MCSM One Shots (2018-2019)

Catastrophe

Plot requested by @Nix7303 and @Ultra_Serendipity

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It was that time of year again. The Order of the Stone was the returning to Beacontown to spend some time together after not seeing each other for months.

Jesse was being Jesse, over-preparing the entire thing. She and Radar spent the days before, cleaning every nook and cranny of the order hall, dusting down the valuable treasures in the treasure hall. Jesse even tried her hand at baking cookies for them... which she ended up burning to a crisp.

The first one to arrive was Lukas. He had stepped through the gates, all of a sudden getting hit by an overall-wearing bullet. Knocking him off his feet and into the dust, Jesse hugging the living daylights out of him.

Later that same day, Olivia arrived. She received a slightly calmer greeting than Lukas, Jesse having had time to calm down from her excitement. The engineer still complained that Jesse crushed her lungs however.

Petra arrived shortly after. She tried her best to dip out of Jesse's hug, unsuccessfully. Olivia and Lukas had watched with amused expressions as Jesse chased Petra right around the entire building, before pinning her down in the backyard and giving her the well-deserved hug.

Axel arrived a few hours after Petra, huffing and panting, claiming that he nearly forgot to come. When Jesse came in for her welcoming hug, Axel had lifted her off her feet and hugged her so tightly – Jesse complained afterwards that she thought she needed x-rays to check her ribs.

It was clear that all of them were over the moon to see each other again, delighted to spend some time together. If only they knew that it would end up being one of their most thrilling get-togethers yet.

"So I thought-" Jesse said as she excitedly dragged her friends into the large treasure hall where they loved to hang out. "-After not seeing each other for so long, we should camp out in here for the night? Together?"

"Heck yeah!" Axel said excitedly, punching the air.

"So, after sleeping in caves for months, I come back here and can't even sleep on a bed?" Petra asked sarcastically, crossing her arms.

"But it's with your friends." Jesse said, holding her arms out like it was the mostly obvious thing in the world.

Petra rolled her eyes and chuckled at Jesse. They all looked around the room in awe, taking in the familiarity of everything in it. Jesse may get in there daily, but the others haven't seen the place in months.

"I don't even recognise all these." Lukas said, bending slightly down to examine a ghast tear. His ocelot he had brought along stood up against the pedestal, sniffing the tear.

"I have been up to some things while you all were gone." Jesse said, walking over. She picked up the ghast tear, turning it around in her hand. "Got this last month. I tried taking Radar to the Nether, and we killed a ghast. It went quite good, until he saw his first wither skeleton. Bolted all the way back to the portal. I found him hiding under my dining table."

Everybody laughed, as Jesse placed the ghast tear carefully back onto the pedestal.

"Oh good grief Jesse, why do you have one of those devil blocks in here?" Petra asked, stopping to examine a command block on one of the corner pedestals.

"Gift from Redstonia." Jesse said. "Olivia and Ellegaard finally cracked the code and figured out how to make them."

"Incredibly complicated and heavy on resources." Olivia said as they gathered around the command block. "Sent Jesse this one, since she's such a magnet for trouble."