Get your words off me you damn dirty post :D

It's not too late to get on the list is it?

Nope I can add you to the list which brings us back to our original count :P

My post will be as Rydia. Just so you guys know.

Literally Rydia, or? Cause that'll cause some flux in this little reality we're building. :)

The Dungeon here I totally didn't crunch myself.[1]

Front Face of the Library [2]

Inside of Library: [3]

A hint about Where Lucky hid Afti's dangerous writing: [4]

edited 10th Nov '10 1:11:57 AM by Amarys

Well you only had to spend 4 days with monsters on and you got three days of peaceful :P

If I get the file before the next person I will add a little yellow flower for you. How many monsters did you get? >:d the garden glory yearns to grow. lol.

I knew there was a dungeon in the area.

Overall Good play through.

If you guys want to mix up when you have your peaceful days all at the start all at the end all in the middle dangerous days interspersed with safe ones etc.

edited 10th Nov '10 2:21:21 AM by TuefelHundenIV

According to Lucky's journals there are two dungeons. One was destroyed in her vengeance, but the other should still be intact. yay victory garden for me!

did you send Ivy the save file?

yup

Mmk I can shift the list again. :p Ivy don't forget the journals :P

I wish to join. But not too soon. Won't have internet access on the 11th.

edited 10th Nov '10 1:16:51 PM by TheInternet

I almost feel obligated to make a joke here.

And I'm looking forward to my turns as well, I have a few ideas.

edited 10th Nov '10 1:21:38 PM by Aviatus

Oh Tue i forgot to count monsters. lemme think.

3 creepers, 4 Spiders 2 zombies and 2 skeletons. so 11 altogether. I can't wait for Ivy's journals!!!

The Internet your turn won't come up for a couple days minimum

To be exact about a week give or take a day or two.

edited 10th Nov '10 5:27:35 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Day One

I have arrived in this dangerous land. A heavy fog has set in, and I begin to miss my hometown.

The ship left me at this makeshift stone pier, then departed.◊ I am to stay here for a week, surveying the landscape and giving a full report to the local monarch. The reports of monsters appearing in the dark frighten me not; after Zeromus, no random encounter could possibly touch me. My magic does not appear to work in this place, but I still have my old equipment, so unless Plague is among these monsters, I should be fine.

The previous caretakers have left a small stockade.◊ Inside, a cord of wood can be found, as well as torches. It was requested that I shore up the fence around the newly-built library, and place a door. I'm... new to this crafting thing,◊ but hopefully, it will keep monsters away from the building.

It has come to my attention that the highest-recommended defense against encounters, a deep trench with a ladder and bridge above, has not been built yet. I will need to do so before my stay is over.

Realizing that this shore has been picked clean of resources, I build a small boat and set off to explore the nearby islands.◊ The sun sets much faster than I had expected, however, leaving me to drift helplessly in the pitch black night.◊ I should have paid more attention to the time.

I come ashore on a small sand bank.◊ Placing torches, I see that the monsters are waiting for me in the darkness. They die quickly, randomly dropping objects such as gunpowder or arrows.◊ Rosa was always a better archer than I; I wonder what use she would have of these.

Torches are laid out on the ground. The encounters follow me in to the light, where I slaughter them handily. They drop their items.

Come, monsters! Make peace with whatever primitive deities you may follow, and prepare yourselves!◊

Day Two

The monsters do, in fact, burn up in sunlight. Even though the sun cannot be seen through the fog. Odd. A creeper blew up in front of me, doing very little damage to me but punching a hole in the beach. Perhaps they should only be fought on even terrain, and not from above?

The zombies drop feathers. Feathers? Why couldn't they drop potions or ether? Stupid zombies. They're useless.

The long peninsula comes to a hill. I find some coal deposits, as well as a small iron deposit. These are immediately mined, with dirt sealing up the newly-made caverns.◊ I wouldn't want to come back to one of these and think that there was still something in them.

