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Part two

-Honeydew joined the game-

"I wonder who's online..." Simon asked himself, he checked his watch, it was quarter past 2 in the morning. Nobody should be on... But as he checked the server list of members, he noticed the little green light next to Xephos' name.
He turned on mumble, in case his friend was online by some chance. And he was. "Lewis?" He asked.
"Ah! Oh... Simon... Hi." Lewis answered. His friend had startled him.
"You're up late." Simon said. Lewis sounded tired. Worn down.
"Yeah... Couldn't sleep."
There was a silence.
"Yourself?" Lewis asked.
"Yeah same mate..."
Another silence.
"Well... While were here, how about we get some behind the scene stuff done?" Simon ventured.
"Can't... Sorry, busy with editing, only logged on for a couple of minutes..." Lewis answered, he didn't sound convincing.
"Oh... Well surely you could use a break?"
"I'm fine Simon, I'll speak later..." The raven haired man answered.
"Ok-"
Lewis left the mumble group.
"Bye..." Simon said to himself. He was worried about his friend. He sighed, going to move his character, and saw that Lewis was still typing in chat.

Xephos - /unlockfile2_b97

"2 b 9...?" Simon mumbled to himself.

Honeydew - lewis?

Xephos - yes?

Honeydew - what u doing?

Xephos - working on some server stuff. Nothing to worry about.

Honeydew - alright... I'll see you tomorrow yeah?

Xephos - yh. Bye.

Simon shook his head and continued on his business around minecraft. Every so often there was a message from Lewis in the chat, to no one but himself. Maybe he was jotting down file names for later? So he could remember them? Simon didn't know, he decided to ignore them for now. His friends strange behavior was worrying but it was probably for the best not to push him. He had gotten angry last time.
Finally once both of them had logged off, the ginger bearded man went to bed, pulling out his phone and messaging Duncan, Paul and Turps.

Simon - 'Does anyone know the server stuff for minecraft that involves files?'

Paul - 'you mean like mod packs and texture packs?'

Turps - 'you're gonna have to be more specific Simon'

Simon - 'ok is there a server command called '/unlockfile2_b97'?'

There was a moment where there were no answers.

Duncan - 'well I have no clue what you're talking about...'

Simon - 'do any of you?'

Turps - 'after doing set ups for the servers I have to tell you that doesn't sound like a command that would be available.'

Paul - 'I know for sure that isn't in the game...'

Duncan - 'why do you ask?'

Simon - 'Lewis stuff again.'

Paul - 'so you spoke to him?'

Simon - 'not for very long, I don't think its anything to worry about, but he is up pretty late.'

Duncan - 'yeah why is everyone up so late?'

Simon - 'couldn't sleep'

Paul - 'same, kept getting the feeling someone was watching me or something...'

Turps - 'same...'

Duncan - 'I'm sure its fine. Anyway, see you guys tomorrow.'

Everyone said their farewells and they all laid down to sleep. Strange... Everyone else felt the same way Simon did. He ignored it and closed his eyes.
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Xephos - /readfile297b

Com's - access granted

"Finally..." Lewis sighed and clicked on the file to open it.

'Planet - Earth
70% water, 30% earth.
Molten core.
Light cycle of the sun, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 4 weeks a month, 12 months a year.
525,600 minutes a year.
60 seconds in a minute.
Time on calendar scale, based around Mayan calendar.
7.4 billion people.
196 countries.
50 states.
68 cities in united kingdom.

Subjects -
Link to Tektopia, Minecraftia, Hexington, and Voltia.
Including various others.
Link to worlds.
Electronic links.

End written log.'

Lewis raised an eyebrow. "What the...?" He asked himself, before closing the document and naming it something easier to remember.
'Written log - 1'
"Ok... One down..." He sighed and continued through different commands on different games and different websites, seeing what would work.

Xephos - /openfile739

Com's - access granted

"OK... Next one..." Lewis said to himself and opened the now unlocked file.

Com's - play subtitles with dialogue file? y/n

Xephos - y

'Day 001 -
My name's... Well my names not that important. They've just told me I should keep a dialogue while I'm here... And they've given me a recorder to say things into... I don't really get the point to be honest... *sighs*...'

There was a silence in the recording and Lewis turned the volume in his headphones up so he could pay attention.
'So its my first day, I don't know what I'm doing really... I'm not exactly the most experienced personnel that's here. They bought a few upperclassmen along, because we did so well in our combat tests and written reports... I really didn't think I'd do well but there you go. Um... So today the doctors gonna show me around the facility? Apparently its some form of prison, where mad people are kept. Like you know really fucking insane people.'

