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ambiguouslyliterate-blog · 6 years ago

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Respawn Point, A Minecraft Fanfiction Ch. 1: A Mostly Accidental Stabbing

No bed, no spawn point…

An open hand smeared across my face, trying in vain to wipe the sleep from my eyes. I looked at the heap of wood and dirt, sighing loudly to the empty woods. Definitely a Cyrus-style house, I thought, it’s so garbage my name’s practically on it. I brushed my long dark brown bangs from the side of my face and shook the cloudiness from my head. I fished around in my pocket for torches, glowstone, lights of any kind; if I was gonna have a crappy shack, I could at least have a safe crappy shack. My hand brushed a door, a crafting table, all miniaturized the way things became when you broke them down. Objects the size of a person fitting between two fingers, hundreds stuffed into my pocket. Well, maybe not hundreds. I had what I could steal from the server’s chest. I continued to finger through my inventory. Iron ore…. Torches and... W- What? I pulled it out and stared at it in my palm. The wooden frame with stretched wool canvas stared back at me. I—WHY DID I BRING A PAINTING?!

My mind numbed and my eyes twitched with a powerful inward irritation. I didn't bring enough wood to build a fort, or even proper tools, definitely no wool. But I brought a freaking painting?! My hand worked on its own, clearing a two block-tall space while the other placed a door, my face still strained in disbelief. I placed the torch I found on the doorway and walked in, shaking my head. Turned out running away from your server and everyone you’ve ever known was actually a bad idea. Who knew?

The dirt floor felt strange under my feet, more welcoming than it had the past few days. My feet had adjusted to the most dirt and crunching leaves of the forest floor, the wood and stone floors of my server feeling like a memory. I shut the door behind me and started grabbing around in my other pocket, leaning against one of my shed’s walls. For the third night in a row, I dug for a bed in my pocket. I knew it wasn’t there, but my hands still prodded and stretched at every crevice, hoping to find something, anything. Even just wool crushed down in some seam would be like a miracle right now. Sleeping in a bed after so many weeks of walking and wandering sounded so soothing. So serene. My hand came upon hard with jagged corners and with a strangely shaped frame and I pulled the miniaturized object from my pocket.

It was... A dispenser.

I yanked the door open and wound up my arm, giving the dispenser a good running pitch into the darkness of the woods. A startled zombie belch echoed out from somewhere deep in the void, a signal that I’d hit something. Something that only seemed to happen when I didn’t want it to.

For so long been hoping to find another single player out in the woods. It’d been so lonely after I left my server, it would be nice just to find someone to walk and talk with. But no, not tonight, I thought, grabbing the knob of my shed’s door. A zombie pushed out from the shadow of a tree and another came shambling through a gap, a dispenser-shaped depression in its forehead.

"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME, ZOMBIE? GRADE-A CHUMP RIGHT HERE," I yelled into the hazy dark, chucking the picture frame I had in my other pocket. It’d seemed I’d brought a whole stack, "COME AND GET ME!”

A lump traveled down my throat. No bed, no spawn point… I thought to myself, the words running through my head again, just as they had been for weeks. I felt a prick of fear. A fear of dying. Not that I was scared of the Void between worlds. I’d gotten used to that a long time ago. Death was a shortcut to a spawn point where I didn’t want to be anymore, back to the server. If I showed my face there again, I’d be instantly mobbed, driven out… I could only imagine what would happen if I dropped into the middle of town square, screaming like an idiot. Shuddering, I tried my best to shake off the image, focusing on the mob. And focusing on my mod.

At the very least, I was far from defenseless.

“TOO BAD FOR YOU GUYS, YOU STUMBLED ONTO THE ONE LOSER IN THIS FOREST WITH A MOD!” I screamed at the shambling masses, posing my arms like claws in the air, (which I immediately took down upon realizing how stupid I looked).

The first zombie stumbled out from the tree line, the distance between us finally closed. I dove forward, my hand spinning, barreling forward. It became steel, expanding into a conical drum that spun with an industrial ferocity and heat. I hadn’t had my mod for long, only a few weeks, but as I saw my hand turn to metal, then shape into a drill as it collided with the zombie’s face, I finally felt my fear dissipate. My drill arm spun, seemingly pulling me through the air as I burst through the first two zombies. My feet pivoted in the grass and I turned my other hand to a drill, swinging it down like a hammer and smashing the next zombie’s boxy head to pulp. Moist dirt scraped under foot as I slid to a stop, my mod serving its purpose and then some. Thank Notch I copied it before leaving the server. Air rushed from my lungs as my body relaxed, my energy seemingly gone. But then there was a sound from the darkness. Leaves crunching under heavy feet.

Two skeletons appeared from the darkness, their eyes like white caves and their skinny fingers drawn around bowstrings. I pulled up my twin drills in front of my face, the metal blockade deflecting the first few arrows. Before they could prepare more shots, I dove behind a nearby tree, taking cover. Just out of reach. Of course I didn’t bring any arrows either. Instead of firing back I acted instinctively, or, in layman’s terms, stupidly. I dove forward with both drills outstretched, managing to pile drive both skeletons while their arrows bounced off the curved metal. I banged the two drills together as I watched their bones turn to smoke and disappear. Finally, tonight was starting to feel good. All I had to do was ignore how easy it was to kill zombies and skeletons.

But then, eyes caught a familiar sight. Something moving in the darkness between the crossed shadows of trees. Lurching. Crawling. Its body was mostly hidden in the hazy dark of the woods, but when I saw its caved in eyes and its upside-down U-shaped mouth on the green canvas of a face, I instantly recognized it. A wave of terror pushed through me. If there was one thing that was going to send me back to the server, it would be a creeper. It hissed at me, swaying strangely as it weaved between the trees. One misstep and it would explode, taking everything within ten blocks with it. I couldn’t just throw myself at it and expect to come out unscathed and I couldn’t leave it prowling around to kill me in the morning. Killing it now was necessary, and I needed a plan.

“HEY!!” I screamed, pointing my drill over the creeper’s shoulder. The creeper turned, freeing me from its gaze. So it wasn’t a great plan, sue me, “LOOK OVER THERE!”

