EthosLab's Double Life: Episode 2

**Warden Shenanigans** is EthosLab’s second episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on June 24, 2022.

## Plot

EthosLab starts his episode next to SmallishBeans at the location they picked for their base last episode, and SmallishBeans shows off his new skin with EthosLab’s face on his shirt. They decide on their official name ‘Boat Boys’ and EthosLab states that they should always have a fishing rod in their inventory in honor of that. SmallishBeans thinks they should live in a boat and EthosLab agrees.

SmallishBeans plans to work on the base and they discuss various wood blocks he wants to use; SmallishBeans wants to use wool and EthosLab shows SmallishBeans their sheep farm. SmallishBeans realizes that wood and wool are the most flammable blocks. EthosLab sets up a system that automatically shears the sheep and breeds the sheep. EthosLab asks SmallishBeans whether they should team up with anyone and SmallishBeans thinks that’s a good idea.

EthosLab leaves SmallishBeans and visits ZombieCleo’s house, finding her building a bridge. He offers to barter with her and asks if she has sugarcane or cows. She responds that she and Smajor1995 have cows and they cross the bridge to Smajor1995’s place. EthosLab explains he’s there to barter and asks for cows and perhaps dark oak. He gives a spyglass to ZombieCleo as she didn’t spot the dark oak saplings right next to them.

Smajor1995 asks EthosLab for sugarcane, but EthosLab tells him he’s looking for that too. They settle on a deal of two of EthosLab’s sheep for two of Smajor1995’s cows. EthosLab asks ZombieCleo and Smajor1995 whether they are partnered, and they tell him they are, but that neither of them will die if the other dies; Smajor1995 hits ZombieCleo to demonstrate and ZombieCleo hits Smajor1995 back.

EthosLab returns to Smajor1995’s house with four sheep and puts the sheep in Smajor1995’s new sheep pen. Smajor1995 and ZombieCleo let him take one grown up cow and four baby cows, and he puts them in a hole close to his and SmallishBeans’s sheep farm. SmallishBeans gives EthosLab a saddle and EthosLab retrieves a white horse that he covered with dirt earlier; he finds that it has a lot of hearts but isn’t fast and can’t jump high. He goes through several other horses before settling on a black-and-white patterned one.

EthosLab runs into BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV, who initially mistake EthosLab’s horse for GoodTimesWithScar’s horse, but EthosLab reveals he just saw GoodTimesWithScar ride by on his own horse. BdoubleO100 shows EthosLab his own white horse. BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV tell EthosLab that SmallishBeans swung by earlier and are vague about what SmallishBeans said but imply that EthosLab should keep his guard up around SmallishBeans. They tell EthosLab about their mid-century modern house, which has enough room for visitors.

BdoubleO100 helps ImpulseSV tame a fast brown horse and EthosLab feels SmallishBeans taking damage, so he deliberately gets off his horse and jumps down a hill to take damage, to teach SmallishBeans to not take damage. Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 arrive on their own horses, and they have a horse race to the BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV’s base; ImpulseSV wins the race, though BdoubleO100 and EthosLab are close behind. They then do a jump test, and all the horses can jump two blocks, but Bigbst4tz2’s and BdoubleO100’s horses can’t jump three blocks.

BdoubleO100 proposes that EthosLab and ImpulseSV go to the deep dark together to get enchanted gear. EthosLab enters their base and parks his horse inside. BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV tell him about the golden apple they have, and ImpulseSV sets up a redstone contraption; he explains that if they set up a similar device in the deep dark, it will distract the warden.

ImpulseSV and EthosLab set out together, descend into a ravine, and walk through a mineshaft. ImpulseSV states he’s happy with their alliance, though EthosLab thinks that BdoubleO100 sending ImpulseSV away might signify that BdoubleO100 wants to get rid of ImpulseSV; ImpulseSV doubts it. The two dig a staircase down through deepslate and end up above the ancient city. They discuss the warden’s various abilities and drop down into the city using boats.

