Warless Battles Never End

8

Clearing his throat he starts to speak "Grian...?"

Grian releases the man from the tight hug he had trapped him in, "Y-ye–, it's me" he stutters out embracing him in another hug but not letting the dampness leave his eyes, what They did being all to present in the radiant wetness "We all thought you were gone, how are you here?" Orseao questions as he pulled the smaller man off of him, keeping his hands on his shoulders, "I searched everywhere Gri, we were all so worried!" he continues, slight inflection being dusted in his normally flat voice. "Its...a bit of a sto-y" Grian lets out quietly, shifting his gaze from the man's eyes down to their feet, a tension coming over him, Xisuma takes this as his queue to let himself out and go prepare some tea for him and the two settle down for the tale.

From the kitchen it is hard to make out exactly what is being said, but X's curiosity starts to billow as he hears bits and parts of phrases, exactly what Crows, True End, Voidscape, and Turtles have in common and what they mean for the events of Grian's life peck on the edges of his mind but he respects that his Hermit will open up to him when he is ready, even if he is sure he heard his brothers name mentioned in unison with the Watchers once or twice. Finishing up the tea he makes his way back to the two who have moved to...sitting on the floor? With the Prime Admin brushing through Grian's hair, clearing his throat he makes his way over with the teas, This is such an intimate bond between the two, I mean yeah I know they are technically both Primes but, this just feels oddly familial Xisuma thinks to himself as he settles on the couch and starts to speak, "As you can see Prime Admin, this is why I requested a private counsel," motioning to the winged man, taking a quick sip of tea Xisuma quickly recounts the events of Grian entering the server, "Now, we know that security that Hermitcraft prides itself on is no joke, I have created the firewall myself with several dead ends listed in the code yet even with all of our wards, security measures, and firewall Grian was able to rip his way through, WHICH I am grateful he did! But it begs the question as to whether we are safe." he concludes, taking another sip from his tea before moving the cup to the table beside him and looking to the two hopping for any crumb of knowledge about what is to come. Orseao, as the presents of Xisuma returns, stands and straightens himself, and clears his throat, "hem, Well Mr. Void," he starts, but takes a quick pause as he sees Grian reach out trying to maintain a sense of physical contact, Weird he thinks to himself before continuing "We will keep an eye out on the serverscape for any activity from the Watchers, but since the events of Evo they have been very silent. With the reemergence of Grian I am unsure what is to come," taking another pause to take a quick sip from his rapidly cooling tea They wouldn't just let him go would they? "We will need you to bring Grian, next meeting of course, it is imperative we get to the bottom of this soon." he finishes. Almost as soon as he finishes the three hear an Elytra land outside followed by a muffled crash, as if sensing the eyes Mumbo quickly makes his way back into his house being quickly shocked by the faces in his living room "Grian..." Mumbo starts weary as Grian quickly detaches from Orseao and laches on the warm redstoner "Why is Xisuma and Techno in my living room?" "Mumbo thi-"Xisuma starts before Orseao cuts him off "Ah, Mumbo! It sure has been a while, I was just stopping by as your lovely Admin reached out in regards to Grian resurfacing, and you know I had to see my brother." Orseao, or Techno, says a slight smirk forming on the edge of his mouth looking at the two in front of him "But I have to go now, till next time,"

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Next chapter! Yay, I was able to finally have some time to work on it during our tornado, really though I appreciate the understanding y'all have had about the updating of this story it means a lot, anyway here is the next chapter and soon the slow-burning plot with start to have more emotions. Anyway, thank you for sticking with me friends :) (I'm sorry the chapter is short but it was such a good place to end it)