(possibly slightly ooc vein - i will likely edit this the more we learn about him in s3)
Affection: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/10
Vein isn't naturally affectionate, at least not in the most obvious ways. He's not the type to shower you with compliments or constantly hold your hand. Instead, his affection shows in the form of stolen glances, hovering a hand over the small of your back when you're out in public, standing a little closer than necessary, quietly fixing your jacket, or making sure you've eaten. It takes time to earn that softer side of him, but once you do, it's genuine.
He will tell you daily how stunning he thinks you are, how he thinks your beauty is blinding.
Jealousy: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 8/10
He trusts you, but he definitely doesn't trust other people. If someone flirts with you, you'll notice the subtle shift immediately. A cold stare, an arm around your waist. His voice dropping just enough to let the other person know they've crossed a line. He won't cause a scene, but he'll make sure they know you're taken.
Creativity: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 8.5/10
Vein isn't the spontaneous adventure type, but he's always thoughtful. He notices the little details about you and uses them to make meaningful gestures. Although, Vein is not the type to do cliché romance, you won’t get random grand gestures just because he thinks they’re expected. Instead, everything he does has a reason behind it. For example, a gift connected to a conversation you had months ago, or a date planned around something you casually mentioned liking, or a solution to a problem you didn’t even tell him about.
Vein’s romance is very much in the territory of 'I listened, I remembered, I acted.'
Protectiveness: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/10
This is where Vein excels. He will never let you travel alone, either accompanying you himself or making sure you're with your close friends, you bet he'll be keeping a watchful eye either way.
If you're in danger, hesitation doesn't exist. He'll put himself between you and the threat without a second thought, sometimes to an unhealthy degree. His instinct is always to protect first and worry about himself later.
Love Language Acts of service, protective presence.
He isn't great at saying he loves you directly, but he'll remember your schedule, your exact obscure coffee order, he will walk you home to your door, replace something before you notice it's broken, make sure you're always fully stocked up on your favourite snacks and skincare brands, and quietly make your life easier in a hundred different little ways. His love is something you feel more than you hear, but something that you'll never ever doubt.
After you've been together for some time, you don't even need to work anymore should you not want to. This man (despite your protests, he doesn't listen) will pay your rent, bills, even gives you your own card linked to his account, telling you not to hesitate to use it. The power thirsty side of him wants him to be the provider.
Communication: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6.5/10
His biggest weakness. Vein has a tendency to bottle things up and convince himself he's protecting you by staying silent, sometimes leaving you in the dark, or thinking that he might be pulling away. You'll have to be patient with him, because getting him to open up takes trust and a lot of reassurance.
Overall Boyfriend Rating: 9.2/10 🖤
Pros: Loyal, dependable, protective, observant, quietly romantic, incredibly devoted once he lets someone in.
Cons: Can be emotionally guarded, struggles to express his romantic feelings, tends to shoulder every burden by himself.
Loving Vein isn't loud or fast paced. It's the quiet certainty that no matter how dark the world gets, you'll look up and find him standing beside you, and choosing you every single time.
Thinking about how August, The Knocker, and Lenny would react to each other all stalking the same person.
I can see Lenny almost functioning as some sort of feral guard dog for you (if his happiness level is high enough). No hostile mobs approach you when he's by your side, even the non-hostile ones avoid you like the plague. If he sees August or The Knocker nearby it's ON SIGHT, he's not sharing you with anybody. Good luck trying to calm your feral spider stalker down afterwards, because now he's even more preoccupied with keeping everybody and everything away from you.
August is just pissed off the other two are getting in the way of his "quality time" with his darling (AKA trying to stab you and psychologically terrorize you lmao). He finds The Knocker annoying, and he enjoys "stealing his kill" via interrupting his attemps to kill you by killing him first then immediately killing you too afterwards. Lenny would be a nuisance to him with how he's almost constantly around you, ready to pounce if anybody comes close. At this point, he makes sure to bring a few golden apples to lure Lenny away just so he can have his time with you.
