take in every moment, hold it close again (MCYTober 2023)
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ashes, ashes, dust to dust (i think i found a place for us) by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: New Life SMP
01 Oct 2023
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It’s always hard to adjust to a new server, but this is ridiculous.
It’s Pearl’s third day on New Life when she first discovers she might not be as prepared for the whole Origin thing as she thinks she is. She wakes up bright and early, eager to begin a new day of a new world. There’s a to-do list waiting for her in the (perfectly organized) chest of her starter home, and it isn’t going to get itself done. She throws back the covers and leaps out of bed – only to land with a metallic clang on the floor. “Well, then.” She tries to push herself back up to standing, only to discover the source of the problem. “Alright. I can’t move my legs.”
or: The first few days of adjusting to a new Origin are always a little frustrating.
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a hundred bad days made a hundred good stories by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: New Life SMP, Hermitcraft SMP
03 Oct 2023
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(GeminiTay is online)
(PearlescentMoon is online)
PearlescentMoon: o/
GeminiTay: pearl the sun isn’t even up yet
PearlescentMoon: you’re awake, aren’t you?
GeminiTay: pay me no mind and go to bed
PearlescentMoon: gem.
GeminiTay: leave me alone i’m building
PearlescentMoon: BED.
GeminiTay: for anyone catching up on chat, pearl literally walked down to my house and threw a weakness potion at me so i would go to bed
or: one day on the new life smp
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It isn’t that Shelby is bad at baking.
She’s actually very good at it. She knows the perfect balance of sweetness and salt to make an irresistible cake or just the right amount of flour for fluffy, soft cookies. Baking is a second language to her, just like crafting or potion-making – everything about it clicks into place, and she always knows exactly what to do.
It’s just that…she hasn’t really felt like herself recently.
or: Sometimes all it takes to help with your ADHD is to admit what's going on.
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don't panic, no, not yet (i know i'm the one you want to forget) by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
07 Oct 2023
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A wolf suddenly races up to Cleo and barks. Cleo jumps in alarm.
Once they’ve caught their breath, they bend down next to the wolf to inspect it more closely.
To their surprise, the wolf is tamed. She has a red collar around her neck, and a small silver name tag attached to it reads Tilly.
Cleo sharply draws in a breath. “Shit.”
Tilly barks again, louder this time. When Cleo doesn’t respond, she practically bites them to get their attention. Her teeth snag one of Cleo’s leg warmers, and she uses it to drag them behind her.
“Tilly, what are you doing?” Cleo shakes their leg free. “You’re going to hurt me.”
Tilly whines. She runs a few steps away, then circles back and drags Cleo in that direction.
Cleo finally gets the message. “Is it Pearl?”
Tilly barks once, then races off the same way again. Cleo follows after her.
or: It's only been a few days of Grian's newest death game, but Cleo and Pearl already have a reason to put old rivalries aside.
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i'll stay half away (and i'll guess that it'll do) by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: X Life SMP
07 Oct 2023
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and the universe said i love you
and the universe said you have played the game well
and the universe said everything you need is within you
and the universe said you are stronger than you know
or: x-life is over but never forgotten
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clean the records and laugh alone by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
10 Oct 2023
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When Pearl gets back to Hermitcraft, she can’t breathe.
Her heart is still racing at the thought of scarlet blood and TNT, and her ears are ringing. Her eyes are so blurred with tears that she can barely see where she respawned. All her physical injuries from Double Life seem healed, but that doesn’t mean she came back unharmed. There’s an ache in her chest and an empty feeling in her heart that hurts more than just a broken soulbond. So many of the Hermits were on that server. They saw every worst side of her. She killed Cleo, and Cleo already hated her before it anyway. It was supposed to feel like a game when they got back. The pain was supposed to go away. So why can’t she shake the feeling that nothing will ever be the same?
or: Pearl is back on Hermitcraft, but respawning can't heal all her pain.
