#(and yes philza does spend the next twenty minutes explaining to everyone that he has a wife)

[autistic-ranboo]

well this au blew up huh

"what do you do when you miss phil?" ghostbur asks one day, sprawled on his back in the field of flowers that he's been planting since the goddess of death brought life back to wilbur's wasteland of an afterlife.

she smiles sadly, settling down next to him and letting her wings curl in around herself, almost like a blanket.

"you miss them, hm?" she asks, staring up at the sky. There's clouds gathering on the horizon, low-slung and grey, and there's a cool breeze that rustles her skirts.

"so much." ghostbur sits up, wraps his arms around himself. "i know it wasn't perfect, but i liked being there with everyone. phil, tommy, techno, ranboo-"

"it must be hard," she says, reaching out with one of her wings to pull him close. ghostbur settles against her side, soft and warm as she absently pets his messy, fluffy hair.

it's so much like wilbur's.

"i just want to see them again," ghostbur says softly, and whatever resolve kristin had left crumbles.

she stands up, takes a deep breath, and draws from the pool of magic at her core, energy rippling outward as it reshapes the rolling hill, carving out a shallow pool that fills with clear water, reflecting the grey clouds overhead. ghostbur watches, mesmerized, as she floats above it, feet dangling towards the ground as her arms sweep through the air and she murmurs in a language older than time, the song of the void and the universe tangling together until at last the surface of the lake settles and the goddess of death floats back to the ground.

"come and look," she says, standing at the lake.

"-should be more careful, mate," philza's saying, but there's a laughing lilt to his voice as he scolds a technoblade who at least has the decency to look ashamed.

"i said i was sorry-"

"hey, guys!" niki says, the smell of warm bread drifting off the lake.

mumza's stomach rumbles, and ghostbur bursts out laughing, really laughing, and the goddess of death feels more alive than she has since the last time her husband had stopped to visit.

she whistles a simple, short tune, and a large black crow lands on her outstretched hand, tilting its head at her in confusion.

"go steal me two of those pastries," she says to it. "and tell my idiot husband to put on sunblock before he turns red."

the crow flies off with a caw, diving through the rippling water and emerging on the other side. philza laughs as it settles on his shoulder, cawing at him before taking flight again, this time to dive-bomb the basket of pastries.

"no!" niki shouts. "shoo, shoo!"

"it's fine, mate," phil says with a laugh. "it's just my wife. she wants a pastry."

"YOU HAVE A WIFE?!"

mumza chuckles as the crow flies back, two still-warm pastries precariously held in its beak. she sighs at her husband and his friends, bickering kindly as they walk. her hand drifts out over the water, and the image ripples and fades.

"here," she says, taking one of the pastries and reaching out to hand it to ghostbur. "i thought-"

and then she has an armful of crying ghost, face buried in her arms as she tries to not drop the pastries into the grass.

"you can't go visit them," she warns him. "if you try to jump in the lake while the window's open, the window will just break, and you'll get wet."

ghostbur nods, sniffling as he wipes away steaming tears.

"but if you want to see them," she says, "all you have to do is look."

#ghostbur and mumza verse #ghostbur #mumza #wilbur soot #misstrixtin #goddess of death!mumza #my writing #<- still cant believe this exists #zablr #bc i KNOW yall like this stuff #i wont tag the others who only briefly show up in here but theres some special guests this time #bc syndicate found family my beloved #theyre nerds who go on picnics in the woods bc niki learned a new bread recipe #this one takes place before the second one that i wrote. theres a little detail of continuity there that i rlly hope someone sees #anyways. pspsps come get ur ghostbur and mumza verse content #you can all thank mesmir-ized for this btw #bc they made me some POGGERS art #(and yes philza does spend the next twenty minutes explaining to everyone that he has a wife) #(techno knows but he also thinks its funny) #'you had a wife all this time??' #'techno you met my wife. remember?' #'nope. didn't happen.' #meanwhile ranboo in the corner like 'your wife...... the FRIDGE???' #dream smp #dream smp fanfic #dream smp fanfiction #once again i write a long word vomit at 1:15 AM instead of sleeping