As the creeper twisted back to me, I spun on my heel, drill pulled back near my stomach, retracting it like a piston. My hooked the creeper's abdomen, stalling for a minute before bursting forward and sending it flying. I pulled back my arm, eyes closed, smirk stretching across my face as the creeper collided with a nearby tree, a pained “OW!” knocked from its lungs. Its voice was distinctly female, as was the groan that wearily dragged from its collapsed form. I gave a satisfying pump of my arm, the forest finally clear—finally silent—for the first time in a while. I could feel safe for a moment. Able to sleep peacefully. Well, about as peacefully as you could sleep on dirt.

I stared over at the shadow of the creeper up against the tree. Waiting for it to despawn, to turn to smoke and disappear. But I just kept waiting. Does it still have more health? I wondered. Something was wrong. Something about the scream, something about the sound, something about everything about the creeper. I saw it reach up a weak, pale hand. A human hand.

“CRAP!!”

Immediately, Iran towards the girl, my mind bursting with questions and devoid of answers. My hands returned to normal, their shapes along with my confidence. It was a terrible scene; blood splattered the front of the tree and the grass underneath her body, her turquoise-blue hair splayed around her face, numb and cold, lips hanging open. The creeper face I had seen was just a design painted on the front of a hood, now crumpled against the bark of the tree she lay jaggedly against. Who goes around in the forest sneaking up on people in a creeper costume?! I screamed in my mind. Even if it was her fault for sneaking on an unstable loser with a drill arm, it was still me who impaled her, and I couldn’t just shrug that off. My hands trembled in the air, my mind failing once more to catch up in the time I needed it to.

Her face seemed to glow in the moonlight, the moon glinting off her lip ring and glowing off of her bright green hoodie. A hole the size of my drill bit took up a huge chunk of the right side of her abdomen, the grass beneath it clearly visible. She was the only person I'd seen for weeks. Some innocent, though very dumb, girl who went around scaring people dressed as a creeper. And I'd left a giant gaping hole in her. Things were going so… Almost well up till now! I bent downwards, mouth struggling to work with my mind. Sentences impossible to form. If she was dead however, she’d already have disappeared, despawned in a cloud of smoke, so I tried my best to speak to her. I only managed to sputter out an “Are you okay, weirdo?” Which I repeated over and over again.

She was a griefer, a player devoted to nothing but causing chaos and well… Grief for other players. Most of them destroyed creations other players worked hours on; burning down homes, demolishing towns, crushing monuments, and killing others just for the sick thrill. For a joke. Other players however, like this idiot, just liked the scare. The reactions. I hope you got what you wanted, I thought, gritting my teeth.

Before I could lower myself close enough to check her wounds or touch her body, she sat straight up. It was like her torso had an invisible spring, shooting upwards at an immediate 90° angle. I flew backwards, shrieking at the sight. For a moment I wondered if I had injured her at all, or if I’d just grazed her and she was putting on this strange show in an attempt to guilt me. But the hole in her side was perfectly hollow and oozing with red pixels. She was unfazed, her eyes half-lidded like someone who’d just gotten out of bed. Tired, curious, but perfectly content. The girl turned to me, her eyes blue as the night sky. Blood streamed from the side of her open mouth, which she stuck her tongue out of.

"P- Pranked ya..!”

I sat frozen. The fear and concern gone, my mind fuzzy as I stared at her dumb smile and jaunty bend in her spine. All that filled my mind was a genuine confusion. My brain grabbed at straws, fragments of sentences struggling to form. What's happening? What's wrong? Who are you?

"Wh- What's wrong with you?"

She beamed at me, winking with finger guns blasting, "A lotta things probably, I’m a creeper after all. We’re a little nutty,” Her hands fell to her sides, one landing in a puddle of blood. She patted her stained clothing with her hand, moving it up till she found the gaping hole in her body. She barely seemed to register it, "How was my delivery though? Was I good? I spooked you didn’t I!!"

“Of course you did, you freaking maniac!”

As I gazed at the scene in horror, the creeper girl proceeded to poke into the exit wound on her back, while also inserting a finger from the front, seemingly trying to see if she could make her fingers meet in the middle. I felt sick, clasping a hand over my mouth. Relax Cyrus. I thought to myself. At least she's okay. She may be nuts, but she's okay. We need to get her to safety, out of the forest. Get her to my shed before an actual creeper shows up. Unanswered questions screamed through my mind, but I tried to push them out, my only priority becoming getting her to a safe place. It was the least I could do for her after all.

“Hehe… You actually thought I was a creeper, didn’t you?” The girl asked again, her form wavering. Her eyes were starting to flicker. She sighed sleepily. The girl had been fighting the effects of her injury like a demon before now, but now they seemed to be kicking in. The girl’s body began to sway, “That’s good…”

The girl fell back hard, her head knocking against the wood blocks of the tree behind her as she fell, her body falling limp once more in the grass. I stared for a moment, waiting for her to get up as silence fell around me like gravel. I poked her ankle, the limb swiveling in the grass, barely twitching at my touch. She giggled, but didn’t speak.

Before I wasn’t sure if she was human, but now… I didn’t think she could tell either.

Sounds began to trickle out from the depths of the forest. They were quiet, distant enough to be safe, but I couldn’t count on that for long. I stood up, turning away from the girl and springing back towards my shed, freezing only as the door caught in my hand. My body was stiff for a moment, but I turned and looked at the girl, laying cold in the grass. I imagined her being taken by the zombies, waking just in time to watch as a spider wrapped her in its webs, or as a skeleton took aim between her eyes. My hand clamped the door tight and I bit down on my lip.

Dying may not have mattered to her—it didn’t matter to most, given you can respawn—but the thought of her being trapped, unable to fight back. I couldn’t handle that. The sight of someone ganged up on by this world, bullied by its inhabitants. It was too familiar to me.

I took hold of the girl’s legs and began dragging her across the dirt, her body leaving a red line in the grass like a soggy paint brush. Trying hard not to gag, I turned my face towards the shack, Just a few more blocks to go. I cleared the shadows of the just as the moss green of a zombie began to poke its head from the darkness beyond, close enough now to come into sight. It didn’t scare me, but a sound from below did.

"So why didn't you hit me with a sword back there, nameless guy?"

I nearly dropped her right there. I looked over my shoulder at the supposedly-unconscious creeper girl, her head now tilted towards me as her body sloped up towards me at an unnatural angle.

