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[brightlyshines]

Who: Estelle Bright & whoever else wants to bother her!
Where: The town, the lakeside.
When: Open prompts on the 18th, private prompt with Joshua on the night of the 15th.
What: Estelle's finally located some fishing poles. She's ready to see what she can fish up, but unfortunately, the lake has some rather interesting fish... Also, collecting firewood.
Warnings: creepy mutant fish with too many heads and teeth, ahoy.

Locked to Joshua - night of the 15th
[Estelle was tired, dirty and hungry, but mostly tired. Their investigations today provided more questions than answers, and with dark falling soon, she knew they'd get little else done today. Stumbling around in the dark wasn't going to get them anywhere safely or sanely.

Better to rest up, see what tomorrow brought-- not that she had to like it, of course.]

Aaaaah... what I wouldn't give for a proper bed. How about you, Joshua?

Fishing at the Lakeside - 18th
[It had taken some hunting, but eventually Estelle had managed to find a few fishing poles in an empty boathouse. Some fishing enthusiast had left them behind, no doubt, and Estelle hopes wherever the previous owner was, they weren't missing them too much. She manages to collect some bits of foodstuff from the store as well as some bugs before heading out to the lakeside, settling in and casting her line. She's still not sure about testing out this water herself, but if there were any fish, she'd find them.

Now to wait. All she needed was a touch....

While she does though, maybe someone might join her? There's a few spare poles set off to the side, after all.]

Baby it's gonna get cold outside - 18th
[While cuddling up with Joshua at night was nice and certainly warm, Estelle knew that ready to use firewood was probably going to be necessary at some point for people here. She didn't have an axe to cut at trees, but there was plenty of broken and useless furniture laying around, ready to be broken apart. So Estelle selects a few especially unrepairable looking pieces, broken frames and rotten through chairs, and gets to work on them, using a rock to knock pieces loose when her hands won't do.

Slowly but surely, a sizable pile will form. An even bigger one might form with a little help! Or maybe someone needs some firewood to keep warm at night? She'll be leaving the pile out near the store for everyone once she's done.]

Comments

Re: lakeside fishing

[brightlyshines]

[Well, Estelle sure wouldn't want to swim in it, that's for sure. It was seriously creepy looking, even compared to the rest of the grey town.

However food was important, and if they could find some food that didn't taste wrong, then Estelle was ready to look into all options. Maybe the fish in the lake were an exception to whatever had affected the town.

Estelle glances up from her rod when Ryoji approaches, though her hands continue to occasionally move the rod just a tiny bit even with her attention diverted.]

Hm....? I'm fishing, of course. I mean I know it's a long shot, but there might be something in the lake, you know?

[appraiser]

[ He stops walking only when he's standing right next to Estelle, hands clasped behind his back and him leaning forward just the slightest so that he can peer into the water, the fishing line catching the sun from time to time and shifting in and out of visibility. ]

It's such a thin line and such a wide lake... If you keep so still and quiet, won't it be hard for anything to notice?

[brightlyshines]

Huh....?

[She gives him a perplexed look, shifting her rod from one hand to another so she can turn a bit more to face Ryoji. Why would she want the fish to notice her? She'd never catch anything then.]

Well that's kind of the point. The fish are supposed to not notice you're there, and take the bait so you can pull them up. If you're really loud they'll swim away.

[appraiser]

[ Ryoji returns the confusion, because if the fish don't notice you're there, then them coming by is all up to chance. He reaches out and pokes at the fishing line, the water barely rippling with the movement before it becomes glass still again. ]

Have you caught anything yet?

[brightlyshines]

[Oh Ryoji..... Estelle might have to educate him on the fine art of fishing, clearly. Estelle allows the poking of her line, since it isn't exactly going to cause her any problems, and shrugs a little.]

Nope, not yet. But I haven't been here very long. The fish need to catch scent of the bait first.

[appraiser]

[ He looks from the pole to the little container of bait by Estelle's side and wrinkles his nose a little. It doesn't smell like anything to him, standing all the way on the other side of her, but the thought of bugs as food makes him a little squeamish. ]

Poor things. [ He means the bait ] They're still so hard to see though, being as tiny as they are. And so hard to smell, sitting out here on shore! [ casually... moves over to the other side of her, so he's next to the bait. ] I bet if we tipped a bunch of them into the water, that would draw any fish closer.

[ Let the bugs be freeeeee ]

[brightlyshines]

[Listen, Estelle loved bugs. She also loved to fish, and loved to eat.]

Huh....? I've never heard of a fishing method like that.

[She gives Ryuji a questioning look, squinting a little at him. Did this guy even know what fishing was....?]

[appraiser]

[ Absolutely no idea. ]

It's one that I've just made up! I think new methods are always worth a try, though. Maybe it'll work even better than we'd thought.