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Brainy Smurf has a problem, and it's a usual problem. No one listens to him, and now needs advice. So he goes to the only person who listens to him and likes him as a Best Friend, Chernov.
Chernov is a green human smurf hybrid who is 4 apples tall, wears a camouflaged jacket, pants, and smurf at. His legs were straight and is far more skinnier than the average smurf, he's often praised for his intelligence and strength. But most importantly, he is also praised and feared for his authoritarianism.
He knocked on his door and Chernov opens the door, not to surprised to see him. "What is it Brainy?" asked Chernov, "You look like no one's listening to you and you need help, is that correct?"
Chernov is really that smart, "Yes Chernov," he said.
"Come inside, and then we'll talk." ordered Chernov.
Brainy stepped inside and sat down on the couch as Chernov shuts the door and locks it, he sat down beside Brainy and faced him. "How do you get people to listen to you?" asked Brainy.
"It's really a number of factors," said Chernov, "Height is one of them, but I'm also educated. More educated than you in fact, but the most obvious factor is that I often enforce Papa Smurf's authority with a gun."
"A gun?" asked Briany.
"A gun," said Chernov, "You saw me shot down that duck that flew over the village last week, no one said anything because they feared that they would be next. Of course, that's not the case as I'm in no mood to kill smurfs and eat them as dinner. They're better alive than dead. In fact I am so authoritative that when I get involved with a problem Papa Smurf does almost nothing, you could see him shiver in fear."
"Is a smurf factor necessary?" asked Brainy.
"No, it's how you treat the smurfs that matters." said Chernov, "You yapping a lot is what's killing you, so only talk when it's necessary. Stop giving advice and lessons and just get the job done, helping out with the community might do a bit of work but I'm sure that you might need to have a gun in your possession. However, I'm not giving one to you if that's what your thinking."
"Why not?" asked Brainy.
"You'll never use it, not on another smurf or not on another living creature like squirrels." said Chernov, "You don't have the heart or the nerve to take another life, besides that would be considered human behavior which will get you kicked out of the village and they won't let you back in for. Or worse..."
"So what should I smurf?" asked Brainy.
"Simple, kill a squirrel, raccoon, duck, frog, or a rabbit. Then butcher the meat, cook it, and eat it." said Chernov, "You don't have to do it in front of everyone, everyone watching you dragging in a corpse of such an animal and buturing it will put them on edge. They would respect you more, but I honestly am not sure if it might work. Since you'll be acting quite human, which is against Papa Smurf's word on not to act like them."
"But you get to act human," said Brainy.
"That's because I'm half human, but it isn't about humans anymore," said Chernov, "Anyone or anything that's alive who can talk and bears the human form of any kind, will act very human even though their not human directly. Papa Smurf does not no that, but it can happened. Now, back on the hunting, I'll keep an eye out once you are butchering your kill. Just as things get heated up, I'll be there with a shotgun. No smurf, not even Papa Smurf would get within 20 apples from be with a gun unless I cornered them."
"Thanks for the advice," said Brainy, "But where am I going to find this so-called prey?"
"You can trap them, hunt them down and shoot them, or get up close and personal." said Chernov, "You won't have any gun to help you or that would tell people that I gave you the idea, you would have to do it with primitive technology. You have a brain Brainy, so think outside the box when getting your kill."
Brainy shook Chernov's hand and the Hybrid gives Brainy a Bowie knife to help him in his quest before he heads back home, he goes over through several books for a couple days about hunting and such. After learning how to butcher and kill a creature, he seemed to have gotten a clue about where to look. The nearby lake may be a good start, so he'll go there. Brainy goes to a spot where he's out of sight of the village and makes a fishing spear, he hopped onto the rocks and wait for a fish to come by.
When one happened to swim by, he tried to stab the fish with the spear but misses. As it quickly swam away, he wondered what he's doing wrong. "I swear, I hit it on top of the fish." said Brainy, then he looked at the water for a clue. He stuck his hand into it and noticed that the water bends the light, he finally realized that if he's going to score a kill, he would need to aim below the fish in order to hit it.
He saw another fish swam by, just before he would stab it a even larger fish jumped out of the water and hits Brainy with it's nose. He was knocked into the water and he quickly crawls back to shore, all soaking wet. "Fishing may not be a good idea," he muttered as he spewed out water, "There must be another way."
After drying off, he heads to the woods and makes a noose, a simple loop folded into itself. With it, any creature that comes by will fling into the air and will be hanging there until he comes back to go get it. He got the idea after Chernov's father captured him twice using the same method, both in which he gets knocked out after being slammed into a nearby tree and gets hit in the head.
Brainy quickly gets out of the area and prepares to work on another trap nearby, however a feral cat appeared out of nowhere and began to chase Brainy. He went the other direction and the smurf ends up stumbling into his own trap, Brainy was flung into the air with the noose tight around his foot. Luckily he wasn't knocked out this time and the cat looses interest and moves on, traps is not going to work for him this time.
After waiting for a while, Brainy cuts himself loose using his teeth and fell back to earth hard on his back. As he groaned in pain, he then stumbles to a tree at random and climbs up on it. He sat down on a branch and begins to think of a strategy, suddenly the branch he's sitting on gives way and Brainy hangs onto it as he and the branch falls to the ground.
The branch was quite thick as he crashed onto the ground in a loud thud, almost like thunder. When the dust cleared he got up and stepped down, then heard crying noises. "I wonder what's smurfing," muttered Brainy. It was coming from the other side of the fallen branch, so Brainy walked around and then saw it. It was a squirrel, the creature was crushed underneath the branch. There's no way that the squirrel would survive after being rescued, his back is broken his legs were smash to pieces.
Brainy now know what he must to, he would have to put it out of it's misery. He got behind the branch again and found a large rock he could lift, it was heavy but at least it would do. Brainy got on top of the log and held the rock over his head above the injured squirrel and said a few kind words. "Rest in Peace my friend." He dropped the rock on the squirrel's head, it crushed him like a pancake and blood splattered everywhere.
The smurf suddenly began to cry, the feeling of "accidentally" of ending another life wasn't good. Chernov was right, he did not have the heart to do so. But at least he has the nerve, and due to the Nature System the smurfs have he would have to use almost every part of the squirrel for other purposes.
Brainy got down off the tree and removes the rock with all of his smurf might, the sight of the animal's brains was splattered everywhere. It was horrifying for him to look, but he kept his cool. He then tried to push the branch out of the way, after working on it for half an hour he managed to remove it off the carcass. He then grabs the squirrel's feet, they feel like small bags full of rocks making Brainy's heart sank more.
What's done is done, he proceeds to position the squirrel on it's back and cut it open. The hide was quite thick, when he opened up the squirrel's torso he was amazed on how organized his inside were. There was a lot of blood though, so he dumps out the digestive track of the squirrel and buried the organs to prevent contamination. Then he grabbed the animal leg's once more and proceeds to drag him back to the Smurf Village, he can't wait to show Chernov his kill.
TO BE CONTINUED...