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and Wels thought, "I shouldn't bring it up." It went through his mind many times over; all he wanted was to talk to someone. Maybe they would not understand but they would be with him regardless. It was a selfish thought, though. To ask would just be bringing back old pains, uncomfortable and unknown to everyone- he didn't need to force that negativity onto them. But what else was he to do? He wanted to say it silently, so that someone may notice, but he believed this was just guilt-tripping them into helping him. All options, beside silence and hiding, were morally wrong. Wels believed himself to be no monster, so he could not bear his teeth at his friends when they were not the ones responsible. If this really shall pass, then there must be no need to see someone. That help of those he held dear was a luxury that he was not worthy of. He hadn't been useful to them for weeks, and this must be asking for too much. Solitude never took from him or needed him in the way a person would. It was not warm or welcoming, but it held his heart tighter than he'd ever let a person hold it. This was his answer; a bandaid over gashes running so deep they reached his soul.

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Hels: Dude, last night Wels came into my room in the middle of the night so I pretended to be asleep and he stroked my cheek and hair for a minute and then left

Hels: Is he planning to kill me???

Evil X: No, he just loves you, idiot

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Just so you know I KNOW hels plume thing is red also I just thought it would be cool if wels’ was red and hels’ was blue

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your wels is my lifeline

it's so good

I want to squish and squeeze and hug

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waugh thank you!!

wels appreciates the compliment too xD

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more of hermits as these charts! (now featuring skizz and joel)

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i don't remember if i made a post about this here BUUTTT heyyy heeeyy hiii

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hop in early! :D

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they are quite silly

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ITS HERE!!! Applications for the 2nd edition are upon us! We are soso excited to be opening up applications again and hope you give it a go! As always, please be sure to reach out with any questions.

Link to apply is in my bio.

Graphic done by our lovely graphics mod, @crykng

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"You know," Xisuma said, peering cautiously over Cub's shoulder at the museum's latest addition, "When you said you wanted to show me a new exhibit, I wasn't expecting…" He trailed off.

Evil Xisuma glowered at him from inside their enclosure.

"…This."

To say Evil X looked a little miffed about the situation would be an understatement. At least Cub had done a nice job decorating, Xisuma thought, between the blackstone and crimson wood, Evil X looked right at home - if they weren't sitting grumpily in their 2-by-1 lava pool, surrounded by the mangled remains of whatever Cub had put in there for enrichment.

"Surprise!" Cub grinned, doing jazz hands at the enclosure, "I know what you might be thinking-"

Xisuma doubted that somehow.

"- 'Cub, Evil Xisuma hasn't done anything this season! They aren't a historic artefact! They shouldn't be in a museum!' But!" Cub wagged a finger triumphantly, "They are important to the history of Hermitcraft as a whole. So really, if you think about it, they definitely belong in a museum."

"… Okay?"

"Glad we're on the same page."

Xisuma wasn't sure if anyone was ever on the same page as Cub. Except maybe Scar.

"Now! As you can see, I've been decorating their enclosure, trying to add some interactive elements for guests and such." Cub pointed towards a line of redstone lamps at the top of Evil Xisuma's enclosure, "These show you how much electricity they're generating when they do their lightning hands thing. I'll be honest with you, it's broken a few times already so it's still a work in progress-"

"… Is that what all the lightning rods are for?" Xisuma frowned, eyeing the entirely lightning rod-ed ceiling.

"It is indeed!" Cub said, ignoring the twinge of concern in Xisuma's voice, "Well, a little. Mostly it's a safety thing, it wouldn't be good to have guests being electrocuted, now would it?"

"I suppose not… And it definitely works?"

"Oh yeah, it's been very thoroughly tested. Hey, Evil Xisuma," Cub walked up to the glass and tapped on it a few times, much to Xisuma's silent horror, "Wanna show X how the lightning rods work?"

In response, Evil Xisuma stuck their middle finger up at him and yelled something muffled to almost inaudibility that sounded a little like: "When I get out of here, I'm going to rip your head off and use it as a coffee mug, you stupid e-boy twink."

The pair on the other side of the glass blinked.

"… That's a no then." Cub turned back to Xisuma, "They do this a lot."

"They certainly do," Xisuma nodded faintly.

