A Crafter's Dream Ch. 91: History
Now, without further ado, I present,
“A Crafter’s Dream”
Step, step, step.
Creak.
Thump.
“Hey Steve.” Spoke a quiet, familiar voice. Steve grinned slightly, but didn’t turn around. Instead he focused his gaze on the surrounding cityscape, of the buildings, some darkened, most lit up, creating a quite beautiful patchwork of lights that reminded Steve of the night sky above.
‘Forgot how beautiful Ironwood is at night.’ Steve thought before responding.
“Hey Lilly. What are you doing up here?”
“I could ask you the same thing.” She replied. “Figured you would be downstairs, enjoying the party.”
Steve shrugged. “I was. Just came up here to think a little. I’ll be back down in a bit.”
A sigh, followed by the footsteps softly approaching. The Crafter felt a hand on his shoulder, and he glanced back. His indigo eyes met her pale gray gaze.
“Steve.” Her voice was soft, and her eyes were full of understanding, as if she knew exactly what he was feeling. “It’s alright. We’ve been friends for years, and we’ve been through thick and thin together. You can talk to me about anything.”
Steve opened his mouth to speak, the words right on the tip of his tongue. But the longer he hesitated, the harder it was to say the words. Eventually, he just sighed and looked away. “It’s nothing. I’ll be fine.”
He didn’t have to look to know she was giving him a look of disbelief. “Steve, I don’t know if anyone’s ever told you, but you’re a horrible liar. What’s wrong?”
Steve shook his head. “Nothing’s wrong, Lilly.”
He heard her let out an exasperated sigh before she spoke. “Alright fine, Mr. I-keep-everything-to-myself, how about a deal?”
Steve glanced at her, brow furrowed in confusion as he turned to look at her once more. “A deal?”
Lilly nodded. “Uh-huh. A deal. If I tell you a secret of mine, you have to tell me what’s bothering you.”
“I, what? Why would you…?”
“Because I know something’s bothering you, and you have a nasty habit of keeping your problems locked away.” Lilly responded with a deadpan expression.
“No I don’t. I mean, sure, there have been a few instances where I…” Steve trailed off when he noticed her gaze harden.
“A few instances? Really?” She raised one finger. “The destruction of Mush Isle, your home village, which caused you to go on a miniature, one-man campaign against any and all mobs you came across, which nearly got you, me and Miranda killed.” She raised another finger. “The Ember Mines collapse, where you took it upon yourself to free the trapped miners and take on those fuckers that were responsible.” She raised a third finger. “Alex’s death.”
That last one made Steve flinch slightly, memories of the fiery Crafter resurfacing after months of being pushed down and repressed. The female Crafter sighed and put a hand on his shoulder again. “Please Steve. I just want to help you. All of us do. I can’t think of a single person downstairs that doesn’t owe you in some way, or rather, they would owe you if you actually expected payment for saving them. We want to help you, but we can’t if you don’t let us.”
“This, it isn’t something they can help with. It’s, personal.” Steve replied.
“Well, is it something I can help with?” She inquired.
‘Yes.’ “No, probably not.” He spoke, pushing the lie to the back of his head.
“...Are you sure?”
Steve was ready to lie. He was ready to look her straight in the eye and say yes. And yet, when he did look her in the eye, he found he couldn’t. Maybe it was her small, kind smile, or the genuine sincerity in her voice, but either way, Steve couldn’t bring himself to lie to her. Not again.
Slowly, he shook his head. “No… No, I’m not sure at all.”
She nodded, ever-so-slightly. “Do you want to tell me?”
Steve was silent for a while. In reality, he really didn’t want to. Oh, by Notch he didn’t want to. But then, he remembered a conversation he and a friend of his, Roland, had a few weeks prior.
‘You never know a good thing till it’s gone Steve.’ The gray-haired Crafter spoke, a sad look in his eyes. ‘I waited too long, and I lost my chance. Don’t make the same mistake I did. If you’re given the chance, take it. You won’t get another one.’
He sighed. ‘Roland, I really hope you’re right about this.’
Steve gave a quick nod before taking a deep breath and lifting his gaze up to meet hers.
“Lilly, I-”
“...love you.”
