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[outstandingbalance]

[Low image quality and poor light combine to leave Natasha almost unrecognizable. It's mostly the red in her hair and the sound of her voice when she speaks that identify her, for those who know her.]

In light of our current situation, I'm hoping to get a rough idea what we have to work with.

Specifically, two priorities.

First, anyone who wants to let us know how much food they have on hand and whether or not they'd be willing to share. We might have to tighten our belts a little here, but we can at least try to make what we have last as long as possible and get to as many people as possible.

[A pause, filled with fuzzy static. Then:]

Second, who has access to guns and how much ammo they have on hand.

I've got about a clip and a half left.

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[wormintheglass]

I have a certain amount stored here. I can do without food considerably longer than a human. I should leave the canned meat, though, it caused a wendigo epidemic last time people tried to eat it.

[outstandingbalance]

Luckily, meat is about the one thing we an count on having access to that isn't canned.

When you say you can go without food longer than a human, how long are we talking?

[wormintheglass]

Probably less time than we'll need. I've never put it to the test. Let's just assume I won't need rations for the foreseeable future.

I can probably subsist on some of the less edible monsters, if it comes to that.

[outstandingbalance]

[A snort at that, dry with gallows humor.]

If we start running out of edible monsters, we'll have been on our own long enough to have a lot worse problems.

[wormintheglass]

[Bianca, who appreciates dark humour immensely, smiles her thin smile.]

Precisely. I shall retain the canned meat for my pets; they can help me hunt. I'll load up the supplies I have and drop them off - are you organising food distribution?

[outstandingbalance]

Until someone else tells me otherwise, looks like I am. I was thinking of it more as stepping in where I saw a vacuum for the time being. If that's organizing supplies, then that's where I am.

[And later on, if that means hunting or taking on patrols, then that's what she'll do then.]