"I'm not nameless, my name is Cyrus," I corrected, still pulling her through the grass. To be honest, maybe I should have left her there. If she could survive a hit like that after all, maybe she could survive a zombie attack. Although, it wasn’t hard to imagine her clipping through the ground or something equally bizarre if I actually did end up setting her down, "And I call this my copy mod. Right now I'm using a drill mod I took from someone in my old server, but I can copy others and--"

"Why not use a sword though…?" She persisted, her voice trailing off sleepily. I guess her consciousness was temporary after all, “A sword probably would have killed me harder…” I sighed, resigning rather than continuing to argue with an insane person.

"Well... I'm not very good with a sword. Or most things in general... Mods help."

She nodded thoughtfully, her eyes half-lidded. I questioned if any of my words were actually being processed or if she was just nodding by reflex. I budged the shed door open with my shoulder, pulling the girl in and resting her body along the wall. I only now realized how much space the two of us took up in here. It felt like the two of us were sharing a single cubical atom of air.

"I'm San by the way..." She said breathily, her body waving like a leaf in the wind once more. I smiled, "Hi San." Though it felt like I was talking to a living dummy. Maybe it was from the accident, but her consciousness seemed to waver more with each passing moment. A realization dawned in my mind, then quickly fell as it formed, crashing against my heart, my stomach, quivering in my legs before crashing in the grass below. The realization that if she died, I’d be alone again. It was a strange thing to fear, considering I’d been wandering the woods for the better part of the last month, but nevertheless it failed to disappear, only growing as I stared at the weak smirk that faded into her lips.

I fashioned some bandages from paper and string, wrapping them around her midsection and fiercely tightening them. “Yeah, keep that in there,” I muttered as I trapped the wound, “No one wants to see any more of that.” My hands soon found a rhythm, the motion becoming easier the more bandages I laid down, though I would shiver at the touch of her skin. The contact was overwhelming. I didn't realize until then how nice it was to be around another human being.

"Don't you have any meat I could plug up this wound with?"

I almost choked on my spit. "N- No." I stuttered, pinning the end of the bandage in place. The easiest and least painful way to heal of course, was food. Even if you shattered you femurs taking fall damage, or had a limb cut off by a sword, you just needed to eat some bread and you're back on your feet, your bones just naturally snapping back into place, flesh filling the empty spaces. It was almost scary how much an expert builder could do on a full stomach, most of them leaping off of structures and shattering their legs just to serve as a quick way down. So it was only fitting I'd forgot to bring on this trip along with my beds, spare wood, and survival instinct, “I just have tools and a few random blocks.”

"But... You brought paper and string!" San laughed, pulling her hoodie back down over her midsection, seeing that I had finished. She placed a hand in the bloody hole I'd opened in her hoodie, treating the drill hole like it was a front pocket, "What else did you bring?"

I reached into my inventory, more willing to humor her than explain something I wouldn’t get to finish talking about. My hand hooked around a flat rectangular object and I tossed it forward. The painting landed against a nearby wall, the watercolor image growing to full size on its length. San tried to contain herself but her laughter was visibly building in her round cheek, audible shards breaking out in small snorts.

"Yeah… I'm really not good at this." I said, rolling into a sitting position. A smirk defied me, creeping onto my face.

"What like, everything?" She questioned, spitting out a laugh. You’re one to talk, I thought, Running out into the woods and getting stabbed by strangers.

I nodded, the smirk on my face breaking into a wide smile. "Pretty much!" I replied, my own face strained by a wide grin for the first time in nearly a month. San laughed with me, her booming voice hugging feeling like it was hugging me tightly, squeezing me, and shaking me around. It may not have been the first time in weeks that I'd smiled, but it was definitely the first time in weeks I'd felt at home. Even if it was with a suicidal idiot. Of course, stupid was something we had in common. Getting lost in the endless woods, needlessly provoking mobs, forgetting to bring beds. I was dumb and had a dumb companion, and there was something comforting in that. The forest felt strangely empty, the empty forest cradling us two idiots as we laughed. The sky coming through the small portholes on the door began to glow, turning orange as a new sun rose.

“So… How you feeling?” I asked San. It was a question I tried to ask her before, but one that she never seemed to stay awake long enough for.

“I’m okay, just… Tired.” She said, scratching her head, “Starving probably. Feels like there’s a big hole in my stomach.”

I coughed out a laugh, but she just stared at me with her same stupid smile. Maybe she’d already forgotten about the wound. I wished I could be that scatterbrained.

“Let me take you home then. You said you had a server right?”

San nodded, smiling brightly at me and thanking me with the little consciousness she had left before beginning to drift again. “Weebtown,” She whispered, “about 20 chunks east.”

I wanted to let out a Really? Upon hearing the name, but she had already fallen back her vague state of unconsciousness. I took it as my cue to move, grunting as I put her arm around my shoulders and lifted from beneath her legs, heaving her onto my shoulders. My legs quivered, and I nearly dropped her, San snickering to herself all the way.

Shifting her body, I managed to get her arms around my neck as she tightened her legs around my waist. She was like a 200 pound backpack. Before long, I’d heaved her upwards and budged my way through the front door, my body heavy and the light of dawn on my face. It definitely wasn’t the way I imagined I’d meet someone out in the woods between servers. Much less the way that I’d get a travelling companion. But something about it seemed right. It was just like this world of Minecraft. Strange, unnecessarily startling, and just as confusing as it was natural. Something was comforting about that. And about her.

“Weebtown…” I said aloud. A horrible name, to be sure. But it was a destination. And I hadn’t had one of those in a while.

Even if I’m the one who injured her in the first place, I was glad to actually be able to help her. Maybe I’d stick in her memory. No longer the third-person-from-the-left in a crowd but a person she’d actually remembered if she actually ended up dying. Though, I’d rather prevent that. Maybe then I’d have someone rooting for me. Someone to add to my list of contacts after all of the others sent me into the woods. San pulled herself onto my back, securing herself. She pulled her arms around my neck, tightly yet somehow softly holding me. “Hi.” She said with a giggle, falling back unconscious almost immediately. “Hi.” I replied to the vacant air, laughing to myself. No bed, I thought, but at least I have a crazed, starving backpack.

