Diggy diggy hole for IgnititeA Story by ShazunoI don't even know. Just picks and stones looking for shinies for a few paragraphs.Bang. Her arms reverberated with the force of the
impact. Bang. Fingers tightened around the handle of her
tool. Bang. She felt it, the heat of the Ignitite emanating
through the rock wall. Somewhere ahead, hidden behind a few centimeters of
stubbornly hard stone, laid one more fruit for the daily efforts of the miners. Bang. Nothing yet. She wiped her forehead with the back of her
hand on an attempt to remove accumulated sweat; However, the only thing she
managed to do was exchange it for the sweat filled with dirt covering her
entire arm. Around her, the rhythm of metal against stone
continued, a few voices rising in conversation above the noise. Sharpening her focus, she searched for signs of
the Ignitite's glow that she might have missed, but nothing still. She shouldered her pickaxe, catching her breath
before discharging the tool with all her might against the wall again. A triumphant howl resounded through the
tunnels, echoing around every corner in the proximities of her group's working
location. To her right, Ymir had dropped his tool to the ground and was
celebrating with his hands in the air as other miners approached to watch. Some
of them approached her as well, congratulating her with pats on the back and
squeezes on her shoulder. She congratulated each of them in turn. Where Ymir had been working the rock, a
fist-sized section revealed a handful of Ignitite on the other side. The pile
gave off enough light to outline her colleague, despite the rest of the
tunnel's already decent illumination. She was yet to break the part of the wall she
had been working at for a while now. The group of congratulators dissolved as
quickly as it formed. Most returned to their own areas, a few stayed to clean
the area and relocate the rocks from around the feet of Ymir and Eysha's group. - The third this month. �" said Ylva, Ymir's
twin brother - It's like you have a nose for this. - Of course, - said Ymir - and if your tea... - I was referring to Eysha. Her pick finally pierced the rock. And now was stuck in a crack the impact itself
opened. Trying to retrieve it with moderate strength turned out to be futile,
so she leveraged a leg on the wall to attempt and pry it free more
vigorously. - It was your brother who revealed the Ignitite
- said Eysha, struggling to remove the pick - the achievement is his. I just
happened to work in the same area. Ylva dropped a rock into the basket and put his
arms around his waist. - Well, be that as it may, - he said - you are
from the same group and I hope to see you at the celebration tonight. She hummed an affirmation, hissing with the
effort of recovering her tool, trapped by the wall. Ylva left his basket on the
ground and approached her. - Wait, let me give you a hand with… The pick came free suddenly. Eysha took a
couple of steps back, propelled by the force with which she had been pulling
and pushing. With her pickaxe, she also had snatched loose a chuck of rock from
the face of the wall, as big as a grown man's head. Hidden moments ago behind
the stone, the Ignitite was clearly visible now, an extension of the one Ymir
had discovered a few moments ago. This one was a much larger chunk than the one
everyone celebrated earlier. © 2024 Shazuno |
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