Ancient Roleplay

### THIS RP IS NOT TO BE EDITED. THIS IS JUST THE STORY OF SOME CHARACTERS. FIND ROLEPLAY HERE.

Guardian opened her eyes. She felt sore all over. She lifted her hand to rub her head and screamed with fright. Her hand was block. "WHAT JUST HAPPENED." She yelled. "NOOOO. NO NO NO." She said shaking her head. She was stuck in Minecraft. She took a deep breath. She couldn't dwell on what happened. She would save that for tomorrow. Looking up she realized she wasn't in a forest. "Ice spikes? Come on!"--Guardian

Shadowcatcher looked up, instantly alert. In the distance, a small figure was shouting. *Players these days.. Maybe she's a new one.* "Sky! C'mon, girl!" She called to her silver, black, and white husky. She came trotting over and the two ran towards the distant player. As they reached it, Shadowkeeper saw she had long blonde hair and pearlescent gray-silver eyes. She was dressed lightly, not at all suitable for someone in an ice spikes biome. "Excuse me. Coudl you quit shouting?" She said irritably. "A-ah! Um, do you know where we are?!" The player cried. "What does it look like?" Shadowkeeper sighed. "U-um... Yeah, but why- why am I in Minecraft? Why are we in Minecraft?" The player asked. "Are you an idiot?! Aren't you playing the game like any other player?" Shadowkeeper asked. *What is up?* "U-um, you don't know? Aren't you a player too?" The blond girl asked. "No. You might call me an NPC, maybe a non-player, but I just guard this region of the world from griefers and live my life. I've never been to the world of the players. What happened?" The girl sighed. "I don't know. There was a big crisis in real life... I started playing Minecraft and I just... Blacked out, I guess. When I woke up, I was here. I'm Guardian, by the way."--Shadowkeeper

Water. That was the first thing Lavender felt. A huge crash had happened on Earth, where Lavender decided to flee to the game of Minecraft in the last moments of her world. Everything had gone black, and then Lavender was floating in the middle of an ocean. She kicked to the surface. The sun looked strange. It was a pale yellow, unlike the flaming red, dying sun of Earth. More distinctly, the sun was square. *I'm just seeing things.* Lavender thought. *I have been playing Minecraft way too long.* Lavender soon saw land in the distance. She swam to it and stood up. Then, she saw somthing strange floating in the upper corner of her vision. Ten pixelated hearts. Under them were just as many chicken-bone pixel shapes. *Hallucinations.* Then, Lavender spotted a stick on the ground. She bent down to pick it up, and then gasped. When her hand went in front of her face, she was she had no fingers. It was just a fleshy cube. She tried to pick up the stick, but the hand would not open. She staggered clumsily. Then, Lavender realized that her legs and torso were square too. She had purple hair and eyes. *Just like my Minecraft skin... wait a second... AM I IN THE GAME???? --*Lavender

Guardian heaved a massive sigh. This was just too confusing. "Well, have you seen any other players?" She asked. "No, just you." Shadowkeeper said. "We should look for some. They'll just be stuck with nothing! We also have to find about whats going on." Guardian said determinedly. "What's the nearest biome?" "An ocean." "Sounds like a good place to start." - Guardian

Lavender sat on the beach, birch logs in hand. She had always been a master builder at the game. People would give her diamonds if she built them amazing houses and secure bases. She never needed to go mining. She would just have to sit on her porch, and wait for people to throw diamonds at her feet. But here, there were no other people as far as Lavender knew. She was lazy. She didn't want to brave the dangerous mines. *Who cares? I don't need diamonds to survive. I will be fine with some nice leather armor.* Within a few days, Lavender had made a wheat farm and rounded up some cows. She had three pieces of leather! Only three! *This is going to take a while. I need a Looting sword. But.. only a noob would enchant wood tools. I need at least an iron sword... but no way am I going mining!* Lavender had never been mining in her entire Minecraft career. She didn't know any of the tips and tricks, and would surely die. *For all I know, I'm in Hardcore mode. If I die... that could be it. In real life too.* Then Lavender began to think. What happened to 'real life'? What had become of Earth? Was it destroyed? And what about the people who didn't flee into the game? Were they still alive, but in a different reality? Lavender's head began to hurt, and she called it a day and tucked herself in bed. -Lavender

Shadowkeeper sighed as the three friends sailed across the massive ocean. Her, Sky, and Guardian were all stuck together on a 5x5 raft with a small 1x1x2 pillar in the middle that they called a "mast". As she opened her mouth to call Sky over, she was silenced by Guardian shouting from the mast. "Land! Finally!" She yelled. Shadowkeeper groaned in relief. "And about time, too," She grumbled. As they neared the stretch of land, Shadowkeeper hissed. "What?! Oh, I'll get you for this!" She growled. "What?" Guardian asked innocently, putting on an inconspicuous angel face. "It's land," She observed wryly. "It's a 50x50 *island!* That... You got my hopes up way too high!" Shadowkeeper grumbled. "Wait... Is that a house?" In the dimming evening light, Shadowkeeper glimpsed a small oak house with a front porch, a wheat farm, and a fenced-in cow pen. As the trio landed on the beach and pulled their boat to shore, Shadowkeeper walked to the front door and rapped on it twice. -Shadowkeeper

There was a yell from inside and guardian wondered who was in there. "Helloooooo?" She asked. There was another indistinguishable yell. Guardian ran a hand through her golden blonde hair. "Maybe this is the house of a madman! I'm starting to regret this decision." Then, the door opened.

Lavender opened the door to see two people and a wolf were standing outside of it. "Woah..." One whispered. "Nice house." Lavender frowned. "You woke me from my nap." she said sternly. "Sorry." Another person, who had long brown hair, said. "This is just the first sign of other humans we have seen since we got here, and we were curious." Lavender began to get her hopes up. These humans had arrived in a world as well! Maybe that had answers to her many questions! -Lavender

((Hey, I'm changing Shadowkeeper to shadowkeeper)) -Pug

"No, I'm not a human. You could call me an NPC or something. I guard my biome from intruders and train in swordfighting and archery," Shadowkeeper informed Lavender. "I found Guardian here," She gestured to the blond human, "screaming on an iceberg." Guardian stuttered. "I-I... I was just confused!" "Yeah. So what *did* happen with the player world, anyways?" Shadowkeeper asked. "It... I don't know. I think it blew up or something. But how do we get back?" Lavender asked. "To be honest, I don't know either," Guardian said. "I have an idea, but it's just an *idea*. We don't know if it works. Don't get your hopes up. But I think all we have to do is kill the Wither, Elder Quardian, and Ender Dragon, but that is no easy task." -Shadowkeeper

"ALL THREE BOSSES!?" Lavender gasped. "But we will need diamonds for good armor and weapons... and obsidian to go to the Nether for supplies... and for all of that we have to go MINING. And FIGHT. I can't do that!" Guardian cocked her head. "We saw your house, and we thought you were a pro." she said. Lavender stared at the ground. "Back in the old server, people gave me diamonds if I could build them secure bases and beautiful houses. That was how I got armor and weapons to protect myself if needed. I have never mined, and almost never fought." Shadowkeeper looked at her. "I guess we'll have to train you, then." -Lavender

Blixemia. The taiga master, the one who knew the MineCraft game like reading a book over and over again, knew all the tricks, thwips, and any other viruses in the game. She sat on the porch of her snow covered dark oak house sipping on some warm beetroot stew. Her two dogs, Twilight and Ember, both half bred between a fox and an Aussie. The view was perfect, she hadn’t seen the sun since the blizzard came in. But she also hasn’t been.... well.... she was trapped in MineCraft for many weeks? Months? Years? She didn’t feel like she got any younger or any older. Just more experienced. She had been terrified after the first ever night of fighting an actual zombie, but ya get used to it over time. She sighed. Her home was complete, her stables were protected, her horses were happy, almost all of the villages that stretch through the whole taiga biome know’s who she was, and traded with her often. But she gets left alone a lot, which was nice, but rather boring, other than fighting and archery, and mining, and all of that hard work. She wanted more, like. An adventure, a whole thing that would change the lives of millions. *WHAT I NEED, is to figure the Ender, nether, and Wither stuff out! If only these books would help me instead of being useless tree strips like they are!* She sighed. If only things could change. —Blixemia

"No! Not like that! Sorry... I just get irritated. Here, try mark four, target three," Shadowkeeper suggested. Lavender raised her bow, looking frustrated. *Thwam!* Her arrow slammed into the outer ring of the nearest target. "Better!" Shadowkeeper praised. "Let's try... Hmm... Mining? We have to get us some diamonds, and fast."

The trio descended into the mine, Lavender in the front, Guardian after her, and Shadowkeeper bringing up the rear. -Shadow

"i don't like this." Guardian commented. "It's so dark and creepy." - Guardian

"That's why there's torches," Shadowkeeper replied, placing a burning stick on the wall. "Lavender. You take left central branch. Guardian, to the diamond area. I'll look for gold and iron." -Shadowkeeper

Blind sighed again lost in thought and her only memories of the real worked fading, she cou

Couldn’t hardly remember her name! Other than she was called Blix, she wished she’d be out there in the reality world

Lavender tiptoed down the mine, placing torches frequently. Suddenly, a low moan sounded from around the corner. *Zombies. No, two zombies. At least four. No wait-* Six zombies shuffled in front of Lavender. She drew her newly crafted Iron sword. Before she could attack, a zombie punched her. Her health bar decreased by two hearts. "Oh no you don't!" she screamed. Lavender remembered to use Critical Hits and Sweeping Edge moves that Shadowkeeper taught her. Soon, the zombies were just piles of flesh. "Ha! Take that you- AH!" An arrow struck Lavender in the shoulder. Then a hissing sound came. A skeleton and a Creeper were advancing on her. Behind them was a 6x6 box of mossy cobblestone. "A dungeon!" The skeleton continued shooting at Lavender, but the arrows were hitting the creeper. Soon, the creeper fell by the arrows and dropped a music disc. Lavender picked it up happily and finished off the skeleton. The dungeon was broken into, and Lavender disabled the spawner. She looked in the two double chests, and was astonished by the loot. Saddles. Golden apples. A Feather Falling IV book. Even four diamonds. "Time to do some crafting." Lavender decided. The four diamonds were made into diamond boots, which Lavender enchanting with Feather Falling IV. Lavender then made the rest of her armor iron. She filled her inventory with the loot, and began to leave the cave to find Guardian and Shadowkeeper. "I should go mining more often!" -**Lavender**

Guardian crept stealthily through the mine, trembling with fear. She had never liked mining to begin with. She spotted an iron ore over in a corner. "I'll just get this and get out of here." She muttered to herself. She placed a torch and started mining. The sound was so loud as the pick hit stone she never heard the creeper sneaking up on her. KABOOM! It blasted Guardian with full force. "What the-" She said before it exploded. She was slammed against the wall, her body flashing red, down to only 2 hearts. She looked up hoping not to see anything and breathed a sigh of relief when she realized it was gone. She stood up but then doubled over in pain. "Yea-och that hurts!" She couldn't see any bottles of healing or food. "Help!" She yelled, praying it would come. However, the cave grew dark as the torches began to flicker, and Guardian's health began to drop. Black spots appeared on the edge of her vision, and she fought for breath. The last thing she said before she blacked out was "those creepers..." As if a light had been flipped off, everything was dark in an instant.- Guardian

*That idiot!* Shadowkeeper thought. Really, she was scared for the blond-haired Guardian, but fear caused her to be irratated. She rushed down to Guardian's mining spot, finding the girl on the floor with iron ingots dropped beside her. Shadowkeeper uncorked one of her two healing potions and poured it down Guardian's throat. She sighed as Guardian opened her eyes, groaning. -Shadow

((Let's have em get out of the mine, so shadow can teach them about classes. Also, let's keep their preparation going for a bit, as not to rush the boss fighting along. )) -Pug

Guardian groaned then closed her eyes again. All she felt was pain. "What happened?..." She asked, attempting to recall the memories. "I don't know, but we better get back to the surface. Let's hope lavender had better luck then you." Shadowkeeper said. She helped Guardian up and had her lean on her shoulder. The pair staggered through the mine up to the staircase. Shadowkeeper set Guardian down. "Stay here. I'm gonna go find Lavender." "O-okay." Guardian said. Then lay back and closed her eyes. It was all pain. The healing potions had brought her up to three health points, enough to keep her conscious but not to take away the pain. Guardian missed her orphanage, her dorm-mate. She missed earth! She lay her head softly in her knees and started to cry, softly. - Guardian

Shadowkeeper shook her head as she heard soft sobbing, but inside she pitied Guardian. But this just hardened her resolve. *We've go to do this. Once they have classes it'll surely get easier. And I'm almost to sniper too.*

Shadowkeeper stumbled upon Lavender while she was mining. *Yep, she* did *have better luck!* The purple-haired girl was mining block after block of iron ore. "Good job! We'll have armor in no time!" Shadowkeeper praised, startling Lavender. "Y-yeah... Cool." She replied quite unenthusiastically ((hecc how does one spell that word)). "C'mon. We've got to go home." Shadowkeeper said, leading Lavender out of the mine. -Shadowkeeper

"But what *are* classes?" Lavender asked, not for the first time. Shadowkeeper sighed. "Each player or NPC can have a certain skill they pursue farther than any other. That's called their class. They can choose between swordsmanship, archery, healing, farming, blacksmithing, and a class called a rogue. The rogue focuses on stealth and speed, and fights with daggers. A warrior focuses on swordfighting, and an archer specializes in, well, archery. A farmer grows crops and farms animals. They're experts on plants and animals, so they've alot of survival skills. A blacksmith can design weapons and armor. A healer can heal with herbs or potions. Any NPC or player can choose one of these skills to be their base class. But, once they choose a skill, they've got to leave the others behind. An archer doesn't grow crops. A warrior doesn't heal. You can only choose one skill." Shadowkeeper explained. Guardian nodded. "But if that's a base class, what's above it?" Shadowkeeper nodded. "Each base class has a series of upgrades known as their **class chain.** Let's focus on a warrior. They specialize in swordfighting. A base class warrior will be well-rounded, but a bit weak. Once they reach level forty in EXP, they can upgrade. A base class warrior can upgrade to one of two things. Their first upgrade possibility, a knight, specializes in defense. A knight can wear medium to heavy armor and wield a shield and sword. The next possibility, a gladiator, focuses on offense. They wear chainmail or leather armor, and wield a heavy weapon. Although the knight doesn't deal much damage, it gets a defense boost and heart upgrade. The gladiator gets an attack boost and a little less heath." -Shadow

((ok mah frens i feel like all the world need to see dis)

(srry had to delete it it wasn';t letting me click below it to roleplay)) -Swift

"Gladiator and Knight sound like great classes, but is there one in between?" Lavender asked Shadowkeeper. "Well, yes." she answered. "The Samurai class can have protective armor, and also have heavy weapons." Lavender got excited. "I want to be that!" she exclaimed. "I did find some extra loot in the dungeon to suit me up!" Soon, Lavender was equipped with full diamond armor, and dual wielding two diamond axes. "Now this is my style! I could probably beat any mob! Just gotta get these things enchanted n' I'm good to tank an ender dragon!" Shadowkeeper looked at her. "I wouldn't get too cocky." she warned. "Some mobs have powerful attacks that can ignore armor, no matter how many enchants you have on it. I once had a nasty encounter with a witch..." Lavender rolled her eyes. "I will be just fine. No witch will ever come close to defeating me!" -***Lavender***

((Oh okay))

((Hey um there's no way Lavender could've gotten full diamond *and* two diamond axes in frive minutes, not to be rude. We were kinda at leather two days ago. Idk)) -Hawk

((lol, Guardian still on wooden sword. Yeah, I agree with Hawk. I though she only made boots...)) -Whiteout

((Alright so Shadow's on chainmail armor. She's a sniper, so she can only wear chainmail or leather. Once she upgrades (to marksman), she's limited to camoflauge, chainmail, and leather. I think Guardian's on leather and some chainmail right now. [She's a healer, right?] and Lavender has some chainmail and diamond boots [she is a warrior I think]. This right?)) -Hawk

"Speaking of witches, they have classes too. But you don't have to be a witch to be their class. It's base class is a healer. It's only got two tier ones; a warrior's the only base class with three choices for upgrades. Anyways, it's called a healer. They can use potions and forage for herbs. The first tier one upgrade is a potion brewer. Like the name suggests, they focus on brewing potions. They can brew class-specific potions, too. There's also a golem summoner, which is the second tier one upgrade. They can summon golems from nearly *any* type of block. Wood, dirt, glass, obsidian, you name it. However, they disappear in about fifteen minutes, and are much weaker than normal golems. It takes a lot of energy to summon them. Even a very powerful summoner might not be able to summon more than five at a time. That's the healer class chain. Now, let's get some rest for the night." Shadowkeeper suggested. -Shadow

((I bet you didn't read the paragraph just skipped over Shadow's speech OwO)) -Hawk :>

After the pair learned of classes, they were quick to find the ones that best suited them. Guardian, being smart, quick, and agile, chose Healer, while Lavender, who was skilled in fighting and wiry, chose the Warrior class. "Now, right now you are both base classes. When you reach level 40, Guardian can upgrade to Potion Brewer or Golem Summoner. Lavender, you have three choices, Gladiator, Paladin, and Samurai. I'd advise Samurai, it's a mix of the other two." Shadowkeeper suggested. Both Guardian and Lavender nodded. Shadowkeeper went on, "I'm a tier one sniper, so I'm limited to chainmail and leather armor and a longbow."

After a quick lunch, the trio began more training. Shadowkeeper did her best to teach Guardian some potion recipes, but the blond-haired girl promptly began experimenting with more. "It's your Healer class," smiled Shadowkeeper, as Guardian popped a gunpowder dust into the brewing stand. Leaving Guardian to do her thing, Shadowkeeper walked out of the house to check on Lavender, who was sparring with a wooden dummy. -Shadowkeeper

Guardian felt like a mad scientist from her books on earth. Just experimenting with whatever. *Hm... What if I just add some of this water, some nether wart, and YUCK some spider eyes....* Guardian tossed some of those into a bowl and mashed it up. She put it all into a bottle, and then put up some gunpowder in it. - Guardian

((And a massive explosion destroys the world hehe))

*Pretty far away...*

Terasu continued mining and placing torches. The young player had woken up in the game after a massive explosion had rocked the real world. But, being a bit of a pro gamer, Terasu had quickly adapted to the game and currently had iron armor. Now, he was looking for gold and diamond to make a Tier Upgrade Table, as he had reached level 40 and was ready to be a knight. *Hm...* He had stumbled across a cave and could hear zombies. *Should I attack them? I don't know if I can handle that many...*

((So Terasu is gonna try and kill the bosses too, and I guess it'll be a race to the bosses, cause only the person who kills them can find entry to the real world again. I think the trio will save Terasu's life or something in the Elder Guardian battle, where they will meet, and they'll become allies))

AND BOOM. A MASSIVE EXPLOSION DESTROYS MINECRAFT. - Guardian (Jk)

Holding up the potion she had created, she looked seriously at it. "Hm... It looks red. Is that normal?" She shook it. "Well, let's see what this does." Guardian exited the house and spotted Shadowkeeper training with Lavender. "NO! Hold you arm like this. Elbows down!" She demanded. Lavender sighed. "That's what I'm doing." Shadowkeeper threw her hands up. "Um?... Is this a wrong time?" Guardian asked. "Can I try this o-" "There's a sheep over there." Shadowkeeper said. "Great thanks!" Guardian said. Guardian approached the sheep, and threw it down. " The sheep tottered, and then fell over. "Oh no!" Guardian cried. Then flipped the sheep over. It was breathing. Just sleeping. "Huh. I guess I made a sleeping potion. That could be helpful in the future. - Guardian

((Lol but still Guardian's a base class at the moment so don't get too over the top cause she has to get better when she upgrades and she can't do that if she's already amazing hehe)) -Hawk

Shadowkeeper glanced over. "Nice!" She turned back to Lavender. "Alright. Try... Hm. I'll jab at you- knock my sword away and do a downwards sweeping strike. Then, I'll go for your back. Turn around and hit my legs." They tried this. "Pretty good!" Shadowkeeper grinned. -Shadow

Guardian glanced over at Shadowkeeper and Lavender, who were battle training. She knew that by choosing a healer class she would be separating herself from them, but she didn't expect it to be this great of a distance. She sighed, and starting twisting her hair.

That night, Guardian couldn't sleep. She had too many things running through her mind. She really missed the orphanage, pancakes, ice-cream sandwiches. Grabbing her wooden sword from beside her bed, she went outside, her eyes peeled for hostile mobs. Then, she though she saw some sort of light in the distance. Is that a house? She thought. She put her sword on her back and started running in that direction, eager to check it out. - Guardian

((Hawk I know that Terasu isn't supposed to meet them until the Elder Guardian, but can Guardian still see his house anyway, maybe she'll loot it assuming there's no one there hee hee.))

((ah it's fine! how about they do meet now but guardian doesn't tell the other two?))

Terasu 's eyes flew open. He had heard footsteps signaling the approach of something. Hopping Out of bed, he ran to the window to have a look. *It's a player! Maybe she can explain why we all are in Minecraft.* Terasu stepped out the door, iron sword held aloft. "Hello?" - Terasu

Guardian couldn't help but let loose a tiny squeak and through her hands up in the air. "I'm innocent! Sorry! I thought no one lived here!" Carefully, she unsheathed her wooden sword from her back, whirled around, and found herself face to face with another player. - Guardian

Terasu leaped back. "Oh. Hi. I'm Terasu100, but just call me Terasu. Who are you?" -Terasu

Guardian clutched her sword tighter. "YourLocalGuardianAngel. Technically Guardian." She said. "What are you doing here?" She asked. - Guardian

"I live here. Where do you live? I'm looking for more players. It's just me and Xx\_Hyperactive\_xX here- call him Hyper. Do you know any players? I really need also to find an NPC who can tell me some stuff about this land. Do you have a class?" -Terasu

Guardian put her sword back on her back. "That's a lotta questions!" She giggled. "Don't worry, Shadowkeeper can tell you stuff! Anyway, class wise, I'm just starting to be a healer. I'm lucky Shadowkeeper let me have a sword! I can come back tomorrow if you want, bring Shadowkeeper." - Guardian

Terasu shook his head. "You mean, you're already a healer and trying to become tier one, right? Sorry... I'm bad at all this class stuff. I'm a warrior, but I have 40 levels and am ready to be a knight. But I don't have an upgrade table or 40 lapis. Here, bring this Shadowkeeper to my house tomorrow. We need to talk." --Terasu

"Of course!" Guardian said. "I'll be back here straight tomorrow morning." Guardian then noticed a chest near the doorway as she exited. Slowly, she reached her hand in. "Don't even think about it." Terasu said. "Rightttttt." Guardian said, then exited the house. - Guardian

As soon as Guardian left Hyper peeked inside from the room nearby where he had been sleeping. "Who's the girl?" He smirked. - Hyper

"YourLocalGuardianAngel, but mostly Guardian. She says she knows another player and, more importantly, an NPC named Shadowkeeper. Hopefully Shadowkeeper can tell us where to find an Atlantis to get the resources to upgrade." -Terasu

Hyper frowned. "When did she say she knew another player?" He crosses his arms. - Hyper

"In the midst of our random conversation." - Terasu

(Fun fact: Guardian never mentioned another player in the conversation, only Shadowkeeper.) - Whiteout

"Mhm." Hyper said, then rubbed his head. His messy blonde hair was a complete wreck, considoring the fact he had been asleep only moments before. "That girl's kinda cute ya' know." Hyper elbowed his buddy before turning to head back to his room. "I'll be asleep, try not to wake me up early by screaming at your practice dummy's." He joked. - Hyper

Hyper x guardian would be cute ))

"So," Shadowkeeper stared at Guardian. Guardian grinned. "Soo... What? "

"*Where have you been?* I've been looking everywhere!" - - Shadowkeeper

((We hyper x guardian

((Aw yeahhh. First ship on the wiki.) - Whiteout)

"I met this guy named Terasu! He's stuck in the game too." - Guardian

(Lol ya))

"Really? To be fair, all you players are stuck in the game. But we're gonna need the whole crew of were gonna take out miss Ender and her friends," Shadowkeeper stated matter-of-factly. "You take me to his house in the morning. Until then, train or get some sleep." - Shadowkeeper.

"Mhm." Guardian said, climbing into bed, closing her eyes, and heading to sleep. - Guardian

//le next morning time jump//

Shadowkeeper yawned and got out of bed. "Guardian?" -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian mumbled something about being too tired, and turned over, pulling the blanket over her head. - Guardian

((\*Timeskip- next day\*)) -- Pug

Shadowkeeper called to Guardian to get up. "UP! UP!"

There was no response.

Shadowkeeper marched in and turned Guardian's bed over. -- Shadowkeeper

"Nooooooo!" Guardian groaned, before flopping out of bed. Her hair was rather disheveled, but she didn't care. "Alright, I'm awake!" She grumbled, looking for some food in her inventory. -- Guardian

"Nope," said Shadowkeeper, reading her train of thought. "Food in the kitchen." -- Shadowkeeper

"Mhm." Guardian pulled out an apple from the chest and shoveled it in her mouth. -- Guardian

"No manners..." Shadowkeeper shook her head, ruffling long dark brown hair, and headed off to Lavender's room. -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian half awake brain was just comprehending her surroundings when she realized what had happened last night. "Terasu!" She almost yelled, scrambling to assemble some sort of inventory. "Shadowkeeper! Bring Lavender and meet me outside!" -- Guardian

Shadowkeeper groaned. "Alright..." -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian tapped her foot impatiently. -- Guardian

Shadowkeeper grabbed Lavender. "Huh?" The warrior base class asked, and Shadowkeeper responded simply, "meeting new people. Let's go." -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian eagerly led the way through the maze of spruce tress and to the door of Hyper and Terasu's house. She rapped on the door, sliding her sword, which she had held onto during the trip, onto her back. -- Guardian

Terasu opened the door. "Guardian! Hi!" -- Terasu

"Hi!" Guardian grinned. "I brought Shadowkeeper and Lavender!" -- Guardian

Hyper emerged from the back rooms of the house and peeked over Terasu's shoulder. He raised an eyebrow. "There's more of them?" He asked. -- Hyper

"There is, indeed, more of them." Terasu grinned and stepped back. "Welcome! Come in. How're you?" -- Terasu

"Doing great!" Guardian grinned, walking inside and making herself at home. "Do you have anything to eat? I'm STARVING." -- Guardian

"Yeah! Hey, Hyper, could you grab some food?" he grinned.

" So...I've been wanting answers to a lot of questions, and I think you could help me, " said Terasu, turning to Shadowkeeper. -- Terasu

"Sure," Hyper mumbled. He looked in a chest for some food and handed it to Guardian. Their hands touched for a brief instant, then Guardian pulled back and looked awkwardly at the ground. "Thanks." She said. "No problem." Hyper answered, wandering away to find Terasu. -- Hyper & Guardian

((automatically resorted to hyper x guardian lol)) - Hawk

"Thanks," Terasu said. "Right. So...I'm the only one here stuck in the game? Or no?" -- Terasu

"Excuse me, but I'm stuck in here too, and you know it!" Hyper said, half joking, half annoyed. He gave his friend a jab in the side. -- Hyper

Tessa woke up, opening her eyes with a confused expression. "everything's so blocky- like it's from Minecraft or something-" she looked down at her body in horror- it was blocky as well. "I must be dreaming- " she pinched herself, but to no avail- this was all real. she got up, looking around the flower forest, shrouded by the setting sun's light. she paced, scared, how was she gonna get out?. she watched a few rabbits hop by, reminding herself of her hunger. --tessa

"Yeah," Terasu grinned, slightly embarrassed.

"I get what you're saying," Shadowkeeper nodded, "and no, you're not the only one. Guardian here, and Lavender, and pretty much all the other players are too. You see, the humans' world had some kind of disaster or something and launched you all into my world here." -- Terasu & Shadowkeeper

"RIGHT!" Guardian hollered through a mouth full. -- Guardian

"Guardian....ah. Well. My theory is, if we defeat the three bosses, or the Elder Guardian, Wither, and Ender Dragon, and then jump through the dragon's portal, it should hypothetically send players back to their world. I don't know. So we're training and trying to level up classes. I'm currently a sniper, grinding for marksman, while Guardian's a healer training for golem summoner and Lavender is a warrior trying for samurai," Shadowkeeper explained. "What's your class?"

"Warrior, nearly to level forty. I need the resources to upgrade to knight. But yeah, that doesn't seem like a too far-fetched hypothesis. I'd be down to help you guys out. I've been playing Minecraft for a while, and I know a couple cool tricks." Terasu looked at Hyper. "You in?" -- Shadowkeeper & Terasu

"Of course!" Hyper said, elbowing his friend. "You've got to have someone to protect you! Or was it the other way around?" A fake look of thoughtfulness came over his face. -- Hyper

Guardian covered her mouth to keep from laughing and got up to stand by Lavender at the entrance to Terasu's house. -- Guardian

Terasu winked and stood up. "Well...right. Guardian, Lavender, Hyper, what are your exp levels?" -- Terasu

Thorn pushed off the jungle tree, landing a little off as he wasn’t used to how he was stuck in the game, but at least he knew what to do. He looked around before shoving somethings into his pocked. After one last glance, he started to search for a village with his wolf, Scooter.--Thorn & Scooter

Skylar sighed, smiling, as she looked out over the jungle. Enclosed spaces weren't her thing, but tree-climbing definitely was... -- Skylar

Peacock smiled as she placed the last block on the former blown up house. "Your house is fixed!' She called to the villager. She started to walk to her own house, until she saw a shadow above her. "Hey Pip!" Her little parrot flew down with some seeds in his mouth. She laughed, before continuing to grab some tools from her chest.--Peacock & Pip

Skylar whirled around at the sound of a...horse? In the *jungle*? She relaxed as she spotted the slightly undersized creature. Looking closer, the merchant realized the horse wasn't just undersized, it was in very bad condition.

The female player wasn't big on emotions, but she was very empathetic towards animals and always cared for the well when they were entrusted to her. As such, Skylar had a lot of experience with anything from foxes to bees and slowly approached the forlorn creature, taking an apple from her inventory and holding it out. The horse backed up, but, obviously hungry, reached his head forward and bit out of the apple. Skylar walked forward, never making direct eye contact, and gently reached out to stroke the horse's mane. "Hey, boy. Wanna stay with me?"

Soon the two were heading towards the distant smoke pillar that told Skylar a village was nearby. And a village meant more sales. Quickly Skylar checked her supply caravan. *Weapons...right. Iron, stone, gold, diamond, netherite...* she stared at the shiny netherite sword. *Nope. Not selling that. Diamonds? If they can pay...* Skylar's most prized posession lay at the bottom of the weapons box: the only trident she had ever obtained. She was trying to put the Riptide enchantment on it. She looked away. *This isn't for me, it's for selling...* Skylar gravitated towards exotic weapons like crossbows, tridents, and spectral arrows, but the hardest part of her job was definitely selling them.

Food was another of her main stocks, and a few potions too. *Ah well, this village really isn't that big...I think they'll like the pets, mostly.* She'd tamed two wolves and had them with her, as well as a single parrot. And, of course, the horse. *This one needs to go to a great owner.* She reached the jungle village and headed over to the merchants' section, nodding at an NPC wandering trader. -- Skylar

((Thorn already has Scooter and Peacock already had Pip Btw))-Rowan

Peacock peered our of her window as she heard a noise. A trader was walking, with a poor little colt. She murmured, “Poor buddy.” She quickly grabbed some of her best stuff like food, good weapons, some potions and such. She turned to Pip. “Stay, you understand? Don’t you do anything funny.” She went out her house and walked up to the trader. “Hello, I am very interested in that poor horse.” She pointed at the injured creature. “I want to treat it right, and was wondering what you would trade for him and maybe a saddle and rope?”--Peacock

Thorn entered at the back of the village, smirking. He saw a villager, and quickly went over to trade. Course he didn’t really trade, he more tricked him. Before the character could catch him, he disappeared. He hide behind a bush, waiting for Scooter. His eyes flared when he heard the confused player.--Thorn

Skylar looked the player up and down, quickly assessing her. "I found this colt in the jungle, and as you can see, he's in pretty bad shape. I want some proof that you'll take full care of him and treat him well, first." -- Skylar

((I know, xD)) -- Hawk

Peacock nodded, turning and walking towards her house. She found Pip throwing things out of her chest. Sighing, she got the little bird and walked back to the merchant. "I found this little boy as a young chick. He had broken a wing, I think being pushed out of the nest. I took care of him, and here he is." She smiled as the feathered creature made a beeping sound. "Also I travel around to help. I came here cause I heard they need more tools."--Peacock

"Fair enough, but do you have past experience with horses?" -- Skylar

Peacock thought for a while. "When I spawned there was this old farmer that helped be at the beginning. He had horses, and well I watched and helped him a little. So yeah you could say."--Peacock

Guardian shrugged. "I honesty don't know. Level Five?... I think?" -- Guardian

"Hrm. Well, you seem like you take good care of your animals. I'll sell him to you, at a price." -- Skylar

Shadowchaser cocked her head. "That doesn't sound too good. I'm at twenty-five, but then again I've been grinding for a long time. Perhaps we could all go and find a dungeon or something or just hang around at night and grind. We really need to upgrade." -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian shuddered. After her last experience with mining, she wasn't exactly eager to go anywhere near a dungeon. But she stayed quiet, letting the others talk as she played with her hair, twisting it around her finger. Well, she thought, if the guy with the baseball hat is there... she smiled goofily before straightening up and grimacing. Your hopeless romantic! The boy will probably end up living in London or something when we get back to the physical world. She found herself self-consciously swapping the "when" for "if". -- Guardian

Hyper nodded, grinning. "That sounds good to me." --Hyper

Peacock pulled out al other gems, weapons, food and tools. “What exactly are you looking for? Also if you have I would like a saddle and a rope.”--Peacock

Thorn smiled as Scooter trotted to him with some stolen food. “Good.” He quickly snatched it before stuffing it into his inventory.--Thorn

"I typically want emeralds. Hm, do you have swiftness or resistance potions?" Skye needed a restock of those but needed to save her ingredients for selling. -- Skylar

"Alright. My theory is, if we beat all three bosses then jump through the end portal, we should end up in the human world. Also, one thing, if you die I think you will respawn, but I'm not sure. I certainly won't, though, because I'm not a player," Shadowkeeper stated frankly and grimly. -- Shadowkeeper

Gold walked into the village with Galaxy following behind. "Stay close to me." He said, eyeing the villagers nearby. "Mhm, right!" Galaxy said. "Are you listening to me?" Gold asked, whirring around to spot Galaxy eyeing a suit of Armour in a store window. Gold sighed and grabbed Galaxy's hand. "Ouch!" She complained, looking up. "Oh! This is so cool! We're in a village! I have to take a screenshot." She tried to jerk away. "Oh no you don't!" Gold said. "I don't want you getting hurt. I need you to stay right here and do not move. I'm going to go find some supplies for us. understand?" Galaxy looked her brother in the eye and nodded fervently. "Okay." He said, wandering around to discover two players working to make a trade near the well. He waved his hand, trying to get the attention of the trader. "Um- hi." he said awkwardly, unsure of what to do. "Could I look at your stuff?" -- Gold

Galaxy waited until Gold was out of sight before dashing back to the store with the Armour. She was about to take a look inside when she saw movement in the corner of her eye. Is that a tail? She thought to herself, crouching down and sneaking closer. She clicked her tounge, trying to call whatever was down there. "C'mer boy!" She whispered, rounding the corner. The "dog" (Scooter) was rather large, with stringy black and white fur and battle scars running along it's body. "Oh gosh, poor guy..." Galaxy whispered, reaching out to pet him. -- Galaxy

Guardian squeaked. She could die?! Okay, this was too weird.-- Guardian

Peacock nodded, pulling them out of her inventory. “How many? I got a few.” She stepped a little closer to the colt, wincing as it started to squeal.--Peacock

Thorn saw trough the bushes a girl about to touch Scooter. He leaped beside his dog, pulling out his bow and pointing it at the other user. He gruffed, “Don’t try to touch my wolf Missy.” His eyes burned, while Scooter was bristling so that the silver haired boy had to hold his dog.--Thorn

"I'll trade the horse for one speed potion, one resistance potion, and five emeralds. A high price, I know, but you seem like you can meet it and this horse is a bit of a special one," Skylar said. The player did look pretty wealthy.

Turning to the golden-haired youth to her right, she said, "sure. What are you looking for? Gear, tools, food? Animals? Something else?" -- Skylar

Shadowkeeper looked up. "Hey, don't look so frightened. Odds are you'll just wake up back at your spawn." -- Shadowkeeper

Peacock nodded, dropping all the requested items. She then held her hand out, waiting for her return of the horse, saddle and rope.--Peacock

Gold eyed the food and weapons. "Just some food, weapons, beds, and er- MineCraft doesn't have any tents yet does it?" He laughed awkwardly at the little joke. -- Gold

Galaxy glared at the silver-haired dude, and look a step forward so she was eye to eye with him. "Excuse me? I didn't mean any harm, and you have no right to attack me!" She snapped, her pink and purple eyes sparkling with rage. She drew her iron sword, something she had borrowed-without-asking from her brother, and brandished it in front of her menacingly. "All I did was attack your dog. Oops, I mean *pet* your dog. Hey, I didn't even touch it!" She continued glaring at the boy in front of her, her eyes flicking to the arrow notched in his hand. -- Galaxy

Thorn prepared if he had to let go his arrow. "You were about too. That's why I said don't try." He pulled out his own iron sword with enchantment. "Scram it."**--**Thorn

Galaxy didn't budge, but her heart was pounding so fast she was surprised it wasn't pounding it's way out of her chest. But she was stubborn, and she wasn't leaving until he did. "Not until you scram!" She yelled. -- Galaxy

Thorn laughed lowly. "I came here first, and I'll leave here last. Now scram before you get teared apart by this 'Oh so cute poor dog'."--Thorn

Galaxy took a step backwards, and tripped on a rock lodged in the ground. She fell backwards and lay scrambling to regain her footing on the ground. Her scared eyes locked with his, and she wondered if this was the end. *Why didn't I listen to Gold?!* --Galaxy

Thorn had enough of this. "I warned you." He yelled at Scooter, "Go!" He watched as his dog started to chase the girl away.--Thorn

Galaxy shrieked and placed some dirt blocks under her, just high enough so the dog couldn't get to her. She then smirked at Thorn. "Haha! Who's the noob now?" -- Galaxy

Gold looked up, he though he heard someone screaming. "Did anyone hear that?" -- Gold

Thorn laughed, grabbing his shovel. "I think the noob is still you." He started to cut down the dirt.--Thorn

Peacock nodded. "Whoever you are, please just wait." She then turned and quickly grabbed her sword, throwing Pip into the air and then running to the sound of shrieks and barks.--Peacock

Gold dashed after the girl with green eyes, and spotted Galaxy standing on a tower of dirt, as a tall boy tore it away with a shovel. "Stop!" He yelled, standing in front of Galaxy as the dirt under her collapsed and she fell to the ground. --Gold

Thorn replaces his shovel with his sword. “That’s too late. Your friend was about to touch my wolf. And now she pays.” He raised his sword, but then a random girl leaped in front of him, shielding the others who didn’t have protection from the wolf. “Nothing is late for anything.“ She turned to everyone.--Thorn & Peacock

Galaxy's eyes glanced from Thorn to Gold to the girl with green eyes. Her eyes sparkled with awe and admiration. They were both so brave! She stood up and brandished her sword too, growling like dog. Gold shoved her behind him, but didn't say anything. Galaxy got to message and stayed behind the two. -- Galaxy

((Thorn never said his name))-R

Thorn asked, “Why would I tell a little girl like you my name?” Peacock replied, “Why would a young boy have white hair?” The boy was frozen with shock. He had never met a girl so tough!--Thorn & Peacock

Skylar sighed. She quickly dropped her sack and hurried over. "Everyone. Shut up! What's going on here?" Skye wouldn't stand for riots in a village, especially in market areas. "Oh. You tried to touch his dog, didn't you?" Glancing at Galaxy, she cocked her head.

"Listen. I don't want to get all mixed up in this situation, but a borderline riot in a market area of a village just isn't acceptable. Sir, please calm your dog down," Skylar said to Thorn. "And you," she turned to Galaxy, "just...don't touch other people's animals without their permission. I'm trying to conduct business and then everyone drops what they're doing to get involved in this childish stand-off, it just isn't great, really." The wandering merchant figured she'd better get out of here, hoping she'd defused the situation. "Here's your horse, miss," she handed Fame's rope to Peacock. "And yes, I do happen to have food and weapons." -- Skylar

Peacock sighed frustratedly as Thorn then got more angry. She muttered, “That didn’t help.” She then said aloud to the merchant, “Rope and saddle remember?”--Peacock

"Riot?! Childish?!" Galaxy snapped. "I'm 16, *and* I didn't even see the owner! You expect a dog with *scars* on it to *not*have an owner!" Gold punched Galaxy in the arm. "You idiot! I can't believe you!" He turned to the boy with the white hair, and sighed. "I'm so sorry about my idiotic sister. I guess you deserve to know our names since we don't have any other source of payment... I'm Gold, and that's Galaxy." He motioned to his sister. -- Galaxy and Gold

Thorn didn’t reply, but just stared at Peacock. Soon he heard angry screeches from the village, and knew it was for him. He quickly shoved a note in the parrot’s beak before running off with Scoot by his side.--Thorn

Peacock stares after the boy in confusion, before taking the note for her bird. “Hmmmmm.” She turned to Gold and Galaxy. “Nice to meet you. I’m Peacock and this is Pip.” *I wonder who the old dude is.*--Peacock

((:OOOO rOmAnCe???))

Galaxy got brave enough to wave a hand in front of Thorn's face. "Helloooo? Mr Day Dreamer? Overworld!" After she still got no response, she figured she had time for a fun experiment. Galaxy put a finger on his nose. "Boop!" She grinned for a moment, then started laughing like a maniac. -- Galaxy

((Kinda.Let’s pretend Thorn never said his name.))-Rowan

Thorn slapped Galaxy’s hand away. “Your disgusting and rude. No wonder you need a babysitter.” He continued to run, casting one last glance at Peacock.--Thorn

"Babysitter?!" Galaxy shrieked, as Thorn continued running. "I'll get you FOR THISS!" -- Galaxy

Peacock laid a hand on Galaxy's shoulder. "Clam down. He was rude, but you shouldn't have done that." She put the note in her leather handbag and then looked at Pip worriedly.--Peacock

Galaxy stuck her tongue out at Peacock, and then pouted childishly in a corner. "I'm sorry, that's just my sister. Very rude. Is there anything I could do to make up for it? I don't have much though." He apologized to Peacock. -- Gold

Peacock thought for a moment. "No, not that I can think of. But I'll let you know if I have one." She smiled, before launching Pip into the air. "Go home, AND DONT MAKE A MESS!" She watched as the little creature fly swiftly trough the air before seeing a tuft of the wolfs fur on the fur. She picked it up. "This can be useful."--Peacock

"In what way?" Gold questioned, peering over her shoulder. -- Gold

Peacock pointed at wet spots at the ground. "I noticed that that wolf wasn't normal. And I mean a bad normal. I saw it started to foam severely from its mouth, and it had a bloody cut over its side, which could cause an infection. If I can find the right villager, I could see if that wolf was sick, or maybe find something useful." She wrapped the fur in a leaf and closed it tightly in her hand.--Peacock

"Of course it's sick! That's why I touched it in the first place! I was trying to see if it had rabies!" Galaxy said, walking over. -- Galaxy

Peacock put a weird face, but luckily her mask hid it. “If you touched the wolf, you would have gotten terribly sick.”--Peacock

Skylar nodded. "Don't give him a reaction, Galaxy, he obviously wants one. And true, I can't help but agree. I think he should have kept some sort of sign that the dog had an owner. Anyhow, nice to meet you, Galaxy, Gold, Peacock." Skye felt that Peacock was the kind of person she could be friends with: reasonable, kind to animals, and not too emotional. "Saddle's on him, and here's the rope." She then turned to Gold. "Are you still interested in my wares?" -- Skylar

Peacock nodded her thanks. And grabbed the rope. “Thank you. It was nice meeting you guys as well. If you want to find me, I’ll be in the birch house near the village.” She smiled before walking back to her home.--Peacock

Thorn watched Peacock, smirking. He murmured to himself, “Birch house huh?” He then leaped away before anyone could catch him.--Thorn

Skylar nodded after her. -- Skylar

Miles away, Shadowkeeper was working. She needed a training arena for her crew. Target blocks with redstone attached triggered traps that the trainees had to avoid, an armory with swords, arrows, bows, shields, and some other gear she had crafted stood to the side. Granted, they were only stone weapons, but she didn't have the time to make more. She quickly made some armor stands as training dummies and made some leads, attaching them to a bar to make a monkey-like rope-swinging course. *I hear there's a jungle very far away. Perhaps someday we'll go there.* -- Shadowkeeper

"That's quite the set-up." Hyper acknowledged. --Hyper

Peacock walked toward her she’d, a nice space for the colt. She took off the saddle, and then took off the lead. Immediately the horse started to neigh loudly and bucking. “Hey hey hey it’s ok. “ She reaches her hand out and slowly walked towards it. “Calm down. I’m not gonna hurt you. I’m here to help.” The weak colt pricked its ragged ears, reaching out it’s neck. A moment later, the girl’s hand felt the horse’s coat. She came closer until she could hold his head. She smiled, her eyes shining. “There you go.” Yet the horse was to weak to stand, and fell on the soft hay. Peacock sat down with the horse’s head on her legs. “You will become a legend. You will be called...Fame.”--Peacock& Fame

Callie awoke, rubbing her eyes. Ice surrounded her. She got up from her small bed to see her dog, Scraps. She stroked his gray head and opened the door to let the sunlight pour in. - Callie

Gold grabbed his sisters hand, and this time, she didn't protest. "I'll take a look at those wares now if it's no trouble." He said to Skylar. -- Gold

"Thanks... Took me a while, hopefully it's worth it." -- Shadowkeeper

"Aright." Skylar quickly hung up her weapons on the weapon rack of her merchant stall, grabbing one of each kind of sword and a trident, a crossbow, a bow, some TNT, and a lead, as well as a couple arrows. She set out some enchanted and normal books and some steak, golden apples, cake, and porkchops. She didn't think Gold would be interested in potions, and she wanted to conserve them anyway. -- Skylar

((What is the "money"?)) -- you know who

Thorn pulled out his stolen food and threw one to Scooter, who ate if fiercely. He could't stop thinking of Peacock, and really wanted to meet her again.--Thorn & Scooter

((I'm assuming trading-)) -- also you know who

Gold examined the weapons. He wanted a diamond, or even an iron, but he didn't have a lot to trade. He scowled, shifting through the contents of his inventory. "Dirt, wood planks, some coal," he mumbled. Galaxy saw the sword he was looking at. "HMMMM..." she said aloud, and pulled out a nugget of gold. It was shiny and new. Gold gaped as she placed on the counter and asked if that was enough for the iron sword. "Where did you get that from?!" He asked. "I found it in a desert temple! I went exploring in one while you were asleep." Galaxy said, turning back to Skylar. -- Galaxy & Gold

((Typically emeralds)) -- Hawk

"Hrm." She picked it up, spinning it around in her fingers. "It's a small but I'll take it. I usually only trade in emeralds, though. Got any? I'll also take food. Really anything I am actually low on, really. But usually emeralds." Skye wanted to give Gold a discount, as he obviously didn't have much. -- Skylar

Gold tossed up some lapis lazuli he had been lucky enough to find while mining. "Would that be enough for some pork? I'm so sorry we don't have more.." -- Gold

After settling Fame down for the evening, the player trotted to her house with Pip. Her spirits went down when she saw the mess the feathered creature had made. Sighing, she quickly cleaned up her things, locking the parrot in a “cage” and grabbed her sword to go and hunt.--Peacock & Pip

Skylar nodded. "Sure. Hey, you know what, you can pick one other thing for free, anything. I have a lot of merchandise at the moment and not a lot of people to sell to." -- Skylar

Galaxy's eyes grew wide, her mouth hanging open. "WOW!" She shrieked happily, doing a dance she had learned from tik-tok when she was still in the physical world. "I'll take the crossbow!" She said. "If that's okay." Gold interrupted, glaring at her. Galaxy was surprised that he hadn't objected. -- Galaxy

"Alright. I've got a multishot book too, if you want me to apply that to the crossbow really quick," Skye offered. -- Skylar

((Take the deal, this will come into play later on ;0)) -- Hawk

The evening was setting in as he headed out alone. He muttered to himself, “Birch house near the village eh?” He could hear the funny noises of the villagers and soon spotted his target. He headed into the barn near it, throwing an apple to the horse so it could be quiet, and then waited.--Thorn

"Sure!" Galaxy said. "That would be great!" She grinned crazily at Skylar. Gold facepalmed himself. -- Galaxy

Skye raised one eyebrow and grabbed the book. Setting down her anvil, she applied the enchantment. "Here you go. You can craft arrows with sticks, feathers, and flint. Here's your pork too." She put all the items in a bundle and handed it to Gold. -- Skylar

Peacock has just arrived to her property with a cow, chicken and extra wheat. She had already fed Pip, and now it was Fame’s turn. Opening her door, she exclaimed, “Hi Fame!” Suddenly a heavy weight fell on her back and she dropped to the floor. “YOU!”--Peacock

Terasu walked up to Hyper. "Hey, wanna practice some combat?" -- Terasu

Thorn smiled down at the player as he jumped down on her. He laughed, “Nice to see you too.” But soon he felt a knock trough the chin as Fame came and kicked him off his owner. The male growled, “Why you little-“ He ran to the colt before feeling a rope around his neck. “Don’t try to hurt him.” He relaxed so he could breath, and then said, “I’m Thorn.“ “Get out.” The boy scowled as he tried to be nice. He then sighed as he picked up his sword, raising it in the air.--Thorn, Peacock & Fame

((yep, they're bffs for sure ;) )) -- Hawk

Shadowkeeper decided to go practice some archery. -- Shadowkeeper

Gold counted the items quickly, and then handed some emeralds to Skylar, and then Galaxy deposited the gold on the table. Galaxy fingered her crossbow happily. -- Galaxy

"You bet!" Hyper winked. "I'm gonna absolutely crush you tho." -- Hyper

After it the accomplishments.....Thorn had met his first fail. He cut the rope from his throat, before glaring back at Peacock. They stared at each other for a while, with the little colt looking at each one. After a long time, the male players eyes softened, as if he was troubled. “Why are you so angry to me?” No answer.--Thorn

"Mmm." Terra grinned and tossed his friend a sword. -- Terasu

Eclipsa suddenly logged on, shocked. But not as shocked as she had thought. She then thought long and hard on what she had done to her friends prior to teleporting to Magisia, and inevitably here. She overworked them, letting them use their own talents to fuel her own ambition. She knew it was wrong, but she wanted validation. And that wrong had led to her reformation in Magisia, and here. "Why?" she thought. "Why did I get teleported again?"

She already had done everything to get the best grades, even though in the human world she was merely a third placer in comparison to her other classmates. She forgot about her arrogance and instead, got burned out studying. "Maybe that's why," she thought again. "Maybe I burned myself out again, like I did with popularity. If I don't stress myself out too much, it will be fine." Looking to the picture she had drawn years ago in her pocket, she watched as her characters were having a laugh together, with the real life people they were based on reflecting off the water. "Heh." She now thought aloud, not caring if anyone heard.

"Me and Jessie made this. There's me." She glanced at her drawing, looking at the galaxy-like hair that her character had. In the water, there was a eighteen year-old girl, hiding behind a mask of happiness. "I thought I changed." - Kathleen

*The next day...*

Skylar decided to move out of the village and towards the sea. Packing her inventory, she wandered through the jungle, looking for a mountain she could see the ocean from. -- Skylar

The whole night the couple had been strangling and fighting each other. Thorn was pushed roughly against the barn door, the breath knocked out of him. Peacock was glaring at him, panting angrily and blood dripping from her. Thorn demanded again, “Why are you so angry with me?!” Peacock rolled her eyes. “Uh I don’t know. Maybe cuz you first tried to attacked that Galaxy, you were rude and now you broke into my house.” But Thorn only shrugged. “Sorry.” The female player muttered, “Yeah right.” They started to walk in a circle, and was about to leap at each other again when a bang sounded at the door.--Thorn, Peacock & ???

((BFFs for sure, no doubt about it. The loyal friendships and caring compassion being displayed here today is truly incredible.)) -- Hawk

Skye found a mountain not far away and took out her telescope. Peering through it, she could make out a glint of aquamarine that could only be the ocean. -- Skylar

The merchant began walking towards the ocean. -- Skylar

Thorn jerked his head, looking out the window with a shine of fear in his red eyes. He narrowed them as he saw a dark brown figure disappear from the shed. Before he could think, Peacock charged at him, lifting her foot powerfully between his legs. “Ow!” The male player fell to his knees, his eyes starting to water. The girl took a wheat sack, emptied it for Fame, before placing it tightly on his head and bounding his arms and legs. Thorn asked, “What are you doing?” “Getting rid of you.”--Thorn & Peacock

(REJECTION!!) -- whiteout

Hyper elbowed his best friend in the side with a self confident smile on his face before the two headed out to find a place close by to spar. -- Hyper

Terasu immediately took the first stride, attempting a foward thrust followed by a side cut. *Back, forth, flick of the wrist...stay on your toes! Duck! Step in, step sideways...* -- Terasu

Peacock locked her shed before dragging the male player out into the jungle. It took some time before she came to a good faraway spot, pushing him hard in a bush. Thorn said charmingly, “Now would a pretty girl leave a handsome man in the middle of a jungle tied up?” The girl shook her dirty blonde hair away from her face. “Handsome man? Where? It‘s not you, that I can tell you.” The female player then swayed away, leaving the bundle of flesh behind.--Peacock & Thorn

((Love at first sight)) Hawk

Hyper dodged his friend's sword, and side stepped out of the way, slashing at his side. The sword lightly grazed the user, but the leather armor they were wearing took most of the blow. Attempting the avoid the counter attack, and ducked down low. -- Hyper

The player sat down, unable to escape the tight ropes around his arms. He heard foot steps coming towards him, and saw a female shadow through his sack. "So you came back huh? You couldn't resit such handsome dude." But the voice wasn't the one of the girl he loved. "Shut up you rat. Nobody thinks your handsome." The male human felt the tight restrainers be loosen. Soon his lava red eyes met magma orange ones. "Thorn." "Lyptus. So glad you kept your promise to Dad." His half sister kicked him between the shins, making him fall back against a tree. He whispered with watering eyes, "Twice in a day." The brown-haired girl grabbed him by the shirt, her eyes full of tears. "You stole my father! Your stupid mother tricked him, and now he's dead because of YOUR mother. Your mother was a stupid piece of trash." Thorn tried not to feel a little sorry for his family. "But you kept Dad's promise. To protect and always be with me." "No. He told YOU to protect me." Thorn tried to pretend to be nice, laying his hand on her shoulder. But it was quickly shaken off and twisted. The girl murmured, "I remember my Mom said that she just had been married to Dad. And suddenly she found out he had been cheating on her for a long time, THE DAY THEY GOT MARRIED. YOUR STUPID MOTHER BROKE EVERYTHING. And even when I was born, Dad was forced to with your freaking mother! Mom was heartbroken, and she died as well. AND WHEN DAD DIED, I WAS LEFT ON THE STREETS." The silver haired man looked at the ground, not meeting the burning eyes. Lyptus was the only person he wasn't so "strong" in front of. "Can I make it up to you?"--Thorn & Lyptus

Terasu decided to try a feinting counterattack by jabbing lightly with the tip of his sword and then dodging around his opponent, pivoting and attempting to graze Hyper's side with the long edge of his blade. -- Terasu

Shadowkeeper walked out of the house to see Terasu and Hyper training. *Good form and technique. I think we should really go to the Nether soon.* She decided to work on her long grind to level forty. *Why does it take* so long*? I really, really want to upgrade...* Taking out her bow and a couple arrows, she headed over to the target range. -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian watched Hyper and Terasu fight from a branch up near the top of a tree. She swung her legs and cheered both of them on emphatically as they continued fighting. Hyper winked at her. -- Guardian

Lyptus rolled her eyes. “What you gonna do bring Dad back from the dead?” She started to walk away. “You messed it up Thorn. And now my life is ruined.” The female player left her half brother behind, although she really had no home. It was starting to get dark, so the brown haired girl went to find a place with light and resources. But before she even entered a village, she met a dark shadow facing her.--Lyptus

Thorn watched Lyptus leave him, before turning around and running back to his home: A cave. Settling down beside Scooter, he thought for a moment. *I gave that girl the letter. It said she was supposed to meet me tonight, but it looks like she didn’t plan on coming...I need to write a threat*.--Thorn & Scooter

Skylar's eyes darted from side to side as she neared the ocean. Pulling out a boat, she stared at the brilliant rays of dawn just beginning to streak the sky. The colorblind merchant sighed. *I should get some sleep. I'll start sailing, then catch some shut eye.* She placed down her boat and hopped in, drifting off of the fine white sand beach. -- Skylar

Glitch leaned against the wall of a dark alleyway inside of the village. She stretched her arms above her head, yawning. There was no one interesting around anymore. -- Glitch

*A few hours later...*

A solid *thwump!* jolted Skye awake. Her pastel-blue eyes strayed towards the seemingly clear water as she quickly sat up. Wrapping her cloak around her, she peered downwards. What used to be crystal-clear ocean waves were now belittling, dark, foaming whitecaps. Skylar grasped the small spruce boat tightly as she realized what was going on. *Storm... it's not rainy season! Why is there such a storm!* She looked up towards the horizon. A beautiful sunrise... *wait...* what?! *It seems perfectly clear just about three-hundred feet away...what's going on?....* The merchant's heart was racing as her chest pounded. The hairs on her spine tingled as a bone-rattling chill passed through the air. It seemed that a short distance away was a tropical dream, but the water around her had just turned into a nightmare. She leaned over the edge of the boat, bracing herself against its frame, which seemed so minute compared to the large, cresting waves that rocked it back-and-forth. Dark shapes loomed in the water. They were...*staring up at her, with pale, soulless cyan eyes...waiting, watching...* "Oh...oh..." Rarely had Skylar experienced such a bone-chilling encounter with the ocean's "fauna". She roughly grasped the ends of her paddles. Adrenaline rushing and brow knitted, she started rowing for what might've been her life...had she made it. -- Skylar

Peacock faced a brown haired girl with magma colored eyes. They glared at each other, before the other girl sighed. “Sorry. I’m Lyptus. I just came back from seeing my half brother Thorn. I’ll go now.” But the girl raised her hand. “Did you say Thorn? May I ask how he looks like?” “Uh silver hair, lava red eyes, boy, tall, bulky-“ “I’m Peacock. And I met your brother, and well...Could we just talk?” The dark haired girl nodded, following the masked girl.--Peacock & Lyptus

Skylar's tiny boat rocked back and forth in the waves. She could feel jabbing from the underwater monsters. Finally, the little ship gave out and she was overturned into the dark water. Her blue eyes were wide as her feathery copper hair floated around her face, salt water blurring her vision. She gazed at the underwater zombies who slowly swam towards her. *Drowned...they're drowned.* Frantically she pivoted and swam downwards, knowing that above-water offered no more protection. The edges of her vision began to go dark as, with the last wisp of oxygen in her lungs, she caught sight of...a massive underwater temple. Then everything went black. -- Skylar

Glitch exited the village and teleported quickly to a nearby jungle biome. The funny sensation of being in two places at once pleased her. She was minding her own business, testing a her 'null' weapons on trees, and murdering a parrot here and there. She sneered. Suddenly, she felt the presence of someone nearby. She turned invisible in a bright flash of light, and turned around the tree, only to discover a man with bright red eye and ice white hair. She surveyed the land around her, before becoming visible again. She faced the man. "Why hello there." She sneered, revealing a row of sharp white teeth. Her eyes glittered. "And who to I have the pleasure of stumbling upon?" -- Glitch

((Thorn isn’t in a net anymore. His half sister broke him out.))-Rowan

Thorn walked out of his so called home, his lava red eyes meeting dark purple ones. “I could ask the same thing.” This female interrupted him while he was getting his paper to give to that girl. *Ugh some girls ruin everything*.--Thorn

Glitch sneered again, and said simply. "I'm Glitch. The most famous hacker the world's never known." Her eyes roved over the paper in his hand. She wondered whether she should take it by force, or just show off and hack it out of his hand. It's be a pity if that paper was just a waste of hacking xp to take. She decided it wasn't worth it to intimidate this stranger, and player with her hair, looking at the man out of the corners of her eyes. -- Glitch

Thorn rolled his eyes, thinking, *Yeah I'm not gonna wait here*. He quickly packed his small things, getting Scoot ready and casting one last glance at the girl. *Does she freaking need something?*--Thorn

Anger flared up inside Glitch. She hated being ignored when she was trying to be noticed. She decided it was the best course of action to examine the letter. With the flick of her wrist, the paper went flying out of [wherever it was] and into her hand. Half her xp levels down the drain, but hopefully this will be interesting. She thought, opening the letter. -- Glitch

Thorn, not impressed, chuckled. He sneered back at the sneering girl, “There’s nothing on it.” He let the girl have the paper, knowing he could get more easily.--Thorn

Silence filled the house as the masked girl finished her story, Pip squawking and bouncing up and down. Lyptus leaned back on the small table, her eyes wide with shock. “Thorn did that?!” Peacock nodded, her eyes narrowing. The brown haired girl walked back and forth, growling, “Oh what a pervert! I’ll get that stupid thief back and make his skin be my carpet!” But she felt a soft touch on her shoulder. “Wait a moment.”--Peacock, Pip & Lyptus

(anything in the letter?) -- whiteout

Glitch glanced up at the man. She grinned. She liked him already. Mostly, because she at least acknowledged her presence. -- Glitch

((He said no. Also does Glitch have a crush on Thorn???))-Rowan

Thorn, inpatient, walked away from the hooded girl with Scooter beside him. He headed towards the village, where he would do his next theft.--Thorn & Scooter

Peacock sighed, not believing she was saying this. “He’s your brother right?” “Half. Half brother.” “Uh ok. Well I did handle him, but of course I don’t think he’s done. So what is your brother’s favorite and then worst things?” “His favorite is stealing and girls. His least favorite is being bossed around.” Peacock’s eyes lit up.--Peacock and Lyptus

Glitch glared at him, realizing the letter was empty. She ran up to him. "Hey!" She yelled. "What in the world is this supposed to be?!" -- Glitch

(no. not yet anyway.) -- whiteout

Thorn, not turning his silver head nor lava red eyes, said, “Nanya.”--Thorn

((Wdym “not yet anyway”?))-Rowan

Glitch stuck out her tongue. throwing the paper on the ground. -- Glitch

((Thorn looking for a ship?)) -- Whiteout

Thorn laughed, “Nanya buisnes.” He continued to head to the sound of villagers, and shining light, although he felt glowing eyes at his back.--Thorn

((Maybe. What you got in mind?))-Rowan

Glitch stayed at pace with him. But nearing the village, she stopped. "See ya round." She said. She simply grinned at the man, and turned invisible. Going to scout out the village. -- Glitch

((hmmmmm idk. you got anything?)) -- Whiteout

Peacock grinned. “Pack your bags.” She then turned away, feeding her parrot before looking into her chest.--Peacock

Thorn rolled his eyes, walking out. He heard a door slam and saw his half sister coming down an alley. Her eyes met his, as the moon shone over them. He smiled, she charged towards him, slamming him to the ground. “What are you doing?” Lyptus dragged him by the shirt until they were at the corner of the village. Lyptus yelled, “What’s are you doing pervert? Freaking stalking girls and breaking into their homes. YOU. ARE. JUST. LIKE. DAD.” The player felt raged inside of him, and grabbed both of her wrists. “Don’t ever call me that.“ “OR WHAT.”--Thorn & Lyptus

((Well I was planning that Thorn keeps on trying to win Peacock, but ofc she knows he’s bad. I plan at the end that he gets taken away with Peacock after she saves my next young character. But...))-Rowan

Glitch watched from the shadows. She sighed. So much for a strong and cocky boy. -- Glitch

Peacock was planning to pack food before she went on a little trip. She was walking trough the dark when she noticed that Lyptus and Thorn were fighting each other. As much as she wanted to save her friend, she dashed the other way.--Peacock

Glitch watched the two scuffle. The girl with brown hair seemed incredibly mad. Glitch was curious about how these two were related; and when Glitch was curious, she got answers. She stayed, waiting until the fight ended, and she could hopefully question the girl. -- Glitch

Thorn thought for a moment. "I'll have Scoot beat you." But the dark brown haired girl rolled her eyes. "I have Brunette remember?" With a small whistle a brown and white wolf slid out of the darkness. The other black and white wolf snarled, and the wolves bristled at each other. The silver haired boy smirked. "Hey Lyptus why are-" He felt his whole neck beginning to swell as the girl grabbed him again. "Do anything so stupid and you'll wish you never were born." With a wave of her hand, the brown wolf followed its owner.--Thorn & Lyptus

Glitch's eyes glittered in the darkness. She turned invisible and walked after the girl. Near the edge of teh village, and made herself visible and faced the girl. "How do you know him?" She asked simply, not bother to intimidate her. -- Glitch

Lyptus glanced at the girl, before turning her eyes back to her path. "Why do you want to know?" She could see that her wolf Brunette was dark her lips back.--Lyptus & Brunette

Glitch eyed the dog, then turned to the girl. "Let's just say I've been around the boy you were with. He's quite ominous when *you're* not around. Do you two know each other?" -- Glitch

Lyptus rolled her eyes, saying sarcastically, "No I just started fighting and yelling a random boy in a dark alley."--Lyptus

Glitch glared at her. A growl began in her throat; low and menacing. "Don't play games with me." She said, stepping closer. The hand behind her back was glowing with numbers and letters, signalling that she was about to either hack, or use an ability. -- Glitch

Lyptus saw glittering spots flying around the girl's hands. She shrugged, laughing, "I can play with who I want. Whatever you do to me, it's gonna be better then what life I have now." She turned around, facing the girl with her arms crossed, clearly waiting.--Lyptus

"I'm not killing you." Glitch growled. "Now answer me." Then it all came together. Both of the people she had met didn't appear to care about her, or any threats. Plus, no one fought like that with enemies. "You're siblings, aren't you." Glitch said, she relaxed, and smirked. She honestly didn't care if they answered or not, she knew it now. -- glitch

Lyptus shrugged. "Good question, I was wondering that myself." She sneered, knowing the girl didn't strike her, but just showed how "powerful" she was.--Lyptus

"Hah." Glitch chuckled. "I take it you too aren't the best of friends? And you don't look alike either. Are you half siblings?" -- Glitch

Skye tossed and turned, her mind pushing towards wakefulness. Two images lasted in her barely concious mind: a purple-haired hacker and a white-haired, tall boy. *Allies...they're going to be my friends.* She sat up and glanced around. She was in a beautifully engraved prismarine room, which looked elegant but also cozy. Soul lanterns, a blue variant of lanterns, hung from the arched ceiling. *Where...am I?* She jumped as the warped planks double doors started to open. -- Skylar

Galaxy and Gold exited teh villege, Galaxy fingering her crossbow. "Please, don't shoot e with that." Gold teased. "You aren't quite Robin Hood." "Not yet, anyway!" Galaxy said, she aimed at an apple hanging from an oak tree. She shot the side, but the arrow fell to the ground, not lodged enough in the side. "Aw." She whined. "Let me try." Gold said, as Galaxy handed him the crossbow. He bolted(?) it, and aimed at the apple. With a whistle, it landed square in the middle. -- Galaxy + Gold

Lyptus tilted her head as if she was thinking. "Hmm I wonder. I mean I was fighting a random dude screaming at him and telling him to stop being a flirt. I really do wonder how- No of course you freaking idiot! How stupid are you?!" She really wondered how this user was smart enough how to even place a block down.--Lyptus

Thorn watched his sister fade away before marching back with Scooter sulking by his side. He soon heard a squeal and saw a pretty brown and silver haired girl coming out with a pig. They met eyes, and froze.--Thorn & Scooter

Glitch didn't even flinch. She was used to be yelled at, after all, how else did you become a sneering hacker? Glitch smirked, nodded, and disappeared. Oh, what fun it is to not give someone any real reaction. Glitch set up shop at the top of a tree nearby, and drew her hands across the sky. A shimmering field of virtual blocks appeared. Glitch began her hacking, a plot already hatching in her (very smart, thank you!) mind. -- Glitch

Lyptus rolled her eyes. She laughed. *Some people have nothing better to do but act like 5-year-olds. Oh yelling at toddlers is fun!* She quickly gathered her left stuff before walking back to the birch house with her trusty wolf by her side.--Lyptus & Brunette

Peacock held tight to her sword, eyes glistening in the night. The dude walked right up to her, sliding his hand down her arm. "Hey there." The girl slapped him in the face, pushing him away. "What the freak is wrong with you?" She was surprised to see anger rising in the man's eyes. "Listen carefully MISS. You meet me here on half moon, or else I'll tell a secret you'll never wish was out."--Peacock & Thorn

Hyper ended up being pushed outside the arrow by Terasu. How that ever happened, he had no idea. Glancing again at Guardian, he decided to show off. Just when he was about to be slammed into a tree, he grabbed the upper branch. His plan had been to swing over and land on top of the branch. This worked, but the branch cracked and sent Hyper falling through the air. He landed with a sickening thud. - Hyper

Lyptus was stuck in her thoughts when suddenly she heard noises in front of her. She saw her brother glaring at Peacock. "Thorn!" She flew at him, knocking him to the ground. "You stupid flirt. If Dad was here I could actually have your head on my wall!" She rolled around with her brother, while the masked girl watched with horror. She broke them apart, screaming, "Hey calm down!" But the brown haired girl was surprisingly stronger than her and leapt again at the silver haired man.--Lyptus, Thorn & Peacock

Glitch was scrolling through the server list, when something caught her attention. A name, near the end of the list of players: Xx\_Hyperactive\_xX. She made a low growl in her throat. She snarled, and drew back her death, tail lashing. Then, she sneered. Her eyes glowed a blinding white, and she muttered to herself. "Oh Hyper. You'll wish you'd never landed on this server with me." -- glitch

Thorn was able to break away from the two girls. He snarled at Peacock, "Do what I said or else." He disappeared into the dark, his eyes glowing burning red.--Thorn

Guardian bent over Hyper. She frowned. "Are you okay? That was quite a fall..." -- Guardian

Lyptus shook her fist at her half brother before falling to the ground, panting angrily.--Lyptus

Peacock let her friend calm down as she panted. She said, "Calm down. I know he's your half brother but that doesn't mean you need to kill him." Although the words she spoke, she knew that deep down she disliked the man as well.--Peacock

The little drowned poked her head in the foreigner's room. "Hi?" Seeing Skye was awake, she perked up. "Hi! You're awake!" Isabella didn't know much about the foreigner, but she knew father had sent her to care for it. *But I don't know anything about their kind!*

Skye's instincts started to kick in as she recognized a hostile mob. "Stay back." She pulled out her sword. She relaxed slightly as she saw the little drowned- female, probably- back up in fright. "What? Why are you angry?" said the little girl in a wavering voice. Skylar cocked her head. "Who are you. And where am I?"

Isabella relaxed too. "I'm Isabella. You kind of passed out underwater so my father told his army to carry you down here to our super cool underwater palace and so yeah that happened also he said not to take away your belongings but why are you pointing a sword at me?"

Skye could've laughed at the little mob's run-on sentences, but chose not to. "Um...okay. Well...I'll just be on my way, then?" She reached for the door. The drowned, who'd moved out of the way, shook her head. "Wait, I think my father wants to speak with you. Stay here?" Without waiting for a response, she ran out of the door. Skylar shook her head. -- Skye and Isabella

Hyper's world still spun. "Uhm, yeah, I'm fine." He tried to stand, but toppled over onto the grass. His hearts were down to 1. -- Hyper

((Btw hawk, hyper fell out of a tree)) - rosy (whiteout)

Lyptus shook her head. "You don't understand." She then followed quietly the girl, carrying Brunette.--Lyptus & Brunette

Glitch stalked the woods for her old enemy, Hyper. Or known in the physical world as Lucas. Oh, she and Lucas went way back. They'd been friends for a while, before Hyper betrayed her. Glitch never forgave him. Now, she was looking to exact her revenge. She'd take someone close to him, just like he had to her. She'd make him feel the same pain she felt when Aaron was killed. -- Glitch

Peacock felt sorry for her new friend. Giving her something to eat and a place to rest, she quickly went out to say goodnight to Fame. Giving him a hug and a small apple, she went back in to her bed. As she was starting to fall asleep, she felt something sharp sinking into her skin.--Peacock & Fame

Gold heard the sound of a loud thump from nearby, and then the sound of voices. "What's that?" Galaxy asked. "I don't know but-" Gold started to say, but Galaxy interrupted him. "C'mon let's go see!" She declared, dashing off into the trees. "Galaxy no!" Gold yelled after her, but it was too late. Muttering under his breath, her ran after her. -- Gold

Thorn saw the two people he saw at the beginning. He scowled, thinking, *Oh not that weird girl again.* He ran as quickly as possible away.--Thorn

Gold thought he saw a pair of blazing red eyes as he ran after Galaxy. He paused. "Hello?" He called, his voice drifting across the bare and empty plains. -- Gold

Thorn hid as he watched the people looking for him. He held Scooter back, who was trying to growl and leap at them.--Thorn & Scooter

Peacock was about to scream for her life when she saw Pip was hopping on her. She sighed happily, before wrapping her little parrot and falling asleep.--Peacock & Pip

Gold shook his head. He must be seeing things. He dashed back into the woods, the feeling of unease eating at him like a hungry animal. -- Gold

Peacock woke up as the sun started to rise. She grew worried when Lyptus wasn't in her bed, only her wolf. She ran out the door, before hearing the faint bangings coming from her barn. She burst trough the doors, only to see Fame eating happily and Lyptus boxing at a hay figure. "Lyptus!"--Peacock

Glitch spotted the man from before hiding from something, and then spotted a rather familiar minecraft skin dashing into the woods. She snarled and teleported next to Thorn. She grabbed his arm, her nails digging so sharply into him that blood welled up in some spots. "Do you know that man?" She asked, snarling. "Answer me, or I'll turn you into a pile of items." -- Glitch

Thorn shrugged. "Go ahead. Make me a chair." He looked at his arm, seeing with satisfaction his sweater going dark red.--Thorn

Glitch unsheathed her sword. It was one of her most prized possessions. The tip was burning white fire, and it's kill you with a single hit. If anyone touched it except her, they'd be dead before they even realized it. It had taken forever to perfect, but she hardly used it... until now. "I ask again, do you know that man?" She growled. Glitch eyes began to glow brightly, not to a dark purple, but to a hot white. -- Glitch

Thorn shrugged again, amused at how the girl was acting. His lava red eyes shone hot with happiness.--Thorn

As the brown haired girl turned her head, Peacock exclaimed, "I thought Thorn hurt you!" She saw that the girl was still angry, her excitement fading. "C'mon. We have to get moving." She patted Fame, letting him out to her small pasture before walking back to the house.--Peacock & Lyptus

((Is it okay if I kill Thorn rowan or no? I can knock him out or somthing)) -- whiteout

((daNg doN't kIll hIm we NeEd hIm foR pLOt)) -- Hawk :)

((Can they die multiple times?)) - rosey (whiteout)

((I mean...that seems kinda overpowered. If you have a really good reason and stuff, maybe...idk.)) -- Hawk

((Sry No Whiteout))-Rowan

(well...)

glitch stared at him, then let go of his arm. "forget it..." she mumbled, turning away. -- Glitch

((Fine you can reedit your Roleplay and knock him out as he sees Scooter leap at Gli. But ofc the wolf doesn't rlly hurt her.))-Rowan

((No, the wolf can/should hurt her. I'm trying rlly hard to not maker her op. Maybe she bites her arm or something.)) -- Rosey

Glitch suddenly stopped. She kept thinking about Hyper, and how he had betrayed her. That made her angry. Clouded by rage, she suddenly turned and lunged at Thorn. Glitch roared as she did it. She drew her iron sword and stabbed his arm. It didn't cut deep, but just enough to hopefully make him suffer. -- Glitch

Thorn fell, knocking his head against a rock. The last thing he saw was Scoot leaping at her leg, ripping her pants. He then fell into complete darkness, his head bulging with pain.--Thorn & Scooter

Lyptus looked out the window, then seeing her wolf eating some prey. "Hey Peacock Imma go hunt. I'll be back when the fog starts to fade." She grabbed her sword, giving Brunette a pat, and then jumped out the front door. She saw some people running around, but her head was too busy to be interested.--Lyptus & Brunette

Glitch yelled in pain, and stumbled backwards. Blood poured from her leg and she grew slightly faint. She kicked at the dog and collapsed against a tree. She wielded her iron sword in front of her, just barely keeping the dog at bay. -- Glitch

Guardian whipped her head around. She though she heard a scream. "Did anyone hear that?" She asked. Hyper nodded, as her devoured a steak and stood up. Guardian didn't run, but walked fast, just ahead of Hyper, who still hadn't quite recovered from his fall. Terasu followed behind. She thought she saw something out in the plains as soon as they emerged from the forest and dashed towards it. She stopped suddenly at what she saw. "What?" Hyper asked. Guardian pointed at an unconscious man crumpled on the ground. They were completely unaware of Glitch sitting in the shadows a few feet away. -- Guardian

A few minutes later Thorn regained conscience. He saw people around him, growing confused before he knew what happened. He check who was stuck on this server. Glitch...Alright let's play. He stood up, gathered Scooter, casted a glance at the group of people before he started to walk away. When he thought he was alone, he tumbled down, looking at his bleeding arm. He could still see the people ahead. Soon he saw a moving shape and brown hair appeared. His half sister stood starring at him, before sighing. "You are lucky Dad raised me well." She bent down and started to examine his injury.--Thorn, Scooter & Lyptus

Glitch growed and pressed a hand to her leg. It healed quickly, but left her with only 5 levels of xp. She'd have to stock up some more later. She slipped away into the ever-darkening forest.. -- Glitch

"Wait- stop!" Guardian yelled after the man. She started to dash down the hill. -- Guardian

((rowan- you want Guardian to come say hi or no? your choice)) -- rosey

((Sure. Although Lyp would do more of the answering.))-Rowan

Thorn attempted to stand and dash, but his half sister held him down. "Do you wanna die?!" As the silver haired man obeyed, Lyptus could sense that the group of people were coming. As she helped her brother, she slowly slipped her hand to her heavily enchanted bow.--Thorn & Lyptus

Guardian skidded to a stop when she saw an enchanted bow pointed at her. She promptly stumbled, and dropped the healing potion in her hand. It shattered in a million glass peices at her feet. She screwed her eyes shut and put her hands up in the air. "Ahhhh! I'm sorry! Please don't kill me! I was just trying to help!" -- Guardian

Lyptus looked down at the girl, then at the male that looked like he was limping. She stood her ground, asking gruffly, "What do you want?"--Lyptus

Hyper pushed past Guardian, flinching on his injured leg. "I'm Hyper." He said, trying not to sound like he was in pain. "That's Guardian... She's good at healing.... I think she can help your friend." -- Hyper

Lyptus growled, "He's not my friend." She turned and kneeled down by Thorn, although she had an eye on the people behind her. "I've been playing Minecraft long enough to know how to heal people, even though that's not my main skill." She shook her dark brown hair away, though she met burning lava eyes.--Lyptus

Guardian rummaged around in her inventory and puled out a roll of guaze. "Please?" She asked, avoiding the girls eyes. "I won't hurt him..." -- Guardian

Lyptus wanted to refuse, but she saw that her brother wolf was tugging at the users’ pants. She sighed, giving the permission, before scooping up the wolf and scratching it on a special spot where it acted like a happy little pup.--Lyptus & Scooter

Guardian approached Thorn tentatively, and gently rolled back his sleeve. She took a wet the cloth in a bucket of water and washed out the blood beginning to clot the wound. Once Guardian got into healing, the entire world dissapeared and it was just her and the patient. -- Guardian

Thorn watched as the girl started to heal him, making him a little embarrassed. He pushed her back, yelling, "I'm fine! I don't need help from a girl like you!" But he felt the breath knock out of him as Lyptus leaped at him, her mamga orange eyes meeting his glowing his red ones. "Stay still or die!"--Thorn & Lyptus

Guardian squeaked in fear, and hurried. She tied some cloth around Thorn's arm and stepped back. "U-um, that should be good." She mumbled. -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded her head as thanks. She helped her brother and slowly limped away with the man's strong arm around her neck, pulling her long oak brown hair. She could still feel the blood around his arm, making her eyes water.--Lyptus & Thorn

"bye!... then, i guess." Guardian waved embarrassingly. -- Guardian

Lyptus turned her head once more before continuing to walk ahead. After a while she came to an abandoned house, where she entered in and set her brother down.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper narrowed her eyes as she approached the scene. *Well...Guardian's obviously been practicing her healing. That's certainly good.* "Good job, Guardian." She patted her friend on the back and nodded. "There's one thing I have to do."

