Characters present: Joco, Pyrite
Date: 1/15/24
Season: 3

[Joco steps through Pyrite’s portal, walking through their sewer hall, until Pyrite opens the door, looking at their comm. Pyrite straightens, and waves.]

[14:12:49] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> hello there Joco!

[14:12:54] <✦[rp] Joco> Hey there, bud!

[14:12:57] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> nice to see you again

[14:13:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, it's lovely to see you, too!

[14:13:32] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> how have things been on your side? is the faction doing well?

[Joco tips their head back and forth.]

[14:14:01] <✦[rp] Joco> Ah, a bit so-so? We got Dan's egg back, Faulkner took it. Finch still hasn't flowered the pits.

[They pause, scratching the back of their head.]

[14:14:02] <✦[rp] Joco> And uh

[14:14:13] <✦[rp] Joco> Did you tell Prince about the pits?

[14:14:23] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> yes? he asked

[Joco looks at the floor.]

[14:14:28] <✦[rp] Joco> Alrighty

[Then back up at Pyrite.]

[14:14:43] <✦[rp] Joco> Sorry, I guess we shoulda clarified? We meant to keep them a secret from him.

[14:14:55] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> Oh! that is my apologies

[14:15:02] <✦[rp] Joco> No big deal, it'll be fine, just. Finch and Cinder are a bit upset.

[14:15:30] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I dont believe i gave him that ,any details if that helps?

[14:15:41] <✦[rp] Joco> That's good!

[14:15:41] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> just that they existed any why

[14:16:00] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, no, it's not the. Heh. End of the world for him to know they exist

[14:15:39] <✦[rp] Joco> He happened to attack Finch and brought up the pits, that's all we heard.

[14:16:17] <✦[rp] Joco> So long as he ain't have the coordinates and whatnot

[14:16:32] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> he shouldnt

[14:16:42] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> unless he found them himseelf

[14:15:12] <✦[rp] Joco> I mean, what's he gonna do, seal up the bedrock?

[Joco pauses for a moment, looking around.]

[14:16:40] <✦[rp] Joco> So, how's it been going on this side of the ocean? Any fun news?

[14:16:59] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> not especially, i dont know of any big news happening around

[14:17:06] <✦[rp] Joco> I heard Ceph's back

[14:17:21] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> Oh wow! its been quite a while!

[14:17:16] <✦[rp] Joco> That's. Y'know what I'm not sure if that's big news or not

[14:17:43] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> i believe it is! the are the king after all

[14:17:26] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah!

[14:17:38] <✦[rp] Joco> Ceph managed to get Prince to de-sculk Punk, which is very good.

[14:17:48] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> oh good for him

[14:17:57] <✦[rp] Joco> Yep!

[14:17:50] <✦[rp] Joco> That's about all I heard about them, though.

[They go back to staring at the floor and the walls, before looking back at Pyrite.]

[14:18:48] <✦[rp] Joco> Well, I'm quite a fan of mazes, and your base is certainly a labyrinth. Would you mind showing off?

[14:18:54] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> oh sure!

[14:18:19] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> is there anything youd like to do while you are here?

[Pyrite considers this, they pause momentarily as they think.]

[14:18:51] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I have... a functunal television? the gardens?

[14:18:59] <✦[rp] Joco> A television??

[14:19:03] <✦[rp] Joco> How'd you manage that?

[14:19:21] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> lots of effort

[14:19:29] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and copper and iron

[14:19:27] <✦[rp] Joco> Alrighty!

[Pyrite begins to show Joco around. They show off the room they met in, before heading off to different things in other directions.]

[14:19:09] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> so we have these two room here obviously

[14:19:48] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> theres also the sewer leading out of the portal room

[14:19:58] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> clean water, not to worry

[14:20:16] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh this is a lovely space

[14:20:21] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> this here is the living room, and where i tend to rest!

[14:20:39] <✦[rp] Joco> Very cozy!

[14:20:48] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> some food storage as well

[14:20:49] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh this is a fun window

[14:21:07] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> would you like to see the more surface portions of my base or the depths?

[14:21:13] <✦[rp] Joco> Whatever you'd like to show!

