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[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Amory

"North," she decided, since it sounded good. She didn't really know where they'd go, but she thought that having at least a direction would be good. They could follow the north star at night, at least, and get their direction by the rising and setting sun.

[Darkminnow]

☆☆☆ Jax ☆☆☆

Jax nodded. Following the North Star would be very helpful, and it would be easy to figure out which way was north with the sun as well. As they walked, Jax spotted a geode, cracked open. "I used to collect those..." He said, watching the crystal glint purple in the sunlight. They kept walking.
Passing a stream, Jax noticed fish, jumping up out of the water happily. He used to go fishing with his father. Jax had once caught a catfish big enough to feed the family for a couple meals.
Grass waved as they walked on, tickling Jax's ankles and shins. The wind blew gently, pushing against them, and the trees danced in the breeze.
Finally, at around mid-day, Jax announced his hunger. "I wonder if we could find some food..." Jax muttered, his stomach rumbling. He should have stopped and tried to catch a fish in the stream, though it would be hard without a rod. Jax just wanted something to eat.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Amory

"I hope we can," she replied, watching him. "I've only hunted with a shotgun before, my father's. We should get water, too. Should we go back to the stream?" she asked.

[Darkminnow]

☆☆☆ Jax ☆☆☆

Jax gave a small nod and lead the way back to the stream. "I brought a hunting knife, but it won't help much... I don't know how to use it." Jax said, bending down to touch the water. "We need to purify it..." Jax said, pulling a small pot out of the bag. He filled it with water and set it on the ground beside him before looking around and collecting wood that could help with a fire to clean the water. "We should try and learn how to catch food soon though..." He said nervously, striking two sticks together in an attempt to start a fire.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Amory

Amory nodded. She watched him try to start a fire, amused. "You'll be there all day trying and probably not end up with a spark. Here," she said, crouching down beside him. "Got any rope?"

[Darkminnow]

☆☆☆ Jax ☆☆☆

Jax smiled sheepishly. He did, in fact, bring a bit of rope, though. "Er- I got some." He said, zipping open his bag and pulling out a coil of rope about one and a half inches around. He handed it to Amory, having not studied much on survival skills and more on battle techniques. Stupid Jax. What had he been thinking? Well, at least he knew the basics...

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Amory

Amory took the rope and stretched it out. "Where's that knife you had?" she asked while looking around for the right pieces of wood. She would need to make a fire bow and a fire board for this to work.

[Darkminnow]

☆☆☆ Jax ☆☆☆

"Uhhhhhhm," Jax murmured, reaching in his bag again. He pulled out the hunting knife after a moment and handed it to Amory, his hand grazing hers slightly. Jax blushed and looked away to close the bag before turning to see Amory's progress with the fire.

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Amory

Amory took the knife from him, pretending that her cheeks weren't warm. She found a good stick and made it into a decent bow, and then found a piece for the fireboard. She got another, shorter stick and wrapped part of the string around it from the bow.
(something like this: don't know how to describe it) She moved the bow back and forth, creating friction in the hole of the fireboard. Smoke eventually began to rise from it.

[Darkminnow]

Jax

Jax watched, intrigued, as Amory slid the bow across the stick, smoke appearing from the friction caused. Jax was impressed, though he tried not to show it. "I'll see if I can work on making a make-shift fishing rod." He said, taking the rope and the knife before walking to the stream. He would have to carve out a wooden hook, since it would take too long to make a stone one. Maybe he could start working on that tomorrow. Jax found a low branch of tree and sawed off part of it, picking out a thick bit of wood. He then began cutting it as fast as he could. Amory would be done with the fire by the time he finished. Jax wished he had brought something else to hunt with.
Jax soon gave up, then remembered that he had taken a survival class a while back. He tried to remember...
He had learnt to make a snare.
Was this how he did it?
Jax picked out the right sticks and pulled a shoelace from his tennis shoes. He would get it back once they had dinner. Jax would prefer to use rope, but it was too thick, and it was brightly colored as well.