Mumbo sighed as he sat on the rooftop of his newly built base. He'd had another fight with His friend Iskall about redstone and some other stupid things that all escalated into this. Mumbo looked out across the ocean when he noticed a blurr rush past him, the sound of a rocket following close by. He stood, afraid it was his friend but when he turned he saw nothing. Only an empty roof and his broken pride.

Mumbo sat back down, legs dangling over the edge of the sphere and took of his elytra placing it gently beside him looking out towards the setting sun. But after a few silent moments of sunset watching, heard yet another rocket seemingly right behind him. However when he turned, he was alone once more. Mumbo frowned and stood, walking around the edge of the rooftop and began thinking to himself out loud.

"This has got to be some cruel joke. This can't be real. First my contraptions aren't working then Iskall's fight and now this?" He sighed folded his arms, lifting one hand up to brush back his hair and placing it back by his chest, "oh great now I'm talking to myself and some... ghost or something is stalking me and..."

Mumbo sighed and put his head in his hands before peaking through his fingers at the sea below. He froze, as he looked over the edge. It was so simple. Such an easy answer to his simple problem. He chuckled and wiped a stray tear from his eye as he turned and walked back along the edge of the rooftop and leaned over to see at which point the sea became deep.

Mumbo looked around nervously, not wanting anyone to witness his pathetic undoing and when he was certain no one was nearby, shut his eyes and took a deep breath. He took one step forward before feeling a tap on his shoulder and heard a gentle, yet firm voice state, "You could use a buddy."

Mumbo turned quickly, finding no one as he felt something or someone leaning on his shoulder. "You could use a pal."

Mumbo jumped up and fell backwards into the rooftop as he sat face to face with a short, crouching blonde. The figure was small and wore dark pants with matching shoes and a red jumper. He smiled and brushed back his messy blonde hair, offering a hand to help up the redstoner from his seat. Mumbo accepted the offer and stood with him, dusting himself off as the stranger spoke once more.

"And boy the way I see it, Iskall should be leaving and you should stick around."

Mumbo looked around timidly before facing the blonde and asking, "You think so?"

The stranger nodded, " and kill him."

Mumbo paused, "What"

"Nothing," he smirked and pulled Mumbo bey the arm, spinning him around the roof top. "So Mumbo please don't end yourself, defend yourself. Iskall is the one you should blame. So how 'bout we exterminate? Assassinate-"

"No!" Mumbo cut him off and pulled his arm away, walking down the edge of the rooftop.

The blonde followed close behind him teetering on the edge of the building, "The finer points can wait but first you've gotta say my name!"

He ran in front of Mumbo and began walking backwards facing the tall man before raising arms, "Go ahead and jump but that won't stop him," he pointed to himself, "here you've got a solid Plan B option. I can bring your 'friend' there so much pain all you've gotta do is say my name."

He stopped and walked forward causing Mumbo to stumble backwards on the edge. Mumbo glanced back nervously, his hands raised defensively up between them as they walked and watched the stranger return to his rant.

"Mumbo say it three times in a row, and you won't believe how far I'll go," the stranger smirked and leaned in close to the mustached mans face and reached behind his head, seemingly materializing a baseball cap out of nowhere. He place it on his head and laughed, "I'm on the bench but coach, just put me in the game, all you've gotta do is say my name."

Mumbo thought for a minute as he was pulled down to sit on the edge with the blonde. He looked over to him and noticed the baseball cap was gone. Mumbo ran his hands through his hair and sighed, "I don't know your name."

The blonde sighed and smirked, "Well I can't say it."

Mumbo began swinging his legs, "How about a game of charades?"

"Yes, let's play it!" The stranger smiled and stood, brushing off his red sweater before holding out a hand with two fingers up.

Mumbo smiled at the blonde and turned to face him fully "Okay two parts?"

The blonde nodded and a batch of wheat appeared in his hands.

"Okay first word... Wheat?"

The stranger frowned, "No." The wheat disappeared and was replaced by a pile of sand.

Mumbo thought for a second and asked, "Beach?"

"No."

"Sand?"

"No."

"Grains?"

"Yes!" The blonde shouted before sitting in front of Mumbo excitedly, "Now rearrange the letters!"

Mumbo nodded, "Okay first try, gain?"

"No."

"Grin?"

"Close but no."

"Grian?"

"Yes!"

"Really, it's Grian?" Mumbo asked shyly as he looked up at the blonde.

Grian rolled his eyes and sighed, a hand resting on his cheek. "Wow I'm impressed. Now all you've gotta do is say my name three times." He held up three fingers, "Three times in a row it must be spoken. Unbroken. Ready?"

Mumbo smiled and sat up straight, "Yea."

"Okay go!" Grian smirked.

"Grian..." Mumbo whispered slowly.

"Yes?" Grian mumbled.

"Grian..." mumbo leaned in close to Grian, inches away from his face.

"Y-yes?" Grian asked excitedly.

"Gr..." Mumbo dragged out the word, leaning in close until they were mere centimeters apart before sitting up strait and saying, "Great try."

"What?"

"You're so smart, a stand up bro. I'll think about your offer let you know." Mumbo stood and stretched, "but I prefer my chances down below..." he turned to face Grian, "Grian?"

The blonde stood quickly, nearly tripping over his feet, "Yes?"

Mumbo smiled "Grian?"

"Yea?"

"Just because I'm young and stressed out doesn't mean that I'm an easy mark, I've been swimming with pirañas and don't need a shark." He places a hand on Grians shoulder and pats it, " yes life sucks but not that much so Grian, friend?"

