Rabbit Snaring

The old me used to go fishing and hunting is was quite fun. Whatever we hunted we put to go use I learned how to skin a animal everything. My most favorite thing to do wasn't hunting though what I loved was fishing. Being able to fish requires bait and bait requires money. So fishing is off the table as of now.

I have a plan though. The village of the new me was made in the middle of the forest with a river straight down the middle. We don't have any pathways out of the village because we have flying transportation animals that are like huge pigeons just called "Transporters". The people here are lazy with their names. The reason the village is here though is because a huge forest fire caught here making the soil great for farming. So there is no reason for anybody to hunt here since everything can be bought from the main cities.

This is where the plan starts. I am going to first set up as many rabbit snares as possible. A rabbit snare essentially funnels a rabbit into a small path then when the rabbit is going though it should get its head caught in a noose or what is called a snare. The rabbit would then off course try to escape but sets off the trap making it be hanged in the air by either a sapling or a tree branch. Its kind of brutal, but necessary because when it gets hanged in the air it cant chew the wire.

The snare is called a L7 snare basically its two notches in some sticks that go together that attached to the snare and when the snare gets pulled the notches come apart allowing the sapling or tree branch to pick it up off the ground.

I didn't get much line but I have enough to set up at least one trap. So I head out to the forest its about a mile away from town so not bad at all. All I have to my name is tattered cloths there is some tears here and there, but I got them a month ago so not that bad. When the new me became an orphan he only got two things his dads trusty survival knife and a broken pocket watch with the initials carved in from his parents and him.

The first thing he did was carve the the two notches into some sticks and then went to find and animal trail. After a bit her found a animal trail and set up his spring snare trap. He then made a funnel in a way by using some rocks and sticks to block of the sides so the rabbit will walk straight into the snare. There is almost no hunting in the area and not many predators so the forest is quite thriving I even spotted some squirrels and rabbit on the way here.

Now that the trap was set I did some thinking about the new world and what my actual plan was. Here I am actually 14 years old so kinda weird knowing I have to wait one more year than I thought to drink. Oh wait what am I kidding this place is super relaxed. There is lots of shit that happens you can drink as long as you can buy the alcohol. You only have to be 16 to have sex and you only have to be 18 to be recognized as an adult in all ways.

I only have 2 years to go. Not for sex that's just an upside. No when you become 16 you can attend magic academy. Yay wooooo magic fun stuff I get to learn. Not really Magic academy is a hell hole for someone like me. Theres always those awesome story of someone coming from non noble blood and being completely bullied by the noble kids. That doesn't happen here. If you show up to a magic school the noble kids don't bully you noooo its the fucking teachers. I have heard about kids killing themselves in that hell hole.

One might think that they just pick on you when you dont know and they call you trashy names, but no they physically fucking abuse you. Those teachers have even accidentally killed some of the kids and gotten away with it because they were a nobody. Needless to say no commoners go there anymore even if you can withstand the constant beatings its useless. They hurt you to where you cant even think straight and then you start to fail a class. And as soon as you get an F in the school your out. Its a brutal nightmare.

I'm not going there to be tortured though. As long as I have the strength to stop the teachers I will be ok. Its easier said then done for one who a person who doesn't have magical talent. But after asking around I found out nobody else felt this besides the in town healer. So I think this mean that I have a magical ability I just need to learn how to use it. I want to bring it up with the healer and maybe she could help me out.

After being in town for a day everyone has got settled into their work. I thought some people would search for their families, but nobody did its like people just came to a group decision that "This is my life now no point on dwelling on the past." Nobody used their past identity ever. While people had those thoughts it felt like this world made people just adapt to it. It was creepy.

Here is the biggest deal though, nobody can make technology from the old world either. Its like parts of our minds are missing. Like for instance I thought about all those times me and my dad went hunting, but whenever I think about how the gun works I get a headache. Or I tried to think about how everything was powered I got another headache. Its like the gods don't want us to know.

I've made up mind on the whole magic thing though. I will first learn some magic in the next two years before I get abused by those sadistic fucking teachers. Then I will have enough power to live peacfully.