Roleplay in fantasy Norse Skarvald area, Second Life.
28.02.16 - Skarvald http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Kalistina/243/30/21
Roleplay was done in group chat, to show Ranger skills for level progress. In this rp, Aud demonstrates how to start a fire and how to smoke fish.
This rp took place over three days in Skarvald. It takes days to smoke fish!
[03:13] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith smiled when she saw that the fish traps she had set day before yesterday were almost full, a nice haul of medium to large sized cod fish. The trap was still in good shape, and the placement was fast. She left the fish swimming in circles in the narrow-necked basket trap and walked back to begin to prepare the site that would be her cooking and sleeping area for the next two days and nights. [03:17] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) was taking a well deserved nap on a higher perch area, curled up with her tail tucked in, a rare rest for a busy Ranger, the sounds of the wilds somewhat peaceful for now, eyes closed, letting herself gain the energy for a day of missions [04:57] Audfrith (emmiedee): It was still fairly early in the morning when Audfrith began digging her cooking pit at the campsite. She had walked almost three hours this morning to find her traps full of good-sized cod. After digging the hole for the fire pit, she walked around the area to gather wood and stones. Since she needed to build two fires and a smoking pit, she could use almost everything she found, she noticed happily as she made several quick trips into the woods from the campsite and back. [05:08] Audfrith (emmiedee): She lined the pit with stones and then placed some kindling underneath green hardwood that would create a nice slow smoky fire. She then stacked the wood up for what would be the hotter fire beside it, using more kindling, tinder, and aged dryer wood. After preparing the fire areas, she constructed the frames to hold the fish over the smoking fire. She had brought several long branches with her as a sledge. Several of these she used to construct her shelter, and now she wove the smaller ones into a good mesh that would hold most of the fish from the traps. [06:45] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith had finished a good morning’s work on the campsite, preparing it to smoke the fish she had caught in the traps. Now that she had the firepits built, the frames for the fish woven together, and the wood laid for the fires, she took a mid-day break to have some of the cheese she had bought in the market yesterday and a few handfuls of the fruit and dried squirrel meat mix that she had brought as her main food. Her water skin was looking empty. She would refill it when she went back in a few minutes to get the fish trap out of the water and bring it back on the small sledge. Then the work would truly begin, she thought to herself. But the sun was not yet in its mid-day position, and she felt good about her preparation for the trip. She had one more handful of dried berries and seaweed and headed back to her traps. [07:36] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith took the nets and a cauldron on the sledge back with her to the traps, then carefully pulled the traps from the water, loaded them onto the sledge, and pulled them back to an inlet halfway back to camp. If the fish leavings attracted wild animals, they would likely come here for the leftovers rather than facing her camp with the fire burning. She filled the cauldron with sea water and began to kill, gut, and clean the fish at the water’s edge. When she had finished, she emptied one of the nets of cleaned fish into the pot then filled it up with sea water and pulled it all back to camp. [07:40] Audfrith (emmiedee): She strung fish from another net up to put on into the smoker as soon as she started it. This fish that had not been brined would not last as long, but she could smoke it again in a few days at home, after she had the bulk of the catch preserved. [07:49] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith leaned down over her stacked wood to start the fire. She took a bundle of tinder together with a piece of char cloth from her pouch kit, placing the char cloth on top of the kindling. She looked thankfully at the pocket curved steel she had carried for years and the new flint stone, striking hard on the edge of the stone with the steel, until embers of steel fell welcomed into the char cloth. Audfrith picked up the small bundle like a baby, blowing gently on it, then suddenly with a BURST, a flame caught the ashed fabric. She carefully placed the burning bundle in with the tinder in the fireplace and blew on the flames harder now, challenging them to light up every stick in the pile. When the fire was brightly burning, she sat back on her heels and breathed a sign of relief. [08:00] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith placed the cauldron full of fish and sea water brine near the hotter fire, where they would sit for the night before going into the smoker tomorrow. She started