Posted by Lieutenant Isabel Delaney (Chief of Security) in Main Sim - Welcome to Fantasy Planet - The Island of Nemornia

Posted by Commander Tello Anaar (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - Welcome to Fantasy Planet - The Island of Nemornia

Posted by Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist (Weaver of Webs) in Main Sim - Welcome to Fantasy Planet - The Island of Nemornia
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Anaar, Kane and Hammor walked back down to the water. Standing between chocolate muscles and green ones, Tello was feeling all female. “Okay, one of you gets to explain how we do this. Its called spear fishing so that part is self explanatory, but how do you get the fish to come to you?” She shaded her eyes with a hand as she looked from one man to the other.

—Anaar, XO

Hammor chuckled and said “We go to them, not the other way around.”

Kane deferred to Hammor with a gesture, “I would love to hear your techniques and the equipment you use. We tend to spear fish in the shallows so this is new to me”.

Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Hammor inclined his head at the gracious gesture and said “Well… what I was taught and how I do it is we swim out near the reef and stay on the surface, not moving much, and let the fish get used to us being there. After a while, we take a breath, swim down, and just hover, slowly turning. When we see something worth eating, we shoot it and bring it up out of the water. It goes in the bag, we seal it to keep the blood out of the water… rinse and repeat until we can feed everyone.” He held up a spear gun. Long aluminum shaft with a notch in the top; the spear was shot forward by a series of rubber bands that acted in the same principle as a sling shot. Daggum looked at the Chief and at Anaar and said “Ok, so let me show you how this works.” and he began to instruct them in the way to use the spear gun.

Hammor, Ops

Kane was utterly fascinated by the whole process and obviously a little nervous around what was to him a weapon.

Tello watched Hammor intensely as he instructed them on how to catch the fish. “Really? We just stand still in the water and then stab one when it comes around?” She wrinkled her nose. “That sounds awfully aggressive of us and painful for the fish.” Eating replicated food didn’t require anything to be killed just to eat it. She was going to have to adjust her thinking here. No one had raised any qualms about eating from the ocean, so they must have expected to take life from the water to consume it. As their XO, Anaar needed to up her game.

—Anaar, XO

“Not around, but close enough. The spear gun has a range of about 20 feet under the water. After that, it gets much less accurate. If you two are ready, we can go practice so you get the hang of it.” and he picked up a set of gear and held it out to Tello, and then another to Kane.

Letting Janna take the lead, Viyara followed her. All the while hoping that she wouldn’t end up getting on Janna’s nerves or that she’s feel like she was working instead of being on vacation. But the truth was: while she was doing a lot better, she still felt more comfortable knowing that Janna was close by. Just in case. Though of course that made her feel a little guilty, but she just didn’t know what else to do.

~Ensign Nazeen, Scientist

Pydone was never far away from Janna and Viyara obviously taking his role seriously whilst at the same time not wanting to be overly obtrusive. The Captain was looking over the packed wing suit with a thoughtful look in his eye. “Wonder if this thing would work being towed behind the jet boat?’ he mused quietly to himself.

Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Hammor, Ops

She took the gear offered and began walking slowly into the water, letting Hammor take the lead. The ocean water felt cold when it kissed her skin, but the chill lessened the longer she stood in it. “So, Chief Kane, do your people eat a lot of fish?” Yes, it was an obviously simple question, but Tello was trying to get her head right with killing another life form that wasn’t threatening her.

—Anaar, XO

Kane shrugged a little his bronzed skin flashing in the overhead sun, “A lot of fish, chickens as well that we keep and then many other things that the island provides like fruit”. He looked over at Hammor’s physique and smiled broadly, “Looks like you people must have a pretty good diet too!”.

Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Hammor grinned and said “Well, they do keep us full, thats for sure. Nothing beats what you harvest for yourself, though.”

Hammor

Kane nodded as the warm tropical water reached his chest, “I agree, fresh is best”.

Being much shorter than the two men, Tello had stopped walking several feet back. “This is as deep as I can go if I’m still supposed to be able to breathe and see down into the water. I’m a very good swimmer if we decide to use re-breathers and chase the fish though.”

—Anaar, XO

Kane turned in the water with more than a little chagrin, “Apologies Tello,” he looked to Hammor for what there next move would be.

Planting her hands on her hips, Janna rolled her shoulders back and gazed directly at the ocean. Breathing out her worry, she inhaled calmness. Finally she looked at her hosts. “Okay, I’ve never been parasailing, but this my time, so, by all means, let’s try this. But you’ll have to explain things clearly. I’ll panic less.”

~Janna Kingston, CNS

Izzy looked between Janna with Nazeen and Pydone and Tello with Hammer and the Chief. She shot enough things in her life that shooting for fish didn’t much interest her. She watched the nice form of Kane for a moment with appreciation and a heavy sigh before she turned her attention to Pydone with reluctance. Maybe later she could enjoy his company. He was there for the evening.

Pydone looked relieved. “Well for your first time we can go tandem so you can have a go with the guidance pulleys but I can take over if we sway a bit much. The captain has a winch on the back of the boat so we go out slow and we come back in slow. Later if you feel adventurous we can do a running start from the beach but in the meantime the winch is the safest way up and back. Essentially the chute fills out behind us, we winch up into the air and then the left and right pulley make you go left and right behind the boat. That’s the basic sail, later we can introduce you to ones with brakes and risers so you can speed up , slow down, go up and down and do all sorts of manoeuvres. Let’s take it bit by bit to start with though right”.

Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Now that she had made her choice to go with the other two women parasailing, she perked up and listened to his explanation. She had been parasailing once before so it wasn’t entirely new for her. It had been a fun experience and she hoped Janna would enjoy herself immensely and that the fear would melt away once she was up in the air. “Let’s do it!”

Delaney, CoS

Pydone smiled at Izzy’s pronouncement and waited to see what Janna would say.

Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist