Clicks journal

Chapter two a new hope

Date 24/10/1785

Location land

Dear my pirate self I landed my dingy this morning on the soft sand of the beach that I saw last night I swiftly gathered my belongings including the fire box and a load of wood that I hacked from the frame and made for the thick overgrown twisted trees of the jungle ahead.

An hour later

Dear my pirate self I have no idea where I am or where I'm going but one thing is for sure I've found food I cut up some melons I found on a melon tree and stored them inside my bag that I fashioned out of some thread and my shirt. Not that id need my shirt for it is boiling here under the trees and I have had no luck with my leg up until now because I have found a good sturdy stick that I can put some of my weight on. Hopefully that should stop the pain a bit.

Date 25/10/1785

Location jungle

Dear my pirate self I am pleased to tell you that I have killed the biggest meal I've had yet I used my cutlass to hunt down a wild boar it was very filling and I used one of its tusks to make a small bone knife that I used to put a fresh dressing on my leg. I also decided to use a banana leaf to make a sort of cream which was extremely satisfying when I applied it to my wound and when I was doing it a thought came to me, is the bullet still in their...

Date 26/10/1785

Location in the tree (jungle)

I thought it would be safer tonight to stay in this tree it is quite high up so if I'm examining this wound then nothing can sneak up on me. I found some more bananas today and a sort of spiked seed that I could possibly use on anything that wanted a nip at my leg well wish me luck because I'm about to do some self surgery.

Date 27/10/1785

Location tree (jungle)

Dear my pirate self I have successfully retrieved the musket ball from my leg and have to say it hurt extremely I started by undoing my dressing and scraping off the blood cream mixture then I painfully opened the wound only to find more blood squirting out after that I started rummaging through my leg for the bullet until I found out it had smashed straight through the leg bone and wedged itself between the two broken pieces which explains why it hurt to put pressure on it. Anyway after that excruciating experience I busied myself with the job of stitching my leg, after testing one of the needles of the spiky seed wasn't toxic I threaded some of the thread of my clothes through it and began the painful job of sowing my leg back up which took the best part of half an hour and just as I thought I was done I remembered I had to tie the thread off so that was another half an hour before I finally bandaged it off again with some fresh cloth. And so here I am eating a banana and fish trying to forget the horrible experiences of last night and so today I plan to explore more of this bizarre land in hope of finding some sort of civilisation.

28/10/1785

Location deep undergrowth (jungle)

Dear my pirate self I haven't had much luck today first of all I haven't found any civilization or any settlements and secondly the only thing I have found is bananas my fish is growing low and if my memory serves right if I don't get some sort of meat in me soon I think I might start to grow weaker with lack of protein. The reason I have hidden in the undergrowth is because I could not find a tree in time for sundown but it does have its perks it's a lot softer than a tree it's got more insulation and I've also found some leaves for a bed so I don't have to sleep in branches tonight and also I don't have to worry about my firebox setting the branch on fire so overall it's probably better for comfort but not for safety although I have a boar knife my cutlass is growing blunt.