Minecraft / Minecraft: Mob Squad: Never Say Nether

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CHUG

So here s what you need to know: My name is Chug, I m the greatest fighter around, and I have the four best friends in all the Overworld, one of whom is a pig. We live in a town called Cornucopia, which used to be entirely contained within tall, impenetrable walls. Our ancestors, the eight Founders, built it all by hand long ago to keep us safe, and our Elders have always been strict about the rules the Founders left behind.

Maybe too strict.

For generations, no one knew what was outside the wall except Nan, the oldest person in town, and she never told anyone anything because she s a feisty old bird. But then a vex started poisoning our crops, and the town Elders were going to send all the families away forever, so my friends and I had to go on an adventure to a woodland mansion to save our town from a bunch of illagers and this beet farmer dressed as a witch, and these brigands stole our llamas and threatened to throw us into a river, and

Yeah, that s the past, and the past is boring. All you need to know is that now our town has opened up the wall, and life is different better. My brother Tok and I live outside the wall in New Cornucopia, where he uses his big ol brain to craft items, and I use my big ol personality to sell them in our shop. It s called the Stack Shack. I wanted to call it ChugTokMart, but Tok said it sounded like I was choking on an apple, and he was probably right.

It s morning, and my brother s bed is empty. Tok is always awake before me. He says the early morning quiet helps him concentrate as he dreams up new recipes for tools and tries to master the art of brewing potions. I think he wants privacy so if he sets something on fire again, I won t freak out. He makes lots of great things, but he also makes lots of huge messes and loud, echoing booms. As I lie in my bed, curling and uncurling my toes against the blankets and thinking about breakfast, I strain my senses to figure out what Tok is working on. Bad

Delilah S. Dawson