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Yo guys, I just joined the owner of Kick a Lucky Blocks game, and for some reason Fulton, Kalis, and Cash are all here.
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Hold on, I gotta listen to what they're talking about.
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You guys are nothing but rude to me, and you barely even make videos on my game.
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Matter of fact, I'm done with you.
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Yo!
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What did the owner just do, and where did all the YouTubers go?
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I've abducted all of the biggest YouTubers, and banished them to their own curse zones.
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And the only way that I'll free them, Fuzz, is if you can reach all of the cursed YouTuber zones and collect all of their custom brain rocks.
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Um, okay, I guess.
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I mean, I do have 846 million kick power, which should be enough to get us to the cursed YouTuber zones.
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Let me just kick a perfect kick and boom, there we go.
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Come on, yo, what?
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Wait, why are the cursed YouTuber zones locked?
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Because I'm not letting you into the cursed YouTuber zones for free.
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In order to unlock each zone, You need to buy access at the cursed owner shop.
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Oh Okay, yo call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure when I went to go kick this thing was not here Anyways, that's besides the point because we need to save these youtubers
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and unlock these zones So it looks like in order to unlock the Kayla's zone.
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We need to get 10 cursed kicks in a row.
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Um, okay I guess I don't know what a cursed kick is, but I'm assuming it just means a bad kick.
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So right about here There we go.
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We got a bad kick, but I don't see anything curse.
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But whoa, what the heck?
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Yo, why did my game just start glitching and what is that?
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No, no, no, no, no. What did I just get?
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What is this?
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Bacon dot three three three a demon rarity brain rot?
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Ew, what is wrong with this thing?
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Ew, this thing looks absolutely disgusting.
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What is wrong with this?
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But I guess that means we got a cursed kick.
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So now we just need to get nine more in a row
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But the question is can we get two in a row?
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Yes, yes, we can thank goodness.
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Oh my gosh.
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I think that one is even worse than the last one What the heck?
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Oh, I do not like these curse kicks.
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These things are absolutely disgusting.
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What did I just get?
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Hold on a minute.
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Let me get back to my base over here.
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What?
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What is this thing?
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I'm watching you.
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Oh, heck no. I genuinely just want to stop my recording right here.
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I don't want to do this anymore, but we need to save these YouTubers and find out what's inside of the cursed YouTuber zones.
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I honestly think it's quite a bit easier to get a curse kick rather than a perfect kick.
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And watch, I'm going to get three in a row.
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Ready?
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Boom there we go this time.
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I'm not gonna get scared though Listen, I said I wasn't gonna get scared.
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I got scared.
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Okay, I don't know why I'm just not expecting it every time dude This thing is terrifying.
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I hate this so much anyways I'm just gonna lock in
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and keep on getting these cursed kicks until we've gotten ten in a row
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or I make a mistake But I'm not gonna make a mistake All right, as long as I don't mess this up,
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this should be our tenth cursed kick in a row come on Yes, there we go now for the moment of truth.
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I didn't get scared that time.
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Okay.
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I am locked in I'm not gonna get scared, but no what brain rot that I just get yo.
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What the heck is this?
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Um, hello?
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I literally can't even see Is that a YouTube play button?
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Okay, that's kind of weird.
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There's all like this red smoke coming off of it That's really really weird. But yeah, that is a golden play button I'm actually really close to getting one of those in real life
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So if you haven't subscribed yet make sure to like subscribe to join the fuzz fam
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and become a goaded You know what?
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I'm not even gonna bother questioning the fact
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that I got this as my brain rot Even though it's kind of weird
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because we have now gotten ten curse cakes in a row
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Which means if we go over to the curse shop we can now unlock the K-less cursed zone
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So let me go over to the curse shop right here
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and boom just like that We have now unlocked the curse K-less zone
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So let me go over here so we can kick and actually make it there.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait Fuzz are you seriously sure you want to do this?
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Um, yes, Mr. Owner, I want to see what's hiding inside of the cursed YouTuber zones.
