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Welcome to Souls Life, where a bunch of hapless souls have found themselves in a Life series! Over the next few posts, the players will introduce themselves and you can start asking them questions!
Souls Life is a Discord-based Life series RP, in which all the players started with 4 lives. We play once a week, but several of us also create other related content - such as write-ups/fanfics of the sessions or art - that we’ll also post here.
Also, heads up, our one, only and wonderful @arcticfoxpup42 is writing a fic based on this, that first chapter of you can find here
I just wanted to say you guys are the kindest, and funniest people ive ever met. From the silly memes and jokes to the silly rps done outside of sessions. Its always nice to hear from you guys, even if we're all super busy or just sending a text in the chat to say hi.
HELLO THERE!!!! It is I, Arctic!!!! And I am here with Chapter Three (Yes Chapter Three, shut up, we'll reblog the other chapters and bonuses soon enough, for now just go to my tumblr @arcticfoxpup42 ) of Souls Life!!!!!
I actually got stuff done, aren't you proud? *Stares at the many other chapters and bonuses* Mhm, I'm on a roll!!!!!
Anyhow, let's not beat around the bush, shall we? How does the saying go again?
What Comes Up...
Jesikeran hit the ground too hard whilst trying to escape a creeper.
Well.
That was not how they expected their third day in Minecraft to go.
Jesi had been trying, for the life of them, to find supplies. They managed to get some iron, coal, wood, and food.
You know what they still hadn’t gotten after all that time? Sheep.
It was a bit uncanny. They had seen pigs, cows, a baby zombie, chickens, a baby zombie riding a chicken…but no sheep. At all. It was uncanny and frustrating. They had really wanted to make a bed.
But they had gotten other stuff! That was…until a weird bright green creature that they had learned the hard way was an explosive creeper had appeared. And caused them to fall down into a ravine.
Which hadn’t been fun, although they would’ve been surprised if it had.
“OH WHAT THE–” Jesi shouted, stumbling as they found themselves standing…where are they? They spin around, eyes searching. It looks like…spawn?
“Ok. Ok. I’m just back where we all started. It’s fine, everything’s fine.” Jesi mumbled to themself, closing their eyes and taking in a deep breath. Their head was pounding…but otherwise, they seemed to be fine.
Jesi spotted three people coming their way. Squinting, they were pretty sure it was Elliott, Arctic, and Bee.
“JESI!!” Elliott called out, waving as he reached them. “What happened to–what the fuck happened oh my god.” He panted, resting his hands on his knees, seemingly catching his breath.
Arctic came next, voice slightly hoarse and eyes glistening–wait, had she been crying? What happened there? “Jesi? What’s going on?”
Finally, Bee. “What the fuck happened?” She asked, coming up beside Elliott.
“Hi? Hi.” Jesi said, confused on how they knew to get here so quickly–and honestly, still a bit shaky from a near death–no, actual death–expirience.
“Hi Jesi.” Elliott said, scanning them over for injuries. “What happened to you?” He demanded. Bit harsh. Then again, Jesi was almost positive they died, so wanting to know what happened seemed reasonable enough.
“Uh.” Jesi groaned, rubbing at their face. “You could say I got lost. Top tip: ravines are bad and scary. As are creepers.”
Elliott’s eyes trail lower, to Jesi’s wrist. “What are you loo–oh.” Their bracelet. Instead of the four dark green hearts it had before, it now only had three hearts…and they were light green.
“Oh. uh. Okay! You died that’s–that's what happened. Yep okay fine, sure!” Elliott said, nodding his head slowly. Like it was normal. Where had Elliott come from for dying and coming back to be seen as normal?
Bee glared at him. “Is it fine, Elliott?”
Elliott’s hand not holding his walking stick went flying up. “Of course it’s not fine, WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY?”
“Ask if they're okay? Say how NOT FINE IT IS?” Bee offered, before sighing, rubbing at her eyes. “Sorry, just…stressed. Slept badly, now this…Jesi, are you okay?”
Arctic seemed a bit spacey, acting different than the friendly and over the top girl Jesi originally met. They watched as the girl seemed to shrink a bit at the arguing, before stepping back and walking away.
