《The Development》 Scum My name is Lu J King, my nickname is LuJay. I lived in Seatac, Washington in the USA. I¡¯m a short 5¡¯4¡± 30 year old dude. I have dark brown hair, blue eyes, and warm beige skin. I used to like staying inside all day, staying away from the sunlight as much as possible. Back when I was 24 years old, I won the lottery. Mega Million lottery company sent me a check of 120 million dollars post tax in a single installment. Soon after, I went on a spending spree. Someone I¡¯ve always had a crush on, who was already married, I snatched her away from her husband. I was completely crazy back then. In only 3 years of time after winning the lottery, I managed to burn all the bridges with my family, irreconcilable at that. One day I realised that the woman that I was always infatuated with was plotting for my money, but I learned of this fact when it was already too late. I realised one morning that I had lots of debt, and after doing subtraction, I had about a million dollars left. I never wanted to work for another person again, so I decided to get a cheap property in the sticks near a mountain and freshwater stream. One day I got a message that I would be abducted off the planet. Back when I was still moving out to the sticks, I bought a quarter ton truck, trailer, and a small quad. I made sure to load up fueld tanks, because it''s not like I was going to live near a gas station. I was going to camp for the rest of my life after all. I found a place called Conconully, and bought some land there. A small town with a population around 200. Living outside or in the city doesn''t make a difference, I still had the same needs as a human: water, food, shelter. I bought a solar water heater for some conveince, and built a small pump house next to a small creek. I then built a large fridge and freezer. I used a dedicated windmill and solar panels to power the freezer and fridge. A small green house was also built for my own personal small garden. It''s been a few years now, and I have been living like this since I broke up with that woman.I still feel irritated even after all the time that has passed, however I can''t blame anyone other than myself. Today is my birthday, I turned 30 today. I don''t have anything special going on today, I am simply doing nothing other than playing a game on my phone. These cell phone games are addictive. A received a textmessage. I wonder who''s Messaging me, let''s check it.
11:45 AM 85%
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I went ahead and clicked on that link.
11:46 AM 85%
Make Your Choice :
  • (default) : Advanced details on your phone
  • Simplified details on your retina
10...9... seconds remaining until default or selected choice is automatically selected.
I saw that the timer was going down, and I didn¡¯t have enough time to read everything. I saw something about retinas and was confused, I went ahead and selected the non default option right before the timer went off. Once the timer went off, the question disappeared. It¡¯s not like there was a button to choose my option, so I simply highlighted the text before that timer went off.
11:46 AM 85%
You''ve selected retina modification.
The next thing I know, I started to get a headache.
Initializing...
I saw this message in my vision, at first I thought I was day dreaming, however I wasn¡¯t.
Adding timer until abduction off the planet. AotP Timer : 6D23H58M32S
I saw that the message shrank in size and moved to the top right corner of my vision.
Please finish questionnaire. Choice #2 : You will be leaving this planet, you have the choice to bring things with you, and how these things will follow.
  • (default) : Container will be dropped in your yard. 40¡¯ x 8¡¯ x 8¡¯ (4,423,680 million cubic inches) No restrictions All unsealed and unintentional microorganisms will be neutralized. Recommendation: 3 days of food + water for living organisms needed for just their transportation.
  • Bring Nothing, other than what¡¯s on your body or in your hands. if (Using retinas) { will upgrade retina to advanced details } else { will upgrade cellphone to infinite battery, phone specs will tripple (processor speed, ram capacity, graphics processing), phone storage space x 100 storage }
  • Condensed pocket dimension. 1¡± x 1¡± x 1¡± (1 cubic inch) Mobile, 99% weight reduction. Type of magic. Atmospheric pressure 70% of 15 minute average that your body experiences. All the oxygen and carbon dioxide are provided from your body. All light absorbed by skin will be transferred to space. Knowledge related to pocket dimensional space.
    • Directly implanted into your head.
    • How to improve and expand.
At first I was confused. Where was this screen that was in my vision. However the news that I was going to be abducted was very daunting news. I was at first bewindered, thinking who would want to abduct me. However, I decided I didn''t care about these small details. I thought about those stories I''ve read about hero summoning in many web novels. I looked at the options, and the pocket dimension looked the most appealing. Having my own inventory sounds over powered. Who doesn''t wish for that power? Being able to carry your entire house as you travel is best. However only 1 cubic inch? I feel like it wasn''t as simple as it sounded anymore. I ended up choosing the condensed pocket dimension. It said it was a type of magic. I thought it would be cool if I could use magic, even if I only get 1 cubic inch versus 4 million cubic inches. It said it would also give me information related to upgrading and using it. If I could master this, couldn¡¯t I apply the knowledge to make a fireball?
Condensed Pocket Dimension will be initialized... 3M14S
I was excited. The msg turned into a timer then moved to the corner of my vision under the other timer.
Choice #3 : Where do you want to go?
  • (default) : Deserted and raided town. Nearby buildings, well water, farm land. Everyone who lived here died. Most valuables have already been raided and looted. Initial Danger: Low (1). Leaving town Danger: Medium (6).
  • Remote plains next to a river. Abundance of nearby low danger animals. Abundance of fruit bearing plants. Abundance of aquatic animals at the river. Danger: Medium (4).
  • Jungle. Danger: Medium-High (7) Opportunity: Medium (4) - stat boosting plants exist Life information
    • Basic
    Magic information
    • Basic
  • Desert. Danger: Very-High (12).
    • Very low vegetation.
    • Low amounts of animals.
    • Environment Danger: High (8).
    • Middle of summer.
    Life information
    • Basic
    Magic information
    • Basic
    • Affinity, to check, to improve
    • Basic spell model for each category (Raw energy, Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Light/Darkness, Space, Mind, Soul).
The choices this time makes me wonder. The options each have advantages and disadvantages. If I choose easy mode, I receive some rewards.If I choose hard mode, I will receive rewards to offset the difficulty.This showed thatoptions were not going to give any advantages for nothing. If I want to be successful, I should pick my options based on rewards and come up with a stratagy for each option. I looked at the jungle and desert options. The jungle would have food and water. The desert would have little food and water. The Jungle would have opportunities where I could find rare plants and herbs that could give me advantages. The desert does not. The jungle has less danger, and the desert has more danger from creatures as well as the environmental danger. It''s the middle of summer, why would I want to go to the desert? The desert offers knowledge about magic. While still deciding what to do, the timer for the condensed pocket dimension started to flash and it''s timer hit zero. Apparently I intuitively knew I could set my own alarms and decide wether or not It makes sounds or can wake me up. I also learn details about this inventory function. I placed my hand into my pocket and placed a quarter into the dimensional space. This proves magic is real. If I choose the desert, I can gain knowledge to increase my affinity to magic it self. This message also says it will give me the basic spell models for each element. Wouldn''t I have water with this knowledge? I feel that the desert option would be best for the rewards I will be given.
Choice #4 :
  • (default) : Take me as is You refuse to forget You refuse to learn
  • Memory loss You forget all the individuals on Earth (friends, family, enemies, acquaintances) You learn the local language of the first sapient creature you meet.
  • Memory soft wipe You forget all the individuals on Earth (friends, family, enemies, acquaintances, idols) You will forget all knowledge you havn¡¯t used in the last year you stayed on earth. You will forget all memories you haven¡¯t thought about in the last 2 months you stayed on earth. You learn the local spoken language of the first sapient creature you meet. You learn languages 20% easier, magic 10% easier, memory retention 5% better.
  • Memory hard wipe You forget all the individuals on Earth (friends, family, enemies, acquaintances, idols, historical figures) You will forget all knowledge you havn¡¯t used in the last seven days you stayed on earth. You will forget all memories you haven¡¯t thought about on the last day you stayed on earth. You learn the local language of the first two sapient creatures you meet. You learn languages 50% easier, magic 40% easier, memory retention 20% better.
  • Memory total loss You forget everything related to earth, with the exception of the last day you stayed on earth. All motor skills will be forgotten when 6 days of earth stay are left. You would have 6 days to relearn them for usage once you are abducted. You¡¯ll not lose your memory at this point, so train hard while you remember. You will forget all earth languages, spoken and written, once you are abducted. You will learn the local language of the first two sapient creatures you meet. You learn languages 100% easier, magic 80% easier, memory retention 40% better, focus 20% better.
  • Memory blindness You will slowly forget everything related to earth. Each day you¡¯ll forget 15% of all your memories. You¡¯ll remember the last hour you stayed on earth. All motor skills will be forgotten when 6 days of earth stay are left. You would have 6 days to relearn them for usage once you are abducted. You¡¯ll not lose your memory at this point, so train hard while you remember. You will forget 10% of your language each day. so communicate with earthlings before it¡¯s too late. You¡¯ll forget the rest once abducted. You refuse to learn the local languages the easy way. You start with memory retention bonus -100% once abducted. each day it increases by 5% until you recover to your new 80% bonus. This will allow your body to adapt to the improvements. Your brain is wired differently now. Learning is 160 % easier and it¡¯s 40% easier to focus.