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Now, come on, let me go do it.
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Listen, Fuss, you need to take me seriously.
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These YouTubers were banished to the zone because of what they did.
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And if you go there too, something really, really bad might happen to you.
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Yo, what?
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Um, okay, I don't really know what to do.
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I want to go to the cursed YouTuber zones and save the YouTubers, but I also don't want to get banished myself.
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You know what, guys?
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Like the video if you want me to go either way.
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Hopefully I don't regret this, but all we need to do is just get a perfect kick just like that.
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There we go.
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And that should be enough to get us to the Kalis.exe zone
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and yo Look at that now that we have it unlocked.
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Oh my gosh, that looks insane.
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What the heck?
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I bet it's gonna look even crazier once we actually make it there and go.
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I think I see it Is it this blue zone right here?
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Wait, hold on a minute.
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Oh my gosh, we're actually gonna make it there Yes, oh my gosh, I don't know whether to be happy or not happy.
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What is wrong with this place?
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Yo, is that like a massive Kayla statue or something?
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Oh my gosh and the wave is the wave What?
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How did I survive?
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I don't know how the wave didn't do any damage to me and what the heck?
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Kayla's dot exe yo, what kind of brain rot is this?
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Oh my gosh This thing looks insane and insanely cursed at that Uh-huh, I do not know if I like this thing one bit
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and oh yo You get the Kayla's aura chain on the wall over here
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and then a bunch of these noobs on the ground and is that ketchup coming out of them?
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I really hope that's ketchup.
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This place is so weird, bro.
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I do not like this.
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There's like a Kalis treadmill over here.
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I don't know.
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It just looks cursed.
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Everything about this is not right.
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And there's like an arrow on the ground that's written in...
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You know what that is.
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Yep, an arrow written in blood on the ground pointing at a jail cell.
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Oh, Kalis!
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Yo, Kalis, don't worry, bro.
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I'm gonna rescue you, okay?
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Just stay put inside of there because it's probably safer for you to be in there than out of here.
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I mean, look at how much cursed and weird stuff there is going on outside of here.
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I just don't like this man.
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But if this is only the first cursed youtuber zone, what are the other ones gonna be like?
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Honestly, I-I don't know, but I just really want to get out of here.
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This is so bad!
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But I'm pretty sure now that we have the cursed Kaelas brain rot, he should actually be free from the cursed zone and finally be able to play the game like normal again.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Not quite.
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In order for the youtubers to be free, you need to collect all of their cursed brain rots into a secret ritual with them.
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Bruh, okay, well at least I now have the K-less brain rot
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So now we just need the Cash and Fulton ones
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And I have a feeling those are gonna be a lot crazier than this one is
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But now that I'm looking inside of my base, this thing does actually look kind of insane I mean, not only is it super tall, if I max upgrade this thing, I bet it's gonna be huge Boom,
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there we go, it is now max upgraded and oh my gosh, yeah, no, I was not wrong This might be the biggest brain rot
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that I've ever seen And somehow we're meant to use this in a YouTuber ritual?
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Honestly, I don't know.
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But anyways, it's time for us to see what we need in order to unlock the next youtuber zone, the cash zone.
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And it looks like in order to unlock that, I just need to get five cursed brain rots.
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Now, call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure we already have a few of those.
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I mean, we literally have one, two, three, four, and I have another one in my inventory, so technically we already have five of them.
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Should I let me go back over to the cursed owner's shop right here and unlock the cash zone?
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Wait, what?
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Error you've only collected three out of five cursed brain rots.
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Huh?
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What do you mean?
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I literally have five of them ins- oh, I know what it is.
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These two are duplicates of these right here So that's probably why they didn't work, which means now I need to go out and get even more cursed brain rots Awesome.
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Just what I wanted to do.
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The only good thing is that we know how to get curse kicks now
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So it shouldn't be that much more difficult for us to get two more and we just did- Yo, what?
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Why is my screen so dark?
