#hcc mumbo

Tango: Oh, we had a JC hike after our final exams in fourth year!

Tango: There's a mountain range not too far from here and the six of us climbed it and camped out overnight.

Zedaph: Oh yeah, that was a brilliant trip.

Zedaph: In hindsight, probably wasn't a great idea for Scar, but Impulse and Skizz did a couple of piggy backs along the way.

Tango: Yeah... I'm not sure it was a supreme idea all considered, but to be fair, I'm not sure any of us would've talked Scar out of it once it was mentioned.

Zedaph: True...

Zedaph: Mumbo got some good shots, too. He hung back to take some photos, but I think it was just an excuse to let Scar rest, honestly.

Zedaph: Which was nice of him.

Tango: Yeah, totally.

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Mumbo: The hiking trip?

Mumbo: Well, not entirely, I'd been getting back into photography a bit anyway.

Mumbo: Did stopping mean Scar could take some weight off his knees for a bit? Sure, but was it on purpose?

Mumbo: ...

Mumbo: ...

Mumbo: Listen, I don't think he should've been up there in the first place, frankly, but the guy wants to live his life, so...

Mumbo: [shrugs]

Mumbo: And anyway, it was a two man tent, what would I have done with just the one of me?

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Scott: ...

Scott: oh.

Scott: oh my god.

Joel: what?

Joel: what, Scott?

Scott: Nothing.

Joel: Hardly!

Scott: No, it's fine, don't worry. Nothing.

Scott: It's nothing.

Joel: ...

Joel: will you tell me out of the interview?

Scott: ...

Scott: Maybe.

Scott: Come here.

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BigB: Oof.

Mumbo: Yeah... you wanna take this one B?

BigB: Can I not?

Pearl: Well, I liked him!

Mumbo: Yeah, because he stood up for you.

Pearl: Well... Yeah...

Pearl: But he wasn't that bad, was he?

BigB: Yeah, tell that to the guys he used to rag on all the time.

Mumbo: To be fair, he wasn't, trying to be a total dickhead. At least not for the most part.

BigB: [snorts]

BigB: Listen, I love the guy now, don't get me wrong, but back then...

BigB: Well, let's just put it this way: if you'd have told me I'd be flying half way around the world with Martyn freaking Littlewood to see our mutual friend, I would've called you a not very nice name

BigB: And then I would've blocked you on Bebo. So... Ya know. Pretty stinkin' bad.

Pearl: Aw, poor Martyn! Not Bebo.

Mumbo: Look, he wasn't that bad, really, but me and B were kinda quieter at school. We just tried to keep our heads down.

Mumbo: And Martyn, well, he was just more rowdy, mostly.

Mumbo: And, you know, I guess... one of the less likable types of private school guys... You know, the upper echelon kind of thing.

BigB: Yeah, his family are from big money, like... Big.

Mumbo: Some of which I guess he had access to.

Pearl: Yeah, but he changed after all that, didn't he?

BigB: Well, yeah, later on after the whole... you know... the whole disinheriting thing.

Mumbo: I mean, yeah, of course.

Mumbo: This wasn't really a good answer, but the point is that he was just kind of not a great guy back then.

BigB: Really loud.

Mumbo: Which we weren't.

BigB: Problem with authority.

Mumbo: Which gave him a bad habit of fighting with teachers constantly.

Pearl: That... That one, yeah. Yeah...

Mumbo: But Pearl's right, though. Once he left school and got over the whole substance thing, he really did become a good guy. Great guy, even.

BigB: Oh, for sure. He's like, the most solid dude ever, now.

BigB: So, like, it's whatever now, you know?

BigB: The past is the past and all that.

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Martyn: ...

Martyn: I mean, yeah.

Martyn: What do you want me to say?

Martyn: ...

Martyn: They're not wrong, so...

Mumbo: Me?

Mumbo: Are you sure you have the right guy?

Grian: They probably do.

Grian: You can be kind of cool. Sometimes.

Grian: In my opinion, anyway.

Mumbo: Oh, stop it you.

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Impulse: Do you feel like we're getting a lil close to danger here, or is it just me?

Skizz: Should we intervene?

Impulse: No, no, I'm sure it's fine... Just need to keep an eye out.

Impulse: I mean I'm happy they're friendly again, but... you know.

Impulse: I don't want to see Scar get hurt.

Cub: Oh, I do what many others do when they're not at work. I dabble.

Tango: Yeah, if by dabble you mean make total bank.