Continuing on, there are sheep that I shear and red flowers that I pick (I hear that the first caretaker was a master gardener). The air turns cold farther out, and snow is on the ground, which I shovel.◊ The shovel itself, even though it's made of solid steel, begins to come apart. I would think that they were stronger than this.

The ice on the surface of the water, however, cannot be extracted without shattering it. If it could be chipped into blocks and shipped out, the local monarch would almost certainly be thrilled with this resource and would finally give me the red nectar I need to finish this quest. Could the snow itself be mined, transported there, and used to chill water into ice blocks? I must try this experiment back at the stockade. The physics of this kingdom are so strange.

I came across a floating section of earth, and felt immediately that there were magical currents within this spot.◊ It is of a different form than black, white, or summoning magic, but it's magic, nonetheless.

Night began to fall. I made it back to the peninsula where I landed, collected the torches, and made a horrible discovery: the boat was missing!◊ It must have floated away. Hurriedly, I used much of the remaining wood to create a workbench, two boats, and a chest to place the spare boat in. We need to build some kind of a harbor so this doesn't happen again.

While I was getting ready to set out, a creeper blew up nearby, and a skeleton begain loosing arrows. In the distance, a landmass could be seen. Did they come there? I slew the skeleton and placed the boat in the water, but another skeleton shot it out from under me before I could reach my destination. I swam the rest of the way to shore, proceeded to kill the skeleton that sniped me, and decided to wait the rest of the night out here.◊ If any monsters come, they will have to swim, at which point they will meet a swift end.

Day Three

Hopping over to the next land mass, I had returned to the stockade.◊ A creeper was there, studiously ignoring the livestock and rushed towards me. Since it was at a higher elevation, I could not kill it fast enough before it blew.◊ I had to use dirt from the storage chests to put dirt over the blast hole.◊

I took cobblestone and built a bridge over to the peninsula, laying down torches every few steps.◊ There must be great wealth there, and that floating earth must hold some sort of secret. I will find out what it is.

Taking the second boat out of the chest, I placed it in the water, whereupon it began shooting away from me.◊ By the time I caught up with it, night had fallen, and once again I was stuck on a sandy island. I hastily laid down sand to prevent the boat from floating away,◊ and mined the clay that lay there. It was almost a full stack.

There was another, much larger island nearby. I swam to it, laid down torches, and encountered a skeleton and two spiders, whom I dispatched easily. The island did not have any resources of note, alas.

As I came back to the smaller island, I opened the sand barrier, and the boat flew away as I tried to climb in.◊ Why do these things keep happening to me? In my anger, I mined the entire island so that nothing would be left.

This land has been playing tricks on me, and I don't like it one bit. No, sir.

Day Four

My boat! It was in the bay, on the other side of where the bridge now is and can't go under.◊ And it looks like there's nothing on this side, aside form a small iron vein. Oops.

On my way to set torches leading to the floating earth, I was ambushed by two creepers. They blew before I could hack them to death, while I was successful in finishing off a third. With the torches laid, I begin to wonder what exactly I should do with this spot.

I returned to the stockade. My supply of wood had run out, so I cut some trees. The leaves have a very odd property, in which they do not disappear when the trunk is removed. Reports had told me that the leaves would disappear on their own, leaving small seedlings that I could plant to get more trees, but instead I had to pick them apart with my bare hands. It was quite time consuming, and by the time I had finished, night had fallen. It seems to do that at the least convenient time.

I go inside, smelt the iron ore, and store the items that I've gathered so far. I build a fishing rod, in order to test out the theory that it can cause fish to appear in water. It would be nice to conjure something in this bizarre place, after so long.

When I left the second floor, I saw movement in the distance. A monster, this close? No, it was only a pig.◊

I spend the rest of the night reading the journals of the previous caretakers. The matter of Afti does not concern me; only his theories concerning diamond, obsidian, and the Nether. Could that be what these people call the Phantom World? If I could return there, I could get help from Asura and Leviathan in my quest. I must work to find these materials, and create a portal following the journal's instructions.

