[Bronze Woods] Worms (Sam)

by **Aedai** on June 2nd, 2010, 12:20 am

The comforting hand on his shoulder helped Aedai slip from under the gloom. His hands slipped away from his face as a small smile lit from what was his frown. It was nice to finally talk with someone about it besides his mother, keeping it in was terrible or felt that way. He felt like he made a friend today, "I'm sorry if this wasn't what you expected or wanted and thank you for understanding, he always told me never to venture out alone". It was a lesson on caution that he wouldn't forget.

He had a shiver that had him saying, "At least the food smells nice". He wanted to get rid of the awkwardness that had followed. He felt it necessary to inform Sam before he found out by himself or asked him what he was burying. He didn't wish to share any more besides what had to be done or else find himself sinking into sobs.

by **Sama'el Sunsinger** on June 2nd, 2010, 12:56 am

Sam nodded and gave his shoulder a quick squeeze of camaraderie and support before going back to the food that Aedai mentioned. Sometimes emotional turns like that, even brief ones, could make one ravenous.

"It's basically ready," he said. He carefully divided up the stew into two bowls and handed one to Aedai. "Give me some of that bread, yeah? Soak up the last of the stuff, make it easier to clean."

He grinned. Terrible things happened, but one had to soldier on.

by **Aedai** on June 2nd, 2010, 2:04 am

He got his bowl with a smile pulling away from the gloomy subject and set his bowl next to him. He grabbed the bread and broke it in half giving one half to Sam. He held on to his and said with a grin, "Want me to rip another piece for horse?"

While he offered that he smelled his bowl and could almost taste it from its aroma. It was simple food, but it was still smelled delicious.

by **Sama'el Sunsinger** on June 2nd, 2010, 2:18 am

"Nah," he said, blowing on his bowl. "He's got plenty. We can't eat grass. Unless we want diarrhea or something." He grinned and took the proffered bread. "Thanks, Aedai. Anyway, I think I have an apple I could give him if he gets whiny."

by **Aedai** on June 2nd, 2010, 2:37 am

Aedai put his bread on the unwrapped cloth and blew on his stew, following Sam's example. Laughing a little when Sam suggested diarrhea. "I have an awful story about that, but it would be inappropiate to mention it here", he barked a laugh before he tried a bit of the stew, and made a note that it was still a bit too hot.

by **Sama'el Sunsinger** on June 2nd, 2010, 6:10 am

"Well, I have a strong stomach, so feel free to tell a story if you have one." He grinned and tucked into his stew, sucking air through his mouth to cool it as it burned his tongue. "So hungry," he mumbled around the food. It wasn't so bad, but it was awfully hot. He should've kept it further from the fire and let it cook much longer, but they were young and hungry and eager to fill their bellies.

"There was a... hhhhhhuh... Sorry, hot... Gods... Anyway, there was a shrub with berries that the birds were picking from, so I figured they were safe to eat, you know? That's usually a pretty sure-fire way to know... So I popped on into my mouth just to test it and it was all right. A little bitter. But gods, angry, angry stomach cramps for hours... and diarrhea after. So... I gave the rest back to the birds."

by **Aedai** on June 2nd, 2010, 6:56 pm

Aedai laughed quietly letting his stew cool beside him, "Well we sure do eat differently then birds". He covered his mouth so as to not make any loud noises from his laughing. He lifted up one finger, "One time me and my father were out gathering and we came across these two travelers." Before he could even finished he started to burst into some laughter. "One of them had their trousers covered in brown spots it smelled horrible".

When he had settled down a little he continued, "My mother of course gave him something to settle his stomach and we fed the other, then we helped them through the forest". He nodded still laughing a little, "It was funny I guess you can say but I felt bad for the man, my mother ended up cleaning his trousers a bit before he left our house".

by **Sama'el Sunsinger** on June 3rd, 2010, 4:12 am

"That was nice of her," Sam said after laughing. "I don't know that I would offer to clean the shyke out of anyone's pants. Anyway, I assure you that I had the presence of mind to drop trou before letting go. Didn't require more than the usual clean up."

He grinned, glad that the berry incident had not required him to clean his pants on top of all the other discomfort.

"Petchin' berries," he grumbled, still amused.

by **Aedai** on June 4th, 2010, 1:41 am

Puzzled he asked, "Petchin berries?"

He grabbed his stew, feeling that it felt a little cooler and lifted it to his mouth. It was warm, and was enough for his famished stomach. He let the question fill the silence as he started to let the stew fill his hunger.

by **Sama'el Sunsinger** on June 4th, 2010, 6:06 am

"Yeah, those petching berries gave me the shykes..." He growled at the memory, but it didn't stop him from shoveling stew into his gaping maw, cleaning up the leftovers with his half of the bread and eating that down too.

He had the whipcord thin body of someone whose body had boiled off any spare fat long ago, though obviously after his major growth spurts. But whether or not there was a dearth of meals in his life, he was glad to share with a companion.