Jesi figured that if Arctic was trying to slip away quietly, they should let it happen. ‘Quiet’ wasn’t a word they would’ve used to describe the girl, after all.
Turning to Bee, they answered her question. “I….think so? Not gonna lie, it’s a little disorienting to be standing here with no damage after…yeah.”
“You look..okay?” Bee said. “No bad visible injuries but you never know…a lot has happened since you left..fuck we should’ve sent someone with you to get wool.”
Jesi groaned. “You know the worst part? Never found any sheep. Not that it matters, since I lost everything anyhow.”
Elliott seemed to perk up at that. “So no keep inventory…good to know.”
“It seems our Life Series nerdiness will finally come in handy.” Bee said, and Jesi couldn’t tell if that was a joke or not. “I mean, it might tell us what we’re in?” So, no, it wasn’t a joke, but she was right.
And they said binging the Life Series wouldn’t be a helpful life skill.
“So…no timer, not Limited.” Bee began, studying her own body like a watch or something would magically appear.
“No one died with me, so not double.” Jesi pointed out.
“4 lives. 4 lives…” Elliott said, tapping his foot. “That’s not…any of them. Not the ones we’ve seen, at least.”
“Really?” Jesi asked, furrowing their brow.
Elliott nodded. “Third Life had three, Last Life 2-6, Double Life and Limited Life obviously not…”
“Could be Last Life?” Jesi offered up, crossing their arms across their chest.
“Well, I doubt we all randomly got assigned 4 lives.” Bee pointed out. “And no sign of a boogeyman…so far.” Jesi shivered at the idea.
“Secret Life only had three, and Wild and Past both had six.” Elliott finished, and it slowly settled in what that meant.
“Great.” Jesi and Bee said in unison, the double sarcasm dripping like acid.
“So we have a new fucked up series, just for us.” Bee added, digging her nails into her arm.
“Wonderful, love that for us.” Elliott said dryly. Then he added, “Uh…I guess we should go do something? Get ready for the day?”
Bee shrugged. “I don’t know…I have food. And a base. There’s nothing much else I need…”
“I might get Crow and separate ourselves from the main hut in the plains. It’s a little bit…crowded.”
Jesi considered this, going through what they needed. No point in trying to find their stuff, who knows how far away they got? With that in mind, they needed to find some animals, go mining, make a farm…
“I should probably find a place to base properly.” They thought out loud. A new person was approaching them, one Jesi was entirely unfamiliar with.
“BEE!!!!!” The stranger shouted.
Bee whipped around, looking terrified. “Oh.” She breathed a sigh of relief and waved to the new person. “Hey Siphon!!!”
The new person–Siphon, apparently–closed the distance between them and the rest of the group. “What are you guys doing?”
“Totally not freaking out.” Jesi joked.
Bee rolled her eyes. “Well, Jesi died and so we’re talking about what the fuck is going on…and also our pretty bases.”
“Oh gosh!” Siphon said, before looking around just a bit. “Who’s Jesi?” Probably the unfamiliar person standing in front of him, but that was just a guess and all.
Jesi stepped forward, doing a dramatic wave to get Siphon’s attention. “Hi, Hello, That’s me!”
“Oh yeah…” Bee began, gesturing her hand between them. “Siphon this is Jesi, Jesi this is Siphon. They appeared from the sky yesterday.” They did wha– “Don’t ask.” Okay then.
“Oh hello!” Siphon returned the dramatic wave. “Wait, you died?!” She scans them up and down, as if checking for injuries.
Jesi shrugged. “I died and then apparently got better.”
“It’s called respawn, I think.” Elliott said with a sigh.
“Wait, that can just…happen?” Siphon asked, wide eyed. “I mean–how?”
“Minecraft Logic.” Bee offered with a nod of her head.
“...I’m sorry, what?” Siphon asked.
“Yeah, what Bee said.” Jesi confirmed. “Welcome to Minecraft.”
“...thanks?” He blinked slowly.
Bee sighed, stretching. “Welcome to Minecraft, the hellhole we're stuck in until we kill each other or ourselves for the final time.” Dead silence rang across the four of them.
Finally, Elliott gave a weak, one handed cheer. “...yay…”
“Anyways…I gotta go…gonna find Crow.” Elliott said, waving the group off.
