The Crew's Book of Hermitcraft Season 7 Oneshots

Sudden Thaw

"I'm just a guy, I'm just a little guyyyy...." Querat protested, as the group moved toward Xisuma, Cub's hand holding on to Querat's wing so he couldn't phase out.

"You put the entire server in mortal danger, tried to gaslight Stress and I, and generally caused problems on purpose." Etho retorted shortly.

"That's just my job description!" Querat whined. "I am just a little- a little creature! That's it! I cannot-"

"You, shut up." Keralis hissed. Querat quickly got the message, keeping his muttering to himself.

Just then, the group reached Xisuma. Keralis softly cleared his throat, causing the admin to turn away from the frost-coated window. He looked at Querat, then frowned at Cub. Cub and Scar shook their heads in unison. X lowered his gaze to glare at Querat. He met X's gaze head-on, unblinking, and quickly became the only person, other than Keralis, to beat X in a staring competition. X sighed, his shoulders slumping.

"I'll deal with him later." X groaned, pulling up an admin screen. "Right now," he pulled up a tab reading 'ᔑリℸ ̣ ╎-ᓵ𝙹リ⍊ᒷ ̇/ ᒲᒷᔑᓭ⚍∷ᒷᓭ', "I need to fix this mess before someone dies of hypothermia. Thanks for bringing this to my attention."

Soon after that, the frost and snow began to melt, and the temperatures returned to normal for the first day of October. Most of the Hermits thanked Keralis for setting this up, and went back to their own bases. Cub, however, stuck around for a bit, to help Keralis and X contain Querat. They had him surrounded in a salt circle, which he was nonchalantly sat in the middle of, grinning at the three hermits. It was seriously unnerving.

"You do realise that this can't hold me, right?" He asked.

"You guys can't fly or step over salt." X countered. "You're bluffing."

"Am not!" Querat chuckled, in an annoying sing-song voice. "You're forgetting, v'skutoly, that I..." He took a deep breath, then phased into the floor and under the salt, "can do this!" He gasped, coming out the other side. "You really are all idiots. I bet you don't even realise that there's a demon in your midst." At the confused expressions he received for this remark, he grinned. "Ha! You don't!" And with that, he flew away, gleefully giggling, leaving some very confused hermits.

"Well." X remarked. "That is, and shall remain, a thing that happened."

Some time later, brought to you by obsidian not melting in the Nether.

Tango was slowly losing the feeling in his feet. He'd been kinda out of it, daydreaming, so he was caught unawares when the lava lake froze over, leaving his legs trapped in a perfectly-moulded cage of obsidian. He'd decided to not try screaming for help until he was certain that there would be someone else in the nether to hear him scream. Since the oppressive heat had returned, he was hoping that it would be relatively soon.

He was jolted out of his state of waiting, however, by a very annoying voice that he never liked hearing.

"'Sup Tangy."

"Go away, Querat." Tango groaned, not in any kind of emotional state to deal with that Vex.

"You know what I found out today?" Querat asked, giggling.

"I don't want to know." Tango replied, sighing heavily.

"I found out that they have absolutely no idea what you are!" Querat laughed. "And now, and now you seem to find yourself in a bit of a predicament, don't you? I wonder what would happen if I told them that their demon friend was stuck in the nether? I figure, once they find you, you'll have to face quite the bit of music, hmm?"

"Don't." Tango hissed as a warning.

"Fine." Querat shrugged. "Then I'll leave you here to rot. I'll make sure they never find you. You will spend the rest of eternity stuck in this very spot."

Tango was instantly filled with fear. He pushed himself up from his lying position, craning his neck around to look at Querat. And then an idea struck him. Keeping the fear in his voice, he begged:

"No! No! Don't! Fine! Tell them! But please," he gasped, "Don't tell Impy and Zeddy. They won't take it well. They owe their souls." At this, Querat grinned unnaturally wide.

"I'll tell them first!" He cackled. And with that, he was gone, flying off to cause problems on purpose. Tango smiled, proud of himself for tricking the trickster.

Eyyy part 4 of timeline Q is done.

This was really just the prelude to part 5, though. That's when stuff starts getting really real.

I've been Entropy, peace out from the present!