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Solidarity has always had this curse on him called the ‘canary’ curse, at first when Jimmy had first obtained the curse he thought it was cool. He got silky yellow wings, which made him able to float he didn’t realize that the curse had some negatives also until he went to the life games, the Second Life game, at first it felt like a coincidence that he died first in 3rd life, but then there was last life he was first to die for a second time in a row, and then there is double life, his brothers started calling him a canary even his soulmate Tango would call him Canary.
Jimmy was now known as the Canary.
Tim didn’t know what the other emperors on Empires would think about Jimmy if they found out that he is a canary, So he hid his wings.But when no one was online, Jimmy would let them stretch after a long period of time.
It wasn’t until Empire's S2 came out when the members found out that Jimmy was a Canary, luckily most of the members didn’t remember S1, at least to Jimmy’s acknowledgement, although Sausage does act very suspicious around Jimmy. Jimmy didn’t tell them how he got the wings, he would just say he was born with the wings, although he wasn’t, it was given to him, from the Listeners. Tim hasn’t heard them in a while to be honest, and he also never really understood how Grian escaped from the watchers, he just appeared in the life series every time Jimmy would’ve mentioned to Grian during the games he would ignore it.
The Hermits Crossed over
It was an average day in tumble town until the hermits came around, he got to meet his soulmate again after they died in double life, Everything was good, all the Hermits, which Jimmy and Joel knew some from the life games, it was kind of strange that Scott didn’t have a clue who they were, But Joel and Jimmy did it was going great. Timmy remembers going to Grian and asked him about the watchers again and what happened after he got token away from the others.
“Tim, stop asking me dumb questions”
“WHY? Won’t you tell me?! You left us for 4 years, then all of a sudden you just re-appear, that’s not how it works” He tried to speak quietly to not let the other members hear their conversation, Jim doesn’t even know if Pearl still remembers Evo it was so long ago it would make sense that she forgot, but there was still hope.
“PEARL” Jimmy waved over to Pearl motioning her to come over here.
“Do you remember-” Jimmy paused and put his hands like how the Watchers' logo looked like.
“Jimmy, what are you implying?” Pearl asked.
“How is Grian here? Didn’t he get taken from them?” He asked like Pearl knew the answer.
“I never really thought about that” Pearl said.
“Guys, chill I’m here, it’s fine” Grian interrupted them.
“Grian, you caused your brothers to be terrified, for years and all of a sudden you just, Appear” Pearl motioned her hands at Grian.
“Why does it matter?” Grian rolled his eyes.
“You can’t just leave me and Martyn alone, WE WERE 14 FOR FUCK'S SAKE!” JImmy yelled and others stared at Jimmy, Pearl and Grian.
“Oh great now you caused a scene” Grian was pissed.
“OH, IT’S NOW MY FUCKING FAULT, THAT SHE LEFT AND YOU LEFT ME AND MARTYN TO FUCKING DIE?!” Jimmy was about to cry.
“I NEVER SAID IT WAS YOUR FAULT, TIM, I GOT TAKEN AWAY, WHAT WAS I SPOUSE TO DO?!” Grian shouted back at Jimmy.
“AND WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU RETURNED, HUH? YOU DIDN’T BOTHER TO TELL ME OR MARTYN?” Jimmy was now in tears streaming down his face.
“FUCK, YOU DIDN’T EVEN TELL ME THAT SIS WAS STILL FUCKING ALIVE” Jimmy was about to break.
“Every day, I’ve tried… I’ve tried, you, Joel, Scott.... don’t understand, you just think you just leave me and not say anything to me, I know you hate me, I know I wasn’t the best person back then, I try to be your friend but all you guys see me as this cursed freak who always died first, you don’t even know what I had to go through for 3 FUCKING MONTHS, ALONE, no one you know I’m scared to leave you guys….you're my family…” Jimmy cried out.
“I-I’m sorry-” Grian frozen watching his brother in tears.
“I don’t want your god-damn apology” Jimmy cursed, as he grabbed his rockets and flew back to Tumble town.
After that, Jimmy didn’t speak to Grian for weeks and they left.
Present day
Jimmy had had his first ever interaction with the Fae a few days ago, when Jimmy had his second interaction things didn’t go as things planned. He had been cursed. Although it wasn’t his first time getting cursed, he was still upset. So he decided to go to Katherine’s for the day, try to be calm after what had happened.
SolidartyGaming>Hey Katherine, can I come over
KatherineElizabeth>Sure!
SolidartyGaming>Be there soon
Jimmy went to get some rockets and flew his way to GlimmerGrove and bowed down to the princess.
