Dark green eyes paused and looked over the barren ground below them before a quick breath was taken and footfalls began, nix started to walk across the outback once again with her coat hanging loosing against her waist as she moved. Her combats were folded up in to shorts and she had tucked her hunting knife in to her belt pouch for ease of movement, her stick held in her hand with a rather sharp stone on one end and a very blunt end of stick on the other. One to hit and one to slice. She smiled at this thought as she walked and looked out across the open space before her, she had managed to fell one small rodent so far today but that would barely feed her.
She paused as she heard a sound, her grip on her make shift spear tightening as she remained perfectly still and took a long breath. Her eyes seemed to slid out of focus as she tried to locate the sound exactly, her fingers moving down the shaft of the spear. She was ready to twist it now, right in to whichever place would defend her better. Stab first and ask later, it was never a good idea to sneak up on people and this currently climate was an even worse one for the issue.
Post by Magella Jones on Feb 4, 2015 16:35:12 GMT 10
It is easier to know where you are going... ...When you know where you have been
Magella had been walking, half-focused on where she was going. It was only because she wasn't completely paying attention that she got caught up in a piece of wire that was buried in the long grass. She almost tripped, hopping along as she spun a little, trying to de-tangle herself from the wire. A fallen log tripped her up and she let out a soft cry, falling out of the bushes that had given her cover and flat on her back in front of a tall redhead girl.
"Don't hurt me!" she gasped, holding her hands up to ward off any attacks that might come from her. She was still caught up in the wire, and if the girl decided to attack, she wouldn't be able to get away. "I wasn't trying to creep up on you or anything. There was bloody wire left in the middle of the bush. Got caught up around my ankles."
Hoping to have warded off any attacks, Magella snuck a closer look at the girl. She was a cute little thing, and obviously capable, if the ropes of lean muscle around her arms and legs were anything to go by. She slowly lowered her hands, bringing them down to her feet to try and untangle herself properly.
Nix heard a snap behind her and she sighed, she figured that laying snares out here was not going to land oneself the best chance of catching food but catching a person was not her aim. Se heard the thump and turned sharply only to see a much older woman on the ground behind her and she raised an eyebrow at the word spoken, well that was unexpected. She could already see her snare wrapped around the females feet and she rolled her eyes quickly, looks like she would be resetting at least one snare. Though, at least it wasnt some dead eyed bastard trying to eat her like she had seen before. She shivered at the thought before she sighed again, "You need some help" she said in a tone thought sounded very much like it was only doing this because it was her snare that had caused the issue.
It was that she didnt like people she just found them to be far too complicated and very good at messing up the system she had in place. As shown very well by this example, but if she had caused an issue she would clean up her mess and if that involved a person then there most likely going to be talking and bonding and such like. She really should get used to it, she was going to find somewhere with people to settle some time.
Post by Magella Jones on Feb 4, 2015 20:19:09 GMT 10
It is easier to know where you are going... ...When you know where you have been
Magella gave the girl a grin, propping herself up on her elbows and looking down at her feet. "Sure looks that way, don't it mate? But if you've got some place to be, I should be able to untangle this quick smart. It can't be that hard."
She plucked again at the wire, trying to work out what exactly was keeping her foot trapped. Too much longer being stuck here and she'd start getting panicky. Magella was already trying her best to keep herself from panicking. She didn't want to be stuck here if a creeper happened to find them and decided to make a meal out of her. The girl would get away but she would be a sitting duck, even with her weapons still housed in her tradie belt. It was too dangerous, even more so if it was a group of the monsters that were shuffling their way.
Nix raised an eyebrow once again as the elder female spoke and she nodded her head, very stiffly, at the words. She watched the girl try and fumble with the wire before nix noted something, the movements of the female were rather jerky. Nix smiled a little, trying to hide the fact she had noted the slight panic as she keeled down and lowered her hand to belt. She pulled out her hunting knife, moving it across the wire until it reached the bit of fabric the snags had caught and she flick her wrist. The little edges of fabric fell away and the wire dropped, not off but now it should fall away without effort.
