Hello, this is Pastrinator64 with another chapter from VOiD. I have another important announcement for you all. I will be leaving this Sunday for a week at a science/math camp being held at Madison University, so I just wanted to let you all know I won't be here next week. I just wanted to say that now because I definitely won't be able to have another chapter ready by tomorrow before I leave. Anyway, now that you know, how about some more replies to reviews?
Replies To Reviews...
Somebody10101: I don't know, I think that'd be overkill, just saying.
YoshiEmblem: You want to hug Lalita? Only if you want to get tickled to death, dude. X3
Guest: I bet she felt like garbage, that's for certain.
JumpingJacks1357: You find out about why Mr. Pig didn't mutate a few chapters in the future.
Nwinds: I try and make myself cry when I write backstories, that's how I decide if they're good enough.
Nwinds: Got it!
Enderwolf: No, instead of dying in lava, first they need to be punished by Lalita's whipping, and THEN be thrown into lava.
CSICreeper: *and then, Squidward comes in to rescue everyone from Pastrinator64's mind-control Poptarts* XD
Tribble queen: Scary? What, are you afraid of Lalita or something?
Kyle McShade: I've never actually encountered a horse in survival before. I try, though.
Enderdude: I'll have an OC in a few chapters, you just wait... ;)
Done, done, and DONE! Now then, ON WITH THE STORY!
Hello, this is Pastrinator64 with another chapter from VOiD. Last time on VOiD we watched as Mark wandered off into the woods with his pet Mr. Pig. It had gone past night, and they were both lost, but then got captured by a mysterious tree giant an tendril-like vine creatures. Past midnight, Kelsey went looking for him, only to be captured by the same vines. She got the tickling of a lifetime by a strange mutant Venus flytrap inside the tree giant, but then convinced the plant to let her and Mark go. She found Mark and several other men and boys being whipped in an entirely separate room, and Mark had to be healed by the plant, which was now named Lalita. Rexum came in to take them away after a brief period of his and Lalita's argument. Around noon that day, after everyone had a good sleep they came back to visit Lalita, which ended with Vanessa being slapped by a furious Kelsey. This set everyone in a totally stony mood. Now we watch from first Adrian and then Gabe's perspectives as they go through the next two days of their week.
Now, let the story commence!
Chapter 12: Just One Week (Days 3-4)
Day 3-7: The Curse Of The Spherical Specter (Adrian's POV)
Adrian could definitely tell there was some tension between Mark and Kelsey the day after the disaster involving his little sister getting slapped and that creature Lalita becoming a sap-gushing cripple-plant for thirty seconds. It was only ten o'clock in the morning and Mark was already looking moodily at Kelsey, who would frequently cast a look at him to try and catch his eye. Not his eye, Mark's eye. Adrian and Mark would joke around and talk, but Adrian could definitely tell Mark's mind was always somewhere else.
Then there was the matter of Mark's little sister Vanessa. She just sat by the window, staring out at the ocean nearby, just staring with no expression at all. Mark usually tried to talk with her, but the most she did was answer with one word answers or just nod/shake her head.
Everybody in the cabin just seemed tense. Rexum was angered with Mark and Kelsey for causing so much trouble. Mark was now unwilling to talk to Kelsey, while Kelsey seemed desperate to talk with him. Vanessa wouldn't talk to ANYONE. Gabe just seemed solemn, but still ignored Mark and his feelings for Kelsey completely. And for some strange reason, the Mickey the silverfish and the entire pig family seemed to be scared to death of Lucas. The only person who didn't have anything against anyone was... Well, him!
Adrian looked around the quiet cabin and finally he sighed, standing up, but nobody looked at him.
"Alright, I'mah gonna go out and explore. While I'mah gone, I want ya guys to get back together like ya used ter be!"
Then he walked over to the furnaces, picking out a couple of porkchops, and then left without anyone giving him a second look. He walked down towards the beach and just walked, twirling his iron frying pan around with his finger through the hole on the handle. He mastered this skill back when he lived on Earth around the time of when he was only thirteen, maintaining the skill all the way until he was forty before he forgot. Since his Minecraftian soul remained in the game, he still has that skill with him.
