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04.Mar.12, 08:59 AM
B'jin chuckled softly, clearly amused. "Well, we better change that before you end up a Weyrling. Your classes should have covered basic Weyrling expectations, I believe. You are aware if you Impress, you'll be given the ever delightful task of cutting herdbeasts up into bite sized chunks?" B'jin's tone was light and cheerful, brown eyes bright as he teased the younger harper. "We don't need to do that, we'll just skin them. But I'll show you how to do it properly, because I need a set of riding leathers before I get growled at again by a Wingleader for not having any." While they didn't have any official wings presently, since chores and tasks were shuffled around so frequently, the dragonriders did get together occasionally to play games on dragon back or laugh their way through a faux Threadfall practice. B'jin hadn't bothered to make himself a set of dragonleathers since Katila was founded, and his pair from their time Banished had been tossed for scraps several years ago. It wasn't that he didn't want a nice pair of leathers, as that he couldn't see the point. Who were they going to parade around before in them? The Northern folk? Hah. At any rate, the greenrider had decided that while he was given the chore of Hunting, he might as well reap the rewards and keep the skins for himself.
"Come on," B'jin said lightly, still apparently amused by Valerian's reaction to his easy question. "I'll show you how. Larri makes it easier, of course - usually - by, thank you dear heart." Even as he was speaking, Larrikith had returned with the last beast, dumped it, and landed lightly. Trotting over to the one B'jin was walking towards, she sat herself down primely and lifted the beast up, holding it off the ground so B'jin could more easily remove the hide.
Tugging a knife from his boot, B'jin sliced the beast down the belly; he shoved the long blade into the dead creature up to the hilt, and forced it down the length of the body, stepping back when the insides poured out. Larrikith used her claws to pull the opening wider, and watched with avid interest as carcass emptied. She ate the innards with apparent relish while B'jin made additional slices to the creature, these ones lighter and only to the first layer of muscle. Turning to wave Valerian over, B'jin smirked slightly.
"Don't mind her. Now, while it is possible to literally knife the hide off, it's easier if you punch it off." He eyed Valerian's arms dubiously. Playing guitar and singing songs were not the best lead up to Impressing a dragon, something B'jin knew from hard played experience. "You're going to struggle." He said honestly, but he'd expect the boy would get one done, even if it took him the entire time it took B'jin to do the other four. Practice, and all that.
"Larri, you can help Val. Basically, she'll hold it up. Thank you, love, and you will pull like this," he demonstrated by holding the hide taunt, "and hit here," and he did so, angling himself so Valerian could see the hide pull away from the muscles underneath with little effort. The younger harper wouldn't have it so easy, once his arms started to get sore, but he shouldn't have too much difficulty, B'jin decided. After all, he'd survived his Weyrlinghood and he'd been much older, and probably a lot softer, than Valerian. Larrikith's warble of amusement startled the greenrider, and he looked up at Larrikith with a light frown. B'jin was too used to eating whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, when I Impressed him, Larrikith told Valerian, her tone sly.
"I was a great Harper," B'jin shrugged, grinning. "I was rewarded with food." I'm an amazing dragon. Larrikith defended her well rounded figure with a draconic grin, including Valerian in all her commentary. B'jin laughed, and gave her a pat on the nose. "Whatever you need to tell yourself, my dear."
Turning her attention back on Valerian as B'jin wandered a few feet off to start work on his beast, Larrikith tilted her head, eying the boy with apparent amusement. Those that I hate?/ She said lightly, Probably aren't aware I exist. She waited to see what he made of that, before she'd offer an expansion.
[sup]I haven't seen or skinned an animal in a looong time, so my descriptive of how to do it could be off xd[/sup]
"Come on," B'jin said lightly, still apparently amused by Valerian's reaction to his easy question. "I'll show you how. Larri makes it easier, of course - usually - by, thank you dear heart." Even as he was speaking, Larrikith had returned with the last beast, dumped it, and landed lightly. Trotting over to the one B'jin was walking towards, she sat herself down primely and lifted the beast up, holding it off the ground so B'jin could more easily remove the hide.
Tugging a knife from his boot, B'jin sliced the beast down the belly; he shoved the long blade into the dead creature up to the hilt, and forced it down the length of the body, stepping back when the insides poured out. Larrikith used her claws to pull the opening wider, and watched with avid interest as carcass emptied. She ate the innards with apparent relish while B'jin made additional slices to the creature, these ones lighter and only to the first layer of muscle. Turning to wave Valerian over, B'jin smirked slightly.
"Don't mind her. Now, while it is possible to literally knife the hide off, it's easier if you punch it off." He eyed Valerian's arms dubiously. Playing guitar and singing songs were not the best lead up to Impressing a dragon, something B'jin knew from hard played experience. "You're going to struggle." He said honestly, but he'd expect the boy would get one done, even if it took him the entire time it took B'jin to do the other four. Practice, and all that.
"Larri, you can help Val. Basically, she'll hold it up. Thank you, love, and you will pull like this," he demonstrated by holding the hide taunt, "and hit here," and he did so, angling himself so Valerian could see the hide pull away from the muscles underneath with little effort. The younger harper wouldn't have it so easy, once his arms started to get sore, but he shouldn't have too much difficulty, B'jin decided. After all, he'd survived his Weyrlinghood and he'd been much older, and probably a lot softer, than Valerian. Larrikith's warble of amusement startled the greenrider, and he looked up at Larrikith with a light frown. B'jin was too used to eating whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, when I Impressed him, Larrikith told Valerian, her tone sly.
"I was a great Harper," B'jin shrugged, grinning. "I was rewarded with food." I'm an amazing dragon. Larrikith defended her well rounded figure with a draconic grin, including Valerian in all her commentary. B'jin laughed, and gave her a pat on the nose. "Whatever you need to tell yourself, my dear."
Turning her attention back on Valerian as B'jin wandered a few feet off to start work on his beast, Larrikith tilted her head, eying the boy with apparent amusement. Those that I hate?/ She said lightly, Probably aren't aware I exist. She waited to see what he made of that, before she'd offer an expansion.
[sup]I haven't seen or skinned an animal in a looong time, so my descriptive of how to do it could be off xd[/sup]
