Now this is how you gather (Gabriel & Jonathon)

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Today was a good day, the sun was bright with a few clouds in the sky. Overall, it made Gabriel happy, but Gabriel was sure that could change with his meeting today. He hoped Jonathon would remember, well not get lose getting to this field. It was a plain circle surrounded by trees. Perfect for what Gabriel had in mind.



Gabriel had the idea when they first met, that Jonathon may like to learn gathering. Maybe he would like it, help with his mind and "strange" personality. Well, Gabriel thought that it would be a nice little pass time the two could do while also getting a little bit of extra money on the side.



Gabriel looked around the opening, Jonathon was no where to be seen. He couldn't have forgotten, or had he been attacked. Not many people got attacked around these parts but the chance of it was still there. Gabriel would just have to wait. He wouldn't be waiting all day, he had other stuff to do. Well hopefully he would show up, but who knows what goes on in her head, Gabriel thought.

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Jonathon was taking his time, whilst Gabriel had gone ahead and arranged this meeting, by making her wait for it he in a way was taking control of a situation. He enjoyed control, he liked being in charge, it was one of the perks that came with his job, people usually would listen to him as soon as he plonked the official paperwork on them. Not that he actually knew what the official paperwork said, as he couldn't read, but he knew what it looked like so he was good on that.

His lack of literary knowledge was something that gave him pause, it was not something he'd been taught as it had not been deemed necessary, but it was something that he thought he should learn, it was an important skill surely nowdays so wouldn't learning it be rather good for him? He made a mental note to try and find someone to teach him how to read and write, he could do it alone but it'd be easier if he could find someone to actually teach him it.

Turning his mind back to the present he continued his rather leisurely pace, she had said that it'd be useful to him, although why exactly he was unsure, but in his pursuit for knowledge and power no thing could be left aside no matter how small it seemed. If somewhere down the line this became useful to him then he was sure he would be glad that he'd learned it, no matter how unlikely that was.

Upon approaching the opening Jonathon would pause for a few seconds to check himself and his surroundings, he lingered in the shadows, feeling the familiar power of them. They were as an old friend now, whether he liked that or not he was unsure, but the power he liked, he definitely liked that.

Stepping out from under the trees Jonathon would offer Gabriel a small wave before advancing towards her, pushing aside the forest green cloak he was wearing to reveal a brown hunters tunic and trousers, with his knife in a sheathe in his belt and leather armour strapped over the top of his tunic, his longbow and quiver strapped to his back but hidden by the cloak, and his sword on the opposite side of his knife at his belt. "This had better be worth the walk out here." He said with a slight sigh, it was true, he'd had other plans for this day, but they could be moved.

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Gabriel was thinking of giving up, Jonathon was taking a while he should just get on with this by himself. As Gabriel was about to turn around he all of a sudden saw Jonathon across in the tree line. Gabriel quickly replied to his wave with one of his own. As he started walking towards Gabriel, Gabriel started thinking about where they could search first.

As Jonathon reached Gabriel, he said in a cheerful mood, "Hello Jonathon, how are you today? Now I know this may not overly be something you love, but I thought it would be fun to try some gathering. You would be able to gather items you may need for your adventures. Just give it a chance, at least learn how to do it well just in case." Gabriel hoped that he had persuaded Jonathon to try it with him.

Now without waiting for an reply as Jonathon had made him wait long enough he turned and walked towards tree line hoping Jonathon was following him. "Now the one thing you have to do is search deeply, even when you think nothing will be there. There is always an chance" As Gabriel reached the tree line he fell to his knees and started searching around by some bushes hoping that Jonathon was with him. "This is a good spot to search with these bushes nearby. Just watch what I am doing and help where you can. Soon you will learn to do it well on your own."

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(Teaching Jonathon Gathering I)

Gabriel uses Gathering I and the unskilled assistant (presuming Jonathon helps Gabriel)

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Gabriel's small talk was quite boring, it was clear that the woman was trying to sell this to him properly and make it seem a lot better than it actually was, after all it seemed as if it would be something quite boring to him anyway so he wasn't overly enthusiastic about learning it.

Ignoring Gabriel's pleasantries Jonathon cut straight to the chase, "So you are going to teach me how to look for things? That's basically what you want me to do yes? Looking for things is easy, you use your eyes do you not?" Jonathon shook his head, so he'd come out here simply to gather things, what use were herbs and the like to him anyway, it's not like he could actually do anything with them.

Although, herbs could be sold couldn't they? He had seen a few that could be sold for a fairly decent sum of money, but only if he could actually gather a good amount of them, which would be rather hard for him to do considering he knew absolutely nothing about what they looked like.