“I’m gonna try Life take 2, anyone want to join me in getting materials?” Jesi asked.
Siphon perked up. “I would! I need things.”
Bee, however, shook her head. “Maybe later, but I swear I heard something by the hut…I’m gonna head over there. If you need me, I’ll either be there or at my base in the mountains.”
“Okay, stay safe!” Siphon warned her.
“Good luck, don’t die.” Bee countered dryly.
“See you around, Bee.” Jesi said in goodbye. Bee waved and stepped back.
And with that, the moth girl wandered away as well.
“So…where should we go for material gathering?” Siphon asked.
“Well, I’d prefer to avoid caves and ravines at the moment.” Jesi said, half joking. Their eyes trail up to the mountains close by. “Maybe up there? We could try to find some surface ore.”
Siphon hummed. “I’ve already got ore–some coal–so I was thinking maybe food first?” Not a bad idea. Jesi had been hoping to start a farm, anyway.
“Sure!” They said.
“Okay, so…” Siphon looked around. “Should we go to the forest first? Or the plains?” Well, Jesi had their answer the moment that horrid forest was mentioned.
“The plains will probably have some good plant–based food…and the forest is a little…weird, to put it lightly.” Jesi explained.
“Alright then!” Siphon begins to walk towards where Jesi can only assume the plains in question are. “To the plains we go!”
“To the plains!” Jesi agrees, following the person.
***
“I don’t think that’s working, sorry…maybe make a different tool?” Was the first thing Jesi heard while approaching a group in the plains. Looked like Ender, Crow, and Elliott (who was the one speaking) were outside of a little hut.
Siphon was wandering close by, in search of something–probably animals, or maybe plants. Jesi went over to a nearby tree, punching wood and listening in on the conversations.
Crow seemed to be acting…odd…and it appeared Ender and Elliott were tag teaming calling him out on it. “I thought you made yourself tools when you made my shovel, Crow.” Ender was saying. “Shouldn’t they be in your inventory?”
“Yes yes! I uh–totally have it, right here! Just gotta…find it…” Crow babbled. Now, Jesi hadn’t talked to Crow much before going on a sheep hunt, but they were pretty sure he hadn’t spoken like that.
He had seemed, frankly, pretty calm. But they could very well be wrong. However, Elliott’s commentary made them think they weren’t. “Uh…sure…okay…” He said, before saying something Jesi was 98% sure was, “My Crow wasn’t like this before…”
Jesi continued to punch the wood on the trees, ignoring the slight ache in her knuckles. With all the wood they’d gathered before, it didn’t hurt nearly as bad as it had initially.
Crow must have looked into his inventory, because they heard him say, “...perhaps I left them somewhere else?” Which. Alright, Jesi could just be going out on a limb (wouldn’t be the first time.) But they were pretty sure Crow had never used the word ‘perhaps’ when they first met. At all.
Jesi paused her punching to give Ender a “What the heck?” look. Ender responded with a helpless shrug, shaking her head. It read as “No idea, don’t question.” So Jesi let it go. Or. Tried to.
“You would just…leave your tools?” Ender asked, sounding slightly offended. Jesi had to agree, leaving your tools around seemed idiotic, to say the least.
“It’s a hoe!” Crow countered. “I didn’t think it’d be that important and I needed inventory space!” Ah, so that’s what had started this whole thing, it seemed–Crow had needed a hoe for something.
“Alright, look.” Elliott spoke up, sighing. A quick glance, and Jesi could spy a hoe in his hands, holding it out to Crow. “You can borrow mine. I can make another one, easy.”
“Ah, thank you!” Crow answered, accepting the hoe. Jesi continued to punch the tree, expecting that to be the end of it.
Their mistake.
“What–what tools would you consider to be important?” Ender asked, eyeing the two boys suspiciously. Jesi was collecting the wood she had managed to grab, and spotted Ender clutching a shovel tightly.
They also got to watch in real time as Crow visibly paled and seemed to have an internal freak out. “...shovels.” He squeaked out. Jesi had the urge to pat the poor boy on the head.
Ender nodded her approval, grinning from ear to ear. “What about you?” She asked Elliott.
“Pixaxes, swords, axe…maybe a shovel too?” Elliott offered, crafting a hoe as he spoke.
