@realitywarper@arcus@one_upper
Our Next Move
After some time around the fire with Reality, the hunting party eventually returned unscathed and carrying a bounty of food. Meat, berries, water to be boiled and purified, a good haul had been made on this trip. It pleased my eyes and my stomach to see we had some food to last a while. I ate one of the gulls Iron Lotus had brought back and asked Nomad if I could ate just a few of the bayberries he'd brought back. He approved, telling me that I should consider eating a more balanced diet with less meat in it. "Uh huh, I'll definitely cut down on the meat for the future. I might have enough of it being stuck on this island." I then drank some of the fresh water the firebenders had purified.
After some general small talk and chit chat, Nomad (@lunacyde) cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention. "We need a balanced diet to replenish our bodies. I know some may scoff at this, but it is important to remain a sense of variety for health as well as morale. He provided mushrooms, bayberries and other vegetarian resources he'd scavenged. He then turned his attention to me and moved onto the matter of seawater. "We will need more salt to preserve this meat, I will go retrieve some sea water from the nearby coast. Arcus and Nighthunder can evaporate the water and we can use the sea salt to cure the dried meat." He extended his hand in a friendly handshake. "I will be stealthy and see what else I can see of our enemies while I am out. You are in charge while I am gone, the team will look to you for leadership. If I fail to return within the hour don't bother sending a search party. We all know if I'm not back by then I'm probably dead."
"Of course Nomad, I'll make sure to keep things up and running round here whilst you're gone. I'll have them eating berries and mushrooms by the time you get back" I joked, hoping to cover the tension over the possibility that Nomad wouldn't return. Nomad then took off and soon after, Oblivion gave a mellow dramatic performance of a drama from South East Texas and took off after Nomad. I decided not to stop him, Nomad would be better off if he had some back up on his sea water trip, there were still plenty of opponents out there. Safety in numbers was always a good thing, even with Nomad's exceptional stealth and agility. Turning to the rest of the group, I decided to cover some topics.
"OK gents, whilst we're all set for the moment, I feel that it wouldn't hurt to talk about some future plans. In regards to food storage, we've already discussed how to preserve our spoils of the hunt. With two firebenders, we can smoke the meats we have and boil seawater to get salt. As long as we have containers to store the water and food, we should be set. As for our base, we may be moving things along down here but for now, we're set. As you can see from the walls, I've made some hiding holes with my Earth bending to conceal anyone who remains at base in the walls. I thought about the idea of erecting some Earth walls with help from Iron Lotus but I don't want to risk destabilising the conditions of the tunnel. We'll discuss that with Nomad once he returns. Finally, the biggest topic of all, our opponents on the island. Lotus, have you sensed much activity from near our position?" I enquired.
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