When Mumbo came back from vacation, there was something distinctly off about him. Scar couldn’t put his finger on it, but it was something.
“Mumbo, what’s changed with you?” Scar asked, stroking his chin and walking a circle around the man.
“Oh, is my hair a mess?” Mumbo reached up worriedly to touch his hair.
“No… it’s not that… I just feel like your whole appearance is the same but different. New suit?”
“No, I just have multiple pairs of the same suit.” Mumbo replied.
“Oh, I got it!” Scar snapped his fingers. “You got a tan.” He eyed Mumbo closely. “No, wait, you actually look paler then before. How is that possible.”
Mumbo chuckled. “Oh, I see, I know what it is. Don’t worry, you’ll get there, Scar. Just keep thinking.”
Scar liked a challenge. So he kept following Mumbo around as he worked on his item river.
“Oh my god, you look like a vampire!” Scar gasped all of sudden. “Like, your pale and have a suit… that’s hilarious! That must be it, you look like a textbook vampire!”
Mumbo looked at Scar for a very long time. Scar looked back at him in confusion, and then gasped again, more dramatically.
“Oh my god you’re actually a vampire!”
“Duh.” Mumbo rolled his eyes. “Took you long enough- Grian has known this for three years already.”
“But, uh, vampires aren’t real! Like, and I’ll let you in on a trade secret here, but my ears are fake! I’m not a real elf!” Scar took his ears off to demonstrate.
“Isn’t that always how it is, though? We all play pretend with what we aren’t?” Mumbo smiled, and for the first time ever Scar noticed the very pointy teeth.
Scar covered his mouth with his hands. “How could I be so unobservant? This explains so much!”
“Well, I keep quiet about it, and you… well, you only have eyes for your copper, riches, and Jellie, let’s be honest.” Mumbo giggled.
Scar ignored that slight. He was already onto the next line of thought.
“But doesn’t the sun burn you?” Scar poked a finger at Mumbo’s hand. “Don’t vampires burn in the sun?”
“Well, yes, but I always carry protection.”
Scar frowned. “There’s no way you get bitches, I’m sorry.”
“No! Not that- Scar! Redstone dust! It’s like sunscreen for me! Don’t you wonder why im always covered in redstone dust? It helps keep the sun away from my skin.”
“Oh wow that’s so smart.” Scar was impressed. “Is being smart a vampire trait too?”
“Scar, I just went afk at a slime for a month and it didn’t work.”
“Maybe you scared the slimes away with your vampire powers!” Scar gasped.
Mumbo sighed. “Grian was right, you are even more of a menace now that you know.” He began walking away.
“Oh, don’t you worry, Mumbo. I’m going to go do my research on your kind.” Scar was already rushing to spawn.
“Joe, I need all of your copies of twilight, asap!”
Joe looked up at him in confusion. “Like do you want the whole series or literally all of the copies of the book twilight?”
“Uh, okay?” Joe handed him 10 copies of the book Twilight, and Scar ran off at once to read them.
Joe watched him go. “Oh wait.” He said to himself. “Did he just find out about Mumbo? I bet he did… I could have offered him the academic papers on vampires… maybe I should go give it to him?” He could see Scar, a blurry figure dropping books as he ran. “Nah, he’ll come back, it’s fine.” Joe decided, and sat back down. It wasn’t his problem.