'The heck.....' Thought Xisuma as he watched Keralis walking away, mentally going through their very strange one sided conversation. Then it hit him.

Cub. Scar. Jellie. Dead. Coffee.

A few more thoughts then followed the last one.

Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. COFFEE. COFFFFEEE.

He quickly grabbed the coffee and took off towards Mumbos'. He quickly walked in and looked around. He ran over to Mumbo, who was working on fixing one of the last bits of the place. "Mumbo!" He turned and smiled. "Oh, hey X!" X smiled and quickly shoved the coffee at him. "Uh huh! Yeah ok message if something happens gotta run okay cya bye!" He quickly hurried out, leaving a clueless Mumbo.

First place he visited was Scars'. He knocked, and waited. Nothing. He quickly sent Scar a message, but got nothing. So he went to Cub. He knocked, and right before he left, a messy and dissolved Cub answer. "Hey X! Uhm whatcha doin' 'round here?" Cub stepped aside, and X quietly came in, then turned to Cub. He needed to play this right. "Ya know, I'm just walking around, checking up on people! So is everything ok with ya?" Well. That failed. Cub smiled. "Erm no... What about you?" He shook his head. "Nothing, nothing.."

They stood there again, Cub eyeing X, and X eyeing Cub. Both men seemed to know the other was up to something, both men trying to figure out what. Soon enough, our dear friend, awkwardness had returned, this time not just for a meal and dessert, but a full on buffet!

See kids, don't put to smart and stubborn men in the same room, both with secrets the other wanted. It's not fun.

Clearing his throat, Xisuma broke the silence. "Well erm... I believe I need to go check on the others if that's....?" Cub rapidly nodded. "Oh yeah! Yeah yeah yeah go for it cya dude!"

In a blur of motions, Xisuma was leaving and the door was closing but right before it was completely closed he could've sworn he saw blood on Cubs shirt.....

After a short time, he felt his phone go off. It was Scar!

Scar

"Hey Scar!"

"ihxisma"

"Scar..?"

"sry just dealing w/stuff"

"U ok?"

"i cant see the screen my eyes r that watery."

"I heard about jellie, where are you"

"cc.."

"Omw"

"K"

Xisuma sighed, and quickly made his way towards ConCorp. When he walked in he froze for a moment. There was a smashed cake, blood and cat all over the place, and Scar was crying, holding Jellie. "Oh Scar..."

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Scar whipped around only to be met by Xisuma. He looked up at the admin, who quietly sat down next to him. He held out the cat and the other gently drew circles on his shoulder. "I'm so sorry Scar.." Xisuma gently hugged Scar, who latched on, tears coming down again. "I-I miss her...." "I know you do Scar, I know..."

They sat there awhile before Scar looked at him, pulling away. "How'd you find out...?" Xisuma shook his head. "It's nothing, but may I ask, Cub did this right?" Scar nodded. "Do you know why....?" Wincing at the mention of Cub, he nodded."I-.. my prank went wrong and it killed Cub.... so he..." Xisuma nodded. "Ok.... so miscommunication.." Again, Scar nodded. Xisuma looked at him for a moment. "Can I tell ya something..?" Scar shrugged, "Sure.." Xisuma nodded. "Ok.. So Cub isn't the only one who's kinda lost their sanity here.... The other day Iskall tried to kill Mumbo... and did... but I think he didn't..." Scar looked utterly confused. "He- I- Wha....?" 

Xisuma smiled a little. "You said your prank went wrong right..?" Scar nodded. "Now would you ever think Iskall would kill Mumbo?" 

Scar shook his head. 

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Xisuma smiled. Suddenly, it all clicked into place... almost.

Trying not to grin like a goofball, he asked. "Exactly.... now tell me this. If something tragic happened and you found out a person you didn't want to be apart of it was, would you try to prove that wrong even under any means necessary...? Even if it meant being completely stupid and nonsensical?" 

Scar just looked at him with a 'really' expression. Xisuma took a moment to realize his wording.

"Oh." 

Scar shook his head with the slightest amused smile. "You're ok.. but yeah, I would." 

Xisuma jumped up. "I GOT IT!!!!" Poor Scar got more confused. "Got what...?" Xisuma smiled, hugged Scar and ran out, calling over his shoulder. "THANK YOU SCAR! I THINK I JUST GOT IT!" 

Rounding the corner, the admin was filled with adrenaline. Maybe, just maybe...

Maybe....

It wasn't Iskall...

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"Yikes!" Bdubs yelped and jumped back, scared by his friends sudden appearance. "Keralis! You scary man!" Keralis grinned. "Hey! That's child to you!" They both laughed as Bdubs took his coffee. "So where ya get this?"

A good way to describe the next events would be like this. 

Almost in a way, a shadow passed over Keralis' face, like a darkness. His eyes didn't actually darken but they got a dark look. Everything about him seemed to to darken. His demeanor seemed to go somewhere else, and he got a cloudy, foggy look almost. No, not like his demeanor alone was somewhere else. But also his head. And body. And conscience. And physical appearance. And state. And himself in total. Like something just came over him. 

Bdubs shook his friend. "Keralis...? You ok..?" Keralis shook his head, a slightly hazed look just coming over him, and his voice subtly monotonic, almost like it wasn't his. "You asked where I got the coffee?" Bdubs nodded. "I-... It's ok if you can't or don't wanna answ-" Keralis interrupted, hate present in his voice. "Xisuma. I went to a new place and say Xisuma."

Those thoughts came back to Bdubs. The murderous, killing, psychotic ones. The screams of pain. That dark shadow swallowed Keralis whole, as he stood there. It took a moment but it happened to Bdubs too. They just stood there. Neither realizing they'd gripped the coffee so hard the lids popped off or it had exploded. Both of them to caught up in their... thoughts.

And there they stood. Quiet. Frozen. Tense. And like they were somewhere else in this world, both with foggy and far off looks. The room itself seemed to darken, casting an ominous aura around the two. They both turned sneers into dark, evil, vile looks. Every now and again a dark and maniacal chuckle would escape their lips. It was dark times for the humans. Dark, dark, times.

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(SO! We've reached a major  turning point! As I said in the latest tags chapter, I'm stockpiling ideas for a OneShots book, once this is over. Which sadly, is quite soon... But on the bright side I do have a few ideas for s'more books tho! The OneShot thing is just to buy time so I can better-plan my other ideas so it's not being completely made as I go. I did that for this one. I mean it was fun but hard too.. Also if anyone wants any explaining or hints or anything about this book or anything lemme know and I'll be glad to confuse you mo- HELP. I meant I'd be glad to help.)