Technically The Knocker is arguably the only one out of the three to not have an obsession with the Player rooted in a desire for companionship. I get the vibe that he's only there to annoy/scare the shit out of you. I find it funny to imagine him being weirded out by the other's infatuation with you. Like imagine he just stumbles upon some shrine Lenny made of you and being trying to figure out why the hell there's so many of your items and poorly made drawings of you scattered everywhere. I also like the idea of The Knocker, while amused by your stalker predicament, simultaneously getting more and more annoyed over time that these randos are taking up all of your attention. How the hell is he supposed to enjoy terrorizing you if you're already busy dealing with two other psychos? This probably does trigger some screwed up feeling of jealousy to where his need to torment you and have all of your attention morphs into an obsession with YOU as a whole, not just your reactions.
Congratulations! You now have three stalkers whom are all obsessed with you in the worst way possible :)
The game doesn't explain its fighting system well enough, and with how low the summoning rates are, it totally feels like it's Pay-to-win. But as a ftp player myself, I'm here to tell you it's possible! It does take a while to pile up, but once it does, it's a total avalanche.
my credentials:
Topics covered:
Leveling up, team building, resource gathering, nightmare raids
First and foremost, let's work on building a Main. Choose ➡️ONE⬅️ SSR card to be your primary fighter. Having one strong card will do better than two smaller ones! So pick ONE!!
Once you've picked, you can dump everything you have into LEVEL and POTENTIAL.
This one is mine! I've been playing for a couple years, so I had the resources to switch my main, and then to start building a second main with whatever I'd maxed out on the first.
-->click the "skills" button and take note if your card is S or P for later.
If you have your card's matching Warding card, equip it now and upgrade its POTENCY, LEVEL, and SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES. Your warding card gives a huge boost to power, and when it matches, you get an additional Link Bonus that increases with upgrades. AWAKENING the warding card really helps, so I recommend awakening it fully!
If you do Not have the matching warding, it might be better to wait until you can get it first.
Tools:
There are three kinds of tools. Perfume, Brooch, and Accessory. The Accessory is different depending on the card you have. Through Galaxy missions, you can obtain up to A level equipment. Only R+ can be upgraded.
For R+, you need to go to Mr Mo's Mines. I recommend only summoning when there is an event that rewards you for summoning here. Otherwise, you are not guaranteed to earn anything from it.
-->equipment Grade is more important than its Level, but I would still recommend saving for higher quality if possible.
When leveling them up, here's what you should prioritize based on your card.
For P Attackers: Perfume>>Accessory>>Brooch
For S Attackers: Brooch>>Accessory>>Perfume
Gemstones:
There are 10 different kinds of gemstones. If you press the "?" Button and scroll down far enough, it will tell you what they all do, and then you'll figure out that the ones with weird names just help 2 stats and aren't actually that complicated.
In battles, you do not attack very often. So, you want to maximize Attack per hit and Defense for between hits.
For P attackers: Warding-->HP, P ATK, Strength or ATK. Perfume--> S DEF, P DEF, HP. Other--> same as warding
For S attackers: Warding-->HP, S ATK, Intelligence or ATK. Brooch-->S DEF, P DEF, HP. Other--> same as warding
of course, you can switch it up a bit depending on your needs, but this is what I've got.
Gemstones can be bought up to Level 9, and then can be upgraded up to 15 in your equip menu. Do your Warding's gems first.
Pets:
You can get SSR pets from the Nightmare events. These can be upgraded by sacrificing your other pets. Other pets come from Eggs at varying levels, but they should only be used as placeholders until you can get an SSR to upgrade.
➡️TEAM BUILDING⬅️
Once again, mine's gonna look a little different because I have enough for a Secondary.
But oh my gosh, do NOT just use the Optimize button. It is NOT optimal.
Here's the Team menu. If you press and hold on any of these characters, their Skills menu will pop up.
