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It was a normal day. well as normal as it gets on bliss smp.
Wyll and Mugm were brewing strength and speed potions for upcoming fights and so on.
They were chatting occasionally, but mostly just staying in comfortable silence that only comes from trusting one another.
While Wyll was focusing on strength pots, Mugm was making speed pots. Mugm and Wyll did it this way so they finish faster.
Wyll and Mugm already a half full shulker of both strength and speed pots. Wyll always thought brewing potions is calming and relaxing, while Mugm thought brewing potions is boring and mostly a waste of time.
Nonetheless it’s a must for fighting and if you don’t have pots it’s basically a death sentence.
Luckily for the two teammates, it’s a relatively calm day so there’s not much fighting today. And that is perfect for restocking fighting materials and supplies.
Even if Mugm is still on edge, like he always is. Mugm is in a good mood for the time being and that’s pretty rare for him. Mugms paranoia doesn’t bother him much right now and Wyll is grateful for that.
But enough of that, but all in all it’s going pretty well for the two teammates right now. Even if Mugm is complaining about it being a waste of time.
And maybe Wyll is also teasing Mugm about not liking this whole brewing potions thing.
Mugm glares at Wyll with an intensity of someone who wants to commit the act of murder, while Wyll is chuckling at Mugms murderous glare. Mugm just rolls his eyes, not that you’d notice considering his eyes are completely white.
Wyll scoffs at that “Mugm rolling eyes won’t work when you can’t even see it” Wyll says his tone teasing. Mugm look over at Wyll “how did you even notice I rolled eyes.?” Mugm crosses his arms.
Wyll gives a deadpan look “of course I’d notice. Im your teammate” he says knowing he can read Mugms body language pretty well now.
Mugm sighs loudly and says “mhm, of course you’d say that” Mugm uncrossed his arms and goes back to brewing.
They continue with their banter like usual. As they go back and forth between trading with the villagers and brewing potions. Though Wyll soon runs out of brewing supplies, and leaving to go get some more supplies for brewing in the storage area. Leaving Mugm alone with the potions.
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Wyll was in the storage room getting more blaze powder and glowstone powder.
It took a while to find but he managed to find it.
Wyll begins to walk back with the new brewing materials. He walks through the base back to the brewing station, when he hears a loud explosion coming from the brewing room.
Wyll immediately drops the blaze and glowstone powder and rushes to the brewing room where Mugm is. Wyll is just outside the door and is about to enter, then Wyll hear a whimper from inside and wyll freezes for a moment before snapping back into reality.
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It had only been a minute since Wyll went to get more brewing supplies. Mugm had been making more speed potions in the meantime.
Mugm had been a bit distracted today and not really paying attention to what he was doing. Which is not a usual thing for Mugm to do. Its also not something he should be doing while brewing potions for a number of reasons. But its not like Mugm can really do anything about it.
But then Mugm accidentally put a ghast tear in the potions and the potions began glowing intensely. “Oh fuck” Mugm said while trying to get away before the potions exploded, but ended up not getting away from the explosion in time.
As the potions exploded glass went flying everywhere cutting into Mugms flesh.
He also got hit by some of the liquid from the potions.
Then suddenly Mugm lost his balance and fell to the ground while some of the glass dug into his legs and arms. He hissed in pain at the sudden sensation of the glass digging into his flesh.
Mugm whimpered suddenly as everything got incredibly loud around him like every sounds volume got turned from 10 to a 100. Mugm clutched his head in his hands as he started to feel extremely overwhelmed and anxious.
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Wyll opened the door and the first thing he saw was broken glass on the floor and some weird liquid as well. Then he saw Mugm. Mugm was clutching his head in his hands and there was bright white blood trickling down his body from the broken glass embedded in his flesh.
To say Wyll was concerned was an understatement. Wyll moves over to Mugm to assess the situation better. “Mugm what happened, and are you okay” Wyll asked him. Mugm flinched at the sound of Wylls voice.
