#shes also making fun of grian heavily

[codfather]

With the cod shrine Grian made, my brain immediately made an au of priest Grian, God Jimmy (based off E1 Jimmy where he's the Codfather), and adventurer Scar who Grian is debating sacrificing for a mending book

Also just fun interactions of Jimmy being a wildly feared god, sending waves of plague random, but Grian just being like "Hey. Fuck you."

The mending book is maybe some form of a sign from the Codfather in [insert fantasy town name here], where you pick a rare item and then if the Codfather has chosen you you'll find the item. Jimmy decided to fuck with Grian by giving him basically every other rare item aside from the one he wanted

Scar comes in after he wanders in, sees everyone fishing and asks to join in. They oblige, because they're not an asshole fantasy town. Jimmy wasn't paying attention, and meant to finally give Grian the mending book, but sent it to Scar instead. This is why Grian's debating sacrificing him despite the fact human sacrifice is very illegal.

[tibby-art]

What the fuck is masked chimes and why is it so homoerotic

HELP??

okay so basically here is the masterpost for all of the au lore. i did not make this au it belongs to felix, vio and helian ive just been infected with the brainrot 👍 there are definitely better explanations but the gist of the mcau is that it's a superhero/supervillain au, cub is a villain called the jingler and scar becomes a superhero called the jangler to fight him. only, scar is being a hero for all the wrong reasons, he's doing it for fame and attention and not bc he cares about helping people. scar ends up being manipulated/corrupted by cub into becoming a villain with him instead of a hero, only is it truly a corruption arc if scar was already not a good person to begin with? if scar is an open flame, cub is 50 gallons of kerosene grian (who uses she/her in this au yippee) is a detective tasked with the jingler case and she is not having a fun time. she also dons a vigilante persona after scar turns to the villain side as mother spore!! if you're familiar with nbc's hannibal it is Very that. to answer the second part of your question i guess. i recommend reading the masterpost, also there's a few ao3 fics about the au that are Really really good. sorry for the heavily condensed explanation hope this helps o7

[secretkittywolf]

High Life

Chapter 1

"That one.... That one is mine!" Says Scott, racing towards a nearby skyscraper. His light blue hair and jacket blowing in the wind. As he enters the building "This will be my penthouse!" He declares at the same time with another player. He turns to his right and sees a familiar zombie. "Scott! This is gonna be my penthouse" "Sorry, Cleo. But I'm taking this one" Cleo frowns. She doesn't want to make an enemy right away, but who says she can't have fun? "First one to the penthouse wins!" She calls, racing to the bubble elevator. Scott lets out a yelp and takes the stairs instead. The two race towards the top, Scott getting dizzy whilst going up the stairs, with Cleo shooting off to the top. The door bangs open as a panting Scott stumbles onto the top floor. "I win!" Smirks Cleo. The other hits the ground with a thud. "Okay! You win" he says. "You doing okay there, Scott?" "I just ran up- I don't know how any flights of stairs! So I'm just peachy!" He pants heavily, shutting his eyes to stop the room from spinning. "Well you're gonna have to take the bubble elevator down since you lost" "Fiiiiine" Scott whines, crawling towards the "down" elevator and going down head first.

Cleo chuckles as she opens the door to the penthouse. Inside, she is greeted to a large room with sofas, a pool table, a mini bar and a view of the city. She walks around, admiring everything. "This certinally beats sleeping in a dirt hut" Cleo says, opening the door to the bedroom. She gasps, seeing the king size bed in the middle of the room. The room was huge, a dark oak wardrobe sat in one corner as she noticed an open door to an en suite. "Grian. You've really out done yourself this season" On the vanity table, she spots a book with gold letters that say "Cleo" "I'm assuming that this is my backstory?" She opens the book.

"You are Gem's lover. The two of you have been seeing each other for a couple of months, but she's already dating Pearl. You want her to offically be yours, but Pearl has been controlling towards Gem. Your motive: Kill Pearl to be with the one you love"

"Wait, wait, wait. So, Gem and I love each other, but she's with Pearl. Pearl has been quite controlling to Gem and due to that behaviour, I must kill her?" Cleo was a bit surprised by this. She was interfering with a relationship that she must also destroy? Seemed a bit extreme, but she has no other choice. If she didn't do this, she would die and with one life: the stakes were raised.

After losing a penthouse to Cleo, Scott opts for the one that is opposite. He heads up the bubble elevator and arrives at the penthouse. "Woah! Fancy" he smiles, walking around. In the bedroom, Scott eyes a book on the vanity table and picks it up. "Must be my backstory"

"You and Skizz are lovers. You've been together for a year, but you feel like Skizz is slipping from you. You've noticed how he is with Jimmy & Tango more than you. Your motive? Kill Jimmy & Tango to save your relationship with Skizz"

"I'm dating Skizz and I must kill Jimmy & Tango? What kind of backstory is this?!" He yells out. Running a hand through his light blue hair, he sighs, placing down the book and opens the birch wardrobe to find his outfit. Inside contains two: one is a suit, the other a dress. The suit is navy blue and a pair of black shoes are under it. The dress is also navy blue but with golden spiral designs and a pair of navy blue heels. "Both look so pretty. What to wear?" Scott runs his hands through the fabric on both outfits. "Both high quality but the dress is calling me so I'll wear it today" He takes out the dress and heels before heading into the en suite to change.

In the opposite tower, Cleo opens the dark oak wardrobe and finds a suit and dress as well. Her suit is a dark green, same as the dress. "Feel like rocking this suit" She takes out the suit and changes in the en suite. She ties her hair up into a bun with a couple of strands falling to the side of her face and heads out, wanting to have a better look around this city. Once outside, they spot Scott, dressed like he's going out for the evening. "Hey!" Cleo calls, waving. "Don't you look sharp? What do you think?" Smirks Scott, spinning for the zombie. "Elegant. Beautiful" They praise.

Scott was wearing the dress, but he also did his hair and made it look more wavy than normal. "Was planning on doing makeup, but the last time I did it, didn't go well" he cringed as the memory flashes by. "No problem. Come with me" Cleo takes him by the hand and heads towards Scott's penthouse. She sits him down in the chair in front of the vanity table and begins to do his makeup. "I didn't know you could do makeup. I have never seen you wear any. Thought you didn't need too cause - you know - you're a zombie" "I may be a zombie, but that doesn't mean I can't do makeup, Scott. And you're not the first who's needed help, you know?"

"What did you think of your backstory?" Scott asked as his eyelids were being covered in eyeshadow. "Um.... Not was I was expecting and quite frankly, I dont like it" "Same!" Groans Scott. "Mine was fine up until the last part and my motive and I was like 'What?! No thank you. Don't fancy doing that' I don't like mine at all" Cleo chuckles at Scott's hand gestures as they apply blush to his cheeks. "And done! What do you think?" Scott looks in the mirror and he sees himself with gold eyeshadow, pink blush and rose pink lipstick. "Amazing. Thanks Cleo" "You're most welcome. Ready to head out?" He nods as Cleo offers him her arm. He gladly takes it and the two leave together. "Feel like being allies again?" Scott asks, waving to Scar up ahead. "Why not?" She smiles.

"Well hello there! Don't you both look dashing today?" Smiles Scar. "We could say the same to you, Scar" The brunette was walking over to them with help from his cane. He was dressed in a flowing red dress. "I ran into Gem and she kindly gave me some makeup and added some glitter to me as well" "I couldn't let Scar walk around in that stunning outfit without makeup!" Gem walks over to them. Her hair was down and she wore a gold dress. There was also a simple gold heart necklace around her neck. "Exactly. You need to look your best before heading out" Gem nods as Scar takes Scott to the side as he tries his usual negotiations.

"You look very beautiful, Gem" "Thank you! You look very handsome today, Cleo" She smiles. "I assume you know about the joint backstories?" "Yeah. You know, I wasn't expecting it, but I'm glad that you're involved" Gem blushes. "Me too" Cleo steps a little closer, moving a strand of Gem's hair behind the faun's ear. The other stared into Cleo's eyes until a hand lands onto her shoulder. "Hello there" spoke a familiar voice. She looks over to see Pearl, wearing a dark red suit. "Seems like I'm not the only one wearing a suit today" her grip tightens on Gem's shoulder. "Seems like it" frowns Cleo. "Why don't we head inside that club there, Gem?"

Knowing her backstory, Gem nods as Pearl grabs her hand and forces her away from Cleo and takes her inside. Cleo watches them, scowling at Pearl. "You okay, Cleo?" She sees that Scott and a defeated Scar are looking at her. "Yeah I'm fine" They lie. "Shall we-" "What on earth are you wearing, Scar?!" Squawks a familiar voice. "Well hello there, Grian and I'm wearing the most beautiful dress I found in my closet" Grian stares at him. "Wh- What? Why?!" "Why not? There's no rule against it, is there?" "No. There's no rule against it Scar. I just didn't expect to see you in a dress!" "Well I look fabulous and I'm going to head inside. Mom, if you like to join me?" The zombie stares at the man before sighing. "If I must. And don't call me 'Mum' Scar!" "Aww. Can I not this time?" He whines. "No you cannot-" Their voices fade as they head inside. "Out of all the things that could happen on the first day, that wasn't one of them" "Scar in a dress?" "Scar in a dress" Scott chuckles as the avian sighs. "Wanna head inside?" "Sure" Scott takes Grian's hand and They both follow their friends into the club.

[angeart]

hello asks part 3 here (i hope you dont mind i find it easier to organize my thoughts and what i want to say like this)

hhhhhhh ari au art

that art is awesome i love the lighting in the first one and the framing of the last one is so interesting it really shows just how invasive the press and the outside world all is i also love the posing of the second one and its just. they cant get away from it. from the pressure and the anxiety and the news and all those opinions

each step in the art is a deterioration of grians situation in that au idk i think its interesting that these are the pics you were inspired to make theyre so good i love your art

and yeah it is darker in some ways than hhau, because it deals so heavily with active suicidal impulses and its a different type of dark. hhau is so focused on the fear and desperation and trying to escape, where as the ari au feels like pressure bearing down on grian and a lack of way out.

its just........... hard

grians stuck in a really hard place and i get why she cant find a way out for herself because it would likely require starting over completely and even that might not get them away from the public and that would require him to fully give up on something that brought him so much joy even if it also brought pain and anxiety.

anyway my most coherent expression of my thoughts and feelings about ari au consists of this:

qoiuwheajishuiawfdosugyhiewjorwsdfgyuhijoqwepdghusjoipahpiuwpajsd

-burny anon

i do find it easier too when the topics are split across asks so this is good!

