Author's Note: Body horror... I could've made this story like... ten times more gruesome. I'm not doing that though. I don't think I can stomach it. Well, I can, but you can see my point. This story was getting long anyways. 

Enjoy :)

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 Grian's POV:

 I slowly opened my eyes and blinked. My body felt extremely drained as I pushed myself up and out of bed. I looked at the sorting machine and tried to yawn. 

 ....hmm.

My wings flapped as I tried to yawn again. 

 ..........hmm.

 For some reason, I can't open my mouth. I walked over to the mirror that I had set up in the corner with my closet full of other clothes. My wings flapped as I tiredly walked over to the mirror. 

 After scratching at my head, I looked up at my reflection and froze. 

 I reached my hands to my face and blinked rapidly.

 This has to be a dream! Thishastobeadream!

My whole body was shaking as I felt where my mouth was. Where... Where it was.

 " MMMH?!"

 My lips were gone as I ran my hand against my face as I breathed heavily through my nose. I hurriedly rolled my sleeves up and pinched my skin to the point where it turned redder than my jumper. 

 I shook my head. 

 It's real. It's as real as I am in this game world when you don't consider how this body is code. I moved my tongue inside of my mouth and touched where the opening of my mouth used to be. It was... just mouth lining.... just the inner lining and it was wet with saliva. 

 I shuddered as I fixed my glasses. I need to find help... I can't just gawk at my lack of a mouth forever in my base. 

 My tail feathers spread out as my wings flapped. I fixed my clothing and turned around. I opened up the player list and nodded.

 Good. Mumbo and Iskall are both online. 

 My wings flapped again as I took a running start and leapt into the air after firing off a rocket. I flew through the air and hurried towards Mumbo's base. I don't know how he'll be able to help me, but I need someone with a clear head that's not panicking currently.

 I continued to flap my wings as quickly came upon Mumbo's base. My head moved back and forth as I spotted the awkwardly dressed hermit building out his base. He had what looked like headphones on. 

 Okay, Mumbo, time to silence the music cause I... I need to be able to speak again. 

 I dove down and spread my wings out in order to land. My adrenaline was pumping as I folded my wings behind my back and quickly grabbed Mumbo's arm. The hermit loudly yelped as he quickly turned around. 

 " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" 

 Mumbo screamed as I flinched and held my ears. 

 " GRIAN? W-WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOUTH? WH-WHY DO YOU LOOK EVEN MORE LIKE YOUR MINECRAFT SKIN?" Mumbo yelled as his eyes widened. 

 I raised my hands and motioned to his headphones. My wings twitched as I motioned for him to take off his headphones. Mumbo blinked as he moved his hands together. He twiddled his fingers and thumbs as he looked at the floor. 

 " Mmmmmm..." I walked forward and crouched down until I was underneath Mumbo. I stared up at him and motioned at his ears again. Mumbo looked up as I sighed, shook my head, and quickly moved in order to stand up.

 " MMMMMMMMMMMMM!" I waved my arms causing Mumbo to sigh, " I.. I don't want to..." his voice was now barely audible as I shook my head. My wings flapped as I raised my arms and grabbed at the headphones. Mumbo struggled against me as I flapped my wings and wrapped them around the younger hermit. Mumbo flailed until I grabbed the headphones and forced them off of Mumbo's....

 I blinked as I hopped off of Mumbo. If I could open my mouth, my jaw would've hit the floor. Mumbo touched where his ears used to be. There wasn't even the implication that ears would've been there, and there isn't any ear holes either. 

 I took out my communicator and motioned for him to do the same. 

 Me: What happened to you Mums?

 Mums: I don't know.... My ears started to hurt, and when I touched them... They weren't there! Just blood... 

 Me: Jesus Christ.

 Mums: What happened to you?

 Me: I woke up like this. 

 Mums: Do you still have a mouth.... like inside?

 Me: Yes. Teeth, tongue, esophagus, everything. 

 Mums: That's horrifying. 

 The two of us looked at each other. We both sighed as Mumbo rubbed at where his ears used to be. I tilted my head as he started to type.

 Me: We should go see Iskall... Maybe he can help us.

 I nodded at Mumbo as he put on his elytra. The two of us nodded at each other as we took off into the sky and flew off towards Iskall's tree. 

 When we got there, Mumbo pointed down and I nodded. We both dove down to find Iskall sitting down on a log in his enchanting room. Iskall was wearing sunglasses and poking random buttons on his communicator.

 " IskaALL?" Mumbo questioned causing Iskall to jump. Iskall turned around, " JEEZ MUMBO! Can you lower your voice? Y-You almost gave me a heart attack man..." he shook his head. Iskall stood up and looked mainly at Mumbo. 

 " Sorry Iskall... I don't have much control over how I sound without ears..." Mumbo gave a quiet laugh. Iskall tilted his head, " What do you mean?" he questioned. I blinked. 

