(This chapter was personally really fun to write. Really captured the essence of this entire franchise; relentless trauma and tragedy with just a pinch of humor. Finally, a fan favorite meets our main cast. Harshita has been one of the characters I've had the most creative freedom with. Even though she is technically the real daughter of the real Vinoth, I got a chance to mold her personality how I felt like it and it's something I don't get a chance to do that much with this series. After this and chapter 7, there is the interlude and then we get the action-packed, cameo-filled Minecraft Island event so all the McYT fans give me a minute, I'm going to give you so much SBI content it'll be great. For now enjoy a bunch of Felix, Jimmy, and mystery character content)

May 27th, 2022

Jimmy couldn't help but feel in high spirits. It's been a week and a half since his last nightmare. A week and a half since a blade had to dance across his arm. Maybe in another week, he could start wearing t-shirts again. "All it takes is a little pain to pull yourself back together." Of course, Jimmy never thought he'd be taking his f̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶s̶ advice but it was doing him justice right now. 

Î̷͈̦̥͕̦̋̋̉͜ͅt̸̡̢̢̛̞͙̱͕̘̅͒͌́͐̓͑̅'̴̡̟̱̜͓̮͖̓̃͊͊̇̐̓͊s̷̢̟͈̣̘̦͖̩̼̅ ̶̡̧͕̹̭͇̫̭̍̑͑͛̿͜͝s̷͕̣̪̘̟̼̬̪̪͗͜ė̵̫̩̯̼̭̖̒̍̽̆̊̅l̵̯͑̅̓͠f̵̞̼̒-̵̨̨̛̻̦̼͍̘̹͖̻̉͊h̶̡͕͌̋̃͂͗á̴̡͚͙͕̱͐̎́̽́͘͜͠r̴̲̗̻̣̆̃͛̀͊̔̚͘͝ͅm̴͎̤̯̺̭̠͕̭͖̆͊ͅ ̷̙͉̥̞̣̻̜̾͒͒̂̀̇̈̊̂͠h̴̫̭͆̇͗͆̐ȩ̵̨̗̠͉̰̗͇̺̠̂͒̆̃̚ ̵̥͙̮̙̖͙͇̖͑̃̂̚n̵̢̳̜͙̳͓̮̤̱͑̑̽͌͛͂͐̂̒͝e̶̙̳͚͎̰̥̋̔͂̾̑͑͆̎͜͠͝ȅ̸̗͙̼̙͈̄̓͌͛̕d̷̘͈̼̞͎̲͇̃̑̐̓̇̚ȩ̵̳͍̯̜̻̹͒͋̀͆̓̓͑̅͝d̷̢̢̨̡̡̠̱͔͎̅̏ ̶̧̛̹̜͕̩͈͈͚͎̆̏̀h̷̨̖̜̞͉̰͝e̴̢̛̺͙̖͎̭̘̤͆̐̀͋̈́̔͑́͜l̶̙̞̪͖͛̎̾p̴̮̏̍͗̂̚̚̚

But he hadn't had any nightmares in a bit. In 3 days he'll hit a record time! He was healing, this is what healthy healing looked like. His friends never understood why he called therapy a scam but in reality, it's true. All you need a shitton of willpower. 