Steve was frozen, in both body and mind. His legs refused to move, and his brain was shocked into silence at the words that had just left the pegasi’s mouth.
‘...what?’ He thought. Eventually, after an indeterminate amount of time, Steve managed to force his body to turn around.
Dash was still smiling in her sleep, completely unaware of the words she’d just said.
‘Onyx, did-’ Steve took a deep breath. ‘Did I just hear that? Did I just hear her say-?’
‘That she loves you?’ The Nightmare replied. ‘Indeed you did, and I must say, it’s about time too.’
‘What?’
‘Yes. I know you never put the pieces together, because despite everything, you are quite oblivious, but I discovered a little while back that Miss Dash here harbors feelings for you.’
‘Wait, you did? How long have you known?’
‘Since the events in Cloudsdale.’ Onyx responded. Steve narrowed his gaze.
‘You’ve known for a week, and you didn’t think to tell me?!’
‘Would you have believed me?’
Steve was about to respond, but after thinking for a moment, slowly shook his head. ‘No, probably not. I probably would’ve just thought you were messing with me.’
‘Exactly. I knew telling you wouldn’t have done anything, so I resolved to wait until you’d found out yourself, like you just did today.’
Steve nodded slightly as he slowly approached the sleeping mare. With a sigh, he sat down on the floor a foot or two away, staring at the peaceful pegasus with a blank expression on his face.
‘...Steve? Are you alright?’ Onyx hesitantly asked.
“I, I don’t know.” The Crafter replied. “I’m just, I don’t know, trying to figure out what I’m supposed to do now.”
‘What do you mean?’
“Well, I just figured out that one of my arguably best friends is apparently in love with me. Onyx, I’m still not quite used to having friends again, so how am I supposed to deal with, well, this?” Steve gestured at Dash.
‘Well, do you return her feelings?’ The Nightmare inquired.
“I…” Steve stopped. He thought about Onyx’s question.
Did he?
He definitely cared a lot about her, but he also cared about a lot of people. But did he feel something more about her? Did he love her?
Steve wasn’t very experienced with love. In his 17 years of existence, there was only one girl who’d ever caught his eye. Lillian Bloodleaf, or Lilly for short. She’d been one of Steve’s first friends, and had been through thick and thin with him. The two had grown close, and eventually after Steve confessed his love to her, (and her’s to him) the two had started dating. However, it wasn’t meant to be. During the Diamond Wars, Lilly, a general in Ironwood’s army, was killed in battle when her and her platoon were defending a few of Ironwood’s mining villages. When Steve had found her, well, there was no blow he’d ever taken that pained him as much as learning of Lilly’s death had.
Steve closed his eyes as a dull ache filled his chest. It had been nearly a decade and a half since her death, but it still affected him. Shaking his head, Steve focused back on the matter at hand, the question of whether or not he loved Rainbow Dash.
And if Steve was being honest with himself, he didn’t know.
“I, don’t know.” Steve spoke, hesitantly.
‘You don’t know?’ Onyx reiterated.
The Crafter shook his head. “No. Maybe I do, and I’m just subconsciously hiding those feelings, but what I feel for Dash doesn’t feel like love love. It’s more like, the love I feel for my friends, and family. The love I feel for Trench, for Celestia, for you.” Steve sighed. “Maybe, over time, we could be something more, but right now, I can’t imagine Dash as anything other than a good friend.”
‘I see.’ Onyx spoke. ‘Well, if that is your answer, and you feel it is the truth, then I suppose I have no argument. However, what do you intend to do, now that you know about Miss Dash’s feelings?’
Steve thought for a moment before answering.
“First, I’ll see if she remembers saying what she did when she wakes up, since she was drunk, and could very well forget about saying anything. If she does remember, we’ll talk. If she doesn’t I’ll pretend she never said anything. If she wants to tell me, then I’ll have it be on her own terms, not told to me when she’s drunk off her ass.”
‘So, will we be waiting for her to wake up then?’ Onyx inquired.
“Yeah.” Steve replied, nodding. “If she does remember, then it would be best to talk about this in an environment that’s more comfortable for her.” The Crafter took a bit of a look around. “In the meantime, I think this place could do with a bit of clean up, don’t you think?”
