fandomhigh | Try Not to Die!!!! [Tuesday, July 19]

Anakin, despite not having lived on a desert in several decades--and having a wife who was from New England--was still ~~a big baby~~ very sensitive when it came to cold. And he'd learned that as long as you were warm, it didn't really matter how silly you looked.

Perhaps someone had just told him that based on the headgear he was currently sporting, thanks to the island's bizarre weather, which was certainly...something.

Bundled up in his Jedi robes and trying not to look like he was completely freezing, he gestured to a rack of the sort of snowgear that mountain climbers wore. "Put that on," he commanded. "The cold on the other side of the causeway is not messing around, and those suits have been fitting with tracking devices in case you wonder off. I would really hope you all take the name of this workshop to heart today and try not to die."

After the students were suitably dressed, he handed them GPS units and gave very brief instructions on how to use them, then stepped back from the clue box. "See you at the rendevous point."

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Like you're even a little surprised Anakin will send you out in an Ice Age.

Out here in the ice, both are essential to survival. In one, you must walk a greater distance (using the GPS) to find a place out of the wind to build a fire. For the other, you only have to walk far enough to find a suitable piece of wood and a stone, which could take a while...choose wisely.

Once you reach the area that is out of the wind, build up a pile of sticks (larger ones as well as kindling), and start a fire without matches.

When you're finished, go over to the modified mouse droid, which will give you your your next clue.

Bring some of the fire with you when you leave.

Edited 2011-07-19 14:58 (UTC)

Welcome to the Ice Age, where people went after something the size of a woolly mammoth with a spear. You'll be making the spear.

Anakin cut you a break by putting together a pile of rawhide strings, but you still had to sharpen the point of your weapon by beating one rock against another and get the stone to stay tied to the stick.

When you were finished, take your weapon and show it to the mouse droid, which will give you your next clue.

Take the weapon with you.

Edited 2011-07-19 14:57 (UTC)

Find food! Using either the fire or the weapon you made, chase one of the ~~conveniently nearby~~ woolly mammoths or buffalo race off a cliff to its death.

...Yes, Anakin is insane.

Then make your way down the cliff to meet Anakin.

Mostly in the "help, I can't make my GPS work!" vein.

Who will...really not care about your rants in favor of a vegan lifestyle.

And RNG sayeth:

1. Blysse Norwood (& Blind Seer)
2. Luke Castellan
3. Bruce Wayne
4. Mercy Thompson
5. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
6. Marshall Wheeler
7. Dana Scully
8. Nico di Angelo
9. Jason Todd
10. Hank Venture
11. Cara
12. Seifer Almasy
13. Spock
14. Lion-o
15. Stephanie Brown
16. Sam Puckett
17. Annie Edison
18. Jim Hawkins
19. Elle Bishop

Cara

Mercy Thompson

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

If Charles had done anything, it was to assure that Mercy could create her own weapons with nothing but sticks and a couple of rocks. She was done with this in no time.

She could have easily made the fire as well, but despite being used to the cold and snow in Northern Montana, she was usually able to be in coyote form there if she wanted, and getting to the weapon area was quicker.

She showed her weapon to the mouse droid and was on her way.

This would be so much easier in her coyote form. She briefly considered slipping into the trees and shifting, but wasn't sure if that would be considered cheating or not. And too many of the other students might see her. Or at least wonder where the heck some random coyote came from.

So, with a sigh, she set off at a run towards one of the buffalo. Basic hunting techniques worked just the same in human form, she just couldn't run quite as fast.

Afterwards she made her way down the cliff to go find the teacher.

Mercy made her way over - far less out of breath than she had any right to be. "Done, sir."

It shouldn't really have been a surprise that Cara picked this task, sitting down she quickly selected a suitable rock and started chipping away at it.

Start a fire without matches? Please. Until fairly recently, Firekeeper hadn't even known matches existed.

And, well. Her name was Firekeeper. Taking the flint and steel from the pouch around her neck, she got to work.

Blind Seer, of course, supervised the process.

The competitive part of Cara really wanted to go after one of the big woolly things, but the part of her that was aware she didn't really have any ranged weapons decided one of the big, grumpy-looking cows would be a better bet.

Besides the adult ones were as tall as a Shadrin and easily twice as heavy, so it wasn't like they wouldn't be a challenge. Of course thanks to someone's lectures on proper hunting techniques, she wouldn't be going after an adult unless she could find one that looked lame.

Hunting? Also something Firekeeper was pretty damned good at. Fire in one hand and Fang in another, she worked with Blind Seer to herd one of the mammoths to the spot she wanted it.

She may have spent some time contemplating how to get down there later to retrieve the carcass.

What? Anything else would be wasteful.

Firekeeper and Blind Seer had no such rants as they made their way to the check-in point. "Can we go back for the meat?" Firekeeper asked without preamble.

Oh, Wesley knew all about starting a fire without matches. If anything, it was often essential on watchers' retreats. He used his glasses, focusing a lens on a small point, and a flame erupted.

A pang in his chest reminded him how much he associated fire with Katniss now, but he ignored it as he went to collect his next clue.

Cara looked far too pleased with herself when she she showed up at the bottom of the cliff hauling a good tonne of buffalo (that strangely looked a bit more like it'd been stabbed than run off the cliff) behind her.

Today's class seemed determined to remind him of Katniss. First the fire, now hunting. With a resolute focus the likes of which he rarely had for anything, he got to work putting a few sticks together to make a bow. Then, forcing himself to be careful and quiet the way he'd been taught, he darted after a woolly mammoth, channelling her quiet strength all the while.

So I can't be the only one thinking barbecue in the park tonight, right?

Wesley was neither panting nor doubled over when he reached the rendevous point, which was a first.

"Finished," he said softly, and left it at that. This had been surprisingly difficult, considering... well, considering.

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Try Not to Die!!!! [Tuesday, July 19]

Sign in [7/19]

Detour: Build a Fire or Build a Weapon

Detour: Build a Fire

Detour: Build a Weapon

Road Block [7/19]

Ask Tahiri or Anakin for help!

Check in with Anakin [7/19]

OOC

Re: Sign in [7/19]

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Re: Road Block [7/19]

Re: Check in with Anakin [7/19]

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