Jonathon followed Gabriel, still not particularly enthusiastic about traipsing through forests only to get a sack full of over-ripened dragonfruit and common weeds to show for it, but if it was something he could learn that would help him later, then surely it was worth it....assuming it would help him later....

"I'm fairly sure I can find something, after all it's some bushes and trees, they can't be that hard to look through." Jonathon stated quite arrogantly, presuming that it would be easy enough to find something useful within the trees near them, almost in disbelief that Gabriel thought it would be hard.

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Gabriel could not help but chuckle to himself after Jonathon's remark about gathering. Easy he said, well they found nothing. Maybe next time but I think this is what Jonathon would need to realise that Gabriel is teaching him something important. That place had not been a good spot. There was still many spots the duo could try to look through till they were both full to the brim with stuff.

"Jonathon I thought this was easy. We haven't found anything so far. Look we just got to practice and keep looking."  Gabriel then looked around quickly for somewhere else to try and gather from. A couple of logs with green life around them looked perfect. "Come on Jonathon let's try over here" Gabriel crawled on his hands and knees, know with mud on his clothes a bit to the logs. "Just remember watch and learn and try to copy and help here and there" Gabriel still hoped they would find more items though.

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(Teaching Jonathon Gathering I)


Gabriel uses Gathering I and the unskilled assistant (presuming Jonathon helps Gabriel)
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"Well you're supposed to be the one who knows what they're doing aren't you." Was jonathon's retort, it was weak and he knew it considering mere moments ago he'd been telling her how easy it would be and how they'd find anything they'd need to in a few seconds because looking was easy.

Yet they had found nothing, not even a leaf that could be of a slight use to them, either this gathering thing did require some skill as Gabriel seemed to believe, or just there happened to be nothing in that particular spot, you never knew of course unless you tried again, so they did.

Jonathon was not above getting his hands dirty in order to get the job done, but in this instance he remained standing for several seconds when Gabriel dropped to her hands and knees, he wasn't sure if getting covered in mud was worth this, he wasn't even sure if this was really worth his time at all if he was perfectly honest.

After a few seconds consideration Jonathon reluctantly dropped to his knees next to the girl, not out of reluctance to get his clothes dirty, more that he wasn't even sure if he wanted to be here or if this was worth him being here, he could be working on something far more useful with his time. "Yes i get it. Watch. Copy. Learn. I have learnt other things before, I can help if i knew what exactly it was you expect to be able to find here, do you even know what it is you're looking for or is this just a wild hunt."

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Gabriel Acquires:
2 Dragonfruit

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Gabriel giggled a bit while searching. Jonathon was funny in a weird way. After searching through the logs they had found two dragonfruits. Gabriel loved dragonfruits. He had never tried one, but he had been told that when you feel weak that they will help. "Well, these are what we are looking for Jonathon. I was told by the person who taught me to gather that if you are ever feeling weak, eat one of these." Gabriel didn't know if he was wasting energy in saying this to Jonathon. He seemed to be a very controlling person who wanted to do what he said. 

Gabriel threw one of the two dragonfruits to Jonathon, here this one is for you just in case. You never know when they could come in handy. It was annoying that Gabriel didn't have as many as he could, but they would keep searching. "Come on Jonathon lets keep looking. We will try over here." Gabriel said pointing to some more bushes, and crawling over on her hands and knees. 

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(Teaching Jonathon Gathering I)



Gabriel uses Gathering I and the unskilled assistant (presuming Jonathon helps Gabriel)
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"You mean Dragonfruit? That's what these are nothing more or less, is that what we've been searching for? I thought we were looking for something more interesting than Dragonfruit. I know what a Dragonfruit does, I know it's revitalising effects, it's fairly simple really if you're in a pinch pop Andrew and you will be fine. Did the person who told you about them not tell you what they are called?"

jonathon had started off fairly quiet but his voice had risen at his pure annoyance, he knew what a Dragonfruit was, and when shed said gathering he had assumed it would be something a tad more interesting than just Dragonfruit. He had been expecting to find some herbs or something more useful, maybe something he could sell, Dragonfruit were the cheapest thing going, he made enough in an average day to buy as many dragonfruits as he would need. 

The warm sensation of blood dripping awoke him from his anger, he hasn't realised but his nails had been pressed into his palms and had pierced the flesh, small trickles of blood were running down his hand. Jonathon wiped it off in s already soiled woodsman clothes, leaving slight red streaks down the brown leather. 

Even if it was something as inconsequential as this, nothing could be overlooked, even the smallest thing could be good in the long one. He resisted the urge to just stab Gabriel and be done with the whole affair, instead choosing the much easier yet more monotonous path of getting on with it. "Apologies for my outburst" Jonathon said sweetly, putting on a highly false smile that didnt reach to his eyes "I've been rather tense as of late, shall we continue?" And with that he carried on searching as if nothing had happened in the first place.

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