FAKE Ficlet: Wilderness
Title: Wilderness
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo takes Dee on a hiking and camping trip.
Word Count: 500
Written For: Prompt 671: Survival at slashthedrabble.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
“I feel like I’m livin’ one of those survival shows,” Dee said, scrambling up the slope, backpack dragging at his shoulders. “You’ve watched those, right? What to do if you’re stranded in the wilderness?”
Ryo laughed. “Half of what those things show probably wouldn’t be safe for the average person, the foraging stuff especially. You really have to know what you’re doing; even the experts sometimes make mistakes. Some edible plants and fungi look really similar to stuff that’s deadly.”
“Yeah, but if we really got stranded, you’d know how to keep us alive, wouldn’t ya?”
“I’m an experienced camper, not a survival expert, but if we genuinely got lost, which won’t happen, we could manage for a while with what we’re carrying. We’ve got the tent for shelter, sleeping bags for warmth, first aid kit, water and a supply of purification tablets if we needed to get more from a stream or a spring, waterproof matches for lighting a fire to cook over…” Ryo joined his lover on the top of the ridge, slipping the straps of his backpack off his shoulders and setting it down before taking a drink from his canteen.
“What about food?” Dee shrugged out of his own backpack and sat down.
“You’re hungry already?” They’d had a big breakfast at a diner before setting out, fuelling up for the first leg of their weeklong camping and hiking trip. “We’ve only been walking for a couple of hours.”
“No, I mean if we got lost, what would we do for food when we ran outta supplies? We could starve to death out here.”
Ryo snorted. “Drama queen. First off, we won’t get lost.” He pointed along the valley below them. “See the bridge? There are roads even in this wilderness, we’re only a couple miles from the nearest one, and if we keep following the trail we’re on, we’ll reach a small town in a couple of days where we can pick up more supplies. Even if that wasn’t the case, there are wild blackberries everywhere.”
“Ha, so ya do know about foragin’!”
“No. I know what blackberries and blackberry briars look like, but I wouldn’t have a clue about mushrooms and other fungi, and I don’t know what other berries might be edible, or which ones to avoid. I do know what poison ivy looks like though.”
“There could be poison ivy about? There isn’t any here, is there?” Dee immediately looked around, glaring suspiciously at the nearby plant life.
“If there had been I would’ve picked somewhere else to rest. You’re safe,” Ryo reassured his partner.
“Right. Good.”
Chuckling, Ryo stood and swung his pack up onto his shoulders again. “Come on, city boy, let’s head on down into the valley. We’ve got a long way to go before we make camp for the night.”
“You’ll point out any poison ivy won’t ya? I know what it looks like, but your eyes are sharper.”
“I promise. Don’t worry, we’ll both survive this trip.”
The End
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Ryo takes Dee on a hiking and camping trip.
Word Count: 500
Written For: Prompt 671: Survival at slashthedrabble.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
“I feel like I’m livin’ one of those survival shows,” Dee said, scrambling up the slope, backpack dragging at his shoulders. “You’ve watched those, right? What to do if you’re stranded in the wilderness?”
Ryo laughed. “Half of what those things show probably wouldn’t be safe for the average person, the foraging stuff especially. You really have to know what you’re doing; even the experts sometimes make mistakes. Some edible plants and fungi look really similar to stuff that’s deadly.”
“Yeah, but if we really got stranded, you’d know how to keep us alive, wouldn’t ya?”
“I’m an experienced camper, not a survival expert, but if we genuinely got lost, which won’t happen, we could manage for a while with what we’re carrying. We’ve got the tent for shelter, sleeping bags for warmth, first aid kit, water and a supply of purification tablets if we needed to get more from a stream or a spring, waterproof matches for lighting a fire to cook over…” Ryo joined his lover on the top of the ridge, slipping the straps of his backpack off his shoulders and setting it down before taking a drink from his canteen.
“What about food?” Dee shrugged out of his own backpack and sat down.
“You’re hungry already?” They’d had a big breakfast at a diner before setting out, fuelling up for the first leg of their weeklong camping and hiking trip. “We’ve only been walking for a couple of hours.”
“No, I mean if we got lost, what would we do for food when we ran outta supplies? We could starve to death out here.”
Ryo snorted. “Drama queen. First off, we won’t get lost.” He pointed along the valley below them. “See the bridge? There are roads even in this wilderness, we’re only a couple miles from the nearest one, and if we keep following the trail we’re on, we’ll reach a small town in a couple of days where we can pick up more supplies. Even if that wasn’t the case, there are wild blackberries everywhere.”
“Ha, so ya do know about foragin’!”
“No. I know what blackberries and blackberry briars look like, but I wouldn’t have a clue about mushrooms and other fungi, and I don’t know what other berries might be edible, or which ones to avoid. I do know what poison ivy looks like though.”
“There could be poison ivy about? There isn’t any here, is there?” Dee immediately looked around, glaring suspiciously at the nearby plant life.
“If there had been I would’ve picked somewhere else to rest. You’re safe,” Ryo reassured his partner.
“Right. Good.”
Chuckling, Ryo stood and swung his pack up onto his shoulders again. “Come on, city boy, let’s head on down into the valley. We’ve got a long way to go before we make camp for the night.”
“You’ll point out any poison ivy won’t ya? I know what it looks like, but your eyes are sharper.”
“I promise. Don’t worry, we’ll both survive this trip.”
The End