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Author Topic: Savage Archipelago — Rain Receding — [Day 4, Morning]  (Read 40225 times)

Thædryd pulls his head out of the sand after landing spectacularly. With a quick look to his sides, he quickly surveys his environment, a beach.(thanks captain obvious) He stands himself and stretches, noticing the cleaver halfway submerged in the sand just a few feet from him, he reaches down and pulls it from the sand. Examining it closely, taking note of the curved back-end before turning his attention elsewhere.

He pulls the rope from the sand and coils it before setting it over his shoulder, meanwhile he chooses to take the wineskin in his left hand, as water will be more important right now.

Once equipped with what he can carry, he takes a moment to determine direction via positioning of the sun. Once figured out, he makes due west along the beach with intention to find a river for fresh water.
Thædryd takes hold of the battle horn and some of the planks of wood and sets off to the west, and arrives at the inlet he first saw, a lagoon.  As he gets across to the other side, he sees the water breaking around the bend with stony shores.  Investigating this, he finds a river mouth.

After a while, he realizes that it had been raining and his wood is now quite damp.



Gus yawns, stretching as he awakes back in his camp and he slowly blinks, first to make sure nothing is disturbing anything. Rising, he first looks to check his leg on how it's healing up before he'd begin to make the trek down towards the skeleton of the beast to check in on the stone and if it's still there.
Gus wakes as the first of a light drizzle has fallen upon him.  Clearly he needs better shelter; there's no telling hat kind of storms are to hit this island in time.

Other than this rain, he notices that there are a few birds flying above the treeline in the forest below.  Looking into the forest, here he once saw a fire of some inhabitants, there is no smoke rising nor shelters visible from his view.

His wound, though not serious as where and how it was cut—could have been a lot worse by the measure of those tusks—is no longer profusely bleeding.  The wound seems to have developed a yellow twinge in places.

As he reaches the skeleton, still smoldering in places, he finds the stone is still there and has cooled.



Aǹni wakes up and yawns, looking outside as the rain had begun to fall and steps outside, sniffing the air before she takes a quick stroll down to the beach.  She looks on out to the sea and notices that there are darker clouds brewing, but with seemingly little mist falling from them.  As a small gust hits her, she hopes that the rain will treat her small hut well; she hopes that no storm shall come tonight.

However, realizing that she is very hungry, she returns to her hut and takes the axe, exits, and begins to chop down some of the nearest trees, where she then shops the wood into smaller pieces and then set them up to dry within the hut.

She then scours the forest for familiar foods—even the plants with the slightest toxicity could destroy her in this state—and manages to find Aphassus berries, where she collects as many as she can, frantically eating many right off the bush.

Thædryd decides to head up stream a short way before pausing to drink from the fresher water. He looks to his cleaver and realizes it will most likely not be too effective in cutting down most of these trees. He decides to continue upstream, perhaps there could be an old shelter? if not he may find a good spot to make shelter.

Gus wakes as the first of a light drizzle has fallen upon him.  Clearly he needs better shelter; there's no telling hat kind of storms are to hit this island in time.

Other than this rain, he notices that there are a few birds flying above the treeline in the forest below.  Looking into the forest, here he once saw a fire of some inhabitants, there is no smoke rising nor shelters visible from his view.

His wound, though not serious as where and how it was cut—could have been a lot worse by the measure of those tusks—is no longer profusely bleeding.  The wound seems to have developed a yellow twinge in places.

As he reaches the skeleton, still smoldering in places, he finds the stone is still there and has cooled.

Gus furrows his brows as he looks down to his injury, a deep frown on his features as he takes in a breath before letting out a slow sigh. "Infected." he grumbles, looking up and around. "Looks like I'll have to persevere." he says, steeling his resolve as he continues along. There's a glance over towards where he saw the earlier fire and smoke, and now he can only see the camps remains.

Gus, notably ticked off, heads down and along to reach the skeleton and reach down to retrieve the stone and look it over as he tries to discern anything useful from it.

Thædryd decides to head up stream a short way before pausing to drink from the fresher water. He looks to his cleaver and realizes it will most likely not be too effective in cutting down most of these trees. He decides to continue upstream, perhaps there could be an old shelter? if not he may find a good spot to make shelter.
Thædryd walks upstream.  He doesn't discover any old shelters, but does find a seemingly uninhabited dam built by some animal in the river with water pouring over the top and swirling behind it.  Behind it the water is fairly clear, so he takes a drink from it.



Gus furrows his brows as he looks down to his injury, a deep frown on his features as he takes in a breath before letting out a slow sigh. "Infected." he grumbles, looking up and around. "Looks like I'll have to persevere." he says, steeling his resolve as he continues along. There's a glance over towards where he saw the earlier fire and smoke, and now he can only see the camps remains.

