Into the White CYOA - 1

>>29709489
I swear to god, this CYOA is fucking cursed.

>>29709489
Gather the chute and go to the smoke 5o see if we can scavenge anything from the plane.

>>29709489
Our hatchet. Of sentimental value, our special somepony gave it to us. He knows how much we love the outdoors and nothing is more useful for trailblazing. The atlas. Were not stupid and knowing what is around us could mean the difference between life and death. The present we were bringing for our kid. To strengthen our resolve and remind us of what we are fighting to survive for. We promised him, after all.

>>29709570

These are good choices. I would of course prefer maybe some food rations or even a pan for cooking, but I definitely want to keep the hatchet.

The package of flares- there was at least one left in there, surely? All sorts of things to keep a flare for, not least of all rescue.

>>29709842
I considered that, but I figured we could forage for food, and with the atlas we could know where to look. Food is something we can find on our own if we need to, but information is not something we can replace. With an atlas we know which way to go, what to avoid, and where we might seek shelter or find resources along the way. It gives us direction so we aren't just sitting in the snow. And I know at some point Piney will feel like giving up, and between the photo and the present we have a good way of refocusing ourselves. "Look at the photo. That's your kid. Now look at the package. You promised you would bring him something back from your cargo run. Now get up and go."

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>>29709570
>>29709842
>>29709910
Hastily you take off towards the parachute, hooves sinking in the deep snow. Hoping that some of the items you were able to grab survived the fall. You pull back the massive canvas sheet and find your items, no worse the wear. First you have your trusty hatchet, your special somepony gave it to you years ago, he was always the outdoorsy one. Never thought you'd need it, but he loved giving you little gifts that "Might save your life some day". You'll remember to thank him if-- WHEN you get back.
Next to it, you found the atlas you grabbed. A bit of a hasty choice, it was sitting next to you when you hit turbulence. No doubt it'll come in handy, just gotta figure out how to find where we are, and worse comes to worse a little bit of paper could start a mighty nice fire. The pages are a little wet from sitting in the snow, but as long as you're delicate with it it should survive.
And lastly, you sing your praises it survived. The gift you brought along with you for your son. You couldn't be with him for this year's birthday because of this shipping job, so you resolved to pick something up for him from where you went. Something you knew he'd love. You sigh, and open the box, reveling a beautiful tawny skillet, with a single red bow around it's handle. Crafted from the finest Neighponese metal workers, with metal folded over a thousand times. A top of the line model, guaranteed to never damage under any circumstance. While it may not damage, it might be brought to your son a little dirtier than you'd've hoped.
The sun hangs low in the sky, turbulent clouds blow in on a stiff breeze, eliciting a rattle in your bones. You know your clouds, it's going to be a messy night.
What do you do?
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>>29710155
Take our resources and head towards where the plane went down. It's almost night and we're going to need to sleep if we want to make any progress in the morning. The flaming carcass of the plane will provide heat through the night and provide shelter and scavenging opportunities in the morning once it has cooled down. Plus, the heat of a burning plane will melt snow. We can have water and any grass or flowers uncovered.

The plane will be too hot to approach very close tonight, though. Take the parachute. Between it and scavenged wood we should be able to rig up a provisional tent or shelter of some sort within heat radiating distance of the plane.

>>29710155
Take a moment to take in our surroundings. Where are we? What do we see? What is more worthy? Are there other native trees other than pines? Is the skillet a normal one? Do we see any clouds in the sky? What is our guesstimate time left of the day?

Yes! I didn't miss out on too much.

>>29710155
Forgot to ask this. What are we wearing? If we find any deer / horse elves can we NOT TRY TO RAPE LIKE A FAGGOT and make a deal with them? Maybe they could help us, if deer are sentient in this cyoa.

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>>29710155
Shelter then fire then food. We can try for a framed shelter or a hole at the base of a tree. the hole is quicker if less comfortable than other types, but easy to set up. Just dig into the snow a few feet at the trunk, lay a covering of any material that can separate you from the bottom. Dirt, pine needles, branches, plastic, cloth etc. then lean sturdy branches on the tree over the top of the hole. Could cover the branches with the parachute too. Keeps you out of the wind and moderately warm. The other option is to build a tent structure. Takes longer, but generally conserves heat and keeps the wind out better.

>>29710309
If our plan is to move on in the morning, quick and dirty will do. Save our energy for a more permanent structure for if we need to stay in one spot.

Simple tonight, after we see the plane tomorrow we can decide.

>>29710259
Please don't use metaknowledge from the last time. We have no reason to be wondering about deer right now.

>>29710338
Agreed. Simple and dirty shelter near the heat of the plane for now. Hold off on any major decisions until tomorrow after we can scavenge the wreckage.

>>29709489
Wait is this the same attempt as a few days ago or a different one.

>>29710524
Different.

>>29710713
Good because I dropped that like a hot stone when they decided to reset.

>>29710736
This is the reset. If you don't like resets maybe you should stay away from this one. It shares nothing of the canon of the last one but it is run by the same people. Not sure why you would want to keep playing the shitpost version but that's your business.

>>29710866
Alright then I don't think I will play you fags have fun though.

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>>29710524

Glad for your earth pony strength, you put the chute back in its backpack as quickly as you can, not wanting to waste too much daylight in that. It’s heavy and it’ll impede your movement, but you can still carry plenty more if you have to.
With everything else strapped to the backpack, you head north to see if the plane really fell in the lake. If it didn’t the heat could be useful, if it did the impact might have washed some snow near the coast enough for you to find grass and flowers.
It’s late noon by the time you reach the crash site- half the plane is sticking out of the lake, its hangar door damaged and impossible to open from the outside and the side door partially underwater. While it didn’t catch fire, the impact did wash some snow away around it.
You put down most of your things for the time being to better explore your surroundings with the atlas in hoof, checking every plant that’s no longer under the snow.

> +3 fiddlehead ferns added to inventory! (Edible)
> +3 pinecones added to inventory! (Seeds are edible)
> +15 dandelions added to inventory!
>Two pockets filled with grass!
(Pinesap is edible too, but you’ll have to think of a proper way to extract it. More pinecones can be colected but the food/weight/size ratio is poor.)

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Didn’t make the shelter yet in case you wanted to move further. It’s mid evening now.

>>29711195
Is the plane far from the shore, as in, at risk of sinking?

Going into the water is an unacceptable risk- icy water is not your friend. That said, we have an axe and aircraft are thin aluminium: a couple whacks can carve a hole through the sides and give us a chance to snatch anything useful.

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>>29711302
The plane is partially on the shore.

>>29711195
We should stop, eat and start on the shelter. It takes priority over the plane, as that will still be there in the morning. You always set up the things you need before looking into other thigs.

>>29711374
This. The plane will be secure. We can actually use it, though: drape the chute over one of the elevators; instant roof. Evergreen branches can be cut up to make a bed off the snow.

Do we have anything on us that can make a fire?

lol... I've read this one. I died unremembered because I wouldn't tell the guard my name...

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>>29711568

Having gathered what you feel is enough food for the time being, you look to your plane, hoping to assess the damage to your proud craft... once-proud craft. It appears to be half-submerged in the lake. No fires to speak of, but the cabin and both engines have been submerged. The water isn't clear enough for you to make out any holes, so no way to know for sure if the plane itself has been flooded. You know for sure though that by now, the fuel tank has surely been flooded with icy water. No way this thing is going to fly again, if only because you have no fuel.
If you really wanted, you could probably get into the plane from the tail end with a few good whacks from your axe, but... before you go potentially risking your hide, you should probably get to setting up a shelter for yourself. Taking your parachute, you drape it over one of the elevators, creating a makeshift roof for your temporary shelter. You cut branches from the evergreens in the surrounding area to make a bed in your shoddy little shelter, and while not the most luxurious, they make the cold of the snow a fair bit more tolerable. Hmm... pine branches... pines for Piney! Ha!
You cringe a little at your awful, internal joke, but the little bit of brevity lifts your spirits in this otherwise depressing situation. After setting up your bed, you find that there are plenty of leftover needles and twigs. More than enough to act as kindling to a fire. And plenty of thicker branches to act as a base! But... unfortunately, you don't have anything you could use to start a fire. And it's getting dark. You could just try to lay down for the night, eat a decent meal and try to brave the cold... then again, there might be something in the plane that could assist in starting this fire. It might be worth the risk, but you really aren't sure. No telling how flooded the thing is.
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Pausing for the night
Thank you once again for the second chance

>>29711826
In this case, needs must. Anything in the plane could be useful in keeping us alive through the night.
Dying with salvation a millimetre of aluminium away would just be... pathetic.

Can-opener time.

>>29711841
>hugs

>>29711841

Thank you for quest. See you tomorrow.

bedbump

beb

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>>29711826

If tl;dr, click they YouTube link.

Here's something. Where do we want the fire? A small fire pit on the inside, or one outside the tent? The idea of having a heat source inside sound pretty ludicrous, I know, but if it's small enough then it might be plausible. But first, gott figure out how to make fire.

1.) Flint. One case use flint to strike against a piece of metal to create sparks. Where might we find flint? That's a bit tricky. One can search along freshwater shores or riverbeds, or maybe this conviently placed body of water near us? Two issues with that. We'd need a shovel and for the flint to be dry.

2.) Friction. You rub two things hard and fast enough, it'll generate some heat. Like rubbing your hands. You see in those movies how people rub that stick between their hands on another piece of wood with bits of wooly and fluffy stuff? Yeah something like that.

Friction or flint we'll need to start small. We tinder. Some pine needles, tree moss, some pocket lint, and maybe something small and flammable made of tree sap. Tree sap is flammable or something I believe.