YAY ARI AU! wahhh thank u for liking the art 🥺❤️

i picked those scenes because ben suggested i draw a sort of 'then' vs 'now' comparison, and i thought of doing it from the perspective of photos the press could get. i have one more sketch tucked away that is a private moment of scar and grian that i might draw one day. we'll see.

and yeah. yeah, they absolutely cannot get away from it, from the scrutiny, the pressure, the sense of privacy absolutely crumbling into something non-existent. together with the sense of self outside of all of these expectations and being constantly observed, every action or word an opportunity to be misinterpreted without anyone asking them what the truth is. (they don't have a voice here; they're just there to provide drama and entertainment. to be consumed. their consent in this does not matter.)

the press and the stalkers and (some of) the fans don't care about grian as a person. grian—ari—is an idea, an idol. they craft her to be perfect in their eyes (something nobody can live up to and remain seen as a human being), only to decide they then need to tear down and decimate that perfection.

it's just so harrowing and horrible.

you know, grian started with a dream. he just wanted to sing and have fun and be seen. (not like this. not like this.)

now some people might sneer and point, saying he's got exactly what he wanted: she is seen. she will never not be seen again.

i think ari au is so dark not only because of the topics, but also because it feels so real? hhau has hybrids and different world, wings and magic and whatnot. but this? this has none of that. this is set into a real world, and they're just normal human beings, struggling. and there's no easy solution or a way out.

love your thoughts on this au hehe <3

[chrysalizzm]

vine boom. wasteland character expression memes

read the series here.

(more on the characters and also quality details under the cut)

so wasteland, the series currently being updated on ao3, focuses pretty much entirely on the dsmp cast, but behind the scenes the cast of this thing is sprawling, including but not limited to empires, hermitcraft, the life series, mcc participants, smpearth, noxcrew, older guard mcyts like jordan n mitch n jerome n seto n deadlox, speedrunners, tiredtwt, outsiders smp, fable smp, redacted smp, and my personal scrungklies, which are team salad, a korean mcyt group that brings me great joy. this is why there r characters on this expression meme chart that u probably do not recognize if u are a) under the age of 18 b) exclusively know dream smp or c) are not a korean speaker. some fun facts abt the wasteland characters, their powers, or the circumstances in which these expressions take place:

ivory was a sidekick for hermit that was chased into villainy following her coming out as trans. as throne, she is now one of jordan's lieutenants in trinity and has assassinated several government officials.

jimmy, alias firebird, is an empire offices hero. he also happens to be allied with the fates under the alias wildfire. i'm sure this is of no import in the story /lie

i cannot imagine in what circumstance punz would ever make that expression. mans is chill as fuck.

i accidentally anime boyed the hell out of fruit, alias floodbloom under chase co. he has a lot of admirers on tumblr and about two thirst accounts on twitter

shelby's (alias wilder) hero uniform is heavily inspired by princess mononoke. she's signed on under empire offices, like jimmy, and can release poisonous spores from her skin.

tommy's doing the nervous lore laugh in that drawing

velvet is doing the anime lady hohoho pose while covered in blood. if he didn't have painful and complicated emotions about velvet turning to villainy, ant would be swooning

dont worry about why illumina is covered in blood it is absolutely not related to the series whatsoever /suspicious. instead consider how illumina (alias anima) is fruit's hero partner under chase co.

shoutout to @pixelperfunctory for this req. thats the most boomer ass lookin expression in the world

a brooding phil (not to be confused with a broody phil, which is c!phil). techno starts to see this expression more and more as they get older.

not to toot my own horn but foolish came out extraordinarily handsome in this drawing. he has some golden scales and they glimmer brighter when he's happy, which eret is very fond of.

grian, who we know as seraphim from wonderland, is remarkably scrungkly. he has three sets of wings and is a talented flier.

wilbur also came out quite beautiful, blood and tears notwithstanding. the next fic scheduled to be published hopefully either by the end of may or early june might shine some light on his expression here

sapnap, like ivory and shelby, would probably tear someone's throat out with his teeth given the opportunity. in the interim he gets thousands of thirst traps made of him by adoring stans.

i imagine that's the kind of AYO?? expression ponk makes whenever sam short-circuits the entire spark co. headquarters

my boy. he's not lookin too good

mapple (villain name kallisti, also known by other villain orgs as she of the heights) my scrungkly. in wasteland he's the leader of villain org team salad which is not at all what it appears to be. that particular drawing is a rare moment where he's being flustered by his very charming queerplatonic partner parkmo.

oh my love. by the time the silver age ends seto has been dead for six years. in life he was one of chase co.'s senior heroes, alias sigil, and he could control the wind. his friends - mitch and jerome, especially, who are the joint heads of chase co. - loved him very much.

[sheasshovel]

gotta ask, tbh can't believe someone hasn't done this, BUT-

lifers as genshin characters, who's who

omg WAITTTT this is so hard cuz so few genshin characters have actual writing and like each life series has wildly different vibes for each character BUT ILL DO MY BEST (fanon save me) ((and im doing majority sl since I remember it the most)) ((((ill do it based on vibes i think))))

Etho -> weirdly… im thinking Cyno. “Did you jump?” And him trying to mimic the aha jokes and being “pathetic and quirky” in sl matches cynos nerdy energy OH WAIR I SHOULDVE SAID KAZUHA CUZ OF CANADA UM

Cleo-> beidou.. “I WILL FRONT STAB MY FRIENDS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.” Pirate slay lady and has a big cool ship in s6 hc

Grian -> erm like. traveller💀 IM SORRY HES AETHER TO ME AND GRIAN ISNT EVEN THE MAIN CHARACTER but yeah he FR just goes with everything happening around him

Lizzie -> pink haired lady with underwater empire u say…….. kokomi (I haven’t watched empires) but like kokomi if she was written well and emphasizing the war general girl failure parts of her

Scar -> itto cuz I love him next question. also ITTO is an immortal and scar never died in sl imagine the angst potential “the last one standing”

Martyn -> he’s so self aware so this is super hard but like. Maybe uh um HEIZOU cuz he’s always like thinking ahead but sometimes silly but he’s also like smart and a detective too! or maybe HEIZOU is Grian u choose

Jimmy -> BENNETS luck and Mika’s everything else I JUST THINK ITS SO FUNNY

Skizz -> whos a funny father figure in genshin. Ill get back to u on tha oh my god he’s dionas npc father HELP IDK I CANT ANIME GAME HIM HES TOO STRONG

Tango -> THOMA IS HE THOMA? blond nice team player kind of dense AND THOMAS PET DOG IS LIKE TORCHY TO ME or is he childe cuz of the rage. I dont know!

BigB -> AYATO he’s secretive but also :3 and ayato would probably gaslight people for fun. and ayato is related to ayaka the most :3 girl ever. they are insane and wildly charismatic and also silly. Like imagine of ayato presented himself as more wholesome on the outside. Or if bigb became royalty do u see the vision

Scott -> Self sacrificial… trustworthy…. “I still might kill myself but now its less likely”…. team player… blue hair? idk I think it has to be like IDK IM DRAWING A BLANK IM GETTING KAEYA FROM HIM IF KAEYA WAS MORE LOYAL? IDK

Impulse -> Erm uh uh uh uh let’s say uh let’s say uh uh uh uh uh bro who’s a smart dad in the genshin lineup someone help me NUEVILETTE??? WTF IS HE NUEVI WHAT NO NUEVI ISNT SILLY idk what to do here

Gem -> Navia SHES A BUBBLY GIRLBOSS with so many emotions and omg when gem killed Scott and was like shocked. I thought of how navia would react to silver and Meluse dissolving in front of her eyes and having to ignore it. In both of their cases, having to ignore it to focus on the task (haha) at hand. Also both should join the mafia anyways

Pearl -> ERM Hu Tao. insane. SUPER STRONG and heavily misunderstood “sorry i think I gotta little bit crazy” from dl is so perfect but honestly I CANT see hu tao as the self sacrificial type, or forgiving type like in sl so idk

Bdubs -> tiny. Easy to enrage. segond in command….let’s make him UGH HOW DO I MAKE BDUBS A ONE NOTE GENSHIN CHARACTER WITHOUT TAKING ANOTHER MONTH okay errmmmmmmm let’s put him as xiao but if xiao was less traumatized and sillier

Joel tiny heinz-> Childe… blood lust and trauma but he also kind of gives ALHAITHAM cuz of his sarcasm

Mumbolio -> thoma he’s so sweettttt but also kind of cray cray like is thoma not insane for protecting the TRAVELLER in front of RAIDEN hello?¿ 0 self preservation skills

RENDIGGITY DAWG -> theatre kid furry. he’s Lyney next question

if I missed any lifers pls lmk I am stupid and this is driving me crazy

[kaitopedestrian]

Gonna ramble more about MCYT x Rejuv AU

First new character roles I settled on (also fyi I will change some story beats for this AU)

Shelby Erin (I just thought about her Empires wolf spirit form and thought that could be used for something) (also Shelby would just hate Vitus in general)

Scott Venam (I need Scott to be the raging gay friend who kind of likes Jimmy and sees Gem as his little sister)

Jimmy Ren (SEABLINGS) (also he can be heavily underestimated in this and can grow from that for development)

Cleo Nastasia (Both of them have this sort of tired mom energy and Cleo's dry humor will make for good moments) (she was originally Madelis's role but someone else took that)

Scar Zetta (Scar's just this nice guy who's friends with Grian, an evil little shit /j) (It can cause some good character moments for him)

Etho Neved (They aren't that much alike but I want my Etho and Cleo dynamic)

False Aelita (I don't know much about False but from what I've watched of her I think she and Pearl would have really good interactions in this)

Katherine Alexandra (Both of them have this sort of sweetness to them and Katherine being a champion sounds really fun)

Bdubs Madelis (I'm being really honest here, I just want the clockers to be a group for Xen in general) (Bdubs can just be this funny banter character but can also be an absolute menace at a different point)

If anyone has ideas for who could be Crescent, Saki, Amber, Tesla, and/or anyone else, that would be really helpful but here's the end to my rambling

[rainbowchaox]

Monster of the week ranchers au part 3: Episode Concepts

Some of these ideas came from @hybbat and I conversations about this au. So some of these ideas come from our convro

1. Homecoming Gone Wrong: This is one of the ideas that hybbat helped create. Pretty much this episode involves Jimmy and Tango going to homecoming. This episode is at the stage of their relationship where both have massive crushes on each other but also very close friends. That gray area of platonic and romantic. Anyways Tango loans a suit from scam artist immortal heavily in decades ages worth of debt High vampire scott. Mainly because their whole romance story is Jimmy trying to flirt monster and Tango trying to flirt human. Anyways once they have a romantic slow dance and about to confess their feeling because Grian is still early development and having petty emotions about Jimmy being the chosen one and because he was honestly running for his life brings the monster to the dance causing people to run off. Tango monsters out and beats up the monster and runs off into the woods with a ripped af suit on him. Jimmy follows and they dance after a emotional heart to heart. They dance in a clearing in the woods full of native wild flowers and fireflies. Whatever next episode is has scott trying to get his money back from tango because of the ruined suit. He is a very in debt and poor vampire.

