#TwoMuchGrian

[nightwanderers12081]

HERMITBLR

Does anyone know about the watcher grian account-?, Its been on the server twice and idk what it is, Also considering Grian's second account is Twomuchgrian, In guessing this wasn't just an extra cam account

[fountainpenguin]

"Their set time's far too early and I've never heard of them..." (x)

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New Pixels Imperfect stuff today!

“No One Likes the Opening Band” || MCYT one-shot

Read on AO3 - 13k

@flufftober - Day 1 - "I've Got You"

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Professional camera account sports get real competitive, especially when you’re the only team in the league with 4 cams and 1 player-born. No one ever thought they’d see the day Etho let a cam into his life. And, well... He didn't. Turns out, he just brought a friend.

AKA - More PiglinMyNose and SnifferMyFeet fluff because I live for the "ancient camera account boy takes his newbie friend under his wing" dynamic and I love them, your honor.

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Canon-typical Minecraft violence (Fighting in a safe environment; immediate painless respawn) + anxiety and brief dissociation (Sniff reflecting on Joel and Grian possessing his body in his origin video) + Emotional hurt/comfort (Stressed by people looking down on you) + Mild flirting between Pig and TwoMuchGrian (and Sniff has a crush on BadTimeWithScar: world's sexiest semi-invisible catboy)

Also tagging for "Sniff's still coping with the fact that he's not married to either Etho or Scar even though his screwed-up memories tell him Double Life SMP was real and not roleplay," I guess... I love him.

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(First 1,000 words under the cut)

Wait, THAT'S the guy Etho settled for!?

Team Jade Jaguars is the only team in the Competitive Camera league with a team of 4 cam accounts instead of 5. Everyone's been whispering about their player-born. Seriously, their team's tag started trending when the season began. That was weeks ago, and only rarely has it slipped from the upper spots. Half a dozen articles keep circling the portal hub like lions waiting for a kill. Even Pig knows that, and he gets most of his news secondhand from the rest of the team.

Wait their 5th slotter isn't even a camera?

"Guys, ignore them," TwoMuchGrian said the first time they passed a news page pinned up in town square. "They're just trying to get in our heads." And Two's team captain, so Pig did exactly that. They'd just finished their second practice, all of them with pixels sticking up funny and exhaustion dripping like raindrops from their code. Two praised all of them, even though Pig had a very bad fall and missed catching one of the best crossbow shots Joel's ever had. It didn't matter. Two insisted they all did phenomenal this early in the season. He took the whole team out for hot chocolate and sorbet.

😂😂 Bruh I'm crying WHAT? Who the hell is THAT???

Today is game day. The locker room bustles with chatter and banging iron doors. The room's had a makeover since last year. They've got lanterns instead of torches to light this place up now and their jaguar face logo snarls in triumph from a sea of gray carpet.

Are they tanking on purpose or something?

"Hey, Pig!" Two calls, jogging up behind him, and Pig turns his head. Two's not even changed yet, still sporting the tie-dye T-shirt he's almost always dressed in. His flower-spotted headband keeps slipping over his eyes. He pushes it up with one hand, tossing Pig a jade green jersey with the other. Pig catches it on one finger. Two's grin is crooked, but no less genuine than it ever is. "There ya go! I'm so sorry we cut it so close. I actually feel awful, but hey… we finally got your new shirt in!"

Ngl I can't follow the Jaguars' logic here. They know he's Etho, right? His sign-ups must have been a mile long

Pig flips the jersey around, searching for his name. The familiar number 8 blazes strong and proud on the back. Above it, in smaller print, is his current username: PiglinMyNose. It wouldn't have been a big deal to play the first match with last season's jersey, but… It's nice to shed the final tie to his old identity. LazyBeans26 is a guy of the past. "Pig" is a far more comfortable nickname than "Lazy" ever was.

This I have to see

He hugs the jersey to his chest. "No way! Two, you're the best… See? This man!" He punches him in the shoulder; Two flashes briefly red. "I knew you'd come through for me!"

Like I'm all for a player joining the team if they want, but they pair him with ETHO?

