It turns out that fish are not amenable to simply plucked out of water to be consumed. Selfish fish.

It was a loose hope.

Can he get a water totem and trap one of the fish with careful application of it?

He can't. The water sort of whirls for a bit, but then the effect is gone and the smol water totem is spent.

Ugh.

He goes and reactivates it and will for now deal without fish.

Presumably he returns to his tent, which he can reach before dusk.

He does! And then he eats some more food and sets up his campfire again.

This time he has a weapon and the knowledge that his tent should help.

And eventually: dusk.

And soon after that: giant bats!

He shoots at them! With the archer totem!

Sometimes he misses, it's dark, the bats are also dark, but if he keeps up like this Anthony will eventualy land a hit five times. When the bats die, they explode into sparkles.

… He feels bad about that but if they're exploding into sparkles they're probably reasonably video-gamey and perhaps he doesn't need to worry so much about harming the poor creatures. Plus they're attacking him.

He returns to his tent and opens the quest book.

As predicted the quest completed. A new one shows up and is simply:

Goals:

• charge a new totem-type. 0/1

Hint: creativity and the willingness to try new things are key strategies for success.

Ugh. He's gonna try a clothing totem in the morning, he decides.

For now, he will sleep in his apparently-very-protective tent.

Once again when he wakes up he feels Very Refreshed and Well Rested.

He feels like those deserve little '™' marks after them.

Clothing totem: doable or not doable?

Doable! Gives him a smol cloth totem... which is soft to the touch, like a plushy toy. The entry says:

The weakest cloth totem, can make small changes or repairs in clothing, or create a small piece of fabric. Basic cloth manipulation. Single use.

Also, there is a new quest!

Goals:

• Catch a freshwater fish. 0/1
• Catch an ocean fish. 0/3
• Use a fire totem to cook a fish. 0/1

Hint: most freshwater fish are best caught individually and most ocean fish are best caught in groups. Be mindful of your tactics.

Oh that's so cute.

Can he just keep producing bits of fabric because it seems like it might be useful? Presumably he can create some and then just re-activate the totem… repeatedly… without it using up his shirt or anything.

He can definitely do that! The pieces of fabric are all uniformly square and white and about handkerchief-sized, at least when produced by a smol totem. He soon will have a small pile of cloth at his disposal.

And can he also stitch it together using a fabric totem?

The fabric is joined together seamlessly.

That works! He doesn't suppose it's particularly thick but it might work as a small… blanket or something.

Can he do a food totem, or does it end up being a 'berry totem', or is it just not doable…?

It should be serviceable as a blanket, or he could use layers.

He can get a smol fruit totem, which he can use to move a small fruit, make it ripe and fresh or turn a seed into a fruit.

Oh fancy that's so nice. Ahahaha.

Can he do an offering of kinetic energy by jumping near the totem. By any chance.

Apparently not.

Any other convenient materials around that he might make a totem out of? Perhaps sometime he will catch a fish and be able to make a fish totem.

Well, he likely has things made of plastic or metal in his possession, maybe paper, there is that bottle that is made of glass and seashell. Maybe he could try different plant bits too.