Ok, we're finally getting down to the nitty gritty of our story. What will are dynamic duo find in this abandoned mineshaft (or is it a stronghold? I'm honestly not sure just roll with it). Read on to find out. (PS the title gives you a hint…. Or maybe it doesn't… 0_o)
Chapter 4: A Slimy Situation
After descending for what seemed like hours we finally arrived at the bottom of the stairs, where there was a button and an iron door. I pressed the button and the door swung open like new, even though it probably hasn't been touched for years. The power of redstone amazes me sometimes, I tell you. We walked inside, and were met by 2 rows of lockers in a long corridor.
"Whoa. This is new." Crepa said behind me.
"Yeah. Pretty cool. I guess I'll take the left side and you take the right side?"
She nodded and started poking around through the lockers. Most of them still had locks, but were easily broken by a hard swing of my pickaxe. You could tell the place was recently abandoned; most of the items were still quite intact. I found old clothes, tools, a compass, a clock, and some more valuable items like an entire brewing stand, some potions, and even a diamond. I was just finishing up the last locker when I saw an object that really caught my eye; it was a book. I picked it up and read the cover. My Days in Minecraftia by Steve. "Steve? Huh, cool name." I thought to myself. I stuck the book into my backpack for safekeeping along with the rest of my stuff and met Crepa at the end of the corridor.
"What'd you find?" she asked me. I took out the book and showed it to her.
"Steve? Who the heck is that?"
"Not sure, but I hope to find-"
SPLAT! A glob of goo landed right on top of my head. Crepa busted out laughing.
"HAHA! You got slimed!" I looked up and followed a trail of the green stuff on top of the ceiling. It went down for about 35 blocks, and then dropped to the floor.
"Something tells me we aren't alone in this cave. C'mon." I said following the trail. Crepa was right behind me trying hard not to laugh at my recent fail. A few blocks down, we hit a room that branched out into multiple hallways. I was completely stumped. I was about to choose, then I heard a sucking sound behind us. The room was echoed too much too detect how far away the sound was. I held my pickaxe ready. Crepa unsheathed her sword. We were ready for everything- except for a voice behind us saying, "Hi!"
I wheeled around, swinging my torch to face the voice. The light shined to reveal a teenage girl with a look of shock in her eyes.
"Hey watch where you're swinging that thing, would you? You could've burned me to death!"
She stomped away and pushed a button on the wall. Redstone lamps ignited and I saw the girl's full body. There were only two words I could use to describe her: green jello. Her entire body was composed of a green gelatinous mass. Her skin was a light green and jiggled whenever she moved. She had D-cup boobs and a very cute face. She looked about my age if not a little older, and wore a darker green dress that stopped at mid-thigh and a hat with the face of (of course) a Slime. I immediately realized I was standing in front of a half-mob Slime, and tried hard not to imagine a human fucking a green block of goo.
"Umm hello," I said, "We were just-"
"Don't you hello me now, buster! Here you two come, trolling around in MY cave, looting MY stuff, messing up MY precious home! I should slime both of you and stick you to a wall to rot!" She was up in my face now, her breasts squished hard against my own chest.
"Uhhhh, Crepa… could you help me out here?" Crepa stared at the slime girl as if trying to remember her name…
"Squish? Is that you?" Crepa whispered. The girl's eyes softened and looked at Crepa with the same expression. "Crepa?"
They both tensed, and I thought I was about to die caught in the line of fire between a battle of slime against explosions. Instead, I found the exact opposite. The two girls squealed in delight and ran to each other in a warm embrace.
"OhmyNotchOhmyNotchOhmyNotch! CREPA! It's so good to see you again!" The slime girl, Squish, screamed as she squeezed Crepa.
"I know! I know! I missed you sooooo much!" Crepa replied. They jabbered on for several minutes until Crepa realized that I was still standing there.
"Oh Squish; this is my friend, Ace. I met him a few weeks ago. He's an adventurer."
