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Characters: Legolas (

bow_of_the_galadhrim), OPEN
Setting: Floor 32, any time in December
Format: Starting in prose, will switch it up
Summary: Legolas is hunting and gathering for the month and saving pelts to keep himself and others warm
Warnings: Hunting, possible shenanigans

As an elf, Legolas was quite resilient to the dropping temperatures in the tower. He knew there was a chill, knew that people were suffering, and he was careful that each time he killed anything now, while he was hunting, was killed as cleanly as possibly to save any pelts to make into blankets or anything else people might need. Already he had felled a deer and a couple pheasants. The meat would feed a few people for a few days at least. Maybe more if it was all properly managed.

The elf also had a leather bag nearby, he'd crafted it a couple months before, filled with berries and other edible plants. Some things wouldn't be tasty (a lot of things really) but they were edible and would prevent starvation. Especially since most people in the tower abhorred the nutribars. He didn't blame them.

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Tohko smiled and lightly chuckled.

"Ah, thank you then. And don't worry, I won't. I'm not the type to just start flinging knives at my friends."

After all, she always tried to look at what she was dealing with before attacking..if she decided to attack at all.

"Good, I'd be hurt if you were."

Aha, that was a terrible joke Legolas. At least the point was gotten across though and that was what mattered. Bonus points that he managed to make it as light a topic as he could.

The good thing was that Tohko did like clever jokes, no matter how silly they may have sounded to some. That one managed to get another small chuckle out of her.

"I think quite a few people would be if I was."

Tohko then quietly pulled out her dagger and, trying to avoid branches or being seen, started to follow the deer's footsteps. Since Legolas said he had things to do-but would come back-she knew that she had to kill the deer on her own. After all, that was what she had come here to do, and it was her fault that it had run off in the first place.

He watched her as she started to track the deer and nodded to himself. He felt sure she'd be able to manage, clever as she was. And he nearly hoped that her aim would be as true as when he had her strike the tree. Otherwise, the deer would be in for a long death and Tohko, a long night of tracking. Yes, he would be back if only to make sure she made out alright and to ensure that she didn't freeze while tracking the deer.

Tohko was careful as she walked. She tried to stay as low to the ground as she could, to see the tracks easier and to avoid being seen. It took her a long while, but even though she was cold and rather tired, she had managed to find the deer again. It was eating some grass, it's back to her. Trying her best to stay quiet, Tohko threw her dagger at the deers neck.

This time, she did not step on a large branch, and the deer fell to the ground with a cry of pain. Quickly, Tohko ran to it and pulled out her other dagger. She sighed when she saw how much pain it was in.

"I'm sorry..I'm really sorry about this. And..thank you."

It took her a few lunges, as the deer was still alive and tried to go at her with its antlers when she drew close. However, eventually, she managed to stab it in the skull and kill it. The deed was done. Sighing, both out of relief and exhaustion, Tohko pull her her daggers out of the deers body and started to wonder how one properly skinned a deer.

They were much different from a tiger, after all.

By the time she's tracked it and killed her deer, Legolas was returning to that floor. It wasn't hard for him to track the deer and Tohko, he had years of experience after all. He approached without a sound but fearing he might startle Tohko, he cleared his throat and grinned.

"A good catch. You'll have enough venison to last."

Which was important. In fact, it was the most important. He had no idea how long hunting would last, cold as it was already getting towards the night. And he didn't want to wipe out the population of deer. He made a mental note to start focusing on rabbits, pheasants, anything else but deer if he could.

Tohko was debating on where to start cutting it and if she should cut off the head when she heard Legolas clear his throat. She quickly turned around, and saw that it was just Legolas, and not a monster or something else. She calmed down and smiled in return.

"We'll have enough venison. After all, you did find this deer first, and it's my fault it ran off in the first place. We'll split it equally."

Besides, Tohko was just hunting so that she could cook some hamburgers and meat for two of her friends. The deer would be tasteless to her. It was times like these that she was glad she could only taste books. Food shortages didn't affect her that much.

"We? I thought you sought it for a friend? I'd not take a gift intended for another and I'd be more inclined to share what is given to me with the rest of the towers residents. I can survive with very little food."

Granted, last time he had done so had been during the War off the Ring and he'd had lembas to eat. The miracle that was a single bite of the elven bread was a welcome blessing to the Fellowship.

"Do you need help?"

"I do..but I just need enough for two hamburgers and a thick veal. I don't need that much, so you can take the rest to use as you see fit."

After all, it would be better for Legolas to eat and to help his friends eat than to have a deer wasted on a girl who couldn't even taste it. Tohko sighed and nodded.

"If it's not too much trouble..where do you start with skinning? I can't tell where.."

"Very well. I'm sure that everyone will appreciate it greatly and I'll ensure that they know you are to thank for it. And here, I will show you how to skin it so that you know how next time."

