Author's Note: Part 8! We are actually nearing the end already. I have ideas for a body-switching Hermitcraft story, so after this story I may tackle that story next.

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 Iskall's POV:

 This was awful. Grian was now practically a baby. The only thing that didn't make any sort of sense was that Grian could talk but Impulse couldn't.

 I shook my head as I noticed Doc trotting over to me. Doc climbed onto the bed; his tail twitching as he let out a disgruntled growl. 

 " Do you need help?" I chuckled as I pulled Doc up. He huffed and sat down with a dead expression.

 " Thank you."

 I jumped as I heard his voice, " W.... Wha...." Doc lowered his head slightly, " Don't say anything out loud. It may alert him to me." Doc continued as his red eye glowed.

 I made my own eye glow as I continued to think, " Who is him?" I questioned as Doc glanced briefly at Joe before returning to me, " The evil personality of Joe. I have a feeling that he did this to Ren and me, but you guys won't get that answer out of him." 

 The both of us sighed, " Wait, how are you... Well you right now?" I questioned narrowing my eye as Doc laid down; his arms tucked underneath him. 

 He laid his head down, " The cyborg side of me." he licked at the quills on his arm, " It's keeping my mind intact, but it couldn't do the same with my body unfortunately." he answered as his tail twitched.

 " I suppose that's a good thing." I gave him a weak smile, " Evil Joe won't be able to pick up that you can talk." I leaned forward and pet his head. Doc let out a growl, " Don't pet me." he bared his teeth as I swiftly took my hand away.

  " Is Ren still Ren?" I questioned to try and change the subject, but Doc simply shook his head.

 " Ren is sadly almost a full on dog. I tried to establish a connection with him, but the only words I could get out of him was fear, memory, and locked away." he stuck his forked tongue out and made a sad noise.

  I crossed my arms, " Is whatever effecting him just keeping him trapped in his own mind?" I questioned as I looked over at Ren. Ren was awake and grooming the sleeping little Impulse.

 I shivered. Now that I knew that the actual human Ren was trapped in his own head and witnessing himself do doglike actions. That must be terrible. 

 I looked back at Doc as he stood up, " I'm going to go check on Impulse and Ren... I may also be able to catch a bit of the interrogation." he let out a chuckle as I felt Doc leave my mind.

 Doc trotted over to the dog and child. He laid down next to them, and Ren decided to nuzzle him. Doc gave him a sad look as Ren licked him.

 This day has been a lot. From Grian being poisoned all the way to me getting stabbed in my side. Life on this server just keeps getting weirder. 

 The most confusion think; however, was Evil Joe. How is he behind everything? Cleo had said that he poisoned Grian, and Doc had stated that he had a feeling that Evil Joe was behind Doc and Ren's current situation. I suppose that Evil Joe could've gotten to Impulse as well, yet that formed a multitude of unanswered questions:

 1. What took over Joe and forced him to be split into two differing personalities? 

 2. What made Mumbo lie constantly?

 3. What took Zedaph's voice away?

 I shook my head. Well, I wasn't going to find the answer by being stuck in this bed the whole time. I thought with a frown. I looked past Doc, Ren, and Impulse as Mumbo came out of the bathroom with a chicken onesie wearing Grian in his arms.

 Mumbo took notice of the interrogation, avoided the trio on the floor, and made it over to me. He plopped himself down on the bed. Grian looked at me, " Skaaallll...." he wiggled out of Mumbo's arms and crawled to the side of me that wasn't hurt. 

 Grian nuzzled his way against me as he grappled my arm with his little hands. He laid his head on my side with a comfortable sigh. I shook my head. This was adorable. 

 Mumbo and I looked at each other, " How is he handling your lying thing?" I asked as Mumbo looked at him, " He's surprisingly not handling it well." he frowned down at Grian. 

 Mumbo continued to explain that Grian had most of his memories regarding each of our situations. I rubbed my hand through Grian's hair. He looked up at me with a tired expression, " I sleepy." he mumbled as I put my arm around him. 

 Grian ended up quickly falling asleep against me; his breathing was a bit shaky, but he soon breathed easier as he let out a cooing sound. 

 The two of us continued to quietly talk until Cleo and Stress came back. The two of them sat down on the bed in front of us.

 " We managed to get normal Joe out." she explained as she looked back at Joe, who had his back turned away from us. 

 " What happened?" Mumbo asked as Cleo crossed her arms, " Turns out that there is some sort of virus that got into Joe's body splitting him into his normal self and evil self." she explained as Stress nodded.

 " Okay.... What happened to Zedaph and me though?" Mumbo asked as he tilted his head. Stress looked at him, " The same virus, but X and Biffa said they were working on changing you three's code back to normal." she explained as I raised an eyebrow.

 " When did you talk to Biffa or X?" I asked as Stress widened her eyes, " I called Biffa up over there, and he confirmed Joe's story. " she explained with an awkward smile.

 I scratched the back of my head, " What do we do about Grian, Impulse, Doc, and Ren?" I asked as Stress and Cleo looked back at the floor trio, " Grian and Impulse will turn back in a day." Cleo turned back to look at us, " Doc and Ren need a potion made in order to snap them back to normal." she stood up and walked over to the trio.

 Cleo gently picked Impulse up; his let out a confused noise as he looked up at Cleo, " Hiiiii..." he waved as Cleo gave him a small smile, " Hi little guy... Do you wanna turn back to normal?" she asked as Impulse tilted his head, " Was a normal?" he asked and Cleo sighed.

 " You're adorable buddy...." she gave him a sad smile as she sat back down next to Stress, " Do you want to be an adult again?" Cleo asked again as Impulse thought for a moment, " I guess I do..." he shrugged his shoulders as he laid down on Cleo's lap. 

 The three of them continued to talk to Impulse and tried to explain what happened to him in a way that a child could understand. I looked towards Doc and Ren as they came over to join us. Doc climbed back onto my bed, and Ren got on top of the other bed with Stress, Cleo, and Impulse.

 Doc looked at me.

 " Looks like we'll be normal soon."