Word Count : 2287 (👀)

Warnings : Cursing, my headcanons, slight OOC?

Requested By : Skylar-Does-Things

Hermits (Major) : Hypnotized, iJevin,

Hermits (Minor) : XisumaVoid, Jessassin, Biffa2001, Joe Hills, FalseSymmetry, ZombieCleo, Welsknight, TinFoilChef, xBCrafted,

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Headcanon : The hermits hate talking about their pasts. Some of them don't even remember them due to trauma or just because they've been successful at moving on, despite said trauma and hardships.
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Also I'm hella sorry this took so long- ;-;

And I couldn't exactly make it xB, Wels, Hypno and Jevin angst cuz my headcanon lore for them all WONT MCHECCIN' ALLOW IT-
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Hypno panted heavily, his lungs burned from breathing in the excessive amounts of cool air but he couldn't stop now. 

He knew it. He fucking knew it. He knew that Eight-Five was near but the threat of Mister K's wraith looming over him forced him to move prematurely against his target. 

Well the target got away, and Eight-Five was chasing after him to end his life. 

Turning a sharp dark alley corner, Hypnotized's feet scraped across the cobblestone path as he continued to run at full speed. Any decrease or stumble on his part would mean death. 

Another pair of light feet continued to be audible not far behind him. That alone caused his heart rate to spike. 

Turning yet another corner, Hypno knocked down bins and a stack of crates to try and slow down his pursuer. The bins and crates made a loud commotion as they fell. 

He didn't dare look back to see if Eight-Five was still pursuing, but he didn't dare stop to catch his breath. 

Retreating further into unknown territory, Hypno made a right and then a left. The shadows surrounded him, practically swallowing him whole, but he was used to it. The shadows felt like a second home for the betrayed like him during The Depression. 

Finally all at once it felt like Hypno could no longer breathe. The lack of oxygen staggered him to a stop. 

Gasping for air as he leaned against a brick wall, Hypno looked down to the ground for only a microsecond before looking back up. 

Once he did, the threat that was Eight-Five was standing at least fifteen blocks from him. 

All at once it felt like Hypno's heart stopped beating right there and then as panic washed over him. Oh god he was going to die and no one would ever know. 

Feeling the edges of hyperventilation, Hypno began to slowly back away. 

Eight-Five all the while approached like a predator cornering its prey. 

Trembling, Hypno's back tapped against a wall, promptly securing his demise. 

Doing his best not to focus on the death machine that was about to end him- Hypnotized shut his eyes and listened. 

The taps of shoes hitting the stone eventually stopped before one defined cock of a gun replaced them. 

Hypno squeezed his eyes shut tighter and sucked in one last deep breath of air before he blacked out. 

The gun went off with a bang, followed by a yell. 

At first there was just a numb feeling from shaking, but after the numb feeling disappeared with Hypno having yet to feel the excruciating agony of a gunshot wound- it left said person with one question. 

Releasing the breath of air he had been holding, Hypno greedily sucked in more and opened his eyes. What he saw next was something that he wasn't quite sure was good or bad. 

"What the fuck." He expressed before just staring. 

Standing in front of him now was the silhouette of someone who looked terrifyingly demon-like. With their legs visibly bent like an ostrich's and hands that had sharp looking claws. 

The demon silhouette was snarling at Eight-Five, standing almost defensively in front of Hypno as it remained at attack ready. 

"Is it… defending me?" Hypno questioned dumbly. 

Standing there in shock, Hypno didn't process a hand come up and grab his forearm. He only snapped back to reality when the hand forcefully yanked him in a random direction. 

Yelping out, Hypno attempted to rip his hand away, but he stopped when he realized that the person behind the hand was literally a dirty blue color. 

"Come on!" The blue person hissed, continuing to have a harsh death grip around Hypno's wrist. 

Having no choice, the assassin on the run followed suit. 

The blue person sprinted off in a direction unknown to Hypno. Literally and figuratively lighting the way for him. 

The pair turned multiple corners, they turned so many of them that Hypno eventually lost count. The unknown darkness also didn't help. 

"W-Wait," Hypno gasped out, tripping over his feet a couple of times, only to regain balance and continue running. "Where are w-we going?" 

The blue person eventually made one last turn before drawing to a stop. "Just shut up and start climbing." 

Hypno drew in greedy breath after greedy breath. "Climb?" He questioned, his voice having gone up a little bit. 

"Yes, climb!" The blue person replied as if he thought Hypno were stupid. They pointed upward and Hypno followed with his eyes. 

Hypno stared at the tall wall that was in front of them. He hesitated. The wall wasn't too high, but it was completely flat with nothing to grip onto. "Wh-What do you mean? I can't climb that, it's too steep." 

The blue person groaned. "Oh my gods, fine. I'll give you a boost. Just hurry, I'm not sure how long my demon friend is going to last against that other weirdo." 

Hypno watched as his new blue friend put their back against the wall and crouched down in a squat position. They put their hands together and formed a cup before locking- eyes?- with Hypno once more. "Hurry up now!" 

Hypno swallowed the lump that was forming in the back of his throat before walking up in front of the other. He set one foot in the blue person's hands and adjusted his other foot. 

"Ready? Three, two, one-" 

In the blink of an eye, Hypno found himself being lifted flawlessly off the ground and into the air. Before he knew it, his hands found the top of the wall and grabbed onto it like it were a life line. 

Gasping out, Hypno scrambled to steady himself on the top of the wall. "Holy shit that was impressive." He complimented. 

After finding enough courage, Hypno maneuvered himself so that he was looking back down to where his new friend was. "But what about-" 

Hypno stopped. 