She approached Lyptus and Thorn. "Hey. I know it's an extremely inconvenient time and I'm not asking you to make any decisions now, but frankly you look like you have potential in combat and I was wondering if you were interested in a, let's say, 'paid mission'. Are you interested?" -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian grinned at Shadowkeeper, and then turned to find Hyper still on the ground. "Now let's see what we can do about your leg." She declared, bending down beside him. -- Guardian

Lyptus stiffened, wishing the girl never said such thing in front of her brother. She saw her brother open his mouth, but closed the door shut. She whispered, "You shouldn't talk in from of my brother." Her orange eyes blazed with fury. "Meet me at the other end of the village at sun down. Alone." She then walked back into the house and closed the door with a 'bang!'--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper laughed softly. Turning and walking away, she whispered to herself, “deal.” - Shadow

Guardian wrapped Hyper's leg with a splint, before settling down beside him, waiting patiently for Shadowkeeper to come back. -- Guardian

Thorn turned his curious magma red eyes to his sister. "What was she talking about?"--Thorn

Shadowkeeper kneeled next to Guardian and Terasu. "Will he be alright?" asked Terra. Shadowkeeper nodded. "I think so. Well, Guardian, as soon as Hyper heals I'd like to go to the Nether. What is your current experience level?" -- Shadowkeeper

guardian blushed, embarrassed. "seven..." she said. "sorry it isn't higher." She gave Shadowkeeper and embarrassed grin before turning back to Hyper. "Keep off that leg." She said. "Let it rest for a couple of days, then we'll try without the splint." She turned to Terasu. "Make sure me keeps off it instead of practicing for fighting." Guardian stood up, and brushed herself off. - Guardian

Lyptus shook her head. “She wanted to see if people were wanting to go on a paid mission to tend gardens. Nothing important.” Raised her hand, placing it on her brother’s wrist. “Now listen your hurt and you gotta admit it. I’m locking you up here with Scooter and resources. And I made it proofed so you can’t escape.” She patted the silver man’s and wolf’s hair before she ran out, knowing Peacock would be suspicious.--Lyptus

"That's fine. And hey, great job healing Hyper." She kneeled down. "Listen to Guardian, alright? She knows what she's doing."

*A couple hours later...*

Shadowkeeper tapped her foot, knowing Lyptus would show up in a minute. It was dusk and she was at the end of the large jungle village, thinking more on her plan. *But will Lyptus honor our contract? Frankly, I trust her more than any hired workhand in this place. She seemed too nice to Thorn to want to betray my friends, especially if I pay her sufficiently. But this is all based on her demeanor. We'll have to see.* -- Shadowkeeper

((I have plans with BG, so it be great if we could change that. Also she never said her nor Tho’s name.))-Rowan

Peacock waited impatiently as Lupita wasn’t appear ing. She soon saw the brown hair and orange lava eyes. Knowing the girl had already eaten, she nodded before walking with Pip on her shoulder.--Peacock & Pip

((Who’s BG? Also Shadow’s been talking to everyone around the village to try and find Lyptus and that’s how she heard their names.)) - Hawk

((Bob George. Lyp just came to the village, so how could ppl know her? And also that was never rped.))-Rowan

Guardian sighed, and then stalked back into the woods. "I'm taking a nap!" She hollered back. "Don't bother me!" Guardian found the little cabin in the woods and collapsed into the bed in the corner of the main room that she called her own. She was asleep quickly, falling into a dreamless sleep. -- Guardian

((I mean, if she's in the village then people have seen her once or twice. Also, ok. Lyp told Shadow to wait at the village's end, so should Shadow just call off that plan?)) -- Hawk

((Seen, but not asked as rlly there's only villagers in the village since I haven't seen any other players *living* there. No we could do the plan but we don't need to skip a whole day.))-Rowan

Peacock came across to an old stone building at the other side of the village. She knocked gently on the door, where a villager with a black coat and glasses opened the door. He had an angry expression, and seemed he didn't like visitors. "Who is it?" "Peacock." The villager brightened up, saying, "Oh come in come in!" Peacock glanced at her friend before walking into the house.--Peacock & ???

((Oki. I meant NPCs but honestly it doesnt matter. 🙂)) - Hawk

Hyper stumbled to his feet, cringing on his, he was assuming, broken, leg. "Mind helping me out Terasu?" He joked. Hyper glanced at Shadowkeeper, who was staring at the village nearby. The sunset made it seem like it had been smeared with blood. He shivered. -- Hyper

Peacock and Lyptus looked around the old but full-of-tools building. The villager took off his glasses to reveal blind eyes. "I'm Bob George, but you can call me what you want." Lyptus nodded her head. "Nice to meet you as well. I'm Lyptus." "What brings you here to my house?" The masked girl replied, "We are looking for you know that thing." The villager smiled. "Oh yes the thing I saved for you. Well sorry to break it to you but...I lost it in my home. But tell you what! I can deliver it to your birch house! Would that work?" Both of the girls agreed. They stepped out the building and walked towards the base. Lyptus was silent, before they were really close to the wood house and flew into a random alley.--Peacock, Lyptus & Bob George

Terra nodded. "Of course!" He walked over. "Are you alright?" -- Terasu

Lyptus whistled, summoning Brunette who had peices of eaten prey around her jaws. She patted the brown and white wolf before continuing to make her way to the meeting. She appeared around the corner, only to draw out her experienced bow and point it as she saw not only the person she met earlier but many others.--Lyptus & Brunette

Shadowkeeper took one look at the girl and burst out laughing. "Listen, girl, speaking from experience I can tell you that if someone gives you a business proposition, holding them at arrow-point isn't exactly a good career move." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus rolled her orange lava eyes. "Business would have clear communication. I said meet me here *alone*. And clearly didn't get that through your system." She whipped her long dark brown hair that was in front of her face.--Lyptus

"That's true, communication is necessary, but not violence. We speak words before weapons here. And, for the record, I do happen to be alone. Unless you count my dog," Shadowkeeper's mahogany eyes strayed down to meet her half-wolf's blue canine gaze. -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus nodded her chin to the people a distance behind her. "What about those?"--Lyptus

((Who is she referring to? Terra helped Hyper back to their camp, and as far as I'm aware Shadow and Lyptus are at the end of the village while Guardian's at the front of it? Not sure)) -- Hawk

Shadowkeeper glanced over her shoulder. "I'm not aware who they are, but we can move if you'd prefer." -- Shadowkeeper

((It said that Hy was looking at Shadow.))-Rowan

Lyptus narrowed her eyes. “How can I trust you?“ She felt like she should just turn.--Lyptus

((Yeah, that's true, but I was assuming that Shadow moved to meet Lyptus. I guess it's not important?)) -- Hawk

"Honestly, I don't have solid evidence you *should* trust me, so it's up to you. I just have a business offer that I need to be taken up by a competent person who won't go back on their word." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus sneered, “Oh I’m more worried about other people than myself.” She sat down, her back to a tree, watching the player intensely. “Well? Who are you, and what is this ‘offer’?”--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper smirked and sat down too. "I'm Shadowkeeper. I'm an NPC and I'm currently training and helping my friends as they try to beat all three bosses. I need someone with archery experience to take them to the Nether for a little exploration. Maybe two or three days. I have some errands to run here and I'm going to hardcore grind for sniper class. Are you interested in leading them? I am willing to pay sufficiently, whether in materials or otherwise." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus ran her fingers over her arrows. "What exactly would I be rewarded? Just items?" She wrinkled her nose.--Lyptus

"I guess." Hyper shrugged. -- Hyper

Guardian opened her eyes with a start. She though she heard someone screaming. She rubbed her eyes, trying to clear them from the sleep. "Hello." said a voice. Guardian screamed and stumbled backwards. Looking around, she realized she was inside of Terasu's house, but it looked different. Everything seemed to shimmer and pulse, and it looked like it was made out of mist. "Why are you screaming?" The voice in Guardian's head said again. "i won't hurt you." it said, but something about it made Guardian question that statement. A girl materialized in front of Guardian. She had sparkling deep purple eyes, and a black bandanna covering her mouth. The girl sneered, showing a row of sharp jagged teeth. "Do you happen to know a boy named Hyper?" -- Guardian and ???

"What do you want? I could do you a service in return, or pay you with material wealth. At the moment, however, most of the server doesn't have good weapons or gear- including myself, as my inventory was cleared when all the players were blasted into Minecraft- so I can't pay in gear or weapons." -- Shadowkeeper

Hyper made it back to the village in a couple minutes. He insisted to Terasu he was most likely fine. When he entered the house, he noticed Guardian tossing and turning in bed. Her face was laced with sweat. -- Hyper

Lyptus shook her head as the moon was rising. “So just items eh?” She thought, *What kind of ‘reward’ is that? I could get those things from villagers. I wish I could become a shoulder or general...Just like Mom thought I was*.--Lyptus

Terra's brow furrowed in concern, both for Guardian and Hyper. "Is Guardian okay? Should we wake her up? She seems to be having a nightmare." -- Terasu

"That, and, as I've said, a favor or service, if you want. Honestly, just name your payment or call off this entire thing, I don't really mind." Shadowkeeper's frank brown gaze was trained on Lyptus. -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus smirked, sold at the offer. She stood up, shaking leaves out of her dark oak brown hair. "What and when do you want me to do?"--Lyptus

"Um-" Guardian stumbled backwards, breathing heavily. "Why do you want to know?" The girl stepped forward, and then her expression changed to a sad expression. "He's my friend. Or was, anyway." "Oh." Guardian said. She couldn't resist putting her hand on her shoulder to comfort her. "Don't touch me!" Glitch snapped, shoving her away. "Tell your friend Hyper that Glitch knows where he is, and that his past grievances are not forgotten..." Suddenly, everything seemed to slant and go blurry and dim, and Guardian sat up. -- Guardian

Hyper continued shaking Guardian. "Guardian!" he yelled. Guardian sat up abruptly. Her hair was a mess and disheveled, and her face was laced with bead of sweat. Guardian rubbed her eyes and looked around, eyes wide. -- Hyper

Shadowkeeper shook her head. *How many times do I need to repeat myself?* "I want you to take my friends to the Nether and lead them around. Teach them about the mobs there, as well as the resources, structures, and gameplay. Don't lead them into any Nether fortresses or bastions, though. Let them gather resources if they want, and protect them from hoglins and the other Nether mobs. They're competent but not outstanding in combat, and I think they'll need you to hold their own. Then make sure they get back to the Overworld safely. I'd hope you do this in the next week or so, but if you want we can agree on a different time. That's what I'd like you to do, if you agree to the deal." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus put her arrows and bows of all types back into her inventory. “I accept. I’m Lyptus. Tell your ‘friends’ that I’ll meet them by the cave located here. Let’s say I live near there.” She handed the map to where the far away cave was located. She smiled, although in her head she was thinking of Plan B.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper nodded. "Okay. And hey," she added slightly humorously, "don't kill them. Anyways, would you like to discuss your pay, or do you need some time to think about it?" -- Shadowkeeper

((Whiteout's not gonna be here this week so can she take them when Whiteout gets back?)) -- Hawk'

((I'll be back friday)) - whiteout

((Oki)) -- Hawk

Lyptus rolled her eyes. *If I had the heart to kill my brother would already be dead.* She leaned back on the tree as she stood, her glowing orange eyes narrowing. "I'll take the highest bow and arrows you have. And also I'll take that service part."--Lyptus

"Okay. I have a longbow, but only tier one snipers are able to use that and it's one of my most prized possessions. I have some spectral and damage arrows, though, as well as some normal ones. I'm assuming you have your own bow, though." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus thought for a moment. “Ok give me your best arrows and instead of the bow, which I do need, I’ll take your most valuable possession your willing to give.” She put her hand out.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper considered it. "And you want a service? What service do you want?" -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus said, “Maybe become part of your group. I’ve lived most of my life as a loner, and I would like to change that.“ Although she felt she sounded stupid saying that.--Lyptus

"Hm...alright. You're a valuable asset. Here are the arrows," Shadowkeeper handed her thirty spectral arrows, sixty-four normal arrows, and ten tier two damage arrows. "If I were you I'd use those last ten when you really need them. As for a possession, I'll give it to you after you return all my friends safe and sound with their experience and resources." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus put all the new stuff in her inventory. “And what about the special thing?”--Lyptus

"What do you want? I don't really have any possessions other than some basic gear, my bow, and a map I'm not willing to sell." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus was starting to get impatient. “I said what’s the highest thing you are willing to sell?”--Lyptus

"Nothing. I don't have anything that I'm willing to sell other than some chainmail armor, and I don't presume you want that." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus thought for a moment. *If we’re going to the End...I can get the egg*. She shook her head, her brown hair flashing in her face. “I’ll take it.”--Lyptus

“Deal.” Shadowkeeper smiled. “Should I contact you once my friends are ready? Also, in case you’re wondering, one’s a knight-in-training and the other is grinding to become a samurai. They’re decent at fighting but I’d like to let them get some practice.” — Shadowkeeper

Lyptus took the items, pleased. She nodded. "Ok. When would you like me to meet your friends?"--Lyptus

The tall archer considered the question. "Meet me at this time in two days right here, in the same place, and I'll let you know if they're ready yet." -- Shadowkeeper

((Does Lyptus want the egg? That'd be fine with me. But note that after the dragon gets killed [and probably after lyptus grabs the egg if that's what you want] Shadowkeeper and apparently Lyptus - i think that's what you said - will get sucked into the human world)) -- Hawk

((I know but she trades that to BG))-Rowan

Lyptus shook her head. "I'll meet you in two days, but in the cave on that map I gave you."--Lyptus

((Alright)) -- Hawk

"Okay. I guess this is goodbye for now?" -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus nodded, saying, "Two days," Before disappearing immediately and following the sun back to the village. She looked around before banging on the door.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper smiled to herself and walked back to camp. -- Shadowkeeper

A pair of sunglasses opened the door. The villager opened the door wider, smiling. "Hi Lyptus. Come in!"--Bob George

(GUESS WHO'S BACKKKKKK)) -- whiteout

((hI thErE)) - Hawk

((wE diDn'T buRn dOWn thE wIkI ArE yOU PRoUD of US)) -- HAwk

((𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒𝒹)) -- whiteout

"You okay?" Hyper asked Guardian, concern written plainly on his face. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine..." Guardian said. She knew that what she just experienced was fake, and was some dream. She hoped anyway. The little nagging feeling in the back of her mind made her doubt it. Either way, she'd tell Shadowkeeper first. -- Guardian

Lyptus smiled gratefully at the special villager picking up Brunette. "Hey BG. I was wondering if you would do a trade with me?" The blind man leaned on his wall. "What trade for what?" The girl took out the chainmail armor. "I would like your most enchanted crossbow and arrows for this armor and the Ender dragon egg." The man took off his glasses to feel the armor. He was silent for a moment before chuckling, "Of course. But why you doing that?" Lyptus sat down, looking trough her inventory. "Business."--Lyptus, Brunette & Bob George

Peacock had just fed Fame when she suddenly realized Lyptus wasn't in sight. She shook her head. "Why am I so stupid?!" She got Pip out of his cage, letting him lose and hoping he would find her.--Peacock & Pip

"I, um, I have to go!" Guardian said, scrambling out of bed. "I'll be back!" She called over her shoulder. Once outside, she skidded to a stop to look around. Then, she dashed down the hill. Quickly, she spotted the long wavy brown hair of Shadowkeeper. "Shadowkeeper!" Guardian yelled, running to her friend. Her eyes were wide with fear. "Shadowkeeper! I have to tell you something!" She hissed. -- Guardian

Lyptus was dosing when she felt a tug on her shoulder. Brunette was pulling her arm while BG was cooking something. "Sleep well? You looked tired." The dark brown haired girl shook sleep away. "Yeah I am." The villager turned to face her. "Why?" There was some silence before th female answered. "Well I've never really been able to sleep. But...Also I found out my half brother is here as well." The villager only nodded. "Here." The crossbow was glowing with enchantment, and the arrows were flaming sharp. "Also have some cake." The girl felt a little better, trading with the villager before running back to her friend.--Lyptus, Brunette & Bob George

Shadowkeeper caught Guardian before she fell over. "What is it?" -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian bit her lip. "I-I had a dream." She said. Man, that sounded much less cheesy in her head. "There was this girl, she had cat ears and pink and purple hair - this sort of aura around her, with code and stuff. She asked if I knew who Hyper was- and... and..." She trailed off, unable to say anything else. She felt exhausted from this ordeal. "She said, 'Tell your friend Hyper that Glitch knows where he is, and that his past grievances are not forgotten.' Does this mean anything?" She looked up at Shadowkeeper with eyes wide with fear for her friend. -- Guardian

Peacock had just looked everywhere after Pip found nothing when she saw Lyptus walking towards her. She snatched the girl‘s wrist, dragging her into the cabin. The masked girl shoved her on a chair, fury burning in her eyes. “Where have you been on this server Lyptus?!”--Peacock & Pip

Glitch survived the village with an upturned nose. It looked ugly. Spiderwebs covered the entire thing; a fire was still raging somewhere. She could smell the smoke. Now matter, she'd make this place ship shape in no time. "If there's anything I learned from those superhero movies, it's that every supervillan need a base." She grinned and winked cheekily at the village. Taking a few steps into the village, she drew her pickaxe. -- Glitch

Gold had lost her. -- Gold

Lyptus crossed her arms, leaning back to the wall. "I'm sorry Peacock. Listen..." She beckoned the girl to sit down beside her calmly. "I found this girl...She was offering a job and I decided to listen to what she had to say." Peacock had her jaws hanging with betrayal of her closest friend. "W-What was the job?" "To go to the Ender with some of her friends." The air felt it was knocked out of Peacock. "What?! Lyptus that's dangerous!" The brown haired girl shrugged. "I like danger. Peacock please understand!" The masked girl stood up slowly, turning her back away. "Well if you're going to leave me, you might as well as leave me now." Immediately Lyptus jumped to her feet. "P-Peaock what?!" The blonde haired girl whipped her head to face the lava eyes. "I trusted you! I thought you would listen! Just leave now and don't try to change my mind!"--Peacock & Lyptus

"Galaxy!" Gold yelled in a panic. "Galaxy!" His heart was beating at at least 134 miles an hour. "Galaxy!" He yelled again, but no one answered his call. He did what gold had a habit of doing in these situations. He fainted. -- Gold

Lyptus stared at her friend a moment longer, before quickly taking her things and walking slowly out of the house without a word. She sighed frustratedly, wondering wether if she was the stupid one or Peacock. She turned to the forrest, Brunette trotting at her side. She came to the house where Thorn was locked up in, only to see a body a distance away from her. She thought of she should go help the user or not.--Lyptus & Brunette

Gold was still passed out on the ground. -- Gold

Lyptus sighed as she walked up to the fainted man. Bending down, she poured water over his forehead, hoping he would gain his face color back. She then turned away to make something for the user to drink when he woke up. That is if he ever did.--Lyptus

Gold sat up quickly, sputtering. HIs eyes widened when he saw a COMPLETE AND RANDOM STRANGER POURING WATER ON HIM. He coughed out the water and shook his head, trying to get the water off his head. "How long was I out?" He asked. "Oh my goodness, I have to find my sister!" He exclaimed. --Gold

Lyptus laid her hand firmly on the random person, holding him down. "I don't know, I found you a few minutes ago." She gave him a bottle of strength. "Drink this and then you can keep on doing whatever you were doing before you fainted." She leaned back against a log, lost in thought as she stared at the wet person.--Lyptus

Gold collapsed on the ground, laying on his back. "I failed Dad..." He mumbled, sighing. -- Gold

Lyptus gently stroked Brunette as the moon shone on the fur, whispering, "You're not the only one..." She shook her head, hopping to her feet and holding her hand out. "C'mon you still have hope of finding your sister. You just gonna give up on her like that?"--Lyptus & Brunette

"No..." Gold mumbled. He grabbed her hand, standing up. "Her name's Galaxy. She's got a purple and pink outfit." -- gold

Lyptus nodded her head. "Brunette will go and hunt for any human looking people." She sent her wolf away, turning back to the man. "How is your sister like? What would Galaxy do right now?"--Lyptus & Brunette

Shadowkeeper narrowed her brown eyes. "Code? Was it full of ones and zeros? She could be a former game dev or a hacker...This could mean something. I wouldn't be suprised if game devs or hackers have some mystic abilities after being blasted into the game. Including being in others' dreams...Guardian, Hyper could be in danger." -- Shadowkeeper

Peacock grinned her teeth, throwing random things everywhere like a animal. She fell to her knees, screaming, “When will I ever be spared from betrayal!?” Meanwhile Pip, as the smart bird he was, grabbed his favorite disk and started to dance to the beat and yells, knowing his owner would be angrily distracted.--Peacock & Pip

"She's probably be-" Gold stopped, realizing he didn't know. Galaxy had never been alone or without him before. "I guess I don't know." He mumbled, than glanced up at the darkening sky, his mind clouded with worry. -- Gold

Guardian felt like she had to throw up. "What?!" She asked, shaking in fear. Being in danger wasn't ever a good thing. -- Guardian

Lyptus tried not to get annoyed. "Ok...What does she like?"--Lyptus

"She has pink and purple hair, split down the side. She's also got demon horns." Gold chuckled to himself. Galaxy was a real demon. She's got pink and purple clothing. Very reckless, and she has a crossbow." -- Gold

Lyptus got out her normal enchanted bow, hiding the gift the special villager gave her. She turned her head, her lava eyes glowing. "No I said what does she like. Not what she looks although that is helpful." *A little.*--Lyptus

"Whoops." Gold blushed with embarrassment. "Um, she likes adventure, climbing trees, fighting monsters, roleplaying." -- Gold

Lyptus looked up at the shining light up in the sky. "Well I think she would be near the biggest tree, probably surrounded by mobs...?"--Lyptus

Glitch stared at the girl in the tree. She was hanging onto a branch above a large gathering of zombies. The girl hadn't noticed her yet. "BACK YOU FIENDS!" She yelled, swing her sword at the ground below. Glitch chuckled. "WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?" The girl asked, before stopping. "Looks like you're in a tight situation. But I guess you don't need my help." Glitch smirked, turning. "No, wait!" Galaxy yelled. "Can you help?!" Glitch looked at her, and then sneered. "I'll help, but I'll need something in return." She said. Galaxy opened her mouth to argue but Glitch interrupted. "Tick tock, those zombies won't leave anytime soon." Galaxy eyes the zombies, and then Glitch. "Okay." She said. -- Glitch

Lyptus lifted her hand, listening to the echos in the forest and the paw steps of Brunette. Glancing at the man, she beckoned for them to follow the hunter dog.--Lyptus & Brunette

Thorn heard the familiar voice of his sister and peeked out of the small hole, seeing the girl with another guy. He smirked, settling himself down.--Thorn

"RIght!" Gold yelled. "Let's go!" He said, determination on his face. --GOld

Lyptus ran until she saw the pink haired girl in a tree, with another darker haired girl as well. Ignoring the person o the ground, she yelled, “Are you this guy’s sister?!”--Lyptus

”Calm down,“ Shadowkeeper sighed. “Being scared won’t help anything. Let’s head to the village and see if anyone’s selling weapons...” — Shadowkeeper

After a long talk with the drowned’s ruler, Skye narrowed her pastel blue eyes. “And what’s in this for me?” — Skylar

Supergirl continued her trek up the jungle. *Eventually I’ll find something...right?* All the large-than-life jungle trees and dark caves made her question that. “Whatever...I’ll keep going.” — Supergirl

Glitch had taken out all of the zombies, when she was rudely interrupted by a girl with dark hair and Glitch glared at the girl. She recognized her. "What do you want?" She hissed low enough so only the girl could hear. "She's mine. We made a bargain." Glitch's eyes blazed. -- Glitch

Guardian just nodded. She felt numb. -- Guardian

Lyptus walked right up to the girl, her orange eyes blazing with frustration. “Your stupid bargain isn’t as important as this dude looking for his sister.“--Lyptus

"If it's so important to him, why don't you even know the dude's name?" Glitch shot back, coming closer and drawing her iron sword.

Lyptus drew her bow and arrows, they showing with enchantment. “I could ask you the same thing. You know this girl’s name?”--Lyptus

"I do, in fact. Her name's GalaxyGoesViral." Glitch remembered seeing this girl's face on the server list when she realized Hyper was in the server. "Galaxy. And she's coming with me." Glitch ran towards Galaxy, grabbing her arm. "We're going." She hissed. "What?" Galaxy was confused, glancing towards the girl and- "Is that my brother?" Glitch didn't answer, closing her eyes and trying to muster up the energy the energy to teleport. She succeeded, but just barely. She teleported to the edge of the forest behind them, and she spotted the village she had decided to call her base beyond the horizon. "I upheld my part of the bargain." Glitch said. "Now its time for you to hold up yours." -- Glitch

Lyptus ran to where the girls were just a second before. She stopped, muttering, "She has powers. But she still had to look up her name. How stupid." She quickly looked at the server list to see there was a Galaxy, Glitch and...She turned to the dude that had been watching. "I'm assuming your Gold?"--Lyptus

Gold nodded. "Yeah. What's your name?" He asked, awkwardly. -- Gold

(omg rowan please stop acting like glitch is a toddler omg) -- whiteout

Glitch stepped into her hideout and directed Galaxy into a rundown well devoid of water. "Jump down into the hole and find the trapdoor. I'll be right behind you." The bottom of the well was dark and moist. Galaxy's eyes were wide with fear. "Something told her the girl behind her was not a good-hearted person. She slowed down to look behind her. Glitch shoved her forward. "Hurry up." -- Glitch + Galaxy

"Lyptus." The brown haired girl paced back and forth slowly, trying to think of something. She jerked her head up. "Do you have a map where you can track all the people on this server?"--Lyptus

"um, no," Gold said. He felt useless. "Buck up!" Gold's father's voice floated through his mind. "You can do anything you set your mind to. It seems impossible..." his father would then stop and Gold could finish, "until it's done."-- Gold

Lyptus sighed with frustration as she should have one herself. "Ok, ok, ok we can find your sister." She knew she could have left Gold, but she couldn't leave him like she was left. "C'mon we have to hurry." She grabbed her most expensive things except her bows. She then ran to the nearest villager, seeing if any of them had maps.--Lyptus

Galaxy entered a large room. She stooped abruptly, staring at it in awe. Thousands of pink and purple holographic screens lined the walls. A desk sat in one corner, and some beds and crafting tables in the other. "This is all yours?" Galaxy asked, drawing her hand across one of the screens. Glitch nodded. "What do you need me to do?" Galaxy asked. -- Galaxy

Gold ran after her, determined to find his sister. -- Gold

Guardian and Shadowkeeper entered the village looking for weapons. -- Guardian

Lyptus finally found a map, stumbling with exhaustion. She gasped for a few moments before turning to Gold. "I...I found it." She slowly opened the map, not because she was scared but because she felt she was going to faint.--Lyptus

Gold grabbed her arm. "I think you should sit." He gently took the map from her and examined it. -- Gold

Lyptus drank some water until she felt the blood running back in her face. She then looked at the map, pointing to where they were and drew her hand to where it looked they could be. "At the end of the village, forest." She took a deep breath before breaking into a run.--Lyptus

"Lyptus wait!" Gold yelled, running after her. "Lyptus! I think we should wait and rest for the night!" -- Gold

Glitch nodded. "I'm in need of an.." She paused. "*assistant*." -- Glitch

Lyptus turned around, confused. "You want to wait?"--Lyptus

"Yes." Gold nodded. "You're not in a shape to go galivanting around through two entire biomes to find my sister. She'll take care of herself until morning." -- Gold

"Assistant?" Galaxy's mind whirled, but in a good way. "I can work with all this?!" Glitch eyed her. "Yes, but you'll have to practice. And, you'll have to do everything I need you to." Glitch said. -- Galaxy

Lyptus shook her head. "I came to help, not to stop you."--Lyptus

"What?" gold was confused by her wording. -- Gold

Lyptus sighed. "I came to help find your sister, not to stop us from saving her. You just saw what that Glitch had done. Just think of what else she could do."--Lyptus

Gold just shook his head. He had no idea. "Well, if i can't stop you from going, then i might as well come with you. She is my sister after all." -- Gold

Lyptus tried not to roll her eyes. *Of course you would come! If you didn’t that would be suspicious.* She nodded, once more breaking into a run.--Lyptus

After looking around a bit, Shadowkeeper came up to a weapons shop. Knocking on the door, she entered. -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian bounced up and down on her toes, curious what would be inside. -- Guardian

Galaxy had accepted. Glitch grinned. "Good. I'm Glitch." She extended her hand. Galaxy took it. Glitch laughed and turned to her computer screens. "What are you laughing at?" Galaxy asked, slightly offended. Glitch turned and sneered. "Oh, Galaxy.... you've taken the deal. there's no going back now." -- Glitch

Lyptus looked down at the map, to see that they were a few feet behind the place where Glitch and Galaxy were. She then turned to Gold, waiting to hear what he wanted to do.--Lyptus

Bob George sighed with relief as he felt his hands again. Taking the precious weapon, he placed it into a little sac. He then went back into the storage.--Bob George

"We sure this is the right place? I don't see anyone." -- Gold

Lyptus nodded. “It says they’re a few feet ahead of us.“ She squinted her lava eyes. “I see some different colors here. Like gray and black.”--Lyptus

"There's nothing here." Gold snapped. "The map must be broken." -- Gold

Galaxy stepped back. "What?-" her eyes were wide with fear. "I-I have to get out of here!.." Galaxy shrieked. She clawed at the door and tried to open it, she did, but some barrier stopper her. "what did you do?!" She screamed at Glitch. "Galaxy, you're mine now. You made the deal." Glitch said, leaning against a desk. "C'mon, it's time for our first project." -- Galaxy

Lyptus held her breath as she heard a shriek. She then glanced back at Gold. “You sure?”--Lyptus

"Galaxy!" Gold yelled, dashing to the well. "She's got to be underground! That's why the map was showing us directly with them, we were above them!" He jumped down the hole.

Glitch grabbed Galaxy's hand and shoved her down a passage on the far end of the hole. -- Glitch

Lyptus ran after the man, hearing footsteps around her. She looked trough her inventory until she found torches.--Lyptus

Galaxy found herself unwilling to stop. No matter what she tried to do, she couldn't. They emerged outside in the fresh air after traveling through a length of tunnels. -- galaxy

Lyptus looked around the cave, seeing purple and pink dots floating around. She muttered, “No wonder she’s called Glitch.” Although the brown haired girl was quite curious of what exactly this was.--Lyptus

Gold was entranced by the glowing screens. There was servers lists, no just of this server, but other ones also. Another map of where players were was spread out throughout one entire wall, and it showed the entire server. He also noticed a large screen set up like a computer in front of a desk. Many layers of images were stacked on top of each other. There were maps, images, lines tracing the map, and an image of a player with blonde hair and a baseball hat spread out at various points across it. "Lyptus!" He called softly. "Look at this." -- Gold

Lyptus took a step to where Gold was. She whispered, “Coding...” She ran her hands gently across the map, seeing little dots floating around it. “This must be her base.”--Lyptus

"Right," Gold said. Then he shook his head. "But we can't get distracted! Galaxy has to be around here somewhere." -- Gold

Lyptus nodded. “But listen.....It doesn’t sound like they’re here anywhere.”--Lyptus

"What?" Gold stooped mid turn and turned around. He squinted at the map. "Ugh! We lost them again!" He collapsed onto a chair at one of the many desks around the room. "Just our luck..." Then he turned to Lyptus. "Lyptus?..." He asked, hesitantly. "Why are you helping me? And what are you doing out here alone? Don't you have friends?" -- Gold

Lyptus froze, flashbacks coming through her head. She picked up Brunette, laying the soft brown and white wolf on her lap. She finally lifted her shining orange eyes to the boy. Could she trust him? She sighed. *I’ve lost basically everything*. ”I’m...I’m helping you because I don’t want you to lose everything like I did. I-I lost both of my parents when I was young, and then everything slowly washed away. Loved ones and friends. And ever since I’ve always been on my own.”--Lyptus & Brunette

Gold put a hand on her shoulder. "I know how you feel..." He mumbled. "My dad's in the military. Or was anyway... one day, my mom got a call on the phone, and then she burst out crying. Apparently, my dad was taken captive. When the army finally made it there, it was too late. he was gone." His voice cracked. "The last thing he said was to take care of my sister... and I'm not going to let him down now." He drew back and stared at the floor, embarrassed. -- Gold

Lyptus closed her eyes as she tries to holdback her tears. “I’m so sorry. Your Father will always be remembered by the U.S.” She stared at the floor, hearing distant voices in her head.--Lyptus

"Heh." Gold said. He'd heard that so many time's at his father's funeral. He sometimes wondered if this was true. "Well, i told my story, it's only fair you tell me yours." He joked, punching Lyptus lightly in the arm. -- Gold

Shadowkeeper walked in and was greeted with an arson of deadly and very sharp objects. She raised one eyebrow. "Hello," she greeted the storekeeper. -- Shadowkeeper

Guardian stayed close to Shadowkeeper, nervous of all the sharp objects. -- Guardian

Shadowkeeper grinned. "We just need some weapons." The storekeeper nodded, looking a bit shady- as one does while close to this many weapons.

The tall archer turned toward Guardian. "Pick a couple things that you want. Keep in mind you're training to be a samurai. Try some axes or bring out your inner weeb." -- Shadowkeeper

((comedey 100))

Lyptus smileda little, sitting down on the cold floor and laying a light between them. “Well...” She thought of how to start. “Uh when I was born it just was my family, me being the only child. A-And one day my Mom found out that my Dad had been ch.....cheating on her. He was forced to go with his other wife and son, by half brother.” She swallowed. “My Mom was so depressed she started to ignore me, and take it all out on me. When she died, m-my Dad could’t take me with his other wife. He then died...And his wife wouldn’t take me in either. So I was left with a shabby apartment by this stranger, although I still went to the same high school as my brother.” She looked at the floor.--Lyptus

Bob George finished packing his things, deciding to take a rest. He laid down for a moment, when he heard a small dinging noise. It began to grow louder, until he hopped to his feet. *Cake time*.--Bob George

"Is that legal?" was the first thing Gold asked. He then covered his mouth and flushed pink with embarrassment. "Oops, I mean, that's pretty bad. Very bad." He then smiled sheepsihly. "What luck that two scarred people would come together.-- Gold

Lyptus shook her head with amusement. “And I thought I was the only one with a bad life.” She then felt akward as she told this *dude* that she had *just met everything* that had happened *in her life*.--Lyptus

Gold looked away and stared at the flickering torch. "Well." He stood up. "We've got a sister to rescue." This time, Gold was confident he would succeed. -- Gold

Galaxy was once again trying to get away. Glitch had stopped dragging her an hour ago, and Galaxy found herself almost wanting to follow. Her mind felt like mud. Very slow and unresponsive. -- Galaxy

Lyptus, still feeling akward, got to her feet. She said, “Imma leave Brunette here. She can alert us if they come back.” She then drew the map out of her inventory.--Lyptus

Gold crouched down and gently reached out to touch the dog's head. -- Gold

Lyptus grinned at the two new friends, before turning back and laying the map down to take a look.--Lyptus

"Good boy!" Gold grinned. The dog rolled over and barked. Gold scratched his tummy. *He's just like the K-9 dogs dad used! Very professional, but sweet on the inside.* -- Gold

Lyptus laughed, “It’s a she.”--Lyptus

"Whoops- good girl, i mean." He flushed red with embarrassment. -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head, filled with laughter. She drew out a preice of raw steak. “Here you can make it up to her.” She then placed the map aside to quickly make a stove to gather up their strength.--Lyptus

Gold held out the piece of meat to Brunette. The dog sniffed it, and then barked and wolfed it up. Gold grinned. -- Gold

Lyptus came back with the stove and food in her inventory. “Hey Gold think fast!” She threw his chicken and bread towards him.--Lyptus

Gold whipped around and caught the bread in mid air. He then watched as the chicken sailed over his head and right in front of Brunette. "Brunette, no. Nooo! Stop!" Gold ordered, and then he grabbed the chicken. He grinned at Lyptus, with fake cheekiness.-- Gold

Lyptus laughed, seeing her wolf so sad. She ripped some of her chicken and gave it to Brunette before turning back to Gold. "Nice catch." She teased. "I can hunt another chicken for you if you want."--Lyptus

"No, it's fine. I'm not that hungry anyway." Gold said. Settling on the ground. -- Gold

Glitch opened her digital map. They were getting close. "He's got to be around here somewhere." She mumbled. "Galaxy! Search the area." Glitch's eyes bored into Galaxy's soul. Galaxy nodded. This time however, Galaxy went without protest. She was losing hope. *Maybe Gold abandoned me...* she thought angrily. *First chance he gets he leaves me behind. At least Glitch wants me*. -- Galaxy

Lyptus nodded, quickly eating her food and giving the rest to Brunette. ”Ready when you are Gold.”--Lyptus

Gold nodded and stood up. He peered over Lyptus's shoulder at the map. "It looks like they're heading north." -- Gold

(This is my first roleplay. Please delete it if it makes no sense. I think hawk roleplayed me going to the jungle, so that's where I am)- Supergirl

Rounding a corner, supergirl came across a beautiful bird. "A parrot!" she exclaimed, holding out some seeds. After eating it, the parrot flew right onto Supergirl's sholder. "Hello birdy! I'm gonna name you hydropeck! You are such a lovely blue color!" Said Supergirl before moving on. A few hours later, the thick leaves cleared to expose a beautiful village. -- Supergirl

(ish fine ^^ just a quick thing tho, sign whose rping! i fixed it for you) -- Rosey

Lyptus moved aside for the man. “Looks so. We can leave now if you want, and again I’ll have Brunette guard here.”--Lyptus

Peacock stepped outside of her birch house, deciding to hunt dinner. She saw a new girl, and waved before starting to walk away.--Peacock

((That makes sense, yeah :) also @everyone if you'd like to talk in the roleplay but not roleplay...this makes no sense but basically what I'm doing right now, use "((" and "))" and sign it with -- (your username/nickname))) -- Hawk

(new girl? who?) -- rosey

((@Rosey I mean Super.))-Rowan

((@rowan where is thorn atm?)) -- Rosey

Glitch sighed and rubbed her temples before going back to find Thorn. The holographic map Glitch was using showed she was right next to Thorn. His avatar floated right next to hers in the glowing screen. She turned to find the door of a stone shed nearby. "Locked." she mumbled, frowning. "Well, that's no problem for a master hacker like me." Her hand glowed as she put it close to the door. There was a *click*, and a loud clanking as the lock fell away from the door. Glitch opened it and saw familiar red eyes in the darkness of the room. She sneered, her teeth glowing slightly in the moonlight. "Well well. What do we have here?" -- Glitch

Thorn opened his red eyes as he saw the flirty girl he had seen multiple times earlier. He settled himself more comfortably on the stone floor, awoken by his nap. "You got a normal badboy player. What about you Pretty?"--Thorn

Glitch stuck out her tounge playfully. "I can leave you in here, you know." She said. "Plus, I don't see a bad boy anywhere. Just a pitiful little kid." -- Glitch

Thorn grinned with humor. "All I see is a stubborn little Princess."--Thorn

Glitch chuckled and shook her head. She then reached down her hand to help him up. -- Glitch

Thorn reached out his hand as the girl was going to pull him up. But instead of actually trying with her he let all his weight fall.--Thorn

Glitch stumbled backwards. She hissed something under her breath. "Why you horrid little-" She yelled. She then stopped, glaring at him. -- Glitch

Thorn scooted closer to the pink haired girl on the floor. “What wrong Princess? Need help?”--Thorn

Glitch rolled her eyes. "Look. There's a job, **two actually,** that I have to do, and I need your help. She flicked her hand in the air, an image of Xx\_Hyperactive\_xX floating in the air. It spun slowly around. "This is Hyper. She tapped a button on the screen revealing a map of all the players. "He's currently with a couple players. Our job is to find him, curse him, and get him to join us. My question is, are you in?" -- Glitch

Thorn sat back against the wall again, raising one brow. “Why do you need me? And who is this Hyper?”--Thorn

Glitch growled under her breath. "My worst enemy." She said. "Anyway, I need a group of people. I have a plan. There's some swords. A special one, and the more people we get to retrieve them the better. She stood up and snapped her fingers. The screen fizzled out. -- Glitch

Thorn sneered, “But I thought oh great Princess could do anything?””--Thorn

Glitch sighed and shook her head, but the hint of a smile was clear on her face. "It doesn't matter how much I can do as long as i can do more then you." She said, and then tapped him on the edge of his nose. "Boop." - Glitch

Thorn laid his hands behind his back. “Well then you shouldn’t need my help right? If you can do more than me?”--Thorn

"I can't do everything you do. I'm the brains, you're the brawn." -- Glitch

Meanwhile, Supergirl was walking into the weapons shop. “What a nice girl that was! I appreciate that she waved at me!“ she thought as she entered the shop. As she entered, she saw another player and someone who appeared to be a NPC. “Hello!“ said Supergirl, walking over to them. “ My name’s Supergirl, what’s yours?” — Supergirl

Shadowkeeper turned and raised one eyebrow. “Hey. I’m Shadowkeeper. Nice to meet you. This is my friend, Guardian.“ The tall hunter turned towards her blonde-haired companion. “Hi!” Guardian said. Supergirl smiled and nodded. — Shadowkeeper

Thorn was pleased at the words. He snapped his fingers to awake Scooter, stand right in front of her. “Course I am.” He tapped her thin arms. “Boop.” He walked out, saying over his shoulder. “I’m Thorn.”--Thorn

Peacock walked towards the woods, only to see the silver haired man she had seen before. She hid behind the bush. She whispered to herself, “Thorn.” She watched a moment more silently.--Peacock

Lyptus leaned, looking into the yellow haired man. “Hey Gold?”--Lyptus

"Yeah?" Gold asked. -- Gold

"typical boys..." Glitch mumbled, walking after him. -- Glitch

Lyptus put on a confused face. “Uh you ready to leave?”--Lyptus

"yeah, yeah." He nodded, and blinked. -- Gold

Lyptus casted one last glance at Brunette, bending down and giving her wolf a hug. “Please be safe.” She stood a moment before turning back to the man.--Lyptus

Gold watched Lyptus and Burnette with a sort of sad smile before shaking his head to clear his thoughts. "Ready?" He asked. The two strode out of Glitches lair in silence. Gold scanned the sky. "how are we supposed to get all the way to where Galaxy is?" He groaned. -- Gold

Lyptus looked around. Horses. But of course there was not a hoof in sight. She then got an idea and quickly got into her inventory. After a quick second she held out a bottle. Two of them. ”Here. Swiftness and leaping.”--Lyptus

Gold sniffed it suspiciously, but drank it anyway. -- Gold

Lyptus felt power every soar through her body. She suddenly felt not herself. “COME ON GOLD!” She ran as if she had eaten 1836818352837262 bags of candy.--Lyptus

Gold squeaked, but then felt the same thing race through his body. His nerves felt alive with fizzling, and he dashed after Lyptus. "What in the world did you put it these?" He yelled. -- Gold

Lyptus started to hop from tree to tree. "I-I PUT 2 WATER BOTTLES, 2 NETHER WARTS, 1 SUGAR AND 1 RABBIT'S FOOT!"--Lyptus

Peacock dared not to breath as she saw both of them flirtingly walk away. But before she could be safe, she felt strong gray paws knock into her chest.--Peacock

"THAT'S A LOT OF SUGAR!" Gold yelled. "I LIKE IT!" -- Gold

Glitch stopped in her tracks. Scooter wasn't in his normal spot next to Thorn. Glitch pulled up her map. "Thorn." Glitch hissed. "We're being watched." She drew her iron sword and ducked behind a building. -- Glitch

"HAHAHAHA." The dark brown haired girl ran to where they were supposed to be, but that's when the potion started to lose effect. She stumbled to her knees, panting again. She grabbed the two empty bottles and filled them up with water.--Lyptus

Thorn swaggered over to his wolf, red eyes surprised when he met Peacock. He removed Scooter, patting him on the back. He got to one of his knees, lifting the other girl's chin with his hand. "Well what a nice surprise."--Thorn & Scooter

Glitch watched the girl with a emotionless expression, except for a slight smile on her face. -- Glitch

Peacock didn't know what to say. She yelled, "Let me go!" But there was no response. She watched as Thorn said to the purple haired girl, "We should take her as prisoner."--Thorn & Peacock

Lyptus gave a bottle of water to Gold, before turning back to the map. "We're closer than ever. And it looks like your sister is alone."--Lyptus

Glitch poked her in the ribs. She watched with satisfaction as the girl flinched. "She's thin. I think keeping her as a prisoner is a waste. I say we kill her." -- Glitch

Gold nodded. "Good." He was still breathless from running. -- Gold

Thorn felt his heart leap as he heard the words. True he didn't like the girl, but he sure had a crush on her. Without thinking, he kicked the blond haired girl into the stone shed, locking it up.--Thorn

Lyptus felt a little dizzy, and reached around to hold on to something.--Lyptus

"Guardian, pick some weapons. Did I mention you're going to the Nether tomorrow?" -- Shadowkeeper

"I'm what, now?!" guardian asked. she accidentally dropped the iron sword she was examining. -- Guardian

"Scared of killing her?" Glitch taunted. "She's just a random player! Who cares what happens? Or is she a random player? Do you know this person, Thorn?" Glitch took a step closer to the man, her eyes sparkling with mischievous curiosity. -- Glitch

At this point, Supergirl had turned away from shadowkeeper and was looking at weapons. "hello, how may I help you?" Supergirl turned around to see a handsome boy behind the counter of the shop. "Oh hi!" she replied "Who are you?" "My name's BridgeCollapse, but everyone calls me bridge." "My name's Supergirl." " So you're new here. Come, let me show you around the shop." As they talked, Supergirl found out that Bridge was apprenticed at the weapons shop and was training to be a weaponsmith. "Anyway, what do you do for a living, or are you just living like everyone else?" "I'm a bounty hunter." Supergirl responded "Really? Cool!" Bridge exclaimed. "Hey, if you need a mission, the miners have had trouble getting their hands on amethyst shards. Can you get us ten shards?" "Sure. But it'll cost you two gold swords." "Deal!" And with that, the young boy and girl looked into each other's eyes and shook.- Supergirl

Thorn looked around in his mind for an excuse. “It would be a waste of time and weapons to kill her.”--Thorn

Lyptus stumbled face first to the floor. She jerked back as a sharp rock sliced her eye.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper nodded again to Supergirl, then turned back to Guardian. "Yeah. I hired Lyptus, a girl in this village, on a mission- she's gonna take you, Lavender, Terra, and Hyper to the Nether for a couple days while I get some research on a classified topic done." She bent down and picked up the pointed silver blade, turning it over in her hands. -- Shadowkeeper

Skye's brow furrowed as she considered the drowneds' king's deal. "Deal. I'll lead your people to retake the mainland, but in return I have their allegiance."

Isabella peeked around the palace's corner to see her father and the foreigner talking. Her sparkling ocean eyes widened as they shook hands and stood up. *It's happening!*

Skylar stared into her new ally's eyes and they turned to a gathering crowd of what was soon to be her army. "*Down with the land-dwellers!*" -- Skylar & Isabella

"There we go. Ten shards." after a few hours of mining Supergirl had finally gotten ten shards of anysyst. She quickly traveled back to the jungle village. "Hey Bridge" she said, when she had recieved her two swords "I'm gonna build a house, and I have never done it before. can you help? I wanna put it near the village." "OK, sure!" Said Bridge. And off they went.- Supergirl

"Fine then. If you think so." Glitch didn't push her partner, deciding instead to push the girl. "We need to guard her. Don't want her escaping. I'll take the first watch." She said. Glitch leaned against the door. -- Glitch

"Lyptus!" Gold yelled. "Are you okay?" -- Gold

Bob George smiled, pleased after eating his dessert. He yawned, crawling into his bed.--Bob George

Thorn lifted his brows as he heard the female prisoner scream. He asked Glitch, “Can’t you use your coding powers to lock it tight?””--Thorn

Lyptus covered her eye with her hand, only seeing red. She suddenly got flashbacks of yells and whips, making her cry red tears. “Y-Yeah I’m...Ok.”--Lyptus

"I could, but why?" Glitch leaned against the wall and stretched. "C'mon Thorn, let's have a little fun." -- Glitch

"You don't seem okay." Gold noted. -- Gold

Thorn rolled his red eyes. “What’s fun with guarding a stone shed?”--Thorn

Lyptus was silent for a moment, feeling the blood dry in and around the scar. She murmured, “I’ve felt worse...”--Lyptus

((Can Shadow and Lyptus meet again soon? Guardian and crew need to head off to the Nether so Shadow can leave and Skye can meet Glitch/Thorn. Btw, where is Thorn and Glitch? Skye could stumble across their location because we need to move the plot along.)) -- Hawk

((Btw I’ve only been roleplaying like this cuz I’ve been waiting for you to be active so we could actually be in the plot. So yeah they can meet soon just hold on while I quickly speed this up for you when we’ve been waiting for you. If you read the roleplay, Tho is at a stone shed in the forest outside the cedar house.))-Rowan

Glitch just smirked. "What's fun is watching her escape, and then catching her again!" She laughed a sort of crazy laugh and her eyes flashed. -- Glitch

"What do you mean?" Gold asked, his eyes wide with concern. -- Gold

Guardian nodded, if ever so slowly. She felt light-headed. She turned away, and fingered a small iron sword. She pointed to it. "Why is that so small?" She asked. The shop keeper scowled. "Someone who worked here made that. He was a player, and said it was supposed to be a dagger. It looks quite useless to me." guardian picked it up. "How much?" -- Guardian

Thorn lifted his brows again with worry. "But we locked the door?" He turned to see Peacock staring right at him.--Thorn & Peacock

Lyptus crossed her legs, getting a little bit farther from Gold. "Well remember when my Mom learned my Dad cheated on her? Well she took out all her anger and sadness on me, which means she would hit and whip me. Sometimes slice my skin on the top. Also when she died my step-mother did visit me sometimes, but only to make me sleep in the attic and be her personal punching bag." She sighed as she lifted her gaze to Gold's eyes.--Lyptus

(wait is peaock outside?) -- rosey

Gold promptly ran behind a bush and vomited. -- Gold

((Nope but there is a little window in the shed))-rowan

Lyptus felt sticky with all the blood on her face, especially her eye. She stuck out her tongue, feeling around for the river.--Lyptus

Glitch leaned into the window. She laughed again, her laugh continuing to get more and more distorted. "Why hello, Peacock. And how are you today?" She sneered, her sharp teeth practically glowing in the moonlight. Glitch ran her fingers along Peacock's cheek. "Nosy little one aren't you?" -- Glitch

Peacock pushed the girl's hand away. "The only thing little here is you. You are half of Thorn's size, and you laugh like a drunk child." She smirked back at her.--Peacock

Lyptus found the river and dunked her head under the water, staying there for a while.--Lyptus

Several hours later, Supergirl and Bridge had finished the house. "Wow" Supergirl said, wiping her forehead "That was fun" "yeah" responded bridge, smiling. "Hey Bridge, I'm gonna look for a new job. You wanna come with? A bounty hunter always needs a good weaponsmith." "Ok Supergirl, as long as we are NOT going to the end." "I hate endermen, so don't worry." Bridge and Supergirl ran off into their houses to get materials. They soon regrouped and hiked into the woods. -Supergirl

((Where's Peacock, Glitch, and Thorn? Skye really needs to meet them.)) -- Hawk

((Maybe read what I said before and you’ll find it,))-Rowan

((I know, but I don't have the time to read (or even skim over) the roleplay and you could just simply tell me where it is)) -- Hawk

((“If you read the roleplay, Tho is at a stone shed in the forest outside the cedar house”.))-Rowan

((Alright, thanks)) -- Hawk

Skylar, after saying goodbye and negotiating a time and place to meet again, left to find the two players she'd seen in her dreams. The drowneds said she had to find them. After a bit of traveling, she found a stone shack with a sound of whimpering, sneering, and laughing. *Hm?* She knocked on the door. -- Skylar

Thorn walked around the stone shed to see a girl. He drew out his sword. “What do you want?” He glanced from one red eye at Glitch.--Thorn

Glitch sneered. "You insult me like we're two three year-olds getting into a fight over a toy." Glitch turned from Peacock, and pressed a hand to the shed. A shimmering field appeared, not letting anyone out except from the door. Glitch quickly set a timer on how long it would stay up, otherwise she's run into some irritating firewalls. She simply eyed the girl standing in front of them before leaning against the shed and stretching. -- Glitch

Peacock wrinkled her nose at Glitch, before turning to see the merchant she had seen earlier. Her hopes started to rise. *Maybe Skylar would help me!-*-Peacock

Lypyus raised her head out of the water, her eye not as bloody but still blushing red flesh. She covered her eye with a patch, turning to find Gold. “You ready to go again?”--Lyptus

"Can we help you?" Glitch asked, her voice emotionless and bored. -- Glitch

"Hello...I've been looking for you. Do you happen to be GlitchPop?" Skye's pastel-blue eyes widened when she saw Peacock. *Peacock seemed like a person I would be friends with when I met her...perhaps I should help her out.* Skylar turned to Peacock. "What are you two doing? How is this beneficial to anyone?" -- Skylar

"It's entertaining me." Glitch said. "And, it's justice. She was spying on me so I have ever right to punish her. Feel free to argue with me. I always win." She took a step forward and prepared her coding powers. --Glitch

Lyptus started to feel impatient. “Gold!” She felt exhausted and troubled, and not to mention she had to go to The End tomorrow.--Lyptus

Peacock looked pleadingly to Skylar. “Skylar please you know I would never hurt somebody! I was spying on them because Thorn, you have met him before the one who started the fight, has a sister in this game. I was trying to see if they did something to her, but then they locked me in here.”*-*-Peacock

"Coming!" Gold yelled, his voice shaky. He stumbled out from behind the bush and silently punished himself for being so sensitive to gore. -- Gold

"Shut up." Glitch snapped, glaring at Peacock with blazing eyes. Her voice was cold. -- Glitch

Lyptus silently walked until they came to the spot where Galaxy should be. She turned her attention to Gold. “You want to go first?”--Lyptus

Peacock’s emerald eyes blazed with anger. “She let me speak, so I have all right to speak.”*-*-Peacock

"Hey you." A voice startled a young man, Marshmallow, as he was hiking through the jungle . " What do you want?" asked the boy, pointing his bow at the noise. "Are you a bounty hunter?" Asked the voice, coming out of the trees. "Yes." responded marshmallow " give me one reason that I shoulden't shoot you right now?" "I have a job for you" said the player. Marshmallow lowered his bow. "I am looking for a player named GlitchPop, otherwise known as glitch." said the player. "My name is PurpleWarrior, and i wish to meet her." "Allright." Said marshmallow, smiling. " I'll will bring you to her. Here" he handed Warrior a tracking device. " Once i find her, you can follow the directions." And with that, he walked away, leaving the Warrior alone.

A while later, Marsh came across a bunch of players in front of a stone shed. "Are one of you named Glitch?" he asked. "Yeah. What's it to you?" replied the colorful female. "I have been sent here by a warrior who wishes to be recruited by you." Marshmallow said. "Ok, but make it fast." Glitch snapped. Marsh bowed and pressed his button. A few moments later, the purple player walked into the area. Purple nodded to Supergirl. "Here is your reward." Purple handed Marshmallow a small portion of gold. "Thank you ma'am."Marshmallow nodded to Purple, before running away into the setting sun. -- Marshmallow

Glitch stepped away from Skye and Thorn, and grabbed the purple warrior by the neck. She practically draged him over to an area where no listening ears could hear them. "What do you want?" Glitch snapped. She said it like a statement. She drew her sword. "This better be worth it, or else I'll turn you into a parrot." -- Glitch

Lyptus sighed, without thinking, grabbing Gold by the arm and dragging him into the place where Galaxy was. She then haulted to see the girl. She pushed the man to his sister.--Lyptus

Glitch had let Galaxy off the deal a while ago. Glitch's only point was to cause problems. Galaxy had been wandering for a while in a dense tundra biome. She started and drew her crossbow and aimed it at the bushes. "Who's ther- Gold!" She exclaimed and ran into his arms. She started sobbing. "I'm so sorry, Gold! I shouldn't have gone with her! I'm sorry!" Gold squeezed his sister back. "It's okay. It's all fine." He comforted.-- Galaxy

Lyptus flashed back to where she wished she and Thorn could be like that, but she shook the warming thought away. She stepped out of the shadows. "Hello Galaxy."--Lyptus

"How do you know my name?" Galaxy asked, stepping away from her brother. "It's okay, Galaxy. She's with me. Her name's Lyptus. She helped me find you." Gold said. Galaxy grinned. "Hello!" She exclaimed. "Thank you for finding me!" Galaxy ran to Lyptus and gave her a hug. -- Galaxy

Warrior was not suprised at Glitch's reaction. In fact, she quite expected it. "Glitch, I have searched for a leader, and I have found you to lead me. I am strong, and I have many things of great value. If you were to recruit me, I would make a great controbution to your..." she looked around, finding the right word "team. Consider it, Glitch. Though being a parrot is better than being a zombie." --Supergirl

Lyptus looked awkwardly at Gold, then back at the girl hugging her. "Uh of course." She hugged back. "Now c'mon if you want to leave we need to go now."--Lyptus

Thorn rolled his red eyes. *He thought, I may have joined her but she's no boss*.--Thorn

Galaxy nodded, and then turned to Gold. She shoved the crossbow into his hands. "Here." She said, smiling. "You take this. You're a better shot then me." -- Galaxy

Lyptus glanced one more time with orange eyes before turning to March back to the village. She winced as her eye stung, the cold breeze blowing hard against it. They came to the other side of the cedar house, and she turned back to Gold and Galaxy. “I guess our journey ends here...” She stared at them for a while. “Listen...I-I’m bush tomorrow, and was wondering,” She paused. “If you guys were willing to take care of my wolf. If...If she’s still alive. She can fend for herself, but with Glitch and Thorn on the loose I don’t think she should be alone completely.”--Lyptus

"You're leaving? Won't you need help or something?" Gold protested. -- Gold

Galaxy tugged on Gold's sleeve. "We have to rescue her pet! Remember?" Gold sighed and nodded. "You go on ahead Galaxy. I'll catch up in a sec." Galaxy nodded, and smiling waved to Lyptus, before dashing into the taiga forest. "Thank you, Lyptus." Gold said, staring at the floor. When he looked up, his eyes were slightly moist. "For everything. Without you, I wouldn't have found my sister. I owe you a great debt. If you ever need anything, then just find me. I'll help with whatever." Gold gave Lyptus a brief hug, before running after Galaxy. He waved he had while running and almost tripped. "I'm okay!" He yelled, and then he was gone. -- Gold

Glitch was intrigued. "What do you have that would be of such valuable asset to me?" She asked. -- Glitch

Lyptus felt her eyes water, although she didn’t know why. Smiling, she turned and walked until she came to her little cave. To tired to hunt for food, she collapsed to the floor.--Lyptus

Galaxy snuck through the woods humming the spy theme. Gold walked by her side, hands in the pockets of his hoodie. -- Galaxy

Lyptus couldn't sleep. She felt weird, since she was thinking not only of her loved ones but Gold. She tried to think of something else, but for some weird reason she thought that Gold could actually be a real friend. Hearing her stomach growl, she nibbled a little bit of bread.--Lyptus

Bob George heard distant yelling. He sat up in his bed, wondering if he should go and see what was going on with his golems.--Bob George

Skylar watched this play out, then, as this new Purple person and Glitch talked, she stared just above Thorn's head as she slowly scooted towards Peacock. In a sudden flash, she whipped out her trident and busted Peacock's ropes, almost throwing her out of the shack as the merchant screamed, "go! Don't look back." Heart racing, Skye turned back with her dynamic silvery weapon raised as Glitch, Thorn, and Purple all turned. "Everyone listen, please. Glitch, I'm here to give you an offer. I have the alliance of an army of at least a thousandfold and I want to help you, Thorn, and maybe you," she glanced at Purple, "but you've done enough to Peacock. Will you take my deal? I can give you all the power you need." -- Skylar

Shadowkeeper watched as the storekeeper examined it. "Two emeralds," he said appraisingly. Shadowkeeper handed Guardian two shining green gems, assuming she wanted to purchase the well-built dagger. --

"So, Gold." Galaxy said mockingly. Gold didn't reply, "Gold!" Galaxy snapped. "Huh? What?" Gold asked. "Are you *in love* with Lyptus?" She teased. "No!" Gold protested. "She's just... a friend. That's all." --Galaxy

Peacock gave a flash of thanks before sprinting away towards her home. When she saw her home's sight, she kept running, knowing they knew where she lived. It was so dark that she ran into a figure, tripping into its arms. "Bob George!"--Peacock

Thorn immediately got out his sword, disappointed that his crush was already let loose. "Give me a very good reason right now why I shouldn't kill you?" He grabbed his sword.--Thorn

Glitch dropped the purple warrior, leaving her collapsed on the ground. She took a step forward to Skylar, and glared at Thorn. "So, *Skylar*. What exactly is this *quest*?" She said, her voice both smooth and icey cold at the same time. "And where is your army now?" She gestured to the area around her. "I don't see any zombie's emerging from the trees." She chuckled. Peacock was right. She did sound drunk. -- Glitch

Skylar shouldered Thorn away. "I'm not about to bring an army of drowned onto land in the middle of daylight," she replied, adopting Glitch's stone-cold icy voice as she eyed her possible ally. "I know you want power, but what I want is to retake the eastern swamp, just past the plains, for my people to build homes in. You help me, and I'll get you to where you want to go. And- if you wouldn't mind giving me some loose information- where exactly is that?" -- Skylar

Thorn wrinkled his nose, although he was interested. He glanced sideways at Glitch.--Thorn

Bob George led the girl into his own little home, locking the door. Settling her down, he said, "I suppose you were the one yelling?"--Bob George

"Define 'loose information'." Glitch said. "I don't hand around information like suckers." -- Glitch

Peacock sighed, nodding. “You see...” She slowly began to tell what happened.--Peacock

Purple warrior got to her feet. "Glitch, if I may, I am strong, loyal, and brave. I am also rich." She pulled out a few bars of gold. "I understand, of corse, if you do not want to hire me." - Purple

Galaxy and Gold suddenly found themselves upon Glitch's secret base. Galaxy hid behind Gold as they walked into the ghost town. "This place is freaky at night." Galaxy said, her voice shaky. -- Galaxy

Skylar shot Purple an appraising look. "As I was saying, Glitch, I want to help you. I understand you don't want to give away too much information. Are you interested in making an...agreement?" -- Skylar

"I appologise for interupting again, Skylar, but Glitch, I can greatly contribute. I can also pay" Warrior held out a half stack of iron. " to not be strangled again." If that statement was ment to be funny, Warrior didn't show it. -- Purple

"What exactly are the terms of this agreement?" Glitch asked, ignoring Warrior. -- Glitch

Bob George shook his head after hearing the story. After a moment of talk, he asked, "Have you seen Lyptus?"--Bob George

"Thank you." Guardian said to the weapon's store manager. "I'll be outside." She said to Shadowkeeper. She made her way out of the store. She fingered the weapon and turned it over and over in her hand. -- Guardian

Peacock looked to the floor at the name. "N-No I haven't. We got into a fight and she...I mean I kicked her out of my house."--Peacock

((Careful Super you're signing all of your Purple roleplays with "-- Supergirl".)) -- Hawk

"That's to be decided. I will help you to your goal as long as you reserve the swamps for my army." -- Skylar

Glitch eyed Skylar, and then sneered. She extended her hand. "Well Skylar, it looks like you have yourself a deal." -- Glitch

Bob George tiled his head, brows raised against his bald head. “And why is that?"--Bob George

Thorn closed his eyes with pleasure, although something deep inside him told him something was going to happen. Something bad.--Thorn

Glitch turned away from Skylar, and called over her shoulder. "We leave at sunrise." She said. --Glitch

Thorn rolled his red eyes, but held his mouth shut and settled down by a tree.--Thorn

Glitch winked at Thorn, and leaned against the wall of the stone shed. She pulled her hood over her eyes and eyed Skye through half-closed eyes. "You should rest." She said, sighing and leaning backwards. "It's a long trek to the swamps." At the sight of Skye's suspicious expression and narrowed eyes, she laughed. "Relax *chica*, we're not going to kill you." She then added, "Unless you strike first." She sneered and then closed her eyes, drifting into a fitful doze. -- Glitch

"What about me?" Purple turned to Skylar, frowning. "Oh well, I guess I camp here tonight." Warrior turned, placed her bed, and fell asleep.--PurpleWarrior

Peacock lifted her emerald eyes a little. "Because I wanted a friend. And that night I kicked her out she had gotten this job, and I was mad for her not telling me..." The girl felt her eyes grow weary, and fell fast asleep.--Peacock

"Supergirl, what's your real name?" Bridge and Supergirl sat around a campfire, eating dinner. "Mine's Andrew." "Andrew?" asked Supergirl thoughtfully. " I'm Michelle." she answered. "Supergirl, I..." Bridge hesitated "I like you. A lot. and I... want to be with you. Like really be with you." he stopped, wondering wether to go on. Before he could, however "Oh Bridge! Oh Andrew! I truly do but..." she stopped as well " But... I can never settle! It's not in my blood! Oh, how I wish" "then I will never settle! I will always be with you" They kissed (( I know, gross. But I shipped!))--Supergirl and Bridge

A few hours later, Purple woke up. She glanced around at Glitch and Thorn, and desided to prepare breakfast. She saw some pigs. "Bacon sandwiches it is then." A few minutes later, Purple was munching on bread and pork.

Lyptus felt the sun touch her cheek, making her blink her magma colored eyes. Sitting up, she remembered that today was her trip. Deciding to move, she started a fire and quickly cooked some steak and other foods, before gathering up all her tools.--Lyptus

Thorn smelled fire and awoke to see Purple cooking breakfast. He scowled. *When were they allowed to join?* He threw a nut at Glitch. "Aye wake up!"--Thorn

Glitch opened one eye and drew back her hood. Her eyes flickered with a silent rage. "Someone's feeling aggressive today." She snapped at Thorn. She stood and looked at the sky. She sighed, annoyed. "Well." She said. "It's almost time to leave." She eyed Purple and nodded at her. "Go pack up. Meet here in two minutes." She was silently thankful Thorn had woken her up, but she would never tell him that. -- Glitch

"I'm already packed." Purple responded, taking out her bundle. "You want a bacon sandwich?" she asked.--Purplewarrior

Supergirl woke up to find Bridge smiling at her. "Steak?" he offered, grinning. Then, they heared a rustling nearby. "Who's there?" Supergirl asked sharply. " Michelle!?" asked the voice "James?!" Supergirl screamed back. A young boy ran out of the forest and embraced his sister. "Michelle! It's you!" He shouted. " Who's this?" Bridge asked. His voice was not sharp, but it had an unusual coldness to it. "Oh, yeah. Bridge, this is my brother Marshmallow, or James. James, this is BridgeCollapse, or Andrew." responded Supergirl " Just call me Bridge." He responded. "Pleased to meet you." -- Supergirl Bridge & Marshmallow

Skye hadn't been able to catch a lot of sleep, but she grabbed her bundles of the items she...well, used to sell. - Skylar

"Breakfast?" Purple offered to Skylar " I'm not too hungry." -- Purple

Skylar looked down at Purple and pulled her hood farther over her head. "No. I can get my own," she sneered. Turning, she walked out the door. -- Skylar

Glitch pulled up her map of the server. She traced her finger along the path they would take to get to the nearest swamps. She then swiped off and summoned the group. "We're leaving right now." She barked. "If you haven't prepared then too bad." She looked at everyone in the group. "It will take four days if we don't stop for longer then a couple minutes." Glitch then sneered. "Hope you are ready to confront your first phantom." -- Glitch

Skylar cocked her head. "Four *days?!*" she remarked, knewing she had to adopt Glitch's tone to become her equal. "Obviously your map is faulty, because the swamps are just past the small western steppes, which are directly outside this jungle. We're north of the village, so we're about three kilometers away from the plains. That's a one or two day journey in total, unless the rest of you just don't travel ever. I don't have time to travel for four days." -- Skylar

Thorn, rolling his lava eyes rolling as usual, called to Scoot, throwing a piece of pork at his wolf. He then stood near Glitch, showing he was ready to leave. He narrowed his eyes at Skylar. *Don’t act like youre bad. You let go of Peacock*.--Thorn

Bob George rubbed his bald head as he finished breakfast. He walked over to Peacock, looking down at her as if she was his own daughter. “Wake up Pea.”--Bob George

Lyptus waited around for a few minutes, not catching sight of any human. She hoped Shadowkeeper hadn’t forgotten their deal. Sighing, she laid down, closing her eyes as her head rest on a rock.--Lyptus

Glitch narrowed her eyes at her. "If your would like, we can go to these swamps. I assumed your army would like the larger one, due to the fact you brag about it's size so much. I don't care." -- Glitch

"Can we go now? Were all packed, and there's no point arguing about what size the swamps are! --Purple

"#@$%" Supergirl screamed as her gold sword broke. "Michelle!" Marshmallow exclaimed "launguage!" "Sorry marsh. I need a new sword." So they went mining. After an hour or so, all three of them; Bridge, Marshmallow, and supergirl; had Iron swords.--Supergirl

Thorn whipped his head to Purple. He drew out his sword. "I'm sorry, but if I'm not mistaken you are just working for us."--Thorn

For some reason Skye just wasn't feeling it, and she didn't like Purple either. Narrowing her eyes, she threw him a condescending look before facing Glitch again. "Yes, I would. The swamps near us are plenty big enough." -- Skylar

((Should Glitch and Skye eventually be closer friends? Feel like the enmity right now just isn't having it with the roleplay, just doesn't make it exciting and it's pretty hard to roleplay. Every time I do it I go >:l, lol)) -- Hawk

" Will you chill out? You're leading an army of drowned zombies to a swamp. Done. Fini. Let's move!"--Purple

Glitch narrowed her eyes at Skylar, and then smiled. "You make a good villian." She said. "I've never met anyone who can do such a convincing villian voice thing." She trailed off and chuckled. "Purple's right." Glitch nodded at the warrior. "Let's move." -- Glitch

Thorn grinned, although really he was grinding his teeth. They are really giving in to some people who are supposed to be working for them. Thorn just whistled at Scooter and started to walk.--Thorn

After a couple hours, the group arrived at the swamps. Glitch leaned against the a moist oak tree near the water. She grimaced and stuck out her tongue. "Gross." She muttered under her breath. "Well." She said to Skylar, "We're here." -- Glitch

"What are we doing here again?" Purple asked " No offence but this is désagréable" -- Purple

(( I'm having her speak a bit of French. I just love french lol))-- Supergirl

Peacock awoke to the sound of BG. Stretching, she muttered, "Guten Morgen." She climbed out, smiling at her father like figure. "Did you sleep well BG?"--Peacock

The two bounty hunters and the blacksmith traveled to a forest biome. "Look!" shouted Marshmallow "A puppy!" he pointed at a wolf nearby. "I'm gonna tame it!" he held out a bone. A red collor appered around the neck. Marshmallow placed an anvil and gave Bridge a name tag. "I wanna name it Grogu!" "Ok. Sure" Bridge said. A few minutes later Grogu was on his way back to the jungle. --Marshmallow

Shadowkeeper waved goodbye to Guardian and sped off to Lyptus' meeting place. "Hey," she said, taking a breath. She sat down as Lyptus opened her eyes.-- Shadowkeeper

Skylar grinned, sensing Glitch's friendly move. "Likewise. You're right, let's move." -- Skylar

((Same! I really want to learn it lol)) -- Hawk

Lyptus opened one orange eye as she noticed Shadowkeeper. She blinked her eyes a little bit, getting into a sitting position. “Hello. Where’s your group?”--Lyptus

(Hawk- see previous rp i did with glitch?) -- Rosey

((and i oop! sorry about that o.o)) -- Hawk

"I was planning for you to come to our Nether portal. How's that?" -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus shrugged, guessing it was better than her plan to go trough caves. She packed all her stuff and started to walk when she stopped. “Nether? I thought I was going to The End? Am I doing both?”--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper raised an eyebrow. "I don't think I ever said the word 'End'. I clearly specified the Nether." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus just shrugged, although she wondered why The End came into her mind. She whispered to herself, “End. End. End.” Her orange eyes widened as she got her idea. “How long do you want me to take your friends to the Nether?”--Lyptus

Guardian examined Hyper's leg and then smiled. "You're all better! Just try not to fall out of ay more trees." She chided. Hyper blushed. "Yes, mom." He mumbled, and then smirked. "Don't call me 'mom'!" Guardian complained, and then leapt on top of him. She growled playfully. Hyper grinned. "You didn't just attack me, did you?" "Oh yeah, I did!" Guardian retorted. The two rolled around playfully in the grass near Terasu's house. -- Hyper

"About two days. I need to get some things done so if I'm not back by the time you guys are done you can just leave them at Terra's house." Shadowkeeper and Lyptus neared Terasu's base. -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus just raised one dark brown eye brow as she followed Shadowkeeper to a house. She came around to see two people rolling in the grass, and she didn’t know where the other ones were. She glanced at the NPC player with quick orange eyes, suprised at seeing something different than she expected.--Lyptus

Guardian looked up, and then quickly jumped off of Hyper. She blushed furiously. Hyper got up also, and looked at the ground. "Hi, Shadowkeeper!" Guardian said with an awkward smile. Her eyes drifted to the player behind her and her face lit up. "Hello! Are you new?" She bounced over to her. "My name's Guardian! That's Hyper." She rubbed the back of her head. "Hehe, sorry about our unseemly performance." She apologized. "It was his fault." She pointed to him. Hyper stuck his hands up in the air and smirked. "Can't deny it." -- Guardian

Lyptus lifted her two fingers, doing a greeting salute. "I'm Lyptus. Your boss hired me to take you guys to the Nether for 2 days. I'll lead you guys trough it and make sure you all survive." She looked at each of the people carefully. *One girl and two guys. Oh boy... "*But before we leave we need to all discuss.*"* She looked at Shadowkeeper, seeing if she wanted to say something.--Lyptus

Guardian shivered involuntarily while Hyper cocked his head. "What do we need to discuss?" -- Hyper + Guardian

" Skylar, is this the right size marais?" asked Purple. "No offence madame, but this is quite small." --Purplewarrior

Lyptus shook some dark brown hair that covered her face by the wind. "I need to know what exactly do we need to do in the Nether, as well as pack about what we will need. Also we need to discuss when we depart from the world into the Nether." She looked at another dude behind Guardian and Hyper who had a little lighter hair than her. *Who's he?*--Lyptus

((IDK. Tell me.))--Supergirl

"Bridge, collect some sand! Mobs can't spawn on glass! Marsh, prepare the food! I'll go pack up the weapons." Supergirl didn't mean to be bossy, but going to the nether was a big deal. They were going to explore, hopefully find a ruined bastion, and make a base for their group. Half an hour later, the portal was built, and the trio walked into the red flaming world.--Supergirl

Skylar stared down at Purple. "I hate to break it to you, but I'm not understanding a single word you're saying." She smirked. -- Skylar

((Wait, for real? was the french too much?))

