Days 2-12

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For the most part, the early days were like any other beginning stages of an SMP, where everyone is mingling, mining, building starter bases and gearing up, some pulling pranks. However, people didn't really interact with others outside their language-groups as the live translator had not been introduced quite yet.

But, that doesn't mean that this time was boring.

A Mysterious Figure

The first few hours are kind of peaceful, as peaceful as a bunch of people playing Minecraft can be. However, as they keep playing, they soon find out that they're not alone on the island. There is something else there, watching, taking notes.

A white creature follows them, lagging behind, spying, and when people finally notice, getting scared that this thing is just silently watching, it smiles and laughs before introducing itself.
Cucurucho's skin. It's a white furry creature with black eyes, a pink nose, and a black smiling mouth. It has black lines on its hands, turning them into paws. It also has two small white ears on the top of its head.

It calls itself The QSMP Census Bureau, and it's here on official business to interview the islanders.

Since it doesn't have a name, the islanders take to calling it Osito Bimbo, after the Latin American bread mascot.
Osito Bimbo mascot from the bread brand. It's a white bear, smiling and waving while wearing a white apron and white chef's hat.

However, they also make fun of the creature, eventually calling it Cucurucho, meaning the white paper vendors use to wrap ice cream cones in. This is the name that sticks.

An image of three ice cream cones, each wrapped in fun polka-dotted paper.

Cucurucho, for the most part, is tame and curious, seemingly keeping away at first because it's shy and laughing along with the jokes. He can only speak in text-to-speech with simple answers like "Yes", "No", and "Good morning". Its English voice is higher pitched and sounds more feminine while its Spanish voice is deeper and sounds more masculine. This only adds to the eerie-ness as Cucurucho sneaks up silently on the islanders, and then when they notice, laughs and tells them "Good morning" and asks "What are you doing?" And the end of each conversation, it leaves with a classic "I hope you enjoy the island." or the more well-known "Disfruta la isla."

For more complex conversations, Cucurucho uses books to write questions or responses in them and throws them on the ground for the islanders to pick up and read.

A drawing of Cucurucho in a more realistic depiction. He is a polar bear wearing a white suit minus the jacket and holding a magnifying glass to his eye.

Art by artwennn on DeviantArt
A drawing of Curucuho in a more realistic yet horrific depiction. He is still a polar bear with a white head and paws with claws, but his eyes are very large to the point it looks like a mascot's costume. His head is split down the side and stapled together, and his mouth is sewn shut. He still wears a classic white suit but also has a black tie.

A drawing of Curucuho in a more realistic yet horrific depiction. He is still a polar bear with a white head and paws with claws, but his eyes are very large to the point it looks like a mascot's costume. His head is split down the side and stapled together, and his mouth is sewn shut. He still wears a classic white suit but also has a black tie.

Art by SortrosPhoresia on Reddit

The Angel and The Devil

Roier's Betrayal

All credit for summary and sources to @pixiecaps on tumblr.

Links: Roier Vod Day 4, Roier Vod Day 5, Spreen Vod Day 5 Part 1, Spreen Vod Day 5 Part 2 Roier Day 6, Missa Day 6

Arin's Arrival

Wilbur's Departure

Wilbur's band LoveJoy have finally written and produced enough music that they're going on tour in the United States! This means that Wilbur will not be logging in for the next while. Day 12, April 3rd, 2023, he plays for what he's expecting to be the last time on the server, finally leaving his Minecraft Streamer persona behind to go worldwide as the lead singer for LoveJoy.