Minecraft. Just Minecraft.

Alaster's Journal: Entry 1

January 22nd

While Alla was just learning the basics, Alaster had made big jumps. Being a gamer, he knew exactly what he was doing, unlike his little sister. Alaster has already built himself a mid tier house, complete with the essentials for any miner or crafter, as well being lucky with his spelunking efforts.

In addition to his progress, he had already found a nearby village and traded with the Villagers there. A diamond pick, sword, and a successful farm. Minecraft life was great for Alaster. You would assume he was cheating!

As Alaster makes his way to the village, he spots a certain monster in the distance. Tall, slender, and pitch black in color. An Enderman. Alaster grabs his diamond sword and shield, as he made eye contact with the dark creature. Almost instantaneously, it was enraged, and warped out of sight. Alaster held his shield up, and looked around the surrounding area. He could hear its screaming.

From behind him, the Enderman smacks the redhead male from behind, knocking him forward.

"Ow...! Rude." He groans as he turns to face the charging creature.

It smacks his shield, and Alaster swings his sword, hitting it. It vanished soon after, and tried to attack from behind again. But Alaster was ready for this, and parried the attack. He strikes again, then a third time. The tall creature topples over, and drops a dark green pearl. It was just what Alaster was looking for. An Ender Pearl. The key to beating this game and returning home.

Alaster munches on a steak to recover his health and hunger, and continues his way to the village. Upon arriving, he speaks with the local cartographer. "Morning Greg. Got anything new for me?" He asked as if the long nosed man could understand him.

"Huh." Greg, the cartographer he affectionately named himself, spoke, and showed his trading options.

"Huh, indeed. That's a nice woodland map you got there. Care if I have it?" The male asked, showing him the offer conditions of 14 Emeralds and a Compass.

The Villager happily accepted the trade, and the two exchanged their items.

"Pleasure doing business with you, bud." Alaster smiles as he walks over to the farmer. "Hey Chad. I got some corps to trade with ya." He showed the amount of wheat, carrots, and potatoes he was willing to trade. Each stack of 20 wheats, 26 potatoes, and 22 carrots earned him one Emerald each. "Pleasure doing business with ya." Alaster repeated as he started his way home.

As the male walked, his mind started to wander. "It's been two days... Alla should've come crying back to me by now. Nothing too bad happened to her, right...?" He wondered aloud about his sister. He shakes his head. "What do I care? She's the one who had to get all picky about who she's here with. It's not my fault I'm the way am!" He growled and chomped down on a steak. "But...well...maybe it would be best to...just check on her. I don't have to talk with her. Just...watch her from afar."

His mind was made up. Tomorrow, he would walk in the direction Alla did and try to see how she was doing.

"But it's only because I'm her older brother! I don't necessarily care about her, but I just wanna make sure she isn't dead! If she died here, mom and dad would be mortified and blame me for her disappearance! That's all it is!"

Who are trying to convince, buddy?

"Well, it's getting dark out. I should hit the sack, and check up on her." Alaster decided, and plopped himself onto his bed.

————————————————————————

January 23rd

The morning came faster than usual. Usually, the nights seem to pass by slower than that night. Alaster just couldn't get himself to bed properly the past two nights. As if something was keeping him up at night. He shrugged it off, feeling the most refreshed he ever has since arriving in this world, and headed to the west, were Alla had stormed off.

When he showed up, he saw Alla's box house, and cringed with disappointment. "That's her house...? It's literally just a box with oak logs for corners..." He muttered to himself behind a tree.

He saw Alla inside, preparing to go out, so he hid behind the blocky tree to avoid being discovered. He could hear the door open and close, and heard her footsteps heading north.

"North...? There's just a mountain up that way... Is she spelunking...? But she doesn't have any armor, and only stone tools..." He mutters as she leaves without noticing him.

Once she was out of earshot, Alaster sneaks into her home to look around. He looks inside her single chest, and found a bunch of stacks of stone blocks, raw meats, some seeds, and a single red poppy flower.

"That's it? I know she's new to gaming, but still, this is just pathetic." He comments. "It'd be bad if something happened to her. Mom and dad would never be able to recover. So, maybe..." Alaster reaches into his pocket, and pulls out three diamonds. "These are my last diamonds..." He mumbles as he places them down in the chest for her. "Use them well..." He says, and leaves before he could be discovered.

With his short visit out of the way, he looks at the woodland map he got from the cartographer in the village, and learned that his sister's home was INSIDE the forest where the woodland mansion was!

"What the hell?! Does Alla know there's an extremely rare structure in the very woods she calls home?!" Alaster shouts out loud, then, quiets down. "Okay, that's enough. Right now, I'm not ready to deal with a Woodland Mansion. I'll need to stock up on food, armor, repair my shield, craft myself a bow, and then I'll be ready for the mansion." He says to himself as he looks at his farm. "But right now, it's harvest time!"