Knapsack Narrative
Today I was dropped off by my crew, to start the survival series, where I will have to live in the wilderness and use the materials around for 11 days, with a camera in front of my head. I only came with an empty knapsack to carry the materials that I’ll find during this series. There are two rules for the series, I have to move to another shelter everyday and you can only bring things in your knapsack, you can’t just carry them, so it will be more exciting for the viewers to watch. I started by ripping off some branches from the trees nearby and went to settle under that small overhang near the mountain. I gathered some rocks that contained some quartz near the river, and broke them in half by smashing them into other rocks, then I smashed the parts together and got sparks which started a fire. After creating a fire, I went out to see if there are any food, I found a good amount of blueberries which can last me a while because it can satisfy my thirst too. I gathered some fallen leaves and slept on them.
Day 2 (11/2/10) Tuesday …show more content…
I went to the river and washed my face, meanwhile drinking some of it too, it was freshwater.
There were some salmon, but if I put them in my knapsack, it will turn bad. I got back to the shelter to grab my knapsack and decided to search for the second shelter, I went along the river, which led me downhill. It was a forest with huge trees, filled with life, but there are still salmon in the river, so I chose that instead. I broke off a branch and stabbed some salmon, I got two, which was plenty. I started a fire near the river to just cook the fish, I didn’t do it near the trees because they might catch fire. There wasn’t a place to take shelter, so I stayed up a tree the whole night, that is a typical
survivor.
Day 3 (11/3/10) Wednesday When I woke up, I found myself on the ground, which was weird because I didn’t feel myself fall. I started the day by catching another salmon and ate it for breakfast, then I decided to make some tools before I started to find another shelter. I gathered some rocks and used them to sharpen one of the other rocks, to create an axe, which took a while. This axe will be useful in the future. After a few hours of searching, I found a small cave opening and started to set up in the entrance of the cave. I started another campfire, and also decided to craft a torch, so I went to a nearby dead tree and got the bark and wrapped it around a stick I found. A piece of lit bark traveled into the cave, I followed it and found a man-made room. I read the words “Once you’ve read this, you can’t turn back.” I ran back to the entrance of the cave, and went to sleep thinking it was nonsense.
Day 4 (11/4/10) Thursday I woke up and found myself in a dark forest with tall trees, which reminds me of a twilight forest. After seeing the creatures here, I realized that this was a twilight forest, I was thinking of that place in the cave, which was probably the reason I’m here. This place didn’t seem any safer than the place I was at before, so I explored the area and found an abandoned little home under a massive tree. I went in it and realized that there might be other humans, since there was a door for this place. I didn’t even try to get some light, because I don’t know what is out there, better to be safe than sorry. There some fireflies outside that gave me some light to see outside. I heard something moving in the bushes and howling, probably from wolves. I planned for the next day, thinking to explore or try to find a way back to where I started.
Day 5 (11/5/10) Friday Today, I’ve come to the conclusion that I will explore for a while, then try to find a way back home. This gives the audience more to watch, even though they will probably believe that this is all fake. Also, exploring these unknown lands, is a challenge for me, which will be interesting. When I explored the surface, I ran across some familiar creatures like deer, sheep, and cows. I took out a cow with my axe, I didn’t want to take him out, but I just can’t live on berries. I found some rocks that were able to start a fire, so I started a campfire to cook the beef, my hands were a bit messy after. I found a lake, the water was clear as glass, I took a sip and it tasted like bottled water. I came across another cave, I went in to see if this was the cave that will teleport me back, but all I found was the remains of a body. However I did found something useful, a canteen. I got to the river and rinsed it a while, I tested the canteen by drinking it, and it tasted just fine. I stayed at that cave for the night, because I have to follow the rules even though I don’t think it matters anymore.
Day 6 (11/6/10) Saturday I didn’t get to sleep after I wrote that last entry because of the continuously howling, so I decided to go up to a hill to take a look. My eyes are probably playing tricks on me because I think I saw a werewolf, but then again this is a twilight forest. If there are really werewolves, I need to take shelter indoors not wide open areas like cave entrances. After that, I have a bad feeling that I’m not going to make it. Werewolves are said to be scared of silver and I gave this silver canteen, which was very lucky. I wonder how did that person die, this place has food, water, and he had this silver canteen to protect him from werewolves. Tonight I will climb up on a medium height tree and observe if there are any bigger threats in this place.
Day 7 (11/7/10) Sunday ? I lost track of time ever since I got here, it’s too dangerous to worry about time. I saw some temples that might hold some clues to how I get back. Today I spent most of the time building a small raft because I decided to go traveling along the river tomorrow to get to the temples. I know I can’t stay here much longer, I need to get back as soon as possible. My only weapon is an axe, and the silver is just a myth, what if it doesn’t work. I planned out my routine, I will stay up in the high trees when it’s night, and journey on my little raft when it’s in the morning. I’m going to only do preparations today so I can go out fully prepared tomorrow.