These options are awful. I want to pick the first option, but what do I really want to remember? My life sucks. However, I have 30 years of knowledge. Do I want to sacrifice my past for the future? The last option is sacrificing the past and soon future for the far future. I felt this wasn''t as simple as choosing between easy, medium, and hard like in the last choice. However, for comparision purposes, this memory blindness looked like expert hell-mode. I''m already going to the desert, what''s there to remember? I feel like memory blindness wasn''t as bad as it could be, considering the perks. Losing my motor skills and not being able to communicate with neighbors sound very annoying, atleast compared to other options. The perks this option gives for the future are truely temping though. If I could live until then, I would always thank my past self for choosing this option. Being able to learn magic easier is without a doubt, key to this choice. I never finished school or got good grades anyways, so I''m not a scholar or anything. What''s there to lose?
Choice #5 :
  • (default) : No more choices. No other choices will be asked. No other perks will be given. No other negative effects will affect you.
  • Gluttony, Lust, and Extravagance You are 50% more likely to be addicted in life. You require twice the food. All bonus effects are half as effective, e.g. healing, recovery, speed boost, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, or even poison (effects of poison are reduced, is this a buff?) You have 20% improved luck. You have 10% improved bad luck.
  • Sloth and Clumsy You can¡¯t see things that far away. You are close sighted. You don¡¯t have a depth of field. You require 40% more sleep. You lose 40% focus. You have 80% improved luck. You have 10% improved bad luck.
  • Pride and Wrath You gain vanity when you complete a decision. You lose vanity when you make a decision. You lose vanity when you fail a decision. Vanity can improve and boost status. Negative vanity will automatically degrade and limit status. Negative vanity causes loss of cognition.
  • Greed and Envy All cravings are 400% heavier Jealousy is 200% heavier. You have a rare item radar.
    • You can detect all nearby rare items within 20 yards.
    • You can detect all rare natural ownerless materials within 50 yards.
    • All effects reduced by 80% when traveling through solid materials like the ground or solid walls like a mountain or thick walls.
LuJay felt this time, the choices were getting harder to choose between. It''s easy when the choices are simple negatives with nice perks. This time the negatives and positives are not so easily linear. The negatives for each category was awful enough to offset the perks of each category. Pride and wrath looked the most mild on the surface, however, it had some very interesting negative connotations like losing cognition. This sounds like a real rage bar. Gluttony, lust, and extravagance was very similiar to sloth and clumsy -- awful choices. Gluttony had a few simple consumption cons that wasn''t as bad as it could be, but I''m going to the desert. Requiring twice the normal amount of food or water is not going to keep me alive. Sloth has aluck bonus that looks nice, but being practically blind and requiring 20% of your 16 hour day (3.2 hours) spent for extra sleep is expensive and dangerous. The desert already has the highest danger, and requiring more time being spent in the desert and slower travel time will kill me. If I wanted to do this, I should had picked the ruin village option with these options. That left 2 options left. No more choices was one options, but what if the next choices were bonuses? Greed had that radar feature, which could be used to find people who carried rare items as well as veins in the ground during travels. So thinking about the choices, #1 I need the next choices, #2 requiring more water in the desert will kill me, #3 being blind and slower travel times will kill me, #4 this vanity and pride thing I don''t understand and I think I don''t want to understand, #5 greed doesn''t sound too bad as it also has that radar system. It''s not like I will become someone different just because I''ll have more greedy feelings.
Choice #6 :
  • (default) : The love of the sun Warm energy gathers 30-150% and 150%-25% faster depending on the position of the sun in the sky. Impurities range from 1%-85% and 85%-2% compared to without The love of the sun. The first 15 seconds of daylight has 0.25% impurities. The last 20 seconds of daylight has 0.75% impurities, however the rate of energy is low. Clouds can reduce effects, and reduce impurities by 75% of the reduced effect amount. Eclipses gather hot energy at 1300%, warm energy at 75%, cold energy reduced by 50%, and impurities are reduced by 80%. In space energy gathers 570% faster, however impurities are increased by 30%.
  • The love of the stars Starlight energy gathers 340% faster. Starlight has very little impurities, 95% less than unfiltered local prana at sea level. Even in the day, the stars are still there. May require training to feel them. Clouds can reduce effects, but training can allow you to bypass this issue. During New Moon (darker nights) the easier it is to feel the stars.
  • The synergy of the recognized You will gain the power of recognition. Everyone has special attributes. Everyone has a favorability rating towards you.
    • At 60 favorability, unlocks ability to mark them with recognition.
      • Recognized individual will never lose their recognition.
      • Recognized individual with 20 favorability or less will have recognition status bonuses to become dormant, and pause daily bonuses as well.
      • Recognized individuals will be easier to increase favorability.
      • Recognized individuals will retain favorability easier and longer, based on highest point favorability has ever reached.
    People you choose will be given a status bonus
    • At beginner stage, they gain a buff equal to 5% of your base status.
    • The buff increases by 0.1% daily. At beginner stage, cap is 25%.
    • A debuff causes you to lose 1% of your base status.
    People you choose will return an advantage to you based on their status.
    • A buff causes you to gain 1% of their status.
    • Each buff increases by 0.01% daily. The value can go above the cap, but only the cap is applied.
    • At beginner stage, each buff cap is 10% and total of all buffs cap is 30%.
  • Immortality You don¡¯t age unless you want to. You aren¡¯t require to breath air to live, but it¡¯ll reduce your abilities without it. You don¡¯t require food or water, but it¡¯ll reduce your abilities as you forgo without. Poison will not kill you, but it can lead you to be unable to move for centuries.
  • Born for magic You gain natural insight into magic 450% faster. Any affinity below entry level is brought to entry level. You gain 200% increase in affinity when tempering. Max initial capacity for energy is increased by 300%.
LuJay thought these options were very good. Worth selecting greed in the last choice. It was a gamble after all. If these choices were all negative, he would have felt cheated. He decided that he would use the proccess of elimination this time for the perks. The option for immortality also stood out. Becomming immortal just like that? There must be hidden dangers related to becomming an immortal. It says immortals don''t require food or water, then what would happen to the difficulty to the desert? It doesn''t say any of the negatives of becomming an immortal, so I think this is a trick. Plus, I know I would become a loner if I was an immortal. Who wants to make friends with a greedy immortal? Sun lover and star lover didn''t look like it only applied for magic at first glance. It looked like it was more for cultivation at first glance. Sun lover would probably make walking in the desert easier too. He didn''t know anything about that though. He wanted to be a mage if given a choice. Being born for magic didn''t sound too bad. The perks were straight up percentage based perks. The free affinity modifier was convienant, but ultimately I already had the knowledge to adjust that with the other options I''ve made previously. This pick would just make practice easy, but it''s not directly making me overpowered. 1 year of training would be like 5 to 10years when compared to someone else. The only real perk of this would bethe initial affinity, but thatdidn''t mean that I would even knowhow much that is going to help. The final option that I couldn''t elimate in the proccess of elimination: The synergy of the recognized. He figured if he was going to be greedy, then he would need subordanates. Becomming a greedy general of a military faction would be possible and sounded like it fit his personality anyways. With subordanates he would be able to collect valuables quicker anyways. The perks didn''t look bad, and would help others in a mutual benefit for both parties. It would form a win-win situation. He decided to use the proccess of elimination and even without lots of perks, there wasn''t alot of cons.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.
Quest Notification: Thanks for choosing your options on the questionare. Here is a summary of your choices :
#1 : (Completed) Retina #2 : (Completed) Condensed pocket dimension #3 : (Waiting) Desert #4 : (Waiting) Memory blindness #5 : (In Progress) Greed and Envy #6 : (In Progress) The synergy of the recognized You have unlocked Quest notifications and notes. You can see this notification again later. You only have to think, ''open quest notes''. Quest notifications will be displayed in the language that you are most familiar with. Quest notifications will be automatically be disabled ifno known languages are known. Quest notifications will be automatically be enabled if known languages are known. Quest notifications include status, messages, and normal notifications. If Quest notifications are disabled, all new notifications will be saved, queued, dated for when Quest notifications are enabled. Quest notification status system unlocked when you are abducted.
