"--is Phil also like his father?"

“—Sort of? Not as much. But Tommy never had a father so I think he might see him as one anyway.”

"Tommy's father died before he was born? Is his mother still around?"

“He hasn’t had any parents for as long as I’ve known him. He’s said things about his past before but I’m not sure if they’re jokes? Him and Tubbo mostly raised themselves.”

... This either explains everything or nothing. "--Right."

“I helped, though. Or, well, Alive Wilbur did.”

"I'm glad you did."

“I hope he did a good job. They’re good kids, though, so I think he probably did.”

"Yes." Apart from the penchant for stealing.

“Well, I’ll see Tommy tomorrow. Thank you! Have some blue!”

"Thank you for the blue." ...he is really going to have to find a use for this.

“You’re welcome!” 

And Ghostbur wanders off. 

Jingyan ends up spending the next two days mining netherite. L'Manberg needs to build up its stocks if they're going to be ready to face Dream.

Tubbo and Fundy are working on a redstone system for L'Manberg to communicate in code; it might or might not work out, but it seems worth a shot.

Phil leaves L'Manberg regularly; he's still sleeping there, but he spends at least half his time away.

On the second day, Tubbo dies a lot, mostly falling from a high place but also getting blown up by a creeper; after that he doesn't carry around the compass anymore.

Niki works on her bakery. Quackity works on El Rapids.

The third day comes around and Ghostbur still isn't back.

That is...concerning. It's possible that Ghostbur was around when he was in the Nether, but-- he doesn't trust Dream.

He goes to find Tubbo. "Have you seen Ghostbur recently?"

“…No, I don’t think so, why? Is he missing?”

"He went to visit Tommy, and I have not seen him since."

“…That’s, uh. That’s not great.”

"I do not how possible it would be for him to get distracted and stay there."

“…Pretty possible. It hasn’t been that long, and with his memory issues, he could have just gotten distracted. He might even think he just got there.”

"--But he could have also potentially forgotten what he was doing while on the way back."

“Yup.”

"--I will go check. If he's in Logstedshire, that's fine, and if he isn't, I can ask Tommy if he has seen him, and see if we can retrace where he got lost."

“Good idea.”

Off to Logstedshire, then.

Hopefully Ghostbur has just lost track of time. Logstedshire is-- it is not safe, necessarily, but he would be with people, and Tommy could do with the company anyway.