Iskall paced in Scar's living room, trying to put all the clues together. They had all the puzzle pieces, but they had no clue how to start.

Scar was sitting on his couch, and Xisuma was casually leaning against the wall.

"So, uh... I'm gonna read off the clues we have." Scar cleared his throat and read from the book he was holding. "First, we know he's always been a Fae, but something sparked the physical changes."

"Second, the glitches he's experienced have turned out not to be glitches."

Xisuma nodded. "I checked my bug-fix history, and from what it looks like, all the 'glitches' that have happened to Grian have fixed themselves."

"Third, we have the more interesting bit. The connections to Creative mode." Scar closed the book and tapped his fingers on his knee. "There's of course the flying. That's easily connected to Creative mode."

"Along with the glamour." Xisuma pointed out. "Those in creative mode, and sometimes high-ranking admins can access commands that can change their appearance, and even once called 'vanish' that turns them invisible."

Scar hummed in response. "Also, those in Creative mode have immortality, and Fae in legends have been portrayed as half-immortal, or at least, they live longer than any player, and don't age very quickly."

"It is possible for one in Creative mode to die, but the circumstances have to be just right. And even then, thy'll respawn." Xisuma said.

"Really?" Iskall asked. "How?"

Xisuma answered simply. "By falling out of the world."

"You mean into the void?" Iskall frowned. "Isn't it easy for someone in Creative to just... Fly out? Some End islands are at a pretty low altitude."

"Not exactly." Xisuma sighed. "Firstly, it's possible to die in that way in the overworld."

"But what about the Bedrock layer?" Iskall stopped pacing.

"Creative mode users can break bedrock, and underneath the layer is the same void as you'd find in the End." Xisuma explained. "And second, once you fall far enough into the void, it takes a hold of you and drags you down. While it's certainly possible to escape by flying, the Void isn't as inanimate as you'd think. It knows how to kill just about anything."

Scar shivered. "It's that powerful?"

"Maybe. No one's completely sure." Xisuma glanced at Scar. "Anyways, we're getting off track. We were talking about connections between Fae and Creative Mode, yes?"

"Uh yeah." Scar opened the book again. "There's also the whole plants thing. The Fae in legends were able to grow plants with little to no bone meal."

"I mean, when Grian was a Hippie, his gardens and farms were always prospering." Iskall pointed out.

"So what we have so far is the idea that Fae is connected to Creative mode." Xisuma pulled out his communicator. "Now we need to figure out why and how." He pulled up the server player list and read over Grian's information again.

"He's still listed as a Player in Survival Mode." Xisuma scrolled down. "....Scratch that." He paused and reloaded the page. "That's strange."

"What? Did something change?" Scar shot up from the couch.

Xisuma nodded. "He's still listed as a player, but now he's in Adventure mode."

"Adventure mode?" Iskall cocked his head.

"Yeah, it's like a weird mix of Spectator and Survival." Xisuma frowned. "Although, from what it looks, he has a full range of breaking and placing blocks which is odd." Xisuma dove deeper into the information, a confused look on his face. "The only thing that classifies him as Adventure Mode is his spawnpoint and a command I certainly didn't put in."

"Elaborate."

Xisuma nodded and closed the screens down. "As you know, you can change your spawnpoint by sleeping. In Adventure mode, even if you sleep, you will continue to spawn wherever world spawn is."

"And the command?" Scar asked curiously.

"It's a Keep Inventory command. It allows a player to keep all the stuff in their inventory even after they die. It says the entered command was a result of the sudden mode change."

"Oh." Iskall exchanged looks with Xisuma and Scar.

Scar then paused. "Hey wait. Xisuma, it's possible to enter Admin commands unconsciously, right?"

"Very small ones, yes." Xisuma nodded.

"Well, what if Grian's magic is tied to that. Like, casting Dolphin's grace in himself as an example. All his magic can be translated into console commands, right?"

"I mean, console commands are technically a fancy way of saying 'magic that admins can use' so, that makes sense."

"And if Grian's magic is tied to his emotions..." Iskall felt the pieces begin to click in place.

Scar nodded. "If Grian was about to die, and he was scared of losing his stuff, he could've unconsciously cast the Keep Inventory command on himself."

"Which means he probably changed his mode on accident in the process. But that means..." Xisuma trailed off.

Iskall finished his sentence. "Grian could possibly access Creative mode."

It began to make sense. From what they gathered, Grian could easily change console commands and modes, in a more psychic way. That correlated with the idea that Fae were connected to Creative mode. Fae magic was just literal magic. Fae were Players that had console magic at their fingertips, as if they could change the code of the world itself.

"There's also the curses that Grian mentioned were in that book of his. I think it's possible that those were new potion effects were created by messing with the code." Scar pointed out. "The Faerie Stroke for example, is basically a super slow wither effect, but it directly attacks the player's actual life essence."

"So we know why. We just need to figure out how." Xisuma nodded. "Sounds like some all nighters. The best way to figure this out is to look through the Admin Change Log, and that could take days on end." He glanced at the Hermits in front of him. "I'll need your help."

Iskall grinned. "Well, if we're really gonna have sleepless nights, then we'll need a well-lit bunker to protect against Phantoms. We all slept last night, right?"

Scar and Xisuma nodded.

"I'll build the bunker, you two can get started on the search." Scar rolled up his sleeves. "I'll have it done before sundown."