"I'm alright." He is going to keep such an eye on Tubbo.

“Any plans for the rest of the day? I was thinking of working on the new XP farm with Ranboo, but I can help with the arena if you want.”

"Not particularly. If a third pair of hands would help with the xp farm, I would be willing."

Shrug. “We’ll be fine either way. 

…When d’you think you’re going to visit Tommy?”

"As soon as Ghostbur shows me the way."

…Nod. (He’s got the compass and photo out again.) “I hope he’s doing alright.”

"We'll find out soon."

Nod. "...Right. Yeah. I'll, um, I'll be going then. Keep me posted." He walks away stiffly but quickly.

Jingyan heads down to the arena. It's a reasonable size now, but it could do with a bit making it more of an arena and less of a box.

The rest of the day passes uneventfully. The next afternoon, though, Ghostbur comes up to Jingyan excitedly. 

“Tommy built a bridge to Logstedshire!”

"That's good to hear."

“So you can visit now! The bridge is in the nether. —Unless you want me to show you the way in the overworld? I can make a boat if you want.”

"The nether is faster? Let's go the fast way."

“Okay!”

There is, in fact, a new bridge in the nether. It’s obsidian and cobblestone. 

“Tommy just built this today, I think. I wasn’t there for it, I was in L’Manberg, but as soon as I saw it I remembered that you wanted to visit him! I’m sure he’ll be excited to see you, he’s been really lonely.”

'Lonely' sounds about right. "Hopefully Tubbo will be able to visit soon as well"

“Yeah! And then Tommy won’t be lonely anymore, it’ll be great!” Here’s another nether portal. It opens to Logstedshire*. It’s… small and not very spawn-proofed. Tommy looks to be sulking in the open-roof area bordered by stripped logs.

*art credit to @queentoriel

It's... human habitable, at least. There's shelter. Probably food, as well. It could be much worse.

"Thank you for showing me the way."

He heads towards Tommy.

“Any time!”

"--Hello? Are you here to take my stuff, because, if so, fuck you, leave."

"I'm here to talk to you. Why would I want to take things from you?"

"Well I don't fucking know. Literally Lazarbeam just blew up my stuff for the second time. ...I guess I did try to mug him. But that was for content! And Dream made me give his stuff back anyway."

He is... visibly more tired, and he's ripped up part of his shirt for bandages.

"Are you alright?"

“—Yeah I’m fuckin’ alright, I’m fuckin’, I’m TommyInnit, I’m the king of alright. I’m more alright than you’ll ever be.” He puffs up his chest, straightens his back. 

"If you say so." He is not going to push, but he is increasing his already high levels of concern. "I came over to see how you were doing, but also to ask about Tubbo. He wants to visit you, but-- not if you do not want him to."

"If he wants to visit then why hasn't he fucking visited already, it's been more than a week and he hasn't visited. --Is it the bridge? I made a bridge today, I think that's why no one was visiting before, is 'cause there wasn't a bridge. Did you visit because of the bridge, you have to tell me or else it's entrapment, innit."