Re: Quiet of the Woods (Open RP)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:55 am
Pierre took his knife and quickly cut the throat of the sow, and set it on a log so that it would bleed out while he set up the fire.
It took a few minutes, but with a little bit of work he cleared an area large enough for a fire without burning down the whole forest. He gathered up the small bits of fuel he moved and put it into the center of the circle. The tree nearby had a few dead branches on it that looked like they'd be good kindling. After breaking them into small pieces, he had plenty of fuel to get a fire started. All he needed now were some larger pieces of wood to keep it going.
A short walk away he found a tree that was dead. It wasn't too tall, and would make a decent fuel source. He pulled his hatchet out of his pack, and pulled the cover off of the blade. After taking a couple practice swings, he found the mark where he wanted to strike on the tree. Pierre drew a rune on the tree at that point, and then swung with the hatchet. The single swing, went completely through the tree, and it fell over.
After repeating drawing the rune and swinging, he had a decent amount of wood, which he carried back to where he had built up the kindling already. He pulled out a piece of flint he had found from his pack, and proceeded to scrape the back of his hatchet across it. After a few swipes, a leaf caught fire, near the wood. With a bit of care, the kindling was burning, and Pierre was adding the larger logs to the fire.
He turned his attention back to the Sow. After a few minutes of work, he had gutted it, cleaned it, and had passed a stick through it. By now the fire was a bit less in size, but still significant in terms of coals. Adding a single log to the fire, He quickly located two sticks to hold up the sow on the makeshift spit, and slowly turned it over the fire.
"Cooking it like this will take a while, but it will be faster in the long run, and should allow for less waste of the meat."
He closed his eyes as his thoughts drifted back to the first time he'd cooked like this.
It took a few minutes, but with a little bit of work he cleared an area large enough for a fire without burning down the whole forest. He gathered up the small bits of fuel he moved and put it into the center of the circle. The tree nearby had a few dead branches on it that looked like they'd be good kindling. After breaking them into small pieces, he had plenty of fuel to get a fire started. All he needed now were some larger pieces of wood to keep it going.
A short walk away he found a tree that was dead. It wasn't too tall, and would make a decent fuel source. He pulled his hatchet out of his pack, and pulled the cover off of the blade. After taking a couple practice swings, he found the mark where he wanted to strike on the tree. Pierre drew a rune on the tree at that point, and then swung with the hatchet. The single swing, went completely through the tree, and it fell over.
After repeating drawing the rune and swinging, he had a decent amount of wood, which he carried back to where he had built up the kindling already. He pulled out a piece of flint he had found from his pack, and proceeded to scrape the back of his hatchet across it. After a few swipes, a leaf caught fire, near the wood. With a bit of care, the kindling was burning, and Pierre was adding the larger logs to the fire.
He turned his attention back to the Sow. After a few minutes of work, he had gutted it, cleaned it, and had passed a stick through it. By now the fire was a bit less in size, but still significant in terms of coals. Adding a single log to the fire, He quickly located two sticks to hold up the sow on the makeshift spit, and slowly turned it over the fire.
"Cooking it like this will take a while, but it will be faster in the long run, and should allow for less waste of the meat."
He closed his eyes as his thoughts drifted back to the first time he'd cooked like this.