Gus, notably ticked off, heads down and along to reach the skeleton and reach down to retrieve the stone and look it over as he tries to discern anything useful from it.
He picks up the stone and realizes that it is light for it's size.  Perhaps it's hollow?  Some kind of egg for the great beast?

Bump.

Anni scours for more food, eating what berries and fruits she can gather—only what she recognizes and is able to determine is safe.

After this, she scours the forest for usable firewood.

He picks up the stone and realizes that it is light for it's size.  Perhaps it's hollow?  Some kind of egg for the great beast?

Gus eyes the light stone-like object, staring at it for a moment before he hefts it up and begins to trek back up land, hoping to head in the direction where he assumes the beast came from, looking to try and find tracks to follow to see if he can pinpoint if it had a nearby lair.

Thædryd stands in wonder at the sight of the dam for a brief moment. he heads towards it to investigate the area behind it.

Gus eyes the light stone-like object, staring at it for a moment before he hefts it up and begins to trek back up land, hoping to head in the direction where he assumes the beast came from, looking to try and find tracks to follow to see if he can pinpoint if it had a nearby lair.
Gus makes his way uphill and does indeed find a cavern entrance.


Peering into the opening, he gets a whif of rotting flesh and sees bones, some with flesh still attached on the floor of the cave.



Thædryd stands in wonder at the sight of the dam for a brief moment. he heads towards it to investigate the area behind it.
To Thædryd's pleasure, he finds a large number of fish swimming about behind the dam, the largest slightly longer than a cubit.

« Thædryd Ölnsyar has discovered the Aita »

He also spots Taata (Already discovered first by Gusamium Curio).



Aǹni makes her way back to her grass fort, noticing that the darker clouds have moved closer.  Gus by now notices these clouds coming in from behind.




Juncoph has gone on a hiatus again.
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Thædryd grins sadistically, clutching his cleaver tightly before charging into the water, attempting to kill as many of them as possible, as well as take some of the meat from any potential bodies.

Gus grunts, a hand coming over to wave away the smell from his nose with furrowed brows. There's a glance up and over to the clouds and his brows furrow before Gus heads down to gather the supplies from his camp before heading back to ferry it over towards the cave, to move his camp to what he believes is the new vacancy.

What's your is mine, nature.

Thædryd grins sadistically, clutching his cleaver tightly before charging into the water, attempting to kill as many of them as possible, as well as take some of the meat from any potential bodies.
His sudden brash intrusion and subsequent thrashing about results in the fish swimming about in a frenzy, trying to find a way out of the damed-up pool.  Some of them manage to swim upstream, however, Thædryd finds himself submerged up to the armpits and soaking wet without any fish floating around.  He sees a large creature unfamiliar to him slip into the water upstream (Urgyuthan).



Gus grunts, a hand coming over to wave away the smell from his nose with furrowed brows. There's a glance up and over to the clouds and his brows furrow before Gus heads down to gather the supplies from his camp before heading back to ferry it over towards the cave, to move his camp to what he believes is the new vacancy.

What's your is mine, nature.
Gus manage to move all of his stuff inside.  The smell once inside the cave is nigh unbearable, and Gus gags, holding back the urge to vomit.  Upon further inspection, the cave floor is lined with squalor, of rotting flesh, flies and maggots.



Aǹni moves over to the hut and piles all the firewood inside, separating the et from the dry, and leaning the wet wood against the side of the hut to allow it to dry better.  She returns to see her fire that was outside to be merely a wet ash pile with a small wisp of smoke rising from it.  Furrowing her brows, she re-enters the hut and constructs a small fire inside of the hut and watches its flames like the air, reminiscing about home—the one she left behind.  "Was it a mistake to make this voyage?  It's not like he would have ever forgiven me anyways..."

Gus steps outside and takes a piece of cloth from his supplies with him, moving to find some pleasant smelling plants and flowers to put into the cloth and fold once before tying around his face. Gus also looks around, hoping to find a stick decent enough for scraping before heading inside and finding more fabric to make a small bag so he can start gathering up the most rancid smelling residue to toss out.

Gus steps outside and takes a piece of cloth from his supplies with him, moving to find some pleasant smelling plants and flowers to put into the cloth and fold once before tying around his face. Gus also looks around, hoping to find a stick decent enough for scraping before heading inside and finding more fabric to make a small bag so he can start gathering up the most rancid smelling residue to toss out.
Gus manages to find a shrub with very pleasant-smelling leaves smelling like a cross between oregano and thyme.

« Gusamius Curio has discovered the Thastia Bush »

Gus promptly gets to work with his little bit of house chores as he scrapes and tosses out the grody stuff, spending as much time on that as necessary before he properly sets up shop. Afterwards, he takes his vessel of oil and- if it's still full of anything since the fight, he tosses it out and heads down towards the river to collect some water and wash it out properly.

The heavier rain hits the northwestern part of the island.

Thædryd sees the dark clouds rolling in.