Sentience

Little Successes

Diesel launched herself skyward. Once she was high enough in the air, she banked to the left, flying above the cliff. After flying for a few minutes, she looked down and saw the boat docks. She went a little lower to see everything a bit closer - But not too close, since she didn't want to be spotted by any animatronics or humans that may or may not be down there; she was not in the mood to be damaged again.

She observed any movement; there was none... That she could see... Diesel made another sweep over the area to make sure nobody was there. She decided it was safe to land; she descended in small, tight circles until she reached the ground, so as not to jar any of the parts of her visual cameras (the connections were rather weak). The pads on her hands and feet gently touched the ground fifteen feet away from the dock. She stopped and listened for any moving things - There were none. She jogged quietly over to the oldest looking motorboat, since many of the newer ones were solar-powered. She climbed into it. She studied the motor's casing for a release, and she found one. She looked to the other side and found the other one, then pressed in the buttons, and simultaneously lifted up, revealing the bare engine underneath. Diesel searched for a place where fuel or oil might be put in. She found a cap, and unscrewed it. She reached into her pack, and found one of her old flyers that she would pass out at the amusement park. She ripped off a piece of it, rolled it up, and put it into the hole. When she pulled it out, there was a translucent, honey-colored stain on it. She calculated that it was half-full, plenty for their purposes.

Diesel pulled the spoon and bowl out of her pack that Arik found in the house for her to use, and set them on the dock. She then dislodged the engine from the transom, and lifted it over the side of the boat, whilst planting one of her feet on the dock, so she wouldn't fall into the water. She started pouring the fuel into the plastic bowl. Once she was finished, she put the engine back on its mount at the stern of the boat and left promptly...

Meanwhile, back at the cabin, Jayden was at the sink with his hands clasped into a bowl shape under the faucet, collecting water. After he had a sufficient amount, he moved his hands to the side, and froze it, using the supercoolers built into his hands. Then he gingerly set the block of ice in the bottom of the sink next to the other one. Jayden took the one he made, and shut off the water. He looked through the cupboards for some sort of bag; there was nothing. He was perplexed, he needed to be creative, but he had never thought creatively before...

He assessed the situation for a bit, looking down at his feet. He had taken his remaining shoe off because it hindered his ability to walk with just one shoe. His eyes lit up - He had an idea... He balanced on one foot to take one sock off, then he balanced on the other to remove the other one. He placed both feet on the floor and examined the socks. Then he took the cleanest one, and put the ice cubes into it.

Jayden put the sock in between his two hands and crushed it, so it would be "moldable."

Once it was sufficiently crushed, he walked over to Lorelei, and gave it to her, "Here is the ice pack you requested."

Lorelei smiled back at him while putting it on the side of her head, "Thank you."

Jayden nodded back once, turned, and walked away. He had the faintest hint of a smile on his face that only one individual in the room could pick up on...

"Diesel's back," Lila notified, seeing Diesel land at the door.

Lila opened the door and let her in.

"Hi," Diesel announced lightheartedly, "I'm back."

She set the bowl of fuel and the bundle of branches on the table, "Here's what I found."

Jayden walked over and picked one of the largest sticks up in both hands, then tested its strength, bending it slightly, "Yes," He said, "These will work."

He handed the branch to Lila, who already had her small crafting knife out to start carving. She remembered the tutorial video she watched on how to make a bow and arrows, and started carving out the general shape of the bow...