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Natasha of the goats (somebodyseyes) wrote in paradisolog,
@ 2016-07-07 21:11:00

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natasha romanoff (somebodyseyes), ~link (legendoflink)

WHO: Natasha and OTA (Multiples welcome)
WHERE: The beach
WHEN: Thursday July 7
WHAT: Swimming, picking up seashells
WARNINGS: None yet but will adjust if needed
STATUS: Complete

I swear I won't tease you won't tell you no lies.

Natasha had spent most of the day helping in the garden. She'd enjoyed herself but it had been hard work. Not that she minded hard work, it kept her mind off things. Like why it seemed that everyone here was having sex and she wasn't. Pepper had told her that she needed to be more open to people, not appear so closed off and she knew her friend was right but that wasn't easy for Natasha. She was too used to keeping her true self hidden, presenting a front to the world but that would get her nowhere here. She needed to be herself but there were times when she had no idea who that was.

When she'd gotten back to her shelter, she'd decided to take a dip in the ocean. Since she had not bathing suit, she stripped down to her sports bra and underwear and went in that way. She wasn't ashamed of her body and skinny dipping didn't bother her and while she was willing to be more open, she wasn't ready to be that open yet.

She had lost track of time while she was playing in the waves and it felt good to enjoy herself, laugh, just being herself and not worrying about who might be watching. When she tired of that, she walked along the shore, picking up sea shells and was studying one that she'd found when she walked right into someone. "Oh shit," she said, looking up. "I'm sorry, i was staring at a sea shell."

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legendoflink
2016-07-12 12:05 am UTC (link)

Link smiled at the comment, walking with her, pleased to know the place seemed to be easy enough to live with. Shrugging as they walked, he looked over towards her with a light smile and just nodded, "I'm busy too from home. In the village, growing up, I was always milking cows, or getting the herd, or odd jobs here or there, but always keeping busy. Things really amped up later though, and I really haven't stopped being on the 'job' as you might say for the better part of a few months, maybe even a year. I lost count of time eventually..."

He trailed off with a sigh and frown, missing some of his friends, but knew it had to be done. He raised a brow at the modern conveniences part, "What do you mean by modern conveniences?"

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somebodyseyes
2016-07-13 11:37 pm UTC (link)

Natasha looked up at him when he mentioned cows. "You can milk cows? Oh man, that's great! We have a cow and some goats but no one who's really great at milking them. Talk to Finnick, he's been here the longest and tell him that you've got experience with animals. No one is really in charge here but he's always a huge help to new people. He's probably somewhere around, we might run into him."

She had attempted to milk a goat and it had not gone well. It was definitely not one of Natasha's finer moments and she was glad that no one had seen it. She'd never have lived it down. "We've got chickens too. Well we're one short on those since we ate it but we've got more."

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legendoflink
2016-07-15 09:48 pm UTC (link)

"I'm actually not completely terrible at it either. I mean, I did it most of my life, but some of the other farmers were a bit better. I did a great job of herding though, Epona and I worked really, really well together in that department," Link offered with a smile and continued on his way with her, looking at her a moment and tilting his head, "Finnick and I have chatted a tiny bit already I think. I think I can be of great help to him."

Link thought about that as they moved and nodded, "Actually, chicks grow fast into chickens, so if you can manage to get them to lay some eggs, you have a recurring assortment of food, including the eggs at that."

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somebodyseyes
2016-07-15 09:53 pm UTC (link)

"I had a friend that was here and the chickens were his but he's gone now. :He showed me how to get the eggs and I've done it but it's not my thing," she shook her head. It had just felt weird to Natasha. "but if you can do it, that would be great. their coop is not too far form my shelter."

They had reached the main part of the camp and Natasha stopped and looked up at him. "If you've been on the network at all, you've probably spoken to Finnick. He usually greets everyone. It sounds like you can do a lot of things that will be useful. I hope you like it here." He seemed like a good guy and he wanted to help so that was good.

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legendoflink
2016-07-15 10:30 pm UTC (link)

"It sounds like, from my limited conversations, that the animal parts of it all are the most difficult and need the most help. I'm fine to offer my expertise there. It's either that or fighting, and fighting seems to be lacking any real need here, at least so far, and hopefully far into the future," He smiled as they came to stop near the camp. He looked over to her and his smirk grew, "Near your shelter? Good. It'll be nice to have a reference point."

He nodded, "Yea, I've talked to him. He seems like a good guy, and I do have some uses. Though, again, it's mostly farming, and then a lot of combat related abilities that might not be all that useful."

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somebodyseyes
2016-07-24 11:30 pm UTC (link)

"Hey, every little bit helps," she said. "we all have to pitch in together. I have fighting skills too but I hope I never have to use them. I'm pretty sure that there isn't anyone else on the island save the people Arva invited." At least she hadn't run into anyone which was good.

"Sounds like you're set then. I'm going to get going but if you need any help with anything, look me up, I'm not hard to find." She gave him a wave and headed off toward her shelter.

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