Wilderness Survival - Week 2| Thursday Morning, A Clearing in the Woods

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto pointed to the box. "Put your shoes in there and take a handout."

"Knowing how to make fire is one of the most important wilderness survival skills possible. Without it, you can't keep warm, cook, or use it to keep predators away from your camp."

"For today's exercise you'll will be split into two groups, one group will start a fire using a bow drill, and the other with flint and steel. You don't get to go home until you have a fire."

Callisto waited until the students had split into their groups, before speaking again.

"Another useful survival skill is the ability to create tools from scratch, even more important is the ability to figure out how to make the best use of the tools available." Callisto held up a pointed stick. "If you want your shoes back, I want a different use for a pointy stick from each of you at the end of class."

Group One - Bow drill

Alec
Alphonse Elric
Max Guevera
Joxer
M Parker
Aeryn Sun


Group Two - Flint and Steel

Hamlet Dane Jr
Janet Fraiser
Molly Hayes
Cameron Mitchell
Buffy Summers
Sam Winchester

[OCD threads a coming are up.]
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Comments

Sign In and Shoes (Wk 2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

You thought that was a once off?

Comment under latest reply so the thread collaspes.

Re: Sign In and Shoes (Wk 2)

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker signs in. And hands over the shoes. Grumbling and swearing under her breath, but yes.

Talk amongst yourselves. (WS-Wk2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Gossip, complain, pass notes.

Firestarting (WS-Wk2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Burn, baby, burn.

Group one - Bow Drill (WS-Wk2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Alec
Alphonse Elric
Max Guevera
Joxer
M Parker
Aeryn Sun

Group Two - Flint and Steel (WS-Wk2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Hamlet Dane Jr
Janet Fraiser
Molly Hayes
Cameron Mitchell
Buffy Summers
Sam Winchester

Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Give Callisto a use for pointy sticks and get your shoes back.

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy pulled out her own pointy stick from wherever she hid it, and held it up in Classic Slayer Position #2 b (not that she knew that). "Stakes are totally handy for vampire killing!" she chirped.

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker grimaces. "Pointy sticks can be used to mark your trail so you don't get lost. Scrape off the bark on a tree, and leave a sign within sight-distance of the last one, and it'll hopefully help you find your way back."

Now she's wondering how Hansel and Gretel ever managed to get in trouble.

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[likethegun]

Sam thought to himself for a minute because Parker stole his answer. "They're good for drawing protective symbols into the ground around your camp," he said.

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly thought for a moment. "You can use a pointy stick to hold your food over the fire to cook it."

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[can_be_more]

Aeryn's answer is simple. "Stabbing," she says. "Or hunting. Whatever. Shoes."

Re: Group one - Bow Drill (WS-Wk2)

[geneticfreak452.livejournal.com]

Max thinks for a moment and says, "They can be used as a brace for a broken limb."

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Toothpick?" Cameron suggested.

The gnome was making all sorts of gestures and was running around as if he were chasing things with an imaginary spear.

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Pointy sticks are a part of at least a couple different types of traps," Alec said.

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"You can use a pointy stick to help dig up edible roots," Joxer said.

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"If you have enough sticks, you can tie them together for the frame of a tent," Alphonse said. "Then you could throw a sheet or a bunch of leaves over it."

Re: Uses of Pointy Sticks (WS-Wk2)

[ihatedenmark.livejournal.com]

Being next to last to get his shoes back meant that most of the obvious uses for pointy sticks and already been used. He searched his mind for something that hadn't been said yet.

"Pointy sticks can be used to built miniature fences, to contain such annoying creatures as weetiny bunnies, molemen, and gnomes."

Talk To Callisto (WS-Wk2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Better have a good reason to bug her.

Re: Talk To Callisto (WS-Wk2)

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy, pleased at the way the shoe and stake thing had gone, approached Callisto again. "Hi! I have a question."

OOC (WS-Wk2)

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

I'm not a pyro, I just play one on LJ.

Re: OOC (WS-Wk2)

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Fire shiny!

Re: OOC (WS-Wk2)

[multiplez]

Shouldn't it be "Fire pretty, tree bad"? This is Callisto...

Re: OOC (WS-Wk2)

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Dammit, I want a Pyro (John Allerdyce) now.

Also, are you trying to kill us with that icon? ZOMG, woman!

Re: OOC (WS-Wk2)

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

hee, boobies!