So. For starting a fire using wood. Gather some kindle, tinder, and firewood. Make a space outside for the fire. Search near the water for large stones for the fire. Remove snow from desired fire area. Make a stone circle. Make a tent with tinder (wood or whatever that's burnable that's a step bigger than kindle).

Now for kindle, uh. Find branchs and cut them up enough to make one into a dowel, and the other into a bow. Find a piece of bark and make a small indent in it for the dowel. Gather the bits of choice kindle onto the bark. Find some string or something to turn one of the strings into a bow. Wrap a stick - actually. Never mind. This is what I'm trying to convey to you.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F35WoCsP9Vk

How do with hooves? Pony hoof magic?

>>29711841
Did you make a google sheet or pastebin for all the materials we gather?

>>29711851
Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained or so they say at least. You pick up that hatchet of yours and start whacking away at the plane's hull.
And each scratch or dent you make into the wall of the once proud construct of artificial flight feels like a piece of your heart is breaking off.
She took you far and wide, to distant places of the whole world. Oh the things you've seen together....
As you think back to all the adventures you had you barely feel the time pass and the hole in the wall become bigger.
Soon you stand in front of an opening that makes for a tight fit but at least allows you entrance.
Too bad for you that you can't really see what is inside unfortunately, the setting sun doesn't really shine much light into the belly of the metal bird.
Maybe you could try crawling inside through the hole? No way of telling what's inside though and how far you can get back out.
Or you could try to expand it. Might ruin a possibly wind-free shelter though.

[1/2]

>>29715209
More importantly, the workout you put on made you sweat. And the bitter wind is starting to cool you down rapidly.
You need fire, more importantly you need it now before you freeze to a Pinesicle. Luckily, you had read a few books about ponies surviving on islands before and remember two ways of starting a fire:
Strike a piece of flint on some metal to create sparks, use those to light a fire and just like that you should be able to make a roaring fire. Only one problem: You have no flint on you.
You could certainly search for some but you'd need a shovel and the flint needs to be dry.
Then there is also friction. Rub your hooves together and get warmth, the same should work with two sticks, right? Right! You still got some branches, twigs and needles that could help server as fuel for the fire, so you get right to making a small dowel and a bow with a piece of the parachute's cord. Furiously spinning the dowel, you soon see a bit of smoke raise up from the piece of bark you were working on.
And with a little bit of well placed needles and twigs, soon a small flame forms that you nurture to a point of putting on your first thick branch. And just like that, you manage to make a fire!
To secure it you put a few rocks around it in a circle and look at your completed work entirely satisfied. With that out of the way, you can't help but let out a yawn. Hmmm, it might be time to go to rest.
But maybe you should check the plane's insides first? Or go for a nightly exploration? Choices, choices....

[2/2]

Inventory: https://qt.catbox.moe/b38e5e
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>>29715224
It's not safe to crawl through a small hole cut into the metal hull of the plane. Especially wit low visibility and no guarantee we can get back out safely. We could make a quick, crude torch to take a quick look through the hole, but I'd say we wait until tomorrow for actual entry.

>>29715209
>>29715224
We can decide on what we will do to the hull of the plane tomorrow, when we have more lighting. Exploring at night might be a little dangerous cuz we can get lost if we lost sight of the fire, but that shouldn't be a problem for a few hundred meters. I say we cycle between Chopping down some more wood / gathering tinder&kindle / foraging, and resting near the bonfire until we tire.

Erf pone wood chopping makes us stronk.

>>29715224
Can we add the dowel and the bow as a primitive fire starting kit? and maybe some of the kindle?

>>29715209
Well we can make an improvised torch to shine some light inside of the plane. We can definitely move objects no larger than us through the hole so, Shine some light it, toss the insider where it wont burn anything. Check for anymore tools or weapons. Food, blankets, survival kit, etc. anything.

>ibf ITW adds The Forest DLC

>>29715224
Can horsies eat meat?

>>29715224
I hope theres a head lap in the plane.

>>29715224
Take the time to dry the atlas. Can the Atlas be added to the inventory?

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> Dowel+Bow added to inventory!
You light a long stick on the fire and head to the hole to have a better look, extending the flaming tip into the darkness.
Hm… the fuses seem to have jumped, or all the lights broke. And the cargo definitely could’ve had it worse.
So much water might mean the windshield broke, though.
You step back with a sigh, though, and decide to leave exploring the plane for tomorrow. If only you had your cargo manifesto…
The rest of the day is spent alternating between woodchopping and foraging for food and kindling, resting near the fire every once in a while.

> +23 logs added to inventory!
> +22 foodstuffs added to inventory!
> +10 packets of kindling added to inventory!
> -5 dandelions used from inventory!

It doesn't really agree with your body... but if worse comes to worse, you could always go fishing. The lakes not quite frozen over and food is food in a climate like this, you think as you fall asleep.
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>>29716414
Look at all this water. It makes me want to cry.

>>29716414
Did we ever check ourself for injuries?

>>29716436
You mean from the crash or from looking into the plane? or initial injuries seem superficial, and we didn't climb through the wall.

>>29716414
Are we not eating enough dandelions? Flower sandwiches are canon i think. Maybe they're to young or old?

>>29716455
I've never found dandelions in winter, so they're probably quite withered.

Cat tails is what we need. There should be bunches of then along the lake somewhere. Talks are tough but nourishing, and if we can get a stick down to their roots we can dig up the bulb for a good carb load.

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>>29716489
>I was Reading into Cat Tails a while back when Lis was running ITW. I think you're right on them being edible. Thing is, do you know if Cat Tails can grow in these kinds of conditions?
Woops. I had a brain fart.

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>>29716489
They grow readily across the furthest north, and the stalks stand above snow in winter.

Oh, and the fluffy heads? Incredibly good fire starter. And insulation if we fluff them up and stuff them into our coat. It's what natives used in papooses to keep babbys warm.

Its an incredible plant.

>>29716521
Oh wow. A magical wonder of nature. Seems like a humble plant to me.

>>29711340 (Reference pic)
>>29716414
Did the plane smash through a layer of ice, or is it not cold enough for the surface of the lake to have frozen over?

>>29716414
dream about electric sheep

>>29716431
>>29716436
>>29716444
>>29716455
>>29716474
>>29716521
>>29716539

Finally, the desire to rest grows strong, and you curl up as best you can around your cute little fire pit, satisfied with your work.
You weren't satisfied with your situation of course, things were honestly quite dreadful!
But with your stockpile of wood and foodstuffs stacked neatly where you could see them, you felt a glimmer of hope. You could probably do well to find more edible plants tomorrow, perhaps some of those good ol' water sausages.
Taking the heat with you, you turn in for the night, huddling up in your little shelter.
You bundle up as best you can for the night, and let sleep take you.

Your dreams are haunted by a distant howl, icy in all ways. There was something glowing in the dark-
You woke up, startled, unsure of why there was a shiver running through you. Wait, never mind. That was clearly the fault of the frozen wasteland you were still trapped in. It took you a second to restart your brain, as part of you wondered where your nice warm bed had gone.

"O-Okay Piney. New day. Pull yourself together."
You took a moment to pull the photo of you and your son out of your jacket. Looking at it brought you feelings of warmth and courage, as well as a bit of determination. If you got out of this- No, WHEN you got out of this, you were going to take another picture just like it.

Stepping out of your tinder shelter carefully, you looked around.
The fire had burned down to a few glowing embers, and the sun was just beginning to rise on you.
Your food and tinder stores looked goo- WAIT A SECOND.

You scrambled over to your supplies, finding them slightly scattered, with some of your rations missing. You let out a long groan. This must have been the pesky wildlife around here.
You shake your head, having no time for moping over lost snacks. What will you do today?

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>>29716966
Can we check for tracks to see what kind of animals came buy? Probably a rabbit. Lets set up some snares for those pesky bastards next time they try to steal from us.

>>29716966
Can we use our earth pony strength to pull the plane out of the water?

>>29717077
How heavy could a plane made of light metal be anyways?

>>29716966
Note to self: Next time store all the herbivore foods in the shelter. Damn vermin will eat all our food.

>>29716966
Start the morning fire and dump our closes and the atlas near, but not to close, to it to dry them off. It's time to enter the plane for some salvage.

My reasoning for striping is so her clothes and the contents in them do not get thoroughly wet.

>>29716966
Eat what we can, and start working the fire back to life. If we want anything out of the plane, we're going to need a big fire to warm us afterwards. We should be good to spend half a minute or so in the water if we have to, so long as we can warm ourselves by the fire right after. I'm thinking priority should be anything useful we know is there and some cabling we can use as sturdy string and rope.

>>29717077
>>29717093
That's silly. This is a cargo hauler, not some little hobby plane. It's also full of water.

>>29716966
eat a bunch of food. Gotta carb up Piney.

>>29717142
Point. It must weight a ton. No way earth pony strength can move this.....or can it?
lol i don't know, but I can dream.

>>29716966
If this were a river an not a lake, I would have some idea on how we would catch some fish without a fishing rod. Darn.

>>29716414 Referance pic)
>>29716966
Do a search. I think I see a broken table, some kind of kit above the door, our cargo to the right with some righting, something to the left? Is that a latch or another container? Can we search the cockpit?

>>29716966
Are there any burning coals left in the fire? If so add some tinker, wait for it to build up, then two wooden logs. If the fire is dead then bust our the Basic fire starting tools and start the process all over again. get a unit of kindle to burn, then add another, tinder, then the two wooden logs. Add a log every few hours or until the fire starts to die.

