#tiny!schlatt

"Puffy get out here!"

Schlatt...

The sheep hybrid tumbled down the stairs as she raced towards her front door, she flung her front door open as she was met with her very serious, and rather furious, older brother. The ram hybrid sighed as he stared her down.

"Hey JJ- what brings you here, shouldn't you be with Dream at the docks?" She chuckled trepidatiously, her brother pursed his lips before he began to speak. "The elders are scolding him...he may have crushed some of the wood we were going to use."

The ram let out an exasperated sigh, "Look Puffy, I love my nephew, but..." His words trailed off as he stared at her sister's wide, soft eyes. "I can't keep defending him...Everyone's getting pretty..." Another sigh escaped his lips, "Well- everyone is getting pretty scared; I've heard that he almost stepped on some old lady!" Schlatt was about to continue but Puffy spoke first.

"What am I supposed to do Schlatt? He can't control what's happening to him- and it wasn't my decision for him to be going around doing chores! He's a kid, he should be out playing in the fields, not working in them..." Puffy was tired, she was tired of seeing her son come home exhausted; not exhausted from playing, but rather tired from working.

It hurt her as she watched her child lay on his bedroom floor, having to get rid of his bed and furniture for the sake that he would still fit in his room. She remembered the nights her son would cry relentlessly, begging to be held; yet all she could do was gently hug his leg as fat tears rolled down his face.

Now her brother—one of the few people who caused this to happen to her son—stood in front of her criticizing his mistakes once more, how dare her brother have the audacity to take away his childhood and still complain!?

Schlatt let out another sigh, it snapped the sheep hybrid out of her daze. Both stood in awkward silence as the ram hybrid stared down at her with gentle eyes, while she was resistant to meet his own. The two were having a silent war; that they barely noticed another presence arrive, until they were startled by a shadow looming over them.

"Uhm- Uncle Schlatt? We're—we're done with the docks and they told me to go on break..." Dream sheepishly announced as he avoided eye contact, Puffy's heart broke, her boy, despite the fact he towered over everyone in the flock; looked so, so small. The ram hybrid's lips pursed as Puffy began to speak. "Hey duckling, you hungry?" The blond gave a shy nod, still unwilling to meet her eyes.

"There's food in the dining room, I made it all for you so don't worry duckling." She reassured, Dream muttered a grateful 'thank you' as he ushered himself inside the house; needing to bend down to walk around the house. The sheep hybrid turned around to face her brother again, "Look Schlatt- if you have nothing else to say I have stuff I need to do..." He sighed and shook his head.

"Goodbye JJ."

•~☆~•

"Dream can you get the tools over there?" A disheveled middle-aged man gently commanded the blond which he complied too, "Yes sir..." The child simply responded as he took a few strides and bent down to pick up a box full of tools.

It was another day for Dream, he was helping rebuild the town fountain at the core of their little village; which got damaged after some rogue hybrid went into their village and started throwing bombs, luckily another group of hunters came and escorted the hybrid away before anyone got hurt—the blond was especially lucky he wasn't there to be spotted by the said hunters—he stood at his full height and stared at his surroundings, taking in how much damage the bombs did.

A few patches of the streets were affected due to the obvious holes in the ground, and he expected to fix them sooner or later, it was sadly turning into his new normal, barely anything about this was normal. Another abrupt command made his head snap back toward the ram hybrid, "Go get the bricks over there, it's like laying on a wooden platform so get it all." Dream nodded and spotted the bricks atop a wooden pallet, he quickly rushed over and picked up the crates with his two hands.

He was slowly walking back to the fountain, being extremely cautious with the bricks; he was halfway there when he heard a loud feminine voice let out a commanding yell, "Jack! Elliott! Come back here!" Suddenly two children came running his way he lost his footing as the two children were seemingly playing tag, he yelped as one of them ran in front of him and he almost stepped on them.

He panicked as he tripped backward dropping the bricks in the process, shrill shrieks were heard coming from all over the place as bricks flew in every direction. Dust encompassed the area, in all of the chaos he prayed no one got hurt; a cough escaped his lips, as the dust settled down, the two other kids; who were probably around his age were huddled up together, covered in dust and debris themselves.

He watched as numerous amounts of rams and sheep hybrids ran to the duo's aid, a familiar stinging sensation made itself known; yet in the midst of all the chaos he couldn't even focus on anything, everything felt hazy as he sat there with his head limp and arms shaking. And the weird feeling spreading all over his body.

He felt something protruding in his gums and as the chaos began to settle down he grew.

He cried alongside the townsfolk as they all scrambled to get away from him, at that moment he silently thanked his mom and Bad that they put a spell on his clothing to adjust to his size, no matter how tall he was. Pain shot throughout his body, he could barely comprehend whatever the people were yelling.

Suddenly he ceased his movements and dropped to the ground.

•~☆~•

"Captain Puffy!"

Puffy was having a light conversation with Bad that day, they were simply talking about events of the week, trying to have a good time; keyword: trying.

"Oh Samuel? Why are you in such a rush." The sheep hybrid asked as Bad stood beside her respectfully waiting for them to finish. The panicked ram hybrid who was apparently named Samuel was catching his breath, Puffy patiently waited for the other to speak.

"Your son-" He heaved and took a big gulp of air, "He grew right before our eyes! And—and he fainted, Mayor Schlatt told me to get you." As he finished his sentence Puffy bolted from her spot not even saying a proper farewell to the demon hybrid. She almost tripped a few times as she took one step after another.

Other members of the herd who were oblivious of the situation happening at the core of the town gave her weird looks; some even attempted to follow her. More and more people began gathering to see what all the commotion was about. Puffy's thoughts were scattered everywhere as she yelled at people to move to the side.

All of a sudden she crashed against another figure which she quickly realized was her brother, "Schlatt let me go! I need to see him!" Tears began to form at the corner of her eyes as Schlatt held her back. "Please JJ..." Her voice began to grow quiet as Schlatt quietly huffed. "Puffy...I don't—I don't think you should see him right now."

The sheep hybrid was now letting on soft sobs whilst weakly grasping her brother's arm, she could only register the fact more people kept rushing behind them; she so desperately wanted to see what they were up to, what were they doing to her baby?

•~☆~•

Puffy sat at the foot of her bed, she sobbed so much she started to choke; she began to cough and gag as fat tears kept rolling down her face, earlier that day she waved her son goodbye as he left with a bright smile on his face. Now the day turned gloomy and dreadful.

"M-Mom?"

Her son's broken worried voice forced her to lift her head, for a moment she was scared startled to see a luminous emerald green eye stare at her through her window, she quickly pushed down her fear sorrow and walked over to the window, Dream backed up so she could see his face more clearly as she pushed the window open. It was obvious the poor boy had been crying; his eye's were puffy and red, and he was seemingly trembling.

"Oh baby- what's wrong?" She tried reaching out her hand to touch his face, however he stayed put; unmoving and silent. Puffy had no idea what to do at this moment, she could barely see his face as the sun took cover behind the horizons. The last remaining streaks of light highlighting the saddened features of the blond's face.

His mouth opened hesitantly as he stumbled over his words, "Are you okay mama? I-I'm sorry..." Puffy quickly gestured for him to come closer, "You did nothing wrong duckling, it's okay." Tears came back at full force as the now giant leaned against their house, the sheep hybrid could only reach the strands of his hair as she softly touched it—the blond probably didn't even feel it.

