Grian Oneshots

✮ Ghost Story part 2 ✮

Grian was floating around in Mumbos futuristic base on season 6, Mumbo was out and Grian had decided to explore the base. He kept thinking back to when Sam was murdered. He had yelled for him to duck, and he had, he swore Sam had heard him, so maybe he could actually come into contact with the mortal world. He could of course move objects with his mind, but he couldn't hold them with his hands, but maybe, just maybe, if he concentrated hard enough he could.

He tried, his hand shook as he reached for a sword left on Mumbos table, his hands gripped the hilt and he lifted the sword, his hand solid and the rest of his body flickering in a out of a solid state. A sound distracted him and with a clang the sword fell to the ground.

"Hello, is anyone here?" Mumbo called and stared at the misplaced sword, Grian reached out tried to touch his best friends hand but his hand fased through. The ravenette shrugged and put the sword back in his inventory. The blonde smirked and placed a sign behind him, reading Boo!.

Mumbo turned around, his eyes widening in shock, "okay, whoever have an invis potion is not being funny" he exclaimed and Grian chuckled before placing another sign, I'm watching you
Mumbo yelped in fear at the new sign, stuttering out a question: "Who are you?"

Grian laughed and placed down a sign right behind Mumbo, I'm me, are you, you?
"This isn't funny! My childhood best friend was murdered less than a month ago! I am NOT in the mood for this" He cried and Grian felt bad, realizing it was him Mumbo was talking about. The ghost placed down yet another sign, this one reading: Sorry Mumby

Mumbo took a step back, scanning the room - probably for particles, Grian realized, "O-only he called me that, WHO are you!" The mustached man demanded to know and Grian concentrated on making himself visible, even if just for a few seconds, "Hi Mumbo Jumbolio" he greeted, voice glitching from fading in and out of the mortal realm.

"G-Grian?" Mumbo asked the thin air as Grian once again lost focus and faded back to his ghost-form, replying to Mumbos question with yet another sign. Yes.
"H-how are you here?"
I'm a ghost, duh
"Oh, so it's true you're dead? I-I never wanted to believe it" he sat down on the ground, staring at the sign with the changing text.
Yes, my murderer is also dead, my friend killed him in revenge
"Oh, well, why are you here?" He asked, waiting patiently for each letter to appear on the sign.
To see you, you spoon

"Oh, how could I see you before, but not now? And how can you interact with the sign?"

Interacting with different parts of the mortal realm requires different amount of energy, making myself visible requires a lot more than just interacting with a sign. I think I'll be able to make myself visible for longer with more training. Grian explained, getting tired from having used a lot of energy that day, making himself able to hold a sword, making himself visible to Mumbo and interacting with the sign so much was demanding, so he decided to write on last message for the day.

I'm getting tired from all this talking. I'm sorry, we'll talk tomorrow though, in the meantime please tell me about your server and the people here, are they nice? He wrote and Mumbo obliged, telling all about the wonderful server of Hermitcraft.

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"Hey Grian? Where are you?" Mumbo called as he landed in his base, looking for his ghostly friend, the blonde turned himself visible and smiled at his friend. A few weeks had passed and Grian had gotten the hang of being visible and staying in 'human-form' for longer periods of time.
"I was thinking about introducing you to the server as a new member for the upcoming season, it must be boring to hang out here all the time and now that you're getting better at being human-y, it would be fun for you to meet the others" he offered and the ghost smiled, "sure! Sounds like fun" Grian agreed and Mumbo smirked, "Anyway, wanna use your ghost-powers to prank Scar?" Mumbo proposed and the blonde joined his smirk.

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Scar was going crazy, he was sure of that, things started floating around him but returned to normal quicker than he could be sure he could believe his eyes. A sign had appeared with the word Boo! but had disappeared just as he blinked, not sure if he had imagined it. So when he heard rockets behind him he thought it was another part of this haunting.

