5 Winter 515
Clyde had risen early with the intention of leaving the city. He'd stopped by the bazaar, and gotten some food for him to eat on his overnight trip. He didn't want to have to depend completely on whatever he might find, considering his past luck with hunting.
He only got things that would keep well, and that wouldn't need an over large amount of preparation. However he had gone a bit loose with his purchases, perhaps not buying the most practical travel foods and instead buying what he thought might be interesting or tasty. But as it was only an overnight trip he'd likely not starve even if all of it was poorly chosen.
He stopped by one booth and bought an ounce of cherries for 5 sm, an ounce of elderberries for another 1 sm, and at another bought a pint of honey for another 1 sm. Then he went to another stand and got some meat, buying a pound of smoked beef for 4 gm. All together he'd spent 4 gm and 7 sm on his food, most of which had been spent on the meat.
Once he had everything he needed he packed it up neatly in his backpack, got the rest of his camping gear(and a few other tools like a hammer, a mortar, and some basic writing implements), and headed out of Syliras into the bronze woods.
It was a bit of a walk, but Clyde had Cha in hand and quickly enough pushed himself through the woods. With it being early winter the leaves had fallen, and most of the foliage was not too thick. However as it was still early winter it hadn't begun to snow yet, and wasn't too cold.
He did his best to keep himself oriented to the city, trying to stay aware of both the land and where everything was. He knew vaguely if he went in one direction he'd be heading back to the city and civilization. He kept this in mind till he was a fair enough distance from the city, far enough that it was unlikely someone would easily stumble upon him or a patrol would go through.
Once he found a nice clear spot Clyde began to unpack his things, and prepare for the night. First was to set up his tent, a simple affair with a triangle shaped side at each end. One end had a flap which could be fastened in place, which helped keep in the heat.
He spent he next bell or so setting up his tent, which involved it collapsing a few times and him getting the tarp covering caught in odd bits a few times. Finally he got it ready, setting up the wooden frame that was the skeleton of the tent. Two stick like things went at each end, and hooked together with a bit of metal. Then he did likewise for the other end. Finally a connecting stick went overhead and connected the two inverted V shapes together.
Then it was simple enough to slide the frame into the tarp, or the tarp over the frame, which worked as the ground and two sloping walls of the tent, along with the front and back. Once he had the tarp correctly prepared he pinned back the opening on a small catch, so that it would stay open while he put things inside.
If it did rain or snow he wanted his things to stay dry, so he quickly stowed his pack and his gear within. He laid out a bedroll, covered it with his winter blanket, and after retrieving it from his bag placed a fur hat on his head for additional warmth.
Turning about Clyde nodded to himself, happy with his initial preparations and his finely made if somewhat cramped tent.
“Now, to start a fire!”
With that Clyde began to mull about near the campsite, gathering firewood and dry leaves, along with twigs and small bits of vegetation to use as kindling. He could easily start a fire with his Reimancy, but Clyde wanted to live properly off the land, and so he wanted to start it properly with flint and steel. It would be at least another bell before he finished gathering wood and settled down to start the fire.