the second slower cooler fire in the smoker pit with no problems, then propped the fish she had strung over it. It would be almost morning before these fish would be ready to eat. Finally, she draped the oiled canvas over the frame like a tee-pee, allowing just enough of an opening for smoke to come out. She took the other fish that were left, four beautiful steaks about the size of her hand, and put them directly on the hot fire for her dinner and midnight meal. She sat back as she considered her evening ahead, as she would need to keep both fires going and sleep as she could. [08:27] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith ate her early dinner in peaceful wonder of the sunset. She had more water in her skin, the fires were burning at their best, the fish were cut, cleaned, and being cooked, smoked, or brined for cooking tomorrow. There was extra firewood at the ready. She lay down contentedly near the fires for the night ahead. (end of part 1) Part 2 [08:28] Audfrith (emmiedee): On her first night beside the fires she had built to smoke her fish, Audfrith slept as well as one might expect. After years of man-hunting-- being a “hit man” for her Jarl-- and its consequences, she had developed a knack for sleeping with her eyes open just a little bit. The fires on her left side were hypnotic. She could see the outlines of the smoking fish and the burning embers through the fabric of the canvas oilcloth that created the teepee smoker, and the flames from her hotter fire beside it burned steadily. As well, she had brought with her several staff-sized torches that she had prepared before she left, soaking the cloth in a foul tar-smelling mix that would flame and smoke terribly when lit up, and one of these also glowed in orange ember streaks at her side. To her back was the mountainous rock; her right side was shielded with the make-shift travois that she would load everything back up on tomorrow, if the gods allowed it. In general, she felt fairly safe, and her half-sleep was [08:28] Audfrith (emmiedee): only twice interrupted all night: once when she re-stoked the fires in the cold of the early a.m., and once more when a curious fox sniffed the fishy dawn air. But a sharp word from her and he bolted. Audfrith felt almost guilty to disturb the snowy calm, and she “hmph”ed out loud to herself at the sound of her own voice as he ran away. ((visiting fox was result of a “wandering things” roll)) [08:34] Audfrith (emmiedee): As soon as there was enough light, Audfrith took the fish out of the saltwater brine that they had been soaking in all night and laid them out on a leafy frame near the fire to dry. They would need to settle from the brine soak until about mid-day, and then she would put them on the smoker. This longer preserving process would allow her to eat these smoked fish for another 4 months. She would have maybe 3 weeks to eat the ones she had only smoked without soaking first, but she was confident that she would finish eating them before that. She estimated how much she would take to Sigi’s for a meal with her and Dayne -- would Deen sit at the table, she wondered? -- and she felt good about the haul so far. She kept an eye on the fires and then had a mid-day meal. Thankfully, no unexpected visitors showed up ((result of wandering stuff roll)) [08:40] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith’s next task after having her lunch was to pack the hot smoked fish away into bags. From the pile of furs, nets, and canvas that lay at the back of the lean-to against the cold rock, Audfrith rummaged for and then removed two medium-sized patchwork skin bags. From one of these, she dumped out about 30 smaller linen bags. She picked the warm dried fish jerky from the smoker frame and carefully put about a day’s worth into each bag. Then she took as many of these bags as would fit -- she lost count; she did not really count so well, but it was 14 -- and she loaded these up into the larger skin bag, then into a crate, and suspend this from a tall tree at home. There was a price to pay for living outside the keep gates and having animals for her neighbors, but Audfrith had lived rough in the woods, with animals as her neighbors, for the better part of more than ten years. She raised her eyebrows as she thought about the bastets and werewolves and flying dragon-things in Skarvald: “More [08:40] Audfrith (emmiedee): animals IN the city, INSIDE the gates,” she said under her breath. [08:45] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith packed the fish away as quickly as she could into the empty crates she had brought. She had seen a good deal of animal scat while she was out gathering the firewood yesterday, and she knew that the animals here were well-fed. And the crates were well tied up, even if she had to leave them behind to be sniffed out and come back for them later. She was starting to like animals more, but, she nodded to herself, she still did not want to do their food gathering and cooking for them. “Well,” she told herself ironically, “except for that wolf!” She wondered how the `wolf that she had