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Grian knew that when he became Mumbo’s assistant after he became mayor, he’d encounter things he’d never expect. But mycelium suddenly spreading out of the forest and into town? He’s not sure how someone can even be prepared for that, really.
He knocks on the door to Mumbo’s office, entering when he tells he to. The mayor smiles when he sees who it is, “Grian! What brings you here?”
Grian hands over the reports, “something that is strange and possibly concerning.” Mumbo frowns, taking the reports and scanning through them. Grian continues to speak as the other reads, “from what it sounds like, mycelium is spreading at a rate it normally wouldn’t. No one knows why yet.”
“We should probably send someone to collect samples then, to learn if it is dangerous,” Mumbo says after some consideration.
He nods, “want me to send someone down now?”
“Better sooner then later.”
Grian nods again, “I’ll send someone now.” He exits the room to go send someone over.
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It’s been a couple of days with absolutely no reports from the people he sent. Suffice to say, Grian is getting worried. Maybe going himself is a bad idea, but he’s not know for being careful. It doesn’t help that he also hasn’t heard from a certain brunet in over a week as well. The suspiciousness of the situation as well as being worried over the disappearance of someone he cares about drives him to action.
He lands on a building near the forest with an alarmed chirp. Okay, Grian admits, this is worse then we thought. It’s not just the forest that has mycelium, the mushrooms and plants have grown into town, breaking through the sidewalks and road, and even latching on to a building bordering the forest.
This… this is definitely bad. Even being this high up, Grian can tell that the mycelium isn’t anything good. He takes flight again, heading back to town hall, things got worse in a hurry.
It doesn’t take him long to reach it, with the speed he’s going. He lands and rushes towards the mayors office, startling when he quite literally runs into the man he’s looking for. “Ah! Mumbo!” he exclaims, catching his balance. “I have something to tell you.”
Noticing his panic, Mumbo gestures at him to go on, serious, “what is it?”
“I went to the North side of town, since the people we sent haven’t come back yet, and saw… something bad.” Grian takes a breath, “the mycelium has spread into town, quickly and… rather aggressively. I’m getting worried about it.”
Mumbo furrows his brow in worry, “so this is a very serious issue then?”
Grian nods, “the people we sent haven’t come back yet, I’m worried at what happened to them in addition to the speed of the spread.”
Mumbo nods, “we’ll need to start researching this a lot more carefully.” Noticing how Grian is shifting anxiously on his talons, the nails clicking on the floor, he continues gentler, “what else is wrong?”
“I… I haven’t heard from Scar since it was announced that you won. At first I didn’t think much of it, but… he likes to hike on trails near those woods and I’m worried he got caught up in what’s happening.” Grian looks down, “I- I’m worried he’s gone like those others.”
Mumbo frowns, as if think something over, “we… we should look into that as well.” Seeing how worried Grian still his, he continues, “go visit his place, I’ll tell the others.”
Grian gives him a small smile in appreciation, “alright.” He doesn’t waste any more time and leaves, taking flight and going to where Scar lives.
While they beat him in the election, Scar isn’t the kind of person to hold anything against them for it. He wouldn’t just go radio silent like this, not unless something happened to him. Or he just got distracted with something, Grian really hopes it’s that.
Grian knocks on the door, waiting anxiously for his crush friend to answer. He knocks again, getting increasingly more worried. After a third knock, he tries to open the door, surprised when it actually opens.
“Scar?” He calls into the house, nervously stepping inside. He voice the echoes inside the way too quiet house. “Are you here?” Walking inside and looking around, he can tell that no one has been here for days.
A chill goes down his spine, whatever happening is very, very, bad. Scar isn’t one to just vanish without a trace. They need to deal with it before get worse. They also need to find Scar. As well as anyone else who disappeared, he adds on a little guiltily.
Grian takes one last look around the place before turning around and leaving. He doesn’t waste any time to take flight and return to town hall. It doesn’t take him to long to find Mumbo, who is talking to Xisuma, Impulse, and a few others.
They all turn to look at him when he joins them. “Scar’s gone,” he says immediately, “vanished without a trace gone.”
His friends immediately look worried while the others look concerned, but mostly confused. “We need to figure this out before more people disappear,” Xisuma says, looking around at everyone.
Mumbo nods, “we should clear that place of people until we know more.”
“And quarantine that area,” Impulse adds.
Grian nods, only faintly listening to the others talking at this point. He should listen, but all he can do right now is worry about what happened to Scar.