"Of course. If you don't mind, I think I'll leave a lot of what you do in the Nether up to you and my group, but here's some specifics. Try to take them to a Warped forest, if you can find one. They are moderately rare, though. However, I do want you to let them collect Nether gold, and more importantly trade with piglins. If you find a bastion I think my group is capable of helping you loot it, and you can split the treasure with them or at your discretion. Honestly you don't seem very greedy to me," Shadowkeeper smiled, making a gesture of friendship. "I'd like them to fight some magma cubes if you find basalt deltas, and grind for arrows by battling skeletons if you come across soul sand valleys. Riding or breeding striders might also be good experience. Here's some saddles to ride them- use the warped fungus to guide them. Basically, they need a round trip of the Nether. If you happen to find a fortress, please mark it but don't explore it. I want to go with them later to loot that, as well as show them how to phase into the Nether roof. But all around, they just need some experience." -- Shadowkeeper

((@Rowan do you want Shadow and Lyptus to be friends? I feel like they could make a great team.)) -- Hawk

Lyptus nodded, already thinking of what they need to pack for the things Shadowkeeper mentioned. "When would you like us to leave?"--Lyptus

((@Hawk sure they can be a team.))-Rowan

((Alright! :D)) -- Hawk

"Whenever you get packed. If you need some spare stuff for the trip, I can help supply it." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus thought for a moment longer before quickly sorting trough her inventory. "We can split up into groups or go solo. Someone go pack as many weapons and armor as you can, as well as potions if you guys have some. Another can go and grab as many blocks as possible, preferably stone. Wood would catch on fire if we're too close to the lava. I'll go and hunt as much prey my eyes can see. The sun is still high, so I think leaving tomorrow morning would work. When we all meet up again, I think we can do some battle and guarding practice." Lyptus got out her sword and looked at Shadowkeeper, hoping she wasn't offended at how she had taken over for a bit.--Lyptus

"I'm sorry, madame morveuse, but you must get used to it. I asked if this is the right size swamp!" snapped purple angrily. "Give me a reason I should not cut you down where you stand!"--Purple

((can everyone be a little nicer? My character is trying to fit in))--supergirl

Thorn drew his sword, his red eyes burning with annoyance. “Give me a reason to not chase you out with half of your body missing.” He thrust his sword close to Purple’s neck, although it didn’t touch. “You are no boss here. She asked a question, and there’s nothing wrong with that.”--Thorn

Bob George replied, “I slept very well.” He beckoned for Peacock to come and sit down beside her for breakfast. After they ate he said, “You should go back to your house. I’ll check on you later though. Oh and here are some goods for you as well.” He handed her a brown sack.--Bob George

((Sky wasnt being mean. It’s just what you said was confusing.))-Rowan

((Sorry. Marais means swamp and (no offence to any real person) morveuse means brat. purple gets offended easliy.))--Supergirl

"Stop." Glitch snapped, her voice carrying across the empty swamps. "She's one of us, and we can't risk fighting amongst ourselves." -- Glitch

"Thank you Glitch." said Purple, turning away from Thorn's sword to Sky. " I appologise, Skylar."--Purple

Glitch nodded to Skylar and turned to Thorn. "May I talk to you?" Her eyes sparkled. "Alone?" -- Glitch

Thorn drew back his sword, meeting Glitch’s gaze with red burning eyes. “Sure” He led them both to a far corner where none of the others could see or hear them. “Well?”--Thorn

Peacock nodded, knowing BG was right. Quickly fixing herself, she gave the old man a hug before walking out in the sun.--Peacock

Supergirl, Bridge, and Marshmallow looked around the red world. "Supergirl, I'm nervous." said marshmallow cautiously. -- Marshmallow

Purple sat down. She was concerned about her hunger bar, and wanted to set up camp before it got dark. She built a small, one-person tent, big enough to hold her stuff and her bed. She also crafted a campfire and placed it in a patch of dry land. She put several logs down for everyone to sit on around the fire, and took a fishing rod down to the waters edge to catch lunch. --Purple

Skye scowled at Purple. *Stupid French...* The former merchant knew this wasn't a conflict worth persuing and decided to go set up a tent herself. -- Skylar

((@Super sorry, Skye really needs a corruption arc and she can't be enemies with Thorn or Glitch. Could they have some enmity?)) -- Hawk

Peacock felt her hopes sink as she saw that Pip had chewed trough his cage and had made a big mess. She sighed, picking him up on her finger. “Nice to see you again soon.” She gave him some seeds as she worked to fix his cage and clean her house.--Peacock

"You've been so... quiet." Glitch said, and crossed her arms. She eyed Thorn and matched the blazing intensity in his eyes with her cool narrowed deep purple eyes. "What's going on in that thick skull of yours?" She smiled. -- Glitch

Thorn leaned against a tree, remevering a flash of how is sister did the same thing as well. Minutes later he replied, “I didn’t think we would have people who we hired to try and boss us.” He met her with a red challenging gaze.--Thorn

"Heh. I didn't either." She chuckled. "But that's done now. Skylar is going to give us something. And now, it's my turn. Unless..." She stared at Thorn with a smirk. "Why don't you try bossing them around. I suggest, if you don't want them to boss you, you go ahead and boss them." She looked at the stubborn player in front of her and felt a pang of affection. She liked the man. But then, Glitch shook her head. She had no time for this. Especially after last time she had fallen in love... -- Glitch

Thorn rolled his eyes. ”That’s what I’ve been trying to do but some people have stopped me.” He breathed, trying to calm himself down. After all, Glitch had done nothing wrong to him.--Thorn

Glitch just smiled, and turned away. "I won't stop you." She called over her shoulder. "I'm just a princess after all, aren't I?" -- Glitch

Thorn chuckled to himself. "I thought you were, but no princess is as savagely beautiful as you." He turned to follow her back to the others.--Thorn

Peacock finished the inside of her house, making Pip's cage ten times better. She then jumped as she thought of what Fame could have done in her small stable. Running through the doors, she stood there gaping in surprise as there was no mess at all. The horse did a happy 'Neigh', although he did look a little thin. She sighed happily, having him an apple. "How are you, such a young horse, more disciplined then Pip?" --Peacock

((Could Thorn and Skye be more comfortable around eachother? I feel like they could be friends but just don't think enmity between Thorn, Glitch, and Skylar would be a good idea, LOL)) -- Hawk

(( I think an enmity between thorn and purple would be cool.))--Supergirl

Skylar pitched her tent- blue, with copper lining, as those were her favorite colors- and put down her bed. She didn't set her spawn, though. *Am I being too cynical?* -- Skylar

Shadowkeeper nodded. "Sounds good to me." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus nodded, immedianyly looking around for the best place to hunt. She saw a few sheep and cows in the distance and decided to start walking, not thinking anyone wanted to go with her.--Lyptus

"You like poison?" asked Purple to Sky. "Fish." she said so Skylar could understand her. "I do like you. You're strong." --Purple

Glitch blushed furiously and pulled her hood over her face. -- Glitch

"Hey! Lyptus!" Guardian called and ran down the hill after her. "Wait up!" She stopped near Lyptus and panted, hands on her knees. "Omigosh." She wheezed. "I am so out of shape.." -- Guardian

Thorn chuckled, his red eyes looking like they were dancing. "Why you blushing so hard?" He teased.--Thorn

Lyptus turned, rising a brow at her surprise. She laughed a little. "No you're not. I pant as well when I run." She laid a hand reassuringly on her shoulder. "You could have breathing problems?"--Lyptus

Purple walked over to Glitch. "Permission to go mining?" she asked "My sword is almost broken."--Purple

Glitch nodded, eager to get away from Thorn's teasing. "I'll come with you." -- Glitch

Skylar shook her head. *I wish she'd quit... If she wants to ask me, she can wait for a response... --* Skylar

Shadowkeeper walked up to Lavender. "Wanna get packed for your trip?" -- Shadowkeeper

Terra walked in circles next to Hyper. "We're going to the Nether! Yes!" -- Terra

Hyper nodded and smiled. "That is pretty cool." He said. -- Hyper

"Oh my goodness, I hope not!" Guardian said in an anxious tone. She then brushed it off. "My mom was a doctor. She would have told my case worker if I did." -- Guardian

Terasu gave Hyper an iron chestplate. "I made this yesterday. Want it?" -- Terasu

Thorn grinned, pleased that he had broken trough Glitch’s hard side. He decided not to go, although he gave her a friendly nudge before swaggering away.--Thorn

Lyptus bit her lip, kinda ashamed. “Well...I’m sure I can help you!”--Lyptus

Guardian was confused on why Lyptus was acting so weird, and then realized that not everyone had a case worker. "Oops- I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." She sighed, and then turned back to Lyptus. "Sooooooooo! You were going hunting, right?" She grinned. "I can help!" She pulled out her wooden sword. -- Guardian

Lyptus smiled, glad that the girl hadn't taken offense. *Like all those other brats in school.* "Yeah there are some sheep and cows right there. Just go and kill them." She knelt down, saying, "Go Brunette!" But then she remembered that her hound wasn't with her. She sighed, a little embarrassed, before grabbing her arrows and aiming it at the biggest group of flesh.--Lyptus

Guardian nervously gripped her sword and watched Lyptus, before dashing into the crowd of cows and swinging her sword around. "RWARGGG!" She yelled. -- Guardian

Lyptus stifled a laugh at Guardian, wondering how she could be so happy. She let go of the arrow, at the end killing a sheep and cow. She then grabbed her sword and ran to kill the others.--Lyptus

Peacock finished cleaning when she walked out of the barn to get something to eat. She watched as a big hog was eating on some dropped bread. She killed it with her sword, taking a longer way to her house. She came across two people who she had seen before. *Gold and Galaxy?*--Peacock

Shadowkeeper decided she could go for a bit of hunting herself- plus, she needed some hunting exp. to upgrade. She called to Sky and together they went to find some rabbits- Shadowkeeper's favorite food. -- Shadowkeeper

Galaxy turned around while Gold tackled Brunette into a hug. "I missed you!" He said, and the wolf panted happily. -- Galaxy

(does Galaxy know peacocks name?) --rosey

((Pretty sure.))-Rowan

Skylar and the rest of the group continued to explore the swamps. -- Skylar

"Peacock?" Galaxy asked, and cocked her head. Then, her face lit up. "It's you!" She grinned. Galaxy remembered the girl who had also stood up to that crazy man with the red eyes. "What are you doing here?" She asked. Last time she had seen Peacock, she had been with another girl with longer, wavier, brown hair. -- Galaxy

Peacock walked closer to them so she wouldn't look like a complete idiot. "Remember I live around here." She widened her turquoise eyes as she remembered Lyptus's wolf, Brunette. She slid a hand behind her back. "Hey uh isn't that Lyptus wolf? Wait where is she?"--Peacock

After a good amount of time Lyptus had caught an extreme amount of meat. She said to Guardian, "Hey I'm heading back now. We need to try to go some fighting techniques after we have packed everything."--Lyptus

"But I'm amazing at fighting!" She insisted, knowing she sounded sarcastic. "You saw me back there!" She ran to catch up with Lyptus. "Besides, I was lucky Shadowkeeper even let me have a wooden sword." She sighed. "She said healers don't fight." -- Guardian

"Yeah um," Galaxy tried to make up something but Gold butted in. "She's with-" He faltered for someone reason. "she's with a group of other people and asked us to return her wolf to her." -- Galaxy

Lyptus raised her dark brow. "That's strange. Healers should be able to fight, the more the better." She chuckled a little. "But that doesn't mean we won't practice. There are more dangerous monsters in the Nether."--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper, after shooting a couple rabbits with her bow and gathering some exp, returned to Terasu's base. "Hey," she greeted Hyper and Terasu. "Are you two ready to go to the Nether?" -- Shadowkeeper

"You bet!" Hyper grinned. "By the way.." He paused. "have you seen Guardian?" Hyper still felt awkward from earlier with her. -- Hyper

The tall archer nodded. "I think she's out with Lyptus, but I'm not sure. She turned to look at the hill and saw Lyptus and Guardian. "Oh...yeah, they are over there." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus’s orange eyes spotted Shadowkeeper and her group again. She said to Guardian before running, “I think your boyfriend is waiting for you. Oh yeah Hyper.” She dashed to the group, dropping her prey in a chest. “Has anyone gotten blocks, armor, weapons or potions?”--Lyptus

Honeycomb watches them inside a small cave--Honeycomb

"He's not my boyfriend!" Guardian argued, and stomped after her. -- Guardian

Lyptus glanced at Guardian, stiffiling a chuckle as she said it right in front of Hyper, who appeared to like her. --Lyptus

Peacock sighed, remembering what Lyptus had told her. "Wait how do you know Gold?" She felt a little strange that the dark brown haired girl trusted a man to do something for her.--Peacock

"She helped me find my sister. She was, kidnapped. By this hacker." Gold sighed, then smiled and wrapped one arm around his sister. "Is something wrong? Aren't you normally with Lyptus?..." -- Gold

Honeycomb prepares to throw webs at either one of them--Honeycomb

Peacock kicked the dirt, not meeting their eyes a little. “I had a issue.”--Peacock

((At which characters is Honey about to spray at?))-Rowan

Honeycomb sprays webs at Peacock--Honeycomb

"What the-" Gold started backwards and crashed into Galaxy who had been behind him. "Ouch!" Galaxy said, then cursed under her breath. "Galaxy! Where did you learn that?!" Gold snapped., before realizing he was getting off track. "We'll talk about this later." Gold crept forward to where Peacock was struggling against the webs. "Hold still, I think I can get you out." He pulled out his iron pickaxe and attempted to slash Peacock out of the webs, carful to stay out of it himself. -- Gold

Peacock nodded her thanks, although her gaze flew to where the web came from. She whispered, “I think we should move. Look at Brunette.”--Peacock

Honeycomb revealed herself and tried to shoot webs at Gold--Honeycomb

Gold looked at Brunette before a flying piece of web came into the view of his peripheral vision. Gold rolled out of the way quickly and drew his crossbow in the same fluid motion. HIs eyes flicked through the shadows as he spotted a spider with a bees next on her abdomen in the shadows. He bolted the crossbow, and aimed at the spider. Then, he pulled the trigger. -- Gold

Thorn looked at Scooter, having a idea pop into his mind. He got some leather armor before kicking the scarred wolf.--Thorn & Scooter

Shadowkeeper tossed Lyptus a flint-and-steel as she came down into the clearing. "You've probably got one of these, but it's good to have a backup, I guess?" -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus caught the tool, carefully placing it into her inventory. “Thanks. So I’m guessing you did pack the weapons and armor?”--Lyptus

"Yeah, we've got some iron for Lavender and Terasu- they are training for samurai and knight, respectively, so I figured heavy armor would be best- as well as some chain and leather for the rest of you. Lighter armor might be better because it's so hot in the Nether. We still need some extra food, though." -- Shadowkeeper

Honeycomb bites Gold in the arm, poisoning him--Honeycomb

Lyptus nodded. “So all we need is a little bit more food and blocks.” She looked at each player in the face. “I think I’ll go and get blocks.”--Lyptus

Peacock got close to Gold, throwing a healing potion so that both of them got it. She drew her sword and hit the spider in the head so Gold could escape as Brunette starts to bite on the animal’s legs.--Peacock & Brunette

((Btw don’t make Honeycomb to overpowered))-Rowan

Gold stumbled backwards, trying to get away. He did not feel the effects yet, until bright hot pain flashed through him. His arm felt like it was on fire. He screamed, and batted it with his hand. "Gold?" Galaxy exclaimed, and ran to him. Gold tried to take control of himself as he handed Galaxy the crossbow. "Try and-" He panted. "Take out the spider. I'll be- fine." Galaxy nodded and aimed at the spider, landing a successful shot on the spiders head. "Haha! Booyah!" She yelled triumphantly. "Headshot!" Gold mean while was collapsed on the ground, panting hard. While his arm was still on fire, he was feeling absolutely exhausted. He sighed and closed his eyes. -- Gold + Galaxy

Honeycomb spawned bees from her abdomen so she can escape--Honeycomb

Peacock called Brunette to her side again, the brown animal giving the insect a last munch. The dirty blonde haired girl grabbed the unconscious man and dragged him away.--Peacock

"Good riddance!" Galaxy yelled, before running back to Peacock's side. Galaxy waved a hand over her brothers face and hoped that he would wake up. Gold didn't. Galaxy sighed. The trio reached a clearing just as the sun was beginning to set ahead. -- Galaxy

((Me: has Shadowkeeper say we need food. Also me: finally sees that Lyptus just got tons of food. Also me again: \*shrug\* *gUeSS i'Ll dIe*)) -- Hawk

Shadowkeeper changed her mind when she saw how much Lyptus had hunted. "Wow...great catch! I don't think we need spare food, on second thought. Terra has some smokers in the house if you need to cook it." She smiled and walked inside the base again, greeting Hyper and Terasu as she walked into her makeshift armory, grabbing the group a couple last supplies and laying them onto the pile they were going to bring into the Nether. She glanced down at the mine where she'd constructed a lava pool using lava and water buckets. The NPC had figured it was less work that mining out ten obsidian. -- Shadowkeeper

((eep it's an epic mob battle)) -- Hawk

"Hey, Guardian!" Hyper said, and pulled the girl away from where she was standing by Lyptus with the smoker. "Hey Hyper!" Guardian blushed. Hyper gave Guardian a grin. "Can I talk to you?" He asked. "Of course!.." Guardian said, slightly concerned. "What's up?" She asked as the pair wandered a little way into the woods. Hyper blushed. "I- I just wanted to apologize for that little... um. That thing we had were we were laughing and tackling each other." He laughed and smiled at the memory. "Oh!" Guardian said, her face turning red. "That's nothing that you need to apologize for...!" She said, looking at the ground. Hyper grinned, and felt himself relax. "Thank goodness. I felt pretty bad after it." "It's totally fine." Guardian smiled at him. "I think it was fun, and we should totally do it again." She smiled, and then kissed Hyper lightly on the cheek before walking away back to the house. Hyper stood there, his mouth slightly ajar and his face a cherry red. He hadn't been kissed since... since. Hyper shook his head. That was too long ago. Besides, he didn't want to spoil the moment by recalling old memories. Then, he grinned and followed Guardian back. "Wait 'till I tell Terasu..." Hyper muttered under his breath. "He'll be so jealous." Even so, the kiss just reminded of his old crush, and one of his former best friends. Phoebe. -- Hyper

(I DID IT THE FIRST KISS I'VE LITTERALLY EVER ROLEPLAYED OR WRITTEN DOWN HEC) -- rosey >:3

((AHHH IT'S SO MUCH ANIME VIBES EEE)) -- Hawk

Lyptus raised her brows, both at the NPC player and at Guardian. She looked at Tearasu, whom she hadn't spoken to. Shaking her head, she quickly took the food away and grabbing some axes to chop down some blocks since it looked like Shadowkeeper got the potions, weapons and armor.--Lyptus

Peacock tried to ease the swelling, and poured some water over the man's face. She looked at Galaxy, trying to seem positive. "He should wake up soon."--Peacock

Gold shifted slightly, his face set in a tense grimace. His eyes were closed. "Yeah. I hope so." Galaxy said, not meeting Peacock's eyes. -- Galaxy

Terasu smiled and nodded a greeting. "Hey. I'm Terasu. You're Lyptus, I assume?" -- Terasu

Peacock waved her hand in front of the man's face. "Hey Gold you there?" She opened her mouth to say something to Galaxy, but thought better of it. "Uhhhh oh look Brunette has a stick in her mouth! Why don't you go and play with her?"--Peacock

Lyptus widened her orange colored eyes a little, wondering if the man had read her mind. "Yeah. You're Terasu right?"--Lyptus

"Sure." Galaxy said, getting up and walking to Brunnette. -- Galaxy

"Yeah. Nice to meet you!" -- Terasu

Guardian brushed past Terasu and Lyptus and wandered over to Shadowkeeper, who was outside. "Hey Shadowkeeper!" She grinned, her face still slightly red from the event she just had with Terasu. She collapsed onto the ground and lay down on her back. "You won't believe what just happened!" She squealed, smiling from ear to her. She still felt giddy from the kiss. -- Guardian

Gold opened his eyes slowly, his vision blurry. "Peacock?" He asked, and then groaned. "Gosh... what happened?" He asked, squinting as the world slowly came into focus. -- Gold

Galaxy slowly approached the dog, and bent down. She clicked her tonge. "C'mere girl!" She called. "I'll play catch with you!" -- Galaxy

Glitch turned to Skylar, eyeing her. The cat tail on her skin swished back and forth. "So Skylar..." She said. "I've led you here, and you now 'own' this land. Correct?" Without waiting for a response she continued, "And you said in return you would give me something." She paused and then corrected herself. "Give *us* something." She stopped walking and stopped right in front of the wandering trader. "Now..." She hissed, her eyes narrowed into slits. "Where is it?" -- Glitch

Skylar squared her shoulders and stepped even closed to Glitch, staring her straight in the eyes and doing her best not to blink. "I've said this twice already, Glitch. I will give you my partnership and help you to your goal with my army if, after you accomplish your goals, you preserve the swamps we stand in for my people and don't bother us. This is what you get- my partnership." -- Skylar

Purple walked over to Glitch. "Can we talk? Moi and toi." She asks filled with a burning desire to say what was going through her mind.--Purple

Glitch gave Skylar one more glare, before turning to Purple. She sighed and rubbed her temple. "Of course." She said. -- Glitch

Skylar nodded at her. *Hm...I feel I should be nicer. No caving though...no caving.* "One last thing," she offered as Glitch turned away towards Purple. "What are your goals? I have to know atleast an idea so I can start...preparing. Preparing for war." -- Skylar

((woah edgy quote... please tell me it's war or else edgy skylar will be letdown owo)) -- Hawk

Lyptus nodded. “I’m just gonna go get some stone. Be back in a bit.” She started to speed walk away, keeping one lava eye over her shoulder. For some weird reason she didn’t want to be with another man. No other man than Gold.--Lyptus

Peacock watched Galaxy go before going back to Gold. “You got poisoned by the spider. How do you feel?” She gave him another dose of a healing potion.--Peacock

Thorn glanced at Glitch with bright eyes, a smirk creeping on his face. He felt the wind knocked out of him as Scooter leaped at him, bitting the pad on his arm.--Thorn

"Honey, I don't do *war*. I do quiet, stealth operations. Might as well avoid trouble. As for what we're doing... we''ll talk about that tonight." Glitch grinned, excited at her chance to shine and take the lead of a real mission. She then looked at Thorn, wondering what he was doing. -- Glitch

Skylar considered. "Hm. That's fair. The biggest victory is to subdue the enemy without fighting." -- Skylar

((omigosh it's an Art of War reference i'm so c o o l )) -- hawk

(iNdEeD) -- Rosey

Glitch smirked, and then her eyes cast to the sky. "It's getting dark. We need to make camp." -- Glitch

((which of your OCs is your favorite? Am drawing)) -hawk

(glitchhhh she's mah gurl) -- rosey

((aight coming right up. Well it might take a while bc i gotta finish up shadow and you don’t want to know how long I took drawing her Lineart alone....help)) - hawk

(lul some art tips would be to actually do the pose in real life- reference is important!) -- rosey

"Glitch, I already set up camp." Purple said, despite. "Can we talk?" --Purple

(I actually did rp her setting up a camp.) --Supergirl

Skylar laid a hand on Glitch's shoulder. "*Glitch.* Answer my question. What should I expect and prepare for here?" -- Skylar

Glitch closed her eyes. "I said we would talk tonight, *Skylar*." She repeated Skylar's name in the same down the user had used for her name. She opened her eyes again. I am going to go talk with Purple, and *hopefully no one with interrupt me*. She said that last part with emphasis, glaring at Skylar and Thorn, before grabbing Purple's arm and pulling her a little ways away. "Lunatics..." She mumbled, and then turned to Purple. "What's up?" -- Glitch

"Posioned?" He asked, and then Gold sat up quickly, blinking as he tried to rub remove the grogginess from his eyes. "Oh my gosh- where's Galaxy!" Then suddenly, as he leaned on his arm to get up, he gave a small yelp of pain, before he lay back down again. "Ouch!" He moaned. --Gold

"Glitch... this is hard to say, but before being sucked into minecraft, I had no friends. I had no real family. Glitch, I wonder, if you could be my first friend in the world." Purple blushed a deep shade of magenta. "Please?" --Purple

Thorn watched as Glitch walked away, shrugging. He then threw himself at this massive wolf, grabbing its neck.--Thorn

Peacock forced the man to lie still. "Galaxy is playing with Brunette. But that shouldn't be your concern. Your arm is still swollen and you need to STOP MOVING." She searched for more healing potions in her inventory.--Peacock

"If it's the 'special friend' then no." She crossed her arms, eyeing Purple's blushing face. "As for the normal friend, I don't see why not." She smiled. "Just try not to get in my way, and I think we'll get along just fine." She put one arm around Purple's shoulder. "C'mon. Let's get back to camp." What she didn't tell Purple was that she's never have a real friend again. She's been betrayed too many times for that, and didn't want to risk it happen again. She had to be carful. -- Glitch

Suddenly, Guardian heart a small yelp from the woods. She sat up. "What the- Shadowkeeper! Did you hear that?" She scrambled up. All thoughts of the kiss were gone as she dashed into the woods, without thinking. "Hello?" She yelled. "Is anyone there?" She stumbled into a clearing. Panting, she looked up. She saw a man on the ground along with another girl by her side. Her eyebrow furrowed with concern. Her eyes then flitted to the man's arm, which was swelling. She shrieked. "Omigosh!" Is he okay?" She bent down by the man's side, and then looked at the girl. "Hi, I'm Guardian and oh my goodness that's some bad swelling! Is your friend okay? How did this happen?!" She said it in one breath. -- Guardian

"I got bit by a spider." Gold said, his voice slightly faint and his breathing fitful. "You're awake!" The girl with the flower crown bent over him, and then tucked her butter blonde hair under an ear. -- Gold

"Thanks Glitch." Purple said, filled with the most joy she had ever felt in her life. --Purple

Peacock glanced at the girl, before applying more healing and strength liquids. "Be quiet. Something is still out there." She watched as the colorful medicine flowed into the man's arm. "You a healer?"--Peacock

Guardian nodded. "Mhm!" -- Guardian

Peacock felt some hope rise in her pretty green and blue eyes. "Could you please help?"--Peacock

"I can try, but all my healing stuff is at the house I'm staying at. Can you walk?" She looked at Gold. He nodded. "Okay, great! Follow me!" She said, and lead the players to the house. Guardian pointed to Terasu. "That's Terasu. He's a realllllyyyyy good warrior." Gold smiled and waved at Terasu. "Hullo." He said. Guardian sat Gold down on a table and set his arm down. "Alright!" Guardian rolled up her sleeves and pulled a bucket of water out of her inventory. "Let's see what we got here." -- Guardian

((Can you change it a little? Ly is out gathering blocks. You know to make it a little bit more dramatic))-Rowan

(k i did) -- rosey

((Thx))-Rowan

Peacock looked around the camp, seeing that Terasu, and a few more people. She then glanced back at Galaxy. "Aye you ok?"--Peacock

((Want Terra and Gold to be best friends? I feel like it could happen...)) - hawk

(sure!) -rosey

((yay ^-^)) -- Hawk

Terasu walked up to Gold. "Hi! I'm Terasu, but you can call me Terra. Nice to meet you!" -- Terasu

"Hi!" Gold put his hand up in an awkward wave. He grinned. "I'm Gold." He said. "So you're the one Guardian calls a 'reallllllllyyyyy good warrior'?" He said, minicking the player's excited tone of voice. -- Gold

"I'm fine!" Galaxy said. "Just fine." She rubbed one arm. To be honest, she was feeling left out, and slightly abandoned by her brother, and everyone else for that matter. She never thought she'd be saying this, but she missed Gold's insistent nagging about how she should be staying safe and all that. Galaxy had taken him for granted. -- Galaxy

Peacock put a arm around the pink haired girl. "We all know when a girl says she's fine, she not actually fine. Do you want to talk about something?"--Peacock

"I know I should have said I was great!" She joked, then nodded. "It's just... Gold's really sorta been having his own life away from me. It all started when I got cursed by the hacker. He found me with this girl named Lyptus, and he was sorta different. Now he never really hangs out with me anymore. I guess.... I'm just not used to it. That's all." She sighed and frowned, crossing her arms and looking at the ground. "I doubt you can find any of that relatable..." She said, slightly jealous of Peacock. --Galaxy

Peacock didn’t say anything right away, as she suddenly remembered flashes of her life as human. Shaking her head, she said, “I have. But anyways all you need to do be there for Gold and maybe he’ll see. If not just tell him.” Then a thought came to her head. “Wait what has Gold done to Lyptus?”--Peacock

"He hasn't done anything *to* her, but I'd say that's he's kinda in love with her." Galaxy grinned and stifled a giggle. "He gets all daydreamy when he talks about her! They must have really bonded on their trip to find me." She smirked. -- Galaxy

Terasu's deep blue eyes widened. He looked at Guardian. "I mean...I guess. I'm not that good." -- Terasu

"You totally are!" Guardian grinned. "I've watched you and Hyper fight, and your moves are a-ma-zing!" She pronounced each syllable of the word "amazing". "Maybe your could teach me a fancy move or two sometime?" She smiled. "Pleaseeee?" -- Guardian

Peacock looked at the injured man, then back at Galaxy. Giving a last pat on the back, she whispered to Guardian, "Before you do that could you uh save your patient? Not to be rude."--Peacock

Lyptus came back almost a hour later with a full supply of blocks. She narrowed her orange eyes as she got closer she saw a bigger group of people. Coming around one corner of the house, she found Shadowkeeper. "Hey what's going on?"--Lyptus

"Right!" Guardian said. She pulled out a water bucket and dunked some wool cloth in it. She then folded it around Gold's arm. "Don't sqeeze it, and don't touch it either." She instructed Gold. "This isn't much... we don't have any ice, but it should help the swelling go down faster. I can make you a potion of sleep, I think, if the pain gets to bad and you can't sleep. If it ever feels like it's burning, then get me as soon as possible. That is the sign of a very bad infection. " -- Guardian

Gold nodded, and gently felt the cloth. He then looked up and smiled at Guardian. "You sound really experienced." He said. Guardian blushed and looked away. "Just a lot of practice." She mumbled, but she was grinned from ear to ear. -- Gold

Peacock nodded her thanks, before hearing some talking at the corner. Stretching her neck a little, she widened her emerald eyes as she saw the familiar dark brown almost black hair and fierce orange eyes. "Lyptus!"--Peacock

Hyper heard a commotion coming from his house. He put his sword back in the hilt and started sprinting towards the house, fearing some sort of attack. When he got there though, it looked like some sort of party. He stopped and just watched. He could hear voices, and recignized Terasu and Guardian's over the clatter. He peeked inside and saw Guardian with some other strange player. He eyed them curiously. Then, he saw Guardian blush and turn away from the player with blonde hair. He was confused, and then a thought burst through his head. No, that couldn't be true. Guardian was his crush and yet... He shook his head. What was wrong with him? This wasn't how he normally thought. He turned away, walking into the woods to clear his head. -- Hyper

Just as Lyptus thought her life was bad, she was proved wrong. She turned away from Shadowkeeper, walking away from the corner into the open. "Hello Peacock." She was dumbfounded as the blonde haired girl ran and gave her a hug. She felt her eyes water, and didn't move.--Lyptus

Thorn glanced up from his training with Scooter as he saw Glitch enter the camp. Wiping away his sweat, he threw some meat at his wolf before walking to his sac.--Thorn

Glitch eyes Thorn and then called everyone over. "Alright everyone." She said, and looked all the other villains in the eyes. "Now that Skylar is finished "leading" us, it's my turn." Glitch grinned, revealing sharp white teeth. She snapped her fingers and then opened her palm. A holographic screen apeared to the left of her, depicting an image of "The End". "This, as you know, is the end." She said. She zoomed in on the ender dragon. "And this, is the ender dragon. Our key to getting out of this game." She paused, waiting for people's reactions to her bold claim. -- Glitch

Thorn continued to wipe away his sweat with some cloth, eyeing the purple haired girl with red eyes. "Wait so your whole plan is just to leave?"--Thorn

"Of course." She said, then realized what Thorn meant. "No- not leave to the world. Like, to other servers, maybe even the internet." -- Glitch

Skylar tilted her head. "A side note, have you heard of FANDOM? It's a public domain that seems...interesting. A bit of a tangent here, but I have an idea." She stood up. "FANDOM is a server that hosts thousands of smaller sub-domains that are accessible to the public. They're called *wikis*, I believe?" Skye glanced at Glitch. "I assume you've heard of this. As far as I can tell, you can make your way around cyberspace. But back to my point, FANDOM's 'wikis' are informational and interactive sub-domains that, well...in short, they're about many games and universes. And, there are links. And...well, long story short, if we can connect a url through FANDOM and back to Minecraft...we have our ticket out of this dimension and to anywhere else, like Overwatch or League of Legends." She returned to her seat. "I'm sorry about that tangent, but I've been sitting on that idea for a long time. Eventually we could consider it." -- Skylar

((WOAH what idea just sprang from my keyboard...? WELL GUYS HOW ABOUT THE CREW INVADES THE MINECRAFT ROLEPLAY WIKI AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT THEM OFF...some new "OCs" are introduced known as SupergirlDY2, Hawkblossom45, RoseySketchesXD, and RowanSpark who seem to be in a different cyberspace altogether and have to defend their domain from Glitch & friends. Consider it...?)) -- Hawk

((You should have probably asked first before actually putting the roleplay))-Rowan

((I love it!))--Supergirl

Thorn shrugged, just grabbing his sweater and some more cloth before heading to the nearest river.--Thorn

Glitch met eyes with Skye. "For now, let's focus on getting out of the game?" She snapped her fingers again and the screen changed to an image of five different creatures. "These are the bosses." She said then pointed to each. "The zombie giant, the ravenger, the elder guardian, and the wither. If you defeat one, they'll drop part of a key. If you get all four keys, then you can combine them and the key will guide you to the stronghold, as well as unlock the portal to the end." A smile slowly grew on her face. "I do believe the very first boss is somewhere in this biome. The zombie giant." -- Glitch

(Hawk, this does sound like fun, but i also want to do the siren plot?... possible we could have two plots going on at the same time but that would get complicated.\_ -- rosey

Lyptus waited until she was released from the girl's arms. Before she could say a word to Peacock, her eyes flew to Guardian who was helping a man. *Gold shinning hair, blue eyes...That voice...No it-It can't be him!* Raising her voice, she asked a little slowly, "Gold?"--Lyptus

Gold had been occupied talking to Guardian, but then he heard someone call his name. He thought he recognized it, and he turned. His sky blue eyes met with lava orange ones and his heart practically stopped. "Lyptus?!" He said in disbelief. "Lyptus!" He exclaimed, before stumbling off the chair and running to her. He wrapped her into a tight hug. -- Gold

(awe they're so cute) --rosey

((.....You have no idea how much Im crying with joy rn))-Rowan

Lyptus kinda bit her lip as she hugged back: 1 Because she felt weird getting all these hugs. 2. She tried not to cry and 3. This was all happening in front of the people who she had to work with. "It's nice to see you Gold." She said as she drew Gold to the side, getting the feeling she never wanted to let him go. But why? *Do I...No that can't be true!* But deep inside her she felt a voice that said, *It is true and you know it stupid*.--Lyptus

Gold grinned and flushed red before pulling back. "I missed you..." He whispered so only Lyptus could hear. "What are you doing here?" -- Gold

Before Lyptus replied she let the man sit down against the wall as she noticed his arm, although she was smiling to see her good friend again. She sat down in front of him, just leaning against the grass. "This is where I am gonna work for a while..." She didn't meet the brilliant blue eyes, for she feared she would disappoint Gold. Lowering her voice, she said, "I'm...I'm supposed to stay in the Nether for a few days."--Lyptus

Gold had no idea how to react. "The Nether? That's kinda dangerous Lyptus... but I'm sure you can handle it?" He ended it sorta like a question. "Can you, er, try not to die in there?" Gold was concerned for his... um.... friend. -- Gold

Guardian grinned from ear to ear and whispered loudly to Terasu, "Shipppppp!" -- Guardian

Lyptus wiped away some of her dark brown hair that covered her orange eyes. Lifting her head, she smiled a little. "I will Gold." She then nodded her head to her arm. "Although it looks like you are trying to stay alive as well. What happened?"--Lyptus

Peacock glanced at the healer with concerned eyes, before turning to Galaxy. "This is kinda awkward. We don't know these people. Should we leave for a while?"--Peacock

(me: suddenly realizes that we never actually got brunnete my brain: self destruct) -- rosey

"We need to go get Brunette!" Galaxy said, suddenly realizing that. "So yes! We can go find Brunette for Lyptus, and then we can come back to get Gold! Oooo this could turn into a really fun mission!" Her eyes sparkled with enthusiasm. -- Galaxy

"Oh, just a little run in with a spider. I'll live." Gold said, embarrassed. -- Gold

Peacock nodded, before her emerald eyes widened with fear. "What you guys left Brunette?! How far away?! How long with this take?!" She grabbed the pink haired girl by the wrist and started to run the way they came.--Peacock

Lyptus scoffed with humor. "Well do you want that girl to help you a little more?" Although she did care, she felt it was weird that another girl was helping Gold. Also she felt it was too soon to let him leave, but she tried to show that she didn't mean that.--Lyptus

"She said I'm good for now," Gold said, rubbing the back of his head, embarrassed. -- Gold

Galaxy let out a yelp of surprise, then yelled back at Gold, "Don't worry! WE'LL BE BACKKK! WE'RE GOING TO FIND BRUNNETE!" Then the house dissapeared from view. -- Galaxy

Lyptus nodded, then a flash of worry swept over her orange eyes. “Wait what happened to Brunette?!”--Lyptus

Peacock winced. “Ok where did you guys last leave Brunette?”--Peacock

"We didn't exactly leave her!..." Galaxy protested. "They left her to guard the hacker's base. I think it's a couple biomes from here. I wish we had a map..." -- Galaxy

"You left her to guard the hacker's base?..." Gold said. -- Gold

Lyptus murmured, "I said you guys to take care of her." Shaking the subject away, she just sat their in silence, not sure wether she liked it or not.--Lyptus

"Sorry... we kinda got distracted." He looked at the ground, guilt worming its way into his stomach. -- Gold

Lyptus clawed herself, putting her arm on his. "Hey its fine. After all I did say that you didn't need to be with her all the time." She smiled, feeling bad she made the golden haired player guilty.--Lyptus

Gold looked up, and sighed. "Oh thank goodness-" He said, then grinned, embarassed. "At least Galaxy and Peacock went to go look for her. I'm sure she'll find her." -- Gold

Lyptus grinned. "It would be funny if they ran for her but she already came back to us." She started to burst laughing, feeling all the stress fly off her shoulders.--Lyptus

"Wait- what?" Gold looked around, the confusion on his face was so pronounced it looked almost comical. "Is she here? Like- now?" -- Gold

Lyptus laid down in the grass, staring up at the blue sky. “Course not. At least not that I know of.” Her orange lava eyes still shown with amusement.--Lyptus

Gold glared at her, those his eyes were sparkling with mischief. "Are you making fun of me, Lyptus?" Then, he couldn't hold in the laughter anymore. He collapsed on the ground beside her, grinning. "You know Lyptus, you're a nice person to be around. You must have had a lot of friends in the physical world." He said absentmindedly. . -- Gold

Lyptus turned her orange eyes to meet his kind amazing shinning eyes. "To be honest, I never had friends in the real world. I was only around my brother...You are really the only friend I have ever had." The dark brown haired girl felt worried thinking of what her brother was doing now.--Lyptus

Gold didn't meet her eyes, then said, "You know Lyptus, to me, um," He felt his face grow hot. "You-you're more than a friend." He felt sorta embarrassed and immediately wished he could take back the words he had just said. He grinned sheepishly. -- Gold

Lyptus widened her eyes, still staring at the yellow haired man. "W-What am I to you?" In her head she was panicking. *I'm must just be his best friend. Yeah a best friend*!--Lyptus

Gold found himself smiling, and turned over to look into her eyes. His blue eyes were full of love and admiration. "I.." He paused. "I love you, Lyptus." -- Gold

((@Super owo :D, @Rowan naw just 'cause I put it doesn't mean it's a confirmed plot.)) -- Hawk

Skylar nodded. *Alright, gotta stay on track.* She figured she'd just listen to Glitch and hear her plan. -- Skylar

Thorn watched the sun set as he swam in the stream. After a good time a thought came to his head. Grinning he quickly got out of the water and grabbed some paper.--Thorn

Lyptus didn't know what she was feeling inside. She did have feelings for Gold, but she didn't think he would feel back to her. After all it was lucky if your crush like you backed. "I think I didn't hear you right um w-what did you say?"--Lyptus

As if on que, a loud moan erupted through the swamp. "That must be him now." Glitch looked at everyone. "Rest up, make sure you're ready. I'm not waiting around for you in the morning." She then snapped her fingers, and the holographic screen was gone. -- Glitch

Gold rolled over again, grinned. He laughed. "I love you, Lyptus!" He said. He felt all warm and fuzzy inside, like anything was possible. He had never felt this around someone before. He loved it. -- Gold

(- internal fan girl screaming - ) -- rosey

Lyptus felt this warm tingling feeling inside her. She didn't know if she was loved the man so much as well, or she was really terrified and wanted to scream her heart out. She just had her mouth slightly open, her mouth feeling dry. She was still surprised that she was touching him.--Lyptus

((Gosh this is so cute))-Rowan

Gold turned over and then realized Lyptus was touching him. His face turned red and some sort of crooked half smile took over his face. Then a memory percolated through his mind. One with his Dad. He had just come back for a holiday break from deployment and they were sitting on the couch. Galaxy was asleep upstairs and their mom was in the kitchen. "You're growing up, Gold." His dad said, grinning. "I feel bad for not being able to be here for these years of your life. Who knows? Maybe next time I come you'll have a girlfriend!" He laughed. Gold grinned and chuckled. "That's what you and Mom keep saying, but I don't really need one. I doubt I'll ever get one anyway." Gold kicked his feet up and stared at his Dad who replied, "That's what I said, but then I met your mother." His dad smiled. "Everyone out there has someone who's their perfect soulmate. You will probably meet in very unexpected ways." Gold rolled his eyes at his dad. "True love isn't real! That's just something Disney made up for little kids." His dad smirked. "See if you're still saying that when you find her. Call me immediately when you do! I wanna hear alllll about it!" His dad said. Gold laughed and then he was pulled back into the present. A sorta sad smile replaced the crooked one. *I found her dad.* He thought. *You'd love her. Looks like true love's real after all.* -- Gold

Lyptus felt dizzy that she grasped harder onto the handsome and kind man. After a few moments she regained herself, although she saw a sad smile on Gold’s face. “Gold why are you sad? Please don’t be sad!” As the terror and craziness took over her, she scooted closer to him as if to make him feel better, saying, “I-I love you too!” Then feeling completely dizzy she slumped onto his legs, her lava eyes rolling as she faced his face.--Lyptus

Thorn finished quickly the letter, adding the finishing touch. He quickly got to his feet and ran to the cedar house, unlocking the door. Grabbing the nearby bird, he scowled, “Go and send this to your owner or I’ll make you my chicken dinner.” Shoving the letter right into the black beak, he threw the parrot into the air, watching with bloody red eyes as it flew away.--Thorn

"I'm not sad!" Gold protested. "It's just.... my dad and I once talked about love. He said everyone has a soulmate out there somewhere. I said no, and then he asked me to call him when I found 'the girl'. I, I guess I just wish he were here." Gold smiled at Lyptus. Gold sat up and then reached out his arm to help Lyptus up. He looked into her lava eyes. So full of concern for him. Then he laughed, seeing as how dizzy and crazy she was. He grinned. -- Gold

(oo rowan do i have permission for a kiss? idc tho if you say no :0) -- rosey

((Where you thinking?))-Rowan

Lyptus looked away from the dancing blue eyes, her cheeks blushing furiously. Although she did like the feeling of having Gold around her, holding her tight. She murmured, “Fid you find that girl?” The girl then bit her lip, suddenly wishing she never said that. What would he say?--Lyptus

Gold smiled and looked at Lyptus with eyes full of love. "I didn't think I would, but it turns out I did. In you." -- Gold

Lyptus felt her heart pumping inside of her, and a sweet smile came over her face. Blushing more, she pressed herself closer to Gold, enjoying the silence between the two.--Lyptus

Gold drew back, looked at Lyptus. Then, in a brief instant, he kissed Lyptus lightly on the cheek. He held it for a few moments before drawing back and saying, "We should be getting back to the house." He then blushed, realizing that he had literally kissed someone. -- Gold

Lyptus laid there dumbfounded, wondering what just happened. Getting up from the man's lap, she stammered, "Y-Yeah. Oh shoot I'm supposed to train them!" Running to her feet, she started to run around the corner, casting a last glanced at Gold. "Everyone grab your swords and arrows!"--Lyptus

Peacock ran for a while longer until she came to a piece of the wolf's fur on a thorn bush. "She's got to be here around somewhere!" Then a sudden weight flew onto her back, and met the long snout of Brunette, snarling. "Hey Brunette it's me! Peacock!"--Peacock

Hyper looked at Lyptus with confusion. "Hey, er, Lyptus? Are you okay? Your face is kinda and you look like someone just punched you in the stomach. But you like it." He smirked and then drew his iron sword, throwing it over his shoulder. -- Hyper

Galaxy tackled the dog to the ground, trying to keep it under control. "Brunnette, no! Bad girl! Stop barking!" She demanded of the dog. -- Galaxy

Lyptus, her rough self again, raised her dark brown brow at the fighter. "I would say the same about you Hyper." Smirking, she grabbed a sword and her bow, then marched to a small forest.--Lyptus

Peacock soon then realized that the she-wolf was just teasing with them, and did a nervous chuckle to herself. She said to Galaxy, "Its ok I think she's only playing."--Peacock

Hyper realized the truth in Lyptus' words and was embarrassed. Sighing, he followed Lyptus into the woods with sword and crossbow in hand. -- Hyper

Galaxy let go of the dog but eyed it warily. She was a cat person and was not very fond of dogs. Unlike her brother. -- Galaxy

Lyptus looked at each person as they gathered together. "Ok grab your swords. We're gonna do fighting first." She then reached to grab her bow.--Lyptus

Peacock patted the dog, then realized the brown creature was holding something in her mouth. Puling it out, it was a paper with something written on it, although it was too muddy to read. Tucking it into her inventory, she said to Galaxy, "C'mom."--Peacock

"Where?" Galaxy asked. -- Galaxy

Peacock turned her torquiese eyes, confused. "Um aren't we going back to your brother?"--Peacock

"Yeah... but." Galaxy smirked. "Why don't we have a little adventure. There's a swamp nearby with a zombie giant. We can just take a peek at it and then go rightttt back!" Galaxy grinned at Peacock. "I'm going anyway even if you don't go." -- Galaxy

Peacock sighed, already giving in. "Fine but we got to be careful. That spider could still be here." Grabbing her sword, she started to creep forward, when she heard a loud rumbling sound.--Peacock

Lyptus, ready and armored, yelled, "Ok start fighting!" As she watched the fighters, she got her arrow tipped with leather so it wouldn't hurt and started to shoot at the players, imitating what the skeletons would do.--Lyptus

"Great!" Galaxy said, grinning. "Vamanos!" She yelled, running in the direction of the swamp. -- Galaxy

Peacock beckoned the wolf to follow her, as she slowly followed the pink haired girl. She whispered, "I don't think this is a good idea Galaxy."--Peacock

"It'll be fun! Exciting! An adventureeee!" Galaxy said, grinning widely. -- Galaxy

Peacock just followed silently, trying to stay quiet and keep up with the excited girl.--Peacock

After about 10 minutes of walking, the pair arrived at the edge of the swamp. The two crouched behind a bush, Galaxy's eyes searched the plains. "There!" She pointed at a flicker of movement. When she caught a better glance though, she sighed. "Never mind, it's just some player." -- Galaxy

Hyper dodged the arrows, rolling to the side. He rolled behind a tree panting. His eyes darted across the clearing. What should I do?.... He wondered. "Think, think!" Then, he had an idea. He dashed from tree to tree then ran at Lyptus from behind. Via some footwork he learned at football in the physical world, He found himself facing Lyptus. HIs sword pressed against her neck. He was panting, but grinned. "Did I do well?" He asked. -- Hyper

Peacock covered Galaxy's mouth, waiting for the girl to hush. "Who's that player? How did she or he look like?" *Also what was Galaxy looking for...?*--Peacock

Lyptus smiled, kicking gently the man's stomach and making him fall. Walking past him to get her arrows, she chuckled, "I would say so." After storing her arrows away, she grabbed her own sword and turned to face Hyper. "Last thing to do is fight."--Lyptus

Hyper grunted and bit his lip. He sat up, his face away from Lyptus. "I can fight then." He got up, gently rubbing his stomach before turning around. -- Hyper

"The zombie giant!" Galaxy said eagerly. "Oh, and the player had red eyes, and was very buff." She imitated kissing her muscles. "Why?" -- Galaxy

Lyptus sharpened her sword, before turning back to Hyper. "No killing, but soft touches are allowed." She got into her position, meeting Hyper dead in the eyes.--Lyptus

Peacock, shaking a little, grasped her dirty blonde hair. "You said this would be an adventure!" *And not to mention those red eyes*!--Peacock

"We're just looking!" Galaxy rolled her eyes, then wandered out into the swamp. She had her crossbow out. Then, a loud roar erupted through the landscape. Galaxy grinned. -- Galaxy

Hyper squared himself, drawing his sword. He waited for Lyptus to make the first move. His eyes were locked in hers, his eyebrows furrowed, sides heaving. -- Hyper

Peacock leaped forward, trying to reach the pink haired girl. "Galaxy no-!" It was already too late. The greenish blue eyed girl fell back as the giant zombie erupted from the ground.--Peacock

Lyptus waited for a while, before understanding that Hyper wanted her to make the first move. *I am training him*. Fast as a roadrunner, the dark brown haired girl ran to Hyper's left side, before dodging to the right side and hitting him in the ribs with her leather protected sword.--Lyptus

Hyper dodged the hit, getting a small scrap to the side. He had an idea, but wasn't sure Lyptus would call it "fair". But really, it was fun, sooo why not? He smirked and then acted like he was still deep in the fight. He slashed at Lyptus's side. -- Hyper

Galaxy fell to the ground, not realizing what had happened. Then when she opened her eyes she saw a giant zombie staring at her. She was paralyzed with fear, her eyes wide. -- Galaxy

Glitch heard a loud rumble, followed by a zombie moan. "@!%$#!" Glitch swore. "Sounds like someone got to him first." She turned to Thorn, snarling. "Come on. Time's up for preparing." She then turned and dashed down the hill, trying to stay relatively out of sight. -- Glitch

(so many good scenes to draw idk which too pick ee) -- rosey

Lyptus felt pain soar through her side, and saw blood stain her shirt. Suddenly she felt this burning fire rise in her throat, and threw off the leather covering. Eyes shining with mischief, she leaped at Hyper, hitting his shoulder before kicking him down on the back..--Lyptus

Peacock grabbed Galaxy, trying to help the girl to her feet. "Stand up! I told you this was a freaking bad idea!" Grabbing her bow, she started to shoot at the zombie, hoping to buy her time.--Peacock

Thorn watched Glitch go, before seeing a flash of dirty blonde hair. Starting to follow the half cat, he threw a couple of TNT before completely ignoring the monster.--Thorn

Hyper avoided the kick and the ran behind Lyptus' back. He then dashed behind a tree again and shimmied up the branches. He was completely out of sight, Lyptu's had only seen him go behind the tree, but not go up. Then, Hyper waited for Lyptus to come underneath it. He caught Terasu's eye and grinned. -- Hyper

Galaxy scrambled up, wishing that Gold was there. She drew her crossbow and then made a mad dash for Peacock. Then a heavy weight landed on her back, then sharply turned her over. She was crushed to the ground. She assumed it was the zombie but she heard a familiar hissing voice and claws rake across her back. She winced. "What are you doing here?" The voice asked. Galaxy knew it was Glitch. "We were just looking at the zombie!" Galaxy said, grimacing. -- Galaxy

Glitch drew her sword. "This is our zombie and you can't take it from us." She growled. "Now leave and take your friend with you." Glitch pressed her sword hard against Galaxy's neck. Galaxy's eyes widened and a strangled cry arose n the throat. "I can curse you again you know." She said, and saw Galaxy's eyes avoid hers, and her body go limp. "We'll leave." She said. "We don't want any trouble." "Good." Glitch said. -- Glitch

Lyptus, sweat soaking her hair so it looked like black, turned around with bright lava eyes, although she felt something tight around her neck. Slowly grabbing her bow, she started to shoot rapidly as she walked around the tree from a distance.--Lyptus

Peacock turned around to see that Galaxy wasn't behind her, but was laying on the ground. "Right now is not the time to rest!" Grabbing the pink haired girl, Peacock got a glanced of shining white sharp teeth and glowing purple eyes. She quietly muttered, "Not you again!" The two then started to run.--Peacock

Glitch watched them go with narrowed eyes. Her tail swished back and worth. "And don't you come back!" She snarled. She waited until she could see them no more before turning to look for Thorn, the zombie giant moaning far above. -- Glitch

Galaxy felt herself as she ran, checking for any injuries. "Let's *not* tell Gold about this, please?" She grinned but her eyes were still sparkling with fear. -- Galaxy

Hyper watched Lyptus fire at the tree and crouched in the branches. "Come on, just a little closer..." He mumbled quietly under his breath. -- Hyper

Peacock, still running, turned her torquies gaze to Galaxy. "Why not?"--Peacock

Lyptus started to pant a little harder, and stumbled a few steps closer to the tree. She gasped, "I'm going to get you H-Hyper."--Lyptus

"Cause then'll he'll start yelling at me." Galaxy scoffed. -- Galaxy

Hyper then leapt from the tree, planning to tackle Lyptus to the ground. He hadn't realized how injured Lyptus was until he hadgone about half way down. He saw the blood on her side and thought in a rush, this was a bad idea. He looked around frantically and then pushed off the tree. The momentum propelled him forward, allowing him to narrowly miss Lyptus. He landed on the group with a thump and grunted, then stood up, dashing to Lyptus' side. -- Hyper

Gold was going to go find Lyptus and had watched the entire fight between Hyper and Lyptus occur. As soon as he saw Lyptus collapse onto the ground, he dashed out from behind the tree. He ran to Lyptus and bent down. "Lyptus?" He asked, and then realized how hurt she was. He turned to Hyper with eyes filled with hatred. "What did you do to her?!" He said. "Nothing!" Hyper protested. "I had leather on the sword!" "Oh yeah?" Gold growled. "Prove it." -- Gold

Hyper pulled out his sword and, while it did have leather on it, the leather was frayed in places, allowing the iron to show through. He cringed, and didn't meet Gold's gaze. "It was an accident! I didn't realize-" He started but was interrupted by Gold's harsh words. "Go get Guardian." He growled. "I can help!-" Hyper said, but Gold simply said, "You've done enough." Hyper got up, resentment in his gaze. Then, he ran towards the house. -- Hyper

Peacock stopped running, laying her hand on the girl's shoulder. "He just wants the best for you. He loves you and wants you to be safe."--Peacock

Lyptus panted hard, her chest heaving as blood soaked her shirt. From time to time, her dull orange eyes slowly closed, but she tried to keep them open. She raised her hand to Gold, touching him softly on the arm. "D-Don't worry, I'll be f-fine." She slid her arm back onto her stomach. "D-Don't blame H.....Hyper he didn't mean a-any harm. I-It was my fault I-I let him."--Lyptus

"It's okay. Don't worry yourself with it." Gold said, gently putting Lyptus' arm by her side.

Guardian was experimenting with a potion, Shadow's wolf sky by her side. "No!" Guardian said, gently shoving the dog away. "This is not food!" Even so, she grinned at the dog. Suddenly, there was a loud bang as the door swung open. Guardian drew her sword, expecting a threat and instead seeing familiar navy blue eyes staring back at her. "Hyper?" She asked. "I thought you were out training with Lyptus, what's-" She began but Hyper grabbed her arm and pulled her outside. "It's Lyptus. She's been injured. Bad." Hyper explained as he ran towards the woods. Guardian sprinted to catch up with him. "What?! I thought you were just training!..." She said, then they rounded the bend. Guardian saw the ground and Lyptus' red shirt. She felt faint. Gold ran up to her. "Can you do something?!" He asked. "Um, yes! But all my supplies are back at the house." She took a deep shaky breath, then steeled herself. "You and Hyper carry her back to the house. I'll get some stuff set." She then turned and ran back to the house. -- Guardian

Hyper glared at Gold but reached out to pick up Lyptus. Gold slapped his hand away. "I can do this myself." He snapped, and picked up Lyptus gently. Hyper growled. "If you insist." Gold took off towards the house, Hyper standing there for a brief instant, fists clenched, before following him. --

"Hang in there Lyptus." Gold whispered. "Just try and stay awake okay? Guardian'll fix you right up." -- Gold

Lyptus gasped as she was lifted, but then hung there in Gold's arms. Flashes of the sun came to her eyes, before blackness covered her. When she opened her eyes again, her orange eyes didn't mean the sun, nor any blue eyes. Instead they met orange eyes. A girl with black hair stood, one eyes orange the other red. Claws hung out of her hangs, and two sharp fangs shone as she smiled. The image flashed before her eyes a couple of times, before she opened them again to see blue eyes. "W-Who was that?"--Lyptus

Bob George sat peacefully in his house, careful making some potions. Suddenly he felt this strange thing in his stomach, and closed his blind eyes, before opening them to see the familiar room of shining light (The Happy Place Where I Think Gli Went). He saw flashes of blood and cries, and eyes of red, orange blue shining before him. Claws, fur, hands, and skin were around him, until he was back in his house.--Bob George

"Um- Hyper?" Gold suggested. "Are you feeling okay?" Gold felt Lyptus' forehead nervously. -- Gold

(dreamworld) --rosey

Lyptus tilted her head a little, not understanding that Gold hadn't seen what she saw. "But Hyper I-Isn't a girl."--Lyptus

Gold sighed as he came up on the house. "Nevermind." He mumbled, looking at Lyptus with worry. -- Gold

Lyptus let out a little murmur, but then closed her lava eyes.--Lyptus

"No, no, no, Lyptus!" Gold snapped his fingers in front of her eyes. "Don't go unconscious! Stay with me! Just a little while longer." Gold voice was panicked. -- Gold

Lyptus opened her eyes a little, just to catch a glimpse of Gold. "I'm here Gold." She let a small smile, and settled herself closer to Gold.--Lyptus

Guardian saw Gold opened the door to the house, Hyper right on his heels. Guardian grimaced, then sighed. "Put her over here." She said, leading them into a room of bubbling potions. Gold put Lyptus down on the bed. Guardian looked at Lyptus and then walked over to one of the stands, pulling out a sparkling green potion. "Okay Lyptus, what I'm going to do is probably going to hurt, a lot, so I'm going to give you this sleeping potion so you don't have to live through that." She said. "That okay?" -- Guardian

Lyptus, starting to grow pale, murmmered, "Pain pain pain pain pain..." After finally hearing what Guardian said, she whispered, "I guess."--Lyptus

"Okay. Now, out!" Guardian said to the boys. "She needs quiet." Guardian uncorked the bottle as Hyper and Gold left, Gold casting a worried glance at Lyptus before leaving. She then poured it down Lyptus' throat and waited for the effects to work. "It should take maybe a few moments to set in." Guardian said, garbbing a notbook and quill to observe Lyptus' reaction. -- Guardian

Lyptus felt some sizzling liquid go down her throat, and felt a little bit calmer. She then closed her orange eyes, and started to breath deeply through her nose.--Lyptus

Guardian scribbled something down on her notebook before looking at Lyptus. "How are you feeling?" She asked. "*What* are you feeling?" -- Guardian

Lyptus was silent for a while before she dared to open her mouth. "My side feels fine...But my throat is still a little tight."--Lyptus

"Mhm..." Guardian wrote something else down. "Are you feeling tired, at all?" She had hoped her potion would work, even if the results were good. -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded slowly.--Lyptus

Peacock ran for a while until they came to the house. She raised a brow as she saw a dude and Gold outside of a house alone, and she could feel tension around the place. "Uh what happened?" After a moment of silence, she said, "We brought back Brunette."--Peacock

Skylar raised her trident to her shoulder, waiting for a moment when she was needed. -- Skylar

Purple tossed her hair, snatching up her sword and preparing for battle. "This is what I was ment for." she thinks as exitement floods through her like a tsumami.-- Purple

((imagine knowing what's going on- couldn't be me. Could not be me)) -- Hawk

Hyper growled and shot Gold a glare before stalking off to his room. -- Hyper

Gold rolled his eyes and then turned to Galaxy. She was grinning, but he noticed a few scratches on her. He raised and eyebrow. "Galaxy?" He said slowly and delibertaly. "Anything you want to tell me about your trip?" -- Gold

"Like how much?" Guardian said, setting down the book and pulling out a bucket of water and some bandages from a nearby chest. -- Guardian

Peacock cut in. "We had some fun finding Brunette." The dirty blonde haired girl turned her head to make sure the wolf was near them. "You didn't answer my question though? Why is he so mad?"--Peacock

Lyptus settled herself more comfortably on the floor. "Tired enough to make me sleep till next next morning."--Lyptus

Gold sighed. "Lyptus got hurt. Hyper 'accidentally' slashed at her side. She's with Guardian now trying to recover." He growled. Galaxy looked at her brother and then turned. "I'll be in that extra room they have trying to get some rest!" She said. She had never seen Gold in such a foul mood though and was slightly concerned. - Galaxy

"I'll have to make it stronger then for the next person that uses it." Guardian said, adding a few drops of slowness and one of weakness to the potion. "Unless..." A sly smile emerged on her face. "you want to try it now? You don't have to of course." She grinned. "Oo, I feel like an evil scientist!" -- Guardian

Peacock widened her greenish blue eyes, but said nothing. Sitting down on the grass, she munched a little on a piece of bread, noticing her health was low. After moments of hesitation, she asked, "You ok Gold?"--Peacock

Lyptus widened her orange eyes, not sure what she heard from the healer. "Uhm just give me the healing thing and g-get this over with."--Lyptus

"Alright..." Guardian sighed and then began to bandage up Lyptus' wound. "So Lyptus!" She said, trying to stir up some conversation. "What's up with you and Gold?" She grinned. She bandaged the wound without thinking, her hands moving in a rhythmic motion. Cloth, water, bandage. The cycle repeated. -- Guardian

Gold rubbed his forehead. "Just stressed." -- Gold

Lyptus, feeling drowsy again, laid her head down. "Gold.....Gold wait huh?"--Lyptus

Peacock split some of her bread, offering some to him. "Why though?" She then wished she could take the words back, thinking he would make him more stressed. "Sorry."--Peacock

"Awee! You like him!" Guardian grinned, going to grab a healing potion from the chest, and coming back. She poured it on the wound. "Isn't true love amazing?" She sighed dreamily, thinking of Hyper. -- Guardian

Lyptus felt more drowsy than ever, and struggled to hear the girl. "Love? Who? What?"--Lyptus

"Hyper! Isn't he amazing? I think he's amazing! He's totally cool..." She smiled, her eyes sparkling. -- Guardian

Lyptus raised her brow, acting like a toddler who had too much allergy medicine. "I love Hyper? Huh no."--Lyptus

Guardian turned, then realized what Lyptus had been acting like. "Uh oh." She frowned. "I must have added too much of something-" She looked at the list she made of what she put in the potion. She didn't notice anything unusual, but looked at Lyptus with concern. "Erm, Lyptus? You feeling tired or just crazy?" -- Guardian

Lyptus yawned, feeling the Minecraft world grow distant from her. "I feel..." She fell silent as she closed her orange eyes, her breathing showing she was sleeping.--Lyptus

"Whew." Guardian said, then a knock sounded on the door. "Come in!" Guardian said, half yelling, half whispering. Hyper opened the door, a scowl on his face. "Hey, Hyper!" Guardian smiled. "What's up?" Hyper sighed, and closed the door behind him. "It's Gold. He's been acting very defensive of Lyptus. "I noticed." Guardian frowned. "But that's love you know?" She grinned at Hyper, who gave Guardian a small smile back, before he began pacing back and forth. "You know it was an accident that I hurt Lyptus, right?" Hyper said, looking at Guardian, who nodded slowly. "Well, when I did he was like, 'You did this on purpose! You meant to do this, you little meanie!'" Hyper mimicked Gold. "Really." Guardian said. "I know!" Hyper said, throwing his hands up in exasperation. Guardian snuck a glance at the sleeping form of Lyptus. In the fading Twilight, the room was slight dark in places torches providing faint illumination. Guardian sighed and sat down in a nearby chair, exaustion pulling at her eyelids. "I mean-" Hyper continued. "It was an ACCIDENT! I didn't realize that had happened! You think I'd do that on purpose?!" Guardian nodded slowly. "He knows it was an accident..." She said, yawning. "He was just tired or stressed or something." Hyper collapsed on the chair near Guardian, fuming. "I don't like that guy. He gives me bad vibes. He's too quick to yell and very defensive." He sighed, and leaned back. Guardian's eyelids left heavy, and she didn't really hear what Hyper was saying. She closed her eyes. *I'll just take a quick nap... then'll I... I'll get back to... to Lyptus...* Her head then fell to the side, landing on Hyper's shoulder. Her eye's drifted close and her breathing slowed as she felt herself relax. -- Guardian

Hyper looked down at Guardian and smiled softly. He brushed a loose hair out of her face. He hadn't realized how tired she was. He smiled, and then looked out the window to the side of the room. He took deep breaths, trying to calm himself down. He looked around at the room. Bubbling potions illuminated the wall, and bookshelves adorned some sides of the room. He smiled. -- Hyper

Thorn watched as Glitch came back to him, walking out of the dark shadows of the swamp.--Thorn

"Where were you?" Glitch snapped, glaring at him. She snarled and her tail twitched back and forth irritably. Then, the zombie growled above and a claw went whizzing past them. Glitch drew her iron sword. "You got lucky this time, Thorn." She hissed. "Now let's make this battle quick." -- Glitch

Thorn rolled his red eyes, thinking, *Sorry but I'm not the one that ran away*. Grabbing his sword and throwing knives, he got into battle position.--Thorn

Peacock looked at Galaxy, who was a distance away. She nodded her head to Gold, saying in her eyes, *This is the time to help and be with your brother*.--Peacock

Galaxy rolled her eyes, but went back to her brother anyway. "Let's talk." She said, grabbing his arm and dragging him to the roof. -- Galaxy

Glitch took a deep breath. Everything seemed to move in slow motion. Once they got the first key, there was no turning back. BUt really, villians had no time for regrets. She sneered. Glitch started mumbling under her breath the song she considored her villian theme song. "As a child you would wait and watch from far away, but you always knew that you'd be the one that'd work while they all play…" Then, she launched herself at the zombie, sword flying. -- Glitch

((Oooh that song))-Rowan

Lyptus opened her orange eyes to see not the room not Guardian, but the strange girl again she saw when she was in Gold's arms. The girl looked the same: Black hair, a red and orange eye, claws, and fangs. But she looked different. She had a black and red tear flow down her check, looking like it never ended. And behind her a dark orange tail spotted with black was seen. Lyptus jumped to her feet, surprised she didn't feel any pain, and that her brown hair wasn't bloody. "W-Who are you?" Instead of any answer, the girl stepped to her, lifting her chin with a claw so that their eyes met. The girl's eyes turned completely black, and Lyptus felt she was sucked into the stranger's. She was back in her former real house, and head cries of a little girl. "Daddy please don't leave me and Mama! Please no Daddy!" Another wave of darkness crashed over her, and she came to see a face she thought she never would see again. "M-Mama?"--Lyptus

Hyper woke with a start. He didn't know what had awakened him or when he had fallen asleep, but his heart was pounding. He heard someone singing, but it didn't seem to be coming from anyone in the room. Guardian was still asleep on his shoulder, Lyptus asleep on the bed. Her face was slightly creased and Hyper wondered whether to wake her up. Shaking his head, he carefully got up, trying not to wake Guardian. She snorted and mumbled something but didn't open her eyes. The singing continued in his head. "As a child you would wait and watch from far away, but you always knew that you'd be the one that'd work while they all play…" He shook his head. He recognized the voice. "Phoebe?..." He looked around, then he heard a battle cry and the moaning of zombies and everything went quiet. He felt fear grip his stomach, then dissipate. He turned and ran out of the room, looking for Shadowkeeper. He found her outside, swinging at a practice dummy, testing the sharpness of her weapon. "Shadowkeeper!" He said, panting. His hair was a mess and his eyes flashed with fear and determination. "We've waited long enough. We're ready." He took a deep breath. "We have to go to the nether *now*." -- Hyper

Lyptus watched as her beautiful ginger haired mother walked toward her, stopping right in front of her. "Mama!" She leaped to hug her mother tears running down her cheeks. But her mother didn't hug her back, she just stood there. Confused, she looked at the female, only to see her carrying a belt and knife, the smell of drugs coming off of her. "You should have never been born Lyptus. You ruined *everything*." Lyptus then felt strikes of pain flash trough her body, like new wounds. "Mama please please stop!" But all she could see was blood flashing, and the evil eyes of her mother. Then all the beating stopped, and then her mother started to scream. Opening one of her eyes, she saw the fox girl, but now she was in the air, two bony black wings coming out of her back. The fox girl had her claws out, and even though she didn't touch her mother, the woman was on the floor bleeding. "No w-wait don't hurt her!" Then the black and orange eyes turned to her own orange eyes. "Soon Lyptus." The voice sounded mysterious, and gave Lyptus chills. "S-Soon what?" "Soon you will find the darkness. And you won't fear it. It will fear you. Dark times are coming. Use the darkness." Then bloody imagines came to her eyes and sour scents came to her nose as she felt more pain soar through her body. "You're useless Lyptus! This is why Daddy left! You aren't my daughter!" Lyptus then sat up from her sleep, panting hard. "No!"--Lyptus

Guardian shrieked and sat up, her hair flew into her face, and she frantically waved her sword in haphazard movements. "Get away from Lyptus, you fiends!" She pushed her hair out of her face and looked around for threats. She didn't see anything, but she kept her sword out anyway. "What is it?!" She asked, look at Lyptus with crazed eyes. She was still half asleep. -- Guardian

Lyptus flew her face to Guardian, forgetting she was in the same room. "O-Oh nothing!" She quickly checked herself, making sure she didn't have any more wounds or claws. *N-Nothing bad. Just some scratches*.--Lyptus

Guardian grumbled something and closed her eyes, then sat up and stretched. The morning sunlight poured into the room. She rubbed the back of her head and then threw some water onto her face, trying to wake up. She ran a hand through her hair and turned to Lyptus. "I can tell that wasn't nothing." She said, blinking. "I've never heard you shriek like that." She tilted her head, looking at Lyptus with concern in her big blue eyes. -- Guardian

Lyptus didn't meet Guardian's face, instead looked at the scratches on her arm. Without answering the healer's questions, she got to her feet slowly. "C'mon we have to go to the Nether." Although her eyes still should tiredness, she got to her feet. Going into another room, she put a leather upper armor on her under her clothes, just in case. Packing her stuff, she slowly walked out of the house, deciding to go for a quick hunt.--Lyptus

"But, Lyptus, wait-" Guardian ran outside but Lyptus ignored her, continuing outside. Guardian's eyes followed Lyptus as she left. She bit her lip, and then turned, colliding with Gold. She fell over, and the world spun for just an instant before she regained focus. She blinked and saw Gold looking down at her. "Have you seen Lyptus?" He asked, as he reached out his hand to help her up. Guardian coughed, and sat up, brushing herself off as she got to her feet. She shook her head. "No. I think she's somewhere over there." She pointed to the woods. She felt bad for lying as Gold started in that direction, but she figured Lyptus wanted some time alone. -- Guardian

Lyptus came to a flock of cows, and lazily got her bow. Missing it, she just let out an annoyed sighed, slumping to the floor, feeling pain pump in her skin. A moment later she saw that the cows were running, and the one she tried to shoot was falling to the ground. Widening her orange eyes, instead of seeing a monster, she saw a ball of brown and white carrying the raw steak. "Brunette!" Crawling to her wolf, she hug the her, crying once again. She sat down again, with the big wolfhound by her side. As she cooked the cow over a fire, she slowly stroked the female, saying, "I need to leave again Brunette. Not for long though." As if Brunette understood, the dog let out a whine, scooting closer to the human. Sighing, she watched as the sun rose.--Lyptus & Brunette

(me: puts on favorite epic music while i roleplay this) -- rosey

Hyper turned away and called to Guardian. "Guardian! Go get everyone. I have something to show them." He grinned, and GUardian grinned also, though not as big. She had no idea what he was talking about. She yelled at Gold and Lyptus to come back to the house. Gold came back, eyeing Guardian. "She wasn't there." He said. "Oops! She must have wandered off somewhere." Guardian said innocently. Gold didn't comment, and instead went into the house, Guardian waiting outside for Lyptus. -- Guardian

Lyptus limped back to the house, Brunette by her side to give her support. As she came to the house, she saw Guardian looking around, as if searching for someone. "What's going on?"--Lyptus & Brunette

"Hyper wants to show up something!" Guardian grinned, leading her inside. Hyper was waiting inside, everyone gathered around him. "Well." He said. "You ready to go to the Nether?" -- Guardian

Lyptus leaned against the wall, looking at Hyper with tired orange eyes. "Sure. Let's get everything packed up and then we'll go to the portal." She turned her gaze slowly to the outdoors.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper nodded at everyone as they prepared to enter the portal. "Good luck to all of you. I'll see you guys in a week or so, I guess. If I'm not back when you return, I should be in a few days. Stay safe." -- Shadowkeeper

Skylar hurled her trident at the Zombie Giant, impaling its left arm as it let out an earsplitting battle screech. She quickly loaded her crossbow and shot three bolts in rapid succession at her enemy as Glitch's glowing sword moved as a fiery blur. -- Skylar

Before she realy had an idea of what was happening, Purple placed a slime block, took a running jump, and delivered several air slashes to the giant.--Purple

Lyptus turned to see Peacock staring at her. After a moment of silence, the blonde haired girl came and gave the dark brown haired one a hug. "I'll miss you Lyptus." Lyptus hugged her again, whispering, "I'll miss you too. Please help take care of Brunette." Letting go of Peacock, she gave her wolf a hug before she finally stood up.--Lyptus, Peacock & Brunette

Shadowkeeper grabbed a bag of traveling gear she'd prepared the night before, and quickly equipped some light leather and chain armor. She grabbed one of Guardian's speed potions, hoping she wouldn't mind, and mounted her lengthy longbow on her back. Adjusting her hip quiver and placing a handful more arrows in it, she gulped down the potion and started on her way towards the village on her way to the meeting place.

Hunter leaned against the small treehouse's support, one foot tapping distractedly. He hummed a soft tune as his sparkling pale blue eyes graced the surrounding area. The lanky teenager's gaze followed a tremor of movement and he stood up straighter as a female player entered the clearing around his house. "Shadowkeeper! Welcome."

She nodded. "Hey. Nice to meet you," she shook his hand. "Are you ready to go, or do you need a bit more time?" Hunter shook his head. "I'm good, ready to go." He smiled as what seemed to be a husky-wolf mix trotted out of the underbrush after Shadowkeeper. "This is Sky, I assume?" Shadowkeeper nodded. "Yeah."