been feeding was doing. Master Ranger Ulf had told her that the father of the pups would not be threatening to them, so she had not understood why the female wolf seemed so anxious when the male was around. She had left almost a week’s worth of food for the female wolf, way back in her den, now that she was allowed into it. She had Sigi’s word that Dayne would look in on the wolf as he could, and Aud knew [08:45] Audfrith (emmiedee): that Master Ranger Ulf would also stop by to talk to her as he passed. ((wandering things roll: Result of roll: Wolves are on the prowl, 5 of them, between 71 and 129 lbs. each. )) [08:54] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith had just finished putting the last of the brined dried fish into the smoker tent fire and suspending the crate of smoked cod when she noticed yellow eyes and movement in the brush at the edge of the forest. She lit one of her staff-sized torches and allowed it to burn for a few minutes, creating a terrible smelly smoke from her camp. There were five wolves there, but they maintained their distance, and when she set up the smoky fire, they turned away in seeming disgust and headed back to the trees ((rolled results)). She allowed the torch to go out, but the embers continued to give off their awful-smelling smoke. Hmmm, wolves. In her mind, she calculated the value of her work and the slowness of her load back: it would normally only take her about 3 hours to walk back to her place, or even to the huge market, but with this load, she had figured it would take almost 5. She could not outrun wolves. She also did not feel good about trying to kill a pack of wolves, 4 or 5 at a time, until how [08:54] Audfrith (emmiedee): many bodies lay dead that she could not clean or use, with more maybe coming, even if Odin decreed that she could kill them. She had taken two wolves once in battle before with her sword and a knife, but not as a choice. But these wolves were not hungry. She had the feeling that this was more a territory stand by the wolves.. She would be gone from this campsite tomorrow before mid-day, but she had no way of letting the wolves know this. But the fish in the smoker needed to smoke for most of the night before they would be ready, so Audfrith settled herself in for whatever might happen. She made it through the the rest of the day and the second night with no other surprises. ((rolled results)) [09:01] Audfrith (emmiedee): On the third day of her fishing trip, Audfrith watched the sun brightening the morning sky, deciding to let the smoker fire die out. She removed the teepee tent smoker cover and picked the cod fish, having been brined, then dried, then smoked, out of the frame. Everything except this food and the suspended food crates was ready to go and already packed securely onto the travois: the cooking cauldron, the fishing trap that she was taking back home with her, her lantern, and 2 of the staff-sized torches she had prepared. She would tie all of the food crates onto the travois, except the one large bag that would not fit into a crate. She would put this into the cauldron, and then she would cover the whole thing with the tarp that had been her shelter for the last two nights. She had finished her mid-morning meal and then this last packing work -- all fires out except for the one that burned on her smoky torch walking stick -- when she saw the wolves full-on again, four of them this time, but coming at her [09:01] Audfrith (emmiedee): determinedly, like the price of allowing her to stay here for three days was, in their minds, the cart of whatever she had in front of her. Audfrith weighed her options. ((wolves were rolled result of regular “wandering things” roll)) ((will be back to work out fight scene. gosh, this takes awhile, even without taking pictures!!)) ((end of part 2)) ((part 3 with Sassa fri and Lacey)) In group rpg chat [02:17] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith was just starting her return from a three-day fishing trip when four of the five wolves she had seen the previous day approached her, in disturbingly strategic positions. She slowly removed herself from the travois and nodded to herself. She had half anticipated this, and she knew she was lucky to have this one chance to make a stand when her position was so strong: her back was to the stone mountain and her right side protected by the travois, and the tight open attack space did not allow more than one or possibly two wolves to attack at the same time. [02:17] Audfrith (emmiedee): The largest wolf, a brown and grey male, stood directly in front of her and bared his teeth, growling. Aud took a small step forward and leveled her torch-staff down toward the wolf’s head. She held the staff in both hands, and she knew that her accuracy and skill could bring deadly results for the wolf, and that would not be good for either of them, since the survivors would likely take the loss badly. If there’s one thing an assassin learns, it’s to not do the killing in front of a vengeful family, and Aud was pretty sure that this applied to wolves as well as to humans.
