Grian Oneshots

𖤍 'Traitor' 𖤍

Xisuma was flying through the shopping district when he saw a player stocking up his Barge - Grian. The admin stopped to observe him at the top of another shop, all through season 6 there had always been something off about him, his smile was too sharp, he was a parrot-hybrid, but he was missing his tail-feathers, and yet he could still fly. The voidwalker watched as the prankster stocked his shop with the various material he had.

"Dear Xelqua, I truly hope I didn't make a mistake letting him onto this server" he prayed as he closed his eyes, when he opened them again, the hermit at the Barge stood with wide open eyes - glowing purple. The admin stood there, processing what the purple eyes entails. The "parrot" was a Watcher, he had to be - it all added up, Watchers weren't human-like, so that would explain the sharp smile, and Watchers didn't need tail-feathers to fly.

Xisuma breathed in, while he loved the newer hermit as much as every other hermit did, this was a risk he could not take. He glided down inside the Barge, Grian jumped in surprise as X landed behind him.
"Oh! X-eye-suma! Anything I can get you? The Barge has everything you need!" He said, his voice shaky at first but finding its steadiness quickly.
"You're a Watcher, aren't you?" X accused and the blonde sighed, his head hanging low. "Yes-" he admitted, he raised his head again, his eyes glistening from tears, "-I'm sorry... What are you going to do with me?" Grian asked, his voice yet again shaking. X stayed stern, "I have to ban you, I can't be sure you're not working for them" he told, and the other nodded, accepting his fate.

[Grian has been banned]

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Grian groaned as yet another prayer from his ex-admin ticked in, asking for protection. The blonde had stayed away from the server ever since he was 'banned', thing is, you can't ban a Watcher. The Watcher had chosen to stay away, for the only reason that the admin wanted him gone, the voidwalker was scared of him. Grian chuckled at the irony, Xisuma was a worshipper of Xelqua but banned him for being a Watcher. He listened to the prayer anyway:

"Dear Xelqua. I need guidance, I told the hermits Grian was a Watcher as they kept asking about the circumstances of him being banned, but they didn't think that was enough grounds to banning him as he hadn't shown any sign of being mean-spirited. Please help me."

Grian sighed, "Help him? With what, getting me unbanned?" He thought to himself, then realized that wasn't a terrible idea - of course he would have to reveal he was Xelqua, but the admin already knew he was a Watcher.

The blonde transformed to his Watcher-self, his hair turning white and his skin obsidian-black, Watcher-robes hugged his figure, replacing the red jumper. His wings fading from the bright parrot-colors to a dark purple with the last row of feathers being a muted pink. A halo of eyes floated over his head and a mask appeared on his face. He looked at himself, and while the parrot would never admit it, he did like his Watcher form - he preferred the parrot-wings, but there was no denying he looked cool as a Watcher.

He took a deep breath in anticipation of facing his admin - the challenge being not cracking a smile - before teleporting to the server he once called home.

"Hello admin" The Watcher said as he appeared behind the voidwalker, the latter whipping his head around, eyes wide as he stood face to face with a Watcher. "You prayed, asking for guidance?" He said, his voice rising in tone by the end, indicating it a question, Xisuma straightened himself and brushed imagined dust off his clothes. "I- uhh, you're Xelqua?" He asked, voice shivering in a mixture of admiration and fear, the reaction humoring the watcher. "Yes, what did you want, if not to waste my time?" Grian asked, while finding the fear humorous, he didn't want to spend his whole day watching Xisuma on his tiptoes.

"I want your opinion on an ex-player of mine, I bann-" He started but was interrupted, "Ah yes, Grian, I'm curious, why did you ban him for being a Watcher when you pray to me, a Watcher?" The parrot asked, enjoying watching Xisuma tremble and fidget with the end of his shirt. "I- I couldn't be sure he wasn't sent here by the Watchers instead of a runaway like you" The voidwalker got the courage to look his god in the eyes - or where his eyes would be under the mask.

"How did you know about that?"
"I watched" He stated, looking down coldly before spreading his lips in a think smile, "I actually take an interest in those who pray to me"
"Oh, well, can you tell me if he is a threat or not?" The admin asked, "finally" thought the watcher to himself but didn't show it to his follower. "Do you think I'm a threat?"
"No, but you're not him, you're a runaway Watcher, and my God" X defends and Grian crosses his arms. "You don't know me and yet you still believe I'm not a threat to you. You knew Grian and still banned him when you figured out what he was, you didn't even give him a chance to explain himself" The Watcher took a step closer to the admin, doing his best to uphold the intimating facade - which seemed to work as the admin gulped in fear and instinctively took a step back.

"You want to know a fun fact Xisuma, you can't ban a Watcher, he chose to stay away because that's whats you wanted"
"You wouldn't know! You haven't been banned- besides, it might work differently because you're more powerful than him!" X raised his voice, but regret and fear shone in his eyes seconds later, he lowered his voice yet again. "How can you be sure I couldn't ban him?"

"Otherwise I wouldn't be here, would I X-eye-suma-veeooid?" Grian asked playfully, wings brightening, his skin and hair turning human and the red jumper loosely fitting his body. X strangled a yelp in his throat before sputtering incohearent noises with eyes opened wide and his mouth open. "Yo- You're- You're XELQUA?" He yelled and the parrot shrugged. "Yeah, maybe I would've have told you if I just had a chance to explain"

"Gri- Xelqua-" the admin corrected, falling to his knees "- I am SO sorry! I pray that you can forgive me and tha-"
"It's Grian, and you're forgiven" The Watcher interrupted and the admin raised his head to stare at the Watcher. "Get up from the floor Xisuma, I understand why you banned me, I understand the risks of having a Watcher on the server, I can't hold it against you if I don't even know if I would've done it differently" He said with a soft smile, arm extended towards the kneeling admin.

"I just hope you explain this to the rest of the server as a misunderstanding and that you now know I'm not dangerous. Also, don't tell anyone else I'm a God, okay? I don't want the fear-driven respect that you show me from others" Grian told the voidwalker who gave an understanding nod in reply. "Anyway, I gotta go X! My mansion doesn't build itself and my Barge doesn't magically restock-" He paused for a second, "-Even though I totally could totally make that happen! Bye-bye X-eye-suma!"

The colorful wings unfurled from their resting position to their full glory as the Watcher jumped out of the window, letting the wind gracefully carry him through the skies. As Grian slowly disappeared into the horizon, the admin kneeled to the Watcher shrine for the last time, one final prayer.

"Dear Xelqua. Thank you for giving me guidance, and thank you. For everything."

~ 1345 words