This is story is incredibly short and I apologize for that. I'll explain why in the end of the chapter.

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--Beef’s POV--

"Etho please don't go near the water." 

The little ninja ignored my call and continued observing the salt water in deep thought. Ever since we left my base, Etho has been distracted by every single thing that seemed new to him. There was nothing wrong with being curious, but God are we never gonna get there to the daycare in time. 

"Why do fishes don't breathe?" He asked curiously, pointing at the blurry figure of the sea creatures under the water. 

"It's not like fishes can't breathe, they jus-... You can learn more about them from Auntie Cleo, I heard that she used to be a pirate," I explained. 

Both young Etho and XB gasped, their eyes filled with more curiosity . "Auntie Cleo was a pirate! Wow.." XB exclaimed. 

"If we go to the daycare then maybe we can ask Auntie Cleo about her adventures as a pirate. So are we gonna go inside or not?" I asked Etho softly. 

"Aww yeah! Come on Etho," XB grabbed the boy's arm before he would even respond, and the two swiftly entered inside the virtual reality. 

I followed the two inside, immediately noticing the big robot covering half of the room. All the walls and ceilings were covered with light blue wool and lime wool spreading across the floor, and the small replica of the mustache headquarters that is currently standing outside this building as we speak. 

"So this is Grumbot's virtual world?...huh." 

I noticed a group of young hermits surrounding poor Cleo, yelling out their questions with full excitement. "Auntie Cleo, is it true that you were a pirate?" 

"Wait, where did you hear that-" 

"Auntie Cleo's a pirate? I want to be a pirate!" Young Ren exclaimed.

"Me too!" 

"Let's make a boat!" 

"YEAH!!" Everyone cheered. 

"But Jellies don't like water," Scar pouted. 

"Don't worry Scar, I have big brain. I'll make the boat dry," Iskall explained to the young mayor. 

"Boats are already dry, silly.." Mumbo muttered. 

"I'm not silly, you're silly!" 

"No you! I'll make the boat!" 

"I have big brain, so I'll make the boat!" 

I carefully pushed my way to the small crowd of kids and separated the two little redstoners from each other, before one of them would do something they would regret later. "Mumbo, Iskall, no fighting. Instead, why don't you two make the boat together? How does that sound?" 

Mumbo and Iskall both shared a confused look before giving each other an eager little nod. "Okay! Mumbo will need help 

with  me and my big brain anyway." 

"I have big brain too!" 

The two continued bickering to one another until one of the kids walked up to them with the materials to make the boat. They immediately forget about  their argument and started construction of the boat. I scoffed at the two…

"Morning Uncle Beef, sorry if it's noisy," Joe walked up to me with an apologetic smile. 

"That's quite alright Joe. You kids just love pirates."

Cleo escaped from the crowd of kids, glaring lightly at me. "You told them, didn't you?" 

"Hey, I needed a way to persuade Etho and XB to come to the new daycare. But it seems like you need some help with the kids here. Right?" 

A smirk formed on Cleo's pale face. She took out a stack of oak blocks and swiftly pushed stacked the blocks to my arms.

" Okay 'honey' ~~~ Go help the kids make a boat while I go make snacks for the kids. Love you!" She tried to hold her laughter till she skipped her way to the back of Grumbot. Her evil laughs echoed faintly  through the walls. 

"Wha-Cleo? CLEO?!" 

"Ohh? Is 'mama' gonna get the milk?" Joe asked quite innocently. 

I tried my damn hardest not to glare at the poor oblivious Joehills, took one good sigh, and finally looked at the young hermit. "Auntie Cleo told you to say that, didn't she?" 

"She kept on laughing about it, but I still don't understand why it's funny."

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Again, sorry if this chapter was too short.

I already prepared the full story for this chapter, but then I found this particular post in reddit that caught my eye, so I chose not to post it for now.

Honestly it's really tempting to post the story, but I feel like this is really not the appropriate time to post this certain chapter...

For now, go show some love for the hermits! It could be for Hypno, Xisuma, False, Ren, Jevin!... Any hermit! ^^