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Attached an updated map of POIs. Going ahead with the update on the assumption that everyone would probably like to be able to see and eat, apologies if that's not the case
> Gather firewood(none) and forage for food(low)
Bab’s words still hanging in her head Mel stowed the potions and took stock of her situation. Her firewood pile was non-existent, her only food was a basket of eggs. She had four potions, healing, vines, defense, and one she had found at Joe’s that looked similar to the healing potion. She had the marble the yellow eyed…thing had given her, twisting clouds swirling within, hard to tell what that was capable of. In terms of weapons there was Arx, and a hatchet in the unlikely event that the spear of ice wasn’t the right choice for fighting. If she was gauging the circles on her arm correctly then they would run out not long after nightfall tomorrow. An afternoon, an evening, a morning, another afternoon, then trouble.If she was going to be fighting something in the dark she was going to need light though, enough wood to get a blazing bonfire roaring. Maybe she could build a few crude barricades?
The next several hours were uneventful. Berries, mushrooms and hard fruits were piled in one of the crates she had pilfered from Joe’s and carried back to camp. The hatchet was put to use until her muscles ached and burned, reducing fallen tree limbs to carryable firewood, then loads were hauled back, one after another. The sun hovered low in the sky as she dropped the last load of firewood down and collapsed next to it.
She fell back onto the dusty earth and cringed as her sweat soaked body touched the ground. Was she forming a puddle of salted mud under her? The air was cool, but her body was still radiating heat after the hard labor. It would be the height of foolishness to pick a fight with a giant bug just to take a bath. She sighed as she lifted her arm, a layer of dirt sticking to it. Maybe she would use a charge of the telekinesis wand next time to take the edge off.
> 2 Days of food acquired (3 total)
> 5 Days of firewood acquired (5 total)
<span class="mu-s">Dusk Day 4 (remote options may be dangerous in the dark)</span>
> Learn a new spell: Imp Summoning, Locate Object, Create Breeze, Cure Wounds, or Emit Light
> Meditate to expand mana reserves
> Explore Bird Valley
> Return to Joe’s Cave (Workshop/Lab 1 item remaining, can be combined with other options at Joe’s Cave)
> Return to Joe’s Cave (Storage or Lava Treasure Chamber)
> Ambush the centipede with a barrage of Arx shouts, you want your bath damn it!
> Use 2 days worth of firewood to build some simple barricades between the tombs.
> Write in?
Collapsed the available spells to learn list and went ahead and revealed what you'd get from the last two sections of 'Student of Magic', Babs basically gave away one and it feels reasonable that Mel could skim the other without an entire action dedicated to it.
