Jack laughed quietly. "I don't think she'd SUCKER punch you- I think she'd yell at your face, then punch you straight on." He joked, getting a better grip on the pelt. "I would be, too." He answered. Jack walked back towards the cabin, emerging into the clearing and dropping the pelt with a slightly tired huff. "Bear pelt delivery." He said with a cheerful voice.

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Quinn got even more anxious as time passed, until eventually she was ready to go after them. However, they broke through the brush. She rushed towards them and her gaze immediately checked for wounds. When she saw they were both okay, she sighed in relief. "Jack, how is your leg feeling? I should redress it. Sage, are you still really sore? I noticed you aren't helping with the pelt- I have some herbs that might help with it." She asked, glancing around.

Sage chuckled in response to jacks comment, nodding with a shrug when he said she'd just punch him and nodded. "That's true," he mused fondly. They talked about less important things until they got back to the house. He glanced over at Quinn when he heard her come outside, shrugging slightly in response to her question. "Yes and no," he mused. "He said he wanted to carry it,* he added. He was sore, and the herbs did help, but he had to deal with it too. "Maybe later, alright," he hummed, knowing it would make her better but also he was sort of cold again and didn't want to take his shirt off.

Jack thought about the question for a moment. "Umm... on a scale of 1-10, I'm at C." He grinned. "That was meant to be confusing. It hurts, worse than it did before I left, but it's bearable." He slowly looked from Quinn, to Sage, then back at Quinn. "Did anyone get the joke?" Jack finally asked, looking hopeful. "BEARable? I mean, c'mon!" He gestured to th pelt with an even wider grin.

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Quinn glanced at Jack slowly, huffing quietly at his bad explanation. "Just give me a straight forward answer." She grumbled before she got one, then nodded, slowly, staring at him. "Jack, you kindof failed that one. Try harder next time." She snorted, then looked at Sage. "Okay." Was all she said. She disappeared for a second before coming back with stuff to redress Jack's wound. After that was done, she gave Jack an herb. "Eat. It'll help."

Sage threw Jack a rather confused look in response to his comment, then rolled his eyes at his joke. Though, it did earn a sort of snicker from him. Quinn didn't seem amused, but it amused him and Jack, an maybe it was one of those dad joke things. He didn't really care, but oh well. He just moved to limp over to grab some of the jerky, to much on as he settled by the fire, still rather cold by then. It was odd....it was warm out, but he was still cold. Oh well. He'd live.

Jack grinned even wider when Sage snickered. "See? Even Sage finds my joke HILARIOUS." He huffed. "You just don't see it." He sniffed, waving a hand. "Lighten up, Quinn. Everything will be fiiiine and we'll all survive." He chided, sitting down near a tree with a small breath of air.
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Quinn glanced at the two, pursing her lips, but of course, at Jack's words, she couldn't help but smile. It was amusing. "Not everything is rainbows and unicorn and fluffy clouds, Jack." She teased lightly, smiling as she went to check on the young ones. They were both still asleep, so she came out and sat down near Jack.

Sage had given quinn a toothy grin when Jack pointed out they'd be alright and nodded. "Try to relax a little bit," he murmured. "We're both ok," he reassured her, reaching over at pat her leg gently. When she teased them back, he was glad to hear it

...it meant she couldn't be too worried. "The kids asleep," he asked when she came back out after a moment, peering in through the windows.

Jack looked offended, but it was obviously in a joking way, as he grinned soon afterward. "Aww Quinny, everything can be unicorns and rainbows if you look at it from the right angle." He quipped, nodding. "We are both fine. My leg barely hurts, and Sage looked more like a trampled goat instead of a Blobfish that got drug up from the deep and burned alive." He smiled widely, looking way too joyful.

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Quinn huffed quietly at Jack and Sage. "What's the right angle, pi-2+3443/2837x8?" She grumbled, then nodded. "Very asleep. Especially Caspian." She grinned lightly. "He looks like you when you sleep. Dead." She teased, chuckling lightly at Jack's words. "Uh huh. Less like a burnt bloated blobfish. Got it."

