Hermitcraft oneshots

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Alternative title: Bottom of the ranks
Genre?: Angst/comfort
Notes/prompt/idea: Grian is scared of hybrids above his rank.
Avians are at the bottom?
Ship: none implied

TW: mentions of S@m, panic attack, having to obey someone? Idk man (tell me if I missed any?)

Different AU (rank AU)

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•Grian POV•
In my life I have always had to obey the higher ranks. Avians are at the bottom of the ranks with all other hybrids above them. Even humans are a higher rank then avians, not by much, but it's something.

Now, what I expected when I joined hermitcraft was seeing a nice mix of hybrids and humans. In hermitcraft there was precisely that. There were a few very highly ranked hybrids, and a few that were somewhere in the middle.
None of the highly ranked hybrids looked interested in me. But the humans on the other hand, they looked happy to see a fellow human.

But that was the problem, as soon as I take off my sweater, they will see my wings and they will use me like all the others.

So I kept my wings bound and my sweater on. I kept to myself, not socializing with any of the other hermits. I kept up the act of human for the longest I could.
None of the hermits tried to contact me, probably because they thought I needed space to adjust to my new surroundings.

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I just wanted to buy a few rockets in the shopping district, when I heard someone call out to me "Grian! Can we talk please?" The voice asked cheerfully.
I had to turn around didn't I? They were a higher rank regardless of what sort of hybrid they were.

I turned around and looked for the voice that called me. Oh dear Notch. It was the wolf hybrid, Ren. He was probably the highest rank out of everyone, and I can say with even more certainty that he was also the scariest because of his hight. I was a child compared to him!

A hand in my face woke me up from my spiraling thoughts. I flinched at him, hard. Oh no. That was my first strike, two more and I get hurt.
"You good?" He asked with a surprisingly comforting voice.
"Yes I am fine... sir" I mumbled the last part but he heard me.
"Don't call me sir, even if I'm older then you it makes me feel weird. Besides I'm not that much older!" He corrected me.

Strike two. This isn't going well.
"I'm very sorry," I apologize. "What would you like me to call you?" I asked nervously.
"You can call me Ren! But why are you so formal? We're all friends here!" He exclaimed.
I panicked silently, I couldn't think of anything to say besides "Oh...".
"Well... it's clear you're uncomfortable with me here so I'll just leave for now." He observed before leaving and shouting over his shoulder "See you around sometime!"

Gah why am I so stupid? He's a higher rank for Notch's sake! Act like he is a higher rank!
I shouted at myself all the time I spent in the rocket shop, and the rest of the day after that.

Little did I know that Ren had told the remainder of the hermits of our interaction.

•Xisuma POV•
"I'm just saying that it was a weird interaction, Suma!" Ren declared with certainty.
"I see that he has grown on you, Ren, and I get that you're worried for his well-being, but I think he might just need more time to adjust." I replied calmly.
"He did come from a pretty rank focused sever." The realization of the words that came from my own mouth hit me like a train.
"Flip, he comes from a rank focused server!! I'm so absurdly stupid!" I slammed my head into the table.