Crunch.
Crunch.
A bone is twisted until it snaps out of its socket, leaving a scrap of danging skin behind.
Tattered scraps of dirty white bandage dangle down as the drumstick is raised up. Dribbles of dark blood leak over the long hooked white claws.
The Cubone kicks his legs as he watches the sky.
A crunching sound starts up and the little Ground Type hums a brief tune under his breath until the sound slowly comes to a stop.
A shadow falls over him.
Veir looks up into the deep red eye, a faint smear of blood marking the bandages replaced over the Weavile's mouth.
Did you have a nice meal Zhen?" He asks.
The Weavile's gaze is blank, his white-clawed hands hanging limp at his side. The little Cubone tightens his grip on the shattered club of bone at his side and stands.
The brown leather satchel bumps against his back, resting against his spiked tail as he adjusts the strap over his shoulder. It is nearly empty apart from the flute of bone and a few berries.
Veir stands up, feeling Zhen's gaze shift of him as the dark type lightly moves to his side.
"
Come on then. Let's see if we can find a good place to sleep for the night."
Veir blinks in surprise as he sees a Fearow soar past them and apparently lose control of its flight, a spek of blue fur falling from its back.
Another meal for Zhen?
Veir reaches behind him, lifting up the flap of cold and flame scarred leather to find the hollow shaft of bone.
"
Please play something for me." He asks as he hands the flute over to Zhen.
Still keeping his one unbandaged eye on the little Cubone in front of him the Weavile wraps his claws around the flute of bone. Instinct makes him move his claws over the holes drilled into the tapered bone and raise it to a small slit in his bandages.
Zhen blows into the end of the flute, a discordant broken hissing leaps from the instrument as the Weavile attempts to play a tune with his mutilated tongue.
His fingers dance over the rough drilled holes as he plays. A forgotten reminder of some tune lurks beneath the shattered notes, a memory of Zhen's past trying to force its way through the mess the disease has made of his brain. His red eye is blank and emotionless as it scans the horizon for potential threats.
A scent of rot rolls of his dark blue-grey fur, one trailing edge of unraveling bandage swaying behind him as he shuffles his feet to the tune only he can hear clearly.
Behind him lies the picked clean remains of a Poochyena; shattered bones from which the marrow has been sucked free, lumps of tough gristle and fat and the remains of the light grey pelt marred with deep purple marks.
His footfalls making next to no sound Zhen follows close at Veir's heels.
The scent of living flesh fails to spark any emotion in the dull gaze of his one visible eye but as the pair draws closer even the draw out hissing of his failed tune pauses as Zhen lowers his flute.
"
What is it?" Veir asks, looking up at his guardian.
Zhen does not reply.
((OOC: Great to be on the team guys~))