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Peri (peri) wrote in devils_tower,
@ 2009-06-09 20:17:00

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jax, peri

Week Fourteen -- Tuesday
Who: Peri & Jax
Where: The Winter Camp
When: Tuesday Morning
Why: Peri goes to mourn a friend, Jax goes to decide how much the Camp is worth

Walking back into the camp where she had spent more than a few winters since the virus was bittersweet. This was her and her tribe's winter home after all and though they were not the wealthiest tribe, they certainly were the tribe that enjoyed their time the most no matter where they were and how tough things got. There were many memories that could make her laugh until she cried, but now there was a lurking unseen memory haunting the Winter Camp and she knew she needed to make her peace with it.

When Gypsy had gone missing, Peri knew she was dead. It was cut and dry because if Gypsy had wanted to leave she would have taken Silver, and if she had been captured there would have been word... demands. She had been able to accept that Gypsy was dead, it had hurt, but what Peri had not taken into consideration was how Gypsy might have died. It had been the worst case scenario of how she could have; slowly, painfully, and alone. Nothing could change it, or make it right, but that hadn't helped Peri.

During the war many things had changed, least of all Shepard had left. It had been a sad departure, but one that likely had gone far better than it could have; it had been clean and simple with a quiet sadness, but nothing more. Since then Peri had been trying to find not only her own footing, but her tribes'. They had lost Moe, but thankfully a younger member had picked up the business and was keeping them in a good trading position. They had gained as new leader, who so far was doing well, but would be tested with the new Lions... or Jackals now technically having the Winter Camp. That hadn't stopped Peri from 'trespassing' this morning, but then again Peri was never worried about her own safety and now no one was around to worry for her.

Taking a deep breath she walked into the forest. Her heart was pounding out of her chest and her eyes were watering at the mere idea of where she was headed. She knew where the bear trap was, she always had as she had helped set it on many occasions.

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jaxjackal
2009-06-09 11:31 pm UTC (link)

Jax was in a good mood. Of course, it took a lot to get Jax down in the dumps, but today he felt exceptionally optimistic. Yesterday he wrote and sent out a letter to each of the tribe leaders. It was the first real announcement of his presence to the other tribes in the area. He wished that he had the kind of forces with him now that he'd had when he was in charge of New Haven. If he had had that kind of power behind him, Sundance wouldn't have known what hit them. However, that unfortunately was not the case, and right now his tribe was maybe as strong as the war-worn Wolves. It was a different approach that Jax was taking with Sundance, but nothing that he felt he couldn't handle.

He hadn't heard anything back from the tribe leaders. So far, the other tribes had not reacted to the absence of the Mountain Lions (other than the Wolves moving back into the city). It was too early to tell if the lack of activity was a good or bad sign, but Jax felt confident in his knowledge of the other tribes. Besides, right now they were all too weak to do anything damaging to another tribe. His biggest concern was securing a food trade with the Wolves, once that was secured he was home free to work on all of his other plans.

The work that Jax did in his leadership position never really seemed like work to him. It was simply his way of life. When Jax and his comrades first took over the Mountain Lion turf he'd had a unit check out what the locals called the Winter Camp and bring anything useful from there back to the lodge. Now that things were settled down a bit, he wanted to check the place out himself before he met with Jed. He wanted to see just how nice the place was and come up with some kind of a deal with the River Runners that he thought was fair.

Jax saddled his horse and headed out from the lodge in the direction of the Winter Camp. He felt no need to take other men along. The majority of people in Sundance had no idea what he looked like or who he was and he was confident in his ability to protect himself regardless. At the moment he only had enough men to do roaming patrols so there were times when the Jackal perimeter went un-patrolled.

He ran his horse all the way to the camp, enjoying the warm spring weather. When he reached the main building of the camp he rode around it once and then dismounted just south of the place. He decided to water his horse before he did a more thorough run-through of the property. He paused at the edge of the forest, thinking for a moment that he heard something in the distance. Whatever it was that he'd heard he was sure that either the switchblade in his pocket or the hand gun tucked in the back of his jeans would take care of it.

He walked into the forest, leading the horse behind him. He squinted against the sunlight to see a girl walking towards him in the distance. He grinned. She would be the first non-Mountain Lion that he'd seen since coming to Sundance. Unless of course she was an escapee that he'd overlooked; then he'd certainly have some fun. He didn't think that the girl had noticed him, so he stopped walking and called out to her with a friendly wave.

"Hey, hello!" He took a few more steps, watching the girl's body language carefully.

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peri
2009-06-09 11:48 pm UTC (link)

When Peri had come upon the bear trap everything had just stopped; her heart and the sounds around her choked into the breath she couldn’t let go. She could still see the traces of blood on trap and there was no doubt who’s it was. It had been reset, and although Peri wished she could throw it away, she knew that there was a reason for everything the River Runners owned and the bear trap was one such item. It had multiple uses and every single River Runner knew exactly where it was.

That was likely the reason her mind had reeled like it had when the information of Gypsy demise had found it’s way to her. She hadn’t understood how she could have ‘stumbled into it’. A few days later when the tribe had gone to bury their fallen leader Moe had found the reason, two bottles empty and sitting by a chair in the barn. Now she was gone… and Moe had followed her. Peri didn’t have much of a world and hadn’t since the virus, but what had been her world was now mostly gone. The only traces left were her boat and a few friends here and there. It didn’t feel like much, but nothing ever really did feel like much to the petite blonde.

As Peri walked around the trap an overwhelming nausea came over her and she grabbed a near by sapling as she doubled over vomiting whatever was in her stomach that was making it turn so. Regaining herself she shook her head banishing the memories of all of this from her mind like she had her parents.

Turning back she started heading back toward the camp when she heard a man’s voice. She stopped, listening; checking to see if she knew it, but she didn’t and her senses automatically went on alert. Standing up straighter, she walked toward the silhouette of the man in front of her. If anything her stride and confidence grew as she came closer to the other.

Coming out of the clearing she took in the other quickly. “Well hello” she said, her features grinning ever so slightly as if she knew everything and anything there was to know. She didn’t, but Peri was nothing if not an accomplished actress.