Everfree Survival Reboot: A Different Start

examine the fur

The fur is long, you’d guess around 30cm. It’s blue and slightly transparent, and if you hold several up together there are distinct white dots spread pretty evenly. As you shift the strands around, you notice that the white dots stay in a fixed location, even if you twist or fold the fur. You can’t tell what kind of animal it’s from.

look for tracks

Looking around, you see two distinct sets of tracks. One is huge - you couldn’t possibly have missed it unless you were blind. It has a pad and five claws, and is about 60cm wide. The other is smaller, about 15cm wide, with a pad and four toes. This one is missing claw marks, suggesting it might be a large cat of some sort.

The large tracks follow the path of knocked-down trees, both into and out of the clearing. The smaller ones also follow the path, but end in the clearing.

make a note in my notebook: "Castle trail contains large beast trail. Must lead to large supply of water eventually. Follow if desperate."

make another couple of notes; "Castle has shelter, but cannot be accessed. Cave near castle has shelter."

You make some notes in your notebook about your findings and deductions.

Check the skies. Sun sets in west and rises in east. Wait a few hours later and check it. Based on where it went, you can judge where you could go and what direction is where, so you hopefully don't need landmarks as often.

You remember where the sun was when you woke up, it having been in the process of rising. Base on that, you deduce that direction to be east. It now being at its zenith means that it is directly to your south - or north, if you’re in the southern hemisphere.

Look for cat tail if you get hungry.

follow the path

You get back to following the path, keeping an eye out for cat tail - even though you don’t expect it to grow in a forest, as it prefers wet environments.

After some further walking, your feet are starting to hurt, so you sit down on a rock for a quick break. As you are resting, you notice something move through the trees, about the size of a large dog.

The sun is about a third of the way down to the horizon from its zenith. You are rather thirsty. You are somewhat hungry. You are slightly tired. You could go for some nicotine right now.