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Finnick Odair | The Hunger Games (dist4_finnick) wrote in paradisolog,
@ 2016-06-23 17:17:00

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~bucky barnes (onearmedbandit), ~finnick odair (dist4_finnick)

WHO: Finnick Odair and OTA (multiples OK)
WHAT: Going out on the Maggie
WHEN: Late Thursday afternoon
WHERE: The beach
WARNINGS: Not likely, will edit if necessary
STATUS: Open, Complete

With all the building and everything lately, Finnick hadn't taken Maggie out in a while. Well, he decided, it was time that came to an end. He was going fishing for dinner, and taking the canoe out would allow him access to better fishing areas than just standing on shore. He brought some hooks, a net and a spear and headed down to the beach. He found the canoe where he had left it, a bit south of the path up to camp, just inside the treeline. He had pulled it up from the shore to where the jungle began in order to protect it in case a storm came. That wouldn't protect it if there were something serious like a hurricane, but then nothing would. So far they hadn't had any storms like that. In fact, except for that one week, it hadn't rained at all. It was rather shocking that the plants were so green and the streams still flowed when it seemed like they should be in the midst of a drought, but that was just part of the magic of the island, he supposed.

The Maggie was a simple dugout canoe, about twenty feet long. Someday he intended to add an outrigger and maybe a sail, but he hadn't had time to do so yet. It had taken him weeks just to cut down a large enough tree and hollow it out. He hadn't had anything but the little hatchet he'd arrived with when he started. Later he'd gotten a tool kit, and eventually they had gotten power tools for the main camp, but most of the work had been done by hand. It had been his longest project and biggest achievement on the island, at least until he'd started building the house.

There was something about being on the water that always made him feel better. He took off his shirt and left it handing on a tree branch so that it would stay clean and dry. Then he pulled the boat down from the treeline to the surf and prepared to push it out into the waves and jump in.

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Bucky & Finnick

onearmedbandit
2016-06-24 10:23 pm UTC (link)

Bucky had been coming down to the beach area to go for a swim. His shoulder was still bothering him but he hadn't wanted to tell anyone that but Steve. Maybe letting it 'soak' a bit in the salt water would help. His mind was on that so it took him a moment to notice Finnick.

Smiling widely, he walked over to him. He could help Finnick with the boat and chat. While that wouldn't help his shoulder, it'd be good for the rest of him. He'd wanted an opportunity to talk to Finnick alone and a boat seemed like the perfect opportunity.

"Hey," he called when he was close and waved. "Do you want a hand with that?" Smiling he came up to Finnick.

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Bucky & Finnick

dist4_finnick
2016-06-25 09:22 am UTC (link)

Finnick was slowly dragging the boat down the sand towards the water. It was too long and heavy for him to lift it on his own, so dragging was the only option. It was slow going and he was a little out of breath.

He looked up and then smiled when he saw Bucky approaching. He waved back and answered. "Sure, I could use a hand getting it down to the water. Then I was going to take her out fishing. You ever fished from a canoe before?" He considered asking Bucky to come fishing with him, but he was somewhat cautious. A novice could capsize a canoe if they weren't careful, and he'd already had that happen once with Chloe and didn't want it to happen again. Although to be fair, that hadn't really be due to her inexperience on boats so much as them attempting certain activities the gods never intended to take place on a canoe.

"So what have you been up to lately?" He asked.

	Bucky & Finnick dist4_finnick 2016-06-29 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I hope so too. I think it's safe, though. I think it's safe to want things. It's not like everything's perfect, but it's better than home." He looked down and saw the fish. "You're right, looks like the fish are ready so we'd better get to fishing." (Reply to this) (Parent)