Lewis raised an eyebrow and scoffed.

'So they took us away from our home planet and sent us here... Everyone else has training for this, I mean... Everyone but me and a couple of other people. There's me, RaYlo, and Barx. And that's it, so were each supposed to be on different levels and stuff? Work with the doctor and the more... Safer patients... I don't know. Either way the doctors gonna be here in a couple of hours so I guess I need to try and sleep. This place seems a little too clean for my liking... Oh well, I'm sure I'll settle in soon. *sighs*... End of log.'

Com's - end of file. Play next dialogue? y/n

Xephos - y

Com's - error, file encrypted. Please unlock. Continue? y/n

Xephos - n

-Xephos left the game-

Lewis sat for a moment in silence before closing his laptop and putting it to one side. He furrowed his brows before shaking his head slightly, that was... Strange to say the least. He sighed and figured he'd try more tomorrow, after all, at this point it was 5am. And he would have to be at work early tomorrow, like usual. He sighed and lay down, turning off his lamp and curling up to sleep. He opened his eyes and looked to the window, spotting the dark shadow that stood outside near the end of his garden. He sighed and turned over, pulling his covers further up like a child.
"Go away..." He murmured, letting sleep overtake him.
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Mark got up, stretching and switching his alarm clock off. He sighed, running his hand through his hair and looking to his wife. He smiled and kissed her on the cheek, slowly and quietly getting up so that he didn't wake her.
He had a shower, did his hair, and then grabbed some clothes. After getting changed he checked his phone.
2 new messages

Simon - sorry about last night, hope I didn't keep you up too late

Paul (group message) - I logged onto minecraft last night and saw Lewis typing a bunch of random stuff into the chat? He was the only one online as well. And there was some bot or something called 'com's'? I don't really know. We'll talk about it later.

Mark sighed and grabbed a coffee, putting it into his flask and leaving for Yogtowers. On the way he stopped off in the coffee shop and ordered a tea to go. Before getting a bagel and heading to work, he walked up the stairs, yawning as he went, and spotted the raven haired man down the corridor, heading into the common room. He hadn't locked himself in his room yet. Mark celebrated in his head and made his way to the kitchen, making the bagel and stirring the tea. He then put the bagel on a plate and sighed, looking at what he'd made. He picked it up and made his way into the common room, looking around and spotting Lewis sat at the table that was to one side, asleep with his head down on the desk.
Mark chuckled and carefully placed the plate down on the table along with his boss' drink. The raven haired man suddenly awoke, sleepily looking up and wiping his eyes.
"Well, you look like shit." Mark said, sitting down and smirking.
"I know..." Lewis answered.
"You're here early? Even for you." Mark pushed the plate closer to his boss, who looked down at the bagel and tea. He grabbed the cup of tea and sipped at it. Letting the warmth fill him.
"Couldn't sleep at home..." Lewis answered, sipping more tea and thinking of the shadow he had seen. They were getting closer...
"Well, here's your breakfast because I know you've been skipping out, and your tea. And if you want me to get you some lunch later just let me know. Though I think we're going to five guys for lunch today."
Lewis stood. "No thanks..." He walked to the door, carrying the tea with him.
"Lewis..." Mark said, quickly turning to him. The raven haired man stopped and looked back at Mark. "We're all worried about you..." He said, sincerely, honestly.
There was a moments silence, and Lewis looked down at his drink before looking back up, sympathetically.
"I just..." Lewis said, not sure what to say to make sure his friends knew he wasn't doing what he was doing to worry them... He was doing it to protect them.
Mark stood and walked over "you can tell me what's going on you know..."
"Its fine..." Lewis said, almost too quietly. Worried about what would happen if he did tell someone. His voice broke slightly and he looked down.
"Lewis...?" Mark asked again. His voice was kind.
"I... I don't know what to do..." Lewis said, his voice cracking and tears welling in his eyes. Mark looked shocked.
"Its alright, what's going on? What's upsetting you so much? Why don't you know what to do...?" He asked.
Lewis looked up at his suddenly and sniffed. Shaking himself back to putting up a wall to keep Mark and everyone else out. Lest they get hurt.
"Nothing. Its fine. I have some work to do..." Lewis said, turning and walking out, walking to his room and locking himself in his room. He sighed, his voice quivering as he rested his back against the door to his office, looking at the dark room. He put his hand to the light switch, his back still to the door, but didn't flick it. He felt the tears welling and couldn't stop them. And he slid down the door, curling up and letting the tears silently fall.