‘That it does.’
Without another word, Steve got to work, being careful that his cleaning did not disturb the mare sleeping nearby.
* * * * *
Trench let out a loud sigh as he rubbed his face with two hooves.
‘Buck me sideways.’ He thought as he glanced up at Princess Celestia, who was sitting opposite him. The alicorn in question merely gave him a hard, but calm look. The pair were sitting in the Captain’s Quarters at the Ponyville Barracks. Derpy, as far as Trench knew, had been taken to the hospital to check her out after ramming into that wall.
“General Trench.” She eventually spoke.
Trench took a deep breath before responding. “Yes Your Majesty?”
“Do you know why you’re here?”
“Yeah. It’s because of what happened earlier today with Miss Derpy.”
“Indeed. However, I am still quite lost as to what exactly happened today with Miss Hooves. So please General, tell me what happened.”
“I… It’s a long story, your majesty, and to be honest, Princess Celestia, it’d probably be better for Steve to tell you the whole thing.”
“We have time, General, not to worry. But why would it be better for Steve to tell me?”
Trench let out a humorless chuckle. “Cause he actually remembers what happened.” The alicorn gave him a confused look, prompting the stallion to explain. “Your Majesty, do you remember a few months, when Steve attacked the Ponyville Barracks?”
She nodded, albeit a bit hesitantly. “Yes, I doubt anypony in Ponyville has forgotten about that.”
“You remember why he attacked?”
She nodded again. “Yes, because Miss Hooves had been detained illegally and was being threatened for information.”
“And you know who did it, right? The threatening?” At this, Celestia shook her head sadly.
“Unfortunately, I do not. I tried finding out from those who were at the barracks that night, but for some reason, not a single one knew who had been interrogating Miss Hooves that night. Even Sure Shot, despite somehow having inside knowledge of the event, told me he did not know, while under a Truth spell. Nopony knows who did that to poor Derpy.”
“I do.” Trench spoke. The alicorn straightened up at his words.
“You do?”
The stallion nodded. “Yeah. I don’t remember either, but this was what Steve told me.” He took a deep breath. “He said that I was the one who interrogated her. He said that I was the one that threatened her, and hit her. He told me that that night, he was going to kill me. He was going to kill me right then and there, and to be honest Princess, I wouldn’t have blamed him.” Trench shook his head, tears springing up in the corners of his eyes. “The only reason why I’m still alive is because Derpy begged Steve to let me live. She begged him to not kill her captor. Me.”
Trench let his gaze fall in shame. “I don’t remember doing it Princess. I don’t remember any of it, and I think that’s worse. Because Steve was only there for a few minutes, when I think we’d had her in custody for a few hours. I don’t want to think about what I did to her during that time. I really don’t. I just, the reason I wanted to talk to her today was because Steve suggested I do so last week. He said that maybe it might help, I don’t know, like help her not to be utterly terrified of me.” Trench sighed. “But we both saw what happened today. There’s no way it’ll happen. Not now, not in a million years.”
The pair sat in silence for a while, neither so much as speaking. Eventually Trench, confused by the alicorn’s silence, looked up to see her looking at him with a blank expression. Trench furrowed his brow slightly.
“Uh, Princess?”
“There is something I must do, Trench Digger.” Celestia spoke suddenly, with a voice akin to steel. “I will return later, and until I do, you are not to leave this room. Is that understood?”
Trench silently nodded, gaze falling back to the floor. “Yes, your Majesty.”
Without another word, the alicorn left the room, leaving the sorrowful stallion by himself. And in the solitude of that room, Trench let a few scarce tears fall.
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I just had a thought. Wouldn't it be sad if this entire story was just a dream? If one day he woke up and the friends, enemies, and battles he went through was all just a dream. His friends, his pain, and everything else in between was all his imagination, and now he has to wake up, and live his life.
I mean the story is called, "A Crafter's Dream."
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That would be unbearably cruel of me as a writer.
Imma write that down
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please do
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If it ever came down to it, it would make for a bittersweet ending to the story. Just add some imagination to the idea and a reason for why it came down to that, and you got a bittersweet ending.
