Authors Note
I really can't think of anything to contribute to the storyline this week so this chapters just going to be settling a few points and reinforcing backgrounds and bios. Hope you like it as much as I like you all.
Vanessa's PoV
I was just messing around with some steam boilers and fireboxes when I heard Cupa call to me. She ran over, with what I could see was a piece of paper in her hand.
''Hey, it's been so long, I really wanted to give you this. I think it's better off with you anyway. She handed me the paper, which was yellowing, torn, with water damage in places, but still visible was a diagram of…
''Is this what I think it is?'' I said to her.
''I have no idea what you think it is.''
''This is the missing page of my journal! I lost this years ago, how in the world did you find it?''
''It was stuck in a tree. I actually built that engine into a train once, but it just broke down.''
''That's because I lost it before I could finish it. Look, it even has my initials on it.''
I pointed to the letters V.S at the bottom of the paper.
''That explains so much!''
''In that case, I should give you this I found once. It's a creeper thing so you may like it. I gave her an old postcard I had found in the ruins of the Royal Administration building. It showed five creeper men standing in front of an extremely rusty metal plate about twenty feet long and fifteen feet tall. There had once been words on it, but they had all but faded away. I gave it to Cupa, and she gasped in surprise.
''This… this is my dad! On the middle left, that's him!''
''Wow, really? That's so…coincidental…''
''I'll say! Let's see what it says… Dear Cupa,
Are you still doing okay without me? Actually, I don't need to ask that anymore, not now you're sixteen. Look at you! My little girl, now a strong, young woman!
If you're wondering where I've been all this time, it's digging up all kinds of relics from the Player Age. The one in the picture used to be a billboard. We put it under all sorts of scanners, and we found that it says:
''SipsCo Quality Landscaping Supplies: For all your dirty needs! Phone: 0800 FUKU-SHITU.''
Whatever it means, we may never know. In other news, I think its time you learned about the Circle soon. Darkness is returning, and it's greater than ever. Believe in fate, Cupa, and it will guide you to where you need to go.
With all my love,
Dad.''
''Wow…'' I said in wonder. Cupa's dad seemed to know something that we didn't, and it could be very important if the knew what the fuck he was talking about…
Steve's PoV
I woke up in a strange field. Actually it was more of a meadow biome. It looked normal, until I fell into a hole in the ground. I tumbled down into a cave, but I didn't feel any pain. Something wasn't right. I looked to my left, and there was something strange. A two by two block tunnel, leading straight into blackness. I anxiously walked down it, and suddenly, I heard a scream. I turned around, and I was back in the meadow biome, but there was no colour, and there was fog all around me. Honestly, I was terrified.
''You should give up now.' A voice echoed in my ears. The familiar voice of Him.
''What do you want? There are no more players left to harm!''
''I NEVER WANTED TO SIMPLY HARM THEM!'' The voice roared out suddenly.
''Well then, what did you want?''
''You will find out soon enough, human. There is only death for you, and destruction for all you care about. Once your world is nothing more than dust scattered through the cosmos, I will have gained enough power to sail to a billion worlds and burn them to their cores. I will not stop until every light of hope has been crushed. At that point, I will break through the walls of space-time and tear apart every universe, every alternate timeline, everything. All existence will fall beneath me.''
''We can stop you. We will stop you. Each and every one of us. We will fight to live, and for our loved ones to live. You won't succeed.''
I turned around and saw him staring at me. His pure white eyes seemed more powerful than ever before.
''We will see.'' He simply said to me, and then disappeared.
The next thing I saw was the roof of the building I was staying in. I was… dreaming? Thank fucking Notch. Then again, he has been known to communicate through dreams. I really hope we can pull this off, the stakes are higher than ever now…