LuJay felt that this summary was very simple and easy to understand. He found out he was able to minimize this summary and reopen it at any time. He also found some interesting notes about the system. Atleast he can''t lose his eyes like losing a phone. He was glad for choosing the retina options. At this time, he noticed that there were timers with different labels: #3, #4, #5, #6. LuJay did remember seeing a few timers being sent to the corner, but wondered why he didn''t notice these until just now. He sawthe #3 timer blink because it was now marked for 6 days and 23 hours left then 22 hours 59 minutes. So it''s set to blink once every hour. LuJay felt that the timers were very interactive. He decided to make lunch. While cooking,#5 greed timer hit zero. Intuitive knowledge was directly placed into LuJay''s head. Greed was more encompassing that what he previous thought. He felt hungry at the moment, and greed started to kick in. He wanted to greedily cook all the food he had. even if he couldn''t eat it all... LuJay started to feel that maybe the problem of greed was much larger than he previous thought. If he had any desires at all, greed would kick in. He didn''t even know what would happen with jealousy adding more problems. Would those multiply eat other? He already knew they would... LuJay finished his lunch, and wanted to test out the radar function now. He found that the radar''s sensitivity was based on how greedy he felt on wanting the item he was searching for. This ability, he didn''t know wether to laugh or cry... LuJay felt that the ability was useful, but using it made his feelings eradic if he was unable to retreive sensed items on the radar. This would have made a fantastic ability finding the remote if I still had a TV. Also the power was limited to 5% while still on earth. There is very little prana on earth after all. Even with 1 yard range, the ability would help looking for his keys if he ever forgets where he placed them. Also, certain items used less effort compared to other items. He had a gold ring that he had placed on a table, and no matter what he did, sensing gold used almost no effort and placed a minimal amount of eratic feelings if he didn''t get it. Aparently greed loved gold, but wouldn''t cry over just a common metal such as gold. LuJay felt that greed was more useful than he thought it would have been. While he was playing around, #6''s timer went off. The synergy of the recognized intuitive information was gained. It''s all about fabvorability. I did read about the details, but it sounded very complex with all the rules and values. The intuitive knowledge doesn''t include the direct values like the choices did, but instead gives me a feeling of how much ''pow and whoosh'' it gives. I can''t really test the power yet, but I know the details for the most parat. LuJay started to stare at timer #4. 23 Hours from now, LuJay would forget how to walk. He thought about what he needed to do, and decided thatit''s better to start now than later. He thought about his internal monologues and how they would work without knowing any languages. He also needed to make sure on the last day he would go over everything related about his abilities so he doesn''t have to relearn his insights on the intuitive knowledge. He felt he wasmore fucked than the ''doge meme'' being overused. Much fucked. I started to write a short list of ideas, striking them out, then adding other ideas. I don''t even know what type of intelligence this location will have. Thinking of the case where I never meet another civilization, person, or even a language at that. What if the concept of numbers aren''t the same? I know roman numerals and decimal system aren''t even comparable in all honesty. That''s probably how fractions became a thing. I decided that any knowledge I bring with me should use shapes and images as the least amount of words as possible. I know some things are only important if you have and know how to use them. A map is a good example. You don''t need a map, but if you have one, it''s value becomes very important. I have a very expensive watch. It has a pace counter, heart rate monitor, atmospheric pressure guage, timer, and alarm. It also tells time. I don''t know if the time on the other world will be a 24 hour cycle though. I gather a folder for place important documents for all my knowledge I want to bring with me to the other world. I decided to draw instructions for my watch. I write the word and then an image and symbol for what it means. Like ''atmospheric pressure'' and I draw a picture of rain and the sun. I made a line with numbers, and show what each value means. I spend about an hour doing this. I''ll thank myself later for it. I know maps are important, so I included a few examples of what a map looks like as well as a colored satelite image of a map at different heights. I have about 4 sheets of colored images, as well as a large map on a 4 foot by 4 foot page. I grab a few pens and mechanical pencils and lead. I have a few erasers as well. I have both 0.3mm and 1.2mm mechanical pencils. I also grab a ream of 500 letter copy paper, A composition graph ruled, and 4 composition colledge ruled books. The composition book has a ruler and multiplication table in the back. It also has a conversion table chart, but that''s not useful when I can''t read the words. I also grab 2 packs of note cards and 10 butane dispossible lighters. I also look for a clipboard to pack, and grab a few hundred rubberbands of different sizes. I''m debating wether I want to bring plastic bags or not. I decide to grab a roll of 55 galon trash bags too. I gather my metalsilver cup, silver plate, silver bowl, and silverware made from silver. It''s useful because it can detect sulfuric heavy items, which poisons are normally known as having heavy contents of. I also have a few plastic and tin items aswell. I pack some clothing too. I remember the saying that you learn everything you ever need to be successful in life in elementary school. Thinking about this, I started to write what was taught in school. I don''t want to forget something important after all. After writting my short list, I started to strike thru some different items for different reasons. I can''t write instructions on how to talk to others after all. Drawing recipes for eating is too complicated and time consuming. Actually I decided to add a note for making beer and distilling salt water or spirits. I grabbed some dice and cards into the pile to pack up. I also had a resersi board and pieces with me too.I decided that I''lldownload a video of how to play the game on my phone later. I''ll write the instructions on how to play the video on a paper with the game. I also need to download a few games for cards and dice too. I guess I can also get some science videos on how to build or do things too. Maybe I''ll know what they are doing later, or not. At this point I started to think about my condensed pocket dimension in details, and thought about how to expand the size of it. I can ncrease the size in a combination of 2 ways. Practice and materials. Practice is done by filling the space, and taking things out. The space increases the quickest when the space is near full or the contents have high density. The second method is by sacrifice. There are actually two spaces inside the dimensional pocket, and they are separated by an imaginary wall and they share the same limits. Simply placing materials inside the sacrifice dimension will slowly sacrifice the materials to the dimensional pocket. Once placed inside the sacrifice dimension, you can¡¯t take it back out. I placed nearby water into the dimensional sacrifice space. It took about 5 minutes for the 1 cubic inch of water to disappear. Let it be known that the water takes up more space in the dimensional space with it¡¯s lower atmospheric pressure, but it doesn¡¯t matter in my opinion. The increase to the space was 0.001 cubic inches. I opened a calculator app on my phone and figured out it would take 3.5days to increase it by 1 cubic inch by this rate, and that¡¯s if I stayed awake to redo it every 5 minutes. Next I placed dirt into the space. 20 minutes later, the space increased by 0.002 cubic inches. At this new rate, it would take 8days. I went and placed some gravel this time, mixed with some sand. After 22 minutes the sand was done and gave about 0.0001 cubic inches which isn¡¯t bad considering it was just filling space around the gravel. Over the course of the next 24 minutes, the gravel was disappearing ended up providing 0.011 cubic inches. Just the gravel could provide the 1 additional cubic inch in a matter of 3days. Next I went and grabbed a bunch of nails. I have a bucket of nails in different sizes. Also I figured out that the 1 cubic inch can be stretched and deformed losing only some volume. I knew that I needed to go to the city for last minute items. It¡¯s a 5 hour drive to king county. I know a few places in seatac. I need to drive to Harbor freight, walmart, dick''s sporting goods, and home depot just to check out all the options. I''m going to make a list of random things I don''t want to forget...Omak is a half hour from where I live,but the sporting stores there don''t really have what I''m looking for. I''ll just go to king county. I have a simple list of misc items I want to bring. I never can get these items again after all. I started to drive to Seatac, it was still 1pm. I¡¯d get there around 6pm. On the way there, the iron nails took 4 hours. It provided 0.1 cubic inches. I then placed 1.1 cubic inches worth of iron nails that were sniped into small pieces. I also brought along silver coins that were snipped into small pieces to test for later. After arriving in king county, I drove to Dick''s sporting goods. I found some fire starters. I decided to grab some. I bought a composite bow while I was at it, and bought 100 arrows. The store person was very helpful, I just explained that I was a first time hunter and had my own land with lots of game to hunt. I wanted something that was durable, easy to handle, and powerful that scaled with skill. That''s when I was shown the composite bows and arrows. The arrows had many different options available. I ended up choosing fiberglass composite metal shafts that don''t splinter and can be used many times. I also had the arrow heads shaped for barbing and bleeding. I bought 4 x camelbak bladders, a water filter, new tan boots, and some digital looking camo for the desert as well. I plan on cuttingsome of these clothing to make loose fitting robes. Before I left the store, I also saw sling shots and thought to buy 3 of ''em. While I was being checked out, I saw some cool windup flashlights with a usb port on them. I added 10 of those to my order too. These little lights say they provide 1100 lumens and are LED based. I don''t have to worry about replacement bulbs then. I then stopped byharbor frieght. I was going to buy batteries, but I don''t need them anymore, because of the flashlights I just bought. I came here for a solar kit, an inverter, some cables, solder, and a 40W soldering iron. I saw some box knives and decided to grab some too. I got some replacement blades as well. I stopped by the super walmart super center. I got 10 xearbud headphones that I wanted. I found a 25 ft tube and pump used for fuel in the car section in the super store. I then went to buy some jewelry here : sapphire