T̵͍̼̳̂̐̊h̵̡̑̔̂̍̌̉͋̆̅̋e̵̹͇̜͉̥͓̫̐̎̆͝͝ȓ̷͖̗͙̦̰͍̓̐̓a̵͓̓̋͊͗̒̈̔p̵͇̉͊̂́̋͋̿̎͘̕͜y̵̨̜͔͌̀̽̂̀̐̎̓̈ ̴̩̤͔͕͍̫̠̋̏̑͊͂̏s̴̠̦̯̝̀͠t̶̨̮̥͇̹͈̪͆͑̔̄̈́́́ͅo̸̲̮͂̓̒̌̀̌͘͘͘ļ̴̦̿͗̈́ḙ̸̡̖͋̏̇͋̈́̃͜ͅ ̵͈̖̩̽͋̈́̇h̴̢̛̳̟͍̫͚̩̩̃̈́̇̎̑̑̽̔̈ȉ̴͇̪̟̰̮̏̃͑͝͝ͅs̶̲̩̺̳̞͙̻̞̭̯̾̉̎̓͂̑̚̕͠ ̴̡̨̨̬̗̱̫̠͕͚̎͗͐̍͐̀̓̾̓v̴̫͔̠͕̫̤̆̒̂̎̀̈́͠ò̸͖͓̼͖̱̠̼̈́i̴̦͖̓̑̾͌c̵̩̪̫̯̍ę̶̧̩͒͊́̅͜,̵͔͓͕̐̾ ̸̖̩̹̠̠̊̐̾̋̒̋͑̽̅͘ḣ̷̛̖̥̼͕̞̬̦̀͋̈́̉̐́̎e̸̖͓̮͖̳̥̳͑ ̶̛̦̳̠̝͔̫͎͗̾͋͋̊̋̔̾͝ẁ̶̢̱̹͉͔̒͂́͐̆͑́͝o̵̲͛̈́́̃̇u̴͖͆͛̋͒̅́͐̉̈̌l̵̮̒̀͂͒̀̔̆͋̈́̕d̶͙͍̱̯̾̑̋͌͐͝n̶̡̡̞͈̪̼͓̤͇͊ͅ'̶̧̡̙͙̞̹͎̒̀̿͒͛̆͝t̴̥̐ ̵̖́͛l̸̹͖̮͉̟͉͖̹̗̣̿̉̏̃̌́͘ẻ̶̡̧͉̦̺̳̖̩́̆̄̓͠ẗ̴̳̣̤̞̠̮͓́̊ ̸̡̨͚̭͇̩̪̓̾̈̓̍͠ͅī̶͙̙̥̼̬̼̞̱t̴̠̙̀̌̄̔͗ ̷̛̜̥̤̤̣̜͊̐͘ḧ̸̖́̄̇̓̀́̏ã̵̱͔̝͚͂̑̌͜p̶̧̨̨̦͎̫͎͆̂́͛̅̈̚͠͝͝ͅp̸̢͉̹̍ͅé̸̘̗͆̔̀̆͗̐͑͆͝ṇ̷̢̀̾̔̈́̓͊͛̚̕ ̶̨̲̩͙̭͉̞͕͉͊͗͐̄́̅̄͒̿ͅą̷̞̟̈̌̓g̵̙̯̔͑͗̽̆͐̕͠a̶̯̠̫̗̘͓͒̎͂͋͘ͅͅi̸̛͖͔̤̘̰̫͂̇̈̏́̒̾̾ͅn̷̦̮̻̲̮̣̑̐̇

The competition was barely a week away and Jimmy was proud of himself. The path to fixing himself was nearly over. Once he stopped relying on people for the panic attacks and getting triggered by ropes and jagged knives and soft breathy whispers close to his ear and hands-on his collarbone and-

...

Felix arrived that afternoon. He offered to come to his house early and assist with any last-minute plans and calls. Even Marzia came with him, the duo were such angels!

H̶̨̖̮͕̦̿̏̉̚ȩ̶͕̜̝̏ ̸̨̻͖̀̿͐̈̕͘͠d̶̲̫̙͔͍͉̑̌̍̽̎̂͛ĭ̸̥͍̱̼̫̬ḍ̷̦̙̭̬̈́̃̓͘͜ṉ̶̢̧̛̟̗̓̒́̅̚͝ͅ'̸͉̞̓̄t̴̢̧͚̣̥̰̪̓̿̈̔̓̅͆͗̐͠ͅ ̴̻̽̇͂̔͝͝d̷̦̼̦͍͈̰̄̇̈́̈̽͗̆e̴̠̯͠ș̴̔̾̈́̆͒̏͐̈́͗̚ȩ̷̻̼̣͖͉̻͘r̵̝͚͖̭̎͆̓͑̐̂͠v̷̱̜͇͙̐͆͌͠ē̴̦̹͉̘̓ ̶̦̥̱̺͚̈́̔͘ͅt̴̹̞͍̠̭̪̜̦͍̏̽̀̎̒̕h̵̡̟̙́͑̌̀͠e̸̢͎̪̘͆̓̈́̾m̵̻̫̅͛͛̉͊͐̚͠͝͝

"Felix! Glad you're here! Uh, I've got to call the catering company back since I just found out about one of my employee's allergies and we've got to replan. Chandler will take you and Marzia to the guest room."

"Alright... hey Jimmy look at me." He turned around again. "Take a breath, you've got time." He nodded. Jimmy didn't believe him though. Felix got settled upstairs, the smell of hamburgers in the air. Chris was on dinner that night, being the best cook of the group and all. Marzia found herself gravitating to Katie who was on the couch, keeping watch over Tucker. Felix ended up talking to Alex. They've never actually met in person and he found the younger to be enjoyable, a good head on his shoulders.

