Been hoping for a part two, and you did not disappoint.

My brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother my brother... Yeah I'm probably gonna have to go with my brother

Thank you all for the kind words! I really appreciate it.

Yeah mate I dunno about ramen noodles, I only got angel's hair pasta with no sauce here if you're interested in that instead

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I woke up to my alarm blaring and my phone buzzing against the wood of my table near my bed. I woke up, wondered where I was, what the noise I was hearing was, and who I was for a quick moment before realizing my 5 A.M. alarm had gone off. Rubbing my eyes, I grabbed my phone, dismissed the alarm, and laid back down for a moment. I was drifting off to sleep when I realized I actually needed to get up. If I was gonna attempt to be productive today, I had to start early and start strong. I kicked the covers off. This was one of the few moments of the day when I was glad for the warmer weather; I wasn't going into shock just taking my covers off anymore. Anyways, I, half against my will, dragged myself out of bed and opened the door. It was 5 A.M., and still dark outside. The sun hadn't risen yet, but that was no problem. This meant I got a head start. I tried to remember what was first on my list of things I was going to attempt today to seem productive, and the first thing was to actually write something instead of procrastinating. Yeah, the first thing on my "list of productivity" was something that was not work-related at all, and most would consider it procrastinating. Either way, I walked up to the computer, turned it on, signed in, and opened the Tanki forum. I sat down, and that was when I realized I actually had nothing to write about. I had no ideas whatsoever. I sat there for about five minutes before I realized I wasn't actually thinking, merely zoning out. Then I focused my attention on trying to brainstorm ways to think of ideas. My head was hurting and I was already confused at this point, but that was no big deal. Opening cupboard after cupboard with no true intention in mind, that was when I had my first brainwave. I could EAT, guys! EATING exists! This will definitely help me think of something to write, I'm sure of it! I grabbed a Clif bar from the cabinet, ate it, and sat back down. Now here comes the actual thinking part of the whole process. I stared at the empty template for a post in front of me, and let my mind wander. It did not take very long for me to go from thinking of things to write, to looking outside and wondering how much longer until the sunrise, to realizing I'm still hungry, to realizing that's actually thirst, to needing to go to the bathroom, and right back to thinking of things to write. By the time this loop had done it's course twice, the sun was already out and it was 6:30 A.M.. I was starting to wonder if I should just go back to sleep and see if my less tired mind could think of anything to write, when I had my second brainwave. Taking my phone out, I snapped a picture of the screen and texted my friends asking, "What should I name this?" I was too lazy to text the group chat, so I went the obviously less time-consuming route and texted each of my friends individually. I copy and pasted my question, then texted them each that. I thought I had an idea for a story. I went to the Title area, but I accidentally pasted the question into the title. I stared at this for a few moments and then, quite suddenly, I felt like Einstein. I had a great idea for a story, and it only took two hours! I sat down and began typing. "I woke up to my alarm blaring and my phone buzzing against the wood of my table near my bed.[...]" ~Lose

Nice piece, really enjoyed, and welcome to the AWS.

I noticed that I was mentioned somewhere in the list as having been entered into one of the competitions. This is incorrect, I have not been in any parkour competitions officially in Tanki Online as of writing this.

The MK update for me personally has made me a lot more powerful, and is pretty broken, but that does not mean I support it. I don't think it is fair at all if me, a WO2, has a wasp Mk7 (Mk6 max upgraded) and can survive most if not all attacks. Other people who had very upgraded equipment before the update now have an even further advantage. Personally, I think that TO was better before the Mk update, and now TO is even more unplayable.

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Oh sick my first first place in any contest, online or real life.

Thanks and no problem!

In retrospect, I don't know what I was thinking. Maybe I was hoping it would turn into some sort of action movie, where I leap in the air, slice his neck and kill him in one swift move, and run out of the temple with Ethan and me unscathed. Maybe the absurdity of this all had finally gotten to me. Whatever the reason was, I decided to charge the mysterious shadow giant. I ran up, jumped, and managed to give him an insignificant splinter in his ankle. He was bigger than we thought. I nearly surrendered right at that moment, but then I realized two things -- since he's so big, he's going to be quite slow. That's a plus, I guess. I didn't know what I would do with this information. However, the second thing I realized is that I also had the Shadow powers. So I decided to use both of those to my advantage. I ran over to where Ethan was; I only said two words. "Distract him." With the message sent to Ethan, I sneaked to the side and formulated an amass of shadow people. I gave each of them a mask to cover their faces, and then I put one on myself. Now I was indistinguishable from the rest of my army. Here's where I apparently learned nothing. I decided to charge again at Mr. Lord-Of-The-Darkness. I thought I was pretty far away, and to be fair, I was, but it turns out I wasn't out of eyesight. The clones and I flew up and started attacking him from all angles, and for a moment I thought it was going to work. Then the next thing I remember was picking myself up from the ground, with Ethan in the same situation right next to me. The ground started to shake, and I thought that maybe, just maybe, an earthquake is happening and a piece of temple roof would crush the head of whoever was subjecting us to torture. But I knew it wasn't an earthquake. It was laughter. "You have fought bravely, and I must give credit where credit is due. Like I said earlier, you have lasted longer than most would. You have gone through most of the trials. I wanted you to survive, I wanted you to prosper. I gave you a choice. "But alas, you chose to fight me. I complimented you, and what did that give you? Arrogance. You thought you could strike me down, but you failed to realize -- I am not just what or who I show. I am everywhere and everything that has helped you and hurt you. You cannot hide from me, you cannot fight me, and you cannot defeat me." I heard what he said, but I didn't comprehend it -- I was to busy thinking about if my new theory was right. If he's the Lord of the Shadows or whatever, can I control him since I can control the Shadows? I decided to try this out. I closed my eyes and concentrated more than I have in my life. At this point, I didn't care if I died, if Ethan died, or if nobody died. I just wanted to see if this works. I heard silence, then a slow rumble, which slowly grew louder. I heard the Shadow Lord start to command me to stop, or to face death of all. None of that mattered. He started to sound more and more worried, and his voice became more and more human until the rumbling stopped and a rush of cold air flew over me. I opened my eyes and I was back in the woods that I started in. I look next to me, Ethan was unconscious. I was checking if he was okay when I heard coughing. I looked over and saw a man. He was wearing all black, was extremely pale, skinny, and tall. I ran over to him, pointed my sword at him, and demanded to know his name. "Y-you chose wrong..." he said, "even if you strike me down, you have done what I needed. You have started the Attack." He stared me right in the eyes, which were completely black, but had a sort of glow to them. At that moment, I snapped. I brought my sword down on his chest, and he was soon covered in shadows. When the shadows dissipated, he was gone. I sat down and thought about what I had just done. I did it! I won! It's over! Now Ethan and I can continue living our normal lives, and we can forget about this moment. Mid-process of trying to wake Ethan, I realized something. The woods were completely silent, which is unusual even in the middle of the night. Then, out of nowhere, I heard another scream. I realized it wasn't me or Ethan, as we were both right here. It was James, the person who arranged this birthday party and started this all. He's in trouble. And it's my fault. I charged out of the woods and into the never-ending screams. ~Lose

Thank you!

Thank you for showing this piece! I am immensely grateful and happy this piece is finally out <3.

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It's been a while since I've seen both the writer and the series... you nailed it though! EDIT: Does the discord server still exist? If so, please notify me -- my old discord account got deleted.

Yes I am quite familiar with the word, I can even spell it from memory!

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