maybe Mumbo wielding a flogger? you decide the other party, if there is one ^^
for the ask requests ^^
Thank you for the request! Here's a Mumbo with a flogger ^^
Funnily enough your request reminded me of this one draft I was writing about Zedaph and Grian trying to get 'secret Mumbo mode' activated because my Mumbo is usually very demure and very mindful.
In it, Grian shows Zedaph how to piss Mumbo off so badly a bit of red life anger seeps out and he gets a lil bit dommy with it yknow? Anyways its been stuck in its stick figure form for quite a bit because it kinda depends on the conclusion of cinnamon challenge.
I completely forget sausage left a gift! Mann he really wanted to seek out mumbo for a fun time - maybe the pinup comes with a few other items that sausage enjoys hehe - i can so see him leaving a tiny portal/ rift piece solely so he could get back on hc to have mumbo
So! Now that shotgun's out of the way.. Am I the only one who feels like Sausage has custom toys modeled after himself? And that he has the type of confidence to send them to people (or leave em in chests with a full sized, autographed pin up poster) as a flirting tactic?
Hell it doesn't even need to be as magical as the 'Wireless Connectivity' one, could just be a regular set in one of those boxes we've seen a lot lately with a cute handwritten note in pink glitter pen. Sausage just has that vibe around him I think >.<
Also that portal idea, I wonder if he'd make it big enough for him to pass through or just big enough for a part of him to. :3
Aaa yess vampire mumbo is honestly one of my fav interpretations of him! And ohoh doc getting the action huh? I can imagine it being due to mumbo not having fed - and doc, who enjoys “worshipping” and devoting himself to mumbo would jump at the chance to help out. (Also do not eorry abt ur writers block and stuff we all get it! Me and other anons will always happily wait!)
I've actually planned it to be a bit more... rough than my first doodles would suggest. Just give me a bit of time to learn how to draw roughed up hermits and then I'll really polish it up lol.
If (and that's a big if lol) we take the vampire!Mumbo as canon to our au. We'd have something like a hunger only every blood moon, which I'd say is every six-ish months?
I'd lean towards it being a curse rather than someone else turning Mumbo into a vampire and he would've gotten cursed sometime after the sixth season (maybe around the time he left after demise? when he used the saturator and it conveniently made him a bit red and Iskall went 'vampire?')
The thing is, nobody knows. Absolutely nobody should know. It's the thing he's certain would've gotten him kicked out of the server. Every blood moon had him travel thousands and thousands of blocks away to ride it out, demolish a small population of cows or sheep and wake up in the morning feeling regretful but strangely... energized.
Until season 8... peace love and plants baby! He nearly forgot about the curse until he felt the pang of deep deep hunger. Didn't know what on earth to do until Scar took one look at him and knew.
He learned something different that night, still thousands and thousands of blocks away, this time he wasn't alone and he learned how good it felt to share his secret.
It's been him and Scar's little secret since then, and nobody, absolutely nobody was to know about it.
Until season 9 when, maybe some strange little blip happened, and the blood moon came one week early.
He barely got away, Scar was busy and they didn't have time to prepare , he only got a thousand and a bit blocks away but apparently in the wrong direction because he couldn't find a single mob to kill.
The hunger was growing and growing until he found the reason the surroundings were so barren...
Doc
Good old Doc doing a little bit of night-time hunting, felt a sharp tension in the air. He saw a dark figure at the corner of his eye and turned. But it was too fast! He barely got to raise his arm to defend himself before a strong swipe of clawed hands ripped his cybernetics clean off.
There was a strong shove and he finds himself pinned against the face of a cliff and, quick as lightning, a sharp set of teeth buried at the space between his neck and shoulder blade.
A sharp curse escaped his lips as pain bloomed, his other hand scrambling for his dropped weapon, he grabs at it, raises it up! and! and!
He finally sees the black hair, the disheveled suit the red tie, his instincts warring between 'defend self' and 'familiar! familiar!', the loosening of the bite, the apologetic kitten licks that stung against his fresh wounds.
He'd drop the weapon then, grabbing at Mumbo's hip, listening at the apologies flowing down the man's lips. He pulls Mumbo in, closer closer until he's sat on his lap sensing another wave of hunger to come.
Another bite, this time more gentle, tongue working around the punctures, warmth rising on their skin as Mumbo moves by himself, getting comfortable on his lap.
Doc's one good hand pulling at Mumbo's tucked shirt, finding its way under to graze his finger tips across heated skin, a lightheaded haze finding his whole body electric.
I- ah, I got carried away lol
um anyways that was how it's supposed to go but don't really know how to frame the first bit. (^～^;)ゞ although hmmm maybe this drabble is enough for the brainrot to go away?
Uwaaa how could u make me pick all of those sound interesting! But as an avid angst enjoyer I would love to know more about the tension between keralis and grian about mumbo - though the stressmonster and doc did also catch my eye
Ever since they got Mumbo out of his old homeworld the man's been terrified of leaving Xisuma's side (despite the... previous conflict). He's been reassured of course, that as long as he's "registered" to the world anchor he'll be fine but he's still afraid.
