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Post by queenbeast on Jan 2, 2017 14:30:53 GMT -5
Chris's eyes widened slightly before he relaxed, she had caught him by surprise, he didn't know they would have to kill him. But it was probably nothing different than what he had done in the past, maybe even better than what he had done since this was a animal. "okay" he said as he walked over to the ram and grabbed it's horns. The ram tried to struggle and get out of his grasp and he just raised his hands a little, lifting the rams head a little so that it couldn't struggle as much. He looked down at the ram and lifted the horns up and down slightly, the ram was lighter than he had imagined, he was a little surprised since he had been bed ridden for a few days. He looked over at Arabella "i'll follow you then" he said.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 14:44:10 GMT -5
"He needs to be tied first." Arabella told him as she reached into a pocket and pulled out some rope. She grabbed the ram's front legs, and she - with difficulty - tied his legs together and then moved and did the back. She would need Chris to carry him, if he couldn't, she would need to help him. "Are you good with carrying him? And butchering?" They can't kill the ram and leave him to rot. Nothing is wasted, they needed to save the meat, the skin, the bone might be used for something but she couldn't think of anything off the top of her head. Had Chris ever butchered an animal before? She would have thought he might have if he had to travel between towns and hunting was the only way he could really eat.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 2, 2017 14:52:54 GMT -5
Chris nodded "i'm good on carrying him, but I might need you to help me butcher him, I've never really done that for a animal before" he said rubbing the back of his head. He usually just stole bread, fruits, and other stuff from merchants that were traveling or were in town. Due to the Armada always hot on his tail he could never have the patience to sit around and hunt for his food. The only time he had to have patience were for a couple of jobs to take care of some people, and he did finish the job quickly with out any word of it, but he didn't enjoy it one bit. He had only gone hunting with his dad once or twice when he was really little, but he was too young to do anything except watch his dad, but it was so long ago he didn't remember how to do it properly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 15:00:12 GMT -5
{I've got a poof for a little while. I'll reply when I get back}
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 2, 2017 15:06:21 GMT -5
ok k :3)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 20:15:10 GMT -5
Arabella was slightly surprised he hadn't but she didn't have time to dwell on the idea, she needed to get this ram butchered. Hopefully he tasted alright. She grabbed her staff and started in the direction of the barn, expecting Chris to follow. He didn't exactly know his way around yet, but figured he would catch on quick.
At least the barn was close by. She hadn't taken the herd too far off, especially since Chris was with her. Now that they had to use the same grazing area as yesterday, due to her being in charge of Chris, he might as well make himself useful for a change. When she did arrive at the barn, her eyes darted to the floor boards. Arabella didn't want to tale Chris in here, mainly because he would try and search for his bag, which she moved from the cart. It was now under the floor, in a hollowed out space where they kept the odds and ends for maintaining what they had. He should never be able to guess where it is. "Hopefully you're a faster learner at this than the last man I brought home - don't get any ideas from what I just said." Her tone changed significantly between the two phrases.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 2, 2017 21:31:55 GMT -5
hey)
Chris followed Arabella to the barn, having no difficulties at all on carrying the ram there. He looked around the barn and saw the cart. He looked to see where the bag was from where he was, but he couldn't see it. Chris glanced everywhere, he grinned slightly, guessing where it might be. She might have a large farm to try and hide it, but she has to remember he was a world famous bandit, finding hidden treasures and anything hidden was a piece of cake for him. He looked back over at Arabella, he should probably wait until he was fully healed. He raised a eyebrow at what she said "oh? What kind of ideas would I get?" he said as he faked a frown, acting offended "are you saying I might not learn anything fast? that's mean" he said as his fake frown turned into a smirk as he teased her.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 21:57:08 GMT -5
Arabella shook her head, "Never mind, I didn't think you would get it." She smiled as she spoke and went over to Chris grabbing the ram's front legs and taking it over to a trough. Although, this one wash't for feeding. She grabbed a knife they kept nearby and held up the head, leaving the neck exposed. She moved the knife across it's throat and the blood spilled into the trough. The ram died of course soon after she did so. Not all of the blood drained, but enough so it wouldn't get all over their hands. "I've always hated that part." She implied her sliting the animal's throat.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 2, 2017 22:04:03 GMT -5
Chris watched her, he walked over to her side after she had finished and the ram had died. He nodded "yeah, I can't say I like that part either" he said honestly. He wasn't much of a fan of killing things, but if it was to survive or for a good cause, he understood completely. "So now that's done, what do we do now?" he asked her curiously as he looked over at her. He knew they probably had to skin it first, but how to separate everything and to see which was good to keep or throw away, he wasn't sure of.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 22:13:48 GMT -5
