100F in the shade

[rojoranchmods]

The heat is thick. There is absolutely no breeze and the sun seems to be taunting the Ranch from high above. Everyone has come in from working for lunch. There are tables out on the porch of the house where there are sandwiches, tea and lemonade waiting for everyone. The fire is still burning high and children are now throwing sticks and dead

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[cassie_ray]

Hunter? Hah! Cassie Ray was to be bait, and the knowledge rankled her. She didn't let her irritation be known, however. She had spent the morning learning what her new duties were to be and helping the hunters-- all men, it seemed-- with various preparatory tasks. Her muscles had softened in the long months since her father... well, since the incident, and it felt good to put them to real use again. The sun punished all from high above, but Cassie Ray was a Texas girl through and through, albeit from about eighty years in the future. She drank her water, wiped her brow, and refused to complain about the heat. She was more grateful than she wanted to let on when they released her for lunch

[cassie_ray]

Cassie Ray shrugged. "I think it's plain stupid, myself. There are dangerous things out there that need to be taken care of. Snakes, coyotes. It's the hunter's job to eliminate the threat. But using someone as bait as a way to prove themselves is either their way of weeding out the unsuitables, or a damn near criminal waste of resources." Her lip quirked. "But what do I know. I'm only bait."

[spoony_ninja]

Snakes? Coyotes? They sounded familiar enough, but Edge couldn't picture what they looked like. "It sounds outdated to use someone like that. And those creatures sound nasty, like those unwanted golems that wander near my people's settlement."