2. Love Smells Sweet: Pretty much a creepy transfer student that is secretly literally a queen bee monster kinda brainwashes the whole school that isn’t supernatural to love her. This includes our protagonist Jimmy until Tango puts his hands on his cheeks and wakes him up from the queen bee thrall. Tango spends most of the episode jealous at first but that quickly becomes concern because the girl was directing the whole student body like servants. Eventually Jimmy and Tango beat up the queen bee. Tango calls Jimmy honey as part of his puns. Also called her a literal honey trap. Tango is on his pun game this episode.

3. Pet Cemetery? More Like Friend Cemetery: This is the episode that we are actually introduced to Shelby as a actual character instead of someone we tend to see in the background of episodes. Pretty much we are shown that recently she found out she is a witch of a hella strong witch bloodline but literally no one trained her. Her grandma passed away and gave her the family spell book. Anyways her pet dog dies and so she attempts to do necromancy. But spoiler the place she buried her dog was also a unmarked grave of a woman aka Cleo. So now she has a zombie on her hands. Eventually they become besties by the end of the episode but that’s the conflict.

4. Men In Black is Overrated: Jimmy and co go to the movies to watch one about aliens and secret government orgs that deal with them. Cue them making fun of said men in black trope. It was all fun and games until doppelgängers decided that clone themselves into men in blacks. Doppelgängers in a form will act like that form so now a squad of doppelgängers men in black is trying to catch Tango to dissect him. This is the episode where Jimmy saves Tango. But yes this is the episode where Tango goes through the ringer.

5. Witchcraft for the idiot lesbian: The second episode that involves Shelby. This is afterwards we see clues she is crushing on Kathrine. Pretty much whenever she tries to flirt with Kathrine or what not. Her gay panic is so strong she made her school go into a hell like dimension because she embrassed herself in front of her crush. Eventually she gets her big girl pants on and teams up with her crush to kill the monsters that appeared in the hell dimension the school fell into. Cue Kathrine after they return back to reality kisses her on the cheek and Shelby literally is so happy she floats. She literally has to be dragged back to the ground by Cleo before the episode ends.

6. The Red Stalker of the Woods: The Episode that introduces our feral good boy Tango! It’s very early season so Jimmy is still very much fighting tooth and nail against his destiny. It’s starts out with Fwhip waking up in his posh cabin seeing a monster ripping off his fridge door and taking all the food inside. Fwhip runs out like a dumbass in a rain storm getting chased by said monster before fainting. In actuality Fwhip was getting hunted by something else and the monster was your bear like cryptid that will steal all your food was trying to save his dumb ass. Plot continues and people start talking about “The Red Stalker” and how he’s so dangerous despite the fact no human actually got hurt. Eventually Jimmy has to get involved but Jimmy sorta knows that whatever the red stalker that’s in front of him (When he sees Tango he is full monster) is like not harmless but doesn’t want to hurt him so he tackles hugs Tango causing him to change into his main form which is mostly human. And that’s when Tango falls in love. Jimmy probs gives him chips or whatever food he had on him. Jimmy goes home and then wakes up to butfuck in the morning to see that Tango followed him home and Tango just sorta stays at Jimmy house since then. He lives in the attic. Tango wants to protect the human his dumbass fell in love with at first tackle hug.

7. Nature isn’t nice: Pretty much scar rich posh family that likes to delve into the forbidden magics. Summons a nature spirit in order to like steroid the crops of the town. But because it’s scar family who does forbidden magics they corrupted the poor spirit so now it’s thirsts for BLOOD. Imagine Jimmy and co like a ghost buster with a weed wacker and pesticide. Eventually they break in and unsummons the poor thing.

8. Scooby Doo! But add MURDER: Martyn the son of the mayor invites all of the school to his house to have a costume party during Halloween season. But a real monster actually snuck into the party. Cue a intense game of mafia with actual stakes. Jimmy was just happy to be invited to a party for once but now he has to play detective.

9. Demonic Possession! Just Add Water: Fwhip like he is prone to do decides to do Quija while he was plastered causing him to get possessed by a demon. Causing Jimmy and Sausage mainly to make the most shittiest excorism to get it out of him. Note to Jimmy: Red Crayon is good in exorcisms.

10. Haunting? Nah my place just has a CO2 Leak: One of the few episodes that Follow Skizzleman instead of him being a background character that acts as sorta a gag character. His house is definitely haunted and he has the main characters over for movie night and despite the blood on the walls and the wailing ghost he refuses to believe his place is haunted. Nah it’s just a old house. Nah the pipes are shitty. Nah probs the CO2 poisoning, causing Jimmy and co to act like a therapist to the poltergeist because no matter what he does it does not scare Skizzleman at all.

11. Monster hunting for Teen Girls: The episode that follows the day to day life of Kathrine. I sorta imagined it being like diary vibes. Like glitter pen subtitles on screen. And it just shows her being at school and being a monster hunter and depending on where in the show this is at she could be having a milkshake date with Shelby as well.

12. The Public Library that wasn’t there yesterday: The Mayor cuts cost so much that they almost shut down the public library. But spooky one day there’s a new library. But the thing is any book you decide to get effects your daily life. This obviously caused loads of chaos. Eventually it’s turned out that the librarian got into a pact with a eldritch god to make sure the kids have a library in their lives. Because of budget cuts. Which Jimmy was just like fair

13. Women of Shadow Lake: This is the episode where Joel managed to find a eldritch tome and summon the Women of Shadow Lake aka Lizzie aka a eldritch lake being. And he falls in love causing him to try to protect her from Jimmy. Jimmy leaves him alone.

14. The Strange Mr Pix: A episode that follows Jimmy and his classmates trying to figure out what the fuck is their history teacher aka Mr Pix. His mom van is full of magical artifacts. He appears randomly. Tango even comments on that he is more of a cryptid then himself a actual cryptid. Anyways Pix may or may not be involved with the town secret society, a cult, part of the goverment, or immortal. It’s up to viewer to theorize.

15. The Sentient Arcade: Arcade that gains sentience because of supernatural bs that traps gamers into the game. Jimmy did not have a good time. He now refuses to go to the arcade because of this event.

16. Beasts and Best-friends: BigB sees that his best friend is acting werid. Turns out he’s a werewolf and BigB gets accidentally turned. So now they are beasts and bffs. Jimmy really needs to sleep and stop getting involved into supernaturals relationships.

17. Theatre is Dying: Joey gets the role of Captain Hook in the school play of Peter Pan and then gets harassed by the ghost of Oli. This is the episode where the dark secrets of the town start to unravel.

18. Finals and Freaks: Ok so a group of students at Jimmy school in order to cheat at their finals start to abuse a legit magical 8 ball. The magical 8 ball has major side effects. Each time it’s used the user gets more monstrous. So Jimmy has to somehow do his math final in the same room with like 4 monsters out for his blood.

19. Stairs in the woods: just my favorite urban legend. People start going missing and Jimmy has to investigate. And Jimmy gets trapped in a alternate world for a bit.

20. Lights in the water: The swimming pool of the school suddenly has lights in the water. Spoiler- a giant angler fish that can be invisible in water is living in it. One of the monsters that Jimmy legit has nightmares of.

[gemg6]

hey there! I'm Gem! here I'll be posting my art, doodles and talk about other stuff I'm interested in!

basic info:

I go by she/her! I'm aroace so like... don't be weird lol. I'm an artist and youtuber.. although I upload to YouTube once in a blue moon...

Currently, I'm mostly into MCYT (hermitcraft to be specific) and pokemon. I also really like drawing my ocs! :D

important stuff you should know before you follow or interact!

DNI: basic dni criteria, object show fans (especially if you make it your whole identity), those type of roblox players who make their whole personality be roblox (just honestly if you remind me of my ex friend I will just ignore you and likely block)

if this offends you, maybe don't follow me: I openingly hate minori from project sekai, for the same reason as half of my dni criteria. I find "brainrot speech" incredibly annoying. (skibidi, sigma, freaky, ect. ect.) i heavily dislike roblox. literally the only roblox game I like is loomian legacy

I have trouble reading fancy fonts or just cursive fonts in general.

anyways!! some fun facts about me!

I am Canadian!! (no, I don't drink maple syrup)

my favourite MCYTers include grian, goodtimeswithscar, smallishbeans, pearlescentmoon, impulsesv, xisumavoid, and tangotek

favourite characters from different medias:

pjsekai: nene, tsukasa, kanade

milgram: mikoto, amane

genshin: venti, miko, furina

zzz: nekomata

stardew valley: abigail

my favourite animes:

frieren beyond journeys end, the promised neverland, train to the end of the world, children of the whales, madoka magica

I feel like this is a bit long for an intro post, so here are my linktree and carrd! you can find more information on my carrd :D

linktree

carrd

[bithegai]

so ik everyone gets that mcc17 was absolutely poetic, but like... can we talk about it just a little more?

because i know people repeatedly said, “It’s in the script!” or “You can’t make that up”, but i’m still struggling to process how everything fell into place for mcc17 orange

(warning tho, this is long af)

Okay there’s two parts to the storybook majesty of MCC17. There’s the beauty of event itself, and the numerous significances of the win

First of all, the timing and structure of this event. MCC17 was notably earlier in the month than previous events, and now we know it’s because of MCC Rising. And there were two benefits to having the event earlier:

1. It let SB participate! Because of his schedule, SB didn’t expect to join another MCC until MCC19. So having the event earlier meant having SB! :D SB is another criminally underrated MCC participant. He scored in the top 20 his past two events, and his movement skill combined with his ridiculous amounts of grinding make him a serious competitor. Also he’s just a really cool dude and got along super well with his teammates, in both MCC17 and in general.

