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To,
Mr Tango of the Tek variety
I am watching you. I see you at Hermitopia everyday. You laugh and joke and work with all of the other Hermits. I know that your favorite color is the blue of the ocean. I know you feel confined to your red aesthetic. Red is your second favorite color so you don't really mind. I know you hate bugs and love bees. I know everything about you.
I know where you live. You live in a hut in the Goblands Empire. I know you spend your weekends at Tumble Town. You have two very close friends. Impulse and Zedaph, correct? Or as you like to call them, Impy and Zed.
I know that you walk to your latest redstone farm everyday. Your farms are always near each other so you take the same route to get to them. Redstone machines make so much noise, don't they? Loud enough that no one would hear you scream. You walk alone. I know that you go through every farm and make sure they are all in working order. I know you tell your boss, Fwhip, that you don't mind building to mask your redstone. Let's be real though, we both know you hate it. Scared yet Tango? Knowing you, the answer is yes.
You typically go to the Tumble Town Tavern for lunch. You order the beef stew with the famous Tumble Town bread rolls. You order a root beer and chat with that rancher friend of yours, Sherriff Jim. You know, for being a Sherriff, he has bad observational skills. He didn't even notice me watching you.
After lunch, you go to that beloved little empire of yours, Hermitopia. You collect resources and work on the redstone monstrosity of farms that make up a majority of the Hermit Empire. You also help craft the outer shell for the redstone tower. Apparently, you want to go home. That's adorable! What a cute little delusion of yours.
On your way home, you like to catch up with your other friends. Mostly the other emperors, as you mostly interact with the other Hermits. Sometimes, you even stop by to visit me!
Have you ever played hide and seek, TangoTek? I have! I've found it to be great fun! My favorite version is hide and seek tag. I wonder how you would fare with a more… high stakes version of the game. You know, its like we play hide and seek everyday! Except you don't know you are playing. One of your friends spotted me the other day. It was the waffle headed one, Grian. I thought the game was up, but fortunately for me, you Hermits are insanely gullible. I just told him it was for a prank and gave him 5 diamonds to stay silent. Funny how friendship is worth only 5 diamonds, but danger is for free. Some friends you got.
You finally get home to your house in the Goblands after a long day's work. You make your own food, which doesn't give you much variety. Let's be real Tango, you and I both know you are not the best chef. After that you get ready for bed. Your bed isn't made, but you never make your bed, do you? You then collapse and fall asleep in your bed. Poor Tango. All alone in that house of stone where no one can hear you scream.
So many times in the day you could disappear. So many times in the day where no one would miss you until it was too late. Your old friend Pix is watching you, following you. I could make you disappear into thin air. It would be so easy!
I often wonder if you know you are being watched. I bet you brush it off as paranoia. Soon, whether it is tomorrow or next week, I will creep up behind you and make you disappear. I´m telling you this because no one will believe you. People around here would brush it off as LORE. By the time they realize, it would be too late. You would be gone.
Don´t worry because I believe in you, although I suppose that isn't much comfort. I am guessing it also isn't very comforting for you to know that I am behind you now. Turn around if you dare.
Sincerely,
Your good old friend,
Pixlriffs <3