As the second day drew to a close, the great square orb in the sky slowly descending behind the distant landscape, the two stepped back to take one final look at their house before retreating inside for the night.
"Looks pretty good," he said.
During the day they'd expanded their one room cabin, adding on a second room for crafting, cooking, and later on, smelting. They'd also added a roofed porch to the front and knocked out holes for windows, though they hadn't yet found any sand to smelt into glass. Even now, the smell of cooking pork wafted out from within.
"It sure does. Now, we better get inside," she said.
He pulled the door shut behind them as they stepped into the well-lit interior. Nope, no monsters were spawning in there now. Just in case, a stone sword and plate of leather armor rested in a trunk by the door.
"Looks like we're just in time, its starting to rain out," she said, leaning over and looking out as the first drops began to fall from the sky.
In no time at all it was in full torrent and thunder could even be heard in the distance. He couldn't help but laugh as a roving zombie took a direct hit and burst into flames before falling to the ground.
Suddenly: 'OH MY GOD!! THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!!"
He turned away from the window to see her running around in a circle, screaming, and flames billowing up in the next room.
"You left the pork on too long, didn't you?" he asked.
"No, it's the lightening!" she screamed in a blatant show of typical female hysteria.
Just then there was a flash and a crack of thunder. The wall behind him exploded into flames and the two of them were forced to run out into the night to escape.
"What the- what the hell? What are we going to do now?" she asked, stooping beneath the leaves of a nearby tree.
"Got any torches?" he asked.
"Just one," she answered.
"Well, I guess you'd better light it," he said.
Already the last few planks of their once beautiful house were burning. A second later the only light came from a single torch sticking into the ground beside the tree they huddled under.
"Well, this sucks. I can't believe you left the pork on like that," he said.