Iren, still grumbling to himself, wandered around the server, watching as the hermits did their daily business. Soon enough, he found himself at a giant castle on an iceberg, and was confused as to how he didn't notice it before. Well, it's not like he could feel cold or hot anymore. Either way, he was pretty flipping blind.

A British voice boomed out of nowhere. "Hello, Iskall!" Iren flinched at the sudden shouting, but sighed. Then a lightbulb went off in his head. That 'Iskall' guy. He remembered him from that little group, the Architechs or whatever, he didn't remember or care.

"Yep, I'll be there in half an hour! Just clearin' some fings up! Of course, love, where would ya be without me?"

Huh, she seems really close to him... Maybe I can do this again! Nothing can go wrong!

Iren slowly got closer to Stress, grinning. He realised he didn't even need to be sneaky, no one could see him anyway, nor could he interact with objects. He pretty much ran up to Stress, the thought of revenge on Cub filling him with excitement. He placed a hand on Stress' shoulder, or about as close to actually touching her as he could. After a few moments, her eyes started to glow blue, and he disappeared in a flash of light.

~~~

"Hey! Why's it so dark in 'ere!" Stress shouted, tugging at the chains which rattled in the void. She heard a chuckle, and sighed. "Listen, I'm not gonna ask again! Get me outta he'e or you'll see a side to me ya don't like!"

Iren walked towards her, arms behind his back, smiling. "Oh, Stress. Don't worry your pretty little head." He stopped in front of her, kneeling down and lifting her head to meet his. She just glared. "I'm sure you're very tired after taking care of all the hermits! In fact, I think I should take over for a bit!"

Iren stood up like he had this great idea, smiling creepily wide. Stress just stared him down. "Give you some time to rest, you know? You deserve it, after all you do for them!" Stress tried to stand up, but the chains were too short, causing her to just fall back down.

"Now, you take it easy. I think I'll take it from here..."

~~~

Iskall85: Stress, u ready? :D

Iskall85: Streeeeesssssss wake upppppp

Iskall85: Stress ive been here like 10 mins where u at

Iskall85: ...Stress? Are you okay? You're never late.

StressMonster101: Hi.

Iskall85: Yo where you been man I've been here like 20 minutes, ur never this late!

StressMonster101: Yeah. Well, sorry, I have better things to do.

Iskall85: Wdym

StressMonster101: I honestly don't want to see you right now. You're pretty annoying, you know that?

Iskall85: ...Excuse me?

StressMonster101: Stop texting me. Go bug someone else. I could care less. Just leave me alone.

Iskall85: Stress, you're not acting like yourself...

StressMonster101: I don't care.

Iskall85: Stress, I am coming over there right now. You and I are going to talk, I want to know what's wrong.

Iskall85: Are you upset? Angry? Did someone say something about you?

StressMonster101: ...Shut up.