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Hello?
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I can't even see anything.
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What the heck?
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It's just black Yo, what?
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Oh, what is that?
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Oh, what the heck?
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What kind of brain rot did I just get?
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What is that thing?
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Oh my gosh, I really don't like that thing.
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I don't like the way it looks or anything about it.
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And I don't like the fact that my screen is so dark.
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Oh, there we go.
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I guess it's a little better now, but oh my gosh, everything is still so dark.
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I mean, there could literally be a monster right there and I would never see it.
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What is this thing though?
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096?
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Oh!
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Guys, this is SCP-096.
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And if you look directly into his face, your life is over just like that.
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Like, this guy genuinely will come after you.
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It's really bad.
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So, I definitely do not want to look at him.
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I just want to get one more cursed kick
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so we can get one more cursed brain rot and unlock the cursed cash zone.
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And while we're going for our last cursed kick, which we finally just got, let me know who your favorite- Oh!
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Okay, that one actually kind of scared me.
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But let me know who your favorite YouTuber is out of all the cursed YouTubers.
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But what did we just get?
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What the heck is this thing?
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I've never seen this before.
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The Slimer?
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Um, okay, let me bring it over to my base so we can see it a little bit better.
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Oh!
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Haha, this is meant to be a monster from the back rooms.
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I think it's called a smiler.
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But clearly the owner of the game did not spell that right because that's a Slimer, brother.
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Anyways, that's still besides the point.
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We have now collected all five of the cursed brain arts we need.
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So let me just pick them up
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and put them all inside of my inventory
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So we can bring them all over to the shop
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and unlock the cursed cash zone
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And I've got a real feeling this is gonna be a whole lot scarier than
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that K-list zone boom here We are I would like to
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trade in my five cursed brain ruts to unlock the cash zone
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and boom There we go and now
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that we have the zone unlocked I'm kind of curious
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if we can make it there without getting any more kick
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power I mean last time we only got an excellent kick
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and we made it to the K-list zone So with a perfect kick could be maybe make it to the cash zone.
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I don't know, but let's fuck Yo, James did you good man?
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What are you doing dude?
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Oh my gosh, I think his brother needs new Wi-Fi Do not enter this zone what what did he just say?
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Yeah, it was probably nothing important So anyways, let's go ahead and get a perfect kick and just like really dude excellent That was clearly a perfect kick,
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but oh, we're making it far.
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Yo, we might actually be able to make it.
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And look at the cursed cash zone.
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Now that we can actually see it.
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Oh my gosh, that does not look good.
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Yo, cash, are you okay, my guy?
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Oh my goodness.
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Oh, it's right here.
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Yo, we actually made it.
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I was not expecting that.
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What is this place?
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And what kind of brainwrap even am I?
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Yo, what is this?
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Is that Nico on top?
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And yo, why is he not wearing any clothes?
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And what is going on with his face?
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It looks like completely glitched.
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Oh, this thing is weird.
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This might even be weirder than the Kalosone, and I haven't even checked it out yet.
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But I'm seeing this massive thing right here.
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It's like a blue and red barbell, and...
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Wait a minute.
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Is that Niko?
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Yo, why is he on fire?
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Wait, wait, wait, wait.
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So you're not telling me that on the other side.
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There's Cash, right?
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No, dude.
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What did they do to you, my boy?
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Cash is literally getting deep fried in front of my eyes, and I don't think there's anything I can do about it.
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Unless there's maybe something over here.
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Oh, there's a strawberry elephant.
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Hello, Mr. Strawberry Elephant.
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Oh, why did I just get jump scared by a strawberry elephant, dude?
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This place is messed up and what is that?
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What the heck?
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Yo, that kind of looks like SCP-096.
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Oh, heck no. I'm staying far away from that thing.
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And great, there's more of these noobs on the floor.
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Oh my gosh, this place is so weird.
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I don't understand what these YouTubers did to get banished into these super weird curse zones, but we got to save them.
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And right over here is like a skeleton.