2. To make up for the timing and assure viewers it wouldn’t affect the quality of the event, Scott put together some AMAZING teams. Three new players were introduced, and fans got to see many heavily requested duos, namely Fruitninja and tommy and dream. And these were just really well-balanced teams. Everyone had the potential to pop off, and it was truly the case where any team could make Dodgebolt. Having said that, I think it’s only when there’s an event like this where Orange would be considered legal, because DAMN. Even with Fruitninja and teams like Cyan and Red, they still had the highest coin average for this event. Many participants themselves even recognized that Orange was cracked as all hell.

And I wanna point out that part of why Orange COULD team- and again why the event’s timing was so perfect- was False. So, I’ve seen a few people lamenting False’s scores in MCC S2 events, but we should know that having these lower scores IS what enabled her to team with Pete and SB and Grian. I don’t wanna get into the theory of participants “throwing” to get good teams, and honestly I don’t really care about False’s score as long as she has fun. But we need to recognize that her lower average (for individual coins in MCC) resulted in her being considered a potential “nerf” for team building. Even though being the team nerf is generally an insult, in this case, I honestly just think it’s hilarious. You’re telling me Ms. Falsesymmetry, Ms. Best PvPer on Hermitcraft,   Ms. FIRST BACK TO BACK MCC Winner is a nerf?! ......okaaayyy. So having the event at a time, where one of the overall better players could be misconstrued as weak, worked out well for Orange.

That covers most of what I think worked out well for Orange, event-wise. I’m intentionally not going to say much about the games or how they performed day of (minus Dodgebolt), because my goal is ONLY to talk about how fate was on their side. Contrary to what I’ve heard some people say, I really don’t think Orange’s performance and overall score in MCC17 was dependent on chance, specifically game order. I’m not denying that game order is crucial to a team’s score, and I know Orange was fortunate to avoid Battle Box and Parkour Tag. HOWEVER this is where the beauty of MCC17 Orange comes in. Even from just looking at them, it was clear that this was a well-rounded team. Put simply, they did not have a bad game. Certainly they’re not the most PvP oriented, BUT their past performances prove that their teamwork was enough to carry them through. What made Orange powerful was not a ridiculous amount of skill in a certain area, but that they were ALL strong enough to do well in any potential situation. And we saw this on event day! MCC17 Orange got Top 3 in SEVEN out of 8 games AND held 1st place overall for FOUR consecutive games. So I’d argue that even if the game order got switched around, the odds of Orange in Dodgebolt are still pretty high. MCC17 was a wonderful collision of coincidence, but Orange’s stellar performance was not one of them.

The remaining poeticism of MCC17 then lies in Orange’s victory and what it meant to everyone.

The obvious focus here has been Grian. Ever since he joined MCC, but especially with the start of Season 2, Grian’s become progressively more interested in winning. It’s clear this season that he was determined to get his coin. Also for Grian, part of it could be that he’d come so close to winning at the end of S1 with MCC13. But it wasn’t just personal motivation that was pushing him. Although I can’t pinpoint exactly when, because of his newfound drive, Grian started putting himself down as fully competitive on the MCC applications. Which then led to him getting really STACKED teams. All of his teams so far in S2 have had him with an S-tier player and two strong participants that he knows well personally, including MCCP’21. For MCC16 Hbomb even mentioned that- for the teammate request section of the MCC application- Grian asked for, “Pete, Quig, Hbomb. Anyone else who’s really good at the game”.

Yet even with such great teams, something always seemed to get in the way. MCC15 is notorious as the event where Pete’s internet bombed, throwing off his team and forcing him to sub out for Hbomb halfway. Grian’s team in MCCP’21- where they were favorite by FAR- were a heartbreaking (in Grian’s own words) 2 coins short of the finale. But FINALLY, finally in MCC16 his team made it to Dodgebolt. But it... didn’t go well. With the opposition eagerly feeding arrows to their best shot, Purple lost to Pink 1-3.

So up to this point, Grian’s journey through MCC S2 has been painfully unlucky, to the point where it genuinely started affecting him. (I’m not going to try and speculate on Grian’s specific mentality towards MCC, as honestly that’s just a pretty weird thing to do, especially as someone who doesn’t know him personally.) BUT what I can say is that you can see how his teams’ dynamics slowly change, even in just S2 alone. Previously, Grian’s goal in MCC was the straightforward: Let’s do our best and have fun. Yet as things continued, his focus eventually changed to: How do we win. You can see his teams become more strategic and competitive as the season goes on. And the joke changes from “Let’s not be last” to “______ will carry us to the win!”.

Also, I specifically bring up the “carrying” joke, because it seems to be something that Grian fixates on. I noticed that whenever Grian’s teamed with a highly skilled participant- be it Fruity B, Pete, or Techno- he’s always quick to either praise them for scoring high OR apologize if he does poorly. And this behavior is likely related to his fear of being a deadweight. Grian’s said on multiple occasions that his biggest worry is just bringing the team down. So it’s this personal pressure to succeed combined with his poor luck that really starts getting to him. And it all comes to a head in MCC16, when he has an actual panic attack in Dodgebolt. The weight of being the only member left on your team- in an event watched live by hundreds of thousands of people- in addition to everything that’s built up months beforehand, culminated into one of the most stressful experiences possible. And EVEN THEN, even though they pushed through that round, it ended the same way. With his team coming so close, only to fall at the last minute.

And that brings us to MCC17. Fortunately, Grian learned from what happened and made a direct effort to take things more casually this time around. At the beginning, he explicitly said “We’re not going to put any pressure on anyone today”. And with that, the Orange Ocelots embarked on their journey through MCC17. Right from the get go, they made it clear they were going to do things casually. Unlike before, this team wasn’t using tactics or excessively strategizing. All they did was just pick whatever game they wanted at the time. And luckily, they usually got it. While (of course) everyone’s doing their best, Orange really just went with the flow and never tried making a grand game plan for the entire event.

And you know what? It worked. Even though they were playing MUCH more casually than Grian’s previous teams, they were winning. Without much planning or strategy, this team was doing as well as the competitive ones, who’d practiced for hours on end. Throughout the event, they kept popping off and getting Top 3. Even before Dodgebolt, Grian was doing AMAZINGLY.  He got FIRST individual on Sky Battle (hello??!!?) AND was one of the last ones standing at the end of Survival Games, earning him a coveted spot in the Top 10 individual. Not to mention, being THE CEO of Buildmart. By taking things game-by-game and just doing their best, Orange snagged First Place with a massive 3k lead.

And that’s what was so beautiful about MCC17 Orange overall. The fact they did THIS WELL without putting pressure on themselves... wow. That’s what made this event so wholesome and so meaningful, most of all for Grian. Grian. The one who’d gone through so much this past season. The one who always seemed to come this close to winning. The one who put all the pressure on himself. GRIAN was the one to cinch the win. He carried his team through the final round of Dodgebolt- in what is now considered the BEST MCC finale- by clutching a sick 1 v 3 against two of the strongest players.

We all knew, both participants and the audience, that Grian is a fantastic, brilliant player (as if Lord Dreamslayer would be anything less). But HERE in this moment is when Grian proves it to himself. Once again with all eyes on him and his entire team counting on him- right back to where he was last event- Grian sheds the pressure and nails three players singlehandedly. With that round, he finally sees what an amazing player he is. And I cannot tell you how heartwarming it was to hear him say on repeat “I actually feel like I earned that!”. After blaming himself for all this season’s misfortunes, here he’s faced with the undeniable truth: He deserved to win. And the fact that he got his coin, not by using tactics or relying on someone to “carry” him, but by being unabashedly confident and just having a great time with his team. THAT is the win Grian deserved. He finally, finally, gets to see that he had it in him all along. All it took was just a little more confidence and a LOT less pressure.

But you know how Grian was able to lose that pressure? His team. False and SB did SO well with communicating to everyone and keeping up morale. But PETE. Dude, Pete was an absolute S-Tier leader this MCC, and I think it’s time to talk about what this win meant to him.  

So I’m not sure how many people know, but much like Grian, Pete’s been going through a lot these past events. As I mentioned before, the increased competitiveness of MCC S2 has really gotten to the participants. (Pete talked about this openly on a Vault Hunters stream the day his MCC17 team got announced, so the following is just an echo of what he said then. Not me trying to psychoanalyze him.) Considered by some as the best player in the event and having never dropped below Top 5 Individual, there’s a lot of focus on Pete performing well. Even though this brought a lot of interest to him and his channel, the pressure started weighing on him, overwhelmingly so. Over time he got increasingly more invested in the analyses posted on the Reddit and started holding himself to a ridiculous standard.

While he never got outright toxic, there was a clear change in his demeanor, most notably in MCC16. His attitude throughout all of MCC16 was extremely competitive, using numerous tactics and overanalyzing his team’s performances the MOMENT the game ended. And this behavior really started bringing down his team. Even though his teammates never got overly upset, looking back, Pete saw that his attitude only brought negativity and served to make them feel worse, which is the exact opposite of what he wants to do. Furthermore, he just felt awful (Pete’s own words). Not just when looking back, but even in the moment. He couldn’t enjoy himself due to all the stress and pressure. And even his fans quickly picked up on his lack of enjoyment. So, much like Grian, the pressure of MCC and the competitiveness really weighed on Pete. And so for MCC17, he made a similar vow to take things more casually and just focus on having a fun time with his team, and that’s exactly what happened.  

MCC17 Orange had a great time under the leadership of Pete, and I’m so, so proud of how Pete stepped up this event. He did so good at checking in on everyone and keeping up morale. We all knew that after MCC16, what Grian needed most (other than an MCC coin) was support. While of course his team last event was really fun and helpful, it’s clear he could’ve done well with a little more support. And that’s exactly where MCC17 Orange comes in. In EVERY minigame, SB and False were always right there to help out Grian when needed. But Pete was overflowing with support and kind words for everyone. He was always the first to praise his teammates whenever they made a good play. Hyping up SB and Grian for reaching Top 10 Individual. Constantly checking in on False and encouraging her to speak up. Pushing Grian to unleash his inner CEO in Buildmart. Countering his team’s negativity whenever they started to get down on themselves (most hilariously in round 2 of Dodgebolt). Even in the downtime between Games 7 and 8, when Grian started theorizing about Dodgebolt, Pete gently encouraged him to just focus on Game 8 and not get ahead of himself. And LOOK how it paid off!

