LU 11 - Mint 1

Having traveled quite a distance after reaching Spawn Town, Mint finally found a place that felt like home. Looking around to find a place to set up camp, they noticed a large crystal being held up by a tree-like plant. Noting the pretty structure, they decided that this was definitely the place for them. Wandering a bit more, they set up their chests and decided to keep exploring.

After a bit, they came across a small winged person placing down an unnecessarily high number of chests. Surprised to see anyone settling this far from Spawn Town, Mint decided to try talking to the person. Mint introduced themselves and tried to make conversation, commenting on the number of chests and how they noticed the person had wings like a bee. Bee person responded that they thought there weren't enough chests and said that they were like a bee, but nothing else. When asked why they chose to settle this far from everyone else, bee person said that the area just felt *right*. Mint agreed and in their excited ramble, they forgot to ask for the bee person’s name and instead went on to ask if they’d like to explore the area with them. Bee person agreed.

As they explored, they talked, Mint rambling a little in their eagerness to befriend the bee. Crossing a river, they noticed another person sitting in a chair next to a dirt mound with a door. Calling Bee over, they both went towards the person. Upon noticing the two, this person donned full netherite, pulled out a sword, and ran at the two to attack. Backing away quickly, Mint told the person that they both meant no harm and were just exploring. Upon a closer look, the person looked like an Enderian, but seemed a bit too short. They also seemed to have their dirt mound house filled with poorly hidden TNT. The person didn’t say much, but did order Mint and Bee to go into the house, to which they refused. Mint hadn’t interacted with many people, but they did know that it wasn’t smart to go near TNT, especially with someone who had just tried to kill them. Still wanting to salvage the interaction, Mint kept trying to make conversation. After rambling on a bit, the one-sided conversation made its way towards Mint’s origin, which seemed to pique the short Enderian’s interest. Noticing a little change in their demeanor, Mint continued. They talked about how they had human parents, but didn’t seem human themselves, how they could do the things that a Shulk could, but in a different way, which they demonstrated by opening their little pocket in the air. This seemed to calm down short Enderian, since they ended up putting their sword into its scabbard.

After everyone had fully calmed down, Mint mentioned crystal they had seen while first wandering around in their chatter. Wanting to see it, short Enderian started off in the direction Mint had pointed, followed at a short distance by Hallþórr and Mint. Short Enderian noted that the leaves wrapping around the crystal and the plant looked like a staircase, so they decided to climb up it. Mint followed and Bee flew up to the top. Sitting atop the crystal, they all began to talk.

Mint talked about how maybe they could all be friends and give some sort of name to the place they had all decided to settle in. Short Enderian and Bee seemed confused and asked what a “friend” was, to which Mint did their best to explain. Bee suggested that it might have something to do with trust, so he told them his name was Hallþór and that he was a kind of bee/human/machine mixture. Short Enderian went with this as well, stating that their name was Relaxed and that they were a Shulk that looks like an Enderian, a hybrid of the two. Even though they had already said so in their chatter, Mint told the other two their name and went briefly over what they had already said previously about their origin. Shifting the subject, they went on to try and decide a name for their area near the crystal. Many names were thrown around, but they eventually all agreed on The Garden. It just seemed right to all of them for whatever reason.

After that, they all headed back to their camps to continue setting up. As Mint went along, they thought about Hallþór and Relaxed. Sure, it wasn’t the best start to a friendship, with the original lack of trust from both and the murder attempts from Relaxed, but Mint still liked them both. It could be a little strange, but The Garden seemed like it would be a fun place to live, with odd and interesting people contained within.