The Never-Ending Pain (DISCONTINUED)

Practice

Scott walked over to Grian as he entered the practice server for MCC.

“Hey, Grian! Have you seen the teams yet?” Scott greeted.

“No actually, who’ve you put us with?” Grian replied, smiling up at Scott.

“Our team is:

Me,
You,
Ivory
And Dream.

Honestly, a pretty powerful team.” Scott replied, smiling back at Grian’s short figure.

“Where is Ivory anyway?” Scott asked.

“She's just coming. I think she got into a conversation with Xisuma or something so she'll be here in a few minutes.” Grian said.

“She's really excited to see you by the way. Ever since you found out you're related she's been a lot more upbeat.” He added.

“That’s so good to hear! I can’t wait to see her either.” Scott replied, his smile broadening as a flash of purple particles dissolved behind Grian to reveal Ivory.

“Hello! It’s so good to see you again!” Ivory said, running over to Scott and pulling him into a hug.

“You too! If I’d have had the time, I would have visited you everyday. Do you want to know the team for MCC? I think you’re going to enjoy it!” Scott replied, wrapping his arms around Ivory as well.

“Sure!” Ivory answered, pulling away so he could look Scott directly in the eyes.

“Ok, so like you asked, we have Grian, me and you. For the final person we have Dream who kind of reminds me of you a bit. I reckon you’ll get along.” Scott explained.

“Ok then. Can you, like, explain some of the games to me and then we can, you know, practice them. That’s the point of this server, right?” Ivory asked.

“Yeah sure we can do that, I’ll start now while we wait for Dream.” Scott responded.

Scott walked over to one of the many yellow speed pads that were littered over the main road and sprinted off in the direction of the Ace Race section. Ivory stepped into the yellow pad too and instantly felt her body become almost weightless, making running after Scott an absolute breeze.

The sign raised above the bridge at the end of the road read “Ace Race”.

Ivory wondered what Ace Race could be. She generally suspected it was something to do with racing and running.

Running…

Crossing the bridge, Ivory was greeted by Scott who explained the main premise of Ace Race and proceeded to show Ivory how everything worked.

From Ivory's long history of tight situations, she had quite the knack for running and ended up scoring a really good run.

“Wow. You’re so good at this!” Scott complimented.

“Thanks.” Ivory replied, smiling underneath his mask.

“Where’d you wanna go next?” Grian asked.

“Umm… that one looks cool!” Ivory replied, pointing at a sign reading “Parkour Tag”.

“Good choice, honestly I think Grian needs a bit of practice in that as well, haha.” Scott laughed playfully, elbowing Grian.

“I can help with that.” An American voice said behind them.

“Dream! You’re finally here. What took you so long?” Scott said.

“Oh I just got caught up with… some old friends. Anyway, is this the team?” Dream responded.

“Yep, and this is Ivory, she's new but I still feel this team has Dodgebolt potential.” Scott replied, gesturing towards Ivory and winking at Dream, hinting at a conversation they had had earlier.