Rallying Point(Semper, closed)

Damn. You all made short work of him. Harvest yer meats, you get a three day's worth of meat (but split between the two of you, so one day's supply each and then one extra.)

The two creatures had cut up his legs horribly, to the point where Dom no longer had the ability to stand. He collapsed, blood pooling on the rocks around him, regretting the challenge he'd issued. Because now he was dead, and he knew it. Without closing his eyes, Dom drifted off to sleep, never to wake up.

Semper was surprised to see the creature go down so easily. He would've figured that a beast that big would've stayed alive longer, but he wasn't complaining. He was glad that Ree and he hadn't gotten injured any worse than they had been -- that beast could've easily killed them.

As the stinging wore down on his shin, he went back and got the knife he had thrown earlier. After picking it up, he wiped the blood on his shirt and headed back to the carcass; though as he was doing so, Ree told him to cut it up by himself, and then she left. He paused in confusion, watching her leave, though he decided to not call out a question as to why she was leaving. It would be better to just keep his mouth shut, and that's what he did. Semper had seen the animal attack her, though he hadn't seen where it hit her or if it had hit her at all. He simply dismissed the thought and turned to the carcass, remembering how his father had prepared a carcass to be eaten.

After about half an hour to an hour, Semper had successfully gotten a few good sized slabs of meat to be eaten. Of course, since neither of them had anything to make a fire with, he knew they'd have to eat it raw. He would just have to not think about the health risks that went along with raw meat -- the entire arena was a health risk, especially with other Tributes and mutts out to kill them. Wiping his knives on his shirt before putting them back into his pocket, he picked up the slabs of meat and carried them back to the raft where Ree was. Setting the meat on the opposite end of the raft, he tried getting the dried blood off his hands, though it had stained them faintly red.

"Are y' alright, Ree?"

He asked in a quiet voice, not daring to raise his voice in case anyone -- or anything -- else was around. He noticed the tear stains on her face, which made him bite his lip. Had the animal hurt her more than he had originally thought? He couldn't exactly tell.

"I saw the thing get y' -- did it hit y' bad?"





((It's funny. xD Just before I typed this, I was helping my sister with raw meat for dinner. x3 ))

((I don't have much money, but I'll see what I can donate. :3 ))




"No, no, I'm fine. He just broke my rib, but I'll be okay. You?"

Semper sat down on the edge of the raft next to the meat. Broke her rib? That didn't sound too good, but before he could say anything, she was already standing up and speaking again.

"We could put it on some of those hot stones on the beach. Could you watch the meats while I get some stuff done?"

"Yeah, I'll watch it."

He answered, watching her go off to do whatever it was she had in mind. The boy emitted a sigh, dropping his half-blind gaze to the ground as he thought.

Semper wasn't quite sure how well hot rocks would cook the meat. Even though it was terribly hot, he had cooked meat back home over a fire. It did take a while, and the sun was already looking like it was getting ready to start setting. They were going to have to start moving soon, too, though he didn't know where to. Somewhere with water, hopefully; he prayed there would be water as he tried swallowing, though his parched throat only burned. The heat wasn't helping any, either.

Biting his lower lip briefly, he took out one of his knives again, listening for any sort of strange sight or sound, waiting for Ree to return.