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It was raining, again. Thunder crackled up in the clouds loudly. Collin watched raindrops collect each other and race down the glass. He blew on his hot coco, the weather was getting colder, which meant that the temperature in his house was going to drop whenever the furnace wasn’t ablaze and cooking up a hot meal. Collin took a sip, he glanced outside his window to see a very, very wet Red Face, who was fuming. Collin could hear the angry yells of it through his walls. He went over to get another plank of wood from his chest, he grunted as he pulled it out with one hand and threw it over his shoulder. Collin propped the plank up in a way that blocked out most of the view, causing Red Face to groan loudly in irritation.
Collin laid down on his bed, contemplating on whether he should take off his raincoat, but he was thinking of going outside if Red Face left him alone, he glanced back outside his window through the small cracks past the wood. Red Face wasn’t gone, now they were pressed on his window, they started to bang on it restlessly, “Stop that.” Collin said from his bed. He set down the mug and headed over to his window and took down the plank, “You better quit it you little freak.”
Red Face only swore at him through the window, but Collin barely listened. Then, Red Face broke the glass, “Calm down Warrior Cats!” Collin yelped, evading Red Face’s hand as they struggled to crawl through the window. Collin grabbed a piece of wood once again and swung it at Red Face’s hand. Red Face slinked away out of the window and flipped Collin off before teleporting away, “Yeah, yeah…You leave or something.” Collin murmured. Dealing with stuff like this everyday has made him tired, but because of how many entities are in his world, he can’t get a break.
Collin opened his front door and stepped outside, he glanced over at his neighbor’s house. He didn’t know who lived there, still, but he didn’t care who lived there as long as they were calm and didn’t bother him. He actually sort of liked them, they gave him treats frequently and it seemed as if they liked having him as a neighbor.
The rain was pouring on Collin, thankfully he was always dressed for this type of weather, literally, it was always raining. The rain lid down his hat and coat and the ground was all mushy and made noises as he wandered to a nearby river. He started to dig up the wet sand, he’ll probably just let it dry off in his house.
Collin noticed that Clonelin was sitting on the other side of the river, so, as any sane person would, Collin dug up enough sand and ran off, evading any contact with Clonelin because, well, like, no. Only a masochist would do that stuff.
Collin pulled himself through the doors to his house, breathing heavily, “If I have to walk that much and run back that distance…I might as well just let Red Face kill me…” He murmured as he slammed the door shut, “Okay…Now I just gotta…I could just put it in right now, but I don’t know anything else about sand other than it gets everywhere and it can become glass.”
He set the bucket of sand down and picked up the plank he used to seal off the window from Red Face. He spun around towards it and noticed that water was pooling up on his floor, “Are you serious right now…?” He huffed, he had to ignore it, for now. Collin shoved the planks in such a way that they stood up neatly and grabbed the bucket of wet sand. He pushed most of it in his furnace and left half of the bucket to dry
He should probably sleep in the walls of the basement, it would be the safest option for him at the current time. Red Face could come back and try to kill him, so could Hungry, EntityOM was mainly passive, but he could be angrier.
Collin shifted towards his trapdoor that led down to the basement and went down inside. He was able to slide down the ladder with ease and drop down onto the floor. He started to mine inside of the wall and replace it, making sure that absolutely no one- with the exception of Admin 6 because they’re always watching- finds him!
He rested his back against the stone and held a torch in between his legs. Collin couldn’t help but think about AwesomeG, a younger sibling of his, and how he found him dead in his room. Collin couldn’t help but find himself tearing up and crying at the thought. He fixed his gaze on the wall that served as a protective barrier between him and his nightmare of a world. He was too tired of everything that went on.
Collin tore through the wall again, replaced it and left his basement. Obviously, he was going to those iron doors. Well, he was going to go see Zac, specifically.
Collin almost slipped on the wet ground as he ran. He wanted to make sure that Zac was okay and to make sure no demon or entity, or creature, or whatever these freaks are were bothering him. Collin stammered up the slippery rocks of the mountains. He didn’t understand why he was in such a rush. Zac might not even be in danger, he’s probably just feeding his sheep or even mining.
Collin opened the first iron door and took a step down the stairs, only to slip and fall down the stairs because he still had wet shoes, “Oh, hi Collin! Er- are you alright?” A familiar voice asked gently, it was Zac himself! Collin swung his head up to look at Zac, only to see that he was wearing a full set of enchanted diamond armor, “I have a few questions…” Collin said in a defeated tone.
Zac helped Collin up from off of the now muddy and slippery ground, “Are you okay? Is anyone harassing you in your world? Since when did you get all of that? Why’d you come here? And last but not least…Is anything wrong in any sort of way?” Collin sputtered, “Woah, slow down! I’m fine, I’m fine! I came here to check up on you! And, uh, I guess I went on a huge mining expedition…” Zac replied, he blushed slightly, he was touched by Collin’s worry and slight admiration, “You do not wanna be in this world, dude. This place is full of madmen.” Collin squeaked out, still tired from running over to the doors, “It’ll be okay!” Zac assured, rubbing Collin’s shoulder, “I’ll always come around, no matter the trouble.”
Collin shook his head, this is the only time that he might actually be worried. That is the most insane thing ever- Collin, showing his feelings?
“I’ll take a look around your world, I’m pretty curious about what you have going on!” Zac said, not letting Collin say anything. Zac pulled Collin along by the arm. They shoved past the iron door, the sound of the heavy rain hitting Zac’s diamond armor was calming and satisfying to hear. Zac poked his fluffy blue head out from behind a large stone, “Your world is pretty cold!” He hissed happily, “It’s pretty warm in mine…”
Collin cocked his head to the side, he was about to say something until Zac made his way carefully down the rest of the mountain with Collin climbing down with him, “Hold on Zac…You should know what you’re getting yourself into!” Collin yelped, “It’ll be alright…” Zac reassured as he stepped onto the wet grass with Collin falling on his feet right behind him.
Zac strutted over to the middle of the field as Collin was left by the mountain, thinking intently about the entities that Zac could come across and what dangers they could bring with them. Collin stumbled across the field over to Zac, who was standing in the center, excitedly, “Which house is yours?” He asked, glancing over to Collin’s house and his neighbor’s.
“The one without the lapis roof.” Collin said without thinking, he watched mindlessly as Zac went over to his house. Collin stood out in the rain, he didn’t even know what to do anymore. Zac was like a little brother to him, he was just like AwesomeG, of course, the thought of AwesomeG hurt Collin. Collin started walking over to his house mindlessly, he heard tiny squeaks and squeals and talking from Zac and someone else. As he opened the door he saw Zac talking to Clonelin, of course, he got upset, “What in the world are you doing in my house?!” He shouted at Clonelin, who tensed up at the sound of Collin’s voice. Zac turned around to face Collin, then he turned around to face Clonelin.
“What the what?” Zac squeaked, backing up to get out of the way in between the two of them. Clonelin lifted up a hand to try and pull Zac back, but they put it back down immediately. An awkward silence followed, “Er…Two Collins would be pretty cool too…!” Zac remarked, fear was slightly hanging in his voice, Clonelin gave Collin a sly glance, seems like they like Zac just as much as Collin does.
“That’s pretty much it…” Collin said, he was a bit irritated, “Well, I could at least stay a while with you two!” Zac replied, “We could all build something together.”
“I’m pretty low on materials! You should go.” Collin said, “Er…Okay then…If you insist! See you soon Collin one and Collin two!” Zac responded before waving and leaving.
Collin turned around and faced Clonelin, who was looking at him with a cheeky expression, “Get outta here!” Collin snapped, making Clonelin flee.