It made him think of his old life back in Texas when he was a kid. He and his family had always been poor, but they sure knew how to have a good time. In fact, Adrian had taught himself to dance when he was fourteen, a year before he played Minecraft for the first time.
Adrian walked along the beach for a while, thinking about everything, just everything that came to his mind. Although, after a whole hour of just walking on the beach, he began to grow hot and tired, so he looked around to check there was no one nearby, and took off his checkered blue shirt and shorts and folded them neatly on the sand, setting his hat on top.
He dove into the water and swam for about ten minutes just to keep cool, and after that time he got out, air-dried his whole body—except his hair, which would remain wet for a little while longer—and went to put on his clothes. But when he got there, he realized something was missing: His favorite cowboy hat. That especially made him mad, because he'd rather run naked through the entire Mall Of America than lose his cowboy hat.
Adrian looked around for the jerk who took it, but he didn't see anyone. Instead, he saw someTHING. Standing in between two trees of the nearby forest was a witch. Yes, a witch in a forest, which Adrian didn't think was possible, but there she was in front of him. The witch had replaced her traditional pointy witch's cap with his cowboy hat, which was perched lopsided on her balding gray scalp. Then the witch spotted him looking and her eyes widened, and naturally, she ran into the forest.
"That does it!" said Adrian.
He ran into the forest, pursuing this witch, and for some reason every time he saw her he could only see her turn a corner. He pursued her for who knows how long, and finally he caught up with her. The trees were thinning out, making it easier for him to run after her. Soon he was a mere five blocks away from her. The witch suddenly found herself at the mouth of a cave, and she rushed in at once, taking the hat with her.
Adrian stopped at the dark hole standing between him and his hat, and he shuddered. Despite how he acted, there were two faults in Adrian. One, that he was afraid to go into caves due to his fear of hostile mobs, and two, that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't properly assassinate a Creeper. So he had a decision to make: Either chicken out and forget the hat he grew up wearing, or enter a dark cave with the prospect of facing a witch and possible Creepers.
He took the latter.
Adrian took a deep, cleansing breath and entered the dark cave, his frying pan poised to strike. He wished dearly that he'd brought torches now that he was swallowed in darkness. Suddenly, just when he thought about coming back later with some torches, a light appeared in front of him, which filled the entire cave. It was a large cave indeed, and there were several pretty waterfalls and lavafalls and crevices and pillars of rock, and PLENTY of colorful ores lining the walls.
Adrian was absolutely terrified of it all.
The light itself was a suddenly placed torch, only it was lit with a white flame strong enough to give light to the entire cave. Sitting behind the torch was a small figure completely covered in a gray cloak.
"Hello." the person said plainly.
Adrian jumped slightly, not used to meeting strange people in caves.
"I am the Spherical Specter, what can I do for you?"
"I... Uh... I jus' wanted to find ma hat. Some witch took it inter this cave and I—"
"Ah, so Matilda is up to her usual schemes. Oi! Matilda!"
Suddenly, Matilda the witch appeared from out of nowhere with Adrian's hat still on. He tried to snatch it back, but she zoomed backwards, and at his amazed expression she said,
"Potion of Swiftness." then she turned to the small hooded figure sitting behind his candle and said, "Whadda you want?! I'm trying to find something that'll go good with this hat..."
The figure's voice suddenly turned raspy when they spoke,
"You fool, that is a men's hat. Besides, I am not interested in your stolen goods, I want you to help me propose an offer to Mr. Adrian Stevenson otherwise known as Adrian Grass..."
"How did—" began Adrian, raising a finger.
But Matilda cut in and shushed him. Her eyes went down from his eyes to his feet and then back up again as she observed him. Adrian began to feel extremely awkward, and he looked back down at the figure.
"Er, can I just have ma hat back?" he asked hopefully.
The figure nodded his head and replied,
"Yes you may."
"Oh, great, so..."
He tried to snatch the hat back from Matilda's clammy scalp, but she zoomed out of the way again.
"But first you must complete a task for me..." said the figure.
Adrian rubbed his temples to get rid of an oncoming headache.
"Will it take long, cuz I've gotta get back ter—"
"No, it will not take very long, but you MUST do it properly."