Puffy watched as stars began to twinkle in the sky, both simply fell into the haze of comfort and calm as they simply basked in the feeling of each other's comfort; the sheep hybrid gently felt the blond's soft breaths. She quietly went back to her bed and let the child sleep in peace.

With that thought she laid down and slowly drifted off to sleep aswell.

•~☆~•

"Woah dude! I'm sorry- but you look so cool right now!" Sapnap was gawking at the blond boy's new height, they finally got another chance to hang out and they were more than grateful. Dream sheepishly grinned at Sapnap's antics, he felt elated that the other treated him no differently than he did before, no matter what happened.

"I'm guessing you'll only wear one pair of clothes for now?" The blond nodded along as he tapped his fingers against the grass below him, "Y-Yea Mom said until she and your dad figure something out this is my clothes for now." The hybrid simply shrugged and an idea quickly popped up in his head.

"How about hide and seek?" He grinned widely, "We can even go in the forest so it's fair!" The taller hastily nodded and mustered up the courage to stand at his full height; vertigo smacked him as he stared at the difference of the size of his house to himself. Sapnap quickly snapped him out of his thought with the prompt of a race. The blond happily obliged and carefully sprinted towards the ravenette; albeit the blond being as careful as possible Sapnap could still feel the ground softly shake yet he shook his head and thought nothing of it.

As the two now stood in the midst of the forest, Dream was more fixated on the few small scrapes around his legs caused by the branches, it just gave him another reminder on how tall he was at the moment. Sapnap was the first to break the oddly awkward tension, "How about you hide and I seek?", He chuckled at his suggestion yet meekly nodded along.

In the blink of an eye Sapnap was now propped against a tree with his arm covering his two eyes and began to count down, for a moment the green eyed giant stood completely and utterly still, why? He couldn't exactly say, maybe it was the fact he couldn't exactly think of a place to hide or was it the strange noises her could hear, it heard like other people chatting?

Oh he was definitely losing it now.

He suddenly remembered what he was supposed to be doing and sprinted deeper into the forest to the direction of the mountains, he knew he should watch on how far he was going but surely the small caves and taverns he would spot on the way would be a better hiding spot.

The blond quickly halted as he spotted an opening to a cave on the forest floor, somehow he could hear Sapnap's counts getting closer to zero and he bolted inside the cage; he crawled his way in and situated himself—the cramped space gave him a familiar feeling, instead of uncomfort and uneasiness he felt...safe and warm(he couldn't exactly pinpoint why, his thoughts were pretty jumbled up right now)

Dream felt tranquil, his eyes slid shut and purely embraced the feeling. A heavy sigh escaped his lips, his body fell slack as he leaned in closer to the cavern walls.

It was like he felt truly at peace.

An ear-splitting cry broke his valuable silence, in his groggy state of mind he could barely comprehend where the scream came from; until another wail erupted once more. His eyes shot open and his body jumped at the sound as everything became slightly clearer.

Sapnap?

A rush of memories and emotions overwhelmed him, he was torn between remembering the moment a similar instance happened or rush to see the ravenette; it was like his body was on auto-pilot, none of the movements were his, like a foggy cloud sheilding away his sight.

As his hulking figure reached the sound of Sapnap's screams, he watched as a group of hunters were trying to chain the nether-born as he emerged from the forest all the hunters heads snapped towards him, seemingly just spotting their new prey.

"Stop it you shits those are my horns!"

As if history was repeating itself, his movements were dazed, downright feral.

That day blood coated the forest floors and a giant left the forest with a slightly traumatized hybrid.

•~☆~•

"Dream, you okay?" Sapnap asked as he stood before the giant in the drizzling rain, the blond slowly lifted his head, tears mixed with the rain, the only reason the nether-born was sure the giant was crying was the constant hiccups and sobs he would stutter out as he tried to suppress them. Even with the thunderous claps and heavy winds accompanied with the earth's very tears; it felt so, so silent. Sapnap began walking closer, he was greatly startled when the other scrambled away.

"No—no I don't wanna 'urt you..." The giant was shaking his head side to side while mumbling incoherent sentences with pain and panic laced with every word, his lips trembled as he spoke, "Uncle Schlatt a-and the elders said I should stay away from the flock for a while till—till they solve stuff." Without any thought Sapnap walked closer and held his hand out to touch the other.

"Good thing I'm not part of the flock then." He grinned with pride, Dream thought for a moment. He's right, Bad and Sapnap were never welcomed to the flock nor did they try and be part of it; or atleast that's what he thinks.

Even if his body wasn't as tense as before Sapnap sighed and sat beside blond. "For what it's worth I'll always be by your side bud."

"Pandas..."

The ravenette took a moment to cringe at his own words but kept his attention on the other, "Maybe it's best if I leave you know?" He muttered, "Ever since- well this happened to me, everything just...sucks." the nether-born was slightly taken a back with the sudden mature aura the giant gave, maybe he was spending to much time with the elders...

Sapnap was expecting this, he knew Dream was never truly at peace with the town, he thought long and hard before speaking again.

"Well if you do, I'll—I'll join you."

Was he serious? A soft grin made it's way on the taller's face.

Exhaustion had caught up with him rather quickly surprisingly that day, he wasn’t sure why. Perhaps it was the excitement of the day or just his low energy finally catching up with him. Whatever it was, he couldn’t care, all he wanted to do was sleep after the long day of work.

Sure, working with Wilbur was indeed amazing but Tommy doesn’t get out too often, meaning he

doesn’t have the energy to stand up for long periods compared to his other colleagues. But that doesn’t stop it from being a blast.

With a sigh, he lazily dropped his shoes to the side and went up to his bedroom for the night. His room itself was a mess, but if he was honest, he couldn’t quite give a shit at the minute.

The bed’s blankets were crumpled and overthrown, cans left on the bedside table and trash laid around that he hadn’t managed to clean up yet, it was strange how in such a short amount of time, a lot of things had happened, but he was honestly too tired to question it at this point.

Turns out that prick of a trainer had ended up saying he was feeling sick and walked out on the day, leaving Tommy to do most of the day’s work, especially since he had to prepare Wilbur for the upcoming show within a couple of days with another Mer.

And Tommy was definitely dramatic and definitely had a flair for a camera, but he couldn’t be certain he could handle a big stage. After all, he couldn’t quite get the hang of the performance. It was mainly Wilbur trying to help him balance on his head.

Well, at least he had bonded with Wilbur. He faceplanted into the bed with a sigh, rubbing his eyes before finally covering himself with the bedsheets. And finally fell asleep.

...

A strange feeling came into his conscience, it was like anxiety spiking his back, he could feel tension there. He inhaled what he could, only to have a strange feeling of something leaving his mouth and more tension increasing on his body.

He opened his eyes to see light blue, he inhaled quickly, quickly trying to move his body only to notice the bubbles leaving, his body being unresponsive. He tried to scream instead only for nothing but bubbles again.

It felt like he was drowning again, he could feel the slow descent as the light blue slowly turned darker and what seemed to be the surface distancing away. Whatever it was it was definitely a dream, well more of a nightmare, a surreal, lucid nightmare.

He had the feeling of being watched, like a creature waiting to pounce in the distance. It scared him but he wasn’t sure why. Why did this scare him so much? He’d been through this shit before so now, why was it different now?...

The ocean embrace slowly increased as it dragged him deeper and deeper into its depths. The more he sank, the more his anxiety increased. Soon, the feeling of being watched turned to one of pure fear because in the distance he saw glowing blue, shark-like eyes staring into his very soul.