It took Keralis and Xisuma a couple of seasons to help Mumbo through it and finally finally, a lil bit after season 5, he told Xisuma he's ready to go offworld alone.
He took a couple of steps into the greater hub, then proceeded to get kidnapped by a strange entity who saw through his admin appointed guise.
To be fair it was more of a curious kidnapping rather than a malicious one
Around that time Endlins were pretty much extinct and forgotten, and with Mumbo's in-between state when his time was stopped, he must've been such a strange sight to behold.
So he gets kidnapped, brought to a flat plain. The entity introduces itself as Grian, they play a bunch of building games and Mumbo's heart finally stops hammering in his chest. I'm not sure how much time passed in their little bubble of a world but they end up getting to know each other.
Grian tells Mumbo that he doesn't want to wander anymore and Mumbo might've invited him to the server without Xisuma's outright permission (he'd accept though, he'll always do).
But Grian isn't just another entity, he's a bit more complicated than that. In order for him to accept the invitation he needed to sacrifice some thingshismemoriesthesighttheknowledge.
They do make it to season 6 in the end, hermitcraft gets a new member and Mumbo regains his fear of travelling offworld. Nobody knows what happened except for Mumbo and Keralis.
Because Keralis knows everything.
I'll throw the jokey Stress and Doc ones in because they're pretty short.
Stress is a ray of sunshine... like... literally. Her homeworld has always been a bit receptive to "go with the flow" types of changes. So when a ray of sunlight fell in love with a pretty patch of flowers in the middle of a forest that it shines down on everyday, why wouldn't it result in an entirely different being with sunshine in her smile and flowers in her hair?
Doc, however, was a creeper who got injured and lost his ability to self distruct. He then met a cat that he loved so much he developed sentience for it. What happened afterwards though, the experimentation, the pain, the betrayal, isn't as jokey as I would've hoped.
I just think it's funny that Doc came to be by defying the two simple rules that were given to him. Explode enemy and run from cat.
The power of fiction is that maybe King Ren does both. At the start, due to the rut and his instincts going haywire and he gets possessive. Drawing the curtains, towering over Mumbo, keeping everything locked (to a certain avians distaste) until the majority of his rut simmers down. And the , he rubs it in, diamond jewels for mumbo to wear (and for him to take off) he’ll happily sit infront of someone with mumbo losing himself in his lap
You spoil me anon I swear (≧▽≦)♥️. I always love how absolutely tiny Mumbo looks against Ren's full form lol.
Sorry my response took so long. Didn't have much time these past few days. Also this one doesn't have any... alternate, discord-only versions... (yet) It's just... very dark in the throne room...
Aaahh omg yes the helsmits are interesting arent they - I like to imagine they are very desperate for contact but due to helsmits not really liking to “lose” (sub) and so Ex must be very “excited” once he realises how easily mumbo submits to him (and maybee hels tho it might be them fighting over him) and just gives it his all, and then wants to just keep mumbo for himself
Helscapades part 1
Mumbo woke up under the wrong kind of sky.
It wasn't the blue he was used to, nor did it have the correct number of moons. The build he was in wasn't too familiar with it's ceiling, it's walls, and the bed he was lying in. But it sort of rang a bell, like something he'd recognize out of the corner of his eye.
"you're awake" someone behind him stated, and that voice was painfully familiar if not a bit lower, a bit more aloof. He turned his pounding head to see a familiar (sort of) figure lounging nearby, awkwardly sprawled on an armchair, looking at him with a disinterested gaze.
"Evil... Xisuma?" his voice was shot, his head hurts, he couldn't remember how he got... wherever he was currently. But at the sound of his name Ex jolted, looking at him all wide-eyed, a pleased little smile grazing his lips. His expression was quickly wiped away however, replaced with that feigned disinterest from earlier.
"I found you passed out in our nether" he scoffed, rolling his eyes "didn't know you were a big enough spoon to manage that"
Mumbo clutched his head as pain exploded behind his eyes. It was the smell he remembered clearly, the hot acrid smell of the nether but pointedly different, he remembers falling to his knees in that strange nether, but not how he got there in the first place. Something's wrong, he can't remember-
"I can't..." before he could slip into a downward spiral, a lukewarm bottle gets pushed against his cheek. It smells like summer and sweet, familiar, but it was the wrong colour. He recoiled out of reflex but Ex was having none of that.
Ex straddled his hips, using one hand to force his mouth open with the other pouring the contents of the potion bottle down his throat. It happened way too fast, Mumbo didn't even have time to thrash around before the familiar effects of an instant health potion had his heart racing uncomfortably in his chest, his headache evaporating off him leaving a cold and clammy feeling travelling through his body.
Mumbo coughed his lungs out anyway, thumping his chest as the potion incessantly travelled along his body, fixing any slight it can touch. He knows it'll get better eventually but the shock and anxiety was enough to make the whole experience as uncomfortable as possible.
