Chapter 1 - First Things First
Still unsure about how they arrived at this “Water Landing”, to survive Wu Lo and G’Ra Sul discuss their situation while examining their surroundings. There is much to take in! They are overwhelmed by this strange new place filled with many kinds of trees, bushes, tall slick boulders and strange shinny rocks. They agree to take things slow as they test out what could help or harm them.
Gathering supplies for their survival is their main concern as bellies rumble and fatigue sets in. Some items will require time, while others only some elbow grease. Wu Lo runs off to gather edibles and G’Ra Sul checks out the coast line. Instinctively each seem to know what to do. Like a vague dream Wu Lo is able to distinguish fruits and vegetables from other plants. Not all they pick is safe to eat which they soon learn while running to the nearest bush but not quite making it in time. Embarrassed from soiling themselves, Wu Lo becomes desperately uncomfortable ending all gathering activities for the day.
Meanwhile G’Ra Sul finds a thin vine and a long branch to rig together a “fishing line” they call it. They stand quietly at the shore line seemingly doing nothing compared to the running back and forth Wu Lo did to find food for them both. G’Ra Sul catches rocks that shimmer and names them crystals, seaweeds they don’t recognize and junk they throw back in. This experience isn’t fun and produces very little reward.
Just as G’Ra Sul is about to give up, gather water and return to the meeting spot between the large boulders at the fallen tree stump G’Ra catches something. “A minnow” G’Ra yells out! Filled with tears, their memory begins to defog and G’Ra’s skill in the art of Angling Ace slowly return to them. G’Ra can tell there is more that isn’t clear but now they aren’t as scared as they were at the beginning of the day when the idea of being lost without an inkling of who you are loomed over them.
The next day with greater hope Wu Lo and G’Ra Sul start the day with conversation, grumbling stomachs and a few embarrassing moments as they figure out solving their Bladder and Hygiene needs.
The Week:
Wu Lo:
- Gathers blackberries, onions, tulips, lemons and finds cherry trees that need time to bear their fruits.
- Spreading out feedings over the week, eventually a surplus builds up. Wu is now able to begin cultivating their own crops.
- Without a dedicated place for trash that accumulates, overtime trash fruits sprout and are added to the daily harvest duties.
G’Ra Sul:
- Fish to find something edible, eventually realizes the fish aren’t edible. They gives up throwing the fish into the bushes only to find something wonderful happens, the plant Wu Lo cultivated from seeds of found edibles have evolved. G’Ra Sul attempts to “fertilize” other bushes with their catch of the day and find the results repeat.
- G’Ra Sul requires 20 edibles to fill up. However, filling up on wild edibles comes at a price. In between bites G’Ra must run to the the bushes to relieve their stomach.
