach only tightened when he saw the panicked messages from the Crows. What has Wilbur got himself into now?

Phil, Wilbur messaged me just now. He said he'd found something big and he was going to disappear for a while. It sounded serious. Can you reach him?
-Awesamdude

Yo, man, what the **** is Wil up to??? Did he tell u anything?
-Quackity

Bruh
Phil
Wilbur's up and gone off!
You gotta find him, man, he's not respondin to me
-Tommyinnit

Phil phil wilbur mssgd me he said smthn bout makin sure egg stoppd hurtin peple phil whats he gonna do?????
-Tubbo_

I think Wilbur's gone to do something bad, grampa
I can't reach him
-Foxbo1Fundy

Ph1LzA, it's Ranboo. You have to stop Wilbur somehow. He's gone to attack EGG, I don't know how. Please, get him out of there before it's too late.
-Ranboo

That last message caught Ph1LzA's attention the most. He tried messaging Ranboo back to ask for details, but never got a response. The others got back to him, relating what they'd heard from Wilbur. It seemed he'd gone to a lot of trouble to contact quite a few people before ghosting them all.

Wilbur? The Chat's gone crazy, man. What're you up to?

He watched the screen for a long time without seeing any sign of activity. Wilbur was either offline or pretending not to be there. Frowning, Ph1LzA decided to give him a call. He pressed the phone symbol on the Chatroom and typed in Wilbur's username. But Wilbur would not pick up.

"I doubt he's just ignoring me." Ph1LzA murmured aloud. "That's not like him." But it left other options he didn't like the sound of.

Diligently, Ph1LzA first set about answering each of the Crows' messages. They deserved at least that much. Then, with TechnoBlade's help, he began searching for Wilbur. The boy had turned off his phone and left behind most other possessions, making it difficult for Ph1LzA to locate him. But TechnoBlade found traces only minutes after they began.

Wilbur is in his van, but I do not believe he is "pretending to have a life" anymore, as he is using it to head towards the industrial side of the city. Many of EGG's buildings are there, put to use for supply storage and shipping, for the most part. I have yet to ascertain Wilbur's exact destination.