Two hums in approval, fluttering his wings. It's so weird to see Two off spectator mode. When he's not translucent, you really get an appreciation for the deep blue and bright gold feathers he's flaunting. Pig casts a glance or two over his shoulder as Two walks away, calling out to PearlescentMoo on the far side of the locker room. Dang. Two's been putting in hours at the gym even outside their practice time. That's undeniable. Those are good looking shoulder blades. He can probably even lift a llama on a lead with muscle tone like that.

Glad he's on MY team… If we're going up against the Sharks, we need every edge we can get.

lmao I love how #Jade Jaguars has been trending for a month xD

Sniff sits on the center bench, his face pressed in his hands. Pig keeps a mirror on his locker door. He checks it every couple seconds as he sheds his jacket and wriggles from his shirt. It takes another two minutes to unclip all his necklaces and drizzle them in the locket basket. Then he pries off his rings. They drop on the necklace heap with a clatter. Probably shouldn't have worn all the jewelry today, but hey… They're his good luck charms. He always has his necklaces.

Does this mean we're never going to see an Etho/EthoCam team-up? 😢

Sniff moves his hands to the back of his neck, fingers bent as though they're claws.

See the most frustrating thing is that it's not like he's played before. He's still a new account. It's not even skill that got him in good w/ Etho. Etho's only with him b/c he looks like Joel. They're Boat Boy baiting for hype :/

The new jersey smells like cedar wood. Pig's never seen a cedar tree in his life, but somehow… He can tell. He holds it to his nose, breathing in the scent of fresh-cut shavings. In truth? It still feels warm from the printer, even though that must have been weeks ago. It's a sign of a good season, that. When he slips the jersey on, it fits perfectly, like a life vest.

Like… idk. I'm not saying I know for sure or anything, but it feels like there's some kind of nepotism thing going on behind the scenes.

Their first game of the season doesn't promise to be easy. Team Cerise Sharks isn't known for their mercy. BadTimeWithScar is team captain, and Two's been reviewing old footage since the match-up was announced. BadTime always brings out Two's competitive overdrive. Two sees scarlet every time. Pig spent all of last night on Two's bed, preening his wings and chatting about this and that while Two stared (glaze-eyed) at match after match on his comm screen. He needs new chew blocks; he's gnawed through most of them and his rope tug.

I should get him a care package. He'd like to be fawned over this week, I reckon.

Oh, their relationship gets skewed badly in a one-sided way when the tournament is live. It's like Two always says: Captain Two is not your friend. But he always makes up for it. Two's an overly affectionate pest between seasons, pushy and playful, and Pig falls head over heels for him every time. One evening with Two gripping his wrists like handcuffs and teasing raspberries at his cheek is worth a million tournament nights, at least.

BadTime's not even the only one to worry about. The Sharks are rocking a strong roster this season, featuring AriesEva, WellsGlazes, HumanCleo and ImpulseCam. Last year, iCam went home with the title of Top Scoring Player overall… a fact that TangoCam has never shut up about. Pig glances three lockers down. Tea is seething, staring at the half dozen carefully compiled images of his long-time rival taped inside his locker door. He does the whole "anime glasses" thing, pressing his glasses up every time they slip down.

"I'm gonna bury him in the avalanche trap," he mutters. "That gold medal's mine." So saying, Tea bends the locker door slightly, reaching out to glide his fingers over iCam's face. He trails them down his cheek. They squeak against paper. "He'll be recording snow the whole match."

[protectorcraft]

needed to clip this absolutely indescribable noise joel makes in one of grian's older phasmo videos because. What. (apologies for how this is going to look/read out in the transcript)

[Transcript:

Jimmy: Oh, I remember this house. Lizzie: I'm gonna get the power.

Joel: YEAUYAYAUGHYEYEI [aka a noise i cannot even fathom how to begin describing] Joel, softly: Sorry-

Jimmy, distantly: What. Was that? [Grian giggles] Lizzie: Are you alright?! Lizzie: What in the world-

End Transcript.]

