Uncle Techno Part 2, with some more Cogchamp lore!!!
PART 2 of the Uncle Techno story. With Phil and Fundy reconciliation pog!! Also 5up is a badass and Cogchamp and Antarctic Empire lore.
PART 1 RIGHT HERE
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“Phil.”
“I thought you hated Fundy?’
Techno looked at the hybrid in his arms. “Why? Because he’s an orphan? He still has us, and it was our fault for pushing him away. For the Butcher Army? If we forgave Ranboo, why not Fundy? Quackity and Tubbo were presidents and vice-presidents of each other’s country, Fundy and Ranboo couldn’t go against them. And besides, Fundy feared me so much, I don’t blame him for going after me, I did set loose withers after all. He’s family Phil, and I failed him. WE failed him.”
“Techno...”
“You tolerated Tubbo, who led it all, but you dismissed Fundy, who was just a follower. Why Phil? It is because he’s Wilbur’s son?”
And that shut Phil up, who had nothing left to say, watching in thoughtful silence as Techno carried the fox hybrid back into the cave. When Techno didn’t show any sign of stopping him, he followed him into the small cave.
He sat down by the table, the half-written letters scattered at the side and Phil couldn’t bring himself to read it. He saw how upset Ranboo got over Dream reading his DO NOT READ book, and Fundy would no doubt react the same way because these were private letters.
Techno joined him by the table as Fundy was sleeping soundly over by the bed. “He was trying to find food last night, and he failed. He didn’t want to seek for help, Phil. Everyone, us included, hurt him to the point of no return.” Techno looked regretful.
“When I look at him, I am reminded of a younger me, before I met you.”
“These letters?” That explained why Techno was talking more than usual.
“Addressed to others, I didn’t look at them but caught a glance accidentally when they were scattered in the wind due to yesterday’s storm. You heard his shouting, we failed him Phil.” Techno continued looking at the sleeping fox. “He wanted to leave immediately, he just got back and he already wants to leave. He doesn’t want to be near anybody except Eret who is rarely around anyway.”
“He was part of the Butcher Army, Techno. They tried to kill you, put me on house arrest.” Phil said.
Techno sighed. “Do you remember who else we forgave who did the exact same thing?”
“Ranboo was peer pressured.”
“And Fundy had valid reason to fear and act against me, and even if he didn’t, both him and Ranboo were not in positions of power. Quackity was President of El Rapids and Vice of New Lmanburg, Tubbo was President of New Lmanburg and Vice of El Rapids. Fundy and Ranboo were just cabinet members and started an ice cream shop. Fundy was just as much pressured as Ranboo.” He explained.
“What do you think would’ve happened if Fundy or Ranboo openly went against them? They would be traitors Phil, and you saw what Tubbo did to Tommy, and you know Quackity would pull a Schlatt, why else did they make that festival to kill Dream?”
Phil said nothing, deep in thought. Techno made sense, and he hadn’t seen his son that protective over another ever since Tommy, even with Ranboo, it took him a long time to trust him. With Fundy and Tommy, Techno just immediately gave help.
He did give Fundy a chance when Eret left him, took him fishing even, it was a bit awkward for him but it soon became a fun thing to do. Then after the confrontation with Ghostbur, he ran away. And Phil couldn’t blame him, what do you say to a father who blew up your home, who forgot about how old you were, who now was a mockery of who could’ve been?
Wilbur and Fundy used to have such a close relationship, even with Fundy being annoyed of all the coddling and babying. And he remembered the letters about Wilbur finding out Fundy disowned him, which according to Tommy, it was all an act to gain Schlatt’s trust. Fundy gave them the most crucial information for them to win, taking advantage of the tyrant’s state at the correct time. But Wilbur’s mind was already gone by then.
Fundy was the only one who didn’t get any sort of position in Wilbur’s cabinet, while Tommy and Tubbo both did. Fundy would definitely feel bitter about that. It all may have stemmed from Wilbur’s not making Fundy feel involved or needed, but Schlatt was the factor that led to both of their breaking points.
