Today, finally done with those two videos, I was able to focus all of my attention on fixing the main road and raise back up the second half of the two-wide road.
Where I get the dirt from is a flatraised area, just on the other side of the side road. It’s in my deed’s perimeter, so I have the right to dig it up. I even made three large crates to do it (which is the limit for a large cart). That’s 900 units of dirt (300 per crate). 9 large cartloads.
Anyway, I think I know what the previous owners of my place were doing; they were trying to make a canal or something of the sort, or perhaps another mine. There’s a one wide trench that’s pretty low down. Doesn’t exactly go to the water level, but it could.
So I’ve been dropping dirt in this trench, trying to fill it up. But having to drop off the three crates, fill up on two 20’s of dirt and then go back up once all the 900 was unloaded, was tedious and boring. Plus I ran into a roadblock, with the trench meeting with this lowered part that was at an angle, going down to the water level. I knew I needed help, to get this job done correctly.
Looked through my friends list, and saw Ivan and Reaping were on. Asked Ivan if he’s good at terraforming. He said “I think so”. But what he did more than proved he was good.
Asked him if he could come over and take a look. He said he was trying to find a drop shaft in his mine and then would come over. This took a half an hour until he arrived (didn’t even see him show up for a bit) in one of his sailboats.
I showed him my crates, where I was digging, and what I have to deal with. He said “ok brb” and went back to his sailboat. I asked him what he was getting. He said he would get about 2k dirt, and “you can pay me back”. Uhhhh… I never agreed to any payment?
Before I could say it, Ivan left my local and headed back to his island. I told him in PM, that I just wanted advice, not dirt. And that I have plenty of dirt to dig right here. Yet he told me (in this translated version); “I’m going to send some crates over. Just use the dirt there. Once done, fill them back up and send them my way.” And that seemed fair to me.
Another half an hour passed, and he showed up in a Knarr (kind of going the wrong way. Heading for my old Corbita), and then parked near me. I had my large cart ready to load up his crates (had 20) and get them to where he wanted them. And he did all the work for me. All I did was unload the crates where he wanted them. Really wish I could make a wagon, though. That way I could haul even more stuff.
What he did was flatraised the second part of the road, then just dig away the excess. And now the road is the way it was before… minus the majority now packed dirt tiles (due to him having to destroy the pavement). But I can easily re-pave, no problem.
I also gave him a 85 WoA shovel I ordered from a player, because I don’t feel like going to FM… just for a shovel. And Dragon Fang Mountain? Meh. I’ve seen the summit. It isn’t that amazing up there, to be honest. I expected to get to the very top of it. Most of the mountains, as I had said before, are even taller than where I was standing on. Though it was nice to have somewhat of a 360* view of the server.
Anyway, back to the job at hand. As I said, Ivan did all the work. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask for my shovel back of when he was done. He did offer to take away those fireplaces that have been there since I first visited this place.
As I was helping to load his crates back and unload to where he can put them back in his Knarr, he said that he had to go to Blackrock Isle to pick up his “MR tower tonight”, and said the wind was perfect for both ways.
So, he still has my 85WoA shovel. He said that he’ll come back “one say soon” and give it back to me.
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But the job isn’t done yet. Though I never told him (since he worked so hard and I never had the heart), I still need to raise up the left side of where the “pier” crosses by the water (that leads to the clay). I need to smooth all of that out. Only then will I feel all the damage that they did has been reversed.
Also, Impalong is only five days away now. I really need to make those lamps and soon. We were politely reminded by ‘Williamweird’, the guy who made the thread in the forum about Indy’s Impalong.
I also found out that it’s location is a LOT closer than I thought. It’s literally a hike away from home. Soon as you leave the Darkenstone Canal, go due East and you’re there. That’s too much of a gap distance from FM (where Santa will be when Christmas Eve gets here). I still need to get there, and eat from the buffet to get all of my needs at 99%. But so does my alt.
Because of it, I was thinking of just not going up (and pay someone to imp my lamps instead).
Another reason, is in the thread; how it states to be “responsible and reasonable” of the number of things you want imped.
So I spoke to William and told him I was planning to make 10 lamps, and if it’s OK to leave them there. He said “it’d be polite to try to throw in only a few at a time”. Meh. With how heavy they are…
With this said, I have to come up with a plan to kill two 2D birds who are able to fly through mountains, with one rock shard. Meaning, being able to give them “a few at a time” of lamps, while also being outside of FM, trying to grind my Body Strength to 29, so I can drag my Knarr.
And this is what I came up with. It went through a few revisions, but I feel I have a winning plan here. The only downsides are server/client stability, wind speed/direction, and of course… Real Life (weather and what not).
So anyway, here’s the plan. Starting December 24th;
-Load up my large cart into my Knarr.
-Take my horses.
-Have B2 come on and grab the lamps, and throw them in his sailboat.
-Leave, with B2 following me in his sailboat.
-We arrive at the Impalong. I re-assemble my cart and horses to be usable.
-B2 gets lamps out of his sailboat and puts them in my cart. I head to where they show that carts can be stored.
-B2 grabs “a few at a time” of the lamps and gives them to the impers.
-We leave the cart there. He follows me to the dock, gets back in his sailboat and we head to FM.
-We reach the docks (maybe have to deal with the GM’s silliness (like the “Happy holidays hug zombie”)), head up the ramp to FM.
-We chow down at the buffet.
-B2 leaves FM and gets back in his sailboat, and heads back to the Impalong. From there, he stays with the cart until they imp all of the lamps.
-I leave FM, find the public mine, activate Sleep Bonus, activate my pickaxe and grind Body Strength to 29.
Then on Christmas Day (when hopefully I reach my goal), I head back to the Impalong, and we reverse the process since reaching the Impalong; taking the imped lamps, the cart, and horses back home with B2 following me in his sailboat.
B2’s sailboat is the key element in this plan. Without it, I would be forced to just ignore Impalong this year. I had thought of taking one of my horses and heading to FM, then B2 could ride that horse back to the Impalong instead of taking his sailboat. But he needs 21.00 Body Control, and it’s leveled best by fighting.
Screw that. I don’t have the time nor the patience to make him some gear. He’s only my alt, nothing more.