“Maybe?? MAYBE???” Alright, what had Jesi missed, when did Ender become obsessed with shovels? Was this always a thing? They supposed that was possible.
Either way, tension seemed to be rising, and Jesi would prefer to leave right about then. Luck was on their side, because they spotted Siphon close by. “Hey Siphon, do you have a base set up?” They asked.
“Oh yeah, up the mountains!” Siphon explained, gathering up some meat and–wait, was that wool???? Oh for the love of–
Whatever, Jesi was fine. It was. Fine. They were just a little salty.
“And would you mind if I joined you there? I’ve kind of…skipped that step, so far.” Jesi admitted. They could see Elliott trying to defend himself to an insulted Ender…oh boy. Yeah, leaving sounded good.
“Oh yeah sure, we could be neighbors!” Siphon agreed brightly. “Bee already has a cabin near me, you know!” Jesi, in fact, did not know that, but that explained why the two seemed friendly.
“Cool, thank you!” Jesi chirped, looking around. They couldn’t spy any other trees nearby…but there was a melon! They kicked at the thing until it broke apart and placed it all in their inventory.
And happened to look up to spy Siphon near a good cluster of trees, punching away. “I–I’m apparently blind.” Jesi said to nobody in particular. “How did I not see the trees??” They were, by all means necessary, right in front of them.
Oh well, wouldn’t be the first time.
Together, Siphon and Jesi begin to gather some more resources, studiously ignoring the arguing and chatting happening around them. Jesi made themself a crafting table and started working on making tools.
Unlike Crow, they didn’t plan to lose their set.
“Hey Jesi, when you're done with that, do you want to maybe go back to spawn before we head to the mountains?” Siphon asked as Jesi crafted a sword. “I need to grab a couple more things.”
“Yeah, sure!” Jesi said, finishing up their sword. “Just let me grab some seeds and sapling real quick.”
They did so quickly, spotting Sabi and Arctic approaching and knowing based on what little time they were around the group that Sabi + Elliott = trouble.
“Aright, Siphon. Whenever you’re ready?” Jesi said after gathering the seeds and saplings they wanted.
Siphon clapped her hands together. “Okay! To Spawn!” They cheered, walking back the way the two had come.
“To Spawn!” Jesi agreed, following him.
***
They end up near the river.
Siphon was grabbing at some long green plant–sugarcane, Jesi was pretty sure? “Looking for anything in particular?” They asked.
“Yeah, hang on!” Siphon took off the cape he’d been wearing, placing it neatly folded on the riverbank. “I’m trying to find some ink sacs!” They explained while wandering into the river.
“I’ll start getting some sand, I guess.” Jesi offered, kneeling down. They watched as Siphon drew her own sword–when had he made that? Apparently at some point, maybe before they met.
The two gathered things up in a peaceful silence, beyond the sound of shifting sand or dying squids. Silence, however, is made to be broken.
Sabi came dashing forward, a slightly crazed look in her eyes. “Arctic?? Is Arctic here?!” She asked Jesi, shaking them a little.
“Oh, hey Sabi!” Jesi said, gently stilling the worried girl. “I haven’t seen Arctic.” Sabi nodded and dashed off a little ways a way.
It was about that time that Jesi heard the shriek.
A high pitched noise pierced the air, startling Jesi. “OH SHIT–” Whipping their head towards the sound, they spotted Arctic leaping up, which considering she seemed to have just materialized and quite possibly died, seemed like a bad idea.
Poor Siphon, who had dived under the water to kill another unsuspecting squid, leaped out. “WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?” He yelled.
“Arctic!!!” Jesi called out, dashing forward, ignoring the sand they hadn’t put in their inventory yet. They pulled a shaking Arctic down into a sitting position, kneeling in front of her. “I’m here, you’re okay now, it’s going to be okay.”
“I DON’T LIKE CAVES. CAVES BAD.” Tell Jesi something they don’t know.
“HELLO???” Siphon asks, having come out of the river completely to figure out what was going on.
“Hewo…” Arctic whimpered, giving a shaky wave.
“Omg are you okay???” Siphon asked. Jesi rubbed small circles into the shaking girl’s back, trying to spy where Sabi went. They did see Bee fast approaching.
