OOC NoteI wrote this assuming the Coalinga mines follow the basic rules of mine structures, and that mizahar has the same type of geology as real life, if I am incorrect about this, please forgive me.
Timestamp: 19th of spring 515 AV
When Zephari awoke in from the early mourning light seeping in through the small window in her cottage, she immediately felt something was different today. Having only lived in Riverfall for a short time, less than a month, every day when she woke up Zephari felt somewhat out of place. The smell of the Suvan sea and the green freshness of the windswept condos always felt very strange.
But not today. Today it felt somewhat normal, and even comfortable. Looking over to her side table she noticed the date realizing she needed to work today, quickly got ready and headed out for the mines. "As much as I enjoy this job, its hard to keep up with those blue giants" she thought, as she grabbed her pick and walked outside. She had been working at the Coalinga mines for just under 2 weeks and she loved it, though it had been brutal work. She kept a good smile on her face until she was outside the main part of the city, then she let her focus drift to the land. It was so different from her homeland, which composed of nothing but hot and mostly lifeless desert.
Wandering amongst the tall lush grasslands of Riverfall Zephari let out a sigh, "I can't believe I stayed in the damned desert for so long when places like this exist" she said quietly to herself. Her mind drifted back to her home, and her family, which she had abandoned only several years ago. She felt a slight heaviness in her heart, thinking of them, but it was quickly replaced by anger. Not anger at her family, but anger at her father, who had pusher her away from her family. Looking up from the ground, she suddenly realized she was almost at the mines already, as she has lost track of time in her head. "Well lets see what wonders the earth can give today."
Upon coming to the lift, Zephari notices Typhus Chivan, the Head honcho of the mines. She quickly ducks behind one of the many tents, not wanting to directly come into contact with him. Out of all of the giant blue men, he is the one Zephari likes the least, mainly for him seeming to be very cold and calculated. SHe'd had to talk to him over several occasions while getting this job, and it was unpleasant. Thought he did seem to do his job very well.
After making sure he had moved on, Zephari got onto the lift, which descended into the mine. Over the last few work days she had been working in the most upper tunnels and chamber of the mine, which had been the most heavily mined over the years. As such she had only found a few chunks of low quality ore, and small shards of quartz. This time, with a new found feeling of comfort, she didn't get off the lift at the top, instead waiting for it to descend several levels, where she got off at around the 7th level of tunnels. Upon getting off the lift, Zephari's eyes went wide. While she wasn't the most experience miner in the world, she really did love the geology involved. Almost instantly she noticed that the base rock this far down was much cleaner, and much denser, by the fact that it had less mixes of colors, instead large areas of singular colors, mainly blacks and reds.
Picking a tunnel to her right, she started walking, looking for a place to start. She passed several Akalak reimancers, who simply gave her a nod. "Not a single non blue worker down this far..." thought Zephari, some of the comfort feeling dissipating. In the upper tunnels there where at least a few other non Akalak workers, who were most likely not full time miners. She came to one of the tour tunnels, which acted as a crossroad for the labyrinth of under ground tunnels. "Well at least this could lead me somewhere that isn't already being mined at." she said quietly, thought it still echoed in the small tunnels.
After walking for about an half an hour, Zephari noticed a black streak in the arch entrance of a side tunnel. Knowing that darker colored intrusions in rocks can lead to metallic ores, she followed it. the streak was jet black against the grey and white stone, so it was very easy to follow. Eventually the streak widened at one point. Stopping to examine it Zephari noticed reflective flecks in the streak, after holding her lantern against up to it. taking out her pick Zephari took a couple swings at the normal rock just above the intrusion. The white parts of the rock where soft and easily broken away, so she broke away larger portions of of normal part of the wall. After swinging for about 10 minutes, she had a large area of the darker area exposed and sticking out. "Well this is promising." she said, happy with herself for finding some actually minerals, thought she did not know what. Taking a minute to line up a carefully place swing, she breaks off the chunk. Now able to examine the broken chunk, it is obviously silver and iron ore. Mixes like this are common, but somewhat valuable. "Finally found something worth while!" Zephari said proudly, and loudly. The echo carried on for several seconds. After spending 3 or so hours mining out the wide area of the intrusion, there is now a pile of about 50 pounds of ore, which Zephari crams into her backpack with great effort. Taking a rest and a drink of water, she marks the spot on her tunnel map.
"Perhaps I over did it a little!" Zephari says as she painfully trys to heft her backpack onto her shoulders. She was always over estimating how strong she was. While Zephari was certainly not the skinny stick figure some women are, thanks to digging and working in caravans her entire life. She was most certainly not a body builder. But not wanting to leave the ore behind, she pushed herself to get moving. Through pure stubbornness and a little bit of stupidity she started moving back through the tunnels towards the mine back to towards the great lift. After just getting about half way back, she collapsed back into the ground, already worn out. "Damnit all! Why can't I have back muscles like those blue giants?" she said angrily. Taking a small break to rest and calm down, Zephari begrudgingly removes a few pounds of ore from the backpack and keep moving. "I'm gonna get myself hurt if I keep doing this to myself." she thought, trying to keep a steady pace. Final the great lift came into view, and Zephari got on it, sighing with relief. Looking around her at the other miners, all Akalaks, she noticed that their hauls for the day weren't a ton larger than hers, but still significantly larger. Zephari smiled, as the lift came to the surface, the light of the setting sun greeting her. Once her eyes adjusted she grabbed her pack and headed off to ore market to sell her haul.
