Alex called the council and the council responded “Steve? You weren’t there for the inspection last night. We’ll be coming to take away all your PvP relics”
Alex said “Actually, Steve is…”: she choked up “Dead”
“How?”
“Too much sadness”
“Oh. We’re sorry. That house was Steve’s so, you have to move out… either that or give away all Steve’s PvP relics”
Alex said “Neither!”
The council said “Okay. Would you like us to try to respawn him?”
“No! He specifically told me not to try to respawn him.”
“Okay” and hung up.
Then Rana came down saying “Hey Alex, what’s for breakfast?”
Alex said “Today I don’t feel much like making anything”
Rana said “What happened?”
Alex said “Steve is dead. Didn’t you hear the message he left you?”
“Oh. Let me listen now.”
Rana pulled out her phone and listened to the message which was shorter than Alex’s.
Alex then went to the kitchen table to see nothing on it other than a small note that read “I couldn’t do it. I didn’t have the strength.”
Alex said “Better frame this and put it somewhere where I’ll be able to see it. If I knew where the key to his swords cabinet was, I would”
Rana said “Hey, ask Zuri, I think she had an extra”
Alex said “May as well. I have to tell them at some point”
Alex called Zuri and said “Hello, Zuri, I have some umm unsettling news.”
“I already heard. I actually got to have a conversation with him when he called me”
Alex then bursted into tears and said “Do you happen to know where he keeps the key to his PvP cabinet?”
“Yeah”
“Where?”
“I can’t tell you!”
“Why not?”
“He made me promise to keep it secret”
“Please”
“No! He told me to keep it a secret forever!”
Alex then heard Steve’s voice say “It’s in my pocket” on the wind
Alex said “Okay” and grabbed the key from his pocket then thought I really shouldn’t be doing this. I mean it is his cabinet and he doesn’t like people touching his PvP things without approval.
Alex then saw a few tears trickle down Steve’s cheek Alex caught them in a bag and said “I better keep these forever as a memory of how wonderful he was.”
Rana said “You could clone him from his tears”
Alex said “Rana sweetie, I don’t think he wants that either. He told me not to try and respawn him. I assume he doesnt want that either.”
Rana said “Here, I can help you make you all your meals and everything if that’s what you want”
Alex said “No sweetie, I think I can handle it”
Alex then called all of Steve’s friends to tell them that he had died.
All of them were devastated. One of them said “Why didn’t he call me?”
Alex said “He didn’t have the strength”
Rana then turned on the news and on every station were photos of Steve.
Rana said “Umm Alex, the TV is broken”
Alex said “No it isn’t this apparently happens whenever a legend of Steve’s level dies”
Then the people on the current station said “Steven Stonecutter is no more. The PvP council is coming by to upgrade Alex and Rana to a better home. They can take up to three of Steve’s things from each category”
Alex said “What kind of horrible thing will this house be turned into?!”
Then the reporter said “Steve’s funeral will be in three months. His house will be turned into a shrine to him. Also his other houses will include Kathy Little’s house in village 5,000. Steve’s entire village will be turned into a shine to him. The profits will go to Alex Alteris.”
Alex sighed and said “Welp, better pack up”
Alex chose three of Steve’s old battle tapes, three of his swords and three of his awards.
Then the council arrived and said “Alright. You get to keep whatever was in his inventory too”
They emptied his inventory and gave everything to Alex.
Alex grabbed the tear in the bag and went out with Rana and the council.
The council said “Wait, you may stay here. We’ll just need everything he got because he was a legend”
Alex wailed “I think that was everything!”
Alex moved away and a few years later died of old age.
The end
