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Welcome back, Craftlings, to the
Minecraft Short Stories Podcast.

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This is episode 60 of this 
podcast and the stuff. 

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So today we have a one story by 
a listener by Cat Master 6. 

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And it's a long story. 
That's why there's only one. 

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But I hope you guys will enjoy 
that. 

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And this story was submitted 
through my website 

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minecraftshortstories.com. 
There's a link to that inside 

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the description. 
While you're down there, there's

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also a link to the YouTube 
channel. 

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Once we reach 1000 subscribers 
on that, we're about 240 at the 

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time of recording, then I will 
do a three or four way collab 

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with some Minecraft players. 
So if you want to see that 

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happen, consider subscribing. 
Anyways, I hope you enjoy. 

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And yes, this intro is shorter 
due to some requests for the 

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intro to just be not too long, 
so that's why I'm just trying 

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that out. 
The Curse of the Wither Part One

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story by Cat Master 6. 
Steve and Alex looked upon their

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new house with pride. 
It was built into the Sava Mesa 

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with a variety of Dad 
terracotta, mainly red and 

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orange, and had taken hours of 
hard labor to build. 

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It's finally done, Steve 
murmured, a smile on his blocky 

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face. 
It is, Alex said excitedly. 

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Now we just need to decorate the
inside. 

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OK, Steve said. 
I'll make some paintings. 

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After glancing around, he spot 
some sheep in the nearby planes 

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by him. 
Found some sheep, he said. 

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Turned to Alex, but she had 
already run off. 

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With a sigh, he went to get the 
sheep's wool collecting sticks 

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from a dry Bush on the way. 
When Steve returned, he saw the 

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Alex that placed pot of cacti in
the window. 

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He walked over to the wall of 
the main room and placed a 

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painting on it. 
When we saw what was on the 

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painting, he froze. 
I've never seen a pain like 

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that. 
He thought the pain was of a 

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statue, but it was unlike any 
statue Steve had ever seen. 

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It seemed to be 4 dark brown 
blocks in AT shape with a black 

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skull on top of the three top 
brown blocks. 

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Steve shivered despite the hot 
bottom he was in. 

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The painting was unbelievably 
creepy. 

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But at the same time he called 
to him, transfixed his eyes, 

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glued to it. 
Steve slowly walked up to it, 

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and, as if he couldn't help 
himself, reached up to touch it.

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Steve howled in agony as he felt
a wave of necrotic energy rushed

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through his arm and into his 
heart, into his very soul. 

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In an instant. 
The only thought in his mind was

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of a statue in the painting that
we desperately need to recreate 

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in this very room, and how we 
need to go to the forbidden 

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Nether. 
But how is he going to get into 

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the Nether? 
He heard stories of the old 

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Nether portals, but the ancient 
builders had destroyed them long

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ago, and now they were just 
ruins. 

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I need to start somewhere, he 
thought. 

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Then he realized the library. 
Maybe I had a book on the 

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forbidden section on the Nether.
Steve ran for the storage room 

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and took from a chest a stack of
steak and a map leading to the 

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village. 
He left the house and sprinted 

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to the north across the Mesa. 
Following the map, Steve arrived

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at the village just before 
nightfall, nested in the 

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Savannah Valley between 2 flat 
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Walk through the bustling 
streets, past stray cats bake 

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for salmon and villagers closing
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Steve got to the library just as
the librarian was locking the 

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door. 
Wait, he said, then leaned over 

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with his hands on his knees, 
gasping for air. 

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Once he looked up, he saw the 
librarian patiently waiting for 

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him. 
I need to see the forbidden 

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books, he pleaded. 
It's an emergency. 

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The Librarian gazed at him over 
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spectacles. 
You seem desperate, he said with

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sympathy in his voice. 
But I'm afraid those books are 

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forbidden for a reason. 
They contain information on dark

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magic, the vacation, the nether 
in spirits. 

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They're not just for anyone. 
You don't understand, So you 

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said with desperation in his 
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I run here non-stop from this 
side of the Mesa indeed, said 

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the librarian. 
Surprise then added after a 

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brief hesitation. 
I suppose I can make an 

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exception. 
He turned and after unlocking 

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the door, opened it. 
Come inside. 

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So he gratefully crossed the 
threshold and into a large room 

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filled with floor to ceiling 
bookshelves. 

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The librarian led and passed the
desk and through a door, then 

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down a hallway to a second door 
with a sign above it, and it 

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read restricted. 
The librarian produced an 

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Obsidian key from park in his 
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He locked the iron door with it 
and gestures for Steve to go 

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inside. 
Steve walked through the doorway

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and into the small, dimly lit 
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All the room contained was a 
lectern, A stair block used as a

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chair, and a single bookshelf 
taking the entire back wall. 

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I'll wait outside, the librarian
told him. 

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Steve nodded gratefully as the 
librarian closed the door. 