He watched the eyes, both unblinking. Waiting…

And then, he felt like he could move his body again.

He tried to swim upwards.

But giant, sharp teeth shadowed his vision and before he knew it,

The teeth were coming right down onto him.

…

He sat up in an instant, trying to catch his breath as he felt a tear escape his eyes. He quickly moved a hand to his head only wince back slightly from the amount of sweat he felt on his forehead. He shook off the feeling and turned to his phone, only to find that it was about 5 minutes until his work alarm went off.

He debated laying in bed for another five minutes but decided against it in favour of getting ready for work today. He sighed, wiping the sweat off his forehead and finally stood up for the first time. Feeling his bones pop into place and with a yawn, he deemed himself worthy of getting ready for the day.

He went into his wardrobe to find something comfy and warm to wear, since coming back from a day of working with water left you feeling miserably cold once you managed to escape the swimsuit, so Tommy always found it easier to wear something baggy for its warmth afterwards.

It was the merchandise of somebody he admired a long while ago, who he still admired to this day. As they were a well-renowned Streamer. He then combed his hair to the side with his hands and deemed himself ready to go as he grabbed his backpack of equipment for work.

He made his way out of his bedroom and began to walk down the stairs, there the smell of bacon hit his nostrils. His stomach then rumbled, telling him to quickly make way down the stairs to his father’s cooking.

He practically ran down the stairs and swung into his seat on the island with a thump. It certainly made his father jump to look back at his newly risen son. “Well, looks like somebody decided to down for breakfast for once”. He said with a smile as he began to finish up the classical English breakfast.

From what Tommy could see, there were freshly cooked eggs on two plates, with a hashbrown each. With also some s sausages, a slice of black pudding, a portion of mushrooms, which he didn’t really like, a portion of the good old tomato beans and lastly, the juicy well-done bacon.

The ultimate breakfast as Tommy called it, besides the mushrooms, he hated them. But his father forced him to eat them anyways. His father’s hair swayed as he turned around holding the two plates and brought them towards the island.

He sat the plates down with a set of knives and forks, with kettle plugged in and boiling beside them getting ready for a daily dose of a cup of tea. His father finally sat down with a sigh, he seemed exhausted himself, it seemed he hadn’t yet noticed.

The tea finally finished boiling, and his father passed him a cup. To which, he proceeded to blatantly pour sugar into his cup. Beside him, his father sipped a cup of tea and then looked to Tommy. His eyes went from a tiring comfort to one of surprise as he coughed on his cup.

“T-Tommy!”, he looked at his father with a smirk. It seemed his father finally noticed. His father sighed with a smile on his face. “Mate, you don’t have to go wearing my merch all the time!”, Tommy laughed.

“What, can I not wear your merch?”, he replied with a playful smirk. His father himself was Philza Minecraft, a popular Minecraft streamer who still had a very loyal fanbase. He had been streaming since Tommy was a kid and still streamed to this very day.

His father simply laughed in reply, “Alright, anyways. You going to work today?”. Tommy nodded as he picked up some food from his plate. And with his mouth full asked, “Could I have a lift please?”, “Of course, mate.”

They quickly finished up their joyful breakfast and made their way to the car they had. Luckily, it was about a 15-minute drive to the waterpark, so Tommy didn’t have to take as long to get to work compared to his many other co-workers.

The drive was comforting, the radio playing hit songs that reminded him of his childhood, singers like Bl!nk and Zack Warzone, but made it all the more different was his father embarrassingly trying to get him to sing along with him as a bonding experience.

Soon, the time for work arrived. His father kissed him on the forehead before he got out of the car, despite the fact Tommy was almost an adult, it never changed his father from doting on him like a child. He didn’t hate it but sometimes it could be embarrassing. He then waved his father goodbye.

A quick turn around the corner and the waterpark came into view with its giant, inviting sign welcoming all sorts of tourists to check out their attractions. But the sight inside the parking lot didn’t seem all that exciting.

There in the parking lot was a round of police cars, and what seemed to be a news station trying to catch sight of the latest eye-catching story, the sight of them scared him. Had something happened? Was Wilbur, okay? Why were they here?

He ran towards the main entrance just to see a familiar, cigarette-stained hat of the trainer being pushed into a police car by two officers. He was yelling out profanities and saying that he “wasn’t guilty of anything!”. But just by his expression, he could tell something had pissed off.

He made eye contact with the man and the glare he received from him was more than absolute fury and hatred. It went right through his soul, he looked back to see an officer approaching him. He backed off slightly in fear, only to bump into somebody behind him.

He tripped but kept his ground, his anxiety peeked slightly. He turned around to apologise only for a microphone to be put blatantly in his face. “You must be the victim of the attempted murder! Tell me, are you okay? How did you survive? How did it feel?”.

He backed up slightly as the questions piled into his brain, but he couldn’t find the answers. Nor did he want to answer either. He looked around panickily, hoping somebody would save him from this situation. And luckily for him, somebody was approaching in the distance.

It was his boss, who had a pissed off look on his face. But not at Tommy, more towards the media. The media seemed to notice his approach and got excited. “Mr Schlatt! Do you think you could-“, They were cut off by his words. “Enough”.

He had come close enough to the interviewer, he was much taller and thanks to his glare. He very much intimidated them. He looked towards Tommy and his face softened slightly as he grabbed Tommy’s hand and brought Tommy behind him.

“I do not tolerate you tormenting my employees. I ask you kindly to leave the premises before I ask the officers to force you to. Now, leave.”. Schlatt then turned around, his hand on Tommy’s back as he led him towards the building.

As soon as they were inside, Schlatt removed his hand and turned to look at Tommy. The once threatening expression turned to a friendly one. “You alright, there?”. Tommy hadn’t noticed how quickly his breathing had gotten. He leaned over for a minute, trying to gain control of it again.

Schlatt patiently waited, which he was glad for. And after a minute, he answered. “I-I’m fine, just…”, he was cut off by Schlatt saying, “It’s alright, you don’t have to answer. We don’t have to discuss it out-front. But I do wish for you to have a word”. He nodded and then the two walked into the office.

Schlatt was the first to sit down in his grand seat and then instructed Tommy to sit due to the fact that the boy was still slightly scared. Schlatt sighed for a moment and then spoke.

“Once a week, every Monday. The security team double-checks the security feed covering the nighttime. And of course, during the periods of closing time on Friday. You were seen being pushed into the water by Wilbur’s trainer and hadn’t surfaced for over a period of several minutes”.

Tommy looked away slightly in anxious fear, Schlatt continued. “Several hours later, you surfaced. Seeming very much disturbed by what had occurred. Wilbur who had surfaced along with you, comforted you in perhaps a different behaviour we had never seen from the Mer before”.

He sighed, “I’m not mad at you or anything, if. If anything, I’m worried for the sake of your mental health. Something like that to happen isn’t particularly healthy for one’s mind. If it weren’t for Wilbur that day, you could’ve…”. He didn’t finish the sentence; Tommy didn’t want him to either.

“Why didn’t you report it to me yesterday?”, his expression was sad, like a concerned father who was worried about their child. It reminded him of Phil. “I- I don’t know, I thought I’d get in trouble or some-“.

Schlatt leaned over the desk and patted his shoulder in comfort, “My dearest apologies Tommy, we do not condone that sort of behaviour from our employees and as you this saw morning, he’s going to be handled accordingly.”