Keeping the team in good spirits lifted everyone’s confidence and motivated them to play to their fullest potential, resulting in the win AND 3/4 team members making Top 10 Individual. And again, this is EXACTLY what Pete needed after MCC16. Not only was it rewarding to just take it easy and have fun, after being stressed out for most of the season. But I can’t imagine how satisfying it was for him to see his teammates pop off. At his core, Pete seems like a really team-oriented person. Something that struck me about Pete, when I first watched him in MCC10, was how invested he was in his teammates’ performances. Typically with competitive players, they only look at what their team needs overall to score well. If they need to stack one player and have everyone else play support, then so be it. Whereas with Pete, he just wants to see every single person do well. In his eyes, success is when everyone plays to their best ability, regardless of team score. And so MCC17 with Orange felt like a good callback to that.

Seeing how much his teammates were able to succeed when they felt confident, was a reminder of how important it is for teams to have that support. Pete fulfilled his goal of being a ray of positivity for his team, and it paid off in spades. So for him I think MCC17 was just a really grounding moment. THIS is what it’s all about. Having a good time with your team and being there when they need you. Because as long as you’re having fun, no one’s really losing. ...but if you happen to get a coin along the way, LFG!!

And of course, we’ve got Mr. SB737 and Falsie. GG of course to False for being a 3-time winner (#FalseforFive next? 👀). But SB definitely deserves more love for his first win. It’s been clear since he joined the tournament in MCC8 that he’s absolutely cracked, and I’m SO glad he finally has the win AND 7th place to show for it. I’m still impressed he managed to make Top 20 Individual when his teams were always Bottom 5. But now his skill is undeniable. This man took AN ENTIRE WEEK off just to practice for MCC17! Like???? He’s put in more practice than any of his teammates by FAR, and WOW did it pay off. Also, he just did so well communicating with everyone?! Like looking back on the VODs, he got along really well with his teammates, frequently joking with Pete and Grian. Personally, I’m also so proud of how he did in Buildmart as their floater, especially since it was his first time in that role. Not only did he communicate really well, but it also just showed off his SICK movement skills. I’m so happy the event took place when it did, and we got to have SB on Orange, since he’s an absolute delight. Hopefully we get to see him more in the upcoming MCCs since he’s a force to be reckoned with!

And so ends the tale of MCC17 Orange. Honestly- despite this being long af- there’s still a little more I could say about this team. But ultimately, this is an MCC for the books. Like everyone said, this event literally could not have been better if it was scripted. And hopefully the wonder of MCC17 sticks with the players of Orange Ocelots for quite some time, because it’ll be in our hearts forever ❤

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

Hermitopia AU Conclusion

The last ask has been answered, the masterposts are complete, and (although art, writing, and Discord discussion are still accepted and encouraged) it is finally time to officially wrap up the Hermitopia AU! Because this was such a massive event - and no small thing to moderate - there will be a pause in blog activity for a day or so before the inbox will open for regular headcanons again. I apologize in advance for the wait!

In the mean time, I would just like to say: I am so, so thankful to everyone who participated in the AU. Your ideas and your creativity have made this blog a better place, whether you sent in one headcanon or dozens, and I am constantly in awe of the energy and enthusiasm of this community. Thank you, all of you, for making this universe we’ve created as vast and as interesting as it turned out to be.

Below are a collection of my own ideas, for those of you who like a satisfying (but still not entirely closed-ended) ending. These events take place as many days, months, or years into the future as you need them to make your own ideas work, and none of them are set in stone. You can take all of them, some of them, or none of them as truth if you want to...but either way, it has been an honour to build on a project like this one alongside you all.

And with that...the Hermitopia AU concludes! Finished, or barely begun, like so many good projects are. Have a great day everyone, and happy headcanoning!

- Mod Shade

"People of Hermitopia."

The man on the screen shifts, running a nervous hand across his bald head and squaring his shoulders. The broadcast quality is unstable, but it's more than enough for every citizen in the city to recognize who's speaking.

"This is your Concorp Branch Director, Cub. As I'm sure you are aware, I am the head of Project VEX in this city. You all know the VEX initiative as groundbreaking, life-saving, a shining success and a step towards a new era for humanity...and some of you may even see me as a hero for creating it.”

He closes his eyes, a brief look of pained remorse crossing his face. For a moment, he looks utterly defeated, almost small in the face of his impromptu audience of thousands...but finally, he fixes the camera with a steady gaze once more and begins the great unravelling.

“Maybe it was all those things, in the beginning. Maybe *I* was, once. But today, after far too long, I have some confessions to make...."

~

- For years, Cub had been desperately scrambling to hold the tatters of his life’s work together. Project VEX had started so well, and he had poured so much of himself into it, that when the failed experiments and rebellions became more and more frequent he was unable to accept a change of course. He covered up the project’s failings to maintain funding and public image, but mostly to maintain his own image to himself - that he was still the hero he’d set out to be and create at the project’s start. However, his denial was wearing on him heavily, and eventually he had a breakdown and decided to go public rather than keep drowning the city in lies.

- This breakdown was prompted by xB, who after his own moral breakthrough, confronted Cub and urged him to stop withholding knowledge and truth. xB also informed Cub of his own unknown truth - that the unintended power of his presence was the thing that was keeping the experiments successful when Cub was around. This was the final straw in breaking through Cub’s denial

- Along with Cub’s broadcasted speech, files were released to the media containing proof against most if not all of Concorp’s falsehoods. Many names were cleared of crimes that had been pinned on them, including Beef, Impulse, Doc, Cleo, and the majority of the other Unrestrained and Unaffiliated former VEX trainees that the company had tried to cast away

- Understandably, it took a very long time for the chaos to die down and all that information to be processed by society and the justice system. It may be years before the community can see some of their heroes in the proper light again, but at least they are now free to begin rebuilding their reputation without being labeled as villains and traitors.

- Those who actually did commit villainous acts are given a fair trial, with consideration for their motives and the new Concorp information as extra evidence

- The VEX program is withdrawn by Cub’s superiors and put under a strict review. It is reborn after a massive restructuring, with a new director, new limitations on what experiments can and cannot be attempted, and a greatly extended screening and training program to reduce the chances of graduates becoming villains. The new project will produce far fewer heroes with much subtler powers at first...but if that is the cost for the safety and stability of the city, then most people would agree that it is a small price to pay.

- Cub is not permitted to work on the new Project VEX in a management role, ever again. It’s a harsh blow for him, to have to watch his dream from the sidelines...but he knows he gave up the right to guide it when he abused the control that it gave him. At least his superiors allowed him something to do while he awaits trial: he is present (although guarded) at every new VEX trainee’s first experiment, lending his power to increase their chances of success.

- Mayor Scar resigned willingly. Nobody had enough evidence to accuse him of anything, and he didn’t plan on giving them a reason to look by trying to stay in office. Instead he chose to make his exit from both Concorp and government matters complete, at last. Or so he thinks. Who knows? Maybe he’ll learn what most of the people he’s helped to manipulate have already found out: that connections and old grudges don’t easily lose their grip.

- Scar is replaced by TFC, voted in by almost unanimous community support and funded by donations from all the people he’s saved over the years

- The greater Convex company offers a choice to the survivors of the old program: Come to work under their new, more honorable system, or take a generously large settlement and be free to build new lives

- Team ZIT declines the job offer, pooling their payment and using it to buy a shiny new base together for their independent hero venture. There are still a handful of real villains to fight, after all, and there are bound to be more once people start successfully copying Concorp technology. Now that Impulse is back at their side, they wouldn’t give up their roles saving the community for anything - but they’re done with being used by some guy behind a desk. From now on, justice and bravery will be their only guides!

- ...justice, bravery, and TFC, that is. He isn’t their boss by any means, but the more experienced hero does drop by often between his mayoral duties to make sure the youngsters stay out of trouble and in one piece.

- The nHo, according to all official records, took their settlements and split up, leaving Hermitopia far behind. However, Team ZIT suspects that the vigilante life hasn’t left them so easily. They’d be the last ones to report the odd sighting of a whipping vine or a distant masked figure, though - unregulated as they are, the nHo’s shady methods for a good cause prove useful from time to time. (And their base has really good tea. Okay, maybe it’s a little bit more than “the occasional sighting”...)

- Ren settles back into his meadow cabin, but after that massive release of info and a long, LONG period of processing, he now has Iskall, Stress, and Cleo as regular visitors. Every morning he wakes up and forgets for a moment that it’s real, that they’re really alive and with him again...but they are, and he is happier than he ever thought he would be again.

- Jevin and Mumbo visit the cabin occasionally. It took a while for Mumbo to get his memory back, but he now remembers all of his friendship with Iskall and Grian, and they come together for fun and shenanigans regularly with the rest of the cabin crew.

- Grian still spends his time looking for his clones, but honestly, he doesn’t mind. The adventure always did hold more meaning than the conclusion for him, and now, he has friends to help out!

- False disappears into thin air to wait out the fallout of Concorp’s information release. She snags herself a quiet job and a small apartment on the outskirts of town, fully intending to return to her mercenary work just as soon as the dust has settled...next week, maybe. Or the week after that. Or maybe, once the garden has been fully planted. She’s really enjoying having time for stuff like that now...but she’ll get back to work, really, she will! Soon.

- Joe and Cleo tearfully reunite through xB, and Joe becomes another frequent visitor to the cabin. Cleo also visits Joe’s base in the time exclusion zone, but she really prefers the cabin. Time skips are disorienting, and they make her want to sneeze.

- Keralis and Void come to an agreement. Xisuma isn’t entirely clear on what that agreement is - something to do with an allowance of cookies from Biffa’s bakery in exchange for not killing anyone - but he’s more than happy to be less sore and tired all the time.

Hermitopia is making progress. Real progress, this time - not just the breaking of humanity’s limitations, but breaking them with true heroic care, with the good of everyone in mind. There are some hurts that will never fully heal, mistakes that can be learned from but not undone, and yet...now there is a path, a way forward. It won’t be easy, but a kind and gentle future waits for them, welcome and well deserved. They will figure it out, together.