[14:21:19] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> well which one first that is

[14:21:22] <✦[rp] Joco> Ah

[Joco shuffles, they rub their back.]

[14:21:50] <✦[rp] Joco> It's a, uh, bit of a climb, and I. Forgot my elytra.

[14:21:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Is there more down here?

[14:22:11] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> a little bit! it leads to the centerpiece of my base and i know I have mentioned the bird before

[14:22:20] <✦[rp] Joco> You have!

[14:22:31] <✦[rp] Joco> The bird, you were nearing its completion last we talked?

[14:22:32] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> we can head there then! just be careful

[14:22:34] <✦[rp] Joco> Perhaps?

[14:22:42] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> the path is on the ceiling

[14:22:51] <✦[rp] Joco> OH this is so fun

[They head through the rooms, Pyrite pointing out details.]

[They come upon a room with prison cells and pockets of lava placed around]

[14:23:35] <✦[rp] Joco> This room certainly reminds me of home, with the heat.

[Pyrite points out a cell.]

[14:23:30] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> a prison

[14:23:40] <✦[rp] Joco> A prison?? What for????

[14:23:47] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> literally none

[14:23:55] <✦[rp] Joco> Understandable

[14:24:01] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I store mobs here sometimes but that is it

[14:24:06] <✦[rp] Joco> Ahhh

[14:24:10] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, makes sense

[Pyrite points out the dangers.]

[14:24:14] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and be cautious on the trapdoors there

[14:24:27] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> theyre for hanging!

[14:24:31] <✦[rp] Joco> .... why do you have an execution block?

[Pyrite shuffles their shoulders almost in laughter.]

[14:24:37] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> prison

[14:24:52] <✦[rp] Joco> Alrighty then!

[14:24:57] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> dont they usually have a way of getting rid of prisoners?

[14:25:08] <✦[rp] Joco> I mean. There's.

[14:25:09] <✦[rp] Joco> I

[14:25:11] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, sure

[14:25:15] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I know theres leaving obviously but other methods

[14:25:20] <✦[rp] Joco> Sure!

[They continue on, heading through into a beautiful hall.]

[14:25:38] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh this is lovely

[14:25:42] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> one of the first halls I designed!

[14:25:51] <✦[rp] Joco> Very earthy!

[14:25:54] <✦[rp] Joco> Very green!

[14:26:04] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> most of these are natural roots that I manipulated to grow here!

[14:26:13] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh that's so cool

[14:26:20] <✦[rp] Joco> You've got a hand for gardening, then?

[14:26:30] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I certainly find it fun!

[14:26:34] <✦[rp] Joco> Nice!

[14:26:55] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> more in the breeding of plants than the gardening itself but they’re both entertaining

[They continue on. Pyrite points out the features in the next room.]

[14:27:41] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> pool

[14:27:47] <✦[rp] Joco> Pool!

[14:28:07] <✦[rp] Joco> I love the gutter details

[14:28:25] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> oh thank you!

[14:28:17] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> it was designed with locker rooms but i decided against those

[14:28:44] <✦[rp] Joco> Locker rooms?

[14:29:19] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> just places to put things if you didnt want them wet and in your inventory

[14:29:24] <✦[rp] Joco> Ahhh

[14:29:28] <✦[rp] Joco> Alrighty!

[14:29:41] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> but very few people come through here anyways, so it doesnt really matter

[They move on. Joco points out the next point of interest.]

[14:29:55] <✦[rp] Joco> Road

[14:30:01] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> apparently I forgot the door but yes road!

[14:30:09] <✦[rp] Joco> Bit rainy, for the underground

[14:30:23] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> porous rocks with groundwater above!

[14:30:38] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> to look like a drizzly and foggy street

[14:30:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Fantastic

[14:30:57] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> watch your step

[They pass through into another room, where a massive mural of a giant yellow bird spreads out below them.]

[14:31:01] <✦[rp] Joco> Well there it is!

[14:31:12] <✦[rp] Joco> That's quite a bird

[14:31:13] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> the ceiling is still a work in progress but here it is!