Hunter knelt down and petted the dog, who had an elegant build that seemed to be made for light-footed speed and stealth. "Hey, Sky." The coder loved animals. Standing up, he continued. "I guess we should head out now? You have the map, I guess." They both walked down the path towards the center of the village. Their aim was to find the location on Shadowkeeper's map, an old scroll she'd found in an undisclosed location. Shadowkeeper had wanted to travel with Hunter as there were reports of a powerful blackhat hacker known as Glitch being around here somewhere. Blackhat hackers rarely came to this little server, but Hunter guessed she hadn't had any choice because of what happened with the explosion. Hunter, as a whitehat hacker, was Shadowkeeper's best bet to protect her if Glitch somehow showed up. Hunter didn't know anything about Glitch, as she'd kept her identity anonymous as any experienced blackhat hacker would. However, he assumed she was very experienced, although he couldn't imagine why they'd run into her. -- Shadowkeeper & Hunter

((For anyone who doesn't know, whitehat hackers are coders that hack to stop viruses, catch criminals, etc. while blackhats are coders who hack with malicious intent or for profit/gain. I'm assuming Glitch was a blackhat before everyone was blasted into MC because she's a villain, but idk.)) -- Hawk

(Glitch was not a professional hacker. Technically, she was just some player who enjoys toying with the game mechanics of minecraft so.... idk) - rosey

((oOps...nvm lol)) -- Hawk

(haha) -- rosey

Hyper turned to a button on the wall and pressed it. There was the chunck of pistons as a staircase opened behind him. "C'mon." He said, leading the group down the tunnel. Galaxy followed him eagerly. Anything that involved secret pistons and buttons just had to be awesome. It was very anticlimactic when she entered a dark bare room. "Wowwwww...." She said sarcastically. "Very impressive." Hyper grinned. "Just wait." He waited for everyone to file in before turning to a lever. He put his hand on it. "This..." He said, then pulled it. The four walls of the room peeled back to reveal coolly lit hallways with chests lining the walls, some armour stands and brewing stand around the room. "This is the vault!" He grinned. He had used the line his favorite youtuber, Technoblade, had used in the Dream SMP series. He felt very preofessional. "How in the world did you get all this?!" Guardian asked, mouth open with shock. "I've been preparing!" He said, simply. "After all, as soon as ya'll came here to prepare to go to the nether, I knew we'd be in need of some supplies. So while Terasu was trying to pursue that class chain upgrade, I went mining." Guardian just looked around, wondering how long this must have taken. "Suit up, people!" Hyper looked everyone in the eye. "Then, meet me in the portal upstairs." He winked, and then walked down the nearest hallway to gather supplies. -- Hyper

((I saw that and thought... "I AM READY FOR REVOLUTION BOIIIISSSSS" - Sun Tzu, the Art of War)) -- Hawk

((Lol))--Supergirl

Lyptus looked impressed, and nodded at Hyper as if congratulating him. She then turned her attention to all the armor and weapons hanging around the room. Taking in a breath, she started to suit up, although her mind was buzzing with thoughts.--Lyptus

Thorn threw more TNT at the zombie, seeing that is was losing some of its health. Then he started to throw some knives, his red eyes brimming with excitement and pleasure as he heard the monster cry with pain.--Thorn

Skylar tucked away her crossbow, knowing Thorn's knife-throwing skills and explosives had ranged attacks covered, and ducked in for a melee attack. Lodging her trident back in its holster and grabbing a longsword in one smooth movement, she slashed at the giant's right leg repeatedly, ducking under one of its swinging fists. "I think we've nearly got it," she shouted to Glitch. -- Skylar

Glitch nodded at Skylar, then just as the song she was singing reached a climax, she drilled her sword into the zombie, and with one final roar it slashed at her, just managing to get her arm. Then, it was gone. Glitch growled and examined the ate of her arm. It stung, but did not appear to bad. She took out some bandages from her inventory and quickly patched it up. Balls of XP reigned down on them, the tinkling melody of them hitting the ground caused almost a mini concert. Glitch allowed the XP to soak into her, she'd need it for hacking. Then, she saw it. Alone in the grass was a golden gem, oddly carved like something that would fit into a puzzle. She picked it up and held it into the fading light of the sun. "That's one down, four more to go." She grinned, then tucked it into her hotbar. She didn't ask if everyone was okay, that wasn't even a thought that occurred to her. She had the gem, and that was all that mattered. -- Glitch

Boosh! Purple said to herself, as green orbs rained. She hoped to enchant her sword one day.--Purple

Hyper pulled on some iron armor, as well as a shield and a diamond sword. One of two diamond sword he had been able to craft. He grinned as he picked it up, the shining surface reflecting his own face back to him. He tucked it into the sheath on his back and checked his inventory. He had most of what he needed. Of course, he wished they had snowballs, but there wasn't a tundra biome near here, so he wasn't able to get any. He sighed, then looked at everyone before entering the portal room. Inside the room it was dark, the constant movement of the purple field inside the portal the only light source in the room. He leaned against the wall and waited. -- Hyper

Guardian found and entire chest of potions. Well, more like potion ingredients, but Guardian just saw them as potions waiting to be completely. She quickly used the brewing stands to craft healing, fire resistance, and a strength potion for Lyptus. She put the fragile glass bottles into a backpack she had crafted so she could hold more supplies. She reached for some armor and then pulled back. She looked around the room. "One, two, three, four..." She counted the armor stands. There were only five, Hyper hadn't been expecting Lyptus or Gold. She assumed Galaxy and Peacock wouldn't be going. Tramping around the Nether with more then five people didn't sound like a good idea. She turned away from the armor, instead only grabbing a stone sword, and a shield. She's be fine. After all, she wouldn't be doing any of the fighting. She turned and then ran down the hall to where Lyptus was. "Lyptus!" She yelled. "Here! This is for you! I could tell you still weren't feeling good so this potion should last a good amount of the trip! I have some extras if you need them." Guardian smiled at Lyptus, then ran down the hall to the portal chamber. -- Guardian

Lyptus, already suited up, said, "Thanks Guardian." Seeing that the healer didn't have any armor, she sighed, taking off her leather armor and giving it to the pretty blonde haired girl. "You should wear at least this." Without waiting to see if the girl would complain, she turned her attention to the crowd. "Ok listen before we go into the Nether there are some things you all need to understand. First you can not sleep in the Nether, so if you die you will not spawn in the Nether, but at the very place you started when you entered this world. We will make a little hut for some of us to stay in instead of just running around 24/7. Get your swords ready, because right when you enter there could be monsters right there. Last thing is that we are going to go in groups. No solos unless it has been discussed." She continued to give more.--Lyptus

Peacock watched her friend from the top of the stairs, a small sorrow piercing her heart. She saw Gold a little way further down, and crept near him. She whispered, "You're not going with them are you?" Her turquoise eyes shone with confusion.--Peacock

Thorn watched Glitch with red eyes, knowing she wouldn't share any of the XP. Grabbing an XP potion in his inventory, he threw it at himself.--Thorn

Guardian hugged Lyptus. "Thanks!" She took the armor and then stood by Hyper to listen to her. -- Guardian

Gold adjusted his armor and then looked at Peacock. "I plan on it..." He said. "Can you watch Galaxy while I'm away?" He asked, his eyes drifting to his sister, who was trying on armor and swinging sporadically at the armor stand. He chuckled to himself, then turned back to the dirty blonde haired girl. -- Gold

Peacock hesitated, then nodded. "Just stay safe." Walking to Galaxy, she said, "C'mon we should go. You and me are gonna have some weeks of sleepovers!"--Peacock

Lyptus finished her rules, and then finally met gaze with the crowd. "Have I made myself clear? Any questions or comments?"--Lyptus

"Sleepovers?!" Galaxy grinned and stopped swiping at the practice dummy. "With you?" She didn't wait for an answer before barreling on. "YAYYYYY!" She grinned, and hugged Peacock. "We're gonna have sooooo much fun!" -- Galaxy

Hyper shook his head. -- Hyper

Peacock laughed a little, nodding, "Yeah with Brunette. Although first say goodbye to your brother. Girls only!" She grinned, although really she felt worry.--Peacock

Lyptus nodded, glad she didn't have to take another big instruction. "Before we go drink and eat as much as you can, cuz in the Nether you won't be having a feast."--Lyptus

"Oh." Galaxy said her gaze shifting to Gold. There was slight frown on her face, but she looked at Peacock and then ran to Gold. She grinned. "Soooo, you're leaving Peacock to babysit me." She said, smirking. Gold nodded from in between bites of bread. "Try not to die in there?" Galaxy punched Gold in the arm. Gold smiled. "I'll try." Galaxy and Gold looked at each other, before Galaxy turned to Peacock. "Are we going now?" She asked. -- Galaxy

Peacock nodded. She quickly came to Lyptus, giving her a quick hug. "Please be safe. I'm going to take Galaxy and Brunette with me at my house." Lyptus nodded, a small tear forming in her eye. "Please be careful as well. Wait your taking care of Galaxy? So that means Gold is-" The blonde haired girl was already running with the pink haired girl. Sighing, she slowly walked over to Gold, slumping down. With a few moments of silence, she asked quietly, "Aren't you going with your sister?"--Peacock & Lyptus

Gold looked at Lyptus, then quickly averted his eyes and shook his head. "No. I mean, now that Shadowkeeper isn't going, then you'll need somemone to help you on your quest, right?" He looked at Lyptus. -- Gold

Guardian looked at the portal as it suddenly dawned on her what she was doing. She was going to the Nether; like, the hot, smoky, fiery, dangerous Nether. Guardian took a deep breath and then heard a voice next to her, Hyper's. "You’re nervous, aren’t you?” Hyper asked, looking at her. “Very.” Guardian said, but she smiled anyway. Hyper smiled back then looked around at the room. “Don’t worry. We’ll be fine. Just grab some resources, and then get out.” Guardian nodded mutely, her worries worming at her stomach. Hyper looked at her. “Look, I promise you won’t die. I’ll protect you!” He said. “You can trust me.” Guardian looked at Hyper and then smiled, leaning against him. Hyper grinned and then looked around. “You all ready?” He asked. -- Hyper

Lyptus ignored Hyper, having her orange eyes focused on Gold. She was lost for words, wondering what to say. “Well...” She hesitated, making sure no one else was listening. “You sure you want to come? With me? And Hyper?” *Whatever is going on between those two boys.* “I mean if you don’t go you’ll be safe a-and you can be with your sister...” She looked at the floor.--Lyptus

Gold looked at Lyptus and chuckled. "Relax! I'll be fine. Besides, I'd survive anything," *Even annoying boys,* he added silently, "To be with you." He smiled and then turned to Hyper. He met his gaze without hesitation. Gold nodded. "We're ready." He said. "Well then." Hyper said, turning to the portal. "See you on the other side." He grinned and then stepped into the portals glowing field. Gold cast a glance at Lyptus before following him. *Here goes nothing...* He thought, as the small portal room disappeared from view. -- Gold

Lyptus watched as the purple started to swirl and she came to see a red world in front of her. Grabbing her sword, she looked around, but saw no danger. She stepped away so everyone else could walk out. “Welcome to the Nether guys.”--Lyptus

Guardian was the last through the portal. She looked around the room hesitantly, wondering if she was reallllyyyy needed in the Nether. She forced herself to turn to the portal, touching the cool obsidian ring, she took a deep breath. "I got this! Yeah, I totally-" Then, without warning, purple enveloped her vision as the portal room faded away. "WAITTTT! I CHANGED MY MIND!" She shrieked in fear, then she materialized in the Nether. Her eyes were screwed shut as she felt herself. "Omg. Okay. I'm alive! Ahhh, I have so many regrets..." She opened one eyes and noticed everyone was staring at her. She blushed, and opened both eyes, but she was still tense and nervous. -- Guardian

Lyptus turned her gaze away from Guardian, already forcing her sleeves up and wiped away the sweat on her face. She restrained herself from grabbing her neck and jugging down water as her throat felt inflamed. Forcing herself to sound calm, she looked around the Nether until she found a nice cliff. "If everyone is ready to start moving, we can start to build our base inside that cliff."--Lyptus

Hyper nodded. "Sounds like a good idea." He eyes Guardian and Lyptus, who both looked like they were dieing. He chuckled. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it." He said. "I assume neither of you have been to the Nether before?" Guardian nodded. "I'm not a frequent MineCraft player." She said, slightly embarrassed. -- Hyper

Lyptus muttered, not because she was all angry but because she was trying to save her breath. "I have, but I never liked it. That's why Shadowkeeper asked me to take you." Taking a pickaxe, she started to dig into the cliff.--Lyptus

Skylar saw the gem, but frankly didn't mind. "Good job, everyone. I guess anyone who wants it can take some exp." She grabbed some of the orbs. There was about fifteen levels dropped by the Zombie Giant. Skye didn't want to intrude so she took about four. -- Skylar

((Hope y'all don't mind- i'm tryna limit exp so that upgrades don't happen too fast)) -- Hawk

"So you're quite the profession, huh?" Hyper joked. Gold glared at him. "Can we cut the chit chat? This place gives me the creeps... I'd prefer to get out of here as soon as possible." He scowled. Hyper glared at Gold, but then followed suit, assisting with making a base into the cliff. Guardian just watched, her gaze drifting across the giant lava ocean at the center of the realm. -- Guardian

Lyptus glanced at the boys with orange eyes, sighing, but kept working for a good half hour before then finally made a house out of the red blocks with extra protection. "Ok everyone we are 5 people. There are 3 rooms, so four of us need to share since there's not enough space. Start grabbing your stuff and then we'll start to head out."--Lyptus

"Alright." Hyper said, rearranging his inventory, and pulling out his sword and shield. "Alright guys, so the plan is to loot the Nether fortress." He said, looking at everyone in the eye. "Nether fortress?!" Guardian said, slightly shocked. She then collected herself. "Okay. Right. Nether Fortress. I'm ready." She said. Gold eyed Guardian, wondering if it was a good idea to bring the scared player with them, then he said, "Yeah, I'm ready." -- Hyper

Lyptus was in the corner, looking at her stuff that she didn't even unpack while the others unpacked her own stuff. Sighing, she grabbed her bow. "Sure let's go."--Lyptus

Hyper nodded, then turned to everyone. "I think we should leave someone here to guard the stuff. Any volunteers?" (eg Lavender, or Terasu. You know, inactive peeps) -- Hyper

((Wasn't it just Teasu, Hyper, Guardian, Gold and Lyptus that were going?))-Rowan

(maybe?..... technically idk about lavender) -- rosey

Lyptus silently gasped, although she tried not to show it. "At least two people should stay here." The dark brown haired girl decided not to volunteer, not only because she wanted to see if any others would but she was the one leading this.--Lyptus

Terasu raised his hand. "Me and Lavender can stay." He said. Hyper nodded. "That's fine." He adjusted his armor and then instructed everyone else to follow him. "Be careful. The Nether is full of dangerous mobs. You can use your swords to deflect the fire if you run into anything." He said. "Lets just try not to be seen? Okay?" No one said anything. He then turned. "Alright then." He winked. "Let's go have some fun." He lead the small group through the Nether without too much trouble, but he knew around teh fortress the mob level would increase. A alot. "I really hope none of my friends get killed..." Hyper mumbled. -- Hyper

(hawk ima auto volunteer terasu, if thats not okay just ignore that.

Lyptus decided to walk at the back of the group since it looked like Hyper was taking the lead. She dodged a flame as it came out of the lava. *I really need to change it something more suitable.*--Lyptus

Gold walked by Lyptus's side, watching her. "Hey, you okay?" Gold asked, concern in his big blue eyes. "You've been acting kinda weird ever since we got here." He frowned. -- Gold

Lyptus was startled, thinking she was the only one walking in the back. "Y-Yeah just a little hot."--Lyptus

"I can tell you're not just "a little hot"." Gold said. He rummaged around in his inventory and pulled our a fire resistance potion. "Here." He said, handing it to her. "Guardian gave it to me, but I'm sure she has extra. It should make the heat more bearable." He grinned. -- Gold

Lyptus took the potion, drinking half of the liquid, saving the rest later. She leaned against him a little, for some weird reason she feeling safe. "Thank you Gold."--Lyptus

"Oh. Um- no problem." He said, blushing. "Hey lovebirds," Hyper said, smirking. "We're here." Guardian grinned at Gold and Lyptus. Gold couldn't help smiling back at Guardian. -- Gold

To Guardian, the fortress looked like a giant monster. It was made of dark red stone, parts of it brighter then others, making it seem like it was covered in blood. She bit her lip, and moved closer to Hyper. "Promise me we won't die?" She whispered, looking at him. "Promise." Hyper replied, grinning. Guardian smiled back. "Alright everyone." Hyper said, looking at everyone. "The room we're looking for is at the center of the fortress. Don't get caught and don't get lost. Make sure you can always see someone." -- Guardian + Hyper

Lyptus wrinkled her nose in annoyance. She then chuckled to herself, saying to Gold but also loud enough that the others a little, "Look who's talking." Deciding to look for some resources she wanted, she nudged Gold before getting her ax out and walking into the fortress.--Lyptus

Hyper rolled his eyes and followed her. Guardian stayed behind, gripping her stone sword nervously. *Deep breaths....* she thought. Then, a mechanical breathing sound began from behind her. She turned just as a fireball went whizzing past her head. She shrieked. "Blazes!" Gold turned and located the blazes. Two more fireballs followed suit. Gold deflected them with his sword, and they hit the blaze in the chest. It continued forward, apparently unharmed. Apparently fire didn't do too much damage to blazes. -- Guardian

Lyptus grabbed her bow and started to shoot poisoning and punch arrows, knowing that was one of their greatest weaknesses. She let out a small and quiet screech as a spark from the fireball landed on her arm, and that drove determination. Getting her sword and shield, she ran straight to one of the blazes from behind.--Lyptus

The fight didn't last long, the lone blaze was all that came out to challenge the group. When the blaze disappeared everyone still seemed more tired than usual. "This heat is not good." Hyper said, slightly breathless. "I don't know about you, but I think it might be impairing our skills." "For once," Gold said, "I agree with you." He frowned. "C'mon." Gold said, running down the hall towards the main hallway. Hyper followed him, sweaty. His throat felt raw. -- Hyper

Lyptus felt impatience and walked close to Guardian. "Can you tell me what happened between those two? Neither of them have told me." Her orange eyes blazed like the lava at the thought that Gold hadn't told her.--Lyptus

"Um. Well, the thing I heard was that Gold blamed Hyper for you- for you getting hurt when you were training." Guardian said, rubbing her arm and looking at the ground. "When you were asleep a few nights ago Hyper in and kept ranting about it." She sighed. "Now I guess they're rivals. I mean, they're so similar, you know? They're both really nice and caring." She shrugged. "I guess I'm not sure." -- Guardian

Lyptus for some weird reason felt anger rise in her throat, making her feeling warmer and warmer. "And also why did Shadowkeeper make me come to the Nether when it seems Hyper has been here before?" Her thoughts started to shake*. Is Shadowkeeper doing something bad towards me? Has she known me all along and wants me gone like Thorn?* She glanced at Guardian, Hyper and Gold with fiery orange eyes.--Lyptus

((wait- has Guardian or any of the others been to the nether?? I'mma post the stuff about the Nether in the comments- please check out the comment section)) -- Hawk

((hold' up terra's my oc- sorry i didn't make it clear :o I'd like him to go to the nether. Sorry for confusion :o)) -- Hawk

Terra glanced at Lyptus. "I don't know...I've never been here but me and everyone else did read a little book on some parts of the Nether. I didn't pay attention but I guess they know what these things are," he pointed at the blaze.. -- Terasu

((Ly wasn't talking to him but we can go with it))-Rowan

Guardian stopped walking for a second, talking a hesitant step backwards. "Er- Lyptus? Are you okay?" She asked, her eyes slightly scared, then it dawned on her what Terasu had just said. "Wait-" Another fireball streaked past her head, one scraping past her shoulder. She screamed as hot white pain enveloped her for a brief instant, before slowly dieing down. More blazes advanced from the four corridor intersection they were in, at least a dozen of them. GUardian drew her sword and gulped nervously. "W-we're trapped." -- Guardian

Lyptus got her arrow, growling, "No we're not." She grabbed multiple arrows onto her bow and shot at all the blazes, distracting them. Grabbing her sword and placing away her bow, she ran to the nearest blaze with her shield and hit it from behind.--Lyptus

Guardian took a shakey breath. "Yeah- right." She pulled out her stone sword, and ran in the other direction of the two blazes in the left corridor. She let out a battle cry and ran at them. She used her shield to deflect the fireballs, under her breath reciting what she had learned from some youtubers she watched. She defeated the two blazes, some blaze rods falling to the floor in disregarded clumps. She stood over them, smiling. "I did it! I can't believe it! I-" She began when she heard mechanical wheezing from behind. She whirled around, and saw another blaze's fireballs launching at her, all three hitting her square in the chest. She let out a strangled and chocked cry, stepping backward and then collapsing to the floor. Hot white pain seemed like it was everywhere on her body. She gasped for air, her vision already beginning to fade. The last thing she heard was the sound of mechanical breathing as the blaze drew closer. Then, everything went black. -- Guardian

Lyptus watched as her blaze died, panting and wincing as her arm stung more as it was burned. Turning around, she widened her orange eyes in fear as she saw a blaze about to kill Guardian. "No!" The dark brown haired girl leaped, killing the blaze but getting more burns. Panting in the heat, she bent down, seeing that Guardian was passed out. Shakingly grabbing her fire resistance potion, she poured some into the mouth of the girl while pressing a wet cloth on her head. "Guardian c'mon wake up!" At the moment everything turned red, as if the lava and fire had completely burned everyone. Her eye started to flash black, and she heard crying in the distance. Her mother was there again, in the claws of the strange girl. "Stop! Stop it! Stop hurting her!" A hot streak of pain came to her black flashing eye and she saw that the strange girl had grabbed her by the neck, sinking her claws into her throat. Then she flashed back to the Nether.--Lyptus

Gold realized first that they had lost track of the other members of their party. "Hyper?" He asked. "Um where's Lyptus?" "She's right behind us-" Hyper said, turning. He stopped. "Oh shoot!" He yelled. "You mean you don't know where they are?!" Gold exclaimed. "They must be back where we left them, in that coordior! C'mon!" Hyper yelled dashing down the hallway. Gold followed right on his heels. They came around a bend to see Lyptus bending over the crumpled form of Guardian on the floor. Hyper rushed past Lyptus, not realizing who Lyptus was with. He fought the blazes ferociously, trying to kill them. Gold rushed to where Lyptus was. "Lyptus!" He said. "Are you okay?! I- I'm so sorry I didnt realize that you weren't behind us..." Gold felt guilty and looked away. -- Gold

Lyptus, shaking from her recent fight with the stranger, whipped her head to Gold. "Go find some water and more healing potions!" She rolled up Gaurdian's sleeves, trying to have the girl cool down.--Lyptus

Hyper continued slashing at the blaze, his eyebrows furrowed with determination. "Hey Terasu, a little help would be appreciated!" He said, not looking away from the fight. -- Hyper

Gold nodded, and looked around in his inventory. "Here!..." He handed Lyptus some water. "I couldn't find any healing potions..." He frowned. -- Gold

Lyptus waved her head. "It's fine!" She poured the water over Guardian's forehead. "Guardian c'mon wake up!" She gave a little bit more of the fire resistance potion, leaving non left. "Gold you can go and help Hyper."--Lyptus

Gold eyed Hyper, then sighed and got up to help with the blazes. -- Gold

Guardian slowly blinked opened her eyes. "L-Lyptus?..." She asked, her voice faint and bleary with pain. She tried to get up and winced. "Ow..." She murmured. "W-What happened?..." -- Guardian

Lyptus looked relived, and stopped shaking a little. "You got hit by a blaze, c'mon I got to get you to safety." Picking Guardian up and putting her arm around her neck, she took her inside the temple and then made a little shack where Guardian can rest. "Does it burn?"--Lyptus

"You think?" Guardian asked, then started to laugh hysterically. -- guardian

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes. "I mean does it hurt badly or does it just burn?"--Lyptus

"Yeah- it burns." Guardian said. She self consciously realized she was most likely delirious. She shook her head, trying to wake up some more. She succeeded, as more waves of pain moved across her body. She grimaced. "OWWWWWWW. WOW THAT HURTS. " She rubbed her arm, then look at Lyptus. "You look burnt too..." She noted. "A-Are you okay?" -- Guardian

Lyptus looked at her arm, immediately covering it with her sleeve. "Yeah it's nothing. You should be worried about yourself." The dark brown haired girl continued to help the healer.--Lyptus

"Alright..." Guardian mumbled, sighing. She leaned against the wall, sighing. Everything hurt. She moaned quietly and bit her lip. -- Guardian

Lyptus worked a little more until she did everything she knew. "Does that help? What else can I do to help?"--Lyptus

"Burns take time to heal. You can't just fix them with healing potions and water." Guardian said, closing her eyes. Then there was a loud bang as Terasu, Gold, and Hyper burst into the room. Hyper quickly sealed up the entrance as blazes wheezed outside. The room went dark. "There's too many blazes..." Hyper said, as he placed a torch on the wall. "We couldn't hold them off." He then turned and saw Guardian. "Guardian?" He asked, his eyes wide. "Hi, Hyper." Guardian said, smiling slightly. Hyper ran to her side and crouched down. "A-Are you- You-" He didn't know what to say. Guardian smiled, then winced as more waves of hot fiery pain burst across her skin. "Lyptus, what happened?" Hyper asked, looking to the brown-haired girl for an explanation. -- Hyper

Lyptus sharply looked at the fighter as she was cleaning up the potions. “Well when you guys *left us* blazes came and *Terasu and I* had to do most of the fighting. You know since Guardian is a healer. That’s why *I’ve* decided that Guardian always needs to have at least a person to guard her. If Guardian dies, we have *no* healer.” She turned back to her arm, muttering, “Talk about staying together in groups.” Saying more quietly, she added, “I see why Shadowkeeper asked *me* to lead you guys.”--Lyptus

"I don't need a guard..." Guardian protested weakly, blinking. -- Guardian

Hyper looked away embarassed. "Sorry..." He mumbled. Gold leaned against the wall, watching them. "Are you sure you're okay Lyptus?" He asked, eyeing her burns. -- Gold

Lyptus ignored Gold’s question, drawing down her sleeve and getting to her knees. “You do now Guardian.” She got the girl to her feet, helping her for support. “Do you want us to leave you back in our base or you want to some with us?”--Lyptus

"I can come with you!" She insisted, shoving Lyptus away to show how she could walk. To be honest, it hurt really bad, but she wasn't going to tell anyone. Hyper opened his mouth to protest but Guardian glared at him, silencing any words he would say in protest. He sighed, but smiled at her determination. "I think we can access the main treasure room from here." Hyper said. "There'll be some sort of secret passage in the wall. Try digging into it." Hyper said, pulled out his picaxe to test the wall. -- Guardian

Lyptus glared at Guardian, but shrugged it off. She grabbed her sword and bow, starting to break their hut. "You start that. It looks like I'm not needed right now." Glad to get away, she quickly blocked the hole she had dug and ran out of the temple, before taking a breath and kept running.--Lyptus

"Lyptus, wait!" Guardian said, starting to run after her but Gold stopped her. "Wait, let me go talk to her." Gold said, glaring at the girl. :Maybe you should have been nicer with your shoving." He snapped, before running after her. Guardian stood there, slightly shocked. "I'm sorry- I didn't know!" But Gold was already gone. Guardian stared at the spot where Gold had been, tears running down her face. She felt terrible. She turned and ran into Hyper's arms, who hugged her, blushing. "I feel so bad!" Guardian through choked sobs. "I-" She sniffed. "It's okay." Hyper said, patting her on the back. "I'm sure there was something else at play." Hyper sat down, Guardian continuing to cry, (partly because of how much her body hurt, and also because of how Lyptus had left because of her!), even though she felt better with someone hugging her. "It's okay." Hyper murmured, still feeling awkward with Terasu being there. He smiled apologetically at his best friend. -- Guardian

"Lyptus?" Gold yelled down teh hallways. "Lyptus?! Are you there? It's me! Gold!" There was no answer, and he began to be worried. *Please be okay, Lyptus....* he thought, as he tried desperately to find her. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at the entrance, where outside she could see blazes everywhere. *Think Lyptus think.* She found a pile of pebbles. Picking them up, she threw them, glad that the blazes immediately moved to find what made the sound. *I don't have that much time*. She ran out to where she had the visit, and looked around. She whispered, "Hey weird lady!"--Lyptus

Glitch pulled up her holographic screen again, to see what the next boss was as everyone gathered around her. "Alright everyone, looks like the next boss is the Ravenger." She said, closing the screen. "It's a few biomes from here. I suggest we get moving now unless anyone has serious injuries to attend to. And in that case, we're leaving you behind." She grinned, amused at her own joke. -- Glitch

Thorn rolled his red eyes, picking up his stuff and calling to Scooter. "Let's just go."--Thorn

Peacock led Guardian to the village until they came to her cedar house. "Here we are." The blonde haired girl felt tired, and she could rarely keep her eyes from closing.--Peacock

Lyptus looked around, but the woman didn't appear to her. She waited and called a little bit more, but still nothing. She talked to herself. "What is going on? Why won't that lady come?" Before she could continue her thoughts she heard the sound of blazes coming back. "Time to go." She ran back into the temple and then turned her corner.--Lyptus

Gold felt something hard slam into him. He lost his balance and yelled out in surprise as he fell to the floor. He drew his sword with one hand, then recognized who was on top of him. "Lyptus?" He asked, as his blue eyes met lava orange ones. -- Gold

Lyptus had fallen on the hard floor, only to recognize the golden hair and blue eyes. "Gold? What are you doing out here?" She quickly got to her feet, fearing that Gold had come to bring terrible news.--Lyptus

"I was looking for you!" He said, getting up and offering his hand to Lyptus. "Why did you run away like that? I mean, it doesn't seem like you?" His eyes were full of confusion and concern. He didn't mention how upset Guardian was. That didn't matter. -- Gold

Lyptus sighed, taking his hand, and when she was a little bit to close taking a few steps back. "I ran cause it looked like I'm only here in the Nether to watch and make sure no one dies. I mean Hyper looks like he knows everything, so....." She turned her orange eyes away from him. "I wanted to be alone."--Lyptus

"You could have just told us." Gold said. "Anyway, that's just Hyper being Hyper. The truth is, we need you Lyptus. *I* need you." He said. "The others might be annoying, but I'm sure they're goof at heart." He took Lyptus's hand in his own and looked into her orange eyes. "Do you need some time alone still, or do you think you're good?" -- Gold

Lyptus dared to look at Gold, knowing her face would blush more adding to her red hot burning cheeks. "I.....I don't know."--Lyptus

"It's fine if you want to stay!" Gold protested. "I don't think much'll be happening without us." He smiled goofily. -- Gold

Lyptus finally looked at the blue eyes, although she felt as if her own her just went black. "I'd rather.....Not go back right now. But you can if you want."--Lyptus

"I can wait, But if you want to be alone then maybe I should go back." Gold said. "Unless?..." -- Gold

Lyptus jerked her head up so hard her whole dark brown hair bounced. "Unless what?" She felt another strain of panic shoot through her, as if something bad was gonna happen.--Lyptus

"Unless you want me to stay?" Gold said, aware of how Lyptus had just reacted. -- Gold

"Oh." Lyptus looked away from the kind and caring eyes, but just had to meet that her hand was in his. "Um I mean I don't really care you can choose." She wondered wether she should stand there or start walking.--Lyptus

Terasu took it upon himself to kill atleast one of the blazes, seeing the others retreat. He pulled out his shield. *I really, really wish I was a tier one. I could use that shield boomerang!* The warrior thought as he jumped up and hit one of the fiery creatures with his iron sword. It shot a fireball at him and he winced as his boot singed a bit. He hit the creature again, this time trying for a crit, and somehow managed to kill the mob. The other blazes, however, weren't having that and pounded him with scorching attacks as he hoisted his shield over his shoulder and ran back to the others. He walked up to Lyptus and Gold. *Are they...having a moment?* "I...um...not to intrude, but Lyptus- I have an idea to keep a little bit safer in the Nether...am I intruding?" -- Terasu

Skylar walked back to the alliance's camp, her cape flowing behind her as she slowly approached Purple, who was sharpening her sword. "Hey...um...so..." she trailed off. "I think I made a really bad first impression on you...sorry if I was mean...? I didn't mean to critique you, or your French...*pardonne-moi*?" Skye smiled. -- Skylar

Lyptus turned her head slowly to Terasu, before looking back at Gold. Yanking her hand away, she said in a low voice, "No you're not." She then started to walk back to their hut. "You can tell your idea there."--Lyptus

Guardian sniffled and then got up. Hyper followed suit, pulling out his pickaxe. "I'm sure that Lyptus will come back." He said. Guardian sniffled and nodded. Sighing a little bit, she pulled out bandages to cover her burns. She covered the bandages in the fire resistance potions. Hyper meanwhile began to pull out the blocks against the wall. Soon however, he had already cleared the room and nothing was seen. "Nothing!" Hyper said, exasperated. "Um... have you tried the roof?" Guardian offered. Hyper sighed. "I doubt there's anything up there, but-" With a pop, the block fell of the roof. The inside appeared hollow, Guardian was right, there was a room up there. -- Guardian

Skylar grinned. "I know a bit of French- I'm looking for some books to teach me." -- Skylar

Terasu followed Lyptus, hoping that he hadn't interrupted a moment. *Ah well...* "What I'm thinking is we form a sort of traveling formation to keep safe once we keep moving. People who aren't as good at fighting stay near the center, while people with shields and better weapons stay around the edges. We could have someone experienced with a ranged weapon- you, probably- in the front to keep a lookout and warn us of danger, while I could bring up the rear because I focus more on up-close, defensive combat. Guardian could stay in the center and, with the help of someone else, carry anyone injured and heal them. Anyone else can move alert with their weapons at the ready, protecting Guardian and her comrades. What do you think? It's kind of complicated but an idea." He looked at her questioningly. -- Terasu

Lyptus narrowed her orange eyes against the heat. "I already thought of that. It is alread obious since already half of our group is hurt."--Lyptus

Gold watched Terasu and Lyptus- the tension between them obvious. -- Gold

"C'mon up here!" Hyper said, scrambling up the hole. He poked his head down, upside down. Guardian stared at him. "Erm- okay?" Guardian said, walking up to the bottom of the hole. Hyper reached down his hand, and Guardian took it, his strong arms pulling her up. She let out a small shriek of suprise, then she was up in the room above. She stood up and brushed herself off, then her eyes watched the room. Her mouth and eyes were both perfect Os as she looked at it. Miles and miles of books, torches, enchantment tables, they must be in a library! "Hyper- are you seeing this?" Guardian exclaimed. "Yeah!" Hyper said. "I can enchant my stuff!" He said, at the same time Guardian exclaimed, "I can read some cool books and make new potions!" Guardian giggled when she realized they both had bowled over each other. "We can do both." She said. Hyper smiled. "But we get to do my idea first!" She said, grabbing his hand. The two then ran down the passage way, weaving in and out of bookshelves. -- Guardian

Lyptus turned her orange eyes to the outdoor Nether, where she remembered where that lady had appeared to her. *Should I go back?* After standing still a few moments she shook her head, holding on to her injured arm. Coming to their little hut, she broke two blocks, waiting for the teo other men to come inside. She looked around, before she noticed crumbles of rock were falling above her. "How did the freaking heck that get there?"--Lyptus

Gold watched Lyptus leave, then turned to Terasu. "We should get back to Guardian and Hyper." He said, turning to run down the hallway. -- Gold

Lyptus looked around a little bit more before realizing that Hyper and Guardian were gone. Getting more annoyed, she called, “Hyper! Guardian! Are you up there?” She slid her arm down to her sword, in case if any monster had eaten them and was coming for her next.--Lyptus

Guardian thought she heard someone call her name. She stopped running and looked around. "Did you hear that?" She asked, confused. Hyper stopped a few feet ahead of her and turned around. "Hear what?" "I thought I heard someone call my name!..." Guardian said. "I guess not though." "Well then!" Hyper said. "Let's keep going!" He said, continuing to run down the hallway. Guardian shook her head, trying to clear her jumbled thoughts, then something caught her eye. A book. -- Guardian

Lyptus waited, only hearing scrambling above. She frowned, walking back to Gold and Terasu. “Grab your weapons. Hyper and Guardian have gone missing.” Casting them an accusing glance, she got her bow and sword.--Lyptus

"Missing?" Gold exclaimed, looking around. "But they were just here! I don't even see any inventory stuff, which means they weren't killed..." His bright blue eyes searched the room anxiously. -- Gold

Lyptus raised her head. “Yeah but it could be above us.” She pointed to the hole. She grasped the walls, until she was above in a room that looked like a library.--Lyptus

Gold climbed up after Lyptus. He wasn't very good at climbing though, and when he got to the top he was slightly sweaty and out of breath. "You-You're really fast." He said, between breaths. -- Gold

Lyptus turned her narrowed lava eyes when she looked at Gold, but then the softened a little. After moments of staring at him, she turned her head away. “I need to talk to you later Gold. Alone.”--Lyptus

"Erm- may I ask why?" Gold asked, confused and slightly anxious. -- Gold

The book was old and almost seemed like it had been burned. The sides and pages were tattered and had black singed edges. The cover was a deep purple, with a silver glowing dragon symbol on the cover. "The End" it said in scrawly handwriting. Guardian reached for it and took it. She felt like she was in some sort of trance. Then, she heard someone coming up the hole. Clutching the book to her chest protectively, she gripped her sword. For some reason, she felt strangely protective of the book, not wanting *anyone* to touch it or take it. She then realized what she was thinking and shook her head vigorously, trying to shake out the thoughts. The glow that had began to show itself around her eyes faded from a obvious light, to a small shimmer. -- Guardian

In response, Lyptus just looked at the man deeply for a split second before turning away. "I hear something." Taking her sword, she slowly crept, seeing a light coming from the corner. Grabbing her sword tightly, she sprinted around the corner and lifted her sword, about to attack.--Lyptus

Gold turned the corner, sword in hand. His eyes met navy blue ones in the darkness. "Guardian?" He asked. Guardian looked up and Gold noticed a book in her hand before it quickly disappeared, tucked away in her inventory. "Oh, h-hi Gold." Guardian said, putting her hand up in a waving gesture. Gold nodded at her then turned to Lyptus. "It's just Guardian." Gold said. -- Gold

Lyptus tilted her head at Guardian, seeing that the book she was holding had held the bright light. "I see." She took a look around, before coming back to the girl. "You gonna explain why you put that book away?" After a few more moments, she narrowed her orange eyes. "Not planning to betray the group right? It's not like you killed Hyper either?"--Lyptus

Terasu stepped foward. "Don't be *too* cynical, Lyptus. Jumping to conclusions or accusing people isn't how you fix every problem. Guardian- would you mind if I looked at that book for a second. I'll give it back, I promise." While the young warrior didn't want to be too suspicious of everyone, they still needed to be careful. Other forces could be at work. -- Terra

"Oh- um." Guardian took a hesitant step backwards, looking at the book and then at Terasu. "I guess, but you have to give it back." She said, her eyes glowing slightly. It almost felt like physical pain to hand the book to Terasu, and she clenched her fists behind her back. -- Guardian

Lyptus growled through clenched teeth, “I asked a question, not accusing her.” She dug her nails into her palms, but at the end grabbed her sword.--Lyptus

Terasu recalled Lyptus' words- '*it's not like you killed Hyper either?'*- but didn't try to pursue the conversation. "*Mmm...*whatever. Guardian?" -- Terasu
"What?" Guardian's head snapped up, and she blinked. She had been staring at *her* book. No- wait; *the* book. She was slightly confused, and started to space out again. -- Guardian

Lyptus breathed, picking her sword and putting it over her shoulder. “I’m going to look around as it seems someone else has everything taken care of.” She rolled her orange eyes, but inside her a little buzz of excitement flew.--Lyptus

"I can come with you." Gold offered, turning from Guardian. -- Gold

Lyptus didn’t look over her shoulder, but she said in response, “You chose.” Without waiting to see his decision, Lyptus went a few lines down before looking for some signs telling what types of books were around.--Lyptus

Gold followed her, and then blurted out, "Lyptus! What's wrong? I mean- you've been acting kind of cold and very solitary lately! That doesn't seem like you... whatever if wrong, you can tell me!" His voice cracked slight with concern for his friend and crush. -- Gold

Lyptus froze her work of looking through a book, turning to face Gold. She looked at the ground, both of her hands behind her back. She kicked the ground as she said quietly, "That's what I wanted to talk to you about."--Lyptus

Gold crossed his arms, but concern was written plainly on his face. "What is it, Lyptus?" -- Gold

Lyptus hung her sword over her shoulder, making her arms rest on it. She was silent for a while, trying to find a way to start. “Well…..I’m just confused why Shadowkeeper made me come here, when it seems like her group knows everything. I-I feel like she made me come here because…..She wanted to get rid of me. I…..My brother, half-brother, is in this game and I think he is working with some people to get rid of me. And…And sometimes I feel like she is one of them…” She stopped, wondering if she should continue. “I-I’ve already had my spirit b-broken so many times and I-I don’t know if it can…Take any more.”--Lyptus

"Oh, Lyptus... I-" Gold said. "I didn't know." He said finally. "I mean-" He wasn't sure what he meant. He just had these emotions he couldn't put into words. -- Gold

Lyptus smiled a little at Gold, seeing him struggle with words amusing to her. She just sighed, she herself not sure what to say.--Lyptus

"Your half brother..." He said finally, "What makes you think he's working with someone?..." -- Gold

Lyptus pushed aside some of her dark brown hair, showing more of her lava looking eyes. "Peacock told me, and well...I heard him talking about leaving to meet someone."--Lyptus

"Oh." Was all Gold said. Then, something else came to mind. "Lyptus, when you had gotten hurt during the training fight with Hyper, you asked me if there was someone else with us. And- er- You didn't mean anyone from our group. Do you- Do your remember who you meant?" He asked. -- Gold

Lyptus was shocked for a moment, remembering she never really got an answer. "You mean when I asked what was going on between you and Hyper?"--Lyptus

"No, you asked me if there was someone else with us." Gold said. -- Gold

Lyptus bit her lip, knowing exactly what Gold meant. "U-Uh...Y-Yeah I know w-what you're talking a-about." She grabbed her arm, and looked away from Gold's blue eyes.--Lyptus

"What is it?" Gold asked, grabbing her arm and looking into her eyes. -- Gold

Lyptus winced, but she let herself be drawn close to the man. Although she didn't try to meet his sparkling blue gaze. She whispered, "I-I don't know if I can tell you Gold." She felt a pang of pain go through her heart, not knowing if she was right or wrong to say that to the golden haired boy.--Lyptus

Peacock entered her house, glad to see there wasn't a mess around her house, only in Pip's cage. She groaned to Galaxy, "I'll get a bed for you and then we can rest a little. You can sleep over there." Grabbing a new bed, she placed it where her guests usually sleep and then slumped into her own, ignoring her pet's cries for attention.--Peacock

"You can tell me anything." Gold said. -- Gold

"Omg! You have a *bird*?" Galaxy asked. "A real live *bird*?" She poked the cage. -- Galaxy

Lyptus slowly drew her glowing gaze to Gold's, before quickly looking away. She felt some tears come to her eyes, not only because she was lying but because she actually didn't know what to do. "I-I don't know about this..."--Lyptus

Peacock nodded, although she wasn't really paying attention. "You can play with him uhhhhhhhhhhhhh just he bites."--Peacock

Galaxy eyed the bird suspiciously. -- Galaxy

"Look um, you don't have to tell me.." Gold said with considerable effort. -- Gold

"Thanks." Glitch said. "You did pretty good too." She said, smiling. She punched Purple lightly in the arm. -- Glitch

Lyptus felt a little weird acting like this in front of Gold, especially when he was holding onto her arm. "I-I'm sorry Gold. I-I don't know if I sh-should tell you." She whispered so quietly it almost sounded like it was to herself.--Lyptus

Terasu put his hand on Guardian's shoulder. "Are you alright? You seem to be spacing out. Guardian?" -- Terasu

Shadowkeeper and Hunter, after a bit of travel, reached a biome visible on the map: the ice spikes. The tall archer looked around, refreshed by the cool breeze and not at all bothered by the temperature. Now this was a biome she loved- clear, beautiful, with shining, reflective spires of pale silvery-blue ice. She trailed one hand slowly over a small cliff's surface, as her dog wagged her tail. Shadowkeeper thought back to her days as a vigilante, before Earth's explosion. Part of her would always be back here. But now, it was the spawn chunks, where any new players would appear. Speaking of new players, her sharp brown eyes caught a bright ginger flash. She turned a corner in the labrythine spikes to see two players- a tall, navy ombre-haired male and a shorter ginger-haired young female, with a brown cat walking next to them. "Hello?" Shadowkeeper said, quietly putting a hand on her longbow's holster in case the two and their furry companion were hostile. -- Shadowkeeper

"Oh, er, yeah. I'm fine." Guardian mumbled, staring at the floor. She rubbed the back of her head, avoiding Terasu's eyes. -- Guardian

"I guess you don't have to." Gold said, turning away. "If you don't trust me that's fine." He snapped, then walked down the hall to go see the others. *I thought she trusted me! I mean- the first big secret we come across and she's not going to tell me? What kind of trust is that?* He growled under his breath. -- Gold

Lyptus watched as Gold walked away, wanting to scream, "No Gold please come back!" But she held her tongue, just letting the tears fall down on her burning cheeks as the man disappeared from her sight. *Betrayer. You are the betrayer. Look at Gold, you just lost him. Who's gonna help you now?* Her thoughts span quickly with the voice of the strange girl, and she slid her hands to her upper neck, trying to make it stop. *You have nobody now to help you, so you gonna give in?* More tears fell down her cheeks although they started to turn black and red, and the dark brown haired girl fell down, not being able to control herself. "Leave. Me. ALONE!" The girl kicked an old mirror, making it shatter on the floor. She gasped as even in the shattered mirror she saw the demon fox girl, waving her clawed hand slowly. Lyptus had lost it, and fell on the shattered glass, feeling her skin tear of the sharpness. When she looked at the mirror, the girl leaned through the mirror, lifting her head with one claw before striking her. Lyptus stayed there on the floor as she heard the laughter of the powerful girl.--Lyptus

Terasu nodded. "Uh...can I see the book, then? I'll give it right back." -- Terasu

"Oh- um." Guardian took a hesitant step backwards, looking at the book and then at Terasu. "I guess, but you have to give it back." She said, her eyes glowing slightly. It almost felt like physical pain to hand the book to Terasu, and she clenched her fists behind her back. -- Guardian

Lyptus crouched there on the ground for a good couple of minutes, feeling as she slowly sank to the ground the deeper the glass sunk into her flesh. She then heard herself start to breath deeply, before everything went black.--Lyptus

Gold looked back at where Lyptus was, but the hallway was too dark to see in. He felt bad, but also slightly betrayed. He whiped his head around and turned the corned. He slammed into something. No, someone. "Ouch!" Hyper said, rubbing the back of his head. "Watch it!" He said. Gold didn't say anything. Hyper noticed his foul mood and eyed him. "You okay, Gold?" He asked, squinting at him. "I'm fine." Gold snapped at him, staring at the floor. -- Gold

Lyptus woke up who knows how many minutes hours later, and looked around, seeing how dark it was. She looked at herself, seeing that she was herself, just bloodier. *Why would I care?* She tasted blood in her mouth, and when she wiped away her tears she saw red and black. She sighed, heaving herself to her feet before stumbling around, deciding to look for some books for BG.--Lyptus

"I can tell you're not." Hyper said. He leaned against the book shelf and stretched. "Look, um, Gold, I'm sorry about accidentally hurting Lyptus. I didn't mean too, I really didn't, but I'm sorry anyway." Gold looked at Hyper with surprised eyes. "Really?" He squinted at him. "You're not just saying this to trick me, are you?" -- Gold

Lyptus grabbed some books that seemed ancient, hoping the Bob George would like them. Tired and in pain, she wanted to go back to the others, but decided not to. *I need to be alone.* She sat down behind a bookshelf, putting a small light that would be enough for her to see but no one else to notice. Her body was screeching for rest, but Lyptus felt as if something in one of the bookshelves was calling her. She got to her feet and started to look.--Lyptus

Hyper shook his head and stared at the groud. "No I- I genuinely mean it." He sighed. Gold stared at him, then blinked. "Well um, I guess I'm sorry too." He said. Hyper and Gold looked at each other. -- Hyper

Lyptus had started to look around, hoping to find the book. After looking for a she walked past a book, although she felt as if a rope was dragging her towards it. Coming to the book, she saw no cover, but something inside drew her to take the book. Finally being able to sit down, she held the book into her hands for a moment of time.--Lyptus

Terasu stepped back a bit. "...Guardian?" He asked as he took the book. "Um...your eyes are...glowing. Your voice changed a bit! Are you sure you're okay?" -- Terasu

Shadowkeeper shook her head. "Nope. I was warned a little bit in advance of the massive explosion on Earth- you know about it, I assume? Basically, all the Minecraft players are arriving in servers. I assume you know eachother, so you're lucky to end up together." She turned as she felt Hunter's hand. "Um..." he started. Shadowkeeper saw his demeanor and quickly turned, spotting a cloudy silhoutte through a crystalline ice spike. Slowly she put a hand back on her bow, and peeked cautiously through the glassy surface of the ice spire. -- Shadowkeeper

"Oh- really?" Guardian asked, looking up from the book. "You must be seeing things." She brushed it off. -- Guardian

Lyptus held the book for a moment longer before opening it to read it. She zoomed through the pages, hoping to find some answers to anything. She widened her tired orange eyes as she read something. She closed the book, hid it in her inventory, before closing her eyes.--Lyptus

"Well." Hyper said after a few moments, laughing. "I guess this means we're friends?" Gold smiled. "I guess so." He stuck out his hand, and Hyper took it, the two shaking hands, and laughing. -- Gold

Lyptus thrashed around in her sleep, the strange girl coming and mocking her. She gasped awake, her dark brown hair sweaty all over her face. Lyptus drew in a breath, suddenly realizing how to talk to the fox demon girl. Packing up her stuff, she got to her feet and started to look for a way out of the temple.--Lyptus

Terasu shook his head. "I don't think I did...Oh well." He flipped through the pages of the book to see some of it written in a foreign language. "What? It's all gibberish." -- Terasu

"So." Hyper smirked. "Now will you tell me what's going on?" Gold sighed and cross his arms. "Lyptus doesn't trust me. She has some big secret and won't trust me enough to tell me." He huffed. "Oh." Hyper said, eyeing him. "Well, I mean- She don't expect her too tell you everything, right?" Hyper said, raising one eyebrow. Gold scoffed but didn't say anything. -- Gold

Lyptus ran, finally catching sight of the hole. She heard deep voices, and took her hood over her head as she caught sight of Gold and Hyper. Muttering angrily to herself, she slid past Guardian and Terasu, luckily them being distracted by the book. She leaped down the hole, wincing as she felt her scratches edging her, before flying down the halls.--Lyptus

"I did." Gold said, though hesitant. "But..." Hyper sighed, then got up. "We should go find her." He said, looking at Gold. "And you should tell her that you're sorry." "Yes, Dad." Gold huffed. Hyper smiled. Gold sighed, then thought about Lyptus. He should tell her that he's sorry, he couldn't imagine how she felt after that. "NOw c'mon." Hyper said, grabbing Gold's arm as the two ran down the halls to find Lyptus. -- Gold

Lyptus walked around the halls, trying to avoid the big groups of Blazes. She whispered angrily to herself, “Why do they have to be in groups.” She walked around some more, until she found a single Blaze alone in a dead end. *Hopefully it’s friends don’t come out.* She hid behind the corner, getting her weapons.--Lyptus

Terasu saw Lyptus run by but didn't confront her. Instead he turned back to the pages. "Can you read these?" he asked Guardian. "I can't." -- Terasu

Gold and Hyper had searched for a long time and had come up empty. Gold was beginning to panic. "Calm down!" Hyper said, laying a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sure she hasn't gone far." "Easy for you to say!" Gold said, then looked away. "Sorry..." He mumbled. "It's fine." Hyper said. "Let's go ask around." He said, turning to walk down the hallway. He spotted Terasu and Guardian down near the beginning of the hall. "Hey!" He said, running to their side. "Have you seen Lyptus? We can't find her." -- Hyper

"All right." Glitch said, turning to the group. "The pillager base is northwest of here. That's where we'll find the ravenger." She looked everyone in the eye. "Questions?" She asked, though she wasn't planning on answering any. -- Glitch

Thorn, who had already packed, was laying against a tree. He shook his head, although his red eyes were looking up at the night, seeing rays ion the sun coming their way.--Thorn

Peacock yawed, feeling refreshed from her long rest. She rubbed her turquoise eyes, saying tiredly, "Good morning Galaxy."--Peacock

"Morning!" Galaxy said. She was rummaging through Peacock's chests. She avoided Pip, eyeing his suspiciously out of the corner of her eye. "What are we going to do today?" She asked, as she pulled out a lantern. "Ooooooo! This is cool!" -- Galaxy

"Good." Glitch said, then turned. "Let's go then." She said, adjusting the flaming sword on her back. She never used that sword, she was aware of the consequences it had on your mind and body, as well as the fact whatever you killed didn't drop anything. She shook her head, trying to concentrate on what her squad had to do. Then, she starting running. -- Glitch

Peacock sighed, starting to clean the mess Galaxy had made. "Whatever we want. Although I'm guessing you're hungry?"--Peacock

"Nah, not really. I already ate." Galaxy said, grinning. -- Galaxy

Skylar decided to follow Glitch. -- Skylar

Peacock narrowed her blueish green eyes. “What did you eat for breakfast?”--Peacock

Terasu nodded. "She ran past me really fast and I didn't stop her because she looked preoccupied. She ran that way," he pointed. -- Terasu

Gold heard this and immediately ran down the hallway, jumping down the hole at the end. "Gold, wait!" Hyper yelled after him. He turned to the group. "Yeah- um- we'll be back! Don't worry!" Then he ran after Gold. He spyed the golden-haired player down the tunnel. Gold spotted him and waited for him to catch up, then he started walking down the halls, calling Lyptus's name. "Lyptus!" They yelled. -- Hyper

Lyptus jerked her head, hearing close echos sounding through the halls. She whispered to herself, "Move move!" She grabbed her sword, deciding that's all she needed. She ran around the corner lifting her sword to kill the first Blaze. After minutes of battling, there was only one more to go.--Lyptus

"Hey. I'm Shadowkeeper." -- Shadowkeeper

"I hear something!" Hyper yelled. He grabbed Gold's hand. Gold eyed it, but didn't have time to complain, because Hyper was dragging him down the tunnel. Then, he turned the corner. -- Hyper

Lyptus quickly picked up the XP, before she started to run straight towards the other blaze. She stopped short, hearing thumping behind her. She jerked her orange gaze to see Gold and Hyper there. She yelled, "LEAVE! Now!" She then let out a screech of pain as she felt the Blaze burn her skin raw. She tried to kill the monster, but the hear soared through her veins. The whole world span, before she saw the ground meet her.--Lyptus

"No!" Gold yelled, running to grab hold of Lyptus as she fell. "Lyptus?" Gold set her down gently as Hyper ran to finish off the blaze. "Lyptus?" He asked, shaking her gently, his voice cracking with fear. -- Gold

Lyptus felt the pain grow bigger and hotter, and she could hear the distant echos of someone's voices. She then fell back into a black room, where she looked rapidly around. She finally saw the strange girl, sitting on a throne made out of black and shiny stone. They met eyes, and silence banged between them. Finally Lyptus spoke. "So I have to get hurt to see you." The other girl grinned, her pointy white teeth shining. "About time you found out." The fox demon girl's voice sounded deep, and it sent sweat trickling down the dark brown haired girl's back. "But why?" Then a flash of red and black flashed before her lava eyes.--Lyptus

Hyper finished off the blaze, and then turned. He spotted Gold on the ground with Lyptus. His eyes widened. -- Hyper

Lyptus gasped, seeing flashes of fire and blood. When the spinning stopped, she came back to see the girl off the throne, holding a strange red and orange arrow. "Do you not know who I am? Who you are?" She pushed aside her black, orange and red hair aside with her claws, revealing black and lava eyes. Lyptus heard crying, something that sounded like her. Then a louder scream, almost as if someone was losing their mind. She panicked, seeing her family being teared apart and her young self all alone, bruises and scars all over her young self. "No please stop! STOP!"--Lyptus

Gold noticed her whimpers, and shook her harder. "C'mon, Lyptus..." -- Gold

Lyptus tried to stop the flashes, but no matter what she did the terrible scenes would not leave her sight. Finally again she saw the demon fox, holding her arrow again before she flashed back to the life. She jerked her head up, tears stinging her eyes. She winced, feeling something tight against her burn. She opened her lava eyes a little bit more, to see bright blue eyes. The blue eyes flashed, turning into the strange girl's black and lava eyes. She pushed aside the body, gasping with shock. "Stay...A-Away from me."--Lyptus

Gold stepped backwards hesitantly, his eyes sparkling with confusion and fear. "I- um..." He started. -- Gold

Hyper pushed past Gold. "We need to get her to Guardian." He said, looking at Gold. -- Hyper

Lyptus then realized it was Hyper and Gold. Gold. She widened her orange eyes, before instantly looking at the ground. She hid her arms behind her, and let her dark brown hair hang limp, covering her face full of tears and pain.--Lyptus

Terasu heard the commotion and began running down the hall. He gasped in horror as he saw Lyptus. "Lyptus!" She always seemed to have any situation in the bag- what had *happened?* "What happened?" He asked. Hyper shook his heard and muttered. "Got to find Guardian." Terasu nodded quickly. "She's down the hall that way- he pointed, then spun quickly and pulled out his sword at the heart-stopping cry of another blaze. "Run!" He said to Hyper and Gold. "Pick up Lyptus and run down the hallway to the library! Box yourself in and find Lyptus- don't let any blazes in there. I'll..." he trailed off as more of the creatures advanced, an unpenetrable wall of flame. "I'll..um...find something!" he stuttered. -- Terasu

"Nuh-uh," Hyper said. "No way am I letting you play hero!" Hyper said, grabbing Terasu's arm and dragging him down the hallway. Gold picked up Lyptus and threw her over his shoulder, following Hyper as the two ran down the hall. The room was a few corridors away- Hyper hoped there wouldn't be anymore fiery blazes to stop them. -- Hyper

Guardian watched as Terasu ran down the hall, then picked up the book. She had 'accidentally' taken it from his inventory, and now she opened it, her hands drifting over the pages. *It's a beautiful book....* she thought, almost in some sort of trance as she held it. The cover shimmered, and she blinked, gasping with surprise. Then, the dragon started to move. She let out a small shriek and stepped backwards, dropping the book. -- Guardian

Lyptus quietly hung there on Gold's shoulders, thoughts spinning in her head. *Why do I need to get hurt to see her? Who is she? What does she mean who am I?* She then thought of what was happening right now. *Why did they have to come? I don't always need a man.* She tried to get to away from Gold as possible, feeling awkward and in general mad at the golden haired boy. She bit her lip, hoping to hold her tongue shut.--Lyptus

Terasu pulled away from Hyper. "Yes, too," he said, pushing them quickly into the library. "I'll be alright- I have a shield and stuff. Also Guardian has a weird book thingy that makes her act weird but just snap her out of it!" He slammed the door shut, knowing Hyper would try to argue if Terasu had to go alone. *Yeah...this is fine, right?* He glanced at the twisting mass of fire. *Nope...nevermind.* At least his short height would help him here, Terra thought discouragingly, as he hopped along the side of the railing, ducking under fireballs. He knew it was only a matter of time until one hit him, and this was proven when a fiery mass billowed past the sixteen year old's cheek. *What a way to go...* -- Terasu

Hyper opened his mouth to protest but it was too late. Grumbling, he turned to look at Guardian. Her eyes were wide with fear. Hyper eyed her, then shrugged. Guardian being scared wasn't anything new. Guardian shook her head slightly, opening her mouth as if talking to herself, but it was gone before Hyper had moment to acknowledge it. Gold shoved past him. "Guardian! Can you help Lyptus? Please?" He asked, his voice shaky. Hyper was surprised. He had never heard Gold like this before. "Umm..." Guardian started, looking at Lyptus. "I-" -- Guardian

Lyptus used all the strength she had left to push herself off Gold's shoulders. She let herself collapse against the wall, sitting down. She winced as she felt all the glass push deeper into her skin, but decided just to sit there and stay silent.--Lyptus

Guardian eyed Lyptus, then bent down to pick up the book. She tucked it in her inventory. "You two should work on making a better hidey hole." She said, looking at Gold and Hyper. "I can deal with Lyptus." Her tone was slightly cold. Hyper nodded slowly, then turned to Gold. "C'mon Gold..." He said slowly. "Let's go do what Guardian said. He looked at Guardian with narrowed eyes, then left. -- Guardian

When Lyptus saw that the boys left, she felt herself flood with tears, although they were hidden under her dark brown hair. "P-Perché succede q-questo?" She grabbed her injured arms, and wished that some lava would rise and burn her alive.--Lyptus

"I'm sorry, but I don't speak gibberish." Guardian snapped, glaring at Lyptus. She then turned and opened the book, shuffling around in the pages. "Obviously, you don't want help right now, so you'll have to wait." She growled. -- Guardian

Lyptus looked at Guardian, her orange eyes looking like a dying flame. She saw a flash of a dead body where the healer was, and grasped her head. Not being able to handle being around her, she crawled away from the blondie to the library where she had camped before, seeing Guardian was distracted.--Lyptus

"Hey! Come back here!" Guardian snapped. She ran after Lyptus, the slammed a foot down on her stomach to stop her. Her eyes flashed white, her eyebrows narrowed. -- Guardian

Lyptus felt the strange girl around her, and some weird strength flowed into her veins. “I’m not staying here if I’m going to get hurt more!” She shoved the healer off of her, ignoring her body screaming with pain. She then turned and ran.--Lyptus

Guardian stumbled backwards, then her eyes began to glow bright blinding white. She ran after Lyptus, yelling insults after her. "COME BACK YOU RAT!" She screamed. -- Guardian

Lyptus ignored the healer, running out of the room and going as fast as she could. She caught sight of the boys, but knew if she stopped Guardian would have already caught up. She spoke no word, shoving between Gold and Hyper before running out of the entire library. *I need to get my sword*.--Lyptus

Guardian shoved past Gold and Hyper, yelling at them to go after Lyptus. Hyper and Gold eyes each other. They hadn't seen anyone. "Um- Guardian- I didn't see anyone-" Hyper began, but Guardian was gone. The boys looked at each other with surprised eyes. "You get Terasu." Gold said to Hyper. "I'll go figure out what's wrong with Guardian." Gold ran after Guardian as Hyper turned to the entrance of the library. -- Hyper

Lyptus quickly picked up the book she had read earlier, before hearing Guardian running behind her. She got to her feet and turned the other way, finding a way back to her sword. She picked it up, before running around another corner.--Lyptus

Guardian continued after her, then suddenly, she tripped, dropping the book. "N-" She started to scream, but then stopped. The glow in her eyes faded. "What the-" She started, rubbing her head. "What happened?..." -- Guardian

When the book was dropped, so was Lyptus power. She felt herself feel light headed, and stumbled to the wall. She said quietly, "Y-You started to g-go insane." She caught sight of Gold, and immediately drew in a breath, "running" around the corner--Lyptus

Terasu could faintly hear commotion. *'You rat'? Doesn't...sound like them.* He had killed one of the blazes but was overwhelmed by the others' attacks, balancing on the railing of the Nether fortress with his dexterous white boots gripping the rough-hewn crimson bricks. He danced lightly across them, ducking, while holding his shield above his head and desperately trying to deflect the blazes' ruthless attacks. Eventually the scrappy teenager knew he couldn't continue and was about to jump off the railing backwards and try to catch himself on the towers below, until he saw the top of Hyper's blonde head- his best friend...*was I* really *about to jump off?* "Hyper!" he screamed, pivoting and switching his movement towards the taller player. -- Terasu

"Hold on!" Hyper yelled at Terasu. He drew his crossbow, firing at the blazes in rapid succession. He shoved his way through them and ran to his best friend. "Hey Terasu." He smirked. "Soooooooo, what happened to 'I'll figure something out'?" -- Hyper

Gold watched as Lyptus continued running. He wasn't planning on going after her. He was going to respect her wishes and let her leave. Gold was a nice guy, and never really enjoyed saying no to someone. So, there he was. He watched her leave, then turned to Guardian. "Hey, you okay?" He asked, reaching down his hand to help her up. "Yeah- fine. I think." Guardian said, then giggled awkwardly. -- Gold

Lyptus looked behind her shoulder, letting out a relieved breath as she saw she wasn't being followed. She sunk down to the floor, glad to see her little camping sight. She looked around with dull orange eyes, and sighed. *I should be far from here right now. I should be showing them the Nether.* But then of course she couldn't let that comfort her. *Look at you, you look terrible. You should be leading them, not making a fool of yourself. And anyways, now you're all alone.* She felt a stung at the last words, and let out a small crazy laugh. She packed all her stuff, got to her feet, and slowly went to face the others.--Lyptus

Guardian spotted Lyptus coming around the corner and ducked her head. She tried to hide behind Gold, awkwardly peeking out. Gold watched Lyptus as she came forward and said, in a questioning tone, “Where were you?” He eyed Lyptus and her ragged state. -- Gold

Lyptus saw Guardian hide behind Gold, and it made wrinkle her lip. She said in a rough and quiet tone, as if she hadn’t spoken for weeks, “Doesn’t matter. We have a mission to finish.” She walked past them without another word, although inside she just wanted to crumble up and cry.--Lyptus

Gold watched her, and then followed her. -- Gold

Guardian bit her lip, but didn't move. She reached down for the book on the ground, then shoved it in her inventory. Then, she followed. -- guardian

Lyptus walked to where the hole was, leading it away from the library. She took the rest of the stuff lying on the floor. Looking down in the hole, she jumped, wincing when she felt glass push at her skin and her burn rub against the hard wall. Gathering herself together, she got out her sword.--Lyptus

Gold walked by Lyptus but didn't look at her. "So." He said. He didn't say anything else though, he just glanced at Lyptus before shifting his sword from his inventory from his hand. -- Gold

Lyptus hid her twitching hand, feeling it flash from hot to cold. Not knowing what Gold wanted, she just looked at her path and held her mouth.--Lyptus

"You gonna tell me what's going on?" Gold asked, looking at her. Despite his calm demeanor, his hand clenched his sword tightly behind his back. -- Gold

Lyptus gritted her teeth, deciding wether to speak or not. She finally said in a hoarse voice, "We are going to find Hyper and Terasu and then go back to Lavender. Then when we have refreshed ourselves, we will go somewhere else in the Nether."--Lyptus

Gold clenched his fist, and bit his lip. "Oh. Well then." He forced the sound from his mouth. -- Gold

Lyptus clutched her bow and arrow, although when she did that she felt pain again having to come and bother her. "Why did you have any other plans or ideas?" Immediately when she said that, she wished she had kept her mouth shut. *I said it quietly. Maybe Gold wouldn't have heard it*.--Lyptus

"I just wanted to check on you." Gold said coldly, looking away. "I mean- you've been acting very weird lately. But, why should I care? It's obvious you don't want me too." -- Gold

That was it for Lyptus. She snapped one of her arrows, ignoring the glass still in her hand. She growled, "Yeah you shouldn't. Just like it's obvious you don't want me there for you either." With that she dropped her arrow on the ground, before storming ahead of Gold. She added, half to Gold half to herself, "Guess we really are all alone."--Lyptus

(DANGGGGGG #REGECTED) - rosey

Gold watched Lyptus leave. He reached out his hand for her, then drew it back, clenching it into a fist by his chest. He silently cursed himself for being such a blockhead. "Sorry, Lyptus! I'm sorry!" He screamed in his head, but not words escaped the confines of his mind and exited through his mouth. - Gold

Lyptus felt a force of anger wash over her, almost wanting to make her fall to the floor and scream. She just sighed, drinking a healing potion on her, hoping it would do the best it could. She looked around with blazing orange eyes, hoping to find Hyper and Terasu. No that was a lie. She wanted to get separated from the others and get forgotten in the halls. But she just kept walking, hearing weird noises ahead. She grabbed her sword, although she was surprised by a Nether skeleton.--Lyptus

"I am!" Terasu said, running back to the library. An idea popped into his head- this could save them! "Fifty exp levels...this should do..." he muttered, desperately searching through the library for an upgrade table. He couldn't find one. *Please! A fortress should have one!* He sighed in relief as he spotted its golden glow. Grabbing some lapis from his inventory, the warrior base class quickly selected "knight" on a tree of data points etched onto the table's gold surface. "Right...yes, I'm sure..." barely looking, Terra continued with the upgrade and gasped in pain as his only fifty levels of exp was sucked out of him. He'd been told upgrading was fun! This horrible pain in his chest was anything but. The warrior was engulfed in a silvery light as the exp danced around him and healed him. Then, it was over and Terasu was thrown on the floor. *Oww...wait!* He was a knight! He didn't feel any different. There was a bit more strength in his arms, though. He ran back to Hyper, who was fending off the blazes. "Sorry I left!" he gasped, feeling horrible for abandoning his friend. "I...uhh...upgraded my class! I'm a knight now?" -- Terasu

"A what now?" Hyper asked, glancing at his friend. Another blaze fell to his headshots. He grinned. *Shootergames- am I right?* He thought. -- Hyper

Lyptus gasped, seeing that the skeleton had already started to shoot at her. Grabbing her sword tightly, she dodged the arrows, although she could hear them woosh past her ears. Finally when she came close enough, she started to attack, later killing it. She sighed with relief, although she saw more coming. Too many. She turned on her heels, but felt something heavy fall out of her inventory. *My book!* She looked at the monsters, then the book. She bailed the escape, instead running straight towards the army.--Lyptus

Gold whipped his head up, a arrow whizzing past his head. He drew his crossbow- the one he had gotten from Skylar; that felt like so long ago - and he began to attack the whither skeletons. He shot the ones near Lyptus on purpose, but part of it was also just instinct. He hoped she wouldn't notice. -- Gold

Guardian waited for the group to leave before she pulled out the book. It shone brightly in the half light of the lanterns. Something told her the books wouldn't last outside the fortress. She opened the book and something fell out. It clattered to the floor. "Huh?" Guardian looked down, her eyes falling to a silver necklace on the floor. -- Guardian

Lyptus slid on the floor, grabbed the book on the floor, and shoved it deep into her inventory. One of the Wither skeleton's arrows fell at her feet, and she picked it up, seeing it have a little glow. Then a thought came to her mind. *Wait Wither skeletons usually have swords! Where did they get these arrows?* Before she could finish her thought right in front of her was a monster, and it had already started to lift its sword. *Where's my sword where's my sword?!*--Lyptus

Terasu grinned. "A knight!" He ran next to Hyper and held up his shield. "Here, duck behind and you can attack without getting hit," he suggested. -- Terasu

Shadowkeeper considered. "I'm sorry, I really have somewhere to be. I can make you a map, though." She pulled out a piece of paper. -- Shadowkeeper

"Ah, a class upgrade?" Hyper asked, smirking. He ducked behind Terasu's shield gratefully. "Lucky you." He smiled. -- Hyper

Lyptus finally grabbed her sword, and was able to protect her. She killed the Wither skeleton, before actually turning around and run. Although in her thoughts, it started to feel confusion all around.--Lyptus

Terra nodded. "I don't really know what it does, though." He jabbed his sword out from behind the shield, striking a blaze that was too close for comfort. -- Terasu

Shadowkeeper quickly drew several dark streaks on the paper, marking out landmarks, oceans, and a river. She drew where they were in the ice spikes and where the jungle village was. "There's some plains to the east of the jungle, and a swamp to the north. The rest is unexplored, but there's rumors of some wooded acacia and desert around the plains." She handed Ray the map. -- Shadowkeeper

*Pow! Pow! Pow!* Three quick shots and yet another Blaze fell to Hyper's relentless rain of arrows. Only three of the fiery monsters remained. "Well, *Sir* Terasu," He grinned. "Why don't you go try out your stuff." -- Hyper

Gold swung his sword in a blur, taking out the two skeletons that were left. They vanished only a few moments later. Whew... he thought. Then, an arrow hit him in the arm. He yelled out in pain: "Ouch!" Gold turned quickly to confront the skeleton, but Guardian was already on top of it. She swung at it with a ferocity he had never seen her with before. "Take that!" She yelled, as the skeleton vanished, dropping a blackened skull behind. "Hah." Guardian smirked. "They never saw it coming." She bent down to grab the skull. "Do you want this?" She asked, holding out the skull to Gold. "Erm- sure." Gold said. He noticed something silvery around Guardian neck but didn't comment, just turning. "C'mon!" He said. "We need to go help Terasu and Hyper." -- Gold

Lyptus stopped when she heard Gold yelled, and didn't move for a hot second. She then shook her head, just going to a fast walk. *He doesn't want my help. Guardian can help him.* Then another thought came into her head. *They already seem to be getting along.* *Better than when you two were together.* She tightened her fists, and let out a frustrated sigh.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper waved. "Yeah. We'll be back in the jungle village in about a week if you'd like to meet up." She and Hunter continued their trek through the snowy hills. -- Shadowkeeper

The knight rolled his eyes playfully and jumped out behind the shield. A kind of "instruction booklet" appeared in his mind's eye and he tried out something he saw on it. "*Shield Boomerang-*?" Terasu threw his shield horizontally, angling it towards the blazes and sending it spinning through the air with a deft flick of his left wrist. To his great surprise, it struck two of the blazes with its reinforced iron edge before it turned and flew back to him, like a boomerang. Surprised, Terra barely managed to catch it. *Gotta be careful- that could hit me in the face!* He'd almost killed one of the blazes and injured the other. "Cool!" He shouted. He was about to repeat the move when something stopped him- a ticking timer appeared next to the boomerang's command on the little booklet he could picture. *A cooldown? Aw...I gotta wait another five minutes...* "There's a cooldown thingy," he shouted to Hyper. "That's a bummer." His flippant mood abruptly stopped as a fireball whizzed past his right shoulder. He ran towards the injured blaze and whacked it with his sword. The shield must have done more damage than he thought, because the blaze screeched and disappeared in a puff of smoke. The player grabbed the golden rod it had dropped. "You wanna take the one on the left?" He called to Hyper. "I can try and kill the other one!" -- Terasu

"Sure." Hyper said. He was amazed, and - to be honest - slightly jealous of his friend's cool abilities. Even so, he pulled back his crossbow and took careful aim. He took a deep breath, the sound of the blazes fading away. Steady, aim, He thought, pulling back the trigger on his crossbow. The blaze was getting closer now. Fire! He said. The bolt from his crossbow shot with deadly accuracy at the blaze. It gave a dieing shriek, glaring at him, then disappeared with a pop. "Whoops." He chuckled, then smirked. "Sorry." -- Hyper

Lyptus ran till she turned the corner to see Hyper and Terasu. She saw something weird about Terasu, but she ignored it. "Hurry up!" She grabbed her own sword and ran towards a Blaze.--Lyptus

"Lyptus!" Terasu let out a breath of relief as he saw her. "Are Gold and Guardian alright?" He shouted as he fought the last blaze, eventually finishing it off. -- Terasu

Lyptus drew her sword away, her Blaze already gone. She replied, “Guardian’s fine. Gold got shot in the arm with an arrow,” She scowled, adding, “But that *doesn’t* matter.” She then got her arrows out and started to shoot at other Blazes.--Lyptus

Hyper put a hand on Lyptus' bow and gently pushed it down. "There' no more blazes." He said. "It was just those two." He turned to Terasu. "What's the plan now?" -- Hyper

"Here." Guardian said. She had Gold sit down on a bench in the library. "Let me try and get the arrow out." -- Guardian

Lyptus blinked her eyes in confusion, before noticing there weren’t any other monsters. She gritted her teeth, but said, “Yeah sorry.” She put aside her bow, saying, “Y’all ready to go back to Lavender?”--Lyptus

"Hey, it's fine." Hyper nodded at Lyptus. "Happens to the best of us." -- Hyper

Lyptus set her chin, before turning back to go find the rest of the group. She saw Guardian near Gold, and tried to ignore the burning feeling of another girl touching a man she loved. She shook her head, thinking, *He doesn't love you nor need you. Stop being such a simp*.--Lyptus

Gold caught Lyptus' eye, and his eyes were pleading. "I'm sorry." He mouthed. "Can we talk?" -- Gold

Lyptus tried not to show her shock, wondering if the mouthing was to her or someone else. Her orange eyes burned with curiosity, dying got know what the golden haired man was truing tp say. She stood there with her arms crossed, before turning around and going to a corner that lead to the library, saying nothing. She waved her hand close to her side, a signal that he could follow. That is if the message was meant for her.--Lyptus

"Hey, Guardian. I think I'm good now. Yeah- um- I'll be right back." Gold got up before Guardian could protest. He hurried to where Lyptus was and when he got there he sighed and leaned against the wall. His fingers traced the wound in his arm, and he gritted his teeth. He looked up at Lyptus. "Lyptus, I...." He wasn't sure what to say. "I'm sorry, about everything." He paused, suddenly unsure. "Look, it's okay if you aren't going to share everything with me. I shouldn't have snapped at you. It was wrong and I'm really sorry. The truth is, you're a good friend Lyptus, and erm- I'm not sure what I would do it we weren't friends anymore." He ducked his head, embarassed. -- Gold

"Well, okay." Guardian said, as she watched Gold disappear behind a corner. She bit her lip and her fingers fidgited with her necklace. She didn't feel very useful. -- Guardian

Lyptus tried to look into Gold's blue eyes, but when she did she thought she would melt seeing the handsome eyes. So she just turned her gaze to her sword by her side. "Just friends." She echoed. *So all that happened at Shadowkeeper's house was an act?.....A lie?* She bit her lip, not saying anything nor moving. She drew in a breath, looking at Gold with dull orange eyes. "Mhm just friends." She had a face that showed she didn't believe a word the golden haired man said, but just stared plainly at him, hoping he wouldn't notice.--Lyptus

"Lyptus, we can be friends and have feelings for each other." Gold said, eyeing her. "I can tell you don't believe me." He said, but his voice was soft, not harsh. "Is this it then? Is this the final straw? Weill we continue to ignore each other, and act like we're rivals?" He stared at Lyptus, slightly shocked. "Look. I- I guess it's fine. If it makes you happy, then..." He couldn't continue. -- Gold

Lyptus bit her lip harder, suddenly feeling the taste of blood on her lip. She couldn't look away from the handsome sparkling blue waves in the man's eyes. "You...You are the one that said you didn't care...You said you didn't want to care...How do you expect me to believe you after that?!" She felt silently tears flow down her face, and she silently wished that the whole place would burn, with her in it. *He's really going to give up on me*...?--Lyptus

"No, I-" Gold sighed and clenched his fist. He looked up at Lyptus, straight into her burning lava eyes. These were the eyes he had turned to in hard times. His mind told him that he should snap at her for twisting his words, but his heart told him to not give up. "I'm not giving up on you." Gold said. In an impulse he took her hand. "We're together. Until the end. Whether you like it or not." He said. -- Gold

Lyptus did a small squeak as she felt the sudden force, and flinched as she felt the strong hands of Gold, lined with irritated skin from his recent injury. She widened her orange eyes, echoing the words in her head, *We're together. Until the end. Whether you like it or no*t. She looked at her hands in his, then back at the kind and charming face, and started to blush from embarrassment as well as feeling pain from her burned arms. "W-What happened to b-being friends?" She then bit her lip again, remembering when Gold said that they could still have feelings for each other. She swallowed hard, trying not to shake.--Lyptus

Terasu walked up to Guardian. "Hey- are you ready to go back to Lavender? Anything else you'd like to grab? I have some netherwart we can grow into a farm to make better potions." -- Terasu

"Oh! Yeah! Sure!" Guardian smiled. -- Guardian

"We can be both." Gold said, then smiled awkwardly at her. -- Gold

Lyptus felt sweat trickle down her back, and she felt as if her legs were going to collapse any moment. She gently took her hands out of Gold's, trying to feel something stable below her. When she sat down on the ground and finally managed to speak, she said, "Both? Friends it one right? What is the other?"--Lyptus

"Uhhh... you sure we took the right portal?" Bridge asks. Supergirl glances around. They are in a very large feild. "Is that a pillager base?" asks Marshmallow, offering his binoculars to his sister and pointing a few thousand blocks away. "Oof. Yeah, definitly a pillager base. We can go later, but it's night. Let's set up camp."--Supergirl, Bridge, and Marshmallow.