The blue skinned person that had helped him was gone. It was like he had vanished. 

Guess that meant Hypno was on his own again. His friend had gotten him that far, best not let that effort go to waste. 

With a bite of his lip, Hypnotized turned back around and jumped off, landing skillfully on the other side of the wall where he would hopefully be safe for a little bit. 

Once he had caught his breath, Hypno continued on with one thought lingering in the back of his head. 

"Who was that?" 

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Time Skip - Beginning Of Hermitcraft Season 2 
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XisumaVoid : Everyone please meet in the shopping district to meet our newest members as a whole group please! 

Biffa2001 : Omw 

Joe Hills : Alrighty then 

Hypno blinked as he read over his comm messages. Right, Hermitcraft had just gotten a handful of new members. 

Shaking his head, Hypno put his comm away and started to make his way towards the shopping district. It would be rude to be the last one there. 

With ender pearls and over just a half a stack of steak at the ready, Hypno began his trek. 

In no time, Hypno found himself nearing the shopping district. He could see Jessassin and Biffa also just arriving. 

Running the rest of the way, he fell into step beside Biffa. "Hey Biffa! Are you excited?" 

The taller hermit turned his head to Hypno and gave a half hearted shrug. "Eh, bunch of newbies, that's all they really are to me." 

Hypno scrunched his face before fixing it back to it's more chirpy expression. "True, but they're newbies that Eh-Suma saw and personally decided they each deserved a spot on the server. You know- just like us!" 

Biffa laughed and shook his head. "Man, Keralis being not as threatening as you first thought has really gotten you to lighten up hasn't it?" 

Hypno nodded. "Yep. And there's no stopping me now." 

Biffa at first seemed exasperated, but the expression quickly shifted to that of relief. "Heh, good." 

Hypno couldn't help but show an even bigger grin at the positive validation. 

The two fell silent as they walked in time before finally reaching the others. 

Xisuma was standing facing the original group and had his back to the newer group of people that had arrived. 

With the new group, there was an obvious cloud of anxiety and tension. Hypno expected it, they were new people on an unknown server. 

But despite the atmosphere, Hypno's eyes immediately began scanning the new group of people. He took in faces and overall appearances. 

There were two women simply watching and observing. One of the ladies had long fiery red hair and green skin, and the other had golden blonde hair. 

An older gentleman with greying brown hair stood near the back end of the group with his hands tucked away in his pant pockets. 

There was another younger man standing next to the tall orange haired woman with similar posture to the older man. 

Then finally- 

Hypno choked on air as his throat constricted on him. 

Standing in the middle of the group was a light blue colored humanoid slime. The slime was holding an underweight appearing ten year old boy- who was sleeping peacefully against him. 

Hypno's gag on nothing unfortunately did not go unnoticed by any of his original comrades- or any of the newer people. 

"Great fucking first start, Hypnotized." He scowled mentally as almost all eyes turned to him. 

Hypno eventually recollected himself from shure embarrassment by pretending to play off the choke with a fake coughing fit. 

Biffa was the first to respond to his fake distress by giving his back a handful of rough smacks. 

"You alright? Spit go down the wrong pipe or something, Hypno?" Xisuma questioned. 

Hypno cringed and bit back a wince at the harsh slaps to the back, but he did slowly allow himself to recover from his fake fit and held up a wordless thumbs up and nodded his head twice. 

Xisuma simply laughed at him before addressing the others. "Well, I'm pleased to introduce to all my old friends our new members behind me!" 

The young admin stepped aside and gestured dramatically towards the new players. He grinned widely at them behind his helmet. "Well then? Go on! Introduce yourselves!" 

An awkward pause ensued. 

After a long moment of nobody speaking, the golden blonde woman spoke up as she stared at Xisuma in confusion. "Wait, we're introducing ourselves? I thought you were doing that?" 

Xisuma froze on the spot and he fumbled over a couple of words. "Uhh, I misspoke. Nevermind- you all introduce yourselves, I'll shut up." 

A handful of groans- followed by laughter filled the air. The atmosphere suddenly felt a lot lighter, and the previous cloud of anxiety felt no longer present. 

The golden blonde haired woman simply shook her head before turning to address the rest. "I'm FalseSymmetry." 

Another silence wave fell among the group, but this one didn't last as long. 

The fiery red head was second to speak up. "I'm ZombieCleo." 

"I'm xBCrafted." The younger man stated, speaking up third. 

The older man spoke up next. "I'm TinFoilChef." 

Finally all eyes fell to the light blue slime and the little boy in its arms. 

Hypno also took the chance to look at the slime humanoid again without choking on air. He swore he had seen the player before, but from where? 

It was clear that having all eyes on him was something the slime wasn't used too, as he visibly squirmed in his place and drew the sleeping little kid closer to his chest. 

With cautious eyes, the blue player spoke. "I'm iJevin." 

Joe was the first to speak after Jevin did. "And what's the kids' name?" 

Jevin hesitated for a moment, looking at Joe as if he were studying over him before replying. "His name is Mumbo Jumbo." 

Joe nodded wordlessly. 

"Well," Xisuma intervened. "How about we give our new friends a tour of the area? Then we can officially settle them into Hermitcraft!" 

The original hermits all let out sound or words of affirmation. Then they all followed Xisuma towards some of the starter homes to begin the tour. 

Hypnotized found himself falling into step with Jevin. He felt an odd sense of knowing with the new player, but he just couldn't put his finger on it. 

Oh well, it'd hopefully come to him later. 

Fin 

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Oh also-
J-Snapdragon

This is what I was talking about in the last chapter's comment section-

It's Star Trek- Cuz I'm cool- B)