Survival skills class -- desert edition -- open

[nofarplaneyet]

Characters: Auron and anyone else who wants to make sand angels

Location: Desert right outside Death City

Rating: S for sandy

Time: Feb. 17 around 2 p.m.

Description: Auron teaches a few students how survive in a giant sandbox. With an assist from his partner





Yesterday's mission had tired out Auron, but not enough that he couldn't teach. He waited at the gates of Death City for the few students who seemed interested for a short field trip outside the walls.

((OOC: Comment on Auron's parts of the lecture and also have your own threads wherever. Threadjack!)

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Building shelter

[nofarplaneyet]

"If you're going to spend any time in the desert, it's important to not only dress for it, but carry the right supplies to help make a shelter."

People might be wondering what the tarp was for. It was one of the most important parts of desert travel.

[topgun_textiles]

He felt he was dressed for it. He'd left behind his usual long-sleeve for a tank-top, a pair of lighter pants, and his glasses. Kanji had to wonder why he still wasn't sweating his ass off regardless of standing out in the desert, but he had to assume it was because of the dry heat.

Didn't make the sun any less relentless, chuckling away in the sky at what Kanji hoped wasn't the survival class. Knowing how to build a shelter was more than a little handy... he just hoped it wasn't a ton of work.

Not that he'd let himself come off as a lazy kid to this guy.

The tarp he understood, but what else was needed? ...Ugh, his shoes kept sinking into the soft sand. He swore it was the heat that was letting sand piss him off.

[nofarplaneyet]

"First thing about a desert is to dress for it. Kanji, you almost have to keep enough of your skin covered or else take a lot of sun screen with you. You also need to wear boots. Sand can get in your shoes and grind against your feet."

But enough about that, Auron walked a little bit to find a bit of a valley between dunes. "There's a few things we can do with this tarp. Can anyone figure out how it should be anchored?"

[topgun_textiles]

Kanji heard his name and snapped out of his brooding, shifting the stance of his feet when Auron mentioned boots, and scratching the back of his head when he spoke of covering more skin.

He'd never had a sunburn in his life, but he'd also never been stuck out in a desert before, either. He supposed this was good to know, and nodded, though his face stung: Why'd he have to get singled out like that? People were staring.

He held his head high regardless... screw 'em. Hell, he'd try and prove he wasn't a complete moron, and jumped right out with an answer.

"Weigh the corners with rocks, or... take summa these sticks like tent poles?"

[nofarplaneyet]

Auron nodded. "That's right. If you have some rocky outcroppings on a dune, you can make a little shelter on the side of it by draping the tarp over it or by using sticks. There's a third way but this takes a lot longer."

He walked over to a depression he'd dug into the sand. It was enough to fit a person or two in it. He draped the tarp over the hole, stretching it tight and weighing it down with sand on the sides.

"Better shelter because you're underground where it will always be cooler."

[topgun_textiles]

"...So what if you're stuck without a tarp?" He asked. He had to. It wasn't like he had tarp on him when the birds snatched him up and took him to the Grand Canyon. If the birds dropped him a considerable distance from the city, he'd be stuck trekking back for days.

"There a way you can pull these off without it?"

[nofarplaneyet]

"It'd be harder but you'd have to make shelter with anything you see around you and make shade with anything you can. That would have to be your own clothing if you've got nothing else."

Auron tugged at his own coat. "It's why if you're in the desert, you wear robes. It'll protect you and offer shelter if that's all you have."

[topgun_textiles]

Kanji scratched his cheek at that. His clothes? Like... make a tent with his shirt or his jacket or something? That was kind of weird, but then he considered how he'd lent his coat to someone back in the cave.

He'd have to pass on the robes, however. He tried to picture himself wearing some, and even then his frown deepened. He'll pass on being a laughingstock.

[nofarplaneyet]

Auron chuckled at his expression. "Or you can always remember to pack and try not to get caught by the Witches."

[topgun_textiles]

He'd been unlucky, caught by Witches before, and he didn't plan on having it happen again. Wait... was Auron making fun of that!?

"Yeah, yeah," he groused. Laugh it up, Auron.

But then a thought occurred to him. He remembered learning about the kinds of animals that live in the desert way back when.

"...A hole in the ground's not gonna keep out the scorpions or the poisonous snakes. There any measures for that?"

[nofarplaneyet]

"Usually animals don't go out of their way to harass you. If you're digging you might stir up things like that but you should be okay. Just shake out all your things once you get ready to leave the shelter."

I hope you don't mind...? a little negative cr to spice things up?

[tauborn]

It was at this point in the lesson that Takuto decided to leave. Getting taken by the witches had been so damaging to him. It's hard to believe that there was one person--much harder to believe that person was Auron, who he trusted and looked up to--who was making jokes about it.

His face turned a little pale despite the heat, and he turned to start marching back into the city.

Oooh, Auron wouldn't have known that so yeah

[nofarplaneyet]

Where was Takuto going?

"Is the heat getting to you?" he called out.

poor Auron, getting blamed by an angsty teen.... >_>

[tauborn]

"No."

He stopped walking, but didn't turn around. He wasn't sure he wanted to, and he wasn't sure what else he'd could say to the man, either. And the last thing he wanted was to make a big scene.

At least he's not whiny like Tidus

[nofarplaneyet]

Well, something was up with the kid. "If you have to leave, go ahead. You can talk to me later if you need to." Because he was still in the middle of teaching.

I would personally strangle a whiny Takuto....

[tauborn]

He nodded once, and then continued walking off, unsure if he really wanted to bring it up with Auron later. Certainly, walking out in the middle of his lesson was rude, but he still felt that Auron's fault had been worse. Though he hadn't really wanted to create any kind of scene.

Maybe he'd go apologize later, when he could shake the feeling of betrayal he knew the man didn't deserve.