Smajor1995's Double Life: Episode 3

The Relationship Ranch! is Smajor1995's third episode of Double Life. It was uploaded on July 2, 2022. In this episode, Scott builds and opens the Relationship Ranch, a place where soulmates can get therapy and strengthen their bond; however, Scott actually intends to use it to break up soulmate couples. Scott uses the Relationship Ranch to distract Grian and GoodTimesWithScar while a dig party searches Grian's base for his secret sugarcane farm.

Bigbst4tz2 and Rendog also visit the Relationship Ranch, and Scott successfully worsens their relationship when it is revealed that BigB has met up with a secret admirer. At the end of the episode, Scott steals sugarcane from Scar and watches on as a warden is released upon the surface.

Plot
Scott starts his episode at his house and explains his plan to make a place for couples therapy where he tries to secretly split couples up, as he believes that live separate from one’s soulmate can be a good thing. He plans to make it a Relationship Ranch with goats and a petting zoo. He gathers moss in a nearby ravine, and he and ZombieCleo axe crit each other on their bridge as is their tradition.

Scott explains his Relationship Ranch plans to Cleo just as InTheLittleWoods passes by. He is upset at the axe crit damage, and Scott axe crits Cleo again to hurt Martyn. Martyn then axe crits Cleo himself. Martyn leaves and Cleo explains her plan to meet Martyn halfway to his base and set him tasks. Scott suggests that she build small floating islands towards his base.

Cleo points out that Martyn didn’t tattle on her and Scott stealing from Rendog and Bigbst4tz2, while PearlescentMoon did. They plan on blaming Pearl if Ren and BigB confront them about the theft, pretending that Pearl gave them the enchanted armor pieces. Cleo shows Scott that she got a lot of diamonds and gives him four so he can craft boots.

Scott builds the wall for the Relation Ranch out of oak and spruce logs and adds fences for windows before shaving the logs. He adds an archway for people to come inside and crafts diamond boots and an iron axe. BdoubleO100 visits Scott, and Scott tells him about the Relationship Ranch. Bdubs leaves to go and apologize to Cleo.

Scott overhears some drama at Box and overhears a conversation between Ren and BigB. Ren and BigB come over to the Relationship Ranch just as Scott notices that Cleo and Martyn have died. Scott quickly heads over to Cleo who’s collecting her items, and Cleo explains that Martyn hit her into the ravine. Scott helps Cleo by killing the drowned surrounding her.

Martyn apologizes to Cleo, claiming that it was just a meme. Cleo reveals that she took Martyn’s horn from the water. Cleo recalls that she once thought that Martyn would be a good addition to her and Scott’s team; she definitely doesn’t think that anymore. Scott leaves Cleo and Martyn to squabble and continues working on the Relationship Ranch, while mentioning that he stole Martyn’s enchanted chestplate.

Scott builds the first trust exercise on the Relationship Ranch just as Cleo comes over. He explains to her that the activity is going to involve two corridors, one containing a goat. The visiting soulmates will each have to stand in one of the corridors, and the one with the goat will need to avoid getting headbutted by the goat to not hurt their soulmate. Scott predicts that people will still get hit by the goat, after which he’ll point out to them that it’s interesting that they didn’t want to save their soulmates from harm.

Cleo tells Scott that Martyn had looked an Enderman in the eyes and that she had to save him from that. She mentions that Martyn’s going to the deep dark to get enchanted, and she’s agreed to go with him. Scott reveals to Cleo that he stole Martyn’s enchanted chestplate. Scott gives Cleo his own diamond sword and boots so she can enchant them for him in the ancient city.

Scott grows and gathers more moss before returning to the Relationship Ranch where he meets GoodTimesWithScar. Scar shows off his new zookeeper skin and tries to sell Scott paper. Scott states that he’d rather have sugarcane, but Scar tells him that Pearl doesn’t allow him to sell sugarcane, only paper.

Scott then overhears Grian who passing by saying to himself that he’s paranoid about his sugarcane farm. Scott questions Scar about this, and Scar explains that it’s not Pearl, but Grian who has the sugarcane, but that Grian doesn’t allow Scar to know where the sugarcane farm is.

Scott tells Scar that he’s in the Relationship Ranch and thanks him for burning down the other Ranch. Scott explains to Scar that the Relationship Ranch is going to help soulmates form stronger bonds and thinks that he could also send visiting soulmates to the panda sanctuary, meaning he would be directly sending business to Scar. Scar reminds Scott that the sanctuary is non-profit and rather considers Scott to be competition.

