hun' 'er down 'n flay'em, i don' care what yer havin ta do, property a don' own, break n remake it!, dats da redneck way, woooweee, amurica
Do a little dance and call forth the nearest god. After that ask him/her to send you home or wherever is safe and provides clothes. Or you could skin your skin off replace it with leaves or bandages if you find some and your are now open to being possessed by gods anytime in your life if you agree to it.
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Maybe you really do have brain damage. This could be another sign of an impending stroke, you really need to get to a hospital as soon as possible.
Look for a more sturdy stick or piece of wood to mount your spearhead on...
>Protagonist That is Unnamed, I suggest that you untie the stone blade from the shorter spear and then retie it onto a long much more suitable stick.
The head is not attached to the pole by merely tying it, it's glued in with hard resin. The only way you could remove the stone from the rest of the spear, without breaking it, would require tools that you don't have. Besides, it's not even your spear. Technically, it belongs to the pony that threw it at you. Even if it did not ever consider getting it back, you should still make efforts to return the spear to it's rightful owner.
If there is none follow the tracks of the large disturbance and possibly hunt down this animal.
hun' 'er down 'n flay'em, i don' care what yer havin ta do, property a don' own, break n remake it!, dats da redneck way, woooweee, amurica
5. consider making an abacus, so you might work finances for the pygmy ponies,profit
Where are all these crazy ideas coming from? An abacus?! Everyone knows that calculators are much more efficient! Also, you'd really rather not die, that's the whole reason you didn't give up from the start. Trying to fight any beast that could make that trail, with nothing but a stone knife, would invariably end with you being in several pieces. It's hard to be alive, when you're in several pieces.
Of course, that's assuming that this mark was made by an animal. It could very well have been made by someone dragging something big through here. You don't know anything about this place, for all you know, this is someone's back yard, and all you need to do, is find their house. You shouldn't get your hopes up about that, though. It's probably not even close to reality.
...or just sharpen and use as a crud spear
Consider making a club whit a thick branch a rock and vines.
find a good branch to use as a club it should make a better weapon than your tiny spear.
You don't have anything sturdy enough to withstand cutting into wood. The stone spearhead is definitely very sharp, but it's also very thin and brittle. Theoretically, you could use it to carve something, but if you twisted it in the wrong direction, it would shatter into pieces. If you're right, this spear means a lot to that pony, and you'd rather not casually break something that holds sentimental value. You could certainly snap off a branch, and you know a technique to put a good hard point onto it, but you would need to make a fire for that, and you don't want to waste that much time, right now.
Tie rope to spear, so you can throw then retrieve it.
Tie other end of rope to a decent sized stone, to use as a weapon/grappling hook.
attach nice sized rock to rope as a kind of swinging rock thing to smash into faces
You don't have rope, you have a length of vine. The weight capacity on vine is much less than that of actual rope. If you tried to make a stone flail with this vine, it would just snap, and waste vine. You put time and effort into gathering this, and you'd rather not waste any. But, the thought of swinging rocks around gives you another idea.
You untie your "belt" and take the coil of vine off, you cut about three feet off, and replace it onto your waist. You bend the length you have back on itself, and slice it in half. You are left with two lengths of vine, each one and a half feet. You walk over to the ferns, choose one that is tough, and pliable, and cut off a leaf. With that done, you fold it over four times, and puncture a hole on either side. Finally, you poke the vines through both holes, and tie them on. You are left with a crude sling.
You don't really know how to use a sling with any accuracy, but it's best to have some kind of ranged weapon. The vine should be able to stand up to the stresses, as long as you don't use any really big rocks. You would take time to pick out some rocks, but you don't have anything to keep them in yet.
make a hat outa leaves, make a pouch and fill with rocks to throw nice sized rocks at things,
Not right now. You do know how to make those, but you need to use the daylight hours to find food, and potentially, allies. Weaving things out of grass or reeds takes a while, and you can make do with what you have now until dusk.