*StressMonster101 has left the chat room.*

~~~

Iskall knew something was wrong with Stress.

His gut said Stress wasn't okay. The moment Stress said those harsh words and didn't use any emoticons, he knew something was up. He quickly landed at Stress' base, a strong sense of panic filling his chest. He rushed into the castle, slipping on the ice floor slightly, dashing through the halls. He slid to a halt as he found Stress just staring at her phone.

Barely know how this stupid thing works... What are all these buttons and why do they exist... What the hell is a What... What Pad? A What Pad? Huh, weird...

"Stress!"

'Stress' panicked for a moment, almost dropping her phone, before returning to her cold state.

"I told you to leave me alone."

Iskall stepped forwards, confused. "Yeah, well, I wanted to see if something was up. Can we sit down over a cup of tea, or- Oh! We can bake something if you'd like, I know that always helps you unwind! Or we could... Hey, we could also go make flower crowns if you'd like? I know you enjoy those!" As Iskall rambled about what Stress enjoyed, 'Stress' was standing there, slowly growing more frustrated.

"You're so loud and annoying! Just shut up for once!"

Iskall stared at Stress, then frowned.

"I don't think you're Stress."

'Stress' panicked internally.

Oh my god, HOW does he know?! What do I do?! I'm screwed, I'm screwed, I'm screwed, I'm scre- Wait! Just act normal!

"Of course I'm Stress, you absolute idiot!"

Iskall crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes. "Okay, well, if you really are Stress, then when is the last time we hung out?"

Heck.

"U-uh... it was... before... the whole Grian, you and Mumbo argument thing happened...?"

Iskall sighed, raising an eyebrow. "Okay, and what did we do?"

He definitely knows.

Need I remind you who is in control here?!

Alright, sorry, then! You carry on I guess!

Thank you.

"We-we..." 'Stress' clicked her fingers, desperately trying to think of something.

"Well?"

"We... We made cupcakes! Yes!" She pointed at Iskall, who smirked in amusement.

"You know what? I guess you're Stress."

What?!

I knew it would work! I'm so smart!

...

Aw, are you out of things to say...

"Of course I'm Stress! Now get out of here! I'm sick of looking at you."

Iskall turned around slowly. "Sure thing, Ill leave... Iren." Iskall quickly turned around, whipping out his sword.

"Wait, wha-" 'Stress', or, Iren, was cut off, as he was pinned against the wall, with Iskall's sword against his neck.

"You better get out of Stress' body, Iren, or I will use this."

He knew it wasn't me!

"What can you do, Swedish man?! I'm still in her body, remember?! Hurt me, and you hurt her!"

~~~

Not for long.

Stress pulled on the chains, glad that Iskall knew it wasn't her. The chains had weakened as Iren was losing his grip on her. Then, one of them broke. She worked quickly to get the other one of her left arm, and the moment it shattered, she felt something pulling her towards the screen that forced her to watch what Iren was doing.

~~~

Iren was ejected from Stress' body suddenly, as he landed face first on the ground, Stress fell to her knees as Iskall dropped his sword, dropping to her level. Stress looked up at Iskall, and gave him a weak smile. Iskall smiled back, helping the server mother figure up, and then dragging her into a hug. Iren quickly stood up and scarpered, even though no one could see him, he wasn't going to stick around.

Iskall then remembered the situation, and spun around.

"And stay out of her head!"

Stress laughed at Iskall, who was pulling out his phone, and sent a message to the hermitcraft group chat.

~~~

Iskall85: Hey guys just had a run in with the jerk, he possessed Stress for a bit but I easily sorted him out

Xisumavoid: You mean Iren?

Iskall85: Yep. I think he's still weak from our last battle because it didn't take much

Xisumavoid: Oh goodness, okay...

Xisumavoid: @Hermits! Iren has been seen around the server by Iskall, he's still weak from our last battle, but just a warning. Stay safe and be careful. If you think or know someone is possessed, please mention it!!!

Grian: Oh god not again

TangoTek: I think me, Impulse and Zed will stay together for a little while to keep safe

FalseSymmetry: If anyone feels unsafe, tell me and I'll come over there and make sure nothing gonna hurt you I'll kick his ass if he possesses one of you

Xisumavoid: Language

FalseSymmetry: Sorry ._.

Xisumavoid: But everyone please stay safe, I don't want anyone hurt

CubFan135: why can't he just go away

GoodTimeWithScar: You okay, Cub? Do you need some support?

Zedaph: Can you guys do this in another chat

iJevin: Don't act like you, Impulse and Tango don't act like this here

ImpulseSV: (Image Attached)

iJevin: Rude

(Xisumavoid deleted a message)

Xisumavoid: No middle finger pictures here

ImpulseSV: He started it

JoeHillsSays: And I'm ending it

Xisumavoid: Can you guys just stay safe please ;-;

Xisumavoid: I have coding to do so I'm muting the chat in a second

Docm77: Don't stress X out guys

ZombieCleo: Oooooo~

Docm77: Shut up.

Xisumavoid: Smh.

(Xisumavoid muted the chat room)

MumboJumbo: Grian, can I stay at your base... I don't feel too safe...

Grian: Sure, Mumby, come over whenever

Iskall85: Imma make sure Stress isn't feeling too bad, cya

Grian: o/

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God finally

I was planning on updating this yesterday but it was like 1 am and I wanted to sleep so

Iren is back and he's still garbage at his job