To the point that Fundy felt Schlatt was a better father than Wilbur at some point.
Phil remembered the glint of brokenness and madness in Fundy’s eyes during Doomsday, he brushed it off back then, but now thinking back on it, it hurt a lot. It was the same glint in Wilbur’s, madness. Fundy never felt like he mattered, so in the end, he had stopped caring about everything, wanting to see people suffer and lose progress and start all over, hopeless, just like how everyone treated him.
Fundy and Ghostbur were reminders of Phil’s failure, but he couldn’t bear to treat Ghostbur badly, so every frustration was directed towards..... Fundy. Fundy’s own way of telling him he didn’t mean to, by shouting he still loved him, Phil just dismissed him and disowned him by telling him he was dead to him.
“Ah, I’m such a bad grandfather.” he put his head in his hands. Fundy didn’t deserve all the bad that happened to him, and really, if they forgave Ranboo who didn’t have power, Fundy was the same and he actually treated him worse.... than Tubbo, the one who led it.
Techno reached over to get Phil’s attention. “Hey, at least we can make up for it now?” he tried, not really sure how to comfort someone who wasn’t a child.
With children, he could just distract them until they calm down and work from there. Or at least, it had worked for Tommy and Fundy both.
Phil stood up. “Well, then I’ll go prepare a room for him.” he said.
Techno nodded, feeling content. “Fundy might not want to see you until he’s comfortable, same goes for Ranboo. Whatever happened during their argument must’ve really affected Fundy for him to go away.”
“Understandable. I’ll be patient and let him settle down first, I’m not going to act the same way as I did with both him and Alivebur.” he relented. “One year, one year is more than enough.”
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Fundy awoke in his own bed and it was evening. There was the smell of some sort of stew being cooked and he exited the little pseudo room where his bed was placed. Techno was there, cooking up a potato stew.
So it wasn’t a dream after all.
“Fundy.” he snapped out and saw Techno look up at him, with a hot bowl of potato stew in his hands.
“You’re.... you didn’t leave.” he said softly, a bit in disbelief, could you blame him? It was Techno out of everyone here, that made it more unbelievable.
Techno sighed, putting the bowl on the small table, the half written letters stacked neatly in the corner. Fundy looked at him and then back at the bed, the cape was once again used as a blanket.
He didn’t plan on living in the tundra, and he left his jacket that was used to battle the cold of the nighttime in the land of windmills back there, with Five. Or maybe Crumb went and wore it again? Either way, he arrived wearing one outfit, his normal outfit left at the land of windmills, so he didn’t have anymore clothes.
He walked over to Techno and tried a bit of the potato stew, it was.... actually really good! Not as good as Five’s godly cooking but still, it was really really good.
Techno watched the kid’s eyes widen before scarfing down on the stew. “Nice?”
“I didn’t know you could cook. Wilbur sure as hell couldn’t.”
Techno scoffed. “I cook for him when Phil wasn’t around. Tommy and Wilbur can’t cook for the life of it.”
“And it’s potatoes.”
“And it’s potatoes.” Techno nodded solemnly, prompting a short laugh out of the fox.
They sat in peaceful silence before Techno spoke again.
“Fundy, I’m preparing a room for you in my house. The surroundings there are all mob-proofed too, unlike the forest.” At that, he looked at the fox pointedly, and Fundy turned a bit red in embarrassment. It was a really dark forest, and he didn’t even bother lighting it up.
“In my defense, I wasn’t going to try and get attention by lighting this place up.”
Techno sighed. “You’re welcome anytime, and don’t worry, I handled Phil, and I don’t think Ranboo will give you trouble. He spends more time with government.” He said, a bit angrily. Fundy couldn’t blame him, it might feel like it was another betrayal, for Ranboo to run to people who Techno despised the most and the people who hurt Techno.
Fundy finished his potato, stew, and was now stewing in his thoughts. In the end, he said softly. “Thanks Techno.” he eyed his letters, there were now a lot more he wanted to write to his new family and.... that hot plant hybrid.
