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"Grian!" Mumbo ran over crushing Grian in a hug, The avian didn't flinch just stood frozen in disbelief "it worked!" The bird's best friend says with a wide grin. Grian's eyes adjusted to the new game as the sun came as a shock. How long was he in the dark room that the sun was the most Surprising thing? It worked? he's back? is this real? He couldn't believe it he was back under his own accord not under the watcher's hand. As the avain reeled in the world around him his sister stepped up. "Whats the rules this time G?" Pearl glares at her brother causing the avian to slightly cower in Mumbo's arms
Gem told her that Grian left to go see the watchers and Grian knew the deer hybrid would tell Scar and Pearl if not everyone on the hermitcraft server. The avain could feel Pearl's dagger eyes and could hear the countless questions and scoldings coming his way in short while. Their talking about this later he can feel it. Grian puts on a smile and answers her question "We have six lives and I know all the challenges, I programmed it so we will all remember this game and all the others by the end and this time, lets just have fun" His sister nodded before walking off in the direction of the woods.
Grian winced at the coldness coming off his sister, but it will have a be something to fix post game. "Dude! where did you go? are you hurt?" Mumbo asks fussing over his friend. "I'm fine Mumbo honest" The avian wasn't lying per say he's fine physically but his psyche could use a therapist. Grian spotted the vex hybrid talking with Lizzie, Scar glaces over and gives him a kind smile that makes butterflies swell in Grian's chest, of course he's still in love with Scar he could never deny that, but they need space maybe this game with change that.
"Who are you- oh" Mumbo gives him a teasing smirks, The avian looks at the mustache man in the eye "Not a word" Grian says before walking off to discuss other players. "Were going to talk about it at some point!" Mumbo chases after his best friend. Once all pleasantries had been dealt with everyone headed off to their own team Grian creating the spanners that included Mumbo and Skizz. This was the first game ever where he wasn't anxious, he didn't feel eyes watching his every move, he felt free. But even if he knows everything that is going to happen, he can't prevent his friends dying, he can't prevent feelings arising, and he can't stop the glass door curse.
Everyone expects Jimmy to go out first, the canary curse is never far from him, he has only escaped once. But after Grian loses a life to Jimmy Grian is determined to end the canary by his hand thus starting a brotherly fight. "Jimmy and Scar are dead to me and i will continue to kill them until they are out of the series" Grian states standing above Scar and his teammates. "that's not what he said!" Scar shouts as he runs off. Mumbo sees Grian's eyes flash red, not purple like he had seen in the past, this wasn't a watchers doing, this was Grian and it terrified Mumbo. "Let's take revenge on their teammate, Lizzie" Skizz agrees instantly and Mumbo follows his teammates as they attempt to get Skizz a life back.
Shortly after the declaration of war and the attack on Lizzie Grian found himself on the middle bridge with Mumbo beside him. "Are you really going to end Jim and Scar?" Mumbo asks leaning against the wood railing. The avian doesn't want to, but he's angry and he knows they'll all make it out alive so whats the harm? "Definitely Jimmy" Grian trails off staring out at the ugly car in the distance. The two stand side by side like they had done on many occasions. Skizz is off gallivanting throughout the server as time is at its fastest, night only lasting for a few seconds at best.
"Something has changed" Mumbo states out of the blue. The avian doesn't respond just looks out at his friends "Its not like you to declare harm to your friends" Grian sharply turns his head towards Mumbo "Maybe you just don't know me very well" The sweater man states before taking off to find Skizz leave Mumbo alone and concerned. The next day time had returned to its normal speed and everyone was thankful because it was starting to give people a headache. "The next wildcard should start soon" Grian says as he eats his breakfast Skizz smiles "Oh I'm excited" he swallows his toast whole, "I'm going to go taunt Tango" and before the other two spanners could interject Skizz was out the door.
"He is going to get us all killed" Mumbo muttered "That he is" Grian agreed. The two sit in awkward silence before the both look at each other "I'm sorry for how i acted yesterday, i wasn't myself, caught up in the wildcard you know?" the avian admits. Mumbo nods "its a lot of power, it can get to your head, I forgive you, I'm sorry for insinuating something" Grian nods as he chews his food. "You're still killing Jimmy though" Mumbo states into the silence. Grian sighs "I have to at this point, he shot me with my own tnt launcher!" The two finish breakfast as the wildcard activates.