"Ya know... I should thank you. Haven't exactly gotten the chance to before."

"Hm?"

"For saving Jimmy's life. I'm indebted to you, I'm not sure what I'd do if he like..."

"Everyone keeps saying that but I feel like if I was a real hero he wouldn't be this closed off. Saving him mentally is still something I'm working on."

"Alex that's not your job." Felix began, voice dropping low. "You're allowed to be disturbed with what happened to you." And for some reason, Alex's mind refused to accept it. Other voices deafened Felix and he simply shook his head.

"Hey come on now, it's your first night here. Stop being so serious; I think the burgers are almost ready anyway!" So he had a similar mindset to Jimmy... no wonder they were fast friends. Getting a seat at the table, Chris handed out burgers and Texas Toast with it. And dinner was as normal as it could be! Well, that was until there was a knock at the door. Chandler, the closest to being done with his food sighed.

"Ugh, I'll get it." A few moments passed. "EYO GUYS WHYS A GIRL SCOUT HERE THIS LATE?"

"A GIRL SCOUT? BET I WANT THEM GOOD THIN MINTS!" Chris raced to the door, excited for a box of cookies he could indulge himself in for the night until... "Chandler you dumbass. Do you see cookies? Do you see a girl scout uniform?"

"I mean no but like I thought-"

"Excuse my friend here, is there anything we can help you with?"

"...Jimmy?"

"Uh, Jimmy someone's at the door for you."

"Oh?" Approaching, he saw a small girl, no older than 10 with a backpack swung over her arms. Silently, she observed him until she concluded he was Jimmy. Suddenly, she hung onto his leg, speaking fast in a language he didn't understand. "Um, do you know English?" She let go and spoke a little slower. While he didn't know what any of it meant, Jimmy could tell it sounded similar to the language he heard his kidnappers speak in. Something native to India. He supposed it would fit her appearance but... "Chris, google languages commonly used in India."

"Ok? ...I got Hindi and English." Jimmy sat down to be closer to the girl's level.

"Hindi?" He spoke, trying to be as clear as possible. She nodded. She kept trying to speak to them using her language, only being met with frustration as none of them could understand. Even the bilingual Felix and Marzia were at a loss. Jimmy quickly started thinking of ways to work around this. Grabbing a piece of paper, he motioned for her to come inside, drawing out a little picture of a simple house. All he could do was hope she was able to tell what a house was. 

"You." He began, pointing at her. "House? Home?" The drawing seemed to help, being able to identify what looked like a no. After shaking her head, she opened the golden locket around her neck revealing what is most likely a picture of her parents. Perhaps an aunt and uncle. The slitting motion she did to her throat made him tense.

"Uh, Jimmy let's talk this over for a second," Felix replied, tugging him aside. "Do you think she's an abuse victim?"

"It's our most likely guess..."

"Well let's call CPS, they'll keep her safe-"

"NO!"

"Huh, the fuck you mean no?"

"She knew my name-"

"You have 50 million subscribers bud."

"But still, she came here to me specifically for a reason. Do we know that reason? No, but we can find out."

"This is child kidnapping I think."

"If she shows discomfort being here, we can call CPS and get her off our hands but she chose to come here of all places. Let's just try to find out more and ease into it. Learn some basic Hindi conversation for me won't you?"

"Fine but if I get arrested then this one's on you!"

"Fair enough." While Katie took Tucker upstairs for bed, Chris, Chandler, and Alex watched quite confused. Alex decided to grab a small notebook and write down everything he could about this strange girl. He knew Jimmy's track record. She wouldn't be here if it wasn't part of something larger.

- Only speaks Hindi

- Seems to understand names in English.

- Knows who Jimmy is

- Does slitting motion when referencing two older people in a locket of her's (presumably parents, potential abuse victim)

Throughout the night, they learned a little more. Her name was Harshita. She was able to navigate YouTube pretty skillfully, taking them to the MrBeast channel and the ChuChuTV channel. The second one sort of confused them but they went with it. Jimmy delegated tasks to each of the people in the house. He, Felix, and Marzia stayed with Harshita while Alex quietly observed, taking note of her body language to understand her reasons and her motives. Chandler kept a watch outside for anyone who could possibly want to bring her home and Chris ran out to pick up tools they could use to teach her English or teach themselves Hindi. Felix got a language learning app and quickly began teaching himself basic communication. By 10 PM, he knew how to ask how old are you, how are you, and what is your name. However, Felix was struggling with retaining it. He was strong in learning many European languages. Swedish, English, German, all of it was generally easy but Hindi held no similarities to anything he knew. Hell he wasn't even fully certain he was learning the right Indian language but it was the best shot he had.

