Day 49
I just realized how little space there is left in this diary, only like 4 pages. Not good, I'll need to make a whole lot of paper and sew it in somehow; will be writing down only the most important stuff until then.
Just hit a jackpot. Went down to the enchanting room to see if I would get any decent offers on my diamond sword. The best thing out of all 3 offers that I understood was "Unbreaking II", which I didn't think too cool, but I still went through with it, cause I could still grind the enchantment off later and try again.
I got Unbreaking II and Sharpness II. Wow. Since Sharpness is self explanatory, I was almost too afraid to actually swing it; but I did, and the sword bit into stone. Didn't bounce off, didn't chip – it bit into stone with the edge and left a gash in there too.
I really gotta start being careful now.
Was going to Eastside to help clear out the trees when I spotted a flock of cows out in the planes up North. I still needed leather, so…
I'm sorry.
But at least it was super quick. I'm not kidding when I say that you can fall next to this blade and it might still kill you.
I still need that diamond gear, this is just more encouragement for me to go out and make it.
Cut down a lot of the trees in Eastside, started on making the same kind of wall as Northside, even though terrain puts sticks in my wheels every step of the way. Looks really good now; still not quite spacious enough for a Golem to walk around freely, but we're getting there.
With the help from my pen-kept animals – and it never gets better, it just stops being as bad – I got enough leather to try and make a proper Tunic to go under armor and keep me warm. Pants would be good too, but chestplate's better and I'm still not getting any itches or pains or any desires to go eat others' brains, so these reinforced pants are probably good enough for now.
I've learned my lesson from the last time. No more broken needles, no more faulty sewing – I am going to get this right.
Awesome! I did it! It fits almost to a T! There's a bit of a strain in the back, yeah, but who cares?
Success!
I even did a bit of running, crawling and weapon-swinging all over the place just to be sure that it was comfortable enough. No freaking worries; sure, left hand swinging is a bit awkward because of that tight spot on the back, but I'll get used to it. I'm already getting used to feeling warm again.
REJOICE, my Pumpkin Pete Hoodie, for we both have been saved from the horrible fate of being forced to patch you up by low-grade leather! There is still hope for me to fix you up right.
As for the jeans – I don't know. Patches look real cool on denim. Maybe there's a way to color the leather? Don't know, that's for later.
P.S: tried my screwed up iron chestplate – despite the damage it fits just nicely over the tunic, which means an intact chestplate be absolutely fine as well. I'm going to head over to Northside, buy myself a fresh one from the armorer dude, and give him the damaged one for scrap. Maybe I'll get a discount?
This is the last page of my diary, so I'll be brief.
Did indeed get a discount on new chestplate, though I had to wait until armorsmith grinded the enchantments off. When I told him it was "Thorns" he cringed super hard; said it was any smith's worst nightmare to be working with that enchantment. I can say I know why.
So, since this diary's run out of space, it means I gotta forget about writing for now, until I make enough paper to last me more time – or make a new Book&Quill altogether.
Thankfully, sugar canes grow pretty fast, so I should have a reasonable supply in a few days' time. Until then? My lapis supplies are running low, my iron supplies don't look so hot either, and I've been really in need of some more diamond gear.
So I gotta go back down and mine while my future paper grows. Mine, and then craft.
Very little space left to write. Got Protection II on the iron chestplate I bought. Should help a lot once I go back to below the surface.
A very short chapter that I wrote in like an hour on Friday and completely forgot about till now.