Day Five

The instructions told me that Afti's tomb was down the coast from the stockade. In the morning, I went and paid the site a visit.◊ Following his instructions, I dug through the cobblestone, and rifled through the treasure chests before me. Only a watch and compass were of any value; the rest was mostly junk. Someone else may find it of use, of course, but I did not. I resealed the tomb and left for the floating earth.

The source of magic beckons.◊ I have brought many picks and shovels with which to unearth it. If I dig straight down, I will eventually find what is in this spot, buried below soil and rock. It cannot hide from me!

Night falls. No monsters have attacked. Are they afraid of this spot? I don't know; the sheep aren't, since two have already fallen to their deaths. Poor beasts. I liked them.

I begin to wish that I had brought a ladder of some kind along. I will have to place dirt in order to lift myself back to the surface, once I've found the source. There is some coal and iron that I carve out of the shaft. While nice, I would prefer to see the rare minerals that Afti had mentioned.

Day Six

Another sheep has fallen to its death this morning. I should have put a fence around the pit. I don't think that there's enough wood in the various chests for that, alas. There certainly wouldn't be enough for a ladder. I need to cut more lumber when I'm done here.

My shovel has broken. I am reduced to digging gravel with my bare hands. It is a slow process, and my fingernails are beginning to fall off. Blood makes it hard to grip the pick. How is it that I can fight terrible monsters from the moon and come out unscathed, but this relatively easy labor hurts me?

I can feel the source. It's close.

Eureka! It was behind a coal seam! It's...◊

My last pick broke.

And I would need to cut wood in order to fashion another, and by then, the boat would have come to take me back.

Blast.

I return to the top of the pit.◊ To my successor: the current depth is 44 blocks. I highly recommend that you bring a length of ladder, if you wish to finish my labor. Remember to take the bridge across the bay, then follow the line of torches down the peninsula and past the hill. Good luck, and may you discover what this red stone is meant to do.

Day Seven

I return to the stockade. I need to prepare this place so that it is suitable for the new arrival. We're almost completely out of wood, so I spend much of the day cutting trees and replanting. I take a short break in order to test out the fishing pole; nothing appears in the water.◊ Perhaps I needed to use bait?

I leave a sign for any one who comes near to the pit.◊ In truth, one sign will not prevent anyone from falling in. It's mainly there so that if someone does, I cannot be blamed.

Night falls. Back in the stockade, I smelt the iron ore, and then begin glassmaking. It's only when I am halfway done that I realize that the sun has come up again. Oh crap! I'm late! Hopefully this doesn't hamper my successor's work. Ahh, I can be so careless sometimes.

The local monarch should be very pleased with my report. Now that I have demonstrated that this land is, indeed, resource-rich, he will definitely give me that red nectar, and then I can be done with this place. I sort of want to find out what the source does, though... perhaps I can return on my own, once this quest is finished.

Anything could happen.

Final kill count: 5 creepers, 5 skeletons, 1 zombie, and 3 spiders.

edited 11th Nov '10 6:30:23 PM by Rydia

Holy crap Ivy! I hope you don't sail too far so we get to see your buildings! also, thanks so much for the stairs.

If I turn off fog, I can see the settlement from across the bay. I didn't get very far.

Our garden of glory is going to be quite large. >:3

Wish I had thought to count the mobs I killed; there were quite a few...

Best guestimate.

Hmm.

I'd say around four Creepers, six zombies, three skeletons, and two spiders?

I did a lot of caving.

I'm trying to decide if i should send Lucky back or if it will be someone new.

I know what I'm doing.

Hint: Mad scientist. There's a reason he had to reach the sarcophagus alive.

:D Lol The Return of Afti MAN OF SCIENCE FOR SCIENCE!

I just realized, Rydia is on a sidequest—do you get your Airship next?

Also, Lucky returns from the far shore a heroine, to find the kitchen's in turmoil. Doodle, the king's chef, has been banished on allegations of attempt to poison the monarch. He must find a way to redeem himself. Diamonds might do.