"Ok," said Adrian sitting down on the rock to rest; the long run had still winded him. "I'm listening."
"You must get me that kerosene lamp."
The figure pointed directly above him at the ceiling of the cave. Hanging magically in midair near the ceiling was a sphere-shaped—no joke, it really was a sphere—kerosene lamp. The only thing was, it was roughly twenty blocks up. Adrian grinned; knowing all he'd have to do was go outside, grab some dirt and go up to grab it.
"Let me go outside and grab some dirt and—"
"No, you are not allowed to leave the block on which you stand, otherwise you'll be disintegrated upon contact with another block."
Adrian's mouth opened slightly at the realization of his hopeless task. He had no blocks and he couldn't move from where he was standing. To his side Matilda smiled and said,
"Ooh, how DREADFUL! This really IS a hopeless case!"
But then Adrian actually had an idea. He may not have had blocks, but he did have other items with him.
He took a cooked porkchop from his hotbar and set it frying pan, looking up at the kerosene lamp that was his target. He swung back and then forward, launching the porkchop into the air. But it missed by a whole two blocks, and landed on the nearby stone, disintegrating instantly.
Adrian felt his palms get sweaty as he put on his last porkchop. He looked up, focusing hard on the floating kerosene lamp, and he tossed the porkchop. Once again, he failed to hit his target, and it landed with a splat, then disintegrated the next moment. He didn't have any more porkchops.
Then he looked down at his iron frying pan. What would it be, his frying pan or his hat? Then he reminded himself that he really didn't have a choice now that everything around him caused automatic-death upon contact. So, he looked back up at the kerosene lamp, bit his lip, and then swung. Third time's the charm, because the iron frying pan just grazed the lamp, and it fell out of the air. Adrian caught his frying pan first, jerking it forward in his hand to catch the falling kerosene lamp. Then the figure spoke again, saying,
"Good, good. Now give it to me."
Adrian gave the kerosene lamp to the cloaked man, who took it with both hands. Then, without warning, he thrust it downward at the stone ground, making it shatter. A wave of kerosene splashed over the strange white torch, which flared up to fifty times its original size, forming a perfect sphere of flame. Adrian stumbled backwards, his eyebrows surely singed off, staring at the giant white fireball, which had suddenly turned a violent shade of blue. Suddenly, a light purple face appeared onto it, crooked and grinning.
"YOU TOTALLY FELL FOR IT! AAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAAA!"
Mark just stared, absolutely horrified and frozen in place by chilling fear. The fireball's stare bore through him like an icy cold drill as it spoke.
"THAT CLOAKED MAN WASN'T THE SPHERICAL SPECTER! I AM THE SPHERICAL SPECTER! I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF THAT HORRID TORCH FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS EVER SINCE I GOT SHUT OUT BY THAT FOOL REXUM, THAT OLD WIZARDING IDIOT! OHHHH, BUT NOW THAT I'M OUT I FEEL LIKE DOING WHAT I USED TO DO... PUTTING EVIL CURSES ON PEOPLE! AAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAAA!"
Adrian panicked and stumbled to his feet, running in the other direction, but a blue wall of fire before he'd gone five steps, and he was forced to turn around and face the Spherical Specter's giant fireball.
"AND NOW, INTRODUCING YOUR VERY OWN CURSE! OOGLYBOOGLY! WAGGAMAGGA! FUCHUBRUCHU! MACHAPACHACHAPDACK!"
A blue light flashed in front of Adrian's face and he blinked away stars, a sickening feeling entering his stomach.
"AAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAAA! NOW YOU'VE BEEN CURSED! YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT IT?! NO?! WELL TOO BAD, I'LL TELL YOU ANYWAY! NOW EVERY TIME YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH SOMEBODY, GUESS WHAT HAPPENS?! YOU TURN INTO A SPHERE! YES, YOU WILL BE THE ONLY SPHERE IN THE WORLD OF MINECRAFT! GOOD LUCK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REVERSE IT! AAAAHAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
There was another burst of blue light, and Adrian closed his eyes to avoid becoming blind. After a few seconds he opened his eyes again, and all that was left was a perfectly normal torch sitting where the white one used to be. The Spherical Specter, the hooded figure and Matilda were all gone. Adrian's hat was sitting in front of the torch, which he hastily picked up, hurrying towards the cave mouth. He'd been eager to leave the cave ever since he entered.