Before long, she’d pointed me in the direction of her server and I started walking. Leaving the shack and the painting and everything in that part of the forest behind. There was a quiet anxiety that came with the beginning of a new journey, even if it was just a change in direction. A pit in my gut began to grow, threatening to pull San and I down with it. I tried to shrug the feeling off and keep going, but it only seemed to hang on my heels, spreading across my feet like frostbite and only growing with every step. But interrupting the darkness, driving off the anxiety, was San’s voice. Mumbling sleepily. But not like before, it was like she was dreaming. The strange girl continued to talk in her sleep, her eyes lidded and head thumping on my shoulder as I tread through the forest's dry grass. I had given up on replying, any retorts or questions falling on deaf ears. She said something about “her,” I guess someone she needed to find. Or was heading back to. I listened closer, leaning in, hoping to hear more details. Any information at all, but she fell silent again.

I released a heavy breath, training my eyes on the glowing horizon. As zombies burned away and the shadows of the forest receded under the trees, my chest began to feel lighter, the girl on my back feeling as natural as my coat and scarf. Maybe once we got to her server, she’d even explain to me what in the Nether her deal was. But that was for later.

“Here we go, I guess!” I said aloud, lifting my head, a stupidly confident grin on my face. Regardless of its connotations, I threw my head back and shouted her server’s name to the sky, knowing that wherever and whatever it was, it would be better than piddling around in the dark woods. Finally, I had somewhere I wanted to be.

“Onward, to Weebtown!”

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fearofaherobrine · 7 years ago

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Roleplay Server Log #211

“Infinite Flux, Cp Cleansing”

[Notch] Quietly as they walk away - how long were you hovering around listening to us anyway?

[Flux] - Not too terribly long, I was beginning to wonder where you were

[Notch] You can't pinpoint people on the server? I know Doc can do that, I thought it was an admin thing?

[Flux] - I have my own way I suppose, when I take my mist form I can see everything, everyone, wverywhere

[Notch] Laughs lightly- That sounds both amazing and headache inducing.

[Flux] - I am used to it. It was a bit disorienting coming here because this server is bigger than the one I originate from

[Notch] But it also means more interesting things to look at, and more people to check in on.

[Flux] - I could show you

[Notch] Really? Is it because I can see code now? Or could you have done this all along to anyone?

[Flux] - Not before, but I might be able to now that my energy has been fixed

[Notch] I trust you Flux. I'm up for anything you want to show me.

[Flux] Reaches over and takes his hands as she brings them to a halt. She shuts her eyes and a bubbly feeling overcomes Notch as the two of them dissolve into mist, as Flux said, Notch can now see everything on the server and everywhere-

[Notch] Gasps in shock, it's too much to take in at once and his mind is overwhelmed with tears that have no way to manifest. He clings to her with all his energy and there's a sudden swelling as the powers comingle, the server shoots away below them, beyond the ceiling of the skybox and there it is....

All the seeds streching forever into a gray misty horizon in every direction, little glowing doorways to an untold number of worlds, Notch hesitates for a moment before reaching out to the nearest node, his unformed hand passing through the sparkling star of a world-

I....

[Flux] Brings their forms back to a more physical state- Notch?

[Notch] Wobbles around for a moment and then falls down. His face is green with motion sickness and he's panting a bit from the sheer pressure of everything that was just lifted from him.

[Flux] Kneels down next to him- Notch? What was that?

[Notch] I... I don't know... I just reached out for you... and we went so much higher... I feel dizzy.

[Flux] Pushes some hair away from Notch's face- Breathe, it will help. The first time doing that is always overwhelming... But that place... Where was it? I've never seen it before...

[Notch] It was everything... the web of seed nodes spread out over the void. Just one little corner of the Internet itself.

[Flux] - Your creation?

[Notch] I had help... but yes...

[Flux] - It's appropriate

[Notch] Was that what you wanted to show me?

[Flux] - No, my intention was just to show you this server...

[Notch] Then why....?

[Flux] - I cannot say, but perhaps TLOT or Doc may be able to shed some light on this?

[Notch] Not... not right now... I need to think about this. Just, walk me home, okay? We'll have some tea, maybe some of the lobsters Stevie gave me.

[Doc] Was dozing lightly and feels a small vibration from the golden carrot that's phone coded - xe pulls it out and reads the display slightly above it. With hir forked tounge just poking out xe twiddles hir claws and waits. The reply comes back immediately and there's some spirited back and forth. The exeggutor wanders over and watches hir blithely. - after a few minutes xe closes it satisfied and types out a message to Cp over the chat- Turns out Dawn already had what you needed, she made one for herself a long time ago and then didn't use it. She says she'll put it in a container near the tv and you can just grab it. Just give her a few minutes to get to the beach.

[CP] - I DON'T NEED ANYTHING!

[Doc] It's for your nightmares! Just take it. You don't have to talk to anyone.-

[CP] - Slender already gave me protection!

[Doc] Why the fuck didn't you tell me?

[CP] - BECAUSE I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MY WIFE!

[Doc] TAKE IT ANYWAY.

[CP] - MAKE ME!

[Doc] whiny and trying to make Splender laugh- Splender.... Cp is being rude... blarg. - Xe rolls over in a dramatic way-

[Splender] - Should I go get him?

[Doc] No... he's with Lie. It makes more sense for me to go to him. He's still at my house anyway. Splender... I don't expect you to do anything. I was just bitching to make myself feel better. Thank you though.

[Splender]- Oh, alright!

[Doc] I guess I'll head home. Though you're always welcome to tag along if you're bored. - Lifts up and shakes off a bit. - Snake? Are you still around?

[Splender] - No, I should be going home as well

[snake] snake is not here only a donut

[Doc] Safe journey then. Huh?

[Exeggutor] Waves it's fronds at Splender

[snake] I am a donut but don't eat me

[Splender] Waves his tendrils, the bells jingling softly before he teleports away-

[Doc] Okay. Well then. Donuts belong in my kitchen, so I guess I'll just take you along. - Xe picks up Snake with two claws and balances him on hir snout like a dog with a treat before trotting back towards the castle with the pokemon stumping along behind-

[Alexis] Passes them on her way home-

[Doc] Hi Alexis. - Waves hir tail by way of greeting-

[Alexis] - Hello Doc, everything okay?

[Doc] Just the usual nonsense. Got my butt kicked by a wild animal while Cp stood around watching. He's determined to be on my shit list today.

[Alexis] - I see, well I hope your day gets better, I'm heading home now

[Doc] Good enough. Stevie could probably use some comforting anyway.

[Alexis] - Got it- Heads towards her house

[Doc] Puts up a paw as xe gets to the front door and changes under Snake so they're laying in hir open palm.

