The Survivals {M}{IC}

[MidKnight]

Breeze looked at the woman with caution before taking her hand. She lets out a rough sigh and reached for the hand. "Truce." She said as she got up to her feet. Once she standing, she brushed off the dirt off of her black suit. She looked at her bag and crate. "Just let me gear up first." She reached for her bag, opening it and grabbing fresh clothes and gears. Dressing her new clothing, she tried opening the crate, but the latches were stuck. She gives it a kick and it opened instantly. "Ah, there we go." She looked in the crate and reached for her rifle. With a happy expression on her face, she looked at the rifle and picked up a extra couple of magazines. "Plasma modified rounds." She checked the clip and sees the bullets. "Close range scope." She looked through her scope, "And last but not least." She pulled the strap and placed it around her shoulder and let the rifle hang. "Best strap you can ever have." She joked.

Picking up the bag and tossing the extra items inside; medical kits, food rations, water bottles, tools, flares, a lantern and also a device that can clean water from a dirty resource. She pulled the straps of the bag and placed it on her back. She hopped several times to get aquinted with her gear. "Oh almost forgot." She looked back in the crate and found a machete Placing the machete on her hip and picked up her rifle. She looked at the Elvin woman.

"Alright Eket." She pulled the slide back, "Let's go and find shelter." She looked at her leg and noticed how bad it was. "Once we find a good spot to camp, we'll take a look at your leg. Alright?" She walked past the woman and looked around. "So, planet expert, which way do you suggest we go?" She turned around, examing Eket and waited.

[AngelDellaNotte]

As Breeze changed Ruatria didn't bother looking away, Elves tended to be less skittish about modesty and tended to admire beauty. That included the beauty of the body. Like she had observed while Breeze was climbing in and out of her own ship the Terrain did have a nice shape to her. The flight suit she had been wearing left little to the imagination. Ruatria quite enjoyed the view even if Breeze was a Terrain. Once she had packed up all her gear Breeze asked Ruatria where they should go for camp. She hadn't noticed a tent in Breeze's supplies and once again was annoyed that her supplies were missing. She had a small tent that technically was built for one but if you didn't mind getting cozy it could fit two. They would need to find somewhere with cover.

Looking up at the sky she could see a cloud system rolling in. Their scans of the planet had uncovered a jungle area in the southern area. It would seem that the two of them had crashed in that jungle. They would definitely need to find a cave or something like it that was higher up for when it started raining. Normally she would suggest somewhere near a water source but with the rain coming soon they would have plenty of water, probably more than they needed. “It appears we are in a jungle region. From the data we collected the jungles are prone to monsoon rains. We should find a cave that has the high ground.” Ruatria said, looking around. They were on the top of a cliff but below them seemed to be a river. It wouldn't be a good idea to work their way down there if the river flooded.

To the east of them or at least what Ruatria was east because the sun was setting that like it did on her home world were some mountains. If they were lucky they could find a cave before it started raining. “I think we should head east towards those mountains we might be able to find a cave to take shelter in.” She said, pointing to the mountains and getting a strange look from Breeze not realizing on Terrain the sun set in the west.

[MidKnight]

Breeze watched Eket as she informed her about the situation. It was amazing how the Elvin people can tell about a planet in days, but for the Terrain's it would have taken weeks, maybe months. She looked in the direction she pointed at, but it was confusing for her. "This planet has a whole new strange feeling to it." She added in. "To the mountains then." She started walking to the east suggested by Eket. Breeze had a feeling this Elvin woman was different then the others. She felt like she was always watched by her. Especially when she watched her changed into different clothes.

She took point and lead Eket towards the direction of where the mountains would be located. It felt like minutes, but hours had passed as they traveled. Breeze stopped as she was breathing a little heavy. Reaching for her canteen and takes a small sip of her water. She looked around at the base of the mountain. Her curiosity grew as she stepped closer to the rocks. Putting her canteen back, and reached for her rifle. Her eyes observed their surrounding, felt like danger was close, but couldn't pinpoint the source of her feeling.

