The Horrific Wonder That is the Butter Mine
We’re back! Sorry about the long break, but we had some stuff going on. HOWEVER! Over said long break, we took a trip that was one part roommate bonding, one part research, two parts gluttony, and one part hubris. That’s right folks, we went to the butter mine! It was probably the weirdest thing any of us have ever done for this newspaper, so of course we had to share it with you.
Okay, so we did some preparation for our trip to this odd sounding mine. We stayed at a nearby inn. The night before, we had a small dinner, packed a change of clothes, and turned in early. As it turned out, that last bit did nothing for us and we all overslept anyway. We put on some messy clothes, Emi grabbed her worst notepad, and then we were ready to go.
When we showed up to the mine, we were escorted by some tired sounding staff past a diner looking building, and into a locker room. We were allowed to leave our backpacks and change of clothes in the locker room, they gave us hard hats, buckets, and shovels, and then we were led into the mine itself.
The actual mine was... weird. Emi wrote “weird” down in her notes, so I think it’s okay to say that. Butter was everywhere. It coated the floors, oozed from the walls, and dripped from the ceiling. Right off the bat, a glob of butter fell directly into my ear, and I yelled fuck at the top of my lungs, which I think was a very tactful response to the sensation of butter sliding through my ear canal. Emi started a tally called “how many fucks said per person at the butter mine,” which Lorraine has requested not to attach to this article, likely because she considers herself a somewhat polite person, and was at the top of the list.
While I was freaking out about the ear butter, Marlena was going to town with her shovel. It was insane. She’s a gnome, and I honestly figured that her arms were too short to be very effective at it. Lorraine mentioned this out loud and got a shovelful of butter to the face for her trouble.
After filling up two buckets, it became routine. Pick up the bucket. Walk to a particularly buttery spot. Lift shovel. Scoop it in. Repeat. I stopped thinking about what I was doing and instead thought about the homework in Mr. B’s class that I wasn’t doing. That faded away after I’d worked out the details. I lost track of time. There was only the butter mine. Pick up. Walk. Lift. Scoop. Repeat. It became rhythmic. Then I fell flat on my ass, my horns got covered in butter, and I yelled fuck even louder than before. I got three tallies for pure volume.
At this point, we were told that our butter would be waiting for us in the diner, and that we should shower off and go eat. I think the staff wanted us to leave.
The pancakes were good, and the butter was amazing. We scarfed down multiple plates of food before finally declaring ourselves to be full. We still have a disgusting amount of butter, and Lorraine and Marlena have been placing it in odd places for people to slip upon by accident.
So that’s how our trip to the butter mine went. It was... weird, and you really should go there yourself. Let us know how it went! Also let us know where you find our surprise butter!