Three Kings

Nicknames

Skeppy's POV

"Ok, so we are a trio right now. Do we know anyone else who can help us in our dream?" Darryl asked, looking directly at me. Mega, Darryl, and I were sitting around the kitchen counter, just eating some breakfast and getting used to each other. Darryl was just as surprised as Mega when he saw my face. I guess the diamond block is just better than my real face.

"Maybe. Remember that Harvey guy I was talking about Mega?" Mega nodded, his face confused. "Well, he is nearby. Literally a little while away. We practiced our swordsmanship together, he is just as good as me. If we can enlist him, that would be two guys with swords. We just need something for you two." 

"Oh! I know archery!" Darryl smiled, bouncing a little in place. "I trained archery before I was forced to work at the castle. Mega was helping me train late at night." I raised my eyebrows, impressed. Who knew Mr. Translator could actually handle something more than some hand movements.

"What about you, Mega?" I glanced over to him. He just shrugged and looked around the kitchen. He grabbed a knife and made a throwing motion with it. "Knife throwing?" Mega nodded, smiling slightly. "Cool! Ok, that's good. I don't think I have anyone else in mind, but maybe Harvey knows some people. You guys ready to go?" Mega nodded, putting the knife away.

"Wait," Darryl said, grabbing Mega's hand. They both stared at each other for a second, then Darryl looked at me. "the kingdom is going to know me and Mega are gone by now. We can't go out looking exactly the same or all of us are going to be caught before we even get to Harvey." I sighed, rubbing the back of my head.

"Ok, ok. I don't normally wear my block head so I'm safe, but you two..." I stared at Mega, looking him up and down. "What if you take off your scarf? Then maybe some new clothes and you'll be all set!"

Mega's eyes widened and he shook his head violently. He grabbed his scarf and brought it closer to his face. Darryl sighed and looked over to me. "Mega likes his scarf on." I nodded, not really caring. I personally liked keeping my block head on, but it calls attention to the scouts.

"Ok, well maybe you will be fine if you hide behind Darryl or something. Now," I turned to Darryl. "You are way too tall to look exactly the same when we go out. Come on, maybe I have some old clothes that will fit you." I went back up the stairs, going into one of the empty rooms. I opened the closest, pulling out some boxes.

"You really think some clothes are going to disguise me?" Darryl folded his arms, watching me search through the boxes. I rolled my eyes, pulling out a few items.

"Jeez, you are definitely Mr. Positive, aren't you? Anyways, try these, they might be shitty but I think it will be okay." I threw a hoodie and black pants at him.

"Language! And fine." He walked out of the room, leaving me and Mega alone. I laughed a little, shaking my head.

"He doesn't like swearing, huh?" I looked at Mega. He shook his head and looked into the box I had just gone through. I watched him look at some of the clothes. "Do you want new clothes? You can take what you like, I never wear that stuff anymore. If it doesn't fit you, I'm sure Harvey might have some clothes as well." Mega shrugged, putting the clothes back in the box.

"How do I look?" I turned my head, eyes landing on Darryl. He was in a black hoodie with a single red stripe on each arm. He looked fine, but it wasn't going to be enough to hide him out in public.

"Good, good, hold on," I opened another box, searching through it. I pulled out a bandana, a grey and black checker pattern on it. "Put this on and over your nose and mouth. That should be good." Darryl grabbed the bandana, a grimace on his face. He put it over his head and rested it on his nose.

"Perfect! I think we can go now, right?" I looked at Darryl, who was playing the hoodie he was wearing.

"Oh, hmm... maybe calling us by our names would be a bad idea. Knowing Technoblade, he would kill anyone named Darryl and Mega now." Darryl pulled his hood over his head. Now all we could see was his eyes.

"Shit, well-"

"Language! You muffinhead, no swearing!" Darryl glared at me, shaking his head in disapproval.

"Wow, what a bad boy you are." I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes at him. His mouth dropped open in shock.

"I am a bad boy! We just betrayed our kings for you!" Darryl hissed. Mega sat down on a spare bed, watching us two. Must be nice to get to watch this instead of dealing with this.

"That's a no-brainer! My god, you are so dramatic!" I groaned, running my hands through my hair. Darryl and I glared at each other, not wanting to be the first to look away.

Suddenly, Mega was in front of Darryl, snapping his fingers. Darryl jumped back, breaking eye contact with me. I snickered as Darryl shot me a look. Mega started moving his hands, doing the sign language thing to Darryl.

"I'm a bad boy with a halo?" Darryl cocked his head to the side, his brown hair falling over his eyes. Mega nodded, relief in his eyes. 

That's when it hit me,

"BadBoyHalo! That's it! That can be your nickname! Mega, you're a genius!" I clapped my hands a little, my eyes wide. Mega looked pleased, probably happy we had stopped glaring at each other. But Darryl looked confused still.

"BadBoyHalo? Isn't that a bit of a mouthful? Imagine, us out there fighting, and you need help quickly, but you need to yell the entire name." I blinked at him a few times. Seriously, this guy really just wanted to go against me in every way possible. If I gave him a super short nickname, he would complain that it's too short to hear or something.

"Fine, fine, just shorten it to Halo or Bad. Happy?" I folded my arms, tapping my foot against the floor. At this rate, we might get to see Harvey in 5 years. 

"Bad..." Darryl said it out loud. "Yea! That's good! Now you can't say I'm not a bad boy, it's in my nickname." Darryl smirked proudly, acting as if he won. I face palmed, sighing quietly.

"Of course, of course, now can we get going? I don't want to see Harvey when I'm 55."

Mega nodded and grabbed Darryl's hand, dragging him out before he could respond. And I thought Vurb was bad.

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