"Yes?"

"Grian, hun?"

"Yea?"

Mumbo turns and faces the ocean, looking out towards the sunset. "Be a doll and spare the lecture."

"I'm offering a full time specter!" Grian pleads as his runs up in front of the taller man.

Mumbo crosses his arms, "Are you any good?"

Grian laughs and winks, "You bettcha! Trust me baby."

"I just met you", Mumbo blushes and turns away from him, "really it a flattering offer!"

"Don't you want to see him suffer?" Grian asks as Mumbo turns back to face the sea.

Mumbo walks towards the edge of the rooftop, "I think I'd rather just jump off."

"No!" Grian shouts as he grabs Mumbo's arm and pulls him away.

Mumbo takes his arm back from the blonde and frowns, "I may be suicidal, but Grian it is not as if I've lost my mind!"

"So!" Grian thinks, eyeing the redstoner from top to bottom, "Playing hardball huh? You are tougher than you look."

Mumbo smirks, "I just wanna know who I'm working with, got any references?"

At that moment, the sound of two rockets could be heard near the two, and they watched as two hermits landed besides them on the rooftop.

"Mumbo there you are!" Ren shouts as he runs up to his friend.

Stress follows closely after, her voice in a worried tone, "Are you alright?"

Grian smiled and wrapped his arms around the two new hermits and chuckled, " Ren-Dog, S-Town, my old pals!"

Ren gasped at the sight of the blonde and pushed him away from the group, and snapped "You get away from him!"

Stress turned to face the mustached man and began to explain, "Mumbo this is a dangerously unstable individual and-" she paused and her eyes shut tightly.

Mumbo watched her for a moment then looked up to Ren, who was also frozen in his spot. Mumbo worriedly lifted up Stresses head before jumping back as she exclaimed "Grians really sexy!"

Ren followed soon after shouting, "Grians super smart. I heard he is a graduate of Juilliard!" He stood next to Mumbo grabbing one of his arms, Stress latching on to the other as they spun the now confused and concerned hermit around the rooftop.

The pair began to dance and twirl Mumbo around the roof beaming "He can help, we found him on Yelp! Our troubles all ended on the day that we befriended him, every word is the truth! Grian, Grian. Grian!"

Stress and Ren fell to the floor clutching at their necks and taking in large breaths, "What the heck was that?" Stress stuttered, looking down at her hands.

Ren sat on the ground and shouted, "So violating!", before shaking his head on confusion.

Grian smiled and draped an arm around Mumbo's shoulders and gestured to the two hermits in the floor. "There you go baby, a couple of five-star reviews."

Mumbo stood frozen and shocked at the two hermits as they slowly collected themselves and shot a glance at Grian asking, "What was that?"

Grian smirked and explained "That was possession, any ghost can do that in less than one lesson."

Mumbo thought for a moment and put a hand up to his chin as he spoke, "Any ghost?"

"Pretty much, any ghost'll do sure" Grian stated reassuringly.

"Then, Grian..." Mumbo said softly, turning and placing his hand on Grian's shoulder, "what do I need you for?"

Grians face fell into one of shock as he started to take a few steps back, putting his hands up defensively in front of him. He panicked and began to speak, pouring out as many excuses as he could. Mumbo walked forward and stared into Grians eyes as he stumbled back and exclaimed, "Woah, woah, woah woah woah! Hold up, hold up, baby, I'm your pal, they're sweet, but I'm a demon straight from hell, and I know I went a little hard on the sell, but we're BF-F-F-F's forever!"

Mumbo smirked as he placed a hand on Grian's shoulder before glancing down, then back up to Grians eyes and lightly pushed forward, sending the now howling demon hurdling over the edge of his base and into the crashing sea.

"Mumbo!" Both Stress and Ren shouted as they rushed over to the edge, searching in vain for the now missing blonde.

"What?" Mumbo asked, adjusting his tie and walking back across the rooftop,"He was already dead and you heard what he said, any ghost can do that possession stuff."

Ren and Stress turned and glanced at each other before turning back to Mumbo who now stood at anther edge of the roof, staring out at the now starlit sky. He smiled and turned to his fellow hermits, "We don't need that demon, the three of us alone can wreck his evening. "

Mumbo ran over to his friends and placed a hand on each of their shoulders, "Together we can make that grown man weep, guys, we got a dinner date to keep."

Ren pulled up his sunglasses and smiled before placing a hand back on Mumbo's shoulder, "So what's the plan?"

Mumbo smiled and took a few steps back before thinking outloud, "To teach him a lesson, he's gonna freak when we possess him!" He turns and looks up to the moon, grinning into its glow as he finishes his thoughts, "So he wants the perfect brother, I'll lead that deer to the hunter. Yeah, I got game. I'm gonna make him say my name."

Stress frowned and looked over to the two men before asking, "Make him say your name?"

"I'll make him say my name" Mumbo said with a determined smile.

Ren clenched his fists and raised them in the air and shouted, "Yea, make him say your name!"

Mumbo put his arm out in the center of their group as he gushed, "I'll make him say my name."

Ren put his hand in the center as they both turned to Stress, who smiled and sighed, "Make him say your name."

They all leaned in as Ren stated, "And were not running away."

They all raised their hands up triumphantly as Mumbo turned to face the sky and shouted into the night, "I'll make him say my name!"

Authors note: Sorry it's been a while since I've updated, current events have kept me busy but I'll be updating more often now! Thank you all so much for reading and I hope you enjoy whats next to come!