Arabella drew her lips in a thin line as she looked at the ram again. She never liked him but it felt odd to see him lifeless. "We skin him. You don't have to if you don't want to. I can do it." She lifted the ram by the horns, grateful to Chris that he was helping to lift him up. Arabella wasn't exactly strong, just fast. That's why she used a staff, it required speed and hand-eye coordination instead of brute force. She lifted him up onto a board they used for butchering and skinning. One could tell by all of the dark, old blood stains on it.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 2, 2017 22:18:51 GMT -5
Chris helped her lift up the ram and put it on a board that, from the looks of it, was used for skinning and all that stuff. He shook his head "nah, i'll help you, I have to learn since i'm gonna be here for a little while" he said as he grinned and winked at her. He rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, not that it really mattered, he would probably get it dirty anyway. He looked at the ram and then to Arabella "okay, so how do we do this?" he asked her completely clueless.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 22:28:24 GMT -5
Arabella twirled the knife in her hands, "I'll skin him, you can help me get his organs out afterwards." She tried to work quickly but not get blood on her clothes. However, she did, and the only way to get them out was too wash them, which was always a pain. She sighed as she got the rest of the coat off. It was rough right now, but once she washed it it would be soft and could be sold as a rich coat or scarf. She hind the skin on a rack to move it out of the way before grabbing a butchering knife. She gave it over to Chris. "You're going to chop off the head right about...here." She pointed to the spot just above the shoulders. The head wasn't very usable unless they wanted the brain or eyes for consumption.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 2, 2017 22:44:20 GMT -5
Chris took the knife form her and looked at where she wanted the head chopped off. He nodded "alright" he said. He lined the blade up with the where she wanted it, and after a good two or three thwacks the head was off. Chris looked at the blade of the knife and then to his shirt. His shirt had gotten some blood on it, he sighed to himself, but then looked back at Arabella "okay that's done" he said proudly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2017 22:51:33 GMT -5
Arabella raised an eyebrow but smiled at the same time, "That looked like you had some practice already." She said jokingly. She hoped he didn't have practice in decapitation of living things. That would make him staying with her even worse. She took away the knife from him and laid it beside the board. Arabella grabbed the smaller knife again and turned the ram over so his stomach was turned toward the sky. She made an incision in him and saw it's intestines starting to come out. She hated that part too. "Do you know what the inside of a mammal looks like?"
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Jan 2, 2017 23:42:08 GMT -5
"It's fine." Robin said giving her a reassuring smile. He continues shivering people out of the way and giving them death glares if they looked at him. He managed to reach the exit and goes out. The fresh air was so refreshing compared to the stuffy air of the club.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 3, 2017 14:48:04 GMT -5
hey)
Chris grinned at her and shrugged "that was just luck" he said to her before watching her move the ram so that it's stomach was facing the sky. He looked back over at Arabella and shook his head at her question "no not really" he said as he looked at the Ram curiously. He had only seen some of the insides of a animal when he had gone to the Enchanted Forest a couple years ago, it looked like something there was hunting animals just for fun and then leaving them alone, all torn up. He shivered at the scene he had remembered. He wasn't planning on going back there any time soon.
Courtney smiled slightly, relieved that he didn't mind. When they were finally out of the club she let go of his arm and took in a deep breathe of fresh air, she had never been in a place like that before, besides it being really crowded, she liked it. She looked at the sky, it was getting a little dark. Were they there for that long? She looked back over to Robin and smiled "thanks for bringing me into town, but, I think we should be heading back huh?" she said, a little disappointed that they would have to go back to the palace.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 16:28:20 GMT -5
Arabella looked back at the ram again, "Good. So i'm assuming you know what each of the organs look like? I need you to take out the intestines, stomach, kidney, liver, basically anything that you know shouldn't be consumed. Unless you like to eat those sort of things." She joked. She hoped he didn't like that sort of thing, since Arabella wasn't about to cook it for him. She handed Chris the knife again and took a step back to give him some room to work. Even if he didn't know how to gut an animal, she would help him out every now and then.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 3, 2017 16:36:35 GMT -5
Chris nodded and smirked "of course" he said, sounding a little bit too full of himself since he wasn't really sure at all. He shook his head at what she said last "nah i'm not a fan of liver or any of those other parts" he said with a grin before his attention turned to the ram. He knew what the intestines and all that sort off looked like. He first pulled out the intestines along with the stomach and then had to think over what the kidney and livers were and all the other stuff that needed to be taken out. After all of that he turned to look at Arabella to see if he had done it right.
