_/Labour Report\_
ForagingGathering RocksMollask: x1
Mu Rex: x0
Molloch the Devourer: x0
Zark the Red: x0
Fish Sugarpants: x0
Shelbie: x0
Walnut: x1
Rocks Gathered= 2
Gathering WaterMollask: x0
Mu Rex: x0
Molloch the Devourer: x0
Zark the Red: x0
Fish Sugarpants: x3
Shelbie: x0
Walnut: x0
Water Gathered= 9
Hunting Animals (%33 Success Rate)
Mollask: x0
Mu Rex: x0
Molloch the Devourer: x0
Zark the Red: x3 (x)(x)(✓)
Fish Sugarpants: x0
Shelbie: x0
Walnut: x0
Meat Hunted= 3
Leather Harvested= 1
Bones Collected= 0
Hunting Plants (%33 Success Rate)
Mollask: x0
Mu Rex: x0
Molloch the Devourer: x0
Zark the Red: x0
Fish Sugarpants: x0
Shelbie: x0
Walnut: x0
Fuel Gathered= 0
Construction and ProductionItems Crafted(0/0)
1 Sharp Stone by Mollask
1 Sharp Stone by Shelbie
1 Sharp Stone by Walnut
Buildings Built1 Corridor by Mollask
1 Carved Balcony by Shelbie
+1 Fireplace by Shelbie
+1 Fireplace by Molloch the Devourer (oh... oh?)
1 Corridor by Walnut
Meat Dried(3/6)
Thrice by Mu Rex
Meat Dried= 9
Leather Dried(5/6)
Twice by Molloch the Devourer
Leather Dried= 2
Mu wakes up to the sound of rain. The weather had clamed substantially since the day before, but the rain was still continuing. The air had an autunmnal quality to it, damp and cold in way that got through the shell and into the guts, but in a kinda cozy way that woke Mu right up.
Mu looks up to see the rain. He could drink it. But it would need to be bagged first. Don't ask why. It is hard to hold liquids when all you have is thin tendrils. And opening your beak to the rain takes far too long. But it would be refreshing to drink freshwater after so long. He drinks his briny saltwater. Not that it matters.
He briefly thinks to cook food after seeing the stockpiles empty. But he quickly realises that it is impossible to light a fire at this time. The raw meat they have is close to rotting, so someone should do something fast. Emphasis on someone. Not Mu.
Zark wakes up second and does what Zark does. He grabs some bags, equips his spear, and goes out to kill something. He drinks his water and heads out.
Fish wakes up third. He is feeling quite lazy today. But someone needs to gather water. He drinks up his water and puts three bags onto a rock to fill in the rain. He goes back to sleep afterwards. He'll grab the bags in the afternoon or something.
Others slowly get up as well and start their day. Now, they have homes and storage, but the space on the cliff they have here is limited. They need to burrow into the thing. So Shelbie and Walnut drink the leftover saltwater while Molloch and Mollask drink whatever water had accumulated in the bags Fish had set up. Ah, freshwater at last. It is delicacy after all!
They all are hungry, but there is not much they can do about it now. They don't want to waste food by eating it raw, so they figure that a new fireplace is a must.
Mollask and Walnut each grab a stone from their surroundings and knap them into usable ones. You would figure they would carve a place for the much needed fire? No, they instead decided to dig two tunnels from the backs of their own rooms. Which currently lead to nowhere. They are exhausted by the ordeal due to the lack of a meal. They both go take a nap to conserve hunger.
No, it is Shelbie who does the necessary work. He hits the rock and slowly excavates a cavity in the shape of a half dome. He then grabs one piece of fuel to light a fire on their new balcony, which would shield it from the rain. Molloch has the exact same idea. So both decide to do it. At the same place. At the same exact time. Their combined efforts form a fire that was larger and hotted than either had intended to light. But it isn't exactly unpleasant. It is larger and hotter, so it can get the twice amount of the job done.
UNLOCKED: Medium Fireplace
Molloch grabs their almost-rotted two pieces of leather and begins to dry them. They could always use more bags. Mu, having seen the creation of the fire, quickly joins him with all of their raw meat in tow. Together, they cook and dry animal products. And they start to converse to kill their boredom.
"How did you two light a fire so large?"
"I have no idea. I reckon that this is not even the largest we can light. I bet we can light up an even larger one."
"Hah, imagine the heat coming off from such a fire. Even the gods would feel its heat from their homes."
"I suppose you are right. I'd say that Suth would be pissed. He would smite us into ashes."
"Hahaha, you're right. He would!"
"What are you two talking about?" Shellbie sits down near them, not wanting to sleep and smelling the cooking meat.
"About the gods' wrath." Mu replies.
"Why? Are we angering them?"
"No no, Shelbie. We are poking fun at this giant fire you and I made. We were talking about how an even larger one would piss off the gods."
"Hahaha, imagine that! But I'd say that Ghunnik would be happy about it. He is like, the god of fire?"
"Wasn't it Ghannik?" Molloch asks, and Shelbie answers.
"No, Ghannik is the god of water and cold. He and Ghunnik are twins."
"Wait they are?" Molloch asks again, but this time Mu interjects.
"Of course they are! It is in the names! You know the story? The one where the mountain spew up into the celestial plane and fucked the sky-boulder and then-"
"The food, Rex. The food is going into the fire."
"AH SHIT!"
The cooking and drying goes on uneventfully, besides that small mishap at Mu's part. Molloch goes to pack the pelt away, and Mu goes wake the sleepers so they can eat with them. One by one, everyone gathers at the balcony. Molloch hands everyone their warm steaks and Fish goes out to retrieve the bags he left out in the morning.
