cape_kore | Cassandra Cain | Day 51 | 002

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Cassandra Cain | Day 51 | 002 | Video

[When the feed comes on, it's... probably an accident, really. The only thing in view is murky water and a lot of bubbles, occasional flashes of silver, and every now and then, a pair of feet. The sound is muffled because of the water, but there's a lot of obvious splashing going on.

There's a split second image of a fish and then the comm is out of the water. Cass is catching fish in the forest, no big deal. She tosses her prize toward the pile of them on the shore, then notices her comm is on. Must have been hit by the fish. Or a rock. Hmm.]

Um. Hi! [She waves, then uses her thumb to wipe off some of the water.] Catching food. Have a lot, now. If you... need some, can come take. Lots of fish in river.

Can show... how to catch, too. How to clean, cook.

[She turns to show her catch and there's... kind of a lot of fish. She's been at this for awhile, there's enough for everyone.]

Might... need pillowcases, to carry home.

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Not too far... into forest. Should be easy to find.

I'm Cassandra, by the way.

I'll just follow the smell of fish.

[She smiled at the girl in the video.]

Hi, Cassandra. I'm Riley. I'll grab what I can and come meet you.

[And she doesn't even blink because that's a normal enough kind of ability for people to have where she's from.]

Will be very easy, then. [Cass smiles back.] Waiting for you. Have one knife, but more... always helpful.

I'll be there in a bit.

[With a small wave, she shut off the video feed, pleased to have found someone that seemed to be nice enough. Maybe this place wasn't all bad.

Going into the kitchen area, she hunted around, but she could only find butter knives. Shrugging, she hoped that Cassandra would be too busy fishing or cleaning her own catch to notice a claw. She could work with her back to the girl, which should be easy enough.

Decided, she left the house, heading out in the direction of the woods. She picked up the scent of fish easily enough, following it to its source, which appeared to be a life-size version of the girl she'd talked to.]

Cassandra? Hi.

[By now, Cass is back in the water to catch a few more fish. There's not really such a thing as too much to eat, not when there are so many people in the town now. When Riley shows up, Cass smiles and starts to make her way out of the stream.]

Cass is fine. You've... done this, before?

Which part; caught the fish or cleaned them? Yes to both, by the way.

[She'd even learned to catch them by hand which is partly what caught her attention when the communicator had first gone on.]

Good. Will be faster, then. [And she doesn't have to stumble through the instructions trying to teach her. Cass isn't exactly the best at public speaking.]

Want to catch more? Or... start cleaning?

How about I clean and you keep catching. You seem to be in a zone.

[She moved over to the pile of fish and pulled a couple off to the side that she could work on.]

[Cass just nods at that and gets back into the water. It won't be hard to start catching fish again and right now, she's more interested in her new friend. She scuffs her feet along the river bottom, making an even place for her to stand.]

Been here... for long? Don't think... I've seen you around.

No, not really. I got here yesterday. I'm still sort of wondering if this isn't really, really bad and very realistic dream.

[The smell of the fish wafting up to her was dissuading her of that quickly. Same with the feel of her claw sliding through flesh, slicing a neat line from just under the head down to the tail along its belly. There was no 'eww' face as she slipped her hand in to begin pulling out the stomach and other innards. This was something she'd done a thousand times growing up, all part and parcel of surviving in places where you couldn't go to a store and get something neatly packaged to take home with you.]

What about you? Have you been here long?

Not dream. Sorry.

[Cass is watching for a moment to make sure Riley isn't having any issues and if she sees any claws, she doesn't say anything about them, or even look particularly surprised. She just sticks her hands back under the water and waits for the next fish to come by.]

Mmm... little over week, I think. [She's bad at keeping track of time.]

[She'll try to keep her back to Cassandra so as not to show that she doesn't have a knife, but there might be the occasional glimpse of her hand.]

That doesn't seem that long.

[She pauses as she finishes with one fish and starts on a second.]

Have you... tried to leave yet?

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