LU 135 - Dr. Thornberry 35

I ran into Mira today at Spawn, and she seemed shaken up. I tried calming her down, and she just started spilling things to me. I brought her into the nearby café to sit down and asked her to tell me everything. She told me things about one of her friends and important tree person, Edelle, almost dying. When I pried further, I understood that a group of people, including Edelle and Space, had visited the tree.

The tree had almost killed Edelle, and all Space did was bring her back to her apartment. If it wasn’t for Nat, the fish boy, Space would’ve just abandoned her.

I sighed. What a Space like thing to do. I apologized on behalf of him and said how I wasn’t very surprised he would do something like that. Mira told me that I shouldn’t apologize for his actions and told me more about the tree they had went to; Slumber.

*”Wait, not Morphious?”*

*”…No- do you not know there are other trees?”*

I stared at Mira in shock. There are other murderous trees?

*”…It’s not just Morphious?”*

*”There are seven trees. I thought Space would’ve told you this out of all people..”*

I told Mira that Space had just told me to join him if I wanted revenge and that there was no explanation after that. She sighed. I decided this was a good chance for me to tell her everything. I was tired of keeping it to myself. I explained how Space had “let me go” from my position as mayor after I had accepted for him to work with me. We both agreed that he was power hungry, and I sat there, listening to the faint sound of rain outside and thought to myself:

*How did I let him control me for this long? Even now, I'm not free.*

Augh how is he so smart? I don’t think I’m necessarily stupid, but I feel like a puppet when I’m around him. And Mira has made me realize that even more. It’s not a suspicion anymore, it’s a fact.

*”He’s apparently been like this for a long, long time.”*

*”What do you mean?”*

*”Vice, do you know how old he is?”*

*”Uhhh.. 35 I think it was?”*

*”Add 500 to that.”*

Space, the guy who calls himself my partner in business and my best friend, never told me HE’S 535 YEARS OLD? I’m shocked. Appalled, even. Baffled, one might say. No wonder he’s so smart. He’s had 507 years more of a life than I have. He’s pretty much immortal. Mira explained something about a god, which both of us weren’t clear of. From what I heard, my guess is that Space has something by his side, some type of divine help, that’s keeping him alive for this long. It explains how he talks to himself sometimes.

Augh. This is really great. How am I supposed to get out of the grasp of someone who’s got a god on their side? I’ll be stuck under his thumb until the day I die!

As we were brainstorming ways to take Space down, Hallthorr walked into the building. We both jumped up in fear that he was listening. But he had just come in because it was raining, and it was the closest building.

We offered him a place to sit and ended up chatting about his redstone arm and helmet. I had what felt like the millionth awkward explanation that I had done all of that to him. Especially when it came to the helmet..

*”Yeah so uh- I was having some home renovations.. and I picked up the helmet to put on Hallthorr for safety reasons.. and I had super glue on my- uh.. hands….”*

Mira just facepalmed and suggested that she help try to take it off sometime. I thought this was a wonderful idea, and also a chance for Hallthorr to try and make friend’s with Mira’s kid. We all agreed that we’d meet back here soon to initiate that plan.

But as we were about to part ways, Hallthorr started buzzing. Mira exited quietly, seeming to still want to talk to me. I would finish that conversation in a minute. I needed to read the book that Hallthorr had just passed to me. I flipped through the pages and noticed that there were translations. My eyes widened as I started to read:

*”I know you’re reading this. I remember everything. I’ll help you get his memory back.”*

I could barely contain my excitement. I passed the journal back to him and thanked him after apologizing. I knew he wouldn’t forgive me, but I should at least try right? I even tried buzzing to him, to show him my thanks, but I failed miserably. Oh well, I wasn’t that good at languages anyway.

I quickly ran outside and went to talk to Mira, since I felt bad making her wait outside for so long. We decided we’d try to do something about Space. I promised her that I wouldn’t say anything to Space, and wished her well with the trees.

*”Pleae stay safe Mira. I feel like Space is just as much of a threat as the trees are.”*

*”The trees are an obvious threat, he’s a hidden one.”*

*”Just- stay safe.”*

*”Thank you Vice, you’re a good guy when you try to be.”*

She patted me on the head before turning and walking away. I smiled to myself.

Maybe I had the wrong idea of her... she seems pretty cool.

I took Hallthorr home, hyping him up about making a new friend on the way.

I got back and turned on the lights, but no one was home...