Gold rubbed the back of his head. He wasn't sure how to describe it. "Well, I love you Lyptus.." He found himself laughing. It wasn;t mocking laughter, it was genuine, happy laughter. He hadn't laughed in a long time. -- Gold

Lyptus felt a rush of happiness and sorrow soar through her heart, and tears flowed down her cheeks. Without thinking, she jumped to her feet and flung herself to Gold, wrapping her arms tightly around him. "I-I'm sorry Gold. I'm really sorry. I-I want to tell you about her but she never leaves me alone. I-I need to find the right time to tell you. I-I really want to tell you everything, but..." She drew in a sharp breath, just clinging on to Gold as if she was clinging on for dear life. She murmured quietly, as if it was her dead spirit talking, "I-I love you too. I love you so much. You are the f-first person I've ever loved." She then loosened herself a little from the man, looking away with her dull watery lava eyes and limp dark brown hair, waiting to see whether the golden haired and blue eyed man would reject her or her stranger make her thoughts spin.--Lyptus

Peacock was outside tending to Fame, letting him out of his stable and out to graze on the grass. She was lying on the grass, deciding to let Guardian mess around in her house with Pip or whatever. She took in a breath, her dirty blonde and silver hair dancing in the wind. She stiffened, hearing distant echos that sounded human. She slid her hand down to her sword, before feeling something tugging on her hair. She turned her turquoise eyes to see Fame breathing the farm breath on her. She pushed him gently away, chuckling quietly, "It's just you."--Peacock

Thorn eyed Glitch, crossing his arms as he leaned back against a tree as he usually did. He did a short chuckle, thinking, *I should take her out one night.* He took his sword over his shoulder and shoved his way between Purple and Glitch, his red eyes glowing down at the purple haired girl. "Glitch I see you need a break." He leaned closer, whispering, "Want to have an adventure with me?"--Thorn

Glitch was about to answer Purple when Thorn had whispered these words to her. Truth be told, the offer was quite tempting. "What do you mean, an advenure?" She asked, eyeing him skeptically. -- Glitch

Gold didn't say anything. He was speechless by Lyptus's sudden happiness. He squeezed her into a tighter hug. "It's okay." He murmured. "I won't leave you. I never will. I promise." -- Gold

Thorn grinned, whispering into Glitch's ear, "Just a nice break. You know what I mean." He winked at her, before drawing back and heading towards the nearby river.--Thorn

Lyptus let more tears fly down her face, but she didn't care. She was just happy that Gold finally understood and would be there for her always. *Hopefully.* Lyptus sighed, ignoring the thought and just squeezing Gold tighter. After seconds of silence she lifted her bright lava eyes and looked straight into Gold's handsome, kind blue eyes, trying not to melt inside. She said quietly, "Do.......Do you really love me Gold?" She didn't turn away her gaze, but inside she was wondering if it was a good idea to ask.--Lyptus

"Of course." Gold said. He grinned at her. -- Gold

Glitch followed Thorn to the river, casting an apologetic nod at Purple. When she reached his side, she shot him a malicious gaze. "What's so important that it was worth interrupting me, Thorn?" Glitch snapped, glaring at him. Her tail swished back and forth irritably. "I don't like being interrupted." She hissed. -- Glitch

Thorn turned to the hacker, his red eyes dancing with amusement. "I thought you wouldn't stop me remember?" He smirked, nudging her on the shoulder. "I didn't know though that you liked to talk to them."--Thorn

Lyptus crossed her eyebrows, and did a little pout face. "Why you grinning at me like that?" Although she was acting like she was mad, in here orange eyes it showed humor. Humor that hadn't come for a long time.--Lyptus

"'Cause." Gold teased, still smiling. -- Gold

Glitch rolled her eyes, and shoved him away, though her eyes showed slight amusement. "Is playboy jealous?" She teased, smirking. -- Glitch

Lyptus did a little sneer, trying to shove the bad mood away for a while. She got up on her toes and gave Gold a kiss on the cheek. She let out a teasing laugh, saying, "That's what you get." She then reazlied what she had done, and widened her orange eyes in scock and embarrasmetnt. *What just happened? Did I just kiss a dude on the cheek...?!* She blushed, turning her head away.--Lyptus

Thorn let out a chuckle. "Jealous? Nah look how well I was able to drag you here." He shoved a purple strand of Glitch's hair away, before turning around with another chuckle.--Thorn

Glitch sighed, and then turned to him. "Well then, what is it?" She asked, eyeing him. -- Glitch

Gold felt the part where Lyptus had kissed him with his hand, his face growing hot. He grinned and felt dizzy with excitement. "Well, does this mean we've made up?" He asked. He smiled, though nervousness was pulling on him stomach. -- Gold

Lyptus smiled back, giving Gold one last hug. “I hope so.” She felt as if she had butterflies in her stomach, but for some weird reason it felt good. “Should we go back?” Lyptus felt a sad wave sweep through her heart, as if she didn’t want to go back.--Lyptus

Thorn whipped his silver bangs away from his red glowing eyes. “I thought you wanted some fun.” He grabbed his sword. “Kitty wanna play?”--Thorn

"I can ask later." said purple, eyeing Thorn like she was going to throw up. "I just wanted some help getting back at an ex friend."--Purple

Glitch eyed him, thinking he was kidding. "Dueling isn't much of an adventure." She shoved him away. "I don't have time for this..." -- Glitch

"I guess so." Gold said. -- Gold

Thorn wrinkled his nose, before he looked down at her weapon. As quick as a flash he grabbed her weapon and then ran. "Ok then bye."--Thorn

Lyptus tried not to show her frown. She squeezed Gold's hand, not sure if she should let it go or not. "Alright." She grabbed her sword with the other hand, and decided to let go of Gold's hand, although she was begging herself not to.--Lyptus

Glitched yelled back to Thorn, her tone deadly serious, "Don't touch that flaming white one. It'll burn you to a crisp in an instant." She then looked at Purple, interested. "Oh, really?" She asked, sneering. "Now this has me interested.." (gonna work on the page for that sword later tomorrow) -- Glitch

Thorn didn't flinch at the girl, instead he looked like he was doing the Grinch grin, smiling as high as his cheeks let him. He chuckled, deciding to let Glitch be.--Thorn

"How do you plan to find this boy friend?" Glitch asked, eyeing Thorn with disgust. -- Glitch

Gold headed back to the main room, noticing Hyper looking at him. Hyper gave him a thumbs up from behind his back. Gold blushed and rolled his eyes. -- Gold

Lyptus saw what Hyper did, and bit her lip. She turned to look at Gold, smiling with red cheeks, before grabbing her sword and her shield. "Let's head back to Lavender."--Lyptus

"Oh um, okay." Gold said, eyeing her. He followed anyone, giving a quick wave to the others. -- Gold

Lyptus leaned to whisper in Gold's ear. "What is something wrong?" She immediately felt bad if she had forgotten something, especially if Gold had remembered it.--Lyptus

"No, no, it's fine." Gold said. He rubbed his arm where the arrow had penatrated his skin. It ached and every now and then it felt like a sharp needle was stabbing at him. Of course, there was no arrow visible now, so it should be fine soon. Right? He though. He sighed, and looked around. They were exiting th efortress. He turned to Lyptus. "Let's try and not get seen by anything, okay?" He felt uneasy in this exposed land. -- Gold

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes, although not to show some annoyance. “No I want the whole Nether to know we’re here.” She looked down at his arm, before back at him. She flicked a piece of his golden bangs away from his face, revealing kind blue eyes. “Guardian can heal us *both* when we have arrived at the base.” She felt bad, and decided to grab the rest of her healing potion. She dropped the last drops of liquids on the wound before grabbing her sword and heading outside of the building.--Lyptus

Gold pulled out his crossbow and followed her as the two began their trek across the Nether. They walked along the edge of a cliff. Any misstep would lead them plummeting into the lava ocean. Gold gulp nervously but tried not to show any fear, mostly for his own sanity. -- Gold

Lyptus dragged her gaze down to the lava, her eyes glowing as the hot orange and red liquid did. *I need to talk to you. Jump in*. Lyptus stopped short, turning her whole body to the fire liquid. She got so close to the edge that her face started to sweat, and for a moment she feared that her dark brown hair would catch on fire and her most recent wounds would starts to sizzle.--Lyptus

Gold grabbed Lyptus by the back of her shirt and dragged her back. "Hey! Are you okay? You were getting a little close there." He said, his face full of concern and also some confusion. -- Gold

Lyptus gasped at the sudden tug around her neck, before also noticing that the heat had made her throat was getting swollen. She looked down at the lava once more, and then taking breath. "Y-Yeah..." She shook her head.--Lyptus

"Mm." Gold said. "You sure?" He then immediately regretted saying this. He had promised himself he wouldn't push Lyptus... -- Gold

Lyptus gave Gold a quick hug, glad to feel safe in the strong arms of the man. "I'll.....I'll try to tell you later. I promise." She looked up at Gold with wide shining orange eyes before slowly releasing him and grabbing her sword again.--Lyptus

Gold eyed her, but followed anyone. To be honest, he was not expecting that reaction. *Well.* He smiled softly to himself. *Look at us.* -- Gold

Lyptus twitched from time to time, thinking of how close she was to jumping off to being burned. She growled to herself, thinking in her mind, *Can you leave me the freaking heck alone right now?* She took a deep breath, before continuing to walk. This time almost scraping her amor against the hard wall.--Lyptus

The pair reached the small hidey hole without any major problems. They had been rudely interrupted by a passing blaze, but Gold had finished it off easily with his crossbow. Gold opened the door and peeked inside. "Lavender?" He called into the dark room. -- Gold

Lyptus peaked in with Gold, seeing that the girl was looking through a chest. She sighed with relief, although she held tight to her sword in case if another monster came. After quickly checking the whole base, she sighed with relief and placed away her sword. She then started to walk towards a room where she could take off all the armor.--Lyptus

Gold entered and nodded to Lavender. "Hey!" Lavender smiled. "Glad you're back." Gold smiled. "I'm glad too." He chuckled. He peeled of his armor, his skin laced in sweat. "It's soooo hot." He mumbled. -- Gold

Lyptus came out of the room with her black outfit, dotted in orange and green. She sat down, feeling how sore she was all over. She drank a bottle of water, glad to finally rest. She wished she could sleep, but sadly that wasn't allowed in the Nether. So she just sat there with her eyes closed, thoughts spinning in her head.--Lyptus

Hyper turned to Terasu and Guardian. "I guess we should be heading back to." He said. "Unless you have something else in mind?" -- Hyper

Gold watch Lyptus out of the corner of his eye as he leaned against the wall. He stretched, yawing. "I can't wait to be back in the overworld." He said, doing a sort of half smile. "I swear- if I see any more lava I'm gonna drop dead where I stand." He chuckled. -- Gold

"Wait- so they're in the Nether right now?" Glitch asked. -- Glitch

Glitch looked up, eyeing the spot where Purple had preticted they would spawn. "Purple. Listen." She said quickly. "I have a plan. When they spawn, hit them with the flat of your sword on the back of their head. That should knock them out." She looked at Purple with eyes glinting with excitement and malicious intent. "They won't be that much trouble if they're knock out." She sneered. -- Glitch

Glitch stood over the two hunched on the ground. "Pathetic." She hissed. "Purple, I think you should get that other one." She said, eyeing with distain the other player who was drawing his sword. --- Glitch

Glitch tied up the two unconscious players and watched Purple. She was gonna be honest, she was slightly proud of the player. She got that smirk down cold. After tying up the players she threw a potion of weakness down their throats to make sure they wouldn't wake up anytime soon. -- Glitch

"Leave the knife by the girl and leave an easy trail. I wanna see her panic when she sees her poor boyfriend." She says the last word with a mocking tone.

Glitch nodded. She dropped the knife by the girl. "Tie 'em up." Glitch said. "Let's see how long it takes for this "Super" here to catch our trail. She yelled to Thorn: "Me and Purple are going on a little... aventuras (adventure)." She sneered. "Adios. Oh and, don't bother these people over here. They're fine." -- Glitch

Glitch walked up to Bridge, pretended to look at him, and then punched him in the face. "Oops." She covered her mouth to keep from smiling. -- Glitch

Glitch smirked, and followed Purple into the woods by the swamp. "So, what do you plan on doing with him?" She poked the boy. -- Glitch

"Mm." Glitch nodded. -- Glitch

Purple cackled with malicious laughter

Lyptus sat a few minutes longer before she shook her head. She looked around the dark room, before going to the chest and pulling out a healing potion. She poured it all over her wounds, wincing as she felt the sting on the raw flesh. She then ate some steak, hoping it would help her health.--Lyptus

Thorn watched Glitch go, narrowed his red eyes, before looking back at the tied up group.--Thorn

"Welp." Hyper got up and stretched. "I guess we'll be heading back then." He adjusted the crossbow on his back. "Follow me." He said, as he lead the two outside of the fortress. -- Hyper

Lyptus let out a relieved laugh as she saw her health go up. She got to her feet and walked over to Gold with a healing potion in her hand. “Do you want one? Or do you want to wait for Guardian...?” The dark brown haired girl again felt some envy against the healer, although she knew that Hyper liked her.--Lyptus

"If you wouldn't mind, I'd like one." Gold said. He smiled awkwardly. -- Gold

Lyptus smiled back, although deep inside she didn't feel comfortable, which was weird. "Um do you want to put it on or.....?" She bit her lip as she flushed.--Lyptus

"I can do it." Gold said, gently taking the healing potion out of Lyptus's hand. He rubbed it on his arm and a sizzling sound came from the wound. He flinched, but didn't make any noise. After a few moments of pain, it slowly died away as the potion began its work on his arm. Gold sat down. He sighed ad leaned his head against the wall. He had a lot on his mind, and slowly he began to lose touch with reality and vanish into his own thoughts, the world disappearing from his view. -- Gold

Lyptus nodded. She turned her head to the chest, looking for more strength potions. She caught sight of a poison potion, and immedantly locked her gaze with it, although she wanted to turn away. *Just take a drop. I need to talk to you now.* She was about to lift the top of the drink, but just dropped it and closed the lid. She flung her gaze at Gold, worried and scared orange lava eyes burning. To her disappointment, she saw him have a far away gaze and guessed he had some thoughts. I can try to talk to him later. She got to her feet and decided to walk outside of the base and just look around.--Lyptus

I'm tired. Gold thought. HIs eyes drifted to his arm, but didn't think about that. He was thinking about home, and his family. *I wonder if Galaxy is okay...* he though. He sighed and leaned his head against the wall, though a smile was on his face. Knowing her, she's probably galivanting off on some adventure with Peacock. Then, his thoughts drifted to his mom. He wondered if he survived the crash. If she did, Gold wondered how she felt. Her children were stuck in Minecraft for one thing, but at least they were alive. Gold hoped his mom would be proud of him; and his dad. Dead or not, Gold felt like his father was still there. In his mind his father grinned at him. "You're doing a great job son." He would say. "I'm proud of you for taking care of your little sister and your friends. You're growing into a strong capable man." Gold smiled softly to himself. "Thanks, Dad." He murmured to himself. Then, he heard the sound of the iron door opening and he sat up quickly, blinking as he tried to rub the dreams from his eyes. -- Gold

"Hey, hey, hey!" Hyper said, grinning at Gold. "Guess who's back!" Gold squinted at Hyper, then rolled his eyes. "I don't know, who?" He asked. "Only yours truly." Hyper smirked and did a fake bow. Gold had to admit to himself it was pretty funny. Guardian waved at Gold as she came in, a smile on her face. "Hey, Gold." She said. Gold nodded at her. Guardian spotted Lavender over by the chest. "Hey Lavender!" She exclaimed. "How did it go? Sitting here all alone would drive me crazy!" Guardian joked. Lavender smiled. "It went fine. You?" She asked. "Hah-" Guardian chuckled to herself. "It was quite an adventure. I'll have to tell you later." -- Guardian

Lyptus did a nod to Guardian and Hyper as she passed them through the door, before continuing to walk. She walked far, but not far that they couldn't spot her. After noticing only Pigmen were around, she sat down on the hard reddish floor and stared at the sight of lava and fire. She heard screams and the crying, and she simply sighed, running her hands through her sweaty hair. She said quietly to herself, "You're not here Mom. You're gone. Leave me alone now." Yet the bone chilling sounds kept on going, and she just sat there, shedding a tear.--Lyptus

Hyper practically ripped off his armor. He was glad to get rid of the heavy thing. He dumbed it in a nearby chest. "I feel so light!" He joked, but no one laughed. They were all occupied with their own stuff. He scowled to himself. He sighed and peeked outside. He spotted Lyptus a ways away, staring at the lava. Hyper eyed her, wondering what in the world she was doing. -- Hyper

Lyptus felt anger and fear rise in her stomach. She had to do something, anything! Quickly getting to her feet, she walked close to where the lava met the ground. She sat down again, throwing rocks into the lava, watching it burn in an instant. *Why can't you just bother someone else? Mom you're dead shouldn't you be trying to beat someone else? Beat Dad I'm sure you would like that!* She felt her hair and skin be laced with sweat, but she didn't bother to move. Feeling ashamed and tired, she slumped on her back, staring at the roof of the cave.--Lyptus

Hyper's brow furrowed with confusion. She looked upset. He glanced back at Gold, but he appeared half asleep. Hyper squinted at Lyptus, wondering what he should do. *Should I go talk to her?* -- Hyper

Lyptus looked at the roof, wishing that it would fall on her and kill her at the spot. Yet nothing happened, and there she laid alone. She felt a pang of sadness and regret and covered her orange eyes with her arms. *I'm sorry Mama I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that to you! Please don't beat Dad! Please don't!* She felt her heart beat faster. *But she was the one that beat you? And Dad was the one that left you? Don't you want them to fight?* The dark brown haired girl felt like yanking her head off. *Who can I listen to now?*--Lyptus

Peacock patted Fame on the muzzle, leaving some apples and hay for her growing horse. She locked the stable door, turning around to see Brunette chewing on a killed rabbit. Peacock thought of petting the she-wolf, but she knew that for some weird reason the wolf only liked it when her owner was around. A thought came to the dirty blonde haired girl’s mind, and she reached into her pocket when she entered her house. “Hey Galaxy you doing alright?”--Peacock, Fame and Brunette

Thorn lifted his red gaze to the closing portal. He saw some weird shape in it, and stretched his neck to catch sight of what it was. He gasped, just as the portal had disappeared. *Was...Was that Lyptus?-*-Thorn

Hyper decided to go confront her. He looked at his companions before wlaking over to Lyptus. "Hey- you okay?" He asked. "Oh- and don't tell me no, cause I know you're not." -- Hyper

Lyptus didn’t bother to look at Hyper, as she felt her eyes were about to melt for the heat. She sat up, laying her arms on her knees. “Looks like Guardian taught you that huh?” She cast a glance at Hyper, feeling like she was betraying Gold. But she just pushed the thought away. “I could be better. Just...There’s a lot of things on my mind.”--Lyptus

"Heh." Hyper said. He sat down by Lyptus, but not super close. From personal experience, he knew people needed their space. His eyes drifted to the lava ocean. "You remind me of someone I used to know." He said absentmindely. "Her name was Phoebe. She was a good kid. One of my best friends." He then frowned. "Then one day.... she just wasn't." -- Hyper

Lyptus laid her chin on her arms, keeping her eyes on the glowing liquid. Not knowing exactly what to say, she said, “Nice.” *Wouldn’t know how that feels*.--Lyptus

Supergirl screamed as she saw her surroundings. She found her knife by her side. *She attacked me, yet she left my knife?* Supergirl was confused, but she took the weapon and cut herself and her brother loose. "Bridge?! Hydro? Grogu!" she called, looking around for her boyfriend, bird and dog, but they were gone. Then she saw footprints, and the shape of a young boy being dragged away. "We're gonna need help." Supergirl turned to Marshmallow. "Summon the Weevil Bun."--Supergirl and Marshmallow

Hyper watched Lyptus. He put his hands up like he was defending himself. "All I'm saying is that you should talk to someone. It's not good for someone's mental health to keep all that bottled up like that." He saw Lyptus's expression, and sighed. "It doesn't have to be me." He admitted, even though it was his natural instinct for him to want to be that person. "It could be Gold or Guardian or something. They're both good listeners... me on the other hand!..." He started laughing. "I'm pretty sure my attention span is about as long as a bird's is when there's food on the ground in front of it!" -- Hyper

Lyptus let out a smile, but her orange eyes still showed the fading spark. “It’s not that you wouldn’t listen...I’m just afraid people will judge.” She frowned, adding in a deep voice, “And turn their backs on me.”--Lyptus

Hyper let out a roar of laughter. "Oh my gosh-" He said between laughs. "Lyptus! That's a ridiculous assumption!" He siped the tears from his eyes. "Gosh, you'd really think we'd leave you here? And," He put up his hands for an air quote. "turn our back on you? C'mon Lyptus," he nudged her. "We're friends! We wouldn't abandon each other." -- Hyper

Lyptus wrinkled her lip, but knew deep inside that Hyper was right. She simply said, “Whatever you say.” While in her mind she wanted to scream that most of her “friends” always left her in the dirt. But she held her tounge.--Lyptus

"Good." Hyper stood up and brushed himself off. "Now, are you going to keep sitting here wallowing in self-pity, or are you going to get up and do something about it?" -- Hyper

Lyptus froze, turning her head to look at the fighter. “You want me to do something about it?” She asked it as if she dared him to reply, but then again she started to doubt herself.--Lyptus

"Yes!" Hyper threw his hands up. "Talk to someone! Talk to whatever is making you upset! I mean- it's not like it'll reply or anything, but it's self therapy." -- Hyper

Lyptus stared at Hyper, before looking back at her sword. “Very well.” She stood up, took her sword in her hand, taking quickly on some armor before walking towards the cliff she had walked with Gold.--Lyptus

Terasu waited, figeting a bit. -- Terasu

"Good job, Hyper. Mission accomplished." Hyper smirked, and gave himself a pat on the back. "Thanks me!" He joked, then turned to go back to the hidey-hole. Hyper walked right in, almost bumping into his friend. "Whoops!" He said. "Sorry, didn't see you there." -- Hyper

Lyptus walked to where she saw a Blaze, and killed it, although she struggled to avoid the flying sparks. She picked up the rod, before dropping it immediately, feeling it was too hot. She crawled to a hole in the wall, where she sat down. Taking the burning hot rod, she shoved it against her ankle, feeling the pain of it against her raw skin and let out a screech of pain. She dropped the rod and hit her head against the wall behind her, eventually making her see nothing but darkness.--Lyptus

Gold snapped his head up. "Did you hear that?" He asked. Hyper looked at him from across the room. "Hear what?" He asked, eyeing Gold. Gold looked around for a second before shaking his head. "Must be hearing things..." He mumbled. He looked at Terasu. "Are we going hom- i mean going to the house soon?" He caught himself before he could say home. -- Gold

Lyptus awoke to see the familiar demon fox sitting on her throne, her orange and red eye looking like it was staring in her soul. Summoning up all her anger, she grabbed her sword and ran towards the stranger. To her surprise, the girl disappeared and before she knew it was hold her arms behind her back, making Lyptus not be able to move. Lyptus felt pain sear through her arms, and thought it would be her last breath. But she felt the weight on her arms be released. Without expecting it she felt a blow against where the ankle scar was, and saw that the girl had slashed her with her tail, which was now lined with spikes. "Can you just leave me alone and bother someone else?! Why keep beating me if it's clear you want something?!"--Lyptus

Guardian watched them, and sat near Lavender. She twirled one strand of her platinum blonde hair with a finger. -- Guardian

The breath was taken away from her as a blow landed on her stomach, making her fly and hit the ground. She heard pounding inside her head, and her chest ached with pain. She sat up to see the stranger girl in front of her, standing high with her claws. She felt tears run down her face, and for a moment just wished that the girl would end it all. "Can you please speak to me? Now?"--Lyptus

Guardian was absolutely exhausted. She tried not to fall asleep, though. While she wasn't in a bed, she wsn't sure if sleeping would still count. She rubbed her eyes and blinked frantically. -- Guardian

Lyptus wanted to crawl backwards, but even though nothing was behind her she couldn't go back. *Oh yeah that wall behind me.* She looked at the weird stranger, meeting her orange eyes to the black and dark orange eyes. She sighed, guessing the girl wasn't going to listen to her. She suddenly felt her eye sight spin and tried to scream out of it.--Lyptus

Hyper walked over to Guardian and sat down beside her. "Where were you?" Guardian asked, trying to hide a yawn. "Talking to Lyptus." Hyper said. "'bout what?" Guardian asked, curious. "I was being her personal therapist." Hyper said, chuckling to himself. -- Hyper

Lyptus opened one of her eyes, hoping she would just be back in the Nether. But it wasn’t any blood, nor her Mother beating her, nor her Father walking out the door. She was standing near a cliff, *in* the Nether. *Am I back*? She heard a scream and turned to see a familiar ginger haired girl laying on the floor. *My Sister*! Above her a Ghast flew, launching fire balls at her. Before she knew it the girl was surrounded with fire, and the screams increased. “No!” The flames hit her sister, and the cries did a high pitch before it died away. There laid the burned body, revealing red angry skin and darkened hair. Lyptus stumbled to the body, tears falling to the floor. “No! Please come back. I’m sorry it should have been me!” The crying girl gasped, fear swarming around her mind and heart as she backed away. Before her the ginger hair flashed to dark brown, and the dead green eyes flashed to orange. “It will be you.”--Lyptus

"Hey, Hyper?" Gold asked, getting up. "Yeah?" Hyper said. "Where's Lyptus?" Gold asked, eyeing him. "She was doing some self therapy time." Hyper answered. "By herself?" Gold exclaimed. "No, no, no, Hyper, she can't do that. She does some crazy stuff when she's alone!... I have to go after her." He shoved past Hyper. --Hyper

Lyptus felt her throat tighten in panic and suddenly everything was getting hotter. *Wha-What do you mean?* There was no answer, only crackiling of fire growing louader and louder. She looked around, but flames only appeared in sight. A screech came from the fire and a Ghast exploded through, it's red eyes showing hunger for killing. A fireball flew towards her, and she was frozen to the spot. She screamed, and then jolted awake.--Lyptus

Gold heard a scream and froze in place. "Lytus?" He yelled. "Lyptus!" He ran out the door. Hyper looked back at the room, then followed him. "It's not Lyptus." Hyper said, sounding confident. "I'm sure she's fine. It's a ghast or something." Gold didn't answer, just continueing to run. He saw the brown-haired girl in front of him and pushed himself to go faster. "Lyptus!" He called, reaching her side. "Are you okay? I- I heard a scream.." Hyper reached Gold and Lyptus, panting. He put his hands on his knees, bending over, wheezing. "It's so hot- I can't run that fast." He complained. -- Hyper

Lpyptus rocked herself on her knees, talking to herself from time to time. She flew her fearful orange gaze at Gold, his blue eyes not being able to calm her down. "Y-You heard a scream? A scream?!"--Lyptus

"Yeah." Gold said, watching her. His blue eyes were full of concern. Hyper eyed the two awkwardly. -- Gold

Lyptus grasped to her jacket, trying to make herself calm down. "Did you s-see anything outside?" She looked around franticly, and suddenly felt a sharp pain through her ankle. Wincing, she thought, *Did I scream?* She froze, a horrid thought in her head. "W-Wait did you h-hear the scream all the w-way from the base?"--Lyptus

"You're not that far from the base, so yeah. We did." Hyper nodded, squinting at her. -- Hyper

Lyptus just stared at Hyper and Gold, wondering if any moment they would also catch on fire and burn in front of her eyes. But nothing happened, and she looked down at her ankle, then her hands, then at the hole that lead to the outside.--Lyptus

Hyper watched Lyptus, then looked at Gold. He nodded at Lyptus, gesturing in her direction. Gold shook his head. "C'mon!" He mouthed. Hyper was facing away from Lyptus so she wouldn't see. Gold sighed, then turned to Lyptus. "I'm gonna go." Hyper said, turning. "See you back at the base." -- Hyper

Lyptus widened her orange eyes, and opened her mouth as if she was going to protest. But tiredness and pain washed over her, and she closed her eyes. "Ok." She said quietly, her throat hoarse.--Lyptus

Gold watched her with worried eyes, and bit his lip. "I'm sorry, Lyptus." He whispered, half to himself. -- Gold

Lyptus caught the whispered words, only 'Sorry'. She met his eyes, feeling that she was kinda being calmed down. "S-Sorry?"--Lyptus

"Huh?" Gold looked up, then realized what she meant. He sighed and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah... I mean, I kinda regret how I wasn't here for you. I mean- you're acting so weird and I am so angry at myself for not being there for you." He turned away, a few tears rolling down his face. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at Gold, and leaned her head on his shoulder. "It's not your fault. I should have told you before, and well...I was planing to tell you when we came back but you had this um distant gaze and well I didn't want to bother you."--Lyptus

Gold looked up in surprise. "Tell me what?" He asked, rather hesitantly. -- Gold

Lyptus averted his gaze, looking to the other side of the wall. She murmured, "The reason I've even acting like this..."--Lyptus

Gold stared at her, then realized how weird he must look and his gaze drifted to the floor. He watched her, and then decided to sit down. His legs ached anyway. He closed his eyes for a moment, and sighed, before looking up at Lyptus. -- Gold

Lyptus scooted a little away from Gold, feeling like he would think she was completely insane and then run. "S-So um you know when Hyper was fighting me...I-I saw another girl...A girl that looked like me. She only appears when...I get hurt. And well she likes to make me feel insane and well lose my mind, and..." She stopped, not being able to describe what she had recently seen. She burst into tears, hiding her face in her arms that were resting on her knees.--Lyptus

Gold blinked twice, trying to process what he had just head. His eyes widened with shock, as his gaze locked at Lyptus. "Lyptus..." Gold scooted closer and faced her. His eyes were full of concern. "I can't believe you've been keeping all of this bottled up!" His tone wasn't angry or accusations, it was more of piteous one. "Are you okay?" He asked. He scooted closer to her and then wrapped her in one of those hugs his mom would give him whenever he was upset. A big warm hug. He drew back after a few moments, even though he didn't want to, seeing how Lyptus would react. -- Gold

Terasu blinked as he walked over, following Hyper and Gold who had just run off. *What?* He didn't really know what was going on, but was concerned for Lyptus. -- Terasu

Hyper was walking back when he saw Terasu walking on Gold and Lyptus's conversation. He immediately whirled around and ran towards him. "You idiot!" Hyper hissed. "They're having a private moment!" Hyper grabbed his arm and dragged him a few feet away. -- Hyper

"OH! FINE!" Galaxy said, innocently. "I WAS JUST-" She paused, looking around for a sec before running to a furnace. "MAKING SOME STEAK!" She held out a piece of charred steak to Peacock. "Would you like some?" She grinned. -- Galaxy

Peacock wrinkled her lip, before letting out a laugh. "Yeah sure." She took the steak, and sat down about to eat in peace when she saw Pip fly on her head. She sighed.--Peacock and Pip

Galaxy saw this and snorted with laughter. She covered her mouth as she tried not to laugh. "Well, it's getting dark." Galaxy said. "I think we should head off to bed." -- Galaxy

Peacock nodded, although immediately a thought came to her mind. "Imma stay awake a little bit longer."--Peacock

"Oh. Well, okay." Galaxy said, then whirled around and headed for the storage room. It was the place where she had decided to be called her bedroom, Peacock hadn't mentioned anything about making her her own room. Galaxy closed the door and then turned out the lantern. -- Galaxy

Peacock nodded goodnight to Galaxy, then turned to her inventory. She held the letter in her hand, preparing herself for what might be in the letter. Taking a breath, she started to read.--Peacock

Galaxy peeked outside the door, noticing with relief seemed occupied. She knew what she had to do at this point. She carefully lit an lantern and placed it down. Carefully rummaging through the chests, she pulled out some armor, a bow and arrows, and lots of food. She then opened her window and snuck outside. "Hey. Fame." She whispered to the horse. Fame neighed. "Sh!" Galaxy hissed. Fame appeared to sigh. "Okay." Galaxy whispered to herself. "Let's do this.” She hauled herself onto the horse. Fame eyed her as Galaxy struggled to stay on. "I'm not very good at this." Galaxy apologized to Fame. She sat up with a grunt and grabbed the reins. "Okay. Um, giddy up?" She said, half asking, half commanding. -- Galaxy

Peacock widened her turquoise eyes, not believing what the letter said. *Please meet near...the stream*...*the rocks*. She held the torn paper, wondering what else it could possibly have said. *Who wrote this*? She gasped. *Could it be BG?* She rushed to her window, not seeing the familiar little flick of a lantern in the villager’s window. She got to her feet, her mind rushing with thoughts. “Galaxy are you sleeping?”--Peacock

"Oop," Galaxy's eyes widened. "looks like she's onto me!" She looked at Fame. "C'mon!" Fame looked at her, as if expecting something. Galaxy sighed. "Please?" She asked. Fame neighed, and then started to gallop off. Galaxy let out a shriek of suprise, as she struggled to hold on, sqeezing her eyes shut. -- Galaxy

Peacock heard a small sound, as like a human mouse. She peeked into Galaxy's so called room, before letting out a cry of annoyance and worry. "Galaxy! Galaxy! Galaxy where are you?" Pip flew to the open window, then for some weird reason started to dance. "Not funny Pip."--Peacock and Pip

Lyptus let out another cry with tears and basically collapsed on Gold. The more that she thought of it, the more she wished she was dead. Forgotten. She tried to say, "I-I didn't want to both-ther anyone. I wanted to m-make sure everyone else was h-happy." She placed her hands over her orange eyes. She whispered, "Meanwhile I'm trying not to show I'm suffering."--Lyptus

Galaxy got used to the riding after a while. She sat up carefully, thought clutching the saddle horn. Fame whined, like he was telling her that she should have come around sooner. Galaxy gave the horse a faint grin. -- Galaxy

Peacock sighed and turned to where Brunette was staring at her. “Uh ok Brunette Uh go find Galaxy.” The dog looked at her, tilted her head. The dirty blonde haired girl stomped her foot on the ground several times, thinking. She ran into Galaxy’s room and pulled the pillow off the bed. She shoved it on the dog’s nose. “Find.” At the sound of the word, the dog leaped out the window, her nose close to the ground. She let out a sigh of relief, and grabbed the dancing bird from the window. “Pip search.” She then grabbed her sword and armor before following the wolf.--Peacock, Brunette and Pip

"Hey! Hey! It's okay. It's all fine." Gold hugged Lyptus. "We know now, and we're all fine, right?" He gave her a reassuring smile. -- Gold

Lyptus dried her tears, although her eyes felt like the world’s biggest ocean. “Y-You guys are gonna be ok.” She added in a lower voice. “But I-I don’t know a both m-me.”--Lyptus

Gold looked at Lyptus, then took her hands in his. "Then what can I do to help?" He was willing to do anything, even if it meant taking this "she" into his own body, to let Lyptus be free of this. -- Gold

Lyptus squeezed Gold's hands as she took a harsh breath. "I-I don't know...She doesn't really talk to me, she usually b-beats me and flashes my c-childhood." She tried to think, but the more she did it the more she wanted to die.--Lyptus

Gold thought for a moment, then took a deep breath. He looked at how much pain Lyptus was in. "Lyptus, I, I think maybe we could make your... demon person, and have her like, become mine or something? My childhood wasn't as bad as yours... so, maybe that means she won't be as bad to me?" He offered. This would be a test also to see how much the person was really torturing Lyptus. If she said yes, then it's probably alot. No? Either it's not too much... or it means that it was to painful to want to give to anyone. -- Gold

Lyptus widened her watery orange eyes Gold. "No! No not you Gold!" She felt more tears go down at her face, and her lip started to quiver. "I-If that's even *possible* you'll have to h-have her for who knows h-how long. And...And I don't want you to be tempted to die." She averted her gaze. "I-I would suffer with her than let y-you do it."--Lyptus

"But it's totally fine if you do?" Gold asked, then grimaced, noticing the sharpness in his words. "Sorry..." He mumbled. He took a deep breath. "We can go back to the stronghold and find something about it?" He offered. -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head. "I found a book in that temple." *The one where Gold betrayed you. Haha pathetic.* She ran her hands through her sweaty dark brown hair, and let out a long breath. "The best thing you can do is to keep me locked up when we aren't doing anything."--Lyptus

Huh? What was that supposed to mean? Gold was slightly confused. It wasn't like Lyptus had tried to murder anyone, so why keep her locked up? Gold shook his head. *Don't question it, don't push her.* He reminded himself. He nodded to Lyptus. "Well," He faltered. "whatever you say?" -- Gold

Lyptus saw hidden confusion on his face. "If I can't control myself I might hurt myself. Maybe even kill myself." She added, "That's why I was looking down into the lava that time you caught me. Just imagine that, but that you weren't there." She shivered, the thought of almost burning herself to death scaring her.--Lyptus

Terror seized Gold for a brief moment rendering him immobile. The thought of losing Lyptus... then he heard someone call his name and blinked twice, coming back to the present. He was shaking slightly, and looked around for the voice. No one but Lyptus and him; alone in the room. He took a deep breath. "O-Okay, but I don't want you too feel like you're some animal. We'll figure this out. We can ask Shadowkeeper, I bet she knows something about this." -- Gold

Lyptus felt fear flash in her eyes, and thought that any moment she would turn into the animal. *He’s gonna snitch and tell Shadowkeeper. Then* *she’s gonna tell everyone*. The taunting thoughts rang in her head, and she stared into the distance. After what seemed like hours she shook her head. “L-Let me try t-to figure this out myself.”--Lyptus

"Oh." Gold said, blinking twice. "Y-yeah, that's fine. I mean, if you're fine with it we can ask Shadowkeeper, we don't have to, I just thought..." He wasn't sure how to go on. -- Gold

Evantually, Fame slowed to a trot, allowing Galaxy to get up from her cramped position. She stretched from atop the horse. "Good boy." She patted Fame's neck. Fame neighed appreciatively. Galaxy took her pack off her back and looked through it. She had been in such a rush when she packed, she had no idea what she brought. Galaxy pulled out flint and steel, along with some wood. "Good. We can make a fire." She clicked her tongue. "C'mon Fame, we can stop at the edge of that jungle and rest for the night." Fame started trotting in that direction and Galaxy glowed with pride. If only Gold could see her now! -- Galaxy

Lyptus wrapped her arms around her knees, squeezing herself as if in comfort. “It’s ok. But the fewer things people know, the better.” Although the girl was working for Shadowkeeper, she didn’t exactly think of the girl as someone she could trust. That is trust with something so big.--Lyptus

Peacock looked anxiously around, her anger rising every second. She muttered to herself, “I’m here taking care of Galaxy and this is what she does! Takes me horse and runs away! No wonder she always needs Gold!” The ripped paper flashed into her mind. “Uh Brunette keep searching!” Taking the direction of the stream, she came to where the rocks where. “Hello?”--Peacock

Galaxy chewed on the steak as the fire she had made crackled merrily. The forest was alive with sounds. Galaxy had made the camp a few hours ago, and already it was growing dark. "Mm. This is the best!" She said with a mouth full. "You want any?" She swung some food in Fame direction. Fame shook his mane and continued chomping on grass. "More for me then!" Galaxy said, grinning. Galaxy sighed happily. This was certainly the life. Suddenly, she heard a noise from the bushes. She jumped up and drew her sword. Was this her first mob? Excitement surged through her. "Who goes there?" She asked. She saw the glint of blue eyes in the bush, too low down to be a zombie. "Oh! Hullo!" Galaxy bent down, realizing it was a small kitten. The kitten shied away, darting into the bush. Galaxy bent down on her hands and knees to get a good look at the cat. "Hey! Cat! It's okay! I promise I won't hurt you!" She held out a left over piece of fish. "Do you want fish?" She asked. -- Galaxy

"Oh." Gold thought for a moment. Lyptus could be very confusing sometimes. "Do you, do you want to go back now?" He asked. "The others will be worried, and we can talk more after we've had a good rest once we're back in the overworld." -- Gold

Peacock was silent, hearing the distant crackiling of the leaves and the blowing of the wind. Breathing sounded around her, and before she knew it a hand grasped over her eyes and mouth, making her unable to see or scream. She kicked, but the stranger lifted her easily off the ground. She felt herself grow dizzy, and was relieved when she was placed on what felt like a wooden floor. Opening her turqoise eyes a little, she gasped as she recognized red evil eyes and silver hair. "You!"--Peacock

*As if they don't already see something weird*. Lyptus slowly got to her feet, trying to stay on her feet. After stabling herself, she walked. Immediately hot air flashed in her face, and she felt sick of feeling so sticky. She looked at the pool of lava in the distance, before back at the house. *When will this all end?*--Lyptus

Glitch looked up, eyeing the player. "May I help you?" She asked, reaching for her sword. -- Glitch

"Glitch, I presume?" Asks the detective, forming a plan in her mind. "You can put down your sword. I just need a talk."-- Weevil

Glitch eyed the person, suspicion worming into her head. She nodded to Purple, then turned to the girl. "We can talk....." She said. "But I'm not putting down my sword." -- Glitch

"Can you be any louder?" Thorn rolled his red eyes in sarcasm, his arms crossed against his chest. "If you answer some questions, I'll let you go. If you don't we gon have some problems."--Thorn

"You ready?" Gold asked as he got up. he gave Lyptus a reassuring smile. -- Gold

Galaxy blinked in surprise. Then grinned. "You're so cute!" She exclaimed. "Do you have an owner? I hope not! I mean- I think you're super cute and it would be amazing if I could keep you.... Mom never let me have a cat!" -- Galaxy

Lyptus did a quick nod.--Lyptus

"AWWW!" Galaxy exclaimed, grinning widely. Fame snorted. "Aw, don't worry, Fame. I still love you!" Galaxy comforted the horse by hugging him. Fame looked up at her. Galaxy grinned and then went back down to the fire. "I just love this cat better!" -- Galaxy

"O-okay then." Gold said. He brushed himself off and then headed for the hidey hole. He spied Hyper yelling at Terasu but didn't say anything. Hyper saw him watching and immediately stopped, waving at him. "We're fine!" Hyper yelled. Gold rolled his eyes but smiled anyway. -- Gold

Terasu waved at Gold. -- Terasu

Galaxy turned, stared at the player, cleared her throught, and then drew her sword, leaping into a fearsome position. "WHO GOES THERE?" She asked, glaring. "WHO DARES TO THREATEN THIS LAND? I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW I HAVE FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES WHO CAN MAKE YOU PAY IF YOU HURT ME!" -- Galaxy

Glitch eyed the person, suspicion worming into her head. She nodded to Purple, then turned to the girl. "We can talk....." She said. "But I'm not putting down my sword." -- Glitch

Peacock was about to retort, but she thought better of it and decided to clamp her mouth shut. After staring at the man for a while, she asked quietly, "Well?"--Peacock

Lyptus peeked behind Gold, seeing Terasu and Hyper in the distance, right now looking like two flies. She grasped her black jacket, and she looked up with fear in her eyes.--Lyptus

"What?" Gold asked, looking down at her with concern. "It's just Terasu and Hyper.." -- Gold

Lyptus didn't have time to tell Gold all of this. "I'm just checking..."--Lyptus

"Oh." Gold looked down at her, then looked away. "Oh." He repeated again softy. "How often down she bother you?" He asked. -- Gold

Thorn looked down at this captive, his hands full of his throwing knives. He bent down, his red eyes meeting Peacock's. He blurted, "What happened to Lyptus? Where is she?"--Thorn

Lyptus drew in a sharp breath. "More than you think." Gathering up her courage, she started to slowly walk out of the hole.--Lyptus

Weevil heard a muffeled cry from inside a small, shabby hut. "Can I move over to the fire? I'm slightly chilled." asked Weevil, pointing to a fire only three of four blocks away from the hut.--Weevil

Peacock widened her turquoise eyes in surprise. *Is Thorn worried for Lyptus?* The man's eyes were softened, and it looked like they were about to water. "Um Lyptus? U-Uh she's on a journey..."--Peacock

Gold opened the door to the hidey hole, spotting Guardian and Lavender still inside. Guardian waved at him and smiled at Lyptus. "Hey! Glad you're back." -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded, trying to smile although she felt really shaky. She sat down at a corner, staring distantly at the ground. She let out a sigh. "In a hour we'll go to another part of the Nether."--Lyptus

Thorn scowled, annoyance added to his face. "Where?" He grabbed the girl by the collar, his patience about to run out. "Where's my sister?!"--Thorn

"What?!" Guardian exclaimed. "I thought we were done! I mean- what else is there to do?" -- Guardian

Lyptus narrowed her orange eyes in annoyance. "Shadowkeeper asked me to show you the Nether plus take some more resources back. We've only seen the Crimson Forests and the Nether Wastes. We're going to see in an hour the Soul Sand Valley and Warped Forest. Then we'll come back for a longer rest before going to our last destination, the Basalt Deltas."--Lyptus

"Oh." Guardian blinked then sighed. "Do any of ya'll miss Shadowkeeper?" She asked out of the blue. "I think she'd be really helpful right now." She sighed. -- Guardian

Lyptus looked at Guardian, but didn't bother to reply. She laid her head on her arms, her mind tired and worn. *Dad I miss you...Why can't you come back?*--Lyptus

Peacock placed her hands over Thorn's, grabbing them to let space so she could speak. She gasped, "I-I'm not t-telling if you're g-gonna hurt h-her!"--Peacock

Terasu sighed, not wanting to return to the Nether. "Alright..." -- Terra

Hyper elbowed his friend, grinning. "Hey! More adventure, right? More time to test out your fancy knight skills!" He smiled, though he didn't really want to go back either. -- Hyper

Lyptus agreed with the group, but she felt as if she should be annoyed. She simply sighed, and grabbed some pork. She placed a furnace she had been carrying and sat down, waiting for it to cook..--Lyptus

Thorn felt his red eyes water, and pushed one of his throwing knives to the girl's throat. Inside he felt embarrassed, his personality completely changed, and in front of the girl he liked. "I never said I was going to hurt her. Tell me where she it now!"--Thorn

*Why is he about to cry...?* She felt the blade dig at the tip of her skin, and she winced. "S-She's in the N-Nether! She's going to be there for a few days!" She gasped as she felt herself drop to the ground, air rushing into her lungs. She coughed, pushing her dirty blonde hair away from her face.--Peacock

Glitch threw a potion of swiftness on herself and ran after the girl. Making a giant leap, she fell onto the girl, tackling her to the ground. She drew out her sword in a quick motion, pressing it hard against her neck. "Didn't think you could get away that easily, could you?" She sneered, then laughed. "You are so predictable." A flash of madness flickered in her eyes. Her entire body was tense like a coil spring, waiting for the girl to try and wiggle away. "What's your name?" She growled. "What are you doing here? Who sent you?" Her tail lashed back and forth, cat ears pressed back. Glitch pressed the sword down harder, just enough to make it sting. -- Glitch

Thorn widened his red eyes, and stood there stunned. *So she is in the Nether...That was her!* He looked down at Peacock, then at the distance. He whispered to himself, "No no no!" Then he smirked down at the dirty blonde haired girl. "Thank you for surrendering to be so easily. I'm sure we'll have more fun in the future." With a flash he was gone.--Thorn

Peacock sat there on the ground, watching the silver haired man run out of sight. *Maybe he's changing...No he's trying to trick you stop it!* She sighed, wondering why she was outside anyways. "Oh yeah Galaxy." She jumped to her feet. "Hey come back here!"--Peacock

"I said, 'WHO ARE YOU?!'" Galaxy yelled again, brandishing her sword. -- Galaxy

Guardian watched Lyptus and sighed. She wanted to talk to her at some point. Guardian's natural instinct was to try and make people feel better. She stretched her wings behind her back, then stood up. "Well then, guys. I guess we should get going?" -- Guardian

Peacock only saw red eyes turn back at her, before nothing. She let out a frustrated sound before turning around and looking in the bushes. "Brunette!" In a split second the wolf appeared, her bright black eyes shinning with excitement. "Go find Fame and Galaxy."--Peacock

"Oh! Alright Thank You!" Mark said as magnolia pulled him through the woods-MarkAlsoFell

Lyptus sighed. "Yeah sure." She left her cooking food in the oven, deciding she really wasn't hungry. She placed her armor back on, her shoulders sagging at the heavy weight. Grabbing her sword, she said, "C'mon let's go."--Lyptus

Pyro lowered his sword a bit. The player seemed to use a lot of very loud words- usually dangerous people only needed a few. "I live a bit away from here. This is my cat, Cloud," he gestured to the small kitten behind him. "I'm Pyro." -- Pyro

Galaxy glared at the man. "You seem very friendly." She noted. "Too friendly. How can I trust you?" She glared at him, suspicious. -- Galaxy

"So this is my treehouse!" Magnolia gestured at the large tree in front of her and Mark. "C'mon inside." She grinned. Once the two were inside, Magnolia started telling Mark all about the place. The treehouse was big and airy inside, with a wood staircase winding it's way up the trunk into a room in the canopy. All around the wall were paintings and little nooks containing all sorts of thing, though mostly plants. Magnolia grabbed a dead bush off the wall and held it out to Mark. "This is Gregory." She said. "I got him from a wandering trader. His name was also Gregory. I'm trying to make him grow into a sapling, but it's not working too well." -- Magnolia

((Is Fame beside or a good distance away from Galaxy))-Rowan

(Probably a couple feet, but it's dark and he's sorta surrounded by trees) -- rosey

((Ok. Do you want Pea to interrupt or just do something else?))-Rowan

(IDC, your character) --rosey

He laughed. "I mean- it seems like I should be the one asking you that question. Where did you find my cat?" -- Pyro

Mark looked in awe at the place but looked to the dead bush or what Magnolia calls him, Gregory, "Have you tried planting it without your powers?" He questioned, "Or maybe its not able to grow?" He added-MarkAlsoFell

"I dunno! She just kinda showed up!" Galaxy protested. "You can ask the cat yourself!" -- Galaxy

"Yeah, I did. I didn't find out about my 'powers' until a few years ago. Before I got Gregory." Magnolia said. She placed the plant back on the shelf. "C'mon upstairs! I don't have an extra bedroom, but I do have an extra bed." She started walking up the staircase. -- Magnolia

Guardian got up reluctantly following her. Then she felt someone take her hand. She looked up in suprise and saw the face of Hyper looked down at her. He grinned as Guardian blushed. "You ready for another adventure?" He asked. Guardian thought for a moment, then smiled up at him. "I don't see why not." She said after a while. Hyper grinned. "That's the spirit!" He said. Guardian gave him a half smile. "What would I do without you?" She laughed. "I dunno," Hyper laughed too. "Race you!" Hyper yelled, running past Lyptus and down the hill. "Oh, you're on!" Guardian grinned, and started running after him. She bumped into Gold and yelled after him, "Sorry!" -- Guardian

Gold opened his mouth to say something, but Guardian was already gone. He took a deep breath, and watched them. They were so happy, so unperturbed by their surroundings. His eyes drifted to Lyptus in front of him. *If only I could make her feel the same way Hyper does to Guardian. Then, would she be happier?* -- Gold

Peacock walked after Brunette, every time she walked the more angrier she got. She heard a neigh, and followed Bunette who leaped into a run. She caught sight of her horse, although he looked as if he wasn't even hers, looking so dark in the night. She stroked his mane, sighing with relief. "Thank goodness you're ok."--Peacock

Lyptus jumped a little as she saw Hyper and Guardian race after each other. She felt sadness stab her heart, knowing that what she was dealing with made her basically ignore Gold. She dared to look back at Gold, but turned her head quickly away as she saw him looking at her. She shook her head. *What am I doing?*--Lyptus

Guardian caught up to Hyper after a few minutes and collapsed him to the ground. She panted heavily. "Sometimes I think you're cheating and you're using a potion or something." Guardian panted. Hyper sat down next to her. "Maybe I am." He smirked. -- Guardian

Gold eyed Lyptus and then looked at the ground. He took a deep breath and then walked up to her, and started walking by her side. He didn't say anything, but he looked at Lyptus, before turning his gaze to the road ahead. -- Gold

Lyptus glanced at Gold again, her orange eyes curious as well as dull. She gulped, feeling suddenly nervous at the silence.--Lyptus

Gold looked at Lyptus, then in a sudden impulse he took her hand. He kept walking, nervousness plaguing his stomach, but also he felt slightly calmer. -- Gold

Lyptus let out a silent gasp, before realizing what had happened. She looked up at Gold, her orange eyes starting to get it's spark back, before turning her head, feeling her cheeks turning red.--Lyptus

Mark followed Magnolia upstairs His brother still in the back of his mind-MarkAlsoFell

"No!!! UGH" Rubert yelled, Midge and stick jumped back at his yelling "Its almost night!" he grumbled "That caves won't be safe here..." He added, "So what do we do, why is night so bad?" Midge questioned "Mobs, Skeletons,Zombies,Creepers,Spider so on" He answered "We just have to keep moving and Stick can help keep us safe" Midge said before flattening her wolf-ish ears, "What if Stick gets hurt?" She whimpered, "Were all gonna be fine" Rubert said making Midge smile-Midge&RubertJustFell

Frost was mining for awhile but just to her surprise her Stone pickaxe broke, And her last one two...she has about 25 iron ores, Pretty good, She headed back up to the surface GreenTea following behind, she went back to the small camp to fined Ruby and Ray both asleep, Frost noticed a chest now in front of the tiny hut, She put her stuff inside and went to a tree and leaned against it, GreenTea landed next to her and soon Frost followed to sleep-Frost&GreenTea

The top room of Magnolia's treehouse was big and airy with a canopy of leaves ahead and balcony's surrounding the room. Magnolia sat down at a table by an array of furnaces and gestured for Mark to sit down. She put her hands on the table, looking all serious. "So." She said. "I can tell you're worried about your brother." She said. "And me," She smirked, teasing him, "Being the amazingly generous person I am," She grinned. "I believe I can help! You could say I have some eyes on the inside." -- Magnolia

Peacock hugged her growing colt, before looking at him in the eyes. "Where's Galaxy?" As if the horse understood, it flicked one of it's ears to a part where bushes and rocks were. She patted him, handed him some leftover piece of bread before grabbing her sword.--Peacock

"Mmm. Well, thanks for finding the cat, I guess?" -- Pyro

Mark sat down after taking in the room and listened to Magnolia, His eyes widened at her words "Really?" He asked his voice full of hope-MarkAlsoFell

"You're welcome!" Galaxy grinned, deciding this player was no threat to her. She held out her hand, the one without the sword. "I'm Galaxy!" She said cheerfully. "What's your name?" -- Galaxy

"Yeah!" Magnolia grinned. "We just have to find some vigilantes." -- Magnolia

(@Hawk, does any other vigilante's know about ice city or just the winter vigilante?) -- rosey

"So, Others like you that guard biomes? Do you know any others close by?"-MarkAlsoFell

"I don't know know any personally," She said. "But! Every biome has a vigilante! there are lone vigilantes, and then Syndicate Vigilantes. There's an ice spikes biome north of here where there should be a Syndicate Vigilante. We'll ask her/him if they've seen your brother!" -- Magnolia

"Oh? Really! Well if your willing to come with me" Mark smiled, He didn't really want to go alone-Mark

"Of course!" Magnolia grinned. "We can leave in the morning." -- Magnolia

Mark smiled before looking back around the room, "*What if they haven't seen Rubert? what if hes not even here, all thoes times i ignored him or left him to do something else..."* Mark blinked letting those thoughts go -MarkAlsoFell

Peacock turned to Brunette. “Stay.” The wolf looked up at her, as if she thought the dirty blonde haired girl was insane. She sighed, starting to walk to where the bushes and rocks were. She shoved her messy hair out of her face, her turquoise eyes shining in the dark light.--Peacock

Gold looked down at Lyptus and smiled. He didn't know why, he just did. -- Gold

Lyptus felt her face grow redder, and wrinkled her nose, although she couldn’t help smile back. She looked at her hands in Gold’s, and then back at his dancing blue eyes. She let out a soft chuckle.--Lyptus

"So, oh fearless leader," Gold teased, his eyes dancing with silent laughter. "Where are we off to next on our quest for glory and riches?" -- Gold

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes, although no signs of annoyance where there. “You know where we’re going you dummy.” She nudged him. “Unless you already forgot with that empty brain of yours.” She laughed.--Lyptus

"I didn't forget!" Gold protested. "Just- um, remind me!" -- Gold

Lyptus laughed so hard she started to wheeze a little, as the air was still thick and hot. “We’re going to Soul Sand Valley and Warped Fores.”--Lyptus

"Okay! Yeah! I totally remember that!" Gold grinned, then started laughing. "Okay, I didn't, but I totally fooled you, right?" -- Gold

Lyptus laughed harder, her eyes starting to water. “I don’t think you know how foolishly funny you are.”--Lyptus

"Me? Funny?" Gold acted surprised. "I wasn't even trying." -- Gold

Magnolia started to pack up supplies. -- Magnolia

Lyptus shook her head, a smiling on her face. “You don’t need to act funny. You just are.”--Lyptus

"Well-" Gold started, when he stopped mid-sentence. He gasped a little. "Whoahh." He breathed, surprised at the bluish trees around him. (Blue wasn't a color he saw everyday in the Nether.) They had entered the warped forest. -- Gold

Lyptus touched one of the trees, her fingers tracing its bark. “We’re here.” She looked around the colorful forest and came to a red and orange mushroom. “Crimson Mushrooms...Are so pretty.” She whispered to herself, her orange gaze locked on it.--Lyptus

Gold crouched down beside her. "I've never heard of crimson mushrooms before. Can you eat them?" -- Gold

"C'mon. We should go find the others." Hyper said, reaching down a hand to help Guardian up. "Good idea." Guardian said. Hyper and Guardian ran to catch up with the others. -- Hyper

Lyptus reached her hand to touch it. "I don't know." Her eyes flashed, and the mushroom turned to fire and a little girl was seen between, her eyes wide with fear as she screamed. The dark brown haired girl drew her hand back, collapsing from her knees to a sitting position.--Lyptus

Gold started, and looked at Lyptus. "What's wrong?" He asked, his voice slightly panicked. "Is she back?!" Gold heard a a noise in the bushes and drew his sword, expecting *her* to come out. -- Gold

Guardian ran through the bushes and then saw the flashing point of a sword facing her. "Ack!" She yelled. She closed her eyes and threw her hand up. "I'm innocent!" She peeked open one eye to see the blue eyes of Gold looking at her. She immediately relaxed. "Phew. It's just you." She said. Hyper came up beside her. "Hey guys! I heard someone scream, what's up?" Guardian did an awkward laugh. "That was me-" -- Guardian

Lyptus didn’t bother to looked at Hyper and Guardian, as her gaze was still locked to the Crimson Mushroom. She shook her head, getting to her feet. “C’mon let’s go and gather some resources.” She looked back at the fire looking plant, before back at her path.--Lyptus

((@Rosey, just Shadowkeeper and Hunter)) -- Hawk

"Okay! I can do that!" Guardian said, eager to be helpful. She ran after Lyptus while Hyper and Gold stood there. Hyper took charge. "We should get some warped wood, and some mushrooms. If we find any striders that'll be helpful in getting across the lava." Gold blinked, not sure what Striders were, but nodded anyway. "Sure. I can get some mushrooms." -- Gold

Lyptus clutched her jacket, trying to clear her mind. She sighed, glad that the forest was cooler than the lava world. She said to Guardian, "We can split up if we want." To be honest, Lyptus just wanted space from the others, even though she knew it could cause trouble.--Lyptus

Guardian shook her head. "I-I'd rather not." Guardian said, in a slightly shaky voice, fidgeting with the buttons on her overalls. She remembered what happened the last time she was alone..."What are we looking for again?" She asked, changing the subject abruptly to keep from crying. -- Guardian

Marshmallow scans the area, with Supergirl holding the tracker. Weevil nods, with Torpedo bob on her head. They all creep twoard the small shack. Then, a branch snaps under Marshmallow's foot. *Oh #@!^% --* Marshmallow, Supergirl, Weevil bun and Torpedo bob

((@Rosie Cue for epic Glitch+Purple vs the bounty hunters battle))--SupergirlDY2

Lyptus raised her brows. "Um resources remember?" She sighed, not realizing she hadn't talked to the girl since the incident of the library. "Is everything ok? Do you want to stop or go back to Hyper?"--Lyptus

"No! No- I mean, I'm fine." She said, though trailing off. *Should I tell her?* She thought. *Lyptus would understand... Better then Hyper ever could. Maybe it would be better to talk to someone who can relate? I think?* "We all have our own secrets, you know?" She said, not looking at Lyptus, but not avoiding her either. -- Guardian

Glitch watched the bird leave and hissed, revealing her cat-like fangs. She then turned, walking back to Purple. "They're coming." She said to Purple. "What should we do now?" She raised one hand. "I vote we kill the boyfriend." -- Glitch

Lyptus widened her orange eyes, immediately darting back to look at Gold. *Did Gold snitch?! Oh no no no...* "Uh yeah?"--Lyptus

"Heh." Guardian said. She wasn't sure where she was going with this. "Let's just say I may have one of my own." She saw the panicked look on her face. "It's okay! It wasn't Gold anyway. Hyper told me what he heard you and Gold talking about." -- Guardian

Lyptus clenched her fists, trying not to screech with anger. "Ok. Do you want to go and talk to Hyper about that?"--Lyptus

Guardian narrowed her eyes at Lyptus's fists. "Relax!" She said. "He was there, remember? You didn't exactly tell him not to listen. Even so, he left when he knew it was private. All I know if you have a big secret. Plus- it's been kinda hard not to notice how you've been acting." Her hands found her way up to her necklace, the one with a pair of golden wings. She began fidgeting with it. -- guardian

Lyptus gritted her teeth, then sighed. "I'm trying not to let it bother anyone else ok?" *If Hyper knew it was private it totally makes sense that he would tell Guardian. "*Do you know everything?*"*--Lyptus

"Kill him!" exclaimed Purple, slightly suppried. "I wanted revenge. Let's put him somewhere where he could die with a push of a button. I think a ransom is satispactory." Purple then leans over to Glitch's ear. "By the way, if you are going to invade other games, can we team up with Ganon from Zelda BOTW?"--purplewarrior

Glitch eyed the girl, wondering if she was crazy. "How about, no." She said. "But yes to the idea of a ransom." -- Glitch

"Depends what you mean by everything. All I know is something is bothering you." Guardian shrugged. -- Guardian

"Oh come on! Have you ever played Zelda Breath Of The Wild? I would rather live there fighting bokoblins and lizals and getting all the shrines than be stuck in minecraft!" Purple felt a slight pang as she remembered the many hours she and Michelle spent collecting swords and tools. "Anyway, how about one of the iron block over head contraptions?"--Purple

Lyptus let her hands rest, her eyes calming down. "Very well."--Lyptus

Guardian smiled when she relaxed. "C-Can I trust you?" She asked. -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded, saying, "I try to be trustworthy, but if you don't want to tell me things I'm not the one to force you." She let out a small grin.--Lyptus

Guardian gave Lyptus a smile too, and then whispered under her breath, "Do you ever hear voices?" -- guardian

Lyptus gasped, feeling her throat grow tight. "Y-Yes."--Lyptus

Guardian raised an eyebrow, eyes widened. "Really?" She breathed, then shook her head. "Well," She rubbed an arm and looked at the ground. "I hear voices." She said in a rush. "They're two of them. They-they have names, too." -- guardian

Lyptus looked around, then grabbed the girl by the arm and led her between a tight circle of trees. She got on a knee, her sword in her hand. She whispered, "Ok keep going."--Lyptus

Guardian looked around. "What?" She asked. -- Guardian

Lyptus shook her head. "Nothing. Just...Wanted to make sure someone wasn't around."--Lyptus

'Well, um. They're like my conscience. You know, those voice in my head telling me what to do. There's a good one and a bad one. The good one's a girl, her names Rose. The other is um, a boy. His name's Axel." She suddenly felt awkward. I probably sound insane. She thought, eyes widening. -- Guardian

Lyptus tried not to show her confusion. "A boy?"--Lyptus

"I dunno!" Guardian protested. "I think they're twins." -- guardian

Lyptus nodded slowly. "Well...Do they respond to you?"--Lyptus

"Yeah. They argue a bunch." Guardian chuckled. -- Guardian

Lyptus thought for a moment. "Well...Is that all?" She ran a hand over her sweaty dark brown hair. "Am I supposed to do something?"--Lyptus

"Heh. I guess I just wanted to get it out." Guardian chuckled to herself. *Of course you did. You goody two shoes, you shouldn't have told her!* She thought. *Now she'll go blabbing on you!* *No she won't; Lyptus is my friend!* Guardian sighed. - guardian

Lyptus smiled, although it didn't last very long. "I'm guessing Hyper knows as well right?"--Lyptus

Guardian shook her head. "N-no. I haven't told him. I haven't told anyone- except you I mean. I guess I was worried people would think I was crazy." -- Guardian

Lyptus let out a chuckle. "I would never think you're crazy." She nudged the girl lightly on the arm. "I don't blame you. There is something that I haven't told Gold." Realizing it was too late, she did a awkward smile, trying to playing it off as if it was a joke.--Lyptus

"Huh. I thought you would share every thing with him." Guardian thought for a moment. -- guardian

"Y-Yeah I uh already I-I mean I-" She sighed, knowing she was making herself look stupid. "I tell him everything...Expect for this one thing..."--Lyptus

"Stop dangling this one thing in front of my face!" Guardian laughed. "You keep mentioning it, do you plan on telling me?" Of *course not you idiot- it's obvious she doesn't trust you.* -- Guardian

Lyptus swallowed, feeling her heart beat quicker than how it was before. "Promise to keep it a secret? Even from...Gold?"--Lyptus

"Sure! As long as you keep mine from Hyper." Guardian grinned awkwardly. -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded, responding, "I promise." She was silent, for a second wondering what they were doing. She remembered, and felt sweat trickily down her face. She whispered, "Uh its n-not that big but...I have I sister." She felt her eyes grow watery. "I mean h-had. She was s-sucked into the Nether as well a-and uhm, was k-killed by a G-Ghast." Screams suddenly echoed in her ears, and she tried to stop it by covering her ears.--Lyptus

*Ack! A sister? Whattt? Lyptus had a sibling?* Guardian reached out to put a hand on her shoulder. "I never had a sister, or brother for that matter, but... that must have been terrible." Guardian said, her eyes wide with fear and concern. Then, she suddenly realized something. "Lyptus! I think I know what your problem is! You-" *Shush!* She thought. *This isn't some medical patient! So what?* Another voice interrupted. *Guardian's just trying to help....* "Quiet!" Guardian had meant to think it, but the echo the sound made wasn't from any thought she had. *Whoops, you said it out loud.* "I- um, I think you have PTSD?" She offered to Lyptus, trying to change the subject from her outburst. -- Guardian

Lyptus raised her watery orange eyes. "I had it from when I was 4 because of some f-family issues. But what I'm telling Gold has started when I had that training with Hyper."--Lyptus

Guardian thought for a moment. *This sounds like the stuff in the book you found in the Nether Library.* She thought- or rather, Axel did. *Maybe you should just go back and find the book, and then you could save your friend from this PTSD. I don't think that's a good idea.* Another voice- Rose- argued. *It's dangerous there. I gotta go with Axel on this one.* Guardian thought to the voices*. I don't think I should tell anyone though, they'll probably stop me or even go with me, I'd hate for anyone to get hurt because of me and my quest.* "I have an idea," was all Guardian said. *-- Guardian*

"Huh? For what? What is the idea?" The dark brown girl wiped the tears in her eyes.--Lyptus

Guardian bit her lip. "Okay. I need to go back to the fortress." Guardian said. "Don't tell anyone, okay? The last thing I want is someone following me and getting hurt." She pulled out her fire resistance potion and showed it to Lyptus. "It'll last for an hour. I'm sure I'll be back by then." -- Guardian

Lyptus narrowed her orange eyes. "Alone?"--Lyptus

"Yes, alone." Guardian said. She tried to will Rose into shutting up about how this was a bad idea. It failed. -- Guardian

Lyptus thought for a moment, then nodded, glad that she could spend her own time alone. "Ok but what will I tell Hyper if he finds me?"--Lyptus

Guardian thought. "Valid point. Tell him that I went to look for some netherwart farther down." -- Guardian

Lyptus sighed, knowing it would be more complicated if it actually happened. She said seriously, "If you're not back in an hour we'll come for you." She laid a hand on the girl's shoulder, wondering if this was a good idea as a leader. "Please be careful."--Lyptus

"I'll be fine!" Guardian said, grinning. She then turned and started running. She then stopped a several yards away, anxiety running through her heart. But instead of running back, she looked at Lyptus. She remembered what all the movie characters did whenever they began a solo quest. She put one hand up in a salute. "Until we meet again." She murmured. Then taking a deep breath, she nodded to Lyptus, turned, and ran towards the fortress, looming high overhead. -- Guardian

Lyptus grinned, doing a small chuckle, until she saw the girl disappear. She sat there for a while, running thoughts over her head.--Lyptus

Hyper and Gold continued gathering supplies. -- Hyper

Glitch drew played with the end of her sword. "Alright then. What do you plan for doing this?" -- Glitch

"Ick-" Mazoku hissed as she fell face flat into the ground, She closed her eyes rolling over onto her back "Y'know what i'ma just die here" She mumbled aloud with a sigh clearly not caring for the problem at hand, "OMG! Are you ok?" A soft voice yelped, Mazoku turned her head and opened her eyes to see a short boy with brown hair looking at her with a shocked look, "Yea-" She said turning back to her previous state "Why are you hear?" He asked crouching down next to her, She sat up reaching his height, she shrugged "Dunno" He uncrouched now standing up to his own height "I can help you!" He smiled Mazoku raised a brow, "No thanks, Being in the desert sucks" She sighed finally getting up The boys eyes widened, She noticed he was wearing long sleeves and pants, In the Desert! "Then i'll help you out of it then" He smiled "The names Tosh! You friendly Desert guide!" "Call me Mazoku" she sighed, "Follow me!" He smiled now leading her the opposite direction of his house "*Just trust me"* Tosh said softly-Tosh& Mazoku

*First you tell the most unworthy person about me, and now you tell about your fears to a girl that almost killed you. How foolish.* Lyptus flinched at the words in her head. *Haha at least you sent her off to die. You finally did something right!* She sighed with frustration. *She wanted to go on her own, not that I forced her to.* Yet the doubting words rang in her head, and she got to her feet, walking deeper into the forest.--Lyptus

Alright, the potion wasn't real. Guardian had just made that up on a whim. Really it was a healing potion- Guardian had already used up her fire resistance potion. Guardian felt bad for lying to Lyptus, but it would be fine. Everything would be just fine. She repeating that in her head, trying to make it become her mantra. -- Guardian

Lyptus grabbed more resources, most of them just being mushrooms. She sat down on a mossy log, deciding whether to go back to the boys or just explore deeper.--Lyptus

Guardian made it to the fortress after about 15 minutes of walking. She carefully peeked in, wary of blazes. *Alright Guardian. Channel your inner brave self! I know you can do it!* She drew her sword, and sneered, trying to look menacing. *Great job!* Rose cheered. *Eh.* Axel said. -- Guardian

Before the girl could complete her thoughts, the forest started to fade, splotches of red over the green grass. The demon girl was there, half her face now burned. Distant screams of her sister rang her in ears, and she gritted her teeth. "I'm not even hurt!" She picked her sword and tried to swing it at the stranger, but only smoke rose in front of her. A blow hit her head, and she turned to see the girl was behind her. She gripped her sword tighter, and leaped to her feet.--Lyptus

Guardian peeked around the corner, spying the familiar hole in the wall. She gulped, flashes of the pain she had experienced here flashing through her mind. *That fire hurt so much...* She thought, throat closing with fear. *No. You better not give up now.* Guardian sighed, and gripped her sword so tight her knuckles turned white. Deep shakey breaths as she tried to calm down. Footsteps echoing through the hall. The hiss and pops of lava. The sounds enveloped her. -- Guardian

Lyptus raised her sword again and hit where the girl was standing, but it only cut a vine. She growled, hearing the mocking laughter behind her. "If you need something you can always tell me you idiot!" Right there and then everything stopped, and she was left in the green and red spotted world. She turned, but nothing was there. A sound came from above, and something heavy fell at her feet.--Lyptus

Gold chopped at some wood with his axe, Hyper attempting to pull a mushroom from the ground. "SO!" Hyper half yelled, trying to wrestle the mushroom from the folds of the ground. "How's LYPTUS?" -- Hyper

Lyptus blinked several times, as she felt the world was swaying before her. When her orange eyes calmed down, she looked at her feet, only to gasp in agony. There laid the limp burned body of her sister, but at her neck five holes were thorough her neck. She fell to her knees, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Why would you do this to her? And again?" The dark brown haired girl felt something slowly wrap around her heart.--Lyptus

"Fine." Gold retorted. -- Gold

"Okay." Guardian said out loud to the empty room after the sensation had passed. "Let's think. The library opening is by a hole in the wall. Somewhere in this giant.... maze." -- Guardian

Lyptus quickly grabbed her bow, her orange eyes dark with anger. She shot a wave of arrows, then quickly grabbed her sword. Whipping her head around, she lashed her sword, only it to stop. The stranger had stopped the blade, orange and red liquid falling from her hand. Instead of pain in her eyes, it was filled with pride. *Yes Lyptus become what you're meant to be*.--Lyptus

Guardian made her way through the many mazes, leaving a trail of torches behind her. She found several dead ends, but didn't run into any blazes. After a lot of walking, she found the corridor she and the others had been in. Blaze rods still littered the ground. The torches on the walls flickered, casting ghostly shadows on the hall. Guardian shook her head, trying to clear it, and trudged onward. *I'm starving....* she thought, looking in her inventory for some food. She pulled out a bowl of mushroom soup. *Eww...* She wrinkled her nose at the horrendous smell, but was too hungry to turn it down. She slurped it down hungrily, though it left an unpleasant feeling in her stomach. "I'm never taking bread for granted again!" She said out loud to the empty room. -- Guardian

Lyptus scowled, putting her sword away and walking towards where she hid with Guardian. She sighed as she sat down, and closed her orange eyes.--Lyptus

Guardian found herself grinning. *Gosh, I sound like Hyper...* she laughed to herself. *Focus!* She reprimanded herself. *Right. Focusing.* *Okay.* Guardian stealthily crept down the tunnel towards the abnormal hole in the wall. Then, she heard something behind. Someone was screaming. -- Guardian

Lyptus knew she wouldn't be left alone for long. As she sat with her eyes closed, fireballs appeared and screaming sounded in the distance. "It's just made up it's just made up." She drew in a sharp breath, resisting to open her eyes.--Lyptus

"Pyro." The tall ginger-haired player re-sheathed his longsword. -- Pyro

"Cool!" Galaxy said. "I'm Galaxy." She half sneered, half grinned, ending up with some half cheeky, half evil expression. -- Galaxy

Peacock walked between the bushes to see Galaxy's back facing her and an odd man. "Galaxy!' Her turqoise eyes were dark, showing the angry blaze. "We are going *now.*"--Peacock

"Peacock?!' Galaxy said, shocked. "H-How did you find me?!" She sputtered, then shook her head. "I mean- no! I am not going with you! I've held up on my own! I just rescued this man's cat!" -- Galaxy

Guardian whirled around. "Who's there?" She asked. "Is someone hurt?" The screams stopped, followed by a moan and a cry. "Where are you?" Guardian exclaimed. The sound continued near the end of a hallway. "Hold on!" She yelled. "I'm coming!" She ran down the hallway, but saw no one. "Hello?" She called into the darkness. The scream sounded again from behind her. She turned, and saw something looking at her from the corridor opposite. The end of that hallway was shattered, and was missing a chunk of the wall.

