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agere hermit!tommy (+ some reg hermit!tommy) headcanons!
I wanted to do just agere but I couldnât help but set up Tommyâs character a little moreâŚoops! headcanons under the cut
Season: 10 (timelines? Iâve never heard of her) When did Tommy leave dsmp?: After his revival Is Tommy a hybrid?: yes, moth :] Whoâs a little & whoâs a CG?: little!tommy, cg!hermits
like most h!tommy fics, tommy ended up in hc by accident. the hermits themselves werenât really worried - itâs 27 to one, after all. but tommy was. He put up an impeccable fight despite having no gear + numbers disadvantage anyways.
eventually it smoothens out and he becomes a âtemporary guestâ on the server âuntil they can figure out what to do with himâ (sure. sure)
he builds his base out of cobblestone right on the world border. itâs a castle. cobble, because itâs his favorite block, and on the world border for two reasons - heâs a little insecure, on this server of grand building feats - and to stay hidden. heâs still wary. itâs instinctive.
the builders LOVE his base!! btw!! sure itâs crude and not that refined but no matter how hard tommy tries to conceal his pride/passion, they can tell. they try to subtly come over, give him resources/pointers/encouragement, etc etc. tommy doesnât trust it (he does appreciate it, secretly. he wonât admit that to anyone [let alone himself] however)
Henry and Shroud have revived themselves. They have the same thing as Jellie goinâ on. Theyâre Tommyâs support animals <3 he doesnât know know that itâs them, at least not consciously, but he named them after the old buddies.
now for agere time! mwehehe
Tommyâs been going âsmallâ for a while now. Probably since pogtopia? he doesnât have the words for it, never really did, but itâs been happening. he knows heâs not supposed to, but he canât stop himself. (involuntary agere baybe!!!) He has a lot of unhealthy ideas around it - thinking itâs bad, mainly. a weakness.
he tries to hide it from the hermits. only doing it in the privacy of his own base, clutching a worn blanket in stubby and calloused fingers. he wanders aimlessly, babbling nonsense to himself. he hides whenever people find him during these moments. (Henry & Shroud try and protect him during these times.)
the first to find him is Bdubs. He came over to give some materials, and found a Tommy that is remarkably not-Tommy-ish. He catches on quickly.
Do the hermits have the words for it, either? Probably not, no. But that doesnât matter. Theyâve been across many servers, thousands of worlds, seen all the whims of the universe. Theyâre no stranger to this, even if they donât know the terminology.
Tommy is mistrustful about this. Heâs hesitant about showing this side of himself. Heâs weak in this state - easy to take advantage of.
But this is Hermitcraft. They wouldnât do that! Even if Tommy hasnât internalized that, itâs true.
Tommyâs little self kind of has the inverse character development that his big one does. When he first finds himself in HC, heâs loud and reckless as a coping mechanism. Does he ever entirely mellow out? Not really. But the calmness does whisper in the waves around him. On the other hand - when heâs little, at first, heâs shy and quiet. Downcast. But as he gets more comfortable around the hermits he gets louder, braver, outgoing, and very silly.
Some of his favorite activities with the hermits: hiking (he gets to go in the MUD!! and play with BUGS!! and WORMS!!), building, making food, putting on puppet shows/plays, and in general just having fun! (most of these heâs just watching them do stuff. but, like, you get it.)
Stuffed Animal OBSESSION. he didnât really have any in dsmp, but now that he has the space to express himself, heâs having SO MUCH FUN. multiple rooms in his castle are dedicated to his collection. The hermits love indulging him.
thinks redstone looks so so cool, REFUSES to learn how it works. like woaw prebby. youâre explaining 2 me what it does? hell to you! hell for one thousand years!!
has a pallet for warm foods, especially when small. angel milk, oatmeal, baked goods, you know. the one exception is ice cream (yummy!) and maybe candy
wasnât very touchy at first, but now that heâs more comfortable, EVERY TIME heâs around a hermit heâs glommed onto them. It can be subtle, like hand holding, but more than not heâs koala-ed onto them. Heâs defined them as âsafeâ in his head, so now that heâs around them more, the closer he is to them the safer he is.
very talkative. not usually words? Just random babbling. Itâs how the hermits find him small most of the time - heâll send random sounds into the server chat. Like âbla ba ba?â or âmeep mrrp. grgrbr. pffff bla bla!!! keee!!!â and people are like. oh heâs baby let me fawn over him. heâs constantly blabbering. and like yeah the chat is just text but you can babble over text.
bedtime is HARD. he HATES IT and gets VERY FUSSY. it has to be SPECIFIC and WARM and NICE and PRETTY or he will NOT close his eyes!!! every hermit has a different way of handling this. and if the specific hermit does it different than the normal way they specifically do it itâs an AFFRONT TO GOD!!!
love love LOVES soft things. stuffed animals? yes. but also blankets, pillows, clothing, and secretly⌠fur. any hybrid hermits who have some are amazing because of this. Heâll fawn over them for hours, just petting them over & over.
loves the stars/nighttime. will stargaze for hours. it puts him into a trance, basically. probably because of the moth thing but like you know the stars are pretty !!!
thatâs all I have for now. I hope you enjoyed :] I wanted a better concluding hc but I couldnât think of one </3
P.S. if anyone wants to add their own ideas please do so. Might do a pt 2 w specific hermits or w the rest of the bench trio if enough people like this
#hermit tommy#hermit!tommy au#hermit!tommy#agere headcanons#hermitcraft agere#dsmp agere#dream smp agere#agere dsmp#agere Dream smp#agere Hermitcraft#should I maintain this??#mcyt agere#agere Mcyt#Minecraft YouTube agere#agere Minecraft YouTube#mothâs waking from a dream#<if I make this a full au thatâll be the tag I use
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Wherever You May Go (Hermit!Tommy AU)
Summary; Continuation of âMinecraft Championshipsâ, in which TFC discovers a stowaway in his strip mine.
(Title from âFollow Youâ by Imagine Dragons! I highly recommend reading âMinecraft Championshipsâ first to understand whatâs going on! This one has been in the drafts for a WHILE and I had just recently finished it. This wonât be the last iteration of this little storyline! Enjoy!)
((And donât worry, Come Morning Light is still in progress!))
CWs; Mentions of death, mentions of violence, slight body horror
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Tubbo didnât know what he was thinking when he ran through that portal.
He considered himself to be a smart man. He always tried to think rationally, to let logic decide his best move, and let it back up his choices when he did rarely make an emotional decision. Very seldom was he moved by his heart and his heart alone.
That all flew out the window when he heard Tommy scream.
His best friend, who he thought dead, cried out for help. And like the gods themselves puppeted him, Tubbo ran to his aid.
He didnât bother squashing down the terrible hope rising in his throat, that he was actually hearing his dead best friendâs voice instead of him finally having lost it from stress. Tubbo ran, hope and fear blindingly bright in his chest, shoving any Player in his way aside with little care.
Please. Please. Please.
Tubbo pushed through the last people in his way, and froze.
Tommy.
Tommy was wrapped in the arms of three other players, all comforting him with words Tubbo couldnât hear. All he could do was stare as his dead best friend smiled, shakily, tears streaming down his face as he answered back.
He barely took into account that the portal back to the Dream SMP was gone. His attention was all on the boy that made up Tubboâs other half, alive, alive, alive.
The Players surrounding Tommy helped him off the floor, the avian among them draping his great gray wings over the backs of the entire party, shielding their faces from view.
Tubbo made an aborted cry in the back of his throat, jerking forward like his bones and muscles had been replaced with decrepit redstone machines, barely clinging to function.
The group containing Tommy didnât notice, and seamlessly passed through the portal back to the place Tommy must have been since he dieâwent missing, the place Tubbo had no idea how to reach to try talk to Tommy again and beg for his forgiveness.
But now the gateway to his best friend was right in front of him.
Tubbo broke into a desperate sprint, throwing himself at the pure-white portal with the desperation of a dying man.
His vision went white, all encompassed by the void between worlds, where he simultaneously existed and didnât all at once.
And then Tubbo tripped, landing hard on the ground that materialized right under him.
He groaned, his head spinning from the transition of being and not-being and back again.
Tubbo tried to raise a hand to his head, and his entire body lanced through with wrongness that he swiftly recognized to be the work of whitelist magic.
Panic reared its head in Tubboâs mind, but he shoved it down, his meticulously logical side rising to his aid. With eyes that were becoming increasingly hard to keep open, Tubbo scanned through the lines of code in his communicator screen.
A Player with limited knowledge of how the world operated would not see the code behind the comms, but Tubbo had delved into the magic that made up the fabric of existence since he was small.
Tubbo knew he was on a time crunch. Even the worst-maintained whitelist could discorporate a Player in time, and based on the fact that Tubbo could already feel his atoms destabilizing, this whitelist was very maintained.
Still, he willed himself not to panic, drowning out the instinct roaring in his ears to fight for his life. It would not help him here; there was nothing tangible to fight against.
Tubbo located the string of magic in the code that was tearing him apart, a very powerful enchantment that attacked his being like a white blood cell destroying a virus. It was too powerful to cancel out, so Tubbo didnât even try; instead, he attempted something he had never done before.
Tubbo mentally reached out to the magic, and embraced it, tangling the data in his veins with the enchantment that was attacking him, knotting them together so tightly that they were indistinguishable.
It was messy, and imprecise, but Tubbo kept a calm mind through the entire process, even as he felt his consciousness beginning to slip into nothingness. He continued to wind himself into the code of this serverâs existence, knitting himself into the fabric of reality stitch by excruciating stitch.
Then, all of the sudden, with a SNAP that echoed through Tubboâs very being, the magic of the whitelist pulled taut, unknotting itself, and Tubbo felt the data in his soul smooth out with it.
Tubbo let out a ragged gasp, his eyes flying open as feeling returned into his limbs. He coughed roughly, scrabbling at the earth underneath him to pull himself off the ground onto his shaking hands and knees. He choked and gasped for breath, willing himself to recover faster from being nearly disintegrated.
He took a minute to just exist, shivering and shaking as he tried to calm his body into functioning again.
Eventually his senses returned to him, and Tubbo raised his eyes.
