Ivory - An Eburnean Tommy AU

xxii - escapism I

Ivory – xxii ; Escapism I

Created: 06.21.22

Finished: 06.23.22

Edited: 08.29.22 / 09.18.22

Published: 09.18.22

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Trigger Warning: psychogenic nonepileptic grand mal seizure episode, mentions of staring spells and absent seizures, memory loss, revival residual symptoms

Word Count: 1580

A/N: You can always tell me if I'm portraying a misinformation, I tried my best to be knowledgeable and it has been a journey to learn both epilepsy and PNES, but as always, it can be imperfect and might offend people. I don't recall how or why I wanted to include this in, but it felt like it make sense to add it there(oh don't lie, you needed a logical reason as to why Tommy experiences seizures than just reason it out with "its all because he was killed and revived all over again"). Due to not being too knowledgeable about it, episodes like these are seldom showed and it only happens whenever there's a massive trigger..like what Dream did. Also an issue happened which is why Escapism needed two parts, the second part has a heavier topic than this and right now, I'm not mentally stable at the moment to review it. It's getting harder to keep going, to live generally, but you know..who cares? Anygay, stay safe guys<3

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"Phil! Phil! What the fuck's happening to hi-?!"

"Let him go! Let him fucking go!"

Phil pushes Techno away and puts Tommy in a position where his airway unblocked and he would have little to no injuries.

Checking his throat, his nose, splaying his limbs apart..he tried everything he could.

That didn't exactly stop him from convulsing so much, and that freaked the two out, "How long has this been happening?" The old man asks Techno, sternly.

The piglin blinks and pays attention to his friend, "Must be a minute or two, excluding the time he's been there the whole time. But since the bustling noise was recent, he probably just started."

Phil nods, keeping his kneel to push the child's face away from his face. He notices that he's been drooling a little but he'll deal with that later once he's done with the seizure, but he at least adjusted the kid slightly so he won't choke by his own saliva,

"This..this is not normal, Phil.." Techno frowns, unable to fathom what happened.

Phil raises his brow, "Never saw a fuckin' seizure before?" He exclaims, surprised,

"It's not that. I've only seen people twitch and have minor ones, but this..I never saw anyone experiencing this severe..I know that it exists and happens, but never seen it in person.." He looks away.

Phil knows well that he might be wiping a few tears during this or unable to look at the violent scene happening before their eyes, "I should have noticed.." He murmurs, comforting Tommy through light headpets as he starts to slow down.

Thankfully the seizure is finally ending,

"He must have been experiencing them for the past days, even months before. It makes sense.." He thinks aloud, "Must be the reason why he couldn't respond often? Unable to do proper coordination, the random movements, staring spells?..God..Dream fucked him so much..I just.."

Tommy's eyes remain widened, but at last he stops shaking.

Techno carefully moves forward, kneels and gets hold of the kid, "We'll deal with Dream later..For now..we should let him recover." He murmurs softly at his friend before taking Tommy up, easily.