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[Scene opens, we see INTHELITTLEWOOD tampering with Cabincore’s hot-tub. It is unclear what he is doing at this time. He is alone, for the time being, SMAJOR1995 having recently left.]
It’s really an innocent thing that he’s doing. No harmful intentions behind it at all, no siree! Technically, by the wiles of Martyn’s completely reasonable justification for this, it’s only a hot tub once it has bubbles. He’s doing them a favour, and if they happen to stand up and take damage from the magma blocks, well, he can’t be blamed for their forgetfulness. It isn’t like they can miss the glowing orange under their feet, it’s right there.
[Enter BDOUBLEO100, there is the beginning of a scowl on his face, and his gait tells us that he is decidedly unhappy to be seeing INTHELITTLEWOOD. He stands on the front decking of the building, attempting to muster up a smile as he watches the situation unfold.]
BDOUBLEO100
“Hey Martyn, watcha doin’?
The unmistakable chipper of Bdubs’ voice. Bdubs who is always suspicious of everything in these games. Bdubs who is always convinced that someone is out to get him. This is going to end one of two ways, by Martyn’s calculations.
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“Bit of home reno for you. Thinking of starting a business, gotta get my foot off the ground somehow.”
Martyn prays that it comes off as a joke, that Bdubs isn’t gonna get all wary of him and run back to Scar or Etho and cry war. Though, it is Bdubs, so he wouldn’t be too surprised.
BDOUBLEO100
“Uh-huh. What are you doing?”
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“Adding bubbles. Seriously, that’s it! Promise.”
BDOUBLEO100
“Mhm. I don’t trust you. Infact, I should go get Etho, see what he thinks of this.”
Really? Is all Martyn can muster up. Can a guy not do one nice thing on a server where they’ll all kill each other eventually? He doesn't think that's too much of an ask.
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“You don’t need to do that, it’s literally just bubbles, look!”
[Enter SOLIDARITYGAMING, with a grin on his face. He is as upbeat as always, as if nothing can bring him down. He is between BDOUBLEO100 and INTHELITTLEWOOD, closer to the door. He is less apprehensive than the man standing next to him.]
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“Hey guys! What are we doing? Is this a chlorine change?”
BDOUBLE100
“Martyn’s trying to kill me and my teammates!”
[BDOUBLEO100 moves further away from the hot-tub building, back out onto the path, as if convinced that it’s rigged to blow.]
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“He’s what? How?”
Oh, this is great. Just great! He already had enough enemies, he doesn't need Jimmy, sweet, surprisingly evil when he wants to be Jimmy, thinking that he’s making his way around the server trying to kill everyone. Fantastic!
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“‘Okay. I am not trying to kill anyone! It’s just bubbles. It isn’t a hot-tub without bubbles.”
[SOLIDARITYGAMING moves inside of the building, getting a good look at what INTHELITTLEWOOD is doing.]
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“I don’t know, Bdubs, this doesn’t look like someone trying to kill your team.”
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“Because I’m not trying to kill them! I had some magma blocks left over after a nether trip and thought that you might like some bubbles.”
BDOUBLEO100
“Yeah, well, I’m not buying it. And- you know what? I’ll keep this quiet from everyone else if you pay me off.”
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“I’m not giving you money because I put bubbles in your hot-tub! It’s supposed to be the other way around, contractee pays the contractor."
[SOLIDARITYGAMING rummages through his inventory, searching for any valuables. He pulls out two diamonds.]
SOLIDARITYGAMING
He sighs. “I’ve got some diamonds, if you want them as hush money.”
BDOUBLEO100
“Oh, perfect! Thank you very much, Jimmy.”
[INTHELITTLEWOOD looks between SOLIDARITYGAMING and BDOUBLEO100. He is in clear disbelief.]
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“Jim, why would you give Bdubs diamonds? I was never trying to kill the cabin boys. You’ve given him hush money for bubbles!”
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“Well, when you put it like that it sounds like a stupid decision.”