Timestamp: 19th of spring 515 AV
When Zephari awoke in from the early mourning light seeping in through the small window in her cottage, she immediately felt something was different today. Having only lived in Riverfall for a short time, less than a month, every day when she woke up Zephari felt somewhat out of place. The smell of the Suvan sea and the green freshness of the windswept condos always felt very strange.
But not today. Today it felt somewhat normal, and even comfortable. Looking over to her side table she noticed the date realizing she needed to work today, quickly got ready and headed out for the mines. "As much as I enjoy this job, its hard to keep up with those blue giants" she thought, as she grabbed her pick and walked outside. She had been working at the Coalinga mines for just under 2 weeks and she loved it, though it had been brutal work. She kept a good smile on her face until she was outside the main part of the city, then she let her focus drift to the land. It was so different from her homeland, which composed of nothing but hot and mostly lifeless desert.
Wandering amongst the tall lush grasslands of Riverfall Zephari let out a sigh, "I can't believe I stayed in the damned desert for so long when places like this exist" she said quietly to herself. Her mind drifted back to her home, and her family, which she had abandoned only several years ago. She felt a slight heaviness in her heart, thinking of them, but it was quickly replaced by anger. Not anger at her family, but anger at her father, who had pusher her away from her family. Looking up from the ground, she suddenly realized she was almost at the mines already, as she has lost track of time in her head. "Well lets see what wonders the earth can give today."
Upon coming to the lift, Zephari notices Typhus Chivan, the Head honcho of the mines. She quickly ducks behind one of the many tents, not wanting to directly come into contact with him. Out of all of the giant blue men, he is the one Zephari likes the least, mainly for him seeming to be very cold and calculated. SHe'd had to talk to him over several occasions while getting this job, and it was unpleasant. Thought he did seem to do his job very well.
After making sure he had moved on, Zephari got onto the lift, which descended into the mine. Over the last few work days she had been working in the most upper tunnels and chamber of the mine, which had been the most heavily mined over the years. As such she had only found a few chunks of low quality ore, and small shards of quartz. This time, with a new found feeling of comfort, she didn't get off the lift at the top, instead waiting for it to descend several levels, where she got off at around the 7th level of tunnels. Upon getting off the lift, Zephari's eyes went wide. While she wasn't the most experience miner in the world, she really did love the geology involved. Almost instantly she noticed that the base rock this far down was much cleaner, and much denser, by the fact that it had less mixes of colors, instead large areas of singular colors, mainly blacks and reds.
Picking a tunnel to her right, she started walking, looking for a place to start. She passed several Akalak reimancers, who simply gave her a nod. "Not a single non blue worker down this far..." thought Zephari, some of the comfort feeling dissipating. In the upper tunnels there where at least a few other non Akalak workers, who were most likely not full time miners. She came to one of the tour tunnels, which acted as a crossroad for the labyrinth of under ground tunnels. "Well at least this could lead me somewhere that isn't already being mined at." she said quietly, thought it still echoed in the small tunnels.
After walking for about an half an hour, Zephari noticed a black streak in the arch entrance of a side tunnel. Knowing that darker colored intrusions in rocks can lead to metallic ores, she followed it. the streak was jet black against the grey and white stone, so it was very easy to follow. Eventually the streak widened at one point. Stopping to examine it Zephari noticed reflective flecks in the streak, after holding her lantern against up to it. taking out her pick Zephari took a couple swings at the normal rock just above the intrusion. The white parts of the rock where soft and easily broken away, so she broke away larger portions of of normal part of the wall. After swinging for about 10 minutes, she had a large area of the darker area exposed and sticking out. "Well this is promising." she said, happy with herself for finding some actually minerals, thought she did not know what. Taking a minute to line up a carefully place swing, she breaks off the chunk. Now able to examine the broken chunk, it is obviously silver and iron ore. Mixes like this are common, but somewhat valuable. "Finally found something worth while!" Zephari said proudly, and loudly. The echo carried on for several seconds. After spending 3 or so hours mining out the wide area of the intrusion, there is now a pile of about 50 pounds of ore, which Zephari crams into her backpack with great effort. Taking a rest and a drink of water, she marks the spot on her tunnel map.
"Perhaps I over did it a little!" Zephari says as she painfully trys to heft her backpack onto her shoulders. She was always over estimating how strong she was. While Zephari was certainly not the skinny stick figure some women are, thanks to digging and working in caravans her entire life. She was most certainly not a body builder. But not wanting to leave the ore behind, she pushed herself to get moving. Through pure stubbornness and a little bit of stupidity she started moving back through the tunnels towards the mine back to towards the great lift. After just getting about half way back, she collapsed back into the ground, already worn out. "Damnit all! Why can't I have back muscles like those blue giants?" she said angrily. Taking a small break to rest and calm down, Zephari begrudgingly removes a few pounds of ore from the backpack and keep moving. "I'm gonna get myself hurt if I keep doing this to myself." she thought, trying to keep a steady pace. Final the great lift came into view, and Zephari got on it, sighing with relief. Looking around her at the other miners, all Akalaks, she noticed that their hauls for the day weren't a ton larger than hers, but still significantly larger. Zephari smiled, as the lift came to the surface, the light of the setting sun greeting her. Once her eyes adjusted she grabbed her pack and headed off to ore market to sell her haul.