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He crossed to the bookshelf and 
quickly found the books devote 

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to the Nether secrets of the 
fortresses, Netherian 

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Landscapes, Bestiary of the 
Underworld, and The Piglins 

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Reign. 
Steve pulled out the books 1 by 

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1 and was suppressed to see a 
scroll hidden behind them. 

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He picked it up and unrolled it.
It was a large map of the area 

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surrounding the village with a 
few locations marked on it. 

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He was about to put the map back
when he saw its title, the 

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ruined Portals. 
Steve glanced at the door to see

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if he was being watched. 
Seeing that he wasn't, he 

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quickly placed the map in his 
inventory. 

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Steve quickly found all that he 
needs to know with his skeletons

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which are found the Nether 
fortresses, Dr. Withers, Calls 

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upon Death and Soul Sand which 
is located in the Soul Sand 

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valleys. 
He bid the librarian farewell 

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and after leaving the village, 
looked at the stolen map. 

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I stole this map, he realized 
with horror, but as soon as he 

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thought of returning it, they 
had the advantage. 

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From his mind placed with the 
sun jolt the same necrotic 

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agony, Steve gasped and clutched
his straubbing head until the 

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pain cleared. 
Once it did, he looked back at 

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the map. 
The nearest poor was just within

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the edge of a large jungle in 
the opposite direction of the 

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Mesa. 
Without hesitation, he started 

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towards it. 
The journey was surprisingly 

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short and before long he was 
walking through the dense 

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foliage of the jungle. 
After a few sweaty minutes he 

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started smelling smoke after 
walking up a small hill. 

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He was greed with terrible 
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The jungle in front of him was a
roaring inferno. 

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After a brief pause, Steve 
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the hill, panic building up 
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I need to get to the portal. 
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vines ducking under smoking 
logs, the floating in the air 

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and leaping over smoldering 
bushes with a yell of surprise. 

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His foot caught a loose tendril 
vine and he fell flat on his 

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face. 
The ancient mat flew out of his 

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hands and into the flames. 
Before he could recover, the 

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squirrel vanished with a sizzle 
and a pitiful puff of smoke. 

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No, Steve yelled in anger and 
aspiration. 

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The squirrel was gone. 
He had failed. 

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Steve panicked as he felt the 
dark energy starts to build up 

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inside him. 
No, he thought, not again. 

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I need to continue, but the pain
was too great. 

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Claps back to the ground, clong 
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went down, either from the 
flames or the awful withering 

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sensation inside of him. 
He could tell the last of his 

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strength. 
He forced on some stake and felt

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his health increase a little, 
giving him a bit more energy. 

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He stumbled forward through the 
blinding pane, struggling to not

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be sick. 
We saw a blurry black rectangle 

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through his tears of pain. 
The agony instantly vanished as 

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he beheld the black shape. 
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his racing heartbeat slowing 
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Concee was calm. 
He noticed the pools of lava 

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surrounded by an alien Redstone 
beneath the Obsidian frame. 

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He first noticed it was missing 
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It was a portal. 
Steve leaped to his feet and ran

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up to it, carefully staying away
from the lava. 

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That's probably what caused this
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Thought iron, the bubbling 
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Noticing a chest next to the 
broken portal, he threw open its

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lid to reveal 2 fire charges. 
The golden star enchant with him

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breaking through incursive 
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and a golden apple. 
Remembering the entering portals

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netherian landscapes, he placed 
the three Obsidian in the empty 

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spots on the portal, then set 
fire to the inside of the frame 

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with one of the fire charges. 
With a whoosh the lit flame 

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turned Violet, spreading along 
the edge of the glistening 

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Obsidian started to elongate and
twist towards the middle, 

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becoming a swirling vortex of 
ghostly flames. 

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Without thinking, Steve looped 
straight into the portal and 

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passed through it, landing on a 
fallen log in the jungle. 

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On the other side, Steve smacked
himself on the forehead. 

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Idiot. 
He imagines himself. 

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Stand inside, don't jump 
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He got up and brushed himself 
off just as long. 

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He was just on caught fire. 
That was close one, he thought, 

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stepping into the portal. 
He said that for a second, 

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wondering if he had done 
something wrong and then started

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to feel dizzy that was going to 
fall over, but an alien forest 

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held him in place. 
He started feeling sick to his 

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stomach just as he thought I was
going to pass out, fell through 

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the portal into the nether. 
The end for now. 

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Part 2, the Cat Master says 
coming soon. 

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Hope you guys are hyped. 
This was a great story. 

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I really liked it. 
I also really liked your 

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description of the Nether 
portal, how it was being lit. 

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I thought that was really great.
Thanks again for submitting this

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Catmaster 6 and thank you the 
listener for listening to this 

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episode. 
And if you have made it to the 

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end, thank you even more. 
I guess you wouldn't be hearing 

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this if you didn't make it to 
the end, but I am. 

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I'm recording this on Wednesday,
so I really hope I get it out on

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Wednesday because last episode I
promised I would and it would be

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sad if I disappointed you guys. 
So But anyways, see you guys 

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next week.