Inktober D-8: Teeth

Just as the conversation of utilizing the rat became a conversation for the men that had captured the rodent, the same

squeaking sounds resounded in the area close to them. The crowd was then asked to keep quiet so as to hear the

sounds better. The squeaking came louder, and so did the scampering of tiny feet. It seemed as if there were more than

just a few. Was this the colony’s attempt at rescuing their captured brother? who knew but for sure, the men needed to

make use of this opportunity to capture as many rats as they could. the size didn’t matter as long as they could get

more. it would definitely make transportation and exploration much easier than what it has been for the past days now.

The sounds seem to surround them. Perhaps it was a bad idea to cook the meat or maybe to capture one of the rodents

but it’s too late to turn back now. It was definitely a fight or run moment but running seemed to be the least of their

options now. As the men started coming forward, a pair of sharp teeth came closing in front of them. A rat was trying to scare them away. The rest of the rodents soon followed the action and started baring their teeth at the people.

They definitely lacked a plan and these rats seemed smarter than what they were given credit for. It was perhaps the lack of a strategy which eventually led Frankie to the idea of pushing the large chunk of remaining meat in rats’ direction. that meat was the best diversion they could ever come up with but the movements didn’t stop there. Once the mice all started huddling towards the meat, the men started their attack by tying up as many of the rats as they could. They’ll have to worry about the training after but for now, they just needed to capture and study them the best that they could.

By the time the rest of the rats had managed to run off, they had successfully managed to capture twenty of them, including the one they had managed to capture earlier. They kept the creatures tied up while they built a sort of cage for them.

The rats were fed regularly throughout the night in hopes that it would earn their favor but in the end, it wasn’t the men that won over the loyalty of the rats but the women. It became quite the dilemma because of the fact that the women tended to be better at the handicrafts based on the men’s previous attempts at the task but now, the women seem to have found a new contribution to their group and that was, to be the new explorers.