[MINGLE] Worried/Sick 2: Snake Expedition & Recovery!

[sixthiteration]

WHERE: Anywhere; multiple locations
WHEN: Apx. 19-27 November
OPEN TO: ALL - MINGLE
WARNINGS: Serious illness and reactions to such, snakes, hallucinations

IMPORTANT NOTES: This is the second of two mingles. Please see the timing and general event details here.

Not putting any mod top-levels in this one — Just make sure you label your own top-level clearly as to whether it's Expedition or Recovery, and as always, whether it is OTA or not!

Please keep in mind the established plot details, but creative license is welcome and encouraged as long as it doesn't step on toes.

Comments

[fishermansweater]

Finnick didn't know all the words the other man said, their cadences unfamiliar to ears that had only ever known English, and only ever in the tones of Panem, ranging from the mumbling dialect of the fisherfolk to the fluting shrill of the Capitol. But the tone filled in what the language barrier blocked, and the honesty of the words shone through.

"I'm a fisherman," he explained. "I've had practice working on spears and tridents here, this wasn't much different except for making the hook." It was even true, for all that 'fisherman' skimmed over a lot of who he was.

"For that, we soaked wood and bent it into a curved shape. Easy enough to do if you have patience."

[eaglesonofnone]

He slowly nodded his understanding. "I see. My home was bordered on two sides by water that was difficult to reach, at the foot of cliffs, or too fast-moving to trust. We kept ourselves to wells except for those few who would brave the waters to fish. I... was not of that number."

He had mistrusted water for as long as he could remember. He didn't know the cause, but he knew that being near it was enough to set his nerves on edge and swimming was far, far out of the question.

"The practice of soaking wood this way - I assume it makes it go soft until it dries into the shape you wish? Does it regain its original hardness?" This, he thought, could be useful in many, many ways. The uses for a good hook were many. The uses for spears even moreso. But if they were to have plows, they would need the harnesses and more. That would require good woodwork.