DaChiefPI says:
Leaning on his survivalist training Vlax searches for the items needed in a forest like setting to create a large lever. The same types of natural "machines" are useful in setting traps and snares, he just needs to work woth his partner to execute the same vision on a much larger scale. Wedges, fulcrum, bending over large trees a d using that perpetual energy to help lift.
Vlax manages to find materials and build a working lever systems freeing the captives. The family has a tale of woe about how the storm washed over them and they were immediately beset by tiny tornados that chased them through the clouds after tearing their wagon apart. With the family so badly shaken Vlax and Ulkar are escorting them back when they find the scouts tracks.
GooberMcSnorford says:
Ulkar finds these scouts trying to figure out what to do. Using Ulkar's carpentry knowledge from his family trade, he understands just what it will take to get through the type of wood the sapling is made of so they can cut the sapling at it's base and on the other side of the scout's torso. Ulkar has no experience in healing so he wants to keep the scout and his new woodland friend stabilized and transport them back to the wagon train. Using some nails and a hammer that he has in his pouch he is able to fashion a rickety frame that will hold the scout on his mount while laying down and keep him from falling off or moving too much while they make their way back to a healer at the wagon train.
Ulkar spends time and care to ensure the wounded scout moves as little as possible. The families mother steps up to chatter with the guard and hold his hand to distract and comfort him as each cut to the tree drains him of color. Eventually the party makes it back to the wagon train where the guard is looked to and given what medicines are on hand.