Fishy Friend! (Gabe)

"Wooaahh... Awesome!" Callie would look around in amazement, she had never found this place before! Before her was a large crystal clear lake that seemed to be surrounded on all sides by a thick layer of trees, the lake glittered with fancy dancing lights as the son shone upon it. It looked as though it would take her forever just to try and walk around this whole thing! She'd run up to the waters edge, just staring off at the beauty of the place. As much as she normally hated water, she would always still appreciate something pretty!

After almost a minute, the girl would have an idea. Bending over to pick up a stone or two, she'd stand herself in the position she had learned a few days ago before readying the stone. "Aaaaannnndddd Goooooooo!~" She'd sing, launching the stone off towards the lake and watching it skip across the water twice before disappearing. She'd smile, happy with herself as she watched the ripples on the water reflect the sunlight in an even more pretty way than before!

Gabe definitely wasn't here to toss stones today, he was here on a more manly mission. The calmness and the appreciation of a man going out to fish, this was not something that many people understood or even cared about. However, Gabe, carrying his fishing pole, paid heed to the call of real men and their destiny for greatness at the bottom of a lake. What remained there were treasures, fishy treasures that either fetched a good price or tasted great with a side of lemon and butter on a plate. " Hmm? Gabe would say as he saw a young girl throwing stones in the water.

"Callie? Is that you?  You're scaring the fish ,you know? "

"Huh?" Getting distracted mid throw, the girl's second stone would just plop straight into the lake, vanishing from sight as Callie would spin around to see who called out to her. "Gabe!" She gasped, running over to give her rock throwing/arcade game professor a quick hug. "I didn't think I'd find anyone way out here! Let alone you! This place is in the middle of nowhere! A lost gem in the middle of an enchanted forest! What are you doing way out here? What's that big stick thingy you got there? W-what do you mean I'm scaring the fish?" The young vixen would turn to face the lake where she had just been throwing the stones, a feeling of guilt hanging on her. "I-I... I didn't mean to scare the fishys..."

"Woah!" Gabe would say in a suprised voice as he recieved the unexpected hug form Callie. Though , he did look down and patted her head with a free hand with a smile. "Well, you must be mistaken young callie. This is actually a very popular fishing spot that fissing connasuers like to go to in order to sharpen their skills and catch a big one. I caught a pretty good one just the other day that sold for alot. So trust me when i say this, alot of people come here. " Gabe then shook his head when he realized he was a bit overexcessive with his statement about scaring the fish. "Dont you worry about it, sometimes the other fishermen are quite anal about things, so i didnt want you getting yelled at by any gumpy old man. " Gabe then thought of something. "Hey, want to give it a try? "

"Oh... Really?" The young girl would question, tilting her head slightly as it was patted. "I've never been here myself, so I guessed it was a super secret place! B-but a fishing place sounds cool too!" She'd pause briefly, wondering to herself what exactly 'fishing' could mean. She knew that lots of fishys lived in the water, so it had to be something to do with them! That just made sense! Yet, then she was confused what Gabe meant by 'catch a big one'... M-maybe people came here to get the little fishys as pets? Oh! That must be it! She'd love to catch her own fishy friend!

"Oh...?" Callie would look confused at the man for a moment, not really sure what he meant by what he said. Although she understood about grumpy people. They were never fun to deal with! "Oh! You're going to be my teacher again!? Awesome! I wanna try and catch a little fishy!"

"Well....i guess i have a knack for it don't i? Teaching and whatnot. Though this does bring up a good analogy that my father used to say to me. Teach a man to fish, he can eat for life. Give a man a fish, he can eat for a day. Wait...i think that was the other way around. "Gabe laughed it off. "Nevermind that Young callie, its time to go to my special spot, only a few feet away from this section. "If callie followed,  Gabe would of went left and crouched down, laying the cooler down before oopening it. " Question, how do you feel about worms? 

"So... You fish for fish, to eat the fish but if you get a fish you only have a fish so you have to be able to fish the fish to fish fish?" Callie would reply, showing she 'clearly' understood the process of what was going on! She kinda knew this sorta thing had to happen, otherwise where did food come from? Regardless she didn't feel too keen on doing so herself. "If I fish a fish can I keep the fish as a fishy friend?" At this point the word fish didn't sound right anymore... Maybe she should call them aqua lizards!


The young girl would look at Gabe confused. What did worms have to do with aqua lizards? They were always found in the dirty dirt! Not the... Dirty water? "Uhm, I don't usually touch them or anything. They make my fingers all dirty!... Why?"

