Truelox: Parkour (1)

In the streets of a Minecraftia village, people were moving about, carrying supplies, visiting friends and hunting mobs. In a dark alley between two buildings, two men were huddles together in deep conversation.

“So, how much?” One of them said in a low voice.
“If you want it to be permanent, then 10 redstone blocks.” The other man’s voice was slightly higher than the first, with a thick accent. “Make it 6.” “9.”

“All right, 8. Meet me here same time, next week.” With surprising agility, the first figure leapt over the alley wall and vanished. Now left alone, the man sighed. As he looked up at the clouds floating peacefully over his head, a pair of sunglasses flashed in the semi-darkness. “I hope he doesn’t get too far, though….”

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Sky, Deadlox, and TrueMU were gathered around a signpost saying, “Butter speed Parkour”. Sky jumped with anticipation. “Woo! It’s a budder parkour!” As they equipped their ‘feather-falling’ enchanted armor, they continued down the winding path towards the starting point. Along the way, they read all the signs scattered about. TrueMU went up to one sign and said, “Hey guys. This map was made by Bodil.” “Bodil40, Bodil40!” Sky yelled, and broke the sign into bits of wood. “Come on, let’s get going!”

The three friends were enjoying the parkour map. Sky was shouting, “the majestic power of budder!” But he soon fell right before the first checkpoint. “God dammit!” When Sky had come up again, Deadlox was already beside him, trying to hit him off the edge again. “Hey Sky!” “No, no. Don’t do dis!” After a couple of blows, both of them lost their footing and dropped.

“Ty!” TrueMU, who had been watching, grabbed Deadlox’s arm and hauled him up. Deadlox flicked his bang out of his eyes and grinned. “Thanks, Jason.” Then he gave TrueMU’s hand a light squeeze before looking down. “Looks like Sky’s budder didn’t save him.” TrueMU also peered over the edge, and saw that Sky was climbing out of the pool below using butter blocks. “Dammit, Ty!” He huffed, and tried to hit Deadlox. But he dodged the attack and jumped to another block.

TrueMU saw the cocky smile playing on the Minecraftian’s lips, and blushed under his helmet.
Since Deadlox was better at parkour, he arrived at the checkpoint first. TrueMU was not far behind, but Sky was still struggling with a four-block jump. 10 minutes later, Sky landed on the checkpoint, covered in sweat and ink. “What happened?” TrueMU asked in a worried tone. “Bodil put a squid spawner in the pool! They were literally everywhere!” Deadlox chuckled. “We should get going, though. Last one to reach the second checkpoint has to kiss a squid!” Hearing Ty’s sentence, Sky bolted through the first set of blocks, yelling, “Count me out!”

They reached the second, third, and fourth checkpoint quite smoothly. Finally, they could see the finish line far ahead. “Woo! We’re done!” Sky shouted and went to activate a pressure plate in the middle, but Deadlox held him back. “Sky, wait. Let’s be more careful this time.” Some of Bodil’s maps had surprises at the end, and those weren’t all cake and cookies. Once, they had to hide in a cave to avoid 50 super-charged creepers until the mobs lost interest. It was not fun.

“I’ll go.” Jason stepped forward. “I have a jetpack, so I can fly up if there’s something wrong.” “No, I’ll go.” Deadlox took out his sword, which he had strapped on his back in case of emergencies. “If anything unfriendly pops out.” Sky looked at both of them, and suggested, “Why don’t you both go? I’ll wait here.”