[megabuild]

Hey, would skins from Grian's two alt accounts be acceptable to put in the folder? NPC_GRIAN and TwoMuchGrian.

yes, provided they are not just copies of his default skin! any alt account (eg. piglinmynose) counts.

[creepywing]

i need like 3 hours of twomuchgrian among us videos to fix me after this

[pixiemage]

It’s too soon as far as I can tell. My guess is that this was to go along with his FULL COMPILATION VIDEO of 3rd Life posted on his TwoMuchGrian channel.

We know he’s planning the next season, but here’s hoping they space it out more like they normally do! Tango deserves full attention on Decked Out, for one, and it would be nice to see the season reach a clean conclusion before 3L S5 is added to their schedules. :3

ALEERT ALEERT ALERT ALERT RED FUCKING GGG ALEERTTTT

GRIAN JUST POSTED THIS ON HIS INSTAGRAM AND HIS IG STORY IS VERY ALERTING OH MY GODDODODODODOD

[galaxygermdraws]

I saw that the BadTimes account skin had been changed to JumboTimes and realized I needed to update Rocket’s design. Decided to doodle some other cams while I was at it. It’s like free Hermitclones!!

(reblogs w tags/comments are appreciated. Please reblog before clicking the image to avoid accidental tag copying. Thankyu)

[salcreus]

1 . Wings Far too much grian.

[toucansfull]

My friend Carrot and I once did a “trivia hunt” contest - looking for the weirdest, most obscure fun facts about the server and members as possible.

So these aren’t necessarily backstory facts, but here’s tons of Hermit fun facts I know. I can provide sources for like 99% of these if I try.

Below the cut because there is a LOT.

There’s an official Hermitcraft theme song

Jono, who makes music for some hermits (including about ALL of Grian’s timelapse music) is Ren’s brother

“Xisuma” is Music with an x instead of a c and an a at the end (Music -> Musix -> Amusix -> Xisuma)

X is ripped

X has dyspraxia

X and Joe are the only hermits to have part of season 1 and never gone inactive - they’ve never Not been hermits, ever.

We all know X counts his episodes by total instead of by season but he actually skipped Episode 404 because of Error 404 Webpage not found

Etho had a block made in his honour in an April Fool’s update called the Etho Slab

There’s a solid chance Etho has never paid for Minecraft ever (he seemingly has no cam account and got MC before it cost money)

Scar was a really good swimmer when he was younger and was notably good at the butterfly

Doc is the current oldest hermit (45)

All Team STAR skins were references to Team Fortess 2 characters

Scar’s cat, Jellie, was named Jellie after she tried to maul hospital jello

Ren was born in the same city as J.R.R. Tolkien

Cub is from Chicago and “Cubfan” is a reference to the Cubs baseball team.

Grian has a biology degree

Scar’s skin and Youtube profile picture is Indiana Jones. His PFP was made by ZloyXP, the Hermit Recap writer.

Scar’s an artist and not only owns multiple art books that he consults for ideas, not only draws all his builds beforehand, but is a really skilled oil painter.

Bdubs is also an artist and is stellar. 

Scar’s “default” build is a tree.

Scar’s IGN is GoodTIMEWithScar instead of GoodTIMESWithScar because of the 9-character limit in Minecraft gamertags. He says this is because his channel is multiple games = multiple good times but Minecraft is one game so it’s only one good time. His cam account - despite being only 8 characters where he could’ve had the s is “BadTimeWithScar” and was called “RocketRodRyan” until 2017 (Ryan being Scar’s real name).

Similarly, Grian’s cam account, TwoMuchGrian, was originally “The_Grifter”. This can be seen in earlier seasons.

Scar’s Mayoral skin was the mayor from the Power Puff Girls. Scar does not know what the power puff girls is.

Grian has anxiety & panic attacks and mentions it sometimes on his instagram.

also grians cat pearl looks like a MUPPET

Grian once handwrote, signed, stamped, and wax-sealed a letter to deliver to Iskall’s real life house to invite him to join the Architechs.

There’s a fan term called The Grian Effect where hermits get spikes in their subcounts after collaborating with Grian.