Scar tells Scott that he rekindled the love between Martyn and Cleo by letting them visit the panda sanctuary, to the point where they died for each other. Scott corrects Scar saying that Martyn pushed Cleo off a cliff and that she’s not happy about that. Scar continues to try and sell Scott paper, and Scott proposes that whenever he sends business to Scar’s panda sanctuary, Scar can then repay him in paper. Scar agrees to the deal and leaves.

Scott plans on going by Grian’s base to steal sugarcane later. He continues working on the building for the first activity of the Relationship Ranch, giving it a moss roof. He crafts some iron buckets and visits Solidarity, who’s rebuilding the Ranch. SmallishBeans and EthosLab walk by telling Jimmy to watch his back, which confuses Jimmy. Scott tells Jimmy that he’s making a couples’ retreat, and Jimmy thinks that he and TangoTek might visit later to sort out Tango’s anger issues.

Scott breaks into the panda reserve through the wall the same way that Scar broke into the Relationship Ranch earlier. Scar claims that Scott should leave a donation in the box at the entrance now that he entered the reserve, and Scott puts the two pieces of mangrove roots that he Scott leaves the Ranch and goes to Grian’s base where he steals two mangrove propagules, a Cat disc, and a jukebox. Scar comes by and they discuss how nice the sound of the dripstone farm is; Scar considers adding dripstone to the panda sanctuary. He shows Scott the hot tub and tries to buy Scott’s diamond boots, but Scott tells him the boots were a gift from Cleo. Scar claims that Cleo wanted Scar to have the boots, but Scott sees right through Scar’s lies. took from the wall in the box. Scar shows Scott that he stole back his horse from the Ranch, and Scott suggests he keep the horse hidden or perhaps let it stay at the Relationship Ranch.

Scott leaves Grian’s base and spots Pearl’s floating tower base in the distance; he thinks it looks adorable. He fills a bucket with powder snow and passes by Grian. He asks Grian for sugarcane, mentioning that he overheard him talking about sugarcane before; Grian tells him that Scar is right and that he and Scar got sugarcane from Pearl. Grian tells Scott he has two pieces of sugarcane, but that Scott should negotiate with Scar if he wants any.

Scott tells Grian that Scar wanted his diamond boots, and offers moss blocks instead because they’re not flammable, unlike Grian’s base. Grian thinks that Scott is threatening him and leaves. Scott meets Jimmy and Cleo at the Ranch and tells Jimmy that Scar stole his horse back, which Jimmy already knows about. Scott questions why Jimmy hasn’t taken revenge yet on Scar for burning down the Ranch, and Jimmy states that Tango has a plan which will be executed soon.

Scott and Cleo take a snow bath together using Scott’s powder snow and meet Pearl outside the gates riding Scar’s horse. They ask her if she had sugarcane that she gave to Scar or Grian, but she tells them she didn’t. Jimmy asks Pearl what she would like to have in return for leaving the horse at the Ranch, and Pearl states that she wants friends. Pearl rides off on Scar’s horse while Cleo leaves to ask Scar for sugarcane, hoping to bribe him by telling him where his horse is.

Scott finds the underground place where he puts the goats that he stole from the Ranch and leads them back to his place, getting shot by skeletons in the process. He passes by Pearl who accuses him of taking a lot of damage. He reaches the Relationship Ranch with two of the goats and puts one of them in a special pen in the first activity building.

Pearl declares that she’s going to live on the bridge because Scott once mistakenly said that it was his and Pearl’s bridge. Scott thinks that Pearl should bring it up with Cleo, since she’s the one who built the bridge. Scott tells Pearl about how Martyn killed Cleo. He compliments Pearl’s build in the sky, and she thanks him.

Pearl notices a message from Ren in the chat talking about the flammability of her base and she tells BigB, who’s nearby looking at Pearl and Scott, that next time Ren and BigB die she won’t be returning their items to them. Pearl leaves to go to her base while BigB threatens Scott, purely because he saw Scott talking to Pearl.

Scott finishes all three activities on the Relationship Ranch: Goat Punch, the Human Snow Cone, and Trust Fall. He explains that at Trust Fall, one person will jump down a cliff while the other will have to place water in time to catch them. He decorates the Ranch and makes a giant R above it out of wool.

Cleo visits and asks why there’s dirt on their bridge; Scott explains that Pearl tried to forcefully move onto the bridge and suggests that Cleo remove the dirt while Pearl is away. Cleo compliments the Relationship Ranch and Scott tells her that he put one goat in the Goat Punch building while hiding the remaining goats in the hill behind his house. Cleo then leaves to remove the dirt on the bridge.