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Oh no. I hope that's not Cash's skeleton.
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Or Niko skeleton or Zoe skeleton literally like I don't know any of the cash
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and Niko people I really really hope that is not the case because that would be really really bad.
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What else do we have over here though?
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Oh, there's literally cash and Niko right there.
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Yo, what is going on with them though?
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They're literally on fire and there's more of those super weird red particles coming off of them.
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Oh heck no
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Yo, we really got a safe cash before it's too late
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and oh there he is He's literally inside of the jail cell
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so I don't know why or how he was on fire over here
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if he's literally inside of the jail cell That's kind of weird, but either way just hang in there for a couple more minutes cash Yeah,
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I'm not the only one seeing that why is there like a green cloud coming off of cash?
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Hold the phone that better not be what I think it is
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Terrible oh my gosh I don't know what this dude had to eat
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But we need to save him before it's too late because that is not good.
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But hold on a minute Once we bring cash back to
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our base We only have one youtuber left to collect and
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that is of course none other than Fulton
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Which means once we have him we can finally actually do the curse youtuber ritual
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and save them all I feel like I didn't really look at the cash brain rot enough though
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Because why are they both not wearing any clothes and why does it say cash and rash?
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Isn't it meant to be cash and Nico?
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Everything about this is just so cursed and so weird
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and it's only getting worse and worse So I think it's about time
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that we go to the cursed owner shop
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and find out what we need to do in order to unlock the cursed Fulton zone Fuzz, before you unlock or enter this zone, just know that I warned you Okay,
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well now that I saw what was inside those last cursed zones, it's safe to say I'm pretty scared to see what's inside this one And in order to unlock it, I need to find Fulton?
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Uh-huh, what does that even mean?
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Yo, I can barely even see anything right now How on earth am I supposed to find Fulton
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when I can't even see myself?
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I told you, Fuzz, these zones are getting more and more cursed.
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Well, jeez, bro.
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Clearly, you are not lying.
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My goodness.
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Where would Fulton be, though?
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Maybe somewhere in this direction?
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Oh!
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What the heck?
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Help me.
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I'm not going crazy.
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There was just a face right there.
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What is this thing?
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Nope, I'm going the other way.
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I am not about to deal with that right...
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Dude, I am actually not going out for this.
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I feel like I'm in a haunted house right now.
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What is this thing?
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Nope, I'm going the other way.
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I'm not about to deal with that right- Dude, I'm actually knocking out for this.
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I feel like I'm in a haunted house right now.
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What is this thing?
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Why is it holding a knife that's dripping ketchup?
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I don't even know, but I'm gonna go the opposite way of that because of- What did I just see?
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Unless my eyes were just playing a trick on me.
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What is that?
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Nope, get me out of here.
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I am not about to do this.
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Okay, I made it over to my base now, so we should be chilling over here.
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I don't think I've explored in this direction.
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So maybe that's where Fulton is hiding I'm not exactly sure
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but this isn't even the Fulton zone This is just what
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I need to get in order to make it to the Fulton zone and am I crazy?
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Or does that say dead man?
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Huh?
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What does that mean?
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Oh?
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Disgusting there's gotta be a way where I can escape the scary stuff
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and just find Fulton and move on
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because I do not want to do This right now genuinely my cortisol level is way too high.
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This is super stressful
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and I just don't like this man I just want to
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be done I want to rescue the youtubers do the ritual
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and I just see Fulton something just flashed on my screen right over here And could it have maybe been full?
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What is that?
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Ah get me out of here, dude.
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This genuinely just I don't know I don't like this what one one bit
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You guys do not understand how happy I am to see Fulton right here finally Where did you just go nah, bro?
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I'm not about to play these games right?
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Oh, wait a minute Hey, I can finally see again, which means we can go back over to the YouTuber shop.
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Er, sorry, I meant cursed owner shop.
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And finally, now that we've found Fulton, we can unlock the cursed Fulton zone.
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So, boom, there we go.