The beast facing her was large and white, with blue tears running down it's face. It's eyes were closed. Guardian was scared, but tried to not act like it. "A-Are you okay?" She asked, wondering if the creature was hurt. The creature cooed, then took a long breath. "Yeah?" Guardian asked. "I can he-" She didn't have time to finish her sentence. The beast opened it's eyes, revealing large red eyes, burning with rage. It let out an earsplitting scream. Guardian was paralyzed with fear, unable to move. *Oh! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!* She thought desperately. *I have so many regrets!*

Then, a fire ball flew towards her. She shrieked and dove into the opposite passage way, trying to escape the blow. The fireball blew past her in a fiery rush, leaving a trail of smoke behind. Guardian took a deep shaky breath. "I-I-I'm f-fine." She stumbled over her words, heart pounding. *Nothing hurts.* She thought, then looked down at her leg. There was a burn, about the size of a hand, with raw skin underneath. The blood seemed to be boiling, sores that had just developed beginning to pop. The outside of the burn was singed a deep black. It wasn't too bad- not in the standards of the physical world, but in MineCraft, and considering the fearful state Guardian was in, it seemed much worse. -- Guardian

Peacock scowled. "It's a cat! Anyone can do that!" She grabbed the girl's arm tightly. "You either go with me and make up for sneaking out of my house with my horse or you face Gold."--Peacock

Galaxy crossed her arms. "I'm 14, and therefore you're only a year older! I can do what I want, and you can't boss me around!" She huffed. --Galaxy

The world swirled for a brief instant, but Guardian shook her head, the sensation slowly going away. "I have to get the book, and then I can leave." Galaxy said, and almost in a daze, she wandered over the the opening to the Library that Hyper had created. She hauled herself up, clawing at the Netherack floor. Gosh- the floor was soo hot. -- Guardian

Peacock grasped the girl by both shoulders. "But I DONT STEAL AND THEN RUN!" She ran a hand through her dirty blonde and silver hair. "I'm trying to do your brother a favor. But let him find you and be disappointed."--Peacock

"Good. Thank you." Galaxy looked away. She didn't feel any regret. *The least she could have done was try and make it fun living with her.* She thought indignantly. -- Galaxy

Peacock turned her back, not bothering to waste her words on Galaxy. She led Fame to a stream, where he could drink and refresh. She thought if this was right, but anger burned inside of her and she ignored it. She mounted her horse, and went back home with Brunette and Pip.--Peacock

"Hey wait! I needed that horse!" Galaxy complained, she clenched her hands into fists. "Well." She turned to the boy. "Sorry you had to witness that. Peacock's not usually like that. Me on the other hand...." She put on a guilty grin. -- Galaxy

Peacock heard the distant echo of Galaxy and wished to scream, "It's my freaking horse you idiot!" She suddenly remembered that Galaxy had taken many things from her chest, and let out a frustrated sigh. *I'll have Gold pay for that*.--Peacock

"DON'T CALL ME AN IDIOT!" Galaxy yelled back. "I'LL HAVE YOU REMEMBER I WAS SMART ENOUGH TO DEVISE A PLAN TO SNEAK OUT- RIGHT UNDER YOUR VERY NOSE!" -- Galaxy

"Book. Book. Where is it?" Guardian mumbled, frantically searching the shelves. She couldn't find the book she was looking for; for what seemed like miles it was just brown leather covered books. She floor swayed beneath her feet and Guardian shook her head, trying to dispel the dizzy spell. *I'm fine. It's all fine. It's just a burn. It's just a-* "Aha!" She yelled triumphantly, discovering the book on the floor. It was a deep red, with black lettering on the front. The cover seemed to have dark sticky red dye dripping from the top. "Yuck." Guardian said, attempting to clean the book. It didn't work. "Welp." Guardian sighed. She opened up the book cautiously. -- Guardian

"I HOPE YOU GET KILLED! YOU STUPID WEAK CHILD!" Peacock gripped the reins tighter, shaking her head. She led Fame into his stall, this time putting a lock on the door. She stumbled inside her house, seeing the throw mess around.--Peacock

After many more tantrums, Lyptus walked towards where she guessed Hyper and Gold were. She saw them, tiny little dots in the distance. *No, I can't go without bringing Guardian with me.* She instantly turned her head and headed back to the ivy forest. She looked to where the body of her sister had lied, and closed her orange eyes.--Lyptus

Galaxy, despite wanting too, did not return the comment. She bit it back, angry tears leaking out of her eyes. *You stupid weak child.* The voice came back to her, but someone else was saying it. She shook her head vigorously, trying to remove the thoughts from her head.-- Galaxy

Guardian slowly slid down the book shelf to a sitting position. -- Guardian

Thorn walked through the bushes a few miles more before he came back to where the camp was.--Thorn

Peacock let out a groan, deciding to lay down on her bed. She tried to let her mind drift away its worries, but nothing happened. She sat up, not feeling like doing anything.--Peacock

"Hey,Magnolia?" Mark said sitting up in the chair "If there's a Vigilantes for almost every biome, Why don't we check nearby biomes for one? and how is the chance there is one?"-MarkAlsoFell

Pyro had silently watched the argument. At first he had trouble distinguishing a joking scuffle between friends, with "I hate you" being thrown around carelessly, or if the two were actually furious. However, he noticed Galaxy fighting back angry tears. "Umm...are you alright?" -- Pyro

"I'm fine." Galaxy said. She rubbed at her eyes with her shirt sleeves. "Just fine." -- Galaxy

"Alright" Mazoku said not at all matching his soft tone, He lead her to a smaller well than the one she spawned next to, "Why did we stop" She hissed, Tosh turned his glare at her, "We need to turn back" He said softly "WHAT WHY" She screamed, "Will head to my base, I have someone their who can take us faster, And the path is easier" He answered She glared but nodded at the two made it back to Tosh's Base, "Here we are" He smiled Mazoku raised a brow at the inside and turned to a wall with a map off the desert, Along with it there were four wells clearly marked on the map, Each at a corner of the map, "I use the wells to find my way faster" Tosh said as soon has he saw Mazoku looking at the mirror-Tosh & Mazoku

Fifteen minutes later, the suffication machene was built. "How much should we charge?" Purple asked Glitch. "I could us a diamond sword and some armor."--Purple

Lyptus ran encouraging thoughts in her head, opening back her eyes to see only nice green moss. She drew out her sword, looking at the ivys that blocked her path. *I wonder what's on the other side*.--Lyptus

"Mmm." Glitch thought, leaning against the tree and twirling a strand of her hair. "Let's see how much they'll pay." She sneered. -- Glitch

Lyptus fought her way through the ivys, her mind fixed on what could be on the other side. She peeked through the leftover ivys, seeing a large orange, green and black stone. "Woaaah."--Lyptus

Having taken the book, Guardian decided it would be best to get out of there. Upon getting up, the world took a violent turn in her vision, slanting. Guardian clutched the wall. *This isn't normal.... is it?* Guardian thought to Axel and Rose. Another scream form a ghast was only what answered her. *I-I have to get out of here.* She thought desperately. In a daze, she stumbled out of the library and into the open air of a balcony. Her vision continued to sway. Taking hesitant steps forward, she almost toppled over the edge. She thought she shrieked, but couldn't hear anything come out of her mouth. *I'm gonna die down here.* She realized. -- Guardian

Lyptus took a few hesitant steps forward, when she heard it make a machine noise. She scrambled back to her hiding spot, only to see that the whole time the gem was glowing brighter. She held her breath as she heard footsteps, and immedntaly saw the Wither skeletons with the bows. They had the same color armor as the gem, and were marching out towards the open Nether. *What is this?*--Lyptus

*The book.* She realized. *No wonder this isn't normal. It must be doing something to me....* -- Guardian

Lyptus watched even more as more Nether monsters came out, but looking stronger and more dangerous. *I gotta escape without being caught.* She turned back, only to start running as she heard a screech.--Lyptus

Guardian pulled out the book, looking at it's cover. Around her vision, red spirals began to surface. It reminded her of what happened when you traveled via Nether Portal. Out of fear, she dropped the book. The sensation stopped. -- Guardian

Lyptus ran a while longer till she thought she was well away from the odd gem. She sat down, panting. *You must destroy it.* The thought ran through her head, and she tried to shake it away. *No you're trying to get me hurt. Am I really?*--Lyptus

”Oh...you don’t look fine...” Pyro trailed off, not wanting to be intrusive. Galaxy seemed like a nice girl and he wanted to get to know her better. “Well...um...do you want to go hunting or mining together or something...?” — Pyro

((should they just chill and go do something for a bit so they can get to know each other better?)) — Hawk

Galaxy blinked. Then she burst out laughing. Clutching her stomach, she tried to get a hold of herself. "Oh-Oh my G-o-d!" She said. "You want us to go mining, *together*?" She burst into another fit of mad laughter. "Well aren't you cute." She said, wiping tears from her eyes. "I guess I don't see why I would refuse and offer from a cute boy like you." She said, then winked. -- Galaxy

He grinned awkwardly. "Um...heh..." Pyro had frankly no idea what to do. -- Pyro

Galaxy started giggling again. "Well, Mr Pyro. Do you have a spot for us to go mining? Together?" -- Galaxy

Pyro looked around. "That cliff would work," he pointed to an overhanging piece of rock. -- Pyro

((ah yes just another cliff in a swamp mmm yes)) -- Hawk

"Great!" Galaxy grinned. She pulled out a pickaxe. "I'll race you to the top." She said, then started running, yelling over her shoulder. "LAST ONE THERE OWES ME A STACK OF DIAMONDSS!" -- Galaxy

The book sat there, on the ground. Red spirals continued to emit from the book. Guardian was just glad she was okay. "I should get back now." Guardian said. *I can just take breaks form holding the book.* What she didn't notice however, as she left the stronghold, was the little square in the corner of her screen, signaling an effect was in place. -- Guardian

Lyptus sighed frustratingly, shaking her dark brown hair out of her face. *Where the heck is Guardian?* It was close to an hour, and the thougtht that the healer was injured or killed prickled at her skin.--Lyptus

Pyro ran after her, smiling. He climbed up the side of the cliff. -- Pyro

"So!" Hyper said, getting up, and looking at Terasu. He smirked. "You know how me and Gold both have our love interests? Ya' know, Gold and Lyptus, me and Guardian... sooooo, do you have anyone?" He grinned. "You and Shadowkeeper have any feelings? You and Lavender?" He teased. -- Hyper

"Hey!" Guardian yelled, spotting Lyptus. She waved, she started running, then hissed in pain as the injury of her leg flashed up her thigh. -- Guardian

Lyptus caught the girl, letting her sit down on the ground. "You're back!" She looked down at her leg, and widened her orange eyes with shock. "Your leg!" *Hyper's gonna kill me.* "Can you heal it? I have some drops of a healing potion left."--Lyptus

"I'm fine. I'll just put some bandages on it." Guardian said. "The good news is, I got the book." She reached into her pack and help it out. The cover was burnt to a crisp on the sides, something that hadn't been there before. However, the black pair of dragon wings and deep red cover were still there. -- Guardian

Lyptus looked at the strange book, and then back at Guardian. "Thanks." She took the book carefully in her arms, touching the cover slowly. "Do you know what it's about?"--Lyptus

"Hey! Don't touch it!" Guardian said, snatching it out of her arms. She growled, her eyes glowing faintly. Then she shook her head. "Whoops, did I just do that? I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me..." She bit her lip. "Anyway, you probably shouldn't touch it. It- It has some sort of effect on you." She said, putting the book safely back in her inventory. "It's about the nightmare realm. It's another realm like the Nether and the End, but can't be reached by players. That's all I know so far." She set about bandaging her leg. -- Guardian

Lyptus looked at the book, then at Guardian. "Once you're done with that we should go back to the boys."--Lyptus

"Oh. Okay. Um- let me see." She opened it up and started reading. -- Guardian

(@Rowan, Anything you want to either be found/not found in the book?) - rosey

((Nah not rlly, you can have that it has something to do with ppl with hard pasts have another past them idk inside))-Rowan

Lyptus watched anxiously.--Lyptus

Guardian flipped through the pages. There were several drawings in side, the handwriting scribbly. She squinted at the text, before she came to a page labeled, "Haunts". The image was that of a blank outline of a character, wearing only horns and a pair of dragon wings. The rest was a big question mark. "Haunts are not seen very often. They come to those who have been so deeply hurt that they have developed strong depression. They will often have flashbacks to previous events circling around their depression/PTSD. Their fear and anxiety with take the form a someone looking similar to them, always have horns and wings, those these can be hidden. As the fear grows more and more, the figure will take more of a physical form. At it's height, it can even be seen by others." Guardian shivered, not wanting to read any farther. "I-Is this it?" She asked, holding up the book for her to see. -- Guardian

Lyptus reached to touch the page, before drawing her hand back. "Kinda..."--Lyptus

"Oh." Guardian said, then read farther into the passage. It turned into gibberish, most likely another language. "Welp. This is helpful." Guardian said. As her vision began to sway again, she decided to give it to Lyptus. "Here." She said, giving it to the brown haired girl. "Just don't hold it too long." -- Guardian

Lyptus quickly hide the book deep into her inventory, where hopefully it wouldn't do whatever Guardian was talking about. "You ready to go back?"--Lyptus

Guardian eyed the book suspiciously. "Yeah. Just a sec." She finished bandaging her wound, though some crusty blood seeped through the edges. "Yeah. Ready!" Guardian grinned. -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded, although she walked close by in case if the healer collapsed.--Lyptus

Galaxy climbed up the hole. "FIRST!" She yelled, making it to the top. "Now, pay up!" -- Galaxy

Guardian walked by Lyptus. "So." She said, not liking the silence. "What was your sister like?" -- Guardian

Lyptus swallowed, trying to hold back the stinging tears in her eyes. "Well when she was alive...She would never stay still. She would always want to play outside and race, or at least play with our teddies." She paused, taking a sharp breath. "She always would stand up to people she didn't like, and she did it in the cutest way." The dark brown haired girl chuckled a little, as she remembered the little ginger haired girl.--Lyptus

Terasu grinned awkwardly. "No, no feelings for anyone. We're friends. Just friends." -- Terasu

((idk what's going on or where Terra is atm xD anyhow do you want to move the story along a bit and finish the nether trip?)) -- Hawk

Pyro tilted his head. "We've gotta mine them first, though." He stuck his pickaxe into the wall and pulled it out again, yanking a couple blocks of stone out. -- Pyro

After several hours of exploring the ruins of the civilization and being thoroughly creeped out, Shadowkeeper and Hunter decided the best course of action would to be to record everything they had seen and return north, asking around to see if anyone knew of this area's existence. Shadowkeeper quickly crafted a book and they sat writing for a while.

*December sixteenth, 2076.*

*Hunter and I reached our destination. We are in a frozen canyons biome south of the ice spikes I used to patrol. After a bit of searching, I found the marking on my map to be a shallow valley. The valley is curiously flat at the bottom but very steep on the sides. It has carved stone steps for ease of access and seems to hold ruins of an ancient civilization. A cave mouth is visible in the side of the valley, laced in icicles. Upon further inspection it can be seen to stretch on for about one mile, quite disproportionate after a first glimpse of the terrain around it. Inside the massive cavern there are even more ruins, now of farms, pools, castles, palaces, huts, residences, shops, and related. Carved all over the walls and on a few of the massive pillar supports are latin writings reading "help", "hide", "danger", and "test is coming". Who lived here? Why were they so scared? Are they still here? The cave seems quite deserted, and after a deeper inspection holds more nuances than we originally predicted. Near the center is a single piece of rock surrounded on all sides by a deep chasm, with a small bridge to cross to the island. On the island of rock there is a podium with a silver book. Its open page reads simply, "*Periculum adest*." Danger is here. Who lived here? What was the danger. We need to find out. No further inspection seems to be possible within the cave itself, as all the rest of its secrets are carefully hidden and indiscoverable. We'll continue looking for answers by asking locals and other players, NPCs, and sentient beings.*

Shadowkeeper stretched and they both stood up, beginning the walk out of the cave. -- Shadowkeeper

(Sure) -- rosey

"Alright, fineeee." Galaxy griped, pulling out the shiny iron pickaxe. She swung at the wall ferociously. -- Galaxy

"WAKEY WAKEY, EGGS AND BAKEY!" Magnolia burst into the main room at the top of the treehouse. "YOU READY FOR AN ADVENTURE?" She asked Mark. -- Magnolia

"She seems nice." Guardian smiled to herself. "What..." She hesitated. "What was her name?" -- Guardian

"Oh, come on, I see that look!" Hyper teased. "There's gotta be someone... anyone in the physical world then?" -- Hyper

Lyptus looked down at her feet, staying silent for a moment. "H-Her name was Russet..." The orange eyed girl wiped away a tear.--Lyptus

Frost yawned finally waking up from her small nap, GreenTea was still asleep next to her, His green feathers glowing when small bits of light shined on them, Frost stood up and walked back to the tiny chest, she looked toward Ruby and Ray who were both still alseep,She opened the chest and grabbed about 10 iron ores and 5 jungle logs that the other two put in, walked toward GreenTea she gently picked him up and then left the small camp, She honestly had no idea where she was going but hopefully away from where she last was, She ventured farther into the jungle she blinked as she noticed a light she followed it and found it was just her imagination, She continued walked around the Jungle with the small bird in her hands, hopefully far far away from Ruby and Ray-FrostCream20

Mark jumped at Magnolia's sudden entrance, He was half asleep but was DEFINETLY Fully awake now, Mark groaned "Hello,Magnolia" He smiled "Yes i'm ready" He chuckled a little-MarkAlsoFell

"Nope. I did have a girl best friend, though..." -- Terasu

"GRRRRREAT!" Magnolia grinned. "Do you have everything you need?" She asked. -- Magnolia

"That's a cool name." Guardian said. "Was it nice having a sibling? I mean- everyone tells me siblings are sooo annoying. Are they really, though?" -- Guardian

"Yuck. Siblings are the worst." Hyper shook his head. Then he realized what Terasu just said. "What?! I mean- how?" He sputtered. Gold blinked in surprise and then sighed. "Hyper, let his tell his story." Gold chided. -- Gold

Lyptus smiled a little. "She could be really annoying sometimes when I tried to relax, but I don't know what I would do without her." She swallowed. "I mean if I never knew her."--Lyptus

He checked to see if he was still wearing his scarf, "Yup" He smiled, He didn't really have that much and only needed his survival skills, Which were limited not going to lie he gave a soft smile then walking to Magnolia-MarkAlsoFell

((**wait hol' up I didn't mean to say they were siblings ack they're not related oop!! I meant best friends...uhhhh scratch that should I edit my roleplay or we pretend this never happened 😎)) --** Hawk

((edit)) -- rosey 🌹✌🌞💗

"Great! Letsgo!" Magnolia grinned, took a leap and then jumped down the banister. "MLG!" She yelled. As the ground reached her, she dumped a bucket of water on the ground. "Boom. Mic drop!" She grinned, then looked up at Mark. "You can just jump! It'll be faster!" -- Magnolia

Mark looked down to Magnolia "i-i" He gave himself a second to gather his words, Truth be told he wasn't afraid of heights..It was the fear off falling, He swallowed his fear wanting to seem brave, He looked down and jumped after Magnolia landing in the water, He whimpered softly has he regained his stance and stood up like nothing happened and gave a smirk "See i'm cool to" He Chriped-MarkAlsoFell

"Hah! Yeah, right." Magnolia smiled. -- Magnolia

"Mm." Guardian nodded, slowly. Her eyes were cast to the ground. -- Guardian

Lyptus shook her head. "Let's just hurry to the boys. I want to get out of here."--Lyptus

"Oh, okay." Guardian speed up to catch up with Lyptus. "Does this mean we're leaving the Nether? Or just this biome?" She held her breath in anticipation of the answer. -- Guardian

Mark scoffed "I AM So Cool" He grumbled-MarkAlsoFell

Magnolica covered her mouth to keep from laughing. The two headed out into the open air of the flower forest. Grass crunched under their feet. The flower looked like sprinkles onto of a giant scoop of green ice cream as they dotted the landscape. Magnolia adjusted her bag on her shoulder. She checked her compass as they walked. "Due north to the ice spikes. That would be..." She twisted around and pointed to north. "That way!" -- Magnolia

He rolled his eyes at Magnolia's attempt to keep from laughing, Jokes on her Rubert thinks he's awesome, He followed behind Magnolia as they walked looking at the surroundings, *Bzzzz* Mark looked around and walked a little faster next to magnolia "*I'm pretty sure bees dont spawn in the Ice spikes so thats good'* He told himself-MarkAlsoFell

"What's wrong?" Magnolia asked, looking around. -- Magnolia

"I heard a bee." He mumbled quietly, "But- it's not like I'm scared or anything." He said a little louder. -- MarkAlsoFell

"Oh." Magnolia said. "Don't mind them. As long as you don't hit them or anything, you should be fine." -- Magnolia

Lyptus gripped her sword tightly. "No we need to finish the rest of the Nether. Shadowkeeper's orders remember?"--Lyptus

"Hmph, They better leave me alone"-MarkAlsoFell

Guardian exhaled, slowly. "Yeah.... she did." She huffed. -- Guardian

Lyptus sighed with exhaustion, wishing to get out of the stuffy heat. "C'mon the sooner we move the better."--Lyptus

Thorn played with his throwing knives as he laid back on a tree, watching Glitch and Purple discuss.--Thorn

Glitch watched Thorn, and then sighed. She walked over to the man and held her hand out. "My sword, please." She said. -- Glitch

"Oh. Okay." Guardian sighed. Then she spotted a patch of Netherwart. Squatting down, she picked some of the plants out. "It's useful in potions." Guardian said. She wasn't sure why, but she felt embarassed. -- Guardian

Thorn looked up with his glowing red eyes. "I never had your sword remember. You said if I did I'd be dead."--Thorn

Lyptus nodded. "Feel free to take some along with you."--Lyptus

(Me: Rereads that rp

also me: whoop i did say that but he also has it and hasn't dies yet

still me: whoops)

-rosey

"Oh, yes you do." Glitch hissed. "Hand it over." -- Glitch

Thorn got up and walked to where the sword was lying. He rolled his red eyes, throwing it into her hand.--Thorn

"Thank you." She huffed and turned away. Then she whirled around and punched him square in the face. "Don't you *ever* touch my sword again." She growled. Aware of the almost certain retaliation, she stayed tense as she turned and walked away. -- Glitch

Thorn grabbed her by the arm, his eyes flaring like a blaze. "It was *lying somewhere*. So I didn't *touch* it. Maybe next time you can get it *yourself.*" He threw her arm away, grabbed his own kneives, and swept away in the night. He came to the village, and pulled his hood over. "Scooter search."--Thorn

"Rude and pathetic." Glitch hissed after him into the night. Even so, she couldn't help but admire his strong retaliation. Now that was a quality worthy in her book. -- Glitch

Thorn muttered to himself as he waited for his wolf to come back. When the wolf came back empty, he fought to hide panic.--Thorn

Terasu nodded. "Well her name was Skylar and she was three years older than me, which makes her nineteen now. I kind of...um...made a lot of mistakes and let her down way too much and now she hates me..." -- Terasu

Guardian grinned awkwardly. -- Guardian

"Whatttt? Who would hate an awesome guy like you? Especially a girl..." Hyper said, then cracked up at his own joke. He stopped when no one laughed. He rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, then went on. "In all seriousness, really. I mean- what did you do?" -- Hyper

Lyptus blinked serval times, confused. "Why you grinning at me like that? Do I look funny?"--Lyptus

"No! No! Um-" Guardian trailed off, sighed, and tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear. She stood up. "But Lyptus, can.... can we be friends?" She asked, feeling like she was a some kindergardener at a playground. -- Guardian

Lyptus widened her orange eyes, her mouth going dry. "Fri-Friends..." She swallowed, thinking any moment she was going to burst. *I always wanted a friend. Oh but remember Peacock? She was your friend but then she left you.* Lyptus shook her head. *No she came back, and well...*"I would love to be friends with you Guardian." She grinned.--Lyptus

"Oh phew." Guardian relaxed. "Well that's great! Thanks! I've never had a friend before." She said, giddy with excitement. "What do we do then, now that we're friends?" -- Guardian

Lyptus chuckled a little. "I'm not sure. I hear they tease each other about things, and," She paused, trying to remember, "I think they just were nice to each other? I don't know I never had a friend either."--Lyptus

"Well, um." Guardian closed her eyes, trying to think of a tease. "You and Gold look cute together?" She tried, then burst out laughing. "I'm so bad at this-" -- Guardian

Lyptus felt her cheeks growing red, and bit her lip to stop her from falling down in tears and laughter. "Well I saw how Hyper had played around with you with the racing!"--Lyptus

"He did not 'play' me!" Guardian covered her mouth to keep from snorting with laughter. She attempted to put on a straight face. "I am *such* a fast runner." She said, with a dramatic hair flip. -- Guardian

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes with amusement. "I guess then Hyper is just *really* fast."--Lyptus

Guardian stuck out her tongue at Lyptus as the two spotted the boys up ahead. -- Guardian

Lyptus nudged the girl with her shoulder. "Be quiet about Gold now will you." She raised her fist in a teasing threat.--Lyptus

Guardian squeaked in fear at the sight of the fist, but realized soon after it was only a joke. "Oh. Yea- right." Guardian said, she smiled. -- Guardian

Lyptus did a face at Guardian, before walking behind her. "You go first."--Lyptus

"Hey guys!" Guardian approached the trio. "We got some wood." Hyper grinned at her. "Great! Can I see?" Guardian nodded and showed him the wood. "It's blue!" Hyper exclaimed. "WHY IS IT BLUE?" Hyper asked, obviously he had never seen this wood before. Guardian shrugged, trying to hide her smile. -- Guardian

Lyptus quickly checked her inventory to make sure she had her books, before looking back at the boys. "Have you boys gathered what you needed?"--Lyptus

Hyper put a hand up to tell her not to call them "the boys" but Gold interrupted. "Yes. Hyper got us some mushrooms, and I got some more 'blue' wood." Gold did air quotations around blue. Hyper rolled his eyes, though his eyes sparkled with amusement. -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded in approval. "Very well. Are ya'll ready to get to our next destination?"--Lyptus

"You bet!" Hyper said, grinning. "I'm always up for another adventure." -- Hyper

Lyptus cast Guardian a look, then gave Gold a teasing smile. "Does anyone know where we're going next? Gold do you?"--Lyptus

"Um..." Gold felt his face redden being put on the spot like this. "Erm... the Soul Sand Valley?" He asked with a half grin. -- Gold

Lyptus nodded, her smile growing bigger. "Well done."--Lyptus

"Phew." Gold relaxed, glad he had guessed it. -- Gold

"Then, let's get going!" Hyper said, grinning. "Lead the way, Lyptus." -- Hyper

Terasu followed the group and fell in beside Guardian as they looked for a soul sand valley. -- Terasu

Lyptus walked at the head of the group, her sword in her hand and her orange eyes sharp. Luckily nothing came to hurt them, and they safely came to the dry but beautiful valley. "Here we are."--Lyptus

Guardian grinned at Terasu, then when Lyptus mentioned they were there, she turned. The soul sand valley was huge, vast, and empty. It looked like the site of a war zone. Fires lit up the land scape, there was sparse vegetation, and some cries of ghasts echoed around the terrain. -- Guardian

Lyptus flinched a little as she heard a screech ahead. "C'mon let's hurry..."--Lyptus

Gold stayed quiet, his eyes cast to the ground. -- Gold

"'kay." Hyper said. He looked around and spotted more of the crimson mushrooms. "Stubborn beasts." He muttered. -- Hyper

Lyptus glanced at Gold, seeing he was looking at the ground. She drew her gaze to the ground as well, seeing nothing but the sand. She bit her lip, having her fingers slightly touching his. "...You ok?"--Lyptus

"Fine." Gold sighed, avoiding her gaze. -- Gold

Lyptus leaned a little bit forward, trying to catch his blue eyes. "You can tell me-" She stopped, taking back her hand. "I'll l-leave you alone...Just know I'm here..." She started to walk away towards some white pillars.--Lyptus

Gold blinked suprised at her sudden exit. *Did I offend her?* He thought, nervous. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at the tall pillars, then back at the group. She whispered to Guardian, "If you're not gonna play around with Hyper you wanna look around with me?" She smiled, although deep inside she just didn't want to be alone at the place.--Lyptus

"Whoah!" Terasu looked around. He saw some ghasts and readied his shield just in case. He walked up to a huge fossil and tapped the side. It made a hollow ringing noise that echoed around the barren, sandy valley. He felt his feet slowed down by the thick sand. -- Terasu

Shadowkeeper and Hunter traveled north for the rest of the day, crossing the passage between the ice spikes and the jungle as evening arose. *I wonder if my friends are back yet...* -- Shadowkeeper

Hyper spotted his friend and decided to play a prank on him. He crept up behind one of the barren hills and put his hands to him mouth, making a sound like the cries of a ghast. -- Hyper

"Sure!" Guardian grinned. "I'll follow you." -- Guardian

Lyptus smiled thankfully, casting a glance back at Gold before continuing to walk.--Lyptus

Guardian followed her. "What are we looking for?" She asked, curious. -- Guardian

Lyptus shrugged. "Anything really." She looked at some strange dark blocks with circles, and recognized them as Ancient Debris.--Lyptus

Guardian saw a flicker of movement out of the corner of her eye. The lava ocean nearby gurgled and popped, but something was moving. Suddenly, a red square creature with a large mouth (strider) appeared in front of her. She shrieked in suprise and stumbled back into Lyptus. "OMIGOSH! LYPTUS! THERE'S A MONSTERRR." She whispered loudly. "IT'S REALLY BIG AND WEIRD LOOKING!" -- Guardian

Lyptus grabbed her shield, fearing it was a Ghast, only to see it was a Strider. She let out a relieved laugh, saying, "It's just a Strider. Don't worry they're passive, and won't hurt us."--Lyptus

"ARE YOU SURE? IT LOOKS VERY MENACING." Guardian said, cowering behind Lyptus. -- Guardian

Lyptus took all her weapons and shield away, and she got a little closer to the creature. "See?"--Lyptus

Guardian was still skeptical, but nodded. She stayed back though. "Mhm." She said. The creature made another strange noise and Guardian almost jumped out of her skin. "Okay- okay- okay! It's fine. Let's just go, okay? Please?" She said. -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded, her orange eyes dancing with humor. "Of course."--Lyptus

"Okay. Cool." Guardian backed away. "Right then." She waited for Lyptus to come back. -- Guardian

Lyptus walked back to the healer, giving a smile. "Where do you wanna go now?"--Lyptus

Guardian shook her head, expelling the fear from her head. "I'm not sure. I've never been here before." She thought for a moment. "Is there anything edible? I'm starving." -- Guardian

Lyptus looked around, seeing small little red roots in the ground. "There are some Crimson Roots. I do have some chicken left as well?"--Lyptus

Guardian squatted down, examining the roots. She made a face as a foul smelling odor emanated from them. "I'll take the chicken." -- Guardian

Lyptus handed over the cooked chicken, sitting down beside the roots. Wrinkiling her lip, she dug one out of the ground, holding it in her hand. Taking her chances, she took a bite, chewing the crunchy root.--Lyptus

Guardian sat down opposite her. She ate the chicken hungrily. "This is just a regular old picnic, isn't it." She grinned. -- Guardian

Lyptus shook her head, grinning. "Yeah, just a little bit hotter."--Lyptus

"Hah! Yeah, right." Guardian chuckled, finishing off the last of her chicken. "So, where are you from? When you were in the physical world, I mean." -- Guardian

Lyptus looked at the root in her hand, before clearing her throat. "Well I was born in Italy, and then well I went to America." She frowned a little. "You?"--Lyptus

Terasu spun around and drew his sword, just to see that it was Hyper pranking him. "Hyper..." he grunted, smiling. -- Terasu

"I've always wanted to go to Italy! I love pizza. Did you eat that everyday? Did you visit Rome?" Guardian grinned. "Does that mean English isn't your first language?" She then realized that Lyptus had asked her a question. "Oh! Me? I'm from Great Britain, technically. I lived in London, actually! We moved to New York when I was 7, and then-" She stopped, abruptly, her grin fading. -- Guardian

Hyper grinned at him cheekily. "I scared you, didn't I?" He crossed his arms, then glanced at Gold, who was still standing alone. Hyper squinted at the boy, then turned back to Terasu. -- Hyper

Lyptus's frown deepened, seeing that the other girl was in some distress. "I'm sorry for whatever happened." She laid a hand on Guardian's shoulder. "M-My brother was from Britain too." She sawllowed, trying to change the subject.--Lyptus

"Huh." Guardian shook her head. "We should head back." She stood up. Guardian was not a fan of touchy topics and avoided them wherever possible. -- Guardian

"Kinda." Terasu laughed. -- Terasu

Lyptus nodded. After getting the blocks and resources she needed, she started to walk back to where the boys were most likely being.--Lyptus

Hyper grinned. "Soooooooooo." He said, wondering how to fill the silence. "Maybe you could teach me a little about this "class upgrade" stuff?" -- Hyper

Guardian followed her, her bright eyes scanning the landscape curiously. -- Guardian

((We just gonna go to the boys @Rosey?))-Rowan

(Yup) -- rosey

Lyptus furrowed her brows in concern as Gold stood in the same space he was before, and then Hyper and Terasu grinning at each other. She glanced at Guardian with worried orange eyes.--Lyptus

Guardian shrugged, then gave her a nudge. "You should talk to him." She whispered. -- Guardian

Lyptus shared a last glance before sighing. She walked up to Gold, standing in front of him and looking up at him in the clear blue eyes. "Do you wanna talk? I-I can see you have s-something on your mind, but again if I'm not g-going to push you..." She dragged her orange gaze to the floor.--Lyptus

"I'm just worried about Galaxy." Gold sighed. "You know how some people say twins can feel each other? Well- you could say me and Galaxy have that... and I can tell she's upset." -- Gold

Lyptus bit her lip, trying to stay still and not shake. "I'm sure Peacock's taking good care of her..."--Lyptus

Gold sighed. "I hope so." Then he spotted Hyper marching up to the two. "Lyptus, I think we got the significant materials, anyplace else you want us to check out?" -- Gold

Lyptus cast a glance at Gold before looking at Hyper. "The last place in the Nether is the Basalt Deltas. It's farther away, so if ya'll would like we may return to refresh. If not we'll be on our way right now."--Lyptus

"Let's get this over with as soon as possible." Hyper said, rubbing his hands together. Guardian shrugged. "I agree, though it would be nice to take break, we can take as long as we want one we get back to the overworld." -- Guardian

Lyptus let out a nervous chuckle, although she realized once she came out of the Nether, she would most likely be on her own again. She sighed, grabbing her sword and getting to her tired legs. "Very well. Let's go."--Lyptus

"Onward, and yonward!" Hyper yelled, and waved at Terasu gesturing for him to follow. -- Hyper

Walking through the jungle with a little green bird by her side Frost went, *Hissss* Frost jumped forward, The hiss clearly from a creeper, She dove down and turned around a seocnd later only to relize, No creeper, No hole, Just GreenTea "WHAT WAS THAT" She yelled earning a chirp from her companion, "At least where both okay" She smiled, GreenTea turned his head and turned again. "No, I dont know were where going" She said back to the bird's Chirp, Like she was talking to him, "Ugh cmon lets just go" She sighed before continuing walking "I just hope they dont come looking for us" She mumbled softly-Frost & GreenTea

Terasu nodded and followed Hyper. "Yeah. So basically what I've heard is you choose a base class based on your skills- I chose warrior because I'm better at sword combat than ranged or potion combat- and you train in the skill it offers until you reach fifty levels of exp. Then you use a class upgrade table- I was able to grab the one I found in the fortress library, so we can use it- to upgrade to a tier one class, which offers more specialized skills and abilities based on your base class. Each base class offers two tier one upgrade choices, except for warrior which gives you three choices. Then you keep training in your class until you can upgrade to a tier two, which is a more refined version of the tier one class with more abilities and such. Each tier one class offers one tier two upgrade choice. It's super confusing, honestly." -- Terasu

Lyptus watched as the group sped on ahead, her sagging at the back, thoughts running in her mind.--Lyptus

"You know, I have 50 leves, but do I have to get 50 more once I choose a class? And how do I choose one?" Hyper was curious. -- Hyper

Gold nudged Lypus. "I see you and Guardian have been hanging out lately." He said, smiling. "I'm glad you found someone to talk to other then me." He chuckled. "Not that I don't like talking to you or anything..." -- Gold

Lyptus smiled, although it didn't last for long. "I was just around her since I saw you were thinking, and well I didn't want to force you to say it to me."--Lyptus

"Heh. Yeah." Gold sighed. "I miss the physical world; the good ol' days. Before this... this thing happened. You may not have been, but I was a pretty happy go lucky kid. I miss that. I don't want part of my childhood to be taken away... you know?" -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head, averting her gaze to the floor. "K-Kinda..." She ran a hand through her hair, wondering how Gold could be so happy after he did lose things in his real life.--Lyptus

"You can't let the past tie you own to much." Gold said, looking at Lyptus with warm blue eyes. "You shouldn't forget it, but you're living the present. You might as well be here, or you'll regret it later. I made that mistake before, when my Dad died, and I'm not going to let it happen again. So cheer up, don't force yourself, but at least try." -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head. "You don't understand. If I ever do get out of here, where will I go? I have no place to be, no money, and no family to take care of me. My brother won't be there, and I have no one to rely on." She closed her orange eyes to stop from tears flowing out. "I try to forget, but it's not that easy as you think."--Lyptus

Gold shook his head. "What if we stayed in here?" He asked, abruptly. "Instead of going to the physical world. I mean- we have friends here, a life here, something we never had in the physical world." He gestured to the three users up ahead. Hyper was telling some crazy joke again. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at Gold with wide orange eyes. "I thought you wanted to have that childhood in the real world?"--Lyptus

"I do... but maybe that's not the one that I should have. There... no one really accepted me. Mayeb out here, where we're all fighting for our lives, there's something that makes us more connected with each other." Gold said, softly. -- Gold

Lyptus dragged her gaze back to the floor, remaining silent.--Lyptus

"Well if you have fifty levels already then all you have to do is choose a base class and master the skills. To choose a base class you don't have to use exp., you just have to look at a list and decide the one you think fits you most. Shadowkeeper's really good at helping you choose base classes if you want some help. Then you get someone who's good at the skills the class offers to teach you stuff- I started learning mine on another server before the explosion- and when they and you think you're ready you can upgrade." -- Terasu

"Cool. Where's the list?" Hyper asked. -- Hyper

Peacock slumped on her bed, letting out an exhausted sigh after cleaning her house. *Galaxy stole so much...*The girl growled.--Peacock

Gold shrugged. "Yeah." He laughed. " I have a tendency to say things much older than I am-" -- Gold

"I think Shadowkeeper has one. I only know a couple- I was a warrior before I upgraded, and I think Lyptus is an archer. Not sure. Guardian's a healer too. I don't really know what they do- and Lavender's a warrior. Shadowkeeper is a sniper but I don't know what that is either." -- Terasu

"Hm." Hyper thought. "I like the idea of being a sniper." He said, smirking. -- Hyper

"Let's just catch up to the group." Lyptus ran towards where Hyper, Terasu and Guardian were, hoping that hanging around more people would chase her troubled thoughts away.--Lyptus

Gold nodded and ran up to where everyone else was. His eyes were watching the sky, wary of any ghasts. -- Gold

Lyptus walked quickly, not even watching where she was going. She felt her feet reach dry sand, and lifted her orange gaze to see a dark biome. "The Basalt Deltas..."--Lyptus

Hyper looked up too. "Uh oh-" He said, eyes widening. He had read about this biome online. The Basalt Deltas were full of ore drops, but were also the most dangerous biome in all of the Nether. They contained thousands of magma cubes, and ghasts. The echoes of their cries bounced around the terrain, the pop of lava, the crunch of their feet on the hot gravel. Lava was the only source of light here, many sections being left in the dark. Hyper shook his head. He had to not show any fear, for the others sake. He turned to Lyptus and whispered in her ear, "Is this really a good idea? This place is really dangerous." -- Hyper

"RAY RAY RAY RAY RAY RAY RAY RAY RAY RAY" Ruby screamed, "what?" He asked waking up, he looked around for Ruby, "Were the heck are you?" He asked, "Up here!" She yelped, He looked up to see a Orange dot in a tall tree, "How the heck did you get up there!?!?!" Ruby chuckled, "I used dirt" She motioned to a tower of dirtt going up, "WELL WHAT DO YOU NEED ME FOR!?!", "Can you get something and get up here as well? i wanna show you something" "Fine" Ray looked to were the hut was or should be, It was gone, "Give me a sec" he yelled up to Her-Ray & Ruby

Lyptus shook her head. "We'll be fine. Just be careful..." She turned her orange gaze to the lake ocean, seeing their little hideout in the distance. A shimmer caught her eye, and she saw the weird gem she had seen earlier. Averting her gaze quickly, she murmured, "C'mon let's hurry."--Lyptus

"I don't think we should split up this time." Hyper said, to Lyptus, though loud enough for everyone to hear. "Agreed!" Guardian said, as she attempted to catch up with the group. A magma cube bounced behind her. Guardian shrieked.-- Hyper

Lyptus jumped, immediately looking to the sky. She let out a sigh of relief, although she looked behind her to see a Magma Cube behind her. She gasped at it leaped, and ran out just in time before it thumped to the ground. She grabbed her bow and started to shoot.--Lyptus

Guardian swung her sword but it disappeared under Lyptus' arrows. She sighed in relief. "Thanks." She smiled appreciatively at her friend. -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded, before turning her head back to the terrain. "Let's grab some things and go."--Lyptus

Gold bent down over some ore. Netherite? He wondered. Taking out his iron pickaxe, he began swinging at it. Sure enough, it proved to be Netherite, dropping Netherite scrap at his feet. -- Gold

((hol' up wait did gold just find netherite? shouldn't we wait a while before people get netherite? or we'll have everyone way to op)) -- Hawk

Terasu killed a magma cube, picking up the iridescent slime it dropped. Guardian could probably use it. -- Terasu

"Chirp" Frost turned her gaze, "yes, I know its been awhile but eventually will find some other biome" She smiled to the bird, Geez i really have lost my mind out here, "I should have taken Ray's map" She sighed, before stopping "Will find somewhere"-FrostCream20

Lyptus looked around hastily.--Lyptus

(He just found a lil bit, i don't plan on him making anything or telling anyone he got it) -- rosey

Hyper continued swinging at the slimes. They were like annoying pests. -- Hyper

Lyptus started to get irritated by all the monsters, and looked around for a place to hide. "Does anyone have a invisibility splash potion?"--Lyptus

Guardian raised her hand. "I do, but why do you need it?" -- Guardian

Lyptus motioned to the monsters around them, and those coming too close. “We could use it to escape and get a little bit farther away.” She hit a Magma Cube behind her with her sword. “Course if it was used for something more special then there’s no need.”--Lyptus

"That's a good idea, but I only have four." Guardian said. "So unless someone stays behind, we'll have to go without." -- Guardian

Lyptus shook her head. *I thought a splash potion could splash on the ground and hit more than one player.* "Whatever, forget it let's just move."--Lyptus

(me not realizing she said splash potion okay o.o) -- rosey

Hyper raised a hand. "A splash potion can hit more than one player." He said. "We shouldn't have a problem." Gold shook his head. "I really don't think that would work-" Hyper had taken one of the splash potions and splashed it on him and Guardian. They disappeared with a pop. Gold opened his mouth to say something, but decided against it. "Valid point." He said. -- Hyper

Lyptus tried to hide her amused face as Hyper had basically read her mind. She said, "We didn't need to use them. It was just an suggestion." She shrugged.--Lyptus

"Well it's a bit too late now!" said invisible Guardian. Hyper nodded. Or at least, the helmet on his head bobbed up and down. He handed a invisibility potion to Gold, who eyed it, before throwing it on the ground. It splashed on him and Terasu. Hyper then handed one to Lyptus. -- Hyper

Lyptus splashed the potion on her, feeling a sudden pulse in her body before going back to normal. "There that should-" She stopped mid sentence as a Magma Cube hit her. Quickly grabbing her sword and killing it, she thought, *Am I not invisible?* She realized her suit of armor had broken the disguise, and gladly took it off. "Let's go quick."--Lyptus

Following her example, Gold also took off his armor. "This is so weird, I can't see any of ya'll-" He said. "How will we stay together if we have no idea where anyone is?" -- Gold

Lyptus thought for a moment. Seeing in the distance a hill that was well separated from the monsters, very few movement. "Let's meet at that little hill. And well hope we don't run over each other."--Lyptus

"Okay! Can do-" Hyper almost ran into Lyptus. "Whoops- sorry." Hyper said, embarrassed. "C'mon!" Guardian yelled, her voice already sounding far away. "Coming!" Hyper yelled. "Sorry again Lyptus." He started running to the hill. -- Hyper

"You okay?" Gold asked, looking at the spot he presumed Lyptus was. -- Gold

Lyptus caught herself, before hearing a voice behind her. She started to feel worried, thinking it was those of her head, but then realized it was Gold. "Yeah I think."--Lyptus

"Um- okay?" Gold said, not bothering to press her farther. "We should really go catch up with the others." He said. "Er- you coming?" --- Gold

Lyptus laughed, "No I'm staying here." She took a breath before going into a sprint after the others. "Hurry up slow poke!"--Lyptus

"I am not a slow poke!" Gold yelled after her, then sighed, though his eyes showed a twinkle of amusement. He started to run after her. -- Gold

Lyptus ran up the hill, although she felt her throat tighten. She panted as she came to the top, and said almost in a wheeze, "I beat you Gold!"--Lyptus

"Hah! Yeah.. right!" Gold collapsed on the top of the hill, panting. "And I thought I was bad!" Guardian said from behind him. You could hear the hint of laughter in her voice. "Oh please, I always got an F in PE at school..." He said, chuckling. -- Gold

Lyptus joked, "Well all that matters is that we all agree that I beat Gold!" She laughed, brushing away her messy dark brown hair from her face.--Lyptus

"That's all that matters." Guardian said, mimicking Lyptus, before bursting into a fit of laughter. Hyper nudged her. "Whenever we race all you seem to care about is winning!" He smirked. -- Guardian

((He nudged Ly or Guardian?))-Rowan

(guard) -- rosey

Lyptus laughed, before she looked at the hill she was gathered on. "Let's gather these resources and then we can leave."--Lyptus

"Good idea." Hyper said, putting his hands on his hips and looking around. "Lets hurry before the potions run out." -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded. She quickly dug up some blocks and mushrooms, although there wasn't really anything to be gathered.--Lyptus

Hyper looked around, examining everything. Really, there was just mushrooms. *Yuck.* He thought as he picked one up. *Rotten excuse for a vegetable.* -- Hyper

Lyptus had gathered enough stuff that all of her inventory was full. She smiled in satisfaction, as she was amazed at the dark biome. "I'm ready to leave when ya'll are."--Lyptus

"I was ready a long time ago." Guardian griped. "This is boring... there's nothing here to collect!" -- Guardian

Lyptus didn't pay attention to what Guardian said, only locking her gaze at the distance ahead of her. She shook her head, turning her back. "Ok then let's go back."--Lyptus

"Back to the overworld?" Guardian asked, giddy with excitement. -- Guardian

Hunter and Shadowkeeper arrived at the jungle village around mid-afternoon. Shadowkeeper wanted to go check if her friends were back yet. Saying goodbye to Hunter, she asked him if they wanted to meet up again or if Hunter wanted to join their group. "Maybe," Hunter considered. "I'll think about it. I'll come in about a week and meet everyone, if they're back." Shadowkeeper nodded. "Alright. Sounds good. Thanks for traveling with me." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus nodded. "Yes. When we come back to our hideout, we'll pack our things and then head to the portal." She averted her orange eyes to the shinny gem, thoughts running around in her head.--Lyptus

"YESSS!" Guardian said, grining. Hyper rolled his eyes, but he was smiling. "Well, if everyone's ready, then we should head back now. It's been a long time, Shadowkeepr will be wondering where we are." -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded and jumped form block to block till she reached flat ground. Inhaling, she broke into a run as her visibility potion was about to run out.--Lyptus

After awhile Ray finally got into the tree, "Why are you up here anyway?" He asked, Ruby shrugged "I wanna Tree house" Ray sighed "That's a lot of work plus the chance of falling any second" Ruby frowned "Awww, Fine but the view is at least nice here" She smiled, "Ugh every second makes me wanna stay" "Then we stay up here" "fine", "The view really is nice, you can see alot but this is definetly not the tallest tree still i can see alot" Ray smiled, Ruby nodded, "Now that we live in a tree I WANT MORE PETTTSSSS" Ruby yelled out on the last sentence, Ray chuckled "Speaking of pets we need to get Millie up here" The two looked down to the camp..This was gonna be a long day-Ruby & Ray

Terasu followed the group, stopping for a second to pry a nugget of gold ore out of the wall. He held it up. Even raw, it had a beautiful red-gold shine and, unlike overworld gold, was diamond-hard. -- Terasu

Guardian ran after Lyptus, adrenaline keeping her going. -- Guardian

Lyptus panted as she reached the hut, relief shadowing over her troubled thoughts. She opened the door, gladly throwing her armor off of her and collapsing to the floor. "Ah finally!"--Lyptus

Guardian made it in after Lyptus, but almost tripped over her. "Ahhh!" She said, stumbling forward as she tried to step on Lyptus. She didn't step on her, though she did fall onto the hard netehrack floor. "Ungh." She groaned, sitting up. She wiped the dirt from her face, smearing red dust on her. Hyper burst into laughter, snorting as he held his stomach. "Hey! Knock it off! I didn't even do anything that funny!" Hyper wiped tears from his eyes, before bursting into more laughter. "Y-You- you look like a c-clown!" He managed. -- Guardian

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes with humor, packing her armor away before sinking down to the ground with some water and food.--Lyptus

Guardian wiped her face again and stuck out her tongue at Hyper. Hyper just smiled and sat down on ther ground beside her. "Hungry?" He asked, holding out some chicken. "Yes please!" Guardian said, and started eating the chicken. Hyper took took a sip of water and stretched. -- Hyper

Gold came in last, making sure no one was left behind. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at Gold, before getting to her feet. "Let's refresh before we leave." She grabbed her pickax. "I'm just going to mine some blocks beside the hideout."--Lyptus

Gold opened his mouth to say something, but sighed. "That's fine." He said, nodding. "Just yell if you need us." -- Gold

Lyptus gave Gold a smile, before she walked out to the heat again. Quickly taking back on her heavy armor, she dug up some blocks to take back home. *The gem. Get the gem. Destroy the gem.* The thoughts of the shinny block spun in her head, and at the end she drew her orange eyes to the glowing stone. She hesitated, looking at the hideout to make sure no one was watching, before pulling her hood over her head. Inhaling, she broke into a run with a swiftness potion, climbing up to the hill. She turned to look around the Nether, the sight making her throat feel dry. Shaking her head, she hid behind some rocks as the powerful mobs were spawning. *A drop of invisibility. Take it.* Obeying the command and taking a sip, she flung herself to the top of the huge rock. She looked at her pickax, realizing it wouldn't be strong enough to break the stone. She bit her lip in annoyance. As if her thoughts were read, a colorful red and black pickax appeared in her hand. *Use it now!* Lyptus dug into the gem, trying not to breath so hard with fear of being heard. As she dug, she heard the world go silent, and looked below her to see that all the monsters had found her. *Oh no.* She hit the gem harder and faster as the mobs climbed slowly towards her. With a crack the glass shattered, and the gem disappeared beneath her. She thumped to the ground, pain surging through her stomach and legs. She let out a sigh of relief, before stopping short at the sound of a scream. She jerked her head to see her sister hiding behind some rocks. "It's ok I'm here!" The girl ran with tears in her eyes as she went to the ginger haired girl crouching, falling to her knees to give the girl a hug. But as she tried to wrap her arms around her sister, the person vanished. *Wha-Where?* Lyptus looked that ahead of her was the burnt body of her sister, and drew in a breath to keep her from breaking down fully in tears. "No not again!" She started to crawl to the body, but before she could reach she heard a loud screech above her. Rasing her orange eyes, she saw what she had feared. A Ghast. Frozen to the spot, she widened her eyes in fear as fire balls flew around her. "H-Help!" The dark brown haired girl screeched as burning pain scorched her skin. She coughed as smoke flooded into her mouth and nose, and raised her arms to hopefully protect herself. She felt the flames come closer, making the heat unbearable. Smoke and heat sparminging around her body, she let out one last shriek before she collapsed to the flaming ground.--Lyptus

Hyper looked up with a start. He ran up outside. He could have sworn he heard something. He looked outside... and saw the dark figure of Lyptus on the ground far way. He swore and ran inside, grabbing his sword and throwing on his armor. "What's wrong?" Guardian asked, suprised. Hyper didn't look up but said to her, "Meet me outside. Asap." Guardian nodded, though fear was in her gaze. "What?" Gold asked. "What's wrong?" Hyper shook his head. "Not you." He said. The last thing her needed was Gold right now getting upset and irrational. "But-" Gold began but Hyper shot him down with a glare. He ran outside, heading for Lyptus. Guardian pulled on her armor and ran after Hyper. "Will you please tell me what's going on?" Guardian asked. "Lyptus." Hyper said, his eyes straight ahead. Guardian's eyes widened. "No, she-" Then the pink haired girl saw the girl up ahead. "Lyptus?!" She screamed. Then, she was there. She almost stumbled to her side. "No, no. Lyptus? Can you hear me? Please don't be dead!" Guardian shook her. Hyper bit his lip. Guardian felt sick. She hated to see Lyptus like this. She couldn't let anyone get hurt... she wasn't going to... and yet. Here she was. Tears left trails in her ash covered face. She didn't bother to wipe them away. Guardian poured some water down Lyptus' throat, trying to revive her. - Guardian

Lyptus felt the pain scorch her sharply before it all faded away. She blinked serval times as smoke still flaked at her orange eyes. She winced as her head was hurting, and looked around to see Hyper and Guardian around her. "W-What happened?" No response. "Hello? Hey!" She reached to shake Guardian, but her hand went right through. She gasped with shock, and swallowed as she realized, she wasn't there. She wiped her eyes, and got to her feet. She looked down at her burnt body, and wondered if this was it for her. "Good job." The dark brown haired girl whipped her head around at the sound of the deep echoing voice to see the fox demon girl sitting in the air, her sharp teeth formed in a smile. "What do you mean 'good job'?! Did you just want me to die like this?!" The fox demon girl got to her feet, walking towards her with unflinching black and lava eyes. "I made you suffer to actually speak to you." In an instant Lyptus's started to whirl.--Lyptus

Guardian blinked, and placed one hand on her friends arm. Her pulse was beginning to slow. "L-Lyptus?" She choked on her words. She clenched her hands into fists. They didn't have any more healing potions. Lyptus had used the last of hers on Guardian. Closing her eyes she exhaled. She then looked up at Hyper. "I-I" He began, then burst into tears. Hyper's eyes widened and then he bent down next to and hugged her. "It's fine..." He murmured. Guardian wept in his arms. "I can't save her..." She choked. "I let down my only friend..." -- Guardian

Gold thought he heard somone scream. He wouldn't stand it anymore and he peeked outside. Through his blurry, nearsighted vision, he couldn't see much, put the brightly color hair of Guardian stood out. She was only the ground, her faint cries floating across the landscape. His eyes widened and he started running towards her. "Hyper! Guardian!" He shouted. "What's going on?" Hyper looked up and shook his head. Gold's eyebrows raised. "What?" Then he saw her on the ground. Her body was almost unrecignizable. "Lyptus?" He breathed. He felt dizzy for an instant. No, he was in shock. He knelt down beside the body, then looked at Hyper. "I-Is she?" He couldn't fininsh it. Hyper looked away, but Guardian nodded slightly. *NO. This must be a prank. This can't be happening. Am I dreaming? Is this whole thing a dream. Lyptus can't be dead! I had to protect her.... I promised her it would be okay.* He took heavy breaths, and blinked. He felt her pulse, then pulled back his hand. It was almost gone. Gold looked at Lyptus and smoothed her hair out so he could see her face. "I'm sorry." he murmered. "I was supposed to protect you. I should have been there...." Silent hot tears rolled down his face. -- Gold

In front of Lyptus’s eyes, flashes of yelling parents, funerals and burning ginger hair appeared. She swallowed, closing her eyes, hopefully to make it all stop. *My husband left because of you!* *You should have never been born!* Echos of the past boomed into her ears, and she walked around blindly to try to escape. Something shoved her to the ground, and yet again she appeared at her dead body. *My friends…Hyper...Guardian...*She reached to lay a hand on Guardian’s head, but drew it back, knowing what would happen. “Lyptus, what are you going to do now?” The dark brown haired girl broke into tears as she saw Gold come towards her body. “I don’t know…” As she sobbed, she felt a weight on her shoulder, and turned to see the girl’s claws were resting there. “You mustn’t give up so easily. I can help Lyptus, but only if you let me.”--Lyptus

Hyper got up and nudged Guardian. "We should let Gold stay here for a moment... alone." Hyper whispered to her. Guardian nodded numbly. As the two walked back to the fortress Hyper reached out for her hand and Guardian took it, lending each other silent support. -- Hyper

Lyptus widened her orange eyes in shock. "You? Help me? I t-thought you wanted to kill me." A laugh sounded in front of her, but not as in mockery, but in a sort of gentle amusement. "No Lyptus. I've been trying to tell you something through all of this." The girl opened her hand, and at the tip of her claws formed a round white ball, showing Lyptus's breaking moment with Gold. "All those things I told you about him at that time, was to see how much strength you would lose because of one person. Lyptus, you are already a very good person, but because of your past you have a weak spot that is certainly powerful. Just like Gold told you, you can't hold on to it." The dark brown haired girl bit her lip, the thought of her most trusted friend making her eyes water. "How would you help me...?" The girl closed her hand, and dropped to her feet instead of hanging in the air. "You would become powerful, but without the evil heart many have. I would help you, wether mental or physical, to beat the things you will meet in the future. I am here because of your Father and Mother, and as I've watched you suffer, it's time to stop and control it." Lyptus looked at the girl, feeling as if her heart was warmed by these words. *But only if you let me.* *I need to trust her...*Lyptus looked at the girl's outstretch hand, and laid her own in it. "...I do allow you."--Lyptus

Gold looked around to see if anyone was watching. Then looked down at Lyptus, the love of his life. A memory flashed through his head, the first time they met. He had fainted, and Lyptus had probably saved him from being eaten alive. Not only that, but if it weren't for her, Galaxy wouldn't be alive. He chocked on his tears, and then looked down at Lyptus. "I owe you so much." He said aloud, to no one, to everyone. "Thank you." He then bent down over her body, and kissed her on the lips. He held it for a few seconds, no wanting to let go. Evantually though, he had to. Pulling back, he started to cry, and buried his head in his arms. Hot tears flowed freely down his face. -- Gold

Lyptus felt her hand started to fizz, and a bright flame appeared between the two hands. Closing her orange eyes, she smiled as she felt the world start to spin. The faint scent of smoke and burned skin floated back to her senses, and she coughed multiple times. With a gasp for air she jerked her head up, coughing the rest of the smoke away. Clearing her orange eyes from the small amounts of dust, she realized she felt as if someone was beside her. She expected to see the girl she had just spoken with, but gold hair and watery blue eyes were shone instead. "G-Gold?"--Lyptus

Gold blinked, suprised. "Lyptus?" He managed. "Lyptus!" He said, and wrapped his arms around her. "I thought you were dead! You were- I-" He trailed off, and started to cry again. -- Gold

Lyptus blinked serval times, hoping this wasn't some sort of vision. *He's real!* She collided with him, happiness making her burns numb. "It's re-really you...!" She pressed her face into his shirt, tears of joy soaking her cheeks. She held on the young man tightly, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I-I..." The dark brown haired girl couldn't speak, as words couldn't describe what she was feeling.--Lyptus

Gold sniffled and wiped his face. "Are you okay?" He asked. -- Gold

Lyptus ignored Gold's question, as her glowing orange eyes looked at Gold's face. "I'm s-so sorry Gold..." She felt more tears stream down her face.--Lyptus

"About what?" Gold asked, and held her tighter, feeling like his heart would break. -- Gold

Lyptus sobbed, "For putting y-you through all of this..." She felt herself be pulled closer, and for a second was afriad Gold would feel her heart beating rapidly.--Lyptus

"Oh, Lyptus.... I'd do anything for you." He murmered. -- Gold

Lyptus smiled, her heart beating faster with joy. She whispered, half to herself, "I owe you so much..." She suddenly remembered, and drew her face back to look at Gold in the eyes. "It's all over! The girl? She was trying to help me, and didn't want to hurt me at all! She helped me come back!"--Lyptus

Gold raised an eyebrow. "She what now?" -- Gold

"She's going to help me now. She was just trying to test me of how attached I was to my past. Like you said!"--Lyptus

"Oh." Gold said, then shook his head to get his jumbled thoughts in order. "Did you... do you remember anything that happened when you were unconscious?" He asked, remembering the kiss. -- Gold

"Well I saw Guardian and Hyper around my body and then you running towards it. Then she took me away." She tiled her head in confusion at Gold's question.--Lyptus

Gold relaxed. "O-oh. Okay." *Whew. Thank goodness she didn't remember. That would be awkward.* "Are you sure you're okay? I mean- you were really dead! Your heart stopped beating!" -- Gold

Lyptus looked at her arms and legs, burned and bloody, and then shuddered. "I'm not sure. I'm just glad I'm back." She squeezed Gold's hand, fearing that any second he would disappear.--Lyptus

"I'm glad too." Gold grinned, then his smile faded slightly. "We should probably get you to Guardian. You may be functional, but you're not looking too good. C'mon." He took her hand and started walking towards the small hidey hole. -- Gold

Lyptus limped beside Gold, trying to keep up with him. She opened the door to the hideout and stood there at the entrance. "Hey guys." She then realized that they thought she was dead and didn't see her when she came back, and did an awkward smile.--Lyptus

"Lyptus!" Guardian exclaimed. "OMG! Is that you, or am I hallucinating?! I knew I shouldn't have eaten that rotten flesh two weeks ago!" She said, then realized everyone else was looking at Lyptus. "AHHH! IT'S NOT A HALUCITNATION!" Guardian ran and gave her friend a tight, almost choking, hug. "I'm sorry I couldn't heal you! Please don't stop being friends with me! I'm really sorry! I didn't realize we'd need that last potion!" -- Guardian

Lyptus almost fell to the ground at the force of the hug, but luckily she was able to keep balance on one foot. Returning the tight hug, she said back almost in tears, "It's ok. I know you tried your best. I'm just happy to see you all again."--Lyptus

Hyper blinked in surprise, and eyed Lyptus suspiciously. *Is this some ghost? Someone trying to trick us?* But he smiled anyway and said, "Welcome back Lyptus. It's... good to see you again." -- Hyper

Lyptus gave a smile to Hyper over the head of Guardian. "Same." She looked at each one of them, before asking, "Are we ready to go back?"--Lyptus

Guardian nodded, smiling. Hyper sighed and rubbed his temples, deciding to put his suspiciousness to rest for now. "Yeah, let's go." Guardian eagerly jumped into the portal. Gold followed after her, and then Terasu. Hyper nodded to Lyptus. "You go first." -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded her thanks, grabbing the side of the portal before feeling the thick purple liquid swirl around her. Taking a step out, she recognized the room where Hyper had his secret stuff. *Finally, we're back.*--Lyptus

Hyper cast one look around the Nether before going into the portal. His vision swam for a brief instant, and he closed his eyes as the nether faded away. Stepping out, he found himself in the vault. It felt like so long ago they had been in this house. Looking through a small window, he noticed it was dark. He wondered how much time had passed. He turned to the others. "We should rest." He said. "We can decide what to do in the morning." -- hyper

Lyptus nodded, although she didn't feel comfortable to be in the dark room. Climbing her way outside, she breathed relief as stars and a moon appeared above her. She sank down into the soft grass, her orange eyes flickering with gladness that they came back safely.--Lyptus

Guardian nodded and wandered into her potion room. -- Guardian

((Should we just make it day?))-Rowan

(yeah) -- rosey

Hyper woke up early, unable to sleep. He headed out of of bed and to the training dummy area outside the house. Grabbing a wooden sword, he swung at the dummys, perfectly deflecting the "hits" they lodged back at him. -- Hyper

It had been quite a long time since the fight to rescue Bridge. The bounty hunters won, with the help of Weevil and Torpedo Bob. After the fight, and when the group staggered into a shelter of a forest, Marshmallow declared "That's it." "That's it what?" asked Super, leaning over the unconcious and exausted animals, Bridge, and Weevil. "That's it," Marsh repeated, clentching his fists "I am not going to just move on after some evil jerk kidnaps my dog and my sisters bird and boyfriend!" Super stares at her younger sibling. "I am going out tommorow to try to find someone who will help me cause Glitch as much pain as she gave us." The next day, Marsh set out to find Shadowkeeper's allies. -- Marshmallow and Supergirl

Lyptus blinked her orange eyes as dawn crept its way, crashing the night away. She stretched, glad to feel the cool breeze in her dark brown hair. She got up, wincing at the scars and sores from their latest journey.--Lyptus

Honeycomb was following Lyptus, trying to sneak on her. - - Honeycomb

((@Beto Ly aint near where Honey was so could you maybe have Honey attack Peacock instead? If not that's cool I guess))-Rowan

"Hyah!" Hyper said, giving the dummy one last slash. Satisfied, he put the sword back in the chest outside the training area. Looking around, he spotted Lyptus a little ways away. He waved at her and headed over. "Hey! Can I sit here?" He asked, a half-smile on his face. -- Hyper

"So whatcha wanna do?" Ray asked, Ruby shrugged "Explore the Jungle more?" she suggested, Ray nodded, the two got down from the half built tree house and set out into the jungle "Get seeds, i wanna get a parrot!" Ruby mewed, Ray laughed-Ray&Ruby

Lyptus nodded, saying, "I mean this is where you live so I shouldn't say no." She grinned.--Lyptus

"Yeah- I know, but I figured I should ask anyway." Hyper said as a he settled himself on the ground beside her and watched the sunrise. He missed small moments like these. Everything seemed to just fly by.... he missed just sitting with someone and having a genuine conversation. -- Hyper

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes in amusement, before she looked back at the world she missed. *Remember you might need to leave*. Lyptus frowned at the thought, realizing she would miss being with Guardian and Hyper, having all these adventures.--Lyptus

Hyper sighed and stretched, readjusting his baseball hat on his head. "Are you going to leave after this?" He asked, looking at her. "Shadowkeeper hired you right? Did she say you might stay longer with us?" -- Hyper

Shadowkeeper waved goodbye to Hunter when they reached the outskirts of teh forest biome Terasu's house was in. "Maybe we can see each other again?" She asked. Hunter shrugged, but smiled slightly. "Maybe. It would be nice." He said, looking at her. "See you around." Hunter started walking away. Shadowkeeper found herself smiling to herself, as she turned to walk into the woods. She spotted Hyper and Lyptus sitting in front of the house. "Hey! I'm back." She waved to them. "How did your trip go, Lyptus? I hope you didn't run into any trouble."-- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus cast Hyper a look, before waving back to Shadowkeeper. "It was good. Just had some trouble here and there."--Lyptus

Hyper snorted, holding back silent laughter. He rolled his eyes at Shadowkeeper. *You have no idea.* -- Hyper

Shadowkeeper raised an eyebrow at Hyper but decided not to push the issue. "I'm assuming everyone is here, and uninjured." She said. "Thank you for helping us." She nodded at Lyptus. "I don't really need anymore help, though another person coming in the group would be useful." Shadowkeeper rummaged around in her inventory, and pulled out two diamonds and half a stack or iron. "Will this will be enough?" She asked. -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus looked at the stack, trying to remember the deal she had made before. *I did ask to have a position...*"Yes that's fine." She shook her head, thinking. "Um when you say in the group you mean as in staying here...?"--Lyptus

After a long time of traveling, Marsh came across the house of terasu and Hyper. Creeping forward, Marshmallow decided to put away his weapons and come forth as an ally. He knocks on the door and waits. --Marshmallow

Shadowkeeper nodded. "Yes, but only if you want to." -- Shadowkeeper

Glitch heard voices in the woods and turned to Purple. Slowly, they faded away. "Purple." She said, not facing her friend, but still watching the woods. "I think we should move on. There's someone else trying to go after the bosses, so we need to move fast." She glanced at her. "Do you understand, or would you like to stay here?" The cold tone as she said the last words implies that staying wasn't much of an option. -- Glitch

"Glitch, if you need to go after the bosses, than I need to go after the bosses. This was my revenge, and I savored every second of it." Purple turned away from the woods. "Sky! Grab Thorn and let's get a move on!" she called, before grabing her pack and preparing to go.-- Purple

"*Mint! Mint! Wake up"* A voice called from the darkness, Mint opened her eyes A grey and white haired girl was in front off her, It was pixi, one of her online friends next to her was Rose, "She's Awake!" Pixi mewed happily, Mint smiled She noticed she was sitting down against a tree in a grassy field "Were are we?" Mint asked Pixi shrugged "Minecraft" Rose said looking around behind Pixi, Mint got up and stood next to Rose, Pixi following "Let's find a way out as fast as we can" Rose hissed-Rose,Pixigirl and Mint

"Why me?" Skylar questioned grabbing her pack, "Can't you do it?"-Skylar

"Don't make me drag you along!" Midge called to her friend who slumped on the ground with Stick by his side, "No" He sighed before being hulled up "I'll drag you!" She hissed, "Hmph" was all she got in reply, Stick barked, "Even you're dog wants you to go" She sighed, "I just don't feel like we should go, Mark might find me and i can't leave" He said with a tone of anger, Mark, Rubert's Twin who he basically needs to function, "Fine, One more day" She sighed-Midge and RubertJustFell

Glitch shot a glare at Skylar, but bit back a remark. Whether she liked it or not, she technically was still her co-leader, if you could even call it that. "I'll get him myself." She grumbled, throwing her sword on her back and running to the village. "Thorn!" She called. -- Glitch

Sky smiled to herself before getting all ready to go, she swung her axe over her shoulder and looked to Purple "Any idea where were going to go?" she questioned-Sky

Thorn walked out of the shadows, his red eyes glowing in the growing light. He growled, "What?" He laid back against a tree, his "fight" with Glitch still in his mind.--Thorn

"We're leaving." She said, eyeing him. "Where exactly were you off to?" -- Glitch

Thorn tossed his silver hair out of his face, his red eyes glowing. "Good question. You don't need to know."--Thorn

Glitch sighed. "C'mon, the others are waiting." She said. -- Glitch

Lyptus swallowed, dragging her gaze to the house and then back to the forest. "Um can I have some time to think....?"--Lyptus

Thorn kicked a rock in annoyance that his trip might have to wait. "Where are *we* going?"--Thorn

"Huh?" Terasu sat up in bed, hearing a knocking at the door. He rubbed his eyes and groaned. "Who is it? Hyper playing some prank?" He muttered as he pulled on his jacket and walked to the door. He opened it. "Hyper, I-" He stopped short when he noticed someone different was at the door. He felt his face turn red with embarrassment at the thought he thought this stranger was Hyper. "Um- hi." He said. "Can.... can I help you?" He asked. -- Terasu

Shadowkeeper nodded. "Of couse." Then, she turned to Hyper. "Where is everyone else? I need to talk to them." -- Shadowkeeper

"To go after the bosses, of course." Glitch eyed him as they came upon the others. She pulled up her holographic list of the bosses. "Next is the Ravenger." She said to Thorn, though also to everyone else. She closed the menu and looked up. "It's going to be a farther trek than last time. I hope you're ready." -- Glitch

Lyptus nodded her thanks, starting to think. "Hey how long will you give me?"--Lyptus

Thorn grumbled, "I guess I don't have a choice do I?" He grabbed his sword, and called for Scooter.--Thorn

"One day." Shadowkeeper said. "Sorry I can't give you more, but something tells me we're going to have to confront those bosses sooner than expected." -- Shadowkeeper

"No, not really." Glitch said, smirking. She turned to see everyone was ready. "Let's head out then." -- Glitch

Lyptus nodded, although she crossed her brows in worry. "Ok thanks..." Nodding goodbye, the dark brown haired girl walked around the corner as she stared at the forest ahead of her.--Lyptus

Thorn wrinkled his nose, pulling his black hoodie over his silver hair.--Thorn

Glitch walked at the front of the group, checking the map everynow and then to make sure they were on the right location. -- Glitch

Lyptus picked up her stuff and letting out a sigh. She looked at the house, wondering where Gold or Guardian was. *What am I supposed to decide*? She walked out towards some cows, deciding to make some steak.--Lyptus

"ACK" Silver felt a hard surves hit her back, She opened her eyes to a cloudy sky, She sat up and looked around seeing something familiar, Swamps...Minecraft Swamps "Mew" A soft meow caught Silver's Attention, She turned to see Lauren curled up next to her looking at her with blue eyes, Silver smiled, She stood up taking in the surroundings before running to a nearby tree and hitting it to get wood, "Yes, Definetly Stuck in minecraft" she said to Lauren, She pulled her Purple hoodie over her head and made a crafting table then cutting down the rest of the tree making a Axe after, "Meow?" Silver turned "Speedrunning time!" She annouced to her cat friend while making a pickaxe, "i'm not the biggest fan of swamps so will mine for today then head to a new location" Lauren gave a meow in reponse, Silver walked around looking for a above ground cave, finally finding one she sighed before getting out her wooden Pick she then started to mine the stone "Before we mine will get some Stone weapons and picks and a furnece" she said half to herself, after getting a Stone Axe and two picks she desended into the caves, Lauren close after-Silver&Lauren

Guardian was right back in her groove. It always helped her to relax when she was experimenting with potions. She danced around to a music disc she found in Hyper's vault and hummed to the song. Using random ingredients of potions, she threw them in a cauldron, combining them and then stirring them with her shovel. -- Guardian

Silver walked around the cave, She had gathered some coal and made torchest to find her way, "Meow!" Lauren alerted Silver, the girl turned walking to her cat to see she found a 4 stack of Iron ore, Collecting it she smiled "were at 14 iron now! That should be enough for now" She declared before patting Lauren on the head, "C'mon lets go to the surface and find some sheep", Going back up the cave with Lauren by her side, once getting up to surface Silver walked the land looking for signs of animals or maybe even Players, she sighed "Nope" She walked back to her spawn point and put down her crafting table again and sat down against it "Heh...Pepole slow me down anyway" She turned to her cat who was laying down next to her "At least i have you"-Silver&Lauren

"You're Terasu, right?" asked Marshmallow. Without waiting for an answer, Marshmallow spoke. "I want to join your group. Glitch kidnaped my sister's boyfriend, and our pets. I'm joining the rebellion." --Marshmallow

"Rebellion?" Terasu blinked. "Sister? Pets?" He was surprised, then frowned. "I think you have the wrong place. There's no rebellion here... I don't think. I don't even know who this Glitch is." -- Terasu

Lyptus caught the name Glitch from an unknown voice, and felt a jolt run through her. She quickly packed her things, before looking around for some paper. She wrote 'I'm going back to the forest, I will return.' She then started to run across the pasture towards the forest.--Lyptus

Gold sat alone on a branch above the forest, staring at the sky. He'd been here for a while. Nothing could get him to sleep, he had to much in his mind... he couldn't get the image of Lyptus' burned body out of his head. He bit his lip and took a deep breath. He wondered if Galaxy was out there, looking at the same sky he was. He hoped so. -- Gold

Lyptus jumped over some pile of sicks, making her enter into the forest. She looked up, seeing that the tall branches blocked out the sun. Pausing to take a breath, she broke into another run.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper sighed and went back inside. She was tired. Traveling had left her slightly drained. Looking around, she heard loud music from the room upstairs. What's going on? She though, hurrying up the stirs and opening the door to Guardian's potion room. "Guardian? What are you-" She started but Guardian interupted. "Shadowkeeper! You're back!" Guardian squealed and ran to hug her friend. "Oh-" Shadowkeeeper was surprised. "Yeah. I guess I am." She blushed with embarassment. "I missed you! So much happened in the Nether!" Guardian said. Releasing her grip, she told Shadowkeeper all that happened during the trip. -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus ran until she reached the village, feeling some sort of comfort as she recogized the place. She came to the birch house, and stared at it before deciding to go and knock.--Lyptus

Silver got up and patted Lauren on the head, "C'mon lets head out" She mewed, Lauren purred in response, The two headed out of the swamp looking at all the mounains until eventully reaching a big beach "Oooo, Lauren look!" Silver shouted running along the beach looking at the waves, Lauren ran along side her meowing, Silver laughed before stopping at a big moutain "Lets stay hear for awhile, It's quite nice" She smiled before putting the crafting table and furnace up against the Mountain side, "Now THIS Is a good place for a Base" She smiled, "Meow?" Lauren's Voice mewed from the beach, Silver walked to her before looking to the water noticing someting "Coral! Ooo A Warm water beach" She smiled, Something caught her eye "Wow...Deep water so that means i'm not just seeing things...A Temple" She sighed looking far into the Water noticing a structure just barily, "Yea...Back to the mountain, C'mon Lauren" she said softly, She wasn't a fan of Temple's Well mostly because of water also being she had barily anything but a iron Axe and pick along with a crafting table,Furnace and stuff to make a Fishing rod "Well there is plenty fish so...Why don't we start Fishing?" She asked Lauren, The cat mewed and Silver began Crating a Fishing rod-Silver&Lauren

Gold sighed and turned over, running his hands through the bark of the tree. He sang softly under his breath. The song was something his mother used to sing, and something he found while browsing spotify.

*How could a heart like yours*

*Ever love a heart like mine?*

*How could I live before?*

*How could I have been so blind?*

*You opened up my eyes*

*You opened up my eyes*

He closed his eyes, his exhaustion finally setting in. He gave in to sleep.

