★ Something Awry at Firefly Lake [Hunting Event]
Cloudburst
Beta
Expert Fighter (205)
Expert Hunter (180)
11 Years
Male
5
Dragon Mod
It was certainly a mystery as to why these fish were flopping out of the water instead of remaining in what was left of the lake. He couldn't quite place his paw on it, and it was bothering him. He always lived in the mind of a hunter. It was his life's work. It was all he really knew how to do asides from fighting, but hunting had always been his strong suit ever since he could remember. So focused on checking the fish that he passed, he almost didn't notice the approach of another until she spoke up, "Does this happen often to the pond?" He looked up to find a she-wolf approaching the stranded fish, his ear twitching for a moment as he shook his head. "No, I've never seen this before." He frowned as he looked along the bank. It was highly unusual...her second question nearly got an answer before he heard another approach.
As the she-wolf started to reach for a fish..."Could they be ill?" His brows shut up at the realization of that possibility "Wait!" He jumped forward to slap his paw down on the fish before the girl could taste it, "That's a possibility. I've never seen fish behave this way before," Part of him hoped they believed him, but he wouldn't blame them if they didn't. For all they knew, he could be trying to hoard all of the fish to himself, and if he was trying to trick them, he would have just let the yearling girl eat the fish. He glanced around as he noticed birds starting to flock, and even watched as one came along and took a fish before taking off. His gaze returned to the girl, nodding at her suggestion. "Yeah, I think that's the safer course. Fish don't normally just...jump out and strand themselves...and yet it seems half of the lakes population is on the shore.."
He turned away and approached the reeds closest to the water, already beginning his investigation. If the fish were poisoned, it was hard to detect beneath their already smelly, fishy odor. But if they could find other evidence of it, then they could all go home knowing they just missed an appointment with death. |
