ImpulseSV's Double Life: Episode 5

**EXPERT TRAP MAKERS!** is ImpulseSV's fifth episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on July 15, 2022. In this episode, the reds all together to hunt the last greens on the server: Grian and GoodTimesWithScar. ImpulseSV, BdoubleO100, and Tango surround Scar and manage to get sand from him in exchange for his horse. Impulse and Bdubs trap the front of their house and set up a TNT minecart trap at the bottom of PearlescentMoon's tower, but the trap unfortunately doesn't kill her.

## Plot

Impulse starts his episode talking to BdoubleO100 and InTheLittleWoods about his and Bdubs’ newly acquired red status, and how they believe that Rendog and Bigbst4tz2 going after them was uncalled for. Martyn enquires what they were talking about with Smajor1995 and ZombieCleo, and Bdubs tells him that he was threatening their lives. Martyn reminds Impulse and Bdubs of their agreement, but Impulse and Bdubs make no promises not to kill Martyn.

Martyn admits that he’s there to get his daily meat from the cow farm, and Impulse threatens to eat Martyn. Bdubs pushes Martyn into the cow farm with his horse and Impulse removes the ladder. When Martyn gets out of the cow farm, Bdubs remarks that TangoTek called a meeting of the reds at the pool through chat, so he advises Martyn to leave, which Martyn quickly does.

Tango, Solidarity, Ren, and BigB arrive at the house, and Ren apologizes for the zombie infested pool party last session, but Bdubs thanks Ren for what happened. The group heads inside and Bdubs points out that a lot of people left their horse at the house after the pool party. He lets the others take their pick; Tango takes the horse that once belonged to Scar, and Bdubs crafts a saddle for Jimmy so he can take a horse as well.

Jimmy starts discussing the issue of the green names just as SmallishBeans and EthosLab arrive at the house. Joel points out that BigB is sitting on his horse, and BigB gives the horse back to Joel, though he corrects Joel, saying that he’s Terry now. Impulse crafts a shield and Ren sets up a minecart TNT trap in the middle of the room, but removes it after everyone freaks out, claiming that he was kidding.

Tango sets out the plan to work together to change the color of Grian and GoodTimesWithScar’s names, and the others agree. Etho jokingly suggests that they involve Cleo, since one doesn’t mess with Cleo. The group starts heading outside and Impulse shows Bdubs that he has a Ponder horn; he blows the horn, claiming that he’s converted to the dark side.

They ride to the Red Velvet Keep and spot Grian near a tree on the other side of the ravine. Grian messages Scar to run, signifying to the reds that Scar is somewhere around the Keep. The group chases Scar through the forest and Impulse, Bdubs, and Tango eventually surround Scar near PearlescentMoon’s tower. Bdubs offers a trade, asking Scar for sand; Scar asks for his horse in return. Scar gives Impulse twelve sand and Tango reluctantly gives Scar his horse back.

Scar notices that the horse hasn’t been well cared for and leaves, appalled at Bdubs for associating with someone like Tango. Tango, Impulse, and Bdubs return to the mid-century modern house and find Grian and Scar there. Grian is stealing haybales, so the group tries to surround him. Grian claims he’s just trying to heal Scar’s horse. Grian and Scar run away while Bdubs shoots after them; he manages to set Scar’s horse on fire, but Grian, Scar, and the horse survive.

Impulse and Bdubs breed a new horse for Tango. Tango places and breaks gravel for flint, and Bdubs suggests that Tango and Impulse make a trap together. Impulse and Tango discuss various gravel traps they could make and start trapping the area in front of the front door of the house; Bdubs points out that the path leading up to the house is already decorated with trapdoors, so people won’t suspect a trap.

The group notices Scar setting a tree on fire nearby and steal Impulse’s horse. Impulse starts chasing after Scar but notices him meeting up with Grian in the distance. Bdubs proposes that Impulse take his horse to catch up to Scar and kill him, but Impulse decides not to since he won’t be able to take on both Scar and Grian.