“No problem, kiddo.” Techno stood up and took his bowl along with him. “I’ll take these back to wash, no offense kid, but I’m not going to waste your rather limited water supply until we get this cave hooked up to an infinite water source.” Fundy laughed sheepishly at that, he didn’t plan anything at all when he arrived at the tundra and made a cave home. He just wanted to run and was feeling nostalgic.
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‘........ I still want to go back to you all, especially you. But I think, I want to try, I’m taking your advice you sent in the previous letter, I’ll try to bond with Techno. He’s been living up to his word lately, it’s.... different. Good different, don’t worry. Oh right, apparently they hail from the Antarctic Empire, they are apparently rather high up in the ranks, Techno said they personally knew the rulers when I asked him. Yeah, the same Empire that is asking for Cogchamp’s help in designing some wings to replace the advisor’s lost wings. No no, don’t worry, I didn’t tell them about me being in charge of Cogchamp, but Techno apparently knew I was behind the machinery, about my Creation abilities.
I convinced him I was just the benefactor for Cogchamp. But Five, I really miss you. I miss the blistering heat and freezing cold of the land of windmills, I miss the sound of waves and slot machines of the floating casino. I plan to return in a few weeks, life here is getting better, but I never leave the tundra. I haven’t spoken to Ranboo, but Phil hasn’t been hostile to me just yet.
See you soon, Five!! <3 (you hot, smart, hot, sexy man, and have I said hot and smart and sexy?)
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Phil was really bad at apologies, Techno thought as he watched Phil and Fundy being awkward to each other, apologizing left and right and even for things they shouldn’t have to apologize for, but it’s working at making Fundy less wary of Phil, that’s for sure.
Techno watched and sighed, the two of them were locked in awkward silence, both avoiding each other’s gaze. Fundy’s ears started twitching, and he was getting skittish, while Phil restrained the urge to preen his non-existent wings. Techno stepped in, glad that it didn’t go that badly.
“Alright, Fundy, want to help me light up that forest of yours?” Fundy turned towards Techno, both Fundy and Phil looked relieved and a bit sheepish. “You chose quite a large forest, kid.”
Techno ignored the look Phil sent him at the last word. Alright, so he was getting soft, so the voices were smug about it, so Fundy really became a kid to him, alright.
Fundy, on the other hand, didn’t seem to notice. “Y-Yeah. Yeah, I’ll come with. Uh...” Techno stepped by the door, watching as Fundy looked at Phil a bit apprehensively. “So, I’ll see you later then, gran- Phil?”
Phil, to his credit, managed to cover up the stab he felt, Fundy was about to call him grandpa again, but switched to Phil almost instantly. And after Phil basically disowned Fundy straight to his face too, though he was glad that the two of them would have a second chance.
Maybe soon, they would have that relationship they had during the fishing moment. Even if it was shortlived, it was probably the only time Fundy had been at peace and carefree. And as for Phil, he never usually did bonding activities with his family, at least none so domestic or peaceful, it was a nice feeling.
“Yeah, see you Fundz, Techno.” Phil waved at them with a smile, watching as Fundy’s eyes lit up as he bounded off after Techno who had already left, still waiting for Fundy though. Phil always forgot that Fundy was supposed to be younger than Tommy, and that it wasn’t really fair to Fundy because he lost so much due to his aging. He could see that Techno had already gotten attached to the kid, and only hoped it wouldn’t end up the same way as the Tommy situation.
Highly unlikely, he thought, since Eret was the only one Fundy was willing to talk to. The kid shut himself off from the rest of the world, basically became uncaring towards everything else.
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It had been almost three weeks, the letters Fundy writes daily hasn’t decreased at all, but he wasn’t idle the rest of the day. It was an...... interesting experience staying with Techno and Phil. In fact, he started staying there longer and longer, only leaving when Ranboo was returning. Three weeks, and Fundy still couldn’t help but snicker to himself at the thought of Ranboo being completely oblivious.