With a grin, Legolas drew his knife quickly and pointed to several places on the deer. Making sure she was watching, he cut into it with surprising precision. He had year and years of experience, after all.

"Ah, thank you. Hopefully everyone will be able to eat a bit better..and thank you very much! That should help me in the future."

Tohko smiled and watched Legolas cut into the deer, burning the information onto her brain. All she had were stories, and while they were good and useful, sometimes they were nothing compared to the real thing. Carefully, Tohko pulled out her knife and slowly started to help, taking care to watch Legolas and do what he did.

After all, doing the act, even if she didn't do much, would help.

He gave as simple an explanation as he could while they worked, telling her the best places to cut, how deep, where the best meat was and so on before they finished skinning it. And then came cutting the meat and removing it's innards, which he tried to make as clean a process as possible.

"I can do this part myself, if you like?" It was going to get bloody and gross from here.

Tohko listened to the explanation and burned it all onto her brain as she worked, nodding in various places to show that she was listening and paying attention. Then they came to the part where they had to cut out the meat and remove the innards.

It looked..pretty disgusting. But Tohko had caused some gross things in the Tower, and she had read about worse, so she shook her head at Legolas's question.

"Don't worry, I'll be alright. A little bit of experience might help me the next time I have to hunt for something. It's..rather gross, but I'll be able to manage."

"Very well but don't hesitate to step away if you need to. You don't have to be so brave. Even I became sick the first time I saw an animal gutted."

And he continued with his work, telling Tohko how to do this and that, showing her what could be saved for food if someone was desperate enough and what couldn't.

Tohko bit her lip and nodded. To be honest, since she had killed a few people in the candy event, seeing the blood and gore didn't bother her much. She didn't like it, but it was tolerable. It was the stench that was revolting, but she wasn't going to back away. She had to get past this, even if she hated it.

"Alright then..don't worry, I won't."

Tohko took in the information Legolas gave her, burning it onto her brain and occasionally asking questions, like whether you could use the bones to make soup. You could use chicken bones, so why not deer bones?
...Not that Tohko would make deer soup in the near future.

The scent of it, blood and the innards of an animal, was one of the things that took Legolas some time to get over when he was younger but, as Tohko stubbornly stayed close now, he did the same when he was an elfling.

"I wouldn't use its bones in such a way. It would be disrespectful when it has already given us so much meat. Haldir and I buried one we had earlier, according to his traditions."

Tohko nodded and gave a small smile. "Alright then. I wasn't planning on making deer soup either..I was just curious, you see. However, I would probably bury it too."

After all, it would be a little sad to just kill a deer, strip it's carcass, and leave it like that.

"I understand. It's good to ask questions." That's how someone learned, after all. And Legolas couldn't fault anyone for that, he'd been full of questions as well when he was young. And of course, he'd finish helping to cut everything they need and then go on to explain how he and Haldir had buried the deer and then show her, including the prayer Haldir had uttered.

"It usually is." After all, she wouldn't have known about Wilhelm, him, or anything else without asking questions. Tohko listened to Legolas's explanation and helped him bury it. It was hard work, but the deer deserved it. She listened to the prayer and then smiled and nodded..before throwing out her own.

"May you be written into a kinder story next time."

..Pardon the book girl.

With a smile, Legolas placed a hand on Tohko's shoulder after the deed was done and the deer put to rest. Surely now, with both their prayers and intents, the deer would rest easily even in this nightmarish tower.

"Do you need help carrying the meat?"

Tohko smiled at the pat on her shoulder and shook her head. It felt a little strange to give a prayer now, since she was an agnostic back home..but it wasn't bad.

"Thanks..but I think I can carry it all to the kitchen and start cooking. Thank you though. Will you need help with your portion?"

"I'll be alright, I've carried much heavier loads than this in the past. Thank you though." He knew he could handle this or he'd ask Haldir. The march warden would give his pointy ear quite a lecture if he overwhelmed himself or something akin to that.

Tohko nodded.

"Ah, alright then. However, if you change your mind, don't hesitate to rely on me."

She then started to pick up her portion. It was a little heavy and messy, but since she was just dragging it down to the kitchen to clean and cook, it shouldn't have been a huge problem.

He watched her go, packing up what extra he had now as he did so before following quietly and from far enough behind that she wouldn't spot him until he was sure that she was alright. From there he went to store his own and fill Haldir in on the extra they had now.

Carefully, Tohko carried her meat as she started to walk out of the floor, and down the stairs, not realizing that Legolas was behind her, watching her. It was a long walk, and the meat wasn't easy or that clean to carry, but she kept going, and eventually managed to reach the kitchen.

After all, she had promised Lancer some food..and maybe Alexander, Encoh, and a few other friends could enjoy it if there were extras.

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