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lingcod - Sulukinak - February 08, 2025
the bald exposure of granite jutting from the sand looked like an immense forgotten obelisk, or something of that nature, although it cut from the sand with a wide profile rather than an erect one; and as sulukinak came upon it, creeping as a flea across a giant's spine, she was granted a view of the surrounding beach that might have impressed her, once.
she didn't see anything of note. the tide was far from where it usually sat, and she knew from experience it wasn't a forever thing. there might be something worth eating in one of the drying piles of refuse left behind, and that's what drew her along the granite ridge.
gulls had the same idea, and this was what drew sulukinak's eye in the beginning. the sea birds contended with crows as they picked their way through bands of shell and weeds.
RE: lingcod - Lafayette - February 15, 2025
lafayette was a young man torn in two—distressed by goings-on in sapphique, yet feeling the pull of loyalty to his home.
the sound was close enough for comfort, though, and he traversed down the cliffs to search for shellfish and other tasty morsels. his arrival along the beach sent the birds scattering, and amid the flutter of white and black wings beating frantically into the sky, he caught the dark silhouette of another wolf.
with a chuff, he trotted closer, kicking up sand in his wake. she was alone (or so it seemed) but still a potential threat. his green eyes sized her up and down as he approached, chin lifted in friendly but firm query.
you be travelin'?lafayette asked her bluntly.
passin' thru?
this place was technically neutral territory, but it had always played an important role in his family's history, and he thought of it as a soft extension of sapphique's claim. strangers here always brought his hackles slightly up.
RE: lingcod - Sulukinak - March 01, 2025
a sound cut through the distant cackle of gulls and the swarming sea; when sulukinak alerted to it, she saw a lean figure staggering across the sand and paused her approach, allowing the stranger to close some distance.
was this what she had hunted for? she did not know. there was a striking similarity to the cut of his body and her own - sea wolves, the two of them. that was where their sameness ended.
queried, sulukinak's nostrils flared and she found scents of many mixed with the stranger, and above all the saline of the ocean.
best to be careful.
hunting.the shadow motions with her chin to the winged swarm peppering the beachfront, keeping her eyes trained upon the other wolf. tension affixed her there upon the sand, coiling in her haunches, in case she should bolt.
RE: lingcod - Lafayette - March 05, 2025
hunting. she technically had the right to do so here, though it felt wrong, given all that had transpired in recent days.
that said, lafayette could eat. he needed to eat, if he wanted to keep up his strength on the journey inland.
can i join you?the boy asked.
what you be huntin' for?
he was good enough at snaring various shellfish, though the fish in the shallows still eluded him. he was also secretly happy for the company; he didn't know how much of it he'd have on the road.
RE: lingcod - Sulukinak - March 06, 2025
it seemed a dull question.
egg,she answered after a too-long beat;
bird, crab... seal?but she didn't know if seal came this far south from the cold places. the stranger appeared guarded, perhaps they knew the area and were defensive of it? they would know if bigger prey could be caught.
sulukinak did not dissuade them from sticking around. it would be easier with the two of them.
RE: lingcod - Lafayette - March 09, 2025
lots o' crabs,lafayette remarked, nodding.
oysters an' urchins, too, in de pools. dunno 'bout seals.his ruddy shoulders lifted and fell in a shrug, his expression fading into something resembling a smile.
he moved forward, looking at the sea, and then back at the woman.
your name?the boy asked.
and where you be from?
while he waited for her response, he began to snuffle along the beach, looking for anything of note that had washed up. perhaps better to go into the shallows, he thought, and stepped into the water.
the surf was cold and crisp against his ankles, and for the first time in days, he felt some measure of peace in the swirling waves.