There’s a several year old clip out there of Grian calling Jimmy a gorgeous and handsome man. Legend says he never complimented Jimmy ever again

In Last Life, Scar would be an evil little swindling scallywag and then edit those scenes out of his own videos. You’d only know the screwed up things he was doing if you watched other peoples’ videos. This is my favorite fact.

As mentioned, Xisuma started YouTube because he was inspired by Etho. He also looked up to Doc.

Season 8 was canonically a simulation.

Mumbo holds shift with his thumb (tbf I also do)

Impulse plays with an inverted mouse

Cleo was a teacher

Mumbo’s got a dog named Kubo. The Daily Mail newspaper used a photo of Kubo, among other dogs from Google, in an article talking about brushing dogs.. without his permission.

Ren is left-handed (my friend Carrot says that Mumbo, Jevin, and Imp are all left-handed as well, and Keralis “plays left-handed but I don’t know if he actually is”. I can’t confirm this.)

Bdubs dyed his hair blue once.

“BdoubleO” is a play on his last name (Booko). He worked as a contractor at Booko Brothers Inc. before doing YouTube full time.

Mumbo is allergic to oranges

Mumbo’s real name is Oliver “Oli” BROTHERHOOD. What a last name. In my mind the real reason he didn’t come back in time for the crossover is because having two Olis would be too confusing. He had a build called the Olicopter once as well. Similarly, Grian’s last name is Batchelor. This is ironic, because Grian is married.

Mumbo and Doc are tied for tallest hermits, both 6′5. Grian is tied for shortest with Cleo, both 5��6. Also, allegedly Scar is 6′0 standing??

James Charles is a fan of Mumbo. Pewdiepie once plugged Mumbo for Mayor and it got spammed hard and became like a genuine problem for a bit. 

iirc Scar lives in fucking WASHINGTON

At the same time that Scar had to take a short hiatus because of his health, Jellie became sick and almost died. They recovered at the same time, because they are the real soulmates

All weird hats and items (like Scar’s ears, hardhat, and top hat, or Zedaph’s trophies) in Hermitcraft are actually carved pumpkins.

Scar HATES snakes.

He has two older brothers and we see at least one in an IRL Minecon video.

Famous Birthdays thinks Scar is 40. Nobody knows his real age, but he laughed at this.

Grian’s original name was “Gria”. It was taken on Minecraft, so he added an N. Apparently he still uses Gria when Grian is taken (according to Carrot). 

Also, Grian never actually used the name Xelqua. Nobody’s ever called him Xelqua. It was a placeholder name when he made his YouTube account.

Grian’s name on YouTube got changed to “Sun” for like a day and then changed back. Nobody knows why. Grian does mean sun in some languages, to be fair.

Grian’s cat Maui was a contestant in the Minecraft Cat Poll that Jellie won.

Grian’s favorite color is brown (source: Carrot. Carrot did say that he added on that he doesn’t like picking a favorite because someone will get peeved)

Scar’s is orange, Xisuma’s is “blorange” (blue and orange). Zedaph’s is red, Etho’s is green. Impulse’s is purple. Doc’s is green. Beef’s is blue.

People originally started drawing Zedaph more prominently with sheep features because people kept confusing blonde haired Zed with blonde haired Grian when G first joined.

Tango likes to play hockey and taught his wife how to play as well.

Tango and his wife have been married for 18 years. They met on an online dating website made in 2000 called Eharmony.

Joe had a DND series on YouTube, as well as one about writing Hermitcraft fanfiction. The TSD in his YouTube handle is a reference to an old DND group he was in, Team Snow Day.

Xisuma made VanillaTweaks (which is the modpack the server uses, including features like Silenced nametags, miniblocks, player and mob heads, singleplayer sleep, etc). It’s actually avaliable to the public and you can customize it with features both included in and not included in HC.

Cleo used to write Final Fantasy fanfiction.

Scar’s first ~500 videos were recorded on a Macbook.

Joe’s favorite book is Hitchhiker’s Guide. Also, he owns two pillows with his face on them.

