The Latex Lord

Solbusaur · 2018-11-20 22:11:29

Kevin Youree was born to a village nestled nicely in between the jungles and swamps. It was chugging along, but it really could use some rubbery refinement!

I was young, about 6. I found two buckets filled with latex; evidence there was a knife around, and a person working on rubber. I had to get my hands on it. In the meantime, worked on finishing the rubber tyres. Didn't take too long, perhaps 3 minutes. Some people took notice, including one with a knife. They were surprised and please, I inherited their apron and knife! Success!

Next, spend some time gathering buckets to collect latex. Might take my new cart too, but can't as I'm too young. Go West, North and South- Nothing. Went East, I had a lucky break. A jungle as far as the eye could see riddled with rubber trees. Shame it had as many mosquitoes as it had plant life. Go to cut the first tree, no trouble, placed the bucket. Go back to fetch the other bucket, and went to cut the next tree. I got to slash it, but a swarm got me as I was placing the bucket.

I'm very lucky to be right next to a tundra, perfectly countered my overheating, so I had a backup plan if I was ever bitten. Grab a banana afterwards, bring back latex. Tell the townsfolk about the many gold veins I saw on the way, then leave. Go to the desert North West I found to get sulphur, but it runs out, meaning I have to go searching again after this batch is done (Funny, the next one I found was sat directly in front of a monolith like a symbol of good luck). Cooked the oil, mixed it in with the sulphured latex, but the fire goes out before I could bake the tyres. It was even worse, people kept taking my bowls and buckets, trying to fill them with water and such (Seriously though, COULDN'T YOU TELL THEY WERE FULL???). Make a second cart with rubber tyres, now we're getting somewhere!

Last batch (Very unfortunately) I was undecided on making rubber balls or tyres, I had fun making them in the previous life (Ege (Zoeckler)). I went to get the rubber, sulphur, oil. All went smoothly. But I got greedy, and started chasing the latex before I even finished firing the tyres. I go deep into the jungle rather than sitting on the edge, and get swarmed by mosquitoes just after I finish slashing the rubber tree. Darn! I have to run out of here to get to the tundra, or I'll starve!

Then it happened. I foolishly ran into a second swarm. I ran back into town tearing at my itchy bites before fainting. I never woke up.

http://lineage.onehouronelife.com/serve … id=1828239 Latex Lord
http://lineage.onehouronelife.com/serve … id=1827130 My first rubber run

Last edited by Solbusaur (2018-11-20 22:13:35)

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The Latex Lord

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