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Post by Flare on Sept 20, 2021 4:37:40 GMT -6
Like a puppy, he wants to put the coin in his mouth. But Flare only lets him lick it, and not bite down, because the last thing he needs is to be explaining to the probably very impatient by now courier that his dog swallowed some money. But he's got four more coins to try this out on, and theres no fish to be seen, right now. ACtually.... didn't he have those? It tastes like not fish. But did spin if he boops it with his nose. Its gone soon enough though, but the tail'd man directs Percy's attention down to the water again... ooh, more shiny. HOlding him back this time with being told to stay... 'get it...NOW'. An explosion of water and silt again, pouncing on random places in the water until he feels something pin between his toes, as the pup comes up.. with a rock. Not even a coin. Good try boy.
Fishing 6
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Post by Flare on Sept 20, 2021 4:45:07 GMT -6
 -borrowed from skylos
Some stupid idiot thought it was a smart idea to release a shark into the stream. And not just a shark, a small shark who probably could be snapped up by anything larger then a hamster. It found some weeds upstream that were just perfect for hiding out in... away from those bullying minnows. Its not easy being small. Until the minnows scream past its hiding place... fleeing some monster downstream that was attacking shiny things. Oh, now this is curious... the shark swims a bit downstream once the bullies have moved on... and sees the kickup of silt happen. It settles, and again. What sort of monster is making such a ruckus. Out of the current, the shark peeks up to the surface... and sees a brown thing pouncing the water, being 'handled', and then pouncing the water again. It doesn't hear above water, only vibrations. Tinyshark isn't a very smart creature and as such has little survival senses... as it drifts down the stream...
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Post by Flare on Sept 20, 2021 4:50:44 GMT -6
The courier never did mention if he wanted the pup to learn to catch live fish or dead fish, Flare realizes, on Percy's numerous attempts to pull up the shinies at the bottom of the stream, and thanking that the twine he had was tough enough to withstand the pounce of a rakai. He's pulled up almost every coin, and a couple of rocks getting stuck between his toes as a result of kicking up the streambed. Did he wantt he pup to be holding it down so he could retrieve it?
Yarp! He'd seen another thing in the water, and jumped on top of it. But instead of whatever it was darting away, the water churns against a fighting puppy and a fighting 'thing', for Flare to call him back and the pup wading out... wiht a fish attached to his chin. OW. and not just any fish, a tiny shark, furiously thrashing its tail.
fishing 8
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Post by Flare on Sept 20, 2021 4:56:28 GMT -6
If it wasn't causing Percy pain at the second, he would be laughing harder. "That's one way to catch a fish." he remarks with a smile, crouching to retrieve the shark from chewing his charge. It snaps in his hands, wet and thrashing and clearly not happy to be in the outside, flapping its gills. "Good job Percy.", treats him and THROWS IT BACK. A bark of alarm as the rakai follows the arc of the fish hitting the water. Maybe the lack of water disoriented it, but the shark doesn't immediately swim away. "Try to land on the fish. Get it... now!" Initially upset by the loss of his fish, the pup jumps back in after the tiny shark. It doesnt' want anything of being caught though, and snaps at him, darting under his big flailing paws... not fast enough. the tail gets pinned and the pup comes up for air, his jaws snapped around the struggling shark. Holy cow, he caught a fish.
fishing 9
44
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Post by Flare on Sept 20, 2021 5:01:22 GMT -6
Had to be a fluke. Before it can bite him back again, Flare removes the shark from his charge's maw, noting the gashes in its flesh, but its not dead. the beady black eye rolls and glowers, kicking its tail and wanting to be tossed back in the water where it belongs. He throws it back, but not before rewarding Percy heartily with two treats.
Sharks, or at least tiny sharks do not like being continually pulled out of the water, but its been thrown back twice now. Disoriented by the splash, it rights itself and looks for the 'monster' that was bullying minnows. The big monster hovers over the water before plunging. Dart away! It must have a taste for its flesh now, because the mosnter keeps snapping its maw down into the water. IT snaps back at him, trying to intimidate it, but turning back is a mistake, becasue up above watare it goes again, thrashing and angry and not pleased.
This was a resilient live bait. but it worked. Did he have it yet, besides a stupid shark?
fishing 10
45
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Post by Jack on Sept 20, 2021 14:23:09 GMT -6
The river roared past, a wave crashing through. It was almost the dry season, it had to surge one last time!