RE: lingcod - Sulukinak - March 09, 2025
her ears twitched when the stranger spoke again, and she listened intently—but she did not know oyster, or urchin, and thought maybe they were said in a language she did not know.
the stranger prowled, and soon sulukinak was climbing down from the stone butte to also skulk about the beach. she could smell lots of salt, of course. the saline and dry weed scent was too pervasive for her to find much else, and had to huff a few times to clear her snout of the invasive aromas.
the questions were answered absently,
sulukinak.. i follow caribou.
an odd sound caused her to lift her head, and she saw then the ginger-and-soot boy was walking in the shallows of the tide. she hurried along the path he had left behind, but kept from the water herself.
you are saltborn? sea wolf.
RE: lingcod - Lafayette - March 30, 2025
he cocked his head. he wasn't familiar with 'caribou.' some kind of prey, he surmised. maybe one inland.
i am,lafayette answered her, nodding proudly.
always. my name lafayette.
he gestured her toward the nearest tide pool, swirling the surface with a forepaw.
you can find oysters an' urchins in dese pools. crack dem open and scoop de meat out.
the boy lowered his leg into the water, fishing about somewhat blindly. he then flipped a combination of water, sand, rocks and—
oh!
an oyster, still sealed, ripe for the plucking.
watch dis,lafayette instructed her, kneeling to work at the shell's seal with his teeth.
RE: lingcod - Sulukinak - March 31, 2025
lafayette.
his ruddy fur perplexed her and she did not hide her focus, as she observed and then as she followed. the only other person she had seen with a similar depth or vibrancy to their pelt was the moon woman's husband, and she had not seen him often. but this young man was different there too, as he was not as large, and he was draped also in shadow; the contrast was a striking combination, fascinating.
she was curious as he began to muck about in the water. the pools were shallow—and she would not have looked to them with great purpose had she not then witnessed his success. they were pock-marks across the beach, in no way connected to the depths of the sea, and barely wide enough for a limb let alone a seal to lift through; however lafayette found something anyway.
they looked like stones.
sulukinak crept close to another pool, looking skeptical as she surveyed it.
meanwhile, the boy chewed at the 'rock'.
she did not understand how this counted as hunting.
RE: lingcod - Lafayette - April 04, 2025
it took some time and finesse—it always did, with shellfish. to work too coarsely risked shattering the thing entire, and piercing and ruining the meat.
he felt the shell spring open between his lips and grinned, then plucked that barest bit of meat from its cradle.
this he proffered to sulukinak, lifting his muzzle briefly in invitation for her to take it.
yourth,lafayette told her, corners of his mouth lifted in a grin.
there was more where that came from.
RE: lingcod - Sulukinak - April 09, 2025
she looked as the wolf grappled with something within the rock—bizarre—and wagged a piece of white flesh in sulukinak's direction, almost like an extra bit of tongue.
recoiling ever so slightly, it takes a second but she reaches forward and gingerly takes this bit. the tension in the meat surprises her. while sulukinak expected it to be like white fish, it is thicker in consistency and mild in flavor.
she looks bird-like as she holds it between her front teeth, then in one swift motion throws the morsel up and snaps, gator-like, to catch it. not much flavor at all, really. her tongue works over her teeth.
sniffling at the rocky shore, sulukinak goes on to look for another one of these edible rocks.
RE: lingcod - Lafayette - April 19, 2025
he watched her devour the thing—a bit intrigued by her technique—and raised his brows.
like it?he asked. before he could follow up, though, she was off looking for more (or perhaps something of greater sustenance, which he didn't begrudge the woman for).
so far, she had not appeared a threat to sapphique, but he followed her at a close distance anyway while looking for his own bounty for today.
and lafayette was still curious about these 'caribou' she spoke of. maybe he should ask.
fade here, since old? <3 thank you for the thread!
RE: lingcod - Sulukinak - April 20, 2025
ok! was a good thread, sorry for being slow with it!!
focused on the hunt for these flesh-rocks, she did not immediately notice when the hunter made their comment. she carried on up the beach, looking over her shoulder a few times as she went, but otherwise journeying alone once the friendly stranger became distracted by something else.
she might return this way someday, and maybe by then sulukinak would pay back what was shared.