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// HeHo HeHo it's off to mine we go. 
// Story: The Doctor, Derpy, and a world of cubes 
// by Novalis14 
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Derpy stared at the Doctor for a moment before his comment clicked.

"DOCTOR!"

The stallion grinned sheepishly. "It was a joke! While it is technically listed as edible in the book neither of us are biologically compatible with anything other than an herbivore diet."

"Compa-what now?" Derpy asked now distracted from the ill tasted joke.

"Ehhhhh never mind. The real question is what should we do with these animals." Turning his attention back to the pigs and chicken. Tentatively reaching out with a fore hoof the Doctor gently pushed at the pigs side. It reacted by lowering it's head, seemingly eating some of the grass on the dirt blocks.

"............Should we tip it?" Derpy asked her face serious but a bit of mischievous curiosity in her eyes.

The Doctor was silent for a moment. "Sure why not."  The two walked around to the other side of the pig and pushed at it's side. 





After about a minute of aimlessly pushing the pig around the field the pig decided to walk off leaving the two ponies muzzles to become acquainted with the ground. The Doctor stood up. "Well that was a pointless yet strangely fun activity, now what should we do?" 

The two thought for a moment. "Hey can you hand me the manual for a second?" The Doctor complied and Derpy began flipping through the pages her tongue peeking out in concentration. "Ah ha here it is!" she exclaimed tapping the page with a hoof. "'Many resources are found below ground, including cobblestone, coal, Iron, gold the coveted diamond and many more. These items are used as building material as well as being used to craft tools and other items. Most if not all blocks require the use of a pickaxe to harvest." 

Derpy snapped the book shut. "So lets go mining."  The two returned to their base and found a spot nearby, the Doctor called up the wooden pickaxe and began to dig. A few blocks down they hit stone and their pace slowed, a minute later the pickaxe shattered in the Doctor's hoof.

"Um is that supposed to happen?" Derpy asked a bit nervous that one of their few possessions had just broke. The doctor held out a hoof for the manual and the two began to research.

"Oh so that's how tools work."





It was dark in the newly created mine as the two ponies took a break. After having made two stone picks they had immediately returned to digging and after choosing a method of mining that made a 3x4 descending tunnel thing, they had fell into a rhythm. After getting a few blocks down the Doctor had hit a tiny two block vein of coal and had celebrated with a victory dance that had sent Derpy into a giggling fit.

"Doctor, how long do you think we have been mining?" Derpy asked as she passed him several of the flowers she had collected earlier. He shrugged.

"I don't know, a while?" While the Doctor ate Derpy moseyed up to the entrance of their mine to check on the time.



"Doctor..... It's night time...."

The Doctor quickly joined her and confirmed that indeed the square moon had now risen. And he could hear a hiss. Bugger.

Creeping slowly, the two poked their heads out and looked around, a giant spider was about four blocks away.

"Do you think we can make it to the base?" Derpy whispered eyeing the structure.

"Do you want to stay in the mine all night?" The Doctor replied. Derpy sighed, he had a point.

"On three. One, two, two, two, two."The Doctor stage whispered.

"Three" Derpy said and dashed for the doors, the Doctor on her heels. With a slam, the door snapped shut behind the two just as the spider reached the door. Derpy backed away shuddering at the thing.

"Ugh I hate spiders! Blech"She stated vehemently. The Doctor chuckled and pulled up his inventory, quickly putting a piece of coal and a stick in the 2x2 grid he crafted a torch. Placing it above the door he turned to his companion.

"I think things are going pretty well don't you Miss Hooves?" He grinned.