He slapped his hat back on his crop of brown hair, wondering what the heck just happened. Instead of exploring more, he decided that it was time to go home, take a rest, and figure out how to explain to the others about what he just experienced. Then there was the matter of shaking hands...
When Adrian walked in the door, he noticed that everyone was still sulking around, glaring at each other or not looking at all. He walked up to Mark, who was still staring with his eyes squinted at Kelsey, and he said,
"Hey Mark?"
Mark didn't look up at him, but answered with a grunt to show he was listening.
"I need ter tell and show ya sometink extremely important."
He looked up at Adrian and said,
"Ok, what?"
Adrian twiddled his thumbs and replied,
"Er, but nobody else can be watching, not yet."
Mark sighed, looked back at Kelsey, and then stood up. Adrian led him out through the squeaky door and they walked towards the beach. Once they set foot on sand Adrian looked back to make sure they were a good distance from the house. Then he turned back to Mark and said,
"Ok, yer not gonna believe me, but..."
"Go ahead, I'll try to believe you just because we're friends."
So Adrian told Mark everything. He started with him taking a swim in the beach, going to the witch named Matilda luring him with his hat into the cave, then to the cloaked figure with his white torch and him having to get the kerosene lamp down. Then he talked about the whole Spherical Specter coming up from the torch and giving him a curse, and what the curse was.
"...And so whenever I shake hands with someone I'mah supposed to turn inter a sphere."
Mark pondered over what he said for a minute or so, but then looked at him and said,
"I'll believe it when I see it." he extended his hand. "Let's shake to prove it."
Adrian pulled back his hand immediately.
"But the Spherical Specter weirdo didn't say how ter reverse it."
Mark rolled his eyes and said,
"Dude, haven't you ever heard of Paper Mario Thousand Year Door?"
Adrian blinked, looking clueless.
"It's this really, really, REALLY old game my dad has in mint condition, and it's like, from over four hundred years ago in the year 2004 or something. Anyway, Mario, the main character, meets this random black box that when opened lets out a spirit kinda like the guy you said you met. Then he curses Mario, but the curse turns out to be useful instead of crippling! Everyone there is made of paper, so... Get it?"
Adrian raised his head like he was going to nod, but it turned into a shake again.
"Mario turns into different paper-formations like a normal slip of paper, a tube, an airplane, and a paper boat. When he turns back, he UNFOLDS into his normal form. Have you ever heard of papercraft?" this time Adrian nodded. "Well, there are tons of papercraft for Minecraft on Earth. All we are here are just REALLY strong papercraft folds, you see? It's because our bodies have perfect dimensions. So, when you turn into a ball, you must just crumple up like a papercraft! Then all you have to do is have someone fold you back together, am I right?"
Adrian thought about this, and then shrugged.
"I guess so. But if this turns out for the worst, yer NOT gonna roll ma body through sand and grass just ter get ter Rexum."
Adrian extended his hand to Mark, and they shook. Suddenly, Adrian gasped as he felt something heavy come over him, almost sickening, but at the same time somewhat relaxing; it was a very strange sensation. But then he felt his vision curving around, and he knew he was crumpling up into a ball. When it was all done, his vision was completely slanted, and he couldn't move any of his limbs. But as though it were instinct, he found himself rolling towards Mark, who was looking down on him. He didn't know how he managed to move, but he was doing it.
"Dude, Adrian! You really are a ball of a crumpled up paper! You're pretty much the same size as a regular block, only spherical." he grinned and shook his head. "It's just like Paper Mario all over again! Can you roll around on your own?"
"I... I think so."
Adrian tilted to the right and started rolling. He rolled in a full circle around Mark and then stopping with his head faced back up. He wanted to make sure he wasn't face-first in the sand as much as possible.
"Yep. Now, I don't care how this'll come in handy, jus' get me oughta this form."
Mark walked forward and picked up the lightweight crumpled ball that was Adrian and started to un-crumple him. Once that was done he was jus the dimensions of papercraft, so he set Adrian on the ground and started folding, humming to himself.