He looked out to a great ocean, surrounding him on all sides. He was laid upon a cheerfully sunny sandy beach, with a chest to his left and a simple farm of carrots beside it.
There was a handwritten sign beside the chest, displaying the words âTake what you need!â in curly handwriting that made Tubboâs dyslexia flare up.
Tubbo shakily rose to his feet, and made his way to the chest, opening it to see loaves of bread and a few oak-wood boats inside.
He took a breath, raising his head to glance around at the empty ocean.
This must be the serverâs spawn. Tommy nor the other Players he was with were hereâwhich made sense, though it set a deep itch of urgency in Tubboâs bones. They probably spawned back in their beds after coming through the portal.
Leaving Tubbo stranded alone, with no idea where to go from here.
He inhaled sharply, willing his despair to ebb away into the back of his mind. He summoned his compass from his inventory, glancing down at it before he psyched himself out too much to look.
The needle was still. After spinning uselessly in the SMP for an entire year, it was finally pointing straight and true, towards the boy Tubbo thought dead by cause of his own actions.
Tommy was alive.
Tubbo let out a breath that was between a laugh and a cry.
It wasnât a dream, a hallucination or a snap of the psyche. Tommy was alive.
Tubbo pushed the bangs out of his eyes, looking up at the direction the needle pointed.
Tommy was just beyond the horizon. He was here all along, wherever âhereâ was, and now Tubbo was too.
Tubbo grabbed a boat from the chest, and as much bread as he could carry, throwing the wooden item against the water and jumping in as soon as it expanded to size.
Iâm coming, Tom.
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TFC knew his mines like the back of his hand.
They were just as rough and aged as his hand too, but still, he had memorized each one of them. Strip mines that had long been given up on, once the dwarf had run out of torches or ran out of durability on his pickaxes. He had no reason to venture down once he was comfortable with resources, but still, he walked the lengths of his underground tunnels often.
He felt most at home with rock over his head, and he traveled his handmade mines so much that he could recount the route of them all with his eyes closed.
It was how he knew someone had disturbed them, and done so recently.
Now, he was no stranger to the other hermits accidentally breaking into his mines during digging out room for their own projects. The matter was always dealt with amicably, with the offending hermit patching up the tunnels like they were never disturbed and redirecting their dig site out of the way.
However, they never failed to mention it to TFC, even if he wasnât around at the time of the incident.
So when the dwarf noticed perfectly smooth stone innocuously laid among the walls of one of his strip mines, he knew he was dealing with someone else entirely.
To even the most careful eye, there was no hint of disruption along the mine wall. But that was precisely why TFC noticed it.
Being one arm short, he wasnât the most graceful with his pickaxe. He carved the rock rough and uneven, making sure there was enough room for him and the torches, but leaving the edges of the tunnel untidy, because it was work to make it look all pretty and he didnât mind it how it was.
Whoever had squirreled away in his mine, though, thought otherwise. Or perhaps they didnât even notice the rougher stone, too focused on covering their tracks to care.
TFC hummed to himself as he hobbled down the tunnels, his rough tune echoing off the stone and carrying his voice far into the mine.
He leisurely came to a stop where the stone smoothed out, where heâd been hearing quiet footsteps up until he halted. The owner of said footsteps didnât make another noise as soon as they registered TFC wasnât either, a smart move to ensuring they stayed hidden.
Unfortunately, they didnât account for the sharp hearing of a dwarf, nor said dwarfâs attention to detail.
TFC let the quiet linger for a moment, only sighing when there was no movement to be heard for several minutes.
âAlright,â TFC finally said, keeping his tone light of any accusation. âWhoâs down here?â
The someone in the walls, predictably, didnât reply. TFC cleared his throat.
âCâmon, now. Iâm not gonna be mad. Just wanna know who Iâm dealing with.��� TFC tried again.
The silence continued on. TFC was debating fully sitting against the wall and waiting out the Player, infinitely patient as he was, but then a quiet voice spoke up through the rock.
âYou first.â A young voice demanded in clearly false bravado, and TFC chuckled.
âSure, if thatâll help.â He agreed, making sure his tone wasnât too rough. âIâm Tinfoil Chef. Everyone calls me TFC.â
The young voice was quiet for a beat.
âHow do I know youâre telling the truth?â They spoke again, that same brave streak hiding their trepidation. TFC raised an eyebrow.
âTellinâ the truth about my name, or that I ainât gonna hurt ya?â He countered. The kid in the walls made an aborted noise.
âCuz the answer is the same for both.â TFC continued, sparing the confusion for the kid. âItâs the truth. I just wanna know whoâs in my mines.â
The voice was quiet for a few moments. TFC wondered if heâd have to speak again to keep the conversation going, to assure the kid further that he wasnât going to do anything to them, but then they finally replied.
âTubbo.â The kid said quietly, almost incoherent. âIâm Tubbo.â
TFC nodded. âWell, Tubbo, nice to meet ya.â He said. âWhatâre you doing down here in the walls?â
Tubbo was quiet.
TFC waited.
âIâm hiding.â Tubbo finally answered, sounding a bit sheepish. TFC hummed thoughtfully.
âI see.â He said slowly, thinking through his options. He truthfully wasnât one to get into other peopleâs business; he tended to stay out of the server-wide shenanigans, and interacted with the other hermits very rarely. He would be perfectly content to leave his and Tubboâs conversation there, after heâd gotten the answers he needed.
He had a feeling, though, that this kid shouldnât be by themself.
âWell,â TFC spoke again, shifting his weight to his good leg. âYou donât have to hide all the way down here.â
âPeople rarely come around my place.â He continued. âYou can hide and be comfortable too, at least.â
Tubbo was quiet, though TFC could practically hear the gears turning in their head.
âWhy would you help me?â They asked, a bit abrasively, and TFC was reminded starkly of Tommy.
Huh. If he had a diamond for every kid that unexplainably showed up one day on Hermitcraft, heâd now be two diamonds richer.
âJustâŚseems like the right thing to do.â TFC answered honestly, shrugging. âI know it ainât comfortable down here for most other than me.â
There was silence from the kid again.
Then, the stone wall broke, and the tip of an iron sword pointed warningly into the hall, held by a small goat hybrid with lapis-blue eyes.
TFC blinked.
âWhat are ya planning to do with that, exactly?â TFC asked neutrally, keeping his hands at his sides. The kidâs brows furrowed.
âItâs just insurance,â They said, their young voice firm. âI wouldnât try anything if I were you.â
TFC blinked again, and then let out a laugh.
The kidâs face twisted to shock and uncertainty, obviously caught off guard by the dwarfâs reaction.
âYou can point that thing at me if itâll make you feel better, kid.â TFC amended. âBut Iâm not gonna hurt you. You can believe me if you want to.â
And with that, he turned and started walking back down the mine the way he came, his gate just as unhurried. He heard the kid behind him pause and then climb out of the hole in the wall, keeping a steady pace a few blocks behind.
Tubbo paused entirely when they made it to the ladder leading back up to TFCâs house. The dwarf turned back to them and gestured to the ladder.
âIt takes me a good year or two to get up there.â TFC joked. âYou first.â
Tubbo narrowed his eyes. âNot a chance.â He replied firmly. TFC shrugged.
âSuit yourself.â He answered, and promptly turned his back to the kid again to begin the process of arduously climbing the ladder with only one functioning arm and leg.
After he climbed a few blocks up, he finally heard the ladder creak behind him as the kid started his ascent, and he smiled to himself. Maybe Tubbo would be more inclined to trust him after the agonizing few minutes heâd be stuck behind TFCâs slow-moving butt.
TFC finally pulled himself through the hatch in his house floor, slowly rising to his feet and moving away from the hatch to his chests. He heard Tubbo emerge from the trapdoor soon after, the kid getting to his feet much quicker than the old dwarf and notably keeping his distance.
TFC grabbed some wool and wood from his chests, meandering to his crafting table. Tubbo shifted behind him.
âWhereâŚare we, exactly?â The kid asked, his brave act lowering slightly.
âMy very humble abode.â TFC answered, arranging the wool and wood methodically on his crafting table. Tubbo made a noise in his throat.
âNo, I meanâwhat server?â He tried again. TFC collected the bed he constructed and turned back to the kid, holding it out to them with a slight smile.
âHermitcraft.â
#hermit tommy au#hermit!tommy au#hermitcraft fic#hermitcraft#hc x dsmp#tubbo_#tubbo underscore#tinfoilchef#tfc#tommyinnit#c!tommy#c!tubbo#clingy duo#c!clingyduo#*emerges from the tags like a drowning man *#dear god#anyway enjoy!#tfc switches pronouns between he and they intentionally for tubbo#hes a lil confused but heâs got the spirit đ#tw body horror#only slight but just to be safe!#tw death mention#meraki post#introducing my convoluted hc on the way a minecraft world works lmao#itâs a mix of magic and code in my mind#also yes tubbo hacked his way into the hc server essentially. heâs goated like that#i miss tfc :â(#it was nice to write him#oh i should mention this is not canon to the CML story
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You know Iâm quite surprised that a hermitcraft fanfic over on ao3 isnât talked much on here. Itâs called âLetâs Be Alone Togetherâ by Poker. Itâs the third most hit fic and fourth most kudos fic under the hermitcraft smp fandom tag.
Maybe itâs because itâs a hermit!tommy fic thatâs why people donât talk about it. Itâs not a âpureâ Hermitcraft fic. Yet itâs the only instance of a hermit!tommy fic I can find that has the dark!hermit tag. This isnât a âoh Tommy goes to therapy on the hermitcraft server!â Itâs âthese people need therapy and Tommy needs to runâ
The only post Iâve seen of this fic was me posting memes.
Does anyone know this fic??? Is it an ao3 thing or even twitter??
#grim talks#hermitcraft#dsmp#dream smp#hc x dsmp#hermitblr#ao3#fanfic#lets be alone together fanfic#hermit!tommy au#hermit!tommy#tumblr poll#poll
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I miss hermit!tommy AUs.
Season 7. Tommy just left his exile in Logstedshire, he either gets magicked to HC by Kristin, helped their by Techno and Phil, finds his way there on his own, etc.
Dream is a dick, the My Tommy, My Tubbo compasses, ghostbur.
I just miss it.
