HermitCamps (Book 1- Done) [A HermitCraft AU]

Going Under

Tango's POV:

"Get up, we've been at this for like a minute now." The annoying voice that belonged to Exy called out from outside of the tent.

"It's cozy and warm in here..." I said, rubbing my eye.

"The weather is a bit cold outside. Can I come in?" Joe said, opening the door of the tent a bit.

"Ex! Help- They are using me as a heater-" Zedaph cried. (He was practicing his fire magic which, first it's dumb but, he hasn't mastered it yet, so he produced a flame that is warm and can't burn.)

Ex said something, but it was unclear, we heard footsteps going away.

"Why must you leave me here, just to suffer." Zed sobbed quietly.

"Come on, it's not too bad," I said, still wrapped in my blankets.

After a bit of silence, Mumbo moved to the tent door, "Did they seriously decide to continue the quest without us?"

Then the whole of the tent's roof got blown away by Ex's wacky powers.

"What just... wait that tent wasn't cheap!" Keralis somewhat yelled at Ex. (Who was standing next to a not very amused Xisuma)

"Why did you do that," I said, with a sad tone.

"It was funny," Ex said, his arms crossed.

"Anyways, I'm hungry," Ren said, not realizing what he just allowed people to do.

"Hi hungry, I'm Grian," Grian smirked, throwing Ren a taco.

"Really dude," Ren replied, staring into Grian's soulless eyes.

"Oh, it could be much worse. Lettuce taco about it." He continued, trying not to laugh.

"You're not helping my instinct to punch you in the face," Ren said.

"I can help with that," Ex said, thrilled to punch Grian. (Poor dude just wanted to make a pun.)

Grian laughed nervously, "Welp, better go find that opening that Tango was talking about!" Then he blasted upwards and shortly came back down, "Where is that exactly?"

"You see, it's more like a way of going in than an opening." I explained, "We have to jump into the Fonias waterfall after a sacrifice to both Hades and Hermes. I'll explain more when we'll there."

"Why the sacrifice?" Grian asked.

"Without the sacrifice to Hades, we can't leave the underground and without Hermes' help, we go splat on the ground and die," I said, using my hands to explain.

"And why that very specific waterfall?" Xisuma asked.

"First because in Greeks, most rivers are thought as branches to the River Styx, and second, I don't know if it works for all waterfalls for just this one and I rather not die trying," I answered. "And also, fonias in Greek means slayer, killing...you know."

"Ok, big fancy waterfall, got it." Grian nodded and flew upwards again.

"At this rate, he's going to overheat his wings again," Etho said.

Mumbo laughed a bit, "He better not come to me, begging for me to fix it."

Impulse added, "Actually, I have an idea to make the wing eject out quicker."

"That sounds like a fun idea." Mumbo nodded.

Grian landed again, "We just this way, follow me!"

We walked for a few hours, stopping now and then to take a break, eat and drink, and the dawn of the day was coming, we made it outside of the waterfall.