 What does Iskall mean by saying that? Does he not seeing that Mumbo doesn't have ears? I blinked a couple more times. 

 " Mmm?" I stretched my hand out and touched Iskall's arm causing him to yelp and jump back. Iskall waved his arms as Mumbo quickly grabbed him before he tripped over the log and fell. Mumbo and I looked at each other as Iskall breathed heavily. 

 " Is... Is Grian with you?" Iskall questioned as Mumbo nodded. Iskall remained silence until Mumbo said 'yes'. Iskall nodded his head slowly, " Right... Right, I... look, I have something to show you two. Please don't freak out." 

 I looked at Mumbo as we both frowned. My wings flapped as Iskall took his sunglasses off and 'looked' at us. I let out another sigh. Not Iskall too....

 " Your eyes.... They're gone!" Mumbo gasped as Iskall nodded. Iskall's eyes, including his robotic eye piece, was gone. It was just empty, black sockets that could move with Iskall's expressions. Iskall crossed his arms, " Yeah... I know... I can't see that." he mumbled as he softly chuckled to himself. 

 I shook my head as I punched Iskall's arm, " Sorry, I had to do that...." he sighed. Mumbo frowned, " I cannot hear anything that you're saying." he frowned as he showed Iskall his lack of ears. I shrugged my shoulders, " mmm." my wings fluffed up as I took out my communicator. 

 " Hmmmm...." I looked at who was online and motioned to Mumbo, " X is online, and I think that Grian is suggesting that we should see him." he told Iskall causing the Swede to nod. Iskall looked in Mumbo's direction, " Can you carry me, Mumbo? I can't fly without eyes." he shook his head. Mumbo nodded as he carefully picked up Iskall. The two of us nodded at each other as the three of us took off into the sky. 

 ((An hour later brought to you by Fantasy hugging a weak wolftiger!Mighty))

 The three of us landed as X looked at us. The bee hybrid's wings buzzed, " Oh god, You three got the bug in the code...." he mumbled as Iskall's eye socket widened. Iskall tapped his foot against the floor, " Okay.... If we got some bug, then what happened to my eye piece?" he questioned. X looked at him, " Well, uh, I don't know. I think that the bug wanted to get rid of your chance of seeing." he answered.

 I would frown if I could. My wings flapped as pointed to my communicator. I typed the message and sighed, " Why do I have my communicator then?" I showed X the message as his antennae twitched, " This bug doesn't get rid of communicators. Nothing really can, ya know?" he shrugged as Iskall let out a small growl, " That's ridiculous. My eye in my communicator!" 

 X patted Iskall's shoulder, " but you have another one that's actually stated as a communicator. Your eye piece is still your eye piece." he explained causing Iskall to frown. Iskall leaned against Mumbo and sighed, " So, what now?" he questioned. 

 X crossed his arms, " I think that I can find the bug.... It's a bit finicky honestly, but there's some other things that I need to look into." X told us as wings buzzed. Iskall and I nodded as I typed onto my communicator and showed Mumbo what we were just talking about.

 " Alright, so, let's head back to my base." Iskall looked in roughly mine and Mumbo's direction. X nodded his head, " Prolly for the best. I'll come over when I get this mess figured out." he frowned. 

 The three of us took off into the sky again and flew back to Iskall's base. Once we returned, the three of us sat around each other. Well, no, Iskall tried to but he kept bonking against the wall until Mumbo and I got him to sit down in between us. 

 I took out my communicator again and showed Mumbo a message, " Ask Iskall how he lost his eyes." I typed as Mumbo nodded, " Hey, Iskall...." Iskall looked towards Mumbo, " Hmmmmm?" he tilted his head as Mumbo crossed his arms over his chest, " How exactly did you lose your eyes? Did you wake up like Grian, or did you just feel a sudden pain like I did?" he questioned as I got ready to type the answer.

 Iskall let out a sigh, " I was trying to find my eye piece, so I was going to go see Stress because maybe I left it there." Iskall shrugged slightly, " Before I left, my head started to hurt real bad, and I sat down. Then, my eyes... my eyes fell out. I briefly used my camera account before it forced me out of it. I watched as my eyes slowly slipped out of my head and dropped like scissors cut them out." 

 I shivered slightly as Iskall continued, " There was... a lot of blood... Afterwards, the eyes just rotted into the ground and disappeared, then I was kicked out of my camera account and forced back into my body." 

 My wings twitched as I typed to Mumbo the whole story that Iskall just told. I showed a confused, oblivious Mumbo the gruesome tale causing Mumbo to throw up in his mouth then shudder, " That's... horrible." he mumbled as Iskall nodded, " You're telling me..." 

 After that horrible story, the three of us laid against each other and waited for X to arrive with the fix that our codes. I let out a sigh. I just hope that it's soon...