Wilderness Adventures, Tuesday

[imafuturist]

Class was once more outside of the school, out in the woods where the 'skills' being imparted on them could really be used.

"Okay, so today we're going to learn another valuable lesson," Tony said. "Starting a fire. Safely, please."

"Fire is important for cooking food, staying warm when you're stuck in the Alps in February, and apparently for warding off dinosaurs when they show up on this island because that made sense," Steve muttered.

He learned that fire could scare dinosaurs from cartoons and movies, kids. Don't trust that.

"And sometimes you won't have matches or lighter fluid on you," Tony added with a sigh. "Which happens here sometimes. It's a thing. So, we have some methods for you to try."

"Since you all seem mostly well-versed in wilderness lore--" were they hearing "better at this than two guys born and raised in New York?" because that's what Steve meant, "--pick one that you haven't tried before."

A roar came from the woods nearby. "--And we'll be on the lookout for predators."

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Re: Make a Fire

[mylandmyrules]

Nell sat on the ground and quickly got a nice fire going. In addition, while no one was paying attention she reached down to commune with the ground and send a strong suggestion to the ground itself that it should keep the more dangerous animals away. At the very least the earth would tell her if they were getting too close.

She might look as if she was daydreaming while she did this.