"Ohhhh. Wait, he's with you?" Squish sheepishly turned to me. "Hi, I'm Squish. Sorry for threatening you and all. I didn't know you were with a friend of Crepa."
"No harm done. A friend of Crepa is a friend of mine." I said back. Her expression lightened up and I saw a seductive look in her eye. She turned back to Crepa, "He's cute. Did you fuck him yet?"
"SQUISH!" Crepa gasped. She punched her old friend playfully and grew redder than the toppings on a Cake. I blushed slightly as well.
"What, I'm just curious!" Squish replied. Then her eyes widened like she just remembered something important. "Hey I found an adventurer down here too. He's human like Ace!"
I didn't really like the way she used the word "found" like I was an action figure or something. Crepa's eyes grew bright. "Really?"
"Yeah. Our house is this way. Come on." And with that, Squish briskly walked down one of the halls and we followed suit. It was weird seeing her walk; her body jiggled show much with each step it looked like she as having a spasm. I looked away and focused on the intricate designs on the wall.
"So, you know this gal?" I said to my hybrid partner. She grinned. "Yeah, me and Squish go way back. We grew up in the same cave together but got separated a few years back when a couple of miners came through and collapsed the cave."
"Well, that explains why she was so cold at first," I replied stuffing my pick into my bag.
"Don't get used to it. Squish is really cool once you get to know her. But for your sake, I wouldn't stay alone with her too long. When she's around men, she can get a bit…"
"Slutty?" I said finishing the sentence.
"I was going to say seductive, but that works too."
We walked in silence for a few minutes until we reached another iron door. Squish knocked three times.
"Yo Sam, open up. It's me. I brought some friends." It took a few minutes, but I heard the sound of redstone clicking and the door opened up to reveal a boy about 19-years old.
"Hey Squish. What's up?" The dude asked. He looked at me and Crepa and smiled. "Well I'll be damned. Adventurers I see." He reached out his hand. "I'm Sam. Nice to meet you."
I shook his hand. He was a skinny figure with dirty blond hair and a big smile. He wore a plain white shirt with black jeans and sneakers. He had bluish-purple eyes (No Ender stuff here guys. That character comes later).
"I'm Ace. And this is Crepa." I said back motioning to Crepa. He nodded. "Well don't just stand out here. Come on inside. I expect you guys are hungry." Right on cue I heard my stomach growl and I realized I hadn't eaten in over a day. We walked inside the home and I was deeply impressed by the design. The space was divided into separate rooms, including a kitchen a bathroom and a library. "Whoa, this is pretty badass dude." I said to Sam.
"Ahh it ain't much. I just improved on the design that was already here. I wouldn't mind showing you around."
"Yes please." I said with excitement. Squish and Crepa went into the kitchen to chat while Sam and I took a tour of the rest of the house. The more he showed me the more impressed I was with his craftsmanship. Almost all of the rooms were powered by redstone, including the doors, the kitchen, the bathroom, and crafting room. The entire library was made of bookshelves with two enchanting tables in the middle. Each bedroom had a king-sized bed, a chest and a clock.
"Sweet mother of Notch, man. This is AMAZING!"
Sam smirked at me. "You haven't seen anything yet. Follow me." He led me to a tall ladder and started to climb. I followed suit and arrived at a trapdoor. I opened it and I was suddenly outside, standing on the side of the mountain and staring out into a beautiful view of the ocean below. I was speechless.
"So what do you think? Cool view right?" Sam asked.
"Dude, you never cease to amaze me. This is epic."
Sam laughed and said, "I'm glad." He walked over a small chest a few blocks away and came out with a guitar. He sat down and began to tune it. "So tell me Ace, what are you doing out here in the Purple Valley?"
I took a seat next to him. "Well Crepa had told me that this was the biggest deposit of obsidian in Minecraftia. After her telling me that, I grabbed my stuff and traveled out here to mine it. Not many places you can get obsidian, you know?"
Sam looked puzzled. "Uhh Ace, you do know that obsidian is just when lava meets water, right?"
