#super fast build mode [asks]

[jellie-tamer]

"Knock knock!" Mumbo called in lieu of actually knocking. He carefully stepped into the room, cautious of disrupting Grian from his perch by moving too fast. "Sorry we kind of disappeared on you there. You still awake in here buddy?" @askmumbojumbo

The room looked nearly empty, and there was barely any sound beyond the quiet whirring of Scar's oxygen concentrator. The nest looked empty at first glance.

If someone were to look for a moment beyond a glance they would notice the tube of Scar's oxygen concentrator disappearing into the nest and his grey and brown furred tail drifting lazily from side to side, but the nest itself seemed nearly undisturbed.

Every blanket looked like it was in almost the exact same place it would be if Scar was never in the nest at all, despite him being burrowed inside of it sleeping soundly.

[jellie-tamer]

*gives box of chocolates* (cuteguy!pre Au @ask-the-grian )

Oh! Thanks for the chocolates but ah... Can I ask why?

These aren't poisoned or something are they?

[jellie-tamer]

Mumbo ducked through the trees, forcing himself to pace himself so he didn't just blow past them. He kept his head on a swivel, straining for any further signs of them.

"Jellie! Jellie, can you hear me?"

@askmumbojumbo

Jellie yowled again, closer sounding now than before.

She shivered where she laid curled against Scar's chest. He was still, eerily still, and if it weren't for the slow too slow, too shallow, weak rise and fall of his chest he would look dead. His skin had changed some, the blue-grey spreading across most of his body now.

Jellie yowled again.

[jellie-tamer]

"Why are you following me around? You're not going to get anything about me from it. " He snaps having let Hotguy think he was sneaky for a little too long.

Hotguy pouts. He really did think he was being sneaky with all this. Apparently not sneaky enough.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

[jellie-tamer]

You make it sound like it's not fine? Maybe he feels guilty for your death last series.

Grian is his own person, I can't force him to be with me no matter how much I want him to be. It's fine.

[jellie-tamer]

Mumbo lightly patted Scar's chest as the home came into view, humming softly. He pulled away slightly, but didn't try to lift himself out of his lap entirely.

"...You still holding up okay love? You didn't strain yourself bringing me here, did you? I promise I'm...I'm alright now. Not going to go running off the minute you let go."

@askmumbojumbo

Scar had spaced out a bit on the trip home, trying not to focus on all that had just happened, but quickly snapped back to reality with a smile as Mumbo got his attention.

"Oh don't worry about me Mumbo, tired arms is nothing that some rest can't fix," Scar chucked a bit, but did let go of Mumbo for the last stretch of rolling back, "I'm just... glad you seem mostly okay, you know?"

[jellie-tamer]

"Hope you don't mind a bit of cuddling. Afraid it's not really optional once you're in the nest." Mumbo shot Scar a nervous smile, doing his best to get comfortable in the nest without disturbing either Scar's or Grian's positions too much. For once he bemoaned his tendency to dress so sharply all the time. He looked good, sure, but they weren't the most comfortable sleeping clothes.

"Thank you for being such a good sport about all of this. I know its probably not the weirdest thing you've had to do, being a hero and all, but still. Just want you to know I appreciate it."

@askmumbojumbo

"mmhmm," Scar mumbles. He's shaking slightly, but not quite enough to notice if you weren't paying attention. He takes a deep breath and nuzzles slightly into the nest.

"It's very comfy, and you guys aren't upset with me," Scar's voice is a little... Watery, like he's just barely holding back tears. It's almost overwhelming, all the contact, the comfort, from another human being feels so... Foreign after so long without it, "so it's not like it's unpleasant or anything, thank you."

@ask-the-grian

[jellie-tamer]

The boy working behind the counter at the Cafe next to the bakery that cuteguy frequented very shyly got Scars attention with a free coffee refill and a poorly written

'I liek your hoodie' note on a napkin before rushing back behind the counter.

Seemed he was a little dyslexic.