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Part two

-Honeydew joined the game-

"I wonder who's online..." Simon asked himself, he checked his watch, it was quarter past 2 in the morning. Nobody should be on... But as he checked the server list of members, he noticed the little green light next to Xephos' name.
He turned on mumble, in case his friend was online by some chance. And he was. "Lewis?" He asked.
"Ah! Oh... Simon... Hi." Lewis answered. His friend had startled him.
"You're up late." Simon said. Lewis sounded tired. Worn down.
"Yeah... Couldn't sleep."
There was a silence.
"Yourself?" Lewis asked.
"Yeah same mate..."
Another silence.
"Well... While were here, how about we get some behind the scene stuff done?" Simon ventured.
"Can't... Sorry, busy with editing, only logged on for a couple of minutes..." Lewis answered, he didn't sound convincing.
"Oh... Well surely you could use a break?"
"I'm fine Simon, I'll speak later..." The raven haired man answered.
"Ok-"
Lewis left the mumble group.
"Bye..." Simon said to himself. He was worried about his friend. He sighed, going to move his character, and saw that Lewis was still typing in chat.

Xephos - /unlockfile2_b97

"2 b 9...?" Simon mumbled to himself.

Honeydew - lewis?

Xephos - yes?

Honeydew - what u doing?

Xephos - working on some server stuff. Nothing to worry about.

Honeydew - alright... I'll see you tomorrow yeah?

Xephos - yh. Bye.

Simon shook his head and continued on his business around minecraft. Every so often there was a message from Lewis in the chat, to no one but himself. Maybe he was jotting down file names for later? So he could remember them? Simon didn't know, he decided to ignore them for now. His friends strange behavior was worrying but it was probably for the best not to push him. He had gotten angry last time.
Finally once both of them had logged off, the ginger bearded man went to bed, pulling out his phone and messaging Duncan, Paul and Turps.

Simon - 'Does anyone know the server stuff for minecraft that involves files?'

Paul - 'you mean like mod packs and texture packs?'

Turps - 'you're gonna have to be more specific Simon'

Simon - 'ok is there a server command called '/unlockfile2_b97'?'

There was a moment where there were no answers.

Duncan - 'well I have no clue what you're talking about...'

Simon - 'do any of you?'

Turps - 'after doing set ups for the servers I have to tell you that doesn't sound like a command that would be available.'

Paul - 'I know for sure that isn't in the game...'

Duncan - 'why do you ask?'

Simon - 'Lewis stuff again.'

Paul - 'so you spoke to him?'

Simon - 'not for very long, I don't think its anything to worry about, but he is up pretty late.'

Duncan - 'yeah why is everyone up so late?'

Simon - 'couldn't sleep'

Paul - 'same, kept getting the feeling someone was watching me or something...'

Turps - 'same...'

Duncan - 'I'm sure its fine. Anyway, see you guys tomorrow.'

Everyone said their farewells and they all laid down to sleep. Strange... Everyone else felt the same way Simon did. He ignored it and closed his eyes.
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Xephos - /readfile297b

Com's - access granted

"Finally..." Lewis sighed and clicked on the file to open it.

'Planet - Earth
70% water, 30% earth.
Molten core.
Light cycle of the sun, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 4 weeks a month, 12 months a year.
525,600 minutes a year.
60 seconds in a minute.
Time on calendar scale, based around Mayan calendar.
7.4 billion people.
196 countries.
50 states.
68 cities in united kingdom.

Subjects -
Link to Tektopia, Minecraftia, Hexington, and Voltia.
Including various others.
Link to worlds.
Electronic links.

End written log.'

Lewis raised an eyebrow. "What the...?" He asked himself, before closing the document and naming it something easier to remember.
'Written log - 1'
"Ok... One down..." He sighed and continued through different commands on different games and different websites, seeing what would work.

Xephos - /openfile739

Com's - access granted

"OK... Next one..." Lewis said to himself and opened the now unlocked file.

Com's - play subtitles with dialogue file? y/n

Xephos - y

'Day 001 -
My name's... Well my names not that important. They've just told me I should keep a dialogue while I'm here... And they've given me a recorder to say things into... I don't really get the point to be honest... *sighs*...'

There was a silence in the recording and Lewis turned the volume in his headphones up so he could pay attention.
'So its my first day, I don't know what I'm doing really... I'm not exactly the most experienced personnel that's here. They bought a few upperclassmen along, because we did so well in our combat tests and written reports... I really didn't think I'd do well but there you go. Um... So today the doctors gonna show me around the facility? Apparently its some form of prison, where mad people are kept. Like you know really fucking insane people.'