#mcyt#hermitcraft#dream smp#tommy innit#tommyinnit#I forgot if itâs 1 word or 2#hc x dsmp#hermit!tommy#hermit!tommy au
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(This is a hermit!Tommy one-shot, I guess? What happened previously to this one-shot is that Tommy left Hermitcraft to start his own world, and Tommy came back to visit the hermits.)
(Summary: Grian and Tommy gets to talk. They don't address a lot of things though.)
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Guarded, wounded and feral.
He's too young to look like that, Grian thinks. He knows that look. He knows where that slouch came from. The stance of a soldier, so ready for any kind of attack. Tommyinnit, a survivor and a warrior, barely an adult- he smiles at Grian, and Grian's startled out of his trance, hiding his grimace by waving back.
"Hey! Grian, it's been so long!"
Grian laughs. "Two years are not that long."
"Oh yeah? How do you explain our height differences then? Unless you shrunk during the past two years, big man. However, I am being polite today. So, here it goes: you look extra parrot-y today."
He looks proud, saying that. As usual, Tommy quickly stop making sense. Grian tilts his head, torn between finding this funny or taking offense. "That's not a compliment." Grian says with a laugh.
"Oh, believe me, it is." Tommy nods gravely.
Grian lets out a chuckle. Tommy does seem to have grown up a lot. The way he talks is different, it's much more patient than before, and he shoulders also broadened. Grian's almost proud, but he would never admit that out loud. Still, Tommy is a child, much too young except for those eyes that are always filled with grief and pain and absolution and-
Peace.
Grian does a double take. He's eyes widen, and his mind suddenly goes blank.
"Grian? Is something wrong?"
A hand gently touches his shoulder. Grian flinches.
"...Big man, you alright?"
"I-"
It finally hits Grian that Tommy sounds worried- why? Why would Tommy need to worry about him? He's not a child that needs to be taken care of. The only one here that needs it is- Grian frantically searches again- there's only concerns in Tommy's eyes. And in the reflection, Grian sees himself- shoulder tensed and eyebrows furrowed.
He opens his mouth to form some kind of response, but nothing comes.
"Grian?" Tommy try to shake him by his shoulder. Grian instinctively takes a step back. There's a silent panic accumulating in the back of his head but he ignores it.
"Y-yeah! Sorry, I got- I was just thinking. It's really unfair how tall you've gotten. I am just...surprised, yeah." He chuckles, but it sounds all wrong even to himself. He takes another step back.
Tommy stares for a bit, but then he exhales and grins, "Yeah, I am pretty massive, aren't I?"
Grina sees how Tommy smooths over his frown- intentionally blank and relaxed, a poker face that keeps you alive in confrontation. All Grian can say is sorry, I think I left my chicken pen opened, be right back! and fly and away as fast as possible.
Tommy doesn't shout after him. For a brief second, Grian doesn't know he should be more relieved or more disappointed.
Even after all these years, he's still not okay. He thought he had gotten better. He swallow the acid that rises in his throat and decides- no. He's fine. He's grown. Everything is okay. Everything is perfect.
It has to be.
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(won't you look at that it's a hermit!Tommy ficlet in the last few days of 2023)
so I started this is in the middle of December but didn't finish it until now. I basically gave up at this point, just wants to get this out. sorry!
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Havenât I Given Enough?
A Hermit! Tommy HC x DSMP xover
Chapter 14 | âHow do you owe the World? How do you own Disorder?â
Summary: Tommy doesnât know what he did to deserve this, to have someone fight for him, but at what cost? Lines had begun to be drawn in the sand by people he barely even knew.
Word count: 2718
Fic notes: Title is from âToxicityâ by System of a Downâs
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âWhat now?â Tommy asked as they stepped outside the residential tower of Pearlâs base. Beneath his foot, the gravel crunched with every step and the smell of fresh flowers dotted the place eased his nerves. It was a lot of information to learn in a short period, not including learning that his mother was alive or that his uncle and mother were watchers. Tommy felt like he needed time to process everything. To fully grasp the severity of his motherâs past and to try and predict any possible bad endings this world could come to. âWhere do we go from here?â
âWe go one day at a time,â Pearl answered from beside him, in her hands, she had a small bag of wildflower seeds. Now and then, she would take a bit out of the bag and scatter them along the mossy grass surrounding them, carefully picking the spots she thought could use a bit more detail. âI donât expect you to act a certain way around me, nor do I expect any form of affection just yet. Weâre going at your pace Tommy, donât think you need to rush things if they make you uncomfortable.â Tommy felt his mother tousled his hair a bit. âI am perfectly fine just talking to you if thatâs what you wish.â
Tommy gave a silent nod as they continued the tour of the base. It was incredible, he thought. Everything here was a strange and beautiful kind of foreign that he didnât understand. Plants that never existed outside the Hermitcraft server sprang to life whenever they got near, some opened their petals from above them, letting their spores float around them and taking root in the ground. If someone had told him that this place was an alien settlement from Jupiter, Tommy would believe it, because itâs pretty hard to believe that his mother was the one to make all of this.
Across the cavern, a shimmering castle of sorts stood high atop the hill. The spires reached into the sky, leaving streaks in the clouds, and the foundations dug into the earth below it. Polished quartz glinted and the prismarine twinkled multicolored in the sun, giving the castle an ethereal kind of vibe. It was beautiful. Right below the castle was a kind of intimidating stronghold of deepslate and Blackstone, the copper brought his attention to the gate at the front.
âThat is my friend Impulseâs base,â Pearl said and led him down the winding paths to the matching copper and Blackstone bridge that connected the two sides of the gorge. âHeâs doing a whole dwarf thing this season and heâs taking on an ambitious project of excavating the mountain on the inside.â
âItâs not as ambitious as rebuilding a whole new biome from scratch,â Tommy nearly jumped at the sudden voice. Behind him was an average-sized man, a bit on the heavier side but he made it work, dressed in shades of black, dark brown, and yellow. His smile was easy to see in the carefully tended beard that jingled from all his little gold accessories braided in. âHi, Iâm Impulse, you must be Tommy, right? I met up with Scar earlier and he told me about you.â
Tommy shook the dwarfâs hand and gazed in wonder at the tour of the base. âIâm still working on the ceiling, the stone and dirt and stuff are coming down soon, but before that, I need to finish the hole.â Below the center platform, an almost empty hole stretched far into the earth. How long had this taken him? It couldnât have been years, Tommy thinks, they move every other year or so. âThis vine right here takes you up to Gemâs base, Iâm also working on a better way to her pace that isnât crimson vines.â
âPearl! Pearl!â Flying in from the open gate, a womanâpetite and thin with large branching antlers atop her headâstumbled onto the platform out of breath and worried. âI think there are some hermits who think Tommy is a glitched player! We need to talk to Xisuma or something.â
âWhat?â Tommy looked at the mystery lady.
âI overheard Jevin talk about a meeting to discuss what to do about Tommy,â She looked between the Impulse and Pearl. âWe need to do something, gather everyone who knows about you and see if thereâs a way to explain the truth to them.â
âWe need to tell Doc then,â Tommy spoke up. âI donât think going to the admin would help, something tells me heâs pretty upset about the lies Uncle G kept from him.â The three adults looked at the teen, each one agreeing with him. âI donât have a communicator, so one of you is gonna have to tell him.â
Tommy knew that peace wasnât going to last forever, he of all people should know that, but he didnât know that trouble had already caught up with him. It wasnât even an hour ago that he and his mother reunited, and here he was, standing once again in the middle of a potential war. He hopes that no one dies because of him.
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From the bottom of the perimeter, the rest of the world faded from sight, only the large, imposing walls of the giant square-shaped hole could be seen. The bedrock beneath his feet was cold, even with his shoes on. Tommy could feel the never-ending cold from the void, rippling through the immovable blocks, as if it was trying to break it and swallow him whole. Around him, the walls faded into the familiar white blur that happens when things get too far to see, letting him know how big the giant hole was.
They had chosen the bottom of the perimeter to meet up for a few reasons. One, if they built a secret meeting room in one of the walls, itâd be impossible to see unless you were intentionally looking for it. Two, if they were to stand in the middle, those who were flying above or standing on the edges couldnât hear them. And three, the Perimeter would be the last place people would look if there was a meeting of some kind.
Tommy looked around at the small group that gathered, each of them was there to protect him, to keep him safe from those they considered friends and family. On a small stage were Doc, Xisuma, Grian, and his mother. The admin wore a different helmet than the other one heâs seen, it was more like a face mask than a helmet. The sides stretched to only the edge of his face where two thick bands wrapped around the back of his head, securing it in place. He seemed tense, Tommy thought, a stark difference from the easy-going, and calm admin heâd come to know. (Heâs still wary of him, no matter how comfortable he allows himself to be with him.)
Among the small crowd were the other two âSoup Groupâ members, as his mother called the trio, Impulse and the ginger womanâwhom Tommy now knows her name as Gem. Iskall, Scar, and Stress stood to the left of him. Iskallâs arms were crossed as he listened intently to what the admin and Doc were talking about, Scar held a pen and notebook in his hands, taking down notes he deemed important. And though Tommy wasnât the best when it came to literature, some words were misspelled and dotted in the paragraphs now and then. Stress kept her hand on his back, rubbing circles in the hopes that it would calm Tommy down. And it was working, but the looming anxiety returned when she stopped and paid attention to Xisuma.
There were even people there that Tommy hadnât met, but were willing to protect him. One guy was tall, not as tall as Xisuma or Doc, but he still had some height to him. His hair was a pristine shade of white with some bits of light gray dotted in, a navy-colored mask covered the lower half of his face as he listened intently to what Grian was saying. Sometimes he would lower his head and whisper something to the guy next to him. The other man was shorter than the first, but so were a lot of people compared to Stretch, Tommy thought. He wore a green fuzzy cloak that bunched at the floor as if it was too long for him, it wrapped around him and just barely covered the white shirt and dark jeans underneath.
A total of ten people showed up to the meeting. Twelve people were willing to hurt their family if things went bad for a kid they barely knew.