Impulse continues working on the trap and the group notices some distressing messages from Jimmy saying that he’s being ‘taken’, so Tango quickly leaves to go to the Ranch. Impulse finishes the trap off with signs and gravel, and Bdubs changes the doors to the house so people will stand on the gravel to get in. Impulse then covers the gravel with stone trapdoors to mask it.

Impulse gets onto the horse that they initially bred for Tango, and he and Bdubs plan on getting his horse back from Scar. They meet Ren, BigB, Etho, and Joel near their house and warn them of the trap at the front door. Ren reveals that Etho blew up the pandas in the Jellie petting zoo and found the enchanting table there. Ren states that the yellows also wanted to enchant but didn’t accept the deal of giving up a life to enchant.

Impulse tells the others about Scar stealing his horse and proposes that they get it back together; the others agree if they’re allowed to kill Scar. Bdubs warns that the horse should remain unharmed, and Joel reveals that Grian stole his horse, so he killed the horse.

The group searches for Grian and Scar and eventually spot them in Pearl’s tower. Impulse shoots at them, but they escape by getting into a boat and jumping off the tower. The group, including Jimmy, chases Scar and Grian through the forest to Impulse and Bdubs’ house, and Impulse cautions them to stay away from the house, hoping that they’ll do the opposite and fall into the trap, but it doesn’t work.

The group spots Scar’s allay, and Ren surmises that Scar must be nearby. The group shoots at the allay and eventually kills it. They find Scar and Grian in an underground cave, but the cave is filled with mobs and Scar gets slain by a zombie. The group watches as the zombies pick up the items dropped by Grian, and Ren and BigB think that the zombies might be the remainder of their zombie army.

The group fights off mobs when Jimmy gets slain by an Enderman, making him and Tango lose their last lives. Scar rides by on a horse. Bdubs shows Impulse that he got a diamond chestplate in the kerfuffle, and Impulse reveals that his diamond pants got stolen when he died last episode. Bdubs gives Impulse suspicious stew as well as 36 sand that he got.

Bdubs digs a pit for the horses outside, so they won’t fall into the front door trap and Impulse crafts TNT. They consider crafting minecarts and a powered rail for traps, but don’t know yet who they want to trap. Impulse tries to pick up the sculk sensors left by Pearl in the pool area but realizes that he needs silk touch to do so; however, he remembers he found a sculk sensor in a chest in the deep dark and retrieves it from a secret chest so they can use it in a trap.

Impulse and Bdubs practice making a minecart trap using the remaining sculk sensor in the pool area. They react to Scar and Grian dying a second time and head over to the Relation Ship, where Etho and Joel tell them that they made a successful trap with a sculk sensor. Bdubs and Impulse tell Etho and Joel their own plans to set up a sculk sensor trap at the bottom of Pearl’s tower and how they can set it off from a distance using snowballs.

The four head over to the tower and Impulse starts setting up the trap when Etho and Joel notice in the chat that their ship has been set on fire; they quickly leave, leaving Impulse and Bdubs behind. They set up the trap with wool, a sculk sensor, powdered rails, and three stacked minecarts with TNT before sneaking away and riding away with their horses.

Impulse and Bdubs greet Pearl when she approaches her tower, and she informs them that all the other bases are on fire. She mentions that Ren and BigB almost died to the trap at Impulse and Bdubs’ base when the group hears a loud bang and notices that Ren has died to a falling stalactite, making him and BigB lose their last lives. Bdubs thinks it might have been a trap set up by Grian and Scar.

Impulse and Bdubs pretend to leave to reset the trap at their base but stay hidden in the forest. They watch as Pearl enters her base from the side and sets off the TNT trap, but it unfortunately doesn’t kill her. Impulse and Bdubs return to their base and find Scott and Cleo there being chased by Scar and Grian, so they try to surround them; however, Scott and Cleo manage to escape.

Grian tells Impulse and Bdubs that he’s been through a lot today and asks them not to fight; they tell him they just wanted to surround Scott and Cleo with a pincer maneuver. Etho and Joel arrive, and Scar shows off his red skin with Jellie on his back. Impulse then ends the episode.

## 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.