Day 8 (11/8/10) Monday ? Today, I planning on going to the temple, it might hold something useful like a weapon that will save my life. It took like 20 minutes to reach the temple, the river wasn’t moving, so I had to paddle the whole way. I went in with my torches, the place looked like it hasn’t been touched for centuries. I stepped on something and an arrow darted across my face, and I remembered that temples are always full of traps, so I took a look before every step. I finally got to a place where there seems to have a chest. This seems to be too easy, there should be a trap that makes you fall down when you open the chest, so I knocked on the floor and it did feel hollow. I decided to jump on the chest and open it from there, this trap only works on the impatient people. In the chest, there was a glowing sword that seemed to be untouched, I got hold of it, it was pretty heavy. I closed the chest and the floor slid back into place, and I exited the temple. I was about to go backwards in the river, but I saw some light in the other direction. I decided to keep on going, but my boat suddenly collided with a stone in the middle of the river, which caused me to walk the whole trip.
Day 9 (11/9/10) Tuesday ? Along the way, I decided to have a meal, I packed some beef with me, I created another fire to heat the beef again. All of a sudden a wolf came out of a bush, it wasn’t hostile, it sat there watching me eat. I had some left overs that will spoil, so I decided to give it to the wolf since it looks like it hasn’t eaten for days. When I finished cleaning up and started walking again, the wolf was still here, I thought it just wanted more food, but when it barked a whole pack of wolves away, I knew it was trying to be loyal. I didn’t want to just call it “it”, I wanted to call him something unique, so I named it Socks because its legs are the same color of my socks. I’m bad with creating names, thinking of a perfect one takes a while. Socks and I continued heading towards the light, but when we almost got there, I suddenly fell to the ground.
Day 10 (11/10/10) Wednesday ? I woke up seeing people around me and Socks beside me, I was scared for a moment, but they told me that they rescued me from a fallen tree. I thanked them and they told me to rest before continuing my journey. I was curious about where am I, when I walked outside, I realized that this was the place I was traveling to. This was a village with powerful monks and mages, which made me think if they can send me back to where I was. I asked them, they said yes, but I will have to do something for them. They wanted me to fight a monster called “Hellvere”, which is a demon that is filled with darkness and is coming tomorrow. I was surprised how they thought that an injured person like me can defeat a monster. I took out my sword, my only weapon, and scanned it to see if there is anything special. The only thing I saw was that it kept the room lit, which was useless to me. I went to sleep thinking that this will be the last full day that I will live.
Day 11 (11/11/10) Thursday ? I woke up with an uneasy feeling, thinking how fast I will die to the demon. The sky suddenly darkened, a huge rawr came from the forest, and Hellvere himself slowly approached me with swirling shadows around him. For some reason he seemed shocked and immediately used a shield, I charged with my sword and I went through him. I thought this was where I die, but it was actually where he died. After the battle, the villagers told me that the weapon I had eliminates all the darkness with one touch, which made me the perfect man for the job. As they promised, they will send me back to where I came from, so I was teleported back with Socks by my side. I woke up like it was all a dream, but Socks by my side, and I will continue my original plans for the series with him.
Day 2 (11/2/10) Tuesday …show more content…
I went to the river and washed my face, meanwhile drinking some of it too, it was freshwater.
There were some salmon, but if I put them in my knapsack, it will turn bad. I got back to the shelter to grab my knapsack and decided to search for the second shelter, I went along the river, which led me downhill. It was a forest with huge trees, filled with life, but there are still salmon in the river, so I chose that instead. I broke off a branch and stabbed some salmon, I got two, which was plenty. I started a fire near the river to just cook the fish, I didn’t do it near the trees because they might catch fire. There wasn’t a place to take shelter, so I stayed up a tree the whole night, that is a typical
survivor.
Day 3 (11/3/10) Wednesday When I woke up, I found myself on the ground, which was weird because I didn’t feel myself fall. I started the day by catching another salmon and ate it for breakfast, then I decided to make some tools before I started to find another shelter. I gathered some rocks and used them to sharpen one of the other rocks, to create an axe, which took a while. This axe will be useful in the future. After a few hours of searching, I found a small cave opening and started to set up in the entrance of the cave. I started another campfire, and also decided to craft a torch, so I went to a nearby dead tree and got the bark and wrapped it around a stick I found. A piece of lit bark traveled into the cave, I followed it and found a man-made room. I read the words “Once you’ve read this, you can’t turn back.” I ran back to the entrance of the cave, and went to sleep thinking it was nonsense.
Day 4 (11/4/10) Thursday I woke up and found myself in a dark forest with tall trees, which reminds me of a twilight forest. After seeing the creatures here, I realized that this was a twilight forest, I was thinking of that place in the cave, which was probably the reason I’m here. This place didn’t seem any safer than the place I was at before, so I explored the area and found an abandoned little home under a massive tree. I went in it and realized that there might be other humans, since there was a door for this place. I didn’t even try to get some light, because I don’t know what is out there, better to be safe than sorry. There some fireflies outside that gave me some light to see outside. I heard something moving in the bushes and howling, probably from wolves. I planned for the next day, thinking to explore or try to find a way back to where I started.
