Day Two
6:20am. I see the Sun! Most of the monsters have burst into flames as the light hit them, are they vampires? I spent the night breaking branches and carving handles for new tools, I need to save my diamond pick for more important uses, who know when I will be able to replace it. I foolishly forgot to bring torches! I'm going to explorer the area, maybe I'll find some coal. ~MC
5:00pm . I spent most of the day looking for coal but was unable to find any. I also spent a few hours destroying the portal hoping to stop any more monsters from coming through. Speaking of monsters, not all of them die in the sun. A phallic looking thing crept up on me and and then exploded with no provocation! I also found a handful of arrows, I need to craft a bow once I find some string. I'll be spending the night back up in my tree. ~MC
10:00pm. After looking at the stars, home should be almost due North. I'll head out tomorrow at dawn.
I see a group of giant spiders at the base of the hill. Will their silk work as a bow string? I don't know if I want to find out! ~MC
Day Three
7:00am. Time to start heading home. More monsters appeared last night and burst into flames at dawn, I went out to collect more arrows. I will be traveling North for the next few days and looking for coal as I travel. ~MC
9:00pm. I've made it to the snow covered mountains I saw from my treetop lookout yesterday. I carved a room out of the cliff face as a safe place to spend the night. I needed the stone for tools anyway. I've used some of that red rock I collected for light, even the smallest piece will burn for hours! I think I'll spend a few hours digging for coal while I wait for the sun. ~MC
Day Four
I spent last night digging for coal but didn't find anything.
I decided to head up and over this mountain range instead of digging through it. I didn't want to waste my tools, and I thought I might be able to see something familiar from the top. I was wrong.
I've entered a thick forest so I spent some time collecting wood and then climbed a tree to spend the night. I think I see a cave in the distance. I'll explore it tomorrow. I can use the last of my hell stone samples for light while I look for coal. ~MC
Day Five
I now know what happens to the monsters! The lucky ones find shelter in caves before dawn and wait for nightfall! The trip was worth it, not only did I find coal, I also found a large iron ore vain!
I've climbed to the top of a tall rock pillar and built a small furnace out of rocks to smelt my iron. Being up here with torches for light, I might get a good night sleep for the first time in nearly a week! ~MC
A/N I got the idea for this from the minecraft forums, I can only hope to be half as good as what I read there!
Now that he feels 'Safe' this story will start to drift to exploration of this new part of the world.