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Malak floated down to the wet ground and the bucket toppled over with a clank, ocean mist lay like a blanket within the tree's branches and the land's moss and rocks. The whale, however, would not be hard to find due to the smell. Oddly enough, the whale hadn't been sitting there for very long. Hobbling over gnarled tree roots and odd shaped rocks, the dark feathered bird finally reached the dirty sandy shore of the coast. Blue and blubbery, the whale lay on its side. Seagulls and vultures circled above it, cawing a cackling as Malak flapped onto the dead ocean creature.
The avian maneuvered his wing so the ditty bag between his shoulders would fall to the side, Malak stuck his head inside and pull out what looked like a shark piece of broken bone. Harvesting this whale wasnt going to be an easy job nor would it be clean, but Alithis needed the blubber to boil down into oil for the lamps, and the meat to eat for this winter. And Malak didn't have a whale bone strung up in his tree yet!
He shoved the bone into the side of the whale, praying to whatever god was up there that the whale wouldnt burst open. The bone cracked and broke, Malak tumbling back a bit. "Of course, why would it be that easy." the bird grumbled to himself. He should have known though, blubber is very hard to cut through and the bone broke too thin. Depending on the species of whale, the thickness of the blubber can vary dramatically from 1 inch up to 11 inches thick, and Malak was sure that his beak wasnt long enough nor sharp enough to cut through 11 inches of whale blubber. "Hm.." the corvid muttered, hobbling back down to his ditty bag. Nothing in here would be sharp enough to cut into the whale.
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✯ — Run along now, don't be glum. Get you gone, now, have some fun
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[div style="width: 360px; margin-left: 6px; letter-spacing: -0.5px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: black;"] The bird had been pretty busy as of late, his wings were beginning to tire and the bucket became heavy within his beak, winter slowly laid her icy grip upon these lands from many moons north of here. Maybe he'd walk?Malak floated down to the wet ground and the bucket toppled over with a clank, ocean mist lay like a blanket within the tree's branches and the land's moss and rocks. The whale, however, would not be hard to find due to the smell. Oddly enough, the whale hadn't been sitting there for very long. Hobbling over gnarled tree roots and odd shaped rocks, the dark feathered bird finally reached the dirty sandy shore of the coast. Blue and blubbery, the whale lay on its side. Seagulls and vultures circled above it, cawing a cackling as Malak flapped onto the dead ocean creature.
The avian maneuvered his wing so the ditty bag between his shoulders would fall to the side, Malak stuck his head inside and pull out what looked like a shark piece of broken bone. Harvesting this whale wasnt going to be an easy job nor would it be clean, but Alithis needed the blubber to boil down into oil for the lamps, and the meat to eat for this winter. And Malak didn't have a whale bone strung up in his tree yet!
He shoved the bone into the side of the whale, praying to whatever god was up there that the whale wouldnt burst open. The bone cracked and broke, Malak tumbling back a bit. "Of course, why would it be that easy." the bird grumbled to himself. He should have known though, blubber is very hard to cut through and the bone broke too thin. Depending on the species of whale, the thickness of the blubber can vary dramatically from 1 inch up to 11 inches thick, and Malak was sure that his beak wasnt long enough nor sharp enough to cut through 11 inches of whale blubber. "Hm.." the corvid muttered, hobbling back down to his ditty bag. Nothing in here would be sharp enough to cut into the whale.
We'll dance and sing 'til sundown
——————「 Alithis Evengis / Corvid / plot with me / @Malak 」 ———————
And feast with abandon