Double-bagging solved the problem neatly, and Edmund had no more trouble collecting his rocks. Instead it was the opposite! As if to make up for his poor luck at the beginning, he soon stumbled across a section of beach where the tide had washed up plenty of lava rocks from Apopo's eruptions. It made for uncomfortable beach-walking in bare feet, but he had his pick of sizes and shapes of pumice, basalt, and obsidian. As others realized what he'd found they headed over and before long there was plenty of rock to go around!
Sah was similarly blessed with better luck after the sneaker wave's cruel twist. He might have had to start from scratch, but the range of his magic and the increased bounty of floating wood that was dredged up from the shallows and pulled up towards the shore more than made up for the temporary setback. He was able to gather a sizeable pile in record time, and the other Torchers on wood-gathering duty had similar luck. The driftwood cache was already looking to be of a record size this year!
Hadama's luck wasn't quite as good, and in the end it was one of the assisting merfolk who found the kelp bed and called the rest over. Along the shoreline humans were gathering the kelp that the sneaker tide had flung up on the sand while the merfolk harvested fresh stalks and eventually reconvened with their land-dwelling helpers to amass their pile.
Seeing that enough progress had been made to gather the raw materials, Hadama sent a wave of satisfaction through the Attuned bond to all those who could feel it, and nodded at the rest, proud of their efforts so far. "We can begin digging the fire pits now. Above the line of the king tide," he added, tilting his head to the side in wry acknowledgment of the unpredictable mishap. "The driftwood needs to be chopped into usable lengths. And the seaweed needs to be hung up to dry. We can use the fish lines for that."
Round 3:
- Hang the collected seaweed up to dry in the sun
- Chop the driftwood into manageable chunks
- Dig fire pits above the high tide line
No posting order!
Hadama's luck wasn't quite as good, and in the end it was one of the assisting merfolk who found the kelp bed and called the rest over. Along the shoreline humans were gathering the kelp that the sneaker tide had flung up on the sand while the merfolk harvested fresh stalks and eventually reconvened with their land-dwelling helpers to amass their pile.
Seeing that enough progress had been made to gather the raw materials, Hadama sent a wave of satisfaction through the Attuned bond to all those who could feel it, and nodded at the rest, proud of their efforts so far. "We can begin digging the fire pits now. Above the line of the king tide," he added, tilting his head to the side in wry acknowledgment of the unpredictable mishap. "The driftwood needs to be chopped into usable lengths. And the seaweed needs to be hung up to dry. We can use the fish lines for that."
Round 3:
- Hang the collected seaweed up to dry in the sun
- Chop the driftwood into manageable chunks
- Dig fire pits above the high tide line
No posting order!