BDOUBLEO100
“Nuh Uh. This is a very wise decision, Jimmy. Now when Martyn kills my teammates, we can take credit for the kills.”
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“I’m not trying to kill anyone! Seriously, as long as you crouch you’ll be okay. Or put a layer of glass, this is not a trap. At all.”
[BDOUBLEO steps inside of the cabin, observing the bubbles and sighing in defeat. He looks back to SOLIDARITYGAMING and INTHELITTLEWOOD, narrowing his eyes.]
BDOUBLEO100
“Huh. Okay. Maybe it is just bubbles.”
Yes, this is what he’s been saying! In their defense, he is a fan of traps in plain sight, but this was not the case. A guy just likes a hot-tub with bubbles. He assumed everyone else would too.
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“I told you that like a hundred times!”
BDOUBLEO100
“But you’re Martyn. I’d expect Ren to do something like this, not you.”
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“So, Bdubs, can I have those diamonds back?”
[BDOUBLEO stares at SOLIDARITYGAMING, a frown etched on his face. It is tense between them, their teams are not enemies, but there is an established dislike between them. INTHELITTLEWOOD takes a step back.]
BDOUBLEO100
“Nah, man!” he barks a laugh, “These are gonna make me a sword.”
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“Oh, come on! I need them. You already stole our diamonds earlier, Joel’ll kill me if he finds out I gave you them.”
BDOUBLEO100
“You wouldn’t be out first at least. There’s no way you’re getting these back. I- we, really need these.”
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“Martyn, you were the instigator of all this, you gotta fix it.”
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“Hey, I’m just the bubble guy, I don’t have to do anything.”
BDOUBLEO100
“Hush money is hush money, man.”
SOLIDARITYGAMING
“It’s not hush money if he was never going to kill you! I’ve just given you diamonds!”
BDOUBLEO100
“And they were a very nice gift, I appreciate it. Maybe we can be allies. Martyn, are you sure you aren’t trying to kill us?”
[INTHELITTLEWOOD sighs. He turns to BDOUBLEO100 with a deadpan look.]
INTHELITTLEWOOD
“Genuinely, yes. I just had some magma left after a nether trip and thought bubbles would be cool.”
BDOUBLEO100
“Oh, Jimmy. There’s no point in you having these.”
[BDOUBLEO100 throws the diamonds back to SOLIDAIRTYGAMING, who takes them with a grin. SMAJOR1995 and ZOMBIECLEO have joined the conversation, both watching with amused eyes.]
SOLDARITYGAMING
“We can still be allies though, right?”
BDOUBLEO100
“Nah, just wanted your diamonds.”
[INTHELITTLEWOOD can be heard laughing as he walks back to his base with ZOMBIECLEO. SOLIDARITYGAMING and BDOUBLE100 keep bickering, with SMAJOR1995 attempting to act as a mediator.]
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The Apparition of a Friendly Face (Too Early to Go Insane)
The voice feels so distinctly familiar Grian thinks he must be hallucinating. They’re only two moments removed from when this all started, and that must be way too early to go insane, but contempt and dread settles in his stomach as he looks at the man in front of him.
He looks like Tango — the signature bright hair, the red piercing eyes, the clothing — but he moves and speaks like Mumbo. Starting with the simple fact he is too British.
When the diamond joke comes up for the second time, Grian can only lament that it isn’t the same. When the Tango-shaped figure mines away a block to reveal diamonds, Grian can’t even be relieved at the material that was so essential for survival. He could only think about his friend. About what he was doing here, where he’s been.
And the continuous question of where Tango was.
Why did no one else mention it at all? Why did no one else seem to be put off by the erratic movements that Grian could only simply describe as Mumbo-esque? Why did no one point out the weird mentions of redstone and Decked Out when they had been standing in the pyramid of the Gluten Guys? So out of place in this world. Was it all a figment of Grian’s imagination?
Gem and Pearl certainly didn’t look up when the British accent started speaking. Gem had simply called him Tango, and then had gotten distracted by Skizz falling for the Squarehole. Even later, when Grian had tried to speak out loud that Tango had been a completely different person today, he had gotten no reply. The closest he had gotten to someone acknowledging it was Gem saying that Tango wasn’t allowed to go to the Alps. What she had meant with that just left Grian with a headache.