[14:31:38] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> it is mainly wool and concrete

[14:31:56] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> quite soft as long as you avoid the hard edges

[14:31:44] <✦[rp] Joco> Is it simply to look gorgeous? Or

[14:32:05] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> mostly just for looks to be honest

[14:32:16] <✦[rp] Joco> Well, it certainly 'looks' amazing!

[They stare down at it, taking in all the details, before considering: ]

[14:32:56] <✦[rp] Joco> Did you mention thinking about adding a void hole under this place, or am I misremembering

[14:33:26] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I was considering it! but its a bit of a tight space so it would have to be directly under this

[14:33:15] <✦[rp] Joco> It'd be a shame if we managed to summon the Void and it ate straight through this

[14:33:40] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> yea that was a concern of mine as well

[Pyrite looks back towards where they came from.]

[14:34:11] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> regardless, this is as far as these tunnels go so we can make our way back up if youd like?

[14:34:24] <✦[rp] Joco> Alright!

[They come back the way they came in.]

[14:36:18] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> im intending to make another branch off of the pool eventually!

[14:36:25] <✦[rp] Joco> Exciting!

[Joco marvels at the different unique rooms.]

[14:36:18] <✦[rp] Joco> You've quite a collection of spaces here

[14:36:34] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its fun, figuring out how to make spaces work

[14:38:57] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> anyways lets head to the upper floors!

[They climb up the scaffolding to the main entrance.]

[14:39:44] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> you may remember the main entryway

[14:39:46] <✦[rp] Joco> This place is more familiar, I remember from last time!

[14:39:59] <✦[rp] Joco> Ice

[14:40:02] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and this is the path to my storage

[14:40:11] <✦[rp] Joco> A bit slippery!

[14:40:23] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> fun to run down though!

[Pyrite points down through a cavernous part of the system.]

[14:41:02] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its a way down this path, and you need an elytra, but theres a functional coliseum down here!

[14:41:09] <✦[rp] Joco> There's a WHAT

[Joco immediately steps as far over as they can to try to get a glimpse of it.]

[14:41:18] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I dont believe you can see it from here though

[14:41:26] <✦[rp] Joco> This is SUCH a large cave

[Their voice echoes.]

[14:41:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Woah

[14:41:42] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> yes i can only barely see the chains from here

[Pyrite pulls some rotten flesh from their pocket, they eat it as they walk.]

[14:42:37] <✦[rp] Joco> You have such a lovely area, man-made AND natural

[14:42:54] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> thank you!

[14:43:25] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> theres an entrance to the cave outside where you may be able to see the arena if youd like to go there after?

[14:43:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Sure!

[14:43:44] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I intend to make a proper entrance there as well

[14:44:00] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and uh. a non flying pathway

[14:44:09] <✦[rp] Joco> Accessibility IS important

[14:44:41] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> it is currently hanging from the ceiling of the cave by chains so not very accessible right now

[14:44:55] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah, no, hard to make that pedestrian-safe

[They pass through another room with royal theming.]

[14:45:24] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> this is some sort of restaurant? I recall it had something to do with a king so I made it!

[14:45:31] <✦[rp] Joco> Ahhh

[14:45:48] <✦[rp] Joco> You DO have a monarch, it makes sense

[Next, a humid room with plants, flowers, and bees.]

[14:45:46] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> the bee room!

[14:45:52] <✦[rp] Joco> Bee room!!

[14:46:00] <✦[rp] Joco> Such a warm, inviting space

[14:46:10] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> i occasionally set up a table in here to eat and study. its very calm

[14:46:21] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh that sounds lovely

[14:46:18] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> until you get mobbed by bees

[14:46:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Well. At least they're friendly usually

[14:46:39] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> luckily ive yet to make them angry!

[14:46:45] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah!

[14:46:54] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> they mob because im studying flowers!

[14:47:08] <✦[rp] Joco> I've bred quite a few this world. Never make a room of 50 bees angry without an escape plan.

[They head down another hall.]

[14:47:24] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> this is a still unused hallway

[14:48:06] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> it has a gimmick for swapping colors, but i have no idea for rooms after it

[14:47:56] <✦[rp] Joco> Ah

[14:48:24] <✦[rp] Joco> Such is the challenge of building cool halls.

