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Xisuma closed their admin screens, finally done with the bugs for the day. They started boiling water for tea, when they were interrupted by a sound. Their comm dinged, and they looked at it.
joehillssays: Hey X, the server’s flooding, I’m pretty sure it isn’t supposed to do that.
cubfan135: The desert is underwater, though my pyramid is fine, for now.
X jumped as the walls of their base shuddered; the giant wave of water crashed into it. They ran to the nearest window, seeing the water careening into it, it definitely wasn’t supposed to do this.
impulseSV:The inside of my base is fine, surprisingly.
Etho:My base is flooding. X what’s going on?
impulseSV: Nevermind, flooding.
The shaking stopped, and Xisuma could finally see out the window. Everything looked normal, except that it was tinted from the water. From here, they couldn’t see the surface, but no leaks could be seen.
Grian drowned
They closed the comm, walking towards the door, then he remembered their tea. Turning around, they came face to face with a very confused and a bit shaken looking Ex.
“What are you doing here?”
“The End is gone.”
“What?”
“The End islands fell into the void, I didn’t know what to do.”
Xisuma thought this over as they turned off the tea.
Xisuma: Stay out of the End, try to meet at the shopping district.
“Come on.” They told Ex as they strode to the door, opening it without hesitation. Due to the world physics, the base didn’t flood, but it was solid water with no end in sight. They stepped out, Ex following with slight hesitation. They closed the door, activating the water filter systems on their helmet. It was surprisingly calm, considering that just a minute ago it appeared. Where did this much water even come from? They tried to take off, finding it difficult, but eventually they were able to open his elytra and fire a rocket, which still lit, surprisingly. They heard Ex take off behind them.
Using an elytra underwater was strange, to say the least. It was harder to control, and went a bit slower than usual. The water over the ocean looked like an inky abyss, too deep for the light to reach. Xisuma saw the shopping district up ahead, and all the shops without proper doors were flooded; They’d have to have the meeting somewhere other than the town hall.
BdoubleO100: Redzone, maybe?
Xisuma altered his course to the Redzone, as it was one of the shops with a proper door. Some of the hermits were already there, some were not.
“What happened?” Impulse asked as X opened his admin panels. They scrolled through the code, walking over to get away from the door. A few more people arrived, soaking wet. Grian had retrieved his stuff, and sent a message that he was on his way. No one had heard from TFC, Wels, Mumbo, Zedaph, Cleo, Jevin, Doc, or Scar yet.
Tinfoilchef: On my way, might be late.
Etho: Can’t make it.
Grian arrived, and Xisuma still hadn’t found the problem. Tango and Impulse were getting worried for Zedaph, as he hadn’t arrived nor sent any message that he was going to.
Mumbo sent a message saying that he couldn’t make it, as his entire base was flooded, and it washed away some of his redstone, which he was taking care of.
Zedaph: my cave is leaking, cant make it.
Tango: we’ll help, hold on.
“Tango?” Bdubs asked, referring to the chat messages.
“We’ll be at Zed’s.” Impulse responded.
“Just be careful. Has anyone heard from Jevin or Wels?” Xisuma asked as Tango and Impulse ran out the door.
“Nope, no Cleo either.” Joe responded, sitting on the stock counter. Someone could be heard on the porch, swearing under their breath in a german accent. Doc walked in, soaked, his cybernetic arm still at his side. His eye was out also.
“Doc? You good?” Bdubs asked.
“I don’t know, take a wild guess.” Doc responded, opening a panel and draining the water from his arm onto the floor. He opened his eye also, leaving it to dry as he walked over to Beef and Bdubs. The floor of the shop was soaked, but the wood was okay, for now at least.
It was Cub who asked the question, making Stress scramble to the door.
“Is the water salt water?”
Stress threw open the door, finding TFC, who was allowed to pass before Stress stuck her finger into the water, tasting it.
“Yep.”
“Jevin.”
Xisuma closed the panels, setting a reminder to look for it later. Right now, they had to find the missing hermits. Those of them who had to stay at the red zone would, and the rest of them split up. False, Cub, Keralis, and Hypno were searching for Wels, Grian had to find something in his base, and Iskall was accompanying him. Xisuma, Beef, Xb, and Stress were teaming up to find Jevin, while Ex, Joe, Ren, and Bdubs were finding Cleo. Doc had to stay behind to dry his cybernetics, and TFC offered to help him clean them out. They set off.