"My bad, though, i'd watch the ground to avoid any more snares. There's about 3 more out here, somewhere" she said with a little glance upwards, flicking her knife in her hand to point the blade backward as she moved back a little and stood up. Her hair fell down over her face as she came up full height, her hands moving to ran one through her hair and mess it a little more while the other stowed away her knife in its place on her belt.
Post by Magella Jones on Feb 5, 2015 9:32:27 GMT 10
It is easier to know where you are going... ...When you know where you have been
The emergence of the hunting knife stilled Magella's movements, her eyes following the blade as it approached her and dipped down to her feet. Relief showed clearly on her face when it was pulled across the wire and she was freed. Carefully removing her feet from the wire, her fingers tested the new hole in the bottom of her jeans, mourning the almost new fabric that she'd borrowed from a shopping centre only three months ago. It seemed like it was time to go shopping again, especially if people were going to start cutting off her clothing.
Now that she was free, Magella pushed herself up onto her feet, dusting off her jeans and hands, checking the rest of her to make sure she wasn't damaged. There were a few light scratches on the backs of her hands from coming through the bushes, and there was a slight stinging in her right ear.
"Why would you put snares out here?" she asked as she went over her personal inventory. "The only thing you'll catch out here is creepers. They just get into everything when you get to close they'll get into you." Magella lifted her head to study the girl again. "Name's Magella."
Nix looked down and then felt a little guilt shot through her, she had actually only tried to cut away the bare threads and very edges of the fabric around her snare but it seemed more had come away in her trying to help. "Useless" she muttered darkly to herself before the girl spoke and nix grinned a little, "There's meat out here, i got a rat kinda thing earlier and i got a rabbity bugger a week or so ago. Not big, but meat is meat" she said with a tilt of her head as she smirked and remembered the taning hide of the rabbit from the week before. It would be useful in time, only needed to dry now.
"I havent come across one yet, none of 'em. I've seen em, skirted em, never had to deal with em yet"" she confessed as she got to the zombie part of the sentence, it wasnt strictly true as she had met one before. It was in her snare and very confused, so she had attempted to free it like the stupid nice person she was and only just stumbled back in time. She gave a little hissing sound at the memory, turning her eyes to the female a second later and trying to silence herself.
Post by Magella Jones on Feb 7, 2015 11:07:30 GMT 10
It is easier to know where you are going... ...When you know where you have been
Magella's head lifted as Nix said she caught a rat-like creature in one of her snares. "That was probably a bilby." she mumbled. "They're endangered. And its not a rabbit, we have hares here. Well, except on the other side of the rabbit proof fence. Rabbits are mongrels. No more bilbies. The poor things have a low enough population without us eating them now."
She swung her backpack off one shoulder, checking to make sure she hadn't broken anything when she'd fallen on it. Her plastic water bottle now had a crack in it and she sighed. Unscrewing the lid, Magella sucked down the remaining liquid and dumped the unless bottle back into her backpack. Even though the world had ended she couldn't stand littering, it just felt wrong.
"Lucky you." she said, zipping up her bag again and slipping it back onto her shoulders. "I have. It's not pretty. They're rotted, they smell and sometimes when you touch them the flesh just falls right off their bones." she looked over the girl. "You seem to be doing okay out here. Its good."
"Im gonna go with it being a rat actually bud, its a bit small" she said as she turned and dipped her hand in to her backpack, pulling out a wrap of fabic and opening it a little. She wasnt showing off, merely worried she had done something bad to the animal environment.
Her eyes moved over the skinned body, the skin elsewhere in her bag, and she was sure in second this was indeed a rat. It wasn't a mouse, but it wasnt a lot bigger. The girl spoke again and nix's eyes moved to her and she shivered a little, "The first one wont be a good experience methinks" she said with a flicker of her eyes befoe she smiled a little at the compliment. "I spent a lot of time travelling before it all, learnt to trap and hunt and camp out with suvival schools" she said with a grin, she had done it because it reminded her of the things she had been forced to learn as a child but these things were most likely saving her life.
Post by Magella Jones on Feb 7, 2015 21:18:07 GMT 10
It is easier to know where you are going... ...When you know where you have been
Magella took a look at the rat-like thing. "I still wouldn't eat it. They would have so many parasites and diseases. But if you want to risk your health, go right ahead." She hooked her thumbs into her backpack straps, giving the girl one last look over. "Survival school? Pfft, I went camping, much harder."
