Thank You!

Thank you!

Some more:

Phil has been going to Techno’s grave because he was worried that Techno would be lonely, and often slept there.

Maybe Phil was trying to make up for leaving Techno when he asked Phil to stay.

On the night Phil died, he’d gone to bring Techno some blankets because it was cold out, but couldn’t leave Techno alone, so Phil stayed the night with him.

Phil only used one of the blankets for himself, and he froze to death.

Phil didn’t really feel it though, because unconscious, so I guess his death was kind of peaceful?

Okay, so, (mcd)

Osmp. Techno is a human who lives in the valley of hybrids. He’s living life.

Do people sometimes make comments about humans? About how selfish and cruel and terrible they are? Yeah, but they were hunted, makes sense. Can’t blame them, really. (They’re kind enough to pretend they don’t know he’s human.)

(They forget that he’s human, most of the time)

Things are mostly harmonious until the magical barrier protecting their valley is broken by hunters. Everyone evacuates to the bunker, which is actually really nice. Light is provided by glowy blue crystals in the corridors, there’s public areas like the kitchen, dining area, library, and there’s even private bedrooms.

But everyone is stuck, and there’s a LOT of hunters outside. Sooner or later, they’ll be found, and the bunker will be cracked.

So they look for a solution. In the armory, there’s a few magical tomes, and one of them seems to have the perfect solution (the book is black magic, and black magic always has a price)

Phil and Nikki look over the book as the two who know things about magic. They find the best way to mitigate the risks of the spell, which requires some careful wording about who the target is.

Philza does rounds updating everyone, and meets Techno in his room to tell him about the spell. They’ve selected the words so that it will only target humans. Nikki is setting up the spell now, and she’ll cast it as soon as it’s ready.

Phil is a little confused by Techno’s subdued reaction. But Phil is busy. He doesn’t think about it too hard.

Techno knows this kind of thing, how could he not? In the arena, so long ago, sacrifices happened every day.

Techno remembers the first time he saw Phil, thrown into his cell in the underside of the arena. He’d explained to the winged man the basics of how it worked, the fight for survival.

Only a couple months later, Techno is hurt, the wound infected, and Techno has to explain how the title of arena champion is passed down.

Techno has been champion for a few years, an unusually long time. But that starts to get boring for the audience after a while. So the arena organizers wait until the champion is, hurt, and face them off in a death match against the next best fighter.

Techno knows the next best fighter is Philza. Knows he can’t beat Phil in his current state. He’s glad that someone he knows will be the one there with him. That’s more than he thought he’d have, when the time came.

Philza refuses to accept it, and plans an escape for the championship dual.

It’s not easy, especially with Techno injured and feverish, but they escape and eventually make it to the valley.

So Techno understands sacrifice.

And he’s had a few years of freedom here. The best years of his life.

More than a human like him deserved, really.

Techno asks Phil to stay with him, just until the spell is over.

Phil says no, that as soon as Nikki finishes the spell, he’ll need to scout the area to make sure that it worked. Phil should get back as soon as possible.

Techno tells Phil that he understands, and Phil leaves to go find Nikki.

Techno collapses. He knew it was selfish to ask Phil to stay, but… he didn’t want to be alone. He knew something like this would happen eventually, and everyone had been so kind to let a cruel thing like him live among them.

Huddled in a corner of his room, Techno clutches one of Phil’s feathers close to his chest, and pretends that he’s not alone.

Soon enough, the spell settles over the valley, and Techno can’t seem to breathe. His chest burns, he fights for air, but it’s like the air doesn’t exist anymore.

Blackness encroaches on Techno’s vision. Things feel far away. He’s fallen on his side, now.

The lack of oxygen causes a hallucination. And for a time, Techno’s not there in the bunker. He’s in a bed after he and Phil escaped the arena, Phil is tending to the infected wound, promises of care and safety makes the room cozy, Phil’s gentle touch soothing.

And then Techno is gone.

Phil’s back from scouting, with amazing news. All the hunters are dead.

Now Phil makes his way to Techno’s room, knocks on the door, calling out to let Techno know that he’s back.

No answer. Weird.

Phil gets a bad feeling.

The door’s unlocked, though, so Phil lets himself in. Techno’s kerosene lantern is burning on low, and Phil turns it up to get a good view of the room. Freezes.

Alarm bells go off inside Phil’s head.

Techno is laying in the corner, and his face looks kind of blue, and this isn’t right.

Phil runs over to check on him, but Techno is stiff and cold. It’s too late.

And then it hits Phil. Techno looks the same as those hunters, with the blue tinge of magical asphyxiation. The spell targeted humans. Techno was human. How could Phil have been so stupid? Why didn’t Techno say anything?

The funeral is a couple days later, in a beautiful clearing framed by old oak and willow trees.

Phil remembered when he first brought Techno to this community. He had sworn to Techno that he would be safe here.

Phil was a liar.

Phil never seemed quite right after Techno died. He seemed to forget, sometimes, that Techno was gone.

Often, community members would look for him in the morning only to be unable to find him until later, dirty as though he had been lying on the ground.

One day after a particularly cold night with snow on the ground, Phil didn’t show up.

They found him later that day, Phil had fallen asleep on Techno’s grave, and never woke up.

Wow, friend. I give you permission to send me AU's and you send me something HEARTBREAKING AND BEAUTIFUL..Holy SHIT. That hurts so much. They think of him so much as "one of them" that they don't even realize they have chosen to hurt and abandon him. Holy shit. Damn.

So good, but OW.

We need to bring back the athletics body type post

He sacrificed his balls to save Techno 😔

Cat au

Philza and Techno, the notorious rules of the Antarctic Empire who ruled with an iron fist, are reincarnated as cats and get adopted.

