Kadzar spends all day trying to build a 5-man hut. This hut requires 200 kg of wood. Kadzar manages to build 16% of it, using 32 kg of wood. He gains 32 xp in building.
Commander Cool gets 5 kg of wood and attempts to make glass. A foolish expression on his face, he rubs two sticks together gleefully. He plans to hold the sand over the fire, knowing that he will magically not get grievously burned. Unfortunately, he can't make fire and accidentally pokes himself in the eye.
Commander Cool has gained a level in Noble!Commander Cool has gained a level in Blind!Nirur sets out to gather rocks. Over 16 hours, he manages to gather 32 kg of rocks. He gets 32 xp in gathering.
Org wants to fish, but he has no implements with which to do so. He decides to gather fruit instead. He gets 4.8 kg of fruit and 48 gathering xp. 2 xp left!
Strife gets 2 kg of wood from the wood pile and finds some leaves from the fruit. He spends 2 hours weaving a yard-long rope. He wraps it around a stick, ties the ends to notches in another stick (making a bow), and puts the whole thing on a log. He holds it down with a 1-kg rock. Working strenuously for 1 hour, he manages to start a
crackling fire. He spends the 13 hours he has left napping.
Between the 5 of you, you eat 15 meals of .5 kg fruit, or 7.5 kg. Warning: You do not have enough fruit to sustain yourself tomorrow! You will be forced to gather more, or start rationing.
On a nearby island, a lonely islander named Nanoth laments his plight. "We have no food! If only I could go to another island... I have this raft and all, too! But the other islands probably don't have food either. Well, it's sure lucky that I have this magical food-sensing telekinetic power that works only in very limited situations, because if another island gets a good surplus of food, I'll be able to lead immigrants there! ...sigh... it probably won't happen, though. But a man can dream, right?"