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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:01:23 GMT -5
Arriving back at his shaft, Hyede picked up his tool which was fast becoming an inanimate friend. Wielding his pickaxe at a more relaxed pace, Hyede started work.
{4/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:01:32 GMT -5
*Ding… Ding… Ding…*
The sounds reverberated through the caverns as Hyede went to work on his face of the mining tunnels.
{5/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:01:40 GMT -5
Pushing the wall back, Hyede made excellent progress in spite of his more relaxed pace. The stone came away with some ease and eventually the tell tail color change of the rock was occurring .
{6/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:01:49 GMT -5
Hyede was sure he was just getting better at the task of mining but couldn’t help but marvel as how easy it was getting. Swinging his pick had become almost second nature to him in these three days.
{7/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:01:58 GMT -5
Tunneling further in, Hyede exposed the beginning of another vein of iron and started to dig around it.
{8/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:02:07 GMT -5
Eventually like all of the others the chunk came free and Hyede loaded it unceremoniously into the product cart.
{9/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:02:15 GMT -5
Taking this as a chance for an early break, Hyede headed back up to the mining quarters for some water. Along the way he ran into and again greeted the foreman who was headed down with his supervisor to inspect the tunnels.
{10/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:36:41 GMT -5
On his way up to the mining quarters though, Hyede was suddenly overcome by a powerful twinge of pain in his forehead. Collapsing against the wall he instantly knew something had happened to Masahiro. From the feel of it too he knew the boy to yet again be dead.
“Oh for the love of god… Why can’t he keep himself alive for more ten a year?” Hyede asked hauling himself back up to his feet.
{1/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:36:54 GMT -5
Continuing on stoically Hyede entered the mining quarters and picked up his two bottles of water. On the way back as usual the first bottle was emptied and the second almost so.
{2/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:37:03 GMT -5
Arriving back at his dig site, Hyede finished off the second bottle and picked up his pickaxe. Resuming work and began to push the wall further back to get the last two hunks of iron he needed.
{3/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:37:12 GMT -5
*Clang… Clank… Clang… Clank…*
The sound and work continued.
{4/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:37:21 GMT -5
Digging further and further into the ever hot rocks of Mercury, Hyede made his tunnel snake according to the radar map he’d been given, guiding the path between layers of even harder rock that would slow his progress.
{5/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:37:31 GMT -5
Swinging away, Hyede continued to make excellent time. The tunnel progressed another three feet by the time the lung horn sounded. Laying down his pick Hyede headed up to the mining quarters again to have lunch.
{6/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:37:41 GMT -5
Lunch as usual was quite filling and did him well, his body was staying strong even though the labor he was perform would be under some interpretation, back breaking.
{7/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:37:50 GMT -5
Returning to the rock face, Hyede picked up his pickaxe and resumed his labors. The progress continued well and Hyede maintained an easy pace, in no hurry to break any records today.
{8/10}
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