Joshua is doing something he should have done ages ago. It's almost bsphemous how he managed to get away with not doing it for these st two days.
Mining.
In a cave.
Joshua stands at the entrance of a cave.
He really doesn't want to do this.
“But I need diamonds…”
The recipe for a lot of the guns listed in the Workshop requires a diamond. With the most expensive needing netherite ingots, which he is absolutely fucking not going to get.
The Nether?
Fuck that.
So he's going smaller scale, and with that comes the sort of ‘mid tier’ firearms. Which unfortunately means he needs diamonds.
He was going to have to do this eventually but…
“Don't be a pussy Joshua… you're a grown man”
He hears footsteps beside him, and sees Jophiel walking up, flicking water out of her mane.
“Enjoy your bath?”
“Pony” She says with little enthusiasm, it seems the river was just okay.
“Ready to go?”
She looks at the cave with a bit of hesitation in her eyes, but she nods.
“Remember, this is all for the sake of guns”
“Pony”
Jophiel is strangely excited, lightly trotting in pce as she seemingly daydreams of… something.
If the White Horse wants a war weapon, who is he to say no?
Taking a deep breath, Joshua enters the cave, he leaves torches on the left side of the wall so he can't get lost on the way back out.
Into the depths he goes.
…
In the Pokemon world.
Things aren't looking so hot.
“What do you MEAN he was banned?!”
Iono screams at the rest of the representatives of the Pokemon League.
“Miss Iono, a man was gutted on a live broadcast, it's a miracle his channel is still up right now”
“Additionally, he was not banned, just given an hour suspension. He's still live, but nobody can comment or see the stream”
“That's stupid!” Iono decres. “Why are you punishing Joshua for being injured?! He probably thinks we all ditched him!”
“Miss Iono please calm down, we already have people looking into his situation, and t-”
“Sir” Another person enters the room, carrying something in his arm.
“Yes?”
“The stream is back up”
“...what?”
A ptop is put in front of them, showing the stream still running, dispying Joshua in a cave with a torch in hand.
“Joey!!!” The female representative shrieks.
“...” The others just give her a bnk look.
Iono nods in understanding.
“...right, but yes. We contacted the streaming company and they said nobody reversed his suspension. And they cannot suspend him again”
“What do you mean they ‘can't’?”
“Every time they try to cut the stream it just comes back online. They can't touch it”
“That's…”
The representative ponders.
“...what?”
“I don't know either”
Iono, contrasting with the three representatives in front of her, smiles in triumph.
Banning Joshua… pft, okay buddy.
…
6:01PM
Joshua emerges from the cave.
He brings good news.
Joshua, despite his disheveled appearance and sweat coated face, smiles as he pulls up his inventory.
His supply of iron, even if raw, has skyrocketed. Along with coal, the multiple veins of ores provided more than enough for the trip to be worth it.
But more importantly…
Joshua holds up a shiny blue gem.
Diamonds!!!
He only found two veins, mostly because he doesn't feel safe strip-mining. So he only has 6 of them, which is still perfect.
Why didn't he go mining earlier?! This was amazing!
Fucking terrifying, but amazing!
He managed to get some gold and pis too, which is a huge step forward in his enchanting pns, but unfortunately not as much as iron.
Jophiel walks up behind him, her mane like a bird's nest and she's very much upset about it if the scowl on her face means anything.
Her horn ignites and she begins fixing her mane.
“This is perfect, Jophiel! We can finally make progress!”
“Pony…” She gives an exhausted nod.
It was… uneventful. The mining session.
Surprisingly quiet.
He half expected some new monster to appear while crawling out of the cave and dragging his sorry ass down to its death chamber.
But aside from the occasional basic mob, still nothing aside from Zombies and Skeletons, it was rather easy going.
Joshua flinches slightly at the very distant sound of screaming, coming from the forest.
Huh.
Guess the Centaur is still kicking.
“Heh” He can't help but chuckle at its still very painful screams.
Wrath of God, fucker.
Joshua picks up a nasty stench, one he narrows down to… himself. Jophiel also stinks but he won't bring it up.
“We need a bath”
“PONY!” The unicorn strongly agrees.
They make their way to the river, Joshua using his Pokenav to navigate as he's still not used to the area.
Jophiel, who's been to the river already, has no issue in finding her way over. Maybe it's a psychic thing? Or she's just generally better at directions than Joshua. Either one is fair game honestly.
Finding themselves at the river's edge, Jophiel plops in without hesitation while Joshua gets undressed and slides into the water.
Cold.
Oh that's really cold.
But it's nice, compared to the dryness of the caves.
“Oh that's nice…”
“Pony”
“Listen man, I can talk to myself as much as I want”
“Pony!” She chides him.
“It's not pathetic”
Fucking magical mind-reading psychic ponies.
“PONYTA” She barks at him.
What? Oh, right.
“You come into my mind, and then compin about it?”
“Pon-Pony!”
“Womp womp”
Her horn ignites, and a spsh of water hits his face.
“Fucker” He mumbles out.
Wiping it from his eyes, he notices Jophiel's smug expression and soft chuckling coming from her.
“Are all white ponies as violent as you?”
“Pony?”
“Oh so it's just a you thing”
Another psychic spsh.
The air is light, and the mood seems less tense.
Even if just for a moment, this peace shared between them seems to make the day just the tiniest bit better.
Joshua knows he should be using his time better, but he can't bring himself to care. The stress alone makes him not care, and to take a moment to rex.
Jophiel, constantly aware of Joshua's mental state, is also in agreement that… yeah… they can afford some time.
Nightmare monsters? Minecraft mobs?
Who cares right now…
The water feels nice.
Fuck it. We ball.