When she turned around, something jumped down behind her. With a quick reaction, she turned around and aimed her rifle at whatever appeared behind her. Firing several rounds, her shots echoed in the wilderness. She looked at what she killed. Some kind of strange animal. Breeze had a disgusted expression her face, noticed the green blood all over on the ground.

She turned to look at Eket. "What the hell is this thing?" She asked, wondering if the animal she killed was a plant eater, meat eater. Hostile or friendly. She looked back at the creature, stepping forward and gives it a gentle kick. "I think it's dead." She added.

[AngelDellaNotte]

They walked for hours, Ruatria's leg was throbbing. She thought several times about stopping and using another injection but they didn't know how long they would be on this planet before rescue crews arrived. They would need to conserve the supplies they had. The next question was which side would find them first? Obliviously it would be best if her people found them. What she wanted to know was what would happen if the Terrains found them first. Ruatria would be captured but what did Terrains do to their prisoners? The Elves generally took slaves of those they conquered. If they were rescued by her people Breeze would be made a slave and sent to one of the indoctrination camps. Somehow she didn't think this was what the Terrains would do.

Breeze stopped and took a drink of her canteen, Ruatria sat down on a rock taking a drink of her own water. It felt good to rest for a few minutes though she was surprised to see Breeze reach for her gun. Quickly grabbing her own, Ruatria sighed she was too tired to go through this challenge again. She had thought they had established that they were better off working together. A moment later she was proved wrong when a strange creature jumped out at Breeze. How had she missed the sounds of the creature? Ruatria thought she was a good hunter yet she missed the signs that Breeze must have seen. She supposed that she could blame it on her injury it was hard to focus on anything else.

“It better be dead given how much ammo you wasted.” Ruatria said, reaching into her pack and pulling out a testing kit. “There is not a supply depot anywhere near us. Save your ammo, you could have killed it with one shot.” Ruatria chided as she hobbled over to the beast. She stopped at Breeze and grabbed her belt pulling her close to her. So close that they could feel each other's breaths. She reached around Breeze's waist until she found her knife and pulled it out. Her own knife was still hidden away in the medical kit just if she needed it later, so she borrowed the Terrain's knife.

Kneeling next to the beast as best as she could with her hurt leg she cut a couple pieces of flesh off in thin slices then put them in the testing kit. The tester took several minutes to run the test but then finally blinked a blue light. The display read in Elvish and showed that the flesh was safe to eat and could be eaten either cooked or raw. “Have you ever butchered a carcass before?” Ruatria said, picking a piece of the meat up and popping it in her mouth. It was gamey and a little bitter but not that bad. It no doubt would taste even better cooked. “We should take some of his with us.”

[MidKnight]

It was a cold snowy day. The sun barely shined through the cloudy skies. A number of deers roamed on an open land. Such beautiful docile creatures as they searched for fresh grass through the snow. In the far distance, a little girl laid on the ground next to a grown man. A rifle laid across the little girl, small hands around the handle, a tripod held the rifle mostly. Her breathing was slow and low as her eye looked through the scope. Watching the deers as they traveled. The man next to her, was her father.

He had time to be with her while the mother was still researching. He stared through a pair of binoculars and watched the deer as well. "Remember, you want the most points and hit the heart." He spoke quietly. Taking his eyes off of the field and looked at his daughter. "Breath slowly, focus where you want to hit, but keep in mind about the distance and wind speed." He looked up at the sky, "Today is your lucky day. No wind, no sun glare." She smiled as he watched the little girl keeping her eyes on the prize. Her finger above the trigger, itching to pull. She wore a headset to protect her ears from being damaged. She couldn't hear her father as she looked through the crowd of deers.

Then she spotted a large buck with large antlers, walking among the herd. She focused her shot, her face didn't feel a single breeze of cold wind and the snow fell rather straight down to the ground. She takes in a deep breath and her finger reaches for the trigger. She squeezes slowly and the rifle fired.

She watched as the buck suddenly fell on the ground and the others scattered quickly. She smiled as she looked to her father. "I did it!" She quietly said in a excited manner. The father smiled and nodded her to go claim her prize. The girl got up to her feet in a quick motion and ran towards the down buck with rifle still in her hands. In case if the buck was still alive and needed the final shot.

