14: Get your bearings

01/27/2024

Kudos77 says:

I think glass should just take a few seconds to collect her thoughts. Oh yeah! There was that mysterious hand that grabbed you when you were about to drown. Perhaps looking for that figure is a good place to start.

You aren’t sure what to think right now. First you meet some tall people with bones sticking out their heads. Then said bone-heads accuse you of being someone else. Then your boat blows up, then they blame you. Then finally, you are saved from an agonizing watery grave by someone you don’t even know, and you can only remember their hand.

So many questions, and you don’t even know where to start. It’s safe to say it has been an interesting day so far.

M56 scorpion says:

Have you ever seen sand in your life before? This is an essential question

Uh… yes? It’s sand. But its a little different here; it’s warm, and fine. Like powder. Nothing like the cold, grey almost mud back home. Come to think of it— looking around, you have never seen a place so colorful in your life. The trees are scaly and sway so freely in the wind. The rocks look like orange slabs sunk into the ground. To say you are far from home would be an understatement.

Gareth says:

Check if you are alright

Echinator says:

Make sure to check if your toes are still there

Werewolfdude says:

check and make sure you have all ur digits and that nothing is facing the wrong direction

Fortunately, everything’s facing the right direction, but your body still feels chewed up.

Though being released from the nauseous clutches of the sea feels great in a way.

Rick says:

You almost died, but you are alive. A cause for celebration if I ever saw one, give yourself a “hurrah” for beating the odds and then you can panic about the current predicament.

Your hurrah resembles more of a “hurk” as you expel excess sea water.

MickelPickel says:

You seem to have lost your overgarments. Maybe check to see if you still have your belongings in case the sea decided to be kind and not swallow all of your stuff?

You take inventory. Rummaging through your damp satchel, you still have the Jar of Ominous Fluid, the Waterskin and Fireworks.

The seals on the Fireworks seem like they held, so they might work. Taking a closer look at the one bearing the skull makes you think these might not actually be the celebratory kind.

Your Waterskin and Jar seem unscathed as well.

But you happen to notice a piece of paper sticking out of your bag.

Strangely, it is dry. Maybe left behind by your mysterious savior?

Great. Another thing you can’t read…

Foxfyre841 says:

Check around you for company or pursuit or civilization. Footprints in the sand, boats on the horizon, smoke from distant cooking fires. But be sure to remain in some cover from a certain tall, racist, and angry lady with access to a spyglass.

Colonel says:

Look around to see if you can spot any sign of civilization and if you see it, start heading in that direction

Ok, that is something you can do.