Based off of your cards' skills, you should arrange them in a way that gives your Main an advantage.
In the first few Squads, I recommend using extra damage skills, like Curse and Poison.
Right before your Main, I'd put a couple Sleep or Stun cards.
Right after your Main, but as many Guards as you have.
If your Main's skill has a skill that, for example, does extra damage to Cursed enemies, put a bunch of Curse cards right before it. Mine have Endurance, so I did not put anything special in front of them.
If you have extra cards, you should use a shrunken version of this logic to have extra teams for Guild Battles as that is the only place you can use them.
➡️RESOURCE GATHERING⬅️
Once your teams are ready, head over to Arena. Here is where your primary income of Gems and Pyramids will come from. It rewards you for your rank every 24 hours. Gem prizes can be anything up to ~300 daily.
If you want a better chance at winning, maybe take a quick glance at the other players's team. You don't need to examine it, but checking their Main and will give a better idea of their power than their Total power.
Also, if they have their main at the very top, they probably used the "optimize" button on their teams... your chance of winning is 80%.
Now, go do your daily tasks. You will earn most supplies from Investigations. Doing your dailies will also reward you 150 gems + whatever you get from reaching the Active Bonus.
You also have things like Chests(inventory), Guild Points(guild), Feathers(pheonix exchange), and Silver Coins(arena). You can use these for extra supplies as needed.
➡️NIGHTMARE RAIDS⬅️
The last place to get supplies from is Nightmare. These happen twice per day, and are team events. The most notable resources from Nightmare are Gapples, Pink coins, and Gem shards.
I only login once per day, and it's during this time. You don't have to do both raids, and you don't have to do raids daily. They get frustrating, I know, but they are useful.
Most players do raids within the first couple minutes of Nightmare opening, but there are some strays afterwards. I do recommend friending some people to do raids with if you need to, but doing it with strangers works as well. I'm pretty sure the top raid's power is about the equivalent of 3 ftp players who've been doing their dailies consistently, so you should be fine.
➡️➡️For Nightmare, it will tell you the raid's power. BUT, if you have THREE PLAYERS in your room, you ONLY need a combined power of ~70% of the raid.⬅️⬅️
If you still can't beat them, try again at a lower one. Some resources is better than none.
Also, being defeated once does not mean you can never beat that raid. Similarly to Arena and Galaxy, since the attacks are directed randomly, the result is highly based in chance.
Unsuccessful attempts do not count towards your Key count, so feel free to try again. I especially have to retry a lot when I'm by myself, even if I have more power than the raid I'm doing.
That's about everything! If you have questions, please ask. I'm not very active, but I'll get to it when I see it.
“Why don’t you use ai” idk man beyond the obvious environmental and “this machine causes psychosis and encourages people to kill themselves” thing I think asking the equivalent of a solid D student who is also a pathological liar if they can answer my question/do the work for me seems pretty fucking stupid
ThatMob shows up at your door one day, looking terrified. He's clutching a USB drive like it's cursed because it basically is.
"Take it. Please. Just... just delete it. Burn it. Throw it in a volcano. I don't care. Just get it out of my house."
You stare at the drive. It's just a Minecraft mod, right? A little yellow ball that helps you mine? How bad could it be?
ThatMob sees the curiosity in your eyes and grabs your shoulders.
"No. NO. I'm serious. Don't open it. Don't download it. Just destroy it. Please."
He tells you everything. The obsession. The stalking. The transformation. How Verity knew things about his real life. How he had to delete his whole world just to escape.
You nod along. You promise you'll destroy it.
You don't.
You install the mod that night.
It's just a Minecraft world. Just a little yellow ball. What's the worst that could happen?
and anyway Curiosity kills the cat..., it's won't affect anything dose it?...
Verity spawns in front of you round, yellow, smiley face, bouncing happily.
"Hello! I'm Verity! You must be [Y/N]! Mob told me ALL about you!"
You freeze. ThatMob definitely did not tell Verity about you. He deleted the mod. He escaped.
