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He stared at himself in the mirror. Light green button up with a dark tie paired with nice khaki slacks and dress shoes. The ideal work attire for his job at the permit office - which he no longer had. After the court ordered closure of the Permit Office, he wasn't sure what to do. He could build but he did a lot of that. He could prank but he did that a lot as well.
He stared at himself in the mirror some more until he had an idea. He turned from the full length mirror to his closet searching for his regular clothes. Once back in his regular outfit, he grabbed his hat and fishing pole before rushing out of the door.
He realized that he might have made mistake, after what happened last time he started fishing. He sat there on the dock, feet hanging over the edge, hook & bait in the water.
Then it dunked. Quickly, he reeled it in. One fish couldn't hurt right?
As it came from the water, he discovered it wasn't a fish but a waterlogged book.
A smile formed on his face as another idea came to his mind. He was going to make a journal and track his fishing habits, to hopefully stop a repeat of last time.
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Day 1
I've set a one hour time limit for fishing.
- 25 cod - 24 salmon - 10 pufferfish - 6 tropical fish - 4 leather
- 2 string - 1 book (this book)
Note: I went five minutes over time because I couldn't hear the alarm. Gem did though and she was not at all pleased.
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Day 5
one hour timer.
-20 cod -14 salmon -4 tropical fish -4 pufferfish -7 string
-1 broken fishing rod -1 leather
Note: Should I make a goal? Maybe not because last time...
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Day 10
one hour timer.
-17 cod -18 salmon -7 tropical fish -8 pufferfish -2 string
-5 leather -1 name tag -1 saddle
Note: My alarm was right to next to me but it fell into the river somehow, I don't know how it could have happened. Gem fished it up and told me to be more careful.
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Day 25
one hour timer.
-12 cod -13 salmon -2 tropical fish -5 pufferfish -4 string
-10 lilypads -8 rotten flesh -2 water bottles
Note: I'm adding more time.
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Day 38
two hour timer.
-18 cod -10 salmon -4 pufferfish -10 string -7 leather
-2 saddles -2 name tags -1 enchanted book (sharpness III) -1 broken flame bow -3 sticks
Note: I've been getting such good stuff! But sometimes the Hermits stare at me weirdly and ask why I've been gone for six hours. But my timer is only two hours.
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Day 50
two hour timer.
-18 cod -17 salmon -7 pufferfish
Note: I went in the water today, doing some Tactical Fishing. The ocean was amazing. I should do this more. :)
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Day 65
two and a half hour timer.
-28 cod -21 salmon -12 pufferfish -10 tropical fish -15 string
-13 leather -2 lilypads -3 saddles -5 name tags -2 broken fishing rods
-5 nautilus shells -1 enchanted fishing rod (Luck of the Sea II) -3 enchanted books (Protection III, Luck of the Sea II, Flame)
Note: I stood in the ocean while fishing. The fish came to me, practically jumping into my barrel. I got so much stuff! (2x the stuff (fish & loot))
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Day 75
three hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
Note: The ocean is great, it is speaking to me! It tells me that it is accepting me.
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Day 90
four hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
Note: The ocean tells me it is saving me and it is. I am better now because of the ocean.
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Day 101
six hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
Note: The Hermits have been trying to ‘help’ me. They are taking me away from the ocean. I must return to the ocean. The Hermits are not helping, I will go elsewhere. Somewhere no one else will be.
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Day 112
six hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
Note: Going to Exile was a wonderful decision, no one is bothering me. I can be with the ocean.
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Day 136
sixteen hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
Note: The Ocean has become my home, it is kind to me. It will accept me, on one condition - get a mending book. I will get a mending book.
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Day ?4?
twenty hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
-104 cod -103 salmon -52 tropical fish -75 pufferfish -64 string
-80 lilypads -82 rotten flesh -42 water bottles - NO MENDING
Note: I eat the fish seconds after I catch them, punishing them for not being a mending book while satiating my own hunger. I will get it, I have to get it. I will be accepted.
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Day ?50
twenty two hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
-98 cod -96 salmon -43 tropical fish -56 pufferfish -81 string
-21 lilypads -82 leather -1 enchanted book (NOT MENDING) - NO MENDING
Note: I stand in the middle of the ocean. I eat fish once they get close. I have gotten enchanted books. None are mending. I have to get Mending.
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Day 16?
twenty four hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
-112 cod (NOT MENDING) -99 salmon (NOT MENDING) -39 tropical fish (NOT MENDING) -63 pufferfish (NOT MENDING)
-10 wooden bowls (NOT MENDING) -47 tripwire hooks (NOT MENDING) -56 leather (NOT MENDING) -34 bones (NOT MENDING)
- NO MENDING
Note: Mending. Mending. Mending. Mending. I need it. NEED IT. MENDING.
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Day ?87
twenty eight hour timer.
-The ocean's gifts
- The ocean's acceptance - MENDING
Note: ITS MINE. MENDINGMENDINGMENDINGMENDINGmending MENDING. MINE MINE MINE I HAVE IT.
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He held the book in his hands. Staring at it. His only thought was that now the ocean had to accept him. Had to accept him. He looked down into the ocean, down the underwater cliff he stood on the edge of. The water warm, fish swimming in a circle. They swam around the spot he was looking at, welcoming him. The Ocean was accepting him.
He was crazed.
One word went through his head as the ocean opened up. Finally. A gaping hole, beckoning him.
Answering the call, he entered.