"Ohhhhhkaaaayyyyyyy, this feels weird." muttered Adrian.
Finally, Mark folded in the last side for the dimensions of his head, and as though it were magic Adrian came to life again, his body back to how it should be. He rubbed all over his body, which ached from being crumpled into a ball. He stood up and shuddered, brushing sand from his blue checkered shirt. As he took off his hat to tip it over, sand poured out of the rim.
"Well, at least now ya know I'mah not lying."
Mark looked back at their house in the distance and said,
"How're you gonna tell the rest of them about this? Nobody will believe you unless you transform back into a crumpled ball of used-to-be-papercraft, which I'm sure you don't want to do."
"I guess I'll just have ta do it. Not now, though, not terday, ma body's still sore." muttered Adrian.
As they walked back to their house, Adrian looked sideways at Mark. He wished that he and Kelsey would make up again, so he figured maybe he could talk him into it.
"Mark, I need ta know why yer mad at Kelsey."
Mark scowled and muttered,
"Well for one thing, she slapped my little sister. And two, she's making googly-eyes at Gabe, who, from most people's perspectives, is WAY cooler than I am. He deserves Kelsey, I'm just a dweeb anyway."
"Mark, if yer a dweeb, then yer the goldang coolest dweeb I've ever met."
Mark smiled a little, which was a start, but then he scowled again.
"Yeah, well... I just love Kelsey so much! It's kind of obvious, too, and she knows it. And I'm just not sure whether she likes me or Gabe or both or neither... Or whatever! I just don't know, and that's what's bugging me the most, the fact that she won't tell me either way." he protested, crossing his arms.
Adrian looked back at the house, which was coming closer into view.
"You know, ya gotta prove ta Kelsey that yer her man, if ya want my advice." he said, putting an arm around Mark.
"Yeah, but that's what Gabe said to me, and then he went and fell in love with her too." he muttered.
"It doesn't matter what Gabe does, yer so much better than him in so many ways!"
"Oh yeah? Name some for me." said Mark, rolling his eyes.
Adrian began to tick off his fingers, saying,
"Well, you've got a great sense o' humor, ya actually like ta talk ter her (Have ya seen Gabe say so much as three sentences ter her?), plus you've got good looks."
"Looks as good as Gabe? Really, Adrian?" said Mark sarcastically.
"Gabe looks like a gorilla in hiking boots, Mark."
That made Mark laugh, and he slapped Adrian on the back.
"You're right, that's what I've got to do! I know she's done things, but I think I understand now. She was just really angry with Vanessa before, I might've done something worse considering she's my sister. Plus, when she was with Gabe that moment when we got home, I don't think she was really missing him, I think she was covering up for having affections for me! But then again, what is she hiding that I can't know?" murmured Mark, racking his brain for answers.
"Well, here we are!" they had already arrived at their door. "You gonna go and ask her, or what?"
Mark stepped through the door, muttering,
"Yes, yes I am!"
As Mark went over to find Kelsey, Adrian walked back to his bed and lay down on it, giving his body time to rest up and get rid of the aches. A few minutes later, Mark came back to him and said,
"Well, Kelsey must've left, because she's definitely not here."
Adrian inclined his head to look at him and said,
"She's probably thinking over everything like you were, let's give 'er some time. Wait 'til tomorrow to say anything."
The rest of the day, Adrian lay on his bed without moving, keeping his limbs relaxed and out of stress. He wanted to get up and do something, but after going through the crumpling curse he didn't want to move his sore muscles. Soon it was nighttime, and Kelsey finally came in the door. Adrian looked to his side at Mark, who was looking up at Kelsey as she passed. She looked at him, gave a little nod, and then lay down in her own bed without a word. Mark looked over at Adrian with a grin, signaling that the nod was a good sign. Adrian grinned back, but it turned into a grimace as he looked back up at the ceiling. He hoped that he wouldn't be completely useless by tomorrow.
