Charred Cephalopodic Calamari - RPLOG
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Date
22/8/476
Log
Evening on the beach. While the sands are largely clear as the sun begins to set, it seems that the cause of such emptiness is unique indeed - long walks on the beach are a bit hard when there's a huge, rotting carcass in the way. About as long and wide as a large hovel, a giant squid has been washed up by the tide - there can't be any other way something this enormous could have gotten here, could it? - dead eyes pecked at by seagulls, tentacles lying limply in the surf.
Having lain all day in the afternoon sun, the giant squid's carcass is putrefying quite rapidly and exuding a unique one-of-a-kind fragrance simply unmatched anywhere. It keeps away most of the onlookers at a healthy distance, but a number of beings have donned cloth masks and are busy hacking away at the gargantuan carcass, tossing bits of rubbery flesh and cartilage back into the ocean.
Certainly an awful stench, and Dio wasn't the cause of it! While this may come as a shock to some, the ornate coat wearing lion slowly made his way to the beach with his nose clamped shut with large leonine fingers. "Oh lads, I 'aven't smelled somethin' this bad in years," he shouts out in a voice made comedic by his nose clenching action as he walks to a rather distant proximity of the large carcass. "What 'appened 'ere exactly," he questions, attempting to flag one of the cleaner crew for answers. "Giant monster fight?"
Emmett comes about dressed more for labor than for fine social appearances considering he's in scuffed pants, a very basic sleeveless top, and is wearing work gloves. The goat walks down the beach with a hand on his nose, wincing. "That's... that's fascinating," he remarks out loud. He cracks his knuckles and approaches a certain well-dressed lion who seems to be keeping his distance. "Heh. You here to work or watch?" the goat fellow asks with a teasing sort of smirk.
Zuika wandered down the beach, having been enjoying the scenery of the area, when she had caught wind of a horrific smell, and scrunched her nose. Her ears fold at the top of her head, and her several tails twitch a bit behind her, draping still " Erk, what is that?.." she follows the beach to where it was coming from, holding her nose firmly " It's.. Huge..." she blinks in confusion at the dead beast
Walking in in her dark black armor and looking more like she is ready to kill something then investigate, Ashley doesn't even flinch when she sees the massive squid creature, nor when she smells it either. She looks it over a few times, then looks over to Dio, Emmett, and Zuika. Wordlessly she approches the creature, looking it over many many times before finally saying, "Water math will be needed to drain it out, then fire to burn the dry husk after." Backing away again she seems to hardly have a care for this thing, except, "Are things like these common?"
Wow, what died out here? ....Oh wait... Angus waved his hat in front of his face as he smells the giant squid. "...So, who ordered the sushi?" Sheesh that smells, how did it even get here? The fox stops in his tracks, staring at the dead thing as he puts his new hat back on. Now with a blue feather!
Sveta says, "No idea," a heavy-set otter mutters to Dio as he hacks off another chunk of rubbery flesh with a long-handled knife. This close up, it's easy to see that the cloth mask has been stuffed with fragrant herbs in a bid to mask some of the smell. "Must've been dead for some time already when it washed up, for it to stink this bad. I know most folks are going to want to stand a little way back, but if you're going to help us get this thing off the sand, be my guest. I think someone has some spare masks...at the rate this is going, though, might take a couple of days even if we have crews working through the night by lamplight. %r %r "We've orders not to damage the beach, though, which is why we're doing this the traditional way with saws and blades - the whole point is so that people can use the waterfront again, after all. But if you've got any ideas, we're willing to listen. Everyone would rather be home...""
"No idea," a heavy-set otter mutters to Dio as he hacks off another chunk of rubbery flesh with a long-handled knife. This close up, it's easy to see that the cloth mask has been stuffed with fragrant herbs in a bid to mask some of the smell. "Must've been dead for some time already when it washed up, for it to stink this bad. I know most folks are going to want to stand a little way back, but if you're going to help us get this thing off the sand, be my guest. I think someone has some spare masks...at the rate this is going, though, might take a couple of days even if we have crews working through the night by lamplight.
"We've orders not to damage the beach, though, which is why we're doing this the traditional way with saws and blades - the whole point is so that people can use the waterfront again, after all. But if you've got any ideas, we're willing to listen. Everyone would rather be home..."
"Certainly an interestin' creature lad," Dio returns as the goat approaches his position. "An' I'd certainly love to help get this beast off o' this beach. Smells somethin' awful. Woulda been tasty though had it not decayed I'm sure..." As the new arrivals come about, he gives them his typical friendly wave and turns back towards the large dead squid. "Would burnin' it like the skunk lass be a good way to go about it? I'm not too sure."
"Ah, so we can't get rid of it in any fun ways? Since that might damage the beach?" Angus teases the Otter as he inspects the dead squid. "Well, we could use earth magic to raise a part of the beach to try and roll it in. Return it back to it's original level after?" Turning his head a little he start poking it in the side, and makes a face. "Ewwwww, it's still squishy!" Sheesh, talk about Childish!
Emmett strokes his chin with those gloves of his, contemplating the sitation. The goat's heard two different possible solutions for disposing of this little problem. "Hmm. If I had more supplies readily available, I'd have suggested setting down a nice big cloth tarp and shifting the carcass onto it. I'm all willing to get my hands a little dirty, and I'll help with the chopping as long as we need. I can't personally comment on the maths ideas, though... Whether you use earth, or your water-and-fire. I know none of that."
Zuika's tails sway behind her lightly. The three tails behind her spread out in a slight fan, each was a different color. One red, one golden, and the center one being silvery like her fur " How do you imagine this thing even got here? Or how it had died? Tis rancid.. So much for exploring a beach I've not visited in a long time.. Does it happen often?"
Ashley looks again at everyone, eyeing Angus mostly this time. "This one has made her suggestion..." she continues to look at Angus like his mind had left him, and gives a nod over to Dio and Emmett, "It is the best she can think of for this situation, rolling it back into the water would only delay it coming up again. The smell will be worse while it burned, but after, it would be done." With that said she walks over to Angus, "While this one might not know everything that is and is not acceptable to you beings, she is sure that that was not." she says, "If you are to try and be a voice you must act... better."