"You can probably tell the glass is uh... Mostly noise-cancelling, had to install that because Helsknight is in the next enclosure over and he's still hibernating. You know how Wels gets when you wake him up early, don't wanna find out how that guy is."

"… Of course," Xisuma sighed, pinching the nose bridge of his helmet, "Do I want to know how you got hold of those two?"

Cub laughed in the slightly unhinged way that gave Xisuma visions of Cub spending several weeks toying with the evil hermits as he hunted them for sport, "Nah man, it's not an interesting story."

Somehow, Xisuma doubted that.

"Anyway," Cub said, changing the topic before Xisuma could ask if he knew there was still someone's blood on his left sleeve, "What I really called you for is that I need an Evil Xisuma expert, and you're the man to ask about all things Evil Xisuma."

"Except for Evil Xisuma."

"Except for Evil Xisuma, yes." Cub nodded sagely, "So. Obviously I wanna make sure everything is nice for our new residents, give them plenty of enrichment and all that, but it hasn't been working out so far."

"I can see that."

"Soo… Any suggestions? What kind of thing does Evil X like? Food? Blocks? I dunno, fake derpcoin or something?"

Xisuma hummed, tilting his head in thought as he gazed at Evil Xisuma, who had clambered out of the lava pool to press their hands against the glass and give Xisuma the saddest, most pathetic puppy dog eyes their LED screen could muster (which, admittedly, were very sad and pathetic) in a silent plea to not leave them here with that madman, they'll be good for realsies this time they promise-

"Well," Xisuma said, turning to Cub, "They like to knit, so maybe they'd like some wool… Oh! And if you can find any old Wormman merch, they'll love that too."

Evil Xisuma's head hit the glass with a despairing thunk.

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More custom Hermit/Lifer personality grids

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Today Welsknight is celebrating 400 followers! Thank you guys so much!

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tumblr didn't let me post this last night but another crystal incident. cub gets so high he starts seeing welsknight (wels was not in season 7 yet. this is how he got brought into s7)

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Fun little page for the squish guy, little ideas I wanted to draw out!! He is so fun to color, and I think it’s cuz I like to overlap colors on him and I haven’t nailed a specific design either so he’s just fun to mess with!!

Might make a Helsknight one soon

Rambles on design ideas below cut cuz it’s too long for tags imo. Actually it’s just long. In general.

Tanguish being a cold guy, literally frosting things over with a touch, should be a little extra icy as a treat. I’ve had a little brainworm of HK and Guish having a snow day for so long but I haven’t drawn it, but that’s off topic! I feel he slowly gets icier the longer he stays on HermitCraft and defrosts the moment he enters Hels, and I think peak icy he’s like a lighter blue- like proper icy guy (still has dark spots- like compact ice? Idk how to describe what I’m thinking of). There’s also a little dialogue I have in my head that idk if I wanna make a mini comic of yet but it’s essentially:

HK: Why’s your hair wet? Why’re you, like, damp??

Guish: Hm? Oh, it’s just. Defrosting? I’m defrosting. You know?

HK: No?? I don’t? Defrosting? What- are you melting?

But I also feel HK would piece it together or at least just leave Tanguish to his personal devices as long as it wasn’t harming him?? Like

[Huh, that’s weird. Oh well, I’ll keep in mind my friend defrosts occasionally. I guess. Should I get more towels? So he can dry off? How do I prepare for defrosting?]

And I can’t tell which is funnier? But anyways.

I kinda like the backless tank idea!! Realistically, it’d be a pain to put on normal clothes, but he is a fictional character so I could put whatever and his spikes are a-okay cuz I said so!! But it could also be slid into the “ways to keep cool” slot, cuz he is ice incarnate.

Bat ears. Cuz I said so. Also, sculk.

I like to think Tanguish (from my previous designs at least) would start adding red bits almost unconsciously after hanging out with Helsknight. Nothing as big as a red cloak of course, but a small red handkerchief here, maybe a hole in his shirt/pants is patched with red thread bc that’s all HK really has laying around? Some tiny red patches as well perhaps?? Idk, I’m not sure I’d add much but I might.

I also kinda want to blend his hair with his spikes but. I haven’t done that much yet. Also the wraps on his hands are copper colored cuz it looks nice with the blue :].

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if there were more fics where hels and wels weren't brothers that'd be splendid 😋

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Had a bad day so I bought some new microns about it.