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who: Joshua and ~you~ (and a closed one for Estelle in the comments)
where: Outside the Bluobros house. I just named it that now. Whatcha gonna do about it.
when: In the days just after Forest Disaster Fun, I guess? It's not that time sensitive.
what: Fun with water filters, and sick harmonica jams! (If neither of these is your bag, but you have a better idea, hit me up! I don't mind throwing together a starter for you.)
warnings: Nothing yet, will edit as needed.

i.
[ Since they all (figuratively) washed up here, Joshua's made the executive decision that his first priority is the water supply. The shelter available could use some work, but it's serviceable, so given that it takes longer to starve than to dehydrate - it just makes sense.

So he spent those first few days rigging up a few water filters, to run the water first through a layer of sand, then charcoal (nobody misses the chairs that died for the cause, after the cleaning incident, he's sure), and last some wadded up cotton. After all of that, it's ready to be boiled, but today, he's looking back and forth between the output of two of the filters with a frown.

He's been running through water from both the well and the harbor - separately, in hopes of figuring out if one's more potable than the other. And they didn't seem too different, at first, but now...

...well, one is starting to look a lot better than the other. ]

That's new.

ii.
[ ...or, if you happen to pass through while he's just poured some water in and is waiting for it to make its way through, you might instead catch him playing the harmonica. Enjoy. ]

iii. (wildcard)
( TELL ME YOUR HEART'S DESIRE. We can work something out. )

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[ It takes a few minutes; with the target in sight (and earshot) he's being more careful than ever to move silently, but he makes his way around, and then takes a moment to watch the wolf and get an idea of what they're up against. The way it moves, the size of those teeth (the most important part, really)...

He waits for an opening. It lowers its head, pawing at something on the ground -

And Joshua's charging straight towards it, blades at the ready. ]

[The wolf startles, growling and leaping away from Joshua just as planned, turning tail to run. It's clear the wolf is skittish, ready to flee rather than fight.

Until, of course, Estelle leaps out from the bushes with a swing of her staff, thwacking the beast in the nose and sending it sliding with a yelp.]

Got you!

[Not that the beast is down yet-- it's shaking it's head, letting out a snarl.]

[ It throws the wolf off enough to give Joshua a chance to catch up, though, and that's all he needs.

The wolf is quick - they're going to have to deal with that first, so he does so in the most efficient manner possible, slashing it right across the hamstrings. ]

[The wolf lets out a high pitched snarl, pained and enraged. Joshua is clearly the more painful threat here, and it turns to snap at him and his blades, one of it's back legs dragging behind it.

It's all but finished, really, and Estelle helps things along by aiming a swing of her staff right along it's back, send it skidding into the dirt.]

[ All but finished means there's no reason to drag it out any further, especially when Joshua's figured from the start that trying to get a fang out of a wolf's mouth is really the kind of thing you can't do humanely and non-lethally.

So he's there in a flash, one blade plunging straight down to finish it off. ]

[No, probably not. It's unfortunate, but that's how it has to be-- and it isn't exactly the first time Estelle and Joshua had to kill wildlife. Part of the job, after all.

Estelle watches grimly as the wolf falls, sighing as she wipes a bit of blood off of her staff on some nearby foliage.]

Well, that's one set of wolf teeth. He didn't get you, did he Joshua?

[She didn't think so, but it never hurt to check.]

No, I'm fine.

[ He crouches next to the wolf's body and considers. Really, what they need is a pair of pliers, because just taking hold and pulling probably isn't going to get them far.

Not having any of that on hand, well. At least everybody in town knows what it's about if they come back toting a severed wolf head? ]

Great! Well, we should probably get to taking it back then.

[Estelle can try to knock the teeth out with her staff, at least! But that.... might get messy. Not that decapitating a wolf isn't but hey.

Well, looks like they'll be delivering one (1) severed wolf head, teeth and all, as demanded.]

Yeah, there's not going to be any pulling this out by hand.

[ One swift, strong slash downwards and there is a wolf head lying separate from the wolf on the ground, because that's apparently just the kind of lovely date these kids go on. ]