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Exploring the deep dark caves is very foolish. Do not try this at home.
“The sea of the dead,” I said, looking out across it.
“What?” Steve? asked.
“That…” Grace mused, “was an old name for it.”
“Oh. Huh.”
“Is it safe?” I asked.
“I think so,” Steve? stared at it, “but let’s take the other way.”
“Around it?”
“No.” He walked toward some dirt, and began to break it. “We’re going under the ocean.”
*
We descended further and further underground.
“Put a torch there,” Steve? ordered.
“One moment. I need to eat.” Grace said.
“Oh? Here’s some bread,” he said.
“No, thanks.” I stomached the chorus fruit down.
“What is that?”
“don’t ask.” I rasped.
“If you say so…” Steve? left the subject behind after that.
Presently, I heard the groan of zombies, the first I had heard of the dead since I had returned.
“What was that?”
“Monsters. Easy to defeat, mostly harmless if you’re well armed.” Steve? said. “You’re a well traveled woman, haven’t you heard the villagers myths of the beginning of the world?”
“No, actually,” said Grace.
“Enlighten us.” I said.
“These caves are so very boring.”
“Okay. So… they say that the Ender-men came from rocks, floating in space. Our world was flat at the time, with nothing but cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and slimes milling around.
And also, the world was, like, this thick,” he pointed at some stone, as tall as two of me. “Anyway, the Ender-men started to build up, to their world, the End, they called it.
The bottom of the world became the Nether, where they threw the dark things: pig men, fire demons, ghastly beasts, cubes of magma.
Over many years, the Ender-men bred humans and villagers, and life was great. Everyone was rich. They built the world up, higher and higher, leaving the lower levels behind them, an ever greater gap between the Nether.
And then, the Ender-men stopped. They became cut off from their home, and became wanderers in the woods, eventually going extinct back home. They survived in these far lands ‘til now.”
“And the zombies?”
One poked his way out a hole. Grace and Steve? quickly defeated it.
“Those come from spawners, the Magic devices they used to make life. But now they’re all corrupted, with these things.”
He said, as we slaughtered the monsters.
We found a spawner.
“Put the torches on it,” Steve? said.
*
The next day, Steve? had bet we were nearing the end of the ocean, and we began to look for a place to ascend.
“What is that?” I asked.
There was a glowing black and blue plant, twitching and glowing at our presence.
“Sculk,” Steve? explained. “Let’s be very careful. You have any snowballs?”
“No,” said I.
“Why?” Asked Grace.
“We may need them,” Steve? said nervously.
That made me stressed as well.
Further on, I saw some more “sculk”.
Then I went blind.
“Steve?” I looked around, frantically, “hello?”
“Grace!” He said, far ahead of me, “run!”
The blindness flashed, and I glimpsed a monstrous thing, no eyes, but huge arms and legs. It was covered in sculk.
Next to me, a snowball flew past and hit a stone wall.
I ran.
“What is that?” I asked Steve?, who was now right next to me, guiding me along.
“That’s a warden,” he responded, “ugh! We never should have come this way!”
Behind me, something snapped.
The warden was at our backs.
I felt the cold stone.
What if this is permanent? I thought. We can’t live like this!
Don’t worry about it. We’ll have plenty of time to do that.. later! Grace said back.
“I have two snowballs left,” Steve? said. “Now, drink this!”
He handed me a bucket. I drank it. It was milk.
Instantly, I felt my blindness fading, though with the dark around me it wasn’t much better.
“How…?”
“Something about these cows isn’t natural. Like all things here.”
Right in front of us, I caught a glimpse of a huge city, burning blue.
Then, I saw it.
The warden smashed into Steve?, and he fell, bruised and battered, at my side.
“Hurrah!” Grace waved her sword, slashing at it.
It was about to slice me as well when Steve? threw another snowball.
“Grace, now! C’mon!”
We sprinted through the ancient city, creaking and groaning.
No one has been here in centuries.
“I think there’s an abandoned mine up ahead,” Steve? said.
“How do you know?”
“I don’t, but I heard about this place.”
There was a trio of mine carts.
“Push them, then hop inside.” Steve? ordered. He climbed into one.
I was about to jump in the one after him, but the warden bashed it out of the way.
I clambered into the final cart, and rolled it up and away, away from the warden.
