The giant rabbit had it jaws open. Wanting to bite into Kivi or maybe swallow her whole. She froze up but because of that she lost her balance. She fell over and dodged the rabbit successfully. Thanks to that I am able to stab through the neck. Oh, the crushing sounds. The blood spewing. I hit an atery.

The rabbit pulled back and took my spear with it. Oh,no! It took my weapon with itself! Bad situation we are in. Two people without a weapon in range of a monster that easily kill us. From my left I heard a big thing being thrown. A loud bone crackling sound was heard from the left side of the big rabbit monster. It looked at me knowing it would die soon.

It lunged at me. I cannot dodge it! It is about to kill me. Why was this life so cruel? Is it bad to think like a human surrounded by animals. I close my eyes entipicating death. Its a normal human reaction. I did not die, but I was pushed. When I opened my eyes I looked at a dead rabbit with an arrow in its neck. Sehegerv was able to come in clutch.

I let out a big sigh as I laid there. I should hunt the surrounding rabbits for meat. I can’t because of my body and mental state. I thought I was going to die and accepted death. Yet, I am still breathing and living. I am exhausted. I am glad the others are taking care of the rabbits. I hear the squeals of rabbits dying. Music to my ears.

Sehegerv walked up to me after field skinning animals. He offered a hand and I took his hand to help myself up. He noticed how tired I was an offered to carry everything. Though I would like that. It would not be efficient. I declined and helped carry all the rabbits that were small. I also grabbed my spear back and tore off a couple leafs nearby.

I used the leaves to clean off the blood on the spear’s tip. I should carry a rag or two. I need one of them made eventually. Now that I think about it. How do we have clothing? It is basic clothing. Animal and monsters skins. Leather is what everyone wears.

Is leather good as a rag? Not sture so remember to focus on what is in front of you. Not cleaned all the way. I don’t have oil but it is now not going to rust from blood. The blood is gone and now on leaves. I looked at Marigold to see her gathering more plants. Her eyes lit up when she saw something round.

I know what that is! A fruit from a tree. Not only do we have meats, nuts, and plants. We know have fruits. Fruits are essential for a healthy diet. We know are able to effectievly show our progress to the others. We have meat and lots of meat to make as jerky. We have lots of nuts that can be stored. We even have lots of plants that can be used as species or for food. I feel accomplished in a way.

When we arrived to the village the whole village was in aw of the haul. We have lots of small rabbits and a big rabbit. Not only that we have lots of plants and nuts. We have a huge haul. Some of the hunters where mumbling and looking at me. Must be jealous.

Right away I got a fire started. The first thing to do is make food. I must help with cooking. After I get the prep work done I need to work on smoking meat. I will make the jerky last awhile by smoking the crap out of it. I will need someone to watch the jerky at night.

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Only because I don’t want others to steal from us. My father banned others form eating our food we collected. That doesn’t mean someone is willing to rebel and steal. If that where to happen they would have nowhere to go.

The fault would lie on them. My father hates people who breaks rules and would banish them. They would not be able to join my group. I won’t be able to trust a person who steals. Especially a resource that is in demand.

Kivi was getting water from a nearby river and arrived with a big barrel full of water. I know she is a demihuman animal type. Still surprised to see how strong she is. I don’t think I would carry a barrel like that even at my peak on Earth. She was able to even with a small stature.

I got with the prep and Kivi took over cooking the meat. Marigold is preparing the plant dishes. While Sehegerv is making baskets for the left over nuts and plants. Never expected a hunter to make baskets. Makes sense after thinking about it.

If you live off the land that means you need to eventually settle down for some extended periods. It rains and snows. Sometimes you need to store food for days you cannot hunt. Making baskets is a smart idea. I should ask Sehegerv sometime on how to make those. I will now keep myself busy.

I made a miniature teepee frame from sticks. I did that and dug a hole. The hole was small enough that it wouldn’t touch the teepee frame. It was just right since I do need the meat to be near a fire. When the fire was started I layed the meat on the girl part of the teepee.

After the fire was doing fire things. I grabbed some heavy leaves and put it on the teepee. Then I added dry leaves to the fire to start the smoking process. You learn from mistakes and i made one. The meat isn’t thick but it is not thin enough. I cut more meat and these were a lot thinner. I will use the thick cuts as food.

I took the meat I was smoking and used a stick to skewer it. Then put the thin meat on the grill rack. One rack won’t be enough. So while I keep an eye on the smoking meat. I will make another rack. This rack will take longer to cook. Since it will actually be using hot smoke to cook rather than a fire cooking it.

While making another rack a male hunter came to me. He wanted to join my faction if I could promise him food security. People want to join me so soon? I am a little hesitant because he a hunter trained by my dad. Should I trust him? I have a feeling he is trying to sabotage me.

I thought about it for a second and said that I would keep an eye on him. Tomorrow I will manifest someone to keep an eye on him. I didn’t mention the part about manifesting. I did tell him that I didn’t trust him. I said I would give him a little bit more than the bare minimum.

He had to work to or I would kick him out. Everyone has a job to do. Even he has to contribute to the village as he is doing now. He agreed to my terms and showed what he hunted today. He even grabbed it from his hut. A big boar. Ah, pork I miss it.

I feel bad for Muslim’s back home. As well as the Jews. They couldn’t eat such delicous meat. Pork is a tasty meat. I ate it all the time. It never bothered me. People say it is an unclean animal but has never observed chickens.

Chickens will drink water they crap in. Literally, every animal ever is unclean. So since all animals are unclean. Might as well eat them all. So I did on earth and what I will do here. I must eat that boar. I am drooling. I couldn’t stop myself.