[Mafia] Witch Trip

[artsyGeek]

"Sounds like sand to me."

[PointMaid]

Taira looked down at the pine needles and leaf litter still stuck to her clothes.

...Get everywhere?

[Kennifer]

Delilah, meanwhile, has been watching and listening to the goings-on with a mixed degree of interest. The lizardpeople were fascinating if sometimes confusing, she found Xue to be grating but really liked her Pokemon, she wasn't sure how Taira could still be a skeptic after all of this paranormal stuff-- then again she'd always been a bit more inclined to believe that stuff herself. Everything about this ghost of a witch thing was disturbing... especially fire not getting rid of her for good since well... kind of Delilah's go-to thing. And now there was someone new again... she figured he'd fallen back at some point to patch himself up after they'd fallen. Hopefully that was the only reason for his lateness.

"Ah... hi there? Yeah, this is quite the mess, isn't it? My name's Delilah, by the way. And no, I'm not too into skateboarding."

She smiles a bit at Jimothy.

[Oggy123]

"By the way, my name's Elster. The girl's name is Anya." said Elster towards the others, pointing his wing at Anya. "Pleased to meed you."

Anya waves her hand.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"My name's Xue. If you get it wrong I'll kill you."

[Dookie]

“Name's June. Enjoy me while I last.”

[PointMaid]

Taira.

She gives her name, but doesn't seem to give much attention to the... unusual attributes of the people she's talking to.

[PopcornPie]

Quinarva is asleep.

[TenOfSwords13]

It is a shame to hear your disinterest in skateboards, Delilah. And everyone here is so interesting! There are a lot of different faces, names, I might even meet a Kirexan infiltrator. Not that I would know what one of those is, given the fact that I am a normal human.

note to self- skateboarding not universal human interest

[Oggy123]

Anya looks at the rather... unusual people she's stranded with, in confusion and curiosity. While she's no stranger to the supernatural, these people are certainly strange, she thinks.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"Personally, I like skateboards."

[Kennifer]

"Never could get the hang of using one. I'll stick with running."

She smiles a bit, watching the fire.

[PointMaid]

...Nothing against them, but they've never seemed all that practical to me. If you want to get somewhere, a bike is going to be more efficient. Well, especially in a place like this where nothing is paved.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

"It's not for fucking practicality, it's to look cool."

[TenOfSwords13]

Skateboards are definitely the coolest mode of transport known accross the universe. Not that I would know it's popularity among the stars, after all, I am a human. The previous statement was to emphasise its... coolness.

[PopcornPie]

Annoyed by the talk, Quinarva decided to shift from nymph to tree. As a live tree, this was...not as good camouflage as it usually was. Even from across the river.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

It was at this point Gene showed up to the others.

All right, first things first. We all need to work together if we're all going to stay alive. I appreciate the efforts you've made in finding some food or shelter so far. But we need to unite together as a group and look after each other. We need to supply food and shelter for all of us. Find enough for us to get through this entire thing. I've browsed the entire area and if you're all willing to make it work, we should have enough to get us through the ordeal. And whoever does the best, I'll look after for the night.

Gene pulls out a hunting knife from his shoe.

Don't worry, it's for protection should anyone try something.

1. Look around the forest and find a place to make shelter for us. Use whatever equipment you have and make something. Or find something you can use to improvise. It can be from the various planks of wood around. Can be from the trees, or you can kill a few of the animals here. Whatever, just come up with something and make sure everything is all sturdy.
2. Search the area for some food. You can find berries or any kinds of fruit here. Just be careful you don't get any poison. Or you can can fish and hunt for something. Just make sure there's enough for everyone here.
3. Find a way to keep yourselves warm at night. A fire or something makeshift that you find outside. Make some kind of covers or whatever. It's important to be secure, fed and warm during the night.

YOU ALL HAVE UNTIL JUNE 23 AT 6 PM CST TO COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE.

[Cutegirl920fire]

"I'll start there!" Abigail said, pointing near the river. She began yawning, indicating that she's running low on energy. "I need coffee soon..."

> Build a small shelter near the river, using the logs collected.
> Gather berries
> Find a knife to go kill a deer for its fur and use it as a blanket.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

"I'll start there!" Abigail said, pointing near the river. She began yawning, indicating that she's running low on energy. "I need coffee soon..."

> Build a small shelter near the river, using the logs collected.
> Gather berries
> Find a knife to go kill a deer for its fur and use it as a blanket.

