Okay, Clok may be my new MUD home. Last night, I played for an hour or two. In that time, I did some foraging to get money, ate a few pot pies, which I could almost taste, although I kind of wish there were more messages than just three, and that they were more randomized because I got one or two more than once. I *remember* buying a pick ax, going into the mines, noticing that I couldn't go into the eastern tunnel, so I went into the dimmer southeastern one. There, I did some mining, although I wish the sounds in Mata's pack were a bit more self-explanatory of what's actually going on, because it changed a bit and sometimes I couldn't picture what's going on, especially one that sounds like I strike wood, and something falls. And then, something a bit cool and unexpected, a shade comes around! So, I'm not too cought up to this Canim business and that Nether stuff, so I go back to the main mining area. The mining chief don't care, so it must be pretty common. So I give it a while, and go back into the tunnel, and oh my goodness, it's still there, waiting on me, eager to see me, as it were, because it comes right at me. At first I pannic and just hit it with the pick ax, but that isn't my style of fighting and I know it. after getting hurt a bit, I wrap myself in bandages and go back to the main mining area to rest. I go back in, and I notice that the shade has, sort of, dimmed a bit. I don't think much of it, I just hope that my brawling skills can kill it. Nope, touching it hurts me much more than it hurts it. So, I wrap my wounds and rest a bit more. I go back in, with my sword and shield this time, like a propper person. This time, it's not all that needed, the thing sort of, fizzles out like a dying fire. Strange. So I put my war stuff away and get back to doing productive things, like, oh, clearing away the ruble that fell, which, now that I think of it, is probably what brought the spook around.
I mine some more, and another nether shade comes in. I grab my sword and shield, and bannish it properly this time, with a good sound slashing of my blade, and a healthy dosage of blocking with the shield. During the time of resting afterwards, I also forage more and buy a sling for practicing with rocks, and maybe getting good at not being the object of all this abuse my poor body has taken from all this. After mining more, I find a tin vein, so maybe I can get something out of this and sell it, and work on combatting the nether beings while I'm at it.
So yeah, thanks all who work on Clok, and Matta for the amazing sound pack, it really makes me feel like I'm there.