Day 1 - The shipwreck
I woke up on a desert island not knowing what happened to me. Then suddenly everything rushes back to me. I had gotten on a ship which had crashed into rocks but I managed to escape. I look around and see a camp and a small group of survivors to the right off me. There are 6 people there 4 men and 2 women. I stand up and approach. I find that they had gathered some resources and that one of the men was bleeding from a wound.
They tell me that I had been out cold and they had feared that I had died, so they had brought me to their camp to see if I would live. They introduced themselves as Jack, Joe, Peter, Patrick who was injured, Scarlett and Emily. I told them that my name was Bob. They ask me if I wanted to join them to venture off the island. I was puzzled, so I asked them if they should explore the current island first. They said they have, and they point to the injured man and say he got mauled by a strange animal when they were coming back to their camp.
They ask me to journey with them to get wood and resources needed for the raft. I agree to help them and grab an axe. I helped them to chop down trees and after I had successfully cut down 10 trees I decided to take a break. I had a sudden thought on how I should protect myself from the animals lurking in the woods. I decided to make a bow and a pouch of arrows from pieces of the trees in the woods.
I cut down another tree and set out to work on my little project. I cut out the shape of a bow and 10 arrows. Then I got 10 rocks and attached it to by makeshift arrows. I then climbed a tall tree and gathered 6 thick yet elastic vines. I took the best vine and attached the rest onto my belt. I wrapped the vine around the edges of the bow to make a makeshift string. I tested the bow and arrows and was surprised that it actually worked quite well. Then I hollowed out a bit of the tree to make a holder for the arrows. I got one of the vines and attached it to 2 holes I had made in the holder. I put in the arrows and decided to make more. After making about 20 more arrows, the sky had gotten much darker. I grabbed a vine from a tree and tied the logs together. Then I got another vine and attached it to the first. I shouted for some help and Joe showed up. He helped me lug the logs into our little camp.
When we got back we found that the women had made some food. We agreed that we would take shifts to watch over the camp. I decided as I was a newcomer I would take the first shift which would last for an hour. I climbed up a tree that overlooked the camp and surroundings and decided to keep warm by moving very little. When my shift was nearly over, I heard a noise to the right of me. I decided to stay still as my nerves could be getting the better of me. But then I heard the noise again. I grabbed my bow, which was slung on my back and jumped of my branch.
I got an arrow and placed it on my bow. I faced the bush where the sound had come from and saw a large tusk sticking out of it. A large boar like creature jumped out of it and tried to stab me with its tusks. I loosed a shot into its side, but it appeared that it did not do anything. With all that commotion, the camp inhabitants were starting to wake up and they slowly realised what was happening. Then all of a sudden there was a blinding light and the monster fell down.
I turned around and saw that Patrick was holding a flair gun. I wrenched my arrow from the hide of the animal and returned to the group. They congratulated me and we went to grab the boar like creature. We removed the pelt and decided to use it as the sail of the raft. Then the resident doctor Jack went to inspect the animal to see what its weaknesses are. He said that the belly of the beast is really weak and can be easily penetrated.
The women then proceeded to slice up the meat of the overgrown pig and handed me a tusk of the boar. I thanked them and got a short sturdy stick and a piece of vine and turned the 3 materials into a crude knife. They then proceeded to dry up the meat. Then Joe took up the next shift and I went to sleep.