Life in L'Manburg was okay, people were enjoying their time and able to have fun for once after the war. Yet other things were happening in the walls. Now standing in front of the walls was a man once banished from the dream SMP lands. Once officially unbanned he was quick to hurry his way to the gates of L'Manburg. After getting a letter from a friend he was proud to put his skills back into business, this horned man was ready to put his two cents in the ears of the L'Manburg citizens.
May the Gods have mercy on this poor civilization for the future that is about to unravel.
Election day in: 2 Months
...
"ON YOUR MARK....
GET READY....
SET...
GO GO GO!" The announcer shouted into his mic as quickly everyone was quick to start running through the streets of Nembis and moving around its small obstacles. Amongst these competitors with a yelled ears brunette who was lucky enough to be born with her feline legs. Quickly using her cat hybrid skills, she was able to move past everyone and jump over objects that were in her way. This was the first part of the crazy day ahead of everyone, the first game to just eliminate the poor people who had no skills to be able to keep going. Luckily Duckie was not one of those, if anything she was happily keeping a steady 30th place and even advancing to 28th place a few times when allowed the chance to move past a small crowd traffic jam. It was a simple course, run through the streets that carriages and other wheeled vehicles roamed on. Soon you would arrive at the plaza where everyone of the town waited and where you had started, you then ran this course one more time before finishing and were allowed to secure your place to the next round. Duckie was determined to at least make it to the next game, so she had to push herself with her swift legs and even push off walls to keep her balance. Sweat started to drip off her forehead as any sign of being cold was gone, once again this young girl was full of adrenaline and hoping to finish the race. It didn't take long before she finished her first lap and ran past the stall her grandmother and philza stood at. Yet when she went to look at their faces they seemed troubled at a letter Philza held in his hand as a crow sat on the tip of his hat. Just as Duckie was to leave the sight again she was able to lock eyes with Phil only to see his worried expression before she was to turn a corner to the next street. Now all Duckie could feel was dread, what was that about? Why was Philza and her grandmother so worried, maybe even scared at the letter they read. Was it important? Was it about her grandmother? Was it about philza? Duckie didn't even notice when she tumbled over a barrel in front of her, leading her to fall to the ground and slide across the bricked road. A few others hurried past her, almost stepping on the poor girl as she tried to get up. "Damnit" the girl hissed out as she slowly placed down her left foot. Quickly the girl felt a jolt of pain travel up her leg which made her panic as she looked down. By the looks of it Duckie has managed to sprang her left ankle. This quickly made the girl's face fall even more as fear took over her body, spotting all the people passing by her only giving her confused or worried looks. Duckie hissed as she slowly put pressure onto her left leg, all she had to do was finish this race and she would be okay. So quickly the girl started her way down the brick road but limping once and a while as she felt tears sting at her eyes from the pain.
She couldn't bare it, not even five minutes later she had to stop and lean against the nearest wall to take a breath from the pain. Biting on her lip, the brunette let out a shaky hiss as she looked back down to her leg which seemed to have swollen even more. "Dammit" she scoffed as she watched as more people passed her. Closing her eyes Duckie knew she wouldn't be making it, she felt more tears try to force their way out of her eyes. "Dammit phil! Why did I agree to this!" Duckie complained out loud as she tried to ignore the pain. The girl, now dazed a bit, almost didn't notice the person running towards her and quickly pulled her arm over their shoulder," come on man! We got this! Enough people have dropped out that we will make it to the next round anyways!" The voice cheered on into Duckie's ear. The girl was still lost as she just accepted the assistance as she had yet to even look at the stranger as the two painfully made their way to the finishing line. Once semi across the person helping Duckie was quick to let go of her to let out a cheer," lets go!! We get to go to the next round!!" They cheered out proudly. Unaware of the girl they had helped quickly falling over themself to the ground below them once they crossed the finish line.
