[07:09] Kutai steps of the boat in Schendi, the heat sweeps like a warm blanket in his face , he is not used to this jungle atmosphere,. On the Thassa it was quite bearable but here without the sea breeze....
[07:11] Kutai looks at the shopping list Lady Aphris has given to him "5 mango's and some yellow legged waders" he wonders "that must be river birds, i never saw them before"
[07:12] Hakimba wipes the sweat from his front as he is not used to the hot climate
[07:13] Kutai: how shall we catch the birds with arrows or a net?
[07:14] Hakimba: do you think they are big enough to hit them with an arrow?
[07:14] Kutai: about the size of a vulo i guess, a little bigger
[07:14] Hakimba: hmmm we can try it with the bows
[07:15] Kutai: yes, the net always can be if we fail with the arrows
[07:15] Hakimba: yes with net we need a lot of time
[07:16] Kutai: Here are the mango's we saw before, but lets catch the birds first
[07:16] Hakimba: ah the mango tree we already found
[07:16] Hakimba: that's better
[07:17] Kutai keen eyes seeds around but see no river birds, probably because the city is too close
[07:18] Kutai walks to some mangrove swamp, he stops and gives a sign to Hakimba to be quite "ssst, I hear birds"
[07:19] Hakimb looks around where the birds sound are coming from
[07:19] Kutai sees some big ones near the mangrove tree
[07:20] Kutai: you shoot them!
[07:22] Hakimba drraws his bow and when he sees the bird he aims and shoots
[07:22] Hakimba: got it
[07:22] Kutai: one is not enough we need another
[07:23] Hakimba steps to the tree and fetches the bird out of the water before any big fish could eat it
[07:24] Hakimba: ah there is one in the air it is difficult to hit while flying
[07:24] Kutai takes his own bow because he sees another wader
[07:26] Hakimba follows the direction of his uncles eyes but for him the bird is too far
[07:26] Kutai: "you take him or me?" he points at the bird with the great beak and yellow legs
[07:27] Hakimba: better you it is closer to your position
[07:28] Kutai nods and takes an arrow from his quiver, he lays the hooked bird arrow at his bow and aims long before letting the projectile fly towards the innocent looking fat Gorean water bird in the swamps of Schendi "gotcha!!"
[07:28] Hakimba: ha it is even bigger than the one got
[07:30] Kutai wades through the water which is waist deep at his spot, he curses because he feels a leech biting at his leg. At last he reaches the fat bird and picks it from under the mangrove tree. After removing the arrow he wades back to the river shore where Hakimba is waiting.
[07:30] Hakimba do you think these two will be enough Kutai?
[07:31] Kutai: "they must be, because i am not going in the water again" he frees his legs and looks at the bloodsucking leech "better you remove it, you have healers in the family"
[07:32] Hakimba: ah the leeches those ugly beasts. I am glad that the bird i shot was close to the bank
[07:33] Hakimba looks at the sucking leech and grabs it
[07:34] Kutai: be carefull
[07:35] Hakimba: it is not fixed till now
[07:35] Hakimba: so i can remove it easily
[07:35] Hakimba draws and the animal is gone
[07:36] Kutai: ok
[07:36] Hakimba: got it the wound is little bleeding
[07:36] Kutai: lets grab some mango and move
[07:38] Kutai walks to the mango tree, and takes 5 of the yellow-orange fruits and puts them in the sachet he has with him., Then he steps on the boat again, glad he can leave the hot humidity of Schendi, another task been done