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Post by Flare on Sept 30, 2021 22:41:38 GMT -6
Percy and Shabh
Eventually the shark got tired of being grabbed and swam away from the monster with teeth and legs and LEGS. Oooh, stick with fins thanks. The stream seemed lower as the day had progressed and finally the humanish took his charges home. Behind them came the dry season, where the surging banks become muddy and thick with saturation of soils and silt. If there are still fish, they must be bettas or something because the water level is lower but not gone all together. Something has to flow from that big lake after all. Loch. lake. whatever.
Flare in the meantime had a letter to write for the courier. He might have actually completed his job before the dry season became apparent. So the pup Percy would have a time figuring out the lower waters. He wasn't sure how much 'experience' on the banks they'd had together, the dog and his master.
But then he realizes... did the dog know a command about not 'how' to fish, but 'when' to fish.
DId you really need one...
Also, he'd want to finish it out and teach Shabh how to fish too. Once he woke up from his nap.
fishing 11
Dry season 1
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Post by Flare on Sept 30, 2021 22:47:29 GMT -6
With the banks being much lower and less ideal for falling in and such, the elementalized humanish considered practicing his sand pillaring so he could do the 'walk on water' sort of trick. Harden the soils beneath his feet and raise them to walk across liquid. Earth wasn't just dirt, it also included rocks. Right?
The rakai stretched across the dirt of his garden floor, yawning with big wide jaws. It felt like watching Shabh grow up all over again, but that just sounded sentimental.
Wegardless of the season, there would be work to do for the fishing season. First, figure out for himself to get the idea of how to swim better. Shabh had been there too, he could learn to fish too. Probably with less prompting of treats. But this is just a figurative thought.
The pencil twiddles between his fingers as the humanish thinks, hsi eyes keep roving down in the direction of the river.
Ten minutes later, he's back in the garden, finding the puppy poking his paws into the pond he'd stuck his seryn in. Uh oh.
"No no no, Percy. We don't get, catch or eat the fish in the garden pond." the humanish barks out loudly. He freezes, caught in the act. But he was fishing after finnies!
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Post by Flare on Oct 10, 2021 21:11:00 GMT -6
Percy, alone Flare doesn't see any blood in the water, thank the sun, so his seryn must be okay. Probably scared out of her wits, poor Cowrie. Percy knows he's done bad, his ears drop downwards and his shoulders and head follow with a low whine. His free hand drags down his face once, before retrieving the leash for the pup. The river's significantly lower so there's some pools that will work.
So there is, and there's a silvery little fish just chilling, kicking its tail every now and then to move an inch or so forward. Another very stupid fish but more delicate then the shark.
Percy's excited to be back at the river, straining on his leash eagerly. He wants to try finding fish!
"No eating fish. Get the fish, bring it to me." the humanish strokes his back, gripping his collar. Arf~ With this little water, he's bound to succeed at least once. "Go catch the fish."
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Post by Flare on Oct 10, 2021 21:17:39 GMT -6
As the humanish releases his charge to go splashing into the shallows with gusto, there's a problem that pops up. would he chase it downriver? Or would he succeed sooner. The muddy banks dribble into the water, making it silty. Splashing up a storm isnt' helping either. But the rakai is undaunted. He splashes around in the pool, seeking his prize. The silvery fish panicks and tries to swim away. Its fast, but he's faster, and it made the mistake of bumping into his foot. Bite! The coppery tang of fresh fish meat bleeds into his maw as he comes up, a crushed tiny fish in his mouth. He's really wanting to eat it, but sees Flare on the bank, waiting patiently, his tail doing a flip floppy thing. Trudging out of the water, Percy spits the very dead fish onto his feet. Thats... pretty impressive. "Thats a good boy. You can eat that fish, but just that one." They'd need to iron it out.
fishing 14
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Post by Flare on Oct 10, 2021 21:36:28 GMT -6
percy and Shabh
Tiny minnow fish don't have much on them, just taste and bones really. The rakai's jaw structure makes short work of his fresh meat treat, and he's loving it. Licking his lips and wagging his tail and almost wagging his whole body in eagerness. Again, again! He wants to do it again! Flare has to appreciate the pups enthusiasm, now that he's seeming to grow out of his puppy shyness. Leading him out of the water, they wait. Eventually a few other fish wander past once the silt has died down. Moving a bit erratic from the blood that has tainted the water so minutely, but who knows how strong a fish's sense of smell is.