âUnfortunately, we donât know how many people are a part of them,â Doc said. âWe know for sure that Cub and Wels are the ones who started it, how they found out about Tommy, we still donât know, but we know that they think Tommy is a glitched player. We must assume that theyâll do anything to get him off the server.â
âBy âdo anythingâ what are you implying Doc?â The white-haired guy spoke up. âAre you saying that Wels would kill the kid to keep us safe? Donât you think thatâs a bit harsh for both the kid and Wels?â
âWels would because of how he lost his home world,â Grian answered. âI was there when it happened. A glitched player caused the downfall of his world and he almost died with it. Wels wouldnât want Hermitcraft to end the same way, and so heâd do whatever he thinks is best to protect us.â
Tommy looked around at the group, how could they all be ready to fight for him? What did the admin promise them upon their victory? Wars had been started for less than what he was worth, Tommy knows that for sure, but what was the gain they would have? It confused the poor kid.
Most of his life had been filled with fighting against an enemy whose values and morals were vastly different than his, and usually, that was enough to justify the fight. Their ideas and promises had fallen through and Tommy was caught on the short end of the stick, forced to pick a side and lead troops against the other side. But here, where the whole server was a family, and corruption between them hadnât torn them apart, Tommy was placed on one side and forced to fight. To fight for himself. (Which he doesnât think is a good reason to fight.)
âSo whatâs the plan?â Iskall asked. It seemed like that was the only question left unanswered in the impromptu meeting of Tommy-Protection-Squad. âDo we wait for them to figure out where Tommy is and fight or?â
Xisuma shook his head, âWe need to find out how many people believe in Wels and Cubâs agenda, from there we try to make peace with them by introducing Tommy to them. Hopefully, like that, theyâll see that Tommy isnât a threat.â
âHey! I can be a threat if I want to!â Tommy pointed at the admin. âAnd what if that doesnât work and they try to kill me, eh? What then?â
âThen we fight,â He answered. âYouâre a hermit now Tommy, and hermits protect each other. But as of right now, Tommy cannot be left unattended in case they try to hurt him. I have given you all schedules for when itâs your turn to be with Tommy.â Beside the teen, Stress pulled out her paper, names and times were written in order from breakfast to bedtime. His short time of freedom had come to an end. âIâm sorry that you canât continue to work on your bases for extended periods now, but just think of this as a way to meet our newest hermit!â
The others around him chuckled and sent amusing glances toward him before they took off in different directions; which left Tommy feeling as if he was nothing but a toy being passed around in school. He understood that it was the best way to keep him safe, to make sure the hermits who wanted to hurt him didnât get a chance, yet he couldnât help feeling hurt that Xisuma didnât ask him if it was alright.
He hadnât known the admin for long, still wary of him especially now that tensions were high between him and Grian, as well as whatever happened with his helmet to make him use a mask instead. But Tommy believed that Xisuma was a better admin than Dream had been. So far the man had yet to ask him for favors, hadnât yet asked him to do anything he wasnât comfortable with, but there was still something about him that made Tommy shift in place when he glanced at Grian before he took off.
âCome on, Toms,â Grian hopped off the miniature stage and walked up to him, Pearl beside him. âIt seems I have the first watch, you pick where we go.â
âWeâre going to church prime.â Nodding his head, Grian grabbed Tommyâs hands and flew him up to the closest nether portal, hoping no one was on the other side when they went through.
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The sun had begun to set behind them when they left the portal at Stressâs base. Nothing had changed much from when Tommy took up residence in her base, the chest monster was the same as it had been. Shulkers scattered the stone and andesite floors, items left hanging out of the chest and in piles around the wall of storage. Grass had begun to creep its way into the castle, small darts of green cracking through the gray like spiderwebs.
âStress said you came here through her pond,â Grian asked. The two hadnât spoken since they left Docâs perimeter, finding silence better for their awkwardness.
âYeah,â Tommy led him to it, the two-block deep water feature was as unassuming as ever. Small rocks lined the edges and kept most of the water in the pond and mobs from falling in, at the other end was a little waterfall that trickled softly into the larger body. Little fish took their time to bob and weave through the decorationalâand mostly functionalâplants that dotted the small area. âApparently, I had spawned inside the dirt blocks at the bottom of the pond and was drowning when she and Iskall came to help. When they tried to pull me out, they said that there were like magic claws that were trying to pull me back.â
âMagic claws?â Grian stepped closer to the pond. The shorter blond man could feel the lingering magic that had transported Tommy from his other server, it was a cold magic, one he knew all too well. âWhoever did this was a watcher and they did this for a reason.â
âHow can you tell?â Tommy asked.
âThe magic used here was used by watchers of Lady Death, their magic has like a special signature to them,â Grian explained. âItâs different than Lady Ireneâs just slightly, but enough to differentiate the two. But the bigger questions are who and why?â
âWhich reminds me!â Tommy pointed to his uncle. âYou have some explaining to do! Mum already told me her story, and now I want to know yours, bitch! I have a right to know.â
Sighing, Grian dusted off his pants before looking at his nephew. âAlright. Letâs go inside somewhere before the mobs start spawning.â
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Ok listenâŚin my defense, I just kept writing and I forgot to actually publish what I was writing. Buuuut on the bright side I have a few chapters already lined up and ready to go, I might upload those soon but who knows!
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We're back with another chapter of Surprisingly Familiar. And I'm posting on here first rather than Ao3 bc it is not loading :')
The first two sections had a lot of backstory, so i tried to have less of that in the last section.
âTry it again. Youâre making the curve too round.â
âIâm trying!â Grian huffed as he traced a small spiral in the air. âCanât we just go back to the easier stuff?â
Grifter had called Grian over for some more magic training. Unlike before, where it had just been along the lines of using magic to do basic spells that anyone with magic could do, he was now insisting Grian work on using magic more specific to Listeners. Apparently it meant drawing the sigil of the Listeners with magic. Something that was apparently very particular.
âSorry, but no. One of my friends has been looking into your situation. He thinks we can get you back to your time, but that thereâs a bit of a time limit on that.â
âWhat?â Grian stopped to look over at Grifter. âLike, thereâs a certain time that it can be done, or what?â
âLike, if you stay in this time too long, eventually you will never be able to get back to your time at all. Iâm not going to try and go through all the âtemporal explanationsâ because I donât really understand it all myself. But he was connected with Evo, so he knows some time stuff.â
Grian nodded a little at that. If it was another Listener who had worked with that world, then they would know about messing with time. Probably. Grifter had mentioned what it was about at one point forgetting that Grian didnât remember that world.
âFrom what I can tell, the longer youâre out of your time, the more you connect with this time. Technically thereâs always actually having you travel back to the past and then reconnecting, but then it becomes a lot more difficult. Thereâs a report of some people who had actually made a time machine that tried to just take it back an hour or so, but instead sent themselves back to before the Watchers and Listeners even existed as groups.â
âThey⌠they did?â Grian nervously asked. If that was how bad it could go, then maybe Grifter was right to worry about taking too long.
âYeah. They eventually got back, but dismantled the machine not long later, as they should have. Essentially, as long as the world still thinks youâre from whatever time, most methods can use you as a focus point. Because something most people donât consider is that you canât just travel in time. If you went back even a minute, well, the world moves along in the universe over time. Unless you can tell me the exact moment you got sent here, it would take a lot more work to figure out.â
âWell, I was asleep when it happened, so I canât help there.â Grian replied, trying not to sound angry at Grifter, but he was frustrated at the situation.
âExactly. So, if you want the chance to hop back in time and use magic to save Taurtis, we need to kinda rush through training.â
Grian sighed before looking back to where he was working. âCan we at least take a small break first? Itâs a lot more exhausting.â Out from the ground stood two spikes of bedrock. Each one was from managing to successfully draw the sigil. While it took a lot of energy, it seemed to be from boosting Grianâs magic, his magicâs color shifting from purple to green.Â
âHmm, alright fine. It wonât work well to hurt yourself.â As soon as the words were out of Grifterâs mouth, Grian flopped onto the ground to rest. He had his eyes closed, something Grifter was happy about so that his frown wouldnât be seen.
Grifter had gone back to try and get some more help with the Grian situation, only to find that a certain someone had figured out how to get into Hermitcraft. That, along with the group of Hermits that were trying to get into this world- well, half hermits, half family, which made it even worse- certain plans needed to be sped along. Lying about Grian potentially getting stuck in this time was just one way to help move things along. Plus, Grian wasnât actually from the past, so he couldnât get sent back home. So it would be easy enough to claim something or other had delayed them just long enough that now the easy way was gone. It would probably be best to try and frame it as being Astrid or Floraâs doing. Sure, Grifter adored Flora, but she was getting far too close to Grian, so if he had to throw her under the bus to make sure he could finish this plan, he would.
âHey Grifter?â Grifter looked up to where Grian was lying, glad to see his eyes still closed. âIs it okay if I hang around the castle for a bit once weâre done here?â
âOf course. Itâs technically your castle as well. Any reason why?â
âFlora and Astrid are busy.â Grian lied, badly enough that Grifter could tell.
âSure they are. Whatâs really going on?â
Grian hesitated before answering. He could tell the truth, at least part of it, but either way, it wasnât great. âItâs just⌠uhâŚâ He tried to wrack his brain for something to say that wasnât exactly a lie, but wasnât a truth either. âI saw some of Floraâs family. And their grandmother tried getting close. She⌠she looks a lot like what I remember from Mum, but at the same time not. And I donât like that I can remember more of someone that isnât Mum rather than Mum herself.â
âAh, yeah I can see how thatâs hard to deal with. So I guess theyâre spending more time there?â Grifter asked, not looking further into Grianâs answer. Grian gave a small shrug, not really saying no, but also not saying yes.
âI donât know. I guess Iâve also just been around you a lot, and then around Flora and Astrid, but I havenât really been near the people who are going to be my husband and kids.â
Grifter couldnât help but light up at that. Unlike Flora and Astrid, Sense and their boys knew exactly what was going on and could help steer Grian in the ârightâ direction. âOh well that is a very easy fix! Iâm not sure about the boys, but Sense is probably just busy with redstone and needs a break.â
âSo, I could spend some time with him?â Grian asked, getting a nod from Grifter before getting taken away to see the redstoner. It took a little bit of hunting before the pair finally found him working in the castle, indeed doing some redstone engineering. He didnât notice them immediately, too entranced in his work, but eventually Grifter snuck over and grabbed Sense, making him jump at first before giving a small laugh when seeing who it was.