"आप की उम्र क्या है?" His voice was shaky but he managed to stutter out the words. Hopefully, he didn't accidentally say a slur or something.

"नौ वर्ष का।" She responded, eyes lit up with joy. Someone finally understood!

"What did she say?" Jimmy asked.

"Uh...? Not quite sure."

"Goddamnit."

"Maybe I should learn numbers first." Harshita was good at reading faces and could see the confusion. She let out an audible sigh. Finishing the burger she was offered, Jimmy decided it was late enough and they could settle down for the night. Marzia went to run a bath for her and Felix went up to unpack since they didn't really have a chance between dinner and this whole situation. With Chris back home, the quad of him plus Jimmy, Chandler, and Alex gathered around to discuss plans. 

"Look despite this turn of events we need to still be on it about the tournament. So let's divide and conquer. Me, Felix, and Marzia are going to be working on learning Hindi, teaching her English, and figuring out why she's here and what she needs. You three, I need you taking calls, checking in with venues, keeping in touch with Reed. Chris, take my place in meetings for now unless I am absolutely needed. Alex, focus on making sure the contestants are ready. Chandler-"

"Lemmie guess, keep being Chandler?"

"No, I need you keeping an eye out on our hotel accommodations and the yacht company. You know I trust you right?" Chandler couldn't help but turn away. It's been months since the incident but Chandler still had a hard time coming to terms with the fact that Jimmy wouldn't want to hurt him. He has been purposely taking a backseat to give himself time to make up his mind but... Ḧ̴͇͓͇͕̏̓͝i̴̢͓̭̽͂̊̃̅͒̕ş̴̧̯͕͔͆̎̀̆̌̎ ̸̩͎̜̰͒̈́̀̆̀̅̄̌s̸͎̙̪̻̆̿̓́̑͂̾̆̓ì̸͙̫̜̲̬͈͎̑͜c̶̝͍̈͛̂̄̀̆ͅk̴̘̖͎͎͓̅͘͜ĺ̴̩̙̑͑̾̀͒͂̒͘y̴̢̛̺̻̼̦̳̓̂ͅ ̵̢̨̠̹͍͓̀̓̿̈́̆̚̚͜͝͠s̵̨̠̞̩̣̮̦͋w̷͉͖͇̥̙͑̈́̇̅̌́̐̅e̸̡͓̲͇̟̦͋̈͆̿̌̐͘̕͠͝e̸̥͉̙̯̝̹̙̻̭̗̒̏̊̾̽͑̚ţ̸̱̮͉̮̘͋́̉̀͒͘ ̴̤̯̥̈̃̓̅̾̆̉̈̐̚h̴̛̫̭̟̓̓̀̐̋̈ǫ̸̹̖̺͉͐̓̔́͘͘n̶͎͉̣͇͕̅͂̿̓̒͌̄e̸̪̩͑̏́̈́̌̽̅̐͝y̷̯̞͊̚̚d̵̨͖̜̭̋̆̓̈͝e̵̢̨̪̳̦̺̓̉͠w̵̹̏̉͑͝ ̷̜̹̮̺͐̀̀̀́̾̈̕̕͘v̴̡̳͙͓̗̩̬̜̠̆̅͂̚̕ͅớ̶̩̟̫̗̪̤̳͎̓̀̏͐͂͐̽̔i̵̧͓͉͉̲̍́̏̒ç̷͓͕̝͕̖̭͉̬͛̊̈́͆̒̽e̷̛̩͍͒̓̒̂̽ ̸̱́a̸̟̿l̵̦͂ͅw̴͖͍̟̎̊͊̈̈̔́͝a̸̗̣̺͙̦̭̕y̷̡̛͇̑͌̍s̵̛̫̲̝̯̭͎̠̖̫̣̉͊̐͐͋̔ ̶͕̲̖̻̩̰͖̅̉̀̌́͑͐̾ḷ̴̡̳͈̼͓͉̘̈́̑̒̂͊̏͌͛̀̕u̷͇̙̬͈͎̇͋̒̿̂͆̄͌r̵̨̲̜̗͈͔̳̀̅̈ḛ̸̩̱̰͎̝̥͉̋̿͐̈́́͂͆̽̐̄d̴̫̰̳̾͐̿ ̶͚̖̥̩̬̜̤̌ḧ̸̬̹̫̱̜̫̰́̉̑̾̍̚͜͜ȉ̶̖̙̆̄̈̚m̸͖͕͎̦͈͚͔̅ ̴̛̺̘̖̮̎̄̐̀̏̈́͘ḧ̷̢̢̥̺̳̱̼̲̮͕́͛̿̐̇̚̕ö̶͍̙́͒̀́̇̚m̴̨̡͕̙͛̏̉̎̍͜͝ẹ̵̢̖̩̮̠̲̱͍͍͗.̷̛̯̣̯̻͖͍̜͌͊͆͂̂͆͘͝ Sometimes Chandler felt like he was the only one who held Jimmy accountable. 

