by C S » Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:28 pm
Desrium arrived at the stream and settled down a few yards away from the water, his meal draped over his right shoulder and some wood he gathered on the way back tucked underneath his left arm in a bundle. His sword was sheathed, and he intended to clean it before he started working on the creature he named "Bird-horse". Ironically, he had never seen a horse before. No, that wasnt right. Maybe he had never seen a horse before. However, he had seen a creature who acted like a horse...but was a bulky and robust as a rhino. Again, he had never seen a rhino. Maybe he hadn't, that is.
Desrium knealt down, sticking two burly dark brown branches into the ground a few feet apart from each other. They were fallen branches with notches where the limb diverged, forming a prong of sorts. He chose them because of the resemblance to the dragon's barbecue spit, and once he had them firmly planted in the ground, they were uncannilly similar, though crude looking. Even so, he was happy with the simple construct. He took the last branch he gathered, skinnier than the other two and somewhat curved due to how it grew, and slipped it between the notches by where it was straightest. Because of the curve, he would be able to turn it and make sure that the meat would be cooked thoroughly. Thinking about the taste of a smokey slab threatened to bring back his beastial nature. Reverting his attention to setting up the spit, Desrium twisted about, grabbing a shrub with dry leaves and yanking it from the ground with a loud rustle, setting it down inbetween the two branches and pressing down on it, snapping its small branches and flattening its leaves into a tight bundle of tinder. With the spit taken care of, that left preparing the meat and starting the fire. Desrium stood up and made his way down to the edge of the stream to begin his work...
