Day 2 - Sudden Violence!

Day 2
6:53 PM
I mined all night and into this new day, and then was suddenly attacked out of nowhere by a band of starving bandits. Faced with a pack of desperate, bedraggled men, I employed the ancient and respected technique of running for my life. All the way back up into Hub, and into the Bar itself. Thankfully, the locals must have been less offended by my naked, battered form than by the clamoring maniacs doing the battering, for they leapt to my defense... though not soon enough to keep a crushing stomach blow from knocking me senseless. They left me lying there for several hours while I bled internally. But I got the last laugh, since they had also beaten all of the bandits to death or unconsciousness, and then tossed their bodies outside.
6:56 PM
Eventually, before I could bleed to death, I picked myself back up, and dragged my sorry ass over to the merchant/barman who had been standing roughly six feet away contemplating my gradual demise for the past few hours. Least he didn't throw me outside with the rest, I suppose. Then, I sold him the copper I had acquired, making a tidy sum, and purchased several first aid kits. My skill in bandaging increased, and my hardiness.. somewhat improved by this brush with death, I proceeded to vindictively loot all the bodies which the locals had been kind enough to leave lying around, and sell their worthless rags to the merchant. The bandit leader actually regained consciousness enough to start crawling away.. so I beat him to death with my metal stick, and took his sword and shoes. I consider it a net win.
7:00 PM
Wealthier than before, and not yet ready to head back out, I decided to more thoroughly explore the "town" of Hub. Here, as the night fell, I found one of the all of two other un-ruined buildings, and proceeded to steal everything not nailed down. This included some valuable alcohol, some kind of holy book that I tossed out, a few pieces of leather, and the journal of.. some religious knight or other, describing Hub as a hellhole and saying how the Holy Empire ought to burn it to the ground. Not going to lie... I don't think a fire would appreciably depreciate the property values at this point.
No idea if that guy's coming back, but he sure didn't catch me making off with his stuff, so who cares. I also got to practice lockpicking on his trunk, and sneaking on my way in and out.. skills which I'm sure will come in handy.

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