"Stay... wait for it... ...go catch the fish." Released from his command, Percy charges into the water. The fish scatter. He can't decide immediately on which to go after, so he tries for all three. Its a much longer effort because each fish keeps seeking to escape him, and he's no stealthy boy.
Maybe ten minutes goes by before Percy comes back to Flare, who's been supervising to make sure he doesn't have to jump in and save him. Its most of a fish, its head is rather... uh... crushed. But gets praised anyways. He works several more times to cement 'go catch the fish' as the specific tag of what he needs to hear. Hopefully that is specific enough. And Shabh is just waking up.
fishing 15
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lv 23 Percy
lv 49/57 Shabh
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Post by Flare on Oct 10, 2021 21:57:23 GMT -6
Shabh, alone
Now that he thinks the pup has it down, perhaps it's time to teach Shabh himself how to fish. His companion stretches his front legs out, yawning, his elbow joints nearly to the ground before standing up and shaking himself from nose to tail, making his wings rattle. {Do you want to learn how to fish Shabh} he asks the rakai. His train of thought is focused, curious, asking. Offering him a chunk of one of Percy's abandoned fish corpses. Shabh's eyes look to his alpha, then to the fish, as he smells it. Unsure. But to please his alpha, he opens his mouth and gently takes the treat from his hand. The flavor is new; unfamiliar, has a few crunches... its not bad. {If you can learn how to fish, we can start catching fish to have for dinner.} Focused. Learning. Eating? He wants to learn to eat? Or learn how to hunt to eat. In the water? Swim-hunt?
Start fishing
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Post by Flare on Oct 10, 2021 22:10:26 GMT -6
Gesturing at the river, his alpha is trying to get him interested in the shallows. He doesn't quite understand, but wades into being up to his knees alongside his alpha. The water is chilly against his scales, soaking his belly fur. And they just stand there.
Flare starts shivering not a few minutes into standing in the river alongside his companion. Being desertborn, not to mention one with the earth, the water soaks into him much quicker. Would his wooden leg handle the water? It better. He's been in and out of the river all day the last few days. Holding his net in his grip, shivering...
Alpha cold. Alpha should leave the water. Shabh grunts at him, giving him a bit of a nudge towards the shore with his wing.
{N-not yet. I want s-show you...f-fishing.} he chatters. Thankfully the gods are smiling on their elemental, and some fish wander past him.
fishing 2
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Post by Flare on Oct 10, 2021 22:28:41 GMT -6
{If y-you catch f-fish, and I c-catch fish... we can e-eat fish. O-ok?} he chatters again, and drops his net slowly into the water. The fish don't seem very privy to it, and he pulls up. The net has a flopping fish in it. {S-see Sh-shabh? W-waiting.... and s-striking. D-don't eat fish. B-bring fish t-to me.} And he turns the net over, letting the panicked flopping fish drop into the water and swim away fast to escape captivity and death, and wades back out of the water. {S-sorry. I need to d-dry out some... Try to c-c-catch some fish. Catch the fish.} he repeats twice before settling onto the bank, shivering. Rubbing around his prosthetic's connection to his body with pain in his expression.
Concerned for his alpha, Shabh made to come out of the river and check on him but he keeps shaking his head and emotionally telling him he is all right. To focus on catching a fish.
fishing 3
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Post by Flare on Oct 10, 2021 23:22:58 GMT -6
The fish are lingering in a deeper bit of the river, it seems. Someplace where he'd be having to swim to, as the ground beneath his paws already tapered off to where he wasn't able to stand on four legs right where he stood. Those silvery wiggling shapes they'd seen in the mansion pools. A bit more darty it seemed. Letting his tail and wings trail the water a bit to avoid splashing, the rakai walks the edge of the 'shelf' before the river drops off. Following the fish downwards. They either seem to ignore him or he's not making enough noise with his paws and his body to warrant their alarm. Eyes following along the shapes. He doesn't have a long stick like his alpha does, who fishes not with his mouth or his paws, but his stick. But Shabh is not his alpha, and has only his paws and his mouth. Swipe with paw to bring fish, mouth to catch fish? Probable.
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