Day 4-7: The Secret Project (Gabe's POV)
Gabe sat on his bed, the springs creaking from his weight. He sat in a pose similar to The Thinker's. He was running through what he needed to do for the day: 1. Get lapis lazuli, 2. Get coal, 3. Get sand for glass, 4. Get bones, 5. Get wood, 6. Get spider eye, and finally, 7. Get roses. These things were key ingredients for his survival, the reasons, however, remained unknown.
He stood up and looked around at his colleagues. He didn't know what had happened yesterday, but now Mark didn't look stony-faced anymore. Kelsey kept glancing from him to Gabe, then back to whatever she was doing. Rexum had apparently gotten over the whole disaster with that mutant plant creature and Mark and Kelsey wandering off, because now he just meditated quietly in the corner, sitting atop his frosty Eyestone with a calm face. Vanessa seemed to be the only one who wasn't looking at anyone; she still looked frustrated as she stared out the window for the second day in a row.
Gabe walked towards the door, the only one glancing up being Lucas, who'd been sitting on his bed, cracking his toes. Once he was through their squeaky front door he walked towards the forest to grab some wood. He only needed one block, so he left a tree sitting there without a middle. Then he walked towards the beach to get some glass. He broke some blocks of sand and then headed back towards the direction of their house.
Now he headed into the forest quietly, searching for any spiders. He didn't find any, unfortunately, but he did find an open patch of sunlight where some arrows and bones from a burned-up skeleton. He picked up both, and then continued into the forest to find a spider.
Even after a couple hours of walking, Gabe didn't find a single spider. Rexum wouldn't let him go out after dark when all the mobs were mutated, so he would have to find a tame spider during the daytime if this were to work... If it... Would work... It would have to, wouldn't it?
Gabe walked back to the grassy plains where their house was, looked around for roses, but didn't see any, so instead he walked out back and took a couple roses from their garden. Then he walked back the front door, thinking over the rest of his list. A lot of his items required mining, so he walked back inside to get his pick. Once again, nobody but the curious Lucas looked up at him as he went about his business. As he was exiting the house, he heard someone move behind him. The moment he was out the door, he heard Lucas speak behind him.
"Hey, whatcha doing?"
Gabe didn't bother looking back, he just started to tunnel into the ground without an answer. Once he hit stone Lucas said again,
"I said, whatcha doing?"
As Gabe drilled into the stone with his shiny diamond pick he said,
"That is none of your business."
Then Lucas went quiet. Gabe actually thought that Lucas had gone away, but then he hit a cavern a few minutes later, and as he walked into it he heard the boy speak again; apparently he was still being followed.
"Whadda you mining?"
"That is none of your business. Do not make me repeat it again." muttered Gabe.
Gabe walked towards a vein of coal set in the floor and mined it out.
"Secret crafting recipe, maybe?" asked Lucas, bouncing on the balls of his feet.
Gabe didn't answer; he just continued to walk on. Then he entered a darker part of the cavern.
"You shouldn't be down here without a weapon." he said.
He started tunneling into the wall; he still needed to find some lapis lazuli.
"Trust me, Gabe, I don't need a weapon."
Gabe turned around to look at Lucas, who was staring him down suspiciously. He had out his diamond axe, which was clutched in his hand at his side. Lucas turned around; placing some random obsidian he somehow managed to obtain to block the way out. Darkness filled the room, and suddenly Gabe felt a hand close around his neck, pushing him against the stone wall behind him. Then he felt the blade of the axe positioned on his chest.
"I'm onto you, "Gabe". I will find out what you are hiding, I swear I will. And if you tell anyone about this, I will kill you, even if you aren't an imposter..."
Then he felt the blade and the hand pull away. Gabe felt blindly to the other wall and broke open the wall of obsidian with his diamond pickaxe. Once it was all gone he stepped back out into the cavern, looking around in the light of the nearby lava stream. Lucas was already gone.
Gabe grimaced, knowing that his secret wouldn't be a secret for long if this kept up. So he mined quickly, finally finding some lapis after another hour or so. Then he headed up his staircase to the surface. The sun was just beginning to set, so he didn't have much time to find spider eyes. Then he realized that Mark had killed that mutant spider a while ago when he was trying to save that Amelia girl, so there must be spider eyes in one of the their chests.