[The colors move around them.]

[14:48:38] <✦[rp] Joco> The color swap is so fun!

[14:49:02] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I opened up an invitation to my faction members to make rooms if they so desire, but no one has taken me up on that yet

[14:49:06] <✦[rp] Joco> Dang

[14:49:14] <✦[rp] Joco> I've had a similar experience in building Verde Drug

[14:49:24] <✦[rp] Joco> After the first few, interest has dwindled.

[14:49:29] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> thats the very maze like store right?

[14:49:55] <✦[rp] Joco> Yes, it's actually designed to just. Be a maze.

[14:50:18] <✦[rp] Joco> Wiz has built a few stores, Finch a couple, but nobody else!

[14:50:30] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> Oh! I was wondering if there was a purpose to its. maze like properties. I suppose there is!

[14:50:43] <✦[rp] Joco> The purpose? Confusion!

[They pass into another room, one that Joco has been in before.]

[14:51:05] <✦[rp] Joco> Ah, yes, this room

[14:51:11] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> ive still yet to finish the aquarium...

[14:51:22] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and my greenhouse!

[14:51:33] <✦[rp] Joco> Aquariums are tedious, no shame in taking a bit of time

[14:51:43] <✦[rp] Joco> It is SUCH a lovely, quaint greenhouse

[14:52:06] <✦[rp] Joco> The petals and such add such ambiance

[14:52:20] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> It took a surprising amount of effort to dig it out into the correct shape

[14:52:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Circles and like-shapes are challenging

[14:52:56] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I know! its very calming in here. the only reason i do my writing out there is because of the petals filling the book

[14:53:05] <✦[rp] Joco> Yes, that would cause some problems

[14:53:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Hard to use a bookmark when every page is marked with a dozen petals!

[Pyrite pulls forward some vials and bottles.]

[14:54:16] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> would you like to try some things ive brewed?

[14:54:22] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh? Sure!

[They place the different bottles onto a tray, and set them on the table in front of Joco.]

[14:54:26] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> teas and syrups

[14:54:31] <✦[rp] Joco> Ooooo

[14:54:39] <✦[rp] Joco> Tea is always lovely

[Joco takes a bottle, looking at the color and viscosity of the liquid inside.]

[14:54:57] <✦[rp] Joco> Doc made some sweet berry tea a bit ago. Not the best idea, he used the leaves.

[14:55:21] <✦[rp] Joco> Sweet berry mead is more lovely, I'm sure

[14:55:29] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> ive made some jam from them! its certainly a nice taste there

[14:55:47] <✦[rp] Joco> Yes! Such a good flavor.

[14:55:51] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> add to bread with a bit of butter and its a filling, if not the healthiest, breakfast

[14:55:58] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh, absolutely

[They uncork a bottle each, both taking a drink from it.]

[14:56:32] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh this is. Quite a flavor. It's delicious and yet I feel a mild burn down my throat?

[14:56:49] <✦[rp] Joco> Is this what people mean when they say that whiskey burns, or is this something else?

[14:57:01] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its a tea made from roses!

[14:57:17] <✦[rp] Joco> Roses!

[14:57:19] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and the burn is no surprise given the rose

[14:57:26] <✦[rp] Joco> Interesting!

[14:57:45] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its been quite a job to breed out the withering without making them totally infertile

[Joco blinks, opening and closing their mouth as they realize what they’ve just consumed.]

[14:57:50] <✦[rp] Joco> OH

[Joco looks at the dark liquid left in the bottle.]

[14:57:55] <✦[rp] Joco> Is this.

[14:58:03] <✦[rp] Joco> Buckaroo did you make Void Tea

[Pyrite shakes their head.]

[14:58:09] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> Oh no no!

[14:58:14] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> just wither roses

[Joco nods at the bottle, and then at Pyrite.]

[14:58:41] <✦[rp] Joco> Very experimental, I like it!

[14:58:58] <✦[rp] Joco> It. Only feels a little like my esophagus is being exfoliated.

