Yay! Now they'll have to stop pouring Olive Oil down my throat!
Also, Alcohol os always the answer. After Fording, of course.
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Yay! Now they'll have to stop pouring Olive Oil down my throat!
Also, Alcohol os always the answer. After Fording, of course.
I third the notion of FORD IT.
Wow, something I've actually been trained to handle. :smallconfused:
Immobilize it. The splint should extend to the bone on either side of the affected area, thus up the forearm and down along the hand. Pad the splint with something soft to avoid chafing, Tighten it and check it frequently to loosen, as may be necessary due to swelling.
Fording it is. We dunked the hand into water, then ran a wagon over top of it. Shrieks of pain echoed across the landscape, but we seemed happy enough.
Also, we still had a hill to get over. I hoped that maybe we had just run into some bad luck, so got the ropes ready to go again...
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"Alright, enough of this crap. We're fording this hill. DOUBLE-TEAM!!"
And we passed right over the hill without dropping a thing. I think we know where our loyalties lie now. Certainly not with those worthless ropes.
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"WE FORD!!" Onward we went.
That is, until someone stopped me. They said that we should stop to celebrate.
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Fourth of July? Sweet! Break out the guns and let's play Team Fortress 2! :smallbiggrin:
I agree. Shooting stuff is fun.
What. all you can think of is shooting things?
Please.
Lets celebrate by raiding the nearby villages. Wrecking a path of destruction and Oppression in our path! Looting all the weapon stores for ammo and additional shotguns! WE WILL SHOUT OUR BATTLE CRY SO THAT THE HEAVENS THEMSELVES WILL HEAR OUR CALL AS WE- "whisper whisper" Oh? you mean this isnt the yearly celebration of Raiding and looting?...
Nevermind then. Got any fireworks?
We celebrated! There was much whooping and hollering and gunshots, and probably a few dead animals in the vicinity. Oh well. That's the price they pay for getting near us.
On the road again...
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"WE FORD!!" And thus we did.
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"Sand is dry? I'll keep that in mind."
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This was our choice. It all rested on which path we would take to our new homes. It was the most important decision to make in the entire trip.
...So I went hunting instead.
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At least I'm a good shot.
(Not much happened in that run. I'll just keep going.)
Holy crap, nevermind. Apparently, I'm a good shot, but not good enough.
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That bear was out for vengeance, man.
The only treatment for bear bite is of course, to rub salt in the wound.
What? you don't have any salt? Crap, then zarah will turn into a bear.
What'd happen if the leader turned into a bear?
as amusing as it would be to "dress up" the wound. (Im picturing putting in in a butlers outfit somehow here.) we cant let our leade- Nay our Captain! our Hero! our Savior! perish due to the insolence of a Bear!
Therefore i have devised a three stage plan.
Stage 1: Slaughter ALL BEARS WITHIN THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE SHALL AVENGE HIM FOR THIS TRANSGRESSION.
Stage 2: Treat the wound with a antiseptic. And increase his rations.
Stage 3: Kill any Settlers that dare to put forth a plan that would ultimately lead to our Captains demise!
EDIT: Then we would follow our Bear-captain into oblivion!
There is no choice! You must ford the antiseptic!
Bah! I've played enough video games in my time. Eating restores health. Always. Give the baby some extra rations and lets get rolling.
As much as I enjoy your suffering, I think we should give Zarah antiseptics, in the name of avoiding a premature ending.
Antiseptics it is. And onward we go!
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I stifled a giggle as we passed. Hopefully no one saw me.
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Boys, we may have finally found a worthy opponent.
Float??? Come on, has fording failed you yet? ... Don't answer that. I say ford that river till it don't know what hit it. What's the worst that could possibly happen?
Has anyone even died from fording yet? No? I think you have your answer, then. :smallamused:
My Dreams. They are crushed.
*takes off Admiral Hat and Coat.*
We've yet to meet a body of water we couldn't ford. Let's do this, Leeeeroooo—
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"THE LONG UNDERWEAAAAR!!"
It was a day of loss. It seemed the river had bested us, and worse yet, may have taken a casualty.
