Everything had gone smoothly so far. Tubbo looked proudly at the house they had built so far and the massive gate surrounded by stone walls. He watched Dream built another part of the wall and smiled. There would be multiple gates on each site of the city and if chaos or war broke out, these walls would keep them safe.
Eret had joined them together with Quackity and the two of them had each made a little house as well. So far everyone had been peaceful and Toby was happy about it.
He chattet with Niki, who had joined them as well and for now would live with Phil, until her house was finished.

In the past couple of days they had spoken to a lot of people about the city. Skeppy, Bad, Dream, Foolish, Jack and Quackity were only some of the people who would at least try to live there. Good progress had been made and Tubbo was proud of it.

Tommy on the other looked at the city and had to admit that he was starting to get bored. Even George and Sapnap were nice to everyone and just occasionally fought eachother until Dream stepped in.
It was time to spice things up! It was time to choose a king of the city and the lands surrounding it!
Grinning he made his way through the gate and waved at Quackity. "Big Q! I have an idea!"
"Oh yeah? What is it?"
"You know, Dream announced that soon a lot of new players will join and I think until then we need to make Newgate strong! We need a king!", he announced and Quackity laughed.
"A King? Why would we need a king? Everything is going well so far."
Immediatly Tommy shook his head. "No, look! Everyone is just doing their own thing. That's not a real city, just a couple of people living close to eachother! If someone threatens us, they will all just defend their own house, because they have nothing to be loyal to", he explained, hoping he could convince Quackity.
However, the other man just shot him a doubtful glance and shook his head again. "Why would they have a reason to be loyal to king they might not want? I think we should focus on building shops and making sure people have jobs. That forces them to work together, it will turn them into a community!"
But Tommy was not willing to give up his plan yet. "And who is the one who decides? If everybody wants the same job, if two of us start agruing about it, who is the one making a decision? Somebody needs the power to intervene when this happens or people will start to fight!"
"Last time people fought no matter if they had a president, a king or none of that", Quackity said. "If somebody feels like they are treated unfair, they will still feel this way even if a king tells them they are wrong."
Disappointed Tommy rolled his eyes. "What if a war breaks out? Who defends the city then?"
Confused Quackity looked at him and answered: "Well, the people that live here? Why would they not fight for their home and their friends? Why would they need a king? It sounds to me like you just want to be king yourself!"
"That's not true! Although I would accept the title if people wanted me to be their king", he admitted, grinning again. "Well, doesn't matter. I still think we need a strong king, so the new people will be impressed with our strength and help us expand the city! Newgate must become the best city it can be, better then L'Manburg ever was!"

He left Quackity alone and found Fundy working on the walls, together with HBomb. "Hey guys, how are you?", Tommy asked and both greeted him.
"Did you hear who is gonna join?" Excitement rushed through him as he climed up the wall wo were Fundy was standing. "Ah Ludwig?", Fundy guessed. There were a lot of people on the list but the Fox new that Ludwig was the most exciting one for Tommy.
"Yes! When he joins we need to impress him! We need to show him the great city, Newgate! We need to make sure he joins us!"
"I mean, our city is looking pretty good so far", HBomb said and smiled. "And it will look even better soon."
"By the way Tommy, where do you think we should make the shops when we are done with the walls?" Fundy continued placing stone bricks, while HBomb placed some wodden planks and logs as decoration.
Thinking for a moment Tommy looked over the city. There was the small lake, that would mark the middle of the city. His and Tubbos big house stood right next to the lake and Phils house was close as well. A few new buildings had appeared within the last couple days as well. Ponk and Punz had built a little church for the gods of the smp and Tommy heard rumours about there beeing two goddesses this time. Well, why would he care about that?
Awesamdude started working on a way to open all gates with redstone and BadBoyHalo and Skeppy had a cobblestone house a bit further away. In Tommys eyes an extremely ugly building they would have to tear down eventually!

"We should make the shops over there, that's the perfect area!" He pointed to where the cobblestone home of Skeppy and Bad stood. "That thing is ugly anyways, let's get rid of it."
While HBomb was a little sceptical at first, both he and Fundy agreed that the building could not stay. Tommy was right, it was ugly. Besides that it was Tommys city right? Well, at least he was the one with the idea and he created the name.
"So who has TNT?"

They gathered a couple of explosives before walking down a newly built path to the lake, before heading through what was left of the forest towards Skeppys house. Night had fallen and only the sporadically placed torches lit their way. The few monsters that spawned around them were no match for their enchanted swords and the diamond armor they all had gathered within the last few days.
The owner of the house were not home at the moment. Tommy looked around but saw nobody besides his newfound allies.
"You were right, from this close this looks even worse", Fundy laughed and placed his TNT. HBomb and Tommy did the same, all laughing and Tommy reliefed the boredom would end. He was aware that their actions might cause slight problems for a peaceful future but that was a good thing, right? If people realized that they were not entirely safe, he would grab the crown, be the king they needed and deserved and show them, how he could protect them!

Still smiling he shot a burning arrow at the TNT and all three ran to safety as the explosions went off.