Etho and Cub have the same birthday. So do Grian and Fwhip.

If Bdubs could have any superpower, he’d want Mind Control.

On Mindcrack, Bdubs had the nickname Boo (b double o)

False was Sheriff of hermitcraft once and then got jailed for corruption.

Apparently Etho has the nickname “Ladders” because he always had them on him and preferred them to stairs.

Ren has a degree in journalism and BA in English Literature and can knit.

Bdubs’ red headband in some skins is the HEX code b00100. this is a reference to himself.

Grian did his honeymoon before he and his wife actually got married (iirc because Covid)

After an MCC, Grian bought a lordship title in the UK. He is offically Lord Grian Dreamslayer, after he killed Dream in the tournament.

Tango used to play clarinet. Also, Zedaph almost got arrested by 6 armed police officers and a helicopter while recording a video with a prop gun.

Joe has a degree in US History

Doc killed Dinnerbone in UHC and then Dinnerbone took his arm to nerf him and there was a bug fix mentioned in a snapshot that said “Remove ‘docm77’ mob as it is not working as intended”. This is the origin of Doc’s cyborg arm.

Pungence (a former hermit and Bdubs’ brother) originally went by “AssyrianAssassin”. His Minecraft skin matches Bdubs’ original.

Speaking of, Bdubs’ face was not always :D. It used to be :|, then Etho wished for him to get bigger eyes and a bigger smile. The world has never been the same.

Impulse used to have an eyebrow piercing

Hypno named Hermitcraft

Cub ran into Etho in real life at random once, in a store in Canada. He only recognized that it was Etho by his voice.

The Minecraft part of the Stanley Parable was inspired by Hermitcraft.

Tango technically joined Hermitcraft in Season 2.. because Mumbo couldn’t figure out his iron farm design and asked for him to be whitelisted just to help him. He was blacklisted right after.

Etho used to work in a family owned greenhouse business.

Season 1 had to be reset two separate times.

At some point (as in, YEARS AGO) Grian said his favorite pokemon was Dewgong.

Before HC, Scar, Cub, Wels, Ren, Iskall, Python, and Stress were on a server called Kingdomcraft.

etho likes mini wheats

Doc has degrees in electrical engineering, social science, and political science. He also has a PhD in dementia research.

ok so since it's just occurred to me that the fandom is constantly growing and changing and learning, there's some bits of hermit backstory that I know that others might not. hermitfacts coming up:

the server was built as an equal mix of builders and redstoners (and then Joe Hills was added as a WILDCARD to shake things up)

season two only happened because Joe Hills ran a coup

tango is the father of the iron farm, before 1.14 made iron farms easy, your best bet was to ask tango. tango also modded villagers before the villager update

etho invented the etho hopper clock, revolutionised the minecraft let's play, and inspired a lot of the server to play/film

impulse is the guy behind the item sorter, and he is a master of villager manipulation, with his villager breeder being in massive use

bdubs' brother, pungence, joined hermitcraft before he did and played for season one

iskall is behind the vault hunters mod and it's really cool and you should check it out

the way cub built concorp inspired Mojang to update the way villagers work

doc is friends with the Mojang game Devs (even if they took his arm)

Hypno runs the hermitcraft website, even when he's not active on the server

Welsknight came in to defend the others in a rap battle when he was away from the server

Stress runs a fitness channel alongside her Minecraft channel and being a parent

Joe hills used to have a webcomic and do drawing streams - he saw twitch be born, and will likely see twitch die

Scar got his start in call of duty

Joe Hills thought hermitcraft was a scam when he was invited

add your own!

[scribblesnsketches05]

I was watching Impulse’s newest episode of hermitcraft and...

Uhm, Grian??? You’re face??? I mean, it’s beautiful, of course... but-

(I know it’s his cam account but I was just startled lol)

[fountainpenguin]

"Watch as he buckles and bends but never breaks... No mistakes!" (x)

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New Dog's Life chapter today! Only the most expected Traffic SMP content in this 'fic <3

Chapter 7 - “Firebreak (Etho)”

Read on AO3

Start from Chapter 1

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After dumping PiglinMyNose off at Jimmy's game night, Etho searches the portal hub for SnifferMyFeet. Pig may have laughed in his face over the whole "let me look at your code so I can rebuild Joel's vessel" thing, but maybe Sniff will take the bait?