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Anatharon was alive for the moment, but in this land, there's no telling how bad wounds can get. Damn you, Green River! Damn youuuu!
antiseptic says I!
Cuts and abrasions. Suck it up. Continue!
Antiseptic? Who needs that! All we need to do is dress that wound.
Dress it hard.
But what if is infected and turns into a zombie?
I say use antizombicseptic.
Looks like you really need salt. The opportunities rack up to put it to use.
Any chance you could buy some? Next guy injured gets salted. Teaches them to work careless.
Also roman soldiers where payed in salt. So salt is something soldiers want. A soldier gets injured often. Do the math! Salt is good!
Agreed. Sell off one or two of the dead animals and buy salt. Then ford any more wounds with salt.
He was probably fighting off the bears. Better use that antiseptic, just to be safe.
Apply alcohol to the wound. That way, when the vampires attack him first because he's covered in blood, they'll get drunk and be easy prey for the rest of the gang.
Though seriously, why is applying antiseptic an option? I'm pretty sure people didn't catch on to the idea that washing your hands before sticking them into an open wound was a good thing until the 1860's.
So, yeh. Anyone amazed that we've only lost 1 person of the whole group? Seriously. I think all of us are now travelling on sheer willpower/mortal fear of vampires.
We decided to treat his wounds with antiseptic, and then move on. However, we didn't make it far before Anatharon's problems were brought to my attention again.
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Do you mean to propose that we tinker with this poor man's health? We don't even know what this aliment is. It would be pure malpractice to attempt cures with our current knowledge.
Continue as usual.
Pour antiseptic on it and ford it. No pain, no gain.
Well, if he's bleeding, that means he still has blood, so it wasn't a vampire attack. Probably a werewolf then, or else Aragehaor's angry spirit possessing another caravan member and stabbing him in his sleep.
Give him some of that "antiseptic" you got from the nice man with the big blue box.
I'm pretty sure they had both laudanum and camphor back then, even if using either of them to treat a concussion probably isn't a great idea.
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Dress the wound up in a little girly girl dress. And tell him to suck it up.
is this what it comes to? You all think i would do such a thing as kill another member of this wagon? Nothing could be further from my mind i assure you!
The thought of ending one of your lives is just Horrible! I would never DREAM of ending your lives!
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Dont worry Anatharon, being a ghost has its perks.
For example. you can take you revenge agaisnt the people in this wagon by whisperinghorribleGreat advice in there ears! they follow it most of the time too! :smalltongue:
EDIT: Also. i didnt get a burial. So he doesnt get one either. Carry on.
Unknown ailment?
Funeral, if that's code for "Decapitation followed by incineration."
Otherwise?
Run.
Ah, yes, definitely...uh, whoever shot him with a shotgun must have been possessed. Er, thus clearing them of all charges, right? So there's no reason to try and find out who did it.
>.>
<.<
Hey now! im the only ghost here! (Well. i was the only ghost here.) and i take offense that you think that i'd use a shotgun to kill him, worst of all you think i'd possess you? horrible! have you ever SEEN the insides of your body?
Disgusting. :smalltongue:
It was probably the vampires and there mind control.
Bury him face down so he just digs himself deeper when he comes back to life; it's an anti-vampire trick I read about somewhere.
What? I've, uh, always been here. Just... with another wagon. Yeah.
We have a ceremony with the dead on this wagon.
Dump the body, then ford it. Onwards!
Although a few people protested, we dropped Anatharon at the side of the road, then quickly moved on. It was by no means anything personal, but we couldn't risk him turning into a vampire... Or worse. As we continued, we kept our eyes to our backs, just in case.
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Nothing. We were safe, for now. Maybe all the talk about supernatural creatures were just legends after all. Maybe there was nothing to fear...
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But for the moment, we had more pressing matters.
Why even ask. FORD IT LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FORDED BEFORE! :smallfurious:
Caulk it. Caulk it and float. I shall be this wagon fleet's Admiral, and we shall rule the waves! everyone knows vampires cant swim!
*dons Admiral's hat and Uniform hopefully.*
Ford that sucker like the fist of an angry god!
Ford! Vampire Roadkill!
Float! Float over the river! We shall show that we aren't just some one trick pony!