pineslog | ( march event ) mad skillz

EVENT: MAD SKILLZ

The flyers were everywhere. Slipped into mailboxes and taped to windows, these yellow sheets of paper are more than ready to catch a few eyes. That parking ticket you thought you got, tucked under your wiper blade? Nope, that's another flyer. (It goes without saying that each public trash can holds at least a few.)

Honestly, it's nearly impossible to live in the town of Wayward Pines and not know of the Skills Fair being hosted in a park north of where most of you live on this upcoming Saturday. Whether or not you choose to attend is entirely up to you.

Venture toward the park on 3rd and Alder anytime between 11 AM and 5 PM, and a colorful assortment of tents will greet you, from which drifts the buzz of conversation and a small assortment of downright delicious smells. The first few tents - the largest by a decent margin - are the food court and the sign-in desk for anyone looking to teach. It's far from mandatory, but a volunteer from the tent makes a lap every so often to make note of those who didn't sign up, for a full list of skills that newcomers can show up and learn. The food court hosts your typical limited variety of BBQ and pseudo-cultural foods, good for a quick bite and respite from a long day of sharing skills.

The rest of the park hosts a scattered grid of smaller tents and booths in varying colors. At first glance, they seem to be free for use - even since you've arrived, one or two people have strolled in off the street to set up one booth or another with relevant teaching supplies. Feel free to claim one for yourself, or maybe just stroll through the park and see what there is to be learned.

Taped to a tree or tent every so often is a request for those offering to teach any excessively loud or alarming skills (like firearm proficiency) to take their pupils to the makeshift shooting range set up two blocks north for the occasion. It's nothing special, a series of near-pristine targets in an unnecessarily large area taped off with bright yellow safety ribbon, but it's more of a shooting range than the town had before. Any other skill in need of some sort of target is also welcome to use the range, if they need it. In fact, it may be a wise alternative to trying to teach knife-throwing or archery in the park; below the request is a warning, stating that in the case of any injuries sustained at the Skills Fair, deliberate or accidental, the individual who caused the wound will be held responsible as if they committed assault. If that's not incentive to be a little more careful, what is?

Additionally, on the side of the sign-in tent and pinned to a tree facing each of the surrounding streets is a copy of the Official Notice, framed and enlarged at 1.5x, in case anyone might forget.

Might want to keep it in mind. You never know who might be listening.

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Hey, you've got a good eye.

[10K offers her a grin, moving a little closer to look at the picture.]

Yeah, I wasn't too surprised to see it here--it pops up a lot in areas like this that get pretty dry during the summer. You know a lot about plants?

Thank you. [she sets the picture back on the table] Only superficial knowledge. I recognized it because it can be used for tea.

That's right. My mom used to make tea from it. You can eat the sprouts, too, boiled, but they don't really taste fantastic--it's good for when you're out in the wild, though. If you're looking for food. Or foraging, eating wild. Do you do a lot of, uh, tea-making?

I do. Though my choices here are limited. I prefer Chinese tea but French only carries pu-erh tea.

I don't think we had anything but Lipton after my mom...[Let's just gloss over that sudden silence, shall we?]

Anyway, I don't know much about it, but I know some plants you can use. The woods around here have some--wild roses, dandelions, I even saw a couple raspberry bushes out there not too far from town.

Would you care to show me when you have the time?

[It doesn't hurt to branch out with her tastes. And she definitely notices that glossed over silence. How interesting.]

Yeah, sure. It's no trouble at all. I'd be happy to.

[It's not like he's doing all that much. The occasional odd job around town, just enough to keep him fed. His next words come with a slightly awkward pause, but they're well-meant--and carefully phrased.]

I...didn't catch your name, last time we talked, but I'm glad to see you're feeling better.

It's Jiaying. I wouldn't have made it home without your help. Thank you.

[She's grateful, truly.]

What should I call you?

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