AKA - The one where Etho drinks his Respect Camera Account juice, discovers he has a half-ex, and commits a crime.

(First 1,000 words under the cut)

Etho

Self-Taught Programmer

Full-Time Hero

💚  💛  ❤️

Etho doesn’t make a habit of frequenting Jimmy’s parties. Tango’s? Sure; he loves the guy. Tango knows how to play him like a note block, hitting all his greedy keys and collector’s instincts. Tango deals cards of his own making. He customizes every party like a snare. And he themes his snacks; that man does not cut corners. Which isn’t a slight at Jimmy; no, no, no! It’s just…

… My line of work never lends itself to drinking. Especially on nights like tonight. Oh boy. He’s got a whole lot of work to do. As he and PiglinMyNose approach the card shop, Etho pulls the communicator from his pocket and glances at the screen. Right, okay. Three things to note here:

One full Overworld day/night cycle has passed since Joel’s vessel started disintegrating.

He gets twelve before the Between dimension kicks him to his original soul spawner. If it’s still standing. It needs to be standing; Etho’s hearts can’t take another strand of pressure.

Three hours is not a lot of time to do the aforementioned ‘a whole lot of work.’

Well, this is why they think I pull off miracles. He’s never failed before… in a way that anyone would hold against him. But as they climb the outdoor stairs towards the roof of the card shop, Etho… presses his tongue against the inside of his cheek. So, Pig bailed. If I don’t find a new model, I’m dead in the water. Then Joel’s going back to spawn town.

Yeah. Because he totally wants to be the one to tell Lizzie her husband isn’t coming home.

Etho’s comm is still glowing blue. His screen displays a pulsing infinity sign, indicating his player’s still online (definitely fiddling around on the single-player). All the block updates are logged to the world file and since he’s playing solo, Etho technically doesn’t need to be there… though his neck twitches instinctively in that direction, and in his newbie days he definitely couldn’t have broken the pathfinding pull. That’s one of the benefits of dedicating your whole life to a couple single-player series, actually. Once you’ve been around long enough, you’ve got a system. You get a feel for when it’s okay to step away without everything crashing down.

But time ticks regardless. Once he passes into sunset hour, the screen in his hand will glow orange. And when it hits green… Well.

That’s phantom hour. And no one ever makes it to the end of phantom hour.

Correction: One person has. But that’s because Martyn pushes himself farther than his body can handle for the sake of his newest partner in crime. He’s stupid soft on them. Not Etho’s business; just a rumor he heard floating between Pearl and BigB a couple months ago.

Anyways. Yeah, he’s got time to be here. When the big boss logs out, the infinity sign will click over to a timer and start ticking down. Etho’s an oldie; he’s built up his stamina and he can last in Between longer than most. Maybe… six hours without a break? That sounds right these days. He’s pulled multi-play sessions before, and though they leave him exhausted, he’ll do it again. He’ll do it a thousand times for no one but himself. It’s relaxing, honestly. No one can need you when you’re the only one in the friend group left awake.

“Pig, can I see your comm?”

Piggy Boy moves like he wants everyone to know he’s a newbie, loud and clear. His mismatched shoes smack on every step. Jimmy always hosts his parties in the rooftop garden of Beef’s card shop and Pig skirts back and forth, peering over the stairs. They’re nice stairs; Scott put a lot of thought into picking a stone design that isn’t slippery. Pig leans so far that he drips blue slime droplets on the road below. He stares for a few seconds, then seems to register the question. His comm’s on his wrist. He extends his arm towards Etho without looking over. Etho glances at the screen. The timer’s steadily pulsing, orange glow undeniable.

I guess that makes sense. He’s Joel’s camera account… and Joel’s player would’ve been kicked when his vessel broke apart. That’s probably what this whole thing translates to in the outside land. A weird bug. Another glitch in the system. Overheated device, maybe. Nothing a little turning things on and off again won’t fix. Thoughts and prayers. Give it time.

