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[prophesiedone]

For a kid who grew up in the desert, this is...something. [Anakin is pretty awed by the islands, okay.] The Force is so strong here. I don't know if it's the waves, the islands or...what. But I like it. It's much better than being dried to a husk in the heat.

[Seriously. Excessive sunlight was old when he was a baby.]

Should we be...fishing? What do we use? [Can everyone stop partying so they can, I don't know, eat? Survive? Does he need to punch a shark in the face with his mechno-arm? That might be a great way for him to lose his remaining arm, actually. Anakin, no.]

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[so_dark_a_road]

I feel the power in the water and the wind, and I see the beauty in their intricate patterns of flow. I'm not sorry we came here.

The fishing is fairly good. As Jon says above, you can use a net or a fishing line and pole.

If you want to build a boat, I can help you with that. There are already some in the water, though. A few are hand-built, and there are several types of boats that have been left around by the gods. I don't really trust theirs, so I built my own. Margaery Tyrell and I have been sailing it, and she sewed a most magnificent sail for it. Let me know if you'd like to go out on a fishing expedition. Everybody's welcome.

[prophesiedone]

I'm glad you're on top of things, Curufin. [It's a relief.] Whenever you're free, I'll meet you on the eastern island shore. I think I can make any fishing easier, but...

We'll need to eat the fish fairly quickly, won't we? We don't have a way to keep it.

[so_dark_a_road]

We'll be there in sometime tomorrow, if that's okay? Jon's welcome, too!

The fish bite more often when we're out in the channels, so I think we'll do all right. But maybe while we're out there, you could experiment with using the Force to lure the fish into our nets? Or whatever you think might work.

Yes, we'll have to consume the fish soon after catching them, unless we want to salt and dry them. Preserved that way, they'll keep for months.

[prophesiedone]

Fine by me. I'll let him know. [He likes camping out on the shore just to enjoy the sights and sounds. Though he avoids the sand like the plague.]

I'll show you what I have in mind. If it doesn't work, I'll try something else. [Grinning, he shrugs and tugs on his outer robe.]

Salting and drying...? I guess that would work. I was thinking we needed somewhere cool.

[so_dark_a_road]

All right, then!

I can hardly wait to see what you have in mind. [ He grins back. ] Any display of the Force is all right by me! [ Curufin has an insatiable curiosity about the Force and its uses. It is different and yet sometimes startlingly the same as the power that Elves draw upon. ]

Salting and drying the fish will work well enough. But maybe we could rig up some sort of a refrigerator box? The ones in the houses still work, but they aren't very large. Not nearly big enough to hold all that we might catch. Maybe a large water-tight metal box that can be toted from the ship to the shore, and placed in shallow water to keep the fish cold. The water is certainly cold enough to accomplish that.

[prophesiedone]

I expect you wouldn't be as excited if I was using it against you. [But he has no reason to do that. Curufin will likely see the good-natured gleam in his eyes.]

I'll take one apart and see what components we will need. With blueprints, we can either make what we need in the Forge or make do with something else. Until then, salting and drying is the best idea.

[so_dark_a_road]

[ Smile. ] I expect I wouldn't. [ Yes, he sees that good-natured gleam! ]

When you take the refrigerator apart, you may or may not find any components. Most of the devices made by the gods don't have any insides at all, they just run on god-magic. But if it's a device made by the gods' former hosts, it might be an actual device with parts and components. Meantime, yes, salting and drying. It won't take long to hammer together some wooden drying racks and find places to put them where the birds won't steal the fish. [ Grin. ]