Grian P̴̠̎Ȍ̶̻V̸̠͐

I flew down to admire my work. Finally the roof for the midnight alley was complete. Now it was time to light it up so mobs don't come and spawn.

After a quick trip to my starter base, I began the long process of lighting up the alleyway. Once I ran out of torches, I decided to see if I had any in my chest monster so I could continue.

As I entered the Chest Monster, I noticed a strange redish glow from the back of the building. I cautiously walked over to see a ̴̢̡̧̫̫̯̯͚̳͈̻̗̠̪̓̀͑ṣ̵̜͉͗̿ṫ̷̰͠r̶̝̣̊̀â̷̧͖̘͎͉̻̻̠̫̬̰͜n̸̨̛̻̯̎̾̈̋͗̔̿̏̇̍̏̃̂͜g̵͈̜̞̫̹̲̅͑̈́̌̌͠e̵̪̗͉͇̩̝͔̳̙̙̭͑̌̂̌̿̇̍̓̏͗̋̈́͆͝ͅ ̶̳̱̥̹̥̜̩͐̉͐̉ǵ̷̛̺̪̖̻͚̣̭̘̠͖̙̾̾͛̈́̓̍̑̊̀͠͝͠͝l̶̤͉͚̰̪̪͙͐̆̅̅̋̾̐͘̕͝͝o̵̘͔̮̐ẅ̷͙͕̖́́̑́̆̃̿͊͆̚ȉ̴̲̖̼͇̳̓͐̈́̑̅̃́̂̚n̶̡̦͓̲̦̒g̸̨̮̞̦̻͕̩̎͜͝ ̷͎̥̯̏r̵̢̭͇̳̫̰͔̓̈̆̽͑̀̑̐̕͠͝e̷̢̨̢͙͇̻̯͚͇̮͚̹͚̤͂͊̋͂̓͑̑̿̐͝d̷̡̪̰̯͕̦̲͙̯̻͇̥̏͂̌̋̀̎̃͝ ̸̛̙͖̱̦̰́ͅͅh̷̻͎̣̘͓͔͙͖̋́͒̎è̴̡̮͙̝͕͚̥̻̿̓̽̾̈̽͌͜ǎ̷̩̦͓̭͔̩̟̠̆̓̿̀̈͋̐̃̂͋̒͠͝ͅr̶̡̛͓̲͓̝̠̟̦̪͙͈͈̣͆̏̑̌̈̃̊̊̅͛͛̅̎̚͜ͅţ̷̻̹͔͓̙͚͍̪̮̱̀̔̆̐͑̃̀̽̋̇̌͠ ̴̰̦̓͗̃̾͒̾̕̚͝͝ͅǧ̶̢̡̟̞̩͕̝̅͑͆̇̚ĺ̴̰̳̩̓͊̊̈́i̷̢̢̪̖̲̦̯̰̜̻̥͊̄͗͜ţ̵̢̯̘͚̝͍̠͕͔̓̀͊̑̃̐̽̊͝͠ç̵̡͕͖̞̯̳̟̱͓̰̫̈́̉h̶̨̧͉̳̮͎̐̋i̵̘̻͉̹̱̜͙͚͖̻͒̆̀̑̈́͗͝n̸̞̩̂͒̌̆̎̎̃͛̿̆̕g̷̛̹̤̟̬͙͍̱̫͉̩̲̳̪̗͔̉͒͆̽̐̊͋͝ ̴̡͖̲͌̌͋͒̄̉̉͋̃͆̃̕͘ì̴̡̛̹̪̥̤̓̒̚n̶̡̰͙̲̟̦͔̹̟͋̓̋̄͒͝ ̷̻̙͙͕͕͍̩͙͎̜̟͈̋̒̓̎̀̎̈́̆͜͝ă̴̢̛͈̤̝̈́̔͋̏ń̸̢̯̊̎̎̓̈́̓͂̕͝d̴̦͉̤͙͐̉̍̀̉̈́̽ ̵͖͇̈̀̂̉̋̔̈́͠o̶̧̦̯͆͆̃̂͆ͅu̷͇̒͛̋́̈́̈̆̒͛̅̏̀̇̓͌ṯ̶̥́ ̶͓̲̝̩̩̍̇̂̈́́̉́̓̈̋̔̔o̷̧̫̫̞̯͚̬̟̥̙͚͒̄͘f̷͚͖͙͇̜͔͉͚͆͋̉͂̏͋̈͘͘͜ ̸̨̡͔̥̖̱̤͓̪͖̈́͋e̵̡͚̜̣͉͋̂̍̊̆̃̒͛̾͘͝͝͠͝ẍ̴̼͈̖̩̫̠̟̫̊̓̑̈́͑͌̋͌ī̶̛̻͚̰͚͂͌́̒͊̌̎̏̽̒͝s̶̡̛̺̼̘̺͖̟̜͖͇͈̞͖͙͑̆̏̊̂̽̌̀̕͠t̴̨̨̮̜̲̤̦̼͍̪͓̊̾̾̄͛͛͜è̶̩̘̤̙̭̭̺̰̽͒͘n̶̢̧̛̺̙͇̯̫͓̤̱̮̘̥̋̾̐̈́̒̕ͅc̸̡̪̲̻̝͚̽́̓́̈́̉̔̇̂̕̕͠ę̷̳̰͖̩̮̠̠͖̜̦͗̊̎̋͆̋̐́̽͜͝,̷̨̰̤͍̯͙̜̙̲̪͂̐̒̌͑̌͋̿̂̏ ̶̮͓͖̒̏̏̏̃̇̑̈́̏͘̕͝͝͝͝k̶̢̢̜̣̮͎̣̼̝̞̤̋̄͜ͅi̵̛͙̘̔̈́̆̍̈́͒̋͗̚͝ǹ̴̨̻̙̹͚͙̤̫̪͉̭̐̈́̕͜͜͜͝͠d̵̥̥̻͍̜̔͗̽ ̶̘͈̺̩̟̤̩̥̲̳̏̕͝ͅǫ̶̢̩̪̰̣̫̼̋̎f̶͚̟̝̠͎̟̗̄̌̈́͂́̓͌͘̚̕͝͝ ̵̣̲͌̆̍͑̔̀͝l̷̝͑̈͝͝i̴͍̺̬͇͓͈̦͖̥͔͇̩͈̐̍͊͜ͅk̸̼̫͓̯̫̗̜̈́͒͐̋̈́̾̚͝͝è̴̫̺͍̜̑̉͛̋͑̚͝ͅ ̵̰̬̝͚̘̉̈̾͊̊̊͊̃̊̀̓͘̚[̵̧͙̠̱̭̥̐͌͘r̷̡̛̙̗̜̥̗͖̪̜̬̓̐͋͌̑̇͆̉͋͠é̴̡̨̛̯̟͚̱̌̈́̎̉̑̆͛͒͗d̴̞͙͖̪̘͍̟̀͑͌͆͂͝ā̷̯̮͍̟̫͉̻͝͝c̶͆ͅt̸̢̨̛̫͔͈͉̻͋̏̈́̑͋̄̐̄͊͜͝e̸̛̤̝̠̳͕̪͇͎̣̯̼̤̪͆̅̍̑̆̆̍̓̈̊͛̕͝d̴̨̢̮̣͎̯̟̪̭̼̝͇̯̳̫̂̔̌̎͂̀̊̓͊͒̀͝]̸̦̜͔͎͚̉̈́̒͆͂̆͋̒̍̊͝͝.̸͔̤̲̼̞̖̲̻̺̖̆̽̈́̋̚͝. I approached it and passed out.

