03 Amber | Downstream of the Boat

[hairsay]

[For once this lanky young woman does not look like she's trying to win a staring contest with a cockatrice when she activates her amber slice. She does look sweaty and tired, but maybe that's actually helping. Behind her the mist is close, a towering wall, but the chuckle of the stream gives away her location before she can even open her mouth.]

Hey, any of you happen to be strong and willing to lend a hand? Me and Evan, [And indeed, the gawky redhead struggling to roll and heft rocks behind her happens to be in the frame as she talks,] are putting together a fish trap. I don't know about any of you but the thought of real meat that we don't have to bargain for with stone doubloons is so tempting we've been building this thing for the last couple of weeks straight.

It could use refining.

[She swings the slice around to reveal a very crude weir along one side of the stream composed entirely of raised pebbles and smooth rocks; it doesn't block the stream because Jo has noted the boat at dock just upstream of her location, but she's making a fair play at funnelling any minnows into it.]

Once we're done we just need some bait and some lucky catches. I never learned spear fishing but I'll bet some of you super freaks has a leg up on that. Come on down, huh?

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[hairsay]

[Jolene has a moment to look Saber over. There's something robotic about the quality of her words, but she can't quite put her finger on it... in any case, the dark-haired woman gives a wretched snort and then a laugh at that last comment.]

You can fucking tell me that twice! I live with a bachelor and a cat who likes to eat his own blue hairballs. I never thought that I'd be the one with the cooking skills, but life throws you a bone every once in a while I fucking guess!

[knight_king]

Oh you know how to cook. That is very useful, I am fairly envious of your talent.

[She is a gourmand who cannot cook.]

I am able to perform most house chores and yet cooking eludes me.

[hairsay]

[Jo casts a look over the amber that ought to speak volumes. 'You kidding me?' is what she doesn't want to say out loud.]

Well, you got it made there, then. They cram us full of nuts and berries until the cows come home.

[knight_king]

I do not like meals that are not well-prepared.

[One does not simply eat just what is available, specially when there is no need for them to eat.]