[14:58:48] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I truly don't want to know the threat of drinking something that already corrupts its own item data

[14:59:10] <✦[rp] Joco> I mean. I'd be willing to try drinking void tea.

[They smile.]

[14:59:20] <✦[rp] Joco> What is life without doing stupid things?

[14:59:26] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its very difficult to breed without some withering still lingering

[14:59:39] <✦[rp] Joco> Such is the nature of the plant

[14:59:59] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and animals can be a bit hard to get down here, I mainly rely on chickens for that

[Joco holds up the bottle.]

[15:00:09] <✦[rp] Joco> What inspired you to

[They look over at Pyrite.]

[15:00:14] <✦[rp] Joco> Make wither rose tea?

[15:00:39] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> why not! its fun to experiment with things and make something new out of it!

[15:00:44] <✦[rp] Joco> Alrighty!

[15:00:55] <✦[rp] Joco> Have you bred or mixed new teas before?

[Pyrite digs through their stash of produced material.]

[15:02:05] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I have a few blends?

[Joco peers over to try to get a better look at it from across the table.]

[15:02:23] <✦[rp] Joco> Ah, a bit of a hobby?

[15:02:43] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> something like that!

[15:02:48] <✦[rp] Joco> Neat!

[15:02:36] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> the wither rose tends to mix well with sweeter or more bitter blends

[15:02:58] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> Ive also been testing to see whats likely toxic or not

[15:03:13] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> brewing with what few liquids we have as well

[15:03:15] <✦[rp] Joco> Testing as in.

[15:03:21] <✦[rp] Joco> Drinking to see?

[15:03:22] <✦[rp] Joco> Or

[Joco raises an eyebrow.]

[15:03:34] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> some plants are toxic to consume

[15:03:43] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> usually in large quantities but some not

[15:03:45] <✦[rp] Joco> Yes

[15:04:00] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> baseline wither roses usually just kill for example

[15:04:14] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and I believe it was the tulips as well?

[Joco presses on.]

[15:04:14] <✦[rp] Joco> Did you. Drink the tea to find that out?

[15:04:17] <✦[rp] Joco> Or. Research?

[15:04:27] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I drank yes

[15:04:37] <✦[rp] Joco> Fantastic

[15:05:13] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> toxins arent the most pleasant way to die but theyre certainly not the worst

[15:05:41] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh, no, believe me, I've died many a way, toxins aren't very pleasant, but I'd rather them over some other deaths

[Joco looks around the room.]

[15:04:59] <✦[rp] Joco> Well, you have quite a lovely setup to work in!

[15:05:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Thank you for letting me try some of your brew!

[15:05:22] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> youre welcome!

[15:06:00] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> would you like to try some more typical teas?

[15:06:16] <✦[rp] Joco> Sure!

[They pull out another bottle, setting it on the table in front of Joco.]

[15:06:34] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> sweetberry mixed with blossoms tastes quite nice!

[15:06:52] <✦[rp] Joco> Oooo, that does sound lovely

[15:06:49] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> i tend towards sweeter tastes if you couldnt tell

[15:06:58] <✦[rp] Joco> Nothing wrong with a sweet tooth!

[Pyrite holds up a bright teal colored liquid.]

[15:07:24] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and I also have this twised vine mixture. im pretty sure its just toxic?

[15:07:30] <✦[rp] Joco> ...

[15:07:31] <✦[rp] Joco> huh

[They narrow their eyes, looking into the distance.]

[15:07:43] <✦[rp] Joco> I feel like I've eaten twisted vines before

[Pyrite flips through a book on the table, reading through their notes.]

[15:07:44] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> but it does rotate your gravity for a few seconds some reason

[15:07:49] <✦[rp] Joco> It does What

[15:08:03] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> the tea. it rotates your gravity

[15:07:58] <✦[rp] Joco> That's delightful

[15:08:15] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I have NO idea why it does that

[15:08:18] <✦[rp] Joco> Amazing

[15:08:37] <✦[rp] Joco> That's what you get for drinking a nether plant, I suppose!

[15:11:13] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> anyways I believe thats the majority of drinks I have here!

