Chapter 6

Chapter 6 FRAZZLED TEACHERS, MAD SCIENTISTS, UNWANTED APPAREL... AND THAT'S ALL BEFORE THE END OF LUNCH! Those red eyes haunted Morgan, too. Morgan was known throughout Woodsword Middle School as a walking encyclopedia of Minecraft —especially Survival Mode. He knew which mobs could be tamed. He knew the exact elevations to find specific gems. He knew strategies for fighting every hostile mob…and he knew that the enderman they had fought was not normal. On their walk to school the next day, he told Jodi all about it. "Endermen are supposed to have purple eyes," he said. "That thing's eyes were red. And I've never heard of any mob being able to disarm a player like it did Harper. We never did find her sword…."

第六章疲惫的教师，疯狂的科学家，不想要的衣服…… 这是午餐结束前的全部内容！那双红眼睛也困扰着摩根。 在整个Woodsword中学，Morgan被称为“我的世界”的活百科全书——尤其是生存模式。 他知道哪些暴徒是可以驯服的。 他知道找到特定宝石的确切海拔。 他知道对付每一个敌对暴徒的策略……他也知道他们要对付的这个终极人物不正常。 第二天去学校的路上，他把这一切都告诉了乔迪。 “末日使者应该有一双紫色的眼睛，”他说。 “那东西的眼睛是红的。 我从来没听说过有哪个暴徒能像哈珀那样解除玩家的武装。 我们一直没有找到她的剑....”

Jodi nodded along as he spoke. She looked lost in thought. Morgan continued, "It wasn't like any enderman I've seen. It was like some kind of… Endermonster." "I'm more worried about the Evoker King," said Jodi. "Did the Endermonster destroy him? And what were those icky mobs we saw in the smoke? There was definitely more than one, right?" "I'll bet it's Theo's fault," Morgan grumbled. "Morgan!" said Jodi. "Be nice." "What? You heard him," said Morgan, waving his arms in the air. "He's been installing mods behind

乔迪一边说一边点头。 她看上去陷入了沉思。 摩根继续说道：“这和我见过的任何一个末侠都不一样。 就像某种……末底怪物。” “我更担心闪回之王。”乔迪说。 “末底怪把他干掉了吗？” 我们在烟雾中看到的那些讨厌的暴徒是什么？ 肯定不止一个，对吧？”“我敢打赌这是西奥的错。”摩根抱怨道。 “摩根！”乔迪说。“很好。” “什么?你听到了。”摩根说着，在空中挥舞着双臂。 “他一直在后面安装mod

our backs. And he was a total mess during the Endermonster fight. It's like he's never even heard of teamwork before!" Jodi frowned at him. "Maybe he'd be better at teamwork if you treated him like part of the team." "You think it's my fault?" Morgan asked. "You can't blame me for his mistakes." Jodi shook her head. "I'm not blaming you. I'm just pointing out that you aren't always very welcoming to new people. Remember when Ash moved here? You didn't want to include her in anything. But when you started being nice, she became one of your best friends."

我们的身上。他在和末底怪的战斗中一团糟。 就好像他从来没听说过团队合作一样！”乔迪朝他皱了皱眉。 “如果你把他当作团队的一员，也许他会更擅长团队合作。” “你认为是我的错？”摩根问道。 “你不能把他的错误归咎于我。” 乔迪摇了摇头。“我不是在责怪你。 我只是想指出你并不总是很欢迎新来的人。 还记得阿什搬来的时候吗？ 你不想把她牵扯进来。 但当你开始对她好，她就成了你最好的朋友之一。”

"Well, that's the whole problem," said Morgan. "Theo is no Ash." "Just promise me you'll make an effort," said Jodi. "Be a little more welcoming. Please?" Morgan crossed his arms. "Yeah. Okay. Fine," he said. "I'll make an effort." Morgan knew he wouldn't have a chance to talk to Theo until lunch. He hoped for an easy, quiet morning in the meantime. But homeroom got off to a weird start. "Pop quiz time," said Ms. Minerva. "Everyone ready?" The students shared a confused look. Finally, Morgan raised his hand. "Um, Ms. Minerva?" he said. "This is homeroom. We don't actually have quizzes or grades in homeroom, right?" Ms. Minerva straightened her glasses. They were smudged, and her hair was in disarray. "Oh, yes," she said. "What was I thinking? You're right, Mulligan." Mulligan? Now Morgan was really worried. "Uh, my name is—"

“嗯，这就是问题所在，”摩根说。 “西奥不是阿什。”“答应我你会努力的，”乔迪说。 “要更热情一点。 请?”摩根交叉双臂。 “是的。好吧。好吧，”他说。 “我会努力的。”摩根知道午饭前他都没机会和西奥说话。 与此同时，他希望能有一个轻松、安静的早晨。 但课后辅导一开始就很奇怪。 “突击测验时间到了，”密涅瓦说。 “每个人都准备好了吗?”学生们都一脸困惑。 最后，摩根举起了手。 “嗯，密涅瓦女士？”他说。 “这是教室。我们在教室里没有测验或评分，对吧？”Ms。 密涅瓦扶正了她的眼镜。 它们被弄脏了，她的头发乱糟糟的。 “哦，是的，”她说。“我在想什么呢？” 你说得对，穆里根。”穆里根? 现在摩根真的很担心了。 “嗯，我的名字是——”

Morgan was interrupted by the squeal of the loudspeaker coming to life. "Today's morning announcement is as follows," said a voice. It wasn't the usual robotic voice of the school's announcement AI. This voice sounded human—but weird. Like someone was trying to disguise their voice. "The faculty lounge's exquisite combo coffee maker and weather prediction device is out of order. Do not expect repairs until somebody apologizes for insulting it." Morgan turned to Jodi. "Is that…Doc?" he whispered. "This concludes the morning announcements," said the voice. "Good luck out there!" Morgan turned back to get a better look at Ms. Minerva. She looked rough. Was this what happened she missed her morning coffee?

摩根被扬声器启动的尖叫声打断了。 “今天早上的通告如下。”一个声音说。 这不是学校宣布人工智能时通常的机械声音。 这个声音听起来很像人，但很奇怪。 就像有人试图掩饰自己的声音。 “教员休息室精致的组合咖啡机和天气预报设备坏了。 在有人为侮辱它道歉之前，不要指望修理。” 摩根转向乔迪。“那是……医生吗？” “早上的通告到此结束。”那声音说。 “祝你好运！”摩根转过身来，想看得更清楚些。 密涅瓦。她看上去很粗鲁。 是这样吗，她错过了早上的咖啡？

"I'm fine!" Ms. Minerva said. She rummaged through the lost-and-found box beneath her desk and pulled out a juice box. She squinted at the ingredients. "Water…kiwi and pineapple extract (Pineapple? That's weird)…monodextrosomething concentrate…Why don't they make these things with coffee?" "Those two need to make up," Jodi whispered into Morgan's ear. Morgan agreed. He spent the rest of homeroom hoping Ms. Minerva would hurry to apologize to Doc between classes.

“我没事!”密涅瓦说。 她翻遍了桌子下面的失物招领箱，拿出一个果汁盒。 她眯着眼睛看配料。 “水……猕猴桃和菠萝提取物(菠萝？ 这很奇怪)……单右旋物浓缩物……为什么他们不把这些东西和咖啡一起做呢？”“他们俩得和好了。”乔迪在摩根耳边低语。 摩根同意了。在剩下的时间里，他都在盼望着老师。 米涅瓦会在课间匆匆向博士道歉。