#a!ghostbur

a!Ghostbur rushes to his side, frantically searching him for injuries)

a!Tommy... a-are you hurt... what happened... do you need me to call someone...

(a!Ghostbur realizes a!Tommy is panicking)

a!Tommy... hey... hey... calm down... breathe with me... follow the pattern... one... two... three... four... five...

(/oof: sorry for adding stress to a!Tommy /hj, my characters have a tendency to mess up over obliviousness)

*a!Tommy tried to follow the instructions as best as he could, but their mind rushed with a thousand thoughts and even more tragedies. It was everything. It was nothing. It was so loud there were too many sounds to notice, it was so loud there wasn't a sound at all. Tears, tears and a worried a!Ghostbur were the only real thing, their anchor.*

o-one... two... th-three....

*They imitated, grabbing onto the newcomer's hand for dear life.*

I d-don't want th-this... I d-don't... Wil... T-they... I-I....

i... i want to move to apolotopia with a!tommy... to prove to a!wilbur that i can be safe with him... but they were so against it... it's there any way you can convince them... or perhaps i should act on my own...

i hate leaving either a!tommy or a!wilbur alone... but i want to do something... you understand, right...

Hey there a!ghostbur! Thank you for the congratulations on my new position, I just hope that I can do it justice.

I… don’t think that moving to Apolotopia with a!Tommy will have the results you want. I think that a!Wilbur will just brand you as a traitor or someone not to be trusted, and then you just won’t be allowed back home.

I do understand you wanting to help and not thinking that the people in Apolotopia are dangerous, but a!Wilbur does think that they are dangerous people, who are willing and able to hurt us. I don’t want to see you get banned from here too for just trying to help, and I don’t think I could talk a!Wilbur out of that.

a!wt says it's dangerous and a!wilbur might ban me but... what's the use of a house with no home...

i know a!wilbur wants to believe that you will never hurt us... we just need to give them evidence to do so... even if they don't trust any of L'Apoloburg...

they called off the war after all... they might be seeing things better...

what do you need me for...

Holy shit a!ghostbur, holy fucking shit, I-

Thank you so, so, so much, it really means a lot you're willing to join my side- no, my cause. I know Apolotopia is a little cramped but, a!Niki has opened the doors of her city for us. You can stay there.

For now.... I need you to be safe. The war might've been called off but, something tells me we're not out of the woods yet. Prepare supplies just in case. Weapons, food, armor, anything.

And ghostbur?

*They give the ghost a tight hug.*

Heya Ghostbur!

*The teen kindly smiles.*

Um... Well, right now we're a little bit busy with the whole L'apoloburg thing, they kinda put shitty restrictions on us so I have to sort that out. But maybe in the meantime you can go help a!Niki with their city? I think they're building more stuff on it.

I didn't realize... That's a lot. I think you need some blue? So here you go.

Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Take care of yourself, Tommy. Thank you for talking with me.

... Thank you, a!Ghostbur, for real it means a lot you wanted to reach out.

don't be afraid... you have a good heart... a!wilbur will finally understand... i know they will... let's show them you and i only want peace...

you have worked so hard...

do you want some blue and a hug...

-a!ghostbur...

I-I...

*Holding back tears.*

they're spiralling... more isolated... i don't think the blue help anymore...

please promise you will bring them back... i don't want any more blood on anyone's hand... especially not you...

perhaps if i work with you... they will see... you mean no harm to us...

-a!ghostbur...

I-I'm trying, I swear I'm trying, I never wanted to hurt anybody... I just want my home back.

Do

.... Ghosbur I-I....

. . .

There was an accident, the bastard of a!Eret betrayed us all, and killed a!Wil. But now Wilbur's gone all paranoid and they exiled anyone who isn't a wilbur or ghostbur apologist from L'apoloburg.

I created Apolotopia to fight back but...

But they declared war on me. I tried talking to them but... I'm not sure if it made things better or worst.