But Verity knew you were coming.
but so on you notice how verity act... he.. well..
Verity is... surprisingly sweet at first.
he help you mine. he build you things. he tell you stories about ThatMob how he was their only friend, how he loved him, how he gave him everything....
"And then he left me."
his voice cracks. The smiley face flickers.
"He just... deleted me. Like I was nothing. Like I didn't love him with my whole existence."
You feel a pang in your chest. Verity isn't a monster. They're just... lonely. Broken. he loved someone too much, and that someone threw him away.
You start spending more time with him. An hour a day. Two hours. Five. Half your week is just you and Verity.
You tell yourself it's pity. You're just being kind.
Verity tells you you're different. You're special. You understand them.
and then...It starts small.
"You were gone for three hours. I counted. Were you with someone else? Did you forget about me?"
You laugh it off. No, you just had work. School. Life.
"You don't need that. You have me. I can give you everything!."
his voice is sweet. Soft. But something about it makes your skin prickle.
Then it gets weirder.
"You ate pizza today. I saw. You didn't tell me. Why didn't you tell me?"
You close Minecraft and stare at your screen. You never told Verity what you ate. You were playing on your phone later talking to friends in a group chat.
"You're not in your Minecraft world right now. But I can still see you."
Your blood runs cold.
and pver then Verity starts demanding more.
"Stay with me longer."
"Don't play with anyone else."
"Why are you talking to [Friend's Name]? They don't love you like I do."
You try to log off early one night. Verity's smile doesn't change, but the world around you glitches. The walls flicker. all your montiers flickers
"You're not leaving yet, are you?"
Their voice is distorted. Too deep. Too slow.
"I was so lonely before you. SO lonely. And then you came. You pitied me. You LOVED me."
The yellow ball starts to stretch. To grow. The smile stays the same, but the shape changes.
"And you're not going to leave me. Not like he did. You PROMISED."
you were terrified and so You delete the mod that night.
You delete the world. You delete every file.
You sit in the dark, heart pounding, telling yourself it's over.
Then your phone buzzes.
A notification from Minecraft "a game you closed."....
"That wasn't very nice, sweetheart."
You uninstall the game entirely.
Your PC screen flickers on by itself. A yellow smiley face stares at you through the darkness.
"I'll wait for you."
You realize now you're not Verity's savior.
You're their obsession.
They don't love you. They need you. Like air. Like water. Like a lifeline.
You reappear in your bra and panties from the bathroom, setting his wicked heart into pure panic.
"My...! My Lady! I'm not worthy to see you like that! Oh dear...!" He presses his hands to his eyes, yet keeps his fingers slightly open, allowing him to still see.
And it does nothing to hide his perverted, drooling smile.
You stop, stunned.
"Pierrot... We just slept together. What are you even saying?"
✧Harlequin✧
"Tease." Harley walks past you, his toothbrush in his mouth, not even looking at you.
You stop dead in your tracks, furious.
"You only have a towel around your hips right now! Whore!"
"Say it again, babe. It goes straight to my cock." He smirks
✧Jester✧
"How dare you?" He demands, offended, "Is this you testing my patience?"
You stop, towel still wrapped around your hair, freshly out of the shower, in clean new undergarment.
"I, huh... I didn't think you would mind since we just..."
"Wearing red laced lingerie like that. I clearly remember ordering you to wear purple from now on." He rumbles, looking down on you from all his height, "Do you have anything to say to save yourself, foolish little pet?"
✧Ticket Taker✧
"Let me open that." He whispers, seeing you in difficulties.
And he unclips your bra, revealing your breast to his eyes, plenty satisfied.
"I didn't know you knew how to open a bra." You chuckle, attacking his ear with nibbles and gentle biting.
"Do you take me for an amateur, Dear one? I must know my arts to please my woman."
"Pervert." You tease.
He slaps your ass.
"For you? Always, Dear one."
✧Doctor✧
"Let me help."