[Exeggutor] Has decided to stay outside and settles down in a patch of sun near the water.

[Doc] Heads down to the kitchen.

[CP] Is keeping himself between MB and Lie-

[Mb] Is just sitting against the wall with the pea-shooter concealed and his arms folded. He's focused entirely on the baby dragons playing and ignoring Cp.

-The baby dragons are starting to wear out a little-

[Mb] Oh look who's back....

[Doc] Comes down the steps, hoping theres no mess

[snake] donut say eat more cookies

[CP] Growls at Doc a little-

[Doc] Puts Snake on the table and gives Cp a calculating look- well?

[CP] - Go get it yourself! You're the one who keeps wanting the practice!

[Doc] If I get it myself, will you take the item?

[CP] - No, because I don't need it!

[Doc] Why are you so against this?

[snake] donut say take the item

[CP] - I don't need it, Slender has already given me their protection and I trust in that

[Doc But it could come in handy later. From what Dawn said, a lot of work went into it.

[snake] donut says you should always have a plan b

[CP] Is just being stubborn now as he folds his arms and turns away-

[Flux] - Notch, I really do believe that you should go speak to someone now, before you forget anything

[Notch] Holds himself nervously- Are you sure? I mean... nobody here really seems to know what's happening to me....

[Flux] - Yes but it would be best to keep them up to date on what is happening, do you not think so?

[Notch] slumps, defeated, he makes a weak gesture for Flux to lead-

[Flux] Takes his hand again- We'll walk this time

[Deer] - Snake? Why are you curled up like that?

[snake] I am not snake I am a donut

[+Deer] - Oh... Um, okay?

[snake] but really I just don't want to be serious right now

[Deer] - Alright, there's nothing wrong with that

[Doc] Is just staring angrilly at Cp

[Mb] Has perked up and is watching to see if a fight will happen-

[Notch] Comes down the stairs - Doc, I need to tell you something-

[Flux] Is following behind Notch-

[Doc] What is it Markus?

[Flux] - I was showing him how I saw the server when something went odd, we saw all the seeds...

[Notch] It was amazing... and scary as all hell-

[Doc] So maybe the mingling of your energies caused a reaction?

[Flux] - Perhaps, I'd never tried showing someone else before...

[Notch] I wasn't trying to do anything.

[Doc] I understand, but there's a chance that you did something anyway without meaning too.

[Lie] - Maybe it's one of Notch's powers?

[Doc] So you think he might be able to see all the codes with a nudge in the right direction?

[Notch] It didn't feel like that. I wanted to.. help.. I guess?

[CP] - Who cares! Something weird happened, big deal

[Lie] - CP what is wrong with you right now?

[Doc] Snorts - maybe you should help me next. All I want is for Cp to grab a thing that's just outside our usual portal and he won't do it.

[Notch] I guess?

[CP] - Will the both of you just fuck off already?

[Doc] Bristles and shoots him an incredulous look-

[Notch] Hey... if you want me to try and help I will.

[Doc] Throws up hir hands- Fine! What's the worst that can happen right?

[Lie] Sighs and motions for them to go ahead, she won't stop them-

[Doc] Tries to make a portal, there a lot of crackling and statick and it falls apart quickly. Xe grits hir teeth and tries again-

[CP] Snickers-

[snake] donut say your being mean cp

[Doc] Gets it semi-stable, but it's clear they're using everything to maintain it and there's nothing visible but digital snow on the opposite side-

[Notch] Approaches tenatively, trying to focus his mind on helping somehow-

[Deer] - CP really, do you want to be turned into a cat again?

[Mb] What the fuck are you doing anyway?

[CP] - Not helping

[Lie] - Doc is trying to make a portal to the outside world

[Mb] Outside? Like another seed or game or something?

[snake] lie make sure to eat more cookies

[Lie] - It's the world Notch and I come from, it's where Minecraft was created

[Doc] Tries harder and suddenly feels Markus touch hir shoulder. There's a sudden whoosh as the pressure vanishes entirely, and the beach outside the old TV can be clearly seen through the little hole. The smell of the surf and sand, and the rushing noise of the ocean fills the room.

[Lie] Smiles a little-

[Mb] Is on his feet and moving towards the hole, his eyes are as blank as ever but his mouth is hanging slightly agape. - What... It's so... the pieces are so small...!

[CP] - Because it's not pixilated dumbass

[Doc] Sticks hir hand through quickly without losing contact with Markus, and drags in a beach bag. There's the tiniest digital crackle as the resolution on the bag falls dramatically to match the server.

[Notch] That's home...

[Mb] Reaches out for the hole and jerks his hand back as if burned-

[Lie] - It used to be

[CP] - Yeah the first time out there is super painful

[Notch] You're right Lie. But I'm trying to help Mb understand what he's seeing. This is where non-digital humans come from. Everything is much more detailed.

[CP] Is considering setting the beach bag on fire-

[Doc] Looks at Notch and moves his hand gently off hir shoulder. As they break contact, the portal falls apart entirely. - Markus...

[Flux] - Such an interesting reaction...

[Doc] I think we should do some more tests but.... at first blush, that's an amazing power... Lie? Could you give it a shot? Let Markus help you spawn a flower, nothing new, just see what happens.

[Lie] - Alright- She holds her hand out for Notch, focused on creating a love blossom

[Notch] Takes her hand gently and thinks about helping her as well-

[Lie] The blossom forms quickly, growing much larger than usual and a few petals fall off while a scent fill it's room. Everyone there being reminded of those they love the most-

[Notch] Turns instinctively to Flux, his eyes are wide and hopeful

[Mb] Bends down and reaches out for Celine

[Doc] Takes a step back to lean against Deerheart and reach down for Yaunfen. - It's so beautiful Lie....

[CP] Purrs as he looks at Lie-

[Lie] - It's so much bigger

[Flux] Has a light blush across her face, she's a bit confused as to what she's feeling, but she knows it's aimed at Notch-

[snake] -flops out of being a donut-

[Doc] I think we have confirmation... Too bad you're ashamed of your father Cp, having your own powers amplified could come in super handy...

[CP] Scowls- Still not introducing him to my mobs Doc

[Lie] - What brought that suggestion about?

[Doc] I had a fleeting thought about Cp introducing Markus as a super powerful Notch to impress his mobs and keep them in line.