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You take a brief moment to search for tracks, trying to find out just what kinda critter tried to nab your food. You look around, searching for evidence of rabbits or squirrels maybe even a fox... but nothing. There are only the faintest of indentations in the snow. There was no snow fall... but, you've heard a tale or two of some animals being smart enough to cover there own tracks. Probably nothing. Nothing to it but to secure your things better in the future and move on.
First things first, time to get this fire roaring again. Can't get anything done if you don't have a fire going to keep you nice and warm. You get to work on a log, doing your best with the dowel and bow to spark a flame. But the wood just won't light! It's as if the stuff froze over and and thawed out; it's damp and totally unusable as a fuel source. Same goes for the next two logs you try. Frustrated, but not ready to give up, you figure fourth time must be the charm, and wouldn't you know it, the beautiful spark and smoke indicative of life-giving flame grace you with their presence. Not wanting to lose this flame, you quickly toss some kindling on top. The flame grows, and becomes a respectable campfire once more. Thank goodness...
As you sit by the fire, you eat about half of what you have on you: one fern, one pine cone, a pocketful of grass and five dandelions. Gotta make sure you've got the energy to do what you're about to do.
You remove your hat and and flannel, placing them by the fire, to be kept warm for when you get back. Right now, you've got a hot, er, cold date with the inside of your plane. For a brief moment, you consider pulling it out of the water with brute strength. You laugh it off though. Waterlogged and full of cargo, it would take a whole crew to get it out of the lake.
1/2

Walking up to the hole you made yesterday, you can see clearly into the cargo hold thanks to the bright rays of Celestia's great golden sun. You spot several unopened crates, the contents of which are likely soaked. Some netting, strewn about the floor, some floating in the water; A canteen, funnily enough, totally submerged, but on the shallow end of the water in the plane. A flare gun, and several other things. Not much to be had... chances are, there are some nice things left in the cockpit. But are you ready to go diving into those icy waters for whatever awaits?
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>>29717493
Grab the easy stuff first. Anything in the shallow waters. We can try the cockpit last. We should be fine as long as we don't hang around. It's prolonged exposure and being unable to get dry afterwards that kill you.

>>29717493
Totally go for the canteen. Portable source of water will be key to survival. Get the nettings too. It could be used as a trap, or for fishing in a stream. The flare gun is a MUST HAVE. Do we find a sealed box of flares with it? Take everything that's not in a sealed crate, tie it in a bundle of netting, and carefully lower it out to the side of the hole.

Can Piney read the manifesto or the writing on the sides of the state's?

Get out of the plane and foo some exercises to get the blood pumping, then get back in that plane and search the cock pit.

>>29717485
Grab one of the heavier nets to use it to 'catch' and drag whatever is on the deep end. Why get cold so soon?

>>29717493
Note: keep some logs near the fire to dry off, then leave some of the kindle and logs in the corner of the shelter.

Pausing for the night
Continued thanks to those playing. I appreciate you.

>>29717981
I'll suck your collective dicks.

>>29717493
Was Piney packing some heat? Pistols or a rifle would be nice to have against bears and wolves.

>>29717493
Are there any typical flares and flares for the pistol? If there are some, are they wet? Are they waterproof?

>>29717750
You mean after some 10 minutes in there? This level of cold won't out right kill an earth pony. She'll get hypothermia but she won't die on the spot.

>>29719583
No, ten minutes is way too long, but it won't take nearly that long to enter the cockpit and grab anything loose.

beb

https://youtu.be/qEUGOyjewD4
It'll take a hell of a lot less time to make this then a mud hut. Don't know if there's any shoots of grass left.

>Into the White is back
If the quest dies before completion again I'm killing myself

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Before entering the plane and trying to get the usable things out of it, you take some of the wet logs and place them next to the fire.
That should allow them to dry so they're usable next time you need to get another burning beacon of life and warmth going.
Satisfied with your work, you head back to the plane's new entrance and mentally prepare yourself to enter the icy lake water.
Slowly, steadily and carefully you slide through the portal. While doing so, you end up cutting your left hind leg on the sharp, metallic edges and corners.
It's only a little bit of blood that trickles down your leg but regardless, you pray to Celestia that it doesn't get infected.
Stepping into the water, you immediately whiney out of protest as the water sends an ice cold feel through your entire body.
But you can't give up just yet, there is things to be collected! With this thought in mind you press on, walking up to the canteen and quickly pick it up.
A net is coincidentally floating up to you, so you grab that as well. Before continuing on, you take a deep breath to calm yourself. And then you run in screaming about how cold the water is.
Fortunately, it only takes a few seconds to reach the flare gun and get back out into shallower water.

Now what to do next, investigate the cockpit? There might be some more useful stuff in there but you aren't sure how long you could take the water's cold.
Or maybe you should get out. Might be smart to get a feel for the surroundings.

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>>29721642
Get out with your stuff and pop a squat near the fire, and check your leg cut. We ain't got not alcohol so just boil some snow and pour hot water on it. Let it sit in snow then pour. Don't want to burn yourself now. Get your coat sleeve and press it against the cut until it stops bleeding.

While you sit there, maybe you can check the fire fuel pile for something fibrous to make some string? And check the flare to see if there's a flare loaded. Is it a metal or plastic flare?

>>29721642
Piney should give the cockpit a go and grab whatever she can as quickly as possible, then make a break for the camp fire. if we want to search the plane later then we should dull out all the sharp edges with a rock.

>>29721642
Next time we're by the fire and comfortable, Pine should unwind with some clipping. After washing her hooves of course.

>>29721642
Could we use the net to drag stuff towards us?

>>29721642
Search cockpit, leave plane, go to fire to warm up, treat leg scratch, put on clothes when dry enough, go explore the surroundings but make sure to make sure you know where you're going.
Gather the food in the net and hang it in the plane. Tie the net to something so it's kind of above the water.

What exactly did the vermin eat?

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You throw the net to a dark area of the water and wait for a moment, then pull it with excitement when something is caught in it: a first aid kit with a slash across it, which allowed some water to enter.
> +First aids kit added to inventory!
No use in dwelling in that, however. You consider going to the cockpit, but you are entirely too cold already and don't feel like you'll be up to the task anytime today.
It's with a sigh of relief that you let yourself fall near the fire again, cold enough that all your joints ache dully and a drowsiness coating you like a mantle.
You try to will yourself to stand again, but it seems too hard, too... unimportant right now.
"Piney." You say, if only to hear a voice. "Piney, get up. Maple needs you."
The name of your son invigorates you with what measly strength is left in you after the dive, and you stand up, groaning all the while.
The pain on your leg was dulled by the cold before, but it's now starting to sting from the heat.
It's a superficial wound, but there's still a bit of torn off skin that's left hanging- more painful than it is serious.
Still too drowsy to think about medicine yet, you check the flaregun, its metal even colder that you are. It has no usable flares left.
"Celestia damn it." You allow yourself to swear, the word feeling therapeutic, before checking the first aid kit.
>+ Needle added to inventory!
>+ Thread for sutures added to inventory!
>+ Soggy unusable gauze added to inventory!
>+ Alcohol added to inventory!


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>>29723308
Are we still bleeding? We couldn't have lost too much blood.
Now to take care of the scratch. Not sure how sensitive Piney is to pain, so maybe she should grab a piece of wood to bite down on and begin treating her wound. No wait, the gauze is unusable wet. Damn. Ok. Gotta know. How deep is it? Can we just apply pressure and hope it starts to scab over? If not then apply alcohol, and either use the jacket to apply pressure to the skin or sew it up.
Make some kind of drying rack by punching two sticks into the ground above the fire and placing a third stick in the notches of the two sticks in the ground.

>>29723308
Swear some more. If you feel better from swearing then it must be helping.
>"Cock guzzling shitty plane can't do shit right (I'm sorry gurl). Fucking damn bullshit weather should get steamrolled fucking kick in the cunt damned....*more angry Pine noises*."

>>29723308
>It has no usable flares left.
I have no clue if flares for flare guns are water sealed or not. I tried searching yesterday night with minimal results. Some flares are better then none I guess. Dry those along with everything else.

>>29723308
How's it looking outside? What's the guesstamite for the time of day?

>>29723308
Piney needs a husband. I shant stand, nor sit, nor lay down for this. Make this mare a hubby.

Pausing
Apologies for the sparse session. It was a weird day all around.
I'm glad you're all getting so invested.

>>29723308
If anything cauterizing the cut court work if it's more sever than anticipated. Well probably never do it, but I'm going to throw it out there.

>>29724283
I hate my phone sometimes.

>>29724283
We don't need the infection risk of burnt flesh. It's way more likely than in a cut.

Wash with water, be sure nothing is in it, dose with a splash of alcohol. For a bandage, we could cut up a bit of the parachute.

Does >>29724679
But the parachute is not sterile, and is there even s piece of it that's not wet or dirty?

>>29724768
Fuck, ignore the *does* part. That was an accident. Don't ask how.

>>29724768
Alcohol again. Doesn't need to be hospital-level clean, just enough to close the skin over the wound and keep anything new from getting in.

When we are able to boil water, we can get some properly cleaned up for a dressing change.

after we finishe scavving the plane we need to find a better camp site
like find two fuck huge rocks toget and put ip a fire in front of them

>>29725439
>like find two fuck huge rocks toget and put ip a fire in front of them

>>29725439
We have an atlas. We should figure out which way to civilization and not make ANY permanent camp site. We want to be saved. We're going to need to stay on the move.

We could probably fashion a decent sled from the plane. It'd let us drag more along with us on the way back to the nearest settlement.

>>29725474
>>29725489
I like what we have we our current arrangements. I think we need some quasi-permanent shelters. Get a lay of the land and stock of on supplies before we attempt anything.

>>29725489
That's an excellent idea. Airplane is already designed to be low resistance, and a sled would let us drag much more than we could carry. We would be able to have a full campsite that we basically bring with us wherever we go.

>>29725489
>>29725618
That's good on paper but we'll need to address the issue of rope and cordage to make the sled. In Lis's we made the sled from some bits of the plane and uses the cables and wiring that survived to pull it and secure the chest to it.

