28th Throw - [ written ]

[shenevermisses]

Looks like we're a pretty big drain on this community.

[She's wary as she writes it. Most of the people who'll see this, she hopes, are from the same Luceti she is. But there's no guarantee.]

So I'm organizing a hunting party.

Anyone who doesn't know how to hunt and wants to learn? Meet me at six in the morning by the stable.

Those of us who do know how to hunt will pair you up with a buddy. We'll leave at six-thirty sharp.

Hunting'll be Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Fishing'll be Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.

[If there's one thing she learned in Luceti -- learned from Katniss -- it's how important these skills are.]

If we're going to strain these folks' resources? Least we can do is try to help.

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[Written]

[shenevermisses]

We'll see how you do, then. Nine at night, same place. Just you and me, how about?

[Written]

[theideaguy]

Wait... are you thinking I don't know how to hunt? I've been providing fresh meat for the convenience store for the past few weeks now.

[Written]

[shenevermisses]

It's not personal. I don't trust any skills I haven't seen for myself.

[Written]

[theideaguy]

[He sighs, but that is not carried over the journal.]

Alright, fine. I'll meet you at nine.

[Written]

[shenevermisses]

I'll see you then.

[Action] (I am so sorry for the delay!)

[theideaguy]

[He's not exactly looking forward to this. After all, Sokka has been hunting for food since he got here, and suddenly now some girl is wanting him to prove his skills as a hunter? He's been doing this stuff for years, thanks. But he knows she did have a point to this: the village needed more food, and Sokka's hunting on its own wasn't going to be sufficient. So he swallows his pride and meets up with Clove.

[Sokka is almost assuredly the later person to show, even if he is on time.]

Alright, shall we get this over with?

[Action] (No prob!)

[shenevermisses]

[Clove looks up when Sokka arrives.

She's dressed in her Tribute gear. Long pants, solid boots, a warm jacket, and a vest with several throwing knives in it. At her hip is a solid hunting knife.

This isn't, she has to remind herself, the Sokka she used to know. Luceti had that way about it. Shifting and changing, altering people who disappeared.

They're strangers, and she likes it that way.]

Sure. Let's go.

[Action]

[theideaguy]

[Sokka is dressed in his simple Water Tribe blues with a light forest green jacket thrown on top of it. Unlike Clove, Sokka has no prior knowledge that his previous self ever interacted with her, though unless Sokka has physically seen someone come to Luceti himself, he just assumes that there probably was a previous encounter at some point. Not that it made a difference; he wouldn't remember.]

Ladies first, [he says happily as he gestures onward but isn't too far behind her as they head out into the forest.] So I take it you've been here a while, hm? [He'll try to start out with a little small talk before getting down to business; after all, most of the creatures this close to the village wouldn't have that much meat on their bones.]

[Action]

[shenevermisses]

Two years.

[It feels like so much longer and only a couple days. Because this place is strange, gives her so many things to think about while relieving a lot of old worries.

Her step becomes lighter as they near the forest, though she hasn't gone into full hunting mode. Anything worth actually having won't have strayed this close to the village.

Not that it stops her from pausing just a little ways into the woods to kneel down and set a snare. If nothing else, they may as well try to leave with a rabbit. Something, rather than nothing.]

You?