True he doesn’t care for anyone anymore, but it still was funny to see. The memory of their fight in Doomsday has been completely pushed to the back of his mind, Steve, someone from Crewfu and someone who was like an older brother to him and Five (both of them being the youngest apart from Crumb), told him that such a thing wasn’t worth it to remember, it would only hurt him in the long run. So he pushed it away, he was aware and had the knowledge of what words were exchanged, but the feelings that came with remembering no longer surfaced. It was just another thing that he couldn’t bring himself to care about anymore.
Sometimes, he watched as Niki stops by the house, and just watches from the forest. She changed her hair colour again, he noticed. He wasn’t curious what she was up to anymore though, just like everything and everyone else, he no longer cared.
By night, Ranboo, after having a mansion built for him and Tubbo (And apparently their child?), no longer slept in the house and instead, Fundy slept in the house most of the time. Not in Ranboo’s place outside of course, but the empty guest room, where Tommy used to sleep. He didn’t spend all his time at the cottage, the forest was very peaceful after mob proofing it completely.
Sometimes he would play around with the weather or the elements in the forest, taking advantage of the fact that Dream was in prison and couldn’t restrain him. Sometimes, he retreats to his cave base which now has a secret password door installed by himself and writes down some ideas for when he returns to the Land of Windmills. Ideas that neither Phil or Techno can see, but he doesn’t worry about it, they respect privacy, it was obvious.
Sometimes, Techno or Phil would bring food over if he missed a meal or two, which happened far too often for their liking, even though he continuously insisted he was fine, they would just look at him with raised eyebrows and ignore what he said, bringing him food anyway. It was a...... nice feeling. To have blood family caring for you.
He became comfortable writing his letters at the cottage, Techno and Phil respected his privacy and never peeked at his letters. Though....
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“Oh you’re smiling, oh you’re smiling.” Phil walked in on Fundy who was writing his letters again at the dining table. Techno was busy doing who-knows-what out there and Phil and Fundy didn’t want to leave because where he was going was pretty close to SMP Lands.
Fundy was writing a letter to 5up, so yes, he definitely was smiling wider. Upon hearing Phil, his face turned a shade of red. “Uh, I-I I’m always smiling Phil.” he stuttered. Oh god no, oh god no, he saw the teasing glint in Phil’s eyes.
“Oh really now? Who’s the lucky person you’re writing to? A girl? Ooh, or a boy?” Phil chuckled as Fundy’s face grew hotter and he stuttered inaudible words at the last part. Ah, a boy it was. “Oh a boy, so who is it? Or you can’t tell us? Fundy fell in love~~”
“Sh- Shut up!” Fundy stuttered again. He never thought he would’ve gotten into this situation. The Crewfu family were the ones who had to snap both him and Five into reality to make them aware that they actually mutually have feelings for each other, or else they’d be flirting and flirting without knowing.
Now though, they flirt intentionally, and more as well, which sometimes leads to hilarious endings in the Imposter Games.
“Ahaha!!” Phil laughed. Yeah his grandson was absolutely smitten, Wilbur had that same look when he talked about Sally. “Alright alright. Any hints? Clues?”
Fundy looked away quickly and though Phil couldn’t see his expression, Fundy’s wagging fox tail was a clear tell that Fundy was obviously thinking about whoever it was.
“Phil what’s going on here?” Ah, perfect timing, Phil snickered, Techno is back.
“Techno! Uh! Uh UHH!” Fundy freaked out. Well, was his face red? How red? Would Techno notice?
Oh, who was he kidding?
“Fundy has a crush, now does he?” Techno just said bluntly, noting the red of his cheeks and he was writing a letter, oh, and the wagging tail.
Oh, yeah he was so obvious.
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In the end, the next day and after he told Five about it, he told them about Five, only about Five though. He doesn’t want to reveal everything and he knows that if push comes to shove, Five can protect himself. He has never seen anyone so good and quick with a knife and pushing the blame off of him than Five.
Besides, Five doesn’t mind. Though he does want to pass on a message, in the form of a mini letter that he asked Fundy to not read, instead just give it to them.
