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Katniss Everdeen ([personal profile] stillplaying) wrote2012-03-22 06:33 pm
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2nd Game [action + voice]

[The rain has finally stopped. It comes as such a relief to Katniss, that she slips out of the treehouse village with her bow and arrows and hunting bag so very early in the morning - earlier than she's been awake in days.

It's been a whole day of exploring the woods. Gathering edible plants and resetting snares that were damaged by the storm. And just wandering. Wandering amongst the trees, sometimes climbing up one to get a better look of the area. Here, by the edge of the lake, she feels far enough from the town that she might actually be safe.

Safer, at least, than in those past few days. Maybe she spent too much time in the treehouse after that gathering. Too much time alone with memories and thoughts that made her heartsick. Nightmares that here, something will happen to Rue, something she won't be able to stop - just like she couldn't stop that District 1 boy from spearing her in arena. Lost days that she tried to hide so she wouldn't worry Rue.

But today? Today she almost feels like herself. Especially after a whole morning's and afternoon's worth of hunting and gathering. If you've been in the forest near the western lake today, there's a chance you might have run into her.

Maybe she hasn't been as successful as she's been in the past, but her bag still speaks of some results. A wild turkey she shot early afternoon, herbs and roots gathered not too far from the lake, and a couple of small squirrels from her snares. They weigh her down and she considers returning to the treehouses, but she doesn't want to leave the sanctuary of the forest. Not yet.

A flash of yellow catches her eye and she turns, arrow notched in it's string. And then it meows, indignant, and her arrow flies to land in the dirt right next to the beast.

She stares. And scowls.




A while later, she's back in her treehouse room and glaring at the stupid creature that followed her home. Of everyone to find here from District 12, of course it has to be Buttercup.

She reaches for the journal to ask a question.]


Has anyone else here found a pet from home?
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-25 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Link holds his hands up - both completely empty, and he wouldn't be able to reach for the sword on his back without her noticing.]

It's okay - I'm not going to hurt you. Are you a new feather?
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-26 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Link exhales softly when she lowers the arrow.] Welcome to Luceti, then. I'm Link.

[He doesn't ask for her name - she can give that to him if she wants to.]
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-27 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
It's nice to meet you, Katniss. [His gaze drifts to the bow, again, and the bundle of herbs and roots.] You don't have to hunt, here, if you don't want to. The food in the village is free.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-28 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Poor animals. But still, he nods.] Okay. There's things in the village you can't hunt for, though - like things in the bakery.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-29 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[A very faint wince at that - he's too used to being able to listen to what the animals are actually saying in Luceti to be very much in to hunting.]

[Still, to each their own.]
Well - it's there if you want it! If you do go, I really like the chocolate chip cookies.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-30 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Definitely safer, yes.]

Uh huh - there's all kinds! There's also brownies and slices and regular cake and fruit danishes and... [Link forces himself to stop there, smiling sheepishly.] We didn't have much like that where I'm from, so it's nice to have it here.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-30 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome. [He gives her a smile, rocking back on his heels.] Are you staying out here in the forest?
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-03-31 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Do you like it better here? [Link smiles briefly, glancing up at the trees.] I come out here all the time. I grew up in a forest.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-04-02 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles at that.] It's nice, huh? When I was little, I used to explore all over the place looking for fresh berries and things.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-04-03 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Uh huh - strawberries and blackberries. The strawberries are a lot littler than the ones in the stores, but they're even sweeter - there's a big patch of them every summer near community house four.

[That's trust, sharing the location of his secret berry stash!]

I've seen others I don't recognise, but I've never tried them.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-04-04 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Link nods in acknowledgment, especially at the blueberries.] I've had blueberries before, I just couldn't remember the name. I guess it's kind of obvious, though, huh? And we've had raspberries, but I never saw them in Hyrule.
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-04-08 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
Uh huh. Thanks! Are all of those edible?
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[personal profile] blessedbyfarore 2012-04-09 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'll keep an eye out for them, then. Thanks!

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