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Post by Jack on Oct 11, 2019 20:48:55 GMT -6
He finally stopped and sniffed a little, he thought he could smell another, but it was possible he was mistaken, he was just a hatchling after all. Jack nodded and stopped behind him, keeping the cart behind her as well as she took out the shovel and the pickax and started working at the wall and the floor next to it in shifts. Zhalo saw what she was doing and did the same thing, digging at the floor of the mines for awhile to see what he could find. This kind of thing wasn't what he was truly looking for, but that was fine at the same time. She figured it had something to do with that, and he complained a little as he dug in the dirt with his long claws. Even as a young hatchling his claws were long, and she wasn't too excited by the prospect of getting hit by them.
[8 Jack: 18/20 Zhalo: 1 3/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 11, 2019 20:52:52 GMT -6
Everything would work out, she figured with a little smile as she dug in the dirt next to Zhalo. She was sure things were going to go well for them no matter what, no more bad luck, they would find oodles of gems and go back rich to the kennel. Or at least to the Pit where she would break the tier three Drake when he was fully grown. It was good for them both that they were bonding a little before the breaking, she knew it was a good thing no matter what. Jack pushed her hair back a little, getting it a little dirty, but she didn't care, it blended in a little bit as it was. Giving a chuckle, she realized it didn't matter what was going to happen as time went on, and she smiled a little as she dealt with things for now. As long as they found some gems they'd be good.
[9 Jack: 19/20 Zhalo: 1 4/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 11, 2019 20:56:05 GMT -6
All Jack wanted were a few familiars as well to make sure she could break them down and all that, that would be the best at the moment. She smiled a little bit as time went on while they dug around and everything. At least they would come home with a few things, she figured as she came across a charolite deep in the dirt. It was really stuck in there, and she gave Zhalo some tips on how to get it out eventually. It would all work out she knew, and she smiled a little as time went on. It didn't matter what happened, it just mattered what they found at the moment, which was fine as well. Hopefully they would find some good stuff, though she wasn't sure that would happen anytime soon. The charolite was just the beginning, at least that's what she was trying to tell herself.
[10 Jack: 20/20 +1 Zhalo: 1 5/5 +1]
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Post by Ashe on Oct 12, 2019 5:09:48 GMT -6
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 14:42:21 GMT -6
The charolite was chucked into the cart and Zhalo sniffed at it a few times before going back over and digging in the dirt again. It was pretty good when all was said and done, and the woman kept telling herself it was just the beginning. They had to be finding some good stuff no matter what. Jack pushed her hair back and then started digging along with the hatchling. She knew they had to find some stuff to make this trip worthwhile, but there was also some other things she needed to get done. There had to be some familiars in the mines to find so she could get them broken down and all, and she knew there was something out there that Zhalo had smelled, maybe another hatchling or something? Jack shrugged a little and then sighed, she needed to find some crystals to make this worthwhile, that was the main point.
[11 Jack: 1/20 Zhalo: 2 1/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 14:46:13 GMT -6
No, she needed to socialize Zhalo before the breaking, that's what was going on at the moment, that was more important than anything else, even crystals. Jack sighed a little as she dropped the shovel and then swung the pickax at the wall, wondering if anything would be in there either, it seemed odd they had only found one thing so far, but it looked like this trip was going to be the same as the trip with Roman. Oh well, at least she was getting one thing done she figured, and she shook her head as she swung it again, Zhalo still digging next to her. Maybe this wasn't the best idea, bringing a Black Sarane back to the mines even though he'd never been there before, but it had to do something for her, she figured. He was programmed for the mines, in theory, even though he was biological, there was still programming.
[12 Jack: 2/20 Zhalo: 2 2/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 14:51:58 GMT -6
As she swung at the wall, she thought she saw something glistening in the wall as well. She peered closer and saw a white stone, quartz by the look of it, and she smiled a little, she liked the combination of white and purple, which were what these two stones were at the moment. It was going to take some time to get it out of the wall, it was in a rough spot, but that was fine she figured. Zhalo was having fun getting dirty, which was a little surprising since tier three Drakes were a little stuck up from her experience. Jack grinned a bit and glanced over at him, at least she had some idea of what to do, though she didn't know what it was at the moment. Keep digging, just keep digging and that was it at the same time. The quartz wasn't going anywhere, she had time.
[13 Jack: 3/20 Zhalo: 2 3/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 15:02:07 GMT -6
All she had to do was keep digging and then she would get the quartz and anything else they might find. She hoped they would find some more things, but there was no guarantee. Jack pushed her hair back, she was sweating a little bit, and she looked over at Zhalo who was still digging beside her. He was getting into it at the moment, and he was unearthing something white as well. Was it another quartz? That would be the luck, she figured with a little smile. She hauled the quartz she was working on out of the wall and then tossed it into the cart. Smiling, she watched as Zhalo dug the other quartz out and tossed it to the side, it apparently wasn't what he was looking for, but that didn't matter, she was looking for things like that at the same time. She reached over and grabbed it and tossed it into the cart as well.
