CAMPUS WIDE EVENT: EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK

[intercom_voice]

[Hopefully everybody likes waking up outside.

Because as it were, in the middle of the night when everybody had been asleep or lulled into a sudden one by the sheer weight of the air around them...the Campus disappeared in its entirety. Left behind was only the cool surface of the concrete foundation.

For now it seems the residents were left to fend for themselves in the wilderness of the island. Not even the voice from over the intercom would comfort them.]

((ooc: the school has disappeared, along with all the NPCs and everything that was inside! no opt-out areas this time around. The temperature is cool during the day, and colder at night.

The event will last until October 20th, and I'll post a closer to signify it. Everything will be returned to its rightful place then.))

Comments

[moderndaydragon]

[Did he just... ewwww. Karasu makes a face at that.]

I guess that's true. My name is Karasu, by the way.

[stealshinies]

...? [Bakura doesn't get it and just keeps on munching.]

Good to know. [He doesn't care!] Let's move somewhere where we can have a little privacy, h-heh.

[Gesturing for her to follow, he heads deeper into the forest.]

[moderndaydragon]

[...What a dick. What, was he just going to call her "you" or something? Ug, what did she get herself into?

Sighing, she follows behind him, adjusting her shirt some and rubbing her arms the entire way. This was going to turn into another horrible, horrible decision, wasn't it?]

[stealshinies]

[Bakura leisurely travels awhile, unfamiliar with these woods and simply waiting for an opportunistic spot to appear.

Which it does when they come to a clearing, a small lake at the center. There was even a bear drinking near the shore. How quaint.]

This should do nicely!

[moderndaydragon]

[Whoa hey, she... wasn't expecting a bear to be just there.]

I guess I won't have to go looking, then... that's convenient.

[stealshinies]

Hm? [What was she talking about? He was the one doing all the looking.]

First things first. Turn into your Ka!

[moderndaydragon]

[She meant for a bear! But at the order, she gives him a puzzled look. At least context made it easy to guess what he was talking about -- there was only one thing she could turn into.

That same blue-white glow later, she's back in dragon form, one set of claws in front of him like a protective dog's paw. She's hunched down some, as if trying to keep everything below the tree level, turning to peer curiously at Bakura for the next instruction.]

[stealshinies]

Let's see... [He really had no idea what he was doing, but that was fine. He'd just teach her bullshit basics for now in order to tally up the favours she'd owe him later.]

You can turn into the Ka just fine. Obviously what you're lacking right now is proper control! Do you see that bear over there? [He gestures towards it with one sweeping motion.]

I want you to kill it with a single claw. Walk up to it and land a precise blow to its belly!

[moderndaydragon]

[A single strike, huh... Karasu eyes the bear some, trying to figure out how to do this. After a moment, she seems to get an idea, and takes a long stride out into the clearing to get beside the animal.

The bear, understandably, is neither happy to see her nor brave enough to try to attack something easily a few times as big as him. Turning her hand palm up, Karasu swings forwards and upwards, the middle claw piercing through the bear's stomach and leaving it impaled. She holds it there for a moment, feeling a little sorry for it as the blood pours out and soaks the white scales, before twisting her tail around a little to tap Bakura's back in a sign it was safe to come over.]

[stealshinies]

[He's pleased by what he sees, to say the least. Not only did she follow his directions, but he got a free meal out of it to boot.

He starts a slow clap and promptly pushes that tail away.]

Very good! You see, that's the beauty of precision, of planning your moves before you make them!

[He takes a few long strides to meet Karasu and the bear, looking down at the creature with hungry eyes.] And now we have dinner.

1/2

[moderndaydragon]

[She gives a confirming growl, turning her paw up to dump the bear's corpse on ground in front of him. Turning around, she dunks her claw into the lake, trying to wash off that blood with a grimace that's visible even on the dragon's jaw.]

[moderndaydragon]

[Once it's off, she reverts again, shaking what little water's left to walk over and look at it.]

I guess so. I'll go grab some branches and stuff for a fire, then.

[Since she has no idea how to actually prepare a corpse...]

[stealshinies]

Hehe, it's going to take awhile to cook something this big...