He then fiddled into a drawer on his desk and slipped over a small, tight filled envelope with his name written on top in cursive writing, slightly messy as if it had been prepared in a rush. “I hope this is enough, compensation”.

Tommy opened the envelope under the gaze of his boss and slowly rips open the envelope under the pressure. Inside, was a butt load of cash, multiple £20 notes inside, hundreds. Tommy widened his eyes in shock at the amount of cash within the envelope. “W-wait, money?! This much?!”.

Schlatt cleared his throat with a smile, “Well, you see Tommy. You’ve been through a lot during your employment here. And of course, you’re bound to be stressed, so that should cover more than enough in case of therapy if needed, not only that but you’re a very hard worker. So, I also have something to offer”.

It certainly piqued his interest, what else could Schlatt be offering to him? Wasn’t the money enough as it is? “You see, his trainer has in fact been arrested. So, I’m going to have to find a replacement to work with Wilbur. As of now as well, you’ve established quite the bond with the Mer!”.

Tommy instantly understood what he was offering and jumped up at the opportunity. “Yes! I’d love to be Wilbur’s trainer”. The room’s mood from one of tension to one of joy. Schlatt seemed to smile at not only his acceptance but also his change of mood.

“Good I’m glad! I’ll have the paperwork sorted by the end of the day for you to sign! But Tommy.”. Tommy hummed in reply, “You see, as you should know. Wilbur has an upcoming performance Tomorrow. I hope it won’t be too much pressure on you to be able to perform.”.

Tommy contemplated it for a minute until he changed his mind as nodded with a smile. “I’ll be happy to do so, Mr Schlatt!”. Schlatt returned the smile, “Good, I’m glad. Now how about you get to Wilbur? He’s bound to be worried.”.

Tommy waved Schlatt goodbye and left the office. He made his way to the changing rooms with a much-needed change of mood. He was much happier compared to the morning. He quickly changed into his wet suit and quickly made his way to Wilbur’s pool.

…

He sprinted into the room, which was most definitely against regulations of health and safety due to the wet floors. He yelled out Wilbur’s name “Wilbur! Wilbur! Wilbur!!”. He dragged out the last one as loud as he could to express his excitement.

In a second a loud splash breached the surface of the pool and out came a giant Mer with anger, concern and fear expressed onto his face. He scanned for Tommy and when he found him, he almost crawled onto the surface as he cupped Tommy into his hands.

Tommy was quickly lifted towards the Mer’s face, concern written all over the Mer’s face. “Tommy! What’s wrong!? Are you okay?!”. Tommy just smirked and stood up in the Mer’s hands. “Wilbur! Guess what?!”.

Concern was still written on the mer’s face, but it had calmed slightly at the sight of Tommy excited. “What?!”. Tommy smiled and reached his hands towards the mer’s cheeks. “I’m your new trainer!”. Wilbur’s eyes widened, “Wait, is that why you were late this morning?! What happened to that prick?!”.

“He got arrested! He’s going to be going to jail!”. Wilbur smiled, his fangs on full display as he moved his face to nuzzle Tommy. “I’m so glad!”. Tommy laughed as Wilbur nuzzled him for several minutes. Tommy then pushed the giant cheek away, which got a small angry chirp from the mer.

Tommy giggled in response. “Alright, that’s enough you clingy dickhead!”.   Wilbur then allowed Tommy to be put back down on the surface. “You alright though? You seem nervous about something.”.

Tommy sighed and decided to explain, “The performance Tomorrow, I’d said I’d do but-“.Wilbur then ruffled his hair, “Don’t worry, we’ll get you prepared Today, it’s not too hard!”, “Says you! You’ve been doing it forever! I just started today!”.

“Well, there’s no time to waste then, eh?”.

…

Wilbur remained as still as possible as he swam around the pool, Tommy continued to attempt to keep balance on top of his head. Barely steady as he stumbled almost every second. “Come on Toms! You’ve-“ Wilbur tried to be encouraging but he was cut off by a scream and then a splash.

He reached a hand down into the water and picked up the panicking Tommy who now flailed like a fish in his hand. “Tommy-“, Tommy then sat up and started yelling profanities, “WHY IS IT SO FUCKING HARD!”. Wilbur tried to contain his laughter but failed as a series of happy chirps left his throat.

“DON’T LAUGH AT ME! YOU FUCKING FISH!”. There was no venom in the statement, just one of embarrassment which made Wilbur laugh even more. “O-oh my fucking god!”, Tommy then turned around on Wilbur’s hand and crossed his arms with a humph, pouting like a child.

Wilbur smirked at Tommy’s pouting and teasingly yet playfully asked. “Awh! Is Tommy gonna be a little baby?”, Tommy then stood up and attempted to tackle Wilbur’s finger back in retaliation, but it didn’t do much, eventually, he gave up.

“Okay- Okay- How about we try it again?”. Tommy reluctantly agreed. Wilbur then moved his hand towards the top of his head, allowing Tommy to attempt once again to balance on top of his head. This was going to be Tommy’s first performance and he was going to do it well. It was going to have to be perfect.

“You ready?”, Tommy hummed in reply and slowly Wilbur began to swim forwards. Tommy stumbled for a second but managed to regain his balance. And surprisingly this time, he managed to keep his balance and not fall from Wilbur’s head for the seventeenth head. “Wil! We’re doing it!”.

He looked down to see a smile on Wilbur’s face, but he didn’t respond, instead, he continued to swim. Challenging Tommy to keep his balance as he increased his speed ever so slightly and yet again, he managed.

After about a couple of rounds, Wilbur stopped and offered his hand to Tommy to climb onto. “Now that was one part of the performance. Now, you gotta jump off that. Wilbur then raised his hand slightly towards a high diving board.

Compared to Wilbur, it wasn’t much. But for Tommy, it was high, very high. Not that he was a fear of heights or anything! Wilbur offered to place him onto the diving board, but he refused and attempted to climb it himself.

He was about midway up the board when he paused, “Tommy, you sure you don’t want me to put you up there?”. He looked down to see Wilbur looking up at him, which didn’t really help as the mer was submerged in the water, but Wilbur could just easily reach this board if he wanted to do so.

He shook his head and instead closed his eyes for a second. Before regaining confidence and continued to climb until he reached the top. Now, Tommy had dived from diving boards before, but this height was certainly, breath-taking to say the least. How did other trainers do this?

He wanted to climb back down but the looming height scared him from doing so. “Tommy- Are you okay?”. He looked down to see the mer with a concerned expression.  “I-I’m fine!” he yelled back but obviously he wasn’t okay; he was beyond terrified.

Wilbur’s concern didn’t seem to unease though either as he remained where he was. Tommy contemplated for a moment and then decided. He had to do this, he had to prove himself he can do this! And not take anybody’s pity! He was TommyInnit after all!

He looked down again to see this time Wilbur attempting to give him a reassuring smile, “I’ll catch you in the water, okay? I promise! You trust me, don’t you?”. Tommy didn’t answer for a second but then smiled back, “Yeah! I do!”.

He then stood up, refusing to look at the ground and moved to the end of the diving board. With a deep breath, he inhaled. And then closed his eyes and jumped. He could feel the tension in his back as he dove, but he remained in space and attempted to do a spin as told. Once he think he had done it.

He braced himself for the water, inhaling more air; ready for the incoming water which didn’t come so shortly after. He could feel the atmosphere change as the cold air turned to freezing water, but the slow felt slower this time.

