touchnovel Chapter 1612 Nothing Interesting Behind the Cabin
Chapter 1612 Nothing Interesting Behind the Cabin
--- Kat ---
The sun had long since set when Kat and Meg touched down at the temporary base. It wasn't hard to spot even with all of the mist. Lily had managed to set up a bunch of lights around the place and as she felt Kat getting closer had used her shadow to raise up a single large lantern up and out of the fog to make landing even easier.
As soon as Meg hopped out of Kat's arms Lily flew into them, giving Kat a big hug.
Meg sat to the side and rolled her eyes at the display of affection while waiting for the drake pieces to catch up. Now they weren't moving it wouldn't take long. "You've been in constant contact since at least the time Kat picked me up. Is this not a little silly?"
"Wouldn't you do the same with Hunter if she let you?" retorted Kat.
"Probably," admitted Meg without any shame. "No kissing, but the hugs would be better,"
Lily definitely didn't agree with that, and neither did Kat... though it also wasn't something they particularly wanted to debate Meg over. So instead they just shrugged and didn't say anything. Meg pouted a bit at neither of them taking the bait but didn't linger on it long. Instead she got to work, ready to get back to the rest of the group.
Meg found the rock and pulled it around into the darkness slightly. Then the noises started. Kat was ninety percent sure Meg was fucking with them... but as Meg had slipped behind the cabin as she got further away it was hard to be certain. A cavalcade of strange noises were emanating from behind the cabin.
It had started normally, the sound of grinding and cracking... then there was the sound of a slide whistle and a cartoon spring bouncing back, specifically a cartoon one not a normal one. After that came the falling cymbals followed by a screaming duck and the sound of a leaf-blower at full blast.
Silence rang out for a few seconds before moaning started up, a mixture of sexual and horrific that did neither side any favours.
An explosion of fire lit up the area for a few seconds stopping the sounds again... so the pair waited... and waited... and waited a bit longer for something to happen. For Meg to either walk back out and declare the crystal dealt with... not dealt with, or for the noises to start back up again. Five minutes they waited in absolute silence. "We're not going to go check that out right?" asked Kat.
"Agreed. Whatever nonsense Meg is up to I want nothing to do with it," nodded Lily.
Kat and Lily did start on packing up the lanterns on their side of the cabin though. Sure they weren't in a big hurry to leave but just sitting around was pointless. Soon all of the lights they could 'safely' reach were gone.
[What are the chances she's done already but wants to see how long it takes for us to ask or sneak a peek?]
Pretty low. I don't see Meg wasting time messing with us when she could be getting back to Hunter...
[Right but counterpoint? Hunter's probably sleeping at the moment so perhaps Meg thinks it's acceptable to waste time at the moment? Sure she might enjoy being around Hunter while she's asleep... and I don't much like how it sounds but it's probably true. Anyway, while that's surely... amusing to Meg I imagine getting back just as Hunter wakes up would be almost as good.
Perhaps with enough time to cook breakfast? Not set on that last detail.]
I suppose it depends on how creepy we imagine Meg to be. Well that or if she can even cook? I mean... she eats rocks! Not all the time but she still does. Would that make her better or worse at cooking then someone with no sense of taste?
[But didn't Meg also say she DIDN'T like the taste? She does has a craving and need for the minerals inside of the rocks anyway?]
*Yes... but now I'm wondering if it's a texture thing? Did Meg every specifically say that she CAN taste? Maybe part of the whole eating rocks thing is that she can't taste?*
There was another boom from behind the cabin as grin smoke in the shape of a skull wafted up into the sky accompanied by the sound of cackling. Kat and Lily shrugged. It wasn't the same colour as the crystal so that probably meant it was fine. Plus, there were no dragon sounds mixed in from what the pair could tell.
[Yes yes... that is a good point. Though I imagine that demon school, or maybe just demon cooking school has a course for that?]
Didn't Kamiko say that medical classes first focused on your own body type though?
[Hmm... yeah ok that was mentioned... and I don't see Meg taking cooking classes.]
Unless they were part of the whole 'learning to hunt' thing right? Perhaps part of the skinning unit they also had to cook their monster meat to ensure they knew how to prep the animal.
[Huh... yeah no that definitely happened... and because they work in teams regularly I imagine everyone in the clan is taught how to cook for a wide range of pallets...]