Gifted: Hermitcraft

Explain

(Author's Note: Warning: a long chapter filled mostly with X reading. And maybe some LOLs.)

(Jevin's POV)

After X apologized for the not-so great timing, Jevin started actually paying attention.

"Did you any of you have something bizarre going on?", Xisuma continued.

All of the hermits except for Jevin said "Me."

"Ah, so it's not just me, after all.", Xisuma replied. "Whew."

Wait.

X's helmet wasn't vibrating slightly when he talked.

"Help. I have at least a hundred parrots after me.", said Scar.

But his normal sheepish smile wasn't moving.

What was going on?

As Jevin panicked, he noticed that the other hermits looked confused.

"Why does he look like that?", Doc said without moving.

"Is Jevin okay-"

"Carpet, wave yourself over Jevin to see if he's alright.", X said, helmet actually vibrating this time.

The carpet actually rose into the air, and suddenly, the mouthless-talking began again.

"How?", said one hermit.

"Pff!", Jevin gasped.

"How are you all talking without moving your mouth?", he asked.

Silence.

"Has he been reading our thoughts?", whispered an unseen Wels.

Mumbo walked forwards, and cautiously said, "Alright.. Let's try something. What am I thinking right now?"

"April Showers. I love summer and-", Mumbo started; his mouth not moving.

Jevin gulped as he realized what was happening he took a breath.

"April Showers.", he copied. "You love summer."

Mumbo tried to stop thinking loud thoughts. Jevin knew that because Mumbo was thinking, "Stopthinkingstopthinkingstop.."

Mumbo backed away.

X started again. "So, we all seem to have strange abilities."

Iskall sighed, the dragon head he wore dropping with him.

"I really wish we had some kind of manual-", Jevin started.

POOF!

A book appeared in a cloud of smoke in front of Iskall.

Jevin stared at Iskall.

Iskall returned the gaze and shrugged helplessly. "I think I can grant wishes"

Iskall's dragon head bobbled.

Xisuma then stared at the book, and recited,

"Book. Float into the air in front of me and open your pages."

The book slowly hovered into the air, and smacked into Xisuma's helmet.

Xisuma groaned from inside the gray suit. "Book, hover 2 inches away.."

The book hovered a little further away.

Xisuma narrowed his eyes and read from the book.

"A Guide For The Gifted: By The Magical Forces.", he read. 

"The Gifted?" Inquired Wels from somewhere in the crowd.

X continued. "If you have this book, in some shape or form, you've been marked with a strange engraving on your wrist and had a wish maker summon it. Bravo. Now, as the pages go on, we will explain the powers you and your friends have. This book is magical, and adapts to whomever is holding it." Xisuma blinked in obvious confusion at the last part.

"Wait, am I just being a spoon, or does that mean that the book knows everything about us?", Mumbo asked.

X lifted a hand to turn the page.

"Yes," X read. "This means that we know everything about you. BWA HA HA HA." X faltered on the laughing part, but cleared his threat to continue.

"The marks on your wrist gave you strange new abilities. Turn the pages for a manual and explanation of your individual powers."

X turned the page.

"Xisumavoid. Or 'Shishwammy'." X snorted in surprise on the last part. "You have the gift of magic. You can command anything to do your bidding. We would give you a manual, but since you already made this book hover, good job. Just be warned: each command takes away 1/1000 of your soul. But don't worry. It revives 1/1000 every month."

X turned the page.

Jevin felt kind of intrigued by the book.

"Mumbo Jumbo, We really hope you aren't AFK right now while listening.. Oh wait. You are." All the hermits paused, and looked at Mumbo.

Who was asleep.

Grian, who was next to him threw bumped Mumbo's shoulder with a block of TNT. The dragon head on his shoulders bobbled with the sudden motion.

Mumbo jumped up into the air, and sheepishly grinned. "Go on.", he said.

X rolled his eyes and continued.

"You, Mumbo have the power of lie detection. Here, let's test it. BDoubleO. What do you have to say about trying to imitate Grian's singing?"

Jevin looked at Bdubs, who still looked confused. "What? I don't know what you mean! I was purely just having fun!", he defended himself.

Mumbo narrowed his eyes. "Nice excuse, but that's a lie. I have a headache when someone lies."

X turned back to the book.

"And there you go. BDubs! You don't need an elytra or any flying device anymore! You can fly as if you're in creative mode. Self-explanatory."

(Time to skip, it's basically everything in the info chapter. Although, If you want, I will make another info chapter on the manual. And a recap.)

(No POV, somewhere down below, near Tinfoil's bunker..)

"We're almost there, Queen and Menace!", cheerfully rang a voice. The speaker was a Stress in a Mooalium costume.

"Excellent. Keep digging. We must break out.", commanded a Grian look-alike with a phantom mask over his eyes, and a phantom like torso.

The lady next to him was another Stress look-alike. Except that she looked colder, meaner, and more graceful. She wore a pink and blue gown, and had earmuffs attached to a crown on her head.

"Sir and Your Majesty?", inquired a voice from behind the Queen. "The Alter-Egos are ready for action."

The Queen turned around. "Wonderful, Slayer. When we break out, you and Slush the demon ice princess may scout.", she purred.

"Yes, of course your Majesty. Your soldiers are ready and we will support you until the end of time."

As Slayer responded, the other Alter-Egos got up and shouted "We shall be free! We shall be free!"

"Death to the hermits! Imprisonment!"