Small Mistakes and a Journey Upstream

'Shit'

Was all Roy could say as he looked at his new cup.

[Primitive Dented Clay Cup]

Notes:

Clay Cup used to hold liquids.

Crafter added dents on sides for easier grip.

Currently re-hydrating: [23:58:45]

Made by Roy Palmer

Low Quality

Durability [4/5]

'God, I'm such an idiot!' Roy complained as he rubbed his temples.

'How could I forget sealant! What the hell am I supposed to do with a cup that can't hold water more than a day...' As Roy continued to complain to himself over his lack of foresight, he began to pour the contents of the cup over his smelly, blood covered body.

'Guess I might as well make use of it while it's still usable.' Roy though to himself as he sighed.

Using some nearby moss as a sort of scrub-brush, Roy took the next hour to thoroughly clean his body. Once he finished up he took a pit whiff and nodded in satisfaction.

'Nice, no more smell! Now what should I do about this cup? I don't want it to go to waste, since I put in the effort to make it. I also can't waste time though, since I need to find shelter before dark.'

Looking up, Roy saw that the sun was still shining bright and high in the sky. 'Maybe I can make a strap and use it as a carrier for Inbellis, It should hold decently since I can tie it to those dents I made for my fingers to grip.'

Planning out the design in his head, Roy sat the cup down on the rock next to the enclosure, and saw the timer was replaced with a dehydrating timer instead. After checking on Inbellis, Roy walked around the trees and collected a bunch of tall grass in the area.

'Time to cross my fingers and hope I remember how to do this. Bear Grylls bless this weary survivor!' As Roy began jokingly praying to the only survival expert he can remember the name of, he took all those grass strands over to a nice rock that looks like a decent seat.

'Alright, comfy spot, warm sunlight, clean body. Perfect conditions for the ol' thinkin' cap! Lets see... The first step was too... flip half the grass? Yeah! But do I do it more than once? ...Meh, might as well, doubt it would cause an issue.'

After shuffling and flipping the grass a couple more times, Roy then knotted the one end of a clump of grass and split the grass after the knot right down the middle. After that he began twisting both clumps clockwise, stitching more grass in as he ran out on each length. Eventually he had a pretty long rope.

'Not too shabby for a first try eh?! Lets check out it's stats.'

[Grass Cordage]

Notes:

Made from long grass using an ancient technique.

Made by Roy Palmer

Medium Quality

Durability [10/10]

'Hoh hoh! Not too shabby indeed!' Roy proclaimed, proud of his hard work.

After standing up from his seat, he walked over to the cup with his rope in hand. After carefully tying it to the cup he received a surprising notification.

[Apprentice Crafting Lv. 2 -> Lv. 3]

'What? From tying a rope to a cup?' Roy was quite surprised and decided to have a look at the cup once again.

[Primitive Clay Shoulder Strap Container]

Notes:

Container used to hold items.

Crafter used grass fiber cordage to allow for it to be carried on the shoulders.

Made from a repurposed item, and grass cordage.

Currently dehydrating: [1:15:25]

Made by Roy Palmer

Low Quality

Durability [4/5]

'Huh, a lot more changed than I thought. The system also recognized when I changed the use of the item.' After checking out the changes, Roy packed some of the decaying plants into it, He then walked to the river and cupped his hands to drink some water, as well as add a bit of water to the plants in the cup. When he finished all that, Roy picked up his pet, setting it in it's new mobile home. He then picked up the bug leaf holding his snacks and began to munch on some critters as he began his journey up the river.

...

As Roy stopped to watch the beautiful golden orange sunset, he began to think to himself about the wonders he would be able to experience in this new life of his.

'The whole heroine plot line is lost to an ugly orc like me, but I might just be able to become super strong and fight dragons and other mythical monsters! There are so many exciting possibilities in this new life that it just gets my blood boiling! I may have had a pretty rough start, but I've survived this far, and there is only up from here.'

Pulling himself out of his own thoughts, Roy continued walking up the river, in a hope to find shelter for the night.

...

An hour later, as the sun had all but set, Roy finally found a spot to camp for the night. It was an outcrop on the river that looked as if the bottom had collapsed from erosion. Pulling his weary, and hungry body to the location that could barely be considered safe, Roy collapsed on the ground exhausted.

'I'll search for food in the morning. I can barely move a muscle right now.' With that last thought, Roy drifted asleep, as Inbellis crawled on top of his stomach that had lost a notable amount of baby fat.

As Roy woke up in the morning, he could feel his connection with Inbellis was pointing to a strange location. Looking down at his belly, he could see the little guy scrunched up, sleeping in his belly button.

"Buhihi"

'What a weird little thing. At least it started to warm up to me though.'

With that thought Roy carefully picked Inbellis up, and set it down in its mobile home.

'Time to get some food!' Roy excitedly thought, as he walked over to the river to look for grub.

"Oho?" 'And what do we have here?'