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Post by Hawkeyes258 on Jan 3, 2017 17:45:04 GMT -5
"If that is what you want." Robin said watching her. He could tell Courtney didn't want to go back just yet. He tried to think of another place they could visit before heading back.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 17:33:22 GMT -5
Arabella nodded her approval, "He looks pretty decent. Hopefully you didn't chop him up too much on the inside." She smirked but didn't inspect the beast. "I'll see if father can do the rest, since he most likely has plans for the animal. He was just waiting for the beast to die." She joked. Arabella took the animal in her hands, which was now significantly lighter than it was before and began to string him up, ready for her father to do whatever he needed to do. She started to leave the barn, expecting for Chris to follow suit. She had another idea, but would need her brother to take care of her duties for her. Again.
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Post by queenbeast on Jan 7, 2017 18:29:26 GMT -5
hey! sry I haven't been on... again.. ^^')
Courtney looked up at him remembering something, "oh, before we go back.. could I maybe get a souvenir?" she asked him. She wasn't sure when or how long it would be until she would be able to go back into town. She may never be able to even see the small town from the palace if they got caught.
Chris grinned and chuckled. He watched her string up the now cleaned ram. He started to follow her out of the barn, only pausing for a second to quickly look around one more time for his bag before following her out. He put his hands in his pockets as he caught up and looked over at her "so what do we do now?" he asked her. He glanced down at his now slightly bloody clothes, wondering if they would be able to change into new clothes any time soon or if they'd just work and do all the other stuff that needed to be done first.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2017 22:25:06 GMT -5
Arabella waited for him to exit the barn before answering his question. She walked slowly, so he could half limp half walk on his bad foot and not be in pain. Arabella wouldn't consider herself being 'nice' just considerate of their guest as she should be. "We'll cut the workday short, since you still need to heal. It wouldn't be good if you were on your feet the whole day." She stopped and then turned to face him, "that's why we're going to the river." She smiled mischievously and she had a similar glint in her eyes. The water would be like physical therapy and assist him in supporting his own weight so he had less pressure on his foot. It was a smart move as it allowed a short work day and helped Chris.
{It's all good ^^}
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Post by queenbeast on Feb 20, 2017 16:40:07 GMT -5
omg guys.... i'm so sorry I haven't been on in forever i'm going to try and start being more active on here again... but if you can't rp on here cuz I've been gone too long I totally understand )
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 16:43:29 GMT -5
Hey! I can rp
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Post by queenbeast on Feb 20, 2017 16:46:22 GMT -5
hey gum! long time no see X3. would you like to continue where we left off with Chris and Arabella?)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 16:55:27 GMT -5
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Post by queenbeast on Feb 20, 2017 17:08:51 GMT -5
okie :3)
Chris raised an eyebrow as he saw mischief in her eyes "the river?" he questioned her, not sure why they had to go to the river. But he had never been near the river so he wasn't sure what it would be like. He shrugged it off though, it would be better than having nothing better to do. "So why are we going to the river?" he asked her.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 17:18:08 GMT -5
Arabella sighed and ran a slightly flustered hand through her hair. She was trying to help, he shouldn't question that. "Look, I want a short workday and you want to get out of here right?" Arabella looked at him with her lips pressed in a thin line. She wanted to kill three birds with one stone: short workday, physical therapy for Chris, and they could have some fun. Maybe even become better friends.
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Post by queenbeast on Feb 20, 2017 17:30:31 GMT -5
Chris ran a hand through his hair, "okay, true.." he said, feeling a little bad about questioning her. It's been a long time since he's been able to relax and enjoy himself with out worrying about the Armada or Lady Pepper always on his tail. He started to slowly follow her to the river.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 17:33:54 GMT -5
Arabella fell back to walk in step with Chris, she put a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, I uh, I'm sorry about my attitude. It's just been very stressful recently." She excused herself. She wasn't sure if she was prepared to explain why it was, but if it came to that point she wouldn't have a problem saying what was on her mind. "You can get wet in those clothes right?" She asked with a small smile.
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