A/N: I hate group projects. In history we are doing plays on Japan, and my group is lazy, and their ideas, okay, suck. No one ever does anything truly productive, and I don't need another 85. If you have any tips, please comment below! ;)
After 3 hours of running, Jerome arrived on the outskirts of the city. He saw a small building, with colorful beacon lights and players dancing to note block music. Shattered glass from potion bottles surrounded the building, and Jerome wandered in, not knowing where to go.
A man drank a potion and started dazing around the dance floor. A chicken sat on top of the DJ stand, flapping its wings.
Jerome had not eaten in ages. He saw the bar area where the potions were brewed. He saw water. Could there be fish? Jerome thought to himself. He stuck his head in the water, and started slurping. People freaked out, ran, and called the cops.
Mitch walked into the court with his new case. An unknown furry creature broke into a nightclub and started making weird noises in the water. Mitch was kind of happy, it was a step up from what he usually did.
He looked at his client, a furry creature in a torn-up suit. Mitch doubted he was a player. "So, I've gotta defend you…" Mitch said.
"I'm sorry," Jerome replied sheepishly. 'I can't pay you, I have nothing."
Mitch sighed. He was already 30 emeralds short from a bet lost with Matt, and now a client with no cash.
"Whatever dude, I have to do my job."
Mitch argued for the next few hours that his client was not disturbing anyone, that he was just fishing in his natural customs. Somehow, he convinced the jury that the furry creature was inncoent.
"Let's go out to a restaurant to celebrate the win," suggested Mitch.
"I don't really know what a restaurant is, but I think my tribe raided one once," said Jerome.
Mitch tilted his head a little. This guy was definitely a foreigner.
While they got to the restaurant, the host stared at Jerome in confusion. "Uhh, leave your wolf outside please," he asked Mitch.
"No, he's a player," insisted Mitch.
Jerome looked art himself. He knew he wasn't a player. "No, I'm no-"
"Come on, player, let's go eat inside."
Jerome walked inside. He saw players eating the finest of food, finer than any food he had ever eaten. Mitch and Jerome sat at the table, looking at the menus.
"Hello," said a friendly waitress. "I'm AshleyMarieeGaming, just call me Ashley. What can I get you guys tonight?"
Jerome stared in astonishment. "Wait, so you bring us the food? We don't have to scavenge for it ourselves? Wow, that's cool!"
"I'll get the smoked salmon with beetroot soup," said Mitch.
Jerome studied the menu and all of its foreign foods. Squid calamari? Cake a la Mode? Then, Jerome saw something familiar, fish.
"I'll take the fish and chips, and I want the fish raw."
The waitress gave Jerome a look of disgust, but wrote the order down. 20 minutes later, Jerome and Mitch ate their meals.
"Hey, BajanCanadian?" Jerome asked Mitch. "Can I sleep in your shelter tonight? I have nowhere to sleep."
"Sure, but please, call me by my name, Mitch. BajanCanadian is just my formal name."
Jerome was surprised by all these different and unusual customs, but it was better than whatever the tribe was probably doing. Jerome could see his pickaxe sticking out from his satchel. Jerome looked at it in disappointment.
"What's wrong, creature?" asked Mitch.
"Uhh, well first of all, my name's Jerome. Second of all, I crafted my axe into a pickaxe and now it's stuck like this."
"We have one more stop to go before my apartment."
The technology store buzzed with color and creativity. All the new redstone creations were likely here. Porkchop-powered jetpacks, mine-tercyles, even the un-crafting table.
"Oh, so you wanna test out the un-crafting bench?" asked a perky store representative. "Just put your item in, collect the parts, and you can even re-craft it with this spiffy fella! Give it a shot!"
Jerome put his pickaxe in the center. The output tray contained three diamonds and two sticks. Carefully, trying to remember the recipe, he put the diamonds in a somewhat triangle shape, then made a handle with the sticks. Jerome smiled in satisfaction, and swung his new diamond axe around.
"Betty, you're perfect!" he said, hugging the axe. He may have used a player method to get a diamond axe, but what did it matter? It's not like the tribe leaders know anything about this sorcery…
"You're a pro!" said the sales rep. "It's yours for only 132 emeralds, not including shipping to your home."
"Nah, we're good." said Mitch, leaving. He poked his head through the door again. "Yeah, you just got played."
They walked to the apartment, on the way, Jerome finally got to experience the real city feel. Jerome felt included, like he belonged. The bright night lights, people laughing and hanging out, walking on the streets.
Mitch entered the room, and Matt was shocked.
"Dude, it's 10:30 PM and you bring us a furry animal home! I've been waiting for hours, and you bring us a furry, stinkin'- mob!"
Mitch stood, offended. "He is not a mob! He has feelings!"
"Hi, I'm Jerome."
Matt scoffed. "Fine, one night we'll let him stay."
Mitch got Jerome a blanket, and put it on the couch. "This is where you'll sleep," he said.
Jerome sat on it, It was bouncy, and comfy. He laid on it, and spread his arms out. He enjoyed his new life. I could get used to this, he thought to himself.
*Snifff* *Snifffff*
"Mitch?" asked a drowsy Matt. "Doo yuh smeh tat?"
"Wah, wat?" replied drowsy Mitch.
They wandered over to the living space where Jerome was sleeping, but he was not there.
"Seh?" said drowsy Matt. "Gis eh whi we don'd let vishitors inn."
They went to the kitchen, where the burning smell was stronger. Jerome was sleeping inside the furnace, not noticing his fur was on fire.
"Jerome!" yelled Mitch. Matt threw a towel at him.
"Wah, wat?" drowsy Jerome asked. "AHHHH!" Jerome ran in circles. He jumped into the sink, and Matt turned the water on.
A neighbor opened the unlocked door, and stared at the situation he saw. "Dumb," he just said to himself. "Dumb."
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