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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:38:01 GMT -5
His axe crashed against the rock in it’s usual rhythmic fashion, freeing chunk after chunk of rock. The debris was collected and hauled away in the rubble carts at a steady pace, thus keeping the tunnel moving ever forward.
{9/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:38:09 GMT -5
Finally, just as Hyede was considering returning to the quarters to get more water, the wall gave way and another large chunk of iron fell to the floor. Smiling Hyede picked up the metal lump and tossed it into his product cart.
{10/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:56:45 GMT -5
Hyede was all smiles as he headed up to the mining quarters and got himself another pair of water bottles. Walking back down to the dig site, as was usually the case, one bottle was emptied and the other half.
{1/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:56:53 GMT -5
Returning to the site, Hyede finished off his second bottle of water and relaxed for a few minutes. There was no need to kill himself over the last chunk of iron he would need.
{2/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:57:03 GMT -5
After a few minutes to rest up, Hyede picked up his pickaxe and set about getting that last mass of Iron he needed.
{3/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:57:12 GMT -5
Forcing the wall back another five feet in the time before Dinner Hyede reached the end of the radar map’s direction for this tunnel. He was about to start the next and last tunnel when the dinner horn sounded.
{4/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:57:21 GMT -5
Putting the trusty tool aside, Hyede headed up to the mining quarters. While eating with a few of his new friends, Hyede found out that one of them was quite an accomplished painter and asked the man for a favor.
{5/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:57:29 GMT -5
Returning to work back down in the mine shaft, Hyede picked up his axe and started on the last tunnel. The face pushed back with just as much ease as the second and soon the tell tail color change occurred.
{7/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:57:40 GMT -5
Pressing on, Hyede smashed the rock with his tool and widened the tunnel, pushing further into the heated bowels of the planet.
{8/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:57:49 GMT -5
Eventually he found what he was looking for. The familiar silver shine of iron in it’s metallic, non-oxidized form. Working his pickaxe around the deposit the last score was soon free of the wall and Hyede stood back looking at his work with a great sense of accomplishment.
{9/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 21:57:59 GMT -5
Hefting the last portion of iron into his product cart, Hyede proceeded to push the massively heavy cart pack through the tunnels and into the lift to bring the iron up to the processing center. Loading the cart in, Hyede said goodbyes to all of his friends in the mine and then road the lift up to the top.
{10/10}
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Post by Hyede on Jun 21, 2008 22:19:45 GMT -5
Walking back to the space port, Hyede was pleased to see his pod had been moved onto a launch pad and even more so to see that a large picture of his pickaxe and a chunk of silver metal had been painted on the back. The painting having been done by one of his friends in the mines and his pickaxe now on display in the mine’s museum.
Walking up to his pod, Hyede laid his hand on the hull to notify the computer that he was about to deliver the voice pass code. The code was actually just about the snarkiest thing he could come up with and undoubtedly completely un-guessable.
“There is nothing more useless then a voice operated locking mechanism.” He stated with a smirk as the computer recognized the code and opened the hatch. Laying down inside the pod, Hyede closed the hatch and powered the machine up.
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 6:12:41 GMT -5
Mesthesi laid some of his things down near where he was working. He took his pickaxe and swung at the rock. It made a rather large crack and Mesthesi started swinging at the middle thinking he had made a good start. (1/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 7:28:21 GMT -5
He followed up with another powerful swing but this one had less effect. Unperturbed he continued to swing at the crack, determined to get his first chunk of iron and one more step towards fame and fortune. (2/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 7:30:22 GMT -5
After a while it became apparent that the rock wasn't going to move that easily. Mesthesi was breathing heavily from all the work he had been doing and he took a minute to catch his breath ready for his next attempt. (3/10)
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