twelfth snare

[fanstheflame]

.... Man, it's getting colder every day, seems like.

[there's the sound of Gale blowing on his hands, and the rustle of dry leaves] Back home in the District, we would've been up to our knees in snow by now, at the very least. Does winter come here as quickly as it went? I remember how we had to all literally clean it up, a few days after I got here.

Do we have to ... I don't know, escort the birds away and help tuck all the animals in, too, or something? I was part of the team that cleared away the snow ... do we have to make it, now?

Either way ... I'm picking up all my snares and traps in the woods now, so they don't get caught in the weather and get ruined or warped. Just in case, I don't know, five feet of snow all comes thumping down in a giant heap overnight one of these nights.

Do any of you take similar precautions for winter that I should be worried about? Aside from the obvious kissing thing.

[and no, he is not mentioning the virus, or having been sick. the best way to get over something like that, and the way he acted toward his housemates is to stay out of their way and not talk to them.

OBVIOUSLY. he is the wisest of the wise, young master Hawthorne is]

Comments

[ino]

[laughs]

I think that was a one time thing. [the winter wrap up stuff ...] At least I hope it was.

[courageous_wit]

The kissing thing is enough to worry about, isn't it?

[not_mafia]

... escort the birds and tuck the animals away...? What are you talking about?

[your plan lasted for all of two seconds, good job gale]

[willalwaysfindyou]

Snares and traps? You're a hunter, then?

[Charming hasn't met many other outdoorsy types here]

[fanstheflame]

Me too. Just because I'm better at coping with how crazy this place gets doesn't mean I want to be on... I don't know, chipmunk pillow detail.

[fanstheflame]

... Is it? I've mostly just been staying out of the castle, since I live in town ...

[fanstheflame]

[Tsuna no why you do this, he feels the worst about how rude he was to you, because he barely knows you....

awkward cough.] It was this weird thing, right after I got here. They called it Winter Wrap Up. We had to wake up the hibernating animals and clear the snow and ice away. Literally. As though nature couldn't just do it on its own.

[fanstheflame]

I am. It's how I supported my family, before I came here. That, and the mines. .... My name's Gale. What's yours?

[ino]

[she snorts]

But Gale! The poor little babies need pillows so they can hibernate in comfort.

[fanstheflame]

They can hibernate on our mantel, then.

Stuffed.

[/trolololol]

[optimystic]

... You know, I have no idea! We might have to tuck all the animals in before winter hits.

[ino]

[LMFAO GALE]

We call that hibernating forever around here.

[not_mafia]

[no you are ino's boyfriend and therefore he wants to play nice with you!!!]

That's... really weird. And sounds exactly like the sort of thing the castle would do. [man this building is a dick]

[fanstheflame]

Maybe Crowley would want them instead.

[courageous_wit]

That's one less friend I'll have an awkward kiss with, then.

[ino]

No way! If he wants chipmunks he can go find them himself. Otherwise he'll never get up off his lazy ass to do anything.

[fanstheflame]

Yeah.... And it happened the same week I got here. I was still getting used to everything else... [they seem to be doing well enough with the avoidance approach. he'll press on and cross his fingers]

What was the first big thing that happened after you got here?

[not_mafia]

Um... the family reunion, actually. [When you were engaged to Ino and stuff heh]

[fanstheflame]

[he snorts a little, amused]. Tell you what, if I get that team, I'll trade with you.

[fanstheflame]

He'd be more likely to get up and around if we hid the alcohol in the burrows.

[fanstheflame]

You're welcome, I guess. You okay?

[ino]

Oh, good point. A shot for every rodent.

[fanstheflame]

So... heh, you got to know a lot of people really fast, then, I bet. ... [quietly] Most of the people I met when I got here are already gone....

[fanstheflame]

It's productive and rewarding! ..... [he's already wondering when he'll overhear this and tell them to shut the bloody hell up]

dictated

[checklist]

That's a good question. We don't have a weather factory here... not to mention it's awfully late in the year if we wanted to get started on making snowflakes...