Eclipse SMP - Genesis

'Helper?'

Riot, as for the last week, was alone. Reaper and Hound were together in harmony. This was about to change due to a new member joining. Evan.

Evan was greeted by Hound. Hound instantly showed him what an alliance between himself and Reaper could offer. "I'll have a look around first," said Evan. He climbed a tree, a tree that overlooked the rest of the trees, and he looked for a good place to go to.
While looking, he saw a single block of cobblestone behind the hill near spawn. He walked towards it and saw a hidden building. Small, but it looked like enough for someone new.
He turned around, ready to collect wood for tools, but once he turned around, he saw a figure, a figure with full iron armour and a diamond sword in its hands.
In a slightly worried voice, Evan said: "Is this build yours?". Riot nodded and went through the jungle wood door. Evan saw Riot opening the door for him, so Evan decided to enter.

Reaper and Hound were both clearing out a large cave and, at that point, had collected enough diamonds for a full set of diamond gear each.
Once they crafted their diamond armour and tools, they exited their large underground excavation and walked towards spawn.

The chests were full of resources and materials, and his basement had a bed and a few chests around it. Riots base was small but functional for now, as he put it.
Two nametags appeared from the other side of the hill, one saying Reaper and the other Hound. Riot in his iron armour went to meet them, Evan followed with some watermelon Riot had offered him previously.
While Reaper and Hound were in shiny blue armour, Riot was in almost broken Iron armour. This made Reaper offer a diamond to Riot for a slight mockery. After Riot picked it up, Hound asked Evan: "Have you thought about joining our project of building an Empire?". Evan knew that this would bring benefits and that he would advance more in the game if he joined them, but he looked at Riot and saw a weaker being in need of assistance. So he denied the offer, and
walked back to Riots small home. Riot followed, and while he did, he thought about what Hound said. He didn't just say nation. He had specifically said 'Empire'.
Now, with a helper of some sort, Riot could start a plan to do something similar to what Reaper and Hound were preparing.