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[hornedomen]

Date & Time: All throughout January
Location: Outside places.
Characters: Ico and you!
Summary: Hunting and following hunters.
Warnings: Animals will die.

[a]

[The natural talents of a Sacrifice could only go so far. Though Ico picked up the bow and arrow with eerie efficiency, hunting was an entirely different matter. Not all his hunts were successful. It took time and failures for him to learn. Though at times he grew frustrated, he persevered.

Successful hunts ended in the death of a small animal such as birds. Ico did not enjoy it, but it was necessary. He prayed over the animal in a strange language. Because he had never hunted back in Toksa, he made up the prayers, and even the act itself. Once he finished, he hesitantly grabbed his knife.]

How am I supposed to do this?

[b]

[What better way to learn than by learning from a hunter? The hunters of Toksa village often hunted in groups, so he believed that by joining others, he would also better his chances of a successful hunt. Should Ico see another person hunting, he did not hesitate to follow. Snow crunched loudly under his feet as he quickly approached.]

Hey! [He waved to get their attention.] May I hunt with you? I'm still learning.

Comments

[B]

[wolfuncaged]

[Fenris had only hunted when he absolutely had to back home, when he couldn't find a market stall he could steal from. But things were dire, and he moves silently through the snow, sword at the ready, poised for any prey that happens to come his way.

And then Ico decided to be loud.]

That much is obvious. If you are unable to be silent, you will not hunt anything.

[At least that wasn't a no?]

[a]

[inhumanity]

Which part of it? The killing, or what comes after?

[Hello, friend! Christopher may have popped up from nowhere, but given the kris in his hand, dark enough to eat light and stained in blood, it's pretty obvious what he has been doing. Of course, he approaches Ico with a bright, friendly smile. Because friends are great.]

a!

[postpones]

I'd say "soak it in water," but you're gonna have to strip away the stuff on the outside too.

[have a shadow cast from the front. No ambushes here, hah.

That fur doesn't look very edible, by the by]

Maybe you could take a video of it.

01/06 [A]

[stonefaith]

[ Bariyan stumbled upon Ico by chance; he'd been out hunting, too, and was on his way back home with his catch (just a rabbit, today). He hears Ico's question before he sees the boy; it's only a few minutes later that Bariyan finds him behind a snowdrift.

He called out while he was still far away, to alert Ico to his presence. ]

Hello! What have you got there?