04-29-2018, 01:54 AM
So, she was late with this one, but inspiration was a fickle bitch to grapple with. Eventually, Radeken exercised her pure and utter dogness, and she dug.
The whole was deep only because she was much too stubborn to let it be a shallow, wimpy thing. Her arms were sore, she was filthy, and she would be sneezing dirt for a week, but the hole was big enough for her to be in just over her ears, and still just able to climb out of.
The second step was layering a cover of thin sticks and broad leaves and then dirt and then more broad leaves. She wasn’t sure how much weight exactly would be needed for someone to fall through, but she guessed it would be fine.
The bait was...well, the bait was cruel. It didn’t take long to find a bird and it took less time to sink her teeth into one of the wings, twistng until she heard a sickening crunch. Radeken left the bird - a raven - on the false ground to tempt close either someone looking for an easy meal or someone who felt bad for the twitching, stressed animal. Then she hid. Sure, her scent still laced the area and the dirt and bird in addition would’ve made a suspicious scene, but how many people were honestly expecting to fall into a pit?
The whole was deep only because she was much too stubborn to let it be a shallow, wimpy thing. Her arms were sore, she was filthy, and she would be sneezing dirt for a week, but the hole was big enough for her to be in just over her ears, and still just able to climb out of.
The second step was layering a cover of thin sticks and broad leaves and then dirt and then more broad leaves. She wasn’t sure how much weight exactly would be needed for someone to fall through, but she guessed it would be fine.
The bait was...well, the bait was cruel. It didn’t take long to find a bird and it took less time to sink her teeth into one of the wings, twistng until she heard a sickening crunch. Radeken left the bird - a raven - on the false ground to tempt close either someone looking for an easy meal or someone who felt bad for the twitching, stressed animal. Then she hid. Sure, her scent still laced the area and the dirt and bird in addition would’ve made a suspicious scene, but how many people were honestly expecting to fall into a pit?