-- Gold

Lyptus heard the door creak. "Hey Pea-" She stopped mid-sentence to see the dirty blonde haired girl with messy hair, and turquoise eyes that would rarely open. "Oh hi Lyptus." The tired girl yawned, almost collapsing to the ground. The dark brown haired girl limped forward, murmuring, "C'mon let's get you to sit down." She let the girl sit down on the bed, before turning her orange eyes to the messy house. She walked over to the open chests, before something hard landed on top of her. Warm and wet sticky liquid met her face, and heavy muscles covered in fur swept over her. "Brunette!" Lyptus sat up to see her wolf, and hugged the big she-wolf closer to her. "What happened her Brunette?"--Lyptus, Peacock and Brunette

Pyro watched as Galaxy put the finishing touches on their secret base. "Ta-da!" Galaxy put her hands on her hips. She turned to Pyro. "Nice." Pyro said. "Where did you learn to build like this?" "My brother taught me." She said, though her smiled faded slightly. "I didn't know you had a brother." Pyro said. "I *have* one." She snapped. "It's not like he's dead." "Oh. Sorry." Pyro looked away. "It's fine." Galaxy said, putting a hand on his shoulder. Pyro smiled at her, though slight. They looked at each other for a moment, then Galaxy turned away. "I-I should go and get materials." She said. "I'll see you later." She walked the stairs, heading for the woods benath. Pyro sighed, was he watched her. -- Pyro

Lyptus sighed as she finished cleaning the house, although she realized that many of Peacock's things were gone. She wrinkled her lip, thinking. She helped her friend to her feet, had Pip in his cage, Brunette at the back, and walked towards the stable. Putting Peacock on Fame's back, she hopped on beside her friend and charged towards the deeper forest.--Lyptus

Thorn looked at Glitch, his red eyes narrowing. He caught up to her, although he stayed silent for a while. "Where do you get those prisoners?"--Thorn

"Huh? Oh, well. Purple insisted on getting revenge of someone. We captured the boyfriend. We left them behind though. I wasn't in the mood for hostages." Glitch rolled her eyes. "Poor girl, she thinks I'm her friend. Don't tell her I said that." She said, shooting a glare at Thorn. -- Glitch

Pyro wasn't sure what he thought of this girl. He felt weird around her. His face got all red and he got flustered. Pyro always was a socially awkward child.... but he didn't feel that way around Galaxy. He shook his head and went back inside their base in the mountain. -- Pyro

Thorn clenched his teeth tight, annoyance growing mixed with worry. "I asked *where*. Not *why*."--Thorn

"Where?" Glitch raised an eyebrow. "Back in the forest. Why?" -- Glitch

Thorn raised a brow in confusion. "I saw a Nether portal and I thought you guys took them from there."--Thorn

"Yeahhhhh, we put them in the forest." Glitch said, exasperated he wasn't getting it. -- Glitch

Thorn shook his head, assuming that they took them from the Nether and left them in the forest. He sighed, "Ok whatever." Then he averted away from Glitch.--Thorn

Galaxy swung an axe at a spruce tree. She felt guilty for taking Peacocks armor, food, and weapons. "She deserved it." She assured herself. "She did call me a stupid kid and hoped I would die, after all!" *That was after you took her stuff- oh shut up, would you?* She lectured her thoughts. -- Galaxy

Lyptus came to the tallest building in the village, mounting off Fame and carrying Peacock over her shoulders. She knocked, and the familiar bald headed villager appeared. "Lyptus! My what happened to you?" Being welcomed in, Lyptus explained her journey, and how she found Peacock. "I was wondering if you could care for her a while...My adventure isn't over yet..." The blind villager smiled, saying, "Of course." The dark brown haired girl reached into her inventory, pulling out all the items she had gathered. "Your deal is returned." With a wave of farewell, Lyptus departed with her wolf.--Lyptus and Bob George

Gold sat up with a start. *Was someone yelling?* He thought, looking around. "Hello?" He called. -- Gold

Lyptus quickly locked Peacock's house and stable, glad to know that the villager would take care of the girl, horse and parrot. *Bless that man I could never.* She broke into a run, a sense of joy surging through her to hear the happy yelps of Brunette. She stopped, realizing the sun wasn't even rising to the middle of the sky. *I got a lot of time to decide.* She shared a glance at Brunette, before darting away with a grin.--Lyptus and Brunette

Galaxy looked up and narrowed her eyes, raising her sword. She swore someone had said hello. "Who's there? I have a sword!" She said, walking around the tree. "I-" Suddenly something slammed into her. "OUCH! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" Galaxy struggled under the weight of the body. "I swear-" She began, but heard a familiar voice. "Galaxy?! Stop kicking me! That was a my shin!" Galaxy looked up. "Gold!" She said, then tackled her brother. "Man- I missed you!" She grinned. Gold grinned back, his blue eyes sparkling with happiness. "What are you doing here?" He asked. "Where's Peacock?" "Peacock? Um- she's back at the house!" Galaxy said, her face growing red with guilt. -- Galaxy

Gold eyes his sister. "What did you do?" He asked, sighing. -- Gold

Lyptus ran until she reached her familiar home, and she sighed with relief. She entered, only to widen her orange eyes in shock. All her stuff was thrown on the ground, as if someone had come searching for something. She sank down to her knees, wondering who could do such a thing. *Thorn.* The only person she could think of was her brother, and she scowled with hatred. "Of course it was him. Perfect time to do it when I'm not here." She got up and then turned to go back to Shadowkeeper's group.--Lyptus

"You what?! Why would you do something so idiotic?" Gold said, appalled. "I trusted you with Peacock not to do anything like that! You promised me you would be good!" "Whoops?..." Galaxy said, trying to hide her smile. Gold was furious, clenching his fists. "Are you sorry at all about what you did?" He asked. Galaxy started to say yes, but burst into laughter. "I'm sorry, I really am." She said, though smiling. Gold was appalled. His own sister thinking nothing of stealing another person's stuff, their most valuable items. Gold slapped her. His hand left a red mark across her face. Galaxy cried out in pain and shrank back. "What was that for?" She asked, tears brimming at her eyes. Gold shook his head. "I'm sorry, but, you're on your own now." He said, narrowing his eyes. "No help from me, from Peacock, from Lyptus, from anybody." He ripped the amour and snatched the sword from her hand. "I trusted you." He said, and then turned away. Galaxy eyes widened. "Gold wait! I'm sorry! I really am!" She cried. Gold turned to face her. "No, you aren't. Come back when you really are. Until then, we're stranger. You aren't even my sister anymore." -- Gold

Galaxy was running, no idea where she would go. Anger, hurt, betrayal. *You aren't even my sister anymore... why would you do something so idiotic... it's my freakin' horse, you idiot... I hope you get killed. you stupid. weak. child.* "No!" She screamed. "I am not stupid or weak! You are!" She yelled to the sky, crying as she ran. She had lost her friend, her brother. *You have Pyro.* She thought. "I'm sure he wants to betray me too. Don't you Pyro? Don't you?" She ran for what seemed like forever, trying to get away from everyone and everything. "I'm sure everyone hates me." She said. Her legs gave out after a while and she collapsed into a small hollow in the ground. She looked around. "I'm fine. I don't cry." She said out loud to herself. "You don't need them. You don't need anyone. You don't need-" She stopped, unanable to hold it in anyore. She held her knees to her chest and started to cry. -- Galaxy

(been waiting to rp this for a long time... >;) que youth by daughter on your playlist) -- rosey

((I feel like every sibling is gonna have this))-Rowan

Lyptus stalked out of the forest, to the open plains. She sighed as she looked at the sun, and then back at the forest. She thought she would come with gladness, but now she wished she stayed in the Nether. A surge of pain flooded in her blood, and instead of turning to Shadowkeeper's group she ran into the never ending long golden grass. Her eyes watered, but yet she didn't cry. Her heart felt dark, yet she didn't take her sword out. She just kept running, until she was well away from the places she knew. She came to a single tree in the middle of the dry plains, and sank to the ground.--Lyptus

Galaxy kept crying, her tears seemed unending, until suddenly they stopped. "I hate them." She muttered. "I hate them all." She said, and she knew what she had to do. -- Galaxy

Thorn kept walking until his mind couldn't take it any longer. "Can we make base here? I'm hungry?" He pretended to whine.--Thorn

Glitch scoffed. "You didn't bring any food with you? You can eat on the way." Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice. *Glitch? I need to talk to you.* It said. Glitch narrowed her eyes, then sighed. "Never mind, I guess we can, but we're leaving early tomorrow." She said, then yelled to her companions, "Make base here!" -- Glitch

Thorn hid his grin. "I'm going to go and hunt!" With a flash he turned and ran back to the village.--Thorn

Glitch eyed Thorn, wanting to follow. The voice in her head persisted. She sighed and found a secluded area. She sat down and closed her eyes, channeling all her energy to go into the dream world. She opened her eyes. She was there. "Glitch!" Galaxy yelled. Glitch sighed. "It's you. Are you here to say you're sorry and want to come back?" She said sarcastically. She had better things to do. "Yes." Galaxy said. "That's exactly what I'm here for." -- Glitch

Thorn kept running till he came to the village again. He peeked through the window of Peacock's house. Nothing. He stood there, thinking for a moment, before he turned to the biggest house. He knocked on the door, almost hitting a villager with glasses in the face. "Go to the plains." Thorn blinked his red eyes, confused. "What?" "Go to the plains to find your sister." The silver haired man stood there, before nodding his thanks and running on his way. *How did he know?*--Thorn

"Why?" Glitch asked, her tone low. -- Glitch

Thorn came to the plains, panting. He wiped the sweat away from his face, rolling up his sleeves. He scanned the area, seeing no alive movement. He sighed, wondering if the man was lying. *No...She's here somewhere*. The silver haired boy took some leaps over the tall golden grass, deciding to hunt as well as looking for the dark hair.--Thorn

"Everyone I know hates me." Galaxy said, angry tears running down her face. "And I hate them to. I want revenge, Glitch. Real revenge. I want to kill them all." -- Galaxy

Lyptus opened her orange eyes, wondering how long it had been since she had sat at the tree. She sighed as she stood up, knowing that soon the day would end and a decision would be made. She slowly walked towards the forest, catching sight of the house.--Lyptus

Glitch smiled. "Poor thing...." She said. "Didn't I tell you that everyone would turn on you?" - Glitch

Shadowkeeper called everyone to outside the house. "Are we leaving all ready?" Guardian asked, attempting to organize her inventory. Shadowkeeper nodded. "We have to stay on top of things. She looked around for Lyptus. She wasn't here. Gold came running in. "Wait! Can I come with you?" He asked. Shadowkeeper nodded. "Is Lyptus?" Shadowkeeper asked. "She's not here?" Gold asked. Shadowkeeper shook her head. "Not yet." "We should wait." Hyper interjected. "Just give her some more time. Shadowkeeper opened her mouth to say no, but sighed. "Just a few more minutes." -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus sighed as walked towards the plains, coming back from her cave and gathered her last few things. She was about to take a step out of the forest, when she heard a yelp and a dark shadow emerge from one of the bushes and tackle her. She tried to grab her sword, but the weight pinned her to the ground and bound her. "Stay quiet or you'll pay for the consequences." The voice sounded familiar, but Lyptus felt too dizzy to even think right. She felt herself be carried back to her cave, and be laid back in a dark room. She heard the scuffle of feet, and finally the person came to sit down in front of her. She blinked several times as a light was placed, and her orange eyes met red. "Thorn...?"--Lyptus

Minutes had passed and Lyptus wasn't here. Shadowkeeper shook her head. "We need to get going. We can't give her anymore time." She looked at Gold. "I presume you're coming?" Gold shook his head, his eyes asacnt. "On second thought, I think I should find Lyptus. Maybe I could catch up with you?" Shadowkeeper nodded, then turned to the others. "Let's go." -- Shadowkeeper

Gold ran off into the forest. "Lyptus!" He called, cupping his hands to his mouth. "Lyptus! It's me! Gold! Where are you?" -- Gold

Lyptus stared at her half brother, narrowing her orange eyes in anger. "What the heck do-" "You're alive..." The dark brown haired girl raised a brow in confusion at her brother's words. "You're safe from the Nether! Oh Lyptus I was so worried about-" "Hold on a moment. You ok Thorn? I mean you ruined my home, and well kinda tried to tackle me..." The silver haired man tilted his head in confusion, before his red eyes lite up. "Oh yeah about this mess, I was just looking for you. I know how you act in the Nether, and well I saw you through a Nether portal and wanted to make sure you're ok..." Warmth swarmed around them, and Lyptus gave him an awkward punch in the arm, not knowing what else to do. "Wait are you still with that hacker cat?" "You mean Glitch? Yeah." The hope from Lyptus's heart faded, and a frown came upon her face. "Then you should go back to her." Without waiting for a protest, the girl got to her feet and walked out of her cave. She felt her sleeve be pulled, and grinnded her teeth as she was turned to face Thorn. "Wait, Lyptus! I can explain! you see-" "No Thorn forget it. If you're just going to travel around with theives, then don't bother trying to become with me. Maybe stop switching sides and I would start to trust you."--Lyptus and Thorn

Purple caught up to the group. She saw Galaxy, and was slightly confused, but ignored her. Purple also noticed that Thorn was gone. *Good riddance* She thought, before turning to set up camp with Skylar. -- Purple

Terasu sighed. "You can come with me." He said, leading the man (Marshmallow) to the group. He explained what happened to Shadowkeeper. "I don't see why you can't join us." Shadowkeeper nodded. "We could always use more people. What's your name?" -- Terasu

"LYPTUS!" Gold yelled louder, worry plauging his stomach. -- Gold

Here she was. GalaxyGoesViral: now a villian. She looked around at her new companions. "Hey!" She waved at a girl with purple hair. "Need any help?" -- Galaxy

Thorn loosened his grip, caught back at his sister's sudden anger. "Lyptus I know-" He stopped knowing that whatever he would say would just make things worse. "...Nevermind...Bye Lyptus." He drew finally let go of his sister's jacket sleeve, whistling for Scooter, who was guarding Brunette. He then turned back to catch up to Glitch.--Thorn

Glitch eyed Thorn as he came back. "Where exactly did you go off to? You look like you've been in a struggle." She raised an eyebrow and smiled. "I won't tell, really." -- Glitch

Thorn gave Glitch a red eyed glare as he walked past her, without saying a word. He scoffed in annoyance as he saw the one and only Galaxy. *Not you*.--Thorn

"Excuse me? Did you just ignore me?" Glitch stalked after Thorn. "You are going to tell me right now." She said, glaring at him. -- Glitch

Thorn whirled around, his red eyes blazing with anger. "I don't share things with nosey people." He scowled.--Thorn

Glitch scoffed, then realized she was looking at Galaxy. "Oh. Yes. Galaxy's back. I know you met before- though only breifly." She turned to yell to Galaxy. "Galaxy! Ven acá!" Galaxy understood only the first part of what Glitch said, but turned to run to her anyway. As she got closer, she spotted them man with white hair and red eyes. She narrowed her eyes. She had seen this man before. She had little interaction with him, but something about those eyes gave her a scense of suspicion. "Yes?" She asked, still watching the man out of the corner of her eye. "This is Thorn." Glitch said, aware of the tension. *This'll be interesting...* She thought with a smirk. *Good. Things were getting boring around her anyway.* Galaxy nodded to Thorn. "Galaxy." She said, introducing herself. -- Galaxy

Thorn held his cold annoyed gaze, narrowing his red eyes. "No need for an introduction. I remember you." *The disgusting girl that put made me touch my nose.*--Thorn

Galaxy narrowed her eyes. "Mhm." She said slowly. "Well. I best be on my way now." She turned quickly, and gave him the "i'm watching you" gesture. -- Galaxy

Thorn scowled. *Oh when I thought things couldn't get worse.* He cast an accusing glance at Glitch before sitting down to eat some chicken and bread.--Thorn

"Don't give me that look." Glitch rolled her eyes. "She wanted revenge and asked me to help her." She sat down beside Thorn and sighed. "I wish I were back in the physical world... there's better food there." However, she pulled out and apple anyway and ate it slowly. She glanced at everyone in the camp. -- Glitch

Thorn didn't bother to look at Glitch, he only kept on eating until he was done. He then got out his throwing knives and tossed them around the air. "Yeah but in the real world we wouldn't be like this."--Thorn

"Valid point." Glitch said. She eyed his throwing knives. "Where did you get those from anyway? They're not a normal item in MineCraft." -- Glitch

Thorn caught his throwing knives, turning his red gaze on Glitch. “Not sure, it happened when I became a rogue.”--Thorn

"Huh." Glitch nodded slowly, contemplating what he said. "Too bad there's no hacker class." She chuckled. "Even so, I like being unique." -- Glitch

Thorn rolled his red eyes.--Thorn

Glitch sighed. "You never laugh at my jokes! You always just roll your eyes or scoff- you don't have to be solemn all the time!" She snapped. "Come on, live a little!" -- Glitch

Thorn nudged the girl, although he didn't really smile. "Last time I check you were a bad kitty."--Thorn

"For one thing- I'm not a cat. I'm a neko. For another, being bad doesn't mean you don't laugh. You're not bad to yourself after all." Glitch smirked. "Though, that may not be your definition of bad. You go about things differently." -- Glitch

Thorn let a sneer creep onto his face.--Thorn

Lyptus clenched her fists as she watch Thorn go, before she turned towards the open moor. "Brunette!" She gasped as the wolf slowly walked towards her, teeth marks on her ear and face. *Stupid Scooter.* She struggled to lift her wolf, but managed to try to the edge of the forest.--Lyptus and Brunette

Gold sighed. It was getting dark, he should find shelter soon. *I really, really, really hope Lyptus is okay.* He thought, turning from the forest. -- Gold

((@Rosey you want them to go immediately back or just spend some time in the forest?))-Rowan

Silver yawned sitting on the sand, She was fishing and only caught cod, Whitch Lauren liked and 2 pufferfish, "Ugh, Why can't i get something useful like a bow?" She groaned, Lauren mewed clearly rolling her eyes and saying she dramatic, Silver took of her glasses revealing her red eyes, "I wonder if anyone else is here" She wondered aloud, Lauren mewed agained causing Silver to chuckle "Let's just set up camp for tonight" She sighed walking back to her crafting table-Silver&Lauren

Mint kicked the dirt as she walked behind Pixi and Rose, "I'm board" She sighed, "Just stay here and we will look for monsters before we continue" Pixi growled, "I'm sorry did i catch the Helpless look to you? I can perfectly take care of myself" Mint hissed, "Yes, Pixi we are staying togeather" Rose grumbled-Mint GotMintTea

(i guess they should stay for a little bit) -- rosey

Lyptus looked back at the forest, hearing the cracking of dry leaves and sticks. *Somone's there*. She slowly reached for her bow, and she gave a hand order to Brunette. She crept to where the sounds were coming from, her orange eyes alert. *3,2,...1.* She leaped out between the bushes, Brunette giving a large snarl as she leaped at the opponent. Lyptus quickly dragged her bow, ready to release it just in case. "Thorn I swear if you're back I'm going to kill you!"--Lyptus and Brunette

Gold shrieked, feeling the weight of someone landing on him. "I'm innocent!" He yelled, eyes sqeezed shut with fear. "Please don't hurt me!" -- Gold

Lyptus froze at the sound of the voice, and recognized the golden hair and kind blue eyes. "Brunette stop!" The dark brown haired girl pulled off the wolf, falling to her knees to check on Gold. "Sorry Gold! I thought you were Th-Someone else." She smiled a little, the amused sight of Gold's messy hair and childish act making her want to grin.--Lyptus

"Oh. It's just you." Gold sighed with relief. "Oh! It's you!" He said, realization dawning upon him. "Where were you? I was looking for you everywhere!" -- Gold

Lyptus pointed to where her old cave was in the distance, guarded by the sharp edged vines. "Over there."--Lyptus

Gold squinted to see the cave, his nearsightedness coming into play. "Well." He said. "I think we should take shelter somewhere, it feels like rain, and it's getting dark." He frowned. -- Gold

Lyptus raised a brow in confusion, before she realized that she was supposed to be back with Shadowkeeper. "I missed Shadowkeeper!" She widened her orange eyes in panic, wondering if she should start running towards the house despite the dark and flashing clouds.--Lyptus

"Calm down!" Gold laid a commfortnig hand on her shoulder. "We'll find them. I promised them I'd come back with you, and I'm not going back on that." -- Gold

*Why do I keep on doing things wrong?* She sighed, tracking back to where she found her small cave. She sunk down to the ground, laying her head back against the wall with tiredness.--Lyptus

Gold sighed. He's been wandering around looking for Lyptus for a while, and it was catching up to him, along with the events of the day. He had renounced his sister. His best friend. What was he thinking? He had probably thrown her to the dogs. The rain began to pour outside, but instead of making him think about mobs, it soothed him with it's rhythmic pounding. He sat down beside Lyptus and closed his eyes. He leaned his head against the wall. It occurred to him that he should look for mobs, but he was too exhausted to do anything. "I'm tired..." He mumbled. "I think I'm gonna just take a little rest... wake me up in 10 minutes and I can guardian the entrance." -- Gold

Lyptus rubbed her head, heaving herself to her feet. She grabbed her sword, leaving against the hard wall as she watched the green grass become mud. She turned to look back at Gold, before back at the rain.--Lyptus

Gold drifted off, sleeping pulling him under. He had a dreamless rest, but he felt resetless the whole time. He fidgeted, and let out a small groan, then he woke up with a start. -- Gold

Lyptus sat down on the ground, with Brunette's head on her lap. She narrowed her orange eyes, trying to see beyond the rain. *Oh Thorn...Why won't you just give in?*--Lyptus

He sat there, panting, eyes wide. He had thought he heard someone say something. *I want revenge, Glitch. Real revenge. I want to kill them all.* He shook his head. It must have been the wind. He spotted Lyptus by the entrance. The rain was still pouring, thunder and lightning occasionally breaking through the cloud. She looked like she was thinking, so Gold didn't do anything. He hugged his knees to his chest. -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head, her mind getting dizzy with thoughts. "Hey Gold I think-" She stopped as she saw Gold in a worried state, looking like a poor child that was lost from it's mother. She crept up to him, her orange eyes worried. "Gold are you ok?" Lyptus looked around for some water to pour over his face, hopefully waking him up a little.--Lyptus

"I renounced my sister..." Gold said He looked up, his eyes dull and unseeing. He felt like someone called his name, but he was deep in the pit of despair. "Why did I do that? Now she's going to kill me..." -- Gold

Lyptus tilted her head, worrying if Gold was going insane. "Why do you think she's is going to kill you?" She widened her orange eyes. "Wait your sister? But she's so sweet!"--Lyptus

Gold gave a hollow sounding laugh. "I caught her stealing from Peacock." He said. "She stole most of her valuables. I got mad and yelled at her, saying that she was on her own. Since she cared for no one, no one would care for her. She got upset and ran off." -- Gold

Lyptus froze, Peacock's troubling house coming into her mind. "Oh." She laid a hand on his shoulder in comfort. "I don't think she'll kill you."--Lyptus

"You'd be surprised. Once she gets something in her head, she won't stop." -- Gold

Lyptus frowned, seeing that Gold was deeply worried. "Don't worry when we go with Shadowkeeper-" She stopped, suddenly realizing she hadn't told Gold about her decision. *Have I even made a decision?* "I mean um..." She averted her orange gaze to the floor.--Lyptus

Gold sighed and shook his head. "I guess I'm worried about her hurting herself, not hurting anyone else." He looked up, seeing Lyptus's averted gaze. "Erm- you okay?" -- Gold

Lyptus twisted a strand of her dark brown hair around her finger, her gaze locked on the floor. "So um...S-Shadowkeeper asked me if I wanted to join their group..." She swallowed.--Lyptus

"Oh yeah. Are you going too?" -- Gold

Lyptus drew in a breath before she answered. "I don't know...Are you going back to living in the forest?"--Lyptus

Gold thought for a moment. "I guess. Everyone there is really nice. I felt like I was a part of something. So yes; I am." -- Gold

*I guess he means he's going to the prairie.* "Oh." She closed her orange eyes with relief, although some sort of parting was in her heart..--Lyptus

The group trekked through the jungle. It was hot and humid, the heat making everyone boil and sweat. Terasu looked over Shadowkeeper's shoulder at the map. "Shadowkeeper, are you sure we're going in the right direction?" He asked. Shadowkeeper nodded, though hesitant. "I think so." She replied. There was a loud crack as Hyper cut through more vines. "Why are there *so many* vines in a jungle." Hyper complained. Terasu couldn't help but let out a chuckle. "Because there's a lot of growth in a jungle." Shadowkeeper said, matter of factly. She titled her head. "It was a rhetorical question." Hyper said, shooting her a glare. "Sorry. I'm still not too good with social ques. After all, I've been living alone for 16 years." She said, sighing. "I couldn't stand it if I was alone for that long!" Guardian said. "I'm not even 16 yet!" -- Terasu

"If you're fine with that, of course!" Gold said. He wasn't sure what Lyptus' expression was. -- Gold

(when you rp like everyone in the group-) -- rosey

Lyptus shook her head. "It's fine, I was thinking the same thing. I just wanted to check with you." She sighed as she added more quietly, "But it feels weird that I won't be able to come back to the forest..."--Lyptus

"What do you mean you 'won't be able to come back'?" Gold asked slowly and questionably. -- Gold

"I'd have to live with them in Terasu's house." Lyptus said, as she traced her fingers over her cave wall. "I thought that maybe I could live here and then go when needed but-" She bit her lip as she thought of living out in the open.--Lyptus

"Oh." Gold breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was something else. "You could still visit. Even so, you don't even have to go! You could stay here where it isn't as dangerous.."-- Gold

Lyptus shook her head, murmuring, "You don't even know the dangers here." In a louder voice, she said, "It won't be the same." She stood up, her shoulders sagging in tiredness and her eyes drooping.--Lyptus

Hyper swung at another vine. It cracked under the force of his blade. "Phew." He said, wiping his sweaty forehead. "This vine breaking is hard work." He said, giving a chuckle. -- Hyper

Gold nodded slowly. He was very confused, but decided not to ask anymore questions. -- Gold

Lyptus rubbed her orange eyes to keep her awake as she walked towards the entrance of her home. "Should we go?"--Lyptus

Gold shook his head. "You should rest." He put a hand on her shoulder. He watched Lyptus with slightly concerned eyes. -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head. "I can't sleep." She tried to keep her eyes open as she stared at Gold's shining blue eyes.--Lyptus

"Yes, you can." Gold practically picked her up and set her down on a small piled of blankets in the corner of the cave. He then sat down beside her. "You are going to sleep. I am not leaving here until you do. You look exhausted! You can barely keep your eyes open!" He tried to sound like this was a command, but failed. It sounded more like a weak mouse asking a cat to stop chasing them. -- Gold

Lyptus did a weary smile, although she felt as if her mind was pumping like her heart, making her get a headache. "I'm telling you I can't sleep. I...won't...sleep." She jerked her head to keep her awake, but tiredness dragged her into a warm blanket. She laid her head back against the wall, her dark-ringed orange eyes closing.--Lyptus

Gold smiled. "Told you so." He muttered, but in a teasing way. He put another blanket around her. "I should go guard for mobs..." He said, though he really didn't want to get up. -- Gold

Terasu traced his fingers across the map, muttering to himself. "Left, right, another plains biome, we can get kelp from the sea." He said. "What?" He heard someone ask. He looked up to see Shadowkeeper. "Oh- um- I-" He stammered, his face almost a beet red. "What's wrong? Your face is all red." Shadowkeeper asked, concerned. "Nothing! Just... thirsty!" Terasu said. Hyper called up from the front. "I think we should take a rest! Doing anything in the jungle takes double the energy it normally does." He said with breathless laughter. Shadowkeeper examined the state of her party. Guardian and Lavender were in the back having quiet conversation, though they seemed occupied with their own thoughts. Hyper was sweaty and breathless, but still with bright eyes. Terasu was looking at the ground, embarassed? Shadowkeeper nodded. "We can set up camp here for the night."

Before long, a fire had been set up, it's warm flames crackling merrily. Hyper placed some meat on the fire at strategic angles to make some food. While they waited, everyone munched on bread and potatoes. -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus went into a deep sleep, although she could see that it was spinning. As expecting, she opened her eyes to see the demon girl for the first time, after the Nether.--Lyptus

Gold got up, with much effort, and attempted to make a fire. Hacking down the nearest tree, he ran back into the cave soaking wet. "I hate rain." He sighed. 10 minutes later, he had a flickering fire set up. He shielded it with himself, back to the screaming wind and rain. He rubbed his hands together and blew on them. -- Gold

Lyptus nodded at the girl, saying, "Hello." "Hello Lyptus. I must disturb your rest to show you something." Lyptus widened her orange eyes, her tiredness forgotten. "What? Is it something with my brother?"--Lyptus

Gold carefully grabbed a blanket from the pile and wrapped it around himself. His eyes wandered around, though he was distracted. -- Gold

Lyptus bit her lip, suddenly remembering how she had turned him down. "Yes actually it is." Worry pricked at her heart, and Lyptus tried to stop blaming herself. "After your bitter talk with him, Thorn has started to grow more burning hatred towards you. Especially with the people he is with, he will be a great challenge for you."--Lyptus

Glitch shook herself and looked to the sky. Dark clouds were coming from the west, heavy with rain. She pulled up her holographic map. They were headed towards those clouds to get to the Ravenger. "Lovely." She said to herself, rolling her eyes. She closed the application and turned around. She wondered where Thorn was. -- Glitch

Thorn came back with his food, and a new sword. He threw a piece of the prey to Scooter, before he swallowed the rest for himself.--Thorn

"Where did you get that from?" Glitch asked, approaching Thorn. -- Glitch

Thorn eyed the purple-pinked hair girl, his red eyes narrowed. "The food or sword?"--Thorn

"Both I guess." She shrugged. "And where did you run off to earlier?" -- Glitch

"In the forest. Apparently there is a small hill where I could dig up the rock." Thorn replied, as he gave Scooter a pat on the head.--Thorn

"Mhm." Glitch said, narrowing her eyes. She looked at the forest. A small tendril of smoke was just barely visible through the foggy haze of misty rain. -- Glitch

It had gotten too stuffy so Gold had cut a hole in the ceiling of the cave for the smoke to flow out of. The rain was dying down, moving along eastward.-- Gold

Lyptus sighed, knowing that she had made things just worse. "O-Ok." As she blinked her orange eyes awake, she wondered, *Why didn't she tell me more? It's for you to find out Lyptus.* She shook her head, stretching her back.--Lyptus

Gold saw Lyptus awake in the corner. He smiled. "Didn't I tell you that you could sleep?" He shivered and pulled the blanket tighter around himself. -- Gold

Lyptus blushed, getting up and settling down next to him with the blanket that Gold gave her wrapped around herself. "I guess you were right."--Lyptus

"I'm always right." Gold said, grinning. He could stay like this forever if he could. Just him and Lyptus: together. he warmed his hands by the fire. With the rain dying down, the sound of the forest was alive again. The sounds of animals and the leaves of trees pushing together. He smiled softly to himself. For the first time, he felt peaceful. -- Gold

Lyptus nudged him, wrinkling her nose in a teasing way. "Oh shut up!"--Lyptus

"Alright, alright." Gold said, laughing. -- Gold

"MMMM!" Guardian said, biting into the juicy steak. "This is amazing!" She said with a mouth full. Terasu smiled. "Glad you like it." -- Guardian

Lyptus smiled, the fire making her warm. "Did you eat something? I have some food left here." She looked around. "Somewhere." She added half to herself.--Lyptus

Gold shook his head. "All the animals left before this storm. I couldn't find any when I went out. Now I'm all wet." -- Gold

Lyptus got up, going to one of her old chests in the back. She pulled out a cooked pork and some cake. "Here have some."--Lyptus

Gold gratefully took the food. Though the food was cold and stale, he still enjoyed it. "Did you make this cake?" He asked. -- Gold

Lyptus nodded. "Why is it bad?" She frowned, before she burst out in a laughter. "I don't know how to bake even with the recipe on paper."--Lyptus

"It's not too bad! Just stale." Gold said. He turned around. "Hey look! The rain stopped." He grinned. -- Gold

"It's still bad!" Lyptus laughed, before she turned her orange gaze to the outdoors. "Should we go then?"--Lyptus

"Yes." Gold said, wiping his mouth. "Lovely cake." -- Gold

Lyptus rolled her eyes in amusement, giving Gold a face. She packed all her stuff until she noticed that her home now looked empty. She stood there, looking around the room for a while.--Lyptus

Gold looked at Lyptus, hefting his pack onto his shoulder. "What's wrong?" -- Gold

Lyptus tried to looked at Gold, but her gaze was stuck on the place she would always call home. "N-Nothing." She shook her head, tucking some dark brown hair behind her ear.--Lyptus

Gold walked over to her. "I guess you're gonna miss this place." He said, quietly. "If you lived here." -- Gold

Lyptus nodded slowly, taking in a silent breath before calling Brunette. She walked out of her home, her orange eyes starting to water. Looking around, she gathered huge blocks of ivy and rock, blocking the entrance. *Hopefully you won't be taken when I return. If I ever do*.--Lyptus

Gold walked by Lyptus, his hands stuffed in the pockets of his hoodie. "I think they're in the jungle." He said, trying to break the silence. "We... we should get there within a few hours." -- Gold

Lyptus nodded, although she wondered if they would ever catch up to the group. She dragged her gaze to the open plains, hearing distant thundering. *Horses?*--Lyptus

Gold looked around. "You hear that?" He asked. "It sounds like-" He was interrupted by a large group of horses running towards him and Lyptus. "Horses?!" he exclaimed. -- Gold

Thinking quickly, Lyptus tackled Gold to the side as the herd got closer and closer. "Why the frick are the horses in the forest!" She crouched behind some bushes.--Lyptus

Gold rubbed his head. "You didn't have to shove me..." He grumbled, then crouched beside Lyptus. "There sure are a lot of them." He said, getting dizzy as he watched all the horses run past. Gold shook his head and looked away. -- Gold

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes at Gold, before an idea came to her head. "Wanna have a rodeo?"--Lyptus

"Um- what now?" Gold asked, raising an eyebrow. -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head. "Are we gonna take the opputunity to tame some horses or not? Cuz I am." She got to her feet, getting a saddle in her inventory.--Lyptus

"How about no." Gold said. "I'd be glad to be your moral support, though." He grinned. -- Gold

Lyptus nudged Gold, chuckling. "Scardy cat." She got to her feet, eyeing each horse until she came to a tall gray mare. She slowly walked up to the animal, a rope and saddle in her hands.--Lyptus

Gold watched her from the bushes, wary of coming out any farther. -- Gold

"Hey pretty girl." Lyptus said as she was three feet away from touching the horse. "You wanna be my partner in crime?" She got closer, and then jumped on, having a quick grip on the mare. The gray colored creature was startled, and started to buck. Lyptus flew to the ground, her orange eyes glowing with determination. "I always loved a little rodeo. Come here!"--Lyptus

Gold snorted with laughter, so much that spit flew from his mouth. He ducked behind the bush, trying to stop his laughing. -- Gold

Lyptus leaped onto the horse again, the thought of getting the horse growing bigger in her mind. *Don't let go don't let go.* The dark brown haired girl waited until the horse would stop, before she placed the saddle on it. "Finally. You a stubborn girl huh." She gave it a nice pat, before mounting off with a rope tied around her new horse. She wrinkled her nose as she saw Gold laughing, and couldn't help herself to join in.--Lyptus

"I'm sorry." Gold said, still laughing. "I know this isn't that funny- but I never imagined you as a rodeo girl..." He burst into a fresh fit of laughter as he walked over to investigate the horse. -- Gold

Lyptus shook her head in amusement. "Hey at least my feet won't be hurting." She joked, grinning. She looked up at the huge mare, murmuring, "A stubborn girl like you should have a name."--Lyptus

Gold looked at the horse. "She's pretty; a nice shade of grey." -- Gold

Lyptus was silent for a moment, looking at the horse's ink black eyes. "Ash." She said quietly with a smile. "You're gonna be called Ash."--Lyptus

Gold smiled. "Think we could fit two on there?" -- Gold

Lyptus laughed, responding, "Sure. I mean she's pretty big." She gave the horse one last pat before she mounted onto the horse, taking the reins. She looked down at Brunette, leaning down to give her a rub. "I still love you."--Lyptus

Silver yawned kicking at the sand as she walked, "We need ink sacks then we can keep track of things in Books" She popped the ks, Lauren gave a mew in return to her, Silver smiled before looking into the water spotting fish and no Squid, "Well they must be deeper in, Stay here Lauren" She smiled before diving into the water, *5..*She spotted some squid deeper, She swam twoards them, *4...*She hit one then getting ingolved in ink she swatted it away,*3...*She continued hitting one until killing it and getting 2 ink sacks, *2...*Happy she began swimming up,*1...*Silver's Breath ran out faster then she wanted, She struggled to swim to get to the surface, *0..*Before she could get to the surface she was out of breath, I reached her hand for the surface but couldn't get to the sun-Silver

Shadowkeeper and the rest of her group slowly exited the jungle. It was still dark, and Hyper remember that creepers could hide in the jungle’s undergrowth. Almost as quickly as the entered, they exited into a scorching hot desert. Surprised by the bright light, Hyper shielded his eyes. He blinked as his eyes slowly adjusted to the brightness of it all. Then, he saw it. A giant tower loomed out of the haze.

Everyone else had seen it too. Their faces were all a mix between shock and amazement. “Is that?...” Terasu began, but didn’t finish. Shadowkeeper took a deep breath. “Yes. That’s the pillager outpost, and where we’ll find the Ravenger.”

Guardian inhaled sharply. “I think I see something moving; a lot of things.” Shadowkeeper nodded, her eyes locked on the tower. “Those would be the pillagers. They’re armed with crossbows and some will have shields.” She turned back and looked at everyone of them. “This will be hard. Some of you…” She gulped. “For some of you, this will be your final resting place.” Guardian’s eyes widened. “You don’t have to some if you don’t want to. You are entitled to your own free will.”

Shadowkeeper watched everyone, expecting someone to turn around. But nobody did. She noticed Hyper move next to Guardian and grab her hand. “It’ll be fine.” He whispered. Guardian gave Hyper a half-smile and leaned into him. Shadowkeeper looked away.

“We’re not leaving you.” Terasu said, smiling. “There’s no way we’re letting you have all the fun.” Shadowkeeper smiled back.

“Lets get going then!” Hyper said. “We’ll follow you.” -- Shadowkeeper

"Let's get going then." Gold said. -- Gold

Lyptus waited for Gold to mount on, before she sat down properly in the saddle. "Hold on." With a kick Ash fled out of the forest and out onto the open plains. The dark brown haired girl smiled as the wind blew in her face, making her feel like she was flying.--Lyptus

Gold clung tight to Lyptus. He did not like this, at all. He felt sick from the bouncing. "Can we take a break soon?" He said. "I think I need to hurl-" -- Gold

Shadowkeeper tossed and turned in her sleep. She heard voiced whispering to her in her dreams, hissing into her ear. *Five will enter, four will leave. One will die here. One will not return….* The voices continued their same message, getting louder in her ear. She woke with a start, drenched in a cold sweat. “Are you okay?” Terasu was shaking her. Shadowkeeper looked around, with wide eyes. She shook her her head to clear her thoughts. “Y-Yes. I’m fine.” She stood up and saw everyone was ready to go. *No one will get hurt here. It’s my job to protect them, and that’s what I plan to do.*

Guardian looked over her armor as she put it on. The same armor that Lyptus had given her when they were going to enter the nether. Guardian looked anxiously into the forest for her friend, but saw no sign of movement. She took a deep, shaky breath and drew her sword, turning to the others.

It was late a night when the small band of warriors advanced on the outpost. Shadowkeeper in the lead, they trekked across the field, before ducking behind a small hill to go over the plan one more time. “Okay.” Shadowkeeper said in a hushed whisper, her bright eyes turning to scan the party. “Let’s go over this one more time. As soon as we get in there, Hyper and I will quietly take out the guards with our crossbows. Then, we’ll launch the attack on whoever is left. Guardian, stay behind us and try not to get hurt, okay?” Shadowkeeper looked at her friend. *Could she be the one? She is very vulnerable.* Shadowkeeper scowled. *No. No one is going to die here.* She looked back at Guardian, who nodded, her eyes wide with fear. “Good. Hyper, weapons up. I’ll take the left side, you take the right.” -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus slowed her horse until they were going to a fast but smooth walk. "Do you want to stop now?" She asked, concerned. "We can just walk on foot."--Lyptus

"I think I'll be fin-" Gold said, then his face turned green. He quickly stumbled off the horse and ducked behind a bush. -- Gold

Lyptus turned her gaze from Gold, not bothering to see what he was doing behind the bush. She turned her gaze to the setting sun, before she mounted off of Ash.--Lyptus

Gold came out shakily from behind the bush. "O-okay. I c-can use the horse now." HIs face was still slightly green. "W-we're almost there a-anyway." -- Gold

Shadowkeeper drew her bow and drew it back slowly. She took a deep breath as she aimed at a pillager. It was walking slowly around the perimeter, holding its crossbow in one hand.  Shadowkeeper fired, letting the arrow release from her grasp. It took out the sentry within one hit. She repeated this process with the others, taking out five. She looked back at Hyper. Hyper made one more shot with his crossbow. His accuracy was flawless. His power? Not so much. The shot landed in the head of the pillager. He opened his mouth to give a cry of pain. Shadowkeeper was frozen on the hill. “Everyone- we’re going to run for it.” She began, but Hyper bolted his crossbow, aimed, and fired. The pillager was dead before he hit the ground.

Hyper looked back at the others and smiled cockily. Terasu put a hand to his chest, breath heavily. “Jesus Christ!” He hissed. “You scared me!” “Better scared than dead.” Hyper said, though he smiled reassuringly. Shadowkeeper barely listened, but watched the pillagers. The few in the houses were doing other jobs. She turned to the others. “This is it. No more playing around.” Shadowkeeper took a shaky breath, then felt someone by her. Terasu looked up at her and smiled. “I’m glad you’re our leader. I’m sure you… all of us…. will be fine.” Shadowkeeper nodded, but cast her eyes to the ground. She was probably leading then to their deaths. She wasn’t a leader. *Only fools aren’t scared when you face the battle.* The saying percolated through her head. It was a motivation saying that was told to the vigilantes when they went on their first mission. She could remember it now, her first time out. Hyper jolted her back to the overworld, the sound of his sword slicing through the quiet of the night. “Are we going?” He asked. Shadowkeeper nodded, her eyes focused on the sigh. “Yes.” She said, almost whispered. Then, her voice became louder. “Let’s move.” -- Shadowkeeper

Lyptus gave Gold a bottle of water, her brows crossed with worry. "Are you sure? I don't want to you be sick?" She added, "I can take you back to the village..."--Lyptus

"I'm not sick! It's just the horse." Gold said, rather crossly. -- Gold

Lyptus sighed, guessing she should leave the situation to Gold. "Alright." She hopped onto Ash, looking straight ahead as she waited for Gold to go behind her.--Lyptus

Shadowkeeper pressed her body against the wall. She heard boots on the gravel roads of the outpost and didn’t even dare to breath. The pillager conversed with another in their language. Shadowkeeper mentally translated in her head. “They be here.”  *They be here. They’re talking about us!* Shadowkeeper ducked back just as an arrow whizzed past the space where her head was. Guardian screamed. Hyper slammed a hand over her mouth, but it was too late. There were shouts and the sound of crossbows being tightened. “They know we’re here.” Terasu hissed from Shadowkeeper’s right. “Then there’s no excuse in hiding anymore.” Shadowkeeper drew her sword and leapt out from behind the bush. “For Minecraft!” She yelled. “For Minecraft!” Everyone behind her yelled, and then they charged.

Shadowkeeper deflected an arrow with her sword, sending it back at her target. The pillager let out a strangled scream before collapsing to the ground. One lone pillager stood on the field, clutching one bloody arm. He was surrounded by the bodies of his fellow pillagers. “You can surrender.” Shadowkeeper said, standing up taller. They had won, and no one died. The pillager spit on the ground, then gave an eerie sneer. “Haw hur hur.” He said*. Death to all who threaten the beast.*

-- Shadowkeeper

Gold climbed up behind Lyptus. "The jungle." He said. "That's where we need to go! We're almost there." -- Gold

Lyptus kicked Ash in the side, making her leap into another gallop. She realized that the jungle was getting darker, yet the sun was high. *Something's here.* She veered out onto the border between the jungle and prairie, keeping one eye on the jungle for Shadowkeeper, or danger.--Lyptus

Tosh led Mazoku through the desert eventully leading to another well, "Well this is you're stop" Tosh smiled, The girl looked around, "A jungle shouldn't be to far from here" He smiled, Mazoku smiled softly back and continued "DONT GET LOST" Tosh to her, She rolled her eyes getting out of sight of Him-Mazoku&Tosh

Silver groaned before sitting up, She was on her bed, She took in a deep breath like she had never breathed before and sat up in the mini cave beside the cliff she resided in Lauren was laying on the floor mewing sadly, Silver slid of the bed alerting her, Lauren hissed turning around before releasing its silver and curled at her feet, Silver smiled before picking up the cat and placing her gently on the bed before walking outside to the beach and sighed "Next up, We need a Village" She said to herself before walking to the plains that was just behind the mountains, She had made a path to the plains after she found it on her journy from the swamps-Silver

Shadowkeeper took a hesitant step back. A light rain had begun to fall, and from the mist emerged a large figure. It growled low and long, sending shudders up her spine. The figured emerged, a giant lumbering beast. Its horns were large and sharp. She heard Guardian give a strangled cry from behind her, then Hyper stepped up. “Coward.” He spat to the pillager, then drew his crossbow. “Say hi to your Ravenger for me in the afterlife.”  He fired, the pillager collapsing to the ground. The fight against the Ravenger was hard. The rain began to fall harder, obscuring their vision Terasyu slashed at the ravenger, then leaped away, avoiding the horns. With this blow, the ravenger collapsed to the ground with a moan.  Shadowkeeper smiled. “Nice job.” She yelled to Terasu. He smiled. Shadowkeeper started walking away to the others, waving at Terasu to follow. However, the dark form of the Ravenger was standing up, using the last of it’s strength for one final attack. *No.*

“Terasu!” Shadowkeeper screamed. She realized that her bow was out of ammo. “Terasu!” She screamed again, and started to run. Terasu was frozen in place, unable to move. *What is he doing?* Shadowkeeper thought frantically. Her heart was pounding. The Ravenger gave an ethereal growl and started to charge. Shadowkeeper ran faster. She would get their in time. *One will die here… one will die here… one will die here…* The thoughts grew louder and louder in her head as she got closer. The ravenger was so close, she could hear it’s breathing. She lunged at Terasu, pushing him away, but she was too late.

The horns pierced her flesh. -- Shadowkeeper

“Do you hear that?” Gold asked, looking around. “It sounded like a scream.” His eyes widened as he looked around, then saw the outpost. “It came from there. I-“ He jumped off the horse and started running. *Are we too late? --* Gold

Lyptus yanked her horse to gallop after Gold. She grabbed her arrows, and quickly put on her armor. *C'mon you make it up to Shadowkeeper for being late.* Suddenly everything slowed, and in front of her stood the familiar claws and hair of her inner friend. Nodding, she came back to the real world, feeling a surge of energy running through her. She entered to see blood was all over the floor, as well as bodies. Before she could think, a heavy weight crashed onto her, knocking her off the horse. Pillager. She felt herself crash on the hard ground, her old and healing wounds on the brink of tearing open. She grabbed her sword, burning hatred shining in her orange eyes.--Lyptus

Terasu watched as the ravenger slowly pulled back from Shadowkeeper. It let out one more, desperate, moan, before collapsing to the ground. It was dead. “Shadowkeeper?” Terasu asked, hesitantly putting a hand on her shoulder. Shadowkeeper turned around. Her hand was fingering her chest. Her chest was covered in blood. Shadowkeeper looked at Terasu with milky unseeing eyes, before slowly crumpling to the ground. “Shadowkeeper!” Terasu said, and caught her. Her chest was heaving with every strained breath. “One will die here…” Shadowkeeper murmured, then blinked slowly. “T-Terasu?” She asked, then let out a moan. “Ow... my chest.” She said.

Terasu heard footsteps as Hyper and Guardian ran up to Shadowkeeper. “Shadowkeeper, are you okay?” Guardian began, then saw her condition. She took in a breath. “Hi… guys.” Shadowkeeper said, forcing a smile. “Guardian!” Terasu said, looking at her with worried eyes. “Please, is there something you can do? Anything?” Guardian bent down and felt Shadowkeeper’s pulse. It was low, and getting lower. She looked up at Terasu, eyes brimming with tears. “T-There… there’s nothing I can do.” Guardian said, her voice choked. Terasu again looked down at Shadowkeeper. “Guardian’s right.” She almost  whispered. “You did your best.” “You sacrificed yourself for me, I’m not letting you go!”

Shadowkeeper pulled two things out of her inventory, ignoring Terasu. She knew it was time to go. The map, she handed to Hyper. “Hyper, you’re the leader now. I trust you will lead these users faithfully.” Hyper nodded and took the map. He looked fine, though his hands were shaking and he blinked back tears. Shadowkeeper handed Guardian a compass. “It always leads you back to home.” She whispered. “Shadowkeeeper, was I your friend?” Guardian asked. “More than a friend.” Shadowkeeper smiled. Terasu looked at Shadowkeeper, then reached down and kissed her. Guardian, despite the circumstances squealed with excitement. “I love you, Shadowkeeper. I always have. I think you’re the bravest NPC I’ve ever met. I won’t forget you.” Shadowkeeper smiled. “I always loved you too, and I will *never* forget you. You were all the best friends I could ask for.” As the rain began to fall, Shadowkeeper closed her eyes, the loss of blood slowly overcoming her. She went limp in Terasu’s arms. She was dead. – Shadowkeeper

Gold fended off the pillager with his sword, giving it a sharp jab in the stomach. It disappeared with a pop. “C’mon.” He said, gesturing to Lyptus to follow. As he entered the main part of the town, he stopped. Bodies were everywhere. Through the mist of rain, he saw three figures hunched over a fourth. *Oh no.* -- Gold

Lyptus pulled the reins as she stopped beside Gold. Bodies covered the ground, making it almost impossible to not step on them. She saw three moving humps in a distance away. *Where's the forth?* Ash walked slowly up, and Lyptus let out a silent gasp. There laid Shadowkeeper, in Terasu's arms, no movement from the girl. She clenched the reins, a sort of darkness swarming around her. "Shadowkeeper..." *I let you down.*--Lyptus

Guardian looked up. "Lyptus, you came back!..." Guardian exclaimed. She looked back at Shadowkeeper and clenched the compass in her fist. Hyper got up and walked over to the boss, picking up the glowing green gem. He was the leader now. He felt awful. How could he ever take Shadowkeeper's place? Hyper clenched his fists tightly and walked over to the others. "We should give Shadowkeeper a proper burial." He said, swallowing back his tears. Terasu nodded. -- Hyper

Lyptus didn't respond, only focusing on the body of Shadowkeeper. "Oh Shadowkeeper how can I even be here when I disappointed you at the beginning?" She slid off her horse, all the wounds' pain forgotten.--Lyptus

Before long, a hole was dug in the ground for Shadowkeeper’s body. Terasu bent down and placed her body in the hole, pausing to move a strand of hair from her face. Then he turned away and Hyper covered it up. Guardian reached down and place an orchid on the ground, then turned and ran to Hyper. She cried in his chest. “She’s gone...” She said through tears. Hyper only hugged her back, watching Terasu. “You did your best.” Hyper said to Terasu. Terasu looked away, tears leaving lined in his dirty cheeks. -- Hyper

Seeing her expression, Gold reached out for Lyptus’ hand. He squeezed it tightly and gave a her a half-hearted smile. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at Gold, although her orange eyes were watery with tears. She turned her head back to Shadowkeeper, then back to the rest of the group. *Shadowkeeper's dead, and it's all because of me...What if Guardian needs me, and I'm not here? What about Hyper, or Terasu, or Gold, or-* She started to feel her throat tighten as she gasped, and turned away from the body. She started to slowly walk a distance away from the group, her eyes focused on the dead bodies at her feet.--Lyptus

Gold ran after her. "Lyptus, wait." He said, catching up to Lyptus. "You can't blame yourself for what happened here. It was out of your control." -- Gold

Lyptus clenched her arms tight against her chest. "If only I made a quicker decision." *I am the person to blame*. *Who else?*--Lyptus

"No. Lyptus, no." Gold tried to catch a glimpse of her orange eyes. He remeber his mom, throwing things around the house after his dad died, blaming herself for his passing. "You heard what Hyper said. She sacrificed herself for Terasu. She knew she was going to die." *Please don't do this to me, Lyptus. I don't want to lose you again.* He thought desperately. -- Gold

Suddenly a bush moves as a strange almost mutated 3 block tall creeper emerge's from the darkness, it's most strange feature is it's mouth which is a gaping maw with sharpened teeth unlike a regular creepers, the area around it's mouth is cracked. it says "hello" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus stared at all the bodies at her feet. Don't be weaker because you lost Shadowkeeper. Get stronger, give support. That's the best thing you can do for her. The dark brown haired girl wiped her eyes, finally turning her head to look at Gold's attractive blue shining eyes. She smiled, words not being able to express anything right now.--Lyptus

"Why are you ignoring me?" The creeper hunter says irritated before grabbing a pillagers body in its jaws before swallowing it whole - The creeper hunter

Gold let out a breath. "Does this mean you aren't going to blame yourself?" He asked, relieved, but also skeptical. -- Gold

Hyper had walked away from the others. He needed some time to himself. Suddenly, he heard a noise from the bushes. He turned around, drawing his sword, and saw a giant creeper. He raised an eyebrow. "Um- hello? Can I help you?" -- Hyper

"Hello" the creeper says "I have come to get some free carrion, consider it a free clean up service". It stares at hyper and says "who be you?". - The creeper hunter

Hyper fingered the handle of his sword. "And why should I tell you?" Hyper asked, narrowing his eyes. -- Hyper

the creeper backs away a safe distance before saying "we don't need to get dirty, I am justing being polite". he opens his sharp toothed maw shapes into a grin - The creeper hunter.

Hyper gave something between a scoff and a chuckle. "I advise you wait for me and my friends to leave." He said, his voice cold. "Understood?" -- Hyper

"Indeed, if there are any corpses you don't want me to feast on? Then tell me and I will leave them alone" it says In a cocky accent. "Also I advise you tell your friends who I am just in case we meet again, because I don't want to get into a unnessary fight"- The creeper hunter

Lyptus just gave a bigger smile, her orange eyes shining with determination. She murmured, half to herself, “What would I do without you?” She nodded, though at Gold’s question.--Lyptus

the creeper hunter leaves hyper, and goes towards the battlefield and sees lyptus-The creeper hunter

Lyptus turned her attention as she saw Brunette do a growl, and Ash stomp her hoof. “Hm?” Dhe grabbed her horse’s reins, and ordered the wolf closer to her. “Why are you both-“ She stopped as a shadow crossed over her, and her orange eyes flew to terrifying teeth. She slid her hand down to her bow, not looking away from the dark eyes. “Gold.” She whispered, not sure if the huge Creeper was a mob or something that could speak.--Lyptus

"We don't need to get violent" the creeper says in it low yet cocky voice. "I just came from talking to your friend hyper, to get my carrion" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus raised a brow, glancing at Hyper before back at the Creeper. “You’re going to eat the Pillagers or us?” *Or* *Shadowkeeper*?--Lyptus

((When it’s italic it means Ly’s thinking that))-Rowan

"I've been tracking you for a long time, eating any corpses left behind and now I am going to consume all these corpses". he starts eying up shadowkeepers grave "and maybe whatever's in here" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus widened her orange eyes in alarm. “No!” She got to her feet. “I mean...Could you please not eat that one? The one with the flowers?” She swallowed. “A-A friend is buried there...”--Lyptus

"okay" he says, as he grabs a pillagers corpse and devours it. - The creeper hunter

Lyptus nodded her thanks, not sure what else to say or do. She cast a glance at Gold as she gathered her pets.--Lyptus

"So that person in the grave was your friend?" The creeper says as it feasts on some of the pillager corpses - The creeper hunter

Lyptus stammered, “Y-Yes.” She blinked back tears, focusing at the bodies that were being feasted. “So are you a...Nice creeper?” She asked, changing the subject.--Lyptus

"when I am in a good mood and when in a bad mood, i am still more responsible than your average creeper" -The creeper hunter

Lyptus nodded slowly.--Lyptus

"Want any of these various crossbows" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus smiled, the frighting sight of the Creeper fading away to a nice mob. “Yes thank you.” She quickly picked them up and added them to her Archery collection.--Lyptus

the creeper says "is this your home?" Looking at all the destruction "if it is, did the pillagars well pillage it?" - The creeper hunter

Gold was too scared to say anything. He cleared his throat, trying to act brave. "No. T-this isn't our home." He found himself stammering. -- Gold

the creeper looks at him, trying to make it twisted form as presentable and says "okay, so do you have a home?" -The creeper hunter

Lyptus cast a glance at Gold, suspicion running through her mind. "Yes. Yes we do have a home."--Lyptus

Gold gave a small shake of his head. -- Gold

"Just asking because you know how dangerous this place is at night" the creeper says before eating a pillager corpse- The creeper hunter

Gold took a deep breath, trying to keep from vomiting. --Gold

The creeper stops and looks at gold, "are you okay?" The creeper says-The creeper hunter

Lyptus cast a worried glance at Gold, before she got to her feet and mounted on Ash, now almost as tall as the Creeper. She whistled over Brunette, her gaze flying to Guardian.--Lyptus

Silver, After many hours of traveling finally found a village, One in the Jungle, She was walking around, In her Smaller Human appearance, Her Long brown hair draping over the sides of her chin, She was looking around for trades, Honestly annoyed due to the lack of needed trades.

Frost ran as fast as she could GreenTea latching harshly onto her shoulder, She has found a village's Light and was running to it, She close her eyes for a second before smashing into a taller figure, She fell onto the ground with a thump, She opened her eyes to see a red eyed, Brown haired female towering over her, Frost got up before apologising "I'm So Sorry!" Frost almost yelled, The girl shrugged "It's fine" She smiled softly, "The Names Silver" She continued, "Frost" She smiled back, Silver chuckled a little, "Certainly in a rush?" Frost softly giggled "I don't even know anymore" The two talk for awhile in the middle of the land, A Icy haired girl and a Red eyed brunette-Silver&FrostCream20

The creeper starts whistling to itself as it follows lyptus on her horse- The creeper hunter

Guardian leaned against the wall of one of the buildings, watching Terasu pace back and forth, wring his hands. Guardian felt tears go to her eyes and she wiped them away with a dirty sleeve. Sniffling, she pulled out the compass from Shadowkeeper. She looked up for a breif moment and shrieked. "OMIGOSH-" She screamed, scrambling up. "LYPTUS! THERE IS A GIANT CREEPER BEHIND YOU!" -- Guardian

The creeper meanwhile is just looking around the surrondings- The creeper hunter

Lyptus for a second was startled, but then remembered suddenly the mob she had met a moment before. "Don't worry he's nice." She beckoned the Creeper over.--Lyptus

The creeper walks over, hunching it's back so that it's a similar height to them - The creeper hunter

Lyptus scooched closer to the Creeper. “Look he’s nice. He’s here to eat the bodies of the Pillagers.” She smiled at the mob, then glanced at Guardian.--Lyptus

The creepers extremely cracked, sharp toothed mouth pleasant grin, or at least as much as the creature grin could be pleasant - The creeper hunter

Guardian drew her sword- a cracked wooden one- and swung it wildy. "THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS HE'S DOING!" -- Guardian

The creeper moves behind lyptus and says "you can calm down your friend" - The creeper hunter

Terasu laid a hand on Guardian's sword hand, though his gaze was distracted. "Calm down. If Lyptus trusts him, you should too." He said. Guardian huffed but lowered her sword. -- Guardian

Lyptus cast a glance at the Creeper, before she jumped to the ground and stood at Guardian's side. "I promise he won't do anything." She chuckled as she added, "Hyper trusts him."--Lyptus

Guardian sighed. "Alright then. But he isn't like-" She paused. "Helping us or anything, right?" -- Guardian

Hyper looked around and then spotted a small house with a lectern placed against one wall. He pulled the map out of his pocket and disappeared inside. Twirling a quill in one hand, he looked at the map as he laid it down… then something hit his foot. “Ouch!” He cursed, looking down to see what had hit him. A book? Hyper beat down and picked it up. It didn’t look old, but very worn. It had bookmarks and torn pages. He opened it. It was Shadowkeeper’s diary. -- Hyper

Lyptus stared at Guardian for a moment, thinking. "No? I mean I'm guessing he lives here and was coming out for his daily dinner."--Lyptus

"Okay. Fine then." Guardian said, putting the sword back in her inventory. She stepped up closer to the creeper. "I'm watching you." She hissed, so quiet only she and the creeper could hear. She then put her fingers to her eyes and faced them to the creeper, doing the "I'm watching you" sign. -- Guardian

Lyptus looked around, eyeing Gold, Terasu, Guardian and then Hyper. "Should we leave?" She asked Terasu as she mounted her mare.--Lyptus

The creeper glances at guardian before saying "so what's the plan?" - The creeper hunter

"He's coming with us?!" Guardian sputtered. She shot a glare at Lyptus. -- Guardian

Lyptus widened her orange gaze with surprise, as she was confused herself. "Uhm no offense Mr. Creeper, but I thought you were staying here. Your home?"--Lyptus

"I have decided I want to help you, I've grown tired of being apex of this area and frightening my enemies into submission" - The creeper hunter

"You don't even know what you're helping us with!" Guardian threw her hands up, exasperated. She stomped off, hands in the pockets of her overalls. -- Guardian

"all I know is that it is about some weird things you call bosses" the creeper says raising a metaphorical eyebrow - The creeper hunter

Lyptus drew in a breath, trying to keep herself calm. *Hyper should decide. I'm not the leader, he is.* "Hyper! Come here!" She suddenly felt tired as she saw Guardian stomp away, and shook her head, hoping Hyper would be ok with his new role. "T-Talk to the dude you first spoke with. I'm...Going to get something." Without another word she veered Ash towards the exit of the Pillager base, her gaze on the blue sky hiding behind the trees.--Lyptus

"Huh?" Hyper started, tucking the diary in his inventory. "Oh. Um- okay?" He raised an eyebrow, but could tell Lyptus didn't want any questions. He ran a hand through his blonde hair and walked outside, looking for the creeper. He saw Terasu looked awkwardly at the creeper. Hyper took a step forward. He had to be the leader. "Lyptus told me you needed something... can I help you?" -- Hyper

"I, the creeper hunter wish to help you on your quest to kill these bosses as you call them." - The creeper hunter

Hyper raised an eyebrow. "Why, exactly?" -- Hyper

"I want to do good and help somebody else for a change instead of acting just like a apex predator who cares only for themselves like I used to be" - The creeper hunter

Terasu was silently laughing behind Hyper. Hyper shot him a glare. *Oh, shut up!* Terasu looked away, still smiling. Hyper sighed. "Can you swim?" -- Hyper

"Yes I can swim" -The creeper hunter

Lyptus looked back at Hyper, before she dared to take a step out of the dark place. She hung her head in tiredness, as if a weight was pushing down on her shoulders. She looked down at Brunette, before she pulled out her sword and ordered Ash to trot.--Lyptus

"Can you breath under water?" He asked. -- Hyper

"No but don't you think that's kinda unfair question because we'll can you breath underwater?" -The creeper hunter

Hyper smiled. "You are very op, but okay. Yes, you're right." -- Hyper

Lyptus looked up at the blue sky, wondering where Shadowkeeper was. *I'll try to make it up to you.* She quickly caught some meat for the journey with the group before she turned around and rode back to the Pillager base.--Lyptus

Guardian stomped around. Donzens of thoughts ran through her head and it was hard to keep track of. She need some time alone. Climbing up a tree, she sat on one of the branches. Guardian hugged her knees to her chest, feeling as though she might explode. -- Guardian

Lyptus walked back into the dark place, holding Ash's reins and Brunette trotting beside her. She looked around, see Hyper and Terasu were still with the Creeper. She looked around for Gold, wondering if he was still feeling sick. *Where's Guardian? Gosh now everyone is disappearing.*--Lyptus

"I am not really that op" - The creeper hunter

"Pst, Hyper!" Gold hissed. Hyper turned. "What?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "I need to talk to you." Gold said. "Now." Hyper nodded, and turned to the creeper. "I'll be back." He said, then turned to walk with Gold. Once they were a safe distance away, Gold turned to him. "I need to show you something." He said, wondering if this was a good idea. He drew back the sleeve of his hoodie, revealing a gruesome wound. It was black and blue, with dried blood around the center. Coming from the point of impact was a large amount of yellow pus. Inside was something black and curved. It looked deeply wedged in there.

"It's from the spider." Gold said. "Guardian never finished cleaning it, and in the nether I think time stopped so it never bothered me. Now..." He paused, not sure how to continue. Hyper's eyes widened. "You've been walking around with that for a week?" He said. Gold nodded. "It's playing tricks on my brain. It makes me dizzy and makes me think I see stuff that isn't there. And the obvious, I vomit. I need you to cover for me. When something like that happens, just do something so no one is suspicious. Please?" Gold was surprised Hyper didn't argue. He just nodded. "You sure?" Hyper asked. "Yes." Gold said. "The last thing I need is Lyptus to be worried. Hopefully she hasn't caught on." Gold looked around. "Let's get back." He pulled down his sleeve and walked back to the others, a confused Hyper trailing behind.-- Gold

Lyptus caught sight of Gold, and then Hyper walking towards him. She saw they talked with their heads low, and crossed her brows in worry. She decided to not look nosy and turned her head to the outdoors, and eventually rode back outside.*.*--Lyptus

the creeper looks at hyper and asks "what's wrong?" - The creeper hunter

"Nothing." Hyper said. "Gold just wanted to tell me that we should get to the ocean monument as fast as possible. -- Hyper

"hmm, so we are going to kill those 3 elder sea beasts known as elder guardians" - The creeper hunter

"There is one." Hyper said, he looked around. "Where's Guardian?" -- Hyper

"Oh, so their is only one elder guardian, anyway that's a good question, where has guardian gone?" - The creeper hunter

"I'll find here." Terasu said, eager to get away for a minute. Hyper nodded at him. "We'll wait here and then we'll leave." -- Hyper

Lyptus heard the rumbling of bushes, and caught a glimpse of Terasu's hair from the corner of her eye. *We're probably gonna leave s*oon. She decided to not go farther, but practice her aiming with all the new crossbows and arrows.--Lyptus

“Guardian?” Terasu called. “You there?” He heard a sniffling from above and looked up to see Guardian in the top branches. She sniffed again and looked down. “T-Terasu?” Guardian asked. “Yeah, uh, it’s me. Mind if I come up?” He asked, concern in his multicolored eyes. “No, that’s okay.” Guardian said. Terasu climbed up the tree and sat down opposite to her. Guardian wiped her eyes and cast her gaze to the ground. “Are you okay?” Terasu asked, hesitant.

Guardian shook her head, then burst into tears. “Shadowkeeper’s gone! She’s really gone! I’ll never save her again!” She said, tears rolling down her cheeks. She clenched her hands into fists. “Hey, hey!” Terasu moved a little closer to Guardian. “I know she’s gone, but we shouldn’t stand around being sad.” He said. “What do you think she would have wanted you to do?” Guardian sniffled, trying to think of an answer. She looked up at him. They locked eyes and didn’t say anything.

Terasu had never realized how beautiful Guardian’s eyes were, like diving into a field of roses. Then, he realized how awkward this was and looked away, growing red. Guardian blinked and looked away. “She would have wanted me to go down there so we can all go to the ocean monument.” Terasu nodded. “Yeah. We should get down there then.” The two climbed down and headed to the others. Terasu didn’t know about Guardian, but he couldn’t keep his mind off that moment in the branches. -- Terasu

((Oh Gosh Rosey...))-Rowan

Lyptus narrowed her orange eyes, not daring to move a finger. A flash of red came before her eyes, and she let go of the arrow. She haunted Ash and turned her arrow to see if she shot the target while riding pass. *Yes!* She hoped off Ash, grabbing the arrow and putting it back in her inventory. A sudden sound sounded above her, and out of nowhere a red parrot came and swept her crossbow away high into the tree. “Pip? Hey Pip give that back!” She quickly ran to the tree and and started to jump from branch to branch. She panted as she reached the top, the parrot wobbling on one of the branches. “Give that back!” She snatched her crossbow, catching sight of a paper locked between it. That wasn’t there. She cast a glance at the bird, but it was already flying back to the distant village. Without another choice, she opened the paper, reading it, before she crumbled up the paper in anger. She threw the paper on the ground, hoping the sun word burn it in the dry ground*. I tried to keep Dad’s promise, but you want to disobey him. That’s fine though, for me. For you, you’ll pay*.--Lyptus and Pip

(oh hec yeah rowan >;) i'm planning some drama with terra and hyper- the romance isn't rlly the important part xD) -- rosey

"Are we all ready then?" Hyper asked, looking around. Gold nodded, and Hyper noticed he was rubbing his arm furiously. When Hyper stared at him, he stopped, though his hand was twitching. "We'll need horses." Terasu said. Hyper looked around. "Valid point. Maybe we should stay here one more night before we leave. Terasu and Gold, can you get enough horse for everyone? We can have two on each." Terasu nodded. "C'mon." He said to Gold, heading out into the plains. Hyper turned to the creeper. "Are you fast?" -- Hyper

((It ain’t the romance I’m worried bout, Im worried bout who’s gonna be the bad one, and who poor Guardian will choose ;-;))-Rowan

Lyptus jumped down the tree, anger blinding her orange eyes. She snatched the reins from the tree, yelling at Brunette to come. She yanked Ash, painfully forcing the mare to run. She narrowed her eyes against the wind as she rode blindly out of the forest onto the golden grass.--Lyptus

The creeper pulls out a swiftness potion from its invisible inventory and chugs it using one of its legs- The creeper hunter

Hyper raised an eyebrow, but didn't pursue it. "Okay then." -- Hyper

Terasu and Gold walked in silence to teh plains, looking around for horses. "Hey- uh- I hate to be rude, but is your arm okay?" Terasu asked, looking at Gold. Gold looked up. "No! No. It's fine! Perfect! Splendid!" He said, in an overly-enthusiastic tone. "Let's just look for the horses. "Um, okay. Sure." Terasu was concerned. *Maybe Lyptus would know.* The two found enough horses for two people on each, and headed back to the others just as dusk was setting in. -- Terasu

Lyptus gathered back her calmness, and at the end turned around and walked back to the cave. Thoughts ran in her head, creating a headache. *How did he know I'm here?* She set her jaw, shivers running up and down her spine. "Hyper!" She yelled as she entered back to the Pillager base. "We need to leave. As quick as we can." She added, her voice lowered so only the new leader could hear.--Lyptus

"Huh? Why?" Hyper asked. -- Hyper

Lyptus looked at Hyper, giving him a silent look. *If only you knew.* "Please." She whispered.--Lyptus

Hyper saw the pleading looked in here and didn't question it. He nodded, and mouthed: You owe me an explanation after this. "We're leaving now." He said, turning to everyone. "Hope you're ready. Gold, you can ride with me." Hyper was aware of how horses' jolted your stomach, and decided it best to have Gold with him. "Lavender, you can go with Lyptus, and Terasu, you can ride with Guardian." He said. Everyone found a horse quickly and were ready to ride. Hyper was proud of them, but also knew what they had to have experienced to be so fast at leaving. -- Hyper

(*when lavender basically doesn't exist anymore*) -rosey

Lyptus glanced at Lavender. "I'll steer, since I probably have more experience than you." She helped the girl to sit behind her, before she turned towards the entrance, waiting for Hyper's command.--Lyptus

"Let's go then." Hyper said, kicking his horse into gear. -- Hyper

Lyptus made sure everyone left before she followed. She struggled to keep Ash at the back, as the gray horse didn't like to go on a slow speed. She forgot about the horse, but then a new struggle came to mind. *How am I going to tell Hyper?*--Lyptus

Guardian clung to Terasu's waist, terrified of falling off. -- Guardian

"So. How's your arm?" Hyper asked, his voice almost a whisper. Gold didn't answer for a moment. "Fine." He said, looking away. "You can't do this forever." Hyper said, looking back. "Why hide it anyway?" Gold looked at the ground. He really didn't know why. "I don't want Lyptus to worry about me. She's carring so much weight already, I'd hate to add more." -- Gold

Lyptus rode silently behind everyone, her gave fixed on something ahead.--Lyptus

The creeper is walking along, keeping in the back of the group - The creeper hunter

Everyone was quiet on their way, the darkness slowly closing in. "Keep close." Hyper said, his commanding voice shattering the silence like a gong. "I don't want anyone getting lost." -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded, although she didn't dare break the awkward silence. She looked around her from time to time, trying not to move her head, but only her orange eyes. *Somebody's watching me...?*--Lyptus

The creeper also felt as if something was amiss, it's eyes scanning the darkness, it's nightvision may have been lost a long time ago but it still sensed something was off. - The creeper hunter

((Only Ly knows someones there. Its something that only she can sense, not an actual person.))-Rowan

((Okay thanks for making that clear)) - horrortubby

((Np just wanted no plots to be ruined.))-Rowan

(ruined is a strong word- xD) -rosey

"My butt's sore!" Guardian complained to Terasu. Terasu rolled his eyes, amused. "You'll live. I can assure you, no one's died of a sore bottom." -- Guardian

Lyptus closed her eyes, trying to keep her emotions enclosed. She let out a breath, looking down to see Brunette was dragging her paws along the grass. She leaned down, heaving the big wolf on the horse. "There you go." She smiled a little.--Lyptus and Brunette

Gold watched Lyptus and found himself smiling too. He was glad to see her smiling, even if it was brief. Then he realized how awkward this was, and he looked away, rubbing his arm.-- Gold

Lyptus heard a squeaky movement, as a saddle rubbing against a horse, and looked up. Nothing. She glanced around, double checking. *Must have been me.* She was interrupted by Brunette giving Ash licks on the mane, and Ash stubbornly neighing. "Oh you too." She murmured, patting them both. *Something doesn't feel right here. It feels to...Different. And the thing is, it ain't Shadowkeeper's death*.--Lyptus, Brunette and Ash

Hyper pulled up to Lyptus. "Lyptus, can we stop now? It's getting dark. We're too exposed out here." -- Hyper

Lyptus tried not to show her shock. "Um Hyper...You're the leader, I'm not..." She whispered. In a louder voice, so that everyone could hear, she agreed, "If you want to, then I'll follow should." She smiled, trying to show some support. As quick as a flash, she glanced at Gold, concern and a sort of confusion for the blue eyed man in her orange gaze.--Lyptus

"Mm." Hyper said, following her gaze. "We're stopping now! Let's get a fire going and give everyone some food." -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded, mounting off Ash and carrying Brunette to the ground. "Rest." She took off the heavy saddle of Ash, although a rope was tied to keep her in view. Lyptus brought out the prey she had earlier killed, and looked around for a place to set fire. Grabbing some flint and steel, she lit flame, watching it intently as it grew.--Lyptus

Hyper made sure everyone got some bread and meat, replenishing their health bars. After that, he went over to Lyptus. "Can we talk? Away from everyone?" He asked. -- Hyper

Lyptus blinked her orange eyes away form the fire, and to Hyper. *I guess I don't have a choice.* She glanced around for Gold, before she nodded and got to her feet.--Lyptus

The creeper is sitting by the fire eating a piece of bread. - The creeper hunter

Hyper waited until they were a little ways away. "Like I said, you owe me and explanation. Why were you in such a hurry to leave earlier? What's up?" Hyper asked, maintaining steady eye contact, his navy blue eyes concerned and determined. -- Hyper

Lyptus felt sweat dripping down her back, as only Gold knew everything, and well she didn’t like talking to anybody else about her personal stuff. “Uh um...” She started. “I think I’m in danger.....And someone’s following me...” She drew in a breath, trying to keep her orange eyes from watering. “I’m afraid that I’m making danger for everyone...”--Lyptus

"Who's following you?" Hyper asked, his eyes widening. -- Hyper

Lyptus struggled hard not to burst down in tears. “T-Th...” She looked at the ground. “An old close f-friend.” She said, wincing as she lied.--Lyptus

The creeper says to gold "have you ever needed to respawn?" As if the creature is just trying to start conversation to break the silence. - The creeper hunter

Hyper opened his mouth to say something, but bit his tongue. "Oh." He said. *She doesn't trust me.* He shook his head. "Nevermind."

