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[curseshit]

Moss, moss, everywhere. Luckily the terrain is getting smoother, no more sharp rocks underneath the green moss, waiting to break your ankles. The forest looks like no one has been here for ages. No B&B for you. The good news is that the animals don't fear humans and you should have no problem catching yourself some dinner.

[ mission: camp, try not to die, etc. ]

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[mercyless]

What else is in there? Master Chef?

[ finishes her side of the work and walks over to watch him struggle. ]

[dices]

I used to survive on take-out food.

[ soaks a rag on a bottle of whiskey hook and the others stole and nudges it between the branches before he lights it on fire. ]

I manage, but better leave the cooking to someone else.

[mercyless]

[ didn't they drink all of that and vomit on the rest? sits down on some log. ]

Fair enough. You do enough work as it is.

[ carrying Everything etc. ]

[dices]

[ they stole so much booze they probably forgot about it in the middle of their drunkness ]

We all do our share. Well... Most of us, anyway. [ glances at the Useless People ]

[mercyless]

[ joins his glare. ]

[ you know who you are. ]

[dices]

[ anyway. back to fire. ]

How's your arm?

[mercyless]

Give it two days.

[ smiles. if this was the apocalypse she'd be shitting herself with worry but it's safer here. they have more people too. and they just tackled a haunted forest. ]

[dices]

You should change the bandages, though. [ they're getting dirty ] This weather is crap for healing wounds.

[mercyless]

Perhaps I should.

[ looks at his sad fire. ]

After you manage to boil some water on that.

[dices]

[ excuse u ]

Is that a challenge? [ kinda amused, poking at the fire. it's. it's getting there. ]

[mercyless]

No, I need that water.

[ competitive? her? psh. don't be silly. ]

[dices]

[ smiles at her and nods, that kind of "yeah right" nod, and keeps working on that fire. it takes a while but it finally starts crackling and he slaps his hands together ]

Okay, let's get you some water. [ it's nice to be useful and helpful in a normal situation instead of a life and death one.

comes back with a little pot with some water to boil it, looking over his shoulder to the forest ]

Quiet, huh?

[mercyless]

I think they went hunting. Along with the new guy.

[ set up some sort of a system while he was gone where they can hang the pot over the fire and boil the water. ]

Better dig out your Master Chef knives.

[dices]

At least we have some good hunters with us.

[ also brought a couple of new bandages for her. hands it over while they talk ]

I think we'd starve otherwise.

[mercyless]

[ takes them with a nod. thanks buddy. ]

Yeah, 'cause you eat like a bear.

[ you're the same size too. haha. she meant no harm by that. starts taking off the old bandages. ]

[dices]

You need a big guy to carry all that shit. [ laughs a little, pointing his thumb to the community bag ] Gotta keep a fuel.

[ puts some more wood in this fire ]

[mercyless]

When we hit the next town, we'll be getting some horses so don't get too comfortable.

[ nleuughh bloody bandages. winces a little when she takes them off. ]

[dices]

More stealing? We're all about the broken records. [ not that he opposes, he's used to that.

he just watches her do that since he's pretty sure she can take care of herself and looks again to the forest ]

So, Daryl's your, uh, friend? From home?

[mercyless]

No.

[ andrea's her friend. others, debatable. ]

[ tosses the old ones into the fire and moves to put one of the clean bandages into the boiling water. she'll need to clean the wound first. ]

[dices]

Oh. [ pokes at the fire again ] But you know him, right?

[mercyless]

Yeah.

I trust him.

[ that's why you're asking right? ]

[ looks back down on her arm again. it's healing nicely. ]

[dices]

[ nods a little, but that's not what he's asking ]

Is he, uhm. [ awkwardly rubs the back of his neck. points at her wound and arches his eyebrows up. you know. do we have to cut off his head too. ]

[mercyless]

[ looks up when the silence falls and follows his gaze. ]

Yeah.

[ returns to her work. it's like talking about weather to her. ]

[dices]

[ you sure are well-adjusted, little katana lady. ]

[ watches her work on the wound and nods, rubbing his beard. it's getting big and santa-like. except it's not white. ]

Don't you guys... Like, isn't there a cure for that?

[mercyless]

[ stops for a minute, her jaw clenching a bit, and then she continues wrapping the bandages around her arm. ]

[ people eventually stopped mentioning the cure at some point. guess it hurt too much. ]