earrings, diamond ring, and an emerald necklace. I then went to a pawn shop, and bought some jewelry from a few different places. I used the excuse : I lost my brother''s ring he was going to use to proposeor my sister had a necklace she was going to present to her friend but I lost it. At one of the pawn shops, he saw a foldable and collapsable bicycle trailer. It looked conveient for what he needed and decided to grab it. Finally, I stopped by home depot, and grabbed tons of nails and some screws and simple bolts and nuts. I went ahead and got some high quality titanium hand tools. A few items like a bow saw and normal saw. I grabbed some battery powered hand tools too. After getting all these different supplies, LuJay thought he had everything that he''ll ever need. He''s been living at a camp for the last few years. If he didn''t already have it, he will just have to suck it up. He didn''t even know if he could walk tomorrow let alone driving. Just as he finished the shopping escapade and was leaving king county, the nails from before finished with 3 hours providing 0.105 cubic inches. Atleast this confirmed, smaller chunks are quicker to sacrifice and use about the same amount of space. He felt like trying silver coin pieces this time. While driving back, 3 hours provided 0.18 cubic inches with the silver coin pieces. It''s worth to note that silver was worth 65% more than iron. Next I placed the diamond ring into the space filling the empty space with 1 cubic inch worth of silver coin pieces. He wanted to try silver dust or sand, but it''s not like he had that. LuJay got home to camp after that long drive and decided to pack everything into a 2 bag system. Everything he had to have in 1 bag. Everything that was extra in another. He quickly filled the first bag with ease. A hatchet attached to the second bag, while a bow attached to the first. He had 4 quivers, with 3 attached to the outside of the second bag. He was using string and rope to attach things to the second bag. He was going to attach the quiver to his hip on the last day. He wanted to start sewing then and there. He pulled some of the new camo desert items, and started to cut squares out of the fabric. He already had robes that were the perfect size, and cut those at the seam to copy their shape for the new robes made with the desert pattern. By the time I was finished I was hungry and decided to make dinner. After eating, it was regarded that 6hours was the time it took for the ring to provide 0.2 cubic inches and 0.1 cubic inches from the iron nails. Considering that the space the ring took up was 0.3 cubic inches, it wasn''t too bad. He decided to place as much jewelry into the space as he could now, then go to sleep. The Next morning it was around lunch time. LuJay woke up. He found out he wasn¡¯t able to get out of bed like expected. He remembered this had to deal with his body forgetting how to do everything. He also felt that it was harder to articulate ideas of what to do. He went ahead and checked the condensed pocket dimensional space. The space had gathered another 0.9 cubic inches from a few rings. He didn''t know long it took though. LuJay realised the difficulty in just sitting up. After managing to stand up, he thought this was what it was like when a drunk person walks. Making food for the firrst time was just as difficult. Cutting some veggies with a knife was dangerous. Even while being careful he managed to knick himself twice. While eating, LuJay thought about the space again. If he could increase his space by 50% each day it would each 15 cubic inches by the end of the 7th day. He wanted to reach 100 cubic inches. That could lighten his load by 30 pounds. He thought about if he sacrificed living things instead. He went a grabbed a large bucket, filled it half full with dirt, mixed in food waste, animal fat, leaves, different types of bones, fish scales, feathers, and moldy bread. He mixed those all together. Went to the creek to look for worms, and placed them in the bucket with water on top too. He then placed some bean sprouts in all this mess too. He couldn''t sacrifice this all now, but would cry it out later. He then went and attached two shouvels next to hishatchet to his second bag. figuring out that the shovels would be useful later. He then went to grab some charcoal, filled the space with it until it didn''t fit much more, took it out, lit it on fire, then placed it in his sacrifice space. He then discovered this was increadibly dangerous. Immediately after placing the fire into the space, he felt like he was on fire and bloated from all the pressure the smoke placed on the space. The smoke was being absorbed quickly enough where it wasn''t putting out the fire completely too. He ended up falling down on the ground unable to move suffering from immense pain. It was hard for him to breath, and just he just stared at the sky while shaking in pain. After about 2 hour, he felt his consciousness would allow him to rest after suffering all the pain. He felt relieved at this point. After the third hour after the suffering started, he checked his condition and found out that the space increased to about 3.7 cubic inches. The provided space from burning charcoal was 25%, while iron provided 10%, silver 16.5%, gems around 60%. LuJay decided that he would shadow box and swim in a pool of water in a nearby shallow lake. This would allow him to know how to swim and basic hand to hand fighting. Whenever the space had available space he would will it with metals and water. The water also helped speed up the sacrifice of iron, because it would rust the iron. That was something he found by mistake. It sped up iron pieces being absorped by 10% using up 5% of the materials, which is about 4% more space per hour. Iron powders would be absorbed 50% faster and using up 20% of the materials, which is about 20% more space per hour. LuJay continued moving his body until the end of the day was hit. Day 3 : Lujay woke up, but today he didn''t have difficulty sitting up. He checked his dimensional space, 7.6 cubic inches. I decided today I would get some iron sand. I went and grabbed one of the spare shovels, a pick, a large sludge, a large magnet, and abuckets of water, and two empty buckets. I loaded up an ATV, and went to a nearby iron deposit. It wasn''t large, but I know there is some iron on the surface of this cliff. I started to hit the cliff with the pick, had some stone fall off the wall, then started to hit the stone with the sludge to break it up. I sweep the magnet to pickup iron dust, then pull it off to place into one of the buckets. The magnet picks up all the iron containing matter above a certain density with ease. I repeat this action for a few hours. I''m covered in sweat, but I have 20 cubic inches worth of iron dust, and a bucket of iron gravel. It''s around 4pm right now, it''s time for a quick bath and some food. After cleaning up and eating, he decided it was time to get some science materials before he no longer could read. He also found out that he forgot to download videos when he went out. It''s too late now he figured, but not too late to draw simple machines. LuJayalso had a few images of simple machines and ideas like pulley, wedge, screw, crank, gear, lever, balance, axis, wheel, projectile, inclined plane, abacus, bow, composite bow, and crossbow. Also the instructions, examples, and usage of these machines in examples were drawn. Day 4: LuJay checked the status of his pocket dimension, He had 16.4 cubic inches of space by now. He no longer had any jewelry or jems to use. He had plenty of iron nails to use. He was pretty much out of iron dust, but the iron gravel still gave about 18% return when used with water compared to the same amount of time as iron nails and water. He decided to cut the iron nails as short as possible. Spending 8 hours cutting nails into small pieces. He ended up with something that could do a 21% return in the same amount of time as before. He had enough materials made for tomorrow atleast. He then decided to practice with the bow while he still remembered some techniques. Day 5: LuJay''s storage space reached 36.7 cubic inches when he woke up. LuJay decided to continue practing with his bow today as well. Tonight when he goes to sleep he would do the composting test. By the end of the day before bed, he reached 78.6 cubic inches, which is about a quart of material. He decided it was time to do the composting materials before going to sleep. Day 6 : LuJay was suprised when he checked the dimensional space this morning, the materials was still being sacrificed. He added more water to the proccess. After spending a 3constantly adding water and shooting his arrows, LuJay was suprised. 11 Hours provided 60%, which is only 21% for each 4 hour period. It was as much as iron, but used less micromanagment. It required more setup thought. He reached 125 cubic inches. It was 11 am right now. He could do this fourmore times before it was time to go. He went ahead and grabbed more materials and worms to place into the space. LuJay knew he was running out of time. He already had a hard time reading his own check lists at this point. He started to use pictures and symbols instead at this point, and made a new checklist for tomorrow. He filled the first bag with sleeping gear, poncho, wet weather related gear, etc. He had the pillow and sleeping mat added to the second bag. He placed spare dishes into the second bag. Warm and fluffy clothing went into the second bag. 9 out of 10 flash lights went into the second bag. LuJay knew that he would have about 750 cubic inches of space by the end of the 7th day, so he made a box with that much space. He filled the heavy items into that box. Breakable items went into the box as well. Some plates went into that space. A poncho, some rope, silverware, silver cup, cell phone, important documents and papers, roll of ducktape, scotch tape, glue, pens, pencils, and all the blank paper and clipboard went into the box that would go into the space. He felt that he was ready and prepared to go. Day 7: When LuJaywoke up he had 314 cubic inches of space. The day went going over the picture check list. LuJay figured out he didn''t know how to read anymore too. He had his checklist, placed all his items together for the end of the day. LuJay spent the day shooting arrows. He felt like he didn''t know how to think anymore. He couldn''t come up with words or ideas or thoughts. The language was really being forgotten. By the start of the night, LuJay tested out lifting all his stuff. He found out that the two bags were too heavy. He also had to carry a bicycle in his arms. The trailer was attached to the second bag by ropes and string. I had 12 hours until I was abducted. Just enough time for one more sacrifice. POV CHANGE: LuJay By the morning around 10am, I started to double check everything. I had less than a hour left. I had 785 cubic inches of space. I placed everything I wanted into the space inside 2 different buckets. Just enough space for all that. I went ahead and filled the rest of the free room with items from my second bag that would fit inside the space. I filled the last 20 cubic inches of space with some food items. I had compressed and dried rations. I had vitimin powder and salts in the space too. I had a table placed around me, and had the bags sitting on the tables, while I sat on a tall chair. All I had to do was stand up with all these heavy bags and leave. My arms were already thru the straps. 10 seconds before I had to leave, I stood up with all my stuff. I felt like I wasn''t going to make the 10 seconds with all this stuff with me. I felt like I was going to drop it all right here without even taking a step. The time came, and I was abducted. However, I don¡¯t remember how it happened. I¡¯m looking all around me, and I¡¯m in the desert. Atleast it¡¯s not a desert with dust dunes. It¡¯s more like a sandstone flat surface. Thank my greed, because I brought along a bicycle. I dropped everything onto the ground. I don¡¯t even know what to do, please help me, because I¡¯m about to cry. Did I ever even have a name? I just got here, and I¡¯m already sweating from the sun. It¡¯s only sunrise. I want to commit suicide already. Halfway to the mountain