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could it be wrong when she's just so nice to look at? by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: Empires SMP
21 Oct 2023
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Princess Katherine includes a complimentary sunflower with every order.
She isn’t sure why she does it; she’s just always loved the bright, tall flowers and the way they always face the sun. Sunflowers have meaning to everyone on Empires – they’re Saint Pearl’s flower, and it’s widely believed that they bring blessings and good luck. According to a book Katherine read as a child, they also mean “lasting happiness.” It seems like a nice gift to give the people who ask her to make them things.
She would do it for anyone, but somehow, the witch feels special.
or: Katherine makes a hat for her
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Pearl glances down over the edge and realizes she’s standing directly above an ocean. It’s the perfect escape – if she can land in the water, she’ll be safe and far away from hostile mobs. Still, she has the odd feeling that she’s forgetting something dangerous. She glances around. Someone is moving below her, but they’re small and colorful enough that they’re definitely a person, not a mob. It’s an easy jump that she almost can’t miss.
The pillager comes closer. She’ll be fine.
Pearl takes a deep breath, turns around, and jumps off the cliff.
or: Traveling between servers with different Origins is a confusing experience, but at least Pearl has friends to help her out when she makes mistakes.
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Shelby, Katherine, Gem, and Pearl have had plenty of sleepovers, but this one feels different.
Shelby isn’t sure what’s so different about it. It’s a cloudy night, but it’s not dark enough to feel scary. They’re all in Pearl’s bedroom, curled up on sleeping bags on the floor like usual. Gem is telling a story from Hermitcraft that day. Katherine is half-asleep already, while Pearl is listening intently and clicking the button on a small fidget she carries with her.
Shelby, meanwhile, can hardly think straight.
She’s suspected something for a long time, but today, she can’t ignore it anymore. Everything about her — her hair, her body, her mind, everything — feels so wrong. She’s trying so hard to hide it, but she can’t stop thinking about it.
or: Shelby comes out as genderqueer to her best friends.
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when i'm ready, i will fly us out of here by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: 3rd Life | Last Life SMP Series
25 Oct 2023
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Lizzie hasn’t been in a death game in ages.
Joining Last Life was quite possibly the worst mistake she’d ever made in her life, and no one ever asked her to come back after that. She had wondered at first whether the games had stopped, but Joel had disappeared again twice. The second time, she pleaded for the Watchers to let her follow, but they refused. She wasn’t healed enough, apparently. Her emotions would be too bleak.
And then Pearl’s own emotions had overtaken her, and the Watchers sought a replacement.
So now, Lizzie is in another death game.
In disguise.
As Pearl.
This will end well.
or: Lizzie sneaks onto the Limited Life server to find Joel. She gets a bit more than she bargained for.
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Gem can barely find the words to scream for help, so instead, she just screams. It’s almost certainly pointless, but the thought that someone might show up to help is comforting anyway. She closes her eyes as the lava threatens to swallow her whole–
The sound of fluttering wings and cracking stone interrupts Gem’s thoughts as someone breaks a hole in the side of the cave. The new Hermit shrieks at the sight of Gem lying half-dead in the lava. “Oh, no… I’ve got you, Gem! Just hold on.”
or: The two new Hermits of season 8 meet each other for the first time. (Can you count it as a meet-cute if one of you almost died?)
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this is all i know (and i can feel it grow) by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: WitchCraft SMP, Empires SMP
26 Oct 2023
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Of course Pris found an ancient city.
Of all the people on the server who could’ve stumbled into the Deep Dark, it had to be the youngest witch in the competition, the one who reminds Shelby so much of herself back when she lived in the Evermoore. It had to be the one who Shelby sees as a little sister. She couldn’t let Pris go down there alone again. Shelby has seen what sculk can do to people. She has to protect her.
(It’s been ten years since everything happened. Ten years. It should be a distant memory by now. She’s totally fine.)
or: Shelby's adventure in the Deep Dark brings back some unwelcome memories from the Evermoore.