As she approached, the buck was long dead. Still excited about the kill, she kneels down and places her hand on the coat. It was soft as she stroked the hair. Her father stood by her and kneels down as well. "Now you got the buck, now you deal with the muck." He handed her a large knife. He instructed how to remove the guts and organs, where to stab and skin. It was her first time and actually puked several times as she done this. Her father laughed as she does.

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Breeze felt her belt tugged as she looked at the Elvin woman. Close to her personal space, Breeze didn't reject the action by Eket. She looked at her hair and noticed how silky it looked. She wondered if this was done by her own skill. If so, she was jealous. Breeze had to see a stylist about her hair from time to time. She felt a little embarrassed about firing multiple shots at the creature.

"It was just several shots." She said with a smile on her face. Observing the Elvin woman as she did her thing. She couldn't help it, but continue to examine the Evlin woman. When the device turned blue and Eket asked her about butching creatures, even at the sampled meat.

Breeze slightly smiled and turned her gaze back at the creature she just shot. "Um." She walked forward and kneels down to the beast, taking her knife from Eket, she grabbed the animal by it's legs and laid it on its' back.

She examined the body and realized something. How the hell do you skin an alien animal? She looked at Eket, rather then feeling embarrassed and looking like a fool, she thought about the deer from her childhood. Remembering where to cut and what to remove. Breeze stabbed at the animal, slicing and cutting the meat. Removing the organs and guts. She nearly vomited when the smell reached her nose, but held it in her throat. Swallowing the embarrasment. "Easy." She said roughly as she tossed the guts.

[AngelDellaNotte]

It was a good thing that Breeze knew how to butcher the beast. Ruatria had hunted many times and felled many creatures but never once had she butchered an animal. They always had slaves to do the dirty work for them. Usually when she killed a beast her slaves would cut up and take care of the meat. They would carry the meat back to the estate where another slave would cook it up. That sort of work was beneath a high born elf like Ruatria Cor'zairuth. Her family was one of the noble houses in the kingdom, she even had a brother that was married to one of the princesses of the royal family. The girl was removed several degrees from the throne but a royal none the less. The Cor'zairuths were one of the more respected houses in the kingdom.

As Breeze butchered the beast Ruatria gathered some of the large leaves from the brush around them to wrap the leaves in. She pulled off enough to wrap four large hunks of meat. That would be all that they would be able to hold and any more would spoil before they were able able to eat. If they had some salt they could cure some of the meat but they didn't have any. Depending on how long they were here they would have to hunt again.

Once the meat was packed up they started up the mountain and after several more hours of walking they finally found a cave that luckily was near a river whose waters tested safe to drink. It was dusk and the sun was starting to set by the time they had managed to sweep the cave finding it to be unoccupied. Ruatria looked over to her companion seeing that she was covered in dirt and muck from butchering the beast. “You are not sleeping in here smelling like that.” Ruatria said, standing in the entrance of the cave and pointing to the river. “Wash yourself and your clothes.”

[MidKnight]

Breeze set her bag down by the entrance and examined the cave while still holding onto her rifle. Looking around, takign small steps. She turned to listen what Eket had mentioned about her odor. Raising an eyebrow. She walked over to Eket where she had pointed. Looking at the river that was near the cave. Turning her attention back to Eket, "You don't smell too bad yourself." She added with her insults. Walking to the river casually, she looked over her shoulder. "Don't forget to change those bandages, we don't wanna attract anything that likes meat."

She stood by the river, watching the current flow down south. She looked around her surroundings, checking if anymore suprises this planet had to offer. Once she known it was clear, she placed the rifle next to a large boulder. She started taking her gear off first, and placed them next to her rifle. Then she started undressing. Standing there completely in nudity, with her clothes in her arms. She walked over to the river and dipped her foot in first. It was cold, but quickly became warm to her touch.

Walking in the river, she was halfways in and smothered her clothes underwater. After drenching her clothes, she tossed the soaky clothing on the bay of the river. She quickly dipped in the river and stayed under for a limited of time until she bursted through the surface, splashing water high in the air. She laughed as she felt the cool liquid dripping down on her skin and her hair slicked back. Sighs softly in a happy mood. She was glad the Elven woman told her to take a bath. But her clothes were a different story. She wondered how to wash her clothes when they are not fully prepared to be having a vacation on a strange planet.