Come up with name for self.
4. think of a title you could give yourself, without stroking your own ego too much
Why? There's no one around to call you by it, and besides, once you get back to civilization, the other people will tell you what your real name is. You don't need a name right now. You wouldn't know where to begin, anyway.
Make leaf shoes
make footwraps outa something like leaves or such,
It's the moment you think about your abused feet, that they begin to sting. Hiking through wild terrain without foot coverings was a bad idea. You decide to take a moment to make yourself some foot wraps.
Since you are already next to a suitable fern, you bend down and cut yourself several more leaves. It takes quite a few, almost as much as you needed for your skirt. Once you have them, you find another vine to use, since you've already used quite a bit of the stuff you're bringing with you. You figure two three foot lengths are enough for this job.
With your materials thus gathered, you sit on a large root, and begin with your right foot. You fold about three leaves in half, leaving you with a pad that's about the size of your foot. You place the pad on top of a gathering of more leaves, and place your foot down in it. It actually feels quite nice on your poor sole. You wrap the leaves around your foot, and then wrap the leaves several time with one of the vines. Once it's secured nicely, you tie the vine up near your ankle with a shoelace knot. You repeat the process with the other foot.
Once the job is completed, you stretch your legs out, so you can inspect your handy work.
They look... like foot wraps made of fern leaves and vine. They won't last for an especially long time, but it's better than nothing.
3. search for small animals
After doing so check the stream for and fish.
Acquire food if there's any to be found.
You take the down time as an opportunity to search the forest for anything that you could eat. As far as you can see, there is nothing edible anywhere around you. If you're going to find something to fill your belly, here is not where you do it.
I think, that before moving forward, you should try and find something to carry water in, even if it means using an old log or something of the sort.
There is nothing around that you can use as a ready made container, either. You can't carve yourself one, until you find flint to make your own tools out of.
Well, going after a large creature with makeshift weapons. In the spirit of not wanting to die, I'd saaaay; go another direction.
The thought of that track being made by an animal makes you very nervous. You almost turn around at that moment, but you catch sight of the hoof print again, and realize that there is a tiny pony out there, completely defenseless, and scared out of it's mind. Both of those are your fault. And, to compound the gravity of the situation, there could be some giant beast following the poor thing.
You can't leave that pony out there, not without losing what makes you a human.
1. continue up the stream cautiously
Cautiously follow the trail, but stay to the undergrowth to keep hidden from any nasty surprises ahead.
Move through the trees and bushes off to the side of the tracks, you have no idea what to expect and you don't wan't to be caught off guard, so be stealthy to get the upper hand if you need it.
Survival in jungle with large predators alone is daunting, seek pygmy, perhaps save from predator.
Follow pony tracks, but stay close to the stream. Better to fight large one with your "enemies" than alone.
>Unnamed Protagonist: i don't think it wise to try to find the dangerous pony place yet so soon so under prepare side what can your stick do to a predator like that right now? but i guess if your careful and not die in the process you learn more and might possibly return the spear to it owner to not appear like a monster... side explore the terrain is good thing to do.
saving the pony will make him or her indepted to the protag and without there spear what could they do to protect themselves?
Follow the trail but exercise caution, also find a good branch to use as a club it should make a better weapon than your tiny spear.
Reasons:
Emotional/moral: You're kind of responsible for the pygmy being disarmed and should always try and aid your fellow sentient creatures.
Practical/logical: If you can save the pygmy it will be more likely to aid you, if you can't whatever made the drag marks will likely go for the easiest prey (the pygmy) first and seeing what kills it will provide survival information.
Yes, aside from the moral obligations you have to that tiny creature, you can definitely see the upside to having an ally in this jungle. There is a downside to tracking it down, but possible danger is outweighed by possible friends. First order of business:
Come up with more random knowledge.
create camouflage to both hide your body from other creatures eye sight and also protect you more from the sun, smear mud from the river on your body to cover your scent,protect your skin from the sun and to add to camouflage.