“No…” Arctic answered Siphon, voice breaking. “I DIDN’T THINK THE SNOW WOULD JUST DISAPPEAR!" She yelled, sounding miserable and horrified.
“Omg…” Siphon mumbled, crouching down on the girl’s other side, copying the practiced motion. Jesi finally spotted Sabi approaching.
Bee arrived, tripping as she ran. “WHAT THE FU–ARCTIC ARE YOU OKA–I mean, obviously not but…”
Finally, Sabi arrived. “ARCTIC!!!” She all but screamed, looking on the verge of a panic attack.
“Sabi’s here now, okay?” Jesi reassured Arctic, which seemed to help a little. Sabi dashed forward and hugged the girl so tight Jesi was a little worried about broken bones. Everybody backed away to make room.
“I didn’t think the snow would just–it fell and then I fell and then the world went black then white then purple–” Arctic mumbled, still shaking. Poor girl. Jesi could say from experiencing the exact same thing: It was not fun. They wondered if Arctic got a headache too.
A headache seemed to be the least of the girl’s problems at the moment.
“Mystarmystarmystar.” Sabi muttered like a mantra, so quick it took Jesi a second to make out what she was saying. “I’m here now, I won’t leave you.”
“I told you–you should’ve–” Bee stuttered, lying down on her back and looking slightly ill.
“YOU SAID IT WOULD MAKE ME SINK!!! IT FELL!!!” Arctic cried out, voice going alarmingly high pitch–like, Jesi was a bit worried about the girl’s poor throat.
Siphon sat down beside Bee, mumbling something to her. Bee shook her head. “I’m fine. It’s Arctic who just died.” She mumbled back. Turning to Arctic, she went, “WELL IT’S THE SAME THING WITH THAT SNOW, EITHER WAY YOU WOULD’VE DIED!!!”
Jesi glanced at poor Arctic. Just how did she die?
Siphon asked the question before Jesi could, turning to Bee. “Do you know just how she died?”
Bee groaned, rubbing her face. “We were in the mountains.” She began, gesturing behind her to said location. “She was running around in the snow and some of the powdered stuff broke. She fell into some sorta cave, I think.”
“Omg…” Siphon mumbled. Which, all in all, Jesi thought that summed it up pretty well.
Jesi gave Arctic a sympathetic look. “Falling is uh…not fun.” They confirmed.
Thankfully, the overly tight hug seemed to be helping the girl calm down. Siphon nudged Bee. “Okay, uh. Bee? Me and Jesi were going to head towards the mountains…you want to come with us or…?”
“Sure…is Jesi gonna live there?” Bee asked, directing her tired eyes towards them.
“If you don’t mind, Bee?” Jesi asked.
“It’s fine by me!” Bee confirmed, turning to Sabi and Arctic. “You two could come back but uh. It seems you wouldn’t want to after what just happened…”
Sabi finally broke out of the hug. “I’ll go.” She said, glancing at the still trembling girl. “I think Arctic needs some rest, anyway.” That’s one way to put it.
“Okay…let me grab my cape and then we can head towards the mountain. WITHOUT falling into snow this time.” Siphon said, starting to stand up. “Arctic, hope you feel better…”
“If we come across some animals and anyone has the right food, do we want to try and take them with us?” Jesi asked.
“I got seeds and apples…that’s about it.” Bee admitted sheepishly.
“I’ve also got some seeds.” Jesi said. “We’re set for chickens, at least.”
“We could get an egg!” Bee points out, smiling a little. “That’s…good?” Jesi nodded in confirmation.
Everyone stood up. Sabi turned to Arctic, hands on the girl’s shoulders. Jesi realized around then that Arctic was wearing Sabi’s parka–when and why…? Ah, none of their business. “Arctic–I’m going mining now, but I’ll be back soon.”
Nobody said anything about mining, but if Sabi wanted to try her hand at those cursed caves, Jesi wouldn’t stop her.
“Can you be brave for me and stay here for a moment?” Sabi continued. Arctic’s eyes were wide and fearful. “Try to sleep, Starlight, and I’ll be back before you even notice.” Sabi promised.
“I–” Arctic began.
“If you want, we can bring her up with us?” Bee offered. “Should be able to, like, carry her? And she could rest at someone’s base…if that’s alright with you both, of course.”