"Scar, hello, what's up!" A voice called for him and he jumped, turning around to face Mumbo. "Ah, Mumbo! Hello! What brings you here?" He asked and Mumbo raised an eyebrow, "Ah nothing, just checking in, anyway, are you okay? You seem jumpy?" He asked and Scar nodded, "yeah sure, there's just something weird going on, I-I think my base is haunted" He admitted, and Mumbo nodded seriously, hiding his growing smirk as yet another flower pot started floating behind him, the brunette traced his eyes and yelped when the flower flew towards him, falling to the ground and Mumbo buckled over laughing.

"Oh Scar, your reaction was priceless!" He laughed and Scar paused for a minute before chuckling, "Oh! This was a prank, that was so well done, how did you do it?"
"Well, can you keep a secret?" Mumbo asked, hesitating before revealing his friend.
"Of course, but why?"
"I had some outside help, Grian you can reveal yourself"
The blonde appeared behind Scar, who jumped with a shriek. "Oh my! Who are you? And can you, like, turn yourself invisible or something like that?" He asked, his eyes glistening in awe.
"Or something like that, yeah, and I'm Grian, Mumbo's friend"
"Oh cool, my name is Scar, and why are you here, on the server?"
Grian hesitated to answer, but Mumbo came to his rescue, "Well, he might join next season so I'm showing him around, and he is a prankster by nature so it felt natural to prank you" he laughed and Scar chuckled, "Well, I'll look forward to getting to know you even more Grian" he asked, stretching his hand forward for the other to shake.

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Season 7 had gone great so far, despite having been on the server for a great while in season 6, Grian had only just officially joined. Meeting all the members he had heard Mumbo rave about had been awesome, and when he wasn't social he spent his time building his base in ghost form, placing blocks with his mind which trained his powers and he didn't have to concentrate on looking human.
Anyway, the server had been great, the people were great and him and Mumbo were neighbors.

The whole server was at spawn, the players just chilling and having fun as a mandatory server bonding session to strengthen the community across all.

A shadow figure appeared but noone noticed him scan the crowd for his next victim, red eyes shone as they landed on a close player dressed in red. A knife was drawn and people only noticed too late what the shadowy rabbit had planed when the knife slashed through Grian. The hermit in question looked down at where blood should have been seeping out. He then turned around and recognized the figure standing, looking in surprise at the blood-free knife.

"Oh, hello Sam" Grian greeted, "Too bad you can't kill me twice" he chuckled, and Sams blood-red eyes lost their ominous glow and faded to black, "Grian..." he says, recognizing his old friend he had killed. Grian flicked his hand and the knife fell out of Sams hand, his human-form flickered and he became transparent with a blueish hue, embracing his ghostform as he looked at the horrifying sight of Sam. Nothing looked human about him anymore, he was nothing but a shadow and his eyes cried blood. The only thing still the same was the rabbit-features that made him so recognizable.

Grian noticed something else, there was something in his voice other than the hatred he had expected, it was guilt and regret.

And Grian knew why, he took a deep breath before talking to his murderer, "I forgive you Sam... please rest at peace now." He told him, and it was as if the shadow dripped off the brunette and left was the transparent bluish form just as Grian was. A bright golden light blinded Grian and the rest of the hermits and when it was gone, so was Sam.

Grian flickered and soon he was back in his human-form, looking at the hermits. He didn't know why he hadn't passed through to the afterlife, before he thought he was tied to Sam and needed to get closure, but maybe he was now tied to something else, or someone else.

"Wait, Grian, you're a ghost!?" Scar exclaimed and the blonde shrugged, "Yeah, and yes that means I'm dead, I was murdered by that guy, and yes, Mumbo knew about it"
"Are you okay lu?" Stress asked him, the question catching him off guard but he nodded, "I think so, I think I've come to terms with my death" he replied and the hermits were quiet, nobody having anything else to add.

Then the admin spoke up, "well, having a ghost on the server is kind of cool, I've never tried that before"

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