//------------------------------// // Watch out for lightning wolves // Story: FIMstuck // by SoloBrony //------------------------------// "Alright, Tom, there are a few things. It sounds gross, but you have teeth. You can pick leaves and sticks to make a crude lean-to. Try and find somewhere high, and rocky to keep out of mud and lowland flooding. Also, check if you have a horn." -Nyronus "I never said you couldn't at least wait out the rain at the mouth of the cave. Dragons are intelligent in this world, so you could probably convince one that that's what you're doing. But yeah, checking for a horn is a good idea. It'll give us an idea of what you have at your disposal. And if you don't have one, that doesn't necessarily mean you're out of luck, though your capabilities are a bit more nebulous in that case." -Fan of Most Everything Tom nodded to himself. Okay, build stuff with teeth, try to make sure I'm not in a flood-zone, check for a horn. Simple. ... Check for a HORN? What the @#$@? Tom proceeded to wave a woof over his head and violently smack his own horn, giving himself one killer headache. AGH I HAVE SOMETHING STICKING OUT OF MY HEAD WHY WOULD THIS BE A GOOD THING?! IT'S NOT EVEN SHARP! "Hi, Tom. I will be giving a single piece of information and a riddle each chapter. Both are helpful, but you may need to think a bit. Unicorns have telekinesis. All creatures eat, and I eat. All creatures breathe, and I breathe. All creatures drink, yet if I drink, I die. What am I?" -Eevee Tele... I can move stuff with my mind?! WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?! Awesome! Tom quickly hunted around the area for a decent spot to set up his lean-to and found some sturdy wood to make a shelter out of. Then he closed his eyes, and concentrated. Energy began to run through his horn. And blasted his wood to cinders. OH COME ON! Tom dejectedly began collecting his materials together with this teeth. There's GOT to be a better way to do this. How do the earth ponies manage it?! "sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lib-drv-fire.make | lib-fauna | lib-flora linux.org makes drivers for these situations. Git gud, scrub. PS: lib-equus-somatic" -Tourquilian Tom just stood there confused for a second. Huh? I'm not a golem or somesuch, you know! "Tom you should climb a tree and find civilization but watch for the lightning ^-^." TearingNose24 "You should climb a tree to view your surroundings to get your bearings on where you are Also probably find some food before you start starving and not thinking straight" -Kodor "Tom, climb a tree and scream as loud as you can, A pegasus is bound to hear you. Either that or Timberwolves" -syberion24 "Ok tom, attempt to climb a tree to get a layout of the land around you... and watch out for the Timberwolves" -Zapper Frost TIMBER WOLVES. That sounds GREAT. I think I'll just climb a tree and be VERY VERY QUIET. Tom, still getting soaked by the rain, and now shivering violently, climbed the tallest tree nearby and looked out. Unfortunately, sheets of rain blocked his view more than a few hundred meters in any direction. Damn. Going to have to wait for the storm to subside before that idea's any good. "quick find a fairy type with moon blast" -Viper Pit I don't think right now is a good time to try to pick up hot guys, Viper Pit. "Hello, we are...oddly conected to you right now. We are receiving a text description of your events filtered sightly by your perspective. We can speak back to you as well. To be frank, drying of exposure is your greatest danger right now. First take assessment of your new body. Do a full check. Assume nothing. Then assess your belongings. Then find a means out of the rain, look and oberve. We have access to huge databases on survival here so we can help, but we must know your environment. Remember, we only know of your situation what YOU oberve." -Mr Stargazer Oh, so I'm not just going crazy! They actively want to help, but their access to me is limited. Okay! Lean-to first! Tom set back about building his lean-to with renewed vim, though the entirety of the process was disgusting, and saw him spitting out mud and moss repeatedly. Regardless, he eventually got enough large chunks of wood and leaves leaned up against the tall tree to hide under and block out the rain. As he sat there shivering, he found himself thinking back. Didn't that eevee guy give me a riddle? Creatures eat, I eat, creatures breathe, I breathe, creatures drink, if I drink, I die? Is that it? Uhh... well, let's see. Clearly the subject of the riddle isn't a creature. Every living thing drinks as far as I know, and the riddle is careful to refer to creatures separately from the subject. So it's some kind of physical object or phenomenon that dies if it 'drinks'. Drink could mean a few things, but the most obvious – goddamnit it's fire. Expose it to water, it dies, needs oxygen and 'consumes' whatever it touches. YOU COULDN'T HAVE JUST TOLD ME TO BUILD A FIRE?! Eager to dry off, and with no reasonable alternative, Tom fetched some wood, dragged it into his lean-to, and tried lighting the soggy twigs with blasts from his horn. It worked after a few attempts, giving him a small and cozy fire to not die from exposure next to. Okay. What was it Stargazer said? Full body check? Coming up! Let's see. Four hooves, horn, two wings, all of my teeth (no cavities), hooves look recently manicured, fetlocks are properly shorn, reproductive parts are where they need to be, tail seems a bit long for a guy but who's judging, both eyes and ears seem to be in good shape. Anything else you need? Not receiving an immediate answer, Tom dejectedly nestled himself in by the fire to wait out the thunderstorm. At least solving the riddle gave me something to do. Hmm... "Hey, 'Eevee'. I've got one for you." 'All heralds announce the arrival of their lords /With booming voice and ringing chords /Yet heralds call to others their lord anticipate /And I always arrive just a tad too late Tom snickered. "What am I?"