A whole new world

[aestrix]

There is a forest that likes to pretend that it's ordinary. It isn't, it's quite bizarre. Every night, in fact, zombies and other horrible monsters swarm this place, looking for people to kill. Not that they've found anyone, the forest itself is quite empty of residents. But they search anyway, during the night, shambling and groaning and occasionally leaving body parts lying around. Those disappear pretty quickly, but it still happens. Then the day comes, and they depart to who knows where, swearing (if mindless monsters could think, or in fact swear to anything in particular) that they'l be back the next night. Repeat ad nauseum.

It's currently in the day portion of this cycle of directionless attempts at violence. Maybe this day will be different from all of the others.

But then, probably not, it's a very boring island without anyone here.

Comments

[aestrix]

"I am here to help!"

[greatestgift]

"Yeah."

She goes to test out the fish-saw-axe on a tree.

[aestrix]

It is really effective at cutting down trees. Leagues and leagues better than the copper axe.

[greatestgift]

Ooh. Nifty. She'll just be carrying around the fish-axe instead of the copper axe from now on.

[aestrix]

The fish-axe has no comment on the matter! Axes don't talk, and neither do fish, unless it's a Disney movie. And this is not a Disney movie.

The clouds darken, and it starts to rain.

[greatestgift]

Sable was wondering if this place had weather! Apparently it does. How nice.

[aestrix]

Yep!

And then a flying fish shows up and tries to kill her.

[greatestgift]

"Ugh!" she says, swatting at it with the pointy end of the fish-axe.

[aestrix]

Et tu, fish-axe? Et tu?

The flying fish is murdered by its fish-axe brother. The traitor.

[greatestgift]

Good.

Sable goes indoors to her campfire and sees about cooking some of her travel-sized fishes.

[aestrix]

She can actually turn the fish into food items (specifically, one called sashimi) without the use of a cooking pot, but the cooking pot is required for the soup. It's only ten iron, she can afford it.

[greatestgift]

Ten iron is definitely worth it for soup.

[aestrix]

Then she may now have soup!

[greatestgift]

Good. It's almost like real food.

[aestrix]

Well, the main materials involved seem to be pretty easy to gather, so she can likely have as much of it as she likes.

[greatestgift]

She bets she will be tired of it in a week.

[aestrix]

Probably. But there are other food options! Like... Blueberries. And fish. And more rabbit. And maybe that fruit from the cactus.

[greatestgift]

Ugh.

[aestrix]

Well, she can always eat the grasshoppers. If she wants some variety.

[greatestgift]

Ugh.

How about instead, she goes on another fishing trip the next day.

[aestrix]

That is fine! There are fish to be caught. It's still raining, though.

... There is a walking goldfish. Right over there.

[greatestgift]

...

Sable stops and stares.

The goldfish. Is walking. On its little fins.

That's adorable. And bizarre.

[aestrix]

It thinks it's quite normal, thank you very much.

(A slime hops nearby. It has an umbrella.)

[greatestgift]

...That is an enormous slime. Sable avoids it.

[aestrix]

That is fine. It hops along, umbrella in... slime. It has no hands.