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i'll reach my hands out in the dark and wait for yours to interlock by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP
26 Oct 2023
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Void, Cleo is sick of sleeping on the floor.
At this point, they’re contemplating setting themself on fire just to fall asleep in a comfortable bed again. They don’t even know when night is at this point. It’s been two months since everything happened (void, they can’t even bring themself to reference what they saw), and they haven’t been able to leave the End since. They have no weapons or armor to kill the ender dragon, and even if they did, they don’t have an Overworld to go back to. It’s all gone.
It’s all gone.
or: After the moon crashes into Hermitcraft, Cleo is left stranded in the End – but she might not be as alone as she thinks she is.
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It helps to be a human sun when you’re mining in a dark cave.
Shelby knows very well that she’s breaking the #1 caving rule of “don’t mine at night,” but she at least has a good reason for it. She can’t recharge her sunlight at night or in a dark cave, so she might as well mine at night and not miss out on any daylight. She's managed to avoid mobs and other dangers for the most part, and she has a decent supply of ores, so she decides to head back out of the cave and into the sun. Her glow is flickering significantly — a sure sign that her powers are weakening — and she can tell she’s down to only half of her sunlight reserves. The faster she can find her way back outside, the safer she’ll be.
or: Shelby accidentally gets trapped in a collapsed mine, but luckily, her platonic crush is around to save her life.
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- English
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- 1,264
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 48
- Hits:
- 278
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Shelby is getting used to her Origin, but that doesn’t mean that sunset doesn’t catch her off guard sometimes. She loses track of time a little too easily – one moment she’s outside picking flowers, and seemingly the next, the moon is out and she’s freezing cold.
She checks the map on her communicator to find the nearest waystone, which she realizes is next to Katherine’s house. Before she reaches it, though, she hears a tapping sound from above her.
She looks up and sees Katherine’s smiling face peering through the star-shaped bedroom window. Katherine mouths for her to wait, then turns around and runs down the stairs.
She appears at the door a moment later. “Hey! Wanna come inside? It’s getting cold out.”
or: Katherine and Shelby have an impromptu sleepover.
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- English
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- 1,034
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 48
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i tore the fear from my bones (that you probably never lost) by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP
28 Oct 2023
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“Oh, come on.”
False is used to the dangers of abandoned mineshafts. She’ll always run into a cave spider spawner or two, and skeletons tend to patrol the tunnels. Luckily, she’s not arachnophobic, and she always carries a good shield with her to block any arrows a skeleton might send her way. It’s worth it if she can pick up a few name tags from hidden chests, or if she’s especially lucky, an enchanted golden apple.
The one thing she wasn’t expecting to see, though, was a horde of creepers.
or: False accidentally gets trapped beneath a collapsed mineshaft platform... and she isn't used to facing situations she can't escape on her own.
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if i can't breathe, then you can't see (but aren't you excited that i'm giving you the best me?) by pixel_the_alien
Fandoms: Hermitcraft SMP, New Life SMP
02 Nov 2023
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The day Scott and Xisuma gave the New Life Hermits their warp crystals, Xisuma only had one piece of advice: “Don’t break it.”
Warping between universes isn’t necessarily convenient, but Gem was overjoyed by the possibility the moment she got her New Life invitation. She could easily balance two worlds – heck, she’d seen Pearl join three servers at once sometimes. She said yes to the invitation instantly and put the tiny lime green crystal on a pendant around her neck, and now, she never takes it off.
Well, “never” is a bit of a strong word. “Never” suggests that she doesn’t take it off when she goes mining and jumps between levels every two minutes. “Never” implies that she doesn’t ever get annoyed when she’s running away from mobs and the pendant flies up and hits her in the face. “Never” means that when a skeleton pops up behind her as she’s walking home at night, she doesn’t take her necklace off as she runs away and clenches it in her fist instead of putting it safely in her inventory.
Unfortunately, she does do that.
or: Gem accidentally breaks an important rule and decides to pretend it never happened. (It doesn't go well.)
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