âTo what do I owe this surprise?â Sense asked after noticing that Grifter wasnât alone and had brought Grian along.
âWell Grian brought up the fact that you two havenât gotten to interact much, so I figured you two need some one on one time!â Grifter explained, and Grian was surprised when Senseâs smile actually fell. For a moment, he seemed almost scared before it morphed into simply just surprise.
âI uh, I thought you two would want to interact more yourselves?â Sense offered, looking between the two avians again. âOr perhaps all three of us? Or what about the boys?â
âThe boys are busy with their own things right now and if Iâm not training Grian with magic, Iâve got admin duties to deal with. The regular stuff is already enough but the added bits for helping Grian have made things almost overwhelming, so the backlog piles up when I work with him.â
Grian felt a little guilty at Grifterâs explanation. It was probably that Sense was upset that all Grifterâs free time was being spent helping him and not with Sense. And now he needed to spend that time with a younger version of Grifter that didnât know him as well. âI donât have to if he doesnât want-â
âOh nonsense! Seesee will be perfectly fine, right?â Grifter asked Sense. âBut if he doesnât think so, Iâm sure I can convince him.â And Grifter leaned in to whisper something into Senseâs ear. After a moment, Sense nodded and Grifter smiled. âWell that settles it! You two have fun! Bye!â
Grifter left in a blur after giving Sense a quick kiss, leaving only a feather or two behind with Grian and Sense, having them stand there awkwardly for a number of moments before either of them moved, that being the redstoner getting back to his work. At least until Grian stopped him again.
âUh, what exactly are you working on? If you donât mind me asking?â
âI do mind, actually.â Sense replied before pulling away to go back to work. âIâm sure Gri will be too busy to notice if you stick around or not, so youâre free to leave.â
âIâd rather stick around.â Grian spoke up, not even asking if Sense minded this time. âAnd Grifter mentioned you should take a break from whatever youâre doing, and you know, heâs me, and either way, I think you should too.â
There was a pause before Sense said anything more. âIâd rather not.â
âPlease? Just for a little bit?â Grian pleaded, then paused before asking a question. âDo you not want to be around me because of the chance Iâll change the past?â When Sense didnât reply, Grian continued. âLook, Iâm not going to lie, I am going to try and save Taurtis no matter what, but that doesnât mean I canât make sure I find you too. Honestly Iâd love it if we were able to boot Sam out once and for all and you could be there instead.â
âIs that so?â Sense asked, which pulled a smile from Grian.
âOh yeah of course. Iâm sure youâve heard plenty about him from Grifter, but he was a giant asshole, still technically is for me, but hopefully I wonât have to deal with him too much longer. And I could maybe also make sure to have you around if I knew what you were doing back then.â
For a moment, Sense actually considered the possibility before remembering how it was just impossible outright. Grian wasnât really from the past, so he couldnât go back and change anything. But Grian wasnât supposed to know that, so he had to play along. After thinking it over a few moments, Sense huffed and pulled himself out of his machine, wiping redstone dust onto his pants before walking towards where he had left his dress shirt and suit jacket. An action that made Grian realize the redstoner was only wearing a tank top above the waist. While he was still covered, Grian averted his eyes anyway for decency, at least until he could see Sense finish buttoning his shirt out of the corner of his eye.
After Sense pulled his jacket on, he went for his tie before realizing it had been caught by his machine at some point and had been shredded up. âUgh, great. Do you mind if we head to our, er rather, my room so I can grab another tie?â
âNah, itâs fine.â Grian shrugged before starting to follow behind Sense. âSorry about that one.â
âItâs not like you could have stopped it from getting destroyed.â Sense waved Grianâs comment off. âAnd Grifter wouldnât have repaired it anyway.â
âReally? Why not?â
âHeâd prefer me to cycle through my whole collection. I just find it easier to stick with one and our ways of organizing them are different. The last time I went through wearing ties, I found Gri with ties strewn about the room, arguing that patterns shouldnât be sorted with colors unless the patterns were the same color or whatever.â
âWell Iâll try not to freak out over your tie sorting.â Grian said, crossing his fingers that whatever he was about to see wouldnât be such a visual travesty.
When the pair reached Grifter and Senseâs bedroom, Grian was reminded of when he had first woken up there. Well, other than the fact that it looked a bit more messy than it had however many days ago. He wasnât sure if it was due to Grifter being so busy, or if this was how it normally looked and they had just made it look nicer for Grian. Honestly he could see it going either way.
Sense went over to a pair of folding doors and slid them open, revealing the mass of ties hanging inside. For the most part, they were indeed sorted by color, but Grianâs eyes immediately caught on a few ties that looked like they were out of place. As Sense thumbed through the ties in the cooler section of colors, Grian pulled out a tie covered in blue and purple patterns, though the base of the tie itself was a red color. After putting it back, he found what seemed to be an orange tie covered in multicolored flowers that also made it look out of place grouped with other normal orange ties.
As Grian continued to look over the ties, Sense finally picked out another generic looking blue tie, putting it on. As he started to try and close the closet doors again, Grian stopped him, instead pulling out a tie that was a dark green, one that reminded Grian of the magic Grifter used. âHere, why donât you wear this one instead?â
âIâd rather not.â Sense said after looking at the cloth, pushing it back towards Grian. âIâm perfectly fine with the one Iâve got.â
âBut you were just wearing blue!â Grian complained, pulling the tie Sense had on away, finding it easy since he hadnât managed to actually tie it yet. âYouâve got so many colors here! Wear something else!â
âI prefer blue.â Sense argued, pulling a different one from that colored section. âBlacks and whites are too bland and I like a little splash of color, and Grifter isnât a fan of me wearing purple, so we agree on blue.â
âWhat? What about all the other colors?â Grian asked, gesturing especially to the gradient of pinks all the way to greens and even dipping into cyans. âEven a light blue might be nice.â
âI have my reasons for not wearing those other colors as well.â Sense said, attempting to close the closet again, but being stopped by Grian forcing them to stay open, shocking Sense by the fact that it was through magic.Â
âThen how about you tell me and then I can choose one for you that you might like that isnât boring.â
Sense glared Grian down before relenting and sitting on the bed. Grian smiled at the action before turning back to the closet and going through the ties. âSo I assume greys fall under the same category as blacks and whites.â
âOf course.â
âOkay, What about browns? I donât see many of those?â Grian looked back over to Sense, wanting to hear about that.
âLeather ties arenât exactly comfortable to wear.â Sense began to answer. âAnd I just donât tend to get many gifts of brown cloth ties. Itâs either something colorful or greyscale to be âclassyâ.â
âWell, red ties could be classy too.â Grian lightly argued, pulling out one that matched his feathers.
âWell red is a difficulty for me.â Sense argued. âNot only am I told it clashes with my eyes, but cleaning redstone from it is a pain. Not to mention the fact that my⌠other self tends to use that color.â
Grian looked up. âYou mean like how with Grifter and me and-â Grian hesitated, not recalling off the top of his head what Sense knew about Grifter.
âHow youâre from Wels, yes.â Sense agreed. âThe two of us have interacted in the past, so I prefer to make sure we donât overlap, so I donât wear red.â
âWell how about pink?â Grian asked. âItâs different enough from red, right?â
âA certain someone I hate very much is fond of pink and I will never get over that fact.â Sense crossed his arms. âPotentially, pink would be fine otherwise, but I would burn those things if Gri wouldnât get upset over it.â
âOkay, good to know.â Grian quickly pushed the pinks away along with the reds. âOrange?â
âToo close to red and yellow and I donât use either of those.â
âOh. Wait, why not yellow?â There was silence to Grianâs question, making him look over at Sense and ask again. âWhy donât you wear yellow? Itâs⌠not because of me, right?â Grianâs feathers ruffled, remembering the amount of times that Sam plucked his yellow feathers because he wanted them for himself, since âTaurtis is always wearing blue and gets some of your blue feathers, I want some yellow ones!â. The memory made Grian shudder before he remembered where he was. âIf I- if Grifter gets upset-â
âHe doesnât get upset if I wear yellow.â Sense finally spoke up, though he was staring at the ground. âI will not wear yellow. I canât. Thereâs-â He cut himself off as his voice caught in his throat. âI used to, but then things happened. So I donât anymore.â
âCan I ask what happened?â Grian asked softly, pushing the ties back in place. He couldnât help himself when he sorted a green tie out from the yellows and into the dark greens. He needed to do some sorting to help scratch that itch he felt looking at the mess. But after he put it in its new spot, Grian pulled his hands away from the gray tie and grabbed a light blue one before handing it to Sense and closing the closet.
Sense took the tie and put it on, waiting until he had tightened it around his neck to say anything more. âWell, I guess you did already ask about my past. Probably around the time youâre from, I ended up in a⌠situation.â Grian could tell that it was something Sense didnât want to fully elaborate on, so he wasnât going to pry on what the situation was exactly. âI ended up with someone who⌠he wasnât quite as bad as Sam I wouldnât think, but it was a similar problematic friendship.â
âThatâs⌠not great. Iâm guessing theyâre the reason you donât like yellow?â
âSort of. I just⌠remember an argument we had where for reasons I wonât specify-â Sense immediately clarified, making Grian nod that he wouldnât ask about those reasons. â-that the fact that I was wearing a yellow tie at the time was actually a large part of that argument. I know that sounds idiotic without the context but-â
âMe hating rabbits sounds idiotic without context. Iâm sure a lot of things can sound idiotic or bad or whatever without context. But that made you swear off yellow?â
âUh, no actually.â Sense continued. âNot entirely. I-â He paused again, a quick laugh escaping before he said more. âIâm not sure what it is, but Iâve lost a lot of the people close to me when yellow has been involved.â
That caught Grian off guard. âWait, really? That seems weird.â
âWell, there was of course the argument I had with⌠my ex friend. But after him, I still wore yellow ties for a while. Itâs part of why I have so many, even compared to my large amount of blues.â
Grian had to admit, there were a large amount of yellow ties when he had looked. He figured part of it was because if Sense wore mostly blue, those tended to get destroyed one way or another, so there werenât quite as many as he would have ever owned. âBut then something happened again?â
âMy father liked yellow as well.â And despite the fondness in Senseâs voice, a chill ran through Grian as he immediately realized the mention of losing people and referring to his dad in the past tense meant that they were dead. âI liked the idea of matching him and I was even gifted a number of ties from him. But because of that, I couldnât stand to see myself in that color anymore because it just made me think of him. And how I still never managed to do anything about it.â
âHow did he die?â Grian asked, not expecting an answer since it seemed Sense was torn up enough talking about it vaguely. But he was surprised to actually get an answer.
