Abandoned Shack Outside Pyke
Night has now fallen completely, and a fire is alight outstide the old shack. Spider sits apon his trolley, which has been moved by the fireside, eating a roasted Parathon carcas. Blue and Olm sit beside Spider's trolley with a nice large pile of various fruits which they picked off the nearby vegetation. Blue gets out her staff, and cleans it with some boiling water, which she takes off the fire in a pot, and then she spears a large apple in the very tip of her staff's blade, which she cooks over the fire.
Olm peels a strange orange-like friut and begins to eat it, quite enjoying this little fireside feast.
"Shame Dementa can't be enjoying this with us." He says.
"Yeah." Spider says before swallowing a mouthful. "But we might be here for a while. There'll be plenty more nights like this to come. . ."
"Provided it doesn't rain." Blue says.
Some of her more serious wounds are covered in bandages and plasters now.
As for the shack, the carcases have all been removed to a large pile in the nearby clearing (both Olm and Blue took a while to move them all there), the roof has been proped back up with some large sticks inside, and the hole in the wall has been patched up by the old and battered door. However, the shack doesn't yet have a new door to it. A bright lantern is lit inside the shack, casting a warm yellow glow through the small gaps between the planks in the walls, and through the windows and the open door.
Blue spears her fifth large apple on the end of her staff, and cooks it over the fire. Spider has nearly finished his roast carcas, and Olm is now eating some strange purple pear-shaped fruit.
Over time, they converse about what happend to them in the past, how they came to Pyke, and about technology. Eventaully, they finish eating, and spend the next hour or so star gazing and talking. Eventaully, they head back into the shack and make themselves as comfortable as possible, before going to sleep.
- DH
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