Re: Fer a Price [ Spritz ]

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"Eh, the Jungle?" I didnt want to be anywhere near the Jungle at night, and tried to make it clear. Venturing long the beach, I pick up twisted shapes of driftwood that littered the sand, and set them into a pile, then collected small sticks, leaves and the like. After setting them up, I quickly take a small gold watch out of my pocket, and flip it open, using the glass to reflect the sun and shine it onto the small area of tinder. A tiny smoke tendril floated up, then another.

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Not in the jungle, outside the jungle," she reassured him. "The vines will help keep the fort sturdy." Eve flashed him a quick smile and placed the kittens down, and began to pick up peices of logs, thick and sturdy, and began to place them in a triangle-like formation, holding them up with vines from the jungle's trees, and draping leaves over the open spaces to keep warmth in.

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As soon as the small ball began to smoulder, I picked it up and brought it next to Eve, setting up the fire so that we would have light right around us. I placed the smouldering grass into the middle of tiny sticks, and slowly, they caught on fire, sending up tiny tendrils of smoke. I smile at Eve. "Good Job Captain." I had a feeling that nomatter what, she would be the captain of something. Right now, that was me. And I didnt mind one bit.

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Eve smiled and nearly dropped the log that was in her hands. "Captain? Captain of what?" She nearly laughed the words out, but managed to keep a straight face, although a smile ended up creeping across her lips. Eve put the last log in place and put a large leaf on top of any remaining gaps, looking in the small makeshift fort with approval. It was big enough for both of them to fit in, and still have the freedom of sitting up and eating if they wanted to. She nodded, then turned back to him, and waited for the answer to her question.

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I dont reply right away, a bit embarrased. "Uh, you're still the Captain to me." I smile at her, the grin a bit lopsided and crooked. I stand up after a cheerful blaze had been started, and brush the sand off of my knees. I look up to the sky, and notice the sun had moved, closer to the horizon now. The shadows were a bit deeper, darker. The hut looked sound, and for that I was thankful.

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"Is that so?" Eve laughed a bit, smiling broadly as she collected some more giant, soft leaves and placed them down as flooring for the hut so they wouldn't have to sleep in and on sand. Eve's cheeks were rosy, and she felt happier than she had ever since they'd arrived here. Her smile eventually faded as she continued to work, and once the floor had been covered so every bit of sand had been covered, she stood up and rubbed her palms together, getting rid of the dirt and sand that covered them. "Well... we'll have to share the hut. But that's okay with me if it's all right with you." She smiled lopsidedly.

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"Its fine by me." I say, not feeling awkward at all for some reason. But tonight wasent about love. Tonight was about surviving at all costs, staying out of harms way. The small black kitten batted the tabby playfully, and then pounced on her, growling and meowing.

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Eve stretched and nodded, yawning slightly. "We should work shifts. I'll take the first one." Eve said, watching the sun sink below the horizon. "Make sure the fire stays at least a minimum of a small flare." Eve sat down in the sand and watched the kittens play. "But our other problem is food. What do we need to do about that? What should we eat? I don't know what is and isn't poisonous on this island." Eve sketched a skull and crossbones in the sand with her index finger while she spoke.

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I let my head rest on my hands, and I thought about it. "I dont know either. And theres nothing but open ocean around, but, I do know what fish and se creatures are poisonus." I delare, and think about bait. "Once we catch one, we can use the guts from it to bait the others, see?"

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Eve shivered slightly at his last comment and said, "That's disgusting." Then she laughed. "All right, well one of us needs to go catch and gut a fish or whatnot, and then bait some other fish. One of us needs to stay here at the camp and keep the fire going and watch those two kittens," she nodded at the kittens which were still play wrestling. "They can probably catch minnows in small ponds, but we still need to feed them."

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"I will volenteer, since I'm the man here." I joke, and stand up. Pulling out a knife from my pocket I take a long stick and start to sharpen the end, shaving off bits of wood. They fell onto the sand in while curls, and I slowly fashioned a three pronged fishing stick.

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Eve watched him, rather fascinated by his handiwork and skill, then turned her gaze to the fire, tossing another stick onto it and watching it crackle to life once more. Eve watched the dancing flames and wondered what was to become of them. Maybe another ship would see the smoke from a dsitance, if they created a big enough fire. Maybe they would just die out here. She sighed. It wouldn't be that bad. At least they'd be together.