------------- several days later at Kataii Wagon Camp ------------------

[23:31] Wren picks up an basket of bosk dung and wood and moves to the main fire and adds more fuel to the fire and smiles softly before taking the basket back to the tent
[23:31] Ulrich looks about "i've always liked the peacefulness of the plains"
[23:31] Aphri: ”I have cooking to do, I got some wader birds from Schendi to prepare"
[23:31] Shaylon: aye mav..it is home to me..I cannot live in a city...
[23:32] Wren sets the basket down and takes down a container of pils and starts to make the rounds ov the wagons to check the lamps
[23:33] Aphris takes the waderbirds from the sachet she got from 2 outrider. She lays the birds on the table and notices they are yellow legged waders from the marshes of the equator. She wonders how deep the men went into the jungle to get them
[23:36] Aphris takes her quiva and opens the breast f the firs wader, she cuts out the best and biggest meat part of both birds. Then she shoves the rest of the waterfowl to the side, she does not need them, maybe some slaves can make soup of he rest flesh, the wings, and the entrails. For her plan the wader breast is enough. She takes salt and pepper to flavor the meat and lays it then in a heavy pan"
[23:37] Shaylon: it is beautiful in the north..the forests in particular
[23:38] Ulrich: laughes "thats where i found my rabbit... i hope to show her to you soon
[23:38] Shaylon: I confess to a lack of fondness of bond circles
[23:38] Aphris gots an idea and takes one of the now demolished fowl, she cuts some meat parts of it and throws that in a pan of water to make a good bouillon of it. She looks in the meantime at the breasts in the pan and turns them so they get light brown all sides.
[23:38] Cross10 So welcome to my far simplier home mav...if you ever seek me in 8pauses* Places and I am not there this is where you will find me
 [23:39] Savanah smiles faintly as I settled emerald hues shifted to the fire
[23:40] Aphris: While the 2 pans are on the fire she takes a mango, also taken from Schendi jungle and cuts it in two with her quiva. She takes out the center and then slices the fruit in small parts. She notices the bird meat is ready and takes that pan of the fire. Se now has to wait till the bouillon is ready. That can take some while.
[23:42] Aphris takes the bouillon from the fire and adds 30 ml to the wader breasts, that pan is put on the low fire again and has to cook for some 19 minutes now before the meal is ready
[23:42] Wren moves back to the tent replacing the container of oil on the shave and moves over to her Master side

[23:43] Cross101 chuckles "I once met a woman on my first trip to the north that wagerd I woudl not draw a circle in the dirt around her....I did...not knowing she was the keep jarls daughter nor...at the time what that meant
[23:43] Shaylon grins..
[23:43] Wren smiles as she settles beside her Master...
[23:44] Wren: Greetings Mistress she says softly
[23:44] Aphris watches the group at the fire while she waits for the meat to get ready.

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[23:51] Aphris looks in the kitchen around, and opens several closets. She seeks some honey, somewhere it must be. Bees to make it are every where at the plains. At lasts she finds some and ats 2 spoons of it to the duck boiling at low fire in the marinating bouillon[23:57] Aphris Myoo notices the brid meat is readty now, and takes them out of the bowling soupe. The soupe she lets rest. Maybe someone else wants it for her cooking also. she slices the breasts into small stripes and lays them at a big plate. Then she takes the mango parts and uses them to decorate the plate with yellow legged Schendi wader. She place sthe big late in a chilla, so it can be used at a special meal later. The 2 slices which are on the table still, she cuts in small pieces , like snack and lays some mango parts around them too. Admiring her work she walks to the fire again, taking the small plate with still warm meat with her.
[23:58] Aphris Myoo walks to the fire and places the small plate there for all to take some pieces off "I have prepared some snack for you, take a bite and enjoy it"
[00:00] Ulrich: looks to her and politely takes a piece of the bird and pops it in his mouth
[00:01] Aphris smiles if she sees him eating
[00:01] Savanah smiles warmly "it smells wonderful Aphris " I murmured softly
[00:02] Ulrich: closes his eyes letting the succulent meat slide down his throat and grinning he looks to aph "that is very good you cook well"
[00:03] Aphris: "its a yellow legged wader from Schendi, which is shot by one of our outriders"
[00:05] Ulrich Maven: and a good catch it was you will have to congratulate him for me
[00:06] Aphris Myoo nods "I will tell him, its a young warrior, he just got his courage scar. That was a a heavier fight then hunting a small bird. He attacked a Kur who wanted to eat his mother