BEAUTY AND THE BEAST AU 1

[enigmaster]

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[enigmaster]

Ah, sure... No problem, I guess. [still internally screaming a lot]

[agoodname]

[he hums a bit] Would you mind grabbing me the salt and we'll add another layer before we get to the meat?

[enigmaster]

...Sure. [He's on it. Getting that and handing it over to Oswald.]

[agoodname]

Thank you. [oh, this is very easy. Almost too easy. He's going to spread a new thick layer of salt over the hide] This will take all the moisture out of the hide so it can be used but won't go rotten.

[enigmaster]

[Edward's watching curiously. Filing away that information.] Huh... I see. You know a lot about this...

[agoodname]

Mn, I'd better. I've been doing it since I was seven or eight and my mother showed me how. [he sounds a bit amused at first, spreading a very thick layer of salt over it. Though he's going a bit quiet at the mention of his mother.]

[enigmaster]

[Edward... goes a bit quiet as well, so he doesn't immediately notice Oswald has as well. His mother, huh... That must have been nice.] I've never really needed to know. I don't think there's any books explaining it here...

[agoodname]

Oh? [he arches an eyebrow] Do you normally just eat them raw?

[enigmaster]

Yeah. [Obviously???]

[agoodname]

....oh. [he wrinkles his nose a bit, glancing at the bucket of innards from yesterday. It's still absolutely freezing in here] Well, if you're hungry, those are probably still good, and if you'd like them, better that than they go to waste.

I can't eat them, but if you usually eat it raw, it should be fine for you.

[enigmaster]

You can't, really? [That seems silly.] I mean, in that case, I'll definitely take them.

[agoodname]

I could, but it would be disgusting and I'd probably get sick. [he waves a hand at the bucket] Help yourself. Waste not, want not, after all. [and while Edward's doing that, he's going to go take a look at the butchered rabbit pieces from last night.]

[enigmaster]

Really? It tastes fine. ...I guess you probably don't drink blood either, though. [Un...like him. That's a normal fact to throw in casually. But Edward's absolutely going to take that bucket and just... snack on the contents. Food can be hard to come by in the winter and he's pretty damn hungry. He just kind of plops down on the floor while he eats.]

[agoodname]

[.........what the fuck]

....no, I don't. I'm assuming that you do, then?

[enigmaster]

Sure. [He just kind of looks up, while he's eating.] I mean, usually I just eat what I catch raw, but... sometimes I'll drink blood instead. From cows or other bigger animals. When I can't find anything else... [It's hard to get enough blood to be a proper meal, but in a pinch it'll do.]

[agoodname]

[.......] Dully noted. [dryly] Why not just kill the cow and take it with you?

[enigmaster]

...It's too big. [Super not the whole reason.]

[agoodname]

[....yeah no that's not the whole reason. But Oswald will let it go for now] Fair enough. [he hums, examining the meat] Alright, I think we're ready to prepare all this. I thought I saw some empty jars in the pantry; would you grab them for me? Oh, and more salt.

[enigmaster]

[Edward pauses in his eating of those rabbit guts, quickly wiping at his snout to be sure there's nothing on there, and stands up.] Mhm, okay...

[agoodname]

[...omg he wiped his snout this time. Ok. Granted the guts probably wouldn't have been as cute as the porridge but details???] I think it's best if we can about half of this, salt a quarter of it, and then use the other quarter for soup for today. Was there ever a garden on the grounds?

[enigmaster]

[Edward thinks for a moment and shrugs.] I think so... It hasn't really been attended to in, um... in a long time, though.

[agoodname]

That’s fine. Even if a garden’s been abandoned, you can sometimes still find some things growing that have gone wild. After you grab the jars, would you mind taking a look? [how biddable are you, Edward time to find out]

[enigmaster]

[Edward tilts his head a little, in thought... but he nods.] ...Alright. I can check. [For now, he's gonna get the things Oswald asked for and bring them over.]

[agoodname]

Thank you, Edward. I appreciate it. [yeah he sure is going to smile up at him because this is a very good foundation. Apparently, he’s biddable enough that Oswald can make him go out into the cold snow to dig for vegetables that probably aren’t even there. It’ll be a good measure to a.) see if he can find anything and, more importantly, b.) see if he’ll be pissy when he gets back inside.]

[enigmaster]

[Oswald smiles at him and that gesture is so foreign, still, that Edward's just staring a moment. Before he kind of nods.] Um... sure. [YEP THAT'S HIM HE'S JUST A HELPER even if he's not sure how all this even happened. He should be trying to get Oswald out, now, and yet... ... Well, that's not something to think about now.] I'll go take a look... [He's not fond of snow, but. Well. Maybe Oswald's right, and there really is something. So he disappears to outside.]