Trialling some new environmental standards

"And I just spoke to your mom."

"Fair enough. Still, do you want any help?"

"With survival stuff?"

"Yes, because there are literal monsters coming out at night. And maybe you haven't found the cool stuff."

"I have found that totems exist and also the weird bats explode into sparkles! It was mildly confusing and terrifying and I feel bad about animal cruelty, but."

"They just vanish when the sun goes up, you know? And if you die you just have to swim from the tiny ass island."

"… I have not yet died."

"Lucky you. I don't recommend it."

"Apparently the tent is bizarrely protective against the – things – too."

"Yeah, and it would've been fun if the book had hinted that during my first night instead of the next day."

"Oh, yeah, I ran around for a fun time before I decided to just settle back down out of tiredness and realized I wasn't dying."

"I tried to make a shelter with stone totems, couldn't do it fast enough."

"… Ouch."

"I make a point of killing will-o-wisps because it's so cathartic."

"I don't think I've worked out how, actually."

"Fire, light or lighting. They are afraid of light too, even from each other."

"And that actually harms them? … I've had a fire near my tent the past few – two? – nights, which has at least kept them away."

"They are smart enough to not get close. You can just use a fire totem or a torch on them."

Nod. "Anyway, where've you set up camp? I should probably move nearer, if we plan on sticking together."

"I came from a different island, identical to this one even. But I have my things," he waves at the stalker chest. "I could move near you."

"Probably works better!" he agrees, and starts walking back towards his tent.

Gabe follows. "Where have you set camp? Have you found the place behind a waterfall?"

"I'm actually pretty near to the original beach I landed on, first time I swam over, and – place behind a waterfall?"

"Yeah, there is an waterfall near an altar. And there is like, a cave behind the waterfall where Jones set up a base or something. And if you follow the stream further up there is a totem creating the water."