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[Aqizzar]

Ah shit, I ignored the thread for a couple days, and now I'm waaay behind.  Call it post-crash shock.

Okay, so there's a cave, and a village full of dead people?  And Strife's military instincts are telling him to find cover.  Well, I'd be more than happy to search the village for clues and/or useful stuff.  I'll take a sharp stick or pole from the wreckage, a torch if I can make one (do we have anything to light fires, since sticks together is really hard?), and a wet cloth to tie over my mouth.

Is there somewhere to collect all the information, like inventories and stuff?  Because I don't really know what I'm carrying.

[Tack]

Also, we're not sure who killed the villagers, and that area I found looks like the perfect place for a camp. If I had a chart of all of the most dangerous things I could miss, an old campfire would be one of them.

[sonerohi]

Firemaking is extremely simple. All we need is a rock (smaller than our soccer ball sized ones), two sticks, and bark.

[Strife26]

My prefered fire starting methods:

#1 A lighter (damn TSA not letting me carry incend. weapons on commercial flights. I'm guessing that our dear GM wouldn't let me have the MRE I habitually keep with me on planes as well, containing matches and an ever-fun FRH)

#2 Matches

#3 Battery short circuit (run some steel wool between two terminals and it'll form a coal, one can get to flash point of most tinders just with some copper wire)

#4 Lens (just like frying ants, doable with sunlight and a pair of glasses)

#5 Fire drill (the old standby)

[Heron TSG]

"You're probably right.  It's not too hard to find anyway, so long as you follow the beach."

(FINAL ACTION) >Follow the main group, watching for edible plants along the way. I'm not liable to find anything with my botany skill, but it's worth a shot. All I know is that...

'Berries white are a poisonous sight, berries red might leave you dead, and berries blue are good for you.'

[Tack]

Flint and steel, too, Strife.

[Strife26]

I'm  not the biggest fan of flint and steel. Firstly, there's the problem of finding the stuff, even if you've got a chunk of flint and a blade, it's not all that easy to start tinder with just sparks. I carried around a flint chunk for a long while (I lost it at some point). During one JROTC class I was challenged to start a fire with it. Heck if I could get anything other than short lived sparks and a nice burnt smell.

[Neyvn]

I myself would also like to look into this village...

Also, Strife.. Why a blade... \\points to scrap metal from the wreck\\

[Sheb]

"I do have glasses to start a fire with if we need too. And I'm able to live fairly well without them, so if the main group want them for a while, I can let your have them."

Having said that, Sheb return working on the stretchers.

[MaximumZero]

I'm  not the biggest fan of flint and steel. Firstly, there's the problem of finding the stuff, even if you've got a chunk of flint and a blade, it's not all that easy to start tinder with just sparks. I carried around a flint chunk for a long while (I lost it at some point). During one JROTC class I was challenged to start a fire with it. Heck if I could get anything other than short lived sparks and a nice burnt smell.

The trick is to use something with a long draw and a rough edge, like a file or a bread knife. Well, that or LOTS of kindling.

Anyway, the actual reason for my post is to request everyone's finalized actions. There's lots of suggestions and group talk and whatnot, but Sheb, Japa and Barbar seem to be the only ones whom I actually know what they are doing.

Fakeedit: I know this is way behind, but here are answers to Strife's questions:

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Questions: How big are the bottles of water?  1 liter.
How are the sandwiches and salads prepared?  Prefabricated, in thin plastic trays, like you would find in a carryout restaurant.
Individually sealed? Yes.
What kind of salads are they? 6 are chef's salads, 6 are Caesar.
Salad dressing? In packets.
Tomatoes? In a sealed compartment inside the salad tray.
Water tight? So far.

How thick is our metal plate?  A little less than 1 cm.
Is it convex enough to serve as a rough bowl?  Nope. It was an access panel, so it's flat.
Can it be bent into a bowl?  Probably, given the right amount of heat, pressure, and time.
How straight are the med. Sticks? Fairly. Straight enough to be walking sticks.
Are they good enough to serve as spear hafts?  Probably.
I assumed that the teeth were fish or shark type, right? Not anything terrestrial? As far as you're aware.

Floatation devices: Many of them have been punctured, but you have 5 in working order.

[scriver]

Oh!
> Go with the resters to the new site. Carry stuff as needed.
Also, Strife, I would still like a legend for that map of yours. So I don't get lost, you know.

[Kitsunin]

I'll go with the others to the new site, keeping an eye out for anything at all as we move.

[Diakron]

Confirming my action: search for the planes emergency kit, then grab all the plates if metal i can easily collect and stage them for movement.

[AntiAntiMatter]

I'll help take stuff to the new camp and set up.

[lordnincompoop]

I'll follow them to the new site then.