HermitCraft Book Of Quirkiness

Red Strings

(P.S before we start, in this one-shot the hermits only have one life, and don't respawn.)

It was a regular day in HermitCraft, everyone bustling around doing their own thing. Meanwhile, Grian and Iskall were busy up in the air pranking Mumbo, placing obsidian around his AFK spot. That's when the question arose.

"Hey Iskall, do you know anything about this weird red string on my finger?" Grian asked, taking a pause to examine said string. "I can't take it off or even break it."

"Yeah. They appeared one day in season four, but they've never done anything so we just ignore it." Iskall answered, continuing to place obsidian.

"Okay, but what are they connected to? and why do some hermits like Joe have none?" Grian continued to ask.

"I don't know. Like i said, we never bothered to figure it out. It never disrupts anything, so we just let it be." Iskall placed down the last few pieces and grinned, "When Mumbo wakes up he'll be so confused."

"Oh he'll be so mad. But he gets a trident, and this is the price." Grian smiled. "Thanks for the help Iskall."

"No problem dude, and don't stress about the strings. I'm sure we'll figure it out someday." Iskall assured Grian before leaving.

"Well, if they haven't done anything for two seasons, I guess they aren't that important." Grian said to himself. He took one more look at the prank they had done, a satisfied smirk on his face before he left.

------------------Time Skip-------------------

A long time had passed since the prank on Mumbo, and a full fledged war was being waged. Both team S.T.A.R and G-team were getting ready for another battle for the win.

The G-team members were getting ready in their bunkers as Joe woke up, giving a small stretch and putting on his glasses. He glanced at his hand to see a red string tied to his ring finger.

"Hey y'all! guess what just appeared on my finger!" The hermit exclaimed excitedly.

Everyone gathered around to see what had happened.

Joe held up his hand to show a red string connected to his finger. "Looks like mine finally appeared."

"Wow, that's pretty neat." Stress commented.

As nobody knew what the strings meant, they didn't know whether to be excited or worried.

"I wonder if I'll meet my true love today." Joe pondered.

"Oh please. Some of us have had the string on for ages and nothings happened." Cleo stated, crossing her arms.

"You never know. Maybe I'll be the first." Joe hopped out of bed and started getting prepped.

"Well, let's not dwindle too much on this Guys. Let's get back to work." Grian announced, getting back to gathering potions.

The hermits were getting ready for a gruesome battle, but not one to the death. They would hurt each other yes, but none wanted to kill each other. It was a friendly fight, for the most part.

G-team and team S.T.A.R met up at the battlefield, each staring each other down. ConCorp. watching over them a safe distance away.

Each member waited tensely for the battle to begin.

Cub handed Scar a horn, "You wanna do the honor?"

"You bet!" Scar took the horn and blew it as hard as he could, the noise signifying the start of the battle.

With that, the fight started. Over at team S.T.A.R's base, Impulse barraged the opposing team with Ghast fireballs. On the other hand, Iskall and Jevin were releasing hordes of mobs out into the field.