INSIDE AN EMPTY CAGE (HermitCraft AU)

Chapter 2

TW: slight gore

As they land inside grians base one definitely more graceful than the other. Iskall walks out of the bedroom grian had woke up in holding a small device in his hand “oh your here why did you take so long” he said as he walked up to the two “uh… grian almost fell i had to catch him and take him back to land so we could take flight again” mumbo explained as grian gave a nervous laugh “oh i see” iskall said with a chuckle “anyway take this all of us have one this one's yours” he said handing grian his communicator “it's how we send messages throughout the server, oh right that reminds me i was talking with joe through the communicator telling him about the situation, he said that depending on the circumstances if you come into contact with things you like it can trigger some memories to come back”

Grian tapped at his chin and then he remembered something “when i woke up the first time the room i was in was very familiar even though i had never been in there… but it didnt trigger any memories just a feeling” “well if you just woke up then maybe it was too early to trigger your memories but a feeling is good” iskall said “this does sound like a good idea we should probably try it… but it's been a pretty stressful day i think it's best if we get rest before starting any projects like this” mumbo protested and iskall agreed

They scourged around his base grabbing anything he might need putting it all into a shulker box and then heading over to mumbos base

Iskall had left to go to his own base leaving mumbo alone with grian they headed into mumbo's bedroom (i never got to good a look at mumbos season six base so don't mind the vague descriptions i'm gonna give it) mumbo had paced a bed down opposite to his and put the shulker box next to it “hey… mumbo i have a question” grian said “hm?” mumbo replied looking back to the winged hermit “w-what was i like the m-me that… you knew” he asked stuttering over his words mumbo looked back as a small smile formed on his lips ''hmmm… well you were definitely a handful a mischievous little brat if i do say so myself” mumbo said chuckling to myself “you loved pranking people… oh! Don't forget pretending you weren't poultry man” suddenly grian blurted out something before he could think “it wasn't me it the man in the chicken costume!”

mumbo turned to face him again looking a little shocked “grian… do you…” grian than walked over to his bed with a long pause until he spoke “no i don't remember it just came out naturally” he said looking down a little “to bad but were a little closer now” he smiled “oh grian would it be alright if i rewrapped your bandages” he asked staring at the bright red stain in his bandages. Grian stopped for a moment before slowly nodding

mumbo walked over to him a roll of bandages in hand and stopped in front of him “this will probably hurt a little” he said with a reassuring smile while putting on some gloves as he carefully took off the old bandage revealing a couple pretty bad cuts on his forehead still slightly letting out blood and his eyelid bruised he grimaced at the wounds. It had been a week but none of the cuts seemed to be healing all that well mumbo used a damp cloth to rub off any excess blood then carefully started replacing the badges careful not to come in contact with the wounds. Grian winced as the bandages touched them which made mumbo think about how bad it must be for him not even remembering when it happened

After mumbo finished with his head he knelt down a little “sorry but do you think you could take your sweater off” grian nodded and pushed it off mumbo then took off the bandages on his forearm revealing a arrow wound which seemed to be healing much better then his forehead he bandaged it again following the same process for the wound on his leg

As mumbo put away all his things he looked back to grian “it would be best if you slept without the sweater you want as little force on the wounds as possible, but if you get cold there's more blankets in that wardrobe over there” he said pointing to a set of doors at the end of the room “thanks.. Mumbo” grian said

He looked at the winged hermit there's been something he wanted to ask since he found out about the memory loss “hey grian… ive been wondering what was the last thing you remember” grian looked up at mumbo his face full of terror as if his question reminded of something horrifying who was he kidding it probably did “i-... I… don't really know.. Its all really fuzzy” he said staring down to the floor, mambo grew a bit of concern he was lying but he couldn't push it “don't worry about it sorry i asked” he said as he laid down on “goodnight” mumbo finished turning off the light hearing a small “night” in return

Mumbo could hear a small murmuring sound coming from the opposite side of the room he sat up slowly rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looked over to see a trembling grian mumbo hopped out of his bed and hurried over to the other. Now that he could see grians face he noticed there were tears coming from his eyes he whispered to himself “just what did you go through man” before shaking him gently to wake him up

His eyes opened slightly “hey gri sorry for waking you” mumbo said to the small hermit as he sat up a bit “you looked to be having a nightmare” he continued before any more was said grian threw his arm around mumbo squeezing him close. mumbo a little shocked from the sudden hug but putting his arms around grian he could hear quiet sobs coming from the hermit as he buried his face into mumbos shoulder

After a couple of minutes he loosened his grip and moved back ”i-im really sorry i won't do that again i didn-”  mumbo interrupted him with a little laugh “why are you sorry everyone needs comfort sometimes” his words didnt seem to convince him but he stopped apologizing “im not gonna be able to go back to sleep so im gonna go for a walk you can join me if you want” mumbo said standing up and heading to the door while grian sat up and ran after him

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AND CUT!!!
Sorry for the short chapter
Ok first i feel like people might mistake my grian and mumbo as a ship but as my rules said im not gonna ship them their just good buddies plus grian has the mind of a 15 year old rn he may be an adult but a child's mind that would be weird

Second id like to address this the memory loss isent actually the big problem but something else youll find out soon though :)