Day 13: Another World

Today was a very different day from any I've had in my new life. Today I woke up in a new land next to a giant pillar of magma. Next to the pillar of magma, was an old friend. A human. A real, living (non-undead), breathing human; a friend from my previous existence, before the islands, before the mines. It was wonderful to catch up with my friend and share knowledge about this wild existence we've been living. He guided me through his world and explained that there were others like us that had made their homes here. He showed me how to fish. He was eager to show me his house and mine, so we began journeying toward his place. There were identical, gigantic magma pillars along the way which my friend had set up as guiding lights. It was a full day's journey to get from our starting area to his fantastic tower. In contrast to the dangerous magma pillars, his home was made almost completely out of water. No monsters could enter because of the strong flow. Rather than climb a ladder, one could just swim to the top. This water tower was truly impressive and must have taken many moons to complete and perfect.

Directly beneath the tower, was my friend's mine. While my mining techniques are more organic and spontaneous, his was completely structured and deliberate. First, there is a water-based elevator that goes from the bottom of the water tower straight down to the bottom of the world; that unbreakable, metallic area I've mentioned in early entries. At consistent intervals along the path to the bottom, the way, there are tall wide tunnels jutting out from the elevator. In essence, there's a level 1 mine, a level 2 mine, and so on. There's something to be said for this method as it dramatically cuts down on surprises and danger.

I, however, embrace a certain amount of danger, so I decided to start branching out from one of his tunnels. At first he was a bit worried that I'd ruin his system, but since I put a door between my mine expansion and his tunnel, he was ok with it.

I like this world better. I like knowing that there are people around. People to appreciate my work, people whose work I can appreciate, and people who can help share the burden of reshaping a world. I started my new home right next to my friend's water tower. We'll see how things develop.