I'm not sure so I'll just list them and see how I feel.
Mining. Not really a favorite as I super don't like needing to dodge or fight the boingy things or the bitey things or the chasey things or the squishy jumping things or the floaty things or the flappy things. But with one of the soundtracks (A Flicker in the Deep) and a monster-free level, it's fleeting bliss.
Combat. Um. So it seems I outed myself above there. Not my favorite by a long shot.
Farming. Well, you'd think I read Grandpa's letter but I'm really not one for comprehension. I like to feel, not analyze. So yeah, whoda thunk I'd end up with this scraggly bit of ground covered in a patchy forest, eh? And then some old dude tries to convince me there's like a farm in the area but totally never tells me where it is. Sad, but senility creeps up on all of us eventually. So yeah. Farming. When I find it, I'll let you know.
Fishing. Initially this seemed like the local hazing ritual as it was clearly impossible and you just know those fish were given sugar or Red Bull when you start. But I eventually got the hang of it. Overbait your hook, lean back on tree trunk, slide down to nestle between roots, prop pole on knees, let line out slowly and let the warm cozy afternoon take its course. Do not fight Nature, she is your friend.
Foraging. At first blush this may seem like a good way to ruin a perfectly nice walk, but really this is your community service. All these nice people invite you into their town, give you a run-down house and a meadow that's trying it's best to become a forest if you just back off and don't meddle. The least you can do is deprive them of their freely created forage. Find Linus' blackberry basket but forage the snot out of those bushes so he's left with the stragglers. Which you left in Cindersap because they're too far away. From Linus, too. Forage up all those Daffodils and Dandelions to give to Caroline and Harvey and Penny and Emily and Haley. As if they never go outside.
Ever.
And say, read a book right next to a Dandelion or take pictures right next to a Daffodil.
Forage up those Mushrooms and Horseradishes to give to Leah when she specifically tells you she likes to grab them for salads. Give her a few and now she owes likes you where she was self-sufficient before.
Yeah. Foraging is the most satisfying as I'm just walkin' here and those things are just gonna get dirtier and dirtier if I leave them sitting out there for the rest of the week. The real skill I learned in college was foraging for free food, and then I find this rural college simulator game where you get to snerfle out all the hidden free goodies which come back week after week.
Stay in school kids, it really does prepare you for the real world.
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