[15:11:23] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> most everything else just tastes like grass

[15:11:30] <✦[rp] Joco> That makes sense

[15:11:41] <✦[rp] Joco> Not every plant is destined for teadom

[Pyrite puts their things away, and stands.]

[15:12:08] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> would you like to see the arena now? I think it should be visible from the other enterance!

[15:12:11] <✦[rp] Joco> Sure!

[15:12:28] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and if not you can either pearl or borrow my elytra

[Pyrite and Joco both head up, the remarkably long ladder leading to Joco almost throwing a pearl to be done faster.]

[15:13:31] <✦[rp] Joco> Quite the climb, that is

[15:13:51] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> it is. theres a reason I rarely leave through this passage

[15:14:05] <✦[rp] Joco> Very understandable

[Pyrite points over at a small building.]

[15:13:37] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> oh yes and this is my cabin

[15:13:48] <✦[rp] Joco> Oh it's so cute

[15:14:34] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> we have some campgrounds and an abandoned building here

[15:14:39] <✦[rp] Joco> Huh

[Joco points over at a tall deepslate building next to Pyrite’s cabin.]

[15:14:47] <✦[rp] Joco> What's the deepslate building?

[15:14:59] <✦[rp] Joco> It's quite an interesting shape

[15:15:08] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> i dont know!

[15:15:14] <✦[rp] Joco> Well then!

[15:15:17] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> it was just there one day

[15:15:24] <✦[rp] Joco> We love a mystery building

[They pass by the campground.]

[15:15:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Cute little tents

[15:15:56] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> i just realized i forgot beds in there but thats not a hard fix

[15:16:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Beds are important, yeah

[15:16:16] <✦[rp] Joco> But a lack of beds adds more space!

[They continue along, before running into a massive building in progress.]

[15:16:19] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> OH WOW

[15:16:29] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> um. this wasnt here before

[15:16:32] <✦[rp] Joco> Huh!

[15:16:40] <✦[rp] Joco> It's quite large

[The building seems to resemble a church, and stretches high above them, even in its unfinished state. It will be quite the masterpiece when it’s finished, both parties think. They continue on in an aimless direction that Pyrite seems to know well.]

[15:17:23] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> on to the bridge!

[Pyrite points out some more landmarks.]

[15:17:52] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> faction storage

[15:18:20] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and some horse stables!

[15:18:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Lovely!

[15:18:46] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> only my horse is at these stables right now

[15:18:57] <✦[rp] Joco> It's a beautiful horse.

[15:19:03] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I think there may be another at the other stable?

[15:19:14] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> thank you! I believe ceph bred it

[15:19:38] <✦[rp] Joco> ahhh, that makes sense! I believe I heard someone else also acquired a horse from their stock

[Pyrite leads them down towards the mouth of a cave. The air is much warmer down there as they begin to sink below the surface of the earth.]

[15:20:10] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> the other entryway is a bit perilous but its down this way

[15:20:36] <✦[rp] Joco> Large Cave is still large

[Pyrite points something out in the distance.]

[15:20:39] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> you can see the pillar of ice lit over there

[15:22:17] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> it isnt the most glamorous but it is functional!

[15:22:36] <✦[rp] Joco> Yeah!

[15:22:40] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I need to add walls in the empty space and its all good to go

[15:22:41] <✦[rp] Joco> Hey, it's easier to clean

[15:23:11] <✦[rp] Joco> More complex arenas just makes it harder to clean up after a bloody fight

[Joco squints, looking at a lit-up ledge in the distance.]

[15:23:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Ah, is that where we were earlier? Over there?

[15:23:45] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> indeed!

[Pyrite picks their way down, pointing out a hazard to Joco.]

[15:23:39] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and uh. mind the drop

[Joco missteps, they fall a few blocks down. From below: ]

[15:23:49] <✦[rp] Joco> I have minded the drop

[15:23:57] <✦[rp] Joco> It's quite a drop

[15:24:07] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> lol

[Joco climbs back up, joining Pyrite further down the line. They show off more of the coliseum.]

[15:27:54] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> anyways this is what happens to be over this way!