Somewhere, POV: Man previously known as LuJay

I was in the desert, on my knees. I dropped everything I was carrying on the ground. The temperature was unbearably hot. I have no idea where I am, or where I need to go. Just breathing in the hot air hurts my throat, feeling my body requesting for water right away. I took a look at the horizon in every direction. I noticed that towards the sun, there are mountains in the background. The direction where the sun is on my left, there are more mountains, however, one specific mountain has an ice cap on it. I decide to walk towards the ice capped mountain. At least you can melt the ice for water. I then looked in my immediate surroundings and found out that the land is fairly flat. The sand is thick enough that riding the bicycle isn''t doable. The biome is a semiarid sandy environment with only dead trees. It''s almost like a steppe, but with more sand and no green to be seen anywhere. Rocks can be seen sticking out of the sand at different locations. The dunes mostly form around the rocks. After placing everything in the trailer, I place the bicycle next to all the gear in the trailer. The trailer connects to the bicycle via the seat and not the axle. If it was an axle connecting trailer I would have to abandon many things here. I end up pulling the trailer at a slow walking speed. By the time I finish drinking one of four camelbaks worth of water, it''s almost sundown. I decide that here is just as good as a location for lunch. After thinking about how thirst I am, I remember that I can use magic. I have all the knowledge already in my head. I intuitively cast what I believe is a water gathering spell. After about 30 seconds, I gathered about 6 ounces of water in my cup. I am also starting to feel light headed. At this point, I recall that my dimensional space also uses mana, but I don''t know if they use the same mana. I felt that the mana cost for the dimensional space wasn''t simple, and corresponded with how much space is being used and the max capacity for the dimensional space. It''s tedious to think and organize my thoughts about this. I just know that I am slowly improving. (Author Note: Slow? Keep in mind this is POV) I decide to gather nearby sand and store it in the dimension for sacrifice. Over the course of the day, I know my space will increase even without my intervention, I just want to speed it up so I can store everything in the dimensional spaceearlier than if I didn''t intervene. I still had two fistfuls of compost, but realized it was automatically transferred out of the sacrifice section in my dimensional space. I think this happened because of the dimensional transfer. I still know that the worms areused to help with farming. Maybe this is a blessing? I added a little bit of sand to mix with the dirt for the few worms I had. I don''t know what they eat, but I''ll find out later. It''s now sunset, and I''ve drank about 2 camelbaks so far. I have 2 left withwater. I need to drinkslower. I got some rations from my dimensional storage. I used some mana to gather another 4 ounces of water. Before almost passing out from exhaustion and low mana, I chugged that water down, and filled all my free space with sand to sacrifice. Day 2 : I woke up, and misterSun was saying good morning to me. I felt a little thirsty and the day hasn''t even started yet. Looking hazily all around, I hear noise in the background. I jump up and leave all my stuff here while I go out to take a look. I make sure to bring my composite bow and quiver of arrows with me. After walking for 30 seconds, I see a large scorpion the size of an elephant in the distance. It looks like it''s attempting to dig in the ground. I decide to walk back to grab my sledge hammer. I know it''s strong enough to break rocks, which would be more useful than a hatchet in all honesty. I don''t know how strong the exoskeleton of the scorpion is, but it looks thick and strong. Walking up to the scorpion, I am behind it in it''s blind spot. This also means that I don''t have a clear shot to any vital location either. I decide that I am going to aim for it''s joint where the arm connects to the body. I''m not going to say I have the best aim in the world, but when the creature is so big, if I can''t even hit the creature... So I get on one knee, take a breath in, aim the bow then arrow, pull the string back, and then I let go of the string. The arrow, well it misses the target. I don''t even hit the creature at all. I take in another deep breath in, and repeat the same actions again. This time I hit the front middle leg on the left side of the scorpion. The scorpion''s attention is moved over to me. I take aim again, this time I want to hit it''s arm joint. While it''s turning around, the claw blocks the joint that I want to aim at. Instead I aim for the front most leg on it''s left side. After releasing the arrow, it lands between it''s eyes. It''s obvious that the scorpion becomes blind and goes into a rage. I clip the bow onto a hook on my body, then pickup the sledge hammer that has it''s arm sticking up. I slowly move to the side of the path the scorpion is moving in. This confirms that the scorpion''s eyesight was damaged. As long as I don''t make large movements the scorpion will not notice I moved and change direction. As it''s charging, I manage to side step it, however in the process, my chest is slashed open 1 inch deep 4 inches across. At the same time, I manage to hit it''s front leg with the sledge hammer crippling it''s front leg while changing the second leg that was previously damaged to disabled. The scorpion is having an issue standing now, and I start to back off while it is crawling towards me. Even it''s crawling speed is comparable to my running speed. I turn directions and charge towards the next leg, however while doing that I notice the movement of it''s tail and I turn back just as quickly. I leg go of the sledge hammer, because I realized that I shouldn''t have even attempting fighting this creature with that weapon. I''ve been lucky so far. I lift my bow and start sprinting for a few seconds, then I turn around and aim at it''s front right leg this time. I am too close and don''t have time to aim properly. I miss my target and hit it''s third right leg. I turn back around and start sprinting again. I knew Ineeded more time for aiming, this time I kept sprint for another 10 seconds. I turned around and aimed and focused again at it''s front leg on it''s right. I still missed my mark and hit too high on it''s body. I had enough time this time, but I was out of breath from sprinting. I turned back around and started to run to check what''s in my path. It was clear, then I turned back around after I caught my breath a little. The scorpion had cut the distance in half at this point. In 8 seconds the scorpion would be in attack range. I shot another arrow, and managed to hit the second leg on it''s right side. It''s not disabled, but it''s definitely injured. I quickly shot another arrow and hit the third leg on it''s right side. I needed to turn back around and keep running, however it was easier to hit a close target. I quickly aimed and managed to critically hit it''s front right leg, causing it to trip on it''s own legs and injuring the creatureeven more. At this point, the creature wouldn''t be able to crawl at a fast speed, I slowly aimed at it''s rear right leg and managed to hit it. I circled around the creature and hit it''s other legs, then shot it''s arms'' joints with arrows. When I knew it wouldn''t be able to move anymore, I then had to worry about it''s tail stinger. I aimed for the tip with my arrow. After being pierced by an arrow, it started to flail it''s tail. I walked in front of the scorpion and aimed at it''s mouth with my arrow. The scorpion wanted to roll over, but didn''t have enough strength or the ability to roll over. I walked back to my sledge hammer, picking up loose arrows. I walked and found some that were a bit away too. After finding all the arrows that didn''t hit the scorpion, I moved to my cart, pulling it over to the scorpion. I drank some water while I was at it. Too much running. After arriving at the scorpion, I used the sledge hammer to attack it''s tail to loosen up it''s exoskeleton. After knocking a dent in a few places, I grabbed my hatchet. I managed to cut it''s tail off. Watching as it''s blue-green blood drip down, I realize that I can drink the blood of this creature. I''ve gotten rather thirsty from all this running. Pulling out a bucket, I gathered blood from the creature. I drank a cup worth of it''s blood, mixing with a mouthful of fresh water. I placed the excess blood on the trailer. I cut off some of this creature to place in the dimensional space for the worms. I then placed different parts of this creature into the dimensional space for sacrifice. Next, I ate some parts of the tail raw. I was satiated with this food. I don''t want to store raw food on me though. The blood is already pushing it. I gathered my arrows back out of the scorpions body, then started back on my traveling path. Whenever I was thirsty, I drank blood followed by a little bit of water. By the time dusk was hitting, I decided to find a spot to set camp. I drank some more of the blood, however it''s starting to dry out. I decided it was time to get rid of it. I emptied out the blood, filled the bucket with sand, while using the sand as a scrubber to remove the blood residue from the bucket. I found a spot to sleep, and decided to make more water with magic. Today I managed to only use two thirds of a camelbak. Leaving me with a third and a spare remaining. My chest was still stinging from the encounter that I had earlier today. I had my clothing cut today, but it''s not like I knew how to repair them. Pulling out a cup, I gathered water with magic. I managed to gather about 14 ounces of water before I wasn''t able to continue. I gathered half an armful for sacrifice, and go to sleep feeling tired. Day 3 : I woke up right before the sun could sneak up on me today. I decided to climb a nearby rock to check the nearby region. I didn''t forget to bring my bow and quiver of arrows. I haven''t damaged or lost any of my arrows yet. If I could find another creature, I''ll have blood to drink. I was really looking forward to it. I felt like I grew stronger after drinking the blood yesterday. I went ahead and stretched, taking my time looking and feeling for nearby creatures. I noticed a small furry creature in the distance. It was a fuzz ball with long ears and long feet. I decided to wait to see which