>>29725276
But then it would be a wet bandage. We need something that's dry, not soaked.

>>29723308
An older post suggested we could have used the plane as a shelter. Another one has scoffed at the idea of pulling the plane out as the interior was half submerged and waterlogged. If this is the case then I think we should bust the plane open so we can try to pull/push the craters out. It could make for an additional small shelter, a potential storage unit, and possible a portable one if broken down into something more manage able.

bop

boop

>>29723882
Are deer sentient in this quest?

Is Piney or anyone here opposed to the idea of killing animals and making winter coats out of their hides?

>>29723495 >>29723537
>>29723563 >>29723623
>>29723650

Good, good, you've got at least a few things to keep you nice and healthy. The needle and suture would be very useful in closing up a nasty cut-- not that you need it. What you have looks a lot worse than it actually is, skin hanging off and all. Bleeding just a bit, but not enough to cause any concern. Still, it stings like the dickens. You want to swear, just a little bit more, but there's no reason to. You aren't particularly upset, and it would be in bad taste. Sure, there's nopony else around, but you would know.
Patching yourself up should be no real issue. Clean it out, cover it up, and you should be good to go! You take the soggy gauze, soaked through and almost entirely useless, and wring it out onto your leg. The chill is strong, but it numbs the wound and manages to stop the blood flow. You then use the alcohol from the first aid kit (just a splash) to make sure it's extra clean. You grimace as the wound starts to bubble, but at least you know it won't get infected. But what to wrap it in? The gauze is useless; even if you were to dry it out, it's not really clean and using it would defeat the purpose of cleaning the wound in the first place. Hmm....
As you wonder how you'll cover up your wound, you find yourself looking at the parachute. The parachute.... oh, idea! Axe in hoof, you cut off a sizeable chunk of the 'chute. Despite how deceptively large the chunk is, there's still enough of the parachute left to use as a shelter. Taking the chunk, you douse it in another round of alcohol, and wrap it around your hind leg, closing it up around the wound and tying it up tight. A residual stinging, but otherwise good to go.
Placing the flares alongside the drying logs, you sit back and look to the sky. It seems to be early in the morning, maybe about nine o'clock. Plenty of time to do... whatever it is you have to do.
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>>29727965
Can we get a rock to grind down the rough edges of the plane? I want Pine to re-enter the crashed cargo hauler, and find a way to release the cargo door so she can move the cargo outside. If we have anything in the way, more it out.

>>29727388
I have no moral qualms about it, but trapping and skinning and sewing and such takes a lot of time, and animals. We don't even have the setup for a basic snare as yet. In the future if we're going to be trapped overwinter then it would be worth working towards.

Right now though, a decent shelter and supplies to keep going until rescue is sensible.

>>29727965
How about we take a breath and look around: how big is the lake, what is the horizon like, and, perhaps more importantly, do we have any idea where we might be, even if just an educated guess and what we remember from our flight plan?
If we can find where we are in the atlas, maybe we can figure out a plan for escape if rescue seems unlikely...

>>29728128
if we leave to go exploring, some animals might try to steal our food again. What should we do?

>>29728144
Bury it under the snow and put some ashes and burned bit of wood on top. Not perfect, but sitting here on guard the whole time isn't going to help us much either.

>>29728144

We should store our supplies in the sheter, or maybe make sure they are wrapped in a waterproof way and store them in the plane. I don't think we have much that is waterproof though, unless the parachute is.
If we do store them in the shelter just make sure we don't leave the entrance open. Bury it in snow or something.

>>29728174
At first I thought putting the food in the shelter would work, but animals can still crawl through the flaps into the tent. I though about the using the net to hang some of the foods into a tree, but then something like a squirrel would ruin that idea. What if we hang it inside the plane hole? or find a way to get to the crates out?

>>29728194
We might have to just accept some losses. We can't proof everything against everything.

Hanging from a tree with a net is a very good idea. It's what pretty much everyone has done forever to save food from most critters.

>>29728230
Most, but this might work. It's our best bet. Take the dandelions and grass for on the road snacks.

Deciding that a feel for your surroundings and possibly interesting things to find are worth a trip through the frozen wasteland, you prepare to leave.
Just as you are about to head out, you remember what happened to your scavenged items while you were sleeping. "Darn vermins", you curse under your breath.
Attempting to think of a solution to the problem of someone raiding your camp in your absence, your gaze falls onto the cargo net and an idea pops into your head.
"Piney, you are one genius mare", you encourage yourself and start packing the things you fear you may lose into the net.
Soon after, you hang the net up onto a tree branch, save from most small creatures that might be around. That should keep those things protected at least.
Turning south, you recall a dense forest area that might be good to check out and begin marching through the snow.
The bitter wind is taking a bit of a mark on you, but thankfully traveling through thick snow by hoof does good on keeping you warmed up.
Fortunately, the way is just a tiny bit more than an hour. As you get close to the first few trees, claw marks become apparent on the barks.
A few triangular pieces of rocks with sharp edges are embedded into them as well. Judging from the form it looks like... spears? Yeah, very basic spears.
You press on, and soon you find pawprints in the snow. If you aren't wrong, those must belong to a be- A growl a little bit away confirms your suspicion.
Through the trees you can see a pair of eyes follow your every move, an occasional growling coming from them.

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>>29728812
Brandish our spear to show we mean business. Maybe even hit it against a tree. Hopefully it will deter the predator. And maybe take the spears if the predator leaves. Any additional tools are welcomed.
Can we tell from the growl what kind of beast it may be? Timberwolf? Bear? Regular fleshbag wolf?

>>29728846
>Brandish our spear
When did we make a spear?

We got an axe though. Keep it ready but avoid getting aggro. Talk to the thing in as calm a voice as we can manage and back off slowly. Tell we aren't food but are willing to fight hard if pushed.

>>29729043
Axe. Yes. I meant brandish our axe, but I was thinking about the spears as I was typing.

>>29728812
Did we remember to take our clothes?

>>29728812
>If you aren't wrong, those must belong to a be- A growl a little bit away confirms your suspicion.
Well come on then. What do they look like? How large are the prints? Can Piney Dislodge one of the spears and climb a tree if she needs too?
These things smell fear Piney. Try to stay clam, be at ease. Or try appearing fierce so it knows you won't go without a fight.

>>29728812
http://www.petersenshunting.com/big-game/how-to-survive-when-facing-a-predator-in-the-wild/

>Animals of every sort have an uncanny ability to sense your state of mind, whether you feel confident or fearful. Exude fear and they’ll be all over you. Act confident and strong and they’ll think twice about attacking.

>You can prevent encounters with accidental predators by taking these steps:

>Make your presence known;
>When you’re traveling in an area where you know there are accidental predators, be as noisy as possible. Sing, yell, blow a whistle, wear a bear bell… Anything that will inform animals of your presence. If they hear you, chances are they’ll take off.
>Keep your camp area clean and free of excessive food smells.
>If you come upon a freshly killed animal in grizzly territory, give it a wide berth. Grizzlies will often wander some distance from their kill, but you can be sure they sense when something else is getting close to it.
>Don’t travel alone through the territory of large predators if you don’t have to.

>in general terms, here’s what you should do if you happen upon an accidental predator:

>Don’t panic! Turning and running may well incite an instinctive predatorial response in the animal, since you are telling it that you are prey. So if it wasn’t interested in you at first, it sure is now!
>Calmly and deliberately move away from the animal. Do not make jerky movements, which may startle it. Keep facing it, but do not look it in the eye. Some animals may interpret eye contact as a challenge.
>Make yourself seem as big and threatening as possible by waving your arms over your head, making lots of noise or joining arms with your travel mates.
>Remember that you are the visitor! No matter how intent you were on heading in a certain direction, taking a certain path or making camp in a certain spot, move elsewhere!

>>29728812
>>29729129
tl;dr. Try to be confident instead of fearful, they're think you're tougher and may not be worth the risk. Rear up and swing your axe around, maybe some swings at trees. They'll think you're bigger and tougher then you really are. Keep facing it and maybe back away to retrieve the spears.

>>29728812
If we finish the quest early with a few remaing posts, can we do some SoL stuff with Piney and her family?

>>29728846
>>29729043
>>29729049
>>29729081
>>29729129
>>29729134

You arch your back and begin backing up as best you can. The pair of eyes in the bushes still tracking your movement. Your mind races, trying to piece together a plan of action.
Eyes darting from the tracks to the growling thing and then down to your axe, you try and calm your breathing. Wild animals like this could sense fear, couldn't they? You couldn't be afraid. Not now, not when your son was still waiting at home.
"Easy now Piney. You're strong, you're confident, and you're not panicking or running away, you're just making a retreat." You try to convince yourself, backing away from the large black furred shape in the bushes.
You just had to get out of it's territory and you'd be completely fine. You began brandishing your axe. Your mind was running in circles as you repeated it over and over. "You'll be fine. You'll be fine..."
Your eyes darted back down to the ground again, and then up the trees.
T-Those claw marks. They evidently belonged to that of a bear, probably the same one that was over in the bushes now, not even fifteen or twenty paces from you.
You raised one hoof up to the tree, then the other, pulling one of the jagged and broken spears out of the trunk.
>+1 short spear added to inventory
You kept going, standing bipedally as best you could. You'd remembered something about staying as big and intimidating as possible. Walking was tough, but you kept backing up slowly out of necessity.

Then, the bear itself rose up, standing around nine or ten feet, feeling like it was towering over you even from your now distant spot.
But it didn't charge, it merely stood growling. It took you a few seconds to realize that it wasn't at you.
You thought your mind must be playing tricks on you, when the bear finally got down on all fours, and- Began lumbering away from you?