Because...." Gabe would say as he picked up a worm and a hook "The only way to catch a fish, is by giving it some good bait. We are going to use the worms in  our grand quest to capturing tasty fish, you understand?" Gabe then slowly hooks the worm and secures the hook to the line. " Now, but securing the line to the fishing rod, you then give it a big launch and steady yourself in a comfortable spot. You know? Gabe then gabe Callie a spare hook and a worm, or better yet, held the worm in his hand. " So, you are going to  learn how to handle taking that wom and putting it on the line,can you do it?

"Ewww... I have to touch it? But worms are all slimy and icky and blah!" The girl would moan as she looked at the worms, her whole body shaking at the thought of it. "A-and what do you mean tasty fish...? I don't want to hurt them or anything, I wanted to catch one to have as a friend! Ya know, give it its own little bowl or something and put loads of cute little things inside for it to swim around!" Callie would smile at the thought, hoping that Gabe could let her have her way before her eyes fell back on the worm. "... Oh! I know! I'll do the wormy thing if you promise me I can keep the fishy I catch! Deal?"

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Wait, Callie, the kind of fish that you want are the fish that you find in the pet store. That's something like a gold fish, i don't think having a sea bass as a pet would be something you want. Plus, there might be a chance that we might injure the fish a bit while we are catching it. They do go for the worms, while we are kind of jerking them from the lip with the hook so...." Gabe said this with a frown, but he figured is she wanted a pet, any smaller catches is something callie could have. "Alright alright, you got yourself a deal. However, you own what you catch! This is the law... you!!!" Gabe said in a dramatic voice as he handed the fishing rod. "Are going to catch the fish you keep.....

Callie would take the fishing rod sheepishly, looking at it up and down. "I-injure the fish? I... I don't want to do that..." The girl would think to herself as she slowly lower the rod so it rested in her lap and thought for a moment. As much as she loved the lessons Gabe taught her about things in the past, she didn't really want to learn this one if it meant hurting an innocent fishy. "Hmm..." She'd ponder for a moment on what to say. "Uh, why don't you show me how you do it! I-I don't think I'll be very good at it. The... Theeee... Oh! The fishing rod is too heavy for me! I wont be able to do it properly." The girl would nod, satisfied with her 'reason' for not fishing. "I'll just keep you company whilst you do it!" It would still be fun to watch how her professor fished, she wouldn't feel nearly as bad if she wasn't the one doing it.

Alright... we will do it this way. First things first...setting a location. " Gabe looked over to two sides of where they could go. "I'll make sure that you are just as involved as i am, and then you'll have some fun as well. Sounds good?" Gabe looked to the left. On the left side of this lake, the water is a little more shallow, the smaller fishes would be over there but the catches wouldn't be too big. "Gabe then looked to the right side. "On the right, we have a deeper lake,  less smaller fish or easier catches, but whatever we get is going to be massive!!!"  Gabe then looked back to Callie. "Where should we go? Location is important!"

The girl would look back and forth between the two locations that were presented to her, she took a while to think it over despite the fact she knew from the instant Gabe described the two places which one she wanted to go to. "Left!" She'd exclaim excitedly, she wasn't a big fan of giant fish, they usually weren't as pretty or colourful to look at! Plus he said himself it would be easier to catch something in the shallow end, so that sounded more fun! Patients had never really been a thing the girl was good at, she liked to be constantly doing something no matter how small it may be! She just didn't like to sit around. "Left sounds like we'd catch more things! And that sounds more exciting than just catching one big ol' thing to me!"

Alight! Left side it is!! Lets march!" Gabe would say as he started to walk in a forward motion over to the left side  After reaching there, it was apparent to Gabe and callie that this looked like the holy grail of fish with the amount of little  fish moving around. "Oh, it looks like tits a baby rainbow trout in here..."Gabe would say as he pointed to the colorful fish in the bunch and put the worm on the hook. "Think we could catch this one?" Gabe would say as he  got in aa standing position near the lake and then tossed his line in. " Ok, but if i catch it, your job young callie, is to find something to put it in , and make sure it's filled with water so it can breathe. Can you do that? 

Callie would rush off to the left side of the lake, closely following Gabe until she saw the bounty of little fish that swum around and around at this part of the lake. "There are so many of them!" She'd exclaim in excitement, they were all so cute and some of them were really colourful too! "Oh! Yes, yes! Try to catch that one!" The young girl would reply enthusiastically as Gabe would point out the rainbow fishy. She'd quickly stand up and rush off to find something to put the fish in once Gabe had caught it like he asked her too, although what exactly she was looking for out here in the middle of nowhere she wasn't all too sure about. Finally she'd pick up an old abandoned plastic cup that someone must've forgotten about when having a picnic here once a long time ago and would rush back over to Gabe. "Will this do?" She'd ask curiously, holding the cup up to her professor.

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