Scott adjusts the woolen R to make it look better and sends a message through chat advertising that the Relationship Ranch is now open for business. Jimmy reacts that his Ranch is the only Ranch, but Scott responds that he has goats and a giant R while Jimmy has neither of those things.

Scott spots Jimmy trying to take BigB’s donkey outside the Relationship Ranch and Scott and Jimmy argue about whose Ranch is better. Scar passes by, complaining that he can’t find Grian and that Grian has been taking constant damage. Jimmy steals BigB’s donkey and takes it to the Ranch; BigB admits that the donkey might have belonged to Cleo originally.

Scott tells Cleo about the theft when she and Etho come by, and Cleo tells him she has two donkeys. Scott explains the concept of the Relationship Ranch to Etho, and Cleo and Etho ask Scott for help: they’re currently forming a dig party to search under Grian’s base for his secret sugarcane farm and need a distraction to keep Grian away from there. Scott proposes to invite Grian and Scar to his Relationship Ranch.

Scott talks to Scar about him and Grian coming to the Relationship Ranch, but Scar still doesn’t know where Grian is. Scott tells Scar that if he and Grian come by together, Scott will get Scar his horse back; Scar agrees to the deal and leaves to go look for Grian.

Grian comes by the Relationship Ranch and Scott sends Scar a message to come back. Pearl visits, and Scott tells her to come back once he’s finished with Grian and Scar so he and Pearl can talk about their own issues. Ren and BigB then show up asking for therapy too, and Scott tells them that the Ranch takes one couple at a time. Scott explains the concept of the Relationship Ranch to Ren, who reveals that he and BigB just had their first fight. They discuss which couple should go first.

Scar shows up, and they decide to let Grian and Scar go first on the Relationship Ranch. He introduces the first activity, ‘Goat Punch’: Scott puts Grian and Scar in separate corridors and releases the goat in Grian’s corridor. He explains that Grian will have to dodge when the goat is charging at him to avoid hurting his soulmate. Scar asks Scott about his horse, and Scott tells Scar that he’ll get him his horse afterwards.

Scott places the jukebox that he stole earlier and plays a Cat disc to pass the time. Grian successfully dodges the goat when it eventually charges at him. Scott tries to lead Grian and Scar to the second activity when Scar reveals to Grian 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, though Scar calls back to Scott that he still wants his horse back.

Scott summons Ren and BigB to the Relationship Ranch for their session. Scott gives a small introduction on the Ranch. Scott is about the introduce the first activity when Ren mentions that BigB got a box of chocolates from a secret admirer.

Scott puts Ren and BigB in the two corridors, with the goat in BigB’s corridor. He explains the rules of the activity but tells Ren that he can talk about his feelings in the meantime while they’re waiting for the goat to charge at BigB. Scott guesses that Ren is jealous he doesn’t have a secret admirer himself and is upset that BigB doesn’t give him gifts like the secret admirer gave to BigB; Ren admits this all to be true.

BigB pops in stating that Ren sometimes lashes out, but Ren defends himself saying it’s just passion. BigB lets himself get hit by the goat, which Scott notes is interesting. He lets Ren and BigB out of their separate spaces. He notes that BigB changed his appearance for Ren by wearing dog ears and glasses, but Ren’s not wearing anything of BigB’s; BigB thinks that Ren looks more like Martyn now. Ren feels ashamed.

Scott leads the two to the second activity. He explains that BigB is going to stand in powder snow while Ren’s going to have a bucket; Ren is to either trust BigB to leave the snow on time for them to not die, or call quits and remove the snow himself. The two take their places and discuss their feelings again as BigB freezes. Ren mentions that he was very happy to see that BigB had added a hand, a mouth, and a mole to their Box base. BigB knew that Ren would like the hand and leaves the powder snow with one-and-a-half hearts left.

Ren and BigB recover while Scott states that it’s good that Ren trusted BigB to leave the snow in time, though Ren mentions he might just have a death wish. They make their way to the last activity and Ren apologizes to BigB for not wearing anything of his and for not trusting him to put a disgusting hand on Box; BigB forgives Ren. Scott explains the last activity, ‘trust fall’; Ren is to jump of a cliff with BigB at the bottom, and BigB is to place water in time while Ren is already jumping.

Ren jumps down and BigB places water, but he wasn’t in time to prevent Ren from taking damage. Scott notices that BigB seemed slow to place the water, but Ren forgives BigB for it. BigB gives the water bucket back to Scott and Scott leaves them to consult his notes to decide what his verdict is on the relationship. He privately decides to tell them that their relationship is going to take a lot of work and that they should perhaps try out other things.