"Take that Scott!!" The person cheered happily as he whipped back his brown hair that had a few strands of green combed in the front. Finally looking down to his buddy he realized she just seemed to be heaving on the dirt ground," Oh goodness! Are you alright man?" He asked hurrying over to help Duckie back to her feet. After one final cough Duckie looked to her helper," yeah yeah i'm all good just gotta find the doctor and get my ankle checked out" The girl let out a nervous chuckle as she slowly moved away from his helping hand. "Uh thanks so much for the help... Uh-" ''Joel, im Joel" The man interrupted seeing she was looking for his name. "Right, thank you Joel" The feline girl smiled back to him," im Duckie, i haven't seen you around here before?" She asked, tilting her head to the new face. "Oh! I'm visiting my friend Scott who lives here, with my wife" Joel explained while rubbing the back of his neck," my wife also used to live here so she wanted to join in on the games this year and of course i had to join as well!" He spoke in a proud tone as if he was trying to prove himself.
"Oh, that's sweet of you joel! I guess this can be a fun couple thing" Duckie chuckled with a small eye roll. "IT WAS! Until i was left in the dust by her" Joel scoffed while folding his arms not even noticing the pink haired girl hurrying to hug him. "JOEL YOU MADE IT!" Her voice cheered out leaving the man she hugged to let out a small screech in alarm," AH IZZY!" He yelled out. Duckie couldn't help but let out a laugh at the two, looking up to the two. She was able to catch the face of the pink haired girl and from what her brown haired husband just yelled it was no one other than the infamous LDShadowLady. An amazing Woman a lot of people around the village liked and enjoyed her company because she helped a lot. Her popularity really skyrocketed after she won two years in a row of the building tournaments years ago. After finishing her thoughts the yellow eared girl was able to compose herself again with a small nod," i must get going now! Thank you again Joel for helping me out to finish the race" Duckie nodded with a kind smile which the man returned," I hope to go against you here in a few!!" The man cheered out while Duckie took her leave.
Although Duckie made her excuse that she needed to find the doctor or maybe the medic of this tournament she was more worried about the reason she got her injury. Finally making her way to the small stall that was either half back up or mostly sold, Duckie wasn't sure since she was around to help on that part. At the stall stood the two adults who were still conversing between each other with less than happy faces. When the crunch of Duckie's limpped footsteps arrived it caught the two's attention quickly. "Duckie dear! Oh goodness what happened to your leg? Why are you covered in dirt!" Her grandmother was quick to worry as she grabbed the towel that was used to dry the girl's hair early and was then hanging up to dry. "My foot got caught on something while I was running. It's not a big deal, some guy named Joel helped me out to finish it since enough people eliminated themselves that we could just breeze to the finish without much worry." Duckie explained while she watched her grandmother wipe away all the dirt she saw on her granddaughter. "So you're making it to the next round! That's great! I'm so sorry me and Phil weren't at the finish line waiting for you" Penelope spoke up with a soft tone as she was now wiping at Duckie's face. Duckie blinked a few times, not bothered that much by it as her eyes caught onto Philza's." I saw you two were looking at a letter but seemed sad... What happened?" She asked looking back at her grandmother who finished cleaning her face. "Oh um... Just some of Philza's sons up north, he got a letter from one of them that the other isn't doing too hot with the election going on there" The old lady explained walking away to place the towel elsewhere while now looking for something else. Philza overheard Penelope explaining to Duckie as he gave a lazy smile," someone that was once banned from those lands popped back up to run for president and I guess that has everyone on edge up there and worried" Phil continued explaining as he walked over to the younger girl and handed out the folded letter in his hand to her. "I want you to understand what you might be walking into when you head over there yourself next week" He finished off as Duckie took a hold of the paper not really caring that she was being pushed down lightly to sit down so her grandmother could tend to her wound.
Duckie looked over the letter and studied the semi messy writing that was on the paper.