[1/2]

>>29730364

You felt a sigh of relief, as a feeling of warmth, like a breath, cascaded down the back of your neck.
That cascade of warmth immediately turned your spine to ice, as you froze up. You fought against your sudden paralysis, raising every ounce of courage to turn yourself around and try and see what may have caused the sudden unshakable feeling that something had been behind you.

Behind you lay only the normal trail. Snow and ice and trees.
But it felt absolutely awful. All your senses cried out as though something had just stepped over your grave. Nothing seemed out of place, but you couldn't shake a gut feeling that something was wrong.

You look back to where the bear had been, trying to snap back to reality.
The bush was empty and bare. No snowberries or anything for you.

You began to head back to camp, unable to rid yourself of the feeling that someone was watching you.

You finally make it back to happily discover your net had held and was untampered. All your supplies were still accounted for. On your brief journey, you hadn't been able to get much of a sense of your surroundings, but you did notice a few surrounding mountains and cliffs that might possibly be marked in the atlas. They all had pretty distinct features, such as impressive overhangs and a triple peaked mountain that looked to only be a few miles east of you.

You take a moment to gather your senses. What should you do now? There was likely still things in the plane for you to rescue, or there might be more to explore in other directions. The direction you had just gone was decidedly east, judging from the rising and setting points of the sun.

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>>29728812
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOx6zvWsLV0

>>29730371
Well, let's just assume that the mountain is haunted and move on from that.

Let's see what's to the west of the plane.

>>29730371
We have a fucking Atlas. I assume we know where we were flying over. Open the damn thing up, find the direction of the nearest settlement, and if we want to keep exploring explore in that direction, because we're going to have to head that way anyway eventually.

>>29730371
Woah. Yeah I don't know if we should keep moving or stick to the camp. Can we dry the flares? I have no clue if that would make them usable again. But it's worth a shot.

Try rescuing the rest of the cargo, but before you do anything try to remember if there a a hatch or lever that could open the door. If there isn't one then I guess it's axe time.

>>29730371
Examine plane. What kind of plane is it? Three channel or four channel? Are we talking elevator/rudder, elevator/aileron, or all three? Any of those things survive the crash that we could use to build a sled or a shelter? It doesn't look like we have combined elevons in >>29711340, but then again I don't see much of ANY control surfaces there. What about landing gear, any of that? Forget salvaging things, let's look at the damn plane and decide what is WORTH salvaging first.

Props for doing your research in not making the wings dihedral. It's less needed when you place them up high like you did in the picture.

beb

Seemingly all of us forgot to say paused.
So yeah paused.

>>29731137
It's an aluminium tube with wings on, I think. One of those models that fly. Dakka-less, too.

beep

Piney is lost somewhere on page 8, so I brought her back.

>>29730748
>>29730760
>>29730833
>>29731137
You take a moment to consider your long term plans. A rescue party may very well be on it's way, but that could take weeks, weeks you may not have. One thing's for sure the minute you see another plane you're firing off your flares, assuming the flares are dried by then. Cracking open the atlas, you spend a good 20 minutes trying to find where you are, but judging by the flight path and the mountain ridge to the north, you've narrowed it down to one of two lakes. Up to the north over the mountain is where you were supposed to go. By hoof it'd be a few day's journey, more so if the weather started acting up. And with all your supplies it wouldn't be easy. You wonder...
Maybe if you tore off a piece of curved paneling from the plane you could make a rudimentary sled? Would sure make it easier on you if you decided to travel. And you could salvage much more supplies from the plane to take with you.
Either way it'll be tough over the mountain. You could go around it, but that'd take much longer, almost a week with no stops. The trip will be grueling no matter what, but just the thought of having this over and done with warms you. The first thing you're doing is taking a nice, hot, several hour long bath (after giving your son a great big smooch of course).
But do you want to be traveling? Or do you want to try and wait till the search and rescue parties come?
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>>29734922
Stay by the plane for now.

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>>29734922
With us not having shown up yesterday, they'd be aware that we had problems. The question is, could they find us? A downed plane is a tiny thing in a big world to see from the air, and if we are an entire mountain off-course, they could be searching in entirely the wrong area. We could die of starvation before we even hear a plane, let alone fire flares off at it.

I vote we start on the sledge. Our setup can keep us alive for another night, so staying a bit longer isn't a problem while we work on it.

If we hear a plane, then hallelujah we could be saved quickly. If no, then we can be sure that we are too far off course and might be well outside of their searching radius.

Either way, let's get to work. Keep our spirits up with some singing, and keep an eye out for the bear and... and the ghost, or whatever that was from earlier.
If we have a guardian spirit up here, I am sure as hell glad for it.

>>29735036
>If we have a guardian spirit up here, I am sure as hell glad for it.

What if it's angry at us, though?

>>29734922
We stay here a few days and keep an eye out for rescuers while we gather what supplies we can. If there's no sign by then, we can leave a message at the plane, detailing where we were heading.

>>29735048
>What if it's angry at us, though?
It could have encouraged the bear. Since we aren't a small pile of bear droppings right now, I'm going to take the optimistic route.

>>29735090
Anon, what if WE'RE Piney's guardian spirit?

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>>29735150
Then she'll get out of here alive because I'm not letting her go.

>>29734922
I say we stay and gather supplies before we consider anything.

>>29734922
So we gonna crack open the plane or what? Can we break down the hull door? Maybe we could use that as the sled?

>>29734922
When are we going to find the person who made those spears?

>>29734947 >>29735036
>>29735048 >>29735074
>>29735090 >>29735150
>>29735161 >>29735281
>>29735459 >>29736088
You walk around the plane in search of a steel sheet that might be mostly detached yet intact, and after a while you see one half buried in the ground.
"Sorry for this," You grab it and pull, "But my other baby needs me."
Planey doesn't answer, even when damaging it feels like pulling a teeth... maybe you could repair it once you reach civilization. Maybe.
But you'd have to find it again for that, speaking of which, you find a stone and scratch the plane's painting.
It takes you several minutes, but you write 'Heading north' in several spots, just in case someone might find it.
"Little boy don't worry, I shooed the snake..." You sing to yourself.
With a small weight off your shoulders you return to the steel sheet, then use the same stone to pleat its edges to avoid any cutting surface and make it a bit more resistant.
"Little boy, remember when I was so stern?"
With that done, you use most of the parachute's rope to make a quick, rough harness to pull easily with it.
"May the sunrise, bring back hope when you forget it..."
You gather your supplies and put them on the sled, then test it pulling it for a few meters. It's not the best sled you've ever used, but it does its work.
What should you do now?
Gather more supplies?
Find who made the spears?
Head on while you are healthy?
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>>29736284
We can take a breather. Let's take a look at that spear- any markings on it, and what is it made of?

>>29736284
Let's boils some of those fiddlehead ferns. So long as you don't eat them raw, we shouldn't get sick. After our meal let's take the sled out for a text run by gathering even more supplies: wood logs, tinder, pinecones, water sausages ferns. We might even find something interesting like those spears. And speaking of spears, I like to find the person who made them. Definelty not an animal that's for sure.

>>29736284
I want to figure out how to kill a bear. Think about all that warm fur. Dammit. If only we had explosives (I'm looking at you lis.)

Idea. We set up several trap to injure one. There are those tension ones that shot wooden spears or pulled back sticks with spikes.

>>29736984
Hunting bears is no joke. Not the sort of thing an amateur should be attempting unless it's life or death. And an injured bear is the most dangerous kind of all. We'd be better off hunting the prey animals around here.

>>29736284
Inventory: https://qt.catbox.moe/b38e5e
>+ Needle added to inventory!
>+ Thread for sutures added to inventory!
>+ Soggy unusable gauze added to inventory!
>+ Alcohol added to inventory!
>+ short spear added to inventory!
> +First aids kit added to inventory!

>>29736284
>+ flaregun added to inventory!
>+ flares (drying) added to inventory!

>>29737021
Uh, just how dangerous is an injured bear? You're saying setting a trap is a bad idea? Could the bear bleed out?
Jeez. This survival thing is trickier than I had originally thought it would be.

>>29737133
Injured predators are more likely to attack you without provocation, because they feel threatened. It's also pretty hard to make a trap that would reliably kill a bear. Anything on that scale would take far too much time and effort to make.

>>29737166
So if a bear were to set off a spear trap half a mile away from our home and somehow wanders into our campsite, it would feel provoked? I kind of agree with you on the trap, but I gotta know about this.

>>29737196
An injured bear is dangerous and unpredictable. Don't make the apex predator mad unless you have no other choice.

>>29737196
We are not equipped for hunting dangerous game. We are barely equipped to survive the night.

Do not fuck with the bear.

>>29737133
>>29737166
>>29737196
>>29737238
>>29737386

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOx6zvWsLV0

>>29737437
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SqqG_LUss0

>lets piss off something that can walk into the sharp end of an angry caribou and still kill it.

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>>29737491
>implying we'll fight it head on instead of having it set off a trap some distance away and follow it's blood trail to find it's corpse.

beb

>>29736284
I bet the spear chucker is some zigger.

>>29738609
We'd need a trap powerful enough to mortally wound a bear. Then we'd need a bear to actually walk into it- they aren't magnetically attracted to traps.
Then, the trap will actually have to work as intended and the bear be walking by in the right orientation so the spike find something vital

Bears are walking tanks, so getting a vital spot usually requires something in a .308 at minimum. A sharp stick with no hoof guiding it is much more likely to get stuck in a shoulder or flank.

This will turn off the bear's shy, retiring nature and turn on the 'kill everything that gets within an arbitrary distance of me' nature. This radius can be anywhere from a few yards to a few hundred yards, and the critter won't tell you what that danger zone is.