Wyll is stunned by this, cause Mugm has never done that before. Wyll takes a deep breath and softened his voice “Mugm can you please tell me what’s wrong”. Mugm turns to look at Wyll and says “Wyll everything is so loud, why is everything so loud. Wyll why I can hear your heart beating” Mugms voice is trembling and Wyll can tell he’s panicking.
Then Wyll notices something sticking out of Mugm head, there’s two pitch black triangular shaped ears. Wyll looks down and sees a fluffy cat tail that looks just as fluffy as the cat ears.
Wyll is shocked by this but he takes a deep breath and calms himself to better manage the situation. “Mugm you have cat ears and a cat tail” Wyll says in the calmest voice he can muster up.
Mugms eyes widen at the that “I have what!” Mugms eyes says as he begins to panic even more than he already was. Wyll can see Mugms newfound ears twitching wildly at every sound in the room. Wyll knows that Mugms panic isn’t helping him right now.
“Mugm you need to calm down” Wyll grabs Mugms shoulders putting firm pressure on them to keep him from spiraling further. Mugm takes a few deep breaths and starts to calm down a bit.
“Can you stand?” Wyll ask carefully making sure that his voice isn’t too loud. Mugm nods at Wyll.
Wyll helped steady Mugm once he stood up. They start to walk out of the room while Mugm is limping slightly from the pain of the broken glass in his legs. “You okay?” Wyll asks Mugm. “…im fine” Mugm says in a quiet voice.
Wyll looks a bit skeptical of it, but decides against prying into it. They make it over to a chair and Wyll sets Mugm down on it before he walks over to get a med kit and some health potions.
Wyll opens the med kit and retrieves antiseptic, tweezers, cotton balls and bandages.
Mugm still looks a bit out of it but seems a little better now. Wyll then gets to work on getting the broken glass out of his body.
Mugm hisses in pain as the glass gets removed one by one. “Sorry” Wyll says every time Mugm hisses in pain.
Once the broken glass is removed Wyll pours antiseptic onto a cotton ball and starts dabbing it on the wounds. This time Mugm actually whimpers in pain at the sudden stinging sensation. “We’re done soon I promise” Wyll says in a sympathetic tone.
After Wyll was done disinfecting the wounds he began bandaging them. Wyll starts asking Mugm how this even happened in the first place and Wyll finally got the answer to the situation. The answer being that Mugm was distracted and accidentally put something in the brewing stand that he was not supposed put in speed potions.
Wyll sighs and says “Mugm you need to be more focused next time”. “I know” says Mugm while he hides his face in his hands. Mugm looks over at Wyll and says “what are we gonna do about this ears and tail thing” in a small voice while gesturing at the ears and tail.
“I don’t know but we’ll figure this out together” Wyll says with a faint smile on his face.
Suddenly a wave of exhaustion hits Mugm like a train. Mugms eyes begin to droop and he lets out a yawn.
As Mugm leans against Wylls shoulder, Wyll pulls Mugm closer to him. So Mugm is in a better position. Wyll the starts playing a bit with Mugms hair and Mugm seems to relax into the touch. As Wyll kept playing with Mugms hair he accidentally touched one of Mugms new ears.
Mugm purred at the touch before slapping a hand over his mouth. Wyll laughs slightly “I didn’t know you could pur” Wyll says teasingly. “If you tell anyone I’ll kill you” Mugm mumbles into Wylls shoulder.
“I won’t, I won’t don’t worry” Wyll says before moving his hand back up to Mugms new cat ears and begins to scratch them. Mugms purs begin sounding louder and more like a rumbling engine.
As Mugm melts into the touch because it just feels so nice. Wyll looks at Mugm looking so relaxed for the first time in a long time and Wyll smiles to himself. Mugm starts to feel extremely drowsy and tired.
And before Mugm knows it he’s asleep while still purring and his tail sways from side to side in a slow rhythm.