Who made this?

[emet_sulk]

Type: Text
Sender ID: emet_sulk (Emet-Selch)
To: Public
Subject: Who made this?
Warnings: Cursed horse

[ It's just a photograph taken of one of this month's bounty targets and presented with nothing more than a simple, terse message: ]



Who made this?

Comments

[emet_sulk]

How am I feeling about it?

Well, as a creature, it is certainly...novel. I would criticise the lack of thought put into its creation. Namely that the body is ill-suited to its limbs. In giving it opposable thumbs, the assumption is that they will be used - be it to handle tools or to climb. And yet the body looks so disproportionately large that it is ill-suited to navigating the oft-crowded canopies of treetops, nevermind that its weight must surely exclude it from all but the largest, oldest trees. Surely a flatter body, one closer to the trunk or branch, would serve better?

So its hands must be to manipulate tools then but, other than swatting away a few pests and rodents, I've yet to understand why it requires them when it has a set of perfectly good teeth for grazing and it is not a predator. It simply makes no sense from a design standpoint.

[scooba]

Then I hope it isn't a difficult creature to take care of. It seems like it would require a lot of maintenance.

[emet_sulk]

It seems content to graze as any other horse for now.

My friend insists we take it to our crew's island before anyone else hunts it down.

[scooba]

...Do you need help taking care of it?

I could try to help if you want me to.

[emet_sulk]

Well...

Would you like to? I would welcome the help, quite frankly.

[ He has so many people and critters to look after already! ]

[scooba]

I wouldn't mind.

I think I would like to take care of animals.

[emet_sulk]

You may as well travel with it while we try to resettle it there then. I'm unsure it will like being moved so mayhap you can keep it calm. I'll let the crew know to make an exception for you on future journeys.

Do you know what our ship looks like? We dock it at Eltrut to resupply.

[scooba]

Yes, I think so. I'll have to go and look for it.

...I just hope that they'll like me.

[emet_sulk]

The crew do not care as long as you do not get underfoot.

As for the...horse. That remains to be seen.

[scooba]

...The horses aren't mean, are they?

[emet_sulk]

There is only one and it so far shows a mean temperament. I will be present to stop it hurting anyone.

[scooba]

It worse comes to worse, I'll go and fight it.

[emet_sulk]

Please don't hurt yourself, boy. I can handle whatever it may try.

[scooba]

Are you sure?

It's my responsibility to take care of it too.

[emet_sulk]

Well...

Do you usually fight creatures into submission?

[scooba]

Normally, I don't.

But if I have to, I will.

[emet_sulk]

Good enough I suppose.

But I will see how you handle it before leaving you completely alone. Wouldn't want any accidents now, would we?

[scooba]

No, we won't.

Let me know when you're free so we can figure out what to do.