I Don't Own Minecraft
"We don't need to do anymore mining! It's all we've done for the past two weeks basically!" Alysine was throwing a hissy fit and it was grating on my nerves more than normal, by that I mean it was actively digging into my ears instead of a faint annoyance I could brush off. I haven't been sleeping well, for the last three nights I've been using the spider eyes to continue to build up my resistance, and it was leaving me more and more tired even during the day after I wake up, and this wasn't helping my mood.
"We have sixteen iron ingots, I think it would be best for us to collect another six to get everything I mentioned a few days ago, then we should head back to the nether to collect the rest of the gold we need from the nether gold veins there" She growled at my admittedly good reasoning before saying back in an annoyed voice.
"I still say we should just go out and find and kill a bunch of endermen" I really don't understand why she is so fervent on that point, it borders on hatred or obsession, but the glare she gave me while saying it did put me a bit on edge. It was like she was including me in the group we should go out and kill, I'm sure that wasn't the case, but it kind of felt like it. Still, arguing wasn't going to help anyone, so maybe logic will work, right?
"Endermen have a fifty percent drop chance of a single pearl, counting into that us having to go out and find one, then kill it without one of us getting hurt, then doing that at least twenty-three more times to get the needed bare minimum twelve eyes of ender would both take to long and would be much more dangerous" I still wasn't to sure about how dangerous endermen were but I also knew that piglins were easier to kill and they would be the safer method to gain resources from, even if I admittedly dreaded going back to the nether.
"From the sounds of it you just want to defend your ow-" I knew what she was about to say, I wasn't an idiot, and frankly it surprised me a bit she had gone that far as she was almost yelling when Bine slammed his fist down onto the crafting table we were standing next to and practically shouted to get both our attention. We'll it was mostly to get her attention, I had noticed what he was doing right when he raised his fist up. Another thing was I'm sure was tiring me out was how hyper aware I kept myself of my surroundings.
"We aren't going to hunt any enderman period! Ok? Look, endermen are really dangerous, they're one of the mobs you should never hunt on your own, and it's recommended that if you do need to kill one you either have enchantments and potions or you have at least three trained fighters. Alysine, you can't fight, and both me and Edison can't protect you against something that can teleport just as well or even better than the literal enderman hybrid next to us. It's to risky, if we still had a big group then enderman would be smart but right now it's two to one on the piglin trades"
She looked angry at that and seemed to be about to say something but was stopped when Bine gave her a look to which she finally relented. I'm really lad Bine is cool headed, even if he does have those moments when he over reacts or get suddenly serious, I'm glad he can act as an impartial tie breaker between me and Alysine's arguments.
"Alright, it shouldn't be to hard to get the remaining iron today, and if we do get it done today, then we should prepare to go back into the nether a bit as well, unlike last time, this one will more than likely last at least for a few hours to collect all the gold and to do all the trading, so it would be good for us to collect some supplies for it as early as possible" Bine nodded though Alysine still seemed a bit miffed at the decision she didn't seem to be up for complaining anymore which was nice.
It took a bit longer than I had hoped to get the remaining iron, but not by to long, just an extra day, in fact we even found a few extra mre than need. So I didn't mind, since it meant that my chest was mostly if not fully healed at this point, in fact some of the spots where the wound had been more light had already lost it's scabbing and left a pretty damn clear scar on my chest. I didn't mind but it was interesting to note that a scar on my right side looked like a dull grey color, so it was still noticeable in the dark black.
Anyway, besides more eye training as I've taken to call it, I was right now waiting on Bine to finish up crafting the things I told him to make. It didn't take to long and soon the two siblings had matching leggings and two iron swords, I also had one now as well, which was nice. The weight was a bit unfamiliar but I'm sure I'll get to use it soon enough. Next was the shields, which took another three iron, though Bine did recommend we don't equip them until they are needed with how heavy they were, which I supported.
Now we had three iron left now and the two were contemplating what to do with it. Honestly this was prefect, it wasn't enough for anything important, I already had an iron pick and one was more than enough really for how little we used it, and nether old ore can be mined with stone anyway so another one was pointless.
"I could use it for something, you two mind?" Bine immediately shook his head and while Alysine looked a bit resentful, she didn't say anything as I quickly opened up the crafting grid and used four oak planks and the two iron at the top before pulling out the smithing table. Both sibling seemed to recognize it but with the matching confusion in their eyes, they didn't know what I was going to use it for.