“I can stand! I am standing!” Arctic pointed out, voice slightly defensive. The other girls talked right over her.
“We could make a temporary base to put her in too.” Sabi suggested. Arctic made a small noise of protest.
“I–I can’t come with you?” She asked, practically begged. Jesi couldn’t help but wince. Arctic shifted closer to Sabi, and the girl sighed.
“Okay, okay. No leaving, I guess.” Sabi said, toned resigned as she held the twin braided girl close. Which may seem odd, but when Jesi thought about it…
Yeah, if the options were to either have Arctic go to the place she ended up dying in or have Sabi stay with Arctic here? …one option definitely seemed safer than the other.
Siphon approached them, cape back on. “I’m ready.” He said.
Bee nodded. “I think we’ll set off, now?” She turned to the girls. “But come up if you want anytime! Just shout for me and I’ll show you where my base is…” Bee gave Jesi a questioning look.
“I’m ready.” Jesi confirmed. “You gonna be okay there, Arctic?” The girl responded with a giggly salute.
Arctic was mumbling something to Sabi, and Jesi was able to catch some of it. “...I want to be with you, but I don’t wanna stop you from doing stuff…if I can’t come, that’s fine.” Her voice was weak but filled with conviction.
“Well, if you want to come up to the mountains with us, I’ll be heading to my base. We can hang out there.” Siphon, surprisingly enough, piped up with that suggestion. Jesi hadn’t realized she was paying attention, in all honesty.
Bee sighed, beginning to walk away. “Alright, Sabi, Arctic. Bringing you, yes or no?” She asked the two.
“I–” Sabi bit the inside of her cheek. Arctic was watching her like a hawk. Jesi was personally feeling that the tension in the air was slightly unnecessary. “I’m…actually gonna stay here with Arctic–help her if she needs it.”
Jesi watched Arctic’s face fall, could see the guilt on her face. But Arctic said nothing, so neither did they. It wasn’t their place to say anything–if Sabi wanted to stay, that was fine.
“It’s too dangerous to bring her in the mountains, she can’t protect herself in this state.” Sabi explained. “I’ll stay here and keep her safe.”
Beside them, Jesi heard Siphon grumble, “I can protect her…” Before putting on a bright smile. “That’s okay!”
Bee sighed, sounding exasperated. “Someone could carry her and we are all perfectly capable of taking care of peo–you know what, never mind. Always happy to have visitors, just…ask Siphon for the way.” With that, Bee begins to head towards the mountains.
“I don’t need to be carried. I AM LITERALLY STANDING!” Poor Arctic shouted, sounding extremely confused. Jesi had to fight off a laugh.
“Sit down.” Sabi countered, dragging the girl down. Jesi turned away to cover their mouth. No laughing, not a peep from them.
“See you two around!” Jesi called behind them, walking with Siphon as they went after Bee.
***
“Alright…so let’s try not to fall into snow this time.” Siphon suggested as they climbed up the mountain. Bee was sitting on a little cliff edge, looking annoyed.
“Long drops are also to be avoided.” Jesi agreed. “You alright there, Bee?” They called up to her.
Bee tapped her foot against the snow. “Eh…I guess…” She said with a shrug. Super reassuring, 10/10, Jesi’s never trusted her wellbeing more. “So Jesi, how are you liking it up here so far?”
Jesi scanned the mountains. “It’s a bit cold, what with all the snow and all, but it’s certainly a decent view…I like it up here.” They confirmed. “It feels…calm.”
“Yeah, that’s why I like it.” Bee agreed. “It’s a bit cold but when I find goats or sheep I’ll make myself better clothing.” Jesi hoped she had better sheep luck then they did.
“Speaking of…I just got some wool!” Siphon piped up, showing it off. “Check it out!”
“Oooh, nice!” The other two commented. “It looks so soft…” Bee murmured.
“Yeah, I was thinking of what to do with it all…” Siphon began, before gasping and stumbling. “GAH–”
“Siphon? What happened?” Jesi asked, alarmed by the sudden change. Bee was already jumping down, using her arms to steady him.
“Hey!” Bee asked, tone vocal concern. “Are you okay?”