"Dear, Philza Minecraft aka DAD
First i just wanna let you know that it's me, your son that is the only reason i put dad in all caps! So you understand that this is for you! Not any other Philza Minecraft! Anyways, Wilbur has been acting like an ass lately! Like more than usual ya know? After our amazing victory against the green bitch boy I'm sure you heard that Wilbur wanted to do something that was 'right' for once. But see where that got him? Now he has so many sticks up his ass I think that's the reason he doesn't sit anymore. Anyway back to what I was also trying to get to. You know that funky horned man? Drank a lot? Dream banned him from the SMP? Yeah he's back and wanting to become president! Of course he isn't gonna win because no one even likes him! But that guy is reaaalllll sketchy phil, i don't blame Wilbur not sleeping lately with that douchebag in these walls.
But I don't think we have much to worry about anyways because Wilbur kept me as his RIGHT HAND MAN! In all caps so you know that is very important! So since I am his RIGHT HAND MAN we will win and we can throw that damn goat bastard back out to the streets!
But yeah, you should come visit sometime ya know? You and The blade were the only ones to be able to talk to Wilbur to calm him down and I think he needs someone like that right about now!
Welp that's all I have to say, my hand hurts from writing too much! My big man hands need a break before I beat some butts here in a few weeks!
Sin
Sincl
Sincerlaly
Idk how to spell that,
-Tommy
P.S. I'm a big man now, I'm okay! Wilbur is the little baby! "
Duckie couldn't help but make a small smile at parts but she could tell that this has some other underlying things that only Philza would understand. Wincing a bit, Duckie looked down to her grandmother to see her leg all bandaged up. " Thanks grandma, uh here you go Phil." Duckie spoke up as she slowly got up and reached out the letter back to the man. "Thanks, I guess you got to meet my youngest" Philza tried to joke about as he took hold of the letter and put it into his bag. "You said that was the one around my age?" Duckie asked and was given a Nod as he looked back to her," Yep! That's my youngest Tommy" he explained, walking over and patting her shoulder," you should get ready! The next game starts in half an hour from now" Phil explained as now it was Duckie's turn to nod.
"Yeah I should... Thanks grandma for helping me and thank you for letting me read that letter Phil" Duckie smiled kindly with a small nod of thank you to the two in front of her, earning two smiles from them. After a bit more goodbyes and her grandmother warning her to not push herself, Duckie was off to head to the archery Arena to really see if she was meant to advance another round.
It was a small game to happen but it was just another one to get rid of its players and slowly dwindle down to the few who'd really survive.
Arriving to the chest that sat to the side full of Bows and the one next to it full of arrows. Duckie grabbed what she wanted and tested between the bows to see which one held the best and had the sturdier base. After sorting through the arrows a bit, Duckie grabbed a bout 5 she deemed sharp enough and well made that she could take a clean shot when she could. A small deep breath escaped her lips as she finally looked to the small arena that was slowly filling up with its players. Taking a few steps to an open spot she was to place down her bow and arrow she spotted a few familiar faces nearby. Not far from Duckie stood the small trio of Joel, Lizzy, and even Scott who seemed to be teasing his friend. Duckie looked away since she didn't feel like catching in conversation. She was already too late when she was taped on the shoulder. Moving her head to the side she slowly found the owner of the hand. Behind her stood a blonde haired person who seemed to have leaf ears decorating their head as well as a leaf tail. They laughed a bit," Hey Duckie! I noticed you forgot the red stone dust back there so i thought I'd grab you a pouch" they explained as they placed the small bag into the girl's hand. "Oh thanks Lane, so nice to see a familiar face here" The girl let out a sigh of relief and accepted the red stone dust. " How are the gloves! My grandmother made sure they were soft enough since the cold is creeping up" Duckie asked. "Oh! Hella comfy as always! I still have the blue pair from last year! Its so cool she made them purple this time." Lane smiled happily. After a minute or two of conversation between the two the bell went off," oh that means we better get ready! I hope to see you after this round!" Lane spoke up happily as the two shook hands," aw, but I don't wanna have to fight you" Duckie let out a sad tease as Lane rolled their eyes," that will just make it easier for me than!" They scoffed in a joking manner back which made Duckie gasp," how dare you!!" She posed dramatically only making the two burst out laughing before saying their goodbyes between breaths.
Once finally separating from one another, it didn't take long for the second bell to go off, signaling the game to officially begins.