Allies or Enemies: This will be the death of me
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Noxite is eager to start the tournament his team has been working on for months, but not everyone is so eager for it to run.
With a challenge issued to earn the support they need, he’s left chasing hints and fairy tales that lead him to a player who might be more than they appear, but as long as they help MCC go ahead Nox is happy to work with the mysterious Scott Smajor.
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Aka: Noxite and Scott’s first meeting and the beginning of MCC in the AoE universe.
A short three chapter prologue to the main story.
[Interlude - the Beginning]Series
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Know That You're a Lucky One by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, Minecraft Championships (MCC)
30 Dec 2023
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Hermitcraft was safe.
The idea of leaving the server, even for the fun of a tournament was daunting. Grian was surprised he’d let the others talk him into it, but now here he was dealing with the consequences of his actions.
He’d have to suck it up and hope MCC was as safe and fun as promised.
The only worry that still lingered was all the strangers, including who’d be replacing Iskall on his own team.
He never expected to see old friends he thought he’d lost so long ago.
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Aka Reunion time!Series
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Flowers Bloom Until They Rot and Fall Apart by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Empires SMP, Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, MCC, Origins SMP
21 Jun 2025
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Confusion is the first thing Scott feels when he wakes in his bed after dying in a game. It only gets worse when he realises no one else remembers even being missing.
Guilt is next when he realises how worried their friends had been and he might have answers for them but didn’t dare to share.
He could only hope it wouldn’t add to the long list of things that haunted him.
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Aka Scott’s a longing idiot, Jimmy's a longing idiot and everyone else are traumatised idiots for a variety of reasons
[Interlude – Scott’s return after 3rd Life]Series
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Broken Wings Don't Fly For Long by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Empires SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
16 Jul 2022
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The server was destroyed and everyone was left to deal with the consequences of the explosion. As a group they made a decision to leave before it was too late, however they were missing one - Scott hadn't arrived and wasn't answering any messages.
Trying to find him reveals the tragic sacrifice he made, but was there any way to save their lost friend?Meanwhile, Scott is enjoying his dream world ... or trying to at least. He's left to answer the question; do happy ending really exist?
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Here's a more detailed story regarding the end of the Empires SMP S1 and the time before they made it to afterlife SMP. Friendships, past loves, forgotten memories and secrets will be found, the question is; what are the consequences of it all?
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The Missing Days by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Empires SMP, Afterlife SMP
03 Dec 2022
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Players don’t just go missing with no consequences.
Yet it happens.
Not once, nor twice, but three times. With no answers to the how or why.
Fourteen the first time, seventeen the second, and fourteen again the third.
They disappear with no trace, are gone for varied amounts of time, and return with no memories.
Or so they say.
The mystery is enough to leave those left behind going crazy over their friends’ dissapearances, yet no answers present themselves.
So, what happened to them?
Well, certain players may know more than they’re letting on. After all, the prize for winning is to remember.
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The story of the Life series. The groups repeated disappearance, return, and how the mystery behind the events haunts those left behind. Secrets are rife, but how long do secrets really last when the past comes knocking.Series
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Their Stories Reveal Regrets Their Smiles Can't Conceal by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Empires SMP, Hermitcraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
29 Jan 2023
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Sharing secrets was never easy. Sharing secrets that had been buried deep down for so long was even harder. Yet the time had come for Grian to tell the truth, to share his past with the friends that had supported him for so long.
At least he had Scott at his side to share the story of the group’s disappearances, though the other player had their own secrets they wanted to keep under wraps.
This was going to be the most depressing kind of story time they’d ever participated in. Though it might be worth it if they could come up with a way to stop it happening again.
They were all going to need therapy after this.-
They got caught, now they need to spill the beansSeries
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Please Don't Return Me to the Dark of All the Memories by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Empires SMP, Hermitcraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
11 Aug 2023
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They asked and the received - their memories of the life games were returned but at what cost? They might just regret ever. Nightmares, flashes of memories and trauma aren't easy to deal with but they have each other.