He opened his eyes, only to be surprised by seeing a familiar face with a smile, his cupped hands surrounded Tommy as he brought the two of them back to the surface. “That was amazing Tommy! I’m so proud!”. Wilbur nuzzled him once again and this time he embraced it.

He then fed Wilbur his dinner with his own lunch. The two talked about different things, particularly differences between their species. Who knew that Mer’s didn’t really know about technology? It seemed like he had a lot to teach Wilbur as the two of them watched some Twitch (especially his dad).

The shift soon ended with the two departing for the day. And Tommy made way to a bus station for a ride home. It was a nice day.

…

The alarm screamed once again, signifying it was once again a new day. A day of the performance. Tommy got up in an instant, practically getting ready in an instant and sprinting the stairs to see his father had already placed breakfast on the table.

His father looked at him with a smile, “You’re up already? Want some breakfast?”. Tommy nodded, joining his father for a much simpler breakfast of cereal compared to yesterday. “So, I heard there’s going to be a show at the Waterpark today. Do you have anything to do with it?”.

Tommy hummed yes in reply, his father’s eyes widened in excitement. “Oh really? Are you going to be performing?!”, Tommy swallowed down his cereal and nodded. Phil beamed with excitement and stood up, practically running towards his son to embrace him.

“Oh, Tommy! I’m so proud!”, his father hugged with joy. Tommy simply smiled in return, “Do you want another lift to work?”, “Please”. And like again they began to drive and arrive at Tommy’s workplace like the day before.

…

It wouldn’t be long until the performance, Wilbur had already been transferred to the performance pool and Tommy had already changed, ready for the show. But that didn’t stop the built-up anxiety. Not because he was going to be performing in from of a live audience.

But also, for a new station that was going recording the performance live for its audience. So, Tommy was beyond nervous. He paced around the room continuously until a nice-looking lady entered the room and asked, “TommyInnit? It’s time for you to go on stage!”.

He thanked the lady and went up a platform to where the entrance for the performance pool was, there Schlatt greeted him. “You ready?”, he nodded but rather reluctantly. “Don’t worry Tommy, you don’t need to talk at all, the announcer will handle that, all you gotta do is do the acts”.

Schlatt’s hand was once again on his shoulder. “Thanks for the encouragement, it helps!”. He put on the brightest smile he could and went towards the stage, the performance was finally beginning.

…

There were multiple other Mer’s who went up and performed beautifully with a bunch of different yet creative tricks. It made him wonder if his performance would even be good enough, not only that but the nervousness of doing so, he only had a day of practice and only succeeded once.

Soon, the announcers introduced Tommy as Wilbur’s trainer and a horn rang out, signalling Wilbur had been released. And the performance began, they did the swimming laps and balance completely fine, and Tommy even rode Wilbur as a gag!

(Which he had to admit was actually kind of fun). But that wasn’t the point, it was now the diving part of the performance, meaning Tommy once again had to do that scary jump. He breathed in for a moment as the audience waited.

And after a moment, he once again took the jump. He did the spin, but this time it was different. For some reason, an alarm went off, a loud one. It scared Tommy, forcing him to open his eyes mid-way through the fall.

Unfortunately, Tommy didn’t dive properly into the water. So, it didn’t quite leave with a proper splash or the fact that he came face-first into the water with an impact. The next thing Tommy knew he was unconscious

…

“Take the mer off the premise! He cannot be seen!”.

…

The next time Tommy had awoken was in a squishy room, it was wet yet not uncomfortable. If anything, it was familiar. He laid there for a moment, trying to remember what had happened. Until it hit him, he fell unconscious during the performance.

Not only that but also drown again, meaning he had yet another almost death experience. His heart began to bound as his pace of breath quickened.

He sat up in instant and began to pound at the contorting walls surrounding him. “Wilbur! Get up!”. His voice filled with panic as reality finally hit him. And he didn’t feel like being in a stomach at the moment. In response, the walls squished which didn’t quite help his claustrophobia.

He could hear a chirp of concern, he yelled out “LET ME OUT!”, the room then shifted and began to squish at him again, yet this time it was forceful as he was shoved from the stomach and squeezed the air from his lungs as he was pulled up into Wilbur’s throat.

He then landed into the of Wilbur, “Tommy, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”. Was he okay? Of course, he wasn’t fucking okay, he almost died again and of course, eaten which was definitely scary enough then the first time, even if he knew it was safe.

“Do I look okay to you Wilbur?!”, Tommy curled in on himself again, tears threatening to seep from his eyes. Wilbur ruffled Tommy’s hair with his other hand, but it refused to bring him comfort, he didn’t allow it. He didn’t want it.

Wilbur let out a chirp of concern when Tommy pushed the finger away, “WILBUR! JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!”, he snapped. “Tommy! Calm down! What’s wrong-“.

“YOU! YOU’RE THE FUCKING PROBLEM!”. Tommy blurted out without hesitation, but he didn’t mean it. He covered his mouth for a couple of seconds before stuttering out, “Wil- I’m sorry, I didn’t mean-“.

“Enough”. Wilbur growled back, more aggressively than he thought he would. “Here I thought you were different, but of course I had to be fucking stupid. You’re no good than the rest of those pathetic humans”.

Tommy kept quiet, instead of responding. He simply walked away and went home…

…

When he arrived home earlier that morning, the house lights were strangely on that morning. So, he quickly wiped his eyes from the tears and unlocked his front door quietly. Trying to sneak into the house without suspicion. Perhaps his father was doing a late-night stream?

But that wasn’t the case because as soon as he came through the door, he was greeted by the running of a panicked, sobbing father. Embracing him as soon as he came through the door. He tried to hold back his own tears in favour of asking his father was wrong.

“W-what’s wrong Dad?”, “Mate, why didn’t you fucking tell me?!”, He was confused. “What?”, “The fucking police came by to interview me, why didn’t you tell me you were almost killed?!”.

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"Momma..?"

The sound of his voice was so small, quiet, barely above a whisper. Puffy's heart continued to shatter. Watching Dream struggle with his height, he used to be so free, running around without a care in the world, but now. Puffy looked up at him; a young boy who was terrified of even taking a step.

She took a shaky breath, the sun was blinding; she could only imagine how Dream felt having to stay outside all day in the hot sun, even right now, his massive frame shielded her from the rays and engulfed her in shadow. Then she replied, with the softest and most caring tone she could muster.

"Yes duckling?" She smiled, ofcourse she should, she couldn't allow him to see her trembling lips or how her eyes darted left and right. She stared straight up at him, reminding herself, this is her son, she had nurtured and cared for him from the day he was left in her house. She could see Dream shuffle as if he was nervous or ashamed; he avoided her gaze and bit his lip. Puffy could tell something was bothering him.

"What's wrong?" She asked, her tone soft, and loving, "C'mon duckling, I'm sure whatever it is you need to tell me, it'll be fine." She reassured and Dream let out a sigh, his hand was over his stomach and it dawned on Puffy she might not want to hear what he has to say after all.

"I-I'm hungry, again..."

Dammit-

It had been weeks since Dream had gotten that random major growth spurt and alot had change, to Puffy's dismay. Besides the fact the villagers were even more terrified, the blonds eyes were brighter than Puffy remembered, his teeth were slightly sharper than she liked. But the one that had the most impact(in her opinion), was the hunger her boy had.

Puffy could tell the food she had been spending hours on making just weren't- enough for him anymore she had to quadruple her portion servings and even if Dream said he wasn't hungry anymore, she knew his stomach wasn't satisfied. She didn't even know if she was feeding him the proper diet!

