MCYT RANDOMNESS 2

Just Playing Games pt.1

I've not been waiting long before Tango and Scar emerge, disappointed, from Hungry Hermits. My focus shifts from chatting with Cub.

'You failed? Already? What happened?!' I ask.

'SOMEONE fed Gem raw chicken!' Tango calls. 'Straight out of the freezer.'

'No- come on, now! It wasn't like that-' Scar insists. Behind me, Cub laughs.

'What kind of bogus restaurant you running, dude?! Selling raw chicken?! You even heard of hygiene, bro? Ho-ly...'

'It was a very stressful time, Cub!' Scar gives Cub a playful shove. 'There were so many orders, and no space to put anything, and the rats- Notch the rats are just so-' A frustrated sigh. 'Tango, why are there always so many rats?!'

'You don't pick up the crap off the floor, Scar!'

'What day were you on?' Cub asks.

'Day 3,' Tango explains. 'And we'd gotten some pretty good upgrades...'

'Dude, that sucks...'

'I think Tango broke the game so he wouldn't lose his first place with Skizz,' Scar mutters.

'We got cheating going on here? Dude...' Cub shakes his head. Tango gives a laugh of mock-indignation.

'I wasn't cheating!'

'Hmm... yeah... yeah... anyway, who'd be up for a game with me?' Cub asks. 'Skizz?'

'I'm sorry, Rubbadub-Cub, I was just waiting here for Tango to come out and help fix my stupid mangrove farm...'

'Again? Well, I guess I need to ruber some Skizz-noodles... how long with this take?'

'Dunno, but shouldn't be more than an hour... Why don't you two have a game, Sir Scar, Rubbadub-Cub, and we'll meet you back here when we're done?'

'You up for that, Scar?'

'Yeah! Yeah, I'll play! We're gonna have the greatest restaurant of all time! Cub and Scar, first people to beat the game!'

'Yeah! Let's go-oo!' Cub replies, following Scar as he runs in to start their game.

It's 35 minutes later that Tango finally manages to work out how the atrocious tangle of Skizz-redstone making up my mangrove farm actually functions, and then 10 minutes to nooch the snoogins into working again (all technical terms). Tango tells me to meet him back at Hungry Hermits, so I fly over first. From the sound of music inside, Cub and Scar are still playing. The lights on the wall tell me day 7.

It doesn't take long to switch on my free cam, the little drone camera that lets me see what other hermits are up to, and spy on their progress. The screen on my communicator pops up automatically, I fly the free-cam through into the restaurant, where Cub and Scar are hastily trying to serve increasingly upset customers. Scar gives Bdubs something and-

The sound of crashing pots and pans rises from the audio. Scar kicks the table.

'Dude what did I do?! I tried to give him the stupid pumpkin pie, why did it fail on us?!'

'Bro... Scar... I told you that pie was on the wall 5 minutes ago! Why didn't you listen to me?!' Cub slaps Scar, pretty lightly, on the shoulder. 'Dude I can't believe-' A sigh. Cub gives sarcastic applause. 'Yep... well done, dude, well done. Amazing observation skills...'

'Well if you saw it, why didn't you give it to Bdubs?!' Scar pushes him in retaliation. 'Why didn't you save our game, you grumpy old fart!'

Cub hits Scar.

Hard.

Scar stumbles backwards, crashing to the ground.

'Really? You're going with that? When you're as ugly and wrinkly as Yoda's dad!' Cub spits.

'I'm ugly?! You'd lose a beauty contest against Jabba the Hutt!' Scar swipes back, snatching at Cub's labcoat.

'Well, the only thing that would save your face is being burnt in lava!' Cub slashes back. Even on the small screen, I see his claws are out, the blood spray as he hits Scar's arm. My horror grows.

'At least that would be more fun than hanging out with you!' Scar lunges at Cub.

'I'd get possessed by Sculk again if the alternative was being your friend!' Cub dodges. Scar attacks again, shoving Cub against the tables and pinning him, punching him.

'If there was a competition between you and a watcher, I'd root for the Watcher!'

'It's not like you'd have the brains to pick the right option if there was only one choice!' Cub punches back, grabbing Scar by the hair and tossing him to the floor. Scar pulls Cub with him, out of sight of my camera. I still hear the snarls and screams of their fight. Blood splatters on the wall.

Holy fucking shit they're going to kill each other.

I sprint into the restaurant to find Cub and Scar, rolling on the ground, a tangle of blood, and claws, and screeching. Without hesitating, I grab Cub, dragging him away from Scar. Before he twists out of my grip. I slam into the wall headfirst. Claws tear across my face and I scream at the burning agony, worse than the brutalest death in the Life Series.

Before he can attack again, I shove Cub as hard as I can, into one of the tables. I wipe blood from my face, still recovering as I step closer.

'What the he-'

He turns to counter-attack. For a split second, I see Cub's eyes glowing bright white. And then there's a bolt of blue, a searing pain, and I'm flung across the room. Scar screams something. I slam into the ground, rolling onto my side. Every part of me is on fire with agony. I stare at the other side of the kitchen where I've ended up, trying to move, but every move is excruciating. I can barely even breathe without wincing.

'Cub- oh my gosh- Cub what did you...'

'Scar? You're here but- oh Fuck- fuck- oh fuck-'

I hear footsteps, and a moment later, Tango's voice.

'What the crap happened in- Skizz?!' He falls next to me. I try to move over to reply. 'Skizz are you ok?'

'I hurt him.'

'Cub?'

'It was an accident. He lost control. Skizz attacked him first, he came out of nowhere.'

'What the crap? Skizz wouldn't do that!'

'I was stop- ow- ow... I was trying to... OW-'

'Stay still...' Tango advises. 'Fuck... what the fuck did you even do to him?!'

'Vex magic.'

'You hit him with Vex magic?!'

'Cub lost control!'

'I thought it was Scar going too far, dude! I didn't realise Skizz would- I didn't know he'd come back-'

'Xisuma's coming over now... What the crap are you two even doing in here?! Why would you hit Scar with vex magic?'

'I lost us the game pretty late on, and we were getting kinda antsy and adrenalined with all the orders, and cooking... and we're pretty tired from working on our bases... so we ended up play-fighting off our pent up annoyance and vexiness.'

'That was NOT- OW- ow-'

'Skizz! Stop! You'll only hurt yourself more!' Tango snaps as I try to turn to face Cub and Scar to retort. 'Just stay there until Xisuma comes... Why wouldn't you go outside at least?! Back to one of your bases before you started beating the crap out of-'

I fall unconscious.