Grian's Double Life: Episode 3

A REAL MONOPOLY is Grian's third episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on July 2, 2022. In this episode, Grian tries to establish a monopoly on sugarcane and sell paper, but some of the other members on the server search the grounds around Grian's base until they find his secret sugarcane farm. However, Grian has a back-up plan of hoarding all the sand on the server to prevent people from crafting TNT. At the end of the episode, a warden is unleashed on the server. Grian and his soulmate GoodTimesWithScar survive, but Grian finds that Bigbst4tz2, who agreed to be Grian's secret soulmate, died to a creeper, leavin him on his last life.

Plot
Grian starts the episode in a mineshaft, announcing that he’s gathering resources. He finds diamonds, crafts a diamond pickaxe, and mines obsidian that he got after placing water on a lava pool. He reveals that the sculk sensors now react when people are talking using the proximity chat mod, but not when people are crouching.

Grian goes to the surface and meets GoodTimesWithScar near his base. Scar announces that he has rekindled love between InTheLittleWoods and ZombieCleo by secretly bringing them together in the panda reserve. He shows off his new skin to Grian and reveals that he found the deep dark but did not venture in there without Grian’s permission.

Grian tells Scar he’s got something to share with him, and Scar quickly digs into Grian’s underground sugarcane farm, only to find it isn’t there anymore. Grian reveals that he has the sugarcane in his inventory and that it’s truly all the sugarcane on the server; he plans on selling paper to other people on the server, since they can’t farm paper. Scar asks if he can be the paper salesman, and Grian agrees. Grian crafts some paper and gives it to Scar, so Scar can sell it to others. Grian then replants some of the sugarcane.

Grian plans on checking whether Bigbst4tz2 received that gift that he left for him at Box next session. He passes Scar selling paper to SmallishBeans and EthosLab, but the two are suspicious, believing that Scar is hiding sugarcane from them. Scar claims to have bought the paper from PearlescentMoon, who’s dealing in the woods. Grian dual wields sugarcane until Etho notices; he then quickly puts the sugarcane away. Etho and Joel planning on digging under Grian’s base to find his sugarcane farm.

Grian goes to Box and finds that his gift is gone but is unable to find BigB. He leaves as he’s paranoid about people searching for his sugarcane farm. He finds Scar at ImpulseSV and BdoubleO100’s base and confides his fears in him. He later breaks into the Ranch while Solidarity tries to send him away.

BigB shows up at the Ranch and he and Grian head outside after Grian gives him some mutton. BigB reveals that he received Grian’s gift, but states that Rendog knows that BigB has a secret admirer, just not who it is. BigB places a chest with cookies in a somewhat failed heart shape as a gift for Grian. Grian gives BigB a piece of sugarcane, instructing him to keep it secret.

Grian reveals that he found sugarcane on the first episode but hadn’t taken all of it; however, it seems that no one else has the rest. Grian and BigB quickly pretend to be talking about something else as Martyn passes by, and BigB reveals that Ren and Martyn had gone on a little quest together. He vows to keep Grian’s secret safe with him, since they’re secret soulmates, and they agree to keep giving each other gifts and resources.

Jimmy notices someone doing something at the bottom of the water ravine, and Grian hits Jimmy into the ravine. Grian realizes someone is trying to get rid of Martyn’s floating heart base. Jimmy and TangoTek put up a sign next to their front gate saying that Grian’s banned from the Ranch, and Grian leaves.

Grian returns to his own base and Scar reveals that no one wanted to buy paper from him, and that Pearl stole his horse. Grian has a new idea: they could rename mangrove propagules to sugarcane since they look similar, and then strike deals with people by showing them the sugarcane but then giving them the propagules.

Etho and Joel visit Grian’s base and Scar shows them around the petting zoo while Grian quickly goes underground; Joel follows Grian but finds that Grian was misleading him into thinking he was going to his sugarcane farm. They return to the surface and Grian secretly gives Scar a piece of sugarcane that he can show to others. Etho and Joel try to search Grian’s base but quickly get caught.

Scar pretends to have found Grian’s sugarcane farm and shows Joel the piece of sugarcane while Grian protests, telling Scar not to sell it. Joel tries to buy the sugarcane for an enchanted diamond hoe when Cleo drops by. Scar and Joel both quickly demand that the other drops their item first, and Scar gives Joel the fake sugarcane. Joel immediately realizes it’s a mangrove propagule.

