Amalia 's decision to leave the hook-and-line fishing to others didn't surprise the bard, but her slip into the frozen water with a container did. He might not know what she was up to, but he could appreciate her song in the clear, cold air, and he smiled as he tested his own line and chose a fishing hole. A few curious goldfish came to investigate Amalia and her tank, tickling her fur and two even swimming into the tank, but the dreamfish didn't make an appearance, slumbering deep beneath the waters and ice and lost in their own dreams.
Jigano waved to
Lily as she chose her preferred task, confident in her ability to find more of the moss. She was well-practiced in it by now, but many others had the same idea recently. Though there were signs of snow moss patches near the clearing, they were picked clean by greedy hands. Her luck was even worse than Amalia's as she made her way through the moss-less trees. She'd have to go further afield if she wanted to find anything.
"Did you do much ice fishing on your world?" Jigano asked
Rance as they settled onto their seats at separate fishing holes. Dropping a line of his own into the waters, the bard schooled himself to patience - and was surprised as the raven's fishing pole almost immediately dipped as something tugged on the line. He must have dropped the line right in front of a hungry fish that wasted no time in considering such providence, for it swallowed the hook as well along with the bait. Rance would have to wrestle with the fish, using muscle and guile both, but he was able to land a large, fat catch that was soon flopping and gasping its last upon the snow.
While watching Rance fight his own fish, Jigano almost missed the tug upon his line. A reflexive jerk set the hook and he soon had his own problems to focus on, which he did with relish. A second large fish was quickly landed and he grinned at the other man as he tilted his head back at the other two poles.
"Want to double our chances? If we each take two poles we might get twice as lucky." Or they might lose a pole down the holes. But risk... reward...
Behind them, the fire began to burn low as it devoured the first batch of wood that had been placed on it.
Mixed luck this time, but so far 2 large fish have been caught as offerings!
Tasks for this round:
1. Fishing
2. Tending the fire
3. Continue to search for moss (or not, since the perch has already been lined, whoops) - or other offerings for the Spark Bird in the Woods
No posting order!
