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Grian looked around on the Christmas District. There was currently happening Hermitcraft's official Christmas party.

Xenex, Sherenidy, Godiva and Dexter were going to be there too. Xisuma had told his brother to come and take a few of his siblings with him. To the Hermits he had said that he had sent a letter to The Council saying that the members were welcomed to join if they wanted to.

Grian immediately noticed that the four of them were speaking with Xisuma. Most of the Hermits seemed to have arrived already too.

Grian made his way to a group of people that contained Stress, Keralis, Scar, Tango and Doc.

"Hey Grian! Merry Christmas!" Stress immediately gave him a warm smile.

"Hey guys. Merry Christmas!" Grian smiled to everyone and they smiled back, answering him.

This was his 2nd Christmas after spending six years in the Watchers Academy. Those six Christmases he had spent alone with Xenex in their room.

His last Christmas he had spent with The Council and it had been something very different from the Christmases with Xenex. Now he was really excited to see what the Hermits had planned for this Christmas.

         "Did you all remember to do your secret Santas this year?" Tango asked. Grian nodded along with everyone else. He had done it and brought Iskall his gift.

"It's been such a long time since I last did a secret Santa", Grian hummed. His last one had been Netty back in Evo all those years ago. He had sent her on a little adventure around the server.

"Did you come from another server?" Stress asked curiously. Grian hadn't ever really spoken about his past to anyone.

"I used to be on a server, but it shut down. After that I moved to a server I helped to build a long time ago. Wynncraft, if you've ever heard about it", Grian answered. The Wynncraft part was half true, half lie. It was true that he had helped to build it after high school, but he hadn't lived there in years.

"Isn't Wynncraft the biggest magic based server that has ever existed?" Scar asked in shock.

"Yeah. I help to build it", Grian nodded.

"That's pretty impressive. The place is huge!" Doc pointed out.

"There are a lot of builders, but I was the head builder and one of the servers founders", Grian cleared out.

"Are you an admin then?" Keralis asked, tilting his head.

Grian quickly shook his head. "I didn't help with the admin stuff at all. All I did was building and helping with the ideas", he lied. In reality he had done a lot of admin work.

"Talking about Wynncraft?" Sherenidy's voice interrupted the conversation. She was standing next to them with Godiva. They both looked formal and majestic. They were on duty now.

"Yes, we are", Stress nodded to The Mains. Everyone seemed a bit nervous around them.

"Please don't mind us. We're here to celebrate Christmas with you. Just act normal, we don't judge", Sherenidy flashed them a friendly smile.

"We're glad that you're here with us! It's always nice to have visitors!" Tango hummed and the others agreed with him.

"ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリꖌ ||𝙹⚍ ⎓𝙹∷ ╎リ⍊╎ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ⚍ᓭ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ", Godiva nodded to them.

"She thanks you for inviting us here", Sherenidy translated to the Hermits who didn't understand Galactic. "She doesn't speak English, but I'll translate everything she says."

"That's alright", Doc nodded. "We don't judge anyone either", he added, glancing at his friends.

"We know that. We know everything", Sherenidy hummed with a friendly smile on her lips.

"Then can you list The Council's members from the youngest to oldest?" Grian had to ask her. She stopped and turned to look at him, mouthing a 'little shit' to him.

"Me, Lupin, Topaz, Topi, Yenny, Lyndon, Leslie, Irwin, Kasen, Oskari, Haylie, Meadow, Mao, Ned, Reed, Upton, Quinn, Godiva", Sherenidy listed and turned to look at Godiva. "You continue from that."

"ℸ ̣ ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹リ, ʖꖎᔑꖌᒷ, ᓵᔑℸ ̣ 𝙹リ", Godiva listed, waiting for Sherenidy to translate.

"Tatton, Blake, Caton."

"↸ᒷ ̇/ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷, ⋮ᔑ||ꖎᒷᒷ, ∴╎リᓭꖎ𝙹∴."

"Dexter, Jaylee, Winslow."

"⎓∷╎ᒷ↸ᒷ, ᒷ↸╎ℸ ̣ ᔑ, !¡ᒷ||ℸ ̣ 𝙹リ."

