Boo was having fun.

Tommy had been watching the prison from his tower, one that he surprisingly spent a lot of time on.

Anyways, he found it funny whenever Tommy shouted at him to stop humming and dancing. He knew how afraid Tommy was that Boo would leave him for real. Boo had no intention of ACTUALLY leaving. Not that he wouldn't mind it. The ability to just disappear forever at any time excited him. For once he was in CONTROL!

Ranboo never had any control over anything, always paranoid about the Dream voice and his enderwalk state and Michael and Tubbo and the book and just blah blah blah blah blah. Boo is so much better. Doesn't worry about anything.

" Ghostboo , PLEASE stop it! You're humming again, you have to stop, kay?" Tommy spoke, fear and exasperation making his voice tremble.

"Oh! I didn't even notice. That would've been BAD heha." Boo said cheerfully, not actually having noticed spacing out.

"God, Ran-Ghostboo, you just-, sheesh. " The blonde boy grumbled, putting the binoculars back to his face. Boo didn't understand why Tommy needed to watch the prison, it's not like anything was going to happen if he stared at it long enough.

Unless it was?

Oooo, this could be a fun game! What if something DID happen to the prison if he stared long enough?

"Tommy, do you think the prison would EXPLODE if I stare at it long enough?" Boo asked excitedly, hands coming up to his chest, wrinkling his cloth.

The cloth hanging over Boo didn't make much sense, but he didn't really care.

" WHAT? No! Well, I HOPE not. Jeez Ghostboo, what the HELL? Why would you want it to explode, DREAM is in there… actually, know what? Maybe you should explode it with your weird eyes, then maybe Dream will FINALLY be gone."

Tommy was so LOUD. Kind of hurt Boo's ears, but not really. Weird.

"Sounds fun! Dream should probably die." Boo nodded his head enthusiastically.

"DEFINITELY." Tommy said, squinting at the prison even harder.

Boo stared at the prison for a while.

He looked back at Tommy.

Hmmm… he didn't remember Tommy wearing a fluffy coat.

OHHH! It's Technoblade, not Tommy, silly Boo.

"Hi Technoblade!" Boo said, making Technoblade jump.

"Uhhh.. hi Boo. Want to come to a Syndicate meeting? It'll be… fun." Technoblade explained, looking uncomfortable.

"Sure! Will Phil and Niki be there? Ooo, and the secret sixth member!" Boo rambled, following Technoblade down the tower. Boo could float if he wanted to, but he preferred to stay on the ground, he was tall enough as it was.

He allowed Technoblade to lead him to their base in the mountain, carefully avoiding the water drops. If there's one thing he carried after death, it was his aversion to water. It didn't worry him as much as before though, the water never left scars in his new form. It just hurt.

Looking over at Technoblade caused him to stop rambling about Tubbo's bee farm. Techno looked sad, and regretful. Which is not something Boo is used to seeing, considering Technoblade keeps a straight face most of the time, no matter what might be going on in his head.

Boo knew Techno was the one to kill him, but he didn't really care. In fact he was glad! Grateful, even. Who knew he had only one life? Maybe Ranboo would've killed himself sooner. If he knew he'd feel this great after dying.

"Hey Techno!" Boo exclaimed, catching his mentor's attention. "Just wanted to thank you again. Y'know, I've never felt better, right? You don't have to be sad or anything. Promise. I don't have to worry about anything anymore, and it's all thanks to you! I can even disappear forever at any time, how great is that?"

He didn't notice the devastation that crossed Technoblade's face before entering the meeting room of the Syndicate.

"Ranboo?"

"Niki! You're here! Wooo, Techno didn't answer when I asked, but I asked if you'd be here! And you are, which is awesome." he spoke, looking at the very confused Nihachu in front of him. "Oh! Also, I died! So now I'm Boo! Y'know, cause I'm a ghost? And it's the last part of Ranboo's name?"

"So you're… actually dead?" Niki asked, paling.

"Yup! And I don't have to worry anymore and I can disappear forever if I sing and dance!" Boo said, doing a little jig in the process.

Technoblade cleared his throat. "So.. um… that's, what I called the meeting about."

"How did… Ranboo, how did you die?" She asked curiously, still tense.

"Oh! Well, you see the thing is, Tubbo told me about his execution, and I got mad, and then I went into my ender state which is like, WOAH, and apparently I fought Techno, but when I was back to normal, he was really angry, and he didn't mean to, but he killed me." He explained, Techno wincing at the ending.

"But! Don't be mad at Techno, cause I am SO much better now!"

And cue Phil's entrance.

