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On the Strength SMP, the mace was a very popular weapon for many players. It had the ability to one-shot others, and it made for really funny clips. Of course, no one had ever considered the effects that being hit in the head with a heavy object over and over again had on the body.
Lucky for JudeLow, he would be the first to experience these fun side effects of brain damage.
Jude was stuck in pvp with Flankee, who had maced and killed him at least a couple times earlier. This time, he thought he would win. Unfortunately, the plot almost never went Jude’s way, and today was no different. Flankee landed the mace right on top of Jude, whose skull collapsed immediately, killing him. Flankee would be eating good for a month, at least. However, this time, something peculiar happened. When Jude respawned, he didn’t have a burning desire to get revenge, and he didn’t have that aching hunger to trap anyone. In fact, he didn’t feel anything at all.
Jude, weary and confused, stumbled away from spawn. Where was he? In the distance he heard some shouting and laughter from unfamiliar voices. Jepexx and Godis were the first to find him.
“Yo, dude, are you ok? Flankee really got you good,” Jepexx started, but Jude only stared at him with blank eyes.
“Who… are you? And who is Flankee? What do you mean he ‘got me good’?” Jude wondered in bewilderment. Jepexx and Godis exchanged glances that meant nothing to Jude.
Godis spoke first, “Jude, stop the cap. We know you're just mad that you got absolutely cooked by Flankee, stop playing bro.”
Jude only looked at him in a weird, blank way, before responding. “I’m sorry, I think you have me confused with someone else? My name isn’t Jude. It’s—” He paused. What was his name again? Did he have a name? And who were these people that the strangers in front of him kept talking about?
Jepexx looked at Jude again, trying to discern any sign that he was lying. JudeLow’s face only showed confusion— and emptiness. He turned back to Godis, “Godis, let's go over there, we need to talk. Uhm, Jude, you just… stay put.”
The two walked a little distance away from Jude, who stood there with nothing to do.
Jepexx and Godis, a far enough distance away from Jude’s ears, began whispering urgently. “Dude, do you think he’s faking? I can’t tell,” Godis spoke in a hushed voice.
“I think he’s telling the truth… but I just don’t know how he would have forgotten everything— It just doesn’t make sense…” Jepexx trailed off, brainstorming the reason that Jude had suddenly become an amnesiac.
Then it came to his mind, “Godis. I think I know why Jude is… well you know. You remember how he was maced, like, eight times by Flankee?” Godis nodded his head, “I think the mace hit his brain so many times, he got like, brain damage, or amnesia or something.”
Jepexx and Godis had realized the reason to Jude’s affliction. Nearby, Jude who was none the wiser, had begun to slowly wander away. Jude had walked about 8 steps before Godis looked over and stopped him.
“Jude, stop! Don’t go anywhere, ok?” Godis yelled to Jude, who kept on walking away.
Jepexx and Godis ran over to Jude who had become severely irritated. After all, who were these strangers that thought they had the right to boss him around? Jude didn’t want to be near them anymore, and they kept talking about things he couldn’t understand.
Jepexx messaged Parker in the chat, since Parker knew Jude the best, he might be able to convince him of his identity.
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Jepexx: Parker come to spawn rn
ParkerGameBrain: why what do you want
Jepexx: smt is wrong with jude
ParkerGameBrain: what happened
Jepexx: I’ll tell u when u get here
Parker: ok I’ll be there asap
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When Parker arrived, Jude was extremely upset. “Why won’t you let me go, you… people! I don’t know you! Just let me go home!” Jude tugged at his arm, which was under the firm grip of Godis’ hand.
Parker looked at Jude, and then at Jepexx. “What happened? Why is Jude so angry?” Parker spoke in a flustered way.
Jepexx sighed and responded, “Parker, you know how Jude got killed by Flank so many times? Well, we think that Jude lost his memory because of all the hits that he took from the mace.”
“Really? I didn’t even know that was possible— what do we do now?” Parker hadn’t ever heard of a mace giving brain damage, why did it have to happen to Jude?
“I don’t know, but me and Godis think it’s best if you take Jude back to his base and uhh… maybe keep an eye on him,” Jepexx replied, nudging Godis who was fighting Jude’s attempts to break free from the stranger.
Parker nodded, his mind still frantically confused. “Yeah, ok. That sounds like the best option right now.” He turned to Jude, and spoke in the warmest voice possible. “Hey, buddy! You want to go home, right?”
Jude glared at Parker, eyes swimming with suspicion. Parker looked, really studied his face, but there wasn’t a flicker of recognition. Finally, Jude replied in a meek voice, completely unlike the upset tone he was using moments before, “Yes, please take me home.”