Scott walks back to Ren and BigB and overhears Ren’s shock at learning that BigB apparently met up with his secret admirer. Scott tells them that this changes his verdict; he thinks that BigB isn’t fully satisfied with Ren if he met up with the secret admirer. BigB tries to defend himself, stating that his admirer came to him. Scott states that his expert opinion is that BigB and Ren should take a break from each other, and Ren disconnects in shock.

BigB tells Scott that he feels free and relieved now that Ren is gone. Scott tells BigB that he doesn’t have to stay with his soulmate; he himself and Cleo are living proof of that. BigB asks if he can leave a review and Scott tells him he’ll eventually put up a podium with a book once he has paper. BigB promises to leave a five-star review and leaves.

Ren logs back on and Scott tells him what BigB said when Ren left. Ren tells Scott that he suspected as much and thanks Scott for his services; he then leaves just as ImpulseSV arrives at the Relationship Ranch. Impulse doesn’t think that he and Bdubs need Scott’s facilities, but Scott invites them to the activities anyway as it can just be a fun thing to do together.

Scott and Impulse meet Pearl on the middle of Cleo’s bridge while Cleo, Martyn, Etho, and Bdubs approach from the other side. Pearl calls the structure on top of the bridge her house despite Cleo’s protests. Scott steals Pearls ‘other side’ disc from her jukebox and Pearl hits him multiple times with her axe. Scott tells Pearl they’ll both die if she kills him, but she doesn’t care since that’ll mean she’ll be on her yellow life like Tilly.

Scott asks Pearl to trust him and tells her she can have the disc back in exchange for Scar’s horse. Pearl refuses the deal, claiming she has better friends now. Scott throws the disc off the bridge into the water below when Pearl isn’t looking, and Bdubs quickly heads down to look for it.

Pearl hits Scott off the bridge once she realizes what he did with the disc, and Scott falls into the water below. Scott and Bdubs find the disc and refuse to give it back to Pearl; Scott gives the disc to Joel, who in turn gives it to Martyn.

Cleo later comes running through the Relationship Ranch while Impulse and Bdubs are visiting and announces that she set Pearl’s build on the bridge on fire with Pearl’s dog inside. Sometime later, Grian, Scar, Bdubs, Impulse, Cleo and Scott convene at the Relationship Ranch with Grian proposing a wager; everyone wagers their best items and the last person to leave the powder snow wins.

Grian places a barrel in which people who participate can put their best items in, and Scott crafts and places chests for the participants to put their other items in, just in case they happen to die. The participants are Bdubs and Scar. Scott spots that Scar put sugarcane in his chest and secretly steal it, filling the empty slot with one of Scar’s mangrove propagules. Scar notices that the sugarcane is gone, but Grian tells him basically everyone has sugarcane now; Cleo shows Scott that she got sugarcane as well.

Bdubs and Scar both stand on top of a stone above the powder snow, and Grian breaks the stone, dropping Bdubs and Scar in the snow. Grian notices that Bdubs and Impulse are both eating, and he eats some bread himself for Scar. Bdubs throws out his food to Impulse. Scar eventually steps out of the snow first, and Impulse reveals that Bdubs got down to half a heart.

Sometime later, Cleo and Scott are discussing alliances; Scott thinks they should ally with the Boat Boys and Cleo agrees but points out that the Etho and Joel will kill Scott and Cleo once they’re on their red lives. Scott hears warden noises in the woods nearby, and he and Cleo look for where the noise is coming from. They find a group of people panicking at the Ranch while being attacked by a warden.

Scott runs away with the others as the warden comes after the group after breaking free from the Ranch. Part of the group including Scott runs to the Relationship Ranch, and Scott blocks off the entrance to prevent the warden from coming inside. The warden then locks onto the other group of people and goes back to the Ranch again.

Scott and the others react to Ren and BigB’s death. BigB passes by and explains that he was too close to a creeper that Bdubs hit. Scott and Cleo go over to the Ranch to check on the warden and find that it has fallen in the water ravine. Scott breaks the block under Jimmy, almost making him fall into the ravine; Jimmy tries to hit Scott into the ravine as revenge. Sar and Grian both get hit into the ravine but survive on half a heart. The episode ends with Scott revealing that he got Scar’s horse and plans on giving it back to him next episode.

Description
Welcome to a brand new Minecraft series on my channel, Double Life! The goal of the series is fairly simple, don't die! Or at least be the last ones to do so! Each player starts the series with 3 hearts! This time however, you will be randomly linked with one other player as your Soulmate, so when they take damage you take damage! And if they lose a life, so do you! We also are using a proximity voice chat mod, so it leads to a lot of random and funny interactions with people on the server!