[CP] Tenses as he picks up on the thought- No! Besides, even if we did that my mobs would still initially challenge him, and I don't think he can protect himself yet

[Notch] Swallows-

[Doc] Bah, they're just mobs. All I'd need to do is put him in creative.

[CP] - You have no say as to what happens on my seed Doc

[Doc] Did I say I did? And that's a good question, can you put people in creative on your seed? Are you an admin, or just an invader?

[CP] - I don't know, never had a reason to, and Stevie always preferred to be in survival

[Doc] Then you basically put your greatest weapon aside because... you can't be bothered to hack into the admin functions?

[Mb] dumbass...

[CP] - No, because I'm naturally in a mixture of survival and creative, and I never put one of my victims in creative

[Doc] And... it never occured to you to flip your own modes before fighting your NOTCH?

[CP] - I've tried, it's part of my glitch that I can't completely enter creative

[Doc] Okay, that I understand. But you not using every weapon at your disposal makes me suspicious.

[CP] - What do you mean?

[Notch] Cp... you usually use anything that can give you an advantage in a fight...

[CP] - And I still do! I just can't fully enter creative! I've tried Nether knows how many times!

[Doc] Ah, that's a shame, but... you don't want my help,so.....

[Mb] Mean laugh-

[CP] Growls- I don't need it, I'll figure out a way eventually

[Lie] - CP no, you've tried your way long enough now

[Flux] - And you are not the only one with a vendetta...

[Doc] Pretends to ignore them and opens the bag. There are a couple of items inside, but the charm is on the top. Xe pulls it out. It's a scroll made of animal hide and it's been wrapped over it's entire length with red string knotted at intervals and then sealed with a complex sigil pressed into wax. It seems to pulse weirdly in hir hand-

[Deer] - That feels so weird...

[Flux] - There is definetly magic in that...

[Doc] It's made of skin and obviously not meant to be read.

[Notch] Hovers a hand over it. - It feels really different from what Flux uses...

[Flux] - Well it is a real world magic, not digital

[Doc] I guess it will come in handy if someone else needs protection at least.

[Lie] Goes over to CP and runs her fingers through his hair-

[Doc] Rustles around in the bag and pulls out a brown cube, it seems to be slightly hairy. - What the...?

[Deer] - What is that?

[Notch] Is that a coconut?

[Doc] Shakes it - why is it full of liquid?

[Lie] - It's edible

[snake] -flops off the table to get a closer look at what doc has-

[Doc] Makes a second one and puts it away before fussing with the original. Xe taps it on the table like an egg- How are you supposed to get it open?

[Lie] - You have to break it open, not only can you drink the "milk" inside, but you can eat the flesh to

[Doc] Oh... Um... - Xe sits down at the table and picks at the coconut a bit, pinching pixels off of it like someone removing lint.

[snake] get a machete and cut it in half

[Lie] - Doc? Do you know if TLOT has figured out a time for some of villagers to meet Notch? I'd like to be there to support Notch

[Doc] But Snake, if it has liquid in it, and I hit it with something, it'll go everywhere. I don't know? I'm not entirely sure where he is. But I presume he'd want to be there himself.

[Lie] - We should ask him then

[snake] normally they are round so just some would get out while the two half's flopped to the side containing the rest gem saw it in a video once

[Doc] Squeaks a finger into a small hole xe's made and feels liquid - It's okay, I think I've got it. Anyone have a bucket? -at Lie- Oh? Right.

[CP] Tosses one full of lava at Doc-

[Doc] Fumbles the bucket and gets it on hir lap, xe leaps up and breaks the chair to keep it from catching fire-

[Mb] Grabs Celine and tps into the kitchen proper-

[Notch] Jumps away in alarm-

[Lie] - CP!

[Doc] FUCKING DAMMIT CP!

[CP] Doesn't care-

[snake] -gets as fast away from the lava as he can-

[Doc] Cleans up the lava and stalks over to him before kicking him hard in the shin-

[CP] Leaps up to attack only to find himself quickly shrinking as Lie flicks the collar onto him-

[Lie] - ENOUGH!

[Doc] Grabs him roughly and plunks him on the table- What the hell is wrong with you?!

[CP] Growls and hisses at Doc-

[Doc] Scowls- I don't get it... he was doing so well... why is this happening now?

[Lie] - Could it be an affect of the protection Slender's given him?

[Doc] Fuuuuuuck. You might be right.... I think... I need BEN just in case. One of my carriers to make contact with him.

[Lie] - Do you think it's Her again?

[Doc] Growls- I don't know, but I'm not giving her one fucking pixel in the battle between us. - types- BEN? Can I borrow you for a minute?

[Flux] Reaches out with her magic- I feel her aura, but not her

[BEN] - What do you need?

[Doc] Just your purging ability. It will only take a minute. Is there anything you need from me? Just to make the trip more worthwild?

[BEN] - Not really, I mean we're getting a bit scratched up by Hyrule's nails, we don't exactly have anything to trim them

[Doc] I can fix that. Do you want to bring him over too?

[BEN] - Sure, I'll be over soon

[Doc] Thank you.

[Notch] Found a bucket in the kitchen and is draining the coconut.

[Flux] Takes a seat at the table-

[CP] Bites at Doc-

[snake] doc do you still have the cookie I gave you? maybe you can make more so everyone can have one.

[Doc] Swats the top of Cp's head lightly- No! Oh, Snake? Yeah, I do. - Fusses around and makes a small stack before setting them on the table away from Cp-

[CP] Glares at the cookies, considering barfing on them-

[snake] yay cookies for everyone

[Notch] Gives Cp a little pat and sighs unhappily. - I thought we were done with this...

[Lie] Gathers CP's clothes- This happens every once in a while

[Notch] What, like some kind of male pms?

[Lie] Pauses- Kinda? But not as regular

[CP] Makes a beeline for the cookies-

[Notch] Puts the bucket down in his way and leans on it so he can only bang into it -

[CP] Stumbles back a little and hisses-

[Notch] Anyone who wants a cookie should grab it now...

[Doc] Maybe later, I still have some.

[Lie] Takes one as CP tries to get around the bucket-

[Yaunfen] Lunges for the cookies, grabbing several-

[Mb] Slips quietly out the kitchen door. He has a lot on his mind now and his dragon is sleepy.