I hope.
“The sea of the dead,” I said, looking out across it.
“What?” Steve? asked.
“That…” Grace mused, “was an old name for it.”
“Oh. Huh.”
“Is it safe?” I asked.
“I think so,” Steve? stared at it, “but let’s take the other way.”
“Around it?”
“No.” He walked toward some dirt, and began to break it. “We’re going under the ocean.”
*
We descended further and further underground.
“Put a torch there,” Steve? ordered.
“One moment. I need to eat.” Grace said.
“Oh? Here’s some bread,” he said.
“No, thanks.” I stomached the chorus fruit down.
“What is that?”
“don’t ask.” I rasped.
“If you say so…” Steve? left the subject behind after that.
Presently, I heard the groan of zombies, the first I had heard of the dead since I had returned.
“What was that?”
“Monsters. Easy to defeat, mostly harmless if you’re well armed.” Steve? said. “You’re a well traveled woman, haven’t you heard the villagers myths of the beginning of the world?”
“No, actually,” said Grace.
“Enlighten us.” I said.
“These caves are so very boring.”
“Okay. So… they say that the Ender-men came from rocks, floating in space. Our world was flat at the time, with nothing but cows, pigs, sheep, chickens and slimes milling around.
And also, the world was, like, this thick,” he pointed at some stone, as tall as two of me. “Anyway, the Ender-men started to build up, to their world, the End, they called it.
The bottom of the world became the Nether, where they threw the dark things: pig men, fire demons, ghastly beasts, cubes of magma.
Over many years, the Ender-men bred humans and villagers, and life was great. Everyone was rich. They built the world up, higher and higher, leaving the lower levels behind them, an ever greater gap between the Nether.
And then, the Ender-men stopped. They became cut off from their home, and became wanderers in the woods, eventually going extinct back home. They survived in these far lands ‘til now.”
“And the zombies?”
One poked his way out a hole. Grace and Steve? quickly defeated it.
“Those come from spawners, the Magic devices they used to make life. But now they’re all corrupted, with these things.”
He said, as we slaughtered the monsters.
We found a spawner.
“Put the torches on it,” Steve? said.
*
The next day, Steve? had bet we were nearing the end of the ocean, and we began to look for a place to ascend.
“What is that?” I asked.
There was a glowing black and blue plant, twitching and glowing at our presence.
“Sculk,” Steve? explained. “Let’s be very careful. You have any snowballs?”
“No,” said I.
“Why?” Asked Grace.
“We may need them,” Steve? said nervously.
That made me stressed as well.
Further on, I saw some more “sculk”.
Then I went blind.
“Steve?” I looked around, frantically, “hello?”
“Grace!” He said, far ahead of me, “run!”
The blindness flashed, and I glimpsed a monstrous thing, no eyes, but huge arms and legs. It was covered in sculk.
Next to me, a snowball flew past and hit a stone wall.
I ran.
“What is that?” I asked Steve?, who was now right next to me, guiding me along.
“That’s a warden,” he responded, “ugh! We never should have come this way!”
Behind me, something snapped.
The warden was at our backs.
I felt the cold stone.
What if this is permanent? I thought. We can’t live like this!
Don’t worry about it. We’ll have plenty of time to do that.. later! Grace said back.
“I have two snowballs left,” Steve? said. “Now, drink this!”
He handed me a bucket. I drank it. It was milk.
Instantly, I felt my blindness fading, though with the dark around me it wasn’t much better.
“How…?”
“Something about these cows isn’t natural. Like all things here.”
Right in front of us, I caught a glimpse of a huge city, burning blue.
Then, I saw it.
The warden smashed into Steve?, and he fell, bruised and battered, at my side.
“Hurrah!” Grace waved her sword, slashing at it.
It was about to slice me as well when Steve? threw another snowball.
“Grace, now! C’mon!”
We sprinted through the ancient city, creaking and groaning.
No one has been here in centuries.
“I think there’s an abandoned mine up ahead,” Steve? said.
“How do you know?”
“I don’t, but I heard about this place.”
There was a trio of mine carts.
“Push them, then hop inside.” Steve? ordered. He climbed into one.
I was about to jump in the one after him, but the warden bashed it out of the way.
I clambered into the final cart, and rolled it up and away, away from the warden.
I hope.
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