ImpulseSV's Double Life: Episode 4

**THE RED POOL PARTY!** is ImpulseSV's fourth episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on July 8, 2022. In this episode, Impulse and his soulmate BdoubleO100 plan to protect themselves from Rendog and Bigbst4tz2, who blame Bdubs for their second death. They organize a pool party at their mid-century modern house, which most of the other server members attend. However, they find that Ren and BigB trapped the swimming pool with zombies. Bdubs gets chased by the reds and killed by Ren.

## Plot

Impulse starts his episode in front of his and BdoubleO100’s mid-century house. He believes that Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 will come after him and Bdubs, though he doesn’t think Bdubs is responsible for BigB’s most recent death. Bdubs comes outside and they both get on their horses. They race to a nearby patch of sculk blocks and find that Impulse’s horse is faster.

Impulse considers breeding their horses to get another fast horse in the light of what happened last episode. They discuss what happened and both believe that BigB approached the creeper while on his horse; Bdubs therefore takes zero blame for what happened. However, he and Impulse realize that it doesn’t matter whether Bdubs was responsible if BigB and Ren are mad.

They notice that BigB has put on diamond armor. Bdubs gives Impulse diamonds that they mined and Impulse crafts diamond leggings and boots. He gives the leggings to Bdubs so both get the diamond armor achievement as a statement. Impulse reminds Bdubs that they have a getaway escape tunnel behind the painting in their house, and Bdubs decides that he’ll hide instead of face BigB and Ren when it comes to it, because he has Impulse’s life to think of as well. Impulse thinks that Bdubs would be able to take on BigB by himself.

Impulse leaves to go to the deep dark to enchant the diamond boots and pants. He meets Smajor1995 and ZombieCleo in the ancient city, and Scott accidentally sets off a shrieker while making a woolen cube surrounding the enchanting table. They split up and Impulse deliberately sets off another shrieker as he makes his way to the ladder.

Impulse returns to his and Bdubs’ house and shows that he collected music discs in a secret chest in the tunnel behind the painting but realizes that he doesn’t have a diamond to craft a jukebox. He returns to the deep dark and meets Ren there at the top of the ladder.

Ren points out Impulse’s green name and threatens to kill him. Impulse points out that Ren has no reason to kill him, and Ren recalls that Impulse gave him permission to mine some of his iron vein and had helped him enchanting. Ren also notices that Impulse has good gear, so he decides to retreat and goes up Impulse’s staircase while Impulse goes down.

Impulse mines diamonds, returns to his house, and crafts a jukebox which he places in the pool area. InTheLittleWoods comes over as Impulse is playing music, and they discuss the various music discs that Impulse has. Martyn asks Impulse to let him know when the pool party starts as he plans on bringing steak that he got from Impulse and Bdubs’ cow farm.

Sometime later, Impulse and Bdubs meet Grian outside their house. Bdubs questions why Grian doesn’t have a horse, and he tells them it’s because it’ll just get stolen. Bdubs and Impulse offer to breed a fast horse for Grian, and Impulse lets Grian have a test ride on his own horse. Grian rides off with the horse before returning it.

Bdubs spots BigB approaching in the distance, and he and Impulse quickly hide inside the house and in the tunnel behind the painting as Grian and BigB talk to each other. GoodTimesWithScar and Grian enter the house after BigB leaves, and Bdubs thanks Grian for distracting BigB. They ask Grian whether BigB wanted to kill them, and Grian answers that BigB doesn’t seem to be driven by revenge, but that he’ll definitely be coming for Bdubs. The group discusses whether Bdubs was responsible for BigB’s death.

Scott comes over to the house asking about the pool party, and Impulse tells him that they’ll have the pool party when the pool turns green, or they turn red. PearlescentMoon arrives, and they decide to have a pre-pool party since so many people are showing up. Impulse puts on music and swims around in the pool.

Pearl builds up a cobblestone tower and jumps down to hurt Scott, leaving them both on one heart. EthosLab and SmallishBeans arrive, and the group starts playing with fishing rods. Grian pulls Pearl up with a fishing rod from the top of a pillar, and they find that if Pearl hooks Joel on a fishing rod as well, they then get launched up one by one. They eventually form a chain with Grian hooking Joel hooking Pearl hooking Etho hooking Impulse, but Grian accidentally kills Joel and Etho when pulling them up.

People start picking up Etho and Joel’s items while Scott points out that Etho and Joel were inevitably going to take double damage. Etho and Joel arrive to retrieve their items and find that some armor pieces are missing; Scar points out that Pearl is holding a diamond chestplate of theirs. They chase and attack Pearl, and Impulse lets Etho borrow his horse in the chase. Joel and Etho kill Pearl and Scott by proxy. Grian and Scar take this as their cue to leave.

Impulse takes his horse back and Scott steps out of the house; he reveals that he saw the death coming, so he set his spawn point inside the house. Scott tells Etho and Joel that they can set Pearl’s tower on fire if they want to; they explain that they have nothing against him. Impulse and Bdubs think that that was a successful first pool party.

Bdubs and Impulse head inside the house and Bdubs shows that he added more paintings on the walls, because Cleo had pointed out to him that the one painting seemed suspicious to her. He replaces the large painting covering the secret passageway with a smaller one. Impulse shows that he made a lava wall at the end of the secret corridor behind the painting; they can escape through the painting and ender pearl through the lava if push comes to shove.

Impulse reveals that he met Ren when he went to the deep dark and that Ren had threatened to kill him right then and there. Impulse shows that he dug a deep hole behind the lava wall and plans on putting powder snow at the bottom; Bdubs and Impulse can then fall in the hole without dying but can then remove the powder snow so anyone who follows them will fall to their deaths.

Bdubs and Impulse leave their house and discuss how Impulse gave his horse to Etho during the kerfuffle earlier to get on his and Joel’s good side. Bdubs removes the cobblestone tower in front of the house. It seems to Impulse that people aren’t as upset anymore about their lies, as no one has tried to kill them so far.

Impulse leaves to fill a bucket with powder snow before meeting back up with Bdubs. They run into Ren and Bdubs is quick to defend himself, claiming that BigB’s death wasn’t his fault. Ren tells them that he watched the footage and knows what happened; he promises to see them later.

Impulse fights off mobs to obtain more music discs and accidentally walks backwards into a hole; he falls and dies, taking Bdubs down with him. The two respawn in their house and head outside to retrieve their items; Bdubs picks his own items up next to the hole while Impulse uses a boat to head down into the hole and pick up his stuff there before heading back up. They react to Solidarity and TangoTek’s deaths.

Impulse and Bdubs return to their house and announce the start of the pool party through chat. They find Pearl hiding behind the grill, and Impulse finds that someone borrowed the jukebox, so he plans to craft a new one. Martyn, Tango, and Jimmy arrive for the party, and Martyn reveals that he was the one who took the jukebox; he quickly places it back. Tango and Jimmy park their horses in the living room of the house.

Martyn makes a cannonball splash into the pool while more people arrive at the party and park their horses. Impulse is cooking burgers when suddenly Ren pops out of the pool asking for burgers for him and his ‘friends’; however, nothing happens after he says this. Ren seems embarrassed and starts digging underground when zombies start popping out of the pool and attacking the guests. Impulse quickly puts on a 13 disc.

Impulse gets hit off the roof of the house by Etho and notices Bdubs getting chased inside the house and trying to get his horse. Impulse gets onto his own horse outside the house, but dies when Ren kills Bdubs, which is where the episode ends.

## Description

Welcome to Double Life, a brand new series where we only have 3 lives to live and once they are gone, the series is over! This season we are "soul bound" to another member of the server and share our health and lives.