And together, they will step forward, into the new world that each of them has helped to create.

[votederpycausemufins]

So, happy eggs benedict day to those who watch dsmp. I’m sure you’ll have fun today! I know I will when you all read this chapter and freak out at the end! also gonna apologize for the formatting. I wasn’t sure how to replicate what I did while writing it, so I’m doing that instead.

@petrichormeraki​

“Hey Tommy?” Phil took the teen over to the side, wanting to speak with him. “Since Grian is still talking with his admin-”

“He’s my admin too. You saw that the other me was in their world.”

“Right, fine. While he’s talking to your admin, I’ve got a question.”

“Alright, shoot.”

“When you were talking with that other you… D-Did Kristen show up?”

“Mumza? Uh, no. Why d’ya ask?”

“Well, I guess you wouldn’t know. She wasn’t really around when you were growing up. But she’s sort of… a goddess of death.”

Tommy’s eyes widened. “She’s what?”

“Yeah.”

“Yeah, no. Mumza didn’t show up. You did. Or the other version of you. I guess you’re the death god there instead of her.”

“Right. Well, anything else happen, mate?”

“After the other you showed up, the other me got taken away by him and told me the thing to say to Xannes.”

“Alright. Thanks for telling me Tommy.”

“Theseus. Theeeeeeeseus. Theseus! Wake up!”

“Ugh… where am I?”

“Prison. Specifically Base Iridium.”

Theseus shook his head to wake himself up more. “Wait where the fuck am I?!”

“I just said you’re-”

“No what the fuck is this?!” Theseus shouted and tried moving around, only making the sound of chains jingling.

“Ohhhh, enchanted bedrock casket to make sure you can’t move. But hey, At least we get face holes. Aaaand you’re hyperventilating.”

“How do I get out?! Let me out!”

“If I knew how to get out, I would have aaaaaages ago and gone to see Sense!”

“W-Wait, S-Sense like the e-evil r-redstone guy?”

“Yes! With a wonderful mustache and sexy suit of his~”

“Oh eww gross. You’re just as bad as him.” Theseus cringed.

“How’s he doing?”

“Half starved to death and had his vocal cords ripped out.”

“He. What.”

“The new emperor of Helscraft or whatever did it. Kicked him off the throne and trapped him in whatever was there instead of the nether.”

“No! Now I need to get out!” Chain rattling filled the air.

“Uh hey, what’s your name by the way?”

There was a pause from the rattling. “Oh you heard I changed it? It’s Grifter now.”

“Uh, didn’t know you started with anything else.”

“Hiii Puffy! I’m baaack! Did you an’ Grum talk about stuff?” Jrum walked into Puffy’s home holding a lot of quartz in his arms. He knew he could just put it in his inventory, but this was more fun.

“Yes we did, though… well it was a little rough for him, so he’s... out building a place for you to stay near your charger until you can get home, alright?”

Jrum nodded, accepting the answer without question before setting his haul down on a table and picking up a piece quartz to chew on. “I made a new friend! His name is Michael!”

“Oh, that sounds nice.”

“Yeah! And then I went exploring and I found a big cave!”

“In the nether?” Puffy asked, only half paying attention right now while hoping Jrum would get distracted talking. She knew the bot’s brother wasn’t really out building after his panic attack, but duckling Dream had been kind and offered to help the child.

“It looked kinda like it, but no. It kinda looked like something Uncle Scar would make. It was pretty. He once built a humongous drill to get to the nether. A-And then some of the nether started climbing out, but the hole was waaaaay too big so it didn’t have any chance!”

“That sounds creative.”

“Yeah! He also made a magic village with a big magic crystal, and apparently it helps connect to the hels dimension, so I made a friend there!”

“What’s that?” Puffy asked with a tilt of her head. 

“Oh, the hels dimension is a place parallel to this dimension, but it’s not like another dimension like the overworld and the nether are different dimensions to themselves, hels is like… us, but through a mirror! A funhouse mirror! Like my daddy is really good at redstone like me, and he can get frazzled at times, but he’s really nice. But then there’s the hels version of him who’s like a big mean evil scientist!”

“Oh really. And I suppose you made friends with your hels version?” Puffy asked with a small smile, but Jrum frowned and found his antenna to tug on, squeezing the little blue ball at the end.

“Uh, no. Grum and I were built by our dads, but in hels, they got separated and so they couldn’t build us. So… we don’t have our own hels versions.”

Puffy frowned sadly. “Do you want to talk about that?

“Yeah. I’ve tried telling my dads, but they just sort of reassure me without really listening.”

Puffy got a chair set up for Jrum, ready for an impromptu therapy session which she hoped wouldn’t end as bad as the last one. “Now, what’s bothering you most?”

“Well, the fact that we don’t have our other versions kinda hurts because it sort of makes me feel like we’re less real. I know my dads say that we’re of course real, but it doesn’t hurt less because they just sort of say it and not give reasons. In fact, they sort of give us less reasons because they were really protective about us respawning since they didn’t know how that would work. I mean, I guess they had a reason to worry since Grum and me are here now, but the fact they couldn’t trust us with that kinda hurts.

“And then we need to be charged up as well as eat, but we don’t need to worry about phantoms. I guess it’s a trade off, but no one else has to deal with that! It feels weird! From what Xisuma said, he needed to mess with some files to get us read properly by all his admin stuff, and he didn’t need to do that for others sort of like us, so why are we different?!”

Puffy hugged Jrum to comfort the now crying robot. The small whispers of reassurance helped a little, telling him he really was a person and that he would be safe. Jrum was glad for them he didn’t like the mess he was in, and the fact that it came from not really being a person made it sting even worse. So he was very happy to find someone who would listen and understand.

System hard drive crash. Attempting recovery. Recovering… Recovering… 92% of data recovered. Rebooting… Rebooting… Essential data missing. Please insert external drive for troubleshooting.

External drive connected. Reading external data. 16 files located. Do you wish to replace data with files? Backing up old files. Backing up… Backing up… Data has been backed up. Replacing data. Replacing… Replacing… Replacement complete. Restarting. One moment.

Restart complete. Checking systems. 100% data found. Implementing… Implementing… Files implemented.

Are you sure you want to rename this machine? Renaming… Renaming… Renaming complete. Restart needed to fully implement. Restarting. One moment.

Welcome. Please continue with s s s set u u up. Ch ch choose a l l lan. :) 

Grumbot sat up with a start. He was pretty sure if he wasn’t a robot, he’d be breathing heavily. He put a hand to his head before looking around. It looked like he had been put in a room with a bed, but he didn’t recognize it, and no one else was there.

Grum tried to remember what happened. Had he run out of battery? Or had he gotten damaged. No, he had been trying to [: )] and it didn’t work out. He had also been with Puffy, so perhaps this was another room in her house. It wasn’t one he had seen before, but he also hadn’t really gone exploring.

Getting up from the bed and stretching, Grum decided to do just a little bit of looking around the room to make sure this really was Puffy’s place. He didn’t want to end up in someone else’s place and get in trouble. Though perhaps it was a similar situation to [: )] when they showed up on [: )].

That was another thing he almost forgot. Jrum. Was he okay? He didn’t know how long they had been separated and if it were long enough, he could have gotten in trouble. He had always taken after their [: )] and if the people here weren’t the happiest about stuff like that, it might not end well.

Well, as he looked around, the place seemed safe, and after carefully breaking a piece of the wall before putting it back, he was still at Puffy’s home. He attempted to contact Jrum, but it seemed that function wasn’t working. Possibly because they were no longer in [: )] and it was something there that allowed a direct connection between the two of them.

Grum’s eyes landed on a piece of paper he hadn’t noticed before. It seemed to be a note of sorts, so he read it. It seemed to be from the admin. He wrote how Puffy said Grum passed out and she went to check on Jrum to make sure the same didn’t happen to him. That if he would like, the admin could check him over and make sure everything was fine and there were no programming issues.

The robot rolled his eyes. He wouldn’t have any issues. [: )] and [: )] had built him just fine, Plus Jrum had gotten the two of them updates from [: )] so they were even better. There was no reason to see the admin, especially because…

Because…

Because why? This person was the admin, so he would just be making sure the server ran as smoothly as possible. He likely was just worried. That was all. What admin wouldn’t? And they hadn’t done anything to make Grum think otherwise. If they did, then maybe he would need to be wary. But so far, nothing. 

Puffy suggested they get a treat for Jrumbot to help him cheer up and Jrum wiped away his virtual tears before following her. As they left, neither of them noticed the small red plant wrapping around the antenna and connecting to the now red ball on the end of it.

“Ah ha. Nice joke Theseu- wait a second.” There was silence. “You’re not my brother.”

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[khizuo]

My MCC 13 Predictions!

My Very Crude Stats Post

Your local MCC sweat is back with heavily reddit-influenced MCC 13 predictions! I’m purposefully keeping them really loose because it all really comes down to game order. And even with how loose these predictions are, I’m still very unsure about them! I think that while this MCC does have a definitive top 3 in Pink and a definitive last place in Sapphire, most of the other teams have the potential to fluctuate quite a bit.

a bit of a disclaimer, I guess: I’m making this post because I like to think about and analyze teams, not because I want to imply that some teams are worse than others. All teams will be entertaining no matter if they win or not! It’s a competitive event, but ultimately it’s for fun, and that’s what this post is for too. It’s fun to think about and speculate, but I mean to do it in the most harmless way possible.

Now on to the predictions:

Pink will be top three, unless something ridonkulously awful happens. They’re a favorite to win, and for a good reason—they’re very well-rounded, and they have an S-tier player in Dream and two A-tier players in Sparklez and Scott, as well as a B-tier player in Shubble. (Shubble’s performances are extremely inconsistent and she’s varied from top 10 to bottom 10, but she has gotten top 10 once and top 20 a good amount of times.)

I think Coral, Purple, Teal, and Cyan will fill out the rest of the top 5, although I’m not sure in which order.

Coral has Sapnap and Krtzyy, both A-tiers, and Wisp, who is very good at Minecraft in general although his performance last MCC doesn’t reflect that. They are “the PVP team” lol.

