Characters featured: _EvilXisuma_, Coolrena, TheJingler

[Banned Evil_Xisuma]

Banned.

Banned.

No, no, he couldn't be banned, he had to stay in Hermitcraft, why did he have to leave?

Why was his brother making him leave?

He hadn't even hurt anyone this time

His brother was staring at him in disgust

well, what else is new?

And then he was leaving

And then his brother wasn't there anymore

instead?

light light light light light

It was all bright

Then it didn't smell like concrete and wood and stone like the building he was in

He's been banned before, he knew what was happening, he was in a different, probably uninhabited world.

He felt dirt and grass beneath his feet and running through his fingers freely. The distant noises of animals and leaves rustle rustling in the wind were all to be heard.

He didn't want to open his eyes

He knew what he would see

He was alone again.

footsteps

"Hello?"

He opened his eyes

looked up

There was a girl. She had cat ears and a guarded expression.

There was someone with a mask. He couldn't see their expression.

The girl waved. "I'm Rena, you are...?"

The masked one placed a sign down in the ground. It said "#Jingled," whatever that meant. Rena rolled her eyes. The masked one flew away on their elytra. This must be a regular occurrence.

Rena looked at him. He realized he hadn't answered her question. He didn't want to. She sighed. "Look, I need to figure out if you're a threat or not. There are so many on the server it's hard to keep track."

A threat?

Hilarious.

If he was a threat, the admin could just ban him like usual.

"I know what you're thinking. You've obviously just been banned, given your.... despairing expression, but you won't be here. We're not even sure if we have a proper admin, seeing so much evil is going on...." Rena sighed. "So, what's your name?"

Not being banned?

Also hilarious.

But she seemed sincere.

So he decided to tell her, even if he got shunned for having the word "evil" in his name.

"Evil Xisuma."

Rena replied almost immediately, "Well, Evil Xisu- can I call you EX? It's a lot easier- anyway, are you really evil?"

Evil?

Really evil?

"Depends who you're talking to."

"I'll take that as a no." Rena held out a hand.

Should he shake it?

He does.

Rena smiled rather wolfishly, which seemed ironic for a likely cat hybrid. "Welcome to Hermittpad, the server for lost causes, genuinely friendly people, and villains with deity-like powers. Glad you could join the club."

....

Hermittpad, huh?

Sounds an awful lot like Hermitcraft....

Who knows?

Maybe there were some similarities between the servers.

Maybe there were people who would look like the ones who rejected him.

Maybe there would be conflicts just like the ones he's watched play out before.

Maybe there would be villains he'd never seen before.

But maybe,

just maybe,

there were people who would accept him

even if

he was

evil.

And with this thought in mind, he smiled, and let Rena drag him away to show him around.