Tony had a bit of a problem. All of his stuff was still secure. His pot was clean, his utensils were in good shape and he even had a good stock of spices, but he'd forgotten one fundamental component. As he searched his pack, he also noted that he didn't have any vegetables or meat on hand.
Alright, make that 3 fundamental components, although he could make do without vegetables.
Indeed, he was lacking firewood. Can't start a cooking fire without wood, which means he can't cook until he got some. He wanted to cook something for his new friends, if only to see who the humans were. There wasn't much that brought on conversation quite like good food, whether he was eating or making it. But that wouldn't happen if he let it go like this. The most pressing thing was meat, as it was important but also more difficult to get. Animals didn't tend to get close to villages and an entire village of the walking dead wouldn't help that very much. Vegetables would be somewhat easier as he knew a little of the vegetation in the area. Wood would be easiest, however, so he decided to start there and work his way down the list.
Tony emptied his pack's contents, gently placing them on the floor of the dilapidated house on one of the cloths that he'd packed. He then picked up his axe and dropped his shield before picking up his pack, briefly wondering what to cook. He didn't exactly have the luxury of choice at the moment, though, so he decided not to think about it and went off to the woods.