He's manipulating you

He's just misunderstood

Jimmy is a monster

Jimmy is a victim

He's distorting your reality

Who can you trust?

Who can you love?

Who can you afford to lose?

"Chan-Chan? You were zoning out there bud." It was Chris, Chris was safe, he was trying to keep them all together. With reluctance, he agreed.

***

May 28th, 2022 to May 31st, 2022

Days began ticking past. On the 28th, they were able to get her age (9) and Felix studied the alphabet, learning how to write the different characters. On the 29th, he picked up on different food words to help make sure she's eating stuff she liked. With some more knowledge of the Hindi lexicon, he alongside Jimmy and Marzia taught her basic English. By the 30th, Harshita could say hello, identify things as good or bad, and ask for help. While what she was learning wasn't usually conventional but it would help with her situation in particular. That day she also returned to the ChuChuTV YouTube channel when given her shattered phone. Going to an episode of ChuChu and friends she pointed to the character's dad. 

"Bad." It had to be abuse Jimmy could hardly think of another reason as she desperately clung to his side. But Marzia swore by the fact that there were no scars to show. Of course, it could a different type of abuse but he'd rather not think about that. The possibilities made him physically ill. On the 31st, Jimmy was able to have a conversation with her that evening before bed. She always used ChuChuTv's animated videos to represent her father which he didn't quite get. There was so much in the equation he was missing. Pointing to him, he tried his best to use vibrant motions to explain.

"Hurt?" Pointing then at her, she shook her head, pointing to him.

"Hurt." She then pointed to him. Her father hurt him? Jimmy raised an eyebrow before pointing to himself once more.

"Safe." He did his best to reassure her, but with teary eyes, she made the same motion again.

"Hurt!" Pulling her gently into his arms, Jimmy calmed Harshita.

"Shh... no, safe." Whether or not Harshita believed him, he didn't know, but he was able to slowly rock her to sleep before bringing her up to Marzia. Jimmy now felt incredibly uneasy. On top of the anxiety of the competition that he was flying out to the hotel for just tomorrow morning, he could only twist and turn for hours that night.

Who was Harshita's father?

Would the competition go without hindrance?

They'd all be safe right?

Despite the hoodie on his frame, he could feel cold movements across his shoulders making him sit up and shiver.

"🅾🅷 🅿🅾🅾🆁 🅹🅸🅼🅼🆈, 🆈🅾🆄 🅰🆁🅴 🆂🅾 🆃🆁🅰🆄🅼🅰🆃🅸🆉🅴🅳 🅸🆃 🅼🅰🅺🅴🆂 🅼🅴 🆆🅰🅽🆃 🆃🅾 🅲🆁🆈!"

"Get the fuck out of my house..." The cold movement trailed up his neck to his jawline. Was he quivering out of fear or out of longing?

"🅱🆄🆃 🆆🅷🅰🆃'🆂 🆃🅷🅴 🅵🆄🅽 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅰🆃? 🆈🅾🆄🆁 🆅🆄🅻🅽🅴🆁🅰🅱🅸🅻🅸🆃🆈 🅸🆂 🅰🅳🅾🆁🅰🅱🅻🅴."

"Bhushan I don't... I don't want you here."

"🆈🅾🆄 🆂🅴🅴🅼 🆁🅰🆃🅷🅴🆁 🅷🅴🆂🅸🆃🅰🅽🆃 🆂🆆🅴🅴🆃🅷🅴🅰🆁🆃..."

"Please... get out!"

"🅸 🆆🅰🆂 🅽🅴🆅🅴🆁 🅴🆅🅴🅽 🅷🅴🆁🅴 🆃🅷🅾🆄🅶🅷."