Puffy couldn't complain, she knew that, Dream was only asking for food; a natural thing every living thing needed, but it was taking a toll on the sheep hybrid, physically, mentally, and financially. Her thoughts were abruptly cut off when Dream's stomach growled and he looked away bashfully.

Puffy hated it.

She shook her head and smiled up at him, "What would you like to have duckling? I can try making some soup if you'd like?" Dream smiled softly giving Puffy an earnest nod.

His smile, another thing Puffy lost, Dream had always been a happy-dandy child, a kid that faced the world with curiosity and a bright smile; just like how any other kid should be. But ever since that day in Sapnap and Bad's house, it was like he lost his spark- the flame was there, Puffy believed it was; it just wasn't burning as bright right now, soon it would spark again, yeah...

The sheep hybrid dissappeared into their home, immediately heading to the kitchen to work. She sighed as she saw the disarray in her kitchen; she had been too exhausted to clean it and figured that she'll need to use it sooner or later, so to her there wasn't any point to cleaning. She began preparing any necessary items for the meal she would prepare, humming to distract herself.

Dream sat outside, patiently waiting beside the window to the kitchen, he could someone hear his mother's soft humming and if soothed him in a way that made him shut his eyes and let out a tiny, almost unnoticeable smile. Soon enough the delicious aroma wafted through the air, and Dream felt giddy with excitement. So much so he didn't notice Schlatt walking up onto the doorstep until he knocked and jolted Dream to look at him.

The ram hybrid seemed to acknowledge his presence and tried giving him a smile. Dream could hear his mother's footsteps and soon enough the door swung open with Puffy wearing an apron. She seemed shocked, not expecting for her brother to drop by so suddenly. Schlatt coughed and began explaining the situation.

"Soo- Puffy, I need Dream's help over by the farm." The sheep hybrid immediately frowned but let him continue. "The animals escaped, some of them are just over by the pasture, but a few have started to wander into the village and forest." Schlatt smiled, not registering that Puffy might've been cooking for Dream. "Well actually I'm currently making lunch- maybe afte-" She was abruptly cut if when Schlatt grinned and clapped; not to loudly but enough to shut the sheep hybrid's mouth.

"Perfect, you're still making it, right? Dream can just eat after." Schlatt continued to stare at Puffy; after all, Puffy hadn't exactly told him of how hungry her baby boy was getting, she didn't need anymore issues. But she was determined of finding a way to let Dream eat soon. "Well- does it have to be now? I think Dream really needs to eat soon, maybe afte-"

"It'll be fine, c'mon Dream!"

Dream shot a small frown at her but all Puffy could do was smile and nod; and prayed the job would be done quick. The blond quickly scrambled to stand up, and followed his uncle. It was terrifying to see, ofcourse, most wonder what he'd be like as an adult. But Puffy had a different thought in mind, she worried for her son; but still continued cooking for it to be prepared when he got home.

He was scared.

He didn't know what happened.

He didn't mean to-

He didn't mean to hurt it!

To...to-

...eat it.

Guilt coursed through his veins, he was walking back home; as slow as possible, he didn't wanna face his momma yet. Not like this, with the lingering taste of calf in his mouth, and bits of blood staining his teeth red.

He was in shock, he never intended to hurt it, much less eat it. But- he was so, so hungry. He hugged himself as his feet went on auto pilot, dragging him back to his house. He whimpered as the moment replayed in his head.

He was just helping them...luring the animals back to their pens, lifting them up from time to time...

He blinked.

He spotted a calf, wander into the forest and chased after it.

His stomach churned as the vivid memory' flashed before his eyes.

Soft meat, and hard hooves, accompanied with so, so, so much blood..

His breathing became rapid as he saw his house coming into view. Dread coursed through his veins as he even remembered the casual conversation he and uncle Schlatt.

He emerged from the forest, no calf in sight, a look of confusion on his uncle's face.

Five...

"Hey bud, where's the calf?"

Four...

"I—I lost it, they ran away-..." He gulped.

Three...

"Oh okay, it's just one calf, right?"

Two...

He gasped...He didn't notice...Uncle Schlatt didn't notice; the faint blood on his lip and his red stained fingers that he had tried to wipe off, but the tint still stayed.

One...

"Okay, Dream, go on and head home, thanks for the assist buddy."

Moments later he reached his house with his momma already outside waiting to greet him.

"Hey duckling! How was herding the animals, it wasn't to hard, was it?" She smiled softly at him, he wished she didn't, he couldn't accept such a kind gesture, not after...after what he did. He sighed and mustered enough courage to reply.

"It was- okay." As the words left his lips a bitter taste was left in his mouth. He was silent, watching and waiting for his momma to catch him lying, mentally preparing himself for a scolding or worst, but it never came...

Instead Puffy nodded, a cheery smile on ehr face at all times. "That's good duckling, I'll go get the food, yeah? You must be tired." He watched, as she rushed into the house and later came out with a big pot; well- big to her, to him it was more of a bowl.

"Eat up duckling, I already took my share!" Not a hint of dishonesty was in her words as she set down the pot on a wooden table placed outside. A huge wooden ladle, was the substitute for his spoon as he sat criss-crossed on the soft grass. Taking the ladle into his hand.

"Thank you momma.." He meekly replied as he reveled in the taste of the soup she prepared, he loved her home cook meals; considering she learned just for him...He remembered the time's she mentioned that she only used to cook simple meals and dishes, as it was the quickest way to cook. And then mentioned that she went around the town to ask for help on how to cook from the other ewe hybrids for help.

It warmed his heart knowing his mother loved him so dearly.

That's why she can never find out.

The sun rose high over the sky, a fresh new day presented itself, mistakes of yesterday, left in the past; well...most.

Dream had a restless night, his mind haunting him of the events of the day before. Puffy still wasn't awake which left him, empty and overwhelmed. He began to sob and shake, yearning for a touch of affection, he wanted his momma, or- or Sapnap, but he knew very well he couldn't just barge in and seek comfort, could he?

He shook away the idea, he didn't wanna be anymore of a burden.

At this moment he just wanted to know what he was, he didn't want to keep finding out new things about himself. He missed waking up under a stable roof, he missed sleeping on an actual bed...

He missed being in his momma's arms.

His hands reached to hug himself, as he cradled himself; a sob leaving his lips, it was a pitiful. He hated the rush of emotions he felt at the moment, he desperately wanted to believe this was all just a nightmare, that he was still the same height as his momma and he'd wake up, and see her warm face smiling down at him as he laid on his bed.

But no-

The universe was playing some cruel joke on him and he seethed with anger.

Not just at the universe- but apart of him was mad- at—at his momma.

He shook his head, he couldn't hate his momma, it was wrong, oh so, wrong. She had done so much for him, she took him in and cared for him, so what, she lied about one tiny thing, he was okay!

He wanted to be okay...

His stomach growled and he groaned in annoyance, but as if she knew, Puffy came out of the house and greeted him.

"Goodmorning duckling!~" She smiled, "How was your sleep?" Her smile made Dream guilty as he grimaced. "It was good." He lied through his teeth, the sheep hybrid seemed to sigh, "Well I prepared breakfast, c'mon and eat!" He took a deep breath and mustered up the happiest attitude he could and skipped towards the food, which his momma already graciously prepared.

Last thing he wanted to do was give her another problem.

Puffy watched as his son eagerly ate his food, a warm smile on her face, her moments of calm and contentment dwindled after his many incidents, in her mind the less he knew the better, oh how wrong she would be.

