Welcome to the Nether

{["Dying,"]} everyone said simultaneously.

{Er, no thanks. Riley n' I like our personal space, and Wills will just punch you into lava. Sorry.}

{William is the only one with a nickname. But I'm the only one who calls him Wills.}

Henry laughed bitterly. {Perfect? We're not perfect. I'm a lazy bastard who only jumps to action when one of my friends is threatened. Riley doesn't feel guilty about killing humans. William pushes other archers into the lava for shits n' giggles.I could go on for days as to why we're not the 'precious cinnamon rolls' you want us to be.}

"...I had...a...Lucky Stone Hoe. It...was...an inside...joke. I...also...love iron..." Riley replied, handing a Potion of Harming (which heals Undead Mobs) to Henry.{I always found Lapis to be very pretty,} Henry said as he poured the potion onto William's skull. {I also had a stuffed Pig plush named Mr. Wiggles. I always slept with 'im. Wills has a Guardian scale made into a necklace. It's a gift from ma. She's a decendant of the people who built the Ocean Temples. She told us that the scale was a gift from the first Elder Guardian as a show of his gratitude.}William sat up, holding his head. [Ugh...what happened...?]{You got hit by a foul ball,} Henry replied.The Archer groaned. [Notch, I hate Ghastball.]

"...I'm...on very good...terms with...the Blazes. I...guess you could...call...us...friends..."{The Zombie Pigmen respect me for having a Diamond Sword. But I'd only call a few of 'em my friends. It's kinda creepy, actually. The rest of 'em practically worship me as a god thanks to my sword. I guess it's very uncommon for a Mob to have such a strong weapon.} Henry shrugged.{As for my bro, he likes to hang around with the other Skeleton Archers, but mostly to complain about how much The Nether sucks and to have contests with. I dunno how close he is with 'em. But I do know he n' that Ghast are pretty close.}((Whoops! I misread the ask and thought it said 'come DOWN here.' To fully answer your question: no the trio have not made any friends with anyone from the Overworld. Despite how care-free the other skeletons - both Wither and Archer - act around the trio, they are VERY aggressive towards any humans. Very few have made it to the center of the fortress, where the Blazes and Nether Warts are.Actually, this Nether Fortress seems to have a lot more skeletons than usual.I wonder why))

Riley looked up from her brewing stand. "...I like to...meditate..."{When I was alive, I would read n' fish. Since fishin' ain't an option anymore, I just read. N' since Wills is knocked out, I'll answer on his behalf. He'll never admit it, but I've seen 'im chattin' with one of the Ghasts. The bloke in question is missing three tentacles. The two of 'em seem to be pretty close.}

Henry frowned. {William got nailed by a fireball while Riley n' me were playing Ghastball. The 'batter' hit the fireball wrong n' hit my bro with it.}Said skeleton was lying on the floor. He appeared to be unconscious, and had a large crack in his skull.{Riley is brewing up a potion for 'im. Thankfully, you don't *need* to kill a Blaze to get a Blaze Rod. They can just give you one of the ones on their bodies. It'll grow back after a while.}The Wither Skeleton looked at his brother. {Thankfully, skeletons in The Nether are tougher than average. A regular ol' Overworld skele woulda been blasted to smithereens.}

((That’s all for now!))

If William still had eyes, he would have rolled them. [It's The Wither, dumbass. He controls all of the Wither Skeletons. Thankfully, they still have some semblance of free will, but The Wither can take that away at any moment. Henry and Riley, like most Wither Skeletons, choose to follow his orders willingly so that hey can still be themselves.]The skeleton archer looked at the ground. [...I've seen them under The Wither's control before. It's terrifying. They don't do anything other than patrol and kill. And they're so QUIET. They don't make any noise other than the occasional bone rattle! And when they're done patrolling, they just stand there like statues. It's creepy.]He shivered. [They'll even kill any Wither Skeletons that try to disobey The Wither. I'm not a Wither Skeleton, so I'm safe from their blades...I think.Thank Notch, they haven't been possessed in a long time. Then again, The Wither doesn't have a body right now, so his powers are limited. But it's only a matter of time before some jackass decides to summon him again. Then he'll be back at full power.]

“…the only…person I ever…saw…was my…sister. We didn’t live…anywhere near…any settlements. I…don’t even…think there were…any…testificate villages…nearby…”

“…I don’t have any…specific…talent. You…could say…I’m…a jack of all…trades…” Riley tilted her head. “…although I was…starting…to become…very…handy with Redstone…before I…died…”

{We wouldn't try to terrorize people. None of us actually WANT to hurt anyone. Riley n' I only attack out of self-defense, or if the Big Boss wants us to. Wills is just tryin' to act tough when he says he uses humans for target practice. The only time he actually attacks people is when they're tryin' to kill us.Honestly, I'm not sure what we'd do if we're ever able to escape the Nether. We can't exactly go back to our old lives. Everyone would attack us on sight...}