At least they're safe now, right?Aka forced therapy for everyone
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I'll Sing You Songs Until The Darkness Does Recede by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, Empires SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
08 Feb 2025
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Some fun interlude stories of what happened during the Hermitcraft S9/Empires S2 cross-overin the AOE universe.
All the mischief and bonding we didn’t get to see. Plus, some needed conversations after everything that has happened so far.
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Set in the middle of ‘Please Don’t Return Me to the Dark of All the Memories’
[INTERLUDE to main series]Series
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I'm Guessing That I've Grown Horns by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Empires SMP, Afterlife SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
31 May 2023
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Existence was strange after spending so much of your life under the control of an evil maniacal god. Finding out what to do with their new found freedom proved to be the hardest challenge they'd faced in a long time. Trying to track down their brother, Scott, proved even harder.
Still, Xornoth was thankful for the chance to be himself for once
[Interlude - Xornoth's Story]Series
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I Put A Spell on You ... by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: WitchCraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
07 Sep 2023
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Witchcraft was supposed to be a break, some nice fun with some other friends that he didn’t play with often.
He didn’t expect to get trapped as soon as he logged on.
A new Watcher game.
He was getting sick of them.
Scott could only hope the others didn’t fall for the obvious trap in the meantime.Series
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Feel the Weight of Time by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP, Empires SMP
14 Nov 2023
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Time is limited in a life game. In the latest one they’d been trapped in that fact is especially true.
Yet, it feels like eternity under the Watchers’ grasp.
Survival isn’t possible, they just hope coming out alive and free is.
Tick Tock.
Tick.
Tock
Time to see what the Watchers really want …_
It's Limited Life time!Series
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Take Me To War by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Empires SMP
07 Apr 2024
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The Watchers had gone too far this time.
After all the games they’d been forced into and then taking one of their own, they weren’t letting it go. Even if it meant they had to storm the Deep End Citadel themselves.
Turns out planning a rescue mission to the Deep End was harder than it seemed, the good news? They weren’t alone.
The Watchers don’t know what’s coming, and hopefully they would be able to end it once and for all.
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Aka The rescue missionSeries
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Let's See How Far We've Come by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP, Empires SMP
14 Sep 2024
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The bargain had been set. One final game.
If the players win, they’re finally free, but if they lose, they’ll never escape the Watcher’s grasp again. Easy right?
And in a game of secrets how are people supposed to keep their own?
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The next part of the Allies or Enemies series – it’s secret life time!Series
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It's a Game of Life by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series, Hermitcraft SMP, Pirates SMP
22 Dec 2024
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They’d beaten the Watchers, earned their peace and their freedom. But that didn’t mean they were over what had happened to them.
Maybe a little game would help them start to heal. No consequences, no worries, just fun with friends.
Good thing Grian’s worked out how to run such a game.
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A fun one-shot for Real Life!
Both the end of Act 1 and start of Act 2 of AoE verseSeries
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The Legends Crawl Through the Veil of the Ocean Deep by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, SOS SMP, Pirates SMP
07 Jun 2025
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There’s something lurking in the deep, circling the pirates, sensing blood in the water.
Some aren’t happy over the lifers win against the Watchers, some aren’t happy they haven’t been punished. Someone finds a way to slip into the latest server, to change the story.
The Pirates want to play a game? He’ll make sure they play to his rules.
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Welcome to chapter 2 of the AoE verse!Series
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Don't You See How This Cursed Fairytale will End? by RedRobyn2
Fandoms: Life Series | 3rd Life SMP Series, Pirates SMP, Hermitcraft SMP
04 Jan 2026
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They were really starting to get sick of this, stuck in a game, playing to the tune of a puppet master – albeit a new one that really hated them.
With their friendly deity unable to help, and their runaway Watcher collapsing at the seams, it’s going to be hard to escape this one alive without help. To make it all worse, the eldritch being pulling their strings also has a group of their friends hostage and hidden away.
Add on Grian and Xornoth being weirder than normal? Then it is a good thing their friends are fighting away outside the game to get help.
Add it all together and they’re all in for a wild ride.
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Welcome to Wild Life!Series