Ookey Spooky Creepy Crawly

*Nausicaa* · 10-08-2020, 05:10 PM

Nausicaa grinned at his enthusiasm that he had around helping them get settled in for the night with getting tools to start their fire and some dinner. He surprised her with tossing the bag he had been carrying to the ground beside her and she eyed it curiously. He went off to hunt so she flipped open the bag she had been told to look through and started rummaging around to see what she could find. She’d really only made a fire a couple of times with her uncle’s assistance, but how hard could it really be? If her big, clumsy uncle could manage surely she could too! With a bit of digging through this bag of random treasures, she found a fairly long bit of metal. It was just a thin bar of some sort - perhaps a piece from a larger something or another. Whatever it was, it would do just fine for what she was thinking.

She sat down the metal piece and trotted over to where the cave was and searched around a bit till she found a piece of rock that was big enough for her to strike the metal against, but not so big that it would be hard to carry over to where she was building the fire. Collecting her tools, she brought it over to the edge of her little wood pile and settled down next to it. She gathered up a bit of the kindling she had gathered and sat it right at the edge of her rock and began to strike the metal against the surface with some quick flicks of her head. It took a few tries for her to get the angle just right, but eventually she got a few sparks flying and with a bit of careful blowing she got the kindling smoking.

Nausicaa had nudged the smoking kindling into the heart of the campfire and was carefully blowing on the embers to stoke the fire when Milo reappeared with two hares dangling from his mouth. She gave him a pleased grin and replied, “Wonderful! We almost have a fire going too! Your bag of treasures over there was super helpful.” She turned her attention back to her embers long enough to get a small fire going and then slowly fed in a few more bits of kindling and small sticks until it was finally going with a full fledged fire.

With a proud smile she took a couple steps back and admired her handy work. Even though it was summer and the days were pretty warm, she at least thought that the nights still got pretty chilly. Besides, it would give them a little extra light to see by if nothing else. She turned her attention back to Milo and the hares that he had hunted for them, her tail wagging gently. “Thanks for hunting for us!” she said as she settled down beside him, pulling one of the hares closer to her.

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