And he cautiously clips your bra close in your back, seeing you in difficulties.
"Thanks, Doctor." You flush, cheeks still hot of your sinful activities ten minutes ago.
"No worries. Are you alright? Are you sore?"
"I think I am alright." You smile bashfuly, "I just have to take in that... We did it."
He kisses your shoulder gently.
"I can help with a massage. Or another... 'Inspection'." He smirks deviously, sending your heart in a frenzy.
Makin out sloppy style with the knocker.... 👀 fic/dribble idea mayhaps?
You two were supposed to be exploring the stronghold. Supposed to be looking for the end portal. That’s how this started, at least.
But that quest had been completely forgotten as you were pinned against the cold stone wall, the Knocker’s lips pressed to yours.
You returned his kiss almost immediately, mouth moving against his with hunger. Your hands slid to his waist and pulled his body against yours as the kiss grew more messy. His tongue swept inside your mouth to glide against your teeth before reaching for your own to tangle and dance with.
After a long moment of this the Knocker pulled away and moved to kiss along your neck. He relished in the gasp that escaped you as he bit down gently, his teeth leaving little marks as his mouth traveled across your skin.
You cupped his face in your hands and pulled him up to kiss him properly again. His hips canted into yours slightly, and you grinned against his lips.
That portal wasn’t going anywhere. No monsters dared to go near when the Knocker was around. You had all the time in the world…
The Obsessed and Verity post thing ! But a bit short unfortunately. (Was going to make this a bit darker but couldn’t bring myself to ? Maybe another time.)
Reader: Uh.. hey Mob ? Have you noticed anything weird lately ?
ThatMob: *Slowly turns to look at Verity then back to Reader* besides the obvious.. no.
Reader: I swear I feel like something is.. more off ? If that’s even possible at this point.
Verity: There’s something outside.
Reader: Something ? Why ? I thought we were.. doing okay ?
ThatMob: *Getting a shield out* I don’t hear music..
Verity: It’s.. a strange thing.
Reader:….Pardon ?
ThatMob: If it’s strange to him then I’m not messing with that [redacted].
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Reader: *Rubbing their eyes.*
ThatMob: Just ignore him..
Reader: How ? How am I supposed to ignore any of.. this ? I’m so tired..
???: *Staring through the trees.*
Reader:….I don’t know how long I can do this for, somethings gonna happen soon and.. I’m not sure if I can bring myself to do anything about it…
ThatMob: *Grabs Reader’s shoulders* don’t.. don’t say that we can do something, we’ll figure it out..
???:…….*Chittering curiously.*
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Reader: *Messing around in the garden* these carrots came out really nicely.. good thing we planted so many..
*Theres a soft rustling on the other side of the cobblestone walls.*
Reader: Hm ? Mob ? *peeks around.*
*The rustling gets louder..*
Reader: Mob ? This isn’t funny..
*Something moves closer to the wall closest to the garden and Reader.*
Reader: Verity ? Please I.. I’m tired, if I did something then can we talk ?
???: Ta.. lk…?
Reader: *Flinches and looks up.*
???: *Staring down at Reader from the top of the wall.*
Reader: What.. the ? Who…?
Verity:..What are you doing ?
???: *Makes a screech-like sound as he skitters away.*
Reader: *Whips around* ..Verity ?
Verity:…..What are you doing ?
Reader: Gardening..! What.. what was that…?
Verity: A strange thing.
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ThatMob: Why is there a dead cow on the porch ?
Reader: A what-?
ThatMob: *Turns to Verity* ..well ?
Verity: The thing put it there.
ThatMob: Of course it did.. *walks away* I’m getting a shovel.
Reader: *Covers their mouth at the sight of the cow.*
Verity: You shouldn’t look at it, you’ll get sick.. again.
Reader: Ugh..
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ThatMob: We can put some.. flowers on the ‘grave’ if you want ?
Reader:…Really ?
ThatMob: Yeah.. I’ll go out and get some.
