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Chapter 3

"So, you're Grian right? I'm Mumbo and I guess we're going to be neighbors,"

"Yep, it's nice to meet you," Grian says looking over to the tall mustache man.

The first few months were relatively peaceful. Sure pranks were polled and there were many shenanigans but compared to later months when a full on war broke out that time was simple.

In Grian's attempts to do his job for the Watchers he keeps a notebook and writes notes for just about everything. Once a month he sends Rowan and Tilor an updated report on everything that's happened on the server and he messages them at least once a week just talking and checking up with them.

Everything was going smoothly up until Area77 and the Hippies started budding heads. Grian had to be very careful when sending his messages just in case Doc saw.

Grian adjusted and was able to get away with messaging The Watchers without getting caught. Then Doc builds his mysterious portal, and Keralis enters the server. When Grian questions the watchers they explain that his code had gotten damaged, but they were able to fix it and sent him back.

Most of the time if the watchers meet you they take your memories of the incident so for Keralis it was as if time had jumped ahead.

Then Bdubs starts falling from the sky, this time Grian gets recalled to the Watchers palace.

"Rowan? What's going on?" Grian asks as he's carefully deposited onto a table.

"That's the problem, the falling one is from the old world that your hermits came from. It's the reason they left. Three members were taken by the jungle. It must be weakening," Rowan explains his many eyes blinking.

Tilor rushes into the room holding a stack of papers and slamming them onto the table, "Hello, Grian," He then turns to Rowan, "Are these the papers you wanted?"

He nods, carefully lifting Grian to sit on his shoulder, "Little bird your friends will notice your absence soon so let me explain then I will send you back."

As Rowan and Tilor explain what the jungle had done to the NHO, Grian listens slightly horrified at what happened. When they finish explaining they give Grian his orders; find out what's inside Area77. They hung him one last time before sending him off.

After that it's a blur of chaos the hippies invade area77. Are thoroughly disappointed and return back to their camp. Then the book of demise shows up and corrupts almost everyone. When it ends Rowan shows up in Grian's base and tells him that they must move on.

Rowan turns himself invisible, opens his wings and Flies to Xisuma's base. Over the course of a few weeks he slowly influences Xisuma to move to a new server.