Setting the new kind of table down, I opened up the grid for it and looked into my inventory at the leather chest plate I had, which I happened to dye purple not to long ago, mostly because I had left over dye from my shirt, still it didn't matter as I slotted it into the first spot and hoped this would work as I slotted the last remaining piece of iron into the second slot, and thankfully an item appeared in the crafting slot. I instantly took it out and held it out in front of me to look at with a grin on my face.
The base was the same, a dark purple leather chest plate but there was a number of improvements on it. For one there was an iron plate in the front and back where the chest and back would be located, as well there was two iron shoulder guards as well which looked pretty sturdy. All in all, it looked fucking bad ass, the dark purple underneath the gleaming white steel made it look pretty damn cool in all honestly. That's when my moment was ruined a bit.
"If we could have just made that from the start then we wouldn't have need to waste so much fucking time mining" Alysine really does know how to kill someone's mood. I frowned a bit at that as my annoyance spiked a good but as my temper wasn't the best as my mental tiredness has only increased over the past few days, but I still managed to hold back a snappy comment and just said in a mostly calm voice to explain simple reasoning.
"Iron amour is still much better than this, as it had a lot less open points that weapons can get dig into. The reason why I got the amour for you is because your worthless at fighting and need all the protection you can get, and Bine got the other set because he knows how to actually use it for fight with. So I'm doing this so I'm not completely naked in terms of defense" She seemed to get into a fit at me calling her worthless, even if it was honestly true when it comes to combat. That's when Bine spoke up to stop a fight from breaking out, well, I say a fight, Alysine would bitch and then I would just deal with her stupidity until Bine stopped her, so I was glad he cut it off before it started.
"How about we get a move on? I don't want to come back out of the portal in the middle of the night" I nodded at that as I slipped the amour onto my chest and smiled to myself a bit at how much I was right about. It was a bit stiffer but that wasn't a problem really, and my reach and mobility was basically the same, instead of the clear difference I could feel in using iron amour. Plus I just liked the look of this more, and was that so wrong? I think I look badass and that's a nice feeling to have honestly. Instead of keeping an eye closed and half ripped shirts, or covered in bandages, this was nice.
Moving, the three of us walked in silence as we approached the nether portal, looking the same as it always does, though as I walked up to the portal and placed my hand on the side of it as I felt it hum lightly as the almost ominous noise that seemed to emit from it continued. I was suddenly broken out of my thoughts as I yelped suddenly and with drew my hand before shaking it as it felt like something had just burned it. Did Just get bit by some bug or?
"Fuck!" I winced as I realized what was happening right as a number of raindrops pelted against me. It was raining? Fucking he- Ow! I growled a bit as I glared up at the sky before realizing why that was a horrible idea as water pelted against my face. Alysine was laughing while Bine looked a bit concern which was something at least as I rolled my eyes as I placed my left hand above my head before saying in a slightly annoyed voice.
"Come on already" I didn't want to wait for a response so I didn't as I stepped into the portal and vanished from the sight of the two siblings as I reappeared on the other side. For once I wasn't all that upset at how incredibly hot it was here as all the water on me that was burning into my skin had quickly evaporated from the immense heat. Of course the feeling went away pretty quickly as I started to sweat and then that began to itch a bit but I ignored it.
Taking a few steps forwards I frowned to myself as I looked back towards the portal as the two siblings came out of it, though I wasn't thinking about them, more over the rain. It was such a random and silly thing to not have thought about before now, but the rain is going to be a pain in the ass isn't it? It was dumb to think that it just wouldn't rain forever or just not ever think about it to begin with, but it hadn't been a problem until now. Whatever, I have more important thing to worry about right now.
"Come on, nether wastes are the best for finding the gold pockets and we happen to know where a big one is" The two nodded, both seemingly figuring I was in a bad mood, which I was, I mean I've been in a bad mood for almost a week now and that pain of running through that rain waiting for me after I get out of hell again isn't really making me feel to much better either. But I had a job to do and I'll be damned if I don't actually do it. That would make me feel even worse if I didn't do what I've set out to, because it means I've gone to this god forsaken place without accomplishing anything.
Still, we thankfully got a move on as the three of us practically ran across the ring of the massive lava lake by the portal, both of the siblings sweating heavily by the time we got to the other side that they needed to actually take a break and drink some water. I didn't say anything, honestly I was still a bit tired with the hours of sleep I was missing that I normally got, so I was more than fine with the break, plus the heat of the lava lake was getting to me as well, this amour was more conductive to heat that I had thought.
