| “ | During the teleportation, I was somehow split into two parts. The first one is myself, and the second is my absolute copy. Outwardly, it was almost no different… only I didn't see its eyes. | „ |
| ~ Steven telling how he was split in two by the Tesseract. |
…. is the unseen overarching antagonist of Minecraft Machinima Playing with Time by AMVS Universe.
It is a mysterious paranormal entity and a clone of researcher Steven Persson created by the Tesseract, a time travel portal. Until now, in an unknown way, the creation of the clone led to the apocalypse and the extinction of ninety percent of the world's population.
Appearance[]
As shown in the reconstruction of Steven’s story, the unnamed clone looked almost identical to him at the moment when he activated the Tesseract. The entity looks like a man with short brown hair. It wears a cyan-light blue T-shirt and blue pants. Promotional materials show that it has a beard, and its eyes are devoid of pupils and glow white.
It is also noticeable that from the head of the clone comes a barely seen dark aura, fading to the edges.
Personality[]
Almost nothing is known about the character of the clone, however, Steven mentioned that in the first few minutes after its appearance, the mysterious entity preserved his memory, called for help from his assistant Woody Crunch, screamed and even cried.
Biography[]
Background[]
Gaining access to the lost magical technologies of the distant past, which King Arvin Donor tried to destroy with all his might, researcher Steven Persson and his assistant Woody Crunch built a structure of unknown purpose according to ancient blueprints, which turned out to be Tesseract the portal of time travel.
Steven being split.
After the researchers accidentally activated the Tesseract, they were teleported to the future, nineteen years ahead. At the moment of time travel, the portal split Steven into two parts, himself and his almost identical clone. For a while, Steven's copy retained his memory, it called for Woody's help, screamed and cried while the researchers watched it and wondered. But, soon the entity disappeared into thin air and the researchers forgot about it, reducing it to a side visual effect of teleportation.
Clone looking down.
However, on the first night of their stay in the new era, the world was overrun by monsters that slaughtered about thirty percent of the kingdom's population. The kingdom’s government disappeared after the third night. After a month of daily undead attacks, the monsters disappeared and did not show up once for thirty years. After thirty nights of the raid, the world was engulfed by fogs as thick as milk, in which dozens of people disappeared. This terrifying cataclysm led to the extinction of ninety percent of the world's population.
Realizing that their actions have led to the apocalypse, Steven and Woody understands that they must go back in time and stop the appearance of the Tesseract using a barrier of diamond blocks, which was described in ancient drawings. Crunch goes into the past alone, and Steven stays in the destroyed future being one of the few survivors.
Playing with Time[]
Two thieves on the run, Brian Slope and Alan Teed find the Tesseract in the bright present (two years before the apocalypse) and by chance move to the ruined future. Wandering through the empty world, friends come across the Middendorph fort, where they meet Steven, who tells them about everything that has happened to the world. Brian and Alan agree to help Woody accumulate enough diamond blocks in the present to prevent the portal from appearing and stop the end of the world.
Trivia[]
.... stalking Steven on one of the promotional pictures.
- The mysterious entity was definitely inspired by the famous Minecraft creepypasta character Herobrine.
- On one of the promotional materials for Playing with Time, starring Steven, it was shown that his clone is watching and possibly stalking him.