Or it could just be some kind of spell someone use's to trap him into a nightmare. It would be quite a powerful spell to make someone think a massive part of their life was nothing but a lie.
The cake is a lie.
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Yeah, imagine at the very end, Steve wakes up in the meadow that we see in the first chapter. Man, that would be fucked!
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what would be mess up but in unique way.
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I prefer a bittersweet ending than to a wholesome one instead.
...Oh shit. Was wondering why Alex hadn't appeared yet since she is literally the only other Minecraftian aside form Steve to be cannon to the game but if she's dead then... shit.
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It would be a bittersweet ending if he made a sacrifice for some reason. What would happen to him would be unknown as he goes into his own personal hell made just for him.
He then wakes up, to a world only he knows. He then gets up and goes to the world he built from nothing but dust as he walks down the empty streets he built.
And as he looks over his world he built, he sits down atop his tower as the sun sets, remembering his false friends, enemies, and lovers as he closes his eyes, to live a life forever alone.
A surprise to be sure but a welcome one
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Well, cause think about it like this. Steve goes through all the shit he has gone through, and all the shit he will go through, only to wake up before that all happened, maybe back in Minecraftia, where the events of this story can’t occur. That would be majorly screwed up in my opinion.
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As much as you probably hear this, it actually does get better later on. This is mostly due to my writing, which was rather shitty at first, but became better as I worked and became more experienced. As for the story, well, I’m still working on that.
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Oh no.
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Dude that comment of mine was four months ago and is no longer relevant. Besides, I already know that. It became clear later in the chapters. Though thanks for replying anyways. I've been getting bored. It 11:58pm and I have to be up at 9 pm tmr for school online.
celly is a fair alicorn trench so what happens is all on you.
Oh no,..... Alex is dead?
Now I wanna know who Alex was to him.
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i guess you forgot the hole thing about steve being the last crafter and all that? but yeah the back story off alex would be intresting indeed
WAIT WHAT, ALEX DIED?!?!?
But hold on, unless these people are in Hardcore, they should be able to respawn, right?
Damn, we're still going on about that kickass raid.
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Steve’s world was in Hardcore.
Uh oh, Steve you dun fucked up!
He didn’t inform her of the incident it would seem and now she is mad, though for her sake I hope she doesn’t do anything stupid. After all she did and went though, he was willing to give her a pass as most of it was out of her control, but should she do something now......I can’t see him doing so a second time.
Also, she can’t do shit to Trench! What happened and what he did was not of his own free will! If she were to say strip him of his Rank and Discharge him.....well a coup wouldn’t be out of the question.
Yes
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I don’t know where you live, but that’s illegal in California. Hell, I thought it was illegal everywhere. Cause, ya know, common sense.
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Not in Phoenix, apparently. No accountability, no real legal recourse, so that $20k is coming out of their pockets. And what really sucks is that their house is at the bottom of a long, steep driveway, which had to be dug up to lay the new water main. Needless to say, we’re all pretty pissed.
Anyway, stupidity-induced rants aside, this story really did get better over time. You seem to have grown a lot as a writer, and the characters aren’t making me facepalm or rage every five minutes anymore. And yes, my feelings about the first arc aside, I really do mean that in the best way possible. I’m genuinely looking forward to seeing where you go with this.
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Well, I’m glad that you managed to make it through the (arguably) worst part of the story, the first arc. I’m still trying to find the time to get back to that part and work everything out better, because I think everyone agrees that it needs it, but progress is slow.
Any thoughts about the more recent chapters?
Damn....
Feels are not something I need right at this moment....
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I’m glad you didn’t try to force Steve and Rainbow into an awkward romance at this point. I really enjoyed the conclusion to the Nightmare thing, honestly addressing the question of “Was it worth it?” I do feel, however, that the Equestrian cast is sometimes overshadowed or sidelined to an unfair degree. It hasn’t been as much of an issue lately, so maybe you’re already addressing it.
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Do you mean the mane 6? Cause I know I haven’t been writing them into the story much (except Dash) but’s that because they really haven’t relevant to the story. Not to worry though, I have been making some plans, and they’ll get into the spot light soon enough.
Is gold, only shooting staaaaaaaars break the moooooold.
