Magic and Military (A SockSMP Continuation AU)

Chapter 9: Forgotten | Oof/Joocie

Oof decided to go look around more thoroughly, checking for clues of where his friends had gone. There wasn't anybody to stop him from going through their stuff, so he did just that. He also cleaned the buildings, dusting and picking up any messes. Oof had a little hope that if he put everything back the way it had been, his friends would come back the way they had been before Oof had left.

When he'd finished up around Laff's farm, he'd gone through the mountain to Socks' base after finding a tunnel had been built leading all the way from Laff's to Socks'. There were a couple broken sleeping quarters, but the damage seemed to have been done by creepers.

There were a lot of weird creepers here, compared to the other areas of Minecraft Oof had been in. This was probably one of the only areas with blue and red creepers. It was also the only place Oof had ever met friendly creepers.

There weren't any mobs around, though. Everything was kind of just... gone. Like everything had disappeared. Then Oof felt someone grab him. He whipped around to see a zombie, and slashed the undead creature with a sword he'd found, since his iron one wasn't doing the best on durability. Okay, maybe 'everything' being gone was an exaggeration. 'A trick of the mind,' Oof thought.

When he finished looking around Socks' base— which mostly just had random pieces of armor and iron laying in the chests— he started to walk towards Memegod's once more, this time stopping at the unfamiliar white and red gym and fast-food buildings.

"What the heck even are you?" Oof said aloud, staring at the two oddly placed buildings. After a tick, he pushed open the door to one, and could clearly see that a certain crab man was probably the one running the places. Or, at least, he had been.

Letting out a small chuckle tinged by sadness, Oof began to sort through the place. He found a tunnel underneath the floor that led from one building to the other. There wasn't much else, other than rotting burgers in a chest. Oof gagged and quickly moved out of 'Honest Burgers', as he was finished with his search there.

Next was the court house. Oof had known that it was going to be built for Socks' trial, but had left before he could see Laff's wonderful work. The building had been wrecked by a fire— probably dragon fire— so Oof had to imagine a bit of the area as he walked closer, but it was still spectacular.

However, when he stepped into where the case was supposed to be held, a horrific scene stood in front of him. Two bodies laid on the floor, not very far from each other. Two lifeless bodies of a furry and a small, 'inedible' muffin.

Oof wanted to cry, scream, and run away, but he didn't. Instead, he continued his search and checked around the area for anything else, doing his best to ignore the horrible stench. He was surprised when he spotted a lever on the wall and a small set of stairs next to them that led downward.

Oof walked down the creepy stairway, only to find a dead end, and a teleportation block in the floor. He crouched over the block, and was teleported down into a small hole, but there was nothing else there.

Oof crouched again, checking for double teleport blocks, but it just brought him back up. 'Something isn't right,' Oof thought suspiciously. He didn't know why he had the feeling, but he did. So he went back to the second level, and pulled a pickaxe from his inventory to break the block underneath him.

The white cube quickly broke, and Oof fell into a large cavern. A loud THUD! sounded when he hit the floor, but the fall didn't hurt much. A weird thing about Oof and Muffin was that they were slightly squishy, so they took less fall damage than everyone else... Well, Muffin had taken less damage. Now, it seemed Muffin had taken more than wanted.

"Ow..." Oof whispered, standing and stretching. The sudden sound of footsteps caught Oof off guard. Tbh and Blaza slid around the corner of a pillar, and stared Oof dead in the eye before running up and tackling him with a hug. It took a couple ticks for the shock to pass, but Oof squeezed them back.