direction the little guy would go. So I sat, waiting to see what the rabbit would do. When the furry monster reached within the range of my possible attack range, I took out an arrow, getting it ready. It looked like the little guy wanted to turn back around, I decided to shoot an arrow over it landing on it''s over side. If successful, I would be able to get the little creature to flee in the direction I am standing. I could then attack it accurately at close range. When the little critter got closer, I kept waiting. I felt like it would get even closer. At just the right moment, I shot my arrow. My arrow landed on it''s hind leg. I followed up by shooting a second arrow, landing on it''s skull. The critter weighted about 30 pounds. He went to retrieve his far arrow, then the arrows longed in the creature, and then carried the creature to where he slept at. After collecting the blood from the rabbit and placing it in a bucket, eating some of the raw flesh, and packing all his gear getting ready for the day there was a momentary quiet rumble. I felt the tremor, and went to the closest high point to take a look of the surroundings. I saw a large four legged bushy creature with anglers far away running horizontally across his field of view. That creature looked like a hybrid of an elephant and a deer, weighing probably around 1/2 ton. It was being chased by 2 wild dog looking creatures 1/4 of it''s weight. Even if I had 5of me, I wouldn''t be able to take down just one of those dogs. He kept waiting for a while. When he thought the coast was clear and was ready to move away when he felt vibrations again. This time, I kept my body low to the ground to minimize my silhouette. I saw the two dogs from before more leisurely moving back to where they came from. The road they darted across liked like an actual path. It was an animal trail that was frequented by many animals. I ended up traveling to the trail. I didn''t want to be seen down the trail darting across, so I had to be careful. I kept my body low to the ground and moved across with my wagon. After arriving at the other side, I leaped over the dune on the other side. I heard some rumbles on the ground. I needed to dig a hole and hide. I buried and covered my trailer wagon with ease. Throwing the blood and carcass of the bunny 30 feet away. I then instantly buried myself in sand as the sounds got louder. I heard something, then a crunch. I decided to stay inside the sand. I kept waiting. 30 minutes must have passed, but I still haven''t heard any noise. I was still scared that the beast was still hear. After another 5 minutes I heard the sounds of foot steps that sounded like a creature walking away. I kept waiting. After another hour, a quick whistle like sound left the area. I felt this time, that the creature left the area. After a brief moment of hesitation,it was time. The carcass that Itossed away wasn''t even touched by the creature from earlier. I still didn''t want to touch it, it might be a trap. I pulled all my stuff out of the sand. After looking for my bearing, I saw the mountain with the ice cap and knew which direction to travel. The background was slowly getting easier to see. It was getting larger. I didn''t know what to think, I only had a single thought, that''s where I need to go for more water. I didn''t have many thoughts, I''ve only thought about getting out of the desert and to look for water. Night arrived. I decided to do my normal routine, make as much water as possible, drink it, pass out from mana exhaustion. I managed to produce about 16 ounces of water today. I gathered a small armful of sand for sacrifice.I usually pass out after maxing out my space, and figured I didn''t make enough water? I ended up filling another 2 ounces into my camelbak. This time I passed out without issues. Day 4 : I woke up at the same time as the sun coming out. I did what anyone could have expected. I checked the area for danger. No danger or prey. I went to my supplies, and thought about moving some of these supplies to my dimensional space for storage. I went to my first bag to grab some items, e.g. silverware, cup, plate, bowl, and some clothes. I kept moving items over until I ran out of room. I didn''t really a priority of which items, just that it had to be from bag one or heavy. I don''t really remember why, but bag one is important. My storage space is the safest location forany item.It was time to go now. While moving, I could feel that the weight of the trailer was just slightly lighter just as I myself am just slightly stronger. Nothing was special so far, however when there was still an hour left until dusk, I officially ran out of water. Dusk arrived. Not having any water left was very dangerous. I was feeling I didn''t prepare enough, however I thought that the water magic was going to be plenty before I arrived here. I never have enough mana to make enough water. I decided that from now on, whenever I have free mana, I would make water and place it in my camelbak bladder. I needto drink water as slow as possible. Managing to produce 26 ounces of water before passing out. I didn''t drink any of itbefore passing out. Day 5 : I wake up thirsty. I drank water, and then started to gather water in the camelbak. I didn''t notice the sun was already out. After gathering about 20 ounces I feel it''s enough for now. I then gather some sand for sacrifice, then realized I don''t have much space. I placed two handfuls of sand into the space. I then gather 8 more ounces of water, until I almost hit mana exhaustion. Oops, I don''t want to feel this sluggish from low mana. I started to travel towards the ice cap mountain. I just kept walking. 5 hours later, it was right before noon, then I feel a rumble on the ground. I was worried, so I got on a nearby hill to hopefully learn which direction it''s form. I then see a large deer with antlers the size of an elephant running horizontally across the desert followed by 12dogs that are each a fifththe size of the beast. The deer looks to weigh about a half ton. I was very scared seeing all those wild dogs. Once the coast was clear, I went to my trailer then continued my travels. After 10 minutes, I arrive at what looks like an animal trail. I think this was the path I saw those animals from earlier. After I crossed the path, I hear rumbling once again. I was panicking at this point. I pull a sheet over myself, find the shadow of a nearbydune, and cover myself as best as I can. I think I have 10 inches of sand between me and the air. I have a good sized pocket of air around me. I''m attempting to relax my breath. I''m out of breath from digging, but I also need to hold my breath, so I just breath in and out as quietly as possible. I feel like the rumbles are right on top of me now. The rumbles stop, I know those animals found me. I just kept quiet. I''m going to wait. After waiting for about an hour, I feel like maybe I''m crazy. Luckily, my camelbak bladder has a tube for me to drink water. I don''t even know if I''m waiting here for nothing. After 2 more hours go by, I hear more rumbles. Again the rumbles just stop nearby. After some barking like sounds it sounds like super loud rumbles are leaving from this point. I don''t know if the coast is clear, so I have to stay. I''ll wait until I hear rumbles that don''t stop. Again I hear rumblings, but there are no stops this time. After 30 minutes, I was about to check the outside, I hear a soft rumble that sounds like someone left. At this point I have sweat coming off my back now. I knew it! There was indeed something waiting for me. It must have grown tired, and gave up. I was lucky I think. It''s time to leave. I get out and look at my trailer. I can see a few bite marks on the metal parts of this. I don''t know if I should laugh, but the tires were not touched. Dusk arrived 4 hours later, I gathered 16 ounces of water and drank half of it. I went to sleep in peace. Day 6 : I woke up before sunrise today. I gathered 20 ounces of water, I gave 2 ounces of water to the worms. I then traveled towards my special direction again. I feel like the ice capped mountain is getting closer and larger, but it''s still so far away. I feel like it''s bigger, but I don''t know by how much. I don''t even know how long I''ve been in this desert for. I just know I need to walk to the ice cap mountain. I saw birds in the air at this point in time, and they are going in circles. I felt like there must be something on the ground over there. I didn''t even question whether it would lead to danger or not, and even if I did, my curiosity would get me to try anyways. As I was approaching, I realized that there were a few ape like creatures on the ground. When I got closer, I could see 14 animals laying on the ground. I didn''t know what type of animal to call myself, but If I still had my memory I would have recognized these creatures as homo-habilis or homo-erectus as I''ve seen on the internet before. Some of these bipedal creatures looked more ape like while a few looked less ape like. There isone animal in particular that have short rabbit ears and don''t appear to be an ape descendant. These people are only wearing skirts and footwear. These people all have fatal injuries it appeared. I''ve noticed they don''t have items or supplies, so I can''t steal anything. As I approached, I was being eyed by a few of them. I wasn''t planning on stopping, but soon enough one of them start charging at me at a full sprint. It''s not like they are sprinting at full speed to be my friend. I have a poncho-like thin robe covering my body. I open the front of my robe, and draw my bow. I grab an arrow from my quiver and aim. I shout out a yell while taking an aim at the sprinting crazy ape. With no response, I shoot the arrow and managed to shoot their left eye. After being hit, the ape fell down on their back. I notice that my shot wasn''t a kill shot. I went ahead and shot another arrow on their neck. I''m just patiently waiting for them to bleed to death. After waiting for about 20 seconds, I grab my large sledge hammer. I then smash their skull in being careful not to damage my arrows, then retrieve my two arrows. I clean off the blood in the sand and put the arrows back into the quiver. After staring at the rest in the group that the ape came from, I go back to my trailer. I start walking in the same direction again, however I turn by about 45 degrees, to walk around this group. The group wasn''t too far off from the original direction I was going anyways. Their group''s location was only 15 degrees off from the course I was originally walking when I was walking in the direction of the mountain. I continued walking without turning to gaze back. After about 5 minutes, I realize I''m being followed by 2 individuals from the earlier group I came across. I don''t have any disagreement with being followed, for as long as I am not a target of an attack.