[Bakura crouches down in front of the bear, poking it it curiously with his finger, not unlike a child poking a dead body with a stick.

He had no idea what this animal was, but it was huge! After he's done staring, Bakura reaches back to pull out his knife so he can start messily skinning the creature.]

[moderndaydragon]

[Karasu comes in and out of the clearing, getting whatever branches and brush she can hold and depositing them near the lake before going out again to get some more. By the time Bakura's done skinning the bear, she's got a nice pile of fire fuel and stones, setting up a ring and putting enough in the middle to hopefully last a bit.

...Now was just figuring out how to START the thing. Don't mind her knocking a couple stones together here.]

[stealshinies]

[Licking some of the blood off his knife, the Thief King turns his gaze to Karasu's fruitless efforts on the fire.]

You do know how to start a fire, don't you? [Because if not, that's pretty pathetic, but also an opportunity for him!] I could always teach you.

[moderndaydragon]

Not really, no. I've never done the whole "camping" thing and there were lighters even if I was going to.

[...Oh, why the hell not. It might help survive around here.]

That'd be nice, if you would.

[stealshinies]

[That's one more favour for him~ Bakura's keeping careful count.]

Well first off, you're doing it completely wrong! Banging rocks together like an idiot won't get you anywhere!

Let's see, in order to do this I'll need...

[Bakura grabs a sturdy, but relatively straight and thin stick and a rock.] Another bendable piece of wood, about the size of your forearm, and a thick piece of tree bark.

Oh, and some of your hair. H-hehe... [He could use something else besides her hair to use as the string, but why not push his luck?]

[moderndaydragon]

I just said I didn't camp! Sheesh.

[What a jerk. She looks around for that one stick, finding it and some bark in the pile of brush that she hands over.

Without missing a beat, she reaches up and plucks a few strands of hair from her head, handing them over too like it's nothing big to ask.]

Anything else?

[stealshinies]

[Bakura takes the stick and bark, but when she offers him the strands of hair he just looks at her, completely deadpan.]

I need the hair to string a bow, what the fuck am I supposed to do with three strands of hair?!

[moderndaydragon]

Well say something like that, then! How much do you need? If it's cutting a hunk out, you can just find something else for it.

[stealshinies]

Just enough to make sure it's thick enough to not snap when I try to use it--come on, you've got plenty of hair! Hand it over! [Demanding as he is, the Thief King sounds more amused than harsh.]

[moderndaydragon]

[Geeze, really?! Sighing, she runs her hands through her hair, pulling a handful more strands, at least enough that the color can be properly seen if they're all held together.]

Here.

[stealshinies]

[Yoink~

Bakura takes the hair and ties it to either end of his bow. Then, after cutting a notch in his "board" he places his other stick against it and loops the "string" of his bow over it.

From there it's just a matter of holding the stick in place with a rock as he rocks the bow rapidly back and forth to create enough heat to start a fire. It's a little slow going, but soon enough Bakura's got exactly what he was looking for: a fire.]

Hahaha! It's as easy as that, see?

[moderndaydragon]

[Well... Huh. Karasu tilts her head a little, blinking.]

Yeah, I see. That's actually pretty cool.

[It means she doesn't have to start carrying a lighter everywhere, if nothing else. Whenever the school comes back, she's going to see about looking up survival books. The less she actually has to ask him, the better.

She blows on her hands a little, holding them over the fire to try to warm up some. At least the transformation had been short enough that she doesn't feel like eating the whole bear raw, even if she was warmer that way.]

[stealshinies]

[The Thief King tosses aside his fire-making tools and heads for the bear now. Sitting by its side he pulls out his dagger so he can start sawing off hunks of meat, placing the pieces on top of the bear itself as he goes.

Once he has enough pieces he pushes himself to his feet and heads for the edge of the forest. Surveying the trees, he finds one with a branch that's just thick enough to hold the meat, but still thin enough to break from the tree when he applies his weight to it.

When Bakura comes back, he carves the edge of that branch to a point and uses it to skewer a few pieces of meat for him to prop up over the fire with the help of some stones.]