Very panicked entrance.

"TECH', WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE? 'Ranboo's dead we need to have a syndicate meeting'?!" Philza in all his glory towered at his impressive height of 5'8, glowering at the group before him.

"Uuuhhh…" Techno muttered, shifting his feet.

"Hi Phil!" Boo waved cheerily at the winged man.

"FUCK THIS SHIT, Techno, you can't SCARE me like that, what if Ranboo had actually died, I'd be like, Techno's just messing with me again, and all that shit." Phil said, arms crossed.

"But he is dead." Techno said, the words coming out of his mouth before he had time to think about them.

"No he's not, he's right there ." Phil pointed at Boo, practically seething.

"Nope! I mean, I'm here, but I'm not alive." Boo smiled brightly at Phil, hands on hips. "I'm dead. And it is SO freeing, I highly recommend that you try it. Oh! And! Guess what! Memory problems haven't been a problem so far! I remember every bit of my undead life, it's great."

Phil froze.

"Ranboo… how many… lives, did you have?"

"Uh, I dunno, I guess one, since I'm dead." Boo shrugged.

Phil looked sad, and confused.

But also bittersweet, like he found someone similar in a bad way.

"So you're like me?" Phil uttered, his words barely audible.

"You only have one life Phil?" Niki asked, confused and scared.

Phil gulped. "Yeah. I've always been a survivalist. Always."

"So Tech', what exactly happened?" Phil commented with finality, dreading the answer.

"So uhh… I kind of… I didn't, but, I did… I uh, I killed Ranboo.." The words seemed to be a struggle to get out, like Technoblade was doing everything he could to keep them deep in his chest, never to be heard. It took a certain amount of bravery to put your actions, the ones you regret, out there for the people you love to see. And to react to.

" You killed him?!" Phil practically screamed, hands coming up to his mouth in horror. His whole body tense and his wings flared. Boo wanted nothing else than to reassure his father-figure that it was better this way… but it didn't look like he'd listen. Plus he thought it'd be smart for Techno to work this out with Phil on his own. Their bond is too strong to break anyway.

"I- I… y-yeah…" Techno gulped, eyes dead and staring at nothing. "I did."

"He's… gone." Technoblade whispered, voice cracking at the end of gone.

Okay, Boo had to step in now. He couldn't let Technoblade unknowingly spread lies. "No, I'm right here! I'm not gone. And I'm better. SO much better. Promise."

"He… he does seem… happier." Niki supplied helpfully. FINALLY, yes! Someone understood.

"I AM! It's really really great, being dead. I don't have to feel so, so uhhh, jeez I was a MESS. Kay I'll just say it since we are past that point now. So SUICIDAL anymore. Ranboo was just, oof- glad I'm not like that anymore." Boo said, tumbling over his words. Unfortunately they seemed to be having the opposite effect than what he was aiming for.

Phil choked on his words. " Suicidal!? Wh-why?" He stared fearfully at the tall form of undead Ranboo. "F-fuck… you, what happened to you Ranboo?"

"Uhhhh… hmmm…" Boo contemplated telling them, he didn't really care about it anymore, but it didn't seem worth talking about. Plus there was a small unappealing possibility that he'd be revived. And Aliveboo would NOT want his secrets just, spilled out, even just to the Syndicate. Ranboo had wanted to tell Tubbo before anyone else anyway, if at all. But did it really matter anymore?

"I'd rather not... dwell on those things. I'm past that now!" Boo decided.

"Well, what are we going to do?" Niki said, trying not to intrude on the moment, but realizing her right to converse in the meeting.

"I don't know. That's kinda why I called this meeting, but also so that you guys knew..." Technoblade said in a dry voice. He still hadn't reacted to Phil's words besides the empty response he had given earlier. It would've probably scared Boo if he wasn't generally not worried about things right now.

"Guys, this is really nothing to worry about. OH! And now I'm not afraid to say what I was afraid to when I was alive, maybe an awkward moment to say it, but like, Phil, you are kind of like a uhhh, father figure for me? And I mean it! You're always there for me, and protecting me. Oh and, Niki! You're like, the awesome super cool older sister! And Techno, you are the BEST mentor, probably EVER. I don't really know what Ranboo would've done without you guys, so, yeah." He said, stopping at the surprised stares he received from his audience of three.

Phil started crying.

Well that was like, kind of, not the point of what he said.

Techno was frozen, but his cheeks were red. And a whole new wave of regret hit his face. Uuuuughhh.

Niki just smiled sadly and looked like she really wanted to give Boo a hug.

Oh well.