âHe was murdered.â Sense answered, venom in his tone from how angry he was now, any sadness completely gone. âAnd unlike the others, he wasnât brought back since that would oust our new âadminâ. Not like this wasnât our third one anyway. And I couldnât do anything against that hack and his stupid obsession with trying to destroy his brotherâs server. Not to mention the fact that heâs apparently coming here.â And then the angry frown curled into a smile. âWell, this isnât Helscraft anymore, Grifterâs the admin. And youâre not going to be the only hacker around this time.â
âUh, what do you mean?â Grian asked, making Sense look up and shake his head, having gotten completely lost in his own thoughts.
âOh, nothing. Just, apparently Gri and Iâs old admin isnât happy about us being here. To the point heâs even involved his brother and a number of wels to try and mess with us. Not to mention bringing along my other self.â
âReally? Thatâs not great, is it?â
Sense huffed. âWell, if Grifter canât handle it, it wonât be, but Iâm sure heâll be able to.â
Grian patted Senseâs shoulder comfortingly before the redstoner pulled him into a hug. Grian almost pulled away, but then hugged back. Right now, it seemed like Sense needed it, and he didnât want to take that away from him. And as they stood there, hugging one another, it hid as the light blue tie seemed to dull as a grayish purple started to coat it instead.
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Everyone was just sort of standing around, not sure how to react to what they had just seen. After the jungle had faded away, half the group rushed to check on the other half. Mumbo had quickly gone to look at Grum while Phil and Techno were worried about Wilbur. Paul went to help Doc recover from the whiplash of getting his cybernetics back while also dealing with his heightened hybrid instincts, and finally Xisuma went to go to Tommyâs side.
What had thrown everyone off was Tommy flinching at Xisuma, but not from his reaction to Xisuma but rather Xisuma himself. X found himself dressed in armor that wasnât his bee themed set, nor his regular set of green. Instead, he was dressed in a gray while standing to the side of the group was the familiar armor he normally wore, but currently being worn by Evil X.
The confusion wasnât helped as the moment Xisuma called to his brother, they had unfrozen from whatever shock they had been in, running off across the end islands the group had found themselves on. Which left them to their present situation, at least until Phil finally pointed out that they would need to gather blocks to follow Xannes, since he was the only one of their group who could fly.
Doc was helped to sit down, not currently able to help out, but after that, everyone started to work on mining, save for Xisuma, who was staring off in the direction Evil X had gone, and Tommy, who went to Xisumaâs side. âAre⌠are you okay?â
âI should be asking you the same question.â Xisuma replied, not taking his eyes off the horizon. âYouâre not injured from anything that was in the jungle, right?â
âYeah. I mean, I donât really remember much after I got separated from you guys. I think I got knocked out pretty quickly. Uh, should we assume this is him going through it now?â
Finally Xisuma looked away and down at Tommy. âIâm.. not sure. I think if itâs not, itâs something of mine that he doesnât like.â
Tommy glanced towards where he had last seen Xannes in the distance. âWhy was he wearing your armor? Mumbo said that was yours, right? Is it because you two are clones?â
Xisuma looked shocked before looking at Tommy again. âWhat? Clones? Who said we were clones?â
âNPG mentioned he was your clone or something. Cuz Mumbo didnât know if you were siblings or he was a clone or what.â
âHeâs my twin brother, not a clone.â Xisuma clarified. âI suppose itâs because the two of us look so much similar as opposed toâŚâ the admin trailed off as he looked towards where Wilbur and Techno were, Tommy following his gaze and knowing what he meant. âI believe itâs probably because we have matching scars as well.â
Tommy looked back to Xisuma, realizing he couldnât see through the visor of Xâs current helmet to see the scars he knew were present underneath. It was a set of four claw marks that sliced over Xisumaâs face, going over his left eye in a way that impressed Tommy with the fact that the eye itself seemed unharmed.
âI think I remember you mentioning you got them from a dragon?â Tommy asked. Xisuma had shown off the scars to him back when he was still relatively new to Hermitcraft, trying to find ways to connect with Tommy. He had also given a summary of how he got them to Tommy, but he hadnât really cared at the time.
âYes, an Ender Dragon. I had managed to bring one into where our family lived and it attacked, leaving Xannes and I with our scars.â
âYou think this might be about that?â Tommy asked, vaguely remembering the story a little better now that Xisuma had given the summary again. âI know you lived in the end, but the dragonâs there and now weâre there.â
âI⌠If itâs for me, potentiallyâ Xisuma admitted after some hesitation. âEvil X liked to taunt me with it. There was one time where he brought in dragons to try and destroy Hermitcraft.â
Tommy shrugged. âI mean, I honestly was worried that weâd end up in a destroyed Hermitcraft at some point, either from you or me. The fact that this is just the boring ass end is pretty good in my books. And one dragon versus all of us looks pretty good in our favor!â
The wince Xisuma gave was hidden behind his helmet. While he knew Tommy was trying to help reassure him, X was also worried about Xannes being on his own and potentially ending up on the other side of whatever they might be fighting. He almost said something about it too, but then the pair of them were called over to help with bridging in Evil Xâs direction to try and catch up, and to also talk about what situation they were probably in.
âSo, why is he wearing your armor?â Grum asked as they were halfway across a void gap between the islands. No one was completely sure if the void was really there, but no one was fully eager to find out. âAnd why are you wearing that instead?â
âWell uh, thatâs a really long story.â Xisuma replied, his feeble attempt to avoid the topic pretty obvious to the others.
âC���mon X, everyoneâs bearing their truths to the world, itâs your turn now, innit?â Tommy asked, lightly elbowing Xisuma.
âWell, I suppose the simple answer is that armor used to⌠belong to him.â
âSeriously?â Mumbo asked, turning around in shock and having Paul barely grab him in time to keep him from falling off the bridge. âIt was his? I can hardly believe him ever wearing anything other than red. Even with all your different armors, heâs kept the same style.â
âSince Hermitcraft, yes, but that wasnât the case in the past.â Xisuma hesitated before saying anything more, enough that Tommy tried taking back his previous statement, saying the admin didnât need to actually say anything. âNo, youâre right. Especially because I think I know what this is all about.â
âThis isnât about when you banned him that one time, right?â Tommy asked, since he had already heard the story not too long ago. âI could just tell them if you donât want to.â
âItâs something different.â X stepped onto the next island they reached, turning back towards the group. âAs you know, Xannes and I are voidwalkers. Thatâs essentially the term for End based humans similar to netherborn, aetherkind, and if you want to be specific about it, terrans.â
âWhich is what most of us are.â Phil said, gesturing to the group. âNot sure if he counts though.â And that time he pointed to Grumbot.
âI am Robots Georg, an outlier that should not be counted.â
âIâll pretend I know what that means. Anyway, you were saying X?â
âWell, despite the name, voidwalkers can get what is known as void poisoning. Similar to how despite being in a dimension filled with water, you can still drown, and even netherborns can be susceptible to lava and fire in the right conditions. Some more than others, I know Tango constantly forgets his limits, not to mention-â
âWe get the picture.â Techno cut Xisuma off. âYour point?â
âThe last time Xannes and I were in these respective armors, there was⌠an incident.â
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âWhat are you even doing with your life? The family business? You never cared about that before!â
âI care about it now, isnât that enough? Itâs not like youâre taking it up, so someone has to.â
âIâm doing something better! Something our parents can be proud of.â
âYou know, you donât get it, do you? What you do doesnât matter to them.â
âAnd Iâm sure you know that sooo well, huh? Youâre just trying to kiss up to them by taking an interest in what our family has done for generations, huh?â
âWell Iâve been getting good at it, Starting out in the overworld is a little pain but-â
âWhat, canât handle a little bit of sunlight or something? Or maybe you canât stand wearing that suit, huh? Wish you were home where you could be out of that stuffy thing? Just lounging around in bed being a good for nothing waste of space?â
âYou take that back!â
âWhy should I? Isnât that all you are?â
âIâm not! Itâs not like youâve been around, Iâve been putting plenty of work in.â
âSure you have. So much compared to me, right? Except Iâve actually been busy. The reason I havenât been around is because of all the work Iâve had to do. All the training Iâve had to do.â
âStop it, youâre pushing me too close to the-â
âAnd once Iâm done, Iâll be able to do just what you can but even better. Itâll be simple and easy. All I need to do is pop in a few commands-â
â-Look we might-â
â-pop into the End and just-â
âXisuma!â
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âWh- You?!â Tommy looked shocked, realizing that Xisuma was being the jerk in the story, not Xannes.
âYeah, I agree with Tommy. â Doc spoke up. âSure, you did a lot of pranks back in the day, especially with Biffa, but that sounded kinda cruel. You sure youâre not embellishing it to sound worse than it was?â
Xisuma winced. âNo, I was an asshole back then, no way around it. I⌠our parents seemed to constantly put me above him to the point it got to my head. Both in the idea that I was better than him, but also that I could just keep being at the top of whatever I was doing. Around that time was when I first looked into admin classes. Suddenly there were people better than me and⌠well I took it the wrong way at first. I was so used to our parents putting Xannes down that⌠I came back to do the same.â
âWow⌠yeah you were an asshole.â Tommy agreed. âHow the fuck did you manage to come out of it like this?â And Tommy gestured to all of Xisuma.
