Rendog's Double Life: Episode 2

PEARL IS PURE EVIL! is Rendog's second episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on June 25, 2022. In this episode, Ren and his soulmate Bigbst4tz2 obtain cows from Solidarity and TangoTek and tame two horses. Ren gives PearlescentMoon a new dog after her old one dies in exchange for a promise of her not killing him in battle. He and BigB go the deep dark, trade Ren's black horse for BdoubleO100's white one, and later send Pearl out of their base when she's acting creepy.

Ren witnesses Pearl stealing one of their horses and accidentally looks an Enderman in the eye, leading to both his and BigB's death. They blame their deaths on Pearl and banish her from their base, despite her saving most of their items from despawning; they find that Smajor1995 and ZombieCleo stole some items and swear revenge.

Plot
Ren starts the episode at Box base and makes plans to get another cow, tame a horse, and go to the deep dark to enchant some items. Bigbst4tz2 arrives at the base and Ren tells him about his plan to make a secret staircase entrance to the base. He tells BigB they need another cow and BigB reveals that he found one but killed it since it was far away. Ren mourns the loss of the cow and leaves to go steal one while BigB stays behind to work on the floors of the base.

Ren spots Smajor1995, ZombieCleo, and EthosLab talking at Scott’s base, so he decides to go to TangoTek and Solidarity’s base which is their next closest neighbor. He meets Tango at the entrance archway leading to the Ranch and gives him an iron sword, since he can see that Tango is wearing leather armor. He asks for a tour and Jimmy and Tango show him around the property, though they refuse to let him inside.

Jimmy asks Ren whether there are still goats next to the Box, and Ren tells him there are. Tango proposes a trade and Ren shows he brought a boat with him for that specific purpose, though he hints that he was going to steal a cow. They decide on a trade of two goats for two cows and Jimmy and Tango even let Ren take three cows from their cow farm.

Jimmy and Tango help Ren bring the cows to the Box when they notice InTheLittleWoods breaking in there. They reach the base and Ren shows off the cows to BigB. Martyn is there as well and tells Ren he came looking for carrots, but that BigB had told him that they don’t have any. Ren tries to lead the cows up the staircase and Martyn helps by making the staircase wider. They put the cows into the hole inside the base, though Martyn accidentally drops into the hole for a moment.

Ren tells Martyn that they do have carrots and he harvests some at the back of his farm. Martyn asks what Ren would want in return and Ren offers to make a trip to the deep dark together. Martyn states that he wants to make a safe passage to the enchanting table using wool but leave the table there so people will have to work for it.

After Martyn has left, Ren and BigB leave the Box to go look for horses. Ren explains his plan to give a horse to BdoubleO100, believing that they’ll get anything they want in return because Bdubs loves horses. He wants to catch the horse, use it as much as possible, and then sell it to Bdubs as second-hand. He shows BigB the two horses that he hid in holes earlier and they each take a horse, though BigB almost suffocates when sitting on his horse while still in the hole.

Ren wants to try out the horses’ speed and he and BigB race to the mangrove trees; they find that BigB’s white horse is faster, but that Ren’s black horse can jump higher. They meet with Bdubs, ImpulseSV, and Etho who are all riding horses as well. Ren tells Bdubs he found the rarest horse in the game (a pure black horse) and offers to trade it for something valuable later; he rejects Bdubs’ offer to trade it for Bdubs’ white horse.

The group decides to have a horse race to Impulse and Bdubs’ mid-century modern house and starts racing when the frog that is near them jumps. Impulse’s horse wins the race with Bdubs and Etho close behind. They then do a jump test, and all the horses can jump two blocks, but BigB’s and Bdubs’ horses can’t jump three blocks.

Ren and BigB meet PearlescentMoon in the forest, and Ren tells her they’re the ‘horse bros’. They tell her that Ren’s horse is named Bee and BigB’s horse is named Squirrel. Pearl tells them about her dog’s death but claims she’s doing fine otherwise. She asks them if they’ve seen a dog and BigB tells her he saw one near the Box; Pearl would like to tame it to reincarnate her dog, but BigB says that he and Ren own it.

GoodTimesWithScar shows up and tells Ren and BigB that he and Pearl plan to torture their soulmates. Ren and BigB leave, though Pearl yells after them that she’ll be visiting their base for the dog. Ren and BigB go to Scott’s place and tell him they obtained some cows. Scott accuses Ren of bringing Jimmy closer to joining horn club by giving him goats, stating that it’s the server goal to keep Jimmy out of horn club. Ren states he’d forgotten about that, and he and BigB leave.

Ren and BigB visit Cleo on the other side of the bridge and ask her what’s going on with Martyn, who’s building something above the ravine close to her house. Cleo tells them she and Martyn are soulbound but that she considers Scott to be her true soulmate; she explains that Martyn is building a heart to win her over. They make fun of Martyn staring through the window and wearing the wrong skin.

