11-06-2013, 10:33 PM
The fire was rekindled, very minimally, in a way that kept it hot, but flame free. "I'm Naomi," she offered, leaving it at that. It wasn't like she was going to stick around these people. They didn't need to know her and she didn't need to know them. They'd only end up split apart or dead anyway. She'd done her part, and that's what she'd intended to do.
She nodded at the woman. "I feel fine," she lied. She never felt fine. Not anymore. Anyway, she'd leveled up, and that was what was important she guessed. That's what he'd always said was important anyway, her fiance, before he died. It wasn't much longer before Zeus returned, carrying some kind of game forest creature in his mouth. Something with fur; Naomi didn't know the names of the creatures in this world yet.
Naomi patted the large grey and black wolf on the head, not something hard to do since his head came to her hip. She took the animal from his mouth before removing a small knife from one of the bags that Zeus typically carried on his back. She skinned the animal quickly and easily, having done it often for her and Zeus. Although Zeus didn't mind them with fur, Naomi did.
She found two rocks, and dropped them into the coals of the fire. She pulled another rock from one of the packs, a rock they carried with them for cooking. It was long and wide, though jagged, and fairly thin. She placed it on top of the two rocks, letting the heat carry up to its center and heat it.
She quartered the animal meat and laid it out to cook, but not before reaching into her bags once again for herbs. On three of the pieces she placed herbs for taste, and on the fourth she added herbs for healing, for the man. Then she sat beside the fire to wait until it was time to flip the meat.
Naomi pulled her legs to her chest, resting her head on her knees. One arm wrapped around her legs and the other, still holding her poker stick, poked around at the fire needlessly. One purple eye and one blue eye watched the coals burn as she ignored the others. Not to be rude, she just didn't want to make friends. She couldn't handle any more loss.
Zeus came over and flopped down beside her, sure to rest his side against Naomi. It was the only way the beast knew to comfort his companion.
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