Setting a Trap || OS
I was becoming restless and I knew the hunger would arrive sooner or later. Im sitting in a closet on a chair starring out a window. Nervous yet bored. I didn't have any matches and I hadn't looked around outside for anything I could use. I retained mostly survival skills and I couldn't think of anything to help me survive.
I looked down at the pile of six pairs of snow boots, including the pair that i had on originally, but changed out of. "God damn, I'm slow." I said aloud to myself. I was suddenly on my knees unlacing the shoe laces from all the boots. And after I had tie them all together I had two fifteen foot long ropes. Each one was about two and half feet long, so I was left with a longer rope than I expected. I rolled one up and shoved it into my jacket pocket and pushed the chair from in front of the door. Before I left the old shop I scanned all the windows again quickly to check for other tributes. I had to be carful, considering Im one of about five people alone. But still, I couldn't sit in that room and wait for everyone to kill each other and possibly starve or be dragged out by the game makers. "No one"
I walked out the front door knowing what shapes of sticks and lengths i needed. I searched for any kind of tracks left by a small animal. There was still snow falling so id have to look even closer because they may be covered quickly by the fresh powder. As i looked I found a large stick that I broke up to form two J like shapes. I finally found tracks that could've ben left by a fox or a rabbit. I wasn't sure by Id take either. I formed two slipknots on either end of my 'rope' and set the aside. I then stretched a nearby sapling down to the ground and marked where it met the snow. I took my two J shaped sticks and shoved them into the ground with the extensions facing the same direction. I had to use a larger stick as a hammer, cause the dirt was frozen solid. I tied one end of the rope to the sapling with the slipknot and a small stick the the rope about one foot from that knot. I then took that and wedged it underneath a stick that was alined along the two J shaped ones. creating a counter weight on both ends using gravity. One the other end of the rope i formed a noose and set that on the ground in front of the counter balanced contraption. If an animal was to disturb the stick that lied across the noose that the counter balance would release, allowing the noose to tighten around the animal, while simultaneously allowing the sapling to spring back up quickly, trapping and possibly strangling the creature. I put some green leaves, that I had to climb a tree to retrieve, in the circle as something to lure bait over to the trap.
The shop was about 25 yards away from my trap and I picked up a large stick that could've been a fallen branch and a sharp looking rock to possible manufacture a weapon. When I got back to my safety I wanted to double check the small cabinets under and behind the counter to see if there was anything I missed.