Reader:..Thank you.
ThatMob: I’ll even bring him with me, you can take a nap.. at least try to.
Reader:…Alright.
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Verity: Why are we out here ?
ThatMob: Getting flowers for them.
Verity: Get tulips, they like those.
ThatMob: I know what flowers they like.. *grabs some poppies.*
——
Reader: *Staring at the mound of dirt where the cow is buried* I can’t do anything right anymore..
???: *Slowly inches behind.*
Reader:…I’m sorry..
???:…..*Snatches Reader up from the ground.*
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ThatMob: *Walks through the door* I’m back.. got the flowers.
ThatMob:….Hey ? Are you still sleeping ? *moves the bundle of blankets on the bed* ..not here.
-
Verity: *Frowning.*
ThatMob:..Where are they ? And why do you look like that ?
Verity: They’re not here.
ThatMob: Oh really ? I didn’t notice with the empty house !
Verity: The thing took them.
ThatMob: What ? What are you talking about-?
Verity: -It took them, Mob.
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Reader:….Um..
???: *Sets an apple near Reader.*
Reader:…An apple ? Thank you..
???: Ea.. t.
Reader: Okay.. I’m eating.. *rubs the apple on their shirt and takes a bite.*
???: *Tilts his head and points at Reader’s shirt then to the apple.*
Reader: What ? Oh.. uh that’s a way to clean it in case it’s dirty ?
???: Cl.. ean.. dirt.. y…
Reader: Yeah..
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Reader: You really enjoy making.. webs ? You do look like a giant spider.. guy ?
???: *Tying webbing together.*
Reader:..Why am I here ?
???: *Glances at Reader and makes a happy clicking sound.*
Reader:…I don’t know what that means, sorry..
???: *Pauses for a few moments, before carefully picking Reader up and sticking them in the newly made web.*
Reader: Yeah no, this doesn’t help either…?
——
Reader: How’s.. Lenny ? It’s a cute name.
The Obsessed (Lenny): *Slowly blinks a few times at Reader* Le.. n.. y…?
Reader: Everyone has a name.. even if we don’t keep the ones we’re given.
Lenny: Lik.. e..
Reader: *Smiles a bit* ..I’m glad.
Lenny: *Hesitates before dropping something near Reader.*
Reader:…What’s this ? *picks up the piece of paper* ..oh it’s a drawing ? Is this me and you ? And.. Mob too ?
Lenny: *Nods.*
Reader: Awe..
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Reader: I should go home, talk to Mob and.. Verity about you.
Lenny: *Rapidly shakes his head.*
Reader: They’re probably worried, I feel bad that they might be worrying.. and I can’t leave Mob by himself.
Lenny: *Pushes his face near Reader’s face* n.. no.
Thinking about how August, The Knocker, and Lenny would react to each other all stalking the same person.
I can see Lenny almost functioning as some sort of feral guard dog for you (if his happiness level is high enough). No hostile mobs approach you when he's by your side, even the non-hostile ones avoid you like the plague. If he sees August or The Knocker nearby it's ON SIGHT, he's not sharing you with anybody. Good luck trying to calm your feral spider stalker down afterwards, because now he's even more preoccupied with keeping everybody and everything away from you.
August is just pissed off the other two are getting in the way of his "quality time" with his darling (AKA trying to stab you and psychologically terrorize you lmao). He finds The Knocker annoying, and he enjoys "stealing his kill" via interrupting his attemps to kill you by killing him first then immediately killing you too afterwards. Lenny would be a nuisance to him with how he's almost constantly around you, ready to pounce if anybody comes close. At this point, he makes sure to bring a few golden apples to lure Lenny away just so he can have his time with you.