Dream spent every waking moment, working, panicking, it was driving him insane...

When Wilbur was a young Mer, he enjoyed swimming around in the open waters, living with his pod and learning new things. But that wasn’t easy nowadays living within a cramped tank, especially being forced to perform. He was captured several years ago now, he was a full adult now, being raised in what he could barely call his home.

So many people mistreated him here, not to mention the lack of food, he was almost always starving but over the years you get used to that sort of thing, all that matters really is if you do well during your performances you get more food, and he hates it here. He really hates these humans, they’re pitiful.

He hates the crowds and how they applause after doing a single flip, his trainer seems to agree on that. He always scowls whenever he hears those cheers, but it wasn’t like he’s on Wilbur’s good side, he was just as bad as the people who watched his suffering.

He was one of the ones who caused his suffering. Treating as if he were any less than him, paying no kindness or compassion, the lack of food, if he performed one-trick incorrectly, he would not get any dinner, he hated this place.

Back in the ocean, things were so much easier, so much more space, freedom, family and everything. Now he sat at the bottom of the tank, his cave barely fitting half of his body, his hunger craved food, sometimes he even thought of eating humans but if he wanted any chance of escape, it would probably be best not to do so.

He sighed; he couldn’t even see the stars anymore as he was moved to indoors, only going outside for outdoor performances. It just led to even less space, this place for Wilbur was hell, they didn’t even know he resembled a human, being sentient and able to speak.

Meanwhile, with TommyInnit, he was having the best moments of his life. He had recently finished a course on Marine biology and was now on his to becoming an intern for L’manburgs most famous water park!

He would be able to work with sea creatures! He could study them, communicate and understand them! He had applied for the position a while ago and well got accepted!

“Dear Tommy Danger Kraken Innit,

We are happy to announce that you are now a part of the team! Welcome to L’manburg Water Park! With your help, we’ll rescue all sorts of sea creatures, learn new things about them and even perform with them! We hope you’re as excited as we are!

Please come to the park on Monday morning, once you arrive at the receptionist desk, state your name and we’ll show you around the park and how everything works! We hope to see you soon! – Staff”.

Tommy was so excited he yelled at the top of his lungs! Jumping with joy! He would finally accomplish his dream! He could work with sea animals! He was so excited to tell Tubbo! He immediately ran over to his phone to call him.

Once the phone picked up there was groaning on the other side, he had woken up Tubbo. “Pft, Did I wake you, Big man?”. He groaned in response to that, “What do you want, Toms?”. “Well~,” he said dragging out the ‘L’, “I’ve got big news, Big man! I got accepted for the internship!”.

Tubbo woke up at the fact, gasping in excitement “Really man?! Oh, that’s great! I’m so happy for you, man!”.  Tubbo exclaimed. “When do you start?”. “Next Monday, actually! I’m really looking forward to it!”.

The next couple of days went by quickly, and then Tommy’s alarm went off, he rushed downstairs and ate his breakfast as fast as possible. His dad was surprised with how excited he was, insisting that they go immediately, pushing him out the door, it was the most excited he’s seen Tommy in ages, it made him happy.

He soon arrived at the park, he tried to walk calmly towards the reception, but he practically sprinted towards the reception. Many people were lined up to visit the park, but he walked right past them, gaining multiple stares. The busy receptionist looked towards Tommy, smiled sweetly and asked, “How may I help you?”.

“Hey I’m Tommy! I’m here for the internship”. “OH! Of course!”. The receptionist got up from their desk and went towards a draw and pulled out a couple of things, some papers and a wet suit. “Here’s your suit! If the size needs adjustments, please let us know! Just head behind here” They gestured to some doors,

“Just head straight away and at the second turn, the third door to the left will take you to the office where our boss will speak to you!”. He smiled and thanked the receptionist.

He took the receptionist’s directions and knocked on the office door, “Come in!” said a voice on the other side. He entered and there sat a man who looked like he meant business, with his dark brown hair and horns. “I’m Schlatt, nice to meet ya’ Kid!”. He smiled; something seemed a little off about this man, but he seemed friendly enough.

He waved back, “Have a seat”. There the two conversed about the details, safety, rules and regulations of the job. He also had to sign some papers to make the job official but now he was officially an intern! And according to this one paper, he was going to be trained under a person by the name of $*&^£, and he was going to be working with a Mer named Wilbur.

From the details of Wilbur, he was quite the large Mer, being just about over 30 ft in length. He also had a record of being docile when being worked with but wasn’t the friendliest Mer but wasn’t the most dangerous either as he hasn’t had a track record of incidents.

When asked about it, they had said “Oh, Wilbur needs some experience, and every other trainer is currently really busy with their Mers, the only ones available were those two”.

Despite that fact, he was still excited! He was going to be working with a Mer and that was a rare opportunity! He got changed into the suit and went out into the training area. There sat the trainer, he looked shady with his hair and face unkempt, covered in dirt and the strange smell. He looked very strange, with the fact that he was also smoking a cigar which probably wasn’t allowed on the job.

“Ah, you must be the newbie.”. It sounded grumpy, like his face with a scowl but it immediately changed to a cheery and upbeat attitude. “Nice to meet you Kiddo! Name’s $%^&£ and I’m pretty sure you know how to work with Mer right?”. He nodded; he had taken a Marine Biology course.

“Good, I’ll show you the Mer you’ll be working with”. They walked towards the pool, despite Wilbur’s size, it looked quite small to fit a Mer as big as Wilbur. The man then dipped his hand into the water and made a couple of splashing movements. Tommy looked towards the water, and something worked within it. A chirp could be heard in response as water splashed as Wilbur surfaced.

“Wilbur, this is the newbie I told you about, be nice”. To which he left them to be alone, and by that, he left the room entirely. He was trusting a teenager with a dangerous creature, the thought of being alone with a Mer was exciting but all the scarier with how dangerous Mer could be.

After a brief moment of silence, the Mer made eye contact with Tommy, he looked to be scowling in somewhat disgust, not only that but unhappy. “Hey there! I’m Tommy!” he tried his best to smile but the look on Wilbur’s face somewhat scared him. The Mer made a low warning growl with his fins flared and dove back into the water, not even wanting to bother with Tommy.

Tommy stood still for a second in fear but a couple of minutes later nothing besides the stillness of the water, nothing had happened. It appeared Wilbur just went back to his den. He tried calling back Wilbur, but nothing worked. And this went on for days, Wilbur only coming out for training for his upcoming performance or food.

Tommy didn’t like the look of things, his excitement for working there slowly leaving him, every day was just hoping Wilbur would communicate with him, didn’t Mers tend to bond with humans?

 Wilbur found this new human that was around, very annoying. Every day the human would try to touch or talk to him, and he wanted nothing to do with it, every time he was called, he’d just ignore it. Why should he have to communicate with something that wasn’t necessary? He’s never known this human in his life and all humans were all the same, selfish.

 It was finally performance day; he would finally get to perform with Wilbur maybe it was a chance he could bond with him! That wasn’t how the day went, it was amazing! But he just sat around keeping watch on things, he just had to feed Wilbur the occasional treat as %&*£! Did all the work. He knew he couldn’t be too mad, but he thought it would be more exciting than this.

After the show, $%*£! seemed quite pissed off with how Wilbur performed today, but Wilbur did amazing! Why was he yelling at him? Was it not up to standard? But that wasn’t quite the case, £$%!$ smelt like alcohol and his words were slurred and movements clumsily made. Wilbur seemed to notice this himself and was quite pissed off himself.