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Dusk was approaching soon. I stopped walking. I picked a location near some rocks, and make camp. As I sit down, those other 2 hide. I''m going to ignore them. 10 minutes go by. The two stood from their hiding spotsandapproached. Until thedistance was 8 yard, the two didn''t stop.Once they stopped, I had a good look at these two. The light grayfluffy rabbit person was 5 foot 6 inches tall, with slightly wide long ears reaching 10 inches long on short shoulder length hair, red ruby eyes, and was wearing a dark brown slightly tattered leather skirt. The dark tan lightly furred ape person was 4 foot 10 inches tall, with shoulder length hair, green eyes, pear shaped body, and was wearing a light brown heavily tattered leather skirt.The bunny took a step forward and started to make talking like sounds with a few growls mixed in. I had no idea what the person wanted to express, I just continued to stare at this person like they were an idiot. At first I didn''t know if they knew I don''t know, but I now knewthat they don''t know. I just continued to wait while wryly smiling. Upon seeing the bunny''s head point of view moving to the floor and the lack of noise, we both knew now that we both can''t talk to each other. This time, the little ape attempted to communicate after witnessing the bunny''s failure, there being a few grunts and a harsh and softvoice, the same situation happened soon after. The little ape appeared to be more child like after some observation. I decided it wouldn''t be too bad to share a little of what I have. I wasn''t dead yet either. I took out a small silver cup from my dimensional storage, gathered a few ounces of water with my magic, then handed over the cup to the little ape. I noticed the little thing was really excited when I handed over the cup of water. I watched as the little ape merrily drank the water. The small cup was handed back after the little ape was staring at the now empty cup for a few seconds hearing a small chuckle afterwords. Once I had the cup handed back to me, I started to gather some more water in front of their eyes. Before, I had collected the water while the cup and my hands were still under my robes. The both of them saw my magic and they both shrieked. Being startled from the shriek, I saw that they both started to kowtow. I felt bewildered watching them. Ididn''t know what to do, but then decided this was annoying. Imoved the cup into myleft hand, snapped myright hand''s fingers, and then moved the cup into thedimensional space. The two kowtowing fools sat up looking funny at me, as if they were surprised from the snap noise I made with my fingers. The little ape tried to copy the snapping noise I did with my fingers, but wasn''t very successful. I did think it was a little funny to watch, but decided to get them off the ground first. I placed my hands around their shoulders to get them to stand after making a gesture with my hand that looked like a mix between a come here, you may riseand hurry up.I grabbed the cup from my dimensional space and handed it over to the one with the long ears. After long ears finished drinking the water I was given the cup back. I went ahead and stored the cup in my dimensional space. I grabbed three plastic baggies with dried fruit in it. Each bag contained some dried fruit morsels or slices. The variety included: raisins, tomato slices, banana chips, strawberry chunks, pineapple bits, and peach cubes. Ihanded out a bag each to the two others while leaving the last bag for myself. I took a seat, while the other two were still standing. It''s not like I care, they can do what ever they want. Soon, the other two also sat down. I just tossed a raisin in my mouth to enjoy. I could hear what sounded like quiet and suppressed happiness being emitted from the two here. At some point, I started to stare at their antics. After they finished the fruit, I watched as the bunny started to play with the plastic baggie that the fruit was inside at first. When it looked like she was about to place it in it''s mouth, I went ahead and took it out of it''s hands. I didn''t know how to explain, so I put some sand inside the plastic baggie to show that the plastic baggie was to seal and cover. I immediately saw a twinkle in the eyes of the shortie. It was time for sleep, so I laid out a sleeping bag, went inside laying on my back. Day 7 : I wake up feeling light movement. I wake up and realize that the little ape is sleeping in the same sleeping bag with me, and the bunny is sleeping just an inch away. Also it''s not like I intentionally checked, but oneof my handsdiscovered that the little ape was a male. I figured that the little guy was probably just cold at night, hence the appearance in my sleeping bag. When I turned around after sitting up I saw that the bunny was awake. I moved my hands towards the bunny and as my hands reached for the skirt, the bunny was confused while looking at me. When I flipped the skirt, the frightened kitten was frightened like a little kitten. I had flipped the skirt, and sure enough. The bunny was also a man. I ended up laughing, because it''s not like the gender of these creatures ever mattered to me. I went ahead and got up. I lift the little guy out of the sleeping bag, waking him up. I roll up the sleeping bag then load it on the trailer. It was sunrise at this moment. I decided that I would teach these two what I do, so they can be of use. I almost forgot to bring my bow and arrows. I then think about other things and hand the sledgehammer to the bunny man. I hand a box knife to the little guy. We arrive on the top of a nearby hill to investigate the nearby area. I tried to get them both to take a knee, but they both just looked at me confusedly. I was impatient, so I force one of the little guy''sknee to touch the ground. I then went on one knee as well, then stared at the bunny man. Sure enough, he got the clue and took a knee too. I then scan the surroundings looking for anything like prey. I see a scorpion, It looks familiar, but I don''t remember where I''ve seen one before. I get their attention, point towards the scorpion in the distance. It looked like they where surprised seeing it. I then point in the direction the scorpion was going to go, point at the scorpion then slowly moving my hand in the gesture the point was moving stopping where I pointed previously. I then point at myself and then that point again.I didn''t try to explain anything more than this. I stand up, while bending at my waist and knees to stay low to the ground, and start to jog in the direction the scorpion was going to pass by soon. Once Ilanded on low ground, I started to jog in a more comfortable posture. When I reached the location I was aiming for, I made the gesture for the other two to hide behind this bolder. I move over to another bolder. The little guy stayed like I asked, but the bunny followed me to the other bolder without a care in the world. I was waiting with an arrow and bow in my hand. I knew the direction the scorpion was going to come in from. It wasn''t moving at a quick speed either. As I saw the scorpion coming over, I took aim at the center of the scorpion to where it''s eyes were. I managed to shoot the scorpion in the eyes. The scorpion was startled and in pain. It didn''t even know which direction the arrow came from. I don''t know howI knew this information, but I knew a little bit about this scorpion like I''ve seen it before. I knew I hit both of it''s eyes with that arrow. I knew it has some 5 pairs of smaller eyes on the edge of it''s top side near the arm jointsand thatthey were small, however I didn''t know these were practically blind. I took aim again and managed to land a pernicious, critical and disabling a.k.a. lethal,hit on it''s left front leg. The scorpion still didn''t know where the attacker was, however I shot another arrow aiming atit''s left second leg. I ended up injuring it''s 3rd left leg. I shot another time injuring the rear left leg. The scorpion started to turn in his direction, using it''s claws to help it turn. I took aim and shot 2 more arrows. one arrow managed to injure it''s 3rd leg some more, and the second arrow managed to disable it''s 3rd leg. I saw that the bunny man with the sledge hammer was on the right side of the scorpion. I knew from last time that was very dangerous. I decided to shoot at it''s tail. missing two more times, I manage to hit the tail. At the same time I hit the tail, the bunny man landed the sledge hammer on the scorpions rear right left, removing the leg altogether while injuring the 3rd right left. Soon the bunny man backed off and retreated from the scorpion like he''s done this before. The scorpion was unable to move, and this was soon wrapped up. We eventually killed the scorpion. I went to collect the 2 arrows that missed the scorpion that was out in the distance. I then have the two leave with me, so we can bring back the trailer. I have them both help me push the trailer back. I got out a hatchet, 2 large bucket, and a few knives. The bunny man helped with harvesting the blood and placing it inside the bucket. We butcher the creature up. We had collected quite a bit of blood, around 150 ounces. It''s a chunky mixture, but it''s better than death from thirst. He then de-shelled the legs, then sliced them into chunks. As I finished slicing the chunks, the bunny man would carry the meat to the second bucket. After the bucket was filled, I grabbed some of the fresh meat that wouldn''t fit in the bucket. I handed some to the bunny man. The little guy was also given some of the raw meat from me. For some reason, I felt uncomfortable watching the speed that the two ate their food. It''s not like I knew what refeeding syndrome was, but I decided that this was enough food for them for now. I decided that we''ll eat again at noon. The both of them were looking at me with hope in their eyes, waiting for more food. I ignore it. I went and grabbed a bowl. After drinking some blood for my self I then filled the bowl with blood again, I gave the bowl of blood to the bunny man. Watching the bunny man drinking the blood in an instant, I knew these two guys were probably very thirsty and hungry. I couldn''t tell how skinny these two were, because of the fur on their body. I then grabbed a second bowl of blood and I see expectant eyes from the bunny man. I walk up bringing up the bowl of blood to the bunny''s mouth. Every time the bunny made a loud slurping sound, I would stop and make a quiet shush sound next to his ear. He got the clue after the 4th time and drank the rest slowly and quietly. I then gave a quarter bowl of water. The little guy was apparently very intelligent, because the little guy knew what I wanted. After one and half bowls of blood, I also gave him a fifth of a bowl of water. It was time to continue the journey. A few hours later, it was now a little after noon. This was the perfect time to take a break, and have some lunch. We each had 1 helping of raw meat, drank 2-3 bowls of blood, and washed it down with a little bit of water. I then decided we should have some of the dried fruit as well. I retrieved 3 raisins for each of us to have a single small raisin. The two seemed very happy with the sweet treat. When it was time to go, the both of them had a face that said they didn''t get a long enough break. I don''t care, let''s go. An hour later, We had reached an area that was too flat with no sandy hills. It looked like from here on out there would no longer be differences in terrain. When there was only about an hour til dusk, I decided we should dig holes to sleep in. This will keep us concealed during the night. Looking at the ground, it hand little sand, and looked more compacted sand. I wonder why the soft sand dunes don''t settle in this area. I pulled out a round head shovel, and showed them how to dig with it. I would stand on the shovelto make the shovel