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You died.
The screen mocks Avery. It disgusts him. He disgusts himself. He fell for a stupid trick and now the only thing he's cared for for the past month is dying.
He clicks respawn anyway.
TheMostMayo> DEREK??
TheMostMayo> HELLO?
"God..." He grumbles in real life.
The fireworks outside feel like shots to his head. He hears kids laughing, and tears begin to form in his eyes.
Avery looks around his starter house a quick moment. He built this when he thought it was just a starter world. Avery shoves open the door and runs to the mine. He knows his efforts are in vain, he just does. But he can't help it.
Typing himself into creative, Avery flies through the caves and enters the door that tortured d3rlord3. Just as it did last time, the game forces him into mortality the moment he steps back out. There he was again, rows of doors. It had already been five minutes.
Avery pushes away the thought. I mean, he already knew exactly how to get through to the last room. So he did. Nothing seemed to follow him this time. He was never chased. Avery felt truly and utterly alone.
He finally steps into the last door. Another ten minutes have passed.
TheMostMayo> d3rlord3??
There he is. Standing. Looking out onto the abyss. But any movement from his skin are ceased. A deep hopelessness sets deep into his bones.
TheMostMayo> Derek?
The scene in front of him was all too still. Avery was too late.
In a whim, he rips his headphones off an slams them down. Avery shoots up from his seat and looks away from the screen.
Is Derek really dead?