FIRE DRILL!, Outside of the Dorms, Very Late Thursday Night/Very Early Friday Morning

[suitably_heroic]

The wind roared around campus this time of night. Temperatures had dropped to close to freezing, and clouds blocked out most of the fragile light of the moon.

Perfect time to ring the fire alarm for a test, right? Right.

Somewhere deep in the middle of the night, the alarm went off. Loudly. So grab what you can and bustle on outside, students! ... and let's hope this is over quick.

[[ FIRE DRILL! have at. ]]

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[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

Hanna nodded again, and looked torn. "If you try it again, I hope it works. But I hope you do not leave soon. That sounds... difficult." Terrifying. Overwhelming.

[kenselvren]

"It wouldn't be so much from here," Jalian answered. "There's..." She tried to think of how to explain it, then eyed Hanna's sleepy look and grinned. "Maybe I should try explaining temporal physics in the middle of the night?"

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"Yes, please. Do not. I know nothing of physics. Except projectiles." Hanna giggled tiredly and rubbed at her eyes, her accent thicker. "Later, perhaps. And more Silvertongue."

[kenselvren]

"If you like," Jalian agreed, smiling. "Projectiles are useful! Can you use a bow? Everyone here seems to prefer guns, but they are...loud."

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"I can!" Hanna brightened. "And knives. But I like bows. I was thinking of finding a way to make money, so I could obtain one here. Although I could make one as well, perhaps. What kind of bows do you use?"

[kenselvren]

"Longbow, they call it here." Jalian shrugged. "It's the only type I had growing up. I prefer knives, but sometimes bow is useful. What do you use?"

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"A self-bow," Hanna said. "Similar, but smaller. Easier to carry, and run with. I do not know the names of all the ones here, but... A recurve, perhaps? I should like to learn on another one. For hunting elk, and other large game. Do you hunt?"

[kenselvren]

"I am a Huntress," Jalian said proudly. Then realized that would mean nothing to Hanna. "It means I'm an adult of ken Selvren, responsible for helping to feed the clan. Technically." She shrugged. "But I don't eat meat anymore, and mostly studying Corvichi science was more important than hunting, so I haven't actually hunted in a while. You hunt? You're not from a city, then." She'd noticed city people here tended not to.

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

"No. A tiny place, in the wilderness, far north and east of here." She hugged her blanket a little closer. "I miss it. The place, and the hunting. There are no game large enough to hunt that I have seen in the Preserve here, and what I have seen is... strange." Very strange. "That is an honor, that you are considered an adult. I have never heard of the Corvichi."

[kenselvren]

"I do not think they've come here," Jalian said. "They are aliens who travel the timelines. The wildlife here are very strange. Even if I ate meat, I don't know if I'd want to eat them."

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

That explained a little, of how Jalian had come to be traveling in time. Hanna might have more questions when she was much more awake at some point.

"You don't eat meat?" That was of more immediate concern. "Is that not unhealthy?"

[kenselvren]

"You have to watch that you have enough protein, but it's fine." Jalian shrugged. "Corvichi teach that all animals have minds and feel pain, so you shouldn't eat them."

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

Hanna frowned a little, thinking about this, then offered, "My father taught me to shoot for the heart. And to not waste meat." Jalian probably had been taught similar things, if she was an accepted Huntress for her people. "...I do not know about pain, so much." Except to endure it and not let it direct her actions.

[kenselvren]

Jalian nodded. She'd learned much the same. "I don't know about it, but they were certain, so." She shrugged.

[hexentotchen.livejournal.com]

Another new thing to think about. Time travel. Vegetarianism. Bows.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.

"...when do they let us go back in?"

[kenselvren]

Jalian sighed. "Soon, I hope."