go into the ground, then use the handle to loosen the ground, and then lift it up. I don''t want to make a pile of dirt, but I''ll scatter the pile after we finish the hole. The other two are just watching. I know they don''t have any idea why I am doing this, but that''s fine. It was about dusk, and I had made 2 holes. The first hole was only 8 inches deep and just large enough for us to sleep in. The other hole was 2.5ft deep, enough for the trailer to hide. I unlocked everything off the trailer and folded the trailer. The trailer was collapsible by design, and I stored it into the hole. Everything had almost fit in the hole, I had to make it a little bigger, and then it was done. It was dusk after 2 hours of digging. Igot out his sleeping bag and pillow, and laid it down in the first hole. Igrabbed the bucket of blood and shared the rest of it for everyone. They were out of blood at this time. Ithen placed some dirt into the pot, to clean the bucket as best as I could. Did the same for the bowl. I hadthen shared mywater too, and didn''t forget to give some water to the worms, dropping in some food too. It was time to spread the dirt from earlier evenly over the ground. The then had some food, letting everyone eat as much as they want. It was time for sleep. You might wonder if wasting 3 hours is worth the hole, but I think it is. I don''t want to be attacked in the night. I went ahead and laid in my sleeping bag. Day 8 : I woke up toloud noises. Peaking out the hole, I could see a large fire a distance away. I didn''t want to leave, and it was too dark to do anything even if I wanted to. I could feel the two fraidy cats clinging on to me. I went back to sleep without issues. I continued to sleep until right before sunrise. When I woke up for the second time this morning, I looked at the pillows of smoke from the distance. I found that the direction of the smoke was the same direction as the large fire a few hours prior. I got up, pulling the two off my sleeping bag, moving all the supplies out the holes, and then packing up. After about 20 minutes, I was ready. I got some of the food that we had left from yesterday out for us to eat. The other two are still laying down on the ground. I guess they aren''t eating nor do they want to follow. I guess I''ll just leave them. I started to walk away pulling the trailer towards the ice capped mountain. The fire was in the direction of the setting sun, which isn''t in the same direction. While walking, I started to gather water into my camelbak. I produced near 30 ounces of water before I stopped. I drank 20 ounces and gave 4 ounces to the worms. Around lunch time, 7 hours later, I stopped for lunch. When I was done eating, I saw two frantic familiar creatures. The two run up to me and start crying. I can tell that they were doing some running. I''ll give them some food for now. The two are taking turns to push the trailer while I''m pulling. Pulling this trailer is getting easier everyday and my walking speed has been slowly increasing. Around the time that there was about an hour left before sunset, we stopped moving. It was time to dig some holes again. It took about 2 hours and 40minutes, about 11% faster saving about 20 minutes. We ate as much as possible before the food completely spoiled. We finished off as much food as we could.I produced 30 ounces of water, splitting the water between the three of us. This isn''t nearly enough water. I then produced another 4ounces before passing out. Day 9 : The sun woke me up this morning. There were no noises in the background this night. I woke the other two up, we packed everything up. I produced a few ounces of water for the three of us to wet our tongues. I stood on top of my trailer, trying to get a better look afar.I see three scorpions in the distance. We can''t hunt that many at once. I also see a herd of camel like creatures. I soon notice there are people like creatures riding the camels. The herd of creatures appear to be moving slowly, but I notice that they are paying attention to slower moving creatures walking on foot behind them. They appear to be tied up with rope on their arms. I think that if they spot us, we will not be able to out maneuver the camel riding people.They are about a mile away and are forward-right-right (north east east) from us. They appear to be heading forward-forward-left (north north west). I bet they are traveling slower than the speed I''m pulling my trailer. I have four choices.
  1. Don''t care, just keep going in my direction. They will see me, but I don''t think they are going to chase, attack, and loot us.
  2. Hide where we are, wait until they pass, and then continue the journey. They might attack us on sight, and will be best to play it safe. There are no other locations to hide.
  3. Let''s travel around their front. We are moving quicker than them. The people in the front are paying attention to the people behind them. If they see us, they can catch up to us easy enough though.
  4. Let''s travel around their back. We can save some time versus hiding, while staying away from their front who have good eyes. The slowly moving people in the back aren''t going to notice us.
I feel like the last option is the best choice. There is another two options, one of which is straight up attacking them, and the other would be me asking or trading them. However, the last option would require me speaking their language. I have the other two follow me to the trailer. We are going to pass behind the herd. We are about 2 miles behind where the herd of creatures passed by already. I could see 4different creatures bleeding on the ground. I couldn''t guess why they left behind 4 creatures. One of the creatures appeared to have been cut like the others, however it was wounded on it''s torso rather than it''s legs like the other three. This specific creature looked more human than bear. She had brown fur, bare torso, bare arms, bare legs, and had a human like face, shoulder length hair, amber eyes, and bear ears. Her claws were very thick with 2 inch long nails. She had her female breasts exposed, 2 different tattered skirts that were layered tan and dark brown, and simple leather strips for foot wear. She is 5 foot 10 inches tall, and looks to weigh 160 pounds. She appears to have a thicker build, but is currentlymalnutritious. I could tell right away that this girl wanted to follow. The other three also had that look in their eyes, but I knew that they couldn''t walk. This girl couldn''t really walk either. I gathered some water between my fingers with magic to have this girl drink some. She just looked at me surprised for a moment. I guess having water in the desert is a blessing. After she drank some water, she did the same as I did, but with fire. I guess she wanted to tell me she was a fire mage. Actually this can be useful. She can cook the food from now on, or just give me the energy to make water. It was around lunch time, 4 hours after this girl started to follow us. I could tell she couldn''t walk much longer. We started off lunch with just a break first. I still had that food from 2 days ago, it''s probably spoiled, but I''ll go ahead and cook it if we can. I give some of the spoiled meat to the worms in my dimensional space. I then have the fire mage cook some of the meat. The meat doesn''t smell the best, even after cooking it, but at least we will not get food poisoning probably. It''s better than starving. After the meat has been cooked, I noticed this girl is practically falling asleep. I decided to make a spot for her in the trailer. She eats some of the cooked meat, and then share the rest with the other two. They are both going to be helping to push the trailer while I pull it. I produce some water, then we start off on our journey. It''s not almost dusk, and I start to dig two holes for our camp. Tonight we need a larger hole for our new friend. I spent the same amount of time as yesterday night making the holes. I have a new hug pillow. The fur on the limbs are soft and warm. The nights are cold compared to the day. I don''t know the exact difference. I only know that it''s cold enough where a sleeping bag isn''t enough, but I won''t die from shivering in the sleeping bag. So the four of us sleep in a huddle that night. I produce 38 ounces of water, sharing it between the four of us. Day 10 : I wake up with a certain bear play biting on mycollar bone. I call it play biting, but there is blood coming out. I knock her down and start slapping her but. She ends up waking up with tears in her eyes. I just let the blood drip on her face. She opens her mouth to catch a few drops. I don''t know if she realizes, but she caused me to bleed. I then saw that she was shivering in pain, and I saw the festering gangrene like wound on her abdominal area. The cut from yesterday is starting to look bad. I decided to get some duct tape, and tape the wound. I could tell it was drying out, at least the tape could keep the liquid from drying in this heat. I''ll beat her up and get my revenge once her wounds are healed and when I get to that ice capped mountain. I notice the other two were awake for a while, watching me holding down this wild beast. We set off towards the ice capped mountain. Walking for a few hours, we ran into three wolves. I got my bow ready, while the bunny man had the sledge hammer ready. I shot one wolf in the skull as it approached. The other two kept charging. I managed to hit the second wolf with an arrow in it''s front left leg. After shooting the third arrow, I hit the second wolf again disabling it''s rear right leg. The third wolf was hit with the sledge hammer, however the bunny was body slammed by the dazed wolf. I landed my fourth arrow into the third wolf''s skull, killing it. We slowly walk towards the second wolf and then kill it with a hit to it''s skull from the sledge hammer. I retrieve and clean my arrows. We are having the wolves bleed blood into a bucket. I have the blood placed into camelbaks to save some of the blood from evaporating. I then have the old meat from before tossed. We cut the new wolf meat into cubed chunks. Getting the fire mage to cook the meat is an easy task, it''s just that the quantity of cooked meat that can be produced isn''t much. I had everyone eat raw meat and blood. I also had the fire mage eat and drink as much as she could, so she could heal sooner. Everyone was satiated with a filled stomach. We now had 2 buckets of blood, 3 camelbaks of blood, a bucket with 35 pounds of good quality cubed steak, and 5 pounds of cooked steak. With the help of the small ape boy, we cut the fur from the wolves. We didn''t do the best job in the world, but this fur could be useful later. This endeavor took about 2 hours to finish the work on the wolves. We had a second small snack of raw meat before we started on our journey again. Dusk was arriving soon. I look at that ice capped mountain in the distance. I feel like it''s more than twice as large as it once was. The journey is starting to get to a close. I wonder what type of things will be seen once we get there. I can see some green plants on that mountain. I can see the base of the mountain now. It''s maybe only a few more days away. While digging, I was moving some of the dirt to my sacrifice space. It helped the process of digging. I was able to keep moving in sand every 30 minutes while I was digging, saving 10 minutes of work during the entire process.