Child's Play - A Hermitcraft 8 AU

Surprise! It's Shulker Boxes! And Death! - iJevin

Request by Myspaghett on A03

Summary: iJevin gets to experience the fun of being little—which is not, in fact, fun. Nobody's going out of their way to visit him, so he decides to play a little game with some of the bigger hermits.

Extra note: This one is actually based off of one of iJevin's episodes (ep. 21 "Tempting the hermits with loot!"). I really enjoyed watching through it and then writing about it. If you've never watched Jevin before, I highly recommend you watch this one. Pretty entertaining, had me very confused but amused. 10/10. Also included the Tree Hat.

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Halloween had come and gone, but Jevin was still decked out in his boney-slime costume.  It had been nearly a week since the group went trick-or-treating and he was still finishing up his candy. Since then, the group deemed him responsible enough to take care of himself, so he'd had little interaction with other hermits.

Jevin leaned back on the couch, letting his pet Pickles swim around in a glass tank the size of a fish bowl. He watched the axolotl contentedly. Well, almost contentedly.

Maybe it was the excess of candy that made him want to run around the server. Really though, who could blame a twelve-year old? It was in his nature to want to visit with other people that weren't slimes. Like, no offense to his slimey brethren, but the conversations he had with them were one sided and boring. Staying here was trapping in some ways, whereas hanging out with his friends might help release some of his pent up energy.

Part of him wished his friends hadn't convinced him to die the night before Halloween just because trick-or-treating would be more "fun" if you were little. Sure, seven-year old Jevin may have loved it, but twelve-year old him regretted the move, because now it felt like no one wanted to see him anymore.

Of course, typically when the hermits were between ten and sixteen it became awkward to visit, as they were no longer in need of constant watch but they were too young to be put to heavy work. By then everybody could tell that there was a difference from child them to adult them, and everyone knew how things should be, making the conversations kinda tense. But it wasn't like Jevin didn't want to see others.

He popped another candy—this time a life saver—into his mouth, the slimy parts of him immediately absorbing the treat. Ever since he was left alone, he always felt so hungry. And he knew it was due to boredom and the fact that he was living on sugar alone, but quite honestly, he didn't care. He didn't care much for anything at all.

The thought left him feeling gloomy.

While lounging around watching a tv series on his comm, he got a message from Cleo asking what he'd been doing today.

<iJevin> - - - -> <ZombieCleo>: Eh, nothing much. Just chilling

<ZombieCleo>: You have been eating more than candy, right?

<iJevin>: You're not my mom :P

<ZombieCleo>: Don't be giving me that tone, mister :)

As much sass as Jevin wanted to give, he had to admit that it was nice just getting a message. Cleo knew he wasn't entirely responsible. She knew he couldn't be alone forever. Just the one message made him feel a little secluded.

<iJevin>: Say, mind me coming over to your place in a bit

<ZombieCleo>: Sure, but I can fly over if it's too far

<iJevin>: Nah. I want to get outside anyway

<ZombieCleo>: Alright. I'll see you!