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Pogtopia. God it was miserable. Tommy was 16 when this whole thing began, when tommy was still excited to goof of with his friends, when Wilbur soot messaged him. It was a downward spiral from there. Almost loosing his best friend, Losing his disks, always being in constant danger. Now he was in pogtopia, a dingy, stinky, miserable place. "Wilbur" tommy says exhausted one day as he follows Wilbur. Due to tommy being a main character in the battle against manburg he hadn't been allowed out of the cave in months. At first Wilbur kept moral up by singing but after a while he stopped and just kinda stared. "I brought dinner… tubbo managed to get us meat this time." Tommy says placing his plate down next to Wilbur who was staring at the wall with a blank look. Tommy stared at him hopelessly, he barely got any words out of his brother at this point other than an occasional request. It's wired but as this point tommy savoured those days. "Ok… well. Bye Wilbur" tommy muttered turning to leave before stopping abruptly. "cigarettes…." Wilbur said quietly. "Y-yes! I have some! Do you want them?" He asked desperate to hear his voice again. Wilbur only nodded. "You have to smoke outside though" tommy says, it had been the only way to convince Wilbur to leave his room most days. At first Wilbur would scream at him, saying he was too controlling but as time went on he just agreed. Wilbur stood up and tommy followed behind him like a lost puppy and as Wilbur sat on the step near his room and Tommy handed Wilbur a cigarette and lighter Wilbur finally looked at tommy. "Hey toms, can you get me some beer?" He asked tommy. Tommy had never liked Wilbur drinking and the older knew that but he also knew how to get tommy to do what he wanted. Tommy just nodded, walking off, grabbing a six pack of beer and bringing it back. "Here Wilbur!" He says cheerily, Wilbur was actually responsive today. Wilbur chuckled as he took the alcohol and immediately downed a bottle before smoking a little more. "Come. Sit." Wilbur says to tommy causing the young boy to immediately jump to sit beside his brother. "Want one?" He asked holding a beer to tommy who looked at it tentatively before shaking his head. "Good choice. Tastes like shit" Wilbur says before chugging that can as well. "Then again just about everything is dull now, you don't have to feel anything as this courses through your body" Wilbur chuckled before taking another long puff of his cigarette. Tommy just watched and listened, it was rare Wilbur talked this much. "Fucking hell" Wilbur muttered under his breath as his face turned sour. "Fucking Phil. Fucking techno" he grits his teeth as he talks. "What did I do to deserve this" he whined pulling at his scalp a bit before starting to sob. Tommy didn't know what to do so he just watched. "Your such a useless fucking kid" Wilbur says, obviously referring to tommy. "Dad loves techno but me and you Tommy? Were fucked anyway" Wilbur says with a sadistic smile. "He might as well just fucking leave us!" Wilbur says turning to tommy with the same crazed look in his eyes "maybe if I didn't have to fucking watch you I could have been better! Your my fucking issue! If I kill you I'll be better!" Wilbur says causing tommy to back up slightly as he sees only aggression and hatred in the man's eyes. It's true though. Phil loved all his boys, techno wanted to follow in Phil's steps so he was always around Phil whail tommy and Wilbur were kinda just left. Wilbur wanted to explore the world on his own and Tommy wanted to be Wilbur, following the boy from the moment he could. Phil had always assumed because tommy loved Wilbur so much that it was fine and will basically raised the small boy. Suddenly Wilbur grabbed tommys shoulder "so- so fucking useless!" He says before the look on his face just completely disappeared and the blank stare from before returns. Wilbur lowers his hand and turns back around to face forward as he takes a long puff from his cigarette once again. Tommy looked over the broken man in front of him and began to sob. He couldn't stop crying and his brother just sat there and smoked. Tommy looks at the beer by his brothers side for only a moment before he reached down and grabbed one and immediately downed it, then another, then two more. Before he knew it tommy was stumbling to get more beers. He continued to drink, grabbed as much as he could and flopped down by the nearest wall and just drank. Tommy couldn't tell you when techno came to pogtopia exactly but suddenly there was yelling and he had something warm wrapped around his shoulders so he didn't mind.
Techno was the oldest of the boys. He knew Wilbur always envied him but he had no idea what to do. When tommy came around not only did Wilbur become a middle kid but he also somehow got stuck babysitting. Techno and Phil loved both them but those boys were so close they thought it wouldn't be a good idea so they let them kinda do there thing. Now techno was walking down the stairs in pogtopia to hear violent sobs by a voice he knew all too well. Immediately techno ran down to see Wilbur at the bottom of the stairs stareing aimlessly at a figure by the opposite wall… wait. Techno rushed past Wilbur to tommy who was indeed the one sobbing. Techno bent down and could immediately smell the alcohol along with seeing the many empty cans surrounding him. Rage boiled in the man's blood as tommy looked at him with the eyes of a broken kid. Techno removed his cape and placed it gently around the boy before turning around. "You!" Techno yells and Wilbur looks at him slowly rebooting. "Your supposed to be looking out for him!" Techno says as he storms towards Wilbur. "Care to tell me" he starts as he grabbed Wilbur by the shirt and lifted him up agressively "why the hell tommy is black out drunk, sobbing as you just stare?!" He says pointing at his little brother. Wilbur looks at tommy before getting a sadistic grin, "I don't know, and you know what?" He says before leaning closer to technos face "I don't care". That was when techno saw red. He shoved the man against the wall. "Your supposed to be keeping him safe!" Techno screams. "I never asked for that!" Wilbur tells back. "We trusted you! He trusted you!?" Techno points at tommy as he mentions him, "instead you drag a Sixteen year old boy into a war for your benefit!" Techno screams shoving Wilbur further against the wall. "Do you think of anyone but yourself?! Has it crossed your small mind that maybe you should ask for help instead of dragging the only one in are family who still believes your a good guy further into a stupid hole your creating?!" Techno screams because Wilbur shoots back. "Exactly! Where's dad huh!? I bet you know! You and dad were always so close, you couldn't do anything wrong! He left me! A child! To look after a baby for years! Sure he'd feed us but who was there for his first step?! Who was there for his first word?! Not you two! You were out playing adventure whail I grew up?!" Wilbur screams. "I just want him gone! Not my problem! Why do I always have to be responsible!?" He tells. Techno just glairs at Wilbur "you didn't have to take it out on him! Take it out on me, or Phil! But not him!" Techno yells "then be here so I can! This is the first visit in two months and I know it's not for me or him! Come here to talk strategy or some shit!" Wilbur says in response. "Yeah because you keep getting yourself in trouble and someone needs to get you out of it!" Techno countered. "I never asked for your help! He did! That weak, pathetic kid did! I can do it on my own" Wilbur finished glaring. Techno just huffed then dropped the man on his ass. "Congratulations" he says walking away from Wilbur and towards tommy who seemed to have fallen asleep "you just lost the last person who actually loved you" he Finnished picking up the boy and leaving the man. "I won't let him go down the same path as you" he says.