In local
[02:21] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) would hold out her hand giving of a soft animalesque whimper as she approaches the scene " NO! please!", she would slowly remove her boots and pull up the bottom of her dress as her human looking feet begin to form into that of paws and tilts her head
In group rp chat
[03:39] Audfrith (emmiedee): Aud was happy to return home safely. After three days of half-sleeping while the fire smoked the fish she'd trapped, she was still somewhat fuzzy about meeting two wolves who helped her against four others. If she did not live in Skarvald, she would never believe it. But she did not believe that it was just a dream. She unloaded the travois, hoping for a nap.
In local:
[06:37] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) would cough to alert of her return, carrying two empty sacks as she goes, setting her eyes on her new found friend she would carefully set the sacks on the table "thank you.. for earlier" she would say softly
[06:39] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith looked quickly back to the beautiful lady who had walked up without her hearing. "Well.. Hello!... again!" Aud said, realizing who the woman must be. "Nice to meet you again! And I be the one to thank YE, lady. Ye did us all a great service this morning. Would ye like some soup from a bowl?" Audfrith smiled.
[06:39] Bark Bench: Hi emmiedee! Touch me to change and/or adjust pose.
[06:40] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) would let out a groan " after all that fish.. you are certainly good with food" she laughs and rubs her tummy still feeling the fullness " and it was just something that had to be done, I know you could have handled it yourself so I do apologize for just rushing in, but at least no one got hurt"
[06:42] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Please make yeself to home. There be some mead there on the table.," Aud pointed. "Twere the best for all, as ye did. So ye be a shapeshifter eh? And au a wolf?"
[06:46] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) takes a seat at the table "Actually I'm a Lycan.. Like a large handful of people it seems, I formed a pack though, we tend to be in our hunter forms most of the time though as it gives the feeling of freedom.. the wind in the fur sort of thing" she chuckles and looks behind her to see the king running on by and furrows her brows, hoping he is doing ok, she would then look to the woman before her " how are things with you?"
[06:49] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Skarvald be a place we only dreamed about as kids," Aud frowns. "People seem nice, but then like Ravner..." Aud trails off in thought, then turns back to Sassa. "You can nae be angry wit a demon for he be a demon, can ye? And what be this thing, Lyyye kann?"
[06:51] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) tilts her head "I personally can only be angry at a creature that gives into temptation of hurting others, and a Lycan is a powerful beast, three forms, as you saw my white fur earlier, it's usually reddish"
[06:53] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Ah, and that be au wha th Master Ranger Ulf be, then?" Audfrith asks pointedly. "How many o ye be here in Skarvald? Ere ye all friendly?"
[06:56] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) tilts her head " there are.. including myself five that I know of.. There may be six... and we are friendly naturally.. You know Ulf is friendly, I hope" she laughs and would reach for some soup finally and blows on it taking a sip " I have including myself three Lycan in my pack and one wolf, she is very different to the ones you ran into"
[06:59] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Oh!" Aud said out loud. "That puts me in mind of another thing. There be a wolf I be feeding -- a pregnant wolf, and she trust me now. But I worry on her some. Maybe you could meet her one day?" Aud asked Sassa.
[07:00] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) tilts her head "two pregnancies?" she chuckles "maybe me and Ulf's pups can hang around together, but a pregnant wolf? a direwolf or regular wolf?" she asks curiously
[07:01] Audfrith (emmiedee): "She hae some kind o magikal ken to her," Aud says slowly, "but she be more like a real old wolf to me. Mebbe ye can tell better n me."
[07:02] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) gives a nod "I will look after her till she is able to do things herself" she smiles over to her, and how are your missions coming along?"
[07:04] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Truth be, th mission I seem most ta be doin lately is learnin how ta live in Skarvald," Aud smiled. "Ravner were a friend, I thot, and I kept clean o all that. I helped some wit the trolls, but I most keep ta meself until a bird flies in from tha Queen," Aud laughed out loud.
[07:06] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) chuckles and gives a nod " I came here with someone but he left, Then when I saw Ulf I had to keep telling myself oh he is the boss.. he is off-limits.... then gradually we got closer, though we both keep our professionalism and work together from time to time we ended up forming a pack.. and now I carry his young which makes missions a lil iffy but it is manageable"
[07:08] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Ye be far more brave than me, Sassa. If I come to load, it'll be all ye can do ta drag me from tha bed," Aud smiled. "Course, do nae believe that will happen anytime soon."
