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Things have been werid since returing from the most recent death games. The boatem crew keeps trying to peice together what has happend to them and their memories. Xisuma attemped to contact some other servers but something or someone is keeping him from communicating with the other servers leaving everyone in the dark and hermitcraft in isolation. Grian has singled out memories of the games such as his death and teaming up with his friends, but they're not as vivd as the first time around and It's causing him frustration. "crap!" the avian shouts throwing all the papers off the table, none of this makes any sense. The only thing in common with everything is the watchers and his connection to them and he still doesnt even understand how they found him in hermitcraft.
A soft knock rapped on the door to his started base, Grian turned around his eyes firey with rage but they quickly soften when he sees its just Scar standing their red top hat and all. "Hi Scar" Grian sighed looking at the mess of papers on the ground. "You ok birdy?" Scar asks leaning heavily on his cane to keep himself up right. "I'm fine just" his eyes scan the mess landing on a drawing of the three hearts "lost" Grian sighs running his hand over his face.
Scar smiles sympathetically before walking forward moving to lean against the table next to his friend. "Well maybe you should give your bird brain a break" the sales man states moving to sit on the table instead of standing next to it. Grian looks up at his friend "and do what? its only a matter of time before another verison of those death games comes around once again, when i've barley figured out how the other two work and-" Scar cuts him off placing his hand over the avian's mouth. "Respecfully my feathery friend, its not just for you to figure out" The vex says, Grian trys to counter but theres still a hand blocking one of his air ways. "we've all been effected G and i think you need a break" Scar says with a smile.
Grian shakes his head but Scar ignores it "What i'm hearing it you want a new hat!" Scar says hopping off the table gentley, Grian pushed away his hand from his mouth looking at him confused "I don't need a hat, i need answers, i think if i just-" again another cut off from the vex "nope! hat time, come on!" Scar says with a cheery grin before dragging Grian outside almost falling backwards from rushing, thankfully Grian always caught him and Scar is well aware of that fact. The two spend the day together and Grian evencaully relaxs and stops thinking about what he's been calling Last Life when he runs into Mumbo.
The two look up at the sky just enjoying each other's company when "Grian, is the moon big?" the mustache man asks leading to the two of them running test and experiments putting the death games on the back burner for now. Grian burned his bed and refused to sleep, evencaully all of boatem was on board deciding on a not sleeping sleepover at the swagon. "Come in make yourselfs comfortble, i have coffee, tea" Grian turned his nose at those two options and Scar chuckled "I also have hot chocolate for those who don't like those options, oh! and i have decaf coffee if anyone is intrested" Grian apprecited Scar's hospataility he's always been a good host.
"I'll take a coffee Scar if you wouldn't mind" Pearl says taking off her shoes at the door. "Tea please" Mumbo answers sitting on the couch, "Coffee as well Scar" Impluse informs Scar as he moves to sit beside Mumbo. Scar's green eyes scan over Grian who's unsure what to do, he want to make sure everyone else is settled before he sits down. "Hot chocolate, thank you Scar" Grian smiled nervously at the vex hybrid dressed in a pink apren. "Great, I'll get those started" he says before disapearing into the kitchen. Grian's eyes followed him until Pearl takes his arm and drags him to the other couch wrapping her moth wing losely around him keeping him from leaving.
"So pearl, you got any idea whats the deal with the moon?" Impluse asks folding his legs up on the couch, she looks at him confused "why you asking?" she tilts her head to the side her antennas on the top of her head twitching. "Just because your name is Pearlescent Moon so i just thought" the I man cuts himself off. Pearl chuckles shaking her head "nope, just my last name it has nothing to do with the moon" she says with a smile showing she isnt bothered by the question. Mumbo's eyebrows rasie "wait, does that mean Grian's last name is also Moon, since your twins?" the suited man asks putting two and two together. Grian blinks over at him "Oh right, yes and no" The avian says.
Both Mumbo and Impluse to look at him confused "yes and no?" Mumbo asks back. Grian picks at the edge of his nails "yes it is tecnically and legally my last name, Grian Moon is my full name, but I don't use my last name for anything so i prefer just to be Grian, nothing else" the sweater man says looking over at Pearl "it doesn't mean i don't like being related to you i just don't want to tie that name to myself for reasons that are hard to exsplain" he says assuring his sister who nods "I get it" she says giving him a nuge to let him know she means it.
"Grian can you come help me with the cups!" Scar's voice rings from the kitchen. "Yeah!" Grian shouts back leaving his other friends to their own converstaions. "thank you G, just those two, the red one is yours" Scar says with a twinkle in his eye. "Thanks" Grian smiles holding the red cup in his right and a white one in his left. The two head back out to the living room to hear Pearl complaining about how she hates her build. "whats wrong with it this time sis?" Grian asks handing her the white cup in his hand "its the wrong color, i wanted a cream but now its pure white and i'm going to have to replace it" Pearl continued to rant about how expensive the materials are going to be.