Thankfully the sweat at this point was evaporating pretty quickly which was why it was only itchy instead of painful but it was worse than usual, the first time I was here I thought it was just my amour scratching against my skin because I got rid of my shirt, but now I know what it is and it isn't exactly fun. Shaking my head, I stood up and pulled out my pickaxe while the other two rested a bit long and started to mine out a few of the veins of ores on the surface.
It was a vein of six, and in the end got nineteen gold nuggets. It was enough for two more which meant we had six gold ingots now. Better, still we would have to be incredibly lucky to get the drops we want from the piglins and I don't really like luck to much, no matter how much it seems to factor into my continued survival. So with that I moved over to another vein. Just from looking around, there seemed to be about five to six more on the surface in this massive clearing of netherrack, and if we are lucky they all would have four to five in them, and the average drop rate of gold nuggets is like three, and if each vein has at least four in them, that's... five to six ingots worth of nuggets.
I think, the math was admittedly shaky as I was using numbers for these estimates that might not be true with how bad my memory normally is about things like my past, though for some reason things like drop chances are still stuck in my mind. I can't remember what they are for any other game but for minecraft? It's like everything I remember about the game was still there, a bit blurry around the edges some times but mostly intact still. It was weird and equally annoying and helpful.
Moving over to one of them, I noted Bine had stood up and was currently making his way over towards one of the others while Alysine seemed to be lounging around doing nothing. My mind was split between logic and annoyance, the logic side said that she wasn't use to even wearing this much amour so it's only rational that she's having a harder time with the heat in it than Bine, while the annoyed side said she has barely put in a fraction of the work both me and Bine have since the two arrived and it really was digging into my nerves for a long while now.
After a long moment, I slammed my pick into another piece of gold ore and tried to let my anger out through it. It wasn't working that well, but it made me feel a little better as I continued to mine for a couple minutes before finishing up in the vein. Teleporting out of the hole I had made, I sighed to myself as I wiped my head a bit. Mining in this heat wasn't pleasant. I doubt that Bine is having a fun experience either. Still, it won't kill us, it is just really annoying and tiring.
Moving over to the next pocket, I noted that Alysine had finally started to move her ass over to one of the untouched pockets, though I noted she seemed a bit annoyed and reluctant do anything in the heat. I felt like screaming for the first time since I've woke up here, but I held it down and continued to mine the pocket out. Her not doing anything was annoying, but it's fine, me and Bine can actually do hard work. God I'm grumpy today aren't I? Tonight I think it would be a good idea to skip out on eye training so I don't go insane in the next few days.
Shaking my head, I realized that I had been mining into netherrack for the past minute. Rubbing my eyes a bit with my left hand, I shook my head before dumping the useless blocks out of my inventory before vanishing out of the hole I had made. I could just climb up, it really wouldn't be hard, but that was required the use of my upper body, and while all that remained was mostly just a scar at this point, I didn't want to risk ripping it back open because I was getting really tired of having to sit down for days at a time having to wait to heal.
Walking to the last open vein in the clearing, I started to dig into the ore as I absently made note that I was really thankful that people heal so much faster in this world. That kind of cut, not to mention all the bruises I've collected over the past month, honestly should have taken weeks if not a month or two to heal fully. I think, I'm no expert but with how much abuse I'm admittedly putting on my body, I'm just grateful I'm not dead and that I can recover so quickly from it all. Even if I hate that I do have to actually spend time to recover.
It was kind of ridiculous wasn't it? To be grateful I heal as fast as I do, but then be equally annoyed at the fact that I have to heal in the first place, I'm being a hypocrite I guess, but I don't think I mind that really. Honestly my entire nature is hypocritical at this point if you really think about it for to long.
I'm half human, half enderman, both sides often go out and kill the other side. I hate water at this point and yet I need it to live, I refuse to even let the one around me that I don't like die but my entire style of sword fighting is based solely on killing and fighting other humans not mobs. One of the few things driving me besides pure stubbornness, is that I really don't want to die, and yet I constantly throw myself in the line of fire for people I've only known for a little under two weeks.