"Trivia? really Grian!" Mumbo states, the pesky bird shrugs "to jog your memory old man" Mumbo looks at him offended before turning his attention to his robot. People loved the robots and hated them at the same time. It was the only way to get his friends to remember everything that happened in the previous life series with out drawing suspicion. After Mumbo takes Cleo out with the mace he headed back to the base where he planed to work on the tower of death, but a conversation with Jimmy and Scar caught his attention. "...who was Grian's secret soulmate in double life" Scar's voice was muffled in the distance but it was clear to the avian's ears. "It was Bigb because you know Grian was uh" Scar's eyes meet Grian's at the bottom of the hill, tense, "He was leaving at night" The avian felt that same angry towards Jimmy start to swell up in him again but this time towards Scar.
"Oh, he was leaving at night" Jimmy states looking down at his brother "what a cheater" Grian shook his head as his filled up dirt patches "Bigb treated me right" Grian scoffed Scar rolled his eyes "Oh my God, I built you a Panda Reserve! So you could pet pandas!" Mumbo stepped in front of Grian "Are y'all ok?" Grian walks off "it's bringing up bad memories" he mumbles. Jimmy pulled Scar away and Mumbo drags Grian up to the bridge and inside the base "are you ok?" Grian clenched his fists "Maybe giving everyone their memories back was a bad idea" he mumbles to himself but Mumbo heard him.
"He'll get over it Grian, aren't you guys just friends?" That caused Grian to snap "that's the damn problem!" He shouts his eyes tearing up "oh" Mumbo says a little surprised. Grian sits down on the steps head in his hands. "I don't want to be in love with him, but I am" he says out loud "the worse part? I know he loves me too, but we can't seem to get over this hurdle that I caused" Mumbo moves to sit beside the bird. "I don't know what to do Mumbo" the tear stained avian admits to the world. "I can't live without him but he can't stand me, i can't stand me either" Mumbo gently shoves Grian to get his attention "If i know Scar, and i do, he can't stay away forever, maybe start with this game then see where it goes" Grian tucks His head in his sweater like a turtle with its shell.
"Patience isn't my strong suit" he said into the knitted fabric, Mumbo chuckles "I know!" Grian glares at his friend "You're right, you spoon" the two best friends sit in silence for a solid three minutes before the trivia bot returns dragging them back into the chaos. Grian found himself on the bridges between The Family and Tuff Guy Towers with Scar. The avian had caused the vex to get a snail and after their yelling match earlier and he felt very guilty and decided to make a deal.
"I give you our mace and when your down your next life you have it in your back pocket, then were even" Scar though for a second "then were even, but also friends?" Grian was confused, Scar still wants to be friends, why? however, the avian isn't going to pass up an opportunity like this. "Just like third life" he sighs, Scar tilts his head to the side "oh, what happened in third life?" The avian's mind flashes back to the desert for a split second before he remember that's not the Scar in front of him. The Scar in front of him is still alive, they aren't in the desert, and the desert duo is no more. "Nothing important" Grian mumbles.
Scar has already moved on to the next thing leaving Grian with only the choice to move on. Once the day had ended Mumbo, Skizz, and Grian retired to the base to finish the tower that hopefully would be their way of getting everyone out of this series. "Be careful, you walk into the minecart and we all go up" Grian warned. The spanners played their cards trying to launch their tnt carts at dark green names and having the time of their life. As the sun started to come up Mumbo Skizz and Grian sat on the edge of their meeting room to what would be their final meeting.
"we could really win this" Skizz hums "We could, but its still early to tell" Grian sighs laying on Mumbo's shoulder. "Even if we don't I have loved being teammates with you two" Grian rolled his eyes "don't get sappy on us Mr. Jumbo" a moment of peace before the next death. Everyone even the watchers planned on Jimmy dying first, a continuation of the curse, but a tnt minecart was not accounted in their plans as Mumbo stepped a little too close to a minecart setting the tower up with boom! Grian took some damage but he was ok until he realsed his friend, his best friend was gone. The avian was shaken and as Jimmy cheered off in the distance Grian let out a wail in denial as no remains of his friend were left. He knows Mumbo is ok, he'll be back on hermitcraft by now but it still hurts the only thing he can do now is set up a grave and finish the game, for Mumbo...