[07:09] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) raises her right eyebrow "in Skarvald.. anything is possible.. I guess it also comes in handy when you have to help hunt and feed the pack.. always keeps me on my toes instead of resting" she finally finishes her soup and places the empty bowl on the table before her "I do love being a ranger though, it's so refreshing being out in the wilds"
[07:11] Audfrith (emmiedee): Aud smiled, nodding. "Me au. Tis little house suits me, it be more like a den than lodge." She turned to Sass again. "Me best friend Sigi also be wit child, an her Dayne nowheres ta be found, most days," Aud found herself starting to gossip like an old man and stopped herself. "Women hae it hard ta rights, all species, likely," she finished.
[07:13] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) tilts her head " Sigi?.. Deen's other step mom? though I see myself as a step mother only because Deen and I are alike.. I see him as a son so much to learn about our kind and all, he joined my pack, I havent seen sigi or Deens father at all lately so I have been trying to check up on him.. poor little lamb" she sighs
[07:15] Audfrith (emmiedee): "What word from Deen?" Aud asked. "He and me, we met and he watched me. I thot he liked me," Aud said, "but who can ken? Hae ye visited him? Be he still locked up?"
[07:17] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) gives a shrug "I think he is free now, my pack sister has been on him to check, I had been on a mission with ulf not long before and it didn't go so well so I had taken a lil time off to sort myself out, but the news is good, he isn't infested with a demon any more, so he just needs to rest, he will be a lil shaken up for a while is my guess, he needs lots of treats like honey shards to eat and hugs and to be made to feel everything will be ok"
[07:18] Audfrith (emmiedee): Audfrith took in the new information that this fascinating character also mothered Deen and really seemed to care about him. "So he be free now? Who did he attack?" Aud asked.
[07:21] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) gives a shrug " I don't know who but he did attack our pack sister shadow.. but she refused to attack him even though she is a wolf.. we all love Deen, keep him fed and warm and as safe as possible, but right now he does need to be put somewhere safe, I still need to teach him how to shift his forms correctly, especially because he has not learned his scarier form just yet so he might need some extra guidance as his father isn't Lycan"
[07:22] Audfrith (emmiedee): Aud nodded. "Siggi be afeard of about all, wit Dayne gone so much. Might be mere n she can handle, havin deen learn to be animal mere n man."
[07:25] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) gives a nod " he is very feral because of having lived in the wild so long, she needs to know she has support, maybe I can sit down with her some time and have a talk about Deen, so she can learn what to expect in the situation, so that she doesn't become afraid, what with her being with child and all, the last thing she needs to do is be scared, his father already knows I want to help teach him so it isn't too bad"
[07:27] Audfrith (emmiedee): "She seems ta be a bit high-strung, I will say to ye," Aud nods. "But she be a good woman an all." Audfrith's words begin to slur some, and she snaps herself back awake. "Sorra! I did nae sleep so much these last tree day," Aud says.
[07:29] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) shakes her head " go get some rest missy" she smiles " thank you for the soup by the way, yet again delicious food, you might find yourself with some meat outside soon" she chuckles "rest up, I look forward to talking to you again"
[07:31] Audfrith (emmiedee): Aud stood up, smiling sheepishly. "I do nae usually get so tired. But a rest... ya," she agreed. "Stop by annytime ye be in this area. My house be yours."
[07:31] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) gives a bow of her head " take care, be well and safe travels when you go out"
[07:32] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Thank ye again fer tis morning." Aud pointed to the crate hanging from a tree nearby. "That fish be there thanks ta ye and yours."
[07:32] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) wavers her hand " any more and I would be stuck here unable to move" she laughs
[07:33] Audfrith (emmiedee): "Greetings to Master Ranger Ulf, when ye see him. Tell him I be back from my fishing trip."
[07:35] Sassa Fri (lunasglow) gives a respectful bow of her head and heads off to the cave
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Audfrith's fishing trip
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