1. Well done here. You have gathered a decent amount of logs and you managed to make yourself a sturdy shelter, with access to drinking water, so that's a good thing. (Rolled 6 and 1+  for survival skills for a total of 7)

2. You are quite exhausted from making the shelter, you can't seem to get your mind right as you try and gather berries. You head up to some bushes and grab these round things. But the second you pop some in your mouth and chop down on them, you can feel your teeth breaking apart. You wonder why those berries are so hard, you spit them out, alongside some tooth chips and then it dawned on you.... you just tried to eat some rocks. (Rolled 2 and 1- for exhaustion for a total of 1)

3. Meanwhile you find a knife in your backpack and you see a deer, which you proceed to stab. But the creature doesn't go down easy. It fights you all the way and eventually runs off, severely wounded. But at the least, you manage to take off a decent chunk of its skin and made yourself something of a blanket with it. It's kind of small. It won't keep your feet warm. But it's better than nothing. (Rolled 3 and 1+ for survival skills for a total of 4)

ABBIGAIL WILLIAMS HAS SCORED A TOTAL OF 12 POINTS.

[TenOfSwords13]

It is time for me to get "hands on" with nature! This will be a very educational experience for me.

1: I know I cannot construct the perfect human dwelling of an appartment complex, so I shall do the next best thing - a tent! I just need a relatively flexible roofing material - say, deerskin, so I will have to hunt a deer (are there deer here? I am not too familiar with Earth's fauna) - and some strong sticks. If I construct it right, then I should have myself a tent, very much akin to my home in Bigtown.

2: Well... I would have just killed a deer. Perhaps I could salvage some meat. That is a very human thing to do, and very resourceful. To elaborate on my hunting then - find a sharp stone, and a long, sturdy stick, and sharpen the point of the stick. And there we go - a spear. The most human weapon there is.

3: By utilising friction and gathering some dry wood, and leaves, a campfire should be no problem! I hope I do not burn the forest down! (That was a joke. Please laugh at my very human sense of humour)

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

It is time for me to get "hands on" with nature! This will be a very educational experience for me.

1: I know I cannot construct the perfect human dwelling of an appartment complex, so I shall do the next best thing - a tent! I just need a relatively flexible roofing material - say, deerskin, so I will have to hunt a deer (are there deer here? I am not too familiar with Earth's fauna) - and some strong sticks. If I construct it right, then I should have myself a tent, very much akin to my home in Bigtown.

2: Well... I would have just killed a deer. Perhaps I could salvage some meat. That is a very human thing to do, and very resourceful. To elaborate on my hunting then - find a sharp stone, and a long, sturdy stick, and sharpen the point of the stick. And there we go - a spear. The most human weapon there is.

3: By utilising friction and gathering some dry wood, and leaves, a campfire should be no problem! I hope I do not burn the forest down! (That was a joke. Please laugh at my very human sense of humour)

1. Why, yes there are deer here. You decide to go after one and you really used it for all its resources. You rip off the skin and instead of strong sticks, you just use its bones which is much more sturdier than sticks and on top of this, you set up lights that go around your deer tent. You made yourself the perfect shelter all right. But you went way overboard with using the deer. Hell, some of the blood drips off from the skin. Should have cleaned it. Plus the lights may get your area much more attention than is needed. (Rolled 10 and 1+ for sci-fi knowledge for scale-breaking 11)

2. You did save up the meat from the deer fortunately and have a decent amount of food. And you made yourself a spear. Not the most high-tech weapon, but it should get the job done. (Rolled 5)

3. You did it. You used your knowledge to make fire. The hottest fire there is. But it's not really a good thing though. You can't stay around it for too long otherwise you might end up bursting into flames. Guess you should have kept things more controlled. (Rolled 10)

JIMOTHY A. REALMAN HAS SCORED A TOTAL OF 26 POINTS.

[PointMaid]

...Well, if there's no help, we'd better do what we need ourselves, yeah. I'm going to ache after this, though.

Taira's Plan

1. Look around the forest and find a place to make shelter for us. Use whatever equipment you have and make something. Or find something you can use to improvise. It can be from the various planks of wood around. Can be from the trees, or you can kill a few of the animals here. Whatever, just come up with something and make sure everything is all sturdy.

Taira's going to look for a place on relatively high ground so they won't get washed out by a flash flood. Maybe the area they tumbled down? Then she's going to take a stick and use it to dig into the hillside. Reinforce it with some more wood and some clay from the river so it's not going to crumble in around us. Line the floor with pine needles for coziness. Maybe even dig a few steps up to it. Should be positively cozy! ...Hopefully she can get some of the others to pitch in on this.

2. Search the area for some food. You can find berries or any kinds of fruit here. Just be careful you don't get any poison. Or you can can fish and hunt for something. Just make sure there's enough for everyone here.

Taira's going to do some more fishing – that seemed to work. But protein alone does not a meal make, so she'll look for dandelion greens, wild blackberries, wild onions and wild mustard, and maybe even some hazelnuts it it's the season.

3. Find a way to keep yourselves warm at night. A fire or something makeshift that you find outside. Make some kind of covers or whatever. It's important to be secure, fed and warm during the night.

Yeah, Taira is really regretting that her sleeping bag got burned. She'll gather more wood for the fire, then she's going to have to cannibalize some of her extra change of clothing to sew together into a blanket. She did bring an extra change of clothes, right? If not, well, she guesses she'll have to make a bow and arrow from the wood in the forest and hunt some rabbits to clean and tan their hides and sew those into a blanket, which… is going to take a while. But at least she'll have extra meat at the end of it?