[15:28:02] <✦[rp] Joco> Neat!!

[15:28:08] <✦[rp] Joco> You've built quite a wonderful area!

[15:28:13] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> you can clearly see the chains I was mentioning earlier

[15:28:18] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> maybe

[15:28:18] <✦[rp] Joco> Yes,

[15:28:49] <✦[rp] Joco> Bit dark

[15:28:53] <✦[rp] Joco> But not the end of the world

[They manage to make them out in the darkness.]

[15:28:24] <✦[rp] Joco> Quite large chains

[15:28:50] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> necessary to prevent shifting, otherwise it rocks

[15:28:57] <✦[rp] Joco> Ah, yeah

[15:29:18] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> the arena itself is fully lit so i havent bothered with the outside much

[15:29:30] <✦[rp] Joco> Understandable!

[15:29:36] <✦[rp] Joco> Light what is needed, ignore the rest

[Joco leans back against an expanse of stone. They marvel at the things they’ve gotten to see today.]

[15:30:52] <✦[rp] Joco> I've not seen much of Malfaction, given the chill and recent hostilities, but it's a lovely place!

[15:31:25] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its usually quite calm here! its obviously cold but the snow is a great muffler for many things

[15:31:47] <✦[rp] Joco> Yes, good at muffling noises and blinding eyes

[15:31:54] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its just a quiet somewhat more remote faction

[15:32:25] <✦[rp] Joco> Yes, fewer roads and whatnot connecting bases

[15:33:14] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> by any chance, I mentioned i opened up the option to add room to my fellow faction members. Would you also like to design a room?

[15:33:21] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> in my base that is

[15:33:31] <✦[rp] Joco> I would love to!

[15:33:40] <✦[rp] Joco> Do you have any purpose in mind, or simply 'a room'?

[15:34:04] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> do you recall the bee room? you can add on either to that room through the double door or onto the hallway with no purpose i mentioned

[15:34:16] <✦[rp] Joco> Alright!

[15:34:19] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> I dont really care what you do with it!

[15:34:34] <✦[rp] Joco> Well then, I'll see what I can do!

[15:35:02] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> if you want it to simply be a room that has a different look from what youre making now, or a trap, or a functional place is up to you!

[15:35:27] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> and feel free to use the general supplies I have in my storage room

[15:35:41] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> though preferably avoid the rarer materials

[15:35:57] <✦[rp] Joco> Alrighty, I believe I have most supplies i could need, but if I'm lacking I'll be sure to ask!

[15:36:05] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> alrighty!

[15:36:22] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> is there anything else you would like to do here?

[15:36:55] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> if not I can escort you back to the portal!

[15:37:13] <✦[rp] Joco> That would be fantastic, thank you

[15:36:53] <✦[rp] Joco> I mostly wanted to come talk to you, clarify things before Finch came barging down a door demanding answers!

[15:36:59] <✦[rp] Joco> They're. Quite passionate.

[15:37:21] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> oh fair enough! Ill be sure to keep the request you made in mind as well

[15:37:35] <✦[rp] Joco> Just. Y'know. Keeping details away from Prince's prying ears.

[15:37:46] <✦[rp] Joco> And Ion, as well, they've sculked themself.

[15:38:03] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> oh have they?

[15:38:08] <✦[rp] Joco> Ion is the red fellow who built the wedding venue

[15:38:15] <✦[rp] Joco> Reportedly, the sculk doesn't hurt them.

[15:37:55] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> also, i do have a suspicion prince slightly misunderstood what I was telling him, though I obviously dont know what exactly hes thinking

[15:38:26] <✦[rp] Joco> I'm not sure anyone knows what Prince is thinking

[15:38:38] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> its my understanding that it has to do with resistance or something

[15:38:43] <✦[rp] Joco> Huh

[15:38:54] <✦[rp] Joco> Alright!

[15:39:03] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> thats just an educated guess though, I obviously havent tested it

[15:39:12] <✦[rp] Pyrite?> anyways I can escort you back now!

[15:39:15] <✦[rp] Joco> Alright!

[Pyrite escorts Joco back to the entrance of their portal.]

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