- Jun 10, 2022
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Days ago- though it could have only been one, for days with no moon-meeting seemed to blend together- Mallowlark had preyed upon a crow, caught in a rare feat of speed. Or perhaps it had been terminally ill, rendered woozy by death-fated sickness... whatever the case, the crow was his now, devoured almost completely. Almost. The skull of this catch was a perfect one, and so easily detached, but flesh was seldom quite so stubborn. A more specific art was needed- and thus was ripped forth a rib. A plan was put in motion.
Oh, and what a bother it had been to transport it all! He was considerate, he swore by it; when before someone had made a comment not to pursue his projects when within camp's walls, right before the sensitive tear-prone eyes of kittens, Mallowlark had heeded the instruction. So, stark white against the sweeping ruddy of the moor in autumn, the tom lay cradled within a patch of grass beneath Outlook Rock, grinning wide and bright with an uncommon glister of focus within his gaze. Smiling jaws snapped, dragged- between charcoal paws he held his victim, that singular bird-bone. Eye-teeth endeavoured to sharpen it, and on his other side sat a skull, soon to be freed from the barnacles of flesh so diligently clinging to the surface.
Oh, and what a bother it had been to transport it all! He was considerate, he swore by it; when before someone had made a comment not to pursue his projects when within camp's walls, right before the sensitive tear-prone eyes of kittens, Mallowlark had heeded the instruction. So, stark white against the sweeping ruddy of the moor in autumn, the tom lay cradled within a patch of grass beneath Outlook Rock, grinning wide and bright with an uncommon glister of focus within his gaze. Smiling jaws snapped, dragged- between charcoal paws he held his victim, that singular bird-bone. Eye-teeth endeavoured to sharpen it, and on his other side sat a skull, soon to be freed from the barnacles of flesh so diligently clinging to the surface.
[ PENNED BY PIN ]