Grif did eventually find himself a pick-ax to use to dig up the gems he'd found, though it looked oddly...blocky. "Huh, that's a weird shape for a pick-ax," he mused as he examined it. "Still, pretty light-weight, so it should be easy enough to use. Looks like a good strong blade, too." Holding it in both hands like a gun, he made his way over to the vein of gems he'd spotted. "Well, I have no idea what sort of gems these are, but it should be easy enough to get them out..." He struck the wall a few times, and gems and rock popped out as a block shape was carved into the rock wall of the canyon. Grif hesitated as he collected the gems and rock. "Okay...I want to say that mining shouldn't work like that, but there also shouldn't be talking baby ponies that eat rocks, and Simmons did suggest the natural order didn't apply anymore...and this means I get to do heavy labor and be lazy. Not gonna think about it." He happily proceeded to continue whacking away with the blocky pick, digging out rock and gems that he gathered for later use.
He happily continued his easy digging, barely noticing how deep he was getting until it started to get dark within his makeshift mine. However, switching on the light on his helmet solved that, and he continued. "Man, I had no idea mining was so easy!" he marveled as he continued. "And I'm not just finding the small gems anymore. I don't know what I'm going to do with half of this stuff, but I'm sure it'll be useful! Or I can just give it to Maud and she can find a use for it. Kids need a hobby, after all. ...wonder how Kaikaina would have turned out if she had more hobbies. Definitely don't want Maud going that way. She's just...too tiny and precious..."
"HSSSSSSS!"
Griff spun, pulling out his weapon and firing as he heard that sound. He stared as a bright green creature that looked like some sort of mushroom on legs froze as the paint stuck to it. "...okay, definitely should have gotten the live ammo before doing this," he murmured as he tried to calm down. "I have no idea what sort of creature this is..." He paused as he noticed it was...oddly blocky. Curious, he struck it with the blocky pick, and the creature fell apart into dynamite. "Sweet! I can use this stuff to resupply the base, too! Wonder if I can find a cookie monster down here, too! Maybe I should see about making a table to put this stuff together on. I don't have that many paint bullets left in the clip..."
Sarge paced angrily back and forth, while Simmons did make work assignments around the base. "Where is that slacker?" Sarge demanded finally. "It shouldn't take that long to dig out some gems, even if we don't have a pick and he has to do it with his bare hands!"
"He's probably dug just deep enough that we won't see him and curled up for a nap," Simmons groused irritably. "Do you want me to go look for him, sir?"
"Negative!" Sarge declared loudly. "I need to get at least one of you snapped into shape before next week, and that means starting you on every training regimen I can think of all at once! Now get back to triple curl jumping jack sweeping with a song, Simmons!"
"I...don't think that's an actual-" Simmons began.
"ALL AT ONCE SIMMONS!" Sarge bellowed.
"Yes, sir~!" Simmons sang out immediately as he proceeded to combine a fitness workout with a ballet routine as he danced with a broom. "Sweep sweep sweep, sweep sweep sweep..."
Sarge smirked to himself as he watched Simmons get to actual training, then turned to glance out the window...only to stare. "Where in Helheim did he get so much he needed a wheeled cart to push it in?" Sarge demanded in shock. "For that matter, where'd he get the cart?"
"What?" Simmons began, moving towards the window.
"ALL AT ONCE!"
"Sweep sweep sweep!"
Grif didn't question how he was able to build a mine cart out of the things he'd found in the mine, or that he'd been able to build tracks to push it on all the way out of the mine. He also didn't question that it held far more than the dimensions allowed, and yet still had things pouring out the edges. He'd been down there long enough he'd had to jury-rig replacement batteries for his helmet's light out of some electrical-conducting redstone he'd dug up three times. With what he'd seen down there, he wasn't going to question much anymore...except why they were here. That question seemed to be becoming more and more important with each new discovery. He also didn't plan to tell anyone where the mine was, or what all he'd found inside. He was still trying to figure out how he was able to make a bucket that could hold lava.
For now, he was just going to push his mine cart to Blue base and buy the Red flag off Maud. Much to his surprise, Maud was sitting just outside Blue base with the Red flag, seeming to be waiting for him. "You brought a lot," she observed idly.