Etho blinks, quietly, and tries not to envy Watcher Joel.

“Oh! Oh, what in the world? Dude, I’ve never actually seen the clock tower before! Any other day, I’d just go straight home. Sniff’s so fussy when I’m late; he’s just one of those silly gooses.”

“Pig, come on,” Etho calls softly. “Let’s keep it moving. You’re gonna drip all over the stairs. Let’s keep moving, okay?”

Pig bobs his head and sprints up the rest of the stairs to the garden. Oh boy. Etho keeps right on his heels. There’s chatter, but it’s pretty mild at this time of afternoon. Even with the break they took after the server glitch, Grian still let them out early and Jimmy’s got a couple hours to go before game night starts. As Etho crests the final step, he spots the canary-winged man hanging up a little ‘Welcome’ banner, chatting with BigB and Tango. Tango’s really into it, making wild arm gestures. His flicking tail could knock the feathers off a chicken. BigB sits on the railing with his moth wings twitching, glancing back like he’s watching for someone to pass through the streets below. And Impulse stands on Tango’s other side, rubbing his eyes with intent to kill. Geez. Somebody squirt hot sauce in them or something?

None of them pay any attention to the two newcomers at the top of the stairs. Bdubs and Martyn, however, snap around like they’ve been shot. They abandon the azalea they were looking at so fast, it’s like they were waiting for an excuse. Ah. They can smell Pig’s invisible sync cord ticking down through sunset hour. It’s what phantom hybrids do.

“Heeeey, gorgeous,” Bdubs crows, ducking forward. He keeps his hands clasped behind his back, his mossy cloak swishing like a cape behind him. Now that they’re off the Dog’s Life server, Bdubs isn’t using his battered, bruised skin anymore. His smile could sink a sandstorm. There’s light and dancing in his sugar-brown eyes, and Etho wraps a warning arm around Pig’s shoulders. Bdubs ticks his tongue and veers away at a slant. “You’re off spectator for the evening, huh? I see how it is! Well, you’re in luck. It’s party time tonight and you’re in the best part of town!”

Pig, oblivious, smiles back at him. “There he is! Well, hello there! And yeah, I’m doing fantastic, actually; we love to see it.”

Jimmy’s distant voice trails off. He turns. Etho catches one split-second of shock before Martyn’s head blocks his view. Martyn straightens, poised as though presenting himself before a king, with a glass of sparkling cyan balanced in his hand. “Aww, it’s baby’s first corporeal night, then? Come get a drink, Pig! It is ‘Pig,’ right? We’ve got 1s.”

“What’s 1s?” Pig asks, absently brushing Etho’s arm from his shoulder. Etho presses his lips together, but doesn’t replace it. He steps to the side, a little closer to Bdubs.

“You know! Numbers!” Martyn thrusts his glass in the air. The binary code sloshes around inside. “It’s the blue one. Tastes a bit like sushi and a li’l like chocolate. Give it a sip, if you’re up for it. You might like it. Though it’s a little flat this time of eve, if I’m honest… It’ll perk up once the night gets rolling.”

Pig reaches for Martyn’s glass, which sends Martyn backpedaling and spluttering, telling him to keep his mitts off and go fetch his own. Etho winces.

“Pig, you might wanna stick to 0s…”

“I want a glass of 1s,” he says, pushing forward, and Martyn, beaming, swings an arm around Pig’s neck.

“Well, you heard the guy! He maxes out experience points tonight. Let’s get him his 1s!”