[Notch] Moves the bucket a bit too quickly and sloshes a bit of coconut water on Cp.

[Celine] Suckles a little on MB's shirt-

[CP] Unhappy noises as he tries to shake the liquid off-

[Doc] That's what you get for being a dick.

[BEN] Enters carrying Hyrule- Hey

[snake] hi ben

[BEN] Nods in acknowledgment before looking at CP- So he's a cat again?

[Doc] There you are. Yeah... he's been really bad today... Oh, I meant to ask, hows the fairy working out?

[Nia] Comes out of the folds of BEN's clothes-

[Notch] Aww, Hyrule's a cutie - notices Nia- What the? You have a fairy? She's so tiny!

[BEN] - Standard for our game

[Flux] - It has a little bit of magic

[Notch] Makes a silly face- Hey Hyrule, listen!

[Doc] Hello Nia.

[BEN] - DON'T YOU DARE!

[snake] -falls over laughing-

[Notch] Chuckles- Just playing around.

[BEN] Scowls- Anyways, what do you need me to do?

[Doc] We think Markus may be developing some powers of his own as a newly digital entity-

[BEN] - And that involves me how?

[Doc] I just need you to hold his hand and let him try and help you while you lay your other on Cp.

[BEN] - You want me to touch the hissing ball of piss over there?

[Doc] Only for a moment, Lie can you keep him still?

[Lie] - Sure- She goes over to her mate and places a bit of pressure on CP with her hands to keep him still

[Deer] -Here, BEN? I'll hold Hyrule for you

[Notch] Offers a hand to BEN-

[BEN] Hands Hyrule over to Deer before awkwardly taking Notch's hand and reaching for the hissing CP-

[CP] Growls the entire time-

[Notch] Tries to reach out to BEN mentally, focused on amplifying his anti-insanity wave-length.

[CP] Shudders as he hunkers down-

[BEN] Soon pulls his hand away- Well, if he was infected, he's not now

[Doc] Thank you BEN. He's been being horrible the last couple of days and it's a really abrupt change. And then Slender offered him some protection from the thing in his nightmares and... I'm just worried he's being influenced.

[BEN] - Wait Slender gave him protection? That would explain it. It's like a subdued version of what he does with his proxies usually. A proxy can have two completely different personalities depending on the terms of their contract. Some aren't even aware they're proxies

[Doc] Grinds hir teeth - Dammit... then I know what we need and Cp, you're taking that fucking scroll if I have to shove it up your ass. Notch, I need you to help one more time. Lie? I need the purifying flame Xophiel gave you.

[Lie] - I can try?

[BEN] - Woah woah woah! On other pasta's it's temporary! I don't think we have anything to worry about!

[Doc] Not if he's going to pull the bullshit he tried a few minutes ago! He threw a bucket of lava at me in a room with wooden furniture and two baby dragons playing under the table!

[BEN] - Well at least he threw it in a bucket?

[snake] and I was almost next to doc

[Doc] A bucket that I couldn't catch cause my hands were full.

[BEN] - Um...

[Doc] How would you like it if he tried that in your house? You have a little one to protect as well.

[CP] Has been silent this whole time-

[snake] I am pretty sure that would burn the tree down and gem would get pissed

[Doc] Exactly. And maybe I'm just paranoid, but I suspect this may be deliberate.

[Lie] Finally manages to conjure her purifying flame-

[Doc] Some nasty little ploy to turn us all against him now that he has friends and family and isn't always availble to be Slenders right hand.

[BEN] - I highly doubt that it's deliberate, other than trying to defend a member of his household that is

[Notch] Is watching Lie's fire. He puts a hand near the light to see if there's any warmpth.

[Doc] Then it's convenient for him at least... I don't trust Slender at all.

[BEN] - We do

[Doc] Then that's up to you BEN. Slender would like to convert or kill me. I'm just as entitled to my opinion as you are.

[BEN] - He's the best option out there for our kind...

[Doc] Out there, perhaps. In here? I disagree.

[BEN] Just looks down-

[Doc] I'm not trying to turn you against him BEN. I told you you're free to come and go and I meant it. But I. I cannot afford to trust him.

[BEN] - Whatever

[Lie] - It's alright to touch Notch- The flame is almost cool to touch

[Notch] Puts his fingertips into, it hesitantly allowing the flow to touch him in return. It's cool and clean and lifts his spirts immensely, not even understanding how he turns it back on her doubly strong and even brighter.

[Lie] Yelps in surprise and accidentally puts the flame out-

[Notch] I'm sorry Lie! Did I hurt you?

[Lie] - No, no not at all, just surprised me

[Notch] Try again? For Cp?

[Lie] - Yeah- She concentrates and brings the flame back again

[Notch] Reaches for the flames that are dancing in his flat black eyes. He puts his hand on the back of Lie's and the flames grow brighter and higher, until she seems to be holding a radiant star with five dim lines where her fingers wrap the shimmering surface.

[Lie] Glances at CP- So how are we doing this?

[Notch] I guess, just touch him?

[Lie] Takes a bit of the flame into her other hand and touches CP with it-

[CP] Grumbles before purring a little-

[Doc] That sounds promising...

[Notch] Is still staring at the fire. - It's so pretty Lie....

[Lie] - It was a gift

[Doc] From a very interesting angel with the face of a bird.

[CP] - An asshole angel is more like it

[Lie] - Just because they dropped your pick on your head does not make them an asshole CP

[Doc] At least they brought it to you instead of leaving it out there...

[CP] - Plus they interfered when I was looking into a dream...

[Doc] That's odd, who's dream was it?

[CP] - Weirdo kid's mom

[Doc] Dolly? Well I guess that makes sense. Xophiel seems to have a particular interest in them.

[Notch] Takes his hand away from Lie's - Cp... are you feeling any different?

[CP] - ... Kinda?

[Doc] Better then nothing. Here, take this just in case- Xe slides the scroll across the table so it sucks into his inventory.

[CP] Immediately tosses it back out- I'm fine! I can feel that Slender's protection is still there!

[Doc] Puts hir hand on the roll- But you said you felt different?

[Notch] Is this really just a chemical thing? Mid-life crisis or something?

[CP] - It kinda does?

[Flux] - I can no longer feel Her aura, but there is another one... One which would normally elicit a fear response...

[Doc] So maybe she's using Slenders protection as a conduit to get to Cp?