This when Zark emerges from behind the boulders, drenched in rainwater and carrying only a single bag full of meat and a piece of raw leather. He curses at his luck to the others and climbs to the balcony with them to partake in the feast. Fish also returns right after.
As they all eat, Zark recounts his story.
"So I was pursuing these
nimbles right? And I was so close to catch one large male off guard. But then these fucking
dreamflies arrive to hunt on the exact herd. The herd panics and runs away and shit, and I lose the perfect opportunity to fill all three bags and get us a second days fill."
"Don't beat yourself up about it." Shellbie says.
"Also don't go out without a warning. Tell us when you are out hunting." Molloch adds.
"Why didn't you try to catch one of the
dreamflies?" Walnut asks after a silence.
"They are so fucking fast, thats why! They are also goddamn clever. They know they are annoying and have fun with it. Also their flesh may make you high unless you are really careful to avoid the venom glands all over their bodies."
"Huh? Didn't heard that before." Fish says.
"Don't get any ideas. It is a venom. It is deadly when the dose is too much. And too much of it is too little in this case. Anyways, the herd left a baby behind. So I killed that instead. Boring I know."
The seven recount some more stories after and share a few laughs. They then slowly start to retire to their rooms for the night. All except two.
"What are you so concerned about?" Zark asks to Molloch.
"I am just feeling uneasy. Like something is coming."
"Oh you old rock. Lets go to sleep."
"Alright. Coming."
Molloch watches as Zark goes into his cave to sleep.
He then leaves the balcony too. But instead of going to his own house, he instead moves to the opposite direction, where the cliff turns into a slope and the mountain is clearly visible. Something leads him there. He doesn't knows what.
He looks up at the mountain, which is a volcano. The mountain, which has it's peak glow a beckoning, pulsating orange. The way this strange light morphs and shakes does things to Molloch's head, which he doesn't understands. He leaves it at that.
Maybe he is old, huh? He goes to sleep.
_/The Uch-Urum Tribe\_
_/Population\_: 7/7
_/Resources\_¤ Raw Meat: 3/15 (3 spoils in 2 turns)
¤ Dried Meat: 2/15 (+0 / -7)
¤ Bones: 4/0
¤ Raw Leather: 2/0 (1 spoils in 1 turns, 1 spoils in 2 turns)
¤ Pelt: 2/0
¤ Stones: 1/0
¤ Water: 7/15 (+0 / -7)
¤ Fuel: 0/0 (-0)
_/Tools\_12 Leather Bags (10 used, 2 available)
7 Bone Spears (7 used, 0 available)
7 Leather Clothes (7 used, 0 available)
_/Buildings\_ (corridors are not here for obvious reasons)
3 Storage Caves (45 Storage Total, 23 Used)
7 Cave Homes (7 Housing)
1 Carved Balcony
+1 Medium Fireplace
_/Toolmaking\_¤ Sharp Stone: 1 Stone
A simple tool used for a variety of purposes. Doesn't requires a workshop to be made.
¤ Bone Spear: 1 Bone, 1 Sharp Stone
Spear made of animal bone. Used for hunting. Isn't necessary to hunt.
¤ Leather Clothes: 1 Pelt
Garments made of animal pelt. Increases armor.
¤ Leather Bag: 1 Pelt
Used to store, and transport resources more efficently. Can hold up to 3 units of resources. Can only hold 1 type of resource at a time. Necessary for storage caves to function as food/water stores.
_/Indoor Construction\_
¤ Cave Home: 1 Sharp Stone (H)
Small housing carved into rock. Houses 1 shellperson. Uses up 1 Sharp Stone.
¤ Storage Cave: 1 Sharp Stone (S)
Small storage carved into rock. Uses up 1 Sharp Stone. Can contain 5 items, including leather bags that have items in them. Can contain multiple kinds of resources at once.
¤Corridor: 1 Sharp Stone (╣,║,╗╝,╚,╔,╩,╦,╠,═,╬)
A long tunnel into stone. Can link to 3 constructions. Those constructions can be corridors. Can be built upon where a room is to turn it into a corridor.
¤Carved Balcony: 1 Sharp Stone (B)
Artificial cavity on rock face. Can be used to have campfires technically inside and be protected from rain. Can only be built on places bordering outside.
¤Workshop Cave: 1 Sharp Stone, 2 Stones (W)
A cave with a Primitive Workshop in it.
_/Outdoor Construction\_
¤ Primitive Workshop: 2 Stones
A small outdoor workbench used to craft basic tools and items.
¤ Fireplace: 1-2 Fuel (S: s) (M: S)
A communal fireplace. Used to cook food and dry animal skins. Consumes 1 or 2 Fuel every turn, depending on its size. Doesn't consumes fuel the turn it is first built. Goes out or downgrades if no fuel is left in storage to sustain it.
None
_/Cave Map\_
The site I am using is not cooperating!
Does any one of you know of a better site or app or whatever?
PlayersPlayer: Crystalizedmire
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear
Habitation: Cave Home
Player: A_Curious_Cat
Appearance: ....
Items:
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Bone Spear
Habitation: Cave Home
Player: Maximum Spin
Appearance: He is a particularly large Shellperson. His beak is sharp and triangular. His shell is symetric and rough. His shell is colored a very dark brown. His eyes are small. His light organ has along stalk and is large. His duel tentacle is extremely sharp.
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear
Habitation: Cave Home
Player: Funk
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear
Habitation: Cave Home
Player: Supernerd
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear
Habitation: Cave Home
Player: The Canadian Kitten
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear
Habitation: Cave Home
Player: King Zultan
Appearance: ....
Items:
Leather Clothes
Bone Spear
Habitation: Cave Home
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Topic: The Survival of The Shellfolk | For the Lauv of God (Read 8093 times)