[Cnt'd on AO3 - Link at top]

[thegoodmcytquotes]

[hermitcamau]

The_Grifter left the game

“Xisuma!” The admin nearly jumped as the door to his office slammed open. He turned, somewhat peeved at being interrupted, but his gaze softened when he saw Grian’s fearful expression. “What’s wrong Grian? Did something break?” He asked, but his question was answered when he saw what Grian held. Cradled like a baby in Grian’s arms, The Grifter, his Cam, lay unmoving. Unbreathing. “I was trying to film my base, and he insisted that he could fly up there. I- I didn’t try to stop him. But then he- then he fell and I couldn’t catch him in time.” Grian sobbed, his knees nearly giving out from under him. “Please, can you save him? Can he respawn?” He looked up at Xisuma, pleading eyes full of tears. The admin quickly pulled up Grifter’s diagnostic’s screen, making the back opaque so Grian couldn’t see the saddening data on it. “Grian… it’s too late. I can’t respawn him, they were never designed to do that.” Xisuma gently lay a hand on Grian’s shoulder. “I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do.” “Is there a way I can help?” Both Hermits whirled around as Xisumavoid, Xisuma’s Cam, popped up out of nowhere. He was designed to be the perfect assistant, so whenever Xisuma said he couldn’t do something, the Cam would try to help. “No, it’s… this isn’t something anyone can fix.” Xisuma turned back to Grian, and Xisumavoid looked at the Cam in his arms. “Oh.” Was all he said. Xisumavoid floated over and touched his hand to Grifter’s. For a moment, they all stood in silence, no one knowing what to say. The only thing that broke the stillness was Grian’s small sobs. Finally, Xisuma took his Hermit by the shoulders and guided him to a couch. Grian didn’t let go of Grifter, as if keeping him close and warm would bring him back. They all knew it wouldn’t.

The_Grifter left the game

A month had passed, and Grian hadn’t recovered well. They had a small funeral for Grifter, buried outside Jrumbot, and even the robot seemed sad for the day. The Hermit had thrown himself into his base, trying to distract himself, but all he could think of were the countless hours where his Cam would help him and joke around as he built. Finally, Xisuma realized that grian would need help again. The admin flew to the mansion, which was now nearly finished, a shulker in his arms. He found Grian working out a messed up circuit in his item sorter, the short Hermit’s eyes red and puffy like he’d been crying. “Hello, Gri,” Xisuma approached, and Grian hurriedly looked back at him. Xisuma took a deep breath and held out the shulker. “Look, I know you still miss Grifter. We all miss him, and how he always made you happy. But it’s been a month, and you’re always so busy; so here.” Grian looked quizzical as he took the shulker. When he opened it, a small figure poked its head out. His face lit up; it was Grifter! But it wasn’t. When he realized what was happening, Grian’s face fell. “A new Cam?” His voice cracked, and the hint of anger made Xisuma realize what was going through his mind. “So you- you’re just going to replace him?” “No, not a replacement,” Both Hermits looked at the new Cam, who had scrambled out of the shoulder by that point. He stood with his hands on his tiny hips, gazing up at Grian. “I’m not the new version of someone, I’m me! So what’s with the tears, bro? That’s not gonna help!” Xisuma looked at Grain, somewhat shocked at the Cam’s attitude. It appeared Grian was shocked as well, but his expression shifted to a small smile.

TwoMuchGrian joined the game

[welscam-says-uwu]

Happy late Halloween dudes!!!!

(ZIT are dressed up as the Warner bros, Camm77 and Bad are pinkie and the brain, and the Sahara bros + stress are the mystery gang!)

[limelocked]

i really love unconventional headcanons so here we go; camera accounts edition

the cam accounts are dressed and treated like theyre low wage workers or something like that

badtimes? rebellious teen, prolly a cashier somewhere and constantly wears black band tshirts grifter? host at some restaurant truesymmetry? gambling dealer, classy and professional  pearlescentmoo? animal handler but not for farm animals but for like pets (ironic considering the name) isgall? cook mumbo (yes thats the cam account name)? prolly some kind of hotel worker arieseva? stealing @/biinaberrys idea because its cute <3, mailman aesthetic

like just imagine fucking cleophas in That Skin but also wearing an apron and uniform, and while id say that vintageb-role might look like a tired film student i live for the fact that the accounts skins look straight out of a fantasy jrpg

[sweetest-honeybee]

Tbh, I have a small idea for a hels Grian too (and an idea for TwoMuchGrian too). Though I'm not sure I wanna share until I've got them drawn.

Same here