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<\/a><\/div>\nAs I turn around, I see only sand. And cacti.<\/p>\n
Shit. A desert.<\/p>\n
Not that I don’t like deserts, theoretically, but being stranded in an unknown land, my first reflex is to seek some shelter. And I don’t see myself builind a big sandcastle to sleep in. And before you laugh at me, go and try it yourself. You’ll see that it’s not that easy.<\/p>\n
Oh but wait, in an unwillingly suspense-preserving move, I’ve started examining my surroundings in the “wrong” direction. I can see a tree in the distance ! At the very least, it’ll provide some shade during the day. At best, I’ll find a way to chop it into bits to get some wood. But then again, how I would be going about harvesting wood without any tool, I don’t really know.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nSo here I am, climbing a decidedly blocky hill by jumping my way to the top, making one meter high leaps like I’m some kind of olympic athlete. I still don’t know why I’m here, but it sure didn’t make me a weakling. Arriving at the tree, I’m so happy that I gently punch the wood repeatedly, like I would the shoulder of a friend. Haha, dude, what are you doing by yourse…<\/p>\n
*Pop*<\/p>\n
I’m hitting air now. I’m pretty sure there was some wood there before. Which was what I was punching. Apparently now it’s laying on the ground, just there, and I’m able to pick up this solid meter cubed of wood like it’s a feather.<\/p>\n
So let me get this straight : I can break down trees by punching them, then I can pick up massive amounts of the material easily. Cool ! Weird as it is, at least building a shelter should be doable.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which, where am I going to build said shelter ? Let me just… Oh, over there ! <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nI quickly make my way over there, and see that I’m not mistaken. That place does<\/i> look just perfect. And as I look up, I see something that looks darker than the rest of the stones around it. Could it be… ?<\/p>\n So yes,\u00a0 it’s coal ! That will most certainly prove useful. But how am I suppose to extract the thing. I go punch some trees to help me thing about it, and the solution appears before my eyes : I need a pickaxe. So I try to assemble one out of all this wood I’ve been accumulating, but it feels like I would need a third hand to be able to do it. So I start by building some kind of workbench, which then makes the task of building my rudimentary wooden pickaxe almost trivial. I do have to break some of my wood into sticks, but that doesn’t take long. <\/p>\n So armed with my glorious pickaxe, I climb up to some of the coal deposits I saw earlier, and begin mining them. I think I should be questioning the logic of mining though stone with a wooden tool, but who cares ? After all, that’s not the most illogical thing that happened to me since this morning.<\/p>\n Speaking of the day, it’s well in the afternoon now, and this shelter isn’t going to build itself. Seeing the kind of surroundings I’m in, I see only one solution : a platform under the natural arch. The weather seems warm enough, and … screw this, I don’t have to justify myself : I think it’ll look awesome. So there.<\/p>\n I quickly run out of wood, so\u00a0 I wander around to find some more trees. I was complaining that I woke up in a desert, why am I turning this land into one ? Anyway, I can see that my surroundings are pretty welcoming, with very <\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\ndelicious<\/strike>friendly-looking sheep prancing around flower-filled fields…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n