I understand I said I would never message you again but I'm curious. Why are Twilight and Applejack in the tags as opposed to Derpy or Celestia? Were they intended to be more crucial to the plot at the start but you changed the way the story went later? I'm sorry once again for whatever it is I've done.
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Your theory is correct, and the changes have been made.
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I was inspired by your story, well along with other Minecraft crossover. I wrote a draft and Steve has gone through worse than I've ever imagined (if not all Minecraft fic).
Setting: Lots of Crossover because Minecraft mods can travel dimensions and thus infinite adventure and endless potentials. The readers would get bored from repetitive, so... I'm still learning all kinds of contraption and integration between Minecraft mods. My mind was blown up because wtfrick! After watching I downloaded every single mod series by Socksfor1. That's A LOT of mods then I began to imagine if Minecraft mods were in the Real World and how Magics from Modded Minecraft being incompatible integration to Anime-or-WebNovel-based magic/soul system because LMAO you could abuse the system with a lot of different ways and do unique ways which one would've never thought possible. Or easily mass produce the artifacts from Chinese Novels via Equivalent Exchange. Or translate the rip-offs to original from their respective franchises and it was customizable and intregable with certain system. Steve become Thanos but the multiple Infinity Gauntlet can exist in the same world they don't break because Minecraft... mass production available for Minecraft Players lol the last thing I'd see them crafting (in a curse way) to create Octuple Compressed Reality Gem (based on Extra Utilities mod) or Block of Time Gem for Time Gem Portal because why not? Crafting in a curse way possible to create a cursed items/blocks... those are popular within Minecraft community meme. I see the potential of Ender Gem from Ender Dragon made of Infinity Gems. x'D
Most Minecraft powers are translated to realism or anime-ish. Steve has full control on physics between his world and other worlds, and thus he gained access about absurdly high amount of potentials he could do that he can't from his original world. Breaking the limitation allows him the Minecraft logic breaking Anime, Cartoon and Real World logic. Also Minecraft theme was to explore the unexplored territories such as going from different universes with different foundation. Basically, Steve can visit universes that had been created by the Real People/Players, not by fictional characters, because having a concept that wouldn't integrate their foundation to other principles are FAILURE of their verses cosmology because it's impossible to crossover their stories due it's original work, probably. Since this is fan fiction. Let's GO! Imagination go wild!
Anyways, I'm still polishing my ideas of Minecraft physics interacting to Real World and Foreign Worlds based on Post-Apocalyptic, Isekai Manga and/or Anime, Wuxia, Xianxia and Xuanhuan Novels, Visual Novels, and More Games. Which is probably the biggest crossover I planned to write and because I'm sick of Minecraft lacking in crossover, Steve have gone through much worse as a result. Therefore Steve must feel the intensity of breaking the game which is the bajillion amount of mods. In his world he didn't meet a sentient civilization and he's alone... typical Minecraft theory, unlike A Crafter's Dream Universe. The progress I'm writing was still slow because I'm not satisfied with Steve staying the same place or dimension so he made a contract with GAMER GAIA to obtain the power of The Gamer system (temporary). Though I give him a permanent system that's simplistic and overpowered, which is in the level of Developer, and that can manipulate concepts from foreign worlds, in Minecraft-y way. Or allows him to become a Minecraft Modder if he wants to. Of course I made a rules that restrain him from doing so. Steve can access Creative mode but couldn't. He can't access them because he may forgot them, it's dangerous, or don't care at all. Survival mode FTW!
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Whether that could happen or not, the plot twist would be Lilly reincarnated as a pony. That... THAT WOULD BE AWESOME! Because from my EXP if you died from singleplayer hardcore mode, you respawn to different world, a new world. If it's multiplayer, you're banned from that server and you could play to another server. This would work... to expand his love story and potentially a harem or love triangle that would make my spine felt a tingling sensation. Heart throb.
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That, is.... a lot to unpack, Imma be honest. But, if you can do it, and do it well, then by all means, go for it! I'll try to help any way I can, but I don't play with mods, so I lack a lot of knowledge about them.