[BEN] - See!? I told you Slender wasn't doing anything backhanded!

[Doc] I think I can be forgiven for my suspicions. He's delt with me dishonestly before.

[BEN] Hmph's-

[Lie] Dismisses the flame and picks her mate up-

[CP] Rubs against his mate-

[Doc] I think it's silverfish time again. Cp? Can I have that egg back?

[CP] - Whyyyyyyyyyyy?

[Doc] I'm going to recode it, so it will go off if you're being influenced from outside. I think I know what I'm looking for now.

[CP] Grumbles but kicks the egg out-

[Doc] Fusses with the egg, redoing it's frequency - I'm changing this so it makes a noise too. It's for our safety and so you know that you're losing control and need to fight it. Or at least go the bathroom and compose yourself until it passes.

[CP] - Oh fuck you

[Doc] What? It's no good as an alarm if only you can hear it. What's a good noise?

[Deer] - How about him just yelling?

[Notch] Thunder would be appropo....

[CP] - I hate all of you

[Notch] Don't say that...

[Doc] Well I don't hate you! Otherwise I wouldn't spend so much time trying to help you!

[Lie] - He's just being grumpy right now

[Doc] Grumbles. Seriously. Pick a noise.

[Notch] What about the Blaze sound? It's not loud enough to be super startling, but it is unnerving enough to catch your attention.

[Lie] - Good point

[Deer] - That would certainly work, so long as one of us isn't near the blaze in the lab at the time it goes off

[Bianca] -yells for deer-

[Deer] - Oh, Doc? Would you mind coming with me? Bianca would like to speak

[Doc] Is startled, xe breaks the egg accidently and the coded silverfish goes scuttling across the table. - Dammit!

[CP] Snickers-

[Notch] Scrabbles at the silverfish-

[Deer] Lunges for the silverfish-

[Notch] Bonks into Deer and gets poked in the eye with one of the points on her antlers- OW!

[Deer] - Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!

[Silverfish] Changes directions and heads towards Lie-

[Lie] - Ummmm...

[CP] Leaps out of Lie's arms and kills the silverfish- Ha

[Silverfish] Busts into pixels that vanish into Cp's fur-

[Doc] Well then... that's going to be really hard to code if I need to change it later. Way to find a more permenant solution Cp.

[CP] Sticks tongue out-

[Deer] - Love, Bianca?

[Doc] Blep.

[Deer] Takes Doc's hand- Come now, let's go- She hands Hyrule back to BEN

[Doc] Just go go talk to them for a minute. I need to take care of Hyrule real quick. - Xe leans over the baby and uses the tiniest bit of statick to begin to pare off the childs sharp little nails.

[Deer] - Alright- She heads down to the lab and the recovery room- Bianca?

[BEN] - Be careful!

[Doc] I am, I am.. - Starts on the little toenails-

[BEN] Watches worriedly-

[Doc] Finishes up with a little tickle on the babies belly- There you go. All better now.

[BEN] Cradles Hyrule and looks at him happily- My son...

[Doc] Do you mind of I give him a little code check up while you're here? Just a scan.

[BEN] - Okay...

[Doc] Holds hir command block in one hand and scans over the other digital entity. - There you go. That was easy. Looks good. No errors at all. He's a perfectly healthy boy.

[BEN] - Good, we think he's almost ready to start crawling...

[Doc] Gently- some of your fellow pastas are apparently quite interested in his progress.

[BEN] Growls- Who....

[Doc] It's okay! Apparently someone called Judge Angels and another called Bloody Painter have been trying to concieve. I think that if your child with Aven is normal and healthy, they might willingly trade their Insanity so they can have a baby of their own.

[BEN] - Those two...

[Doc] I don't actually know them, what are they like?

[BEN] - Judge Angel, she was abused because her eyes were different, they look like the void. Her sense of "Justice" is because her father was a judge. Only person she ever really liked was her mom, ended up carrying her mom's body around in a suitcase for a few weeks before the police caught up to her I think... She beheads her victims with this sword... We're not sure but we think the sword is supernatural. Bloody Painter on the other hand, well they were bullied and figured out a way to keep blood's natural red color once out of the body. Everything they paint usually is with blood now and the two will sometimes work together. Judge beheading, Painter gathering and using the blood.

[Bianca] oh sorry i was in the bathroom deer

[Deer] - Why did you call for me?

[Bianca] i wanted to meet everyone

[Doc] Well fuck... I guess it's safe to assume they'll both be protective parents at least? Since they know how it is to be ostracized and bullied?

[BEN] Shrugs- That's pretty much how all of the pasta's are when it comes to things they view as theirs...

[Doc] Ah well, -Xe gives Yaunfen a soft smile - we're all learning as we go aren't we?

[Yaunfen] - Burp!

[Doc] Leans down to give Yaunfen a kiss on the snout- love you.

[Yaunfen] - Fuck!

[BEN] Snorts in amusement-

[snake] -giggles at the what yaunfen say-

[Doc] Sighs- I'm looking forward to you learning some more words kiddo.

[hyrule] -is pulling at ben's shirt just because he can-

[BEN] - Hm? What is it kiddo?

[hyrule] dada

[BEN] - Yes?

[hyrule] -points to ben- dada

[Notch] is idly flicking his fingers and runs a thumb over Cp's tail tip. ( just like you would with a normal cat)

[BEN] - Yeah, I'm dada

[CP] If Lie weren't holding him, he'd turn and try to attack-

[hyrule] -smiles-

[Notch] Notices what he's doing- ah sorry Cp. I've spent so much time around cats it's just second nature to touch. Speaking of such... How's Grinny?

[CP] - The fuck should I know?

[Notch] Haven't seen him around lately.

[Doc] I think he just likes to sulk and hide. He's around here somewhere. Probably avoiding LH.

[Lie] - Well, I think I'll take CP home now so I can change him back

[Doc] Okay. Can I have him for a minute?

[Lie] Okay- CP is already growling at the thought as Lie puts him on the table

[CP] - Why the fuck do you want me!?

[Doc] Because I'm going to hug your ass you mean little fucker. -Doc encircles him with hir arms and gives the red cat a bit of a squeeze - don't you dare go and sulk. I'm your friend whether you like it or not. - lets go-

[CP] Bolts for the stairs-

[Lie] Sighs and follows-

-There's the sound of a fire ball hitting a door before Lie can get there-

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