Augen
Warp Sentinal
Warrior of Ghengis Khan
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Post by Augen on Aug 7, 2009 14:59:04 GMT -5
Augen thought for a moment and nodded. "Yeah... You're probably right... Still, I do think it'd be good to at least see if there's any source of freshwater here... A river or stream... Phew, heat's really getting to me." He wiped his sleave across his forehead as he let out a sigh. "Too hot... And at night it'll probably be deathly cold... Graaaaah," he spun around for a moment before letting himself just fall to the sand.
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Post by Lady Kuri on Aug 7, 2009 18:04:07 GMT -5
She thought about what they would need. In science class she had been much better equipped for such an endeavor. "The only time I ever tried this was in school, but I remember how. It shouldn't be too hard."
"Alright... first we need to dig a hole, somewhere hot- like on the beach. And then we need to make a bowl, or find something to weave one it with." She looked over at the palm leaves they had used to fix their shelter. "We can use those." She said pointing to the small pile of left over palm.
"And then we put it in the hole, fill the hole with water and cover it with something, then when the water evaporates it'll be caught inside and drip into the bowl." She said looking at Judus.
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Post by Nashk-Ojiisan on Aug 8, 2009 1:11:13 GMT -5
Arturo sighs heavily as he kneels beside his fallen friend. His mind idly tracked through memories of the islands around the area his father and he used to fish. The conditions were similar... Though of course that meant very little when it came to local conditions.
"Ai... Look here my friend. You obviously need to be brought into some shade. How about I drag you further inland, pull some palms, or whatever else I can scrape up to give you some shade? While you be doing the cooling... I be searching for water alright?" Arturo claps Augens shoulder.
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Post by Lord Eshmon on Aug 9, 2009 23:47:30 GMT -5
Judus looks over the palm leaves taking them in his hands, he runs his fingers along the pointed tips.
"Have you ever made a valentine's day heart basket, cutting and weaving two peices of paper together without any binding or pastes.....i think we could do that here, take five brnches, weave the leaves together and we'll have our bowl." He starts working on the bowl, his finger bending the leaves without leaving a crease mark, and pulling on them gently to make sure they where water tight. "Maybe if we could get some more palm leave we could weave little pockets and set them out to collect moister in the morning....."
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Augen
Warp Sentinal
Warrior of Ghengis Khan
Posts: 14
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Post by Augen on Aug 10, 2009 1:18:34 GMT -5
Augen slowly stood back up and looked at Arturo. "Yeah... That might be optimal... I think I can... walk, though," he replied, slowly stumbling his way torwards the jungled part of the island. It was obvious that he wasn't all together. His movements were winding, and he sort of mumbled and paused as he had spoken. "I'll... find some leaves or... something. To lay down in."
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Post by Lady Kuri on Aug 10, 2009 1:22:21 GMT -5
"Maybe... when I was younger." She sat own next to him, grabbing a couple palm leaves. She started to copy the motions his fingers made when they weaved on her own leaves. Her version was a bit smaller but looked to be just as sound. "I think I got it." She said looking over her bowl.
She examined it from all sides and frowned. "We need to be sure its water proof..."
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Post by Nashk-Ojiisan on Aug 10, 2009 1:35:36 GMT -5
Arturo stands quickly and brightly. With a laugh he strikes a heroic pose and begins marching alongside Augen. Whenever Augen stumbles Arturo would cheerfully help him upright.
"That is good my friend! You do that while I search for the most crystal water I can find! But do not worry, we can survive off the swear of our brow if we must!" Arturo laughs loudly.
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Post by Lord Eshmon on Aug 10, 2009 1:38:12 GMT -5
"True..." He walks out onto the beach and down to the water, scooping some water into the leaf bowl he swashes it around carrying it back to her. "Mine's good...."
He dumps the water from his bowl into hers.
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Post by Lady Kuri on Aug 10, 2009 2:53:02 GMT -5
Her bowl held up as well, she grinned and jumped off her feet. "Alright, lets see if this works then." She said.
Ricki dumped the salt water out of her bowl, making sure to avoid the fire. They headed down toward the beach again, stopping short of the tide. She stuck her hands into the sand and started digging like she was a little girl making a sand castle. "Come on, help me."
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Post by Lord Eshmon on Aug 10, 2009 3:10:31 GMT -5
He gets to his knees beside her and helps dig. His stomach growls, he ignores it and keeps digging, though it's loud enough for both of them to hear.
"I just now realized how much work we've done....."He said feeling the strain of labor without food or water taking its toles on his body.
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Post by Lady Chestnut on Aug 10, 2009 3:35:56 GMT -5
"Don't think about it..." She said, scooping out hand-full after hand-full of sand. It felt like they were getting nowhere, and a sudden wave of desperation made her push harder to finish digging.
"I just want to get this done..." She groaned, flinging sand behind her toward the water. "And then we can worry about the next thing..."
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Post by Lord Eshmon on Aug 10, 2009 3:56:01 GMT -5
"right...." He says digging with her. "So....wouldn't happen to have anything sharp on ya? Catching a rat with your bare hands in the underbrush is hard...better to use a sharpened stick..."He says panting and digging.
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Post by Lady Kuri on Aug 10, 2009 4:06:28 GMT -5
She glared at him and then sighed. "Did you listen to what I just said..."
"I have a nail file." She patted her pockets again, this time checking the back ones. "Oh... whats this?" She asked as she pulled a bag of airplane peanuts out of her back pocket. She stared at it for a moment.
"Should we save them or eat them now?" Her stomach was all for eating them now, but she had no idea what the future held for them.
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Post by Lord Eshmon on Aug 10, 2009 4:25:02 GMT -5
"Lets just keep them for now.....who knows maybe beach rats love airplane peanuts.....who am I kidding...they're rats...."He says his pit getting to about elbow depth.
"So i put the bowl in like this?" He says sliding the bowl down to the bottom of the pit.
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Augen
Warp Sentinal
Warrior of Ghengis Khan
Posts: 14
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Post by Augen on Aug 10, 2009 13:30:07 GMT -5
"Thanks, Art," Augen said, stumbling along as they entered the jungle. Eventually he spotted a clear patch of grass and layed down upon it, tired. "Heh... I'll stick 'round here for a while... If you need me to get up... just yell... and I'll probably wake u--" And then he passed out.
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