Snippet #2457434

I wake again, not exactly sure what time it is. My throat is dry. My hand finds its way up to my lips, which are starting to become cracked. How long have I been sleeping? Not sure. But the last I remember is wanting to set up a trap. I shift uncomfortably, the emptiness in my stomach is suddenly obvious. I look down, hoping that the ground isn't too far of a drop. I jump and... crack a sharp pain shoots up my leg. I don't expect it to hurt as much as it does. Or for my ankle to give way. I pull myself up off the ground and brush myself off. As I go to walk, I fall forward and I just barely throw my hands out in front of me before my face hits the ground. The ankle must be sprained. Letting out a loud sigh, I get up again and reach my hands our to the nearest tree and rest up against it. I pick up a good sized stick and hold it against my leg, giving support to the ankle. I look around for any sort of string and shrug when the only thing I find is plant stems. I take off my sweater and wrap it around the leg and stick, then tie it over with the plant stems. My eyes wander around the ground in search of a walking stick. I can't find one so I reluctantly snap a branch off of a nearby tree. This will do for now, until I can... what? What exactly can I do about this? I'm out in the middle of nowhere. No hospital is going to accept some... some criminal like me. I have barely any supplies to deal with this.

I am angry. I can't remember the last time I was angry like this. But I can't really remember much anyhow. I crave a cigarette. But I know that if I get that into my system now it will make hunger and thirst worse, so I push the thought away and focus on finding some food.

After a while of looking around in search of something edible and setting a few traps, I come across some berries. They are red, which is usually a bad sign, but I pick up a few anyways. I'm not stupid, and I know (somehow) that I shouldn't just eat some random plant. The survival class burns bright in my head again. I remember it saying to sample the plant first. I burst one of the berries and put some of the juice from it on my lower lip. If I wait fifteen minutes, and my lips aren't numb, then it should be safe to try a few.