//------------------------------// // There is a pig.... // Story: The Doctor, Derpy, and a world of cubes // by Novalis14 //------------------------------// That night the Doctor and Derpy took shelter in their new base. The Doctor conked out almost immediately, but Derpy chanced a look outside before retiring. She regretted it as soon as she saw the pony sized spider mulling about outside. The next morning Derpy awoke to the sound of the door opening, she sat up and saw the Doctor's back as he exited. She stretched out with a yawn and followed him. "Morning Doctor." "Morning" He replied however it lacked his usual cheerfulness. "What's wrong?" "I just feel so tired." the Doctor called up his hot bar and went still. "My hunger is gone and my health is at half." Derpy pulled up her hot bar and found herself in a similar situation. "Well I have an apple but I doubt it would do much good on its own. What does the manual say about food?" Derpy asked calling up the apple from her inventory. The doctor called up the manual and began flipping through it, after a moment he spoke " Food is needed to replenish hunger and health, it can be acquired through many means, fishing, animals, farming, and logging." He browsed for a minute. "Basically it goes on to explain the many ways to get food." He snapped the book shut and switched to an empty slot. The Doctor got up and started walking towards the plains and Derpy followed. Once they reached it the doctor started looking around. After a moment he spoke up "Derpy, ponies can eat grass right?" "Yeah, it isn't the most tasty thing but it works in a pinch." The Doctor eyed the grass and reached down to take a bite. The second his teeth closed around the blades it shattered and was replaced by a floating item. The Doctors stomach growled as he collected it. "It's a seed.... Well that's rubbish...." He opened the book and began flipping through it. "Hey! it says here that if you plant the seeds they grow into wheat which can be used to make bread!" Derpy stared at him for a moment "Um doctor that is how things work in Equestria too. I really don't see how that is going to help us." "Think about everything that has happened so far. Do you really think things happen the same as back in your universe?" He stowed the book and Derpy followed as he headed back to the base. Once inside he began crafting something, referring to the book. When he finished the doctor headed out side, using his new tool he planted the seed. "There, now we just wait and we will have wheat." The Doctor said sitting in front of it, Derpy rolled her eyes. "That is probably going to take a while Doctor." She got no reply. " Well while you do that I am going to look for some other food." The Doctor just kept staring at the seeds. Derpy admired the scenery as she walked along, this place was kind of beautiful in a blocky sort of way. Unfortunately she had yet to spot anything other than gras- wait there was something yellow, she trotted over and inspected the yellow flower. Ponies ate flowers but they also ate grass and she knew how that option had ended up. Still she wouldn't know if she didn't try. She reached out and gave the flower a light tap, it materialized in her inventory and she called it up, It looked blocky. Derpy lowered her head to take a bite. Her tongue was met with spongy petals, it tasted like a flower though she was slightly surprised that it was even blocky when chewed. She kept hunting down flowers until she was full and had a good dozen extra to bring back. Derpy hummed as she walked, her eyes skimming over the ground to see if she had missed anything. And she apparently had as she spotted an egg floating in front of her. Well it was random but you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, Derpy picked up the egg and stored it in her inventory before turning around. The next thing she knew she was face to face with a pig. She stared at the pig.... The pig stared back..... "DERPY! It's starting to grow! One second it was just seeds and then it was sprouts! Isn't that br- oh a pig, fancy that." The Doctor stopped his ecstatic prancing and walked over. The pig turned away from Derpy and took a few steps before staring off into space, the Doctor was in front of it before Derpy could blink. "Fascinating, its head is square and even its facial features are made up of blocks." Derpy took a couple steps back, the pig was kinda creepy. "Derpy, are pigs sentient in equestria?" The Doctor asked, circling the new animal "Not anymore than the wildlife." She replied sitting down. "Interesting...." The Doctor followed the pig as it took a few steps in a random direction. Derpy heard a clucking and looked to her right, a chicken sat there seemingly watching the pig. "Well I guess that explains the egg." Derpy thought out loud staring at the bird. The Doctor turned at her words and in a flash was inspecting the chicken. "Um doctor these weren't here before." Derpy said looking around her. "And neither were they." She gestured to the newly appeared group of pigs mulling around behind them. The Doctor stopped inspecting the bird and looked up. "No, no they weren't" "What does the book say about animals?" Derpy asked a bit unnerved by the somewhat creepy vacant stares of the pigs. The doctor began flipping through the pages. "It says, 'Animals spawn rates are decided by biome, each contain a different drop that can be quiet useful. All animals are harmless even when provoked.' Well that's good news" Derpy looked at them "So what do we do with them?" She asked turning to the doctor. "Well......... Bacon?"