An update on how the evening actually went.
Spent the first hour or so wandering around punching trees as [member="Draco Vereen"] and I tried to find each other. He didn't pay attention to where he spawned, I'm as bad at explaining landmarks and directions in game as I am in real life. I'm karking pro at punching trees though.
We eventually found each other, at this point realized the island was huge. Finding everyone else seemed too hard and the forest is scary. Decided to build a house on the beach. Was not very good at this point, so it was more of a thatch hut than anything. Draco was channeling his inner caveman, and went off to hunt, feeling the need to murder something. He picked a turtle. I mean, sure it was spiky, but it was a turtle, and level four. Should be doable right?
Next thing I know while I'm happily building away I hear 'Oh god it's chasing me! My bones are broken! I'm coming up behind you! Woman, if you let this turtle kill me!' Well, I thought, I have my little stone axe, surely he's weakened it enough I can finish it off? No, no he had not. In the end, it killed him, I ran away, was chased for like ten minutes, crept back to find the turtle determinedly attacking our beautiful hut.
It was at this point we decided to abandon hut. The hut was clearly cursed. Cursed with turtles.
So off we went. By now I could build wooden things, our next hut was going to be even better, and basically turtle proof! So I went to work. Chopping down all the things! Dracos manliness had been called into question by the turtle event, he had to prove himself. He killed a few Dodo's, but those just weren't salving his injured pride. Then he saw it, another, bigger bird. Bids had been easy to murder so far, no shell, no spikes, should be good! Suddenly he's dead. I don't even know where he is at this point, so I keep building my little wood house. The answer, apparently, was not very far away, because suddenly, as I'm going through my inventory, death drops on me from above. The bird Draco pissed off not only hated him, it hated anyone he'd ever interacted with.
My lone death so far followed.
Clearly this shack was also cursed. Cursed with birds.
We spawned near some terrifying base full of sharks and carnivores. Wary of other players, we ran away. Eventually we found a new plot of oceanfront property. Thus began the construction of the third house, the house of stone. Hopefully both turtle and bird proof. So far curse free. Waiting for Draco to pick a fight with something else though. Something will have to prompt the upgrade to metal!
