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Originally Posted by YourLocalJesus
Let's elaborate on the subject of a deserted island. There are a few answers that I would want you guys to answer:
1. You can take some stuff with you. Not a boat, ship, plane, raft or other device that can take you off the island. What would you bring? You have five objects to choose.
2. What area of the world would you like to be stranded in?
3. What does your personal island look like? Vivid descriptions, please.
4. What natural resources are available on the island?
5. What would you build on your island?
6. What devices, tools and stuff would you construct? To what purpose would you use them?
7. Should there be wild animals on your island or do you want to survive entirely on fish and vegetables?
8. Describe, come with ideas. Tell me stuff that I haven't asked, but that you want to tell me about your island.
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1. I'd bring a knife, a big blank journal, a pack of pens, a big ball of twine, and chapstick.
2. I'd like to be stranded somewhere tropical, I think. I know, it's cliche, but it'd be easier to stay cool than to stay warm if I was to be suddenly stranded.
3. Mostly jungle, with an inactive volcano somewhere on it. I'd have a cave in the side of the volcano where I'd hide if a tropical storm or a hurricane happened to come by the island. For everyday living, I'd build a platformy sort of treehouse.
4. As for natural resources, it'd mostly just have trees. And rocks. A wide variety of rocks. And grasses. There would be fish in the ocean and smaller animals to hunt (like birds, rodents and maybe some boars if they aren't the gigantic ones).
5 & 6. The aforementioned treehouse would consist of a platform and a roof, and maybe some low walls just so I wouldn't accidentally roll off of it in my sleep. It'd be about the size of a small studio, with an area for sleeping, and a separate area for food storage.
I would also build a firepit below the treehouse, along with racks and tables for drying and preserving meats, fruits, vegetables, and for the processing of grasses & vines to make fibres for clothing & ropes. I'd also need to build some storage containers...hollowed-out logs would probably do the trick...for things like holding water, roots, nuts, etc. I think I'd eventually need to shape some crude knives from rocks, too.
I'd also want to build sort of a rocky enclosure in the sea with only one way in to try and trap fish with bait, cuz I really suck at fishing with a pole.
7. As I said earlier, I'd want some smaller animals on the island. Nothing bigger than a pig.