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

...Well, if there's no help, we'd better do what we need ourselves, yeah. I'm going to ache after this, though.

Taira's Plan

1. Look around the forest and find a place to make shelter for us. Use whatever equipment you have and make something. Or find something you can use to improvise. It can be from the various planks of wood around. Can be from the trees, or you can kill a few of the animals here. Whatever, just come up with something and make sure everything is all sturdy.

Taira's going to look for a place on relatively high ground so they won't get washed out by a flash flood. Maybe the area they tumbled down? Then she's going to take a stick and use it to dig into the hillside. Reinforce it with some more wood and some clay from the river  so it's not going to crumble in around us. Line the floor with pine needles for coziness. Maybe even dig a few steps up to it. Should be positively cozy! ...Hopefully she can get some of the others to pitch in on this.

2. Search the area for some food. You can find berries or any kinds of fruit here. Just be careful you don't get any poison. Or you can can fish and hunt for something. Just make sure there's enough for everyone here.

Taira's going to do some more fishing – that seemed to work. But protein alone does not a meal make, so she'll look for dandelion greens, wild blackberries, wild onions and wild mustard, and maybe even some hazelnuts it it's the season.

3. Find a way to keep yourselves warm at night. A fire or something makeshift that you find outside. Make some kind of covers or whatever. It's important to be secure, fed and warm during the night.

Yeah, Taira is really regretting that her sleeping bag got burned. She'll gather more wood for the fire, then she's going to have to cannibalize some of her extra change of clothing to sew together into a blanket. She did bring an extra change of clothes, right? If not, well, she guesses she'll have to make a bow and arrow from the wood in the forest and hunt some rabbits to clean and  tan their hides and sew those into a blanket, which… is going to take a while. But at least she'll have extra meat at the end of it?

1. Unfortunately from where you fell from, it's blocked off from the wall of fire surrounding the forest. But don't you think for one second all hope is lost because there are quite a few hills in the area. You dig a nice big hole inside it. It does take you a bit of time though because you lack the strength to get it done quickly. But you do get it done. You made sure it's well-secured, have all the pine needles and even make a few steps. You feel very tired from everything you did. But it's work you can be proud of. (Rolled 9 and 1- for lack of physical strength for a total of 8)

2. Very good thinking there! You manage to snag yourself some more fish. But you also wisely decide you need a more balanced diet for the forest. Like you said, can't survive on meat alone. You conjure up quite a bit of delicious greens, berries, onions and even scored a few hazelnuts. It's lucky the forest has all those. But you made out quite well. (Rolled 7 and 1+ for logic for a total of 8)

3. Thankfully you do have some extra clothes packed away. And you decide it's a good idea to make a blanket out of it all. Sure it may not beat the sleeping bag that you burned away. But it should keep you plenty warm. (Rolled 5 and 1+ for logic)

TAIRA MACLEOD HAS SCORED A TOTAL OF 22 POINTS.

[Cutegirl920fire]

Abigail stayed at her new shelter, her teeth still hurting from when she unintentionally attempted to eat a rock. She checked her backpacks for any sort of caffeine but realized that she forgot to pack any. She gathered the rest of her strength to go where ever the others are.
"D-Does anyone have coffee?" Abigail asked around.

[Florien]

Fentiriss and Lukanios stop fighting for long enough to come up with a plan. Or maybe they came up with this plan last time. It's not entirely clear.

Right, time to get to the showing off!

Step one: MILITARIZE as they've done thousands of times before! The pair clean off the rusty axe, resharpen it into functionality, and use it to clear-cut a smaller-than-the-entire-forest area. They then raise fortifications made of sharpened logs in the new clearing, build a watchtower in the center, and RAISE THE FLAG they brought because of course they brought their own flag. They then grab some of the planks and build a blockhouse and supply shed in the fort.

Step two: ACTIVELY PLUNDER as Fentiriss and Lukanios take out their crossbows and swords and begin massacring as much wildlife as possible, and then set to work fermenting some of the meat, drying some of it, and cooking the rest. Scurvy takes WEEKS to develop. until then, you'll be fine. The fermented meat probably has some C in it anyway.

Step three: PROVIDE WARMTH as the pair dig a trench most of the way around the fort some distance away (leaving a strip of ground on which to walk in and out of the fort) and begin dumping offal from the slaughter and the extra wood from the clearcutting into it, along with the omnipresent bones in the area. They then throw the dried and dead ground-plants into the trench and LIGHT THE WHOLE TRENCH ON FIREEEE! It's not going to burn the fort down because it's not inside, but now whichever way the wind blows, it'll be warm!

Right! Observe our pointlessly enormous effort and WEEP! Unless it all collapses, in which case WEEP FOR WHAT YOU HAVE LOST!