Chapter 4: He found Scar in the kitchen, cooking breakfast and humming to himself. “Morning sleepyhead!” Scar said cheerfully, turning to grin at Jrum, although he thought he heard some caution in his tone. “Um- I- Well- S- Sorry. For- For last night-“ “No worries at all!” Scar’s grin broadened and he gave a small wink. “It’s no-where near the worst I’ve heard, trust me! You might want to level up your insulting skills-“ Jrum huffed “I-“ “Joking, joking! Well breakfast is cooking- Can you eat? Ah yes, yes you can! You told me last night, Didn’t you? Oh Mumbo and Grian are wizards indeed, I might have…” He trailed off at the look on Jrum’s face when he’d mentioned their names. “You want to go after them.” It was not a question, but Jrum nodded all the same. “I- I can’t just wait here whilst-“ he gulped and tried to stop himself from imagining what could be- “I can’t waste any more time-“ The logical, more robotic side of him stopped himself. *Right. You don’t have a plan. You don’t know if they’re alive. You don’t know where they are. Think. You’ll need help.* Scar sighed. “Exactly.” Jrum jumped, Scar laughing, then scowled. “Can you read minds or something?” “Yes of course! Well, no actually. Not- I can’t do it on command if you know what I mean.” Jrum did not know what he meant but didn’t ask. “Back to the point. Do you know someone, *anyone*, who can help?” “I think it’s time for a little visit to our admin.” * * * Xisuma heard knocking at his door. “Coming!” he called, putting on his helmet. He was in his bee costume today, bright yellow with the little bobbing antennae he was so fond of. Sprinting downstairs, he swung the door open. “Scar!” he beamed, although Scar couldn’t see it beneath his mask, gesturing inside, “I wasn’t expecting you?” “Ah no, sorry about that.” He laughed sheepishly, “It’s sorta an emergency, you see? Well, it’s a long story-“ he garbled something incomprehensible about Grian and Mumbo. “I’ve got a little guest with me!” For the first time, X noticed a small figure behind Scar, about three quarters of the size of the wizard (which X thought was rather saying something, considering his height) He – he thought it was a he at least – had floppy hair like Grian’s, bright, sky-blue eyes, and an oversized ‘Mumbo for Mayor’ T-shirt and shorts, tied around his waist by a belt. And… “Why you’re a robot!” he exclaimed, eyes widening. “Yes I am.” He had a strangely human-like voice “And you are a bee.” Scar chuckled. “Jrumbot, this is Xisuma! And this c h a r m i n g little fella here is Jrumbot.” “How can this *Xisuma* guy help?” Jrumbot grumbled to Scar not-so-quietly, probably insulted by the robot comment, “I don’t know who he is, or what he does. And does he always dress up as a bee? He doesn’t seem very reliable.” “No, he’s not!” Scar’s eyes twinkled. “Oh yes, and ‘Mayor Scar’ is very reliable.” Jrumbot wrinkled his nose. “Ok. I think you guys got off on the wrong foot. Let’s start this over again. And oh Jrum, I’m sure Xisuma didn’t mean to offend you, he was just… Surprised! So this is Xisuma. X, Shishwamy, Suma, whatever you want to call him. He’s the admin and he’s the one who manages to put some sort of sense into Hermitcraft. I’ve always wondered how he’s managed it. And oh X, I gave up being a mayor a long time ago, as I’m sure you know. And this is Jrumbot. Jrum, Grumbot Jr, yep all that. He’s Grian and Mumbo’s robot… Son. And-“ “Didn’t you have a brother?” X asked. Jrum shook his head, confused. “But I remember him… Ah well. Sorry for interrupting. “That’s quite alright! Well he is delightful really, he can be a bit touchy at times but you know, teenagers. He can feel emotions, eat, drink and everything. I told you Mumbo could work magic on redstone indeed!” “Yes you did.” Jrum muttered under his breath. “Many times. It’s getting kind of annoying.” Scar glanced at him, and he hurriedly assumed an ‘innocent and calm’ face. “Why don’t you tell your story?” Scar smiled warmly, “And did you say something?” Jrum shook his head. “No. I mean yes, to the story.” All over again, he spun out his tale, this time hastily, removing insignificant details. Somehow, he felt it wasn’t right to tell X, this stranger he had just met, about his dreams. After all, he had never told Scar. They didn’t matter anyway right? The admin wouldn’t want to hear about a robot-child’s random dreams. “Mumbo and Grian missing!” Xisuma mused, forcing his tone to stay calm and steady, “Fancy that. We’ve got to do something about this.” Jrum nodded enthusiastically. “Oh, Jrum. I know you want to go after them as soon as you can. I… I know.” Scar’s voice broke and he blinked hard. “But you’ve got time on your side! We’ve just got to find them! They’ve just got lost!” There was an uncomfortable silence. Jrum felt the weight of the locket, hidden under his shirt. *I wish.*
(continued from instructions read that bit first) | | | | V “Someone has taken them.” Jrum’s whispered, voice shaky. “Not one of the hermits.” X said instinctively, automatically defensive of his friends. “I- I trust them.” “But… But who else?” Silence fell once more. Jrum’s eyes stung, and he turned so that the others couldn’t see his face. He wiped his eyes furiously. He felt so weak. The others did not cry. They were sensible. Calm. Yet they had no right to be calm- “Will you?” He looked up at Xisuma. The two blue eyes met. “Yes. I !¡∷?ᒲ╎ᓭᒷ” “T⍑ᒷリ i ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||?⚍ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᔑꖎꖎ ᒲ|| ᓭ?⚍ꖎ.” ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Previous - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/477910557 First - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/467888420 Next - https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/485721795 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notes: B e e s u m a Try translate the galactic without a translator- Aha Jrum why did you do that (I’m gonna let you guess what I’m talking about-) that was probably a very bad move (says the person who wrote it) In this world Scar isn’t mayor anymore (at least for now?) Bdubs is probably in charge lol JRUMBOT Beesuma is fun to draw Also there are like no female characters in this au yet-