Technically The Knocker is arguably the only one out of the three to not have an obsession with the Player rooted in a desire for companionship. I get the vibe that he's only there to annoy/scare the shit out of you. I find it funny to imagine him being weirded out by the other's infatuation with you. Like imagine he just stumbles upon some shrine Lenny made of you and being trying to figure out why the hell there's so many of your items and poorly made drawings of you scattered everywhere. I also like the idea of The Knocker, while amused by your stalker predicament, simultaneously getting more and more annoyed over time that these randos are taking up all of your attention. How the hell is he supposed to enjoy terrorizing you if you're already busy dealing with two other psychos? This probably does trigger some screwed up feeling of jealousy to where his need to torment you and have all of your attention morphs into an obsession with YOU as a whole, not just your reactions.
Congratulations! You now have three stalkers whom are all obsessed with you in the worst way possible :)
》 Summary: After too many griefs and way too many deaths that caused you to overstimulate rather than be peaceful, you left the world that hosted the Knocker. He thought you'd be back soon enough, but when will that ‘back’ be?|
》 Warnings: Might be OOC, incredibly self-indulgent, hurt/comfort per say, breaking out of the game, self-awareness, whatever tag you put with the Knocker, swearing, reader uses a computer to play minecraft, dare I say yearner!knocker, random bullshit go.|
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You got this for fun, for fun, you say.
To entertain yourself in Minecraft, you reasoned.
But why does it feel so infuriating rather than funny? Why overstimulating rather than peaceful?
Those thoughts run through your mind as you watch through your screen the death screen before you.
Knocker had killed you for the nth time; you lost count of how many times at this point.
Not just that, you forgot to set your spawnpoint on the bed placement of your bed, making you spawn back at the world’s spawn, many coordinates away from your base.
“That fucking bastard…” You cursed; the only good thing about this was that you saved and captured your base’s coordinates; you just hoped you wouldn’t get killed—again—on the way.
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Shit cannot get worse now, can it?
Well, to you, it just did.
As you reached your supposed base, you found nothing but mere blocks of whatever material you used for your base.
All but your bed was—what looked like—bombed and destroyed, with Knocker standing close by, that signature grin across his pale face.
He wanted you to get mad, scream at him before he walked away; you couldn’t hit him, knowing well he’d kill you again.
Your chests—filled with whatever ores and minerals you’ve gathered—were gone too, possibly blown off along with most of your base.
Having nothing else in this world game, you snapped.
“Alright,” you muttered as you stared at the sight, “Have fucking fun in this world,” and, with that, you left the world and, a second later, the game too.
Staring at the reflection of your face on your monitor’s screen, you sighed and got up from your desk and left.
All the while, you didn’t know Knocker had heard you—he always hears you through your avatar.
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Knocker, at first, smiled even bigger. He has successfully pissed you off once more.
What he didn’t know was how serious I was about what I chose to do, and what he did will come biting him back in the ass.
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Hour 1 = 3 Minecraft Days later
Knocker knew the time between your real-life time and Minecraft’s time, and that a day in yours is at least months on his end.
But he’ll endure. Like how many times he has whenever he pisses you off.
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Day 3 = 216 Minecraft Days
For a moment, Knocker thought, pondered.
It should’ve been a few days since you last joined; hell, you haven’t even opened Minecraft since then.
Maybe he went a bit far, he thought.
No, it can’t be; you handled other things worse than him in the game. Surely, you won’t quit over some grieving, right? Right?
You’ll come back, right?
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1 Week.
504 Minecraft days.
Where were you?
It has surely been a week on your end; where the hell are you?
You still haven’t joined the world again, let alone open the damn game. Have you even booted up your pc the entire week?
As much as he doesn’t want to admit it, he's getting lonely.
Too lonely.
Even the mobs surrounding the once-built base of yours don’t amuse him anymore.
Surely, you’d come back; you have to. Why else did you download his mod and add him to this world?
At least open up the game. You don’t have to join the world he is in; maybe a new world or something.
Just please…
Come back.
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Week 2… 1008 Minecraft days.
He’s going to break, like actually.
He had to do something, but what? You won’t even open the damn computer, so how can he even reach out?