[AngelDellaNotte]

She had wanted to take a bath but mana foam couldn't get wet or it dissolved. What Ruatria would do right now for a sonic shower to wash the grime off of her. She sat down inside the cave kicked her boots of and shimmed out of her pants. The bandage was still intact but a little blood had seeped through. Carefully removing the bandage Ruatria looked at the wound. It looked about as good as it had several hours ago. The mana foam was holding but there was seepage around the edges of the wound. A little seepage was normal but this was more than there should be. She really should be resting for a couple of days not hiking across a uncharted planet. Taking a fresh bandage from the medical kit she wrapped the wound up again.

Then she headed outside the cave not bothering to put her pants or boots back on. Her intent was to gather some wood to make a fire. She noticed Breeze come out from under the water and splash around thinking the way the water reflected off her made her look beautiful. Ruatria stood there and watched her for a few minutes still wishing she could get into the water and rinse off as well. Finally pulling her eyes away from the other woman she noticed Breeze's clothes laying on the ground in a wet pile. The Terrain had dunked them in the water but hadn't really done anything to clean them. Ruatria picked the clothes up and walked to the shore noticing a leafy planet that was growing on the edge. It looked very familiar to a planet they had on her home planet that could be used to make soap. She broke a leaf off and bent it in two smelling it then lightly tasting it.

Just as she expected it tasted like soap, she picked a few more leaves and broke them up rubbing them against Breeze's clothes washing the muck of the beast off. A few minutes later and the clothes were clean. She tucked them under her arm and went back to work gathering some wood. When she had enough Rautria entered the cave making a fire pit. She used some flint from her bag to start it and a few minutes later had a small fire going. Breeze's clothes were laid around the edge on the rocks to help dry them out. She went to work then on cooking some of the meat Breeze had butchered earlier.

[MidKnight]

After cleaning her body, Breeze swims towards where she left her clothing and gear. Walking out of the river and stood there with her feet in the sand. She noticed her rifle and gear were still laying on the ground. But her clothing was missing. Sighs in frustration of a possible animal might have taken her clothing. She picked up her rifle and looked around, strange however. No signs of her clothing on the trees or bushes.

She grabbed her gear and slinged it over her shoulder. Hopefully Eket would lend her cloak otherwise it would be uncomfortable for her to sit around in the nude.

She arrived back at the cave and noticed the Elven woman was quite busy. Preparing the meat she had butchered, and also noticed she was not wearing her pants. She turned red a little, but also noticed her clothing near the fire pit. "So your the clothing thief." She said standing there in a complete exposure. "I thought an animal took off with my clothes." She placed the rifle by a rock including her gear as well. She stood there huggin her chest and started rubbing her skin. "Mind if I borrow your cloak while my clothes dry off?" She asked with her eyes diverted towards the ground.

[AngelDellaNotte]

“It is a wonder an animal did not wander off with your clothes. You do realize it takes more than just rinsing off your clothes to wash them?” Eket said, looking over to the Terrain not bothering to shield her eyes or look away. Elves loved things of beauty and Breeze certainly was. There was a several minute awkward silence between them. Ruatria had heard her request for the clock but didn't respond. She just kept looking at Breeze while she poked at the meat with a stick. It was ready to be flipped and somehow she managed to without looking away from Breeze. She could have just taken the cloak off and handed it to Breeze but instead she stood up. It hurt to stand on her leg but even still she moved around to stand behind Breeze.

She put her hands on Breeze's shoulders gently rubbing them, “I would imagine it gets cold at night here. You could catch cold.” She said, letting go of Breeze's shoulders and reaching up to unclasp her cloak. She wrapped it around her shoulders brushing her hands down her arms to smooth out any wrinkles. She reached into Breeze's gear again taking her knife then limped back over to the fire sitting down next to it. The knife was used to stab the meat and pull it onto one of the rocks around the fire. She cut it into small pieces then popped one into her mouth chewing it. “It could use some salt but it is not bad.” Ruatria said, stabbing another piece and offering it to Breeze.