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On November 25th, 2022, [[Stereo]], [[Flo]], and [[Mars]] went on an expedition to raid an Ocean Monument for sponges and gold. During the heist, the three adventurers attempted to use explosives to tunnel through the monument to circumvent the negative effects of Mining Fatigue. Due to improper communication, Stereo swam towards two primed TNT just milliseconds before the explosion took place, killing him and destroying all items in his inventory.

==Background==
Stereo had previously wanted to raid an Ocean Monument before the day of the incident. On the 25th of November, Stereo asked Mars if he wanted to join him on the expedition, to which Mars agreed. Rather than bringing milk to the event, Stereo brought honey from his bee farm because he was under the impression that consuming honey would remove all negative potion effects and preserve all positive effects (this is not the case; consuming honey only removes the Poison effect from players). Furthermore, on this particular day, all players noticed an increased amount of lag in the server, which was another deterrent to approaching Stereo's large cow farm.

Not long after, Flo had joined the server and was invited to join the two on their heist. The plan was to have Mars and Stereo kill the Elder Guardians in the Monument (to remove the source of Mining Fatigue), then have Flo quickly harvest all of the available sponge and gold blocks. They traveled to the Ocean Monument by boat.

==Ocean Monument Heist==
The three quickly realized that honey was not effective in their mission. Stereo had died on the scene to Guardians several times, which caused his items to scatter around the outside of the Monument. While Stereo was recouping his inventory, Mars and Flo made plans to breach the sponge and gold rooms of the Monument. However, with limited milk to remove Mining Fatigue, the two had to kill the Elder Guardians in the temple to proceed. 

Mars suggested that they use TNT to break the walls of the Monument. Since TNT cannot explode blocks underwater, he theorized that by igniting two TNT blocks inside of each other, at least one TNT would be able to explode its surroundings due to it being inside of a solid block. Although his reasoning was correct, primed TNT is not considered a solid block and thus would not cause the TNT to explode neighboring blocks.

The three had used doors and water breathing potions to maneuver around the Monument, but they were still unable to locate the final Elder Guardian. Growing impatient, Flo enabled an X-Ray resource pack to see through the Prismarine walls. Flo requested Mars to break through a particular wall, and Mars attempted to use two TNT to do so. As the TNT exploded, Stereo swam into the room from above, killing himself and blowing up his inventory in the process.

==Immediate Response==
The mission was widely considered to be a failure due to a majority of the Monument's available sponge being permanently lost. Stereo was also set back in terms of progression, and he has cited this incident as being a major contributor to his future inactivity on the server.

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<span style="color:#363636"><em>November 25th, 2022<br>polarparadise = Flo, kiamond = Mars, StereoNewt = Stereo</em></span>
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> polarparadise</span>: mars
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> polarparadise</span>: i think all of ishes stuff just blew up
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> kiamond</span>: .....................
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: DO YALL DUMBASSES NOT KNOW THIS SHIT DONT WORK UNDEDRWATER
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> kiamond</span>: it does if u place 2
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> kiamond</span>: bc one is inside the other
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: WELL DID I TIWORK
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> kiamond</span>: i um
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> kiamond</span>: timed it wrong
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: wheres my shit at
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> kiamond</span>: it uh
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> kiamond</span>: blew up
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: .
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: .
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: .
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: ..
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: .
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: i had 18 spng
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Stereo has continuously blamed Flo for the incident taking place, despite him not having any involvement with the TNT on scene. For unknown reasons, Flo willingly takes the blame when the incident is brought up, despite Mars publicly taking responsibility.

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<span style="color:#363636"><em>July 31st, 2023</em></span>
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> StereoNewt</span>: hey flo remember when you blew me up
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> polarparadise</span>: yeah
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> polarparadise</span>: i clipped it
<br><span style="color:#5555FF"><strong>PLAYER</strong> polarparadise</span>: and posted it on Tumblr
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