Ariadne: a story of the dream smp

arson!!!

"This is so dumb." Ranboo squints at the hallway to the egg. I shrug.

"You didn't have to agree." I cross my arms and lean against the stone in front of him. He looks back to me.

"Are you sure this isn't just going to kill us?" I open my mouth and close it after a second.

"Fine. Stay here, pus-"

"Oh my lord, shut up." I smirk and kiss his cheek.

"If I die, tell Dream his Flint Lockwood shoes killed me." He rolls his eyes at me and salutes, me returning it before walking down the tunnel. I step down the stairs carefully, not knowing if anyone is down here. I roll my eyes at a three feet jump down and grip the walls before sliding down. What's the point in making stairs down if it's so separated. As I make my way down the tunnel, I see red. A lot of red, as my vision goes blurrier and blurrier and my mind starts to fade.

GET OUT
EGG
RUN
talk to the egg, Lia
egg
LEAVE

I blink a few times out of confusion, a haze covering my head and growing as I walk towards the egg.

Lia.

I look back up the stairs before biting my lip and entering the room. It's filled to the brim with red vines. I press my hands to my head as a migraine takes over it, now accompanying the haze of my mind.

Lia

I close my eyes and lean against the wall to try to regain my vision.

Go

She smirks evilly and runs her tongue along her teeth as she drags her fingers along the blade of her sharp netherite sword.

"I suggest you go. You already know what we'll do if you stay." She looks into my eyes, "You're the whole reason we're here in the first place. With the exception of [    ], of course."

"What?" I ask her. "Who?"

"[    ]." She laughs, "Right, you don't remember that yet. You never do." She drops her smile, "Run."

I smirk to Ranboo when I see him.

"Yeah, there was nothing but red vines down there. Pretty boring if you ask me." He shrugs and starts to walk back to the enchantment room.

"You didn't 'talk to the egg'?" He puts up air quotes.

"No? I just saw vines and left. I didn't want to touch the thing." I answer, confused.

"Oh. Apparently Bad talks to the egg." I roll my eyes at him.

"You believe him out of all people?" We laugh at my comment and start on our way up.

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"You're an idiot!" Ranboo laughs, making the soft music unhearable.

"Do you even know how to do arson? You be quiet." I chuckle.

"Do arson?" He smirks as I wave him off, my back turned to him. I bend down and scratch the flint and steel a couple times before lighting the old vacant building on fire and stepping back to watch the flame wander up the wall.