Siphon looked…out of it. Her eyes had glassed over, and he was trembling ever so slightly. “...okay…” They finally mumbled.
“You good?!” Bee questioned.
“I think I remembered something…” Siphon began.
“Oh! I hope it was good?” Bee offered, giving Siphon a half–hug.
“Guys?! Are you here?!!” A familiar voice called out. Turning, Jesi spotted Sabi climbing up the mountain.
“Over here, Sabi!” Jesi responded, before turning back to Siphon. “Remembered…?”
“Yeah…” Siphon took a deep breath in. “I came to this place with no memories and–I think–I sometimes get flashes about my past…”
“Last time it happened, I remembered I was a researcher of some sorts.” He added.
“Oh that’s weird…I uh, I came with memories but I blocked most of them out…” Bee explained. Jesi blinked slowly at her, feeling like that was…concerning…
Siphon looks back down at the wool still in their hands. “I think I know what to do with this…”
“Well that’s go–” Bee took a step back, before falling down an almost invisible crevice.
Well, shit.
“Bee?” Siphon rushed forward. Jesi caught them by his cape, stopping her from falling in themself.
“BEE!” Jesi called down, concerned. Seriously, the caves had to be cursed or something, right?
“Bee!! Are you okay?” Jesi shouted into the crevice. Siphon was struggling to find a way down, and Jesi used what little materials they had to help with their descent.
***
“Bee? Are you alright? Where are you?” Jesi asked, words echoing off the walls of the cavern. It seemed to be some sort of…dripstone cave? Jagged rocks were poking out anywhere and everywhere.
“GUYS!!! ARE YOU HERE???” That was Sabi, somewhere deeper in the cave–looks like she fell too. Wonderful, just…wonderful.
This was fine.
“I fell down a hole…” Oh, there was Bee!!! “I landed on some sort of ledge, though…” Thank the void.
“Omg…” Siphon murmured beside Jesi, looking terrified. Which was reasonable, after all, they were in a cave.
“We’re coming down.” Jesi called out.
“Go to where Sabi is!” Bee argues. “It’s not safe this way, anyway!” See, that made Jesi feel like they should focus on Bee.
“Sabi’s down here?” Siphon asked, and in the distance, a loud curse could be heard from the one and only. Jesi couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Sounds like it.” Bee says through a sigh. How could Jesi hear the sigh? They shouldn’t have heard that…listening more closely, they could hear a distant groan, the dripping of water…
…how?
Jesi shakes themself. “Do you need help getting out? I’ve got planks and tools!” They wait, but there’s only silence in response.
And a second, equally loud, “SHIT–” From Sabi. Seemed like she was having a fun time.
Jesi focuses on trying to make a path down to Bee. “Sabi? Bee?” Siphon calls out beside them.
“SHITSHITSHITSHIT–” Yeah, Sabi was having the time of her life right about now.
“Hey guys something seems wrong–” Jesi never would’ve guessed. They sigh and shift to face Siphon.
“I’m gonna keep making a path down to Bee.” They explain, and Siphon nods slowly.
“JUST SHUT UP FOR ONCE–” Oh look, Bee was having a blast too.
God Jesi needed a different joke.
Siphon had managed to make a different pathway down from the cave wall, and Jesi doubled their efforts, frantically trying to get to Bee.
“SABI WHERE ARE YOU?” Siphon called out. And boy howdy were they lucky that Sabi didn’t respond with an I’m so sorry.
“Jesi I’m fine, worry about Sabi!!!” Bee insisted as another swear, followed by an alarming scream, rang across the cave.
“Are you su–” Jesi begins.
“Yes, I’m FINE, Sabi isn’t, just. Go to her!” Bee insists. With a sigh, Jesi begins to change directions.
“GET OFF OF ME YOU HALF DEAD FREAKS–” Well Sabi apparently was hanging out with her friends, how fun.
Yeah, Jesi needed to let that joke die.
Jesi manages to spy Sabi and Siphon, who was now on the ground, fighting what was quite possibly the biggest hoard of zombies they had ever seen. Seriously, that could not be normal.
“HOLY FUCK–” Siphon exclaimed as he ducked and weaved, trying to reach Sabi, who was stuck in the middle of the hoard.
