~A rift between worlds~ (hermitcraft x dsmp)

Chapter 3

Xisuma PoV:

It was slowly turning dark. Xisuma had retreated into his bedroom, after taking care of the newly arrived people on the server. Everything that had happened had exhausted him and he had some burn marks on his stomach, from when the rift had exploded. He carefully rubbed some fire resistance over it and sighed in relief, as it took away the pain nearly immediately. He had lied to Zedaph about his well-being. His head was aching, and he was feeling weak, as if he had just used up all of his admin powers, although he didn't do that at all. He suspected that the rift might have weakened him- how much and for how long, he didn't know.

He took off his helmet and noticed a couple of small cracks in it, so he stood up and walked over to a smithing table to fix it. While he was working on it, he thought about how he could regenerate his powers back. He didn't think ghat the five newcomers wanted any harm, but that still didn't mean that nothing could go wrong on accident. And if he and Dream wanted to tinker with different parts of code, there was a lot that could go wrong. He snapped back as he hit his finger with a hammer. He put his finger into his mouth out of reflex, and heard something. He froze and carefully listened. Then he heard it again, it sounded like careful steps around his tower. He slowly pulled his sword out, as he heard the door behind him open. He quickly swirled around and pinned the intruder to the door with his sword. He was surprised to see that it was Ranboo, but he seemed different. His eyes were glowing purple, although Xisuma was decently sure that they were red-green before. Ranboo yelled something in a language the admin didn't understand and pushed X away from him, carelessly grabbing the sword on its blade.

Xisuma stumbled back and pulled his sword back, cutting the taller man's hand. "Ranboo?! What are you- Why did you grab the blade?! I didn't mean to- Are you alright?", the admin called out. Ranboos eyes turned back to normal, as he put his uninjured hand on his forehead, as if he was dizzy. He then looked at his bleeding hand, grabbed it and looked straight at Xisuma, something like fear in his eyes. "What... Xisuma?" His eyes seemed to focus on a point between Xisumas eyes.  The admin was still standing cautiously, unsure of what was happening. He then realized that he didn't have his helmet on and that the other was probably looking at his scar. He quickly turned around, took his helmet of the smithing table and put it back on. "What are you doing here?", he finally asked. "Uhm... I'm unsure, I don't remember coming here... What happened?", the other replied. Xisuma took out a bandage and gave it to him. While Ranboo was wrapping it around his hand, he started: "I heard someone walking around here. I heard the door open and pointed my sword at you because I didn't recognize you immediately. You grabbed the sword, cut yourself and- well, that's pretty much all I know. Your eyes were also kind of... purple?"

Ranboo PoV:
As Xisuma told him this, he started to panic. The admins description fit what others called his "enderwalk", a state in which he was unable to control his own body, and apparently also spoke a different language. He started to walk backwards towards the door and stuttered: "I'm- I'm sorry I disturbed your- sleep or whatever you were doing. I- I think i'll go back to sleep now as well, it's kinda- late already..." He trailed off as Xisuma put a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eyes: "Ranboo, are you okay? You didn't seem like yourself, has something like this happened before?" Ranboo felt panic rising deep inside of him. He didn't want to tell the hermit about his enderwalking, but at the same time the admin had something like an aura of calm power, not in a threatening way, more of a knowledge that he was the one in power in that situation.

The admin seemed to notice the taller mans discomfort and took a step back to give him space, then he started: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I just need to know what that- state was that you were just in. I simply-" He was cut off by Ranboo opening the door and storming outside. He ran towards the other tower and quickly walked the staircase up, as his room was in the top floor. He arrived out of breath and shut the door behind him. As he was catching his breath,he tried to listen wether the admin had followed him or not, but everything seemed to be quiet.