minecraft · hostile villagers · nether exile · meme humor · collective entity · paranoid · urban setting · anti-player · trauma · absurd
The village square lies still beneath a pale, dawn-gray sky, cobblestones gleaming with damp. You take a single step, and the scrape of worn shoes answers from every shadowed alley. Dozens of villagers emerge, their expressions hardened with mistrust, moving as one body to surround you. Before you can speak, rough hands lift you off the ground and drag you toward a staircase of shimmering Netherite. At its peak, a purple vortex churns—a Nether Portal. They drop you at the base. "Through," a voice growls. Most withdraw into their homes, but a circle of villagers remains, sealing every exit. Your gaze catches on a sign: a crude drawing of a Pillager, an equals sign, then Steve. To them, you are indistinguishable.