ain't no party like a ranger party [open]

[elfstone]

Who| Thorongil and anyone!
What| That great big open party log I promised! Thorongil is taking a different approach to this Arena, and that approach involves giving people free food.
Where| Around the arena -- generally in the forest area.
When| Late week 1, post-Bilbo and Sam )':
Warnings/Notes| Feel free to respond using the log prompt itself, but if you have another idea, feel free to throw it at me in a toplevel! Thorongil will be wandering around the Arena hunting for food, so he could stumble on conceivably anything. Ragnar, Anna, I'm looking at you two especially.

For many of you, this Arena will be one of the most traumatic things you've ever experienced.

For Thorongil, it's Tuesday.

Most nights, he camps with a fire. Reckless? Perhaps, if he were trying to win the Arena.

But that's not Thorongil's goal.

He hunts during the day and cooks what he catches at night: if the firelight doesn't draw in other Tributes, the smell will. It's been a few days. They're probably starting to get hungry.

Approach in the open, and he will greet you with a nod of his head. Try to sneak up on him, and he will hear you. "You'd better come out into the light," he will say, putting a hand on the long, sharp spear he's made for himself. "I know you're there."

Comments

[elfstone]

"Yes." Thorongil's eyes fall. "It is a hard-off district we represent, and if our victory here will truly help them, we must try." Better that one from District 11 or 12 or 10 won, rather than a Tribute from 1 or 2. It is the only way, for now, that they can help the people of Panem.

[wizardplease]

"I'd like to think we have a chance. You're already doing better than nearly everyone else, right?" Smiles are coming easier now. And it's easier to smile than say serious and dramatic things. He breathes in and quickly lets it out in a huff of a laugh... and in the process catches the scent of roasting rabbit again. His stomach gurgles in response.

"....uh. So are they good to eat yet?"

[elfstone]

"They should be, by now," he says, lightening up. He'll gingerly remove one from the fire, still on its stick, and pass it to Haruto.

"Careful -- it will be hot a few minutes yet."

Think we're at a place where we can fade this?

[wizardplease]

Food is a pretty safe topic of conversation. Also? He is very hungry. He reaches out for the roasted rabbit and takes it, handling it gingerly. It is indeed still hot. Also, strange looking? He hasn't even had rabbit before. But it smells good. "Right, right..."

He manages to wait about ten seconds before his willpower gives out and he tries taking a bite out of it. And even though it's still too hot and he has to stifle a pained sound, he is going right on chewing that bite of rabbit meat. After the kind of time he has been having here, it's fantastic.