Day 23
Dear diary;
Today I was going to finish my minecart track.
...after I had updated the calendar, of course.
I was getting pretty high up. I'm so glad I don't have a scare of heights, or else I'd wobble and fall down. And die. And get back to life again. And climb up again. And fall. Again.
Anyway. I was starting to get pretty close to the top.
I dug into the room wall, and lead the track into there.
The stone floor I had put up actually worked pretty well for stopping the cart.
Now my track was finished. It was time to test it.
However, I didn't get time to jump into the cart. It went off without me.
I had to climb all the way down to retrieve it. I had to be more careful, or I wouldn't get anywhere.
I climbed back up again and retried. This time I was going to get my fantastic ride.
It went so fast, I thought it was going to fly of the tracks! It would have been better than any rollercoaster ever, hadn't it been for how bumpy the ride was.
It left me with a few bruises, but I didn't care too much about that. Did I mention I went "WHOOOOO!" while speeding down the tracks?
I wasn't too sure what I was to do after I had finished the track. I didn't feel like going back into the mines, so I went ahead and started improving the track.
First I remade the end platform with stone. I also put up another torch to light it up.
I climbed up the tower to access my workbench, and when I was at the top, I tripped and fell head-first into the chest. I got knocked out for a few minutes or so. The memory's actually a bit fussy, but the headache I woke up with afterwards and the bump in my forehead made it obvious enough.
After laying down and letting the headache settle, I made the stairs I had come up for.
And this time, I was using my new cart track again. It goes so much faster than climbing.
Of course, it leaves me with bruises everytime. Maybe I should make some pillows to put into it. I could sew it out of wool. But that'll be for another time.
So anyway, I put some stairs up to the track platform. I was pretty much finished; the only thing I was missing was a way to go UP the track.
I COULD try to experiment with that steam power idea, but I don't(didn't?) have any iron to work with. I'll have to delve down into the mines again.
I climbed up the tower again, and started writing today's entry. The sun is rising. You know, up here in the clouds, that moment when the sun rises up in the horizon doesn't look too good. It looks grey and dull. Though I guess that's because it only lights up my grey stone tower. Hrm.
Now, I'm off to the mines. Gonna get that iron I need for the experiments. Maybe even get enough to extend the cart track into the ground... that sounds really useful.
See you later.OOC: The cart track is finished! I'm going to make 3 powered minecarts, because I view boosters as a glitch, and it wouldn't tie in well with the story. Besides, boosters don't go "CHOO CHOO".
Thanks to ZaZ for fixing these image links!
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