ZombieCleo's Double Life: Episode 1

THE BREAK UP is ZombieCleo's first episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on June 17, 2022. In this episode, Cleo looks for her soulmate and she and Smajor1995 find out by process of elimination that their soulmates are InTheLittleWoods and PearlescentMoon. Angry at their soulmates for going off on their own and endangering them by going to the Nether, Cleo and Scott decide to be soulmates together and build houses on opposite sides of a ravine. When Martyn organizes a gameshow to find out who is bound to who, it turns out that Martyn is Cleo's soulmate, but she and Scott reject their soulmates and leave them.

Plot
Cleo starts her episode by explaining the rules of the season while walking away from the spawn area. She gathers materials, goes mining, and cooks food, annoyed at her soulmate constantly taking damage. She hears Grian above her and comes to the surface so they can test whether they are soulmates; they find that they aren’t.

Cleo continues mining and makes iron armor for herself. She encounters Bigbst4tz2 and they do a soulmate test; BigB isn’t her soulmate either. They bond a bit over their soulmates terrifying them by getting hurt constantly.

Cleo goes looking for other people and meets with TangoTek and BdoubleO100. They share their bed with her so she can sleep for a moment, and they test whether she and Tango are bonded, but they aren’t. Cleo thinks she might be bonded to GoodTimesWithScar because of the constant damage and Bdubs tells her that Grian had said the same thing. Bdubs reveals that he’s bonded to ImpulseSV.

Cleo meets Rendog in a cave and tells him about Bdubs and Impulse being bonded. She takes damage and asks Ren for food; Ren bemoans the fact that they’re not soulmates and gives Cleo some cooked salmon. He theorizes that she might be bound to either Scar or Solidarity. Ren states that his soulmate got him down to one heart on the first night and Cleo recalls that BigB had said a similar thing to her.

Cleo and Ren find a dungeon, turn the zombie spawner inside into a farm, and explore the cave together. Smajor1995 jumpscares them and tells them about Tango and Jimmy’s death, which they hadn’t noticed in the in-game chat. They tell him about their zombie farm and about Bdubs and Impulse being together. Scott and Cleo test whether they are soulmates but find that they aren’t; she hitting him accidentally causes his dog to attack her.

BigB jumps down into the cave after Scott places water down for him. EthosLab and Smallishbeans jump down as well and reveal that they are paired. Ren tells the others about the zombie farm. Scott lists which people he hasn’t met yet that could be his soulmate and Cleo tells him about Bdubs and Impulse being together. Joel tells the others that Grian and Scar are together, but that Scar hasn’t realized it yet. The group punches each other and BigB and Ren realize they are soulbound. By process of elimination, Scott concludes that Cleo is either bound to PearlescentMoon or InTheLittleWoods, while he himself is bound to the other one.

Scott and Cleo go looking for their soulmates and find Scar and Grian on the surface. They question their relationship and Scar is oblivious about what they mean. Grian asks whether Cleo and Scott are a pair and Scott explains that their respective soulmates are either Martyn or Pearl. Scar hits Scott which angers Scott’s dog. Scott and Cleo leave Scar and Grian and Scott expresses regret that he and Cleo aren’t bonded.

Scott and Cleo later meet with Grian, Scar, Joel, Impulse, and Bdubs next to Impulse and Bdubs’ base. They are attacked by creepers and Scott reveals that he considered letting Cleo die to find out the identity of his own soulmate. They leave the base and call their soulmates psychopaths; Cleo proposes that they form an alliance against them, pairing up with each other instead of with their respective soulmates. Scott agrees with the idea, but they decide to first find out who is bonded to who and then make their choice.

Scott and Cleo come across Tango who is freaking out in a hole in a hillside. Scott and Cleo come inside, and Scott makes the hole bigger together with Tango. They rejoice once they notice that Joel and Etho have lost a life, as Scott states that they had been stealing from everyone. Tango asks whether Scott and Cleo are bonded, and they explain the situation with Pearl and Martyn. Scott’s dog attacks Cleo after he hits her.

Scott and Cleo take Tango with them and bring him to Jimmy, who’s on the other side of the map. They joke about Tango and Jimmy’s names being yellow already and how Jimmy might be first to die again. Jimmy tells Tango he’s forgotten where their chest is before pretending they don’t have a chest; Scott feels a bit insulted that the two don’t trust him and Cleo, since they gave Tango food and armor, so they leave Tango and Jimmy behind.

Scott and Cleo decide that they don’t need their soulmates and to just become soulmates together. Cleo thinks they should tell their soulmates off when they eventually find them, both for taking so much damage and for taking too long to find Scott and Cleo. They walk past the pillager outpost and Cleo sees a beehive that she’ll want to take once she has Silk Touch.

