Serenity<br/><br/>Still a little out of breath from the taming session, Serenity gave Ridge a nod. "Of course... roll your pant leg up..." She ordered, kneeling beside him. The burn was fairly bad, a second degree burn was nothing to sneeze at. She'd have to find something to counteract the pain, and protect it while it healed. The slithering outside could only mean that Bleu had returned with, she desperately hoped, something to eat.<br/><br/>Bleu<br/><br/>Bleu managed to work her way back to the cave's entrance with the meat, and a new smoker rack she'd fashioned on the slow crawl back. Upon knocking a few times on the cave's mouth with her tail, she shouted in. "You decent!?" There came a marginal response from Serenity in the affirmative, and Bleu peaked in, watching the NurseJoy patching Ridge's leg. "You guys are set the record for fastest taming session, or longest procrastination."<br/><br/>"Or maybe you were out longer then you though?" Serenity snipped in a slightly sarcastic tone. Bleu smiled at this, as her use of 'you' confirmed that she, indeed, had been tamed.<br/><br/>"Take it back. Fastest taming session. "<br/><br/>"Before you come in, Bleu, could you do me a favor?" Serenity chimed in, Bleu responding in her usually 'sup' manner. "See those seeds at your..." She tried not to say 'feet' for obvious reasons. "The seeds on the ground in front of you?" Looking down and nodding, she confirmed. "Pick a few of them and bring them here, please?" Reaching down, Bleu plucked a decent amount of the seeds, handing them to Serenity.<br/><br/>"What are they?" She asked as Serenity crushed them between a couple of rocks, smiling.<br/><br/>"Mustard seeds." She answered, taking the fine paste and spreading it over the burn. Bleu looked at the burn covered in mustard and chuckled.<br/><br/>"You do know I ate not too long ago, right?" She joked, smiling. The stare from Serenity stopped her chuckle.<br/><br/>"Mustard will remove the heat from a burn, smartass." She grumbled.<br/><br/>"God, not a funny bone in this cave."<br/><br/>"Sorry... I don't take jokes well when I'm helping someone..." Bleu dropped the pack and smoking rack on the ground and waved her apology away.<br/><br/>"Nah, my fault. It was a tasteless joke. BUT!" She started setting up the smoker, placing the steaks atop it. "A couple hours over an open fire, and these won't be tasteless!" Stopping midway, she had that look of realization.<br/><br/>"Oh, reminds me. I had a chat with Reason a little while ago, and after trading some of the kill she told me more about what we're up against." She stoked the dying fire and continued. "She mentioned we were up against some group called Team Trauma. They've taken to not only capturing pokegirls... but tamers as well. They're using some kinda LosTech to genetically alter Tamers, turning them into Pokegirls..." She muttered, running off what she gathered from her conversation. "So, she advised you stay far away, Master." She finished, turning to face the group. "RIGHT THEN! Hope you like Deer."<br/><br/>"I'm more of a vegetable person..." Serenity muttered.<br/><br/>"Yea, gathered that. Searched for a bit, but couldn't find any. Besides... if they're experimenting with genetics, I wouldn't put it past them to taint the flora of the island. Fauna's a bit more difficult, and if they're stealing from others... I don't think they do 'difficult'. Sorry, but it's meat for a bit, Serenity..."<br/><br/>"That's okay... I'll manage."