Cast off the Cliff

Negotiations Pt. 2

"Tommy? Are you up yet?"

Techno's monotone voice spoke softly. He was standing outside of Tommy's room, only his head peaking in. Tommy was still asleep and had his hand covering his face. When Techno spoke it caused Tommy to groan and shift in his bed.

"What time is it?"

Tommy grumbled, as he grabbed his covers and hid under them, not quite ready to wake up.

"Almost eight I'm pretty sure. Tubbo and Phil are both upstairs. We were just talking over our plans for the meeting with Quackity today. Come up whenever."

Techno commented and offered Tommy all the time he needed to wake up. He then went back upstairs where Phil, Tubbo, and Michael were standing around- well Tubbo and Phil were standing. Michael was laying comfortably in Phil's arms.

"He's still not up?"

Tubbo asked and Techno shrugged.

"I think he's waking up. So, Phil- you're sure you want to stay behind with Michael? I'm sure Quackity would be more open to seeing you rather than me."

"We've talked about this. I want to stay out of things as much as I can. Besides, you have Tubbo and Tommy. They will put Quackity at ease."

Techno nodded slightly but still hated the idea of meeting with Quackity. He had no idea how Quackity would react to seeing him. But they had made a pretty good case as to why Quackity should form an alliance with them- and things hopefully wouldn't get messy.

Within the next few minutes, Tommy had made his way upstairs with Theseus. He had his armor on and a confident look on his face. Everyone looked at him as he came up, and Techno started to explain the general gameplan for the day. Tommy seemed eager and practically brushed off everything Techno said and suggested they leave as soon as possible. So they did. Techno and Phil said goodbye, and Phil sent them off with a wave as the three set off towards Las Nevadas.

They were all anxious and couldn't wait to get this talk over with. Techno was nervous that Quackity wouldn't accept the offer due to Techno's pressance alone- Tommy was unsure if Quackity and himself were even on good terms- and Tubbo was just scared his boss would be mad at him.

Within minutes the three found themselves right outside of Las Nevadas. Standing on the street that led up to it. Tubbo was leading the group to Quackity's office. No one was outside- usually foolish would be working on a build, or Purpled would be scouting the area, or Charlie and Quackity would be ready to greet anyone who found themselves at the entrance of Las Nevadas. But no one was there. Tubbo knocked on Quackity's office door- Techno and Tommy standing behind him. No response came from the other side.

"Quackity? It's just Tubbo. I'm back. Are you in there?"

Tubbo spoke to the door- hoping his boss was on the other side. Seconds passed before Quackity finally responded.

"Tubbo- come in."

Quackitys voice was just barely audible. Tubbo looked at the his friends that stood behind him, then opened the door and they all looked at Quackity who was at his desk, a half-empty liquor glass in his hand, while the almost empty bottle of vodka sat on his desk. His usual presentation that consited of- a tucked-in, wrinkle-free suit paired with his tie and suspenders that was always cleanly worn was now replaced by- a half tucked-in shirt, his tie loosened, the top two buttons of his shirt undone, and his suspenders hung by his waist. He looked tired and paranoid- oh, and drunk, very drunk. As soon as Tubbo opened the door, Quackity saw Tommy and Techno and he stumbled to his feet- getting out of his chair and almost immediately began shouting.