She looked up at the sky, trying to judge the time by where the sun was. Her hand came up and raked her short hair back from her face, shielding her eyes from the worst of the sunshine. It was about time to head back to Sanctuary, otherwise she'd be caught out here in the dark. She wanted to start putting out a perimetre outside the walls, push forward their safe zone a little at a time, but it obviously wouldn't be today.
"I'd love to stay and chat... but I have to get back home. Didn't get half as much done as I thought I would, walking everywhere takes so damn long." she dropped her head to look at the girl. "I'm offering a safe place to those who want it. There's walls, and people. We have food, shelter, water. If you want you can tag along, or you can keep going out here. With your rats."
Nix felt some bubble in her, her eyes slipped out of focus for a moment as the anger shot through her like a bolt of power and her hand curled tightly. So that was it, compliment her and then rip down her sucess. How kind.
Her darkened eyes turned to to the female as she spoke again, rolling now and not even taking in her words until the final sentence. She fought back a soft hiss at the words, knwoing she shouldnt take them to heart and the female didnt mean to offend.
But she had.
No, there was no way she was going to keep remaining lucky out here and avoiding things. She needed somehwere to stay and she needed it even if it meant people and stupid comments, "we'll see" she said sharply as she bit back the other words she was tempted to snap out and say
Post by Magella Jones on Feb 7, 2015 22:59:13 GMT 10
It is easier to know where you are going... ...When you know where you have been
She wasn't slow, Magella caught the anger that flitted over the girl's face. She lifted and eyebrow, turning to fully face her, hands by her sides. "Look, princess, you either come or not. I don't have time to baby you. And quite frankly I don't want to. The basket case position has already been filled and I don't need more than one. So harden up or keep on walking. It's your call. Me, I'm going back home to cuddle with my favourite person."
Magella turned on her heel, taking slow, even steps, waiting for the girl to follow or to stay behind. If the girl didn't follow in an obvious manner, she'd skirt around through the trees, weaving in and out, not wanting to lead her back to Sanctuary. But if she did follow, well... Magella didn't know what she was going to do.
Nix's eyes dropped right away, she did not like people and this way exactly why. "Bloody humans. So nice when you need help but real sour when it comes to giving it" she muttered to herself darkly, she had done well enough out here on her own and she wasnt about to follow someone like this.
Well, follow her lead. She would find her home, most likely scout it out where she was making this group and offer aid to those who were not being totally rude and selfish. "Just go, i got snare to check, i aint gonna follow home someone who's quite so two faced" she growled before she blinked at her own wrods, she hadnt meant to say that. Think it yes, say it less so.
Post by Magella Jones on Feb 8, 2015 9:51:39 GMT 10
It is easier to know where you are going... ...When you know where you have been
"I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am." Magella called back over her shoulder, snickering a little at her own joke. Giving a soft sigh, Magella stopped and turned back. "Look. You can come with me now, or you can stay out here. If you were caught up in something like that, would you start by being nice, or spitting in people's faces? I said you were doing good out here, and I mean it. But getting a big head is bad for survival. You start making mistakes."
She shrugged a little. "If you can't take a bit of friendly criticism, or advice to help you stay alive, then why would you even want to join up with a group. No one is going to see things your way, its a part of life, even before everything went to hell and people started eating each other for breakfast."
Nix frowned, her mind flickering back to something she used to hold on her wall with a long loved character and the exact words the female spoke jumping to mind. (forthwallbroken). She shook her head and looked back as she spoke once more, her eyes narrowed fast once again. "I aint got no big head, i got an issue with people saying one thing one second and something snippy the next. It's called having standards" she snapped back before she even let the words sink in. She didnt want them to sink in, she knew how to keep herself alive and was doing well at it too. She didn't need to human coming over and screwing it up, even if a group was a handy thing.
"I dont play well with others, i never did and i never will, known fact" she said as her eyes dropped to her arms, she knew that too well. Her hands moved without thought, tracing the deep dark scars running so far up her arm before her fingers curled. She had been rude, that was sticking in the mind of the red head and nix knew it would redden any decision she made.