Injured predators are scared as fuck because they know first hand what happens when they find an injured critter: they attack and eat it. As a defense mechanism, they make it clear that trying to eat this particular injured critter will result in your entrails being hung from the trees like tinsel.

An injured bear is a cornered bear, which means that if it is still alive while we are tracking its bloodtrail, it will attack us, and it will not stop until we are a greasy smear on the ground.

It is a very stupid idea.

>>29739705
This.

>>29736665
>>29736791
>>29736984
>>29737021
>>29737133
>>29737166
>>29737196
>>29737238
>>29737386
>>29738609
>>29739705

You rest for a bit, admiring your handiwork on the sled. You know you have to get moving soon, but surely you can take a breather for a bit.
You sit down by your firepit, enjoying the soothing warmth it brings. A gentle pang in your stomach reminded you that you should probably eat something.
Gazing over at your supplies, you wonder if you shouldn't use your time to cook something up. It wouldn't be that hard, all you need to do is gather up some snow, melt it, and then cook it up with... Ooh! Maybe some of those fiddle ferns would do nicely?

Grabbing the frying pan and some of your plentiful snow, you managed to set up some sticks to suspend the pan, and then wait for the snow to melt down before adding your ferns.
As they sizzle, you kick back and start studying that one hunting spear you grabbed. It looked primitive at first glance, but the stone tip had been carved very carefully. There were some neat, but sadly unreadable, symbols and carvings gently chipped into the wood. All in all it looked positively tribal. You weren't sure who had crafted it, but there was evidently an experienced hunter or two up in these woods.
You hoped they didn't see you as prey.

Speaking of prey, your mind wandered to that bear from earlier. You weren't sure why it got spooked, but you were glad it did. You weren't sure you could take on a bear.
Or could you? Maybe if you could set some traps- No, that would just give you an angry bear with a grudge. The precision required to kill a bear was something you didn't possess right now.
Besides, what would you even do with a bear carcass? Skin it for furs? That'd be so icky and gross, you probably couldn't stomach it.
An aroma of cooked plant greets your snoot, and you take your ferns off the fire. It was time to eat.
You asked yourself once and for all.
Were you ready to head out?

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>>29740543
>Were you ready to head out?

The snowy trail is calling. Let's go.

>>29740543
If everything is all dry now, put them in the tent. If there are a few things drying then then throw in an extra log or two. Secure food, take the axe and spear, fill the canteen with water and keep in our coat to keep it from freezing, go for a quick stroll around the lake to fill our coat with cat tails for insulation, gather the stalks and bulbs for food.

>>29740543
We're Not going to pack up EVERYTHING and leave now, right? We still need more food and miscellaneous supplies before we make our voyage over the mountain. Like some carved wooden stalkes for pitch a tent or to keep the sled from sliding down a slop.

>>29740667

Weren't we all packed up and ready to go on the sled ride already? The tent/shelter/parachute thing should be all packed away if that's the case. Staying here longer only makes it take longer to get to the next place. And although I agree that we should grab some extra food, if there is a bear roaming around, we should try and get clear of it's territory. Everything around it is going to end up eaten before end of autumn hibernation. I assume it's not spring because snow, and if it's already winter then that bear should be hibernating damn it.

>>29740543
>Soon you stand in front of an opening that makes for a tight fit but at least allows you entrance.
Too bad for you that you can't really see what is inside unfortunately, the setting sun doesn't really shine much light into the belly of the metal bird.
Maybe you could try crawling inside through the hole? No way of telling what's inside though and how far you can get back out.
>Or you could try to expand it. Might ruin a possibly wind-free shelter though.
Nope nope nope. The plane is not viable for a shelter anymore. Might as well bust in a bigger hole.

>>29740699
It's was said that our supplies were packed into the sled, nothing about taking down the tent. Plus there is the matter of the contents still left in the plane. There could very well be more useful items that could aid in our survival. Like whatever remains in the cockpit or our cargo.
>>29740543
Does Piney remember what she had in the cockpit?

>>29740699
Well we should be fine, so long as me make our presence know before we make an accidental predator out of the bear.

>>29740616 >>29740667
>>29740692 >>29740699
>>29741009 >>29741017

As you gaze out onto the snowy trail, your destination in mind, a goal set in your heart, you an feel it call out to you. You have to move. You have to go. But... not just yet. Most of your tools have been put on the sled, but there are still a couple things you need to do before you go.
Taking a selection of branches scattered around your campsite, you start to whittle them, sharpening and giving them a slight curve. You'll need these if you're to pitch a tent, or keep your sled from sliding away down high slopes. However, such work is difficult to do with something as unwieldy as an axe, and you only manage to make three, before you tire of the endeavor and set it aside for later.
The sticks you carved placed on the sled, you walk around the shore of the lake, looking for more Cat Tails. The search is still met with many cut stalks, but is certainly more successful than the last. You manage to find eleven of the things, and pull them from the ground, bulb and all. Upon returning to camp, you consider removing the fluff from them to place in your clothes, for extra insulation.
"...No." ,you decide. "Not just yet." Your thoughts turn to the plane, and the things that lie within. It would be unrealistic at this point to think you could get any of the cargo out, but you remember having a few things in the cockpit that may be of use to you. There was your survival knife, another gift from your husband. Kept it on you everyday since your fifth anniversary. Then there was the blackbox. Not much use survival-wise, but it might give you an idea of what knocked you out of the sky.
1/2

You also vaguely remember having brought along a few protein bars. Maple hated when you ate them, but they kept you going. And lastly, a portable communications radio. Of course, you use the term portable lightly. Thing weighed tens of pounds, but who knows, if you called blindly into it, you would more likely than not catch someponies attention... maybe.
A bunch of things that may or may not be worth getting. You've only got so much time after all. And while that bear seemed to be rather docile, you'd rather not tempt fate by sticking around.
What to do, what to do...
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>>29741462
Let's let providence decide. Enter the plane carefully so as not to get cut, then look down into the cockpit and see how much of that you can see from where you are. Maybe if we are lucky we can fish some of that out with parachute cord and a hook and not need to get wet and have to make another fire.

>>29741462
Stripe out of your clothes and bust open a larger hole so we don't cut ourself again. Get nice and hot so when we get in there the water will be more bearable. I want to get all of that, and like hell we'll leave that knife.

>hatchet
>knife
>outdoorsy
Piney's husband confirmed for /k/ommando.

>>29741462
Do we know if the radio was powered or independent from the plane? I don't want to spend too much time on the water if we have to pull it out the dash.

Get a a good workout in before you enter the water.

>>29741462
When we get home we are going to hard fuck Pineys hubby. No breaks.

>>29741462
Loot. Now.

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>>29741762
>>29741820
>>29742081
It really would be a damn shame if you had to leave behind possibly helpful tools in this otherwise barren wasteland.
Tracing a hoof along the plane's hull and whispering how sorry you are, you make your way to the entrance.
The sharp edges of your work don't look too appealing so you opt to enlarge it to not cut yourself again.
Hatchet ready, you start hacking away at the metal for another hour. Your work pays off as you can now easily slide in and out the hole.
The touch of the water sends a cold shiver through your entire body and you instinctively back pedal. Well, that's gonna be harder than you thought.
Leaving the metal bird again, you strip your clothes and sit down next to the fire. Maybe you can warm yourself up before going in there, that might do the trick!
Standing up you begin a few rudimentary workouts. A song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJdMjRHRLfg comes to your head while doing so and you mentally repeat "DAWHN, AHP" to yourself.
With a final "MOAH ENAGEH", that just so happens to sound like a war cry and ignites a fire in you, you stretch your legs. These minotaurs really know how to make their workouts bearable.
A deep breath in front of the hole is all it takes for you to be ready. Not wasting time, you jump through and walk through the freezing water.
[1/2]

Opening the door was made harder by the water than you thought but earth pony strength doesn't disappoint you.
To your shock, the windshield did partially break and the cockpit is almost fully flooded. You'd have to dive to get the items around.
Luckily, one of your most important belongings, the survival knife, ended up lying directly next to the pilot's seat and would be rather easy to get.
The protein bars were stored in a small hatch next to the chair, but you are unsure on how easy you could open that up.
You see the flight recorder, still plugged into the plane. The portable radio was thrown against the glass in the crash and probably ended up being part of why the window broke in the first place.
Looking over to the wall on the left, there hangs a small flashlight with a crank. It never was the most powerful light in the world, but it is enough to see a few meters.
Mulling over what to take, the water starts chilling your body again.
[2/2]

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>>29745798
Knife and radio. Get the flight records if you can.

>>29745798
>the survival knife would be easy to get
Take it then.
>you are unsure on how easy you could get the protein bars
Pass. We can forage and they are a finite delectable resource anyway.
>the flight recorder is plugged into the plane
Plugged things are easy to unplug. I thought we were going to have to pry of a panel and unhook it. Take.
>the portable radio was thrown against the glass
Assuming it is not still embedded in the windshield, take it. If it is wedged in the glass it would take too long to free and we'd just cut ourselves again, in which case pass.
>flashlight is still hanging on the wall
Easy enough. Take.

That's the order too. Grab them in that sequence, aborting with whatever you have so far if you start to get too cold. Then go warm back up outside. Let all the supplies warm up and dry out too.

>>29745907
>a finite delectable resource
*a finite depleteable resource

>>29745798
Knife, radio and flashlight for sure. try to pull the flight recorder out, but if it doesn't come willingly, ditch it before we freeze.

The bars will be wet regardless. They are a wipe.

Grab and go, and once out of the water, start exercising again. Chopping some wood is quite a useful way to warm up again after a dip in ice water- the exercise brings up the core to start, then the fire dries you out.
Actually had to do this once.

>>29745798
>>29746156
No. Bar would be in plastic wraps so they should be fine. I want to know what's in those crates! Make a second trip after we warm up.

