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Part 16 many o' fish

after some time the fire catches alight and I am finally kept safe from the dangers of being naked in the cold... but I still cannot get sleep until I am sure the fire will stay at least warm while I'm asleep. luckily for me, I sleep still as a stone (lol) I don't move at all.. other than the random mumblings of words and anime quotes and random nonsense but I don't wiggle around so I won't roll into the fire and cook myself or summ. I'm a light sleeper to touch but not sound and it inconveniences me because I can sleep through a tsunami warning or a lion approaching me but I won't get away cause once a lion touches you... it's for the kill.

once I'm done feeding the hungry fire I get up and look around a bit... I'm being watched by monkeys and they looked scared asf for whatever reason. I looked up at the sky and... I could see another smoke stack.. one that was a little weaker than mine but... who? ( i was thinking of leaving suspense but it's only like 920 words so ill keep going for yah.)

I dropped all the stuff I was doing and put all my supplies back in my bag neatly but also as fast as possible... I tightened the leaves around my waist and chest and put my shoes back on. I swung the basket onto my shoulders and start humming Giorno's theme while lightly jogging over towards the other smoke stack. 

when I got over there it was.... about what I expected. a leaf-wrapped Senku tryna keep his fire going. it was expected so, to startle him the least possible I just popped outta the bush and... "yo wassup" I said while smiling the older boy jumped back a little in surprise and then relaxed making eye contact tryna not look down, and I did... about the same thing. after about three seconds I said "uh hi? this is awkward... but your fire's gonna go out if yah don't watch it"

Senku calmly tightened his leaves and sat back down adding some smaller sticks to the fire... I told him about how I woke this morning and asked if I could stick around with him since two is better than one. and of course, he agreed and I showed him my collection of sharp rocks and pieces of wood... of course, I still had to speak Japanese for all our interactions.. ugh I'm not catching an English break huh? we stoke the fire and sleep for the night curled up in the fetal position on opposite sides of the fire. 

I dreamt of many things.. did you know that English is the most commonly spoken language in space except for on Russian spacecraft.

| time skip to morning |

I woke up at the crack of dawn when the sunrise flooded my eyes with color, I got up and tightened my leaves, and went to find some food. I found some horsetail (tsukushi in Japanese) and long-stemmed chives ( nobiru in Japanese) I also found a large butterbur plant (fuki in Japanese) and some shiso which is similar to mint. I put all the edible parts into my basket and brought out my net. I went over to the river and chased a couple of the fat carp around until I caught one, two, three... that took me a good half hour, and then I dried myself off to the best of my abilities and headed back to camp... senku was off setting traps and foraging I presume... I went down to the riverside, grabbed the fish outta my net, and bonked them on the head with the dull side of my hatchet stone so that the fish die. I give the fish a couple of minutes so they can stop squirming.

while the three fish are dying I set up three branches over the fire pit tied together with some leftover bamboo. I then remove the large scales from the fish by running my knife blade rock downwards from the head until all the scales are removed from the fish.  I then insert the knife into the vent of the fish slicing upwards through the flesh until I reach the gills. I then go back over to the tail side and cut the guts out of the fish from that end. I do the same towards the head side and once the guts are removed and the blood vein is removed from all the fish I wash all of the slime and blood off my hands and throw the guts into the river to feed the other carp since they're omnivores.

 I find a "Y" shaped stick and poke one of the parts through the gills and out the mouth so I can carry all of the fish without covering myself with slime again, this whole process brings me back to the days when my father and I used to go fishing for salmon and trout at the river down the logging roads, when I got to the campsite senku was back with some mushrooms and rope that he had left over from the snares. he made for rabbits and deer.  he looked in my direction and instantly pointed out that I got more stuff than he did... which makes sense cause he isn't good at fishing... and catching animals with snares takes time of course.

we joked around about him dying on his own while we prepared more rope to hang the fish... I stoked the freshly lit fire and we told each other a little about ourselves and we shared some information about our past lives and just generally shared some knowledge with each other. when the fire was lit enough for some coals to form I grabbed the butterbur leaves and removed them cleanly from the fresh green stalks.  I handed a stalk to senku and put all the leaves in a neat pile close to the fire." it's food.." I mentioned calmly as he took it. we chewed on the stalks slowly while we braided the strings, it wasn't that good but I needed the energy. 

I put the strings down for a bit and went to fillet the fish so it cooked faster. I sliced the meat off carefully, wishing I had a sharper knife so it would cut faster and cleaner, I tried my hardest to keep a steady pace all the same.  after I cut the meat off of the bones I stabbed two holes in either end so I could stick the rope through it and keep it there securely while it hangs above the fire, senku put the rope down for a few minutes too cause he didn't wanna eat unflavored fish so he is mixing some herbs and whatever to add some flavor I guess. 

we put all the stuff together properly and hung the fish over the fire... we had enough food for about three days now, and since we smoked it, it'll store for longer than necessary. it is quite awkward to be the "only" humans alive rn cause well... we are both nude rn for one thing.. and we don't know each other at all.  " hey senku? should we start on a little survival building or head south towards warmer climates? " " I want to revive a few people first.. it might take a while so we should stay here. a house sounds like a good idea since we won't have weather protection which is a necessity when living in a stone world." alright well before we get to reviving people we should gain more resources to support a group of people. and we should find these friends of yours that you plan on reviving."  I huffed.

I went over to a skinny tree on the edge of our little clearing and chopped it down with my stone ax blade. I decided I was gonna put some handles on these fine tools of mine... so I did. I grabbed the parts with the width and length I wanted and just... tied them together with the extra string from the carp.

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I think that's enough chapter for today... more than 2000 should be enough to satisfy my currently nonexistent readers :)... voting is appreciated and your comments make my week.