A Journey, Far.. Far Away. | Core Keeper | Page 1

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Figured I have no reason not to share this here, as this will be the new place for buzz regarding anything CK Media. I did this whole project many months ago now and still am immensely proud of the entire process and the results of it. What is this project you may ask? Well, lemme tell you a tale of a weary traveler who took it upon himself to truly test if this world we explore is infinite.

The world is up for download, and can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17Kbfj_qztKO5kmrFQb402jLEpm-C2cY8?usp=share_link. Included is a more full story I wrote of the entire project.


I don't see the color green anymore. Everything is a blur. Mold means nothing to me. The thorns do not hurt me anymore when I run into them. The obsidian is God's reminder to me that I can still suffer. Yet I press on.

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My feet move without my brain telling them to. I find chunks of mold in my hair. I have armor chafing in my armpits. I drank some of the oddly colored water today, I don't know how many hours passed before I regained consciousness. Why do I have more scarlet bars in my backpack than when I started? Oh well..

I still cannot see the color green.

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I received a revelation from an unusual source today. I have travelled the grand distance of 27,029 tiles from my home at the Core. This marks over a fourth of my journey now complete. I celebrated by cooking up those weird bugs I saw on the ground earlier today. I think they have some medical benefits, seeing as I can see the color green again.

I press onwards more tomorrow.
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I found a temple today. It will be where I call refuge for the coming few days. I am nearing the half-way mark in my journey, having gone 46,897 distance away from the wonderous Core which I have not seen in many moons. Soon fellow adventurers will join me to assist in laying the ground works for a mighty railroad which will stretch across this untamed wilderness. Soon, soon we will have construction underway. Until then, I shall take my rest.

-End Log```

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Why do these houses all look so similar? Do cavelings simply have no creativity? Why do they live so far away from one another? So many questions, no one to answer them.

Green. Green. Green. Green. Green. Green. Green. Grey. Green. Green. Green. Green. M O L D........... ---
Green. Green. Green. 

I don't feel myself at times, I think I've breathed in too many mold spores. I hope I don't turn into one of those things that mindlessly wander within the dark crevice's of the dungeons.


- End Log```

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Received an oracle today. I was told a distance of 87440. Excited by the prospect that my journey is coming to a close and I may return home soon to family and loved ones, I in a craze mined for multiple hours following until passing out at another of these accursed abominations constructed of the blasted substances my pick cannot seem to put a dent into.

I want to go home.

I want to be free.

The only motivator for me is home now. I have only a tenth of my journey remaining. I will spend some time laying the railways and paving the path for those who choose to follow in my footsteps tomorrow, but for now I rest. I'm tired, so very very tired-----------------


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I have done it. The journey is finished. My bones are weary, my body aches. I have callus on every part of the body imaginable from this arduous task I placed upon myself. Upon this ground which I have colored purple marks the full 100,000 tiles away from my home at the Core, while the ground which I colored red slightly lower marks the 100,000 distance from my home, why these are different I am too exhausted to try to understand, I just did as I was told by the Oracle. 

I can finally return home, I have saved this Recall Idol for this purpose specifically, I am writing this as I prepare to use it to return home. I cannot wait to sleep in my own bed once more. Goodbye Wilderness, may I never have to set foot into you this deeply again.

Reader, I thank you for reading my tale of struggle and triumph. For the last time...


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#A Journey, Far.. Far Away.