Tip the Scales

Time to Settle

Grian was to stay in Xisuma's base until they knew he was capable of surviving by himself. To say he was bored about doing so was an understatement. He just wandered around aimlessly at this point. Xisuma had Admin things to do as he said. So Grian just waited for him.

He wanted to get out of the base soon and start on something. He wasn't sure what yet, but he just wanted to do something for the sake of doing it and not being bored. Xisuma was just too busy though.

Wandering let Grian think about what he wanted to do. Everyone had a plan so if he was staying, he should have one too. The Hermits seemed to build massive bases as well, so why not try that. At this point, he was ready for anything to happen.

After a few hours of thinking about a possible base, Xisuma finally walks in the room, most likely looking for the newest Hermit. When Grian spots him, he runs up to him. "X-eye-suma!" He shouts, drawing out the 'x.' "I'm bored and wanna do something that's not wandering your base." The smaller one pouted.

"Alright, alright. What do you want to do is my question then? I've finished up the set of bugs I had to deal with so I can help you out." Xisuma just replied, simply ignoring the mispronounced name.

Grian thought for a moment more before confirming what he wanted. "I wanna build myself a base. I don't want to rely on everyone and I just wanna be able to do what you guys do."

Xisuma nods. "I can understand that. Perhaps you have an idea in mind, it could help with where you should set up. We do have different districts with different building styles. Like the futuristic district, or the pirate district." Grian eyes brighten when hearing the words futuristic. A breeze blows through like it's excited, even though wind shouldn't be able to reach the two from where they are. "I take it you may be interested in the Futuristic district." Xisuma smirks under his helmet, he seems amused at the smaller one's actions.

Grian nods very eagerly. "Yes! I actually had an idea in mind and it most definitely goes under futuristic!" He giggles, shyly covering his mouth with one hand. The hand with the band on it. Xisuma joins in mostly chuckling at the smaller one.

"Well, I could help you with a starting base and you can work from there. Once I know you're ready, then I promise to stop helping, of course unless you want me to." Grian nods, understanding he needs to be watched still. He doesn't quite know what he's capable of, so that would be good.

Xisuma leads the smaller boy out of the base and towards the futuristic district. A pretty decently sized island next to the ocean. "There's already one Hermit here, though he started making his base in the ocean instead, so plenty of room. The shopping district is close by even." Xisuma explains.

Grian wanders a bit looking around with the Admin following closely behind to keep an eye on him. He has a spot in mind, but it just might work best in the ocean. He starts towards the ocean seeking his spot, and doing so, finds something under the water a ways away.

"What's that?" He questions, trying to get as close to the water as possible to see it, without actually getting wet.

Xisuma follows him to see what the smaller one is looking at. "I believe that is a shipwreck." He replies. And the ideas flow into Grian's mind. He can just visualize a completed ship in a bottle, maybe with some extra details here and there too make it even better.

"That's it!" He shouted, the wind rushing by the two as the shorter one jumped into the air. Xisuma just looked at him like he expected an explanation. "A ship in a bottle, I can replicate what a complete ship should look like and then add glass around it. Maybe some of my own touch to it as well, hmm." Grian starts pacing with thoughts running through his mind. "That can be a starter base for me, so with it in the middle of the ocean, my base can be around there too."

Xisuma nods at the boy's excitement. The way he acts is pretty cute, it's almost like he is a child. His eyes seemed too light up when he talked about building even, like he knows what he's doing, like that's his expertise.

Time Skip

Grian had finished his starting base, the ship in a bottle. Xisuma stayed by to make sure he was doing alright so Grian decided to make an extra bedroom for the Admin as well. Mainly repaying him but he was glad that he cared despite him probably not supposed to be in this world. He still wasn't sure, since he couldn't remember anything still.

Xisuma by the time he was almost finished, decided the smaller one was deemed fit to survive on his own which made Grian kind of sad as he wished the Admin could stay with him still. Either way, he was just a text away which still was good enough. It was hard to get around since he had to travel by boat, so he didn't do it too much. He decided to stop by his neighbor's base and learn about them even.

Grian learned it was Mumbo next to him. He had many farms that Grian could not understand how they worked. He often visited his neighbor and borrowed crops and milk from him. Xisuma still visited the boy and when he learned about Grian's doing with Mumbo, he was amused.

It was late the night he returned from preparing for his next build. He still didn't have much fancy stuff, but Xisuma did help out a lot. He was going to get him an elytra even, which Grian wasn't sure why but he was excited for one. Xisuma had promised the next morning they would visit the End together and get one for the smaller boy, along with some extra items one may want from the End.

Xisuma had already gone to the room Grian had made him by the time he was ready to pass out. And yet, the next time Grian came too, the world around him was oddly, gray.