Knowing Five, Fundy smiled secretly as he watched Phil open the letter, taking the paper out, it was going to be in the form of intimidation. Knowing Five, it’s probably taking the imposter Games and saying things about int without context.
And really, the Imposter Games really helped with knife skills. A little too much help...
“Uh, Fundy?” Phil turned to Fundy, and Fundy blinked when he saw them turn a bit pale. “Who, exactly, is 5up?”
“He’s hot and smart and talented.” Fundy’s tail wagged a bit. “Why do you two look so pale?”
Phil was about to say nothing when Technoblade interrupted, a bit of an approving gaze entered his eyes. Of course he was approving of this person, he grew up in the ruthless Antarctic Empire of course and had fought for respect. This 5up person would survive and thrive in such environment.
“Maybe we can read what he said to us.” at Fundy’s eager nod, (oh he knew a bit of what might be the contents. 5up was fiercely protective and if people thought he was weak because he was a leafling, a sort of plant hybrid, they thought wrong.) Phil proceeded to read.
“Philza Minecraft, Technoblade, I have no words to give you. Fundy has decided he wants to give it a shot again, and I trust his judgement. But let me tell you some.... fun facts. I have the equipment and skills to kill a person in various ways, I have the equipment to change my appearance to kill, I have the skills to wield a knife in a way even you, Technoblade, would fear me. And I can push any crime onto you, and run away scott-free, I can make you questions your own mind. I warned you~~ don’t hurt my fox. -5up.” Phil finished reading, still sweating still.
He doesn’t know this person at all, and Fundy seemed to have fallen for him. And for a fox with trust issues the size of Atlas’ burden, this person must be really trustworthy. And dangerous, if he’s going by the letter contents. Usually, he would brush it off with a laugh, but something told him that this person wasn’t kidding around, they might have just told them the surface level truth. But it was best to not brush it off.
Phil, was a bit in fear, but he also had a sudden silly thought. Wasn’t it supposed to be the family members or guardians giving the shovel talk? Not being the ones receiving the shovel talk from someone who was supposed to be given the shovel talk?
What a turn of events.
“Oh that’s Five alright. Isn’t he just amazing?” Fundy gushed and went on about Five, about them exchanging flowers, singing praises and was absolutely smitten.
Phil and Technoblade looked at each other, both asking themselves how Fundy managed to get together with someone as...... murderous as this 5up person?
They knew one thing, they weren’t going to be testing him, or messing with him at all.
I have to thank how some CCs on the dsmp love fics. Fan fictions is something I have always loved. And its refreshing to see the (deserved) praise they get.
The beauty, or the horror depending on who u ask, about fics is that the author has no rules or limits. Songfics, multi media fics, cross overs, chat fics are all alowed. You can write 100k words about one character in a room. You can smash cliches together or just write one clichee 100 times.
I once read a fic which used a special skin that made the text go from light blue to dark blue because it made sense with how the story went. I read another based around Schrödinger's cat. I read another that each chapter was based on poems or quotes. Or one that was a coming of age, that I swear had the exact conversation that I had with my mom after I came out.
And its just this that made me love fan fictions, the beauty authors create. The raw emotions they convey that hasnt gone through months of months of edititing. This isnt to shame publish books, but to prove that fics can be as great as them.
The fanart and fanfics about the dream smp are so awesome and I absolutely love everything that everyone has created
But there’s something about watching the streams and the animatics and actually hearing their voices that makes the story hit home
Tubbo’s “selfish” speech to Tommy gave me chills because this is an incredible speech and he’s trying to do what’s right for his country even though Tommy is basically his brother, but his voice is just so young
Hearing the voice of a child giving this monologue really shows that these are war traumatized children, and at this point in their lives they’ve known more war than they have actual life
They haven’t been able to be children, Tommy and Tubbo should’ve been goofing off in the background while Wilbur ran the country, but instead it’s just been war and trauma and uncertainty for a long time
sorting thru r/minecraftchampionships - predictions aged me about 10 years. why do people consistently underestimate tubbo and the rest of the red rabbits...... it’s so damn depressing
