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When they were planing to move into season 8, they were excited. Very excited, just like every hermits, until they realize they couldn’t bring Grumbot and Jrumbot along.
And the fact they had to reset the server didn’t help, either.
They were devastated. But they settles into season 8, built a boatem, and they thought they could at least make peace with the fact that they would never see their children again,
Turned out, they couldn’t.
Living in the same server which their sons once were felt like stepping on their ashes. Sometimes Grian would strap his elytra tight on his back and fly until his shoulder cannot handle or his rockets run out, refusing to touch the ground. Sometimes Mumbo would stay in his AFK tower with his mind wanders to nowhere, everything about redstone far away from him. Sometimes Grian would start a mustache joke only to swallow them back half way, and Mumbo would stay away from any reflection for hours.
They tried to send messages to their children at the start of season 8, but of course there was no response. Because the server had been reseted. Their precious are gone forever.
-
“Mumbo, I want to try again.”
Mumbo sighs. He busies himself with the comparators, but Grian’s stare burns through his back with its intensity. He sighs again and put the comparators down.
“Grian. I would like to, you know how much I want to. But I- we talked about this. We need to move on. We can’t keep doing this.” He dusts off the redstone remnants on his hands, turning to look at Grian, who look at him with a pained expression.
“I know- I know, I know we talked about this,” Grian says, desperate, “but what if it actually worked? What if they actually got them all, but just couldn’t sent anything back?”
Mumbo holds the silence for a moment. He sighs once again.
“…Grian,”
Grian’s face fall, “-Don’t.”
Mumbo just feels tired. He sits down, leans on the chest full of redstone (the irony, he thinks), and he utters, “Just this once, Grian.”
Grian doesn’t cheer. He sits down quietly besides Mumbo and mutters a ‘thanks’. They stay like that for hours.
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Silence.
Static noises.
Sounds of computer calculating.
“Dads! Hi, you are still in hibernation, but I don’t think you would meet me when you wake up, so I just want to say, I got all the messages from the monitoring. Also! Don’t worry about us! Brother and I were rescued by Renbob, we are in a safe place, and we are doing meaningful things. So go ahead and have a great time in season 9! We want you to be happy, that’s the reason why brother and I came to this world.”
Silence.
“Jrum, do you want to talk to dads?”
Sounds of computer calculating.
“It will be fine. Just transfer your file over. What? Of course they miss you too, don’t be silly.”
Static noises.
Another voice comes in.
“Dads, We are very well-behaved, I promise! You can ask Renbob and Goat Man about it. We didn’t sleep with diamonds either, though sometimes brother-”
The voice is muffled.
“Grumbot, don’t cut off my file. I saw what you did! Dads, he is always tempted to do it, and I always stop him.” A pause. ”Don’t worry though, he is good, too, he just likes diamonds very much.”
Static noises.
The two voices says at the same time. “We love you, dads. See you.”
Static noises.
[end of the file.]
