username: fool (with potential action)

[theroadwarrior]

[Well, the username seems only natural.

Anyway—]

put up some traps up north. bout half a mile.

[IT'S LITERALLY BEEN A MONTH SINCE HE'S BEEN SEEN and this is what he returns with. Hi, guys, you wouldn't even know he was back if not for the fact that he's just using the network to warn preemptively about something. He's in desperate need of a haircut and his beard is getting intense because he really hasn't touched it since he shaved, uhh... the first month of landing? He's a fast-growing beard machine, guys. Not that you can see it, because Mr. Anti-social is all texts today.

He attaches the coordinates for the general areas of where they are, just FYI. He wasn't going to because he thinks it doesn't matter, but then he realizes y'all are gonna bitch about not being precise. And god help him, he doesn't want to deal with complaining people who want to go south.]

it's for the food supply in camp.

don't walk into them.

i don't want to eat you.

[... But feel free to have not seen the message and walk into them anyway. They're the good old-fashioned types: pitfalls that are horrible to climb out of, and those annoying rope-to-tha-ankle tree traps that drag you a story into the air. He'll come across you eventually to complain and huff and puff and get you loose.

Good times.]

Comments

username: c.fry

[suddenlycaptain]

might not hurt to put them around camp, too. for security.

did you mark them?

username: c.fry

[theroadwarrior]

thinking about it.

was considering to leave them blank.

could catch something that's not an animal.

[You get his meaning?]

[suddenlycaptain]

[ Oh, she gets it. ]

those ones I'd say definitely leave blank

the problem with all of these is that we're assuming there's no access to our conversations, but we could still get lucky

can you skin the animals, make leather?

[theroadwarrior]

they use spears

not sure if they'd have the skill in tech when they don't have advanced weapons.

[Max thinks it'd be rather stupid of them to have such technology but not use it.

But whatever, he's ran into crazy people. He's qualified to say who is, too, being a psychotic himself.]

could try.

depends on how well the animals can be skinned here.

[suddenlycaptain]

you don't need to reload spears

would you teach me?

[theroadwarrior]

would prefer the gun anyway, easier to shoot down people who use spears.

[He's being a little shit, right there. But anyway.]

huh?

[Max is bad at keeping track of what people want from him; you'll have to make it blindingly obvious for him so he can consider flat-out dropping the texting or actually helping, mmmkay.]

[suddenlycaptain]

depends on how many there are

will you teach me to skin the animals

username etliberte

[lafautedevoltaire]

I'd be too stringy anyway

[theroadwarrior]

[fancy french named person, that would have made him smile

if he weren't a pokerface'd jerk desert hobo.]

you make due with what you get.

But still prefer not to.

[lafautedevoltaire]

Makes me worry a bit about all the people who talked about fattening me up

[theroadwarrior]

you learn how to defend yourself?

take em out if they consider cooking you.

[Max is a great role model.

No but learn how to maim people so you'll evade cannibals.]

[lafautedevoltaire]

I can use a gun. Or a knife. Mostly against rats, for the knife.

[theroadwarrior]

[Hrmmmm.]

rats are the least of your concern round here.

watch your head, wouldnt want to lose it.

[Look, that's him being nice, okay, that's his way of saying nice things. Sort of.]

username: chook

[culver]

What do you think they will catch?
Besides people.

username: chook

[theroadwarrior]

[....................... that username nill]

dinner.

Important to keep stocked.



could always catch whatever's stealing from us.

[culver]

[can i help u]

How do you know if we can eat it?

What would you do if you did?

[theroadwarrior]

[idk child are you even capable of hurting little critters]

won't know til i cook it.

if we caught someone, I bring em back for the others.

[Simple enough. He's a wanderer without much of a goal, other than to not stop moving; he's not interested in torturing natives for information, though knowing more about the world would be nice. It won't matter much if they can't leave their designated tether area, mmm?]

[culver]

[maybe??? she'll just feel kinda bad]

I could help you.

[with the cooking]

[theroadwarrior]

[... Urgh... getting help.........

But Max is trying to play nice. So he shrugs, just to himself.]

you cook?

un: benjamin

[benumbing]

What kind of traps?

un: benjamin

[theroadwarrior]

pitfalls, no spikes on the bed of em. just flat and hard to get out of.

also got ankle snares on the trees.

[benumbing]

Interesting. Where did you learn to make them?

[theroadwarrior]

in a place where you need em.

[Is that totally a certifiable answer, because it's what you're getting.]

should learn all you can before things go to hell

whenever it probably will.

[benumbing]

[That's actually a perfect answer as far as Jack's concerned.]

I thought this place was hell at first, but it could always get worse. My opinion of the camp has improved since then.

[theroadwarrior]

[Ha. Max has yet to see this place become the Wastelands.

The constant escape there was a blessing and a curse. And utterly dangerous.]

at least this world is green.