Jimmy POV

I woke up to a bunch of commotion from my communicator.

Where are you

JIMMYYYY

Please answer

The meetings about to start

5 minutes ago

The meeting! I'd completely forgotten about that. I jumped out of bed, clipped on my elytra and set off towards the Boatem Pole.

Once I arrived, I looked into the hole and saw my friends talking at the bottom of the Boatem Hole . I landed next to them.

"Hi Jimmy!" Martin called.

"Looks like we can start the meeting now," Impulse said.

"Sorry guys I overslept a bit."

"It's fine," Mumbo said. "Well in today's meeting-"

he started but was cut of by all of our communicators buzzing, signalling a server announcement.

Hermits, it has come to my attention the there is a glitch on Hermitcraft. If you see anything out of the ordinary, do not approach it and report it to me immediately.

okie dokie!

Okay X

"What do you guys think that's all about?" Pearl asked.

Grian, who had been silent until this point piped in, "I don't think we should worry about it. It's probably nothing."

I was very sceptical of Grian. He seemed... off. Like he wasn't himself. I wasn't the only one he noticed his change in personality, though. It seemed the others did too.

"Grian, are you... okay?" Mumbo asked.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be," he responded a bit too confidently for Grian.

Grian looked at me and I noticed something strange. His normally blue eyes now gray with a red tint. Before I could say anything he pulled a dagger out from his sleeve and threw it at my head. I closer my eyes and moved out of the way a little.

I looked to my left to see the dagger lodged into the stone. Quickly, myself and the other Hermits (minus Grian) quickly rocket out of the hole with our elytras.

We all landed on the Pearl's partially finished mountain.

"W- what was that about," Pearl asked out of breath.

"I don't know..." Scar replied, "We need to tell Xisuma and stop Grian."

"That wasn't Grian."

Martin POV

"That wasn't Grian," Jimmy said.

I looked at him confused.

"What do you mean it 'wasn't Grian'? We all saw him and he just threw a knife at your head!"

"He didn't do that, at least not in the right mind. His eyes were red, kind of like 3rd life. Maybe it was the glitch Xisuma was talking about."

"Only one way to find out," Impulse said as he pulled out his communicator.

X, do you know what the glitch is called?

Let me check

Its called '3rdLifeBM.mp4'

come to boatem ASAP

omw

Xisuma POV

As I flew to Boatem, I was nervous.

Martin is never this direct. Whats wrong?

I landed to see the Hermits from Boatem. Except Grian?

"Ello. Where's Grian?" I asked.

"Well that's the problem," Pearl responded.

"What do you mean?"

"Well he did try and throw a knife at my head..." Jimmy commented.

"But it wasn't him it was the glitch," Mumbo said quickly.

"I'm sorry, what the hell are you guys talking about," I asked.

They proceeded to explain 3rd life and what the boogeyman was for about an hour until I completely understood what was happening.

"Is there any way you can fix it?" Scar asked.

"Well, I can but you would need to hold him in place." I responded.

"So basically you want us to track and hold down an armed psychopath while you fix his code?" Pearl asked.

"I- uh yes?"

"Okay I have a plan," Martin said before he started to explain.

G̵͔̞̠̝̖̜̦̪̟̦͕̩̀̾̑͌̍͐͐͆́͒̇͛̈́̕̕͝r̵̡̧̠̣̺͍͚̼̰̣̘̖͓̥̭̀͛̂̌́̈́̊̅͒̚͜͝ï̷̧̡̡̨̛͓̰͉̜̲͖̝͑͛͐̔͛̓ͅà̴̭͚̣͌̽̓͋̂̾̋̓̅̾͒n̷̠̳̯̬̙̞̯̈́͐̿̈̃̚̚͠͠ POV/Time skip

Now that the Hermits knew what my goal was, I needed to redevelop a plan.

