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Re: 20/09 - Sorta Chicken Dinner (Cai, Open) #20September3342 #Anna-Crane #Cai-Mordecai


 

Date:?20/09
Time:?Early afternoon
Location:?Crane farm
Characters:?Cai, Anna
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OOC: Sorry it took me a while, I've been dealing with a lot. Details privately.?

"I think we're more temporary than they are." Anna said, handing Cai an apron and getting her own from the hooks on the wall. "Which bothers me. If they view us as just another hunting ground, they're going to step up their attacks, and if they step up their attacks, then we might see something bigger than the occasional scree raid." The space was limited, which made their movements a lot smaller and more restrained so they wouldn't bump into each other. "I think we should probably find some low-tech way to enforce the boundary. And probably a better way to patrol it, because if things are as bad as you say they are Out There, we're in for a lot more than just attacks on farms." For some reason, Anna rubbed the scarred patch of skin on her neck and shuddered a little.?

"Thanks for offering to talk to Snicks, by the way." Anna said, stepping over to the side so Cai could work. She took down a set of gleaming metal tools with a variety of uses-- of course, Cai had her own, but Anna as always offered a full service for the room. "I'm thinking if they find a few corpses, they might think about the boundary. Sort of what Earthers used to do with feral hogs." And of course what the corporation used to do in conflict areas, but something told her reminding everyone of the dirty corporate tactics was a bad idea. "It'll also save me having to walk the boundary night of the solstice festival. You goin' to that at all?" It was a huge event, of course, and Anna's family always went, but the farmer tended to spend half the night walking the border and couldn't enjoy the celebrations when she was?there.?

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 10:14 AM Jo <eommods@...> wrote:

Date:?20/09
Time:?Early afternoon
Location:?Crane farm
Characters:?Cai, Anna

Cai followed behind Anna listening attentively; Anna wasn¡¯t much of a talker so when she spoke Cai listened carefully. She could empathise with the other woman¡¯s frustration. More and more predators were coming through the barrier and they were ill equipped to deal with them. They were growing bolder or more desperate, Cai wasn¡¯t sure, but her traps were catching them closer and closer to the force field.


Years ago she would need to go further into the Out There to catch anything. Now she barely needed to step outside. It worried her, but she couldn¡¯t say she was upset with the additional meat on her table or furs to trade with. The people in town liked to ignore the Out There, they wouldn¡¯t want to hear it if Cai started talking about the barrier failing and the increase in animals coming through.

¡°I will talk to him about some lethal counter measures as well. It would be better for all if something was in place before the barrier falls. I would ask him to look at the barrier itself but no one knows where it is controlled from.¡± That annoyed her to no end. No one, not even travellers from other cities, knew anything about the force field, where it was powered from or where it was controlled from.

Stepping into the cutting room Cai dumped her kills and took a look at the screes; there was enough meat on them to make it worthwhile butchering, ¡°Thanks, these will be a good addition.¡± She smoothed her hands over them, examining them with dispassion her fingers slowing over the ribcage and stomach,

¡°They weren¡¯t starving,¡± she observed, ¡°this is a problem. If they were starving then this would be an act of desperation. The Out There has a cold season where nothing grows. Starving during this period is natural. If they are coming through when the hunting is good then they are expanding their hunting grounds and this won¡¯t stop. Damn,¡± she dropped the carcass and cursed under her breath, ¡°I was hoping this would just be temporary during their cold season.¡±

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