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He regained his balance as this new man pulled him back up to a better footing. He looked up to see the sun shining in his way, he raised his hand, blocking the sun and seeing the person who had saved him.
"Hey there Xephos." Stippin said. He smiled, his white teeth shining. He stands around the same height as Xephos, slightly smaller, but built like a brick. He patted him on the back in a friendly way.
"Strippin." He answered, nodding slightly. "Thanks for that..." He rubbed the back of his head.
"Don't worry about it. Yeah the mine cart's can be a bit iffy around this part. We tend to try and stick to the inside of the track." He smiled again. "Anyway!" He clapped his hands together. "Its boiling around here! Why don't we go back to the railbros place and grab some lemonade?" He smiled again.
The spaceman gave a smile. New supplies. "Sure, thank you Stippin." He put his hand out to let the railbro lead the way, and then followed, quickly catching up and falling into a rhythmic pace next to him.
They talked about the odd little things, mostly the spaceman asking about different mine cart's and the parts used with them and what they could do. After all, the spaceman might need automation through mine cart's at his new bunker. That wasn't such a bad idea... He smiled to himself, before noticing that Strippin had stopped, brushing aside some vines from the front of a small outcropping of rock, a hole/entrance way behind the vines. The railbro stood there and let the spaceman go first, smiling like usual.
He looked at the small cramped hole he now stood in, a dark corridor was in front and two beds sat in the entrance way. He had to dip to stand inside without banging his head, and vines hung from the ceiling.
He turned to the railbro and watched as he flicked a switch on the wall, and then looked to the corridor. The torches began to light one at a time through mini flint mine cart's that appeared through the walls.
The spaceman looked to Strippin before continuing down the cramped corridor. It shortly opened up after a little while, though he was scared that the torches were a little too close for his liking. However the railbro was a lot more muscular then himself, but still walked through the cramped corridor with ease.
The corridor soon opened out into an underground canyon type place. The bottom of which was a big metal basin, filled with what appeared to be gold. Around the top were other basins, probably filled with other ores and minerals.
Railcars whizzed around, mine carts, other things. Furnaces lined most walls and the place was hot to say the least. Anvils surrounded the place, and cables for the mine carts to go along were creating a spaghetti junction in the canyon.
"Welcome to rail bros." Strippin said, smiling with his arms proudly crossed.
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"So you just let him leave?!" Honeydew asked.
"Well I couldn't exactly stop him. I assumed he would make his way back to the both of you anyway." The reaper answered, picking up the medicine and turning away, placing it in a chest.
"He didn't though, do you know where he would have gone?" Lalna asked.
"Bugger if I know. Presumably to wonder around clear his head and then make his way back. I gave him a small bottle of pills... Enough to last a few days, though I assume he's being sparing seen as when I saw him he seemed reluctant to take the medicine. If he doesn't return within the week then we need to go out and find him. But for the moment we should ask around, see if anyone's seen him. Etc." Ridge said, before turning back. "Anyway. You both look shattered."
There was a moment of silence where the dwarf and scientist looked to each other, and then the reaper cast his hand towards a small table to one side. It lit up slightly with a holographic map.
"So, I'll keep surveillance up, and you can both go get some sleep. There's some spare bedrooms down that corridor, either side of it. Rest up and I'll let you know if I find anything. If not then tomorrow we can send out notes to the closest places, see if they've seen him." He smiled. And for once the other two felt safe around his bunker.
"Thanks Ridge." Lalna said, and they both made their way over to the bedrooms for a good rest. Notch knew they needed it.
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"Come on, let's get that lemonade, its a bit cooler in the lagoon." Strippin said, and lead them to a small underground lagoon, it was bright turquoise, lit up from underneath by what appeared to be natural light. It was beautiful. And stripping had been right, it was colder in here, cooling, relaxing. There appeared to be ice around some parts of the water, and vines hanging up the sides. And to one side sat a bar, where the other railbro was stood, cleaning glasses.
"Ah, we have a visitor!" Benjii said, smiling. They both sat at the bar.
"Yeah, found him near the crevice, anything to drink Xeph?" Striplin asked. "Benjii here makes the best cocktails, that's why Nilesy, Ravs and everyone like to come here quite a bit."