So he jogged up to the door, opening it up as quietly as it would cooperate. He closed it once inside and walked over to their chests in the middle of the room. He opened them one by one, and found the spider eyes he was looking for in the food chest—technically, even though temporarily poisonous, they were still foodstuffs. Gabe took the spider eyes and then stood up by one of the crafting tables above their furnaces. He put the ingredients on the crafting table, setting down the lapis to make blue dye, and then the coal to make black dye. Then he took out the glass, setting it down as well. He put down both the dyes, making a murky blue dye as a result. As he was putting his sand into the furnaces below him he heard someone talk behind him.
"Hey, whadda you making?"
For a moment Gabe jumped, thinking it was Lucas, but when he turned around it was just Kelsey. He looked over her shoulder to see Lucas sitting on his bed, watching him closely. He looked back down at Kelsey and muttered,
"Uh... I am making... I can't say it aloud."
"Whisper it, then."
He looked back at Lucas, who was definitely giving him a warning look.
"I can't tell anyone, I'm sorry."
Then Gabe turned around to take out his new blocks of glass, placing them on the crafting table. Kelsey stood on her tip-toes to get a better look of the crafting table's top where Gabe was making who-knows-what.
"Dark blue dye and glass? What do expect to make?"
Gabe ignored her question. The last thing he needed was for everyone to figure out what he was doing. He couldn't even tell Kelsey, not even her.
"Please, may I have privacy?"
Kelsey shrugged and walked back to her bed, sitting down to watch him curiously from there. Gabe went back to crafting, his thick fingers fumbling with the dye and the glass. His fingers were soon stained dark blue. Then the night flew over them, and Rexum told him to go to bed. He just put his items in the hotbar on his left arm for safekeeping. As he lay down in bed, he wondered both about whether he'd be able to create what he needed and about whether he'd even be able to keep his project a secret. At the moment, both of them seemed, well, utterly hopeless.
OHHHHHHHHHHH YEAH! Now the secrets really are spilling out! It seems as though Lucas and Gabe both have secrets! So, what do you suppose Gabe might be crafting? You'll find out soon enough, don't you worry!
Now then, MORE QAA!
To the Fourth Wall Repairman: I dressed up like my OC and behaved like my OC for an entire day. *puts on helmet and ducks*
Fourth Wall Repairman: Er, good for you. I don't suppose your OC is good at fixing the fourth wall, is it?
To Lalita: I'm a guy but can I have a hug? _(w)_
Lalita: Now that I have been freed from torment by Rexum, I guess I no longer detest males! Of course! *wraps you completely around your torso with like ten vines*
To the Fourth Wall Repairman: That was a duplicate me! *dons anti-strangle armour*
Fourth Wall Repairman: Curses! Foiled again!
To Lucas: How do you feel about the questions about the Glitch doing something to you? Here *ggives him every kind of ice cream you can think of* enjoy!
Lucas: Um... No... That's not it.
To Sky: Are you ashamed you lost the rap battle?
Sky: Am I ashamed?! ASHAMED?! ASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDD?! ...Yeah.
To: Lalita A.k.a. Giant Friendly Deku Baba: What do you mean Lucas "smells different? (PS Here is zombie to cuddle.)
Lalita: He smells... *snifffffffffffffffff* Untrustworthy...
To Da Glitch: What ya do ta Lucas? Filty ole codger!
Da Glitch: Whadda ya talkin' 'bout fool? You da filty ole codger! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
To Vanessa: Do you hate Kelsey now? And your name reminds me of my sister.
Vanessa: Yes, even more than before. Not only is she mean, but she's also making googly-eyes at Gabe! MY GABE!
To Kelsey: Apologizing to Mark anytime soon?
Kelsey: I want to, it's just... Oh, everything is so complicated, I couldn't explain it...
Alright, but for next time, how will all these secrets be revealed? What exactly is going on between Lucas and Gabe? And what IS Gabe trying to craft in secret? Plus, how does Adrian feel about being crumpled into a ball? (That one's kinda obvious, actually...)
But for now, this is Pastrinator64, and I'll see you later with chapter numbah twelve!
*throws sugar bomb, disappears in a cloud of fine white sugar*
Byyyyyeeeeee...
~Pastrinator64 [~]