"What do you mean you weren't-" His eyes snapped open in the midnight coated room. Bhushan wasn't... His head hurt. He needed some water. The red lights flashing 12:00 PM guided him out. He'd have to be up in 5 hours. He knew it was just a vision but the hands felt so real... Quiet on his way downstairs, Jimmy jumped out of his skin when Felix spoke up.

"Stressed?"

"U-uh I suppose you could say so." The man who had been sleeping on the couch prior seemed to have been awake. The Godfather was on low and after sipping at the cool calming drink, sat down on the couch next to his mentor.

"What's on your mind?"

"A bit of everything. MCI, Harshita, the past, the future..."

"You know everything you do always works out in the end. MCI will be a smash hit, we'll get Harshita to somewhere she'll be happy..."

"I suppose I can hope."

"I suppose you can... Lay down, try and get some sleep. You've got a long two weeks ahead of you." Putting a pillow on his lap, Jimmy accepted, humming lightly under his breath at the soothing contact. Lulled to sleep with his calming presence, the world seemed just a little bit easier to take on...

...

...?

Jimmy couldn't move.

"You brought this upon him." The voice he heard was ominous, unable to trace a person to the sound.

"What do you mean- Felix!" His eyes lit up, the Swed offering him a smile as he kneeled down to his level.

"I finally found you! Let's get you out of these binds-" Jimmy went stark white. The entire scene seemed ripped straight out of a horror movie. A knife ended up lodged into Felix's skull, it going so far to the point you can see the tip of the blade from his forehead. And like a horror movie, its gore is so unworldly you can't take your eyes off it. Blood now endlessly falling from his eyes and open mouth, he spoke in a tongue of crimson. 

„˙lɐʇǝɯ ʇuɐʇɔǝlǝp puɐ pǝɹ uı sʞuıɥʇ ʎluo ɹǝʇsuoɯ ɹǝʇsuoɯ 'ʇlnɐɟ ɹnoʎ sı sıɥ⊥„ He couldn't understand the words but he could understand the meaning somehow. Blood-Eyed Felix kept taunting him.

ɹǝʇsuoɯ

ɹǝʇsuoɯ

ɹǝʇsuoɯ

ɹǝʇsuoɯ

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"Jimmy!" Jimmy moved without thought. He needed to calm himself. Pain wasn't working. Why was he still so shaky? Why was he still so uncertain? Something moved his arm away and he panicked even more. He needed this he needed this he needed this he needed this-

"No, you don't." The voice that answered was almost as scared as his own.

"Felix...?"

"Shh, I'm right here. Haven't gone anywhere..." 

"...Why are you crying to?" Felix didn't answer, simply rubbing circles into his back as slowly but surely, his breathing evened out. The minutes dragged on but Jimmy didn't care. Felix was alive... it was just a nightmare... he'd never call him a monster. With reluctance, he let go and took in some fresh air, cold whiplash on his face. But... Felix was still crying. He asked again, this time warranting a quiet response.

"Why did you tell anyone...?"

"Tell anyone-" His eyes widened, his heart rate spiked, it was peak anxiety hours and Jimmy couldn't stop himself from talking at a 100 miles an hour. "Felix it's not what it looks like I promise it's not self-harm I wouldn't do that you know that please you've gotta believe me it wasn't done with any intents-"

"Hey it's alright, I'm not accusing you of anything. I believe you. Here's the plan ok? We'll go upstairs and clean all of this up before anyone wakes up. I know you're really stressed about this tournament so if you let me just monitor you, I won't tell anyone until we've had a chance to talk AFTER Minecraft Island. Does that sound fair?"

"...Ya..."

"Tell me where your first aid kit is."

"I haven't done anything in over a week, it's all closed up already..."

"I know that but I just wanna make sure everything heals smoothly."

"...Upstairs to the closet on your first right." Following behind him, Felix made quick work of bandages and ointments with the occasional sting. Returning to the couch, it was only a few minutes later that Alex was up, Chris and Chandler trailing behind him. And the mask that Jimmy wore was back up. He spoke excitedly with a tired tang. And with a few extra bags in hand, they all packed themselves into the car. With Chandler in the front driving, Jimmy in the passenger seat, Chris and Karl in the two middle seats, and himself, Marzia, and Harshita in the back three, he found himself staring out the window. He was dizzy, he never thought...

"You ok honey?"

"Ya... just thinking..."

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