Scar jumped a bit in surprise when the boy got his attention, but smiled happily at the refill and note. He had drank the first one all too quickly, so hopefully he'd be able to savor this one.

After a few sips Scar slowly rises from his seat to stand closer to the counter try and spark some conversation.

"So, you big a fan of Hotguy?"

[jellie-tamer]

He has to do a bit of awkward shifting, back twinging as he tries not to jostle everyone too much. But eventually he manages to face towards Scar.

He shoots the other a tired smile, one that doesn't quite reach his eyes.

"Hi."

@askmumbojumbo

He softly smiled at Mumbo. Guilt was definitely the most obvious feeling on his face but his eyes also swirled with some sadness and longing.

"Hey Mumbo."

[jellie-tamer]

He gently knocked the door, the sound quiet and hesitant. After a moment of silence he knocked again, trying to put more strength behind it.

"Scar? It's me, uh, Mumbo. Obviously, you know what my voice sounds like..And uh, Grian's here too, but he's a little bit out of it. Are you there? Can we come in? Ah- Wait wait, they said you were having trouble talking, right? Just uh...I don't know, make some kind of noise if you can hear me? Knock on the floor maybe?"

@askmumbojumbo @ask-the-grian

Scar froze at the sound of Mumbo's voice, before relief swept over him. He slowly and shakily moved out of his spare room. Keeping himself slightly obscured by one of the walls of his house, Scar knocks against it.

Knock knock thud knock

[jellie-tamer]

Cuteguy was happy to be out again stretching his wings and even knocking off the sheriff's hat while he was talking to some reporter. Earning a yell of

"Gri- CUTEGUY!"

"you think you'd learn by now man!"

Before flying out of sight around the corner

-@ask-the-grian

Hotguy had been walking nearby, trying to get away from another reporter when he heard the commotion. He couldn't stop the way his face lit up when he noticed Cuteguy running off, and quickly sprinted after him.

"Cuteguy! And here I was thinking maybe you were gone for good! That was quite a break you took," Hotguy's smile crept into his voice, but he couldn't find it in himself to really care.

[jellie-tamer]

He swung the door open with his hip, settling down the things he hadn't been able to tuck into his inventory down in the living room. He hesitated, rubbing his thumb over the crystal Scar had given him, before putting it back.

"Scar? Grian? You two in here?" He spoke as he made his way over towards Scar's room.

@askmumbojumbo

"We're in my room Mumbo," Scar calls, slight nervousness tinging his voice. His tail was still laying limp in his lap, and he fought the immediate urge to tuck it away underneath something.

"You um.. get all your things?"

[jellie-tamer]

Grian writes anxiously by spawn.

Scar gasps awake in his bed as he respawns, eyes still glowing an eerie vex glow. Some of the bites from the zombies still slowly ooze crystalline blood. His breath comes in panicked gasps as he scrambles to find some sort of weapon in his house.

He settles for a rusty trowel.

[jellie-tamer]

Grian was sick and all he wanted was to be cuddled properly.

"Scar.... why don't you ever cuddle me with your tail anymore?" He said his voice just above a whisper.

Scar laughed nervously as he gently took one of Grian's hands in his own, "What do you mean Dove? I don't have a tail!"

[jellie-tamer]

"Scar? Grian?" He gave a cursory polite knock before pushing the door open, peering into the room. "You still in here loves? Are you both okay? I'm sorry I took so long with the potions."

@askmumbojumbo

Scar made a dramatic show of stretching and yawning. His hair and sheets were more messed up than last time Mumbo had been in the room, so it was obvious that he had slept some. The makeshift blanket-bandages were still wrapped snugly around Scar's arms and neck, but they were red in some places where his blood had seeped through.

"Hey Mumbo," he said, flashing him a sleepy smile, "yeah we're still in here. Don't worry too much, I don't know if Grian slept very well but I think we both definitely needed that nap."

[jellie-tamer]

Mumbo won't tell him what smut means

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