Tributary — Afternoon, Day 7

[SWAT One]

Hocef cuts down a few of the small trees and puts them in the cave for later wood burning. Now we have to eat. Hocef tries to hear if there is the sound of water or any animals around.

Hocef collects a total of 4 logs, 12 rods, and 16 sticks.

«Hocef has levelled up!  Gathering: LVL 4.»

Hocef can't hear any water, but can hear the sounds of Bolgil squeeling in the forest.  The sun dips over the mountains.

Veshikk abandons his plan and continues west, seeds still in hand.

Veshikk continues westward and notices more berry bushes.  He notices a peninsula up ahead.  The chilly wind blows from the SSE.  Veshikk looks up, and sees that the moon is getting covered up by thick clouds.

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After successfully finding clear water, Blatsa searches then for fish to eat.

[SWAT One]

After successfully finding clear water, Blatsa searches then for fish to eat.

As soon as a cloud moves out of the way from the moon, Blatsa observes the water.  Only a few small fish no longer than 5".


Heshimun feels an icy raindrop strike his face.

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Blatsa reaches into his temporary bag and takes out a pice of meat, gently lowering it into the water.  He tosses the rest of the meat aside, as it had attracted one too many insects an spoiled.  He waited until a fish came into view, near the meat and taking the bait, before thrusting his knife into the water to stab it.

[SWAT One]

Blatsa manages to stab a 1 foot long bottom-dwelling fish.

«Blatsa has discovered the Hajuro  Ψ»
«Blatsa has leveled up!  Fighting: LVL 6.»


«Faraji has unlocked the achievement: Botanist»
«Blatsa has unlocked the achievement: Zoologist»


Guys, I don't mean to sound passive aggressive, but it takes actions to level things up (E: and survive).  I was hoping that you all would find out by the way of experimentation that you can perform large actions such as "cut down the nearest small tree" of even "chop down trees until mid afternoon or until the axe breaks" if you have an axe.  Additionally, you can do if-then stuff.  If you see an animal while working and you wsnt to defend yourself, you can.  I'm being very generous at handing out levels at this point, and it won't always be like that.

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Blatsa cut the fish's head off to stop it from flopping about and being difficult, before retreating back into the woods.

He began to gather sticks and rods together in a neat pile, along with large sized leaves.

Guys, I don't mean to sound passive aggressive, but it takes actions to level things up.  I was hoping that you all would find out by the way of experimentation that you can perform large actions such as "cut down the nearest small tree" if you have an axe.  I'm being very generous at handing out levels at this point.

not to mention, the lot of you are hungry, thirsty, tired, cold, and one of you is even sick. namely, Hocef Loec and Faraji are not doing so well, a lot is due to inactivity and therefore unproductivity.

e: maybe not Hocef so much on the inactivity part, but you gotta start looking for food and water duder.

[CypherX]

Veshikk heads towards the water, looking for a clear spot to take a drink from. He is acutely aware of the cold and looks for any spots sheltered from the wind while doing this.

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Blatsa, with his pile of materials, constructs a temporary structure against a tree.  With the leftover materials, he would build a firepit and start another fire.  Knowing that the fire would not last him through the night, having taken note of the ominous clouds rolling over the valley, he began to work on putting together a fur coat out of the materials he had.  This included the cooking and eating the fish before using the bones that were inside.

[SWAT One]

Veshikk heads towards the water, looking for a clear spot to take a drink from. He is acutely aware of the cold and looks for any spots sheltered from the wind while doing this.

Veshikk drinks his fill, and quickly heads into the forest.  Luckily, the peninsula at which he arrived has rougj terrain.  He spots a cave in which to take shelter.  Lightning flashes and the rolling of thunder through the valley begins to occur.

Blatsa, with his pile of materials, constructs a temporary structure against a tree.  With the leftover materials, he would build a firepit and start another fire.  Knowing that the fire would not last him through the night, having taken note of the ominous clouds rolling over the valley, he began to work on putting together a fur coat out of the materials he had.  This included the cooking and eating the fish before using the bones that were inside.

Blatsa's temporary structure stands fairly well, although it is uncertain how much rain will fall.  The fire takes some time to light as the wind and cold do not allow the fuel to ignite after various strikes.  Blatsa would light the fire, cook the fish, be fairly-well fed from it, and remove some of the thinner bones to use as needles to sew up a fur coat from the Bolgil skin, however, the Bolgil skin has not yet been cleaned, and is still slimy on the inside.  There is also no twine woven as of yet.

[CypherX]

Veshikk observes the cave, looking for any potential dangers or signs thereof as well as anything of note.

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With not much time left before the rain begins to fall over him, Blatsa quickly heads back to the lake to rinse the skin, and scrape any undesirable material from the skin and into the water.  As much of a rush he was in to get to the water, he would take his time cleaning the skin, as he understands the importance of comfort when surviving by oneself.

[SWAT One]

Veshikk observes the cave, looking for any potential dangers or signs thereof as well as anything of note.

(That was the most formal way to say "Check for danger.")

Veshikk finds that it's empty, save for a nearly complete Eikai skeleton.  They don't appear to have any teeth scraping marks on them.   Anything that lived here lived here a long time ago and died probably due to natural causes.  Besides, any predator that was living here would have taken shelter a long time ago.

With not much time left before the rain begins to fall over him, Blatsa quickly heads back to the lake to rinse the skin, and scrape any undesirable material from the skin and into the water.  As much of a rush he was in to get to the water, he would take his time cleaning the skin, as he understands the importance of comfort when surviving by oneself.

As he finishes his task and heads back to his shelter, it begins to rain.  The rain feels like freezing darts hitting the skin.  Blatsa quickly resolves that wrapping himself in the skins without sewing them would be the best solution.

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And he does so, as he makes haste back to his shelter.  Once returned, he would place himself as close as possible to the fire to warm up quickly, doing the same with the skin to dry it.  Once dry, he would begin cutting the fur away from one of the skins to make twine.

[Nikki]

Hocef decides to look for the animal still, despite the darkness. Maybe along the way she can find berries or something else to eat.

[SWAT One]

And he does so, as he makes haste back to his shelter.  Once returned, he would place himself as close as possible to the fire to warm up quickly, doing the same with the skin to dry it.  Once dry, he would begin cutting the fur away from one of the skins to make twine.

After everything is made dry and toasty, Blatsa spends the next few hours making twine amidst battling sleepiness.  After he depletes one of his skins of its hair. He weaves around 30 yards of the twine.

«Blatsa has leveled up!  Crafting: LVL 3.»

Hocef decides to look for the animal still, despite the darkness. Maybe along the way she can find berries or something else to eat.

Hocef tries to looks out from the entrance of her cave as freezing rain pours down on her.  She looks out and can't see a thing except when a flash of lightning illuminates the valley.  It would be Self Delete to go out into this storm.


As the rain hits the glacier and areas upstream, the river along which Faraji and Loec are situated begins to flood.  They find that their chances of lighting a fire are near to none.