As soon as I woke up, my mind instantly began thinking about the recent note from THEROS... "HoN Co. cannot be trusted! You must destroy the portal before it is too late! THEROS"... The more I thought about it, the more I was convinced that the last part was referring to HoN Co.... The worrying thing was how did THEROS know about HoN Co.? But I was too busy trying to comprehend the link... I know HoN Co. can be difficult at times, but surely they can't be involved in all of this... Can they? It was an impressive company which provided the world with the majority of metals, fuels and precious stones! It is trusted by everyone, to fulfill the requirements of the world! And it does it brilliantly! They have never had any hidden or dark secrets... Not to my knowledge... I tried to cast it from my mind, wanting to concentrate on other things... Mainly distracting myself with useful tasks... Adding the shed onto the greenhouse had been a great distraction, but now there wasn't really anything left for me to do... I didn't want to go back into the mines just yet... This included the open-cast mine... I went across the room to the bookshelf where I had put the notebook containing all my findings, and leafed through it. I had drawn little sketches, with annotations. Page after page of findings, and even more on speculation. I closed it and put it back. There were a lot of things that I didn't know or understand in this world, and the more I delved into it, the less I was able to differentiate between reality, and the unknown...
I decided to pick up where I left off, quite some time ago! It was meant to have happened yesterday, but once again, THEROS thought it a good idea to distract me! I went back to the forge to pick up the items I had casually thrown to one side, and went to the back wall, near to the forge. I dug up some soil, planted the sapling in, before filling in the remainder of the hole. I then took out a few bones, and placed them around the sapling and stepped back. I loved watching the trees grow instantly! It was brilliant! I didn't understand how it worked, but I had a feeling it had something to do with energy stored in the bones being released into the soil... If so, that was a lot of energy!
I spent the entire afternoon replacing the forest, making sure only to place torches on the trees near to the path, and to ensure they were low enough to not burn the leaves. It was probably the cause of the previous fire, and I didn't want it happening again! The only good thing about it was the forge; it was made from stone so it hadn't burnt down! Then again, someone had tried blowing it up, so maybe it wouldn't have mattered... After finishing, and admiring my work from the forge rooftop access, I climbed down and decided to inspect the greenhouse. After finishing the storage shed add-on, I hadn't harvested the wheat from yesterday, so I decided that it would be best to do it now. Despite it being hard work, I found it all very therapeutic... After harvesting the wheat and tying it into sheafs, I put some aside and the rest into the storage shed. I then took out the how and leveled the ground to take some new seeds. Whilst I waited for the soil to become hydrated again by the flowing water, I took the wheat up to the house for later. I was planning on making some bread, and I had plenty to make a few loaves! I came back down and began reseeding the furrowed ground. After half an hour, I had finished the job, and it was barely past midday! How else was i going to amuse myself? Still no word from THEROS or HoN Co. either...
Before returning to the house, I went back to the forge to put some of the bones and saplings I had taken with me back. I don't know why, but I seemed more absent minded when I was doing these types of jobs. Probably because they were so relaxing it allowed me to have my head in the clouds the entire time! Despite this though, I hadn't thought about anything portal-related all day! I was beginning to enjoy it, and wondered if it was possible to completely ignore HoN Co. and THEROS altogether! Before going back to the house, I went to check on the back gate; it was still secure. It wasn't going to be letting anything through any time soon! On my way back, I noticed an abundance of wildflowers and wild grass that had sprung up around some of the trees. I hadn't noticed it before, but maybe constantly planting the saplings, and disturbing the earth was making it more fertile for other plant species! I noticed a few wild roses and daffodils growing and wondered if it was possible to make a dye form them... I picked them all the same. They looked and smelt fantastic, and I took them back to the house. I'd try to extract a dye from them later. I'd do it the natural way with rocks and water, not the synthetic way with centrifuges and whatnot!
When I got to the house, I put the flowers into one of the available chests and set to work making the bread! As I've probably said before; I;m not a very good cook, but I'm happy with what I make, and it makes me feel calm. What better way to relieve stress than making bread! I spent most of the afternoon kneading, mixing and baking, and the entire house smelt wonderful all day! After all the work was done, I sat down and took a bite of the still warm fresh bread... There's nothing that tastes sweeter than the final product of your own work! From seed to loaf, it was all homemade! No fancy additives, pesticides, and fertilisers. Just hours of care and attention. I sat there for some time, watching the sun slowly creep towards the East. It was a magnificent sight, as the colours of the afternoon began to blaze a fiercer shade, and the shadows seem to lope across the hills, into the distance... I got up to go to the rooftop access, and watch the sundown from there. I went to check the front door was secure first, when I saw something on the ground near the door. It was slightly ajar, but I opened it wider and saw that it was a piece of paper... Even from this distance, I could see the bold letters spelling out "THEROS" scrawled across the bottom of the page. I stooped to pick it up, noticing this time it was considerably more than a short message.
I went back to the chair, putting the remainder of the bread down on the table. Glossing over the piece of paper, I checked for anything unusual, but apart from the length, it was the same as before; a single sheet of paper with the same ink and writing style for the words. It began...
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