Gold looked up. "Respawn? O-oh, no. I don't think I can." He fidgeted, looking at the ground. -- Gold

Lyptus saw something in Hyper’s eyes, as of disappointment. “I’m going to go get some water.” She just bit her lip as she walked away, her tears silently flowing down her face.--Lyptus

"Have you ever tried taming a horse?" Silver asked, Frost was ranting about how its hard to get everywhere, "i don't have a sadel" Frost huffed, Silver chuckled, "I literally walked here, and you said you have been in the Jungle already, I think you'll be fine running" Silver smiled, Frost shrugged and grabbed her sword, "You think if we found a new village it would have everything we need?" Frost questioned, "We?" Frost nodded "I need some new trades and you need a potion stand" Silver smiled "We got a deal then" She announced, "We can look for on on the way back to may house, Then we can split ways if ya want" Silver chirped, Frost nodded and the two started walking-FrostCream20&Silver

The creeper pulls out a mob head resembling it's own. "my first encounter with one of your species, was the touch of withering death, I woke next to a mob spawner" - The creeper hunter

"The touch of withering death?" Guardian couldn't help interrupting. "What is that?" -- Guardian

Hyper looked at Lyptus, then sucked in a breath and followed her. "Lyptus, wait." He said. "If there's anything on your mind you can tell me. I won't tell anyone else." -- Hyper

"You have never felt the cold touch of a the blade of a diamond axe against your skull" - The creeper hunter

Guardian blinked, taken aback. "Oh. That's what it is?" -- Guardian

Lyptus kept walking towards a stream in the distance, not bothering to show her tears to Hyper. *I always cry. I'm just a baby in a group full of teenagers. They have problems, but they ain't crying.* "Thorn! My half brother Thorn is following me! He's mad that I didn't give him a freaking chance after stealing my Father, and I said no. Now he wants revenge." She stumbled to the grass near the stream, her tears mixing with the clear water. She tried to quiet herself, afraid that Thorn was nearby. *He's probably laughing at me right now...*--Lyptus

Hyper crouched down beside her, unsure what to do. He reached out and gave her a brief hug. "I'm no Gold," He chuckled. "but I am your friend, and I'll do anything I can to make you feel better." He gave her a half-smile. "And I'm sure everyone else would help you too. You don't have to keep this to yourself." He smiled. "Someone once told me that he'd do anything for you, even if it caused himself hurt. Just know, you have friends." Hyper stood up and drew his sword. "If that Thorn goes anywhere near you, I promise I'll capture him and then you can do whatever you want to him." He grinned. -- Hyper

Lyptus felt some weird feeling, half glad to get it off her mind, and betrayal to Guardian and Gold. “Thanks” She murmured, adding a sort of soft smile. “Just...Don’t tell anyone else. Please Hyper.”--Lyptus

the creeper asks gold "so tell me why you are here? What's your story?" - The creeper hunter

"Of coure." Hyper nodded.

Gold looked at the ground. "Well, I guess I'm really just here for Lyptus. Before, I was trying to take care of my sister- er, my old sister." -- Gold

Lyptus sighed with relief, although she felt as if something was weighing her down. *If Gold finds out I told Hyper, he's gone..*.She reached into the cold water, washing her face. "I'm just gonna stay out here for a while." She spat over the water on her face.--Lyptus

"I have been alive in this world longer than any of you, I was alive when their was still 3 elder guardians and was alive when both the other elder guardians died, I have been alive to see various pillages and zombie hoards" - The creeper hunter

Gold sighed. He felt like the creeper just wanted to talk. He didn't mind though, he felt sick. He stumbled over to a bush and retched, clutching his stomach. Guardian, who had fallen asleep, started away, sitting up right. "What? Monsters?!" She drew her sword and swung it wildly, narrowly missing the creeper hunter's face. Gold vomited again, his head spinning. -- Gold

"Do you mind if I leave?" The creeper says before sliding off away from the two of them - The creeper hunter

Guardian shook her head, still groggy. -- Guardian

Lyptus felt her face feel less sticky, remembering she had been traveling in the hot heat. She looked ahead to where a small waterfall was, and decided to go and wash her hair there. She walked past Hyper, not sure what he was gonna do.--Lyptus

Guardian heard the sound of a retch. "Gold?" Her eyes widened. "I-I'm f-fine." She heard Gold's shakey voice say from behind a bush. "Just d-don't come over h-here." -- Gold

Lyptus went a behind a bush, just in case someone was searching for her. She washed her dark brown hair, feeling fresh. She couldn't help but take off her jacket, and walking a little bit more into the water.--Lyptus

Gold's dizziness increased, blackness settling in closer on the edges of his visions. His arm burned like fire. He mumbled something unintelligible and collapsed to the ground. -- Gold

Lyptus walked out of the water, her clothes soaking wet, but not sticky. She closed her orange eyes for a moment in relief, before she wrapped her jacket over her to keep her from getting cold. She walked back, wondering wether Hyper was still there.--Lyptus

The creeper walks over to gold before putting its face against his face "are you ALRIGHT? - The creeper hunter

Guardian scrambled over the rock to the creeper hunter's side. Her eyes widened. "I don't think he's alright." She whispered. He was lying facefirst in a pool of vomit, his sleeve looked stained with something red. Guardian gulped nervously. "Ok. I think there's a stream around here, we need to get him washed off. Can you pick him up?" She looked at the creeper hunter. -- Guardian

The creeper grabs gold in its jaws carefully so not to hurt them. - The creeper hunter

Guardian put him by the stream and tried to wash the blood off his arm and vomit off his face. *What in the world happened?! Why is he like this?* Gold writhed in Guardian's grip, feverishly muttering nonsense. "Find Hyper!" Guardian said to the creeper hunter, trying to hold Gold down. "Now!" -- Guardian

the creeper runs off looking for hyper whilst yelling "HYPER GET OVER HERE, NOW!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP" - The creeper hunter

Hyper heard the yelling. "What's wrong?" He asked, running towards teh creeper hunter. "Monsters?" -- Hyper

"ITS GOLD!!! HE IS NOT OKAY, no time to explain, go talk to guardian they will explain everything" the creeper says slumping over needing a rest after screaming on the top of their lungs- The creeper hunter

Lyptus didn’t find Hyper anywhere. She heard running stomps, and frantic noises around a bush. “Guys?” She called softly, trying to see around the bushes and trees.--Lyptus

"Okay." Hyper said, clenching his fists. *Didn't I tell him this was what would happen?* Hyper thought, running for the stream. He stooped short, hearing Lyptus's voice. "Lyptus?" He looked around, finding her bright orange glare. -- Hyper

The creeper emerges from the darkness, he says "can somebody explain what the nether is going on with gold?" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus jumped at Hyper sudden appearence. *It's ok.* "Do you know what those...Noises are coming from?"--Lyptus

Hyper sighed. "It... it's his arm." He said. "He didn't want me to tell you before. He.. he was afraid that you would be worried." He looked up at Lyptus. "It was from that cave spider a little while before. It's really bad, his arm is all purple and red, and I think there's still a claw wedged deep in there." -- Hyper

"MILK, we need milk to reduce the pain, because milk is the cure for poison, if their is a fang stuck in his arm, it won't cure it but it will reduce the pain, then to get the claw out, we I've have to get a pair of nine existent tweezers which are things I heard some players talk about but apartly don't exist in this universe or I am sorry, amputate the limb to stop the infection spread." - The creeper hunter

"Can you get milk?" Hyper turned to the creeper. -- Hyper

Gold let out a yell. His arm was burning. He knew it. He was on fire. It was one of the bullies at school. No, he was out in the army like his father. There must have been a grenade. It hurt so much. "Stop wriggling! Gold, it's me!" He heard a distant voice say. *It's an angel.* His name wasn't Gold though, it was Tommy. *Am I going insane?* He wondered. -- Gold

"He's delirious." Guardian said to herself, trying to pour a healing potion down his throat, but failing miserably. She was freaking out. *What do I do?! I don't work well under stress! Do I knock him out? What happened to him?!* -- Guardian

The creeper pulls out a iron axe, holding it in its left front leg. He walks over to gold and says "I am sorry this has to be done" - The creeper hunter

"What?!" Guardian shook her head. "No-no." She felt a surge of confidents. "Wait. I can get it out. Just give me time." -- Guardian

The creeper looks at guardian and says "we don't have time, if we were in a professional facility maybe but no, we are in the middle of the forest. you don't understand, the poison from a regular bite is not lethal but this arm is beyond saving, it's already probably in the bloodstream and the only hope is if we cut off the arm before the infection spreads, I would not do this if we had another option, do I make myself clear?" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus gaped at Hyper, her orange eyes widened in fear. *What? Gold's arm? Why didn't he tell me? Is he ok? I thought it was the horse!* Thoughts ran through her head, making her dizzy. *I can't lose Gold as well!* "Stop! Creeper don't!" She ran, her lip quivering with fear. "Guardian is a professional, I *know* that. Just give her time. *She's* the healer, she *makes orders*." Fury and distress was around Lyptus. "*Hyper's the leader, Guardian's the healer.* The rest of us, *we obey.*" She then whipped her head to Guardian, her eyes watering with tears. *I'll do whatever! Please Guardian, save him...*--Lyptus

Guardian gave Lyptus a thankfully smile, then drew her sword. "Sorry in advance for the headache you'll get after this." She said, hitting the back of his head. He went limp immediately. She looked up at the creeper. "The infection is already in the bloodstream. We can't get it out without milk. Best case scenario he'll lose feeling in the arm for a few days, but he'll be fine after. Worst case..." She didn't bother finishing, turning to Lyptus. "In additions, You shouldn't just obey. For one thing- I'm not a very good descion maker. For another, I think you're just as much of a leader as Hyper. After all, we wouldn't have made it out alive from the nether without you." Hyper came running in with a bucket of milk. Guardian smiled, taking it from him. "Now, give me some space please. Head back to camp and inform Terasu and Lavender of what happened. Lyptus, you can stay here if you want." -- Guardian

Lyptus glanced at Hyper, hoping he wasn't jealous of what Guardian said. *I can't add up to what Hyper has become.* She nodded her thanks to Guardian, sitting down a distance from Gold's body. She hugged her knees close to her chest, praying that she wouldn't lose him.--Lyptus

the creeper looks at guardian and than back to his axe before saying "I am sorry, it has to been done for his own safety" before slamming the axe down on golds arm, "keep him healed with those potion things, NOW, you may be a healer but in the wild, you can't take the risk of trying to get it out" - The creeper hunter

(Dang this got weird, but okay? might make for some good drama-) -- rosey

Guardian lunged forward, trying to shield Gold, but it was too late. The axe crash down on his arm, the flesh separating cleanly and instantly. The dislocated arm started rolling down the hill, before dropping into a hole nearby. Guardian shrieked, feeling sick. "OH MY GOSH!" She screamed, uttering language that would have made her get quit a few lashes at the orphanage. She whipped out some bandages and hurried, trying to make the blood flow slow from the stump that was his arm. Gold woke screaming, obviously in shock. Guardian, muttering okay constantly to herself, pulled out a potion of sleeping. She had made this before, and only used one on Lyptus. At least that one worked, if slowly. She pulled it out and poured it down his throat. -- Guardian

Gold woke up. His arm was on fire- again. The grenade must have been really bad. Someone was grabbing his throat. *They're trying to strangle me!* He tried to fight back, clawing mindlessly at her. Only one arm worked though, he couldn't feel his fingers on the other one. Something sweet went down his throat, and slowly tiredness enveloped his entire being. *No! I can't give up! I can't die out here... I need to... to protect Jenny...* Slowly, everything faded away, his eyes fluttering closed.-- Gold

((@Horror you shouldn't go things without asking the owner of the character, in this case Rosey.))-Rowan

Lyptus clenched her fists at the Creeper, her orange eyes burning with fury. "You freaking piece of dung! You're *NOT* the healer!" She wished to start to tear apart the mob, but anguish of Gold's bloody body made her feel weak. She burst down in tears, her head buried in her arms.--Lyptus

(time skip yeet) -rosey

Guardian had finished cleaning Gold up, attempting to scrap away the dried blood and sweat. Gold was muttering in his sleep, clenching his fists. Guardian sighed and rubbed her eyes. She was exhausted. "I'm going to get some sleep." She murmured, rubbing her eyes. She pulled some blankets out of her inventory and laid them on the ground. "I'll stay here just in case something happens." She looked at the creeper when she said it, then rolled over, pulling the blankets over head. -- Guardian

Lyptus still sat where she was, anxiously watching Gold. *Please be alive.* She squeezed herself, imagining those ocean blue eyes never opening again.--Lyptus

Gold had the strange sensation he was falling. His arm didn't hurt as much anymore, and his head wasn't as fuzzy. He let out a small groan. It felt like there was a stone covering his eyes. Slowly, slowly, he opened them. Everything was blocky. For a moment, he wondered if he was going crazy, then all the memories came flooding back, as well as the pain. He winced, a new wave of pain taking over his arm. -- Gold

"Your Alive, how do you feel?"- The creeper hunter

"Huh?" Gold blinked, trying to dispel the grogginess from his eyes. "Alive? What happened?... Where's Lyptus? Is she okay?" -- Gold

"Oh yes, she's totally fine, but their is something I need to break to you. Promise me you will remain calm" - The creeper hunter

"Remain calm?" He was still slightly in shock. "Why?" -- Gold

"You might be missing one of your arms" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus had gone before to check on the horses, as well as Brunette. She shivered from time to time, distress the only feeling she had. “What are we going to do?” She murmured to her fellow pets. She sighed, deciding to slowly drag her way back to Gold.--Lyptus

Gold's let out a chuckle. "Yeah, right. Very funny." He said, sarcastically. "Look, I have my arm right here." He pulled up his left arm, then screamed. -- Gold

"I though you said you would be calm"- The creeper hunter

Lyptus heard a distant scream, and broke into a frightened run. *He died! Guardian* *couldn’t save* *him! It’s all the freaking Creeper’s fault!* She panted as she burst trough the bushes, collapsing to her knees. “Is he dead?!” She sobbed, her overwhelming tears blinding her eyes.--Lyptus

the creeper hears the sobbing before yelling to her "HE IS ALIVE, just very startled and confused, also using common sense how would he scream if he was dead?" - The creeper hunter

*Shut up you fricking mob. Guardian could scream, you could* *scream. There’s more people here that can* *scream besides him.* Angry insults ran trough her mind, but Lyptus didn’t answer, only stared deep at two twinkling ocean blue eyes. “Gold? Gold! Gold you’re ok!” She ran to him, and hugged him tightly.--Lyptus

Gold winced from the tight grip, but hugged her back gently with his one arm. "Yeah, I guess I am." He gave her a half-smile. -- Gold

Lyptus drew back a little, looking at Gold's missing arm. Her orange eyes grew soft with hurt. "Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped..." She murmured, so only Gold could hear her.--Lyptus

Gold looked at the ground. "I... I didn't want you to be worried." -- Gold

"I thought we were supposed to be there for each other..." Lyptus suddenly felt bad, and gave Gold another hug. "I'm still here for you. Promise you won't do it again?"--Lyptus

Gold gave her a sad smile. "I promise." He reached out for the stump that was his arm, and tears started to fill his eyes. He leaned in closer to Lyptus. He felt like a baby. He needed someone right now. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at his arm, before back at his handsome face. "It's ok..." She swallowed, shaming herself for not realizing her closest friend was sick. "You look fine. You can do this. I know you can." She gave a small grin.--Lyptus

Gold looked at Lyptus' soft orange eyes and felt a tiny bud of hope plant itself in his chest. *Maybe with you I can.* He thought. Looking around, he spotted the stream. "Can we go sit down there for a little bit?" He asked. -- Gold

Lyptus nodded immediately, getting to her feet. She stood close to Gold, in case he fell. She sat them both gently on the softest part of the ground, her eyes drawing to the clear water then back at Gold. "Do you want some water or something?" She asked, breaking the sound of the calm rushing of water.--Lyptus

He shook his head. "I just need a moment." He dipped his hand in the stream. -- Gold

Lyptus nodded, drawing her gaze to the setting sun and then to the fire lit prairie in the distance. *Thorn's meet, Shadowkeeper's death, me betraying, and now this.....What's next?* She sighed softly.--Lyptus

Gold saw Lyptus' expression and reached out for her hand, taking it in his own. "Hey." He said softly, looking at her. "It'll be okay." -- Gold

Lyptus gave a soft smile, a small weight lifting off of her shoulders. She didn't say anything, just scooted closer to him with his hand in hers.--Lyptus

Gold smiled, then looked off at the fields in front of them. His eyes widened. The sun was rising in front of him, the prairie looking as if it was on fire. The mix of navy blue, yellow, and pink was breathtaking. He chuckled quietly. Minecraft could surprise him sometimes.-- Gold

Lyptus grinned a little, seeing that Gold was distracted. She looked at the water, then at the young man. She splashed some water on him, making his golden hair look flat. She laughed, saying, "You look like a goldfish now!"--Lyptus

"Hey!" Gold rubbed at his hair, laughing. "I do not look like a goldfish!" He looked in the water. "I look like a majestic golden phoenix." He said, then turned quickly, throwing water at Lyptus. "You look like a- um..." He couldn't think of anything. "A goose?" He offered, then laughed again. -- Gold

Lyptus laughed so hard, she fell to her back. "A goose and g-goldfish!" She wiped her eyes, every time she looked at Gold she imagined a little goldfish with its small mouth. "You'd make the best goldfish!"--Lyptus

The creeper meanwhile goes over to guardian, it's eyebrows raised "what did you give gold when he woke up?" - The creeper hunter

"What do you mean?" Guardian asked, sitting up. She spotted Gold and Lyptus laughing on the beach. She grinned. "I guess the healing potions did the trick. And, I must admit... er... maybe your method of cutting off his arm wasn't very humane, but it worked. He seems fine now." -- Guardian

Gold rolled his eyes, grinning. -- Gold

Lyptus gently shoved Gold, although not far enough that he flew into the water. "Quick you need water!" She laughed, not noticing she was about to topple over the edge.--Lyptus

Gold turned to her, about to say something, then he saw she was about to fall in. "Watch out!" He yelled. -- Gold

Lyptus jerked her head, a little to hard, and tumbled into the small stream. She sat there in the water, her hair wet as well as her clothes. She stared at Gold with frozen orange eyes, before she started to laugh again. "I guess I am really a goose now!"--Lyptus

Gold put a hand to his chest, trying to slow his pounding heart. "Yeah. I guess so." He smiled. -- Gold

Lyptus softened her eyes, a little grin on her face. "Awe I'm sorry. Do you want a hug?" She opened her arms, her jacket being soaked.--Lyptus

Gold put his hands up, trying to sheild himself. "No thank you!" He said, though grinning. -- Gold

Lyptus did a fake frown, her brows crossed. "You don't love me anymore?" She murmured sadly.--Lyptus

Gold smiled. "Fine...." He gave her a hug, though not sqeezing as tight. -- Gold

Lyptus felt her heart turn burning hot, seeing that Gold was taking her so seriously. "Oh gosh." She said quietly.--Lyptus

"What?" Gold asked, raising an eyebrow. -- Gold

Lyptus sat down in the bank again, clutching her jacket close to her from the cold. "I'm just so thankful for you..." She said, half as a prayer.--Lyptus

Gold blushed scarlet. He sat down beside her and tried to hide his red face. -- Gold

Lyptus gave a sweet smile, trying to hide her laughter, which was making her own face red. She just looked at her feet, still in the water.--Lyptus

Hyper spotted the setting sun and sprang into action. They couldn't waste any time. "Terasu." He called. "Go get Guardian and the creeper hunter." Terasu nodded and ran off, while Hyper went off to the Lyptus and Gold. He spotted them by the creek. "Hey lovebirds!" Hyper yelled, grinning. "Hurry up! We've got a date with destiny." -- Hyper

Lyptus felt her face grow hot with embarrassment. "Destiny? Who's Destiny Gold? You're going on a date with a girl called Destiny?!" She teased, before she nudged him gently to show she was only joking. She got to her feet, clamping her somewhat dry jacket tight around her. *Gosh I wish the sun was up*.--Lyptus

Gold rolled his eyes, though his eyes shone. "You cold?" Gold asked Lyptus as they walked back to the others. -- Gold

Lyptus nodded shyly. "Just a little." She lied.--Lyptus

"Here." Gold attempted to take of his hoodie with one hand and held it out to her. -- Gold

Lyptus blushed, and she couldn't help but smile. "You need it more than me!"--Lyptus

"I'm not the wet one." Gold said, a slight smile on his face, then he practically shoved the hoddie on top of her. -- Gold

Lyptus looked at Gold in the oversized hood, with a duck face. *Gosh I'm small.* She gave him a hug. "Thank youuu."--Lyptus

Gold grinned. "No problem." -- Gold

Lyptus smiled shyly as she took Gold's hand in her hand covered in the sleeve. She started to walk close beside him, her cheeks red.--Lyptus

(adorableness 101) -- rosey

Hyper finished saddling up the horses, watching Lyptus and Gold out of the corner of his eye. “They’re cute together, aren’t they?” Guardian said, walking up behind him. “Yeah.” Hyper mumbled. He was minorly jealous of their relationship together. No matter what happened, they still stayed at each other’s side. He sighed. “What’s wrong?” Guardian asked, her eyes full of concern. Hyper looked at Guardian, then shook his head. “I’ll tell you later.” He said, helping Guardian up onto the horse, and getting on behind her. -- Hyper

Terasu walked over to Lavender. “Hey, erm, do you wanna share a horse with me? Guardian’s over with Hyper now and I don’t really know who to be with.” -- Terasu

((Indeed. Trust me though its gonna get better!))-Rowan

Lyptus came to Ash, immedantly Brunette jumping up to her face. "Ok ok we'll get going." She gave a pat to Ash as she mounted. *I* *need to roll these sleeves up.* She rolled them up, although it made her arms looks buff, in a funny way. She chuckled at herself, as she waited for the others to go. *Who's going to ride with me?* She glanced down at Gold, her cheeks still colored.--Lyptus

"Well, partner, looks like we're together." Gold grinned, then tried to get up on Ash. Flailing, he finally managed to get up on the saddle. "Umph!" He stood up straight, his hair rumbled and messy from the struggle. -- Gold

Lyptus grinned as well. “Do you want me to go slow?” Dhe asked, remembering he threw up.--Lyptus

"I think I'm fine now." Gold said. -- Gold

"Follow me!" Hyper called to the others. "We should reach the ocean shore by mid-afternoon. We'll set up camp and make a plan of action there. Let's go!" He kicked his horse, galloping across the plane. -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded at Hyper before she glanced back at Gold. “If you say so.” She kicked Ash in the side, making the mare leap into a gallop. She smiled as the wind blew in her face, and the hoodie bobbing on her head.--Lyptus

Guardian whispered something to Hyper and he nodded, grinning. Hyper slowed enough so that he was right next to Lyptus and Gold. "Hey!" He called, grinning. "Wanna race?" -- Hyper

Lyptus’s orange eyes twinkled with challenge, and she glanced back at Gold. “Let's show em who's boss.” She gave a grin as even it seemed Ash understood, and stomped her hoof.--Lyptus

The creeper walks in-front of them and acts like a referee before saying "1,2,3 for go" -The creeper hunter

Lyptus kicked Ash in the side, making her burst her speed twice as it already was. She saw two rocks in the distance, and decided that's the finish line. "We're gonna beat them Gold!"--Lyptus

The creeper runs quickly to the finish line - The creeper hunter

Gold yelped, and clung tightly to Lyptus. -- Gold

Hyper kicked his horse- whom Guardian now affectionally called BBQ for his red-brown coat- and ran after Lyptus. Guardian whooped, throwing her hands in the air. Hyper grinned. -- Hyper

Lyptus grinned as the finish line came closer, and Ash pushed for more effort. *C'mon c'mon c'mon.* Ash sped past the rocks, letting out a victorious neigh. Lyptus slowed the horse until they stopped moving. She started to laugh as she thought of the fun race.--Lyptus

"HAHA! Take that!" Gold threw his his up in a victory cheer. -- Gold

Hyper rode up beside them, panting, and started to laugh. Guardian pretended to pout. "You always win!" She complained, though she couldn't hide her grin. -- Guardian

Lyptus rolled her orange eyes. "Why are you panting? You rode the horse! You didn't run!" She teased, before she gave a smile to Gold. "Do you want your sweater back Gold?" She asked quietly.--Lyptus

"From cheering so loud!" Hyper exclaimed. -- Hyper

Lyptus gave Gold a grin, amusement glittering from her eyes.--Lyptus

Gold smiled back, patting Ash. "Good girl." He murmured. "Got some real power in those legs." -- Gold

Lyptus nodded in agreement before she leaned closer to Gold. "Do you want your sweater back?" She asked quietly.--Lyptus

Gold shook his head. "You're still wet." He pointed out. -- Gold

Lyptus gave a doggy face. "I'm dryer, and the wind can make you be cold."--Lyptus

(doggy face? xD) -- rosey

"Alright then." Gold sighed, taking the hoodie. In reality he was getting cold. He slipped it on, looking back as he waited for the others. -- Gold

Lyptus grinned, before she looked at the distance. Before them you could see a small dot of crystal blue water. *I've never seen an ocean before*. Excitement rolled through her, as she awaited to see the wide blue prairie.--Lyptus

((Human pout face basically idk))-Rowan

Guardian took in a breath, amazement filling her eyes. "Wow." She breathed, seeing the blue water before her. She scrambled off the horse, and started running towards it. She couldn't wait any longer. She wanted to feel the breeze in her hair, feeling the sand in her toes. She gives Lyptus and excited grin. "C'mon!" She yelled. -- Guardian

Lyptus laughed, kicking Ash towards the shore. She felt the sun warm her back, and the salty air chasing from the one of the forest. She leaped off Ash, and with Brunette by her side, kicked the sand as she ran towards the water. It's so clear. For a second, she was hesitant of the crystal water. *Why is it so clear?*--Lyptus

"What's wrong?" Guardian asked, stopping halfway in. -- Guardian

Hyper chuckled. "Funny thing, girls." He rode after them. -- Hyper

Lyptus flicked her fingers in the water. "It's so clear." She murmured, her orange eyes narrowed in suspicion.--Lyptus

"and probably infested with drowned" the creeper says staring into the water with a snarl on its face. - The creeper hunter

Guardian squeaked and ran out of the water to hide behind Gold. "Th-they, they can't come on land can they?" She said, her voice shaky. She didn't know what drowned were, but the name was enough to scare the living daylights out of her. -- Guardian

Lyptus grabbed her sword, as if something was going to attack her right now. She looked around, when nothing came. Confusion crossed her face. "Where?"--Lyptus

Hyper tied the horse to a fence and joined the others by the shore. "You'll hear them before you see them. Trust me, I know." he and Terasu exchanged a knowing glance. -- Hyper

"Your lucky it ain't night, if their is drowned, if it was night they would have dragged themselves out with their tridents ready but those sneaky creatures prefer to lurk near the bottom of the water waiting for their next meal" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus frowned, still feeling frightened. She looked at Guardian, then at Gold, before she suddenly heard splashing. *It's a Drowned!* She was about to grab her sword again, when she only saw Brunette hoping and rolling around in the water. "You mutt! Get back here!" She panicked for her dog, but suddenly the crystal water washed over her as Brunette dragged her in. "Brunette!" She scolded, before she couldn't help but pat her dog as it whined. "You are something huh."--Lyptus and Brunette

"That gave me quite a fright but we have to not treat this place as a nice happy beach to relax on, this is a dangerous area which should be used to our advantage with military precision" - The creeper hunter

Hyper nodded. "Agreed. Let's set up camp and hope we can make good defenses by night far. We're too exposed out here..." -- Hyper

Lyptus gave Brunette a last pat before she scrambled out of the water. *I need to stop* *getting cold.* She glanced at the Creeper, thinking he was very serious. “Hm.” She grabbed Ash’s reins and followed Hyper.--Lyptus

Hyper's eyes watched the water, then he saw something flicker in the darkness of the sea. He grabbed Lyptus's arm and pointed out. "Look! Did you see that?" He exclaimed. It flashed again. (the ocean monument) -- Hyper

Lyptus was about to respond no, until she saw it. "Yes.” She said quietly, with her orange eyes narrowed. “What is that? The Drowneds?”--Lyptus

Hyper ran and crouched by the water, his eyes searching the water. Kelp swished back and forth lazily. "Hold on." Hyper said, stepping backwards, taking a deep breath, and then diving into the water. Blinking, he found he could easily open his eyes, though everything was much darker. He swam down to the bottom, looking around for the light. Suddenly, something flashed past him. He whirled around, his eyes wide. Nothing. He realized his air supply was depleting and he headed for the surface, then he saw it. In that split second before he reached the surface, her saw a giant towering fortress in the water. The ocean monument. -- Hyper

Lyptus watched Hyper, her fingers clutching onto her sword. "What do you see?"--Lyptus

Hyper ran a hand through his hair, trying to get it out of his face. He gulped in breaths of air, then turned to yell to Lyptus. "It's the ocean monument! It's not to far from sho-" His words were cut off by a strange buzzing sound from beneath, and then something hit him hard in the chest. He let out a yell of pain. It felt like something from searing him from the inside. He tried to swim away, but he seemed trapped by the beam. Underneath the water was a giant orange eye. The Guardians. How had he forgotten? Here everyone was worrying about drowned when these monsters were lurking right under their noses. The pain in his chest slowly subsided and the monster's eye winked out, sinking beneath the darkness. Hyper struggled to stay afloat, but slowly made it back to shore. He collapsed on the sand, breathing hard. -- Hyper

Lyptus ran to Hyper, seeing that his chest was in pain. "Guardian!" She yelled. To Hyper, she murmured, "Let's get you away from the water." She struggled as she lifted Hyper onto Ash, although thankfully the mare seemed to know that the man was injured. She made Ash slowly walk between the border of the forest and beach, before she slid Hyper down onto the grass with his head against a rock wall. "Rest here." She rapidly looked for some matches, and lit some near Hyper. *Guess this is our camp for now.*--Lyptus

Guardian looked up, and started running to Lyptus. "What?" She asked, before her gaze found Hyper. Her eyes widneed and she crouched beside him, worry filling her gaze. "What happened? Are you okay?" She asked. Hyper tried to catch his breath, holding his chest with a hand. "I-I'm fine." He said. "It-it was the guardians." He closed his eyes and leaned against the rock. "They're r-really powerful." -- Hyper

Lyptus searched through her inventory, pulling out a potion of strength she had found in her old home. "You want this?" She asked Guardian.--Lyptus

Meanwhile the creeper pulls a potion of water breathing before diving into the water, axe in one leg - The creeper hunter

"Yes, thanks." Guardian said, uncorking the bottle and handing it to Hyper. He drank it and the color returned to his face. "This mission is gonna be really something, isn't it?" Guardian murmured, half to herself. -- Guardian

Lyptus meanwhile was standing on a cliff that hung over the beach, eyeing the temple ahead. *We're gonna need a lot of potions for this. And weapons. And protection. And-* She stopped, her mind getting exhausted. She stood up, glanced at the camp, before she decided to cut down some wood.--Lyptus

Terasu spotted Lyptus harvesting wood and walked over. "Hey! Need any help?" He asked, giving an awkward smile. -- Terasu

Lyptus threw some wood at the floor, responding, "You can help make some shovels." She turned her head, adding, "We don't need another person to get hurt." She shook her head.--Lyptus

"O-oh. Okay." Terasu nodded and pulled out a crafting table, setting it on the ground. He started making some stone shovels, and started getting some sand. Hopefully it would be helpful for Guardian when she made glass potions. -- Terasu

Lyptus felt weird being around Terasu. She never talked to him, or notice him. *Guess I should change that*. "So...How did you meet Hyper? You guys seem really close."--Lyptus

Terasu smiled. "Oh, yeah. Well, I met him at school. There were some bullies there, but Hyper stood up for me. I really admired him for that and we started hanging out together. When we were in middle school though, his parents died in a car crash and he had to move to an orphanage." He sighed. "We still played MineCraft together every now and then, but he had this new friend, Phoebe or something." Terasu turned back to Lyptus. "What about you? How did you meet Gold?"-- Terasu

Lyptus looked up from her work, deciding she had enough wood. "I met him here when we were all sucked in. He was passed out on the ground near where I used to live." She shrugged.--Lyptus

"Mm." Terasu nodded. "I think we're going to need a lot of wood. I don't know what Hyper plans on doing, but if our potions run out we should have extra air supplies just in case." -- Terasu

Lyptus quickly crafted a rod, and threw it in the water. "We need Pufferfish as well." She commented.--Lyptus

"Pufferfish? What for?" Terasu asked, feeling dumb for not knowing. -- Terasu

meanwhile the creeper swims towards the monument, axe in leg - The creeper hunter

Guardian spotted the creeper, her eyes widening. "What are you doing?" She yelled to the creeper, cupping her hands to her mouth to make her voice project. -- Guardian

Lyptus held one Pufferfish up. "For breathing potion." She mocked, before she grinned.--Lyptus

"Get out of your stupid monument, yah stupid unrespawneble pufferfish that calls themselve a guardian, how does it feel to be alone now that your two fellow elders are dead?" The creeper yells - The creeper hunter

Guardian flinched. "No, wait! Come back! You can't go there by yourself!" -- Guardian

Terasu turned red with embarrassment and looked away. "Cool. Well, er, I'm going to get more wood. Nice talking to you." He disappeared into the woods before Lyptus could say anything. -- Terasu

"I will be back, giant pufferfish" the creeper shouts before returning to the surface. - The creeper hunter

Guardian flinched, but put a hand to her chest to slow her pounding heart. -- Guardian

"Why were you shouting me?" - The creeper hunter

Lyptus frowned, wondering if she had offended Terasu in some way*. I just keep making relationships worse huh*. She got all her Pufferfish before she trekked back to camp. She only saw Hyper where she had left him. *Are we all just gonna disappear or something?*--Lyptus

Hyper shook his head to clear his thoughts and got up, noticing Lyptus was staring at him. "What?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. -- Hyper

Guardian sighed. "No reason." She mumbled, heading back to camp. -- Guardian

Lyptus shook her head. “ I was wondering where everyone else went.” She replied, her orange eyes narrowed.--Lyptus

Hyper shrugged. "Terasu was with you, right? Guardian's down the shore line with the creeper, me and you are here, I don't know where Lavender is." -- Hyper

Lyptus let out a sigh. "Terasu decided to go get some more wood." She looked around, her fingers thumping on her side with anxiety. "Where's Gold?"--Lyptus

Hyper shrugged. "Dunno. Thought he was with you." -- Hyper

(me trying to figure out where gold is-) --rosey

Lyptus bit her lip, thinking the only place he could be was near the shore. "Please give this to Guardian when she comes back." She handed him the wood and Pufferfish. "Brunette!" She called. "Stay. Hyper." *We can't have a new leader die.* She then mounted on Ash, and rode towards the shore.--Lyptus

(i know- lets have him be doing an unrealistic minecraft scenario!) -- rosey

Gold sat on the shore bent over a piece of wood. With his axe he cut it in half, making carful measurements with a piece of charcoal. "If we're going to be going in the water, we're going to need some boats." He muttered to himself. The wood managed to fit together without the use of nails- which wasn't too surprising. -- Gold

((Good one XD))-Rowan

Lyptus rode until she saw some shining golden hair be reflected off the moon. "Gold!" She yelled as she rode closer to him. "What are you doing out here alone?" She asked, concerned.--Lyptus

(-dramatic bow-) --rosey

"Huh?" Gold looked up at her. "I was building a boat?..." He gave an awkward grin. -- Gold

Lyptus raised a brow. "Alone?" She slowly mounted off of her mare, dropping into the sand.--Lyptus

"Eheheheh-" Gold laughed, rubbing the back of his neck. He turned back to his boat. "Yes, but I can take care of myself, thank you." He made another line across a board and split it in half with his axe. -- Gold

Lyptus frowned, as she held the reins of Ash. "I was just worried about you." She murmured, not sure wether to leave him or stay.--Lyptus

"Well, now that you're here, you could help me." Gold said, then caught himself. "If you want, of course." -- Gold

Lyptus narrowed her orange eyes, and crossed her arms. "What happened to taking care of yourself huh?" She teased.--Lyptus

Gold wasn't sure how to respond, so he didn't. He kept working, worries beginning to fill his head about the battle with the elder guardian. -- Gold

Lyptus sighed, suddenly feeling tired. She went back to Ash, heaving herself onto the horse. She glanced at Gold with worried orange eyes, before she trotted back to the forest.--Lyptus

Hyper sighed again, leaning his head against the rock. He patted Brunnete on the head, stroking her fur. "Always wanted to have a dog." He said, grinning. -- Hyper

Lyptus entered back into their hideout, her dark brown hair messy from her ride. She smiled a little as she saw Hyper with Brunette, when she mounted off Ash. “I think she likes you.”--Lyptus

Hyper grinned. "We should get everyone back here." He said, standing up with a grunt. "Go get Gold and find Lavender, I'll grab Guardian and Terasu." He started down the shore line. -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded, although she worried if Hyper’s injury would stop him in some way. She mounted Ash and rode towards the shore. She caught sight of Lavender digging up stone in a cave near the beach. “Lavender! Head back to camp! Hyper’s orders!” She then rode farther until she saw Gold in the same place she had left him. “Hyper wants us back at the camp.” She reported.--Lyptus

Guardian hadn't been too hard to find, Hyper had sent her back down the shoreline quickly. Terasu was another matter. "Terasu!" Hyper yelled into the dense forest by the beach. "Terasuuuu!" "What?" Terasu's face popped up from a bush in front of Hyper. Hyper yelped and fell over backwards. "Whoops, sorry." Terasu grimaced, helping him up. "Sorry is right, you scared me out of my wits!" Hyper grumbled. Seeing Terasu's wounded expression, he rolled his eyes, smiling. "Forget it, c'mon." He led him back to camp, and then commanded everyone's attention. "Alright. Listen carefully. I have a plan, and if we don't follow it exactly, things will go downhill, okay?" -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded, sitting back a little as she was relaxing on Ash.--Lyptus

the creeper leans against as tree and says "let me guess , you want us to perform a coordinated attack from all directions or someother plan" in a clearly tongue in cheek voice - The creeper hunter

"No." Hyper said, side-eyeing the creeper. "It is paramount that we *stay together*." He looked everyone in the eye. "I don't want anyone playing hero and running off. If you need to go anywhere, tell me and bring someone with you." *Last thing is any of you getting killed down there.* He added silently. -- Hyper

Lyptus nodded in agreement. "Ok but when and how are we going to kill it?" She questioned.--Lyptus

Hyper thought for a moment, then huffed. "I don't really know. I guess the same way we took down the ravenger?" He sighed. "I got no clue." -- Hyper

Lyptus quickly said, "That should work." She gave Hyper a supporting smile. "We should just remember the best way to attack it is when it's spikes are flat." She commented.--Lyptus

Terasu thought for a moment. "The Elder Guardian will be in a tall room, so it'll probably float upwards and away from us." He noted. "We've got to have it surrounded so it can't escape." -- Terasu

Lyptus glanced at the blue ocean, before back at the camp.--Lyptus

Guardian followed her gaze, shivering with fear. -- Guardian

Lyptus took a breath. "When do we leave?"--Lyptus

"Tomorrow morning." Hyper said. "For now, try and gets some sleep. Heaven knows what we'll do if one of ya'll can barely walk from exhaustion." He teased, but his eyes didn't sparkle with amusement, but they were dull with fear. -- Hyper

(alright mah frens get ready for a tera x guard scene >:) (but now i dunno who to ship xD)) --rosey

((You could do a poll? Honestly they both could be good I just wonder what Hy would do after losing his crush \*Starts to think of plots\*))-Rowan

Lyptus nodded, but she didn't feel tired. Too many things were in her mind. She cast a glance at the camp before she quietly rode off with Brunette and Ash towards a cliff that hung over the beach. She mounted off, walking towards the edge. Gosh that's a deep fall. She laid her back against a rock, staring at the moon. *Shadowkeeper, wherever you are, please let us survive.* She put her hands on her head, troubling thoughts swarming her brain*.*--Lyptus

Hyper settled down on the ground, covering himself with a blanket. He stared at the ocean, but he got too nervous, and he turned away, looking into the depths of the forest. -- Hyper

(good idea! I'll do that rn!) -- rosey

*We are putting our lives in danger to escape this game, and Thorn's still doing who knows what.* Doubt crept up and hugged her, making her wonder if she could escape all of this, live a life alone like she had before. *I can't leave Gold.* She thought. She jerked her head as she heard bushes rustle, and grabbed her sword. "Thorn I know you're there." She clenched her sword, sweat trickling down her forehead. "Just come out!" "I am out." She whipped her head to see the fox girl, sitting at the edge of the cliff with her glimmering dark eyes. "Oh thank goodness it's you!" She suddenly burst down in tears, fear and anguish swallowing her.--Lyptus

Gold wondered if he should go after Lyptus, but he was so tired, he could barely stay standing. He mumbled good night to the others and found a spot near the ocean. He watched the waves go up and down the shoreline, the rhythmic movement bringing on sleep. -- Gold

Lyptus felt a sudden weight fall on her shoulders, as if burying her. A hand was laid on her shoulders, and for a moment she feared it was Thorn. It was the sharp hand of the fox girl, and her eyes were sympathetic, the black eyes turning white. "You shouldn't worry about things that could hurt you." She dried her tears, deciding to sit down with on the hard rock ground.--Lyptus

"if I may contribute to your plan, we must know that the room the elder lurks in, may be tall but not very wide. Due to the box of gold in the middle of the room, it's possible to get the guardian baited under their. Also we have to use the guardians greatest weakness against it, which is its size" - The creeper hunter

Terasu sat alone on the beach, letting the waves wash over his feet. He had left his shoes at the camp. He tucked his knees to his chest, then turned quickly when he heard a noise from behind him. “Whoops, sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.” Guardian’s form shone dimly in the dark light. Terasu let out a breath. “Oh, no, it’s fine.” He mumbled, turning back to the ocean. “What are you doing our here all alone?” Guardian asked, sitting down beside him. “Couldn’t sleep, I guess.” Terasu answered. “I can’t stop thinking about what we’re going to do tomorrow, and… what happened at the pillager base.” He took a shaky breath. “Me too.” Guardian murmured, then shivered, laughing. “I can’t look at the ocean without thinking about the monument.” Terasu gave a breathless laugh. “Yeah, right.” They looked at each other for a moment, then they both looked away awkwardly.

Guardian looked around for something to distract herself and Terasu, her eyes falling to the sky. She grinned. “Terasu, look up.” She instructed, pointing. Terasu looked up, his eyes searching for anything unusual. “What?” He asked, the confusion showing in his eyes. “You don’t see it?” Guardian asked. Terasu shook his head. Slowly, Guardian reached out and put a hand under Terasu’s chin, gently guiding it up to a bright star in the sky. The touch gave Terasu little shivers down his spine, a good kind. “The stars!” Guardian exclaimed. “See how they match up if you draw lines between them?” She let go of Terasu to point up to a large cluster. “See how those look like a villager?” She asked. Terasu blinked. The stars. Something so beautiful, and yet he had taken it for granted. “Y-yeah.” Terasu finally said, gaining momentum. He pointed up at another group. “And that looks like an diamond.” He said.

They kept at it for a while, pointing out constellations, adding on to previous ones. Terasu was amazed by Guardian’s storytelling. She weaved together to constellation to create elaborate scenes and stories. Eventually though, the story got too weird, and Guardian stopped, smothered by laughter. Terasu smiled. “That was fun.” He said, giving a slight grin. Guardian looked at Terasu, her eyes bright in the light of the moon. “Agreed. We should do it again.” They looked at each other again, a breeze wafting over the shore. This time, they did not look away. They were lost in each other. Then, they kissed. Not a fake kiss, a real one. Long and slow, one that filled Guardian with an indescribable warmth. It lasted for a few moments, and for that moment, it was just her and Terasu against the world.

Then, she realized what she had done. She pulled back, her eyes wide. Terasu’s eyes were also wide, and something shone in his eyes. Regret? Excitement? Guardian didn’t bother to look. “Um, g-good night, Terasu.” Guardian said, giving a quick nod. “You too.” Terasu nodded, casting his gaze to the ground. Guardian got up quickly, her cheeks red. What had she just done? Who would she choose? What would Hyper think… She would explain. She would tell him that it had been a mistake. But had it been? That was the question that hung in her mind like a cloud, unwilling to leave. – Guardian and Terasu

((Yes...Yas...YAS))-Rowan

Lyptus fretted out all the things that she worried about to her companion, her gaze looking like fiery fog. "Lyptus. You must understand one thing. If someone loses their life, it was meant to be." Lyptus opened her mouth to protest, but she was quickly cut off. "Shadowkeeper died, indeed, but why? She did it to save a fellow member. Terasu." She pointed to the camp. "Hyper's the leader now. That means he has responsibility over all of you. I'm sure if he saw either of you on your last breath, he would take it instead. That's what a leader does." The red haired girl added, "It's the same thing with a family." Lyptus bit her lip, the thought of her brother splashing in her mind like the waves below. The dark brown haired girl suddenly looked at the fox girl, who had raised her eyes to the sky. Her one white eye had changed back to black, and a small swirl formed in her eyes. She slowly looked down at Lyptus, her face serious. "Great things are coming, and your back shall be burned with betrayal." The girl then turned and walked towards the cliff, before facing Lyptus again. "Wait! What do you mean?! Wait uh-" *What is her name?!* "Scoria." Lyptus tiled her head, confused. "Scoria?" The fox girl nodded. "That's my name. I shall see you again Lyptus. Farewell." Lyptus watched the sparks of fire blow until she was left alone. *My back will be burned with betrayal...?* She thought, as she rode back towards the camp.--Lyptus and Scoria

Guardian needed to talk to someone. Now. She spotted Lyptus on a cliff by the beach and started running towards her. "Lyptus!" She exclaimed. "I-I need to tell you something." Her stomach churned with guilt. -- Guardian

Lyptus haulted Ash, looking down at the girl before going on the floor to join her. *What is going on?* *Is this what Scoria meant?* Guardian never looked like this, so quickly Lyptus grabbed the girl's hand and ran towards where some bushes and rock were, a good distance away from the camp. *Hopefully no one can hear us here.* She turned towards Guardian, her orange eyes round with confusion. "Well? Has something bad happened?" She asked slowly.--Lyptus

"Uh, no. Well, sorta." Guardian wrung her hands together, her face growing red. "I-" The words refused to come out. She took a deep breath and said in a rush, "I kissed Terasu." She sqeezed her eyes shut and flinched as if the impact of the words would cause physical harm. -- Guardian

Lyptus jaw dropped, and no matter how hard she tried her eyes wouldn't narrow down. "What? Why? I thought you loved Hyper?" She asked as she spit out multiple questions. "Or, was I wrong and you guys were close friends?"--Lyptus

"I don't know." Guardian buried her head in her hands. "I love both of them, they're both amazing in their own ways but-" She ran to Lyptus and hugged her, starting to cry. -- Guardian

Lyptus didn't know what she felt, but either way she sat down both the girls, hugging Guardian back. "Hey hey hey calm down. You can find something out." She said, although she knew this was a big problem. "Are you going to tell Hyper?" *Why would she it would sound like she's cheating!*--Lyptus

Guardian sniffed. "No... I don't want him to get angry at me..." -- Guardian

Lyptus thought deeply, until an thought came to mind. "Wait you guys were never *dating r*ight? Like you guys just like each other, like a crush?"--Lyptus

"Yeah. I guess it was just implied." Guardian nodded slowly. -- Guardian

Lyptus rubbed her head, tiredness and stress blocking her thinking. “Well then he can’t exactly get mad at you, since you guys aren’t dating. But,” She paused, “You’d break his heart.” She sighed, thinking of the sudden division could be caused.--Lyptus

"I know." Guardian sighed shakily. She looked up. "You look tired." She noted. "You should get some sleep. I'll... I'll think of something." -- Guardian

Lypyus shook her head. “We’ll think of something.” She insisted. “I’m not leaving without you.”--Lyptus

Guardian huffed, though relief shone in her eyes. "If you insist." -- Guardian

Lyptus settled down, laying her head against the rocks. “Just try to stay away from them until we find out something.” She sighed.--Lyptus

Terasu crawled under his blanket and it felt like only a few moments later when he heard Hyper's voice. "Rise and shine, boys!" He said in the most positive attitude Terasu had heard in a while. "Mhmp." Terasu flopped over, covering his head with a pillow. "Chop, chop!" Hyper pulled the pillow out form under him. "Hey!" Terasu sat up, glaring at Hyper. Hyper had such a big grin on his face, Terasu gave up. He rubbed his eyes and stood up. "Well, what's the plan?" He asked. -- Terasu

Lyptus jerked her head up, after her horrid dreams of Thorn. She looked at the sun rising over the water, and the shores turning to a fiery color. "Guardian!" She exclaimed. "C'mon we have to go back before the boys notice we're missing!" She basically threw the pink haired girl on her horse, and hopped along in front of her. "Please stay close to me." She said as they rode back. *You're like a sister to me.*--Lyptus

"Mm? What?" Guardian rubbed her eyes groggily. -- Guardian

Hyper looked up and grinned upon seeing the girls return. "Well, look who's back. Where were you?" -- Hyper

Terasu caught Guardian's gaze for a moment, and mouthed 'sorry'. Guardian just shook her head and looked away. -- Terasu

Lyptus narrowed her orange eyes back and forth Terasu and Hyper, before she shielded Guardian. "We were just at the beach, fishing."--Lyptus

"Oh. You catch anything?" Hyper raised an eyebrow at Lyptus's strange movement. He'd have to talk to Guardian later. -- Guardian

Lyptus shook her head. "Nothing was biting beside the trashy things." She hopped off Ash.--Lyptus

Hyper nodded, taking a deep breath. "I guess we're ready then. Guardian, do you have any potions for us?" "Yeah." Guardian answered, handing out healing and water-breathing. "The potions will only last for about 1 hour, so we have to be in and out fast." Guardian said. -- Hyper

Lyptus decided to eat some steak quickly, although buzzing thoughts were going through her mind.--Lyptus

Hyper stepped on the beach, heading towards the ocean. Terasu followed. "Don't do anything dumb out there." Terasu teased, trying to mask his worry. "Hey," Hyper gave his friend a reassuring smile. "I'm scared too." Terasu rolled his eyes. "Race ya." He said, then dove into the water. Drinking his potion of water breathing, he took in a gulp of air. It was weird. Water filled your lungs like it was oxygen. Hyper jumped in next to him, grinning. "This feels so weird!" He exclaimed, his voice sounding clear despite the water. -- Terasu

Lyptus watched the boys, before she drank her own potion. "Good luck." She murmured to Guardian, as she tied her hair. Taking a breath, she dove into the water, the blue water becoming her new world. Dolphins, sea turtles and fish swam around her, and everything seemed so magical. She then heard distant lazers, and knew that this wasn't the end.--Lyptus

Guardian looked at Gold. "I guess we're going in then?" She asked. Gold laughed. "I guess so." Drinking their potions, both of them jumped headlong into the water. -- Guardian

Gold swam up to Lyptus. "This is so cool!" He exclaimed. "We can breath underwater!" -- Gold

Lyptus nodded slowly, not turning her gaze away from the boys going to the temple. "Just don't push your arm." She said worridly.--Lyptus

"I'll be fine." Gold said. "Don't worry." He looked at the others. "C'mon. We should catch up." -- Gold

Lypyus couldn’t help but toll her orange eyes in amusement. “You should be way ahead you fricking Goldfish.” With a small grin she swam ahead of Guardian and Gold.--Lyptus

"I am not a Goldfish!" Gold complained. Guardian covered her mouth to keep from laughing, swimming after Lyptus. Gold sighed and followed. -- Gold

Hyper waited at the mouth of the temple for the others, his eyes searching the shadows. -- Hyper

Lyptus swam until she caught up to the two boys, the heavy armor already hurting her shoulders. She got her arrow and sword ready, taking a hesitant breath.--Lyptus

the creeper says "stay quite, unless yah want to alert a entire temple full of giant pufferfish" - The creeper hunter

"C'mon." Hyper instructed, his voice low. "Follow me." He drew his sword and swam into the monument. "I don't like this." Terasu muttered. "It's too quiet." -- Hyper

Lyptus swam close behind the two, her gaze flying all around the temple. *Where are they?*--Lyptus

"they are like chameleon's, they resemble the rocky walls of this building before striking, look out for orange because that's the colour of their spikes" - The creeper hunter

Guardian stuck close to Hyper and Terasu, anxiety showing in her gaze. She clutched her wooden sword in her hand, her palms sweaty. -- Guardian

Lyptus slowly swam between the pillars, her eyes seeking for any Guardians. She swam up to where the boss was supposed to be, and looked around. “Where is it?” She muttered to herself. She whipped her head as she heard something behind her, but nothing was there. Suddenly a sharp pain surged trough her back, and she but her lip, holding back a screech of pain. She grabbed her bow, and rarely shot the thing behind her. Her orange eyes met one. The final boss.--Lyptus

Hyper pulled out his sword and swung it at the elder guardian, but it floated out of view. "Darn it!" He hissed, then looked around. Guardians floated in from all teh entrances, blocking them off. They were trapped. -- Hyper

Meanwhile the creeper stood looking into the elder ones eye before swinging his axe right into the big target that was the beast's eye in a attempt to blind the might sea beast. - The creeper hunter

Lyptus struggled to shot another arrow, but the pain in her chest was growing increasingly strong. She swam to a corner, searching through her inventory for something, but nothing was there.--Lyptus

Terasu yelped as a blast of plan exploded in his head. It felt like a thousand bees were stinging him at once. He turned painfully and spotted a guardian slowly moving closer to him. Suddenly, Hyper leaped in front of him and blocked the blow with his sword, sending it whizzing back. -- Terasu

Meanwhile the creeper is fractically swinging his axe at the elder guardians eye- The creeper hunter

Lyptus held her hand over her wound, wincing in pain. *C’mon Lyptus you’ve been burned alive.* Scoria’s encouragement helped, and caused the pain to lessen. She limped back up on her feet, managing to stay stable. She grabbed her arrows and started to shoot at the guardians, and then the boss.--Lyptus

meanwhile the creeper has his axe lodged into the bosses eye and is struggling to pull it out. - The creeper hunter

Guardian was terrified. It was absolute chaos around here. Backing away, she found herself face to face with a guardian. Acting on pure instinct, she dashed out of the room in a blur, heading for anything that could provide safety. -- Guardian

Lyptus let go of the string on her bow, then realized she had no more arrows. *Darn it!* She grabbed her sword, but when she killed a Guardian, her sword broke. *Welp.* She looked around, wondering how she could end this all. *I got it!* She started to swim upward toward the roof.--Lyptus

Hyper turned to Terasu. "Are you okay?" He asked. Terasu blinked. "Yeah I'm fineeeee-" His words slurred and he felt a pulsing pain in his head. The last thing he saw was Hyper screaming his name. -- Terasu

Lyptus grabbed her pickaxe, digging at the roof. There was sand on top. She dug harder as she heard screams, knowing that time was running out. "Keep them distracted!" She begged.--Lyptus

"Yah ain't digging out of here with this elder guardian pumping mining fatigue into the air, we dug our graves deciding to fight this, so live like coward or die like a hero" the creeper says, hanging onto the back of back of the elder guardian, slamming it's axe into the beast's back, whilst being ignored by the regular guardians because their AI don't naturally attack creeper's, whilst the elder guardian is trying to shake them off - The creeper hunter

"Alright then!" Hyper poured a potion down Terasu's throat and he came to life sputtering and coughing. "You idiot!" Hyper said with affection. "You almost got yourself killed!" Terau blinked again. "Huh? What?" Then, he remembered. "Oh- right. Sorry." He looked away. Hyper slapped his friend on the back. "I'm just messing with you. You can deflect the beam with your sword. Try that next time." -- Hyper

Whilst the creeper hangs on, suddenly one of the elder guardians spikes pops out in its attempts to shake the creeper off, the spike hits the creeper straight in the eye before retracting - The creeper hunter

Lyptus gripped her pickaxe harder at the Creeper’s words. *He clearly doesn’t know*. “Just shut up and keep the Elder Guardian in the center!” She yelled.--Lyptus

The creeper opens its eye, a new scar left across it eye. a stream of orange blood leaks down before the creeper starts violently sinking it's axe into the elder guardian with a burning fury - The creeper hunter

Hyper nodded, propelling himself upwards to cut off anyway of escape from above. -- Hyper

Lyptus dug harder as she saw her breathing potion about to run out, for she took very little. She suddenly felt herself drifting away from the ceiling, and saw a Guardian drawing her with the laser. She grabbed her arrow, hitting it in the eye. She then grabbed her sword and pushed it into the animal's head, seeing drops of red blood float around her.--Lyptus

"And thats why I bring extras" says the creeper chucking a spare breathing potion at lyptus - The creeper hunter

Terasu anxiously closed in with the others. -- Terasu

The creeper shoves his axe into the elder guardians eye, one last time before pulling in a attempt to pull the beasts eye straight out. - The creeper hunter

Lyptus reached for the bottle, but the Guardian slapped it away with its tail. She clenched her teeth, stabbing the Guardian in its neck, letting it drop to the ground. "It's ok I got a little out of time left." She then swam back up to the top the room, more determined to break the roof.--Lyptus

The creeper finally tears out the elders eye. He shoves the eyes into his inventory and also cuts of 4 of its spikes. - The creeper hunter

Guardian swam through the rooms in a rush, looking behind her for the guardian. *I think I lost it...* she thought, stopping. Then she heard something from behind her. Her breathing hitched as she heard a voice from behind her. "Hello, Guardian." It said. -- Guardian

Lyptus frowned, seeing her pickaxe about to break. *C'mon just do it.* Suddenly she felt her cheeks puff out, and noticed her potion had ran out. *No no no no no.*--Lyptus

The creeper chucks a breathing potion at lyptus and walks towards the doorway - The creeper hunter

"W-who's there?!" Guardian turned around fast. "Your future." The voice replied. She found herself face-to-face with a guardian. -- Guardian

Lyptus didn't know the Creeper was throwing bottles, and was too late to catch it. "Stop! I'm almost done!" She yelled, although she knew she had to move quicker.--Lyptus

“W-what do you want?” Guardian asked, shaking. “Please don’t kill me! I haven’t done anything wrong in my life!” That last comment was half a white lie, half her reassuring herself of her ‘goodness’. The guardian began circling her like it was a shark had discovered its meal. “Of course. You’ve never done anything bad to anyone in your life, you sweet little angel, and yet…” The guardian paused and gave Guardian a sneer. “nobody treats you seriously. Get it in back Guardian, I’ll take care of this Guardian, the only thing you’re good for is healing.” Guardian shook her head vigorously and cupped her hands over her ears. “N-no, no. That’s not true.” She replied, her stomach clenching.

“Or is it?” The guardian swam closer. “Do you remember ‘haunts’, Guardian?” Guardian didn’t answer, but she did remember. “I’m stuck inside the body of a guardian, and I want to get out.” The guardian gave a forlorn smile. “You couldn’t turn down someone in need, would you?” The guardian asked.

Guardian looked up. Resisting felt like trying to keep your head above water when every second you were growing weaker. “No, I wouldn’t.” She said in a slow voice. “But how can I help you get out?” The guardian looked at her. “You’ll know in time.” Guardian looked at the guardian. Beneath those eyes was something more, something human like about them. *You couldn’t turn down someone in need, would you?* “O-okay, guardian.” Guardian nodded slowly. The guardian sneered. “Call me Azul.” Then, everything exploded. -- Guardian

"Lyptus, no!" Gold screamed, knowing what was going to happen. He swam up towards her but the Elder Guardian blocked him. -- Gold

Holding her breath tightly, she finally broke it, and suddenly sand crashed through the room. She felt a blow on her stomach as she was pushed down, and plunged on top of the Elder Guardian. She grabbed her sword, sticking it deeply into in head. "Stay still you stupid-" Her words were cut off as the sand flooded over her, as well as the boss.--Lyptus

The creeper said "well your dead but at least I managed to harvest the elders eye and spikes whilst lyptus was too busy digging though the celling"-The creeper hunter

"What exactly was the point of that again?" Hyper asked sarcastically. -- Hyper

"You guys!" Gold said, swimming to the mound, frantically digging out sand with his bare hands. -- Gold

"There is no point crying over cadavers who can't be saved" - The creeper hunter

"You're minorly obsessed with death aren't you. Relax, all that happened was some sand on her." Hyper pulled out his shovel and dug her out. -- Hyper

Lyptus tried not to open her eyes, but small dots of sand came to sting her eyes. *How do I get out? Am I digging up or down?* She felt something stab her a little in the side (The shovel). *Is this fish still alive?* It poked again. *That's cold and hard*...She held her breath as she grabbed the object, and pushed herself out into the water. She swam up to the surface, just before her breath ran out. She coughed some sand, and tried to look around with her stinging orange eyes while trying to stay afloat. "Guys? Guys? Hello!"--Lyptus

"your alive, somehow" the creeper says - The creeper hunter

"Lyptus! You're alive!" Gold exclaimed, hugging her. -- Gold

"And it looks like that sand trick did the job. The elder Guardian is dead." Hyper poked it with his sword, then saw something shiny on the ground. A green gem, just like the one at the ravenger. He held it up. -- Hyper

Lyptus was surprised for a moment, but then realized that the wet funky hair was Gold's. She gave him a hug back, sighing with relief. "Hello Goldfish."--Lyptus

"meanwhile, I have my own special 'gem'" the creeper says examining the elder guardians eye and "and I am covered in orange blood from those spokes, guardian got any bandages?" - The creeper hunter

"Oh, come on Lyptus!" Gold complained. -- Gold

Terasu looked around for Guardian. "Where is she anyway?" -- Terasu

Lyptus gave a soft chuckling, glad to feel Gold near her. "You are *my* Goldfish." She murmured happily, looking at Gold's shining blue eyes. She smiled.--Lyptus

Gold smiled back. -- Gold

Lyptus felt her numbness fade away, and pain and sores spread through her body. "Can we," She paused, feeling tired, "Go back to the shore?"--Lyptus

"Whilst you found guardian, I will use this sand to make us a explosive exit and hopefully kill off any remaining guardians" - The creeper hunter

Terasu glanced at Hyper, then turned down a side corridor. *Please don't be dead...* Terasu thought, feeling a lump grow in his throat at the thought. *Please don't be dead, please don't be dead.* He mumbled this to himself as a mantra to the silent walls. -- Terasu

Peacock stretched her back as she walked into Bob George's house. "Hey BG." She greeted to the villager.--Peacock

The creeper meanwhile is working on his tnt to blow up the monument once the group is finished there. - The creeper hunter

Gold's gaze wandered up to the ceiling. "Yeah. I think we should wait for Guardian though." -- Gold

Lyptus nodded, although deep down she was sick of the salty water. She struggled as she tried to keep herself above the water, and not fall asleep in the middle of the ocean.--Lyptus

"And now my masterpiece is complete, a stack of waterlocking monument destroying tnt" - The creeper hunter

Hyper clapped sarcastically. -- Hyper

Lyptus decided to swim a distance away from the monument, already seeing her heart were low and that the explosion would easily kill her.--Lyptus

"HYPER, FIND GUARDIAN, GET HER OUT, UNLESS YAH WANT TO SEE THEM BLOWN UP IN MY MAGNUM OPUS" the creeper says as it starts placing his waterproof tnt. - The creeper hunter

"Terasu already went after here..." Hyper looked around and set his face into a hard line. "They'll come out soon. Just wait a few more minutes." -- Hyper

"Guardian?" Terasu yelled again, darting past tall pillars and into darkened rooms. "Guardian!" He screamed. He heard a small groan from the room in front of him. Swimming faster, he spotted her inside. She wasn’t moving. “Guardian?” Terasu asked quietly. *Please be okay, I couldn’t live if you were-* Guardian’s eyes slowly opened. “Terasu?” She mumbled. “What happened?...” Her voice was faint. Terasu cupped his hands to her face. “What happened? Are you okay?” He asked, his tone worried. “I don’t remember…” Guardian answered, slowly reaching her hand up to her head. “Ow… my head really hurts…” Terasu waved a hand in front of her face. “Guardian? Just stay with me, okay? We’ll get to the surface.” Guardian mumbled something unintelligible and her head fell forward onto Terasu’s shoulder. Terasu should there for a second, feeling awkward, then hefted her onto his back, kicking his legs to try and get back to the Elder Guardian’s room in time. -- Terasu

Lyptus felt her spine shiver, for some reason. There was a warm breeze, and do danger was near her. She drew her gaze slowly to the trees on the cliff above the beach, and saw a glimpse of glowing red. She gave out a short gasp, and for a second sunk in the water before she regained herself.--Lyptus

"What?" Gold looked down at Lyptus and raised an eyebrow. -- Gold

Terasu emerged through the large entrance to the room and looked around, spying only the creeper hunter. "Where is everyone?" He asked, then looked up and saw Hyper swimming down to meet him. "What took you so long?" Hyper asked, then his eyes found Guardian. "Crikey! What happened?" He asked, eyes wide. Terasu shrugged and shook his head. "I dunno. She need healing potions though; we need to get to the surface." Hyper nodded. "I can take her." He offered. "Um-" Terasu was about to say no, then realized that Hyper might get onto him. "Sure..." He muttered, feeling a twinge of jealousy and Hyper took the unconcious Guardian from his back. -- Terasu

((Oh this is some tea))-Rowan

Lyptus glanced back up at the trees, then Hyper who had swum underwater. *Gold doesn’t know. Hyper does. How long are you going to keep this up?* “I’m just imagining things.” She replied softly, hoping it was true.--Lyptus

"Okay then?" Gold knew something was up, but he didn't press her anymore. Suddenly, he broke the surface, emerging into the bright sunlight of the overworld. He sputtered as his potion ran out, coughing out water into he ocean. He shook his hair out to make it dry again so Lyptus wouldn't get any ideas.-- Gold

Hyper took Guardian onto his back and gestured for the others to follow. He swam upwards, though it was slow progress with Guardian on his back. He wondered what happened to her, but was more confused at the look on Terasu's face when he took Guardian. What was up with him? -- Hyper

(XD) -- rosey

the creeper looks at its masterpiece, a trail of tnt leading from.the entrance to a large mound of tnt in the middle. He makes sure that everyone is out, before pulling out his flint and steel. - The creeper hunter

Lyptus swam with all her last bit of strength to the beach, and she crawled onto the beach. She laid back on her elbows, as she watched the monument ahead in the ocean. Pain stabbed through her her stomach, and she laid her head back on the sand. Suddenly a stick liquid ran over her nose, and she came to see a snout blocking the sun. "Hello Brunette!" She sighed, trying to sound excited.--Lyptus

The creeper sets off the tnt before quickly swimming to the top of the sea, as he crawls on land. He looks around to look as the monument explodes. As he lets out a chuckle, a piece of flying debris knocks him out - The creeper hunter

Lyptus watched the creeper, and sighed. We should probably get out of here. She tiredly mounted Ash, and tied a rope to the Creeper. She dragged the monster towards the forest, before she grabbed some water and poured it over the mark. *Now we wait for Guardian.*--Lyptus

The first thing Guardian heard was a voice. Strangely, she couldn't remember what it was. She wracked her memory for if this was a new thing. "Not bad in here. Plenty of juicy memories. Poor thing, abandoned by your parents." It said. Guardian stiffened. Of course. The voice was Azul, her haunt or something. She had been around forever, or at least she thought. Right? She opened her eyes slowly and saw Terasu standing over her. "Guardian?" Trasu exclaimed, then reached down and hugged her. "Oh my goodness, you scared me." He pulled back and looked her in the eye. "Don't ever do that again, okay?" Guardian nodded slowly. Do what? She must have gotten assaulted by a Guardian or something. "Is everyone okay?" She asked, instinct acting on her brain. She had to make sure everthing, and everyone, was fine. -- Guardian

Lyptus sat down near Brunette, looking at her own wounds. Blood poured out of her stomach, but otherwise she was out of breath and tired. She laid her hand over the flowing blood, wincing in pain. She drank a little bit of a healing potion, before she decided to save the rest for others. She looked up at the branches covering the stars, and listened to the distant rushing of the waves.--Lyptus

"Everything's fine..." Terasu stammered, his face growing red. *Aw, cute. He like you.* Azul cooed, in her mean sort of way. Guardian studied Terasu, remembering their kiss. Then, she saw Hyper down on the beach and her eyes widened. "I... I have to go." She mumbled, standing up fast. She looked around and spotted Gold sitting alone on the beach. She hadn't talked to him much, but quickly ran over to him and collapsed in the sand. Gold examined her, blinking with surprise. "Don't ask." Guardian muttered. Gold looked away, embarassed. "Have you looked at Lyptus yet? She kinda got covered in sand..." He said, then realized how weird this sounded. Guardian snorted with laughter while Gold grew red. -- Guardian

Lyptus twitched her fingers at every rustle in the trees, and couldn't trust to have her eyes closed. She sighed as she sat up, and decided to go to the cliff where she often sat on. It was open, and only rocks were available for shelter. She glanced behind her multiple times, before she daringly hung her feet over the edge of the cliff as she watched the dark waters.--Lyptus

"I'll check on her." Guardian smiled, getting up. "Thanks." Gold smiled back. Guardian looked around, spotting her friend on a very tall cliff (in her opinion at least) overlooking the water. She climbed up and crawled to the edge, not trusting her feet to prevent her from falling over. "Whew." She said, sitting next to Lyptus, legs tucked under her. "Gold told me to check on you." She explained. "Are you okay?" -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded, although her throat felt very dry. "Just a little hard to talk." She replied hoarsely. She turned her head a little to look at a bush that made a noise, and held her breath. Only a rabbit leaped out, and she exhaled slowly. "You might want to check the creeper...He got knocked out."--Lyptus

Guardian watched her friend, examining her. "You're awfully jumpy." -- Guardian

Lyptus nodded. "I think some sand is messing my ears up." She forced a smile, although not exactly sure what she said.--Lyptus

Guardian smirked. "Yeah right; and I'm sure that the ocean has got in your eyes?" -- Guardian

Lyptus couldn't help but grin. "Yea, my eyes are a little stingy." She blinked her orange eyes.--Lyptus

Guardian grinned back. -- Guardian

Lyptus nudged the healer. "But seriously, you should check the creeper."--Lyptus

"Are you sure you're okay? If you pass out on me.." Guardian chuckled awkwardly. -- Guardian

Lyptus forced a chuckle. "I'll be fine, alone." She insisted.--Lyptus

"Alright then." Guardian stood up, dusting her hands on her pants, then started down the hill. -- Guardian

"Also check on Gold!" Lyptus gave a small smile, before she turned her orange eyes back to the ocean. She felt dizzy as she looked down, and she backed away a little as she laid her head back against a rock. She tried to relax, but she felt creeps go up and down her back.--Lyptus

"Already did!" Guardian yelled. Then, she stopped. *The creepers still down there.* Azul reminded her. *He was going to blow up the monument.* "Oh." She said. "I should find Hyper and tell him to check on them..." *-- Guardian*

Lyptus closed her orange eyes, before she suddenly opened them wide. She was back in the monument, seeing herself and her friends fighting to win the boss. A shadow flashed over the sand she was trying to break, and she left herself to see what the shadow was. She peeked over the blocks, to see flashing silver hair and glowing red eyes putting more sand on top of the other sand. *Thorn?* As she watched her past figure break the blocks, a huge amount of sand collapsed on her. *He was trying to kill me*. Suddenly Thorn's eyes met hers, and he gave her a growl, before he leaped after to get her. She felt his arms wrap around her neck, and she kick around in the water to free herself. She felt her lungs quickly run out of breath, and tried to speak. She gasped as she awoke, clinging on to the tip of the cliff. She slowly crawled to the rock, her orange eyes wide with fear. She got up as she heard the rustle of bushes, and leaped to her feet, running towards the camp*. Lyptus! Lyptus come here! I just want to say I'm sorry!* She shook her head. *You want to kill me!*--Lyptus

"Hyper?" Guardian called. "What?" Hyper asked, finding Guardian approaching him. "Is..." She paused. "Is the creeper hunter still down there?" She asked. -- Guardian

Lyptus ran towards the glowing light from the fire, before she tripped on a root. Her face dug into the dirt ground, and her eyes were blinded for a moment. *He's got me!* Lyptus turned around, expecting to see Thorn, but Brunette trotted towards her, the dog's tongue out. She let out a sigh as she laid her head on the ground, and grasped the dog tightly.--Lyptus

(crikey ly has some serious ptsd) -rosey

Hyper shrugged. -- Hyper

Gold needed to do something with his hands. He looked around, spying the half finished boat from early. He ran over to it. He ran his hand along the side and sighed. -- Gold

Lyptus walked into the camp, sighing as she settled herself near Ash and Brunette was by her side. She placed her hand on her tummy as it growled, and nibbled on a leftover piece of steak. She felt dirty and sweaty, and grabbed a water bottle, dumping it on her head. *Salt water won't help*.--Lyptus

Gold pulled out a crafting table and an axe. Now that he was *in* Minecraft, would something freeze up if he tried to add a sail? Might as well try. -- Gold

Lyptus decided to go grab a new pickax and sword, knowing hers was about to break. She climbed down a huge cliff, and she came to a cave. She mounted off Ash, and walked towards the cave with Brunette by her side. Let's hope that no mobs are here. She grabbed her old pickax and lights, before she took a step into the cool cave.--Lyptus

(HEY SORRY I WENT ON VACA SO I COULDN'T RP) --rosey

((ITS OK I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT))-Rowan

Hyper huffed, running a hand through his hair. Where was everyone? This was no time for time alone, they had to be somewhere. They needed that final piece of the puzzle from the wither. He shivered involuntarily, then clenched his hands into fists. No, he would not be scared. He needed to be a leader for everyone. -- Hyper

Lyptus quickly walked back to camp, glad she had been able to make herself a new sword, as well as a bow. She glanced up at the sky, seeing it was already past midnight, and sighed. She settled down on the grass near Brunette and Ash, watching as the fire threw sparks around.--Lyptus

"You took long enough." Hyper scowled at Lyptus. He felt absolutely exhausted, causing him to be much more agitated then usual. He sighed. "Sorry." He muttered, turning his gaze to the water. He felt his face growing hot. -- Hyper

Lyptus opened one eye to look at Hyper, before she sat up. "Something wrong?" *He's so pressured.-*-Lyptus

"Wrong?" Hyper stood up taller. "No, no, nothing's wrong! I'm perfectly fine!" -- Hyper

Lyptus narrowed her orange eyes at Hyper. “I know you’re lying,” She murmured, but guessed it was better to not put more stress on him. She nodded good night to him, before she sat down again where she was resting.*-*-Lyptus

Hyper watched her leave, sighing. *I miss you Shadowkeeper. I can't do this.* He thought, turning his gaze to the ocean he collapsed in the sand, head in his hands. -- Hyper

Lyptus rolled around in the grass mixed with sand before she finally dozed off into a deep sleep.*-*-Lyptus

"Hyper?" A voice asked. Hyper looked up, gazing into the kind peach-colored eyes of Guardian. "Are you okay?" She asked, sitting down next to him. "No." Hyper grumbled. "Tell me about it." Guardian said, looking at him with genuine concern. So Hyper did; in a very long rant. -- Hyper

Lyptus slept for a few hours before she awoke a little after midnight. She sighed, deciding she would help out before she could relax again. She heard murmuring coming from the fire, but didn’t bother to interrupt what was going on. Grabbing her bow and arrows, she walked off into the night, leaving Ash and Brunette asleep.*-*-Lyptus

"Aw, it's okay." Guardian gave her friend a pat on the back, leaning into him. Hyper sighed, feeling the tension release from his shoulders. She smelled like flowers. "Thanks." He mumbled, pretending to be distracted by a loose string on his hoodie. -- Hyper

Lyptus sat on the soft glimmering green grass as she fished at a brook. Her eyes were watching the water, seeing there were a bunch of small fishing at night.*-*-Lyptus

"What are you doing all alone out here?" Terasu asked, standing above the dark form of Lyptus. "It's dark. You would get attacked by monsters." -- Terasu

(just a heads up, i'm going on vaca for a week, be back saturday!) --rosey

((Aight enjoy it!))-Rowan

Lyptus whipped her head around, before she let out a sigh of relief. *It's just Terasu.* "Oh...Oh I just couldn't sleep," She murmured, suddenly feeling akwad after remembering what Guardian had told her that went between the two. "W-What are you doing out here...?"*-*-Lyptus

"Oh, um-" *Getting away from Guardian. I care too much about here already without staring at her and Hyper. I shouldn't interfere, Guardian deserves someone better than me, like Hyper-* "Nothing." He sighed, sitting down next to Lyptus. -- Terasu

Lyptus side glanced, feeling a lump in her throat. *What do I say? All I wanna ask is about Guardian, but I mean that's not-* "Aren't you tired after the fight? You swam a lot, and carried-" She stopped, deciding it's best to not mention he was carrying Guardian for a while.*-*-Lyptus

"Yeah, I carried her! So what? That doesn't mean I'm in love with her or anything!" -- Terasu

Lyptus widened her orange eyes. "I-I never said-" She was so surprised, she didn't know what to say. *But you kissed her. You kissed her Terasu!* She sat there for a few seconds before she simply got up without saying anything.*-*-Lyptus

"Lyptus, wait!" Terasu quickly got to his feet and hurried to her side. "I didn't mean it, really." He was slightly confused on what she was upset about. Then he froze. She didn't know, did she? He slowly turned his head to Lyptus, eyes wide and questioning. -- Terasu

Lyptus continued walking deeper into the forest, trying to ignore the fact she could feel Terasu's gaze burning her head. She gulped as she turned her burning orange eyes to Terasu's icy blue ones from where he stood. "...What? Why are you looking at me like that?" She took a few steps back, creeping her hand towards her side.*-*-Lyptus

"You don't..." He paused, unable to the the words out. -- Terasu

Lyptus felt sweat creep down her back, making her shiver. "Don't what...?" She managed to say.*-*-Lyptus

Terasu wasn't one to push, but... "You know I kissed, Guardian. I know you do. I can see it in your eyes." He groaned and buried his head in his hands. -- Terasu

Lyptus tried not to gape as she heard Terasu's words. *So it's true...Guardian wasn't lying. It actually happened. Does he regret it?* She felt a mixture of sorrow and disbelief as she saw Terasu in distress. When she recovered from her surprise, she managed to say, "U-Uhm I really have to go do something."*-*-Lyptus

**THE END**

**AFTER A WHILE THE GROUP SLOWLY STARTED TO FEEL SOME SORT OF BETRAYL, AND THEY EACH DECIDED TO GO THEIR OWN WAY. LYPTUS AND PEACOCK MET UP AND DECIDED TO GO DESTROY GLITCH'S GROUP IN ITHE END. THE REST DISAPPEARED TO WHERE THEY NEVER MET AGAIN. FOR NOW.**