Wilderness Survival - Week 4 | Thursday Morning, A Clearing in the Woods

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto had two lock boxes today, rather than just one. She pointed at the first box. "Shoes."

Then she pointed at the second box. "Now your clothes. Everything except your underwear."

After everyone had removed their clothing and placed it in the box, Callisto continued "If you spend a prolonged period of time in the wilderness, then it is more than likely whatever clothing you were wearing at the time will come under a considerable amount of wear and tear, especially if it wasn't designed for the environment you're in. The results can be… unpleasant to say the least.

"Luckily, it is possible to repair, and even make clothing from items found in the wilderness. Animal skins, some kinds of tree barks, vines, sinew. The possibilities, if not endless, are at least more varied than you'd think. Even luckier for you, I'm not making you hunt and forage for the raw materials.

"I think you can guess the rest of today's lesson. Use the materials I've provided to make garments to replace the ones you were wearing before. I know the equipment might be a primitive compared to what some of you may be used to, all bone needles and stone knives, but well, you'll just have to deal.

"Get to it," Callisto said. "And as an extra incentive, you're not getting your clothes back until next week, so make sure that you put a decent effort into the clothes."

[ooc: OCD threads coming are up! Post away.]
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Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Okay." Molly shrugged and moved on to cutting out and sewing her top.

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Right," Cameron sighed and went back to attacking his own furs. Quite literally.

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly watched him with amusement as she worked on her own clothes. She'd help him if he asked, but otherwise she wasn't going to offer again.

Finally, when she was done with her clothes, she put them on and stood up to show them off. "How do they look? Think they'd hold up in the wild?"

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron looked up from his potato sack and grinned. "Looks fine. If we ever need to go 'Lord of the Flies', you get to do the clothes."

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Nu-uh," Molly said. "If we do ever have to go tribal, first thing I'll do is make you learn how to do it yourself."

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Or I can just stop growing and wear the same clothes forever," Cameron said with a scowl at the not so much cooperating skins.

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

"Until they fall off of you from wear and tear," she pointed out.

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"You wouldn't let me go naked, would you?" Cameron tried his best puppy eyes look.

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly grinned at him and blushed a little. She sat down next to him and leaned over to whisper in his ear. "If you leave it up to me, I'll make you a kilt and nothing else."

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cameron spluttered and stared at her before breaking into a smile. "Is that so?"

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly blushed more. "Maybe."

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Hmmm, I'll have to keep it in mind," he said and leaned over to kiss her cheek.

Re: Clothes Making (WS - Wk4)

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly smiled at him and sat back to watch him work on his potato sack.