EthosLab and ImpulseSV sneak around, placing torches and removing sculk sensors. They set of a shrieker once, which almost makes EthosLab give up the venture and leave. They set up the piston contraption to distract the warden in case it spawns, though they later decide to move it. ImpulseSV breaks the nearby shrieker, though this sets it off one more time.

EthosLab and ImpulseSV loot several chests and notice Rendog, Bigbst4tz2, Grian, and InTheLittleWoods entering the ancient city as well. They find the enchanting table and EthosLab starts enchanting tools while the others arrive. The others set off shriekers multiple times and ImpulseSV quickly sets up the redstone contraption again.

The warden spawns, and everyone runs through the city to the exit made by Grian. EthosLab stays perched near the exit and notices the warden close by. Grian hits the warden with snowballs, causing it to get angry and chase them as they run up the staircase while EthosLab stays behind in the city.

EthosLab sneaks back to the enchantment table and finds that ImpulseSV stayed behind as well. ImpulseSV tells EthosLab the warden went back in the ground, but they realize that multiple wardens spawned and that they must stay careful. EthosLab starts enchanting his armor when another warden spawns; ImpulseSV builds up a pillar to look where the warden is coming from and EthosLab sneaks around just as Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 return to them.

Rendog leads EthosLab to safety away from the warden before EthosLab, Rendog, and Bigbst4tz2 all slowly sneak back to the enchanting table. InTheLittleWoods and EthosLab loot another chest, and the warden goes back in the ground, only for another one to spawn right after. The group escapes using the staircase made by Grian with EthosLab trailing behind.

EthosLab finds Rendog and InTheLittleWoods trying to convince Solidarity to go down to the ancient city as well. EthosLab goes up to the surface and walks past TangoTek, who is working on the Ranch. EthosLab tells TangoTek that multiple wardens spawned. TangoTek can’t believe that Solidarity went down there as well, and EthosLab reveals that Solidarity was peer-pressured into it.

EthosLab asks if TangoTek has chickens and TangoTek goes to the basement to collect eggs from the chicken farm. He gives EthosLab the eggs and EthosLab gives him four iron ingots and sixteen iron ore in return. TangoTek asks if EthosLab needs anything else, but EthosLab thinks TangoTek is the one that needs help.

EthosLab returns to where SmallishBeans is building their ship and compliments the build. He tells SmallishBeans about the venture into the deep dark and shows off all the loot he got by putting it in a chest. SmallishBeans shows EthosLab around their ship, which he has called the Relation Ship.

EthosLab and SmallishBeans visits ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100’s base to ask for sugarcane and EthosLab retrieves his horse that he left there. BdoubleO100 implies that TangoTek, who is also there, might have tried to steal a horse from him. EthosLab confronts SmallishBeans about the rumors he’d heard from ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100, and SmallishBeans is outraged; he states that he hasn’t seen the two all session and shows off his EthosLab shirt to them. He theorizes that ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100 are projecting their own problematic relationship onto himself and EthosLab and EthosLab gives them the nickname ‘Gossip Girls’.

EthosLab and SmallishBeans lead a big group of pillagers across ZombieCleo’s bridge to Box, warning ZombieCleo and Smajor1995 to stay inside as they pass. EthosLab and SmallishBeans question Rendog and Bigbst4tz2, convinced that they have sugarcane, but Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 firmly deny this. The group fights off the pillagers together with InTheLittleWoods, and EthosLab and SmallishBeans eventually believe Rendog.

EthosLab and SmallishBeans walk back past Smajor1995’s house and find PearlescentMoon hiding there with her dog next to the cow farm. They ask if she has sugarcane, but she tells them she doesn’t. They tell her they heard from Smajor1995 that she’s been intimidating to him, and she shows them that she’s been freezing herself in powder snow to ‘tickle’ Smajor1995. EthosLab and SmallishBeans return to the Relation Ship and react to Rendog and Bigbst4tz2’s death, which is where the episode ends.

## Description

Double Life is an odd mix of a Social and PvP Minecraft game started by Grian. Players are thrown into a tiny world with almost no rules, except survive as long as possible.

In this version players have 3 lives that are linked to their soul bound partner which is chosen randomly at the start of the game. Red Players are given the goal of killing all the other players in the game.