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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 2:49:33 GMT -5
This chunk was awkwardly placed in the soil, so Kai began to swing his pick from the right side in hopes of getting a better digging angle.
Iron Ore #5 - 4/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 2:53:20 GMT -5
As he swung, the metal head of Kia's pick popped off and fell beside him, almost stabbing his foot.
Iron Ore #5 - 5/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 2:53:56 GMT -5
He swiftly jerked his foot away to prevent being stabbed and stuck to the ground, and pulled his pick head from the ground.
Iron Ore #5 - 6/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 2:54:39 GMT -5
He placed the head back on the handle and screwed it back on tightly, not wanting another chance for an accident to happen.
Iron Ore #5 - 7/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 2:55:19 GMT -5
As he resumed his mining, each swing seemed to move the ore he was after bit by bit from its current place of residence.
Iron Ore #5 - 8/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 2:55:56 GMT -5
With a few more powerful swings of his pickaxe, Kai was sure that the ore would be ready to pop out at any minute now.
Iron Ore #5 - 9/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 2:56:55 GMT -5
One more quick strike caused the soil around the ore to give way and it flipped out of the wall, falling to the floor like the others, where it would be picked up and tossed into the cart.
Iron Ore #5 - 10/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 15:26:54 GMT -5
"Nice work, kid. You got five already. That's excellent for a first timer like yourself. Are you ready to call it a day?" The miner beside him asked again with a smile.
Iron Ore #6 - 1/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 15:28:44 GMT -5
"No, I'm still full of energy, and a bit of greed too I must admit." Kai replied as he wiped some dust from his brow with his glove.
Iron Ore #6 - 2/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 15:32:33 GMT -5
"Just don't let your greed outweigh your muscle, kid." The miner replied, going back to his own business afterward.
Iron Ore #6 - 3/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 11, 2008 15:37:51 GMT -5
"I'll keep that in mind," Kai stated as he turned back to his mining plot and sized up the remaining iron chunks.
Iron Ore #6 - 4/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 13, 2008 22:38:12 GMT -5
After he'd identified another worthy target, kai began to hack away with his pick as he had so many times before.
Iron Ore #6 - 5/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 13, 2008 22:40:46 GMT -5
He took extra care with this piece of Iron, as it was rather thin and would probably break into smaller gravel sized chunks if he hit the wrong way.
Iron Ore #6 - 6/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 13, 2008 22:42:44 GMT -5
Arrgghhh this job is so monotonous. I think I'll just stop at ten ore chunks. Anymore and I might go insane.
Iron Ore #6 - 7/10
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Post by hewhosmitesall on Jul 13, 2008 22:48:32 GMT -5
Not wanting to be too greedy at the cost of his own sanity, Kai spead up with his digging around the target ore.
Iron Ore #6 - 8/10
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