Purple is basically MCC 10 Orange, who won. It’s Petezahhutt leading the Hermits again. False gets top 15 on a really good team, Grian is actually pretty good, and Kara is also decent. I don’t think they have a high chance of winning because the competition is pretty stiff, but I do think they have the potential to do quite well and get to the top half.

Teal is SWEATY. They SWEAT. That’s all I have to say.

Cyan is well... Cyan. The dysfunctional family that we know and love. They’re pretty good at movement-based games, but those tend to be played early. If they want to get to dodgebolt they’re gonna have to really pop off in late-games like BSABM and SoT. I think they have a chance to win, but it’s not a wide chance. It will be pretty dependent on game order and if Fundy and Phil can replicate their performances from last MCC. I’ll definitely be watching them, though, because I know they’re gonna have me laughing. Plus they’ll probably have the wholesome #Technosupport.

Finally, Mint, Red, Emerald, and Yellow will round out the bottom 4 (Simmers are pretty much a guaranteed 10th in general). I think out of these four, Emerald and Red have the biggest chance to break into the top 5.

Emerald has a potential top-10 player in Tommy, but he’s also very inconsistent. I know he’s not throwing anymore, but that doesn’t equal consistency just yet. CPK is a very good top-15 player, and Tubbo can also very well reach top 15. Honestly they’re only in the bottom half because the competition is very stiff. They’ll still be really damn fun to watch though and I think Tommy will take a leadership role again! He’s been killing that since MCC 11 and I love it.

Red, also, has top-5 potential in the Quig-Mefs duo.

Yellow and Mint, while both having an S-Tier player each (Hbomb and Fruit respectively) are only as strong as their weakest links, I think. Hbomb and Fruit might train their teams and they might end up pulling surprisingly good performances, but again, the competition is stiff.

Simmers are... the Simmers. I love them. They’re here to remind us that MCC is a for fun tournament. Just gonna go watch their battle box domination again, brb. And who knows, maybe they’ll surprise us?

Anyways, I’ll finish this predictions post by again reiterating that I don’t have any expectations for the teams to fall according to where I place them (even though I left way larger margins than the reddit folk!) MCC is a tournament that is purely for fun and a team doesn’t have to win for their perspective to be enjoyable. I just hope all the contestants enjoy themselves and don’t feel too stressed!

P.S. If I see as many posts complaining about Techno not being in as I saw last MCC, I Shall Break A Lamp. #TechnoSupport!

[mystilotls]

Tokyo Soul AU: Chapter one

Song: Cabinet Man

Tw: Implied gore, implied death, violence, shipping

This is for the peeps who don’t watch TS, these chapters are for the plot of this au.

also PLEASEEEEEEE send me asks ( @ask-mystis-aus ) im opening an “ask the characters event with drawn reactions so-

Enjoy, (no grammar check, we fail like men)

Long ago in a dimension where time doesn’t exist, where every up is a down, Where space is irrelevant, and when Cthulhu ruled with his army of demons, inflicting terror and darkness to all.

However, there was one soldier in the army that seemed more powerful than the rest.

This demon went by many names but to mere mortals, he was referred to as Necro. 

Necro could manipulate all, even the dead, Necro could summon anyone or anything at will, Necro possesses all knowledge of any dimension he sets foot in, and most importantly, it is dangerous to make a deal with him. For if you shake his hand, the consequences could be dire.

Demons found Necro’s powers to be too catastrophic and after a long war between them, Necro, and Cthulhu, the demons of the realms were victorious.  

Cthulhu was banished to R’lyeh where he built up the once fallen empire he had.

As for Necro?

Necro was trapped in a spellbook, and to add insult to injury, his prison was labeled as the “Necronomicon”. The Necronomicon was banished to a far void, where it was rare for anyone to even find it.

 Even when the Necronomicon was found, He is forced to share his wisdom of the dimensions he has traveled to and or harmed. He watches as wars break and mass genocide all from trying to obtain him.

 He loves watching but he vows, one day, someone will free him and he will return. 

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“That’s the book we need!” a voice had exclaimed, it seemed to have belonged to a young man with an accent that is different from his colleagues 

Necro had gotten up from the corner he normally sat in, at first spending unbearable moments with nothing but dribbling fools constantly grabbing your cell and splattering blood of their former friends on you can get irritating, but since there was nobody to bother him, he often learned to meditate and ignore his surroundings.

Until now. 

However, these mortals seem like a change of pace for once. Necro crawled over to where the seeing eye is and looks out to see a bag of flesh grabbing his cover, he tries to remember what lifeform this was and had come to the conclusion that these were creatures from the Earth dimension. Necro never was able to take over this world but he heard stories that the smartest creatures...humans were just as if not more as primitive than the other idiots he had slaughtered like the sacks of meat they are.

These humans seemed like no exception.

Necro looked back and thought this was too easy, none of these fools know what the Necronomicon truly is.  All the easy to watch as they destroy themselves. Just a simple compliment or a simple suggestion and he already knows there is going to be delicious anarchy everywhere. 

Necro watched as he was being held by the obvious animal hybrid of a human and a long-eared rat humans call rabbits.  Necro could easily tell behind the dirty rabbit beanie this mortal calls a disguise.  

“It called the Necronomicon” “good eye, genius” Necro mumbled hearing the echo of the freak holding his book and wonders Since he looks like a freak in his dimension, would he be an easy pawn and not clash with his army.  He eventually got his attention drawn to the young man from before. 

“Oh no, no! No, I’m out” Necro watches from the seeing eye and grins wickedly. This human is smart enough to know his left from his right yet dumb enough to fall for all types of manipulation

He is perfect.

~ Necro groaned listening to them babble on about nothing that interests him. He then chuckled when his “friends” started to insult him. This is just too easy. He had been talking to the rabbit hybrid but his insults were to no avail. Meanwhile the blond, the rabbit had broken him so much that a simple insult or a compliment could make him all his. 

“As ugly as a wart too,” Necro said, loud enough for all of them to hear and he got the blond’s attention. Great, now to add gas to this unstable fire.  

He tries to hide his grin as the rabbit hands over the Necronomicon to the blond. This pawn seemed easier to control since the rabbit is too broken and too wrapped up in his own fantasies, it would just be a waste of time. 

  Necro was grabbed out of his thoughts when he was spat on by the blond. 

“Well that was a bit unnecessary” Necro mumbled

~

 “This is too boring and such a waste of time to try and get out of this damn book,” Necro thought as he just laid in the void. If only he had his actual body, then he could just watch as Cthulhu’s armies could mow down all these useless souls. Watching as they beg for mercy but then vaporate mid-sentence, at least then it would be a little fun. 

He got up and floated around in a sitting position. He thought it was time to try something different

“Take out the nurse. End him” Necro whispered in the blond’s ear. He saw the rabbit’s ears perk up and walk to the other young male.

“The Necronomicon wants us to kill Dr. Nurse, dude!” 

“And you want to listen to a TALKING BOOk” 

Necro sucked air through his teeth, he may not listen to him now but he soon will. He looked through the seeing eye and saw 

Cthulhu, in the body of some sort of walking creature that apparently lives in their water, all he knows is that this animal shouldn’t be walking on land.

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Grian held the Necronomicon during his date with Silly. It was more of a peer pressure date (he liked Silly in a sisterly way) but he was confused. He thought he was with Taurtis.

 Taurtis comes to his bed every night for cuddles and Tuesdays are a day when they can be all alone, but was Taurtis just using him to relieve tension, just his constant play toy for him to use while he goes dating other girls? 

Taurtis keeps claiming that he is just taking the girl out for a date so she can help him “get his hair back” but the half-shaved head works for Taurtis. However, he is growing his hair back and that’s all that matters.  

Suddenly, this cursed book ripped him away from his thoughts. The Necronomicon had been whispering to Sam yet Grian was the one to have to listen. While Sam went to go get Jorje from Mr. Chupa, Grian looked and saw many shadows of arms grab for Grian’s. They wrapped around him before reaching for his face, cupping his cheek before grabbing for his throat.  His eyes went white as he gasped for air.

Grian screamed before tripping and falling to the floor, panting heavily. Silly had rushed to help him up. He looked at his hands to see the shadows gone and all of the students and Mr. Chupa stare at him in confusion. 

“Grian, are you oka-?” Silly’s gentle question of worry was interrupted when Grian got up and ran upstairs, Silly could see him with eyes of fear and worry. 

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Grian ran into a bathroom stall before slamming the door. He threw the Necronomicon and opened it to see the undecipherable font which is on every page. He growled before ripping the pages right out of the book, ignoring all the pained grunts from the disembodied voice. Using the sound of torn paper to encourage him. 

“Why do you do this, why do you put up with what you do. Cthulhu told me you wanted to go home, that’s not what you really want. I may be a book but I can read you like an open one. You just want respect, You just want to be loved, You want to be wan-”

“SHUT UP!” Grian screamed as he threw the damaged book on the floor, huffing as he glared into the seeing eye which he couldn’t tell if it winked or blinked. 

“I’m not just a book you know” Grian gasped as he heard a whisper right in his ear, nobody was behind him but he could feel a weight on his shoulders as if someone was trying to be comforting. It sent shivers through him as he shook it off. 

“I can give you respect, I can make people listen to you, I can help you get all the power you deserve” Grian pushed against the door. His eyes wide as he tries to get his bearings straight. This isn’t the weirdest thing by a longshot but something about this made him uneasy. He looked down to the seeing eye and saw red. 

“All you need to do is-”

SMASH

Grian stomped on the eye of the book and kept stepping on the cover. He heard a chuckle and soon laughter 

“Well, thats all I need, Thanks for the invite~”

A dark mass appeared from the seeing eye before it rushed into Grian’s lungs. He fell and hit his head on the bathroom floor, passing out.

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Taurtis was starting to be concerned about Grian, he just stopped talking for the rest of the day, he wouldn’t even look at them or let go of the Necronomicon. Taurtis waited for Grian to come out of the bathroom so they could cuddle, he sleeps better on a bed than a mat but he feels more comfortable with another human next to him

Meanwhile, Grian looked at his hands before looking in the mirror, seeing his reflection gaining red pupils and sharp, dagger teeth

“Ah, It feels great to have a body again” Grian chuckled before hearing the bathroom door knock.

[amnesiacgrian]

Bound To Darkness: Chapter 1 Awakened

Prologue

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I shot awake, panting heavily. My body was trembling uncontrollably as I vainly tried to remember moments before, the weird dream that I had. But nothing came up. Absolutely nothing.

