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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 7:32:46 GMT -5
Mesthesi took another swing and broke his pick axe head from the shaft. Annoyed he let out a roar of fury and proceeded to pound on the rock with his bare fists. He had completely forgot about trying to get any iron and was just going ape on it. (4/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 7:40:11 GMT -5
He stopped after ten minutes and but had made better progress than with his pickaxe. However he had cut his hands to shreds and so he went back to the main desk to ask for another pick axe. (5/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 8:06:44 GMT -5
He returned shortly and found an an old man waiting for him. He had the look of a typical miner, a barrel chest and a huge bushy beard as well a rather large waistline. He said to Mesthesi "Your stance is all wrong. You're not planting you legs enough and you need to swing more tactfully." (6/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 8:25:01 GMT -5
Mesthesi stared at the man then said "Errmmmm........Who are you?" The man said "The name's Jeff. Look kid it gets a lot easier if you know the technique behind the swing so I'll show you, you've got a beautiful big chunk there and I could of stole it but I thought I'd teach you the tricks of the trade." (7/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 8:31:16 GMT -5
Mesthesi nodded and listened attently as the man spoke on how to swing more efficiently. The man then walked over to the chunk and tapped around a bit with his own pickaxe. Finally he made a mark with a piece of chalk. "Hit it there." he said to Mesthesi. (8/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 11:18:04 GMT -5
Mesthesi took the stance as the man had told him to and adjusted himself as the man told him to do so. Mesthesi raised his pick axe and brought it down quickly and cleaved off the chunk of iron. (9/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 11:20:27 GMT -5
Mesthesi couldn't believe it and he picked up the huge chunk of iron. He got out his laser sword and cut it in half. He passed one half to the miner and said "Here's your share, it's only fair." The man declined but Mesthesi slipped it into his overalls. (10/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 11:22:07 GMT -5
"How did you know where to hit?" Mesthesi asked and the man explained how to look for the hollowest and weakest point and how the listening out for the right sound could help a lot. Mesthesi started to apply this approach when he looked for another chunk. (1/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 11:31:22 GMT -5
He saw a decent size piece of iron encased in solid rock but instead of trying to smash it out, he tapped the rock around it gently to try and hear a weaker point in the encasing. He tapped pretty much every point..... (2/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 12:08:31 GMT -5
...... but didn't hear any differences in the rock. He asked Jeff if he could hear any differences and he said yes he could even from where he was standing. Mesthesi focused and tapped all the points again. (3/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 12:15:46 GMT -5
He heard slight differences in some parts so he started to hit those points with his pickaxe. The rock came away in chips and the iron started to come loose. Mesthesi continued determined to get the iron free. (4/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 12:23:40 GMT -5
He worked slowly but surely and showed little progress but greater each time he hit the rock. He took a little breather and started to talk to Jeff who had settled in to his lunch. (5/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 12:31:57 GMT -5
"How long have you been a miner?" Mesthesi asked him. "Since I was a boy, me dad was a miner and his grandad too." he answered. "And your great-grandad too huh." Mesthesi said jestingly. "Nope he was a fighter and a lazy bugger got up when he felt like it and left once the free loading ran out." (6/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 12:34:31 GMT -5
"Ahhh." said Mesthesi awkwardly and then he returned to mining. He made the same level of progress and continued hitting the rock as hard as he could. (7/10)
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Post by Mesthesi (Elite) on Jun 22, 2008 12:40:45 GMT -5
Eventually Mesthesi had loosened the rock but the chunk of iron was still inside the boulder. Jeff sighed and said "Keep going son you'll get it eventually." but Mesthesi had another plan to get his pearl from the clam. (8/10)
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