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A Crafter's Dream has been helping me since 2019 when that time there's no revised chapters. Its world building and immersion of how Steve interacts with the environment of MLP Universe were satisfying. Improving them of how Steve's Minecraft physics react to MLP Universe would have help a lot! All the action pack scenes are so great, his dignity still remains standing strong, and action scenes especially confronting Herobrine which helps me to visualized intensity of fighting Herobrine with additional risk. Also I don't know much about those "requirements" of building permit to get permissions before he could build on specific land or create new farming business from his Minecraft ability and etc, in elaborate way. I'm avid reader of Minecraft, I think myself as bad at review. I've been collecting data of how people interpret/theorized Minecraft IRL in fan fiction. Even though I knowledgeable of those areas, I lack the knowledge about "What if Steve in the Modern world" and "How would he interact with those people because he has Minecraft". MLP Universe is a modern at certain areas though.
It's fine even you didn't play mods. I'm intrigue of his interaction to MLP characters especially their reaction which is the most useful thing in my opinion. You know their hilarious confused gesture and when they asked him how his ability works. Twilight wasn't pleasant seeing weird non-magical unscientific nonsense. Maud would probably interesting to spent with Steve their time together as BEST MINER FRIENDS along with Rarity which is an opportunity to learn more about rocks and thus Steve must be learning Crafting Table alternative/logic recipes.
Alternative recipes are by substituting the corresponding similar materials according to their recipe for example. Logic recipes derives from either realistic in-world crafting within a crafting table for example or the recipe's input was shapeless while its output was something can be crafted in-world aka "you have the materials, you can craft [insert items/blocks] from real world or isn't something that can be normally done in Minecraft for example.
How Minecraft Bookshelf works/interacts in the real world, what it contains, types:
- Bookshelves stays the same, sometimes sometimes realistic
- Historical Books according to chaotic ruins of fallen civilizations
- Books for Enchanting which theorizes or instruct the readers to read Standard Galactic Alphabet for enchantment
- Multiverse Books records holding the events Minecraft AU or Worlds made by Players
- Strange tomes allows anyone to get their "effect" from the mere knowledge through encoding minecraft codes to random disorganized Standard Galactic Alphabet which is not reason from Minecraft language or being magical
- Convenient Books just suddenly have the knowledge for anything which is what any Crafter's needed (very OP and convenient)
- Or maybe Steve wrote everything in the Bookshelf and wrote enchantments in the book of Enchanted Table. Is like: Steve crafting diamond sword... sounds normal, right? But in reality Steve fuse those diamonds with bare hands, and also crafting stacks of items in crafting table implies Steve can craft in inhuman speed in a blink of an eye. W T F L O L
Y'know, it's possible that spatial magic can deposit/withdraw items or blocks from Chest because the Chest he made was also can store more stuff than the realistic volume of the Chests. This is good thing for unicorns.
When it comes to this book, I'm like Celestia and her love for cake I swear to god-
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But then wait, the world would be deleted if Steve died, this leaves me with three questions:
1) It seems this rule only applies to Steve, the others just have permadeath, what would happen if he died in his world with at least one person alive?
2) What would happen if he died in Equestria?
3) Seeing as how that was multiplayer Hardcore, wouldn't the other players be able to find their way to Equestria to meet back up with Steve (Similar to how Martha the Villager did?)
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Well, that would be true if I was just implementing game physics, but I’m actually trying to mix game physics with semi-real life physics. So if Steve were to die, the world wouldn’t be deleted, it would just, well, exist, in time and space. It wouldn’t be empty, since there are still villagers and such, but there wouldn’t be any Crafters left.
If he died in Equestria, well, believe it or not, that actually becomes relevant later on. (Not Steve dying, the part about what happens if he were to die.)
The other Minecraftians died. Granted, in fan fiction, death is kind of a fluid concept, but to me, those Crafters are dead, dead and gone. At the moment, there’s no plan to “bring them back” in any sense of the word.
Hope that clears up some things. If you still have questions, feel free to ask.
Bro, I might review this on Youtube.
Hm....
Actually, can I?
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I admire your dedication to finishing this over the course of several chapters, even if it leaves me with the question of why.
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*chuckles evilly as I copy*
Notice how Derpy wasn’t on that list.