Day 5 (11/5/10) Friday Today, I’ve come to the conclusion that I will explore for a while, then try to find a way back home. This gives the audience more to watch, even though they will probably believe that this is all fake. Also, exploring these unknown lands, is a challenge for me, which will be interesting. When I explored the surface, I ran across some familiar creatures like deer, sheep, and cows. I took out a cow with my axe, I didn’t want to take him out, but I just can’t live on berries. I found some rocks that were able to start a fire, so I started a campfire to cook the beef, my hands were a bit messy after. I found a lake, the water was clear as glass, I took a sip and it tasted like bottled water. I came across another cave, I went in to see if this was the cave that will teleport me back, but all I found was the remains of a body. However I did found something useful, a canteen. I got to the river and rinsed it a while, I tested the canteen by drinking it, and it tasted just fine. I stayed at that cave for the night, because I have to follow the rules even though I don’t think it matters anymore.
Day 6 (11/6/10) Saturday I didn’t get to sleep after I wrote that last entry because of the continuously howling, so I decided to go up to a hill to take a look. My eyes are probably playing tricks on me because I think I saw a werewolf, but then again this is a twilight forest. If there are really werewolves, I need to take shelter indoors not wide open areas like cave entrances. After that, I have a bad feeling that I’m not going to make it. Werewolves are said to be scared of silver and I gave this silver canteen, which was very lucky. I wonder how did that person die, this place has food, water, and he had this silver canteen to protect him from werewolves. Tonight I will climb up on a medium height tree and observe if there are any bigger threats in this place.
Day 7 (11/7/10) Sunday ? I lost track of time ever since I got here, it’s too dangerous to worry about time. I saw some temples that might hold some clues to how I get back. Today I spent most of the time building a small raft because I decided to go traveling along the river tomorrow to get to the temples. I know I can’t stay here much longer, I need to get back as soon as possible. My only weapon is an axe, and the silver is just a myth, what if it doesn’t work. I planned out my routine, I will stay up in the high trees when it’s night, and journey on my little raft when it’s in the morning. I’m going to only do preparations today so I can go out fully prepared tomorrow.
Day 8 (11/8/10) Monday ? Today, I planning on going to the temple, it might hold something useful like a weapon that will save my life. It took like 20 minutes to reach the temple, the river wasn’t moving, so I had to paddle the whole way. I went in with my torches, the place looked like it hasn’t been touched for centuries. I stepped on something and an arrow darted across my face, and I remembered that temples are always full of traps, so I took a look before every step. I finally got to a place where there seems to have a chest. This seems to be too easy, there should be a trap that makes you fall down when you open the chest, so I knocked on the floor and it did feel hollow. I decided to jump on the chest and open it from there, this trap only works on the impatient people. In the chest, there was a glowing sword that seemed to be untouched, I got hold of it, it was pretty heavy. I closed the chest and the floor slid back into place, and I exited the temple. I was about to go backwards in the river, but I saw some light in the other direction. I decided to keep on going, but my boat suddenly collided with a stone in the middle of the river, which caused me to walk the whole trip.
Day 9 (11/9/10) Tuesday ? Along the way, I decided to have a meal, I packed some beef with me, I created another fire to heat the beef again. All of a sudden a wolf came out of a bush, it wasn’t hostile, it sat there watching me eat. I had some left overs that will spoil, so I decided to give it to the wolf since it looks like it hasn’t eaten for days. When I finished cleaning up and started walking again, the wolf was still here, I thought it just wanted more food, but when it barked a whole pack of wolves away, I knew it was trying to be loyal. I didn’t want to just call it “it”, I wanted to call him something unique, so I named it Socks because its legs are the same color of my socks. I’m bad with creating names, thinking of a perfect one takes a while. Socks and I continued heading towards the light, but when we almost got there, I suddenly fell to the ground.
Day 10 (11/10/10) Wednesday ? I woke up seeing people around me and Socks beside me, I was scared for a moment, but they told me that they rescued me from a fallen tree. I thanked them and they told me to rest before continuing my journey. I was curious about where am I, when I walked outside, I realized that this was the place I was traveling to. This was a village with powerful monks and mages, which made me think if they can send me back to where I was. I asked them, they said yes, but I will have to do something for them. They wanted me to fight a monster called “Hellvere”, which is a demon that is filled with darkness and is coming tomorrow. I was surprised how they thought that an injured person like me can defeat a monster. I took out my sword, my only weapon, and scanned it to see if there is anything special. The only thing I saw was that it kept the room lit, which was useless to me. I went to sleep thinking that this will be the last full day that I will live.
Day 11 (11/11/10) Thursday ? I woke up with an uneasy feeling, thinking how fast I will die to the demon. The sky suddenly darkened, a huge rawr came from the forest, and Hellvere himself slowly approached me with swirling shadows around him. For some reason he seemed shocked and immediately used a shield, I charged with my sword and I went through him. I thought this was where I die, but it was actually where he died. After the battle, the villagers told me that the weapon I had eliminates all the darkness with one touch, which made me the perfect man for the job. As they promised, they will send me back to where I came from, so I was teleported back with Socks by my side. I woke up like it was all a dream, but Socks by my side, and I will continue my original plans for the series with him.