Grian misses his friend. It is clear as day. Something about this hurt, yet he doesn’t dare ask anyone about it. It feels too much like giving up, giving in to this weird feeling. Even worse? He could be thrown out of his alliance because they will think he has gone mad.
He gets shaken back into the present by Tango — no Mumbo — speaking again, the cadence soft to his ears. He almost melts into it.
“I felt like we could lock eyes, and then cuddle a bit. I might give you a little hug.”
The familiarity of it rumbles something in his chest, sets this aching feeling alight with a fire that he thought he had doused. Yet it’s not his good friend asking, it’s Tango, and the sour taste that fills his mouth right after he had thanked the man for the diamonds sickens him. He physically pushes him away, yet again repeating in his head that it simply isn’t him, that it isn’t the same. Grian doesn’t even register the fact that the body he forces himself past is solid. It cannot be, there is no way that Mumbo was here. Right now. The voices in his mind keep tricking him, they keep telling him that this is exactly who he thinks it is. For that to happen his good friend must suddenly have acquired the powers of possession, and isn’t that a funny thought? Yep, definitely close to breaking now.
He can only distract himself by mining away. He verbally only wails out that it isn’t him.
He has to continue, the ending of this period was coming soon and he had to get away from whatever it was that was plaguing his mind. He can not lose focus this early on in the game. It is simply not an option. Just a few more minutes before he could rest. He has a gut feeling he had to do more than just walk away from a friend— or foe, whatever. Like he had to physically push him, pull him close, throw him- do anything but listen to the voice in the back of his mind telling him this was someone he trusted. The body wasn’t, but that voice is so awfully convincing. The figment of his imagination that made it so he could recognise that moustache did. not. help.
Tango doesn’t have a moustache.
It’s almost enough evidence to tell Grian he has truly lost it.
It’s not him, it’s not your best friend. Nor is it Tango, not really. The Tango-shaped figure follows him into the mine, trying to find diamonds alongside him. TangoJumbo, as Grian has dubbed this apparition for now, joins so effortlessly. The banter is similar, the jokes about hiding the diamonds remain. Almost as if the earlier encounter didn’t happen, as if Grian hadn’t acknowledged how wrong it had felt.
There are a couple of quips of TangoJumbo not really caring about stuff, because it isn’t his in the first place. Which is yet again an odd observation. It’s awful trying to discern what to trust and what not to right now and it swirls in his stomach again as the figure walks right in front of his diamond pickaxe. The first sound of damage almost makes him jump.
Grian had almost managed to convince himself that this figure is indeed just a ghost. This, however, was irrefutable proof that it wasn’t- isn’t.
The second swing of damage somehow makes his breathing pick up, squeak out in a mild panic that it’s not a good idea to walk right in front of his feet. Before Grian can even say that it may become TangoJumbo’s death, the apparition jumps in front of the sharpened edge again and vanishes into the brief void of death, before the cycle would inevitably start again.
Even with it gone, Grian still has to reel his mind back from the onset of emotion and bile rising in his throat. In, hold for 10, and out. Three more times. Alright, the seconds to the end of the period are just wasting away as he is holding his breath. Eyes closed shut tightly, biting down on his own teeth until the point of pain.
He pinches the skin on his wrist. Ow. Yeah, definitely still in the same spot and very aware and awake. He tries to make his way back to his homebase, humming songs under his breath in the hope to aid the worry in his head, and ease the hurt in his heart.
He still has a long time to go. They’re only two moments removed from when this all started, and that must be way too early to go insane.
My piece for Traffic Zine Vol.7 Past Life Edition hosted by @trafficzine
I had so much fun on this piece for my favourite life series. It was a great pleasure to get to be a part of/see everyone’s amazing work on this project! You can go check out the zine on itch.io
A Zine featuring artwork and writing centered around the events of Past Life SMP!
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