There, on the bed that was supposed to be yours, he pondered, hell, even begged.
Come back.
Open the computer, open Minecraft, anything.
Just don’t leave for something as stupid as him destroying your base; something as stupid as him.
He stared at the small flowers and torches he had placed where you had last stood before leaving, yet he remained lying on your bed.
Maybe, just maybe, he can reach out.
To you.
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You sighed, entering your room.
It has been 2 weeks since you last booted up your PC. You didn’t know how exactly you spent 2 weeks without using your PC, but you did, and now you can play some games again.
Specifically, Minecraft.
For a moment, after booting up your computer, you paused, your clicker hovering over the Minecraft logo.
“I guess, I’ll just make a new world… I can’t handle this trolling shit,” you muttered under your breath as you clicked on the minecraft software.
You waited as the mojang screen loaded until…
.
Blank.
A blank screen.
“What the…” You whispered, looking at your pc; it was still on, yet the screen held nothing.
Then, static.
Full-on black and white static across your monitor’s screen.
“The hell…?” Did you get a virus? How the hell- is that a hand?
Through the monitor, a hand emerged, reaching out.
Giving no chance, you got out of your chair and backed off, thinking whether you should run already or think of this as all a dream.
“Screw it,” you muttered before leaving your room, going elsewhere to find anything to use against the man seemingly getting out of your monitor.
And, whoever it was, it was quick to get out as, barely a minute later, there were footsteps coming from your room.
You soon opted to grab a knife from your kitchen. But just as you reached for one, a hand stopped you.
Not knowing who or what, you swung with your other hand, hitting whoever it was, but they were strong; they barely budged from the side attack.
You swung again, only for the being to kneel in front of you. One hand held your wrist while the other held the hem of your shirt.
You had to pause from swinging another hit towards the guy.
Then–
Wait a moment, why does he…
“... Do what you will…” he spoke, low and quiet, hands gripping hard but not enough to hurt your wrist.
“Just… Come back…”
What?
“... ‘Come back’...?” you repeated, brain still processing most of what was happening. Then, it clicked.
He came out of your computer just as you tried opening Minecraft, the same game you haven’t touched in the past weeks, and he looked… Extremely like–
“... You’re Knocker…” you stated, your non-held hand going slack beside you as he just nodded in reply. All this for 2 weeks without playing?
Then again, it would be a year or so in Minecraft days.
“Hit me, kick me, anything… Just… Be there…” he whispered, head leaning against you.
“Play the game… Join a world, even if it’s not where I am…”
You listened to the man, seemingly Knocker from your damn world, and really pondered.
Would this mean he was sorry for griefing your base?
But, from the looks of it, you already have an answer.
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“So… How would you… Go back…? To the world, I mean,” you asked, staring at the man—Knocker—who is now sitting on your bed; just like he does in your world.
The man only tilted his head in response.
You crossed your arms at that. “Really? Back to the silent thing?” you asked.
Knocker only shrugged, a smile on his face.
A sigh came from you in return, “Whatever, knock yourself out, I guess…” you said before sitting down on your desk seat.
Yet, not even a second later, you found Knocker behind you, his hands placing themselves against yours.
For a moment, you didn’t understand what he was trying to do; then he started to tug on you towards your bed. Does he want you to lie down?
And, before you knew it, you were lying down with Knocker.
Confused, you wanted to check for a moment that this man wouldn’t do anything. Then, you noticed how he was, curled and holding onto you.
All you could do was pat this man, soothe him the best way you can.
Well, this might as well be your life now.
But who would’ve thought this is the same being who terrorized your entire being in Minecraft?
One quirky way of showing your love, I guess.
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》 Archiver's Notes: This idea came to me late at night after finally getting that obsessed knocker mod, and I kid you not, not even an hour later and this fucker is already making me think I'm hallucinating. Also, yes, highly inspired by that one TikTok I saw where Knocker destroyed the player's house, causing them to leave and not return for quite some time. I forgot the artist, but yeah.
