Pitching A Fit
Allegro!
08-23-2020, 12:08 PM
Allegro watched the man work curiously once he explained that he was making something called pine pitch. He could think of a bunch of things that an adhesive would be useful for and he was suddenly grateful that he had stumbled upon the man. It was one of those things that he wasn't sure where he would learn it otherwise and hadn't even known he wanted to know until he saw it in practice. To the question over his pack, Allegro nodded in response and told him, "Yes - it's called Abaven. It just slightly south east of here in fact. I clearly didn't get that far from the borders when I stumbled into you." He grinned and chuckled a little at himself. It wasn't like he had really been planning on going that far, but he had certainly thought he might get farther than this. He wasn't disappointed though - this had turned out to be a much more productive outing than he had anticipated. He watched Skælingr collect the pine pitch onto the end of a stick and stuck it in the ground so that it could dry. He hadn't really intended on taking him up on the offer of borrowing his bowls and fire, but the more he watched the more he wanted to try. "You know what... maybe I will give it a try." He picked up the bowl that Skælingr had finished using - not wanting to dirty another bowl in the process - and went back to the tree that he had first seen him collecting sap from. Setting it at the base of the tree, he grabbed a stick that was laying near by and started collecting the sap with the stick and guiding it into the bowl. It took him a bit longer than it had taken Skælingr to complete the task since he wasn't used to holding sticks like this and using them as tools, but he got the job done. Bringing his collection back over to the fire, he started trying to replicate the steps he had been watching Skælingr do. Once he was done he had something that looked pretty similar to what the man had created, though he worried that maybe he had over cooked it a bit. Over all he didn't think it was too bad for his first try. He looked at the creation with a grin, his gold-marked tail wagging gently behind him. Maybe he'd have to figure out some other stuff he could craft using this glue now that he had it. It'd certainly give him something to do while he was waiting on his leg to finish fully healing so he could get back to hunting full time. |
