Chapter 155

Why would anyone follow the rules when there is no one to enforce them?
Morals you say? We are humans, not animals you say? Well, you are partially correct. We aren't animals and morals drive many if not all our actions throughout our lives. But why would I want to follow something as unnecessary as etiquette when there is no one around to judge me?
Why would I care about closing my mouth while eating if there is no one to be disgusted by my action.
After laughing at my own joke for a few minutes, I randomly kicked up, landing on my feet merely seconds later. With the grace of a butterfly as well as a spring in my step, I found myself standing on the edge of the skull looking into the distance, reminiscing on what had happened over the last 5 weeks.
"To think I suffered more in the first week than I had suffered throughout the last 4 and a half weeks. If I think about it, I've fought at least 3 times more life or death battles in the first week than I had after my last death." I muttered to myself, my eyes still lingering in the distance as if I was looking for something that simply was not there.
I had spent much of the last four weeks this way, looking into the sky and the forests, observing and waiting for something to happen. I knew that I had a mission to complete and I was still only on the first part of the three-part mission, yet even then I did not know where to start.
What was I supposed to do? Leave the comfort of the home that I created just to walk in a random direction to find some kind of civilization
"Ugh." Rubbing the bridge of my nose, I quickly jumped down the skull before swinging myself into it and through the eye hole.
Sliding to a stop, my eyes darted around before finally finding what they had been searching for.
Walking up to one of the nearest rocks, I lifted it up and took a peek inside before closing the lid and moving back to check the fire.
After seeing that the fire had extinguished at this point, I swiftly moved across the room and rummaged through the countless items I had collected, trying to find the bow drill mechanism that I had crafted for myself to make fire-making easier and faster.