Joel sat meandering at the borders between world, he stood in the empty abyss known as the waiting lounge, fellow Third Life members leaving and returning home.
"I'm beat..." A shirtless Scar walked past him, releasing a gaping yawn. He had a spring in his step as he walked over to a small console, but his spring fell to a trudge. "Ugh... I still need to pack..."
"You haven't packed yet?" An incredulous Bdubs squawked. "Season 7 closes in a week?!" They both dissipated in a puff of smoke freeing up the console.
Joel walked over to the console, he swallowed the lump in his throat. He waved his hand over the keys, all he had to do was choose his 1000 day survival world and off he would go... but he didn't want to.
"Are you okay Joel?" Scott called from behind him, running over with Jimmy in tow.
He jolted out of his thoughts. "I'm fine..." He croaked. "Just gonna head back to my single player world... alone." He smiled weakly. Scott noticed the undertone in his voice.
"Hey Joel," Scott started. "Do you wanna come with us?" Joel's face flattened. "We're going to a server FWhip - you know FWhip? right? - anyways, we're going to a server he's starting up, wanna come?" Joel thought for a second, as much as he despised Scott, a new server would be good for him...
"Sure," He nodded. "I'll come, IF my wife can come,"
"I think she's already coming..." Jimmy spoke up.
"Oh," Joel beamed. "Well okay then,"
Joel's eyes shuddered open, his throat cleared a choking cough that echoed against the dark meeting room. His hands and feet fell limp, he collapsed to the ground in a muddled heap. His eyes darted around the room, in the corner he could just make out a darkened figure watching his every move.
"Hello?!" Joel yelped. "Show Yourself?!"
"W̶̗͎̎ḩ̴̦͌͋̓y̶̤̰̐͒͑ ̸̭̓̆̀f̸̪̩̪̀̎̕r̴̭͙̓͂ȅ̵̠̞͖̽͠ḛ̷̡̉͒z̸̹̉̋̀ͅe̴̡̹͒ ̵̡̩̰͆h̶͈͉̙̿̐ȋ̷̩̱̈́m̵̻̦̈́̂?̸͎͖́̃̚ ̴̝̲̎̈͑H̸̡͚̝͑e̷̡͐́͑ ̷̼̲̿̑s̴͇̝̰̒ẻ̷̝̟̥́͘ẹ̷̼͎̊m̵̧̦̰̏s̴̨̄ ̴̦̻͆̈́h̶̭̜̎͂ǎ̵̢̳̥͘ṟ̷͝m̷̪̲͐̆ͅl̶̜̠̜̉̅e̶̹͎͆s̶̨̲͓̐́̕s̸̨̹̹̈́̓..." The figures voice was mottled, almost watered down.
"Harmless?" Scott wailed. Joel spotted the elf far in the corner. "He's gotten closest to killing me out of everyone!"
"S̴̝̔̍͝o̴̩͍̪͌̒ ̵̗͍̖́̊h̸̢̯̉ę̵̱̦̀'̸̖͠s̷̡̚͜ ̴͇̠̽͒̂a̷̧͆ ̶͚͊w̴̢̼̏̽̃ḁ̴̛̪̒̀r̵̻̲͝r̶̳̰͋́ȉ̸̼̗͈o̴̼͎̖͋r̸̮̻̺͒,̴̘̞̥̽ ̴̣̣̚̕I̷̗̜̓ ̸̳͔̚͜c̸͙̗̺̄͘ö̵͓̜̙́͊͝ǔ̶̩͍ͅl̴̠̥͆d̵̬͎̜́̈́ ̵̼̆͝ų̶̝̹̏s̵̞͂͝e̴͖̊̑ ̸̧̪̓̉͝ȃ̷̯̺̼̂͠ ̸̭́͛̒p̶̦̣͋̂ě̸̞̳̕ŕ̵̬̀s̵̢̳̑ͅỏ̴̪̠ñ̴̠̃́ä̵̮́̌̏l̸̡̗̿̽͠ ̴̫͇͔̂̌k̶̢̢̕n̶͍͈̓ī̷̩̩̭̀ǵ̸̭̬̥͝h̸̢̛̥͍ť̵͇́" The figure kept speaking, but Joel couldn't make out a single word he said.
"Hey no," Scott hissed. "He's mine, you get him for building reasons only."
"What's he saying?" Joel asked Scott, who rolled his eyes.
"Ḫ̴̨̦͋e̵͚͇͖͗ ̸̛̣̺̳͕͋͐̍c̸͓̺̱͓̗̔͐̍̃̎á̴͖͇͚̜͜ņ̶̍̓̉̕͝'̷̡̗͍̘͑͛́̂̇ͅt̴̡̠̟͕̓̃̒̊ ̴̳̟͈̤͍̅̈́̄͒h̶̽̓ͅͅe̸͔̱̩̐ȃ̶͋ͅṟ̶̦͙͈͔͆̅̑ ̷̠̍͗̀m̵̫̭̂ͅe̸̮̤͉͝?̸̨͓̜̬̅͛̄͑̚" The figure took a step forwards, but the shadows followed. "W̴͕͠H̶͇̅Y̶̥̒͝ ̸͍̈́ͅC̴̡̗̍́̿A̵͚͓͆̀̈́N̸̺̓̈́͝'̶̫̰̟͑̾͊T̶̰̓͘ ̶͙̮͐͜H̴̬̪͝Ḛ̴̝̀͌ ̶̼́Ḧ̴̰̅̕E̵̗͗̅̎Å̷̹R̶̟͚̀ ̵̧͔̐M̶̻̎ͅE̸̲͓̺̊̂" Scott flinched.
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The Frozen Empire - An Empires SMP AU
FanfictionWith Scott lost in the Ice Spikes, and his eternal frost growing from Nexus points, the other empires must scramble to rebuild and protect the server - or face the consequences