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Ranboo has had his eye on a couple of the campus cats for a while.

Well, the only campus cats, they were extremely territorial and no other cats would set foot on campus anymore.

The big one, Techie, was rumored to have fought off a rattlesnake.

Okay, maybe the cat’s names weren’t *actually* Techie and Phil, they were originally named by the social studies teachers with the same names the famous AE dictators, Philza and Technoblade. They had a similar appearance, as much as cats could resemble famous dictators, and a tight bond.

And Ranboo couldn’t exactly go around calling them *that*, now could he?

Someone would think he was one of those neo-Antarctics if he did.

Ranboo had put a lot of effort into getting the cats to trust him, sometimes just spending hours sitting on the sidewalk near the bushes where they liked to sleep.

He’d occasionally bring treats for the cats, a can of chicken or tuna, and it seemed to be working. Slowly though. Very slowly.

Ranboo really hoped they’d trust him enough to be able to take them home before he graduated.

The small light orange shorthair tabby, Phil, would sometimes come over to greet Ranboo now when he sat near the cat’s hideout, and occasionally allowed Ranboo to pet him. Techie usually watched from the bushes, distrusting of Ranboo.

Today though, Ranboo was worried. Tubbo had shown him a video one of the students had posted on ChitChat of Techie fighting a coyote. Techie had run the coyote off, but not before it got a few hits in.

So here Ranboo was, skipping class, with a bag of cat treats in his hand, a blue towel over his shoulder, and a pink cloth carrying case under his other arm.

He arrived at the cat’s favorite spot and called out for them.

Phil came *running* out of the bushes towards him, meowing loudly.

That’s not something Phil had ever done before, and it certainly didn’t reassure Ranboo about the cat’s well being.

“Hey, little guy.” Ranboo crouched down. “Are you okay? Where’s Techie, huh? I heard he got into a fight with a coyote.”

Phil, still meowing loudly, turned in a circle twice and started walking in the direction he’d come from, glancing over his shoulder peek at Ranboo.

“You want me to follow you?”

Phil kept walking.

“Okay” Ranboo stood.

Ranboo followed Phil a short way before Phil disappeared under a bush, and Ranboo knelt down to get a look amid Phil’s frantic meowing.

“Yeah, I see him Phil, I see him.”

The large reddish brown tabby lay under the bush. Ranboo shouldn’t have been able to get so close without Techie reacting, but for now he was still.

“Alright, let me get a better look at him.” Ranboo said, setting down the treats and the carrier and reaching out with the towel to gently grab Techie and drag him out from under the bush.

Ranboo caught his breath.

Techie’s fur was blood matted and the rise and fall of his ribcage was barely detectable. The complete lack of reaction to what Ranboo had done was an indication that the cat was likely unconscious.

“Oh nooooo” Ranboo breathed. “That’s not good. This- this needs professional help.”

Phil was quiet now, worriedly nudging against Techie.

Ranboo tried to think as he wrapped Techie in the towel.

“Okay, the nearest emergency vet is about a twenty minute walk. I can take him there.”

Phil meowed.

“You don’t want to let him out of your sight, do you. Okay, you can come, but you have to be in the carrier.”

Ranboo unzipped the carrier and Phil got inside. Huh. Ranboo thought that would be harder.

Ranboo got the carrier strap over his shoulder and picked up the towel wrapped Techie in his arms.

“Okay, here we go.”

~~~~~~~~~

It turned out that the walk was twenty five minutes with two cats. Techie had been whisked to the back before they even got Ranboo’s information.

Once he was gone Ranboo sorted out the situation with the front desk. The lady asked if Techie had been vaccinated, and when Ranboo said no, she asked if he wanted to go ahead and have that done.

Ranboo agreed, and asked if they could vaccinate Phil too. The vet could do that, and if he was going to be here for a few hours anyway, they could even neuter him. Techie would need time to recover before he was eligible to be neutered though, so he’d need a separate appointment.

Phil didn’t seem too happy about that idea, but Ranboo was determined to be a responsible cat owner, so Phil was soon in the arms of another veteran, on his way to surgery, and Ranboo waited alone.

A few hours later, Phil was returned to him and he got an update on Techie’s condition. He would be okay, but they’re keeping him overnight for observation, and would need a couple weeks of medication. After that he would be healthy enough to be neutered.

Ranboo went ahead and scheduled the appointment.

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Ranboo takes Phil home (they gave Phil the good meds, he is very high) and takes Techie home the next day.

Techie recovers well, but Techie is very stubborn and refuses to get in the carrier and Ranboo can never get him to the vet.

Not even after Techie warms up to him.

I love everything about this, but especially that Phil lost his balls in the divorce...

Elizabeth Moon in the prelude to the first book in her three book series, The Deed of Paksenarrion.

I think my favorite genre of fanfiction is when the author says something like "this was meant to be 3 chapters but it's actually going to be 5" in the notes at the end of a chapter and you can look up at the chapter count and it's like 15 or something

Chamomile and lavender tea, maybe?

Oh no, someone dropped Techno into a particularly large, half full teacup. I hope he doesn’t drown.

I think he'll be okay

Chayanne and Tallulah try to organize a surprise baby shower for Phil and their new sibling (nonexistent)

The kids telling Bad that their dad is pregnant, or worse, they tell Missa

You know that ain’t staying secret and soon literally everyone except Phil thinks that Phil is pregnant and pretending (very badly) that they don’t know about it

Suddenly people are extra nice to Phil and keep giving him things?

Weird but Phil’s not going to object.

The concerning thing is that whenever a hostile mob is around it gets jumped by like six people before it can ever get close to Phil.

Phil apparently has bodyguards now that he can’t get rid of and no one will tell him what’s happening. They’ve all been sworn to secrecy.

i wished i could find the og image but.... is this anything