“Good mornin’ Princess” He smiled.
“Morning to you to Sheriff, so what brings you here?” Katherine asked.
“Stress, a lot of stress, and since you're the only person besides the Fae maybe who are trustworthy. I thought, why not go to Katherine's?” Jimmy explained.
“Aww- wait you’ve had an interaction with the fae(s) also?”
“Yes, they kind of killed me, then put a curse on me, so they are, I guess, just there y’know” Jimmy sighed
“They what?!-” Katherine shocked.
“Umm yea they cursed me, it’s not really the first time I’ve been cursed before.” Jimmy gestured to his wings.
“Oh yea… That, how about we go inside and take a seat and talk about it if you want” Katherine was genuine.
“Of thanks Katherine and if you want I’ll let you talk about your problems. I don’t mind” Jimmy seemed calm and actually meaning it, so Katherine nodded, as she led him to the castle and took a seat.
“So, what’s being going lately?” The princess asked.
“Well… It’s a lot, and you probably have your own issues, so I will not say everything” The dirty blonde sighed.
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It started, when I was on another server, those life servers, when I first saw Grian again after what feels like years, I asked him where he’s been, and he tells me to stop asking questions about what happened after he left me and my brother. So I didn’t ask him until he came around here, remember the incident yea it was about that, and the curse thing well it was right after he left me and my brother, I didn’t understand how they worked, every time I would try to spread them it would hurt because I hid them for so long, the only people who knew before the incident was, Grian, Martyn, some of the hermits, and some old friends of mine on a very old server, which has been destroyed…” Jimmy got cut off by Katherine, “I’m sorry, destroyed?! Did everyone survive!?” Katherine worried. “Don’t worry everyone was fine, we all went our separate ways, Me, my Brother and his girlfriend, now his wife, stayed in a smallish server, but as soon as I turned 18 I left them”
“But that was decades ago, I don’t even remember how many decades to be honest I don’t even know how old I am” Jimmy sighed.
“You are an immortal?” Katherine asked. Jimmy sighed and nodded.
“It sucks cause every time I do ‘die’ it just brings me back, it’s something to do with the Canary curse I got, to be honest I think Grian also has that power, but he never tells me anything” Jimmy mentioned.
“These scars on my body are from previous deaths, they tend to stay on me for every server I go on” Jimmy pauses. “Don’t tell anyone this, it’s a secret…” Jimmy asked Katherine nicely, and she nodded to keep it a secret. Jimmy pulls his hair out from his face, showing his eye, which is weirdly green. “I made a deal with these creatures, and they cursed me to have these wings, it also gave me a weird green strand of hair and the green eye, On that eye it goes blind so that’s why I have to wear glasses I can only see out of one eye”
“Woah- It looks cool, why do you cover it?” The princess asked as Jimmy covered it back up. “Admins, Watchers, they both dislike them” Jimmy huffed.
“Watchers?” Katherine asked.
“Beings opposite of who gave me these things, they took Grian, and destroyed the server” Jimmy explained.
“And what about admins?” The princess asked another question.
“If any Watcher, or Listener is found they will find and kill you, which is also confusing on how Grian got on the Hermit server” The sheriff added.
“Huh? Is Grian a Listener like you?” Katherine assumed that Jim was a Listener.
“No, Watchers took him, and made him become one, I think that where he got his Parrot wings?” Jimmy guessed.
“So both of you weren’t born with wings?” She assumed.
“Yep, if you ever meet my twin, Martyn, that’s pretty much what I used to look like, but with a different outfit”
“Interesting” Katherine hummed.
“So what about your problems” Jimmy asked.
“Not that much compared to you to be honest” Katherine still trying to get all that.
“Tell me” Jimmy begged, and Katherine sighed a yes.
“So you see my castle, and how it’s well in half as in the colour” Katherine gestured to her walls of the castle, as Timmy nodded.
“Hmhm” Jimmy hummed softly.
“I also have a curse, I was just born and my people right before an earthquake assumed it was my fault, so everyone says I’m cursed, and I’m starting to believe them” The princess sighed.
“So your walls have changed colours from an earthquake?” Jimmy asked confused.
“I don’t know, it makes no sense to me either” The princess covered her face.
“Hey now we can be cursed buddies” Jimmy tried to say positively, as he put his hand out and grabbed Katherine's hand lightly to make sure she is ok.
“Thanks sheriff…” She sighed.
“Maybe we can both try to figure out how to reverse our curses, and help each other out, y’know” The sheriff suggested. And Katherine agreed. And they both chatted together, trying to decide what to do next and how to get rid of these stupid curses.