outfit
Set Nov 14th
If he was being honest, it'd been a good while since he last went hunting. Definitely sometime after the bear, but not often, and a good couple years since. Before his move out here. So, he'd had to go through all the licensing and acquiring a habitat stamp. Not a big deal. Also made sure his gun was clean, up to snuff, had the right ammo, all that jazz. That wasn't new to him. His dad had made sure to teach him pretty much everything a young boy could ever need to know about bird hunting. Turkey, quails, ducks... some stuff were faded relics, but most lessons were crystalized in his memory as good times with his father.
As promised, he picked Maxine up around noon. And as promised, she had the right things for camping, while he had the right things for hunting. Camo for both of them, earplugs and glasses, gloves, and caps. Things to change into once they got where they were going. And, just to be sure, he'd brought some extra camping supplies in case something went wrong, but it was only a night and they weren't exactly traveling far from home.
Las Almas felt different to the last time he'd trekked this way. Heavier, unmistakably claimed. Had to be Pete, someone he regrettably didn't talk to as much as he should. Though... maybe it was for the best that they didn't damage one other's brain functions on a regular basis. Still, he made a note to try and sniff her out another time. Lost cell service before he could think to text her about their staying out overnight.
It was easy to forget things with Maxine. He had to remind himself on a number of occasions as they drove up through the frosted forest that they were there to hunt for the impending gathering. Which, he was glad to have heard Asha and Abraham were planning on coming to. Made him nervous, just a bit. An unsure step onto a frozen lake, not sure how thick the ice was.
So, naturally, as they unloaded their supplies and got started on making a home out of their little patch of wilderness for the day, he struck the question,
"Did the jags seem... I dunno. Seem like they just felt like they had to say yes?" Look at him, worrying so much about it. But, hey, could he be blamed for wanting something to go right? It'd been good, the dynamic they'd all had a couple years ago. It'd all crumbled, but he could see it reforming. Getting stronger, maybe. Would just be good, he figured, to have friends like that. Another couple. Or... yeah. That.
@Maxine