Also consider covering self in mud to keep cool and/or act as camouflage.
>Unnamed Protagonist:Camouflage and covering your scent before you begin your tracking of the pony.
>Unnamed Protagonist: i would advise you to get your self covered in mud and then head up hill.
You return to the stream, and kneel down, putting aside the spear. You take great fistfuls of mud, and smear it all over your exposed skin. The mud serves several purposes:
1) It will act as a camouflage, making it harder for predators and prey to see you from a
distance.
2) It will contain your scent, making it harder for predators and prey to smell you.
3) It will help keep the sunlight from baking you alive, if you ever find the need to leave the
jungle.
4) It will protect you from bugs and parasites, once they begin to go on the hunt.
5) It exfoliates your skin, helping to combat pimples!
keep an eye out for more tracks to possibly elude you in on what created the large disturbance
keep your eyes open for tracks of anytype
Once every inch of your skin is covered in mud, you stand up. You figure it would be best to take a few seconds to inspect the large trail. It would not be wise to track down something, when you don't even know what it is.
Just like before, the first thing you notice, is the long trough of ruined undergrowth. Anything that isn't crushed, is torn apart. The trail is about one and a half feet wide, and seems to lazily meander back and forth. It wraps closely around trees, and goes between places that would be much easier to simply avoid, if it were someone dragging something large.
That takes away the possibility of it not being some kind of animal.
If you were to make a guess, you'd say that this trail was made by a giant anaconda, but what you notice next puts that theory handily to rest.
Every foot, or so, a thick hoof print drives itself roughly an inch into the ground, the crushed trail sometimes covers them. Whatever made the prints, was directly in front of what made the trail.
Now you have no idea what could have made this strange mark in the jungle. Nothing about it made sense.
The hoof prints were spaced in a way to suggest only two hooves. Maybe another of those pygmy ponies killed a snake, and was dragging it with?
No, the trail still went places that made no sense for a burdened person or pony to go.
If you were crazy, you'd say that this creature had a snakes body, and two hooves on the front. But there is no such creature, not even in mythology, as far as you know. Even if the pygmy pony didn't make sense, ponies do exist. Trying to learn more about this track, has just made you even more confused.
Deploy wits and cautiously follow the hoof print. Grip the awkward to use stone spear/ knife a little tighter.
tread carefully from now on
Follow tracks to give aid and gain trust.
The lack of knowledge you have on the strange beast makes you even more nervous about following it, but it also strengthens your resolve to find the pygmy pony. If the strange beast is dangerous, the pony is in danger, just by being near it. You have to get to the pony, before something terrible happens.
You steel your nerves, and set out.
You first go back to the stream, and retrieve the spear. Then, you walk over into the tree line, and begin to follow the little stream. The water will cover up most of the sound you make in the underbrush, and the trees will help to keep you unnoticed.
Stealthily, you creep through the undergrowth, keeping as silent as possible. You make your way uphill, keeping the stream on your right, at all times. Occasionally, you spot another hoof print in the mud, letting you know that you are going the right way. You continue on like this for a good ten minutes, before something makes you stop.
The strange beast's path veers to the right, crosses the stream, and plunges straight into the trees. It no longer follows the same path as you.
Confused as to what you should do now, you exit the trees, and return to the stream's bank. The deep indent in the mud, and even deeper hoof prints are a definite reassurance of the strangeness of the strange beast. You can't see any more pygmy pony tracks, so you don't know if the strange beast got it, or not. There is no blood anywhere, to suggest that something was killed, but you don't know how the strange beast makes it's kills. For all you know, it could be a constrictor, that would support the snake-like(ish) tracks.
You don't know what to do anymore, the beast's trail goes away from the stream, and you can't see any more of the pygmy pony's prints. Should you continue following the stream uphill, or try to track the strange beast?
What do you do?