"Uh, anything with gin if you wouldn't mind Benjii." Xephos smiled. The 'barman' nodded and poured the spaceman a strange concocted drink including gin and vodka. He wasn't going to complain, he needed a good drink after the past few days. Especially since he felt his headache coming back. A pit of anger had began seething in his stomach, not that he knew why, but as he thought again about the events of the last few days, and the anger began to boil and bubble and suddenly the glass shattered in his hand.
"Shit! Sorry guys... Delicate glasses..." He said, shaking his hand. Ruby blood splattered on the bar, and he looked down, cuts across his fingers from the broken glass.
"These are supposed to be pretty strong... I guess you have quite a grip." Benjii said, giving a smile. "Not to worry, Nilesy tends to break quite a few a night. Here." He poured another one and handed it over while strippin passed the spaceman a bandage for his hand. He wrapped his hand up and then sipped at the drink.
"So, how come you're not at your bunker?" Strippin finally decided to ask.
The spaceman sighed to himself in his head and then turned to the rail bro. "Just needed some air, hiked for a few days and found myself in the field out there." He said, gritting his teeth slightly, though the other two didn't notice. He rummaged his pocket, secretly, and managed to grab one of the pills, raising his hand to his glass and sneakily dropping the pill into it. Letting it fizz down before swirling it around and drinking some.
"This is delicious, thank you guys." He said. He decided to bluff himself into a night of sleeping over so that he could look around the place and steal some shit. "So I don't want to over welcome my stay for too long..." He started.
Strippin shook his head. "Not at all, you can stay the night if you would like, its boiling out there and you'll fry in the sun. We have a spare room just through there." He pointed to a gap behind the water, where a tiny trickley waterfall was dripping over a hole to another room.
"If that's ok with you guys." The spaceman smiled.
"Of course!" Benjii answered. "Anyway, I should get back to work." He grabbed a bottle of water and nodded to the other two before walking round the bar and out the door.
"I should probably join him, if you wanna get settled in. Just dump your stuff in your room, there's a small bathroom to the side so you can shower in the natural water and stuff. And a bookcase built into the wall of your room! So just try and relax for the day." Strippin said, he smiled. "Sure, thank you Strip." The spaceman answered. The second rail bro walked out after the first.
The spaceman smirked, chuckling to himself a little, and then downed the rest of his drink.

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He regained his balance as this new man pulled him back up to a better footing. He looked up to see the sun shining in his way, he raised his hand, blocking the sun and seeing the person who had saved him.
"Hey there Xephos." Stippin said. He smiled, his white teeth shining. He stands around the same height as Xephos, slightly smaller, but built like a brick. He patted him on the back in a friendly way.
"Strippin." He answered, nodding slightly. "Thanks for that..." He rubbed the back of his head.
"Don't worry about it. Yeah the mine cart's can be a bit iffy around this part. We tend to try and stick to the inside of the track." He smiled again. "Anyway!" He clapped his hands together. "Its boiling around here! Why don't we go back to the railbros place and grab some lemonade?" He smiled again.
The spaceman gave a smile. New supplies. "Sure, thank you Stippin." He put his hand out to let the railbro lead the way, and then followed, quickly catching up and falling into a rhythmic pace next to him.
They talked about the odd little things, mostly the spaceman asking about different mine cart's and the parts used with them and what they could do. After all, the spaceman might need automation through mine cart's at his new bunker. That wasn't such a bad idea... He smiled to himself, before noticing that Strippin had stopped, brushing aside some vines from the front of a small outcropping of rock, a hole/entrance way behind the vines. The railbro stood there and let the spaceman go first, smiling like usual.
He looked at the small cramped hole he now stood in, a dark corridor was in front and two beds sat in the entrance way. He had to dip to stand inside without banging his head, and vines hung from the ceiling.
He turned to the railbro and watched as he flicked a switch on the wall, and then looked to the corridor. The torches began to light one at a time through mini flint mine cart's that appeared through the walls.
The spaceman looked to Strippin before continuing down the cramped corridor. It shortly opened up after a little while, though he was scared that the torches were a little too close for his liking. However the railbro was a lot more muscular then himself, but still walked through the cramped corridor with ease.
The corridor soon opened out into an underground canyon type place. The bottom of which was a big metal basin, filled with what appeared to be gold. Around the top were other basins, probably filled with other ores and minerals.
Railcars whizzed around, mine carts, other things. Furnaces lined most walls and the place was hot to say the least. Anvils surrounded the place, and cables for the mine carts to go along were creating a spaghetti junction in the canyon.
