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I see Sea Shells...(Quint) Nov 5, 2009 22:23:07 GMT -5

Post by Xenophilius on Nov 5, 2009 22:23:07 GMT -5

Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink...

To call it an average day wouldn't be technically correct. For Ekho it felt more like a slightly above average day. Not too good but still better than usual. This was mostly because of the fact that she had managed to gather up slightly more craw fish than she had yesterday, which qualified as a celebration.

Even with the Capitol pigs stuffing their faces in, District 4 was still able to live a pretty good life. As such, the people always had enough food to eat, even to snack on if the day had been good. It was totally one of the better Districts to life in.

Having chosen to relax by the river, Ekho had kicked off her tiny little leather shoes and tipped her pudgy toes into the cool water. The little girl let out a sigh as she hummed a small tune she remembered from some time, but couldn't quite place its exact origins.

She had chosen to wear a simple gray sleeveless shirt with matching pants. Her long red hair had been braided back, her fingers played with it as she continued humming. Beside her sat a basic that was filled with a moderate amount of dead craw fish.

Reaching her pudgy hand in, she collected one of the craw fish, cracked its shell open, and sucked out the good parts, tossing the rest into the water. She sighed, it was a good day.

Last Edit: Nov 7, 2009 22:15:58 GMT -5 by Xenophilius

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I see Sea Shells...(Quint) Nov 7, 2009 15:35:58 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2009 15:35:58 GMT -5

The plastic bucket banged against her knee softly as she made her way up the quiet river in search of edible vegetation. After her entire family had gone on that seafood fishing trip a few days ago, fish piled up in their cooling device and was her breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Not that it was any different from her normal meals. Fish was and still is the staple of most District Four citizens. It was just that they needed some flavor in there once in a while. Black pepper and a load of salt could suffice for only so long.

The market prices had gone up because of the recent high demands for spices in the Capitol, so Serenity settled on the river's surrounding plant life instead. It was fresher too, she mentally pointed out, as she searched for various, familiar weeds. Not all things green worked, unfortunately.

Still, she thought as she bent down to uproot a few mushrooms, it would do. However exhausting gathering was, it was at least more exciting than waiting a couple hours in which she would intermittently use a stick to reel a fish in, stick a worm on the hook, throw it back in the water, and then repeat until she had to return home.

Letting her loose hair keep beating upon her back, she gently dropped the mushrooms into her pail.

And with that, she kept on hiking....[/size]

Last Edit: Nov 7, 2009 15:41:06 GMT -5 by Deleted

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I see Sea Shells...(Quint) Nov 7, 2009 15:58:35 GMT -5

Post by Xenophilius on Nov 7, 2009 15:58:35 GMT -5

Ekho sighed loudly as she took one last craw fish out of the bucket and slurped out the good tasting meat. She burped, then giggled as she covered her mouth. She rarely got to enjoy evenings like this anymore, mostly because she was getting older and starting to have more responsibilities, also because people usually came by this route.

But today for some reason she was able to be alone and relax, eat some craw fish, and dip her feet in the cool river. Alone and relaxed.

Her eyes widened when she heard the sudden sound of someone moving around near her current location. She frowned, it figures that things couldn't be too good. Sighing, the little pudgy girl pulled her feet from the water and stood up, hands on her hips and a determined look on her face. "WHO'S THERE!?" She shouted, getting straight to the point.

Last Edit: Nov 7, 2009 22:18:33 GMT -5 by Xenophilius

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I see Sea Shells...(Quint) Nov 7, 2009 22:08:17 GMT -5

Post by Quint on Nov 7, 2009 22:08:17 GMT -5

Shanks

He usually handled the spear well. And he did, except for when he was about to spear down a couple of fish, a voice broke through from across the lake and he jolted, sending his javelin flying to his left. Damn it...

"Who's there!?!" The voice of a girl. He tucked away the bait he had into his knapsack, pulling the storage back over his neck and across his back. Shanks ran towards the voice, being guided by the brief echo that followed the cry. At last, he brushed through a pair of bushes into a small clearing, only to be hidden by the shrubbery not too far in front of him.

He didn't want any problems, as he usually stood by himself when he went fishing. It was his one time of peace after all the attention he got from his popularity in District 4. His eyes stood still on the girl. Not much younger than he was. 12 at the most. She was a little pudgy and short, yet she gave away a sense of strength.

To his far left, crawled a scaly lizard. It must have been what had made her suspicious of a threat nearby. He was about to chuckle, but held it in, knowing that the slightest sound would give himself away. A small tingly feeling brushed past his leg. He gaped down at the lizard, possibly seducing his leg. He let out a small shriek, falling backwards into more shrubbery.

Damned perverted lizard...

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I see Sea Shells...(Quint) Nov 11, 2009 22:31:03 GMT -5

Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2009 22:31:03 GMT -5

Foliage around the rivers of District Four were always extremely deceiving. The light that came through the leaves created a sense of being in a haven, but danger was always around. Although it was illegal to hunt with real weapons in the district, the desperately hungry always came along the woods with makeshift spears and shooting devices. And then she, the gatherer, would be at extreme risk of being accidentally shot. Serenity knew that all hunters were at a stage of total awareness in the massive fields, and with her semiconscious thoughts floating around her brain while mindlessly picking greens from the ground, she would probably think to dodge about two seconds after she got shot.

So, immediately after "WHO'S THERE!?" rang around, she cried out, "Serenity Spinar! I am searching for edible vegetation! I mean no harm!" Although fully identifying herself to a stranger was usually unwanted, the laws of the wild dictated her to, first and foremost, make her presence known.

And despite the small shriek that soon followed, Serenity hurried forward to find a girl on a bank and a boy in some shrubbery....[/size]

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I see Sea Shells...(Quint) Dec 7, 2009 22:28:37 GMT -5

Post by Quint on Dec 7, 2009 22:28:37 GMT -5

Shanks

Shanks pulled myself up and brushed off the excess grass. Out of shock, he ran out of sight, not knowing where he was headed or why he was running. Perhaps because the girl scared him? She was little, yes, but she was loud. And presumably strong. Which was something he didn't want to mess with.

He thought he heard something running up behind him, but he wasn't sure. Though it was enough to get him running, thinking it was the loud girl. He also remembered another one. She stumbled into the situation, looking just as frightened as he was.

The noise grew louder, only driving his brain to make him run faster and faster. He eventually tripped on a loose dent in the ground. Around the river, the ground wasn't so flat. Dents and bumps inhabited the area. Most of District Four, actually.

Shanks fell full force. Feeling the crash between his face and the dirty ground. Nice face plant, you idiot...

He heard the noise once again and turned around. Only to see and register the image of the lizard leaping onto his chest. He shriek and punched it away, recalling its earlier actions. He heard another noise and gripped the lizard in his hands, keeping it at a safe distance, but at the same time refraining from noise.

Now all he had to do was wait...

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