what in the longdark spitting-pit is that

[inourhead]

This was a bad idea this was a bad idea this was a bad idea.

Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.

And the demon's gaining on her.

She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.

And Holly's not fast enough.

The mouth catches her.





But it doesn't hurt.

Where are we?

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with Minus (kappa)

with Mark (kappa)

with Max (Benedict)

in Terraria (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Erin (Rockeye)

Comments

[inourhead]

Holly checks via spyglass troport anyway, just to be sure.

[aestrix]

No dead things! They are all gone, it looks just as it was before the night.

[inourhead]

Ooookay.

Crystal comes out and checks on the bunnies.

[aestrix]

The bunnies are fine. The dead things weren't interested in them.

[inourhead]

And they've got plenty of grass and so on? (Crystal drowses a bunny.)

[aestrix]

The grass block seems mostly intact, actually. The bunnies visibly nibble grass, but there's no - rabbit droppings.

[inourhead]

Huh. Well, they're weird cubeable exploding bunnies, whatever. Crystal pens some more, since they don't seem overcrowded or hard to feed in this quantity.

[aestrix]

The bunnies are pretty okay with being penned. They continue to be very fluffy and soft.

[inourhead]

How nice.

Crystal makes a fishing rod, since she can do that.

And then she goes and asks Jeff, "Where can I go fishing?"

[aestrix]

Jeff blinks at her.

"You should do some mining to find metal ore. You can craft very useful things with it."

[inourhead]

"...Okay, where do I do that?"

[aestrix]

"You can use your pickaxe to dig through dirt, and your axe to chop down trees."

[inourhead]

"Are there monsters underground?"

[aestrix]

"Skeletons found deep underground usually carry hooks."

[inourhead]

"Do wooden swords work on skeletons?"

[aestrix]

"Your current equipment simply won't do. You need to make better armor."

[inourhead]

"...With what?"

[aestrix]

"Anvils can be crafted out of iron, or purchased from a merchant."

[inourhead]

"But to get iron we need to go underground, where there are skeletons, versus whom the wooden sword isn't good enough?"

[aestrix]

"There is treasure hidden all over the world. If you see a pot, be sure to smash it open. They contain all sorts of useful supplies."

[inourhead]

Ugh.

Well, Holly comes forth and gets the correct tool and finds a place to dig and starts digging.

[aestrix]

She gets little blocks of dirt for her trouble! Digging a hole in the ground is surprisingly easy.

[inourhead]

Great. Dirt blocks. Maybe those are even useful for something, who knows.

Dig dig.

[aestrix]

Diggy diggy hole.

It isn't long until she hits some kind of metal.

[inourhead]

Yoink?