>>29745902
>>29745907
>>29746156
>>29746270
Grabbing the knife should be an easy enough endeavour, so that is what you are going to do first. You're going to ditch the protein bars, they're probably soggy.
The flight recorder is probably an easy grab too, it's just plugged in and secured with a few straps. A glance to the radio lets you deflate just a bit, seeing how it is stuck halfway through the glass.
Flashlight should be simple as well, so you'll definitely add that to the collection. Now that you have a plan on what to grab, you steel your nerves and dip your head underwater.
Just to immediately pull it out again and shiver. "Dammit that's bucking cold!", you shout out to nobody in particular. But you have to do it and so you breath in and out again before starting your dive.
It feels like icicles are stabbing into your sides but you have to push through. In your mind you attempt to think of a warm bath and your son to get your mind away from the current situation.
One. The knife quickly finds its way into your hoof. Thank Celestia and Luna that you were able to get that back. Next is the flight recorder. The straps are cut through with the knife rather easily and you pull out the wires. Two.
The weight of the blackbox pulls you down a considerable amount but you manage to make your way over to the wall and take the flashlight from the clips that secure it. Three.
Using the floor and your earth pony legs, you push yourself in the direction of the door with all your might. To your shock, that seemed to be enough to bring the plane into motion and you can feel it glide further into the icy waters.
Panic sets in and as fast as you can you climb out of the hole in the back, watching the plane slowly slide further and further. Unable to stop it, you just watch for a moment until a blow of freezing wind reminds you that you are soaked and cold.

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>>29746590
Well.....shit. at least we got the knife, black box, flightrecord, and flasklight. Throw in a log.

>>29746590
Good by Planey.

>>29746590

Well that sucks immensely. Let's gather round the fire and try to get ourselves warm and dry. Once we're warm again we can set off to the North on the sled. Ain't much point sticking around anymore.

>>29746590
Dry out everything.

>>29747298
This.
Let's warm up and get dry by the fire. Pony jumping jacks or what have you. Also; get some water going and chuck in some spruce needles.

Bush tea will get us good and warm from the inside out.

>>29747505
oooOOOoooh. Tea you say? Do tell me more about it. I love tea.

>>29746590
While we're at it we should melt water for the canteen. I wish we had a spare rag we could use as a temporary wash rag. Maybe later when we set up a new camp site.

>>29747769
It's also a great source of vitamin C. It tastes like spruce tree, but if you like that sort of thing it's great.

>>29747813
We horse. Course we like trees.

>>29746590
I didn't think it would actually slide in. Damn. The crates man.

>>29748412
We were insured, plus we can come mark the location on our atlas for later salvage missions.

>>29748505
I guess. But did the insurance covered the cargo?

>>29748579
Unless this is an extremely small-time operation, yes.

>>29709489

>>29745919
>Protein bars
>Not delectable
Anon confirmed pleb, more for the rest of us

Muh plane!

>>29750924
Blimp

>>29752217
Fixed wing

>>29752222
If our spaceship's wing was damaged, it's fixed now

>>29752264
Pity that it is now a submersible.

>>29746915
>>29746923
>>29747132
>>29747298
>>29747505
>>29747769

You whisper a sad goodbye to plany, a small tear forming in the corner of your eye and instantly freezing. A stiff breeze knocks against your side and your quickly reminded of the life threatening situation you just threw yourself into. Well at least you have the knife, black box, flight record and flashlight. You take some shivering steps towards the fire, trying to hustle yourself thinking the movement will warm you up but realizing your muscles are far too numb. Throwing another log on the fire it grumbles in response, it'll take a few minutes for it to be burning a nice heat, so you throw on your jacket. Remembering an old recipe your hubby had in one of his "outdoorspony cookbooks", you look for the nearest spruce, stripping a branch of some pine needles. By the time you get back the fire is roaring, you fill your little frying pan with snow and get to boiling the needles.
You plant your butt by the fire to warm up while considering your next steps. This place doesn't seem to have anything left to offer, guess it's time to leave for the north. Right after this tea of course! Well boiled and still hot, you set it aside to cool a little before having a nice long sip. Oof, yup, that's spruce alright. Taste aside you feel the glorious warmth spread through your body, and hey, at least it's high in vitamin c. You'll need all you can get if you're gonna survive this trip, you'll admit, you're quite nervous, but lying here waiting for help is just as dangerous. You feel a uncomfortable rubbing as you realize you've totally soaked your jacket with your wet fur. Damn, well this is as good a time as any. You set up some sticks next to the fire and hang your jacket off them, letting the tea warm you as you dry out your everything.
Ahh, this is comfy, you're already very tired from everything. You have to wonder, should you leave as soon as your stuff is dry or wait the night and leave in the morning?

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>>29752762
Leave. We need to find a new place to make a camp site.

>>29752762
>>29753076
And keep an eye out for resources as we go. It'll take the better part of a week and we need to add to what we have as we go.

>>29753076
>>29753088
These. Let's move on until we've got about a hoof's width of sky under the sun, then we can setup shelter and dig in for the night.

Be sure our route goes away from or at least far around where the bear was...

>>29752762
Make sure everything is packed and secured. Clothes insulated with cat tails, knife and hatchet at the ready, everything loaded onto the sled, parachute canvas draped over goods, canteen ready and filled. Loins thoroughly pleased.

>>29752762
We are low on food or the sheet needs to be updated.

b

>>29753076 >>29753088
>>29753499 >>29753614
>>29753630
You pack everything methodically, stuffing cattails into your clothing once it's dry enough to wear.
Once you are completely sure that nothing's being left behind -The hatchet slid under the sled at some point- and that the parachute is properly tied on top of it, you make your way. It's after a few hours that you stop for a breather, and hear a rustling of leaves nearby.
You peek from behind a outcrop of rocks and see, not so far away, a deer with a broken antler feeling the ground carefuly with his snout. You are about to call out to him when you see a larger deer move carefuly behind him, the four spears that hang from his back -two against each side- tied tightly enough that they don't move at all.

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>>29754731
Do his spears look like they have any writing? Let's me careful and not spook them not. Try whispering and having to them.

>>29754731
Doing the deer thing again I see.

>>29754731
This is either really good or really bad.

>>29754731
Complex tools denote intelligence, so that is good. Deer don't eat meat, right? Pretty sure there have been no wars against the deer, either.

I vote we take a chance to meet them: they are absolutely able to survive here and can help. If they decide to try and spear us... well, shit.

Pocket our knife just in case, then I suppose step out from the rock and get ourself noticed. Don't be too loud- you don't need a loaded deer to go off on accident.

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>>29754778
>>29754820
>>29754840
>>29754863
You try to slide closer to the deer, giving a closer look to the larger one's spears... they seem old, very old, with only some intact metal glinting under the rusted barbs that constitute the tips.
Tension floods into you when you realize that the larger one is, in fact, sneaking behind the other one-- the spears tied in such a way that anyone he charges will be impaled before his antlers are as much as touched.
The smaller one looks up with a start, scanning the area quickly.
"Dre?" He asks aloud, before he notices you.
His eyes are nailed on yours for an instant, panic clear in them.
He runs away without even noticing the larger deer, who also looks up, searching in your general direction.

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>>29755223
....what the fuck?

>>29755223
Wait, don't go! I need help! We're all herbivores here, I don't bite!

>>29755223
Hide.

>>29755223
That's not right...

I think getting low is a good idea. Yes, low and very quiet...

>>29755223
Hide.

>>29755283
>>29755819
No really?

>>29755223
Oh shot nigga, better put something behind this guy and us. Spear ready, and the axe too.
We need to make rope or string later to make strap for the weapon, or some means to sheath it.

boopin

>>29756669
boop 2: electric boopaloo.

>>29755223
>be Piney
>encounter deer hippy elf factors
>probably can't out run or sneak away
>fug
Idea: if he spots us, let's feint falling backwards and crawl back until we have our back towards a tree. We wait for him to charge us, and when he's close enough we roll out of the way so he embeds himself into the tree. We want to do this instead of moving infront of a tree, as that might broadcast our intent. As he tried to dislodge himself, Piney should press the spear against his neck to let him know we have him beat.

This is IF he decides to attack us.

>>29757268
This isn't a cartoon, anon. In real life when a deer charges a tree all that happens is it knocks off some bark.

>>29757526
This is fiction. Fiction of magic talking animals.

>>29757544
Given everything that has happened so far in the quest, I think slapstick comedy isn't the intended tone of the quest that the QM is going for.

>>29757558
Hey, you don't know if the deer will only knock off some of the bark. Depending on how sharp the charging spears are, the amount of force the deer applies, and the type of bark, the deer could potentially get lodged in the tree.

>>29757568
I mean, I guess it's possible if the QM decides it is, but it just feels like such a cartoonish solution at odds with the serious tone of the rest of the quest for the deer to A) impale himself into the tree and B) not be able to immediately remove himself by pulling.

>>29757588
I believe you when you say it's up to the QM to decide. Maybe the deer can easily free itself because stronk, maybe it gets stuck, maybe see's Piney's plan, maybe it's just a stupid tribal.

>>29757588
Best thing is to keep a tree between us and him. He has to charge in a straight line, so as long as there is a big lump of wood between him and us, he can't do squat.

It'd give us a chance to maybe talk him out of attacking, too.

>>29754723

bemp

Deer buck rape when. I mean just look at the one with the spears. He can take Pine to pound town.

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>>29758902

>>29760371
Agreed. The deer is an asshole.

Hot Deer on Pony action bump

I think I'll make all my bumps related to deer sex.

>9

Putting deer into the quest for a second time was a stupid idea.

>>29757252
boop 3: son of boop

>>29762610
Nah, it's alright. Other than the shitposter effect, we have no idea about who they are or what they were doing.

