ImpulseSV's Double Life: Episode 2

**RUN EthosLab, RUN!** is ImpulseSV's second episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on June 24, 2022.

## Plot

The episode starts with ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100 outside their base. They breed their cows and ImpulseSV spots InTheLittleWoods jumping into their cow farm pretending to be a cow. They accuse him of bamboozling them by selling them potion ingredients that they can’t use, but InTheLittleWoods states it’s their fault for not checking first. InTheLittleWoods notices that his soulmate ZombieCleo went down to half health and theorizes she did it on purpose to spook him. He kills some cows in the farm but BdoubleO100 revokes InTheLittleWoods’ rights to their cow farm.

ImpulseSV asks InTheLittleWoods for a red mushroom, since he forgot to ask for one last session; InTheLittleWoods gives him one so their deal to let InTheLittleWoods have free access to their cow farm stays intact. InTheLittleWoods promises to only kill cows for himself and not for others as he dislikes his soulmate. He then leaves while BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV plan to tattle to ZombieCleo about him.

BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV head inside their base and BdoubleO100 explains his plan for them to be homewreckers; he wants them to plant seeds of doubt in the heads of others and make people break up with their soulmates. They go a secret cave behind their base and place signs on the wall with the names of all the soulmate pairs.

ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100 then go over which person from each pair they want to like them; they decide on EthosLab from the EthosLab/SmallishBeans couple but make no definite choice yet for the other pairs. They notice Solidarity stating in the chat that he’s going to get a horn, and they pick TangoTek as their target based on that info. ImpulseSV shows BdoubleO100 a secret water source he made in one corner of their base and plans on making different stews now that he has the red mushroom, while BdoubleO100 plans on working on the house.

BdoubleO100 returns to the base after a trip and tells ImpulseSV that he tamed a horse. He states that he successfully planted seeds of doubt in GoodTimesWithScar’s mind by lying to him that Grian visited their base earlier and had said things about GoodTimesWithScar; BdoubleO100 had been deliberately vague on what Grian supposedly said but had told GoodTimesWithScar to be careful. BdoubleO100 tells that GoodTimesWithScar had even asked to live with them and states that GoodTimesWithScar and Grian had a fragile relationship to begin with.

ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100 kill cows, cook beef, and craft saddles for the both of them. ImpulseSV reveals to BdoubleO100 that he’s never ridden a horse before but is willing to take up the hobby of horse riding for his soulmate. They leave their base to get ImpulseSV a horse and run into EthosLab, who is also riding a horse. ImpulseSV starts taming a brown 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. EthosLab is distraught, and they tell him they’re telling him this because they consider him a friend, pretending that they promised SmallishBeans not to say anything. They tell EthosLab about their mid-century modern house, which has enough room for visitors.

ImpulseSV tames the brown horse with help from BdoubleO100 and they realize that it’s a fast horse. 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 Rendog tells BdoubleO100 he found the rarest horse in the game (a pure black horse), offering to trade it for something valuable later; he rejects BdoubleO100‘s offer to trade it for BdoubleO100‘s white horse.

The group has a horse race to the BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV’s base, starting when the frog next to them jumps; 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. Rendog tells BdoubleO100 they’ll talk about the horse trade later, and Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 leave.

BdoubleO100 proposes that EthosLab and ImpulseSV go to the deep dark together to get enchanted gear, and EthosLab agrees. ImpulseSV sets up a redstone and piston contraption inside the base; he explains that if they set up a similar device in the deep dark, it will distract the warden when it spawns. He picks up the components, and they notice that Grian already got the achievement for going into the deep dark.

ImpulseSV and EthosLab set out together, descend into a ravine, and walk through a mineshaft. EthosLab thinks that BdoubleO100 sending ImpulseSV away might signify that BdoubleO100 wants to get rid of ImpulseSV; ImpulseSV doubts it but suggests that SmallishBeans told him needed a break from EthosLab. 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 EthosLab sets off a shrieker as well. They 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 save for ImpulseSV. ImpulseSV stays still until he hears the warden go back underground. He goes back to the enchanting table and enchants his tools and armor. EthosLab sneaks back to the enchantment table to enchant some more, but the two stay cautious since they know that multiple wardens had spawned.

EthosLab starts enchanting his armor when two new wardens spawn; ImpulseSV builds up a pillar to safety and to look where the wardens are coming from and EthosLab sneaks around just as Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 return to them. ImpulseSV notices the wardens closing in on EthosLab, but Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 lead EthosLab to safety and the two wardens eventually despawn.

ImpulseSV leaves the deep dark and returns home to his and BdoubleO100‘s base. He tells BdoubleO100 that several wardens spawned, but that he made sure that they could go back down there by making a path straight to the enchanting table. ImpulseSV admires BdoubleO100‘s progress on their base and mentions that EthosLab left him behind in the ancient city, but that he did manage to tell EthosLab all kinds of stories about SmallishBeans.

BdoubleO100 tells ImpulseSV that PearlescentMoon came by, but that she seemed very reckless and crazy and unfazed by his warnings about what Smajor1995 might have said about her. They realize that she and Smajor1995 do not like each other, and ImpulseSV states that those two are doing the homewrecker job for them.

EthosLab comes by with SmallishBeans and TangoTek, and EthosLab confronts SmallishBeans about the rumors he’s heard from ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100. 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. BdoubleO100 tells EthosLab that his offer of sanctuary still stands.

ZombieCleo comes over on her donkey just as EthosLab and SmallishBeans are leaving, and BdoubleO100 tells her that InTheLittleWoods has been saying bad things behind her back. ZombieCleo concretely asks what InTheLittleWoods is planning to do to her, threatening just go to InTheLittleWoods and pretend to him that BdoubleO100 and ImpulseSV told her everything, and the two tell her that InTheLittleWoods plans on making traps to hurt her.

BdoubleO100 then tells her Smajor1995 had also been saying things about her, but ZombieCleo claims that Smajor1995 hasn’t left his house all day. She calls BdoubleO100 a liar and questions him and ImpulseSV on when exactly Smajor1995 came over.

ZombieCleo states that BdoubleO100 should never lie to her, despite her and BdoubleO100 being divorced. BdoubleO100 breaks and apologizes to her for lying, stating that he’ll never do it again. ZombieCleo leaves and BdoubleO100 thinks his tactics didn’t work on PearlescentMoon and ZombieCleo because neither of them is with their soulmates; he admits that he got too greedy with ZombieCleo in also mentioning Smajor1995 to her. He and ImpulseSV think that they did manage to plant seeds of doubt in people.

Sometime later, ImpulseSV notices Rendog and Bigbst4tz2’s death and BdoubleO100 comes home with the black horse he traded for with Rendog. He’s happy with how high the horse can jump, but notes that it is very slow. He tells ImpulseSV he gave Rendog half a stack of meat for it, which they agree was a bad deal. BdoubleO100 then tells ImpulseSV that he got confronted by Smajor1995 and ZombieCleo on the way home, who had both called him a liar; he had also met InTheLittleWoods who had also called him a liar in a ghost voice.

ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100 realize that they need to watch their back, since word is spreading around that they are liars. ImpulseSV shows BdoubleO100 that he made a secret room behind the painting on their wall, in which they can take refuge if things get dicey. They dig the room out further, connecting it to their secret cave system. They practice jumping through the painting and discuss how their lies did seem to work on GoodTimesWithScar. They think that Rendog dying was karma for him giving them a bad horse deal; BdoubleO100 thinks they should spread seeds of fear instead of seeds of distrust next time, 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.