Sigh. Another day at work. Another 6 hours of boredom... And for what!? So I can sustain myself? So I can vanish away after work ends, into a word of blocks!? Hmm... I wish life were as simple as it is in Minecraft...

After my coffee and toast, I took the paper and waited outside for my carpool, Linda, to arrive. The paper was simply mundane. Nothing new. Only updates about how bad the wars are, and also how terrible the poverty is...

Linda just arrived. She always seems to be wearing a light blue shirt with darker blue jeans. Her face is homely, and her hair is short brown, with long bangs. With generic, darker skin.

I walk to her car, and she lets me in. "Hey," I say slightly awkwardly.

"What's new?" she sighs.

After a good 3 minutes of silence, I get restless. "So how's the fort holding up?"

Linda just opened her mouth to talk when we arrive, and I think, That was a short ride...

When the receptionist, Lucy, greets me, I try to smile back, but my co-workers always warned me not to look in her bright purple eyes. She's also abnormally tall, and pretty great at lifting stuff and moving them around with her long, strong arms. She has dark chocolate colored skin.

Lucy told me that I was wanted by my boss about a special assignment. Oh goody, more faxing! Fortunately for me, there was no faxing involved; my boss gave me a colorful red flyer and told me to make 24 copies..

When he gave me the flyer, I swore I saw fire in his eyes. Boss Xain has characteristic red- orange hair, and he's also very skinny, almost like he only has a couple bars supporting his head. His arms are stubby, and Xain's suit is red, decorated with a couple over-the-top embers.

When I was walking over to the copy machine, I stole a peek into the rec room. Only Employees of the Month were allowed in there. I saw Jason shooting his heart out, always getting bull's eyes with his darts.

Jason has the palest skin you would ever see. His fingers are long and bony. His breath smells like death. Jason's head is bald, but he always wears a hat. He's a little creepy at first, but when you get to know Jason, he's actually quite nice. He always is one of the Employees of the Month, though Jason doesn't get paid enough. You can always see his ribs showing through underneath his bleached white suit.

I waved and said hi, and Jason waved back, "I see Xain asked you to make those copies." Than almost inaudibly he added, "So today is this day." I gave Jason a weird smile, and walked away.
When I arrived at the copy machine, I put the red flyer in it, half expecting something to pop out at me. I wonder why THIS is a "special job..." For the first time I read the flyer.

NETHER FORTRESS CAFE NOW OPEN! BETWEEN THE 7 AND THE 77. WE OPEN AT 7:00 ON WEEKDAYS AND 10:15 ON WEEKENDS. CAFE CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT. ONLY NETHER CREATURES SUCH AS BLAZEMEN AND PIGMEN ALLOWED.

Did that say nether? And what about the pigmen? I've been playing too much Minecraft...

I only had enough time to pull the flyers out of the copy machine when - they attacked.

There was a flash of black as Lucy raced by me. She took the flyers out of my hands, and teleported behind me, hitting me hard on the back of my head. I saw Jason, in the doorway of the rec room. He was holding a bow and shooting arrows, but trying desperately not to hit Lucy. Just then I realized, he wasn't wearing his shirt - in in place of his chest were simply ribs! I looked up at his face for a dangerous second, and it seemed that Jason was smiling. In that same second, pain seeped into my right arm as an arrow sprouted from it. I was awake just in time to see Lucy pull me away, fighting the others off with a sword, and also to hear Xain's maniacal laugh.