âWell, for one I ended up dropping out of the class and didnât again until after Hermitcraft had started and around the time Generikâs residency was starting to look shaky. But the main reason is what happened next.â
âWhich was?â
Xisuma sighed. âThe two of us both ended up falling, though Xannes managed to keep us from completely falling into the void. We were still stuck on a low outcrop from an End island with no easy way up. Not to mention our suits were damaged.â
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âXannes! Your suit!â
âHuh? Oh, itâs just a tear in the back, no big.â
âThe fabricâs almost completely gone! How the hell did you manage that?! Do you have any idea how hard stuff like that is to repair?!â
âOh, thatâs what youâre concerned about⌠Thanks. Good to know the fabric is so much more important than my well being.â
âWell youâre the one who got us stuck in this mess.â
âMe? Youâre the one who pushed us in here. Iâve been living here and could have been just fine with a respawn, but youâve been away at your fancy school, so it wouldnât have been as nice for you.â
âThen why not let me fall?â
âI could have. If you want I could still push you in!â
âThen do it!â
â...No. Iâm not the only one who had their suit damaged.â
âWhat are you- my helmet!â
âSee, at least I can stitch back together my suit.â
âYou mean make Mom do it for you.â
âNo I don't. I know how to sew. I learned even without Motherâs help.â
âCalling her that wonât make her dote on you.â
âI know that! Look, can you shut up for just⌠five minutes. Unless you want the void seeping in faster.â
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âWe did actually stay there quietly for a while, and at one point they even pulled their suit off to start fixing it. They didnât exactly have the necessary tools on hand, but that actually made it a little more impressive. I had been worried about them not wearing it though, since thereâs a reason we wore them even in the End.â
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âIâm fine.â
âYouâre coughing too much. Take your helmet off so I can see.â
âI said Iâm *cough* fine! Donât touch me! *cough*â
ââSuma, câmon, let me look!â
âFine! Whatev- *cough* -ever.â
âShit, this is bad.â
âWhat *cough* do you mean?â
âItâs already black. We still donât know if anyoneâs coming, and if they are, how long itâll take. If they knew you were back then maybe-â
âSo? *cough* Theyâll notice youâre gone and *cough cough* come looking. How *cough* long are you usually out?â
â... Take my helmet.â
âWhat?â
âPut it on you derp! You need it more right now. Unless you want to die.â
âWhat about *cough* you?â
âIâll just wear yours to make it take longer. Theyâll show up soon enough, so it should last me until then.â
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âNo one showed up for hours. Iâm not sure how long it even took because the two of us passed out before then.â Xisuma finished in a somber tone. âTurns out a near death experience really shakes up how you see things. And apparently my own armor was more damaged than I thought, because at some point Xannes switched ours up to make sure it would stave off the void poisoning for me. And he was right, I recovered fairly quickly, but he didnât.â
âBut I mean, heâs alright now, right?â
âI guess.â Xisuma answered, though he didnât sound sure. âIt was after that that they started being a bit more angry and violent towards me.â
âAnd a side effect of void poisoning is a sort of⌠unpredictable blind rage, right?â Paul asked. âThe void causes a weird decay in the mind, similar to what zombifies creatures, but practically irreversible.â
âRight. And so I just wonder if maybe his current situation is my fault. If I hadnât started that argument-â
âWell it sounds like your parents were jerks too!â Tommy said, cutting Xisuma off and making Phil wince. âIf they hadnât treated you like a perfect golden child and him as a scum of the⌠End, black sheep, then it wouldnât have happened, right?â
âWell, yes, but-â
âTommyâs right.â Techno spoke up this time. âAnd look, Iâm not trying to use it as an excuse for any of us, but sometimes the actions we take are influenced by others in a way that the blame can be placed on them. It depends on the actions themselves, but in this case it doesn't seem like your fault.â
âThe Wither were totally yours though.â
âAnd I said Iâm not using it as an excuse.â
âHow about we stop talking and just find Evil X!â Grumbot practically shouted, pointing off into the distance. âThereâs lots of lightning that way! So they must be there! Letâs go!â
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âSo, that was your dad, huh?â Jrum spoke up as the block he was trying to lift with magic fell back down the pixel or so he had managed.Â
âYep! Thatâs Papa! Heâs really really really nice and I love him lots and lots!â Vee replied with the biggest smile on her face. âHe adopted me, and then my sister, and so now the three of us are a big happy family! Well, maybe not big, but definitely happy!â
Jrum couldnât help but roll his eyes. Vee at the very least seemed innocent enough, or maybe the better word was oblivious. Her dad had been working with Grifter and somehow hadnât realized that something was wrong with Grian. Or, well, it sounded like he did know, but completely trusted Grifter with any lies he told. But that was what Vee was saying, and she had also fallen for Grifterâs lies, so who knew, maybe her dad wasnât lied to, but both he and Grifter were lying to her.
And then there was her sister, which made Jrum more sure that they were all just lying to Vee. He remembered that comm call. He knew the voice on the other end. It sounded like his dad, but simultaneously not. It had to be Grifter then, right? Vee had even said it was Grifter. And he was there through Veeâs sisterâs comm. The same sister that was apparently dating Grifterâs niece. They all had a connection to Grifter, so there was no way none of them knew what was going on.
âOoo! Lookit! Youâre doing it really well!â Vee exclaimed, making Jrum realize he had moved the block up a full meter this time. He was a little surprised by that, since he hadnât even been paying attention to what he was doing, and now that he was focusing on the block, it fell once more. âAww, donât worry! Youâre doing really really well!â
âWhatever.â Jrum huffed. âYou know, you keep bringing up that your dad adopted you and your sister, right? And in that one meeting you mentioned that she had a brother that sucked?â
Veeâs smile disappeared. âYeah⌠he was really really bad.â
âMind telling me?â Jrum asked. They had figured out who Flora or Fleur was supposed to be, but Astrid was still a little up in the air, and since she was around Grifter and maybe also around Grian, it was important to know about her too.
âUm, wellâŚâ Vee hesitated, kicking at the ground. âNightmare was-â
Vee didnât get a chance to continue, Jrum immediately recognizing the name. âNightmare?! Her brother is him?!â
âY-You know him?â
âKnow him?! Itâs because of him that my brother got kidnapped by Tommyâs stupid hels! And then it turned into a whole mess with Grifter getting involved and hurting my family! And then Grifter came back and made everything worse!â
âEep!â Vee yelped, and Jrum looked over to her and the spike of bedrock that had appeared from the ground, pointing at her face. Jrum was shocked to see it, looking himself over before looking back up to essentially growl at the spike. Surprisingly, it seemed to react to his growl and disappeared into the ground a moment later. âYou g-gotta be careful with that.â
âYeah⌠sorryâŚâ Jrum responded, though distracted. Things kept happening when he was angry, so maybe- âHow much do emotions affect magic?â
âUh, a lot?â Vee answered, though she didnât seem confident with her answer. âUh, they can help with focusing it. Papa helped me train with music and he said it was because uh⌠the emotions of the sounds help with how you feel, ân then it works as a guide for what you want the magic to do!â That time she started unsure, but slowly got more confident as she spoke, which helped reassure Jrum. Especially when she followed it up with a little magic demonstration of her own.
âSo because I keep feeling angry and frustrated, stuff keeps happening for me? Do I just need to be constantly angry?â
âOh no no no.â Vee quickly waved her hands to stop Jrum. âItâs just stronger stuff makes it react more when youâre new to it! Even sometimes when youâre not new to it cuz Papa has had it happen too. Uh, itâs kinda like when I got scared and then made those boxes.â
Jrum remembered the bedrock that trapped Ren. And then he thought more to his own dad, and the times his magic had acted up when it seemed he was feeling some sort of intense emotion like anger or fear. He could even remember one time when Grian was really happy and that had caused some sudden magic. Jrum almost made a comment about it, but then paused. When he had been trying to eavesdrop on the conversation Phil and Paul had had, way back when the latter had first arrived. He had made a comment about knowing Jrum was listening in to their conversation. He hadnât known how the man recognised Jrum had hacked his way in, but Paul seemed to know enough magic that if Jrum was using magic insteadâŚ
Jrum focused once more on the block in front of him, reaching out and managing to lift it once again. This time he was actually controlling it when it got a block higher, and still when he pushed it left and right before it finally fell on its own, Jrum finding himself a little tired.
âYou did it!â Vee exclaimed, jumping up and down before tackling Jrum with a hug. âWe should show Papa! Oh wait, heâs busy. I could message Astrid! But she might be busy too. Grifter is-! Grifter is bad, we said that. Uhh⌠Well I think we should tell someone!â
âYeah whatever, let me see whoâs available.â Jrum rolled his eyes, trying not to smile with how infectious Veeâs joy was. He was easily able to send a message to the world chat, getting an answer not too long later from Joe, who was apparently happy to be available. Jrum thought he would be more involved in whatever important stuff the Hermits were up to, but Jrum also supposed that Vee was already pretty comfortable with him. âJoe says we can meet up with him. Letâs go.â
Vee was bouncing again as they left to meet with the Hermit, finding him a small distance away from the meeting room at what seemed to be a newly set up table and chairs for the three of them to hang out at. âHowdy there you two. I heard you had somethinâ to share?â
Jrum couldnât get a word out before Vee answered for him. âJrumâs doing Watcher Magic! Like he could do a little before, but heâs doing a lot better now! He did block moving! Câmon, do it again!â Jrum sighed before moving a new block a bit, though not nearly as much since he was still tired from before, and running over there hadnât helped him regain any energy.
âI need some redstone.â Jrum panted, surprised when Joe handed some over. âWhy do you have-?â
âWell someone pointed out that you might need some since you were doing a lot of work. Well, technically multiple someones, as it was recommended you get somethinâ to eat followed by gettinâ pointed out you tend to eat minerals like redstone, especially since that helps with charginâ you up.â
âUh, thanks then.â Jrum ate the redstone before getting some more from Joe, which he put in his inventory to save for later and make sure he didnât use it all up in one sitting.
âNo problem at all.â Then Joe looked towards Vee. âYes?â
Jrum looked over to Vee as well, finding her fidgeting where she stood. âUm, are you still mad at me?â
âMad at you? Now what gave you that impression?â
âWell, when you visited me when I was at Stressâ place, you got really upset.â
Jrum saw as it took a moment for Joe to remember what she meant. âAh, that. Well Iâm sorry for makinâ you think I was mad at you. You had just caught me off guard with what you were talkinâ about, and I suppose that surprise came off as anger which you thought was directed at you.â
Jrum was a little taken aback. Joe caught off guard? That never happened. Or well, it could definitely happen, but he had the uncanny ability to always seem to know what was going on when things were serious, like with the current situation. He was a little worried for a second that Joe could be lying, but he didnât seem to have a single tell that he could have been.