Ẅ̶̨̩͍̤͓̗͎̦͉̹́͗ȃ̶̛͉̱̳͂̽̆̑̆̎̽̕i̷̢̟̘̦͌̂ẗ̶̨̛̟̳̌̌̈́̏͋͜͝ ̶̢̢̨̛͇̪̗͍͈̼͈̳̾̌̀̉̋̋ǹ̶̡̝̖̖̰͖͇̻̦͘ö̵̮̞͉̘̪́͊̈́̏̀͗̂͝,̵̧̫̗̫̉̔͠ͅ ̵̧̢̧̦̖̝̹̘̥̗͐̋̒̏́́͂I̸̡͔̲̜̖̜͐͝ ̴͎͙͈́d̶͍͎̦͙̞̘̦̃̓̍̉̀̎̓o̷̭̺͊͂̃̎͑́̔̆̋͘n̴̮͆̑̒̈́̑̆̽̚'̸̧̹͎͐̾ͅṯ̴̢̡̠̯̜͎̱̓̑͝ ̸̢̲̞̪͉̙͖͉́͆̾͑̆̔̓́w̶̬̰͔̔́͛̐ą̶̢̨̱̗͖̖͍̼͎̱̀̍͝ṋ̵̮̖̻̦̱̙͋ͅṯ̶̫̍̀̓͊̿̉̊͘͜͝ ̷̭̮͕͚́̓͘͝t̴̥̱͕͎̟̒́ō̶̧̺͈̘̞̟̻̞̺̻͊̐̒̽̆̃͑̈͘͝ ̸̡͇̫̻̳̉̀̃̽̒̿͗̇ḩ̶̡̞̟͓͙̺̑̍̓̈͛̐͝u̸̳͔̣̜̻̿̉̊̕ͅr̵͖̞̪̰̬͓̝̒͗̇̿̓̕ẗ̷̡̛̙̣̯͈̱̾̄̈́̈́̿̇͗́ͅ ̵͕̹̼̟͒̊̈́́̉͋͛͜m̸̹͍͓̺̫̞̗͉̜̥̏y̵̢͖̱͔̪̰̝̦̼̋ ̴̞͍͔͉̳͉̯̜̘̭̞̅̔̂̽̚f̵̨̨̫̥͖̰̈͌͝r̷̡̺̭̟̥̭̣̝̒̑̽̈́̃̍̃̚i̶̢̱̽̈́̆̃͜ě̴͚̝̫̇͛̀̅͋́̇̃ṋ̶̨̻͉͎̈̅ḍ̸̨̨͔͖̿̄̒̋̎́͝s̷̠̖̳̞̯̠͍̦̖̬̈́̽̈́̒͝͠.̵̨̩͖̻͂̍̓͛̓̑͌ ̴̛͔̀̄̎̎̈́̓̕͝Ẃ̸̢͎̱̜̘͕̩͕̪̑̀̽̾̊̔h̸̪̬̖̻̘̅̋̏͌̑͘͘͠y̵̹̻̘̝͚͙̭̆̅̔ ̵͖̬̟̦̖̮̄̀̒͜͝c̷̡̪͉̾̍̈a̶̖̞̺͋͒̐͌̀͌̀͆̚n̶̫͙̗̟̫͌'̸̦͒t̴̞̤͇͖̳̩̘̻͑̍̉̊́̒̀̅͊̊ͅ ̸̛̺̲̼̥͕̜̥̟̦̰̂̅̌I̶̺̞̳̬̤̗̳̓͐͐͆͠ ̵̳͔̝̤̹̠̈̎͊͂̈́s̴̲̣̱̠͎̆̚͝͝͠t̷̜͚͕̮̂͗̓͆͝ơ̸̞͋̔́͌͐͝͠p̸̼͈̥̗͇̩̲̐̏̆͐̀̿ͅ-

I flew to my base and landed next to the Chest Monster. I pulled out my weapons to see what I had.

Okay so I have 4 knifes, a sharp V sword and around a stack of explosives. I can use the explosives as a distraction and-

I was cut from my thoughts when I heard fireworks , signalling another player(s) was nearby. I quickly gathered up my weapons, slipped a knife up my sleeve and proceeded to approach the player.

"I- uh- Grian, Hello!" Scar greeted

"What do you want Scar."

"Well I was thinking, I could talk you and ask what's wrong?" he said, more of a question than a statement.

Before I could reply, I felt a few people grab me and held me down so I couldn't access my weapons.

"Let me go!" I demanded.

"If you don't move we don't have to hurt you," Martin said.

Xisuma, Mumbo and Pearl dropped down next to Scar. The admin then pulled up my code. As he started altering my code, I passed

Martin POV

I felt Grian go limp in my arms and started to feel concerned.

"Don't worry, he just passed out," Xisuma said.

Impulse, Jimmy and I picked up the small Hermit and laid him down on a bed nearby. I felt bad for him, he wasn't doing anything wrong it was the stupid curse.

As Xisuma finished terminating the glitch, Grian began to regain consciousness.

Grian POV

I woke up in a bed with a headache. It took me a moment to realize what had just happened.

Hermits, the glitch had been terminated from HC. Please let me know if anything like this happens again.

Once I sat up, the others seemed to notice I was awake.

"Are you okay Grian?" Mumbo asked.

"Yeah... S- sorry about that," I said shyly.

"Don't be sorry Gri. You did nothing wrong," Jimmy said.

"B- but I tried to hurt you guys and-"

"Grian, it was the glitch. You did nothing wrong," Xisuma started, cutting me off. "But seriously, are you okay?"

"Well, I have a bit of a headache... but that's it."

"You should rest G," Pearl suggested.

"Yeah, g'night. And thank you guys for helping me."