Once the coughing stopped, Mumbo found himself leaning on Ex, there was a warm hand on his shoulder with the other down his back, seemingly wanting to comfort him but stalled again with whatever it is that's stopping Ex.
"That potion wasn't cheap you know, you should thank me for that." He rolled his eyes again. Mumbo spluttered, the absurdity of the suggestion grounding him.
"thank you?!"
"you're welcome" Ex smirked, Mumbo spluttered a bit more but another sharp pain ran through his head. The anxiety returned, his situation dawning on him. The odd colours, the strange smelling nether, Evil Xisuma...
He was in Hels.
"How did I get here?" He whispered, ignoring Ex's obvious disappointment with his lukewarm reaction. Despite what happened earlier, he found himself grabbing on to Ex. Warm, familiar (sort of) Evil Xisuma, desperate for any scrap of comfort he can find. Ex didn't seem to mind.
"How should I know?" He huffed "I just found you in the middle of a warped forest"
"a warped forest? What was I..." Mumbo trailed off, feeling the threat of another headache putter off when he stopped talking. He was starting to see the pattern and it was concerning him.
"Listen, if you really want answers, you'd be better off asking someone else" Ex waved the question off. He paused then, looking down on Mumbo with a different sort of interest.
"I carried you all the way here y'know" he raised an eyebrow, grabbing Mumbo by his collar. He wasn't subtle at all, glancing down at the redstoner's lips and licking his own. He locked eyes with Mumbo, gaze pointed "I'm assuming you're going to thank me for that as well?"
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Mumbo was pleasantly surprised to see that Hels actually has footpaths between bases. From the stories he heard, he wouldn't even think that the helsmits would be actually friendly towards each other.
Then again, with how Ex described his fellow helsmits, maybe saying they're friendly towards each other would be pushing it.
His thoughts get interrupted by clanking armor making the fear and anxiety flood back into his system. He froze, eyes locked on the stranger in front of him, having the same sense of 'familiar but not' that he had with Ex.
"Well hello there" his voice was amused, again deeper and a touch more taunting. He's reminded of their very own chivalrous knight back home.
"uh hello"
"Mumbo Jumbo I assume? I've heard... a lot of good things about you" the helsmit smirked. "I'm Helsknight by the way" he introduced himself, offering his hand to the redstoner.
Mumbo, ever the polite hermit, reached out to shake the knight's hand. Only for his thoughts to falter when the knight pulled his hand closer to his face and softly pressed his lips on his knuckles.
"so many good things that I'd like to see with my own two eyes" he added, still not letting go. Instead, he steps closer, grabbing Mumbo by his lower back.
He panicked, uncomfortable at the notion of a complete stranger getting any closer.
"a-ah I would like a raincheck please" he stuttered, worry mounting at Helsknight's confused gaze. It took a couple of beats until his face brightened in realization.
"oh! is that you hermits' little safeword?" He chuckled deeply, voice holding a menacing edge. "Silly hermit,
That doesn't work here"
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Mumbo finds his way to the base Ex pointed out earlier. The colorful pamphlet detailing Hels' whole spicy infrastructure he got from Helsknight clutched in his hand.
He's just confused at this point, and maybe a little bit embarrassed at how worried he got with Helsknight's wandering hands when technically he's been nothing but respectful.
Maybe the helsmits weren't as bad as he initially thought?
He shook the thoughts away. He still doesn't know how he got to Hels and every passing second in the strangely coloured world had him desperate to go back home and see all his fellow hermits. They're probably worried sick by now.
He knocked on the door of Hels' de facto admin and got ready to ask his questions.
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It's been a couple weeks now and Ex is pretty pleased to see Mumbo still milling about. He remembers the day Mumbo came back to his base after talking to their admin, his expression a lovely mix of confusion and despair.
He did get roped into helping the redstoner search for a way home, just because he had nothing better to do (no other reason). He might've also been tasked to keep an eye on Mumbo, to make sure the spoon doesn't destroy anything else.
But Mumbo's definitely been a lot less tense lately, and after meeting the rest of the helsmits, you could even argue that he's been a bit more... comfortable.
Being a lone hermit in the midst of Hels, he's been showered with a lot of attention. With good reason too, the helsmits are a stubborn lot, prone to bouts of aggression and malice, everything Mumbo's not, and his prescence somehow... mellows out said aggression.
Not that he doesn't cause some of the fights nowadays. Ex had gotten into a few scuffles himself just to hold the redstoner for the night... Mumbo doesn't need to know about that though.
Despite all this Mumbo's still searching for a way home and it's... annoying Ex for some reason. What's even more annoying is that he can feel the same sentiment from Helsknight sitting a bit of a ways away from him as they both watched Mumbo from afar.
They locked eyes and Ex fully expected another fight but Hels just had this conspiratorial glint in his eyes.
Ex hummed, considering the offer. He had admittedly felt Xisuma poking around their connection, trying to figure out if he knows where Mumbo is.
He looked back at Mumbo, who was in the middle of two helsmits and back towards Helsknight.