“WHY CAN’T YOU JUST DO YOUR STUPID JOB YOU STUPID FISH!?”. He then slapped Wilbur in the face, Wilbur raised a claw to where he was hit but didn’t seem too affected by it. Wilbur growled in response, his face in a predatory look but he did not attempt to attack the man.

Tommy was shocked, to say the least, not only that but pissed off. Tommy always had an urge to protect, even those he wasn’t close to, but he’d still protect people who needed it.

“Hey! Who are you to hit him like that?! He didn’t do shit to you!” He yelled. £$%!* looked to Tommy with a face of pure rage, Tommy had badly pissed him off.

Wilbur dove back into the water as the two argued, it was a back-and-forth heated argument. Which eventually lead to the man trying to punch Tommy. Tommy evaded it but then he the man, made a different move, he pushed Tommy into the water.

Document – Subject R4NB00 and Subject T3CHN0

Assigned to: Doctor Philza Watson (High standing)

R4NB00 is a tall humanoid standing above 8 ft tall. They have a black and white fur coat, a thin fur coat to be described as silky. Their coat is black on one side and white on the other, their hair is the same but in the opposite way to his fur.

They have heterochromia in their eyes, one being green and the other a bright red. They also have horns of small height; they aren’t sharp and rather small so they wouldn’t hurt anybody with them. They also have a thin tail, with it being fluffy at the end.

Subject R4NB00 isn’t the biggest fan of the regular attire assigned to all subjects, they rather wear a tuxedo embedded with the facility’s logos. They are also timid, avoiding conflict whenever possible. They also can speak but prefer not to due to being shy, they will only communicate with a select few.

Their abilities consist of having the ability to teleport at will and communicate in an unknown language. They also have weaknesses being unable to touch the water and having a state of mind of when they aren’t in control of themselves, they talk in their unknown language in this state and teleport randomly, they are to be awoken as soon as possible unless they are in this state for a test.

 Subject T3CHN0, also known as Technoblade or the Blood God. Standing above 3 metres tall. Subject T3CHN0 is boar-like in appearance with tusks, muscular build, pig-like ears, tail, and claws.

He has pink coloured fur with a texture akin to one of silky and soft. Subject T3CHN0 wears the facilities uniform.

At first, Subject T3CHN0 may appear aggressive, dangerous, and monotone. And that is true to an extent, with regards to rumours and incidents including Subject T3CHN0 a majority of what happened were either with caution or happened with some sort of reasoning important to the subject, they do not normally breach containment.

Subject T3CHN0 is approachable whilst being aggressive, he wouldn’t harm anyone, he’s saved several lives, to many Subject T3CHN0 is a hero.

Subject T3CHN0 abilities consist of being able to handle harsh temperatures and brute strength, easily breaking through walls and lifting cars. He is also quite knowledgeable in means of armour, swords, combat and oddly potatoes. Subject T3CHN0 is also very intelligent and important to the facility.

Entry 01 – 19/09/20—

So J’Schlatt’s asked me to do occasional entries in order to keep track of behaviours and shit, because of what happened yesterday, WITH TECHNO BREAKING OUT! BECAUSE I WAS SICK! To be fair nobody told him, despite not showing much affection. Techno is quite the worrier.

In regards to the incident, Techno has been punished accordingly for it, by taking away his sword collection and he’s pissed about it. Not much I can do about it though.

Ranboo was pretty freaked out after Techno had broken out, so I’ve talked to Wil about Ranboo seeing Tommy again and said yes so that’ll be coming up soon. That’s all I got.

Entry 02 – 20/09/20—

So, it was arranged that the three of them would be meeting up Tomorrow, that way Techno could apologise to Tommy, much to his dismay.

Also, Techno decided to apologise to Ranboo by just grabbing the dude and forcing him to cuddle with a small sorry? Fucking adorable if I’m honest.

Besides the usual amount of overwhelming paperwork, it was actually a pretty chill day.

Report 21/09/20— Meeting between Subject T0M, Subject R4NB00 and Subject T3CHN0

The meeting between 3 subjects was successful.

Before the meeting began, Wilbur seemed a little uneasy about Subject T3CHN0 in a sense of being worried for his own subject with regards to the recent incident. When the three initially met up, there was a bit of misunderstanding.

Subject T0M has misunderstood T3CHN0 intentions of meeting up with them. And instinctively grew in size and grabbed Subject R4NB00 and pulled them close to their chest in a protective manner.

Subject T3CHN0 is quite fond of Subject R4NB00, in a fury thought Subject T0M was going to hurt R4NB00.

So a fight almost broke between the two until the two researchers intervened, Subject T0M looked confused about the interruption but immediately remembered the circumstances and went to protect the other two, but T3CHN0 had beaten them to it.

The two growled at each other furiously, either one wanting to gain the upper hand. But then Philza told T3CHN0 to let them go, to which he denied his request, Wilbur made an effort to comfort T0M by yelling out that he’d be fine, but only got a saddened whine in response.

Eventually, the two did not move, in fear one was gonna hurt the other so both made the decision to let whoever they were holding go. Which worked and the meeting went well with a lot of them bonding. Subject T3CHN0 also apologised in regards to the recent incident.

Entry 03 – 24/09/20—

So Today I met up with Wil to spend time with him for the day, and also get to know Tommy a small bit, despite my worries it actually went really well. He and Wil are a pretty good pair in my opinion and honestly, Tommy is adorable.

Despite the accident with Tommy putting Wilbur in his mouth for the first time ever. It was really fun! I look forward to seeing more of the guy!

Entry 04 – 26/09/20—

Update on the two of them, Techno got his sword collection back and he’s been pretty chill since the incident, it’s been pretty good for him. But as for Ranboo, he recently had an Ender walk.

Which wasn’t a very pleasant experience trying to run around the facility to find him, he’s okay now though, his head’s just a little fuzzy but nothing else other than that seems wrong. Glad the guys are okay, don’t want him hurt or anything.

The funny thing that came out of this is that Ranboo now has to clean out his cell of flowers and dirt.

Entry 05 – 29/09/20—

Today, Wilbur came to help out with work since there’s been a lot of paperwork and meetings recently, I rarely have time for myself these days it seems.

By the time I came back Ranboo, Techno and Wil were chatting, it looked pretty wholesome if I’m honest. I’m glad Wilburs making friends.

He said when he was taking care of them, he and Techno had some roughhousing. Wonder what that must have been like!

Entry 06 – 30/09/20—

Well, since that interview on that popular show, I’ve had a lot of people come in for becoming an intern and some of them were just either unqualified or not just what I’m looking for, I’ve referred them to other people in the building.

Now, there is one that’s caught my eye, his name’s Tubbo Underscore, studying both physics and chemistry. Excelling at it even, he’s top of his class in one of the highest state universities.

Not only that the kid is actually quite talented with explosives surprisingly and has a strange obsession with bees. He seems very interesting. I’ll bring him in for an interview.

Entry 07 – 3/10/20—

So good news! Tubbo got the job and today was his first day here. He was an extreme help and actually got along really well with both Techno and Ranboo.

Actually, he seems to have taken a really big liking to Ranboo and Ranboo has definitely taken a liking to him as well with Ranboo constantly asking about the boy like “When will he be back?” and talking about the positives of him.

Luckily, Tubbo has a lot of spare time, so I’ll bring the boy in for a lot of shifts. I’m looking forward to working with him.