"Friede, Edita, Peyton."

"ᒲ╎リ↸ᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ᒲ, ⍊ᔑリ, ⨅ᒷリ╎ℸ ̣ ⍑."

"Mindstorm, Van, Zenith."

" ̇/ᒷリᒷ ̇/,  ̇/ᒷꖎᑑ⚍ᔑ, ᓵ⍑ᒷℸ ̣  ᔑリ↸ ᔑꖎ↸ᒷリ."

"Xenex, Xelqua, Chet and Alden."

"That's all the members from youngest to oldest", Sherenidy said, looking at Grian.

"How can you remember everyone's names and ages that easily?" Keralis asked, impressed by the fast listing.

"Ask me their first names and it will take like ten minutes longer", Sherenidy huffed.

"Ten minutes because you have to run to the HQ to take a book that say them all", Grian snorted.

"Hey!" Sherenidy laughed, the Hermits following the suit.

"I can list a few at least", she reminded.

"ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ʖᒷℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリ ᒲᔑ𝙹", Godiva commented.

"That's better than Mao, she said", Sherenidy translated the sentence to the Hermits. "Our 2nd in command has a shit name memory", she snorted.

"Many people have", Stress hummed. "Sometimes some of us keep forgetting even long time friend's names."

"That's what huge groups do", Grian said.

"Hey, aren't you the 3rd in command of The Council? How is that like?" Tango asked, turning to look at Sherenidy.

"I have unlimited 'don't talk back to me' -cards on everyone else expect Alden", Sherenidy answered with a shrug.

"Isn't the Main Admin Mao a higher rank than you?" Scar asked.

"The card works on him if I scream loud enough", Sherenidy smirked. Behind her Godiva almost chocked on air. Grian had to do his best to hold back laughter. "Also violence is a way to get him", Sherenidy continued.

"The most dangerous thing in the whole Council: a frying pan", Grian joked.

"That's actually correct", Sherenidy laughed as Godiva was trying to hold her laughter behind her.

"C'mon ᓭ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷリ╎↸||! You don't have to get into that kind of details", Xenex warned with a smirk on his lips from the amusement.

"I can play my 'don't talk back to me' -card on you whenever I want to, you know", Sherenidy hummed back.

"ᓭ𝙹, ⍑𝙹∴'ᓭ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒲ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ∷ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣  ∴𝙹∷ꖌ╎リ⊣ ╎リ ||𝙹⚍∷ 𝙹!¡╎リ╎𝙹リ?" Godiva asked, changing the subject.

"She asked how Hermitcraft is working in your opinion", Sherenidy quickly translated before getting back to her argument with Xenex.

"It's working well. The redstone machines keep causing some lag, but otherwise its pretty good", Doc answered.

"Yeah. It's working well. Sometimes there's lag spikes, but those are all caused by Mumbo's redstone machines." Tango nodded in agreement.

"ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ⊣𝙹𝙹↸. ∷ᒷ↸ᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹リᒷ ᒲᔑᓵ⍑╎リᒷ ꖎᔑ⊣ ╎ᓭ リ𝙹∷ᒲᔑꖎ ᔑリ↸ ∴𝙹リ'ℸ ̣  ᓵᔑ⚍ᓭᒷ ⍑⚍⊣ᒷ ╎ᓭᓭ⚍ᒷᓭ. ⚍リꖎᒷᓭᓭ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷ𝙹リᒷ ╎ᓭ ∷⚍リリ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹𝙹 ᒲᔑリ|| ᒲᔑᓵ⍑╎リᒷᓭ ᔑℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭᔑᒲᒷ ℸ ̣ ╎ᒲᒷ", Godiva hummed and turned to poke Sherenidy for a translation for the Hermits.

"Uh-oh, she said that it's good. Redstone machine lag is normal and won't cause huge problems. Unless someone is running too many of them at the same time", Sherenidy translated and got back to her argument.

"Is that normal?" Stress asked and gestured towards Sherenidy and Xenex.