I'm a hypocrite I guess, from my actions to my very DNA, it's ironic I guess with how I'm mostly against lying, but I don't think I would change anything even if I could. Well, maybe I'd boost my people skills a bit but that's about it. After all, I don't want to not like the person I am, even if I don't agree or really joy parts of me, like the voices that demand death every time I share eye contact, my inability to be charismatic, the honestly probably unhealthy need to defend the people around me at the cost of my health, and my cripplingly weakness to water to name the big ones.
But I suppose no one is perfect in the end, though that would be a nice thing to be all things considered, it just isn't realistic and my ego isn't big enough to think otherwise, which is something I guess. I'm humble, though does saying your humble really make you humble? Ehh, whatever, who really cares? I don't to be honest, I'm just thinking about this so I have something to focus on that isn't how tired and grumpy I am at how hot and miserable this place is and how Alysine is annoying the shit out of me.
Shaking my head a bit hard at that, I moved my head once again away from those negative thoughts before walking out the not so deep hole I had created. Moving back over to the area we had rested in not to long ago, something Bine mimicked soon after he saw me move over here, after a few minutes, Alysine also trekked back, looking a bit flustered I guess, but I didn't really care as I motioned for Bine to hand over the gold he collected. He shrugged and did just that.
I blinked to myself a bit at the amount he brought back, he much have been pretty lucky, he only mined two veins and yet he brought back thirty-seven gold nuggets. Looking into my inventory before I stacked them all, I only collected twenty-nine more with the ones I mined. Well whatever, rng can be like that some times. Moving over, I looked at Alysine and held out my hand, she rolled her eyes, I think, she was o my right side so I could only sort of see here. Still she dropped her share as well, fifteen. Not a lot but she only mined one so it makes sense.
Now then, I turn a bit and placed down a crafting table before opening the grid up and started placing. Unfortunately one of the key difference with crafting in this world is we can drag click, so I have to place everything individually, and because I'm the only one that can see this grid, the other two couldn't help me. So it took a couple overheated minutes before I collected the eleven gold ingots from the crafting table and put them next to the four we already had, meaning we have fifteen. I wouldn't mind getting some more though just to not have to worry about the odds from bartering. But I also don't want to hunt a piglin down anytime soon either...
"Come on, lets head in deeper, if we come across any more gold pockets we can mine them on the way while we search for a piglin" Alysine seemed a bit more than a little annoyed that we were actually bartering instead of going out and killing endermen, which honestly was something I need to think about as well. How do I feel about killing endermen? Should I be against it? At this point I've come to accept my status as a hybrid, with enderman being my mix, no matter how it came to be.
With that in mind, I'm not human, just like I'm not an enderman... Right? I'm something when you mix the two together, a hybrid, but I care about humans, I really didn't want the two by me to die, I nearly got myself killed plenty of times for them. So would I do the same for an enderman? A creature that makes up half of who I am now, just like how human is half of me? I admittedly don't have an answer for that to be honest, because I have yet to see one, but it's something I've thought about for a while now to be honest.
Because I mean, should I care about killing them? They don't even think, at least to my knowledge, and the only things they feel is probably disinterest, or an intense rage with the super desire to kill, neither of those things I can really use to defend them with, plus they are dangerous as hell, something I didn't need telling. Just being aware of my own ability is enough to know to not fuck with one until I get honestly even better gear, like enchantments.
"Hey, you ok there dude? You seem to be a bit out of it" I blinked at the sound of Bine's voice as I looked up and noted I had begun to lag behind a bit. Shaking my head a tad, I decided this wasn't the time to be contemplating stuff like this, especially with how tired I feel. Running a bit to catch up, I gave him a light smile and nodded for us to continue, and that was the plan, to continue forwards, it didn't last long as I heard easily the most terrifying sounds I've ever heard, once again as a demonic screech rang throughout the air, clearly coming from above us as I glanced upwards in time to see a massive ball of fire hurtling at the three of us. Oh for fuck sakes!
And cliffhanger, because I just really think they're neat. Yeah, not a complex chapter, just some more grinding and some gearing up with some light nether travel with a side of ghast attack, isn't that just fun for the whole family. Yeah I really like the nether to be honest, its a fun place if you don't mind the hellspawn, but in a story like this where literally everything in the nether will want to kill you if you so much as tip toe on the line, and most of the time just for no reason. And I feel like they haven't gone through enough shit yet with this dimension, if you ignore the fact that Edison has nearly died every time he's gone into the nether of course. Anyway, See ya.