Mumbo: Wait, Cub, what do you do?

Cub: Oh, I do a little trading here and there.

Mumbo: Like... crypto?

Tango: There was a crypto bro among us this entire time and we never knew. Damn.

Cub: What do you take me for, Mumbo?

Cub: No, I don't trade crypto.

Cub: I work with real currencies.

Cub: There's much more money to be made there.

Cub: I can show you sometime if you're curious.

Mumbo: Huh... Thanks.

Mumbo: But... I think I'll just stick to coffee, thanks Cub.

Tango: Yup.

Tango: Hm?

Tango: Sorry, who's Scar?

Tango: Wrong number, me thinks.

Tango: Beeep~

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Mumbo: ...

Mumbo: ...

Mumbo: Are you telling me this because of what I said back before Christmas?

Mumbo: [sighs]

Grian: You're just saying colours!

Grian: You're just saying colours in an ask box!

Grian: How is that not weird? It's weird! You're being weird!

Mumbo: G, you know you're just feeding the trolls when you react like this?

Grian: Oh, okay, sorry that I'm getting wound up because somebody is trying to wind me up?!

Mumbo: I'm just saying... They're trying to bother you.

Grian: Well obviously it's working, isn't it?!

Martyn: flat British breakfast cuppa for myself, obviously. A little bit of milk and two spoons of sugar and Bob's your uncle.

BigB: I can respect that, but I'ma bit of a fancy boy, myself. I like a nice roobis tea, but it can't be over-brewed.

Martyn: Oh, ark at 'ee, he is a fancy boy.

BigB: I am, I am.

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Lizzie: Oh, there's this raspberry and lemon tea that we sometimes get at the shop, if we're feeling proper spenny.

Lizzie: Sometimes I'll get some fresh mint from this little herb garden we have on the windowsill and brew it up in a pot and all and it's proper good, it is.

Joel: Yeah, it's pretty good, bit too fruity for me, of course, but I don't mind it every now and again.

Lizzie: Yeah and it really depends on whether or not we've killed the herb garden, too. It's about a fifty-fifty on whether it's dead or not.

Joel: Yeah, we're a bit shocking at plants, to be fair.

Lizzie: What's your favourite, Joel?

Joel: Oh, Yorkshire biscuit tea, mate. Bloody lush, it is.

Lizzie: Yeah, and no actual biscuits in it either.

Joel: Yeah, that bloody gluten can fuck right off, it can.

Lizzie: [lifts fists in a fighting pose] back off gluten, or we'll give you some of this!

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Mumbo: Oh, earl grey, I reckon.

Scott: And nobody is surprised about that.

Mumbo: Oi! What's that supposed to mean?

Scott: You're such an Earl Grey drinker!

Mumbo: I'm not sure what you're implying, there, Scott. Nothing wrong with Earl Grey.

Scott: [laughing] I didn't say there was, I just said I'm not surprised you drink it.

Mumbo: Alright then, Mr Judgemental, what's your favourite tea, then?

Scott: Peppermint.

Mumbo: Oh, big surprise there.

Scott: [gasps] and what does that mean?

Mumbo: It means whatever you think Earl Grey means!

Scott: Mumbo!

Interviewer's note: The two continue to bicker, following this part of the interview so we decided to cut the clip here. Like, seriously. Get a room.

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Jimmy: G, what's your favourite?

Grian: Uh, I don't know. Anything really?

Jimmy: Oh, come on, there's got to be something you like best. What's your go-to in the cupboard?

Grian: Uh... I guess just a normal tea?

Jimmy: Like a breakfast tea?

Grian: Yeah, sure.

Jimmy: That's cool! Simple and easy. I like it.

Jimmy: My favourite is Ice Cream tea.

Grian: You... what?

Jimmy: Ice Cream tea! I tried it once in this tiny little cafe in this tiny little seaside town me and Scott went to once and it was so good dude.

Jimmy: I bought like 2 boxes of the stuff.

Jimmy: It's so fricking good, dude, but it sucks cause I'm nearly out and I literally cannot remember the name of the cafe.

Grian: Huh. Weird.

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Scott: The Ice Cream tea? Oh yeah, Jim loves the stuff.

Scott: He's almost out now.

Scott: ...

Scott: Don't tell him, but I called the shop a month or so ago and have some on order for his birthday.

Scott: Actually, I guess it was several months ago now. It was before we stopped speaking...

Scott: Well, anyway, come February, he'll have some more, so...