bring out your dead
Disgusting. Perhaps he ought to have kept one alive, made them do the dirty work before burying them with their kin.
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Áskell woke to pain flowing down his back and hind legs. The hellish night before had left him busted and bleeding and of particular concern was the feeling of pins and needles up and down his hind legs. Despite Ari's attempts the sensation still plagued him. Ari spread a cream on his back where he'd been bitten, something the monkey said would sooth the inflammation and ease his pain. He'd then been ordered to rest but he simply could not bear it just yet. He needed to see these creatures in the daylight, see what destruction the night had wrought. He went out to the source of the battle and saw Hattori there, eyeing the bodies. His nose wrinkled. There were already signs of scavengers having picked at the corpses. "Shall we give them to the sea when the tide goes out?"
Everyone in Tojo-kai had taken a toll from the invasion. Other than a spare few, none had gotten away without a scratch or bite. The youngster was still nursing a few wounds himself when he figured he should get some exercise. It would help his muscles from tightening and getting sore. Making sure to lengthen his stride and keep his body relaxed, Akito seemed to be paying more attention to his movements than his direction.
When the tinge of copper mixed with pack mates hits his nose, he pulls up, head lifting, monochrome eyes shifting about. He had made his way to the bloodied scene of disaster. Hattori, Askell, and Nami stood, looking rather dour and he couldn't blame them. There were many bodies to take care of.
Akito lets out a huff at Askell's suggestion. "Undeserving. Should leave them for the predators outside of Tojo," he grumbles, the agitated note obvious in his tone.
"speech"
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akito's companions are to be assumed nearby unless stated otherwise.
He glanced at Akito, again it wasn't a bad idea but he didn't want the local scavenger population to get the wrong idea and hang around more often than they already did. Of course, they could drag the bodies further away, but that was a lot of work, grim work, and not entirely something he wanted to subject his people to. The stink was already starting to get intolerable, and the corpses were still relatively fresh.
"What else?" He prompted, hoping for more brainstorming.
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Áskell glanced at Akito. "If we leave them for the predators it must be very far from Tojo. We don't want to attract more to our borders. What can be done to minimize any following a blood trail back to us?"[b] They needed time to rest and recover. Even as he sat there he could feel the pain in his low back growing, his left leg beginning to tremor. He felt a hand on his shoulders and glanced at Ari, his macaque. "Áskell, your wound?" He nodded. [b]"See what you can do with it.".
He tried not to think about the chance of paralysis, that he could in any way be affected permanently by the attack. Instead he shifted his focus back to the bodies as his companion started working on a covering for the wound. "There's always burning. It does not need to be in a respectful way. We can disassemble and rearrange the bodies in… uniquely disrespectful ways." He grinned and chuckled at what he would do if such a thing were allowed but the smile faded swiftly at a flash of pain.
Áskell cleared his throat. "If there was an island nearby, we could swim the bodies there, the water would minimize a trail and the bodies could be left for the seagulls with little risk of them floating back to us. Are there any such island nearby? The closest place to Tojo I can think of is the Swallet Ring. It is not an island but we could dump them in the ring itself.
Akito is silent as the others speak their opinions. Weighing them rocks would work and so would swimming them to a nearby island, but all of that sounded like a lot of effort for mongrels that attempted to kill them all. Askell's morbid suggestion of burning piqued Akito's interest. Not that he was a cruel boy, but it sounded easy, efficient, and would keep predators away. Letting out a quiet hum of agreement, he turns to Hattori.
"Burning them sounds the most efficient. It'll clear their scents and we won't have to use as much energy," his words are straight forward as they usually are. No beating around the bush, no sense of humor, just... Akito. "Plus, they don't deserve anything nice. Whatever is best for us," he nods his head, gritting his teeth together to help push down the feelings of rage he still had leftover from the attack.
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akito's companions are to be assumed nearby unless stated otherwise.
Akito knew he probably should have waited for Askell and Hattori to weigh in on what Nami has to say, but he has something to say too. His grey gaze turns back to Nami, a soft shake of his head. "Just outside is too close," he says, though his monotone speech may sound flat, he's thoughtful and serious. "It would make more sense to take them out to Dragon's Blood Grove. Not too far for us to take them, but far enough away that anyone interested won't be redirected back to us," Akito pauses, his gaze drawing away from Nami to Askell and Hattori. "Especially if we cover up any blood trail, it'll keep the bamboo safe," that last part was important and why he let his eyes linger on their Kaicho. After the harrowing night of the invasion, his own nights had been filled with tremors and nightmares.
"speech"
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akito's companions are to be assumed nearby unless stated otherwise.
"Mmm, I agree. Burn them." An added insult was that in Nihon it was seen as disrespectful to burn someone's remains. A fitting end for those who committed a grievous crime against Tojo and its kin."My companions are at your disposal should you need them."
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