âWhat had you been talking about?â Jrum asked, looking between the pair.
Vee opened her mouth, seemingly to answer, but was stopped by Joe. âItâs not somethinâ thatâs exactly common knowledge. Part of why I was so surprised she knew about it.â
âBut Papa said Listeners get to know about it! And shouldnât Watchers too? And Jrumâs one.â
âAnd Iâd have to agree with you on that part.â Joe replied. âBut I believe you mentioned youâre still traininâ, and that seems like the thing to wait âtil youâre fully fledged to learn about.â
Vee huffed and crossed her arms, slumping in her chair. Jrum looked between her and Joe, now even more confused and wishing he werenât in the dark about⌠whatever they were discussing. âCan I at least get some vague clue about what it was?â
âYou could, but I believe if you learn a little, youâll want to know more, so nothinâ at all may be best for you.â
âWhat if I promise I wonât ask anything else?â Jrum suggested, trying to also give pleading eyes to Joe in hopes he could be convinced. âAt least if it has any connection to what happened to Dad?â
âWell, I suppose it does.â Joe started to speak, getting Jrum hopeful. âAlright then. But youâre promising you wonât go lookinâ into it, alright?â
âYes! I wonât! Iâll just imagine my own answers or whatever!â
âOkay, and Vee, you better not help him along.â Vee nodded, staying silent and even pretending to zip her lips. âWe happened to get on the topic due to how Grian ended up messed with due to the mixinâ of magic from he and Grifter. Magic from Watchers and Listeners mixinâ togetherâs got a special term. And that term comes from when it first happened, specifically on a rather large scale. Despite that, itâs a little bit taboo to talk about the incident itself, and Vee happened to mention somethinâ implyinâ she knew about it more than most.â
âOh. So like⌠how Dad talks about stuff when he was younger, and so everyone kinda just says that itâs when he was in highschool, but not any specifics?â Jrum offered as a sort of comparison. Especially since he and Jrum didnât know as much about that time as the other Hermits did, so it was a similar situation for Jrum himself.
âNow I think thatâs a fine comparison.â Joe complimented the bot. âIncludinâ the part that heâs probably the one who should be tellinâ you about it. Or someone else older than you.â
âVeeâs older than me.â Jrum pointed out, reminding Joe that he was literally only a year old due to being a robot. âSo she could count.â
âNow Iâm sure you know that isnât what I meant.â
âYeah, I was just joking.â The bot huffed. âI said I wouldnât ask about it more.â
âUm, mister Joe sir?â Vee carefully spoke up, hiding a little when Joe looked over to her and said she didnât need to use formalities like that. âWhy canât you just help his dad? Because youâre⌠a thing I canât say to Jrum.â
âHey, I know he used to be Herobrine.â Jrum pointed out before pausing. âWell, I mean he technically still is? He goes by Joe now, but was it just a name thing, or is it a concept or-â
âThe nuance of that matter isnât a highlight of this discussion right now.â Joe said to keep Jrum from overthinking things. âAs for your question Vee, despite any connection I have to what you tend to refer to as Hels, my involvement in this situation isnât one that was ever foreseen as direct involvement. That being said, the situation also isnât one that everyone is so sure it is.â
âWait, what do you mean itâs not what we think it is?â Jrum asked. âMy dad has been kidnapped and based on what everyone is saying, heâs missing a gigantic chunk of his memory. How is it different from that?â
âJrum has a point! Whyâs it not that? Is it because Grifter is trying something we donât know about but you do?â
âGrifterâs involvement isnât exactly whatâs causinâ it to be something else. And as far as the Hermits and you are concerned, it is what you think. But thereâs plenty of other people involved.â
Both kids looked confused before Vee gasped. âThe other Watchers and Listeners! Or at least the Listeners, I donât think Grifter could lie to the others as easily. But he mustâve done a bunch of lying to them! And⌠and Astrid and Flora and everyone was with him too! Theyâre being lied to as well! I need to call Astrid again so she can help!â
âNow slow down. I believe you already did talk to her about that, now didnât you?â
Vee frowned. âWell, yeah, but now we know more so she needs to know more!â
âVeeâs right.â Jrum agreed. âBut also shouldnât do it yet, because she mentioned something to me.â Joe gestured for Jrum to continue after the bot paused for a moment. âYou know how Vee keeps mentioning she and Astrid were adopted? Well, apparently before Astrid got adopted, she lived in the Hels version of Tommyâs server because her brother was the admin. Her brother was Nightmare, Dreamâs Hels.â
âNow that is something we didnât know yet.â Joe conceded. âVee, you said your sister didnât get along with her brother when you talked about her at the meeting, right?â
âNo, he was really mean! He hurt her and Flora and her whole family and even tried to do it to me once. He was just as mean as my mom was.â
âHow much does your dad know about Nightmare?â Joe asked, Vee answering that he probably knew more than she did. âAlright, Iâll need to go back into the meetinâ to tell the Hermits and others about that, you two take some time to rest before you go back into traininâ alright?â
âThat sounds like a good plan to me.â Jrum agreed before standing up, stretching, and then starting to go towards a nether portal. âIf you need us, weâll be at Daddyâs base. Dadâs portal is too dangerous.â
âPerfectly good reasoning.â Joe nodded, waving just before the two were whisked away by magic into the Nether.
âUh, Jrum?â Vee asked shortly after they had stepped out of the portal and into the hub. âDid it seem like he knew more about whatâs going on than he said?â
âHuh? Oh, well, Joe is always like that. I think itâs a mix of him being so old, being a poet writer whatever, being a Hermit, and probably five other things.â Jrum shrugged. âPlus, he probably does but doesnât want to tell us just yet because they want to know more about it themselves, or because weâre younger. Or heck, maybe even both at the same time.â
âHuh. Okay I guess that makes sense.â
#hc x dsmp#hermit!tommy au#hermit!tommy#grian#watcher!grian#avian!grian#grian xelqua#yhs grian#hels!grian#hels!mumbo#hels!xisuma mention#xisuma#xisumavoid#evil xisuma#tommyinnit#philza#philza minecraft#technoblade#wilbur soot#ghostbur#mumbo jumbo#grumbot#did!grumbot#docm77#paul soares jr#jrumbot#joe hills
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Chapter 14 of dollhouse is up!
I'm going to take a short break from posting to fill the backlog back up, so don't worry if I vanish.
Anyway! Tommy confronts a very angry xB...
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Vibrating excitedly to write a New hermit!Tommy fic {in Season 10} as I've been *đŁđ°đŻđŹđŚđĽ* with the idea bat. But I'm Busy right now and have to wait!!!
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every single hermit!tommy au that i've read has turned into one gigantic au in my head and sometimes i don't remember which part came from which fic
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Surprise! I'm not dead, and it's new fic time!
Open-Air Birdcage
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need more hermit!tommy content on this site ao3 isnât enough
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FINALLY!!! CHAPTER 20!
WEâRE ALMOST DONE
#tof#tired of fighting au#tommyinnit#hermit!tommy au#hermit tommy au#tommyinnit fic#tommyinnit au#bean writes#ao3#mcyt#mcyt fic#fic#dsmpshipping#dsmp fic#hermitcraft#hermitcraft x dsmp#dream#grian#zombiecleo#mumbo jumbo#tubbo#ranboo#punz
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Hello, I know I'm 6 months late and you probably confused but. I'm an passerby who found your post about "Let's be alone together" by Poker on hermit! tommy tag. And never know the fic and decided to give it a try, to keep it short. I found a new fic to read with. Never know i needed a dark hermitcraft fic, and yet here we are. So thanks for introducing me into it.
Yoooo I'm glad you're enjoying it! Yeah I've never seen dark!hermitcraft before but Poker did a great job. Quite surpised it's not a thing but I think most hermit fans hate making a hermit or two villains which fair lol.
Funny enough they're writing another dark!hermitcraft fic as a crossover sequel to The Snow King, aka a dark sbi!fic with Tubbo as the lead in a fae realm. Although if you're like me you're gonna have to read The Snow King first before The Foxes Hunt The Hounds.
#grim talks#hermit!tommy au#dark!hermitcraft#dark!sbi#I'm gonna read more of the snow king tonight so I don't get behind with the sequel once it updates more#but my god the way they wrote Scar felt so real#that's my con man!
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Realized I have the ability to color Tommyâs season 7 look
#i worked so hard on the burn scarsâŚ.why is it so hard to color#hermit tommy au#meraki art#hermit!tommy#hermit!tommyinnit#i love this sketch brush#itâs the 6b pencil on procreate if anyone is wondering#and yes that look is a little inspired by las nevadas#i feel like it was a happy coincidence
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I want fanfics of Tommy with mobility issues and hero!hermit craft is all like panicking because they think the new intern tomy got seriously injured because of a villain attack or something and everyone is just panicking trying to get him to med bay but heâs âlike no guys Iâm fine I promise itâs-â but they keep cutting him off just before he can explain what is happening and itâs just a flare up it happens and give it a few minutes maybe and if not I have a wheel chair/cane/crutches in his car or already in the med bay. And finally after some time doc or Xsuma come by and tell the others. I love that I now want more fics with intern Tommy and hermit!heros.
I also want fics with characters with mobility issues or chronic pain. I feel like it is very unrepresented and if it is itâs something that is for a brief time and also used to hide an identity, or something. I want fics of heros that have the issue but there powers donât cover it up or anything like that. if you have any suggestions please feel free to tell me. But now that my rant is over I hope you all have a good day.
Ps there is totally a shit tone of decor on Tommyâs aids they would totally have stickers and what not. I swear I saw fan art about an au where he had a mobility aid and it explained all the decor but Iâd also love to see fanart of the au yâall have any or make any
#mobility aid#hermit tommy#tommyinnit#hermitcraft smp#hermitcraft#please iâm begging#write something#i feel like I ranted but I donât care#Hero Hermitcraft au#grian hermitcraft#hermitcraft mumbo#hermitcraft scar#hermitcraft au#hermitcraft xisuma#hermitcraft doc
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