"Welcome to rail bros." Strippin said, smiling with his arms proudly crossed.
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"So you just let him leave?!" Honeydew asked.
"Well I couldn't exactly stop him. I assumed he would make his way back to the both of you anyway." The reaper answered, picking up the medicine and turning away, placing it in a chest.
"He didn't though, do you know where he would have gone?" Lalna asked.
"Bugger if I know. Presumably to wonder around clear his head and then make his way back. I gave him a small bottle of pills... Enough to last a few days, though I assume he's being sparing seen as when I saw him he seemed reluctant to take the medicine. If he doesn't return within the week then we need to go out and find him. But for the moment we should ask around, see if anyone's seen him. Etc." Ridge said, before turning back. "Anyway. You both look shattered."
There was a moment of silence where the dwarf and scientist looked to each other, and then the reaper cast his hand towards a small table to one side. It lit up slightly with a holographic map.
"So, I'll keep surveillance up, and you can both go get some sleep. There's some spare bedrooms down that corridor, either side of it. Rest up and I'll let you know if I find anything. If not then tomorrow we can send out notes to the closest places, see if they've seen him." He smiled. And for once the other two felt safe around his bunker.
"Thanks Ridge." Lalna said, and they both made their way over to the bedrooms for a good rest. Notch knew they needed it.
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"Come on, let's get that lemonade, its a bit cooler in the lagoon." Strippin said, and lead them to a small underground lagoon, it was bright turquoise, lit up from underneath by what appeared to be natural light. It was beautiful. And stripping had been right, it was colder in here, cooling, relaxing. There appeared to be ice around some parts of the water, and vines hanging up the sides. And to one side sat a bar, where the other railbro was stood, cleaning glasses.
"Ah, we have a visitor!" Benjii said, smiling. They both sat at the bar.
"Yeah, found him near the crevice, anything to drink Xeph?" Striplin asked. "Benjii here makes the best cocktails, that's why Nilesy, Ravs and everyone like to come here quite a bit."
"Uh, anything with gin if you wouldn't mind Benjii." Xephos smiled. The 'barman' nodded and poured the spaceman a strange concocted drink including gin and vodka. He wasn't going to complain, he needed a good drink after the past few days. Especially since he felt his headache coming back. A pit of anger had began seething in his stomach, not that he knew why, but as he thought again about the events of the last few days, and the anger began to boil and bubble and suddenly the glass shattered in his hand.
"Shit! Sorry guys... Delicate glasses..." He said, shaking his hand. Ruby blood splattered on the bar, and he looked down, cuts across his fingers from the broken glass.
"These are supposed to be pretty strong... I guess you have quite a grip." Benjii said, giving a smile. "Not to worry, Nilesy tends to break quite a few a night. Here." He poured another one and handed it over while strippin passed the spaceman a bandage for his hand. He wrapped his hand up and then sipped at the drink.
"So, how come you're not at your bunker?" Strippin finally decided to ask.
The spaceman sighed to himself in his head and then turned to the rail bro. "Just needed some air, hiked for a few days and found myself in the field out there." He said, gritting his teeth slightly, though the other two didn't notice. He rummaged his pocket, secretly, and managed to grab one of the pills, raising his hand to his glass and sneakily dropping the pill into it. Letting it fizz down before swirling it around and drinking some.
"This is delicious, thank you guys." He said. He decided to bluff himself into a night of sleeping over so that he could look around the place and steal some shit. "So I don't want to over welcome my stay for too long..." He started.
Strippin shook his head. "Not at all, you can stay the night if you would like, its boiling out there and you'll fry in the sun. We have a spare room just through there." He pointed to a gap behind the water, where a tiny trickley waterfall was dripping over a hole to another room.
"If that's ok with you guys." The spaceman smiled.
"Of course!" Benjii answered. "Anyway, I should get back to work." He grabbed a bottle of water and nodded to the other two before walking round the bar and out the door.
"I should probably join him, if you wanna get settled in. Just dump your stuff in your room, there's a small bathroom to the side so you can shower in the natural water and stuff. And a bookcase built into the wall of your room! So just try and relax for the day." Strippin said, he smiled. "Sure, thank you Strip." The spaceman answered. The second rail bro walked out after the first.
The spaceman smirked, chuckling to himself a little, and then downed the rest of his drink.