Hermitcraft Hunger Games

Day 3 (Part 2)

I have a question for you: if it came down to a straight-up 1v1, Stress vs False, who do you think would win?

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"So, do we have a goal in mind? We should start doing a bit of offense," Wels said. He, False, and Xisuma were in the clearing. False was polishing her sword, Wels was smelting food, and Xisuma was busy farming wheat across the clearing, out of earshot.

"We need to eliminate threats. I think we could go hunting today," False took some food out of a chest and turned to Wels.

"Alright. We're pretty well stocked up, so we should be good," Wels headed off into the forest.

"Xisuma, come on, now! We're going hunting!" called False before following Wels, quickly outpacing him and taking the lead.

Xisuma forlornly stopped farming and followed the two out of the camp. He was basically their servant now. He'd tried to leave, but False had threatened to kill him if he tried to 'run away and warn Grian' or 'take revenge without' her. Xisuma had no choice but to go along with them.

The trio headed into the forest for a while, walking quietly so no one would hear them coming. Suddenly, False stopped. Wels and Xisuma froze behind her. 

False pointed up, to where Stress was sitting in a tree, looking at them.

"Hello, Stressy," False called.

Stress surveyed the group. False was in the lead, her stance confident as ever. She had a bow, arrows, and a diamond sword. Stress only had an iron one. Wels, just slightly behind her, was equipped with another diamond sword, as well as a shield, but no bow or arrows. Both False and Wels had mixed pieces of diamond and iron armor. Xisuma was behind them, head bowed slightly. He had no weapons or armor and looked tired.

"Xisuma, how have you been doing, luv?" Stress asked

False didn't let Xisuma talk. "As you can see, we've been mining and we have good too-"

"I didn't ask you, False," Stress said, venom in her voice. Quite an unusual sight to see, as Stress was usually kind and patient. "I asked Xisuma."

"W-e've been good," Xisuma said quickly. The slight tremble in his voice told Stress everything she needed to know.

"Bit icy today," Stress said to False and Wels' confusion. It was warm and sunny. 

"What are you talking about? Why are you being so weird today?" asked False.

Stress didn't answer. She had seen Xisuma's head lift a bit after she'd said the word "icy." Every hermit had a code word with Xisuma in case they needed help or were in danger but could't say it aloud. This word was different for every hermit, for Stress it was "ice." Xisuma had clearly realized that Stress was trying to communicate the opposite meaning; instead of her needing help, she was trying to help him. 

"You've come ta' kill me?" Stress asked.

False nodded. "Sorry, but I'm not letting you have the chance to harm me." Lightning-fast, she fired an arrow at Stress. It would have hit, had it not been for Xisuma.

Noticing False tensing up, he'd snuck up behind her. When she shot her arrow, he bumped her arm, causing the shot to go wide.