"I found a lot to bring," Grif confirmed. "Figured I'd find something you'd want to trade the Red flag for. If you go to the other Base if your flag gets snatched, makes sense you're the one selling the flags back at other times."
"What did you bring me?" Maud asked, the slightest tilt of her head the only sign of curiosity.
"Well, I found quite a few gems of various sorts," Grif explained, laying out rubies, diamonds, emeralds, garnets, and sapphires. "Thought you might like to taste them, or just have them."
"Gems are not the same thing as rocks," Maud observed flatly.
"True enough," Grif allowed, clearing the gems away. "I found several different types of ore," he continued, laying out the various substances he'd dug up out of the mine.
Maud glanced at them, looking them over carefully. "No, not for the Flag."
"Alright," Grif allowed, clearing that away. "But I bet you'll love these!" He pulled out several spherical blocks - it was the only way he could think to describe the odd shapes he'd dug up - and held one up. "Looks like an ordinary geode unopened, doesn't it? But if you shake it..." He shook the sphere, and what sounded like liquid sloshed inside for a bit before the sound stopped. He then broke the geode opened, revealing crystals of all colors with a sugary finish. "Rock candy!" he declared, breaking off one of the crystals and eating it. "Mmm!" he purred happily. "And each color is a different flavor!"
Maud stared at the rock candy geode for a time. "...I do not like rock candy," she observed finally.
Grif blinked, caught off guard. "Oh...well, I also have-"
"I will take them," Maud declared firmly, grabbing the unopened geodes and handing Grif the flag.
"...really?" Grif asked in surprise. "But...you said you don't like rock candy."
"I don't," Maud confirmed. "But receiving it...makes me happy."
Grif stared at Maud for a time, then shrugged. "Fair enough," he allowed, sticking the flag into the mine cart. "I'll see about finding more of those next time I go digging."
"Okay," Maud allowed as she held the candy geodes close, watching Grif wheel the cart and flag back towards Red Base.
Sarge stared, completely flabbergasted as Grif laid out everything he'd brought back, more than enough supplies of all sorts to keep the base running and armed - once everything was processed - for years. "Wha...how...why...you?" he managed to get out.
"Grif, where did you find all of this?" Simmons demanded in shock.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Grif allowed. "Let's just say you were right about the natural order, and leave it at that."
"...I'm gonna go back to sweep-n-sing fitness," Simmons groaned, turning to head to another room of the base.
"You do that," Grif allowed. "I need to build some chests to hold all this.
So we have minecraft, the sweep song and Mauds first episode references that I picked up. Jam packed chapter and knowing me I probably missed others.
That is just even more awesome than anything I could have expected when griff found the pickax. Man i never wished I could give more then one like then i do now.
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8459493 There are very few of this Author’s works that don’t get that way
... I am in awe and I too am sad that I can only give one like.
My mind is full of wat.
Good work.
Minecraft? In Halo? Something is seriously broken here...
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This is actually quite relaxing even though I never played the game.
This seems more like a Geoff thing than it does a Grif thing.
Hate to be that guy (sorry, I know people can get irked at things like this being pointed out), but...Minor Typo? "Kaikaina" is Sister's name, not Kaiwana.
So now that Grif became the great creator of Minecraft capable of making armor and weapons from diamonds that will become much more indestructible than their current equipment thanks to the different physic with all the other stuff his gonna make he's gonna become the greatest quartermaster of the universe.
He has a point, i think.
No, Griff! Don't mine at night!
Warned ya.
Oh god... Maud's presence is breaking everything.
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It broke when Tatsurou introduced a teleporting, talking, rock eating pony into the equation here.
Okay, i haven't played Minecraft, so i'm not sure if Creepers work that way, but somehow i doubt it.
8459553 Ooh! Let me try this...
I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.
That's a crossover i never saw coming. Nice.
Hold up! Is it my misunderstanding that Rock Candy is Pie Family's speciality?