I thought about it, and it clicked like a redstone trap. Of course it is! That explains why the mine was right near a waterfall and a lava flow. I felt dumb as a pig. Sam laughed. "Ahh it's alright. This trip wasn't a total bust for you. You met me and Squish right?"
I smiled at the thought. He had a point.
"So why do you want this obsidian anyway?" He asked me.
"Well, ever since I was a kid, I've always wanted to go to the Nether."
He stopped strumming his guitar. "The Nether?"
"Yeah. I had heard stories growing up, and it's been my goal ever since. One of these days, I'm going to the Nether."
"Going to the Nether… That's it! New lyrics to my song!" He set up his guitar, took a deep breath and started to play...
(WARNING! I do NOT own the lyrics to the following song. All rights go to BlueXephos and the entire YogsCast crew for it. Shout out to them. Check out their channel and the song on YouTube.)
It's deep underground, past the bedrock
But don't dig straight down, you'll regret that.
But now you feel brave
Equipped with your spade
To roam through these caves…
Not looking for gold, since it's purple
Or so I've been told, by some people
I'll find a few a few bricks
Where the two Earth leaks mix
With a couple of clicks…
I be swinging' my pick
This is all the prep that I go through.
Even if my tools are just make to
Going to the Nether
I'm going to the Nether
I'm going toooooooo the Nether
10 blocks the Magical total
That's enough to build up my portal
Going to the Nether
I'm going to the Nether
I'm going toooooooo the Nether
"Dude, that was boss status bro!"
"Aww I wasn't much. I missed a few keys and…"
"Why do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Whenever I compliment you, you give some lame excuse not to take it."
He sighed and looked at the sun slowly setting. "When I was young, I used to live in a small village called Cobble Hill. Let's just say creativity wasn't big there. They were more about hunting, mining, fighting mobs. Many stuff. And just my luck, I was never born for that like the other kids. I was skinny, my mom died when I was born, my dad was killed in a zombie siege, I was a crafter, and I was born being able to talk to mobs."
"Wait, you can talk to mobs naturally?"
"Yeah. That's why I have these eyes. What about you? You can see Crepa and Squish in their human form.
"I found a potion in a cave."
"Ahh, the Potion of Mob Vision. Very hard to find. You're lucky to have found one."
"Yeah. Now what were you saying earlier?"
"Oh yeah. So as you can guess, I was bullied a lot. Whenever I made a friend with a mob, the other kids would kill it and then beat me up. It was brutal."
"Damn."
"Yeah. When I got 15, I got sick of it. An Enderman I knew from the forest helped me escape and taught me how to hunt and mine. When I got 17 I went out on my own."
"You lived with an Enderman for an entire year?! Awesome!"
"Yeah, he was scary, but really cool too. Anyway, I roamed the land for a few months and stumbled on this cave. I met Squish here and the rest is history."
"Bro, that's crazy."
"In a way yeah, I guess it is. What about you? What's your story?"
"Well I lived in Golem Gulch. It was nice little town in the desert. Iron Golems wandered. I had a lot of friends, and life was good. That is, until the sieges came. The mobs came in so many waves we couldn't take them. We swore Herobrine himself was punishing us for our wrongdoings. They killed my mother and father right in front of me. I ran away the same night."
Sam nodded. "Wow. I'm sorry bro."
"It's cool dude. I can't even complain after hearing what you went through."
We looked out into the horizon. The sun was setting fast.
"Well, I'm going to head inside and start dinner. Stay out here as long as you want."
"Ok, and thanks."
He waved me off and climbed down the ladder. As I watched the sun go down, I thought about the day, noticing how lucky I was to find that potion. I don't think my life would've been the same. That also reminded me: I wondered how Crepa and Squish were doing?
Sweet Jesus that was some chapter. Well, at least we added some new characters into the mix: a seductive Slime girl named Squish, and a crafting genius named Sam. How will they affect our heroes? Find out in the next chapter!