Sage snorted softly when Jack said everything could be unicorny and whatnot, not exactly agreeing but finding the teasing rather amusing anyway. He had to admit, it was nice to unravel the tension his body sort of always held. He envied that of Jack....he always seemed so happy, and innocent, and when he did have something more serious to think about, he could still be....happy. "thanks, that makes me feel much better about myself," he snorted lightly in response to jacks comment about the trampled goat and blobfish. Though, he obviously wasn't upset with the other man. He nodded when Quinn said they were asleep, though wrinkled his nose in slight amusement at her next words. 'what happened to me looking absolutely adorable when I sleep, as youve mentioned at least three times," he teased lightly. "Don't tell me you have a corpse fetish, babe," he added, eyes sparkling lightly.

(I may be rushing this a little, but I'm going to attempt to make a small scene that could end up leading to a big one)

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Jack grinned quite widely, enjoying himself- it seemed. "Oh good, I'm glad you feel better." He chirped cheerfully. As the other two spoke, a slight look of distaste and digust flashed across his face, but it was gone in a second. He didn't show anything else, instead looking like the happy cheerful person he had been three seconds ago.

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Quinn chuckled lightly, enjoying herself now that she had relaxed a little. She was uptight a lot, and it felt nice to let loose a little. Okay, laugh. "Pfft, I have NEVER said you look absolutely adorable when you sleep." She scoffed jokingly, then smirked. "Wouldn't you like to know." Quinn teased lightly, then glanced sideways, frowning slightly. "I need to find a couple more herbs before nightfall." She commented, standing and striding into the woods, her gait intent.

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Jack snorted, sounding amused. "You tell him, Quinn." He joked, then watched her walk away. "I'll be right back. I want to ask her something." He said lightly, pushing himself to his feet with a small wince of pain and going after the woman. When he caught up, he put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey! What herbs are you getting?" He asked easily.

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Quinn glanced back as she heard footsteps approaching, the slightest bit surprised to see Jack. Her eyes wandered to his hand, then she answered. "Just a couple more to prevent infection in your leg. Nothing special. What are you doing out here? You shouldn't be walking on your leg." She said with a small huff, not bothering brushing his hand off, as she guessed he would remove it on his own.

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Jack sidled a little closer and instead draped his arm around her shoulders, smiling in a bit of a different way than he had been. "Ahh, always trying to help other people, eh? You know, I've been having some chest pain- I think it got nicked in the fight. Mind taking a look?" He asked.

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Quinn stopped moving, her jaw tightening slightly. She slipped away from his Arm and turned to face him, hesitating when she saw his face. No malice or bad intent. Same old Jack. She decided to give him the benefit of doubt. "Yeah, I can do that. Where do you think it is again?" She inquired.

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Jack smiled widely. "Thanks." He answered before pulling off his shirt to reveal a toned set of abs and a mostly well muscled chest. "There." Sure enough, there was a deep wound.

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Quinn convinced herself quickly she was helping a friend. She couldn't help but glimpse his well toned body, but she focused on the wound. It.. didn't look like it was made from a bear claw, like his leg wound. However, it looked fresh. "Are you sure this isn't from something else?" She asked, moving a little closer to inspect it, gently feeling around the area to see if it was inflamed or infected.

(you're all good lol)

Sage had grinned easily at the jokes that were thrown about...chuckling and giving Quinn a wide grin when she denied ever saying he was adorable. "I believe cute were your exact words," he noted with a chirp, snorting at the other response to his latter joke she gave him. "I think I'll stick to believing you like me better alive," he noted with amusement.

When she mentioned gathering some more herbs, he nodded and patted her thigh lightly, humming "be back before dark, alright," to her, knowing if anything serious did come about he wouldn't really be much help, and admittedly, neither would jack. He settled himself down by the fire, though kept an ear cocked in the direction Quinn and Jack had gone. He frowned slightly when Jack mentioned his chest....he hadn't said anything about that before. It was odd, and he couldn't help the squirming feeling in his gut. But he tried to push it aside ....Jack had been good. Helpful, even. And he just couldn't bring himself to dislike the guy anymore. Maybe it was foolish....a stupid hope of him to possibly have a friend. A male one, around his age. Quinn was wonderful, of course, but this was a different kind of company. A nice one, he'd decided. He glanced towards the house when he picked up the rustling of the sheets....no doubt frynn was waking from her nap. So he limped over into the cabin, scooping up the girl and settling into the rocking chair he'd made almost a year ago by then with a soft smile.

(I was thinking that as sage gets jealous, things do start happening between quinna nd jack, and when he confronts her about it he asks if she wanted someone better than him, etc etc, and she storms out to leave with Jack, takes thw kids with her? Then maybe once she cools off a few days later and comes back to apologize, but he's been captured somehow and they have to go get him back?)