HeroSteve

Chapter 1

It was the cow that woke him, mooing in its need to be taken care of, and how dare Steve not be awake yet to feed it. He grumbled his complaint as he sat up, sleep clouding his thoughts. He threw off the blanket and swung his legs over the edge of the bed, sighing sleepily as he stood, rubbing his face with his hand. He dressed himself, the same thing he wore every day, mining clothes. A teal t-shirt, and indigo pants.

He slid on his grey shoes before tapping his toes against the floor to make sure his feet were comfortably settled in the shoes. He wandered to the door lazily, swinging open the oak door with little effort as he wandered out of the house, the cow mooing again to try to get his attention again. He grumbled softly,

"Yeah, yeah I get it already."

He sighed as he finally got over to the chest outside of the pen that housed his cow, carefully opening and rummaging around to grab a bale of hay and a bucket, along with a stool. He opened the gate and wandered inside, shutting it behind himself with his foot. He yawned as he tossed the hay down in front of the cow, and it got to work with munching away. He set his stool down beside the cow, placing the bucket beneath its udders, and got to work milking her.

"This better?"

He offered cheekily with a little chuckle, the cow giving a little moo in reply.

"Yeah, I know, I know, it gets uncomfortable."

He hummed softly, pausing as he heard a soft rustle in the grass, almost like....

"Footsteps...?"

He mumbled softly to himself, glancing over his shoulder both ways, only to find nothing. It must've just been a rabbit or something wandering by, they did quite often enough so it wasn't unusual, besides they were quick anyways, and he wasn't surprised he hadn't seen it. He continued to milk the cow, nearly filling the bucket before the flow of milk stopped, sighing as he pushed himself up off of the stool, grabbing it and the bucket. He gave the cow a gentle pat before leaving through the gate again, replacing the stool where it had been. He brought the milk inside, placing it into glass bottles and putting them into the ice chest he had made, that way it wouldn't spoil as quickly.

He had to be crafty, but he had managed to make the chest in such a way that it wouldn't leak if the ice inside it melted, but it was insulated with lots of wool wrapped in string to make thick pads that kept it cool in there, so it didn't melt nearly as fast. It also kept the meat that he didn't cook preserved longer, so he had more food than he had before. He gathered some pork he had gotten while out hunting for himself the day prior, and cooked it, eating that along with some bread and some of the fresh milk.

He finally got up from the table he had been sitting at, and gathered his things. A satchel that would hold all the ores and such that he collected, an enormous amount without ever getting heavy, his inventory bag, a pick, and some torches. He also grabbed bread and a few apples in case he was out longer than he intended to be, which he usually was.

He headed out, waving to the cow who mooed a goodbye as he began down the path towards his mine. He hummed softly to himself, a tune he came up with as he went along, not knowing what else to hum, as he had never been exposed to much music, and the music that he liked happened to require a jukebox to listen to, and he didn't have one, or any music discs for that matter, so he resolved himself to humming his own little tunes that he thought sounded nice as he walked.

He finally reached the entrance to the cave that he had been digging in for quite a while now, but he was taking his time, as he wanted to be sure it was thoroughly cleared out of all the ores it had to offer. He stood at the entrance, taking a deep breath and smiling as the damp air filled his lungs, loving the smell it brought with it from the depths of the cave. He ventured forth, pausing briefly as he had an odd feeling, but he wasn't sure of what exactly it was. He shrugged it off as jitters from being surprised by that rabbit earlier that morning, and continued down into the cave.