Ren and BigB meet SmallishBeans who’s building a boat on land. He shows them the wall he built to keep pillagers away from his and Etho’s living space. They next visit Grian and Scar’s base and find Scar there. They ask him whether he built it, and he responds that he’s taken residence there. He shows them the hole filled with Jellie pandas and tells them he has a horse called Oreo that looks just like the pandas. He shows them he’s been torturing Grian, who’s exploring in the deep dark, by placing powder snow from a bucket and standing in it.

Ren and BigB return to Box, breed their cows, and find the dog. Ren puts the dog in a hole and covers it with slabs before messaging Pearl that he found something of hers and to come to Box. Pearl comes to Box and Ren tells her she’s welcome there. Pearl places powder snow, showing that she’s using the same torturing technique as Scar but pretending she’s just tickling Scott.

Ren shows Pearl the dog but tells her not to tame it yet. He offers to make a deal for the dog stating that if they come across each other on the battlefield later in the series, they shall both turn away from the other and not fight. Pearl questions what would happen if Ren met Scott on the battlefield, and Ren tells her he doesn’t care about Scott, only her. Pearl tells Ren she’d do anything for her dog Tilly, even kill Scott, and agrees to Ren’s deal.

Some time later, Ren is chopping acacia trees close to Box in enchanted armor, mentioning that he forgot to record his expedition to the deep dark together with BigB, Martyn, Grian, Impulse, Etho, and Jimmy. He states that nobody died, and everyone got enchanted armor and tools. He explains his plan to put a nose on the front of Box.

Ren runs into Joel and Etho who ask Ren for sugarcane, and he tells them he looked through all his and BigB’s chests and that they don’t have any. Etho doesn’t believe Ren since his response seems to be planned. Ren tells him it’s because Jimmy also came asking for sugarcane and that he and BigB were just about to put a nose on their Box.

Joel goes inside Box to look through the chests but doesn’t find any sugarcane. BigB pretends for a moment that they do have sugarcane before dropping the ruse, and Joel and Etho leave after remarking on the design of Box. Ren builds up with dirt and adds two asymmetrical eyes to the front using birch planks with dirt eyebrows above them, after which BigB make a huge nose out of acacia wood. They consider adding a moustache further along the line and look at Box from a distance.

Ren and BigB decide they want to add acacia ears to their Box and decide to build one ear each. Bdubs visits their base and asks them how their alliances are going. BigB tells him they’re good with everyone except for Joel and Etho, who were bothering them for sugarcane despite them not having any. Bdubs tells them that Joel and Etho had been hooking him and Impulse with fishing rods around their house.

Ren shows off how majestic his horse is and Bdubs wants to trade for it. Bdubs offers his own white horse so Ren and BigB will have matching horses as well as half a stack of cooked beef, and Ren agrees to the deal. He introduces Bdubs to the horse, telling him her name is Bee and that she’s a bit feisty. They swap the horse’s saddles and Bdubs gives Ren the meat and promises to give him a horn if he finds one.

Ren hears BigB and Pearl talking inside Box while he’s breeding the cows and tells Pearl he’s terrified of her. Pearl claims she just wants company and Ren tells her she’s not welcome if she keeps torturing people in their base. BigB states that her dog attacked him, and she says it’s because he hit the dog, which he admits is true. Pearl leaves the base with a dejected tone despite Ren trying to stop her, and she takes one of the horses.

Ren spots Pearl riding the horse outside the base and accidentally looks at an Enderman right next to her. He runs inside and tries to block himself off, but the Enderman kills him, which kills BigB by proxy. The two respawn and BigB reveals that he fell off a ladder as Ren was getting attacked, meaning they died at the same time. Ren blames Pearl for what happened and states that she brought the demons and that she’s a demoness.

Ren and BigB make their way to Box and they spot people in the vicinity, fearing that they might have stolen items. They find Pearl inside the base, and she tells them she saved their items, though she might have taken some for herself. Ren calls her a demoness and states that she came to their base with evil in her heart. He finds a chest with his items inside where he died.

Pearl explains that she saved their items from Scott and Cleo, who might have stolen some stuff. BigB states that they stole his enchanted armor, but they find that Pearl put some of BigB’s armor in Ren’s chest. Ren tells Pearl that she caused this whether she meant to or not and that there’s something wicked in her heart. He and BigB tell her she’s banished from Box, and she leaves with an upset voice.

Ren gives BigB the few pieces of enchanted armor that Pearl saved back. Ren and BigB express that they feel bad for being mean to Pearl, but Ren thinks that Pearl might be cursed without realizing it. They put the second horse back inside its pen and Ren builds a small cobblestone tunnel so he can kill the Enderman. BigB states that he overheard Scott and Cleo talking about how to divide the items and thinks they should talk to them.

Ren harvests wheat while BigB finishes one ear of Box. They take inventory of what was stolen and find that not only some of the enchanted armor and tool were stolen but also the half a stack of steak that they traded for with Bdubs. They vow to find out who took their items and to take revenge on them next session, which is where the episode ends.

Description
Minecraft Hardcore SMP: Rendog finds a way to get more cows for Box Base before riding off with BigB on a horse-fuelled adventure where they discover disturbing things around the world including a dark and dangerous ritual deep in a dark forest that brings disaster upon the dream team...