Chapter 10 - Retreat and re-plan

He saw the singular huddled together as they protect the weak and vulnerable members of the group. The larger Boar was engaged with a battle against the larger Terror Bird. The other two were circling around the Boars to rattle them out. Brad knew he couldn't follow through his plans so he carefully went down and traced back his steps back to the cave.

He silently walked far from the fight so he decided that he should gather more seeds of the poppy. Brad passed by the little clearing which he alread had mark all around to remind him of where he had harvested last time. He left marks on the trees as he went and cut branches that reached out to steal sunlight from the little clearing.

He hoped that the Poppy would propagate more and become aplenty so he could drug many helpless victims. That's too grim, so let's tone it down a bit.

He's gonna being the high in this forest. Brad thought that maybe he should make a small trap where he puts food full of poppy seeds and install alarm traps to signal him of a capture. He walked back and remembered he could make ropes from the soft bark of smaller trees. He felt it would be better if the entrance of the cave was also covered enough so no eyes could tell it is a cave entrance.

Brad felt that he should reign his subconscious reactions so he wouldn't get in trouble in the future. One wrong move and a large beast would make him a little snack. Brad got inside and rolled the boulder back cause it is about afternoon already and he hoped some of what he foraged would be edible.

Brad wlked inside after he had close the boulder and the Log gate properly. He went inside to test the herbs through the famous Trial and Error method.

[Two hours later]

Brad was on the ground looking out of it as he stared at the ceiling talking to himself.

"Hey bro, Isn't the window just an elevated door, it serves the same purpose of letting in stuff but the window is just not aligned to the floor?"

"Really Bro, cool...."

"Isn't a fart just a cry of the souls of the victim you have eaten?"

"Rad dude!!"

"The sea is a never ending all you can eat buffet bro..."

"bruh"

"Once a person claps, the clapping never stops. It was just a long pause before the next one."

"That's deep bruh."

[an hour later]

"Note [Great product for Snoop Dogg]"

"Next plant!"

[Two minutes later]

"Achoo!!"

"Ha! Haaa! Haachoo!!"

"Note [Extreme nasal irritant]

[three hours later]

*Pooot!!*

*Pffrrt!!*

"Note, it's a laxative."

[one our later]

"Can't help it but this shit still burns!!"

"Hello God-bod! Soon I'll look like Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evan combined!"

[thirty minutes later]

"zzzzzzzzzzz"

[The nex morning]

"Holy crap!!!"

Brad jumped out of bed looking at the angry looking junior of his that looked like it was 15" long and 4" wide.

"Damn I'm stacked like a horse!" Brad then went to write on a notebook, [Aphrodisiac] then he went to get his best friend's assistants, Lotion and Flesh light.

[One hour later]

Brad rewrote what he had written on the book, [Classified: Level 9 security Access needed= Potent sexual drive enhancers, highly recommended to men with ED]

"Okay let's try this little guy"

[Three minutes later]

"Grgghh! Heerrp!" Brad went to grab a small piece of wyvern meat and swallowed it before his throat is clogged.

[Five minutes later]

"Note, try herbs in small quantities next time and always have spare wyvern meat to steam out the poison."

"Okay next!"

[Ten minutes Later]

"Huh, nothing happened."

Brad smiled but his face started getting pale as he started to feel cold all over as his toughts slowed down and bodily functions slows down. Brad realized the use of this herb so he jotted down [Possible Blood thickener, slows heart rate, preferably used to stop bleeding, might experience slight discomfort.]

"Okay last plant!"

[Twenty minutes later]

"Holy shit the world is so slow!!"

*plop!*

"Huh what's that!?"

"Let's go!!!"

[Four hours later]

"Note [very strong caffeine, could be used to kick back a patients heart rate shoul body start to lose strength to pump the heart itself]

"Welp It's almost lunch time" Brad looked at the make shift Sundial which he placed near the bed where a ray of sunlight passes through. It looked like squigly lines but he had wasted one day before to mark every hour that passes by and found out that this place almost have a twenty four hour day period.

But from what Brad sees the squiggly lines formed a pattern which continues to re peat so Brad made sure of marking the changes every week that passes by. He noticed a slight change in the angle when the Suns and moons shine as the pattern was still the same but the lines title quite a bit towards counter clockwise.

Brad felt he needed more data to make a working Sundial or should he say Sunsdial? Nevermind about that as Brad felt it was time to brainstorm how to trick these delicious meals outside into eating this Handsome Uncle's candy filled with opium. That really came out wrong in so many levels but hey, it's not like it is real.

(Author: I already set warnings of foul words and curses, so if anyone is offended. Please just know that I don't care as this is only a piece of fiction where I put my dark lonely thoughts and treat this novel as a way of coping with stress. So if you can understand then please find things or a hobby to chanel your stress into. Trust me, it helps even if a little bit. Hope you like the novel so far)