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After carving the fishing spear in silence, I was finished. I stood up and hoisted it for weight, then nodded, pleased. "Time to catch dinner." I say, hoping I wouldnt get stung by something poisanus(sp?) in the water.

(sss)

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Eve turned, brought out of her thoughts, although they had grown much more intricate since he started working. Eve nearly jumped, she had totally forgotten he was here. "All right." she said, sounding a bit groggy, and laid down on the grass, only to have the tabby kitten jump onto her stomach and kneed the ends of her shirt before curling up and purring deeply. Eve laughed a bit, and the kitten flicked one eye open, staring at her, and after a few moments, closed it again and went back to purring.

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I waded into the water, about thy deep and poised the spear in the water. Under water, if you stabbed where you thought there was a fish, you were actually hitting too high. So you wanted to aim for below the fish. Soon, a few small fish swam over, investigating the new thing in the water. They had never seen it, so were not afraid of me either.

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Eve closed her eyes halfway, and stared at the crackling fire, the faint rumbling of the kitten's purring on her stomach. She sighed happily and hoped that Jacob wouldn't be bitten or stung by anything poisonous. She didn't have anything to cure him, and those bastard, mutanic[sp?] sailors hadn't dropped her medicine case off board along with her other possessions. Sighing, Eve relaxed for a moment, until she heard a crack in the woods. She jerked her head up, quietly picking up the now-sleeping tabby kitten, and placing her by the fire where she'd still feel warm, and looked around, grabbing her sword instinctively.


[ gtg D: ttyl ]

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(Are you coming back 2night?)

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[ back right now, and should be on later at like... 11:30... ]

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I focus on the fish, and a rather large, slow one comes up, lumbering in the path of the spear. I lunged, the spear expertly hitting the fish, and I raise the spear in the air, the fish now limp. "One caught!"

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Eve heard Jacob's call, and looked towards it, but that's all her attacker needed to reveal itself. Before she even had time to yelp, Eve whirled around and saw a large, rather hideous being, covered in dark hairs, yet was surprisingly human -- for the most part. Its teeth were jagged and it had long nails -- no, not nails, claws -- and its feet were too large to be considered humanly. Eve parried the blow and looked to see that the creature was also using a sword, very similar to her own. Eve had to concentrate on battering the beast down, she didn't have time to call for Jacob. It took all of her strength just to block one blow and keep it away from her skin, then whatever little remained of her strength was used to lunge at the beast, who had amazing speed for one its size.

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"Ah-" I lunge forward, dropping the stick in the sand, and rushing forward, taking my sword and clashing it with the monsters. I had no idea what it was, but it looked vaugley familiar, like a human wearing a suit.

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Eve's eyes darted at Jacob and she let out a sigh of relief, and she continued to batter the beast with most of her strength, only to see two others appear from the forest. "Shit. We're dead, Jacob," she murmured, as sweat started to bead on her forehead. No fight had ever made her sweat this early into battle before, and it was starting to get on her nerves. "Why are they so damn strong?!" She said, mainly to herself, though, and managed to get her sword through the creature's gut, only to have the butt of a sword jabbed into the space between her shoulder blades. She yelped and stumbled forward, only to get back up again and try to straighten her back, which hurt like crazy, and start fighting the other two beasts.

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I grabbed the kittens and Eves hand, and leaped into the water, pulling them in. I had a hunch that these things couldnt go near the water, seeing that there were no footprints at all around the area.

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Eve cried out suddenly as she felt the cool water, and landed on her back, but watched as the creatures didn't come nearer. Her hand still gripped the sword's hilt so tightly that her knuckles were white. Although she'd made herself quite hot fighting them, the cool water didn't satisfy her. She wanted blood now. Eve turned her head to look at Jacob, "Are we just going to sit here all night and watch them?" Eve watched as one of them examined their fort, but turned and began to trample on the fire. "Damn it." She said through clenched teeth as the moon finally made its way into the sky.

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I watch them in horror. "Stay here!!!" I push Eve into the water, making her get wet over her head. I then jump out of the water, lunging at the attackers with skill and ease, my sword easily slicing through the air.

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