Lewis raised an eyebrow and scoffed.

'So they took us away from our home planet and sent us here... Everyone else has training for this, I mean... Everyone but me and a couple of other people. There's me, RaYlo, and Barx. And that's it, so were each supposed to be on different levels and stuff? Work with the doctor and the more... Safer patients... I don't know. Either way the doctors gonna be here in a couple of hours so I guess I need to try and sleep. This place seems a little too clean for my liking... Oh well, I'm sure I'll settle in soon. *sighs*... End of log.'

Com's - end of file. Play next dialogue? y/n

Xephos - y

Com's - error, file encrypted. Please unlock. Continue? y/n

Xephos - n

-Xephos left the game-

Lewis sat for a moment in silence before closing his laptop and putting it to one side. He furrowed his brows before shaking his head slightly, that was... Strange to say the least. He sighed and figured he'd try more tomorrow, after all, at this point it was 5am. And he would have to be at work early tomorrow, like usual. He sighed and lay down, turning off his lamp and curling up to sleep. He opened his eyes and looked to the window, spotting the dark shadow that stood outside near the end of his garden. He sighed and turned over, pulling his covers further up like a child.
"Go away..." He murmured, letting sleep overtake him.
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Mark got up, stretching and switching his alarm clock off. He sighed, running his hand through his hair and looking to his wife. He smiled and kissed her on the cheek, slowly and quietly getting up so that he didn't wake her.
He had a shower, did his hair, and then grabbed some clothes. After getting changed he checked his phone.
2 new messages

Simon - sorry about last night, hope I didn't keep you up too late

Paul (group message) - I logged onto minecraft last night and saw Lewis typing a bunch of random stuff into the chat? He was the only one online as well. And there was some bot or something called 'com's'? I don't really know. We'll talk about it later.

Mark sighed and grabbed a coffee, putting it into his flask and leaving for Yogtowers. On the way he stopped off in the coffee shop and ordered a tea to go. Before getting a bagel and heading to work, he walked up the stairs, yawning as he went, and spotted the raven haired man down the corridor, heading into the common room. He hadn't locked himself in his room yet. Mark celebrated in his head and made his way to the kitchen, making the bagel and stirring the tea. He then put the bagel on a plate and sighed, looking at what he'd made. He picked it up and made his way into the common room, looking around and spotting Lewis sat at the table that was to one side, asleep with his head down on the desk.
Mark chuckled and carefully placed the plate down on the table along with his boss' drink. The raven haired man suddenly awoke, sleepily looking up and wiping his eyes.
"Well, you look like shit." Mark said, sitting down and smirking.
"I know..." Lewis answered.
"You're here early? Even for you." Mark pushed the plate closer to his boss, who looked down at the bagel and tea. He grabbed the cup of tea and sipped at it. Letting the warmth fill him.
"Couldn't sleep at home..." Lewis answered, sipping more tea and thinking of the shadow he had seen. They were getting closer...
"Well, here's your breakfast because I know you've been skipping out, and your tea. And if you want me to get you some lunch later just let me know. Though I think we're going to five guys for lunch today."
Lewis stood. "No thanks..." He walked to the door, carrying the tea with him.
"Lewis..." Mark said, quickly turning to him. The raven haired man stopped and looked back at Mark. "We're all worried about you..." He said, sincerely, honestly.
There was a moments silence, and Lewis looked down at his drink before looking back up, sympathetically.
"I just..." Lewis said, not sure what to say to make sure his friends knew he wasn't doing what he was doing to worry them... He was doing it to protect them.
Mark stood and walked over "you can tell me what's going on you know..."
"Its fine..." Lewis said, almost too quietly. Worried about what would happen if he did tell someone. His voice broke slightly and he looked down.
"Lewis...?" Mark asked again. His voice was kind.
"I... I don't know what to do..." Lewis said, his voice cracking and tears welling in his eyes. Mark looked shocked.
"Its alright, what's going on? What's upsetting you so much? Why don't you know what to do...?" He asked.
Lewis looked up at his suddenly and sniffed. Shaking himself back to putting up a wall to keep Mark and everyone else out. Lest they get hurt.
"Nothing. Its fine. I have some work to do..." Lewis said, turning and walking out, walking to his room and locking himself in his room. He sighed, his voice quivering as he rested his back against the door to his office, looking at the dark room. He put his hand to the light switch, his back still to the door, but didn't flick it. He felt the tears welling and couldn't stop them. And he slid down the door, curling up and letting the tears silently fall.