Exploring

After mining a ton of ore from my ravine, I decided it was time for a change of pace. My skin felt like it would never be clean again, and I needed some sunshine and fresh air. I heated up some of the water from the ice lake nearby and cleaned up the best I could manage, grabbed my sword, a pickaxe (just in case) some torches, and some food. I closed my eyes and spun around, then began to walk the direction I ended up.

I came upon more pigs. Also, my ravine seems to stretch beyond the wall I thought I found underground, as there was a split in the earth on my path. I build a bridge with dirt. (I heard, in some worlds, dirt falls like gravel. How inconvenient!) My path led me to an area where vines covered the trees. I knew of some areas in the world where this happened, but this had neither the muddy waters of a swamp, nor the deep undergrowth of a jungle. Among the trees with vines where interesting sappy trees.

I studied the new trees for a while, thinking the sap would be useful. I chopped down a nearby vine tree for wood, and made myself a tap to gather the sap. Then, I cut down a couple of the trees, gathering the wood and a couple saplings. I noticed a couple old pumpkins under the trees and greedily harvested the seeds from their nearly rotted fruit.

I was feeling pretty good about my day when I realized the sun was going down. I erected a hasty earthen shelter and cowered within as creepers peeked a\back through my peep hole. A scorpion chittered away on my grassy roof. I held my sword up close to my chest and shivered the night away.

Come morning, when I began to hear infected burst into flame, I took a deep breath and opened my shelter to face the monsters... and began to tremble uncontrollably as the scorpions sting grazed the back of my arm. I spun, fending it off with my sword. Several thrust and parries later, I managed to sink my blade into the carapace just behind the eyes and slay the beast. I searched for the creepers, but they had wandered off, or perhaps the scorpion had slain them in the night.

I took care of a couple infected that were attempting to use a small lake to put out their burning flesh, gathered a couple more bones, and surveyed the area. I noticed a beehive I hadn't seen before and realized I had forgotten my hive scoop at home. Gathering the resources I harvested the night before, I headed home for the day.