Random Hermitcraft OneShots

30 Day Prompt Challenge 10 - Quicksand

Day 10! A reminder that there will not be a oneshot tomorrow in order to keep all the numbers on the prompt list consistent with the days! Oh, and this is another Permadeath AU, only a more typical, hardcore type one (if you die you're dead)

TW: Death

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Iskall and Grian were treking through the jungle. It was the beginning of the season, and the two were on a quest to see if there was a jungle temple in their jungle. Grian had climbed a tree to get a better look around and he was about to swing down from the tree on a vine.

"Don't die Grian!" Iskall joked. They both knew that their chances of dying was low, they'd survived this long after all, they knew a lot of the tricks to survive.

"I'll try not to!" Grian called back, holding onto a vine, "Here I go!" Grian leaped off the tree and swung down to the ground, landing in a strangly sandy clearing of the jungle. "And he sticks the landing!" He announced, because, nooo, he definitely didn't fall over as he landed and had to stand back up, definitely not!

"Yeah right" Iskall snorted walking over to Grian and he frowned, "Did you get shorter?"

"What?" Grian looked down at his feet which were sinking into the sand, "Iskall, help!" Grian struggled to get out, but it only caused him to start sinking faster.

Iskall rummaged through his inventory, looking for something that he could use to pull Grian out of the quicksand. He pulled out his sword and crawled as close to Grian as he dared and desperately held the sword out to Grian. Grian reached for it, but wasn't able to grab it. Iskall reached further, almost falling in in the process. By then, Grian had stopped sinking, the quicksand about up to his waist. "I'm going to go get Xisuma" Iskall told Grian, standing up. "I'll be back soon"

Iskall ran off, leaving Grian to wait in silence. Some time after Iskall left, Grian was unsure of how long, he heard rustling from the jungle. "Iskall?" Grian called out, wanting to be out of the quicksand. More rustling, but from a different location, directly behind him. Grian tried to twist his body to look, but was unable to. When Grian looked back around, he was face to fave with a panda that had glowing red eyes. Apparently he was closer to the edge of the quicksand than he thought.

A couple more red eye pandas came put of the jungle, seeming to know exactly where the edge of the quick sand was. The panda in front of Grian rose up on his hind legs, and he closed his eyes.

Grian was slain by Panda

WC: 413

Oh, and my sister chose who was dying. It could have been Iskall...