“Uh… hello?” A soft voice came from my right, making me jump. I turned, arms raised to protect myself from the man with a big bushy mustache. He held his hands up innocently, backing away a step.

“I…” I lowered my arms, unable to stop the tremble in my shoulders. “S-sorry… habit?”

“Do you get… attacked often?” The man walked forward, shoving his hands into his black dress pants pockets. He looked ragged, white button-up shirt untucked and jacket shoved back.

I shrugged helplessly, not… not actually sure. No memories of mine were coming to mind, it was blank. I knew nothing about myself, or this person, or… anything.

The man took my silence as an invitation to step forward, lowering his hands slowly. I noted he had an iron sword tucked in his belt, and a helmet that sat crooked on his head. I felt suffocated by the red sweater that I had on, especially since I had no idea where it came from.

I got a glance around the room I had woken up in to see it was a simple wood house. It looked like planks mingled with leaves to make a treehouse, wherein chests were littered about and disorganized to the extreme.

“My name’s Mumbo,” The man redrew my attention, his hand held out to me. “Myself and my friend Stress found you nearly a week ago. We thought - well, she did - that you had glitched out.”

“Glitched… glitched out?”

“Yeah. Y’know… the code messes with your body?” Mumbo seemed to be trying to get some kind of information out of me. Information I didn’t have. His hand dropped as his smile did.

Yet the term Glitched Out sounded familiar. Like a forbidden term, or… something. Truly, I had no idea what this man was talking about.

“Well… basically, we’re made of something called Code. Everyone is. But sometimes, when entering doorways to various worlds called Servers, our Code can… glitch. It’s a deadly curse that is rare, but not rare enough.”

I nodded, following along the best I could. It was all extremely confusing, but also like something I had already known.

“What I wanna know… how did you get here?” He looked at me for a long moment before it clicked. I was supposed to answer him.

“Well if I knew that, I would be glad to know something.” I felt like… like I could trust this person. Something in me resonated with this guy, bonding us in a weird sense. “I don’t really know… anything. No memories, thoughts, nothing. I don’t even know my name.”

“Oh… oh, that is strange.” Mumbo turned away, pacing the length of the small treehouse. He pulled up a holographic screen from some kind of watch on his wrist, pressing various buttons. “I’m gonna ask X and Iskall to see if they would know anything about memory loss…”

“So you don’t know me either?”

He glanced back, hesitating a moment. His face scrunched up in concentration for only a second. “No… no, I don’t think so. Your tag on this server says Grian, if that helps any.”

I shook my head, jumping at the sound of loud cracks from outside. A window behind the bed showed a person gliding down on some kind of silvery metallic wings, armor crafted from blue gems covering their head and lower half. They pulled of their helmet, showing another man. Except, unlike Mumbo… this man looked to be half robot.

“Iskall got here fast,” Mumbo smiled, vanishing into a hole in the floor. I glanced back out the window to see him running to the man he called Iskall, talking to him about me judging by the way he glanced to my face in the window. I pulled, back, sitting on the bed anxiously.

Within a few minutes, the ladder leading up to the small treehouse creaked and groaned, and Mumbo had returned with his… friend? Iskall studied me for a long moment, only poking half of his body through the entrance.

“Why hello there!” Okay, that accent was definitely foreign… but I couldn’t even tell where it was from. Just that it was different from Mumbo, and different from me. “My name is Iskall! And you are?”

I shrugged a bit, letting Mumbo answer for me. “Their tag just says Grian, and they don’t seem to know either.”

“I see. This is why you called me in.” Iskall pulled himself the rest of the way into the room, silver wings neatly tucked behind his back. I found myself studying the intricacies of the foreign metal, how it interlinked and seemed to connect to various parts of Iskall’s torso.

He caught me staring, and laughed a bit. “I’ll hook you up with an elytra sometime. If you’re stuck here with us-”

“-So the portals are still blocked?” Mumbo sounded concerned, but I was just confused.

“Portals?”

“The entrances and exits to this Server.,” Iskall jumped in to explain, frowning slightly, “They’re supposed to be open at all times, but for some reason they’re blocked from the outside, preventing us from leaving.”

“Joe is probably still panicking then,” Mumbo was mostly talking to himself, but the small room allowed me to hear everything, “I know I am.”

“We’re all worried, but hopefully someone will get us out soon.”

“Now for the real issue…” Iskall moved towards me, reaching out and grabbing my wrist faster than I could blink. I shifted a bit, weakly trying to pull away as he pressed his fingers against where my pulse would be.

“He doesn’t remember anything,” Mumbo glanced out the window, “and I asked for X to join us as well, but he hasn’t responded.”

“He… doesn’t seem glitched.” Iskall ran his hand up my arm, checking for… something. “But there is something else…”

“Like?”

Iskall glanced up at Mumbo, shrugging. “I don’t know. Suma might, but if he hasn’t responded to you he’s probably busy.”

I inferred that this X and Suma were the same person, just different parts of a name?

“I’ll ask Tango as well to come over. Stress will be here soon enough, probably, and Jevin was going to pop by if Grian didn’t wake up.”

All these names Mumbo said were foreign to me, making me wonder how many people were trapped here. These two, this XSuma and Joe, plus the three Mumbo had just mentioned… it felt bad knowing that so many people were here. And none of them knew me, most likely.

“Did I miss something?” A man poked his head up into the treehouse, and I froze. Something in me screamed that the blonde hair and red eyes were familiar, something I knew! I shot to my feet, staring at the man.

“You…” I knew the others were looking at me like I was crazy, the tremble had restarted through my body, but I didn’t care. “You were in my dream!”

“Huh?” The man pulled himself up, the bright red jacket hanging off his shoulders served to cement my memory of him, the void, but… not everything he said stuck. A lot of it was jumbled, but it was the one memory I had.

“You were… we were in this void.” More thoughts of the vision arose, and I looked over at Mumbo. “A girl called you something starting with an O, I heard her. You called her Nat, I think. You were talking about me, but… but he…”

I looked back to the blonde. “You said something… dark was coming. Or was here, in this Server. You… did something, I think?”

The man walked over, looking me in the eyes. “I honestly don’t remember any of this. Mumbo, is what he saying true?”

Mumbo nodded, looking honestly shocked. “Yeah, Stress and I were talking just yesterday about him. Used our real names, and…”

“Okay, okay.” Iskall walked over, holding his arms out to break up the conversation. “This sounds like a lot to think about. Grian-”

I straightened up, somewhat instinctively.

“-whatever you can remember is probably important. For now, I think it’s best you stay with Mumbo for now and get introduced to the Server one by one. There’s a lot of people here, and any one of them could help you remember something.”

“I’m okay with that.” Mumbo smiled at me a bit. “Tango, Iskall, if you guys think of anything that could be important, please let us know.”

“Will do!” Tango smiled, waving goodbye before jumping out of the treehouse. I watched as his elytra, this one a blood red shade, opened and launched him into the air. A few pops later and he had vanished into the sky.

“I’ll head out as well.” Iskall followed Tango with a quick goodbye, leaving Mumbo and I alone in the treehouse once more.

“I think I wanna try flying,” I found myself speaking aloud, but didn’t try to hold myself back, “it looks like fun.”

“Well, I’ll introduce you to Suma, who can hook you up with an elytra.” He glanced outside at the darkening sky, sighing to himself. “For now, we should get some sleep. You can take the bed.”

“It’s your place, Mumbo.” I backed away, gesturing to the bed. “You take it.”

“Grian-”

“I’ve already intruded a lot on you guys,” I shrugged, shoving my hands into the large hoodie pocket. Something brushed against my hands, and I grabbed a piece of paper. I wanted to bring it out right now, read it right away… but I kept it there instead. “I don’t want to steal your bed as well.”

My determined look must have gotten through to the mustachioed man, who sighed and walked over. He landed on his bed, seeming to fall asleep instantly. I grabbed an extra pillow and blanket and took up residence in a corner of the room.

Once I was sure he was sleeping, I pulled out the paper in my pocket. The single sentence written on the white parchment sent chills down my spine.

Trust no one

[this-tumbleweed-surecan-fish]

I saw mae do the ‘highshool au but screw setting it in america if you’re not american’ thing and it kinda got me thinking...

So like Hermitcraft but they’re going to a Gymnasium. That might be heavily inspired by the one i go to.

Scar is in the SV (students who are representative for other students and organize things) and has been voted head boy three years in a row. He’s got the charisma and the elder students trust him because he was the one who finally got the clock on the school yard installed after five years of it being a topic.

Zedaph is friends with the cleaning ladies because he keeps having to stay after school to help clean as punishment for his ‘experiments’. Not even the chemistry teachers have mercy. But hey, he got friends out of it and by now they’d probably miss him if he didn’t show up anymore!

Joe voted philosopy and was very worried when the course almost couldn’t happen because it seemed like too few people had voted it. Everyone knows who he is. Even the fifth years.

False got in a fight in fifth year and won - against an E-Phase student. She’d been hailed as a queen ever since. (E-Phase is 11. grade). She’s hoping to do her Abi in sports despite how complicated it is to actually get that possibility (organisation wise).

Grian is also well know and is banned from the library for life. He was on the roof of the science building once even though no ones allowed up there and he brags about it. No one knows how exactly he did it. Next goal: find the old detention room in the Old building. He knows its somewhere. It’s only a matter of time.

Etho did a year abroard but finally came back. He puts on an accent to make people think he forgot how to speak german properly. He has been in the detention room but won’t tell anyone where it is. It’s secret. Plus they’d only disturbe ‘him’. (there’s no ghost but bdubs belives him which is fun :) )

Doc is the only one who knows Hessisch (local dialect idk where exactly hes from but i don’t care for other dialects). He uses this to his full advantage. He’s gotten in long debates whith teachers that lasted until the end of the lesson and offers to buy alcohol for everyone who’s not allowed to yet (read: Mumbo, Pearl and Gem)

Mumbo skipped a class and therefore is the child TM. Look at him, not even allowed to drink yet haha. Manages to somehow sleep in class regularly and be a teachers pet. Joined the school shop AG (basically a club) just because their storage room is also the stroage room of the physics department and the big metal cabinet with the radioactive sticker on it is in there. The teacher that leads him made him a scarf.

Zed, Doc, Mumbo and Tango were all very disappointed when they found out that there no longer is anything radioactive stored in there.