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Quite frankly, Mumbo was impressed with Tango’s dedication to marketing. Once he’d gotten over the jibes (he did not slaughter cows when no one was looking!) he’d found them all entertaining, and given that the monsters seemed to have clustered around his base he let them hit him a few times. Respawning on the Hermitcraft server was never too painful or inconvenient, so letting a couple of Zombie’s best him for the sake of Tango’s clever scheme coming to fruition (and getting some laughs from his servermates) was perfectly alright.
MumboJumbo was killed by “Big Eye Products won’t Disappoint. Much.”
Iskall85: F
Xisuma: You alright?
MumboJumbo was killed by “Scar’s hat smells like cheese”
Zedaph: Insightful! I’ll have to find out what kind of cheese exactly
Tango: Aha! It’s working!
FalseSymmetry: What’s working?
MumboJumbo tried to swim in lava to escape “Boatem is a gray sprinkle on a rainbow cupcake”
Retrieving the things Mumbo had on him, now sprawled on the ground from his first death, his mind was already starting to come up with ways to use the mobs to his advantage. Not necessarily to undo all of Tango’s hard work - after all, he’d agreed to the marketing strategy fair and square - but maybe to take some inspiration. The names of the mobs that had killed him had filled the chat for all, including Tango, to see. Maybe he could do something with that. Maybe…
MumboJumbo was killed by “Mumbo slaughters cows off camera”
Alright. Maybe he’d rename that one.
Once he’d respawned, gathered his things, and successfully put enough distance between himself and the creatures that they were no longer interested in pursuing him, Mumbo tracked down the person in Boatem he deemed would be the most useful asset for the execution of his plan.
“Grian!” He shouted, setting off another firework to propel him toward his best friend’s base faster. “G! Buddy! I come with diamonds that I hope I won’t have to spend!”
Mumbo’s flight took him over the G-Train, past Grian’s starter base, and through the ever growing alleyway until he spotted a familiar blur of red sweater and dirty blond hair. While his landing was far from elegant, he managed to not break a leg or send the pair of them tumbling to the floor. And while Mumbo was impressed, Grian was even more so. Or maybe that was fear in his eyes. Yes, fear, that was the right word.
“Call me a pancake and flip me over! You scared the living daylights out of me!” Grian exclaimed, and if Mumbo wasn’t laughing so hard he might have apologised. Maybe he still should - he did after all need a favour from him. “Right, well now you’ve made an entrance, and woken every cell in my body, what can I do for my second favourite potato-in-a-suit?”
“Well I was hoping-- Hang on, second favourite?” Mumbo scoffed, and Grian shrugged. Rather than ask for further clarification, he let it rest and continued. “I was hoping you’d have a couple of name tags to spare? I know you’ve got villager trades all set up.”
“I certainly have a couple of name tags: on the G-Train. You can buy them for diamonds.” Grian said helpfully. “Though if you’ve come to me directly I assume you’re going to try and swindle some kind of deal from me?”
“Absolutely. As the CEO of Boatem Inc I don’t think you should charge me, not when you have so many more diamonds than me. It’s a little bit embarrassing if I’m honest, and these name tags will be going to a good cause!”
“The diamonds will go to a good cause as well, but I’ll hear you out if you think you can convince me.”
And convince Grian was exactly what Mumbo did. He left a few minutes later with name tags in hand, settling himself down by the anvil train track to name them. With the messages written the next task - harder than the first - was to rename several of the mobs.
The third, and by far the easiest of all the stages, was to put his things in a chest and get killed by the monsters in the right order.
Although somehow, that was the step Mumbo seemed to have the most trouble with.
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MumboJumbo was killed by “Fancy a date?”
ImpulseSV: I’m confused
PearlescentMoon: Need a hand over there Mumbo?
MumboJumbo was killed by “Tango, this is an excellent way of getting people’s attention!”
Tango: It is, but you seem to be struggling!
Stressmonster101: Anyone in Boatem to give him a hand?
MumboJumbo was killed by “Fancy a date?”
GeminiTay: Everyone, hush! Let him figure this out on his own. If he needs help, he’ll say :)
MumboJumbo was killed by “I thought I’d give this a try myself”
MumboJumbo was killed by “Tango, this is an excellent way of getting people’s attention!”
MumboJumbo was killed by “I know I took a lot of your iron, but what do you say?”
MumboJumbo was killed by “Fancy a date?”
MumboJumbo was killed by “Fancy a date?”
MumboJumbo was killed by “Fancy a date?”
Docm77: Who do you think he’s asking?
BdoubleO100: It could be anyone!
ZombieCleo: If only he had a way of asking them directly instead of scatter gunning the request across the server...
Docm77: Maybe he’s asking all of us!
MumboJumbo: Tango. I’m asking Tango. Please say yes or no so I can stop dying!
MumboJumbo was killed by “I know I took a lot of your iron, but what do you say?”
Etho: Time’s a tickin, and no pressure but if you say no we will all see.
Tango: He did take more iron than I thought he would, it might be suitable repayment.
MumboJumbo was killed by “Tango, this is an excellent way of getting people’s attention!”
Stressmonster101: Aww come on, say yes! It’ll be so romantic!
GeminiTay: I’m never coming to you for relationship advice Stress.
Tango: Alright, alright! Yes Mumbo, we can go on a date. Next time you want to ask me out just send me a message, you don’t have to die a dozen times for me.
MumboJumbo was killed by “Big eye Brand. Not just for squirrels any more!”
BdoubleO100: And they say romance is dead… Bring him home by sundown or I’ll set Fifi on you!
Mumbo laughed at the final message in the chat, exhausted, lying in his bed with no intentions of moving for a very long time. At least his plan had worked, even if it had been a little convoluted and executed poorly at best. And Tango had already mentioned a “next time”.
All in all, he considered that a win.