Specimen, by Elleth

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:
O67: In a Manner of Speaking: Skeletons in the Closet, Injuries: Stomach Ache
Format: Drabble
Genre: (morbid) humor
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Medical procedures, crawlies
Characters: Idhlinn (OFC Fëanorian healer), OMC
Pairings: N/A
Summary: The way to a woman's heart... (for GG, Steel and Pandë for their betaing help and encouragement involving Idhlinn's fic. ^^ Thank you.)


Idhlinn's brow furrowed. "You expect gratitude."

The hunter's face crumpled in dismay at her tone, not the obvious joy he had expected. The carcass he had brought dropped to the floor with a clank of armour.

"I am grateful," she said quickly, nodding. "I was assuming everyone believed I spoke in jest. Put it on the table."

That done, Idhlinn stripped the creature."Interesting. I hoped for a male specimen." The hunter, a hand on his stomach, fled when she set the scalpel on the orc's chest for the first incision, humming, and fondly glanced at her dermestid jar. "Soon."

Comments

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Yay for geekery! I love the hunter's reaction to Idhlinn's unfettered curiosity. (Though then I looked up dermestids and wished I hadn't, on my coffee break... ;-) )

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, I'm sorry (and sorry for laughing, too). XD From what I could glean in my research, they are useful little critters and widely used in taxidermy, though. And much more efficient than chemical means of stripping a carcass... (yes, okay, I'll shut up. ;))

Idhlinn's very flattered by your review, and so am I! The hunter, less so, but then Idh is hardly good company for everybody, and probably not him. ;)