markofthebrave: (Small Sacrifices | We All Make Them)
Katara ([personal profile] markofthebrave) wrote2011-08-15 08:14 pm

[ Action, Video ] .051

[Toph's taken. Masaomi's gone. Shikamaru and Nami and Chopper are all still gone. Suddenly using the rest of her free time at the beach as Katara has been seems to have lost its appeal completely. She needs to be doing something. She's had this on her mind for a while, but... this just brings everything to a front.

She makes this post shortly before her regularly scheduled practice time - just about seven o'clock.]


Hey, everyone. My name is Katara. I'd like your attention for something serious for a minute. I've been here for about a year and a half now, and there are some things about Luceti that are really great which are easy to take for granted - like the grocery store. But a few weeks ago you all saw how easily things in Luceti can change. [And they did change, once. Last August. But she's not trying to scare people here.] And the drafts have changed as well, so that those who go out might have to either carry or catch their food supplies. So I thought I would offer to see if anyone was interested in lessons on how to live off the land.

I know plenty of people who could teach hunting, and back in my village at home I learned all about how to prepare game and use every part of the animal so that nothing was wasted. If anyone's interested I could teach that, along with different ways of cooking outside, and give some basic lessons what kind of plants are and aren't good to eat.

[She tries - and succeeds - in attaining a more cheerful tone now.] And I thought that maybe at the end of the month before school starts we could go on a camping trip with everyone who wanted to learn! This way we could all test out what we've learned and have some fun too. If you're interested in learning or teaching, or if you have any questions, just let me know.

[And Katara will keep her journal opened for the next two or three hours as she alternates between answering it and going through her bending forms. She'll remain mostly off-camera here, but since it's opened it won't be hard to see the outline of the barracks or occasional glimpse of a girl waterbending.]
justicereigns: looking over shoulder in the dark, heading up the stairs, justice on the jacket clearly visible (justice in the darkness)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2011-08-18 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
If a woman named Ginia hasn't found you yet, she was thinking of trying to create a method similar to the journals, but to let noncombatants keep a base and coordinate with the fighters.

Communication can really win a war. Perhaps the basic survivalists could learn that as well? Not now, but it's something to consider, I think.
justicereigns: (Smoker - Justice)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2011-08-19 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Indeed.]

Heh, her idea, so thank her, but yeah. That would have helped a lot in the draft I was in. In my world, we carry den den mushi. Even if one gets hacked by an enemy, it's still useful for carrying out orders.
justicereigns: (Den Den Mushi)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2011-08-20 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[As he mentioned his concerns to Ginia... yes.]

Snail and machinery communicator from my world. They're very useful.
justicereigns: (Blue)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2011-08-24 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Although they're a little bigger than a fist usually.
justicereigns: (sidelong thinking)

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[personal profile] justicereigns 2011-08-25 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[It doesn't hurt it. It's like humans having wheelchairs to move easier. The snails are completely unharmed so long as idiots don't dunk them in salt water.]

Probably.