6 After Hunt Reflections

After the long slow trip carrying the corpses of the slain rabbits Z finally makes his way to his backyard. His entire body aching the entire time as he is covered in scratches and chips but he is content that not only did he not die, Z was able to kill multiple enemies. He even got a mysterious bag full of seeds though he will wait till after he guts and skins the rabbits to figure out what is with those.

With the trip to the library Z managed to get the information he needed to properly skin the rabbits though it did lead to him learning that his knife was not meant for this job. He also remembered to actually roll up his pants legs and take off his shoes to keep the blood from getting everywhere since water wasn't a guarantee anymore. He also figured just making one spot in his yard be the designated gutting spot where stuff would just go into the ground would be his best bet.

Because of this when at one point he felt what seemed to be beads hitting his legs from in his pants a few times before hearing something hitting the puddle of blood on the ground he got confused. After all that was the leg with the seeds in his pocket. Oh well must have just been something that got in there when he was fighting.

"All right so that takes care of the rabbits and I got a core from each of them." Z said to himself after all the rabbits were mostly cleanly cut. "Time to plant those seeds since I have no idea what they could be but can't be something too bad. After all not like the plants have tried to kill anything as far as I can tell."

Reaching into his pocket though Z became confused because the bag the seeds came in were gone. Also there was only one seed in his pocket and a hole. Sighing as he knows those beads earlier were the seeds and now he has no idea where they are since he was on the fourth rabbit at the time and he has already buried the organs right underneath where he gutted them. Oh well not like blood and guts are bad for seeds according to what he read. Though he did decide to plant this last one in a different spot that gets more sun and he watered this with some water. After all he was going to at least take some care of this seed and watering a seed uses a lot less water than cleaning clothes.

Once he cleaned the blood off of him with a rag since it did not really stick to him, thankfully, he decided to go inside and store most of the meat in his fridge. It was empty anyways other than the tiny bit of milk left in the carton. Though this made him realize something weird, there were these strange crystals in it and it was still cold. He knew the lights did not work so why was the fridge. Even our dense little skeleton understood the crystals must be the reason and he was cool with that.

With that mystery solved Z went to sit on his couch when he jumps back up shouting out in pain. His ass hurt like hell. He immediately went to his room and stripped down looking at his body now to see just how messed up he is. Several ribs have cracks with his arms and legs are scratched in places. Not to mention the fact that chunks have been taken out of almost every bones expect his spine and head. The worst of the damage though has been his pelvis. It looks like a jigsaw with all the cracks in it not to mention a certain hole that looks a little to big.

"Those damn rabbits cracked my ass," was the only thought Z could come up with as he looked in shock. "Well I guess I should figure out a way to help this heal, maybe milk." Going back to the kitchen he decides to down the rest of the milk in his fridge. Surprisingly it was still good just a little frozen. Then he went and carefully laid down on his couch which caused some discomfort but it was bearable.

"Ok so I actually remember that fight this time and I know how bad I was. So first, I forgot to attack when I could at first and that definitely contributed to my injuries. Second, if I was unlucky and they had all came at once it would have been in a much worse situation. Third, I panicked and just started swinging in reaction instead of being actively engaging the enemy. Overall I did alright results wise but I can get much better. I definitely should lay some bait and traps if these cores help me get stronger." Z spoke out loud to help organize his thoughts before downing every core he got at once.

Z's body begin feeling lighter and the pain he was feeling over his body dulled some as if he took some ibuprofen. This helped his mood and helped him realize something else. He was gonna need to get more cores and that needed him to have more stuff. His knife was starting to show some nicks in the blade as well as signs of dulling. Sadly, the chance of any of the stores in town having something to help was small but there were plenty of retirees that still went hunting that might have useful stuff in there houses. That of course meaning he would be taking them from others though.

"Well I haven't seen hide nor hair of anything but those beasts the times I traveled. I have to see if I can find any clues to where everyone went anyways and if I am gonna be here for a while I need to make use of what I can. Survivor rules now bitches and I can always just return or replace anything if they come back. Ugh, more work for tomorrow though."

With that thought Z forced himself to sleep to try and help his body heal some before setting out to gather the things from the nearby houses he could use. Also he used this chance to check a few other houses in his neighborhood but finding much the same though he did manage to get some cases of bottled water he took home immediately. Last he was looking for some spots that might work well for laying traps and bait for bring the beasts to him. Needless to say some time passed before the next big thing happens to our skeleton survivor.