Ouch, ouch, ouch…

After managing to kill that snake, I dug a small, temporary shelter and carried its body into it.

I’ve been resting here ever since then, giving that massive wound some time to recover.

I’ve tried to sleep, but the pain is keeping me up.

It’s a wonder I was even able to dig this hole and carry the snake with the amount of pain I’m in. Probably the adrenaline from the fight.

I don’t think I can rest here for much longer though. That snake will keep me fed for a while, if the meat’s even good, but I dunno if it’ll last me long enough to rest through this injury.

Also… now that I think about it, I should probably feed Mushthew too, shouldn’t I?

I’ve been neglecting to feed him all this time… That’s probably pretty bad, huh?

Yeah, looks like I won’t be able to just sit on my ass while the wound heals. I have stuff to do.

I don’t wanna waste time out there though, especially when I’m in this much pain, so I should make a plan.

Food isn’t a priority right now, since I have a snake corpse here, but I should scout for Gaul pods to eventually feed Mushthew with.

Meanwhile, I also gotta look for any plants or mushrooms that could be medicinal, to help the healing process.

Ugh, so I basically don’t have any concrete goals I could consider the ‘end’ of this little expedition. That means this’ll probably take foreeeever.

Gotta do it though, I’ve already spent enough time lying around doing nothing.

Damn it… Damn it… Ouch…

Hoo! Okay! I made it out the door!

Now… ugh, maybe I should rest for a liiittle longer.

No. No. I’ll go. It’s just… ugh, it hurts.

I decided I would look for medicinal stuff, but how exactly do I tell?

I feel like it’s not a great Idea to rub random stuff into my giant gaping wound.

But I don’t know how I’d know unless I tested it on my self. I could always use Mushthew as a guinea pig, but stuff that works on him may not work on me. We’re completely different types of monsters.

Hm.

If I had a smaller, less severe injury, the stakes wouldn’t be as high. Maybe if I make a small cut somewhere on my body, I could test stuff on that.

Yeah, that’ll probably work.

Just have to hope anything around here is actually medicinal.

Alright, just found a nice little area with a few different plants and mushrooms.

I guess I’ll just… grab ‘em randomly and try them all?

First, let’s go with… this one.

It’s a small plant, with stems that seem too thick for the leaves growing from them.

I create a small cut on my forearm, then cut off one of the stems of the plant.

I expected green goo to immediately start gushing out, but the stem is solid all the way through.

In that case, I’ll crush it up into a paste and use that instead.

It still seems a little dry…

Maybe if I… there we go! A little saliva, and it’s good to go.

Now, I’ll rub it on the cut I made and hope it works.

It stings a little as I cover the wound with the green paste, but nowhere near as much as the gaping wound in my side, so I handle it easily.

...So, how long should I wait?

I have a little experience with using natural stuff like this on wounds, but now that I think back on it, none of them were very fast…

Definitely not fast enough to be able to test every single one of these plants.

Hmph. Well, I don’t know what to do now.

Maybe if I just mush up all the plants together and shove them in the wound, the good ones will cancel out the bad ones and also heal the wound.

Eh, might as well. It probably couldn’t hurt, right?

If I could reach it better, I’d just sew the thing shut with my claws and some mushroom fibers.

Yeah, I’m just gonna shove stuff into it and hope it’s fine.

First, I’ll take some of the plant mush I already made and put it in there.

Now… some of this plant… ah, this one has some goo in the stem, perfect.

Then… how about this mushroom?

And maybe a little bit of this other plant too.

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There, all done.

I applied as much plant goo as I could to the wound, then wrapped it up in a bandage made of mushroom fiber and sticky plant goo. I also added some more mushroom fiber to the area of the wound to act as a sort of gauze.

It seems to be working, it’s already starting to feel a little numb!

But that numbness is also spreading a bit further than just the wound, so I should probably get back to my shelter before I’m completely unable to move.

Guess Mushthew’s gonna have to wait a while to eat. Too bad!

Ow, ow, ow, pins and needles!

As soon as I step far enough inside the shelter to be safe, I collapse onto the side of my body with no hole in it.

