A Light in the Dark Forest

"I see. Fair enough. But for tougher enemies such as bears, weapons are recommended. Has your style of martial arts taught proper use of pole weapons? A tree branch could be substituted for a staff, for example." He certainly spoke as if he knew much about combat, but he didn't so much look like the combat type. Certainly, he was of an athletic build, definitely in shape. But he didn't look extraordinarily strong, nor did his body appear to have any scares or any other signs of battle upon it. He looked like an above-average handsome city boy in the jeans/t-shirt he was wearing.

"As for myself, I decided to take a stroll through the forest. But it seems as if it was more dangerous than I had hoped for." It wasn't technically a lie, even if he did conveniently leave out the reason for his 'stroll'. "Speaking of which, while you are here, may I ask if there are have been any unusual occurrences on this island as of late? Strange disappearances, mysterious bodies found, that sort of thing?" Well, that was a rather random question to ask.

"How inspirational!" He said without any hint of sarcasm. Really, he meant it. "A man alone in the woods, just him and nature. Absolutely wonderful! Truly, one day you shall be able to pass on your wisdom to others." He smiled. However, Nakata never did answer his question as to whether anything strange was going down on the island. In many cases, he would take that as a sign of purposely ignoring the question in an attempt to not give away information. However, something told him that probably wasn't the case here. More likely it was an oversight.

"You may accompany me as you wish, Mister Ishikawa, however I do warn you that I plan for my stroll here to be as uneventful as possible." Especially if this young man were to be here with him, he would certainly not want to find what it was he was looking for. If he did indeed for some reason come across "it", which was highly unlikely, there was an estimated 89.2785 percent chance that Nakata would die within mere moments of doing so.

(OOC: Note that Alistair uses the appropriate Japanese titles/honorifics as appropriate, I just don't know enough about them outside of the animes I watch to actually type them out here >.>)

"Hmm, first, it is my belief you should find proper attire lest you grow cold. If per some chance we do not make it back by nightfall, you could succumb to hypothermia." As it was, Alistair was in attire for late spring or early summer when in fact snow had already started falling on some days, but he appeared unaffected. At this point he removed his shirt and tossed it to Nakata. Again, his body was free of any type of scar or other blemish. "This should suffice for now, but in the meantime it is recommended we find some warmer attire for you.

Alistair turned and began foraging around the forest floor for something While the trees had shielded the forest floor from most of the snow, much of the leaves and other such things were already fallen. "Leaves and other such things can be foraged to create makeshift clothing." Since he originally planned on it only being himself out here, he did not properly equip himself to take care of others if required. His body was naturally resistant to extreme temperatures, but even he would feel the chill at nighttime, especially without a shirt.

"Very well." He said, catching the shirt. Hew had considered just tossing it aside and bearing with the cold as Nakata did, but he did not have the same rate of regeneration and his body would eventually succumb to hypothermia and he would die from it. Unable to argue with Nakata's logic, which of course included that he knew nothing of Alistair's abilities other than this empathy, he placed the shirt upon himself once again.

"Unfortunately, I have no sharp object upon me. And while it would be possible to sharpen a rock in order to use as a knife, the amount of time it would take to do so would not be worth it. Thus, I agree with you that we should move on. Do you know any landmarks perhaps, or should we wander aimlessly?" He, in fact, did know of a single landmark. A cave that was nearby. This supposed cave was apparently quite deep, but there was a problem.

Alistair would die if he did not eat every 4-5 hours.

And he needed a rather large meal, at that. There was no way he would be able to traverse the cave without dying, unless he packed a lot of food. But, he figured that at least checking it out wouldn't do any harm. He could survey it as best as possible and return later if he considered further exploration. But now with Nakata present, he was hesitant to follow these plans.

It was likely Nakata assumed Alistair was a student of the academy, but that was incorrect. In fact, he had already trespassed more than once on school grounds after-hours, as well as attempted to hack into their mainframe database. This meant Alistair needed to tread lightly in his conversation, lest he give away too much information and eventually rouse suspicion. He had already done so with a teenage girl from the academy as it was, and he did not want a repeat of that situation.

He observed Nakata's movements without a word, before returning the nod and turning towards his previous direction of travel. He had just over three hours left before he would require food and planned on preparing a meal before those three hours were up. Normally, he would be cautious not to wait too long before hunting, as his body would quickly become weak by the time those three hours were up, impeding his ability to hunt. However, with an ally now by his side, and the obviously high population of creatures in this forest, he decided it would make little difference.

In the meantime, he would continue his trek through the woods in search of anything suspicious. It was unlikely he would find much of anything, though. But maybe Nakata would be able to give him some information on the academy as well as the island it was on.

The path he took did not appear to be any sort of trail, rather it seemed to be almost completely at random. While he appeared to know where he was going, it was almost a wonder if he was actually lost. "What are your interests, Master Nakata?" He asked seemingly to pass the time. However, his motive certainly went deeper than that.