[14 Jack: 4/20 Zhalo: 2 4/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 17:17:30 GMT -6
Jack was pleased with their finds so far, maybe her luck was changing after all with the whole mining thing. The last time she'd been there had been with Roman, and that had ended pretty pathetically. Sure they'd found a few items on their way out, but that didn't really count, they could have found quite a bit more it seemed. Jack sighed a little and let Zhalo keep digging next to her as she leaned on her pickax a little, wondering if they were going to find anything else. They wouldn't if she didn't work or anything, though the hatchling was digging still. He at least could find something, though she was going to hijack them at the same time. He wouldn't care if anything was kept by him, she knew, none of them did when they were finally grown. Giving a little sigh, she started working on the wall again with the pickax.
[15 Jack: 5/20 Zhalo: 2 5/5 +1]
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Post by Renathan on Oct 13, 2019 17:45:35 GMT -6
Huh, which metal is this vein, anyway? These silvery ones always look very similar.
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 19:02:28 GMT -6
All that remained for them to do was to socialize the Sarane some more and then they could both leave the mines finally. Not that she didn't want to be in the mines, but it was a little annoying when she realized she didn't know how much time she had to grow him. Already he was looking bigger, but not even a third of the size he was going to be when full grown. Jack pushed her hair back and then patted Zhalo on the head, wondering what he was going to be like when he was fully grown. That was the issue, they were usually pretty lofty and snooty, but that didn't matter much to her. At least the tier threes were at this point, from her point of view at least, maybe other people thought differently but she knew what it was like. Zhalo continued to dig while she contemplated him for the moment.
[16 Jack: 6/20 Zhalo: 3 1/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 19:18:37 GMT -6
She just wished there was a way to get this done and over with before too long, but she didn't think that was going to happen. Giving a little sigh and a shrug, she swung the pickax against the wall again as she decided to do more now that things were going a little better. So far they'd found three stones, which was much better at this point than her tip with Roman, she just hoped that things were going to go well with her at the moment. Zhalo was still having fun in the hole he had dug, but he looked like he was getting a little restless at the same time. Jack shook her head as she worked out some of the soreness from her shoulder muscles by working in the mines. This was going to be fine, she knew that much, but she had to guarantee something would happen anyway, right?
[17 Jack: 7/20 Zhalo: 3 2/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 19:24:20 GMT -6
Zhalo had fun with things at the moment, but he knew there was something else they were trying to do. It wasn't just getting stones that the woman was trying to do, but he couldn't really understand what she was doing. That was fine, it really wasn't that important to him to figure it out, but he wished there was something he could do aside from dig. Already he'd smelled some of the underground animals that were in the mines, but they hadn't shown themselves at all. Hopefully he could find some of his family in the mines or something, but he doubted that was going to happen. He gave a human like shrug and kept digging, hoping to find something good no matter what, even though he didn't really care too much about stones like this and all that. Hopefully they would find something good, he knew what the woman was after at least, she'd explained it to him.
[18 Jack: 8/20 Zhalo: 3 3/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 19:29:58 GMT -6
All she had to do was socialize him a little and she was doing well enough with that at the moment, which was good. He was understanding things a little, things she wanted from the mines, and she knew he would help her find them, or at least she hoped he would help her out a little. She couldn't wait to see the glowing blue crystals in the area, though she bet it wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Giving a bit of a sigh, she shook her head and watched Zhalo for a moment, at least he was willing to get himself dirty and all that, though she hadn't really denied the thought at all. She'd had no doubt he would get dirty and almost love it honestly, and that was going to be the best for now. Jack just hoped things would keep going the way they were going for them.
[19 Jack: 9/20 Zhalo: 3 4/5]
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Post by Jack on Oct 13, 2019 19:47:04 GMT -6
Jack was pleased with their progress, she knew without a doubt. She was getting luckier than she knew at the moment, it was easy to get stones, she just needed to know how to do it, like with her gargoyles and all that stuff. Giving a little sigh, she kept going at the wall with her pickax, wondering what she was going to find next and all that, and hoped it would be something good, as she looked over at Zhalo she realized he was wanting the same things. He wanted to find the same things she was wanting after she had explained it to him. Glowing blue crystals that made her thrum a little as time went on. Jack didn't know what else to do about things at the moment and all that, but she patted him on the head as she waited for him to finish up digging in that hole. Maybe they'd move on.
[20 Jack: 10/20 Zhalo: 3 5/5 +1]
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