Ugh, I’m exhausted. And hungry.

I wanna try the snake, but… it’s sooo far away…

But I’m starving…

Ugggh…

Hesitantly, I begin dragging myself along the ground towards the corpse of the snake.

Ow… ow… ow… ow…

I’ve never had snake before, I wonder how this will taste.

First, I’ll peel off a section of the skin, then…

It’s time to dig in!

Hm, interesting. The texture reminds me of fish, and it tastes vaguely like chicken.

It’s actually… pretty good!

It’s too bad Fir isn’t here, he’d be so excited right now.

As soon as he comes back, I’ll tell him I found good food.

Although…

Fighting this snake was not a fun experience.

I might’ve ended up with another super bad injury if I didn’t get so lucky.

If I tell Fir about this, he’ll probably want to start hunting these snakes more often, since everything else down here tastes gross.

But if I lie, and say the snakes taste terrible, he’ll have no choice but to accept it and bear with the other sources of food down here.

Hm, a tough choice.

Pff, no it isn’t, obviously I’m gonna lie to him.

Sorry Fir, but fighting one of these things isn’t worth the taste.

Especially since I’m the one who has to do the fighting!

It’s a big shame he can’t taste this though. He really would love it.

Well… maybe love is too strong of a word to use. It’s raw meat, compared to the food from our old lives, it’s not good.

Anyway! Now that I’ve got a full stomach, I think it’s about time I give this wound some more time to heal.

When I get up, I’ll do my best to get Mushthew something to eat. No promises though, I dunno if the wound will even be better by the time I get up.

Yaaawn…

Ow… it hurts again.

Doesn’t seem as bad as before though.

Well, time to go pick up some food for Mushthew.

I hope my timing isn’t too bad, I’d hate to have to wait there for a while for the thing to make any of that goop.

It’d also be bad if I showed up too late though, cause the other Mushles’ll get to the stuff first.

I guess being early is slightly better, so I’ll head out right now.

Woooah, that’s interesting.

I just got to the Gaul pod, and there are some Mushles starting to crowd around, so I’m on time.

But that’s not the interesting part.

The interesting part is those little T-rex lookin’ things, like the one I fought a little while ago. They’re standing in a group a bit farther back, staring at the Mushles.

I think I see what’s going on here. The Mushles all gather at Gaul pods to eat, and the dinosaur things- ah, I should just appraise them.

-The Dilophopoda gather too, to eat the Mushles, probably.

It kinda makes sense they would be able to eat the Mushles no problem, since they probably have a tolerance to poison and stuff cause they use it too.

Wait, isn’t this kinda terrible for me?

If those dinos start killing the Mushles, the whole area’s gonna be filled with spores, and I don’t have a strong enough resistance to not pass out immediately!

Depending on who wins between the dinos and the mushrooms, I’ll either get eaten in my sleep, or sacrificed to the Gaul plant in my sleep.

Either way, I’ll die!

I could go over there and try to take out the dinos, before they have the chance to attack the Mushles, but…

Yeah, nope, nevermind. That’s a terrible idea.

I beat one of them one-on-one before, and I know about the poison now, but I don’t think I could beat a whole group of ‘em.

Yep, I’m just gonna give up for now. Sorry again Mushthew!

Ehhh? Come on, don’t be like that. It’s not like I’m doing this on purpose!

He’s just a mushroom with legs, can you really consider this cruelty?

It’s not like I’m starving a puppy!

I promise I’ll feed him as soon as possible!

He’ll totally be fine until then!

From behind, I hear a loud splat noise, followed by the sound of the Dilophopodas beginning to attack.

Time to get outta here before things get worse.

Hey Mushthew, I’m back!

He kicks against the string binding him.

Sorry, didn’t manage to get you any food this time. Next time will be different though, promise.

Maybe it’s time to move further.

I’m able to move now, albeit with pain, so it’s not like I’m stuck here.

I’ll head out in a bit, and we’ll settle near a new Gaul pod, preferably one away from those dino’s hunting grounds.

I’m sure we’ll be able to find a perfect little place for us to stay for a while, we just gotta look!