Scott and Cleo decide to build two houses on either side of a ravine and a bridge between them. They make a temporary cobblestone bridge, a wheat farm, and are visited by Bdubs, Ren, and BigB. BigB and Ren tell them that they live on top of the nearby goat mountain and that they’re welcome to visit anytime. Scott and Cleo explain how they’ve decided to be soulmates together and have rejected their actual soulmates for being unavailable. The group notices the base above the pillager outpost in the distance and question whether it’s a safe place to build a base.

Some time later when Scott and Cleo are alone again, Cleo notices that their soulmates have entered the Nether. Jimmy comes to them asking for items, but Cleo tells him off since they’re poor too. Scott gives Jimmy an emerald while Cleo gives a stone pickaxe and a dandelion as they remind him that they gave lots of items to his soulmate Tango. Scott tells Jimmy to frame the emerald as the ‘emerish of peace’ and Jimmy leaves.

Scott and Cleo both set their spawn point at Scott’s bed in anticipation of them dying due to their soulmates. Scott thinks it would be nice to have a ritual to get rid off or swap soulmates. He gives Cleo food once her soulmate starts burning and they realize that Pearl and Martyn have entered a fortress. Scott is confused about why the two would need to go to the Nether, since both potions and golden apples are off-limits; Cleo believes it’s about bragging rights. The two are increasingly more angry with their soulmates.

Etho, Joel, and Scar visit Cleo while being chased by pillagers. She crosses the bridge and blocks herself in with wood to hide from the pillagers, only removing the cover once she can’t hear the others’ voices anymore. She and Scott feel like they’re being taken advantage off by their soulmates as they’re constantly eating. They build their houses on opposite sides of the ravine and Scott adds handrails to the bridge.

Jimmy visits Scott and Cleo asking whether they are soulmates; they tell him they aren’t. Jimmy thinks that they shouldn’t pretend to be soulmates when they aren’t, calling them fake soulmates. Scott threatens to break the bridge under Jimmy’s feet and Jimmy backs off. Scott explains to Jimmy how their soulmates, Martyn and Pearl, have gone to the Nether and that he and Cleo constantly eat to keep them alive. Cleo reveals that she has stopped eating, forcing her soulmate to eat for themselves; Scott is afraid to do the same. Jimmy thinks the situation is hilarious.

Cleo and Scott notice BigB and Ren stealing Scott’s cows. They quickly go from the bridge to Scott’s house and BigB and Ren pretend that the cows escaped on their own. Scott leads the cows back in a hole and covers them with dirt while Tango shows up. Tango asks the others for iron and Scott states that both Tango and Jimmy are beggars. BigB, Ren, and Tango then leave, leaving an allay behind.

Scar shows up at Scott’s place and takes some of the bamboo growing next to the borderline, claiming that Scott stole it from the Jellie pandas. He shows Scott and Cleo his new skin, claiming that the Jellie on his head is his soulmate. He presents himself as an ambassador for the pandas, which Cleo doesn’t care to much about. Scott proposes they kill Scar as a message and Scar runs away, but not before stealing Scott’s boat.

Scott and Cleo notice a message by Martyn asking anyone who doesn’t know who their soulmate is to come to spawn for a quiz. They decide to go since Martyn doesn’t know what Scott and Cleo know already, planning on telling their soulmates off. They walk to the spawn area where they meet Martyn and Pearl. Martyn expects there to be one more person, but Scott doesn’t think there is. He asks Martyn whether he and Pearl are bound, and they say they aren’t.

Martyn takes Scott, Cleo, and Pearl to a row of netherrack boxes he made for the gameshow and puts each of them in their own box. Scott and Cleo laugh a little about the whole situation but tell Martyn to keep going. Martyn gets suspicious and thinks that they might be soulbound to each other, but they tell him they aren’t.

Scott is attacked by a goat in his own netherrack box, leading Pearl to find out that he is her soulmate, though Jimmy doesn’t catch on yet. Jimmy tries to explain the rules of the gameshow but has to stop as the others keep laughing. He demands to know what going on, and Scott first builds up and jumps to show he and Pearl are bonded, before hitting Cleo to show she’s bonded to Martyn.

Scott explains that he and Cleo found out ages ago that Pearl and Martyn were their soulmates, as they had met everyone else on the server. He and Cleo declare that they are soulbound to each other, blaming Pearl and Martyn for not being there when he and Cleo looked for them and made themselves vulnerable. They are also upset about having to save Pearl and Martyn from burning multiple times, though Martyn counters this by saying they had porkchops.

Martyn starts attacking Cleo and they fight each other until Cleo decides to leave with Scott. Pearl tries to defend herself by stating she was just following Martyn and Martyn claims he was just trying to provide for his soulbound. Scott calls the two of them cheaters and Martyn and Cleo state they hate each other before Scott and Cleo go home. Cleo is happy with how the conversation went, and the episode ends there.

Description
Double Life is a game about finding your soulmate and sharing your life. Until it isn't.