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And now that we've unlocked the zone, let's go kick a lucky block and reach it.
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Just remember, Fuzz, I warned you.
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Hey, don't worry, Mr. Jameston, I'm ready to see whatever is inside of this zone.
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Because I don't care what it takes, we need to get Fulton back, which is why I just got a perfect kick.
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Oh my gosh, look at the photo for the zone.
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Ew, that looks terrifying.
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On second thought, I don't know if I want to actually make it there.
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You know, we can stop right now.
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Oh no, oh no, it's already too late.
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Oh my gosh, we made it to the first Fulton zone.
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Oh my gosh, there's so much going on here.
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What the heck?
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There's a sword from Bed Wars right here.
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There's the deer from 99 Nights in the Forest.
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A terrifying looking clown.
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Oh my gosh, that guy looks insane.
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I'm gonna stay far away from you, buddy.
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Don't mind if I do
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and I'm pretty sure this is actually a bed from bed
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wars right here You guys didn't know Fulton used to be
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a bed wars youtuber before he became a really famous off of Steela Brainrot But anyway ways Yo, this clown was not looking at me before.
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Um, okay.
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I don't like that one bit
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But there's also some sort of like Fulton Kaelus portal I don't even know what's going on
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and are these Steela Brainrot lucky blocks on fire?
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And now there's like a Fulton curse treadmill on fire like what the heck can it get even worse?
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Oh No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no There's two skeletons right here
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and Fulton has two brothers You guys don't think these are the skeletons of Nate
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and Chex do you cuz I really hope that's not the case This place is so weird.
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I just want to get out of here and don't worry Fulton.
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I will be saving you I actually feel bad though Could
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you imagine how awful it would be to be stuck in a jail cell here like oh my gosh
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that would be terrible But you know what wouldn't be terrible?
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Doing the cursed youtuber ritual and saving all of them.
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Which is exactly what I am about to do now that we have our final youtuber brain rot.
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And since you can't typically do rituals in Kick-A-Lucky Block, I'm pretty sure how this works is I pick up one of the brain rots
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and hold it up to the next brain rot and then just shake my screen.
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And yo, there we go.
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Kayla's and Fulton are now back to normal.
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But the problem is they are still a brain rot, so they're still trapped.
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Which means we need to grab our corrupted cursed cash brain rot.
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And finally, do the ritual with all of them.
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So, on the count of three, here we go.
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Three, two, one.
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Come on, come on!
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Oh my gosh, finally they're saved!
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Now I hope you guys learned your lesson to be nice to me and never do what you did again.
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Pfft, I'm not gonna lie, Mr. Owner.
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I think the only lesson they learned is to never make a video on your game again, because you are one weird owner.
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Hey, that's not true.
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And wait, what?
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Where'd they go?
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Dude, you trapped them in cursed zones and thought they'd stay around?
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No, they are done with you.
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Oh, man.
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Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this video.
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If you did, don't forget to click this one right here because it is an absolute banger.
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Like and subscribe to join the Fuzz Fam.
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I love you guys all.
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God bless and have a great day.
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This video has 386 sentences and 4019 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:37. The speaker talks fast, about 228 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| curse noun | /kɝs/ | A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| unlock verb | /ʌnˈlɑk/ | To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination. |
| heck | /hɛk/ | Hell. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| boom verb | /bum/ | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| ritual noun | /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/ | A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts. |
| fuss noun | /fʌs/ | Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| skeleton noun | /ˈskɛlətən/ | The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| rot verb | /ɹɑt/ | To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. |
| insane adjective | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
| genuinely adverb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/ | In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| have over verb | To host (a visiting guest) at one's house. | |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've abducted · we've gotten · haven't subscribed |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | were banished · is meant · is messed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | work, which means · again, which means · back, which is |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might happen · might be · might actually be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 130 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, tenth /tɛnθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, flash /flæʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, rash /ɹæʃ/, banish /ˈbænɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like curse, gosh, unlock.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.