[Walkabout] Evening of the first day

[itsananimalthing]

Okay, kids. Don't know how many of you know shit about livin' where there's no roads or pre-packaged dinners, but this is what I've been doin' half my life. So listen up.

First thing we need is water. Found that. It's south-east from where we landed, looks like this.

[And he gives them a livestream of the brook he's found trickling out to the ocean proper. It's not like your normal livestream, in that Riddick's vision is tinged bright violet, seems to focus mostly on heat and movement, and if you can parse through both of those things, you can tell it is completely unhampered by the darkness.]

Nobody come down here yet, though. There's predators on this island, or there were last time I was here, and most of 'em are nocturnal. So stay put and stay together until dawn, much as you can. Might even be smart if we did our sleeping in liminal space, until we find some sign there's still people here.

Second thing we need is food. There's animals here we can hunt, and probably some edible fruit and shit, but we've got liminal space, too. Anybody who can make food we can actually eat, do that. I'm gonna pop into liminal space to give it a shot myself, here, in a minute.

There used to be people on this island. Used to be, it was kept protected by a force field thing. I think that's probably still there, so don't go swimmin' out too far, or you'll hit it. Nasty shit happens when you do that. Ain't seen any sign of the people yet, but that don't mean they ain't here somewhere. Think that should probably be thing number three. Findin' out where the people went to, if they're still here somewhere. Might be a good idea to start searching this place in the morning.

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[itsananimalthing]

Yeah, I thought somethin' like that. Don't care how people split off, just make sure you got somebody in each one who knows how to not die in a jungle.

Or get somebody to get a crash course with me for a day before you break off. Whichever.

[As reluctant as he sounds to go through training courses with people, either he's finally learned how to help people all on his own, or something of his last Infiltrator self is still holding on to make him actually care that the Travelers don't get eaten by wild animals or fall into any pits.]

[ringslinging]

I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I did okay roughing it for a few days when I ran out of power on Vesta. I can manage "not dying."

[itsananimalthing]

[Riddick is not impressed by "a couple days". But he sticks with some basic advice, anyway.]

Look out for poisonous snakes, stalking predators, and holes in the ground hidden by plantlife. And don't eat shit unless you've run it by somebody else.

[ringslinging]

[ Look, would you rather have a dozen of the guy who was freaking out about no wi-fi? ]

I'm pretty sure the last time someone felt the need to warn me not to put strange objects in my mouth I was like, two.

[itsananimalthing]

Hey, if you're hungry enough. There's a shit-ton of fruit and berries on this island. Eggs from animals. Not all of it's safe, even if it might look like it.

[ringslinging]

I nearly got eaten by an alien houseplant once. I have a sense of how dangerous things that look harmless can actually be.