Chapter 2 Scene 3

Point of view of Tom:
The castaways all set out for the caves, going around the sanctuary in the center of the island by going across the South Beach, the Southwestern Forest, and the Western Forest. There appears to be an abandoned village in a grassy area between the West Beach and the caves. They set the tools they were allowed to bring in a battered hut.

"We'll need lots of torches," notes Tom.

Quest 35: Make six torches.

"I'll cut off some branches of these gooney trees."

"I'll start a fire," contributes Mike. "The sap in the gooney trees will burn nice and slow once their branches are dipped in the flames."

"I'll gather some fruit," adds Nicole. "We might be in the caves for a long time."

Quest 36: Find five bananas, five grapes, five limes, five oranges, five apples, and five blueberries.

Tom searches the area and finds a gooney tree. He chops off some branches and makes five torches.

Tom has to hunt around for another gooney tree, and while doing so sees a lizard.

You found a Red Croaker!

Tom eventually finds another gooney tree and makes five more torches.

Quest 35 complete!

Tom gives one torch to each of the others and leaves the extra torches in the hut. He puts the Red Croaker into the box for rarities that is also in the hut. He then finds five bananas and enters a cave. Almost immediately he is swarmed by bats.

Quest 37: Make six Protective Potions.

Tom exits the caves and tells the others what happened. Then he sets out to find all the ingredients for the protective potions. This is a long process, so John offers to help. They agree to Tom fishing and hunting crabs, while John will find the necessary plants.

Tom has to dig for worms first, but there are soft ground patches that can be used to grow vegetables in the Abandoned Village, and digging in one of them a meter deep he gets twenty worms. It then takes Tom an hour, but he gets to the west shore of the Northwestern Forest and catches twelve fish and six crabs. He returns to the special pot in the Abandoned Village and waits for John to return with the plants.

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