[video / mingle]

[everwalking]

Video
[morning of day three. there are clouds out and Allen loves them. he's pretty much given up on shirts and is just grimly bearing with his bright pink sunburn. the video shows him, and what he's working in his hands -- one dark red and exoskeletal -- is some thick grass, weaving several strands together to make a rope. he has a pretty decent amount of it. he's been working on it since the first day]

I feel really strongly that we should make a net so that we can catch more fish. [so that he can starve less. paaaause] But it's taking longer than I'd like. I don't suppose anyone else has any rope to contribute... [he trails off, staring at the water. it looks so cool and blue and inviting. and full of fish]

...You know, never mind. [shoving himself up and steeling his pink-and-red shoulders] Does anyone know how to hand-fish?


Mingle
[It's time for playing in the water!! Whether you're fishing, swimming, sunbathing on the sand, or just goofing off, let's get our beach on!]

[Feel free to respond to Allen's video post here, to make your own comment threads for mingling, or both!]

Comments

[antiapocalypse]

[ usefulness is good, Buffy would like more of it please, so she will be trying to fish.

Slayer reflexes are great when it comes to things that are trying to kill you, but hunting is harder. she has to really focus, to convince her brain that the fish is an enemy.

which might explain why she's standing knee deep in the surf, talking to herself ]

All right, fish. You think you're better than me? Is that it? Well, what's so great about you? So you can swim, that's nothing. I've been swimming since I was in preschool. That's years more experience than you have.

[subdueme]

[Getting a resurgence of energy, Zero's made his way to the beach to see about the fishing. The first thing he notices is that she's fast with her hands but still coming up empty.]

Normally they don't respond well to taunting.

[antiapocalypse]

[ gah, she jumps, and then she frowns at him ]

Well, that's kind of the idea. I'm -- hoping to intimidate them up onto dry land, where I'll have the advantage.

[subdueme]

[Master trained him well. Zero was sent on hunting trips that forced him to survive on whatever was available to them in the wild. Killing and skinning a rabbit was not easy at first for the kind-hearted child he had been, but he'd done it. It was second nature to him now. Fishing was just one of those things he's learned and been taught to survive.]

Want to learn a better way? Your reflexes are fast enough to do it, not everyone can.

[This entire time, Zero's hands have been in the water--but now one emerges, fish grasped tightly in his grip.]

The key is to come from underneath and grab them around the gills.

[antiapocalypse]

[ okay, that's -- almost a little suspicious! she eyes Zero, then says ]

We should start a club. Fast reflexes and the teenagers who have them.

[subdueme]

[Just as suspicious as you...]

You showed yours first.

[Not that it matters, but you're sort of looking at him like he's something unusual as well.]

Is it that unusual from where you come?

[antiapocalypse]

[ not intentionally! ]

...Yeah. Kind of a -- select group of people. [ beat ] Badass mall security.

[subdueme]

[No idea what you are talking about.]

...select group of people that are trained to survive on their own in the wild from a young age.

[Meaning he can gut and debone this fish quickly too. All while getting a fire started and making it into a meal.]

[antiapocalypse]

...No. [ slightly blank. wait, are we talking about me or you now. ]