... great, i wanna make random dwarf fortress LP quotes now, even though i know this is minecraft digging. way to much Boatmurdered and Headshoots..
ill just be over here, cackling and screaming "DEEPER, DIG DEEPER! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
I'm glad I was able to inspire a nice chapter. I mean, he killed a creeper and found a hobby besides sleeping and eating he seems to enjoy. Though I'm surprised Sarge was happy with seeing Sapphires since they're blue. I can just see Maud finding a box with the sapphires in them the next morning by blue base.... and they should totally bling the bases out with rubies and sapphires. Griff defeating a Creeper was excellent, Will he find any Skeletons??? Because I want to see someone do an "Alas poor Yorik!" scene with one and also beat one to death with its own skull since it would be physically possible!
That was fun, may I have another? Looking forward to more.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
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I meant APART from the fic's main focus!
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She doesn't actually EAT the stuff, but truly appreciates the sentiment. This is canon to the show.
Cpt. Flowers TO Command:
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EDIT: D'oh, it doesn't do multiple spaces. Lemme vertical it.
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She didn't like to eat the candy. She keep every necklace.
At least Grif didn't get blocked too much when mining. Or went straight down for that matter.
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...No.
Halo armour is superior to diamond, if we consider the Halo mod canon.
Figures a Minecraft pick (however that got there) would be the perfect tool for Grif. Easy heavy labor with minimal effort.
A Creeper?
Logic has officially left the building.
Nice.
It's for the best, Simmons, it's for the best.
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remember what his guns effective range is? like zero
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On the other hand, the action used to mine and fight is the same as how Griff scoops food into his mouth.
Good. God. Almighty. And here I thought the RvB universe was crazy enough as is.
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But in Minecraft's only obsidian (quite delicate rock in reality) is stronger than diamonds there. The physic is different. That's why I think that when combined Grif will make armor better than both of them put together.
wat
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YES! YES PLEASE!
I find your story to be both complete nonsense and extremely entertaining.
Keep up the GREAT work!
Alright calling it now somehow griff mines his way to achievement city and then well just insanity happens I guess.
Minecraft? In a Red vs Blue/MLP crossover? I'm okay with this...
That, and sweeping
8459552 I see what you did there. Too bad Grif's not a dwarf
Tat, I think it's a little too early in the story for the crazy
Did Chu just MC HALO
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It's MLP + RvB, insanity can now be called normal.
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... I don't think you quite understand the other side. This is entirely RvB's normal level of crazy, just dragged in a more productive direction.
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They drop gunpowder, which you then craft into dynamite.
He's just skipping a step, that's all. Since he's retrieving gems other than diamonds, it's probably a modded, enchanted diamond pickaxe to boot.
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Nice reference.
Nabbin giggles
Griff's new themesong:
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Indeed it is. I like most of the Minecraft songs, though, I don't play with the music turned on because the background music plays intermittently which I find annoying.
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Not in Vanilla. There's nothing in the base-game that would "freeze" a mob like their training rounds, though I wouldn't be surprised if something like that existed in Modded, which is most likely the game-set Griff is "Playing" off of given that Sapphires and Rubies Aren't in vanilla...
(Also, he should still get pretty Hungry if he's been mining a lot, and quickly learn that things like Cookies do hardly anything to sate that hunger. The presence of Mobs means he isn't playing on Peaceful after all, so hunger and health mechanics are active)
And now I'm wondering when he'll get his hands on some Ender Pearls (Endermen have the annoying habit of teleporting away from projectile weapons before they can be hit and can absolutely Wreck you even in fully enchanted diamond gear if you aren't careful), accidentally build or stumble across a nether-portal, or if he'll find a Fortress down there and get access to The End, make his way to an End City and find a pair of Elytra. Griff with the ability to fly would absolutely terrify Sarge I think...
But first, he should make a bunch of bookcases, combine a book, Four obsidian and two diamonds and get a properly enchanted pair of diamond picks (One for Fortune and another for Silk Touch), and maybe do a Lot of fishing in the meantime and be flabbergasted at all the enchanted books he finds (because they don't have access to Villagers for Mending Books)...
Edit... because I always... Always... get the recipe for the enchanting table wrong the first time...
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You saw what I did?
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What did I do beyond make a reference to something that I could see happen in a Let's Play episode of Achievement Hunter to the guy who voices Grif?