“I’m on my way, guys!” Jesi shouted down, trying to make a staircase to hop onto the ground at a safer height. They learned their lesson about fall damage.
Jesi manages to get close enough, hitting a nearby zombie with an axe crit. They proceed to switch to their wooden sword, slashing away.
Then–void, Jesi doesn’t even know what happened, but something seemed to snap in Sabi.
One moment, a young woman is stuck in between a bunch of braindead green guys, the next, fluffy gray ears appear, fur starts to sprout, her face becomes that of a mutt–and Sabi is a wolf.
“HOLY FUCKING WHAT–” Yeah that summed it up nicely.
Jesi puts their sword away. “Wait, what? Uh, okay, that works too! …Sabi?” That was Sabi, right? How did she…well, Jesi supposed they had heard stories of shifting hybrids…
Sabi is tearing apart the zombies now with relative ease, while Siphon is more or less standing there, mouth agape, blinking rapidly. “Oh okay…hey Sabi?”
He pauses, then says, “WHAT IN THE FUCKING HELL IS THIS????” Which all things considered was a reasonable question.
Sabi locks eyes on Siphon, and for a second alarm bells go off in Jesi’s mind. Old warnings and folktales…but Sabi’s eyes turn back into green, and she–”Siphon.” Oh alright, yes, a talking wolf, this was normal.
Everything was fine.
“...yes?” Siphon questions cautiously.
And then Sabi proceeds to fall unconscious on the floor. This is fine.
“OMG SABI!!!” Siphon rushes over, zombies no longer a threat–it was pretty impressive how fast Sabi dealt with them.
“Woah, Sabi!” Jesi calls out, joining Siphon, checking the girl for injuries. Because she was in fact back to being a girl.
“Okay, uh…” Siphon begins, lifting Sabi up in a fireman's carry. “We cannot stay here. Jesi, do you have a way out for us?” Well they were gonna need to make one.
“Yeah, give me a moment.” Jesi says, keeping their voice calm despite the tremble in their hands, building a quick staircase up with a mixture of cobblestone and planks.
Siphon had shifted to carrying Sabi on her back, which was probably more comfortable. Slowly, Jesi and the two others reach the area in the cave they had come in from.
At the top, Jesi covers the hole they had come in from, as well as the one Bee fell into. Where was Bee, anyway…? Jesi hoped she was okay, they’d have to try and find her later.
“We don’t want a repeat, nor visitors.” Jesi says as they finish up filling in nearby cracks. “At least, not visitors of THAT kind.”
“Yeah…” Siphon says quietly, glancing at Sabi, concerned etched into their features. Jesi didn’t blame him, the unconscious girl appeared to be in rough shape.
“You wanna lead the way to your guy’s shelter?” Jesi suggests. Siphon gives a small nod in response.
“Yeah, I’ll take you to my place.” Siphon says, trotting in what Jesi can only assume is the direction of that.
This time, the two don’t call out the name of their destination.
***
“Yeah so this is my place…I know it’s not a lot.” Siphon said, almost sheepishly. It was a simple little hole in the wall, although somehow Siphon managed to get a desk in there, where a slightly wet book was lying out.
“It’s more than I’ve got right now.” Jesi said honestly. After all, Jesi quite literally had nothing right now. Well, they had some tools.
Siphon walks over and lays Sabi down on some sort of stone table. He then walks over to a crafting table and suddenly has a bed–which, at this Jesi isn’t that surprised. She then lays Sabi down on the bed.
“Make yourself at home, if you want! I’m gonna stay here, with Sabi…” Siphon explains, voice fading out as they settle down on the ground next to the bed, his eyes fluttering close.
“I have some melons if you're hungry?” Jesi offered up. Siphon shook her head.
“I’m gonna sleep, I think…don’t get yourself killed.” He murmured. Fair enough.
Jesi stands there for a moment, before walking outside and hollowing out a small space for their own future shelter. They return soon after, sitting on the floor near the bed to rest.
Hi all, I’m Jesi (they/them). I’m typically pretty laid-back, dealing with things as they happen and just generally going with the flow… unless you’re trying to hurt someone I care about, then I get protective.
I’m always available for a hug or a listening ear whenever my friends need one, and always trying to keep them safe.