Scar and Grian find that Etho’s been digging under their base behind their backs and Cleo claims she knows where the sugarcane farm is. Scar repeats that he got the sugarcane from Pearl, but Cleo reveals that she spoke to Pearl, and that Pearl had called Scar and Grian liars. Etho finds Scar’s secret stash and takes his diamonds and diamond horse armor before trying to sell them back for sugarcane.

Etho gives Scar his diamond horse armor back and Grian gives Etho bamboo, but Etho doesn’t mistake it for sugarcane. Etho gives Scar all his diamonds back and Scar gives Etho a mangrove propagule.

After everyone leaves, Grian explains his new plan; he knows it’s only a matter of time before someone finds his sugarcane, so he plans on also having a monopoly on sand by gathering all sand from the riverbed in the ravine, which he quickly makes a start on.

Grian visits Smajor1995’s Relationship Ranch, which Scott explains has different activities for soulmates to do together. Pearl drops by for a moment, and Rendog and BigB also come by asking for therapy, revealing that they just had their first fight. Scar comes by and Scott decides to let Grian and Scar be the first participants at the Relationship Ranch.

The first activity at the Relationship Ranch is ‘Goat Punch’: Scott puts Grian and Scar in separate spaces, with a goat in Grian’s space. He explains that Grian will have to dodge when the goat is charging at him to avoid hurting his soulmate, and Grian successfully does so.

Scott tries to lead Grian and Scar to the second activity when Scar reveals that some people are digging for the sugarcane farm under Grian’s base; Scar mistakenly thought that Grian had all the sugarcane in his inventory. The two run to Grian’s base and suspect that Scott was in on the ordeal.

Grian finds Cleo and Bdubs at his base with a lot of holes in the ground. Grian goes underground and finds Etho hiding in one of the many tunnels the invaders dug. Grian claims that the farm isn’t even that well-hidden, and Joel exclaims that they searched everywhere. Grian returns to the surface and tries to convene with Scar but finds that the others keep following him to find the location of the farm.

The others keep digging around Grian’s base and Cleo mentions that Scar almost accidentally burned Grian’s base down when fighting her. Grian offers to sell Joel some sugarcane just as the others find the farm; both Etho and Cleo manage to steal some of the sugarcane before Grian can harvest it himself, and the group runs away.

Grian returns to Scar and finds that Scar had been showing Impulse around the panda zoo all that time. Grian explains that the others found the sugarcane and Scar mentions that Cleo had tried to burn the base down, which Grian finds odd since Cleo has said the opposite. Scar then states that he doesn’t know who lit the fire, but that he was the one who put it out together with Bdubs.

Grian reveals to Scar that he took all the sand on the server, and Scar plans on going to the ravine to check whether there truly is no sand left there. Joel comes by and gives Grian Jimmy’s horn, hoping that in return Grian won’t burn down the Relation Ship. Grian gives Joel a block of sand in return, which Joel doesn’t yet realize the significance of.

Grian renames the horn to Jimmy’s horn while Scar reveal that he got enchanted chainmail boots from killing a baby villager while mining; the boots have Feather Falling IV and Fire Protection III. Scar descends into the ravine to check for sand after Grian gives him his diamond shovel.

Grian is in a way glad that the sugarcane got stolen, since it means he can now make a proper sugarcane farm on the surface without worrying to much about people stealing it. Grian joins Scar in getting the last of the sand from the ravine and they spot Martyn also trying to get the last of the sand. Grian and Scar leave a few blocks of sand behind, but not enough to make TNT.

Grian and Scar go to the Ranch, but Jimmy tells Grian that he’s still banned. Grian reveals that he got Jimmy’s horn, which Jimmy had traded away. Jimmy asks to get the horn back and Grian asks to be unbanned; Grian gives the horn back while Jimmy removes the sign. Grian then steals some wheat from the farm.

Pearl and Martyn arrive at the Ranch with a warden behind him and the group panics as the warden enters gets inside the wall surrounding the Ranch. Grian gets with a sonic blast multiple times and almost dies to fall damage. The warden escapes from the Ranch and chases after the group.

The warden eventually ends up near Scott’s Relationship Farm when Joel shoots it, causing it to go after the group again. It goes back to the Ranch again just as the group notices that Ren and BigB have died, making both of them red names. Grian and Scar try to lock the warden in at the Ranch, only for it to fall into the water ravine.

Grian reflects on his relationship with BigB now that BigB is red; he knows that all friendships are broken but doesn’t know whether the same counts for secret soulmates. The episode ends with Scar and Grian both getting hit into the ravine but surviving on half a heart.

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Minecraft Double Life: Episode 3 Grian is back on double life and has managed to get a real monopoly on the most valuable of things..