While listening Grian feels someone sit close to him finding Scar on his right while Pearl is on his left her words fading into the background. "this ok? i would sit on the floor but bad leg day" Scar chuckles and the avian wishes he could hear the sound forever, Grian catches himself swooning trying to keep his face from turning pink. "yeah thats fine" Grian smiles gaining a toothy grin from Scar as he makes himself comfortble on the couch. "Lover boy you gonna weight in?" Pearl asks bumping his shoulder, Grian cleared his throat "weight in on what?" the avian asks Pearl rolls her eyes. "bets on why the moons big, i think its because of Doc and the Octagon, Impluse says the same, Mumbo thinks some god is out to get us, whats your thoughts?" she asks.
That snaps something into place for Grain, if the watchers are responsable for the moon it means they can code, which means they can have their own code re-written and turned against them. Grian shoots up "Grian?" Scar asks reaching out to hold his wrist "I think i just figured out how we can stop them, or at least slow them down" he says his eyes wide and wild, the dark circles under is eyes proment in the vex's view point. "What is it?" Pearl asks curious. Grian shakes his head "i need to make sure it works first before i can tell you all, I'll be back" Grian says starting to head out the door but Scar holds him back and Mumbo stands up blocking the door.
"Guys! let me-" Grian stops when he see's Scar's worried face and Mumbos anxiously nail bitting. "oh" the sweater man sighs, he could see it in all his friends faces, they were worried about him more than he had realised, it almost feels like the same as when he first got back in season 6. "I'm fine, guys i'm fine i swear" Grian lies his eyes moving to Scar who looks like he's trying to hold back tears. "I don't want to lose you to this Grian" Scar says pulling his hand away making Grian's wrist feel cold. "none of us do" Mumbo comments looking over at Pearl and Impuse who nod in agreement. The avian can feel the guilt pooling in his stomach, he guesses he has been a little hyper focused on this recently. "you get so invested in figuring this out, which is great we all want answers but" Pearl says looking over at Impluse "But you won't let us help, we're worried G, you dive head first without thinking and this is something that could have really big consequences" Impluse says.
Grian scaned all there faces but the one he couldn't look away from was Scar who was holding his good leg to his chest as his eyes watered. Grian could tell he wasn't getting out of this inervention that his friend have impromptly set into motition. "I don't want to drag you all into my problems, this is my fight" Grian says, he can't burn down another home, he can't get attached. "can't you see it? we want you to drag us into your problems!" Scar says snapping, tears slipping from his eyes "it is so hard to watch you self distruct and not let me help you, not let us help you, i can't stand by and watch you crumble anymore, I care about you more than you realize and i wish you would let me in" Scar says pouring his heart out.
Grian wraps his arms around himself, "I had no idea you that-" The sweater man says looking around at his friends and family, "that you felt like that" he sighs. Grian could hear the blood pumping through his veins he could see Pearl wipping stray tears from her eyes and hear Mumbo pulling at his coat cuffs. "I-" the words get caught in the bird mans throat his wings instinctively wrapping around himself "We're not going to force you to let us help" Impluse provideds being the most level headed one of the group currently. "But we want you to take our help, let us in Grian please" Impluse was now infront of the bird man standing outside the ring of feathers surrounding Grian.
"I don't know how" Grian says letting a few stray tears fall from his face as he looks up at Impluse. "baby steps, can we start with this idea of yours?" the redstoner offers, Grian nods "Good, now hug time" he says opening his arms. Grian chuckles before wrapping his arms around Impluse. the others join in a big group hug, that had moved to the couch so Scar could join. Once tears were away and everyone was comfortble once again Grian reveled his plan sitting next to Scar.
"Its going to be risky" Grian said taking a breath, "and it may not even work" he warned. "but if i can crack into their code that they use for these death games i can do a lot" Grian says feeling a hand land on his shoulder "like get our memories back?" Scar asks Grian looks over at Scar smiling "that and more, i maybe be able to change the whole game" the sweater man says looking over at Pearl whos smiling "When we can't beat the odds" she says "we change the game" he smirks.
A few weeks go by leading to the moon crashing into the server as the boatem crew jump into the boatem hole floating into the void, everyone else had fallen asleep leaving Grian and Scar awake "you not tired?" Scar asks taking a big yawn. Grian couldn't sleep not when he could use his powers to track down the watchers and their code. "I will evencaully" Grian says with an asuring smile Scar nods his eyes drooping. "I believe in you birdy" Scar smiles before falling asleep leaving Grian to search code until he finds a hole in the system. He will save his friends, this will not end like Evo and he will end the watchers whole damn career.