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Noob cleaned up the remains of the training he's done with Evo. Cobwebs and dents in the sand littered the dunes next to the massive stone statue he lived on.
Everywhere. Cobwebs. Everywhere.
Noob groaned, shearing the cobwebs to use later. This guy, he seems to just spam them huh? He cleaned up a good amount of the mess before giving up and leaving some.
He threw on his elytra and flew up to his house. The sun was setting, turning the desert heat into a peaceful and cool breeze. Noob dropped his mace, sitting on the edge of the statue. He closed his eyes, sighing.
The nice desert breeze. The red star on his face illuminated the rock next to him after the sun sunk into the dunes.
It was peaceful. Calm. Exactly how Noob wanted to live.
Then it wasn't.
Bang.
Noob opened his eyes, his head turning to the house. What was that?
It was loud and destructive, coming from the second floor.
Evo had said he was going to bed early.
Fuck.
Noob grabbed his mace and ran into the little log house. Up the stairs, into the guest room Evo was using.
It was a mess. Holes in the ground and floor, window was broken, the curtains blowing in the breeze. Evo nowhere to be seen. What had happened here?
“Evo?” Noob called out. No reply. He looked out the window to see if anyone left any traces but there was nothing. Was he taken? Noob didn't hear or see anyone coming in or leaving.
How would he have been taken if Noob was right there? People were scared of this place, especially Noob himself. Not to mention the lack of elytras would make it really difficult to enter and leave quickly. Plus, Noob would've heard fireworks.
Noob left the house, looking around. “Hello?” He exclaimed. He focused, his red star over his left eye getting brighter, illuminating the area in a red light.
Whoosh.
Noob turned to see someone had jumped from the roof and dived on him. Noob threw up his shield, a mace smashing into it with deadly force, getting stuck in the wood of his shield. Noob looked at his attacker and saw a blue headband. Closed eyes.
This was Evo.
“Evo, what the hell?” Noob exclaimed, yanking the shield. “What are you doing?” he demanded, throwing out the broken shield. He quickly grabbed a new one from his ender chest but he was too slow.
The man had dived on him again, crushing his skull and popping his totem.
A wave of pain that was replaced with nausea surged over Noob. His head was pounding. Of course it was pounding, Evo almost killed him by doing his head in, literally.
Adrenaline fueled him to lift his shield again, blocking another attack from him. Before Evo could launch himself in the air again, Noob grabbed his wrist and threw his back into the sand. “Evourai, what the fuck?!” Noob yelled, giving himself a headache.
His friend stayed silent, but he was squirming trying to get back up. “Hello?!” He exclaimed, grabbing Evo’s collar and shaking him. His eyes stayed closed, trying to scratch Noob to release him.
Noob raised his hand and slapped him in the face.
Evo’s eyes opened, angry and frustrated. When he saw Noob’s glare, he froze. “Evo, what the hell.” Noob said, pain leaking into his tone. He let go of Evo and fell backwards, landing in the sand.
“Noob? What.. I–” Evo scratched his head. He sat next to his friend and pulled out an ender chest.
“Evo.” Noob said with a dark tone. He had his hand under his head, blood still leaking from the repairing skin. “Stop talking.” Evo panicked, rummaging through his ender chest.
“What was that.” Noob demanded weakly. Evo handed him another totem in case that one popped while he looked for potions. “I–” he stuttered, trying to focus. Where were his healing potions?
“Evo answer me.” Noob ordered.
Evo pulled out a pink bottle in his chest. “I.. sleepwalk. Sometimes.” Evo said, grabbing a water bottle as well and pouring a little on the wound, cleaning it. Noob hissed, grabbing and squeezing a clump of sand in his fist.
“That's some next level sleepwalking bro.” Noob mumbled. Evo poured the healing potion on a cloth and pressed it against Noob’s sensitive head.
He yelped, his red star flashing and glitching. “I'm sorry..” Evo choked. “Why didn't you tell me this?” Noob asked, gritting his teeth. “It doesn't happen very often.”
“What the fuck were you dreaming about to try and kill me?”
“Uhm… I was attacking someone. From a while back. They… they did some bad things to me.” Evo said vaguely. Noob chuckled. “Well, good on you I guess. You must've killed them with that blow you did to me.”
Evo stopped. “They’re… not exactly like a normal player.” he mumbled. “The mace bounced off their head like a balloon.”
“I wish that happened to me.” Noob smirked, the pounding in his head dying down. Evo took the totem he gave to Noob and dunked it into his ender chest.
Evo helped Noob off the ground, his vision spinning. The skin over the wound repaired along with his skull, but it felt so strange. It was soft. Noob tapped his healing head, Evo removing Noob’s hand soon after.
“Careful. It should be back to normal tomorrow morning.” Evo told him. Noob looked at the stars before Evo brought him into the house.
They walked past Evo’s wreck of a room. Noob groaned.
“I'll fix it tomorrow morning.” Evo promised, opening Noob's door. He closed it and Noob collapsed on his bed, exhaustion enveloping him.
What a fucking day.