"||ᒷᔑ⍑. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ 'ᓭ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ᓭᒷ∷╎𝙹⚍ᓭ. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ||'∷ᒷ ⋮⚍ᓭℸ ̣  ↸𝙹╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣  ʖᒷᓵᔑ⚍ᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᓵᔑリ", Godiva answered, bonking Sherenidy in the head with her fist, so she could translate the sentence.

"Oof! She said: yeah. That's nothing serious. They're just doing that because they can", she translated, casting Godiva a glare underneath her mask.

"You understand English, but don't speak it?" Keralis asked. Godiva nodded as an answer. She wasn't about to shine with her broken English skills.

"Can you see anything from underneath that mask?" Scar asked.

"⎓𝙹∷ ⚍ᓭ ∴ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑ᒷ∷ᓭ, ╎ℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ꖎ╎ꖌᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒲᔑᓭꖌᓭ ↸𝙹リ'ℸ ̣  ᒷ⍊ᒷリ ᒷ ̇/╎ᓭℸ ̣ ᓭ. ∴ᒷ ᓵᔑリ ᓭᒷᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑∷𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡ᒷ∷⎓ᒷᓵℸ ̣ ꖎ|| ᔑリ↸ ∴ᒷ ᓵᔑリ ᔑꖎᓭ𝙹 ᓭᒷᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑∷𝙹⚍⊣⍑ 𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᓭ' ᒲᔑᓭꖌᓭ", she answered, again turning to Sherenidy for translation.

"For us Watchers, it's like the masks don't even exists. We can see through them perfectly and we can also see through others' masks. That's what she said", Sherenidy translated quickly.

"Can you ever take it off?" Grian asked. He already knew the answer, but he wanted to seem less suspicious in front of the Hermits.

"╎ ᓵᔑリ ⍑╎↸ᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ , ʖ⚍ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ᔑꖌ╎リ⊣ ╎ℸ ̣  𝙹⎓⎓ ╎ᓭ ᔑ ᓵ𝙹ᒲ!¡ꖎᒷℸ ̣ ᒷꖎ|| ↸╎⎓⎓ᒷ∷ᒷリℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣. ╎ℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ʖᔑᓭ╎ᓵᔑꖎꖎ|| ᒲᒷꖎℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ╎リℸ ̣ 𝙹 ||𝙹⚍∷ ⎓ᔑᓵᒷ, ᓭ𝙹 ╎⎓ ||𝙹⚍ ℸ ̣ ∷|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ᔑꖌᒷ ╎ℸ ̣  𝙹⎓⎓, ||𝙹⚍ ⍑ᔑ⍊ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 !¡⚍ꖎꖎ ╎ℸ ̣  𝙹⎓⎓ ||𝙹⚍∷ ᓭꖌ╎リ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ 'ꖎꖎ ꖎᒷᔑ⍊ᒷ ᒲᔑ∷ꖌᓭ", Godiva grimaced. She had never done it, but could imagine the pain.

"I can hide it, but taking it off is a completely different thing. It's basically melted into your face, so if you try to take it off, you have to pull it off your skin and that'll leave marks. That's the translation for you. And I can confirm that it hurts like hell to do that", Sherenidy grimaced from experience.

        "Could I get everyone's attention now?" Xisuma called out from the podium. Everyone turned to look at him.

"If everyone is ready, we could start doing some mini games we had planned for this event", the admin continued as the silence fell over them. "I really hope that everyone has a wonderful time here! Merry Christmas everyone!"

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[24.12.2021]

(Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it! If you don't, have a nice winter break!)

(I'm probably also writing a Christmas special with The Council. I don't know if I have the time to do it for tomorrow, but I'll try. I'm also leaving to Rovaniemi, Finland then.)

(Also, I was playing Wynncraft the other day with my friends. We were in a dungeon. It was the underground crypt or something like that incase you're curious. There's the boat part and we were in the middle of it.

Well, I fell from the boat and panicked. I accidentally dropped my wand in the water before it teleported me back to the boat. I couldn't get it back, but luckily I didn't really need it anymore in that dungeon +my friends still had their weapons.

Getting a new wand was pretty nice though- I didn't have a single spare one. My friend gave me one they had found, but that was for level 53 and I'm level 52. We just continued to our next stop and from the Christmas island I managed to by myself a temporary wand :D)