Isi's Mindcrack Mod Adventures, Part 14

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Previously on Isi's Mindcrack Mod Adventures:



...Pyrao...


So here we are, starting over from nothing, miles away from home. After all this time, we've finally found Pyrao, but only in our lowest hour, having to cannibalize Beef to keep from starving. I still feel bad about that, but I think it was the right thing. He really helped me in more ways than one.

I settled down right where I found Pyrao by the river, starting a wheat farm and chopping trees for apples. It was going to be a while before I would be ready to move on, but having Pyrao made it all worth it.

The next step would be to do some caving for further resources. I would need iron and redstone for a compass to find home again, as well as iron armor just to feel safe again. Food was still scarce at this point, but I had gathered enough apples to be completely full again, so I would have regen at least. I tunneled down and broke into a mineshaft. This turned out to be just what I needed.



Free bread in a chest. Not long after I found another chest with more bread. I'm feeling a lot better already.

By the time I was done getting everything I needed from caving, some of my wheat had grown. I was ready to hop over the river and get the other Pyrao I keep seeing through the unloaded world.



I also find some cows over here. More food for me.



This is odd. He seems to be standing on the other's head. I guess I just need to make the pit bigger.



Much better.



Even though I was no longer in the red concerning food and now had a renewable wheat source in the works (plus plenty more oak trees to chop down), I still had an obsession with gathering food. Using some string I gathered in the mineshaft, I made a fishing pole and fished for days.



I even planted some melons. Any source of food I could think of, I sought out. I chopped so many more trees, killed any animal I came across, even picked up mushrooms when I saw them. There was something about being that starved for food that I never wanted to be in that situation again, so instead I surrounded myself with as many types of food as I could find. Even though I wasn't thinking about what happened with Beef, my guilt of having done it, my guilt of not prioritizing a food source sooner, manifested now in a compulsive gathering of food.



I'm reminded that, in my urgency to rebuild my life, I never actually did anything for the Beef I killed. I found another one during my brief expeditions away from Pyrao, and offered him a flower. No hard feelings, right?



I still kept an eye out for other people I might not have seen, but no one new. There are quite a few of The Jims in that direction, though.



There is a third Pyrao, though. This is good. In the unthinkable situation where any of my guys don't make it, it's good to know of a backup, lest this turn into another Anderz situation. I've been avoiding that topic, but assuming I find my way home with both Pyraos, Anderz is the only one left...


Next time: I have nothing else to gain hanging around here. It's time for the journey home.

Comments

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Oh man, another Beef just casually hanging out... sob.

Having all the food sources is too funny, since they won't do any good if you die and lose all your stuff again. But I totally get the need to gather them. Adds a certain degree of drama to the game, at least!

[isi]

Heh, there's certainly no shortage of Beef in my world. They're everywhere. Kind of lucky, since I don't feel as bad about killing one when there's so many running around.

And oh, you see, I am finally learning to think ahead. But that's next episode!

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Don't be sad, Beef wouldn't have wanted you to starve. He'd probably have felt guilty, because he's silly like that. He can be the Pyraos guardian angel. ;)

Anderz on the other hand, is just trolling now.

[isi]

You know, Anderz trolling would actually explain a lot.