Just don't respond to the memers and we'll get by.

This situation does kind of remind you of those horsepanic bull fights. The kind where the red ponies always end up getting charged.
And how they get the bulls to embed their horns in a wall to stop them. Could you do the same with this buck? Maybe get his spears stuck in a tree.
A quick glance behind you does reveal a, at least in your opinion, suitable tree for your plan. So you get ready. Slowly breathing in and out you brace yourself for his charge.
Waiting, waiting and most importantly focusing on the bucks every move you can feel your heart beating faster and faster. Adrenaline is making your way through your entire body.
Even the slightest change in the creature's stance makes every muscle in your body tense up. You desperately attempt to read his actions, the timing must be just right.
Seconds feel like hours and you become quite nervous. What if you don't make it? What if the thing impales you? The thought of Pinekebab is not a pleasant one to you.
And then.... the buck turns around. Seemingly disinterested in you he turns around and walks away, off into the woods without casting a second glance back.
Your legs give out below you and you drop into the snow, breathing heavily but glad that, once again, a guardian angel must be keeping watch over you.
Now that another danger of the wild has kept you alive, surprisingly enough, should you press on forward? Or maybe rest for a while here? The time seems to be around three hours after midday.

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>>29763623
Darn. I wished we could have conversed with that deer.

>>29763623
We can rest more a few minutes before we head off.

Did that deer really leave? Or did he feint disinterest to sneak up on us?

>>29763623
I'm not saying that we should follow it, but, can we see the tracks of both deer in the snow?

>>29763623
Call out and call him a faggot.
So we see any suitable shelters within sight?

>>29763645 >>29763655
>>29763737 >>29763793
As the tension leaves you, you feel empty-- too tired to do anything but stare and look at the spot where the deer was for a moment. Anger replaces it for an instant, but fades quickly.
When you feel the strength is returning to your legs, you walk quietly to the place where the deer stood a moment ago and stare at the snow, wondering if you really saw a deer trying to murder another in cold blood. The faint marks on the snow, unnoticeable if you didn't know where to look at, confirm it for you.
Sighing, you look around. There's a fallen tree that'd provide some cover nearby, making it easier to build a tent.

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>>29764014
Fallen tree it is

>>29764014
As good as anywhere to set up.

>>29764014
Can you draw how this would look like? The tree's position? I'm thinking we hang the parachute over and use the wooden spikes to form a tent. We'll need to sharpen one more with the knife though. But first we need to make a fire! And we just so happened to hade some wood we kept dry.

>>29764014
After the fire is set we can do a little looking along with gathering more food again.

>>29764014
Hunt the deer using his tracks so we can fuck it.

>>29763623
wowitsfuckingnothing.gif

>>29764014
DeersAreLittleBitches.exe

>>29766643
Bump

>>29758902

Bumo

>>29768412
>Bumo
What is the meaning of this?

>>29768985
O is next to P

>>29764131
>>29764349
>>29764784
>>29764795
The tree is as good of a place as any to rest your body. But first, you need to set up camp. And that includes both fire and a tent.
Making a shelter shouldn't be too hard, just gotta use the parachute and the sharpened sticks. That reminds you, for that to work you need to sharpen at least one more.
But fire would probably be the better thing to start with, you don't wanna freeze to death if night surprises you. Good thing you took some dry wood with you.
A few logs quickly put together in a cone shape you use a bit of tinder and the bow and dowel to get some sparks, ember and soon a proper fire going.
Darn, Piney, you are getting good at this survival thing. The mental pat on the back makes you feel at least a teensy bit better.
Plopping down next to the fire, you begin to sharpen a stick for the tent using your survival knife. The small tool makes it considerably easier than the axe you used before.
The tent is quickly put up after you're done and is going to make for decent shelter tonight. And with it feeling hard to keep your eyes open, you opt for an early rest.

Dreams come quickly to you. You dream of flying in your plane, your son sitting next to you and the two of you traveling around the world together.
You promised him to take him on a trip when he's older.

You wake up in the complete dark. You aren't sure what the reason for it was but then you hear whispers from outside. Strange whispers of a language unknown.
Silhouettes are visible outside in the fading light of your bonfire. Clearly quadruped but quite lanky too.

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>>29769175
Maybe they're friendly? Say hi

>>29769175
Move slowly and see if we can get a look at them?

>>29769175
Well it's not like they don't already know we're here I'd say go with >>29769320
and try not to make any threatening moves but make sure we know where our weapons are.

>>29769280
Don't say hi, that will spook them.
>>29769175
Keep your breathing steady. Do you remember if you went to bed with any weapons? Do we have out knife?

beb

>>29769280
>>29769320
>>29769402
>>29769458
You are about to panic. The deer is back? Did it come to actually impale you now? Oh dear Celestia, please let this be a nightmare.
But then you remember that you shouldn't be doing any rash or threatening movements and you SHOULD in theory be fine.
For your safety you take the small survival knife next to you anyways. Hopefully it brings you luck.
Poking your head outside just slightly so you can make out their forms properly, you see them standing around the fire, watching it carefully.
Have they never seen something burn before? Seconds pass but then you hear the bigger of the two deer (which you suspect to be both does) shout something in that weird tongue again.
It sounds quite angry as a matter of fact and then turns into chanting. Small clouds begin to form above the campfire and a few droplets begin falling out.
Are they trying to extinguish it? It very much looks like it. The singing deer closes his eyes while the other one nervously keeps looking around, sometimes scuffing a hoof.
Should you stop them? Engage? Just ignore them?

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>>29770278
Yo nigga, I need that to stay warm. Scold them using the same tone of voice you'd scold your little baby. The sound of an angry mother is very universal.

>>29770278
We should make ourself known. it's possible they think we moved on and left a fire burning, which is a bad idea usually.

>>29770278
What does Piney Know about the Deer, other then they're like the elves or druids of mlp?

>>29770278
Hide the knife. It might spook them and put think into a flight or fight response.

>>29770278
They better not have taken our food. We did bring our sled into the tent, right?

Kick these hippies out of here bump

Let me know when we're done with the elves and can get back to wilderness survival quest.

beb

>>29773628
Barp

>>29773628

>>29773628

>>29775082

>>29775611

>>29762648
boop 4: live free or boop hard

Stout buck fucks his two doe's and a thirst mare bump

It's dead. Wilderness survival turned into deer quest and it died.

pls

>>29779397

>>29779352
No. Not yet.

>>29780106

Bump before bed

>>29781670
Yes

>>29781670
>Didn't not sleep 46 hour
Tell me about it.

>thread on page 10
Not yet. I'm not gonna give up on you. We can still go on. We'll break this curse. We'll break the cycle.

>>29770359 >>29770399
>>29771019 >>29771432
>>29772010
You hide the knife and give another look to the sled, which you were leaning against until a moment ago, and exit the tent carefully. The singer is too focused to notice you, but the other one moves to stand between you and him, his head low and antlers half angled at you.
Think, Piney, think... Deer. Some of them live in Equestria, but contact between them and ponies is rare due to mutual disinterest.
"What are you doing?" You ask in the firmest tone of voice you can manage.
"Aliu, sa, sa!" He shouts, scratching the snow like a bull preparing to charge. "Adeni!"

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>>29785311
This bitch nigga don't understand what he's dealing with.
Step 1.) Take out photo of you n' yo baby boy. Let him soak up the picture

Step 2.) Explain via gestures you and yo baby waby (gestures alone should help him understand he's your son)

Step 3.) Show him the atlas and be exasperated as fuck cuz you semi lost.

By this point he should understand your the mother of the little colt in the picture

Step 4.) Get ornery as fuck. Make him realise your a mother and that he's an obstacle between you and yo been. Channel that inner earth pony magic and get stronk.

>>29785311
Are the spears and antlers of equal length? Like is there one that's longer then the other? I'm thinking, if the Buck is bigger and wider than Piney then they will miss hee, but she will still have to deal with the antlers. We can kick snow in his face and maybe slide or roll away from the danger. If it charges.

>>29785892

>>29785311
Stare this asshole down. We're not running away from our own camp because they're mad about a controlled fire in snowville.

>>29785311
Pull down your pants and assume the position.

>>29785311
How hard can Piney throw a piece of firewood?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RaY1ihyBtbA

>>29785311
What's your damage bro? I'm just trying to survive the cold s-so I d-d-don't die of hypothermia. And if I die my baby will be wondering, "dad wheres mom?"
Start crying.

>>29777491
boop 5: revengance

NEVER GIVE UP

>>29793026
NEVER

>>29793999
SURRENDER

Also, checked.

>>29709489

>>29794567

>>29795839

rip ;_;

>>29797401
We tried to warn them. We told them that running into the white was pain. They didn't listen.

>>29791629
boop 6: tokyo boop

>>29798561
For all its worth this was fun

>>29799569
Yeah. Nice to know Lis isn't the only one who can make it fun.

>>29799569

We're going to be taking a break guys. We don't think we'll be abandoning this, but the initial shitstorm that surrounded our first attempt took a lot of the enthusiam out of us.
We just need some time to recoup and figure out if we want to continue. Feel free to let this thread die.

>>29801243
I'm sorry this was so hard on all of you. You picked a hell of a thing to try and reboot. If you feel passion for it again in the future I will be glad to play again, and if you decide it wasn't meant to be I will understand that too. Nobody will blame it on the meme. We understand what you guys went through.

>>29799569
Nobody gave me a udon.

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>>29802958
You better eat it.

>>29803008
Yum

>>29801243
Wait are you serious? As come on! Break the cycle!

>>29805110
Not at the expense of their happiness. These fine folk could have finished it but deer killed the quest. Down with deer.

>>29805277

>>29806457

>>29808327

>>29809396

>>29810607