"So... what do you think of the messages in chat?"
Joe shrugged.
"Mycelium Resistance?"
Joe shrugged again.
Cleo gave a small chuckle. "Jeez, Joe, do you have any emotion at all?"
Joe bumped her arm. "Maybe. Maybe not. I really don't know what to do yet."
Cleo smiled, her fire-orange hair a stark contrast to her mint green skin. Joe described it as mint-chocolate-chips-but-without-the-chocolate-chips.
A crash, then someone's fast paced footsteps, made the duo stop walking.
What happened next was beyond Joe's comprehension at that point. There was Cubfan backing up Rendog into a corner, Etho chasing Keralis in the sky.
Cleo grabbed his hand and they started to run, but they didn't make it very far before an arrow whistled past Joe's nose to pierce Cleo's neck.
Joe equipped his elytra and sped away fast, tears flowing freely. He touched down at False's base, and fell unconscious. His brain simply couldn't take anything else today.
"Joe? Joe, can you hear me?"
Joe opened his eyes to see the helmet of Xisuma. He sat up, then immediately crashed back down again.
